Chapter Summaries

Bright confronted Edward Weevil and Miss Bakkin alongside Zephyr, then revealed the devastating power of King's Punch. Weevil and Bakkin fled, while Bright directed Zephyr to move the Marines off the sinking warship.

• Bright warned Tesoro not to underestimate Weevil and told Zephyr to prepare to attack Miss Bakkin.
• Weevil charged Bright, but Zephyr intercepted him, and the two clashed with their Haki and weapons.
• Bright rushed at Weevil and unleashed King's Punch, creating a massive shockwave that devastated the warship and sea.
• Weevil admitted Bright was strong, and Miss Bakkin ordered him to retreat; they escaped on a piece of the wreckage.
• Bright told Zephyr to transfer the Marines to safety as the warship sank.

Bright took Zephyr and the surviving Marine recruits to the G-5 base after rescuing them from their wrecked ship. During the voyage, he challenged Zephyr’s view of pirates by defending Fisher Tiger and the Sun Pirates, leaving Zephyr silent but unconvinced.

• The surviving Marines and their medicine transferred to Bright’s sea lion, while the dead remained with the wreck.
• Bright offered to take Zephyr to G-5 or Prodence, and Zephyr chose G-5 to protect the Marines’ reputation.
• Tesoro lamented that they had not filmed the rescue, and Bright pointed out that the government would censor footage of the Marines’ defeat.
• Zephyr accused Bright of humiliating the Marines, but Bright argued that he no longer feared them because the government protected him.
• Bright defended Fisher Tiger’s liberation of slaves and insisted that the Sun Pirates had not harmed anyone, then told Zephyr he would one day learn who the real sinner was.

Bright and Tesoro delivered Zephyr and the Marines to G-5, where Kizaru greeted them before Bright departed. After witnessing Bright’s strength, the Five Elders decided to treat him and Fish-Man Island with greater sincerity.

• Tesoro described his grand underwater movie finale, while Zephyr considered Bright’s strength and worried about Fish-Man Island’s military power.
• Bright’s group reached G-5, where Kizaru arrived and thanked Bright for helping Zephyr and the Marines.
• Bright and Tesoro left G-5 on the sea beast, and Kizaru remarked on its concealed power.
• The Five Elders discussed Bright’s growing strength and agreed to show him and Fish-Man Island greater sincerity.

After Bright’s display of the King's Punch made the World Government wary of opposing him, the Five Elders offered Fish-Man Island technology and trade assistance as a reward for saving Zephyr. Meanwhile, Doflamingo learned of Bright’s growing strength and began planning to turn Charlotte Linlin against him.

• On the return trip to Fish-Man Island, Bright explained to Tesoro that the government did not know the King's Punch was his trump card, giving him leverage in negotiations.
• Doflamingo learned that Bright had saved Zephyr and impressed Navy Headquarters, then decided he needed to eliminate Bright and considered visiting Whole Cake Island to drive a wedge between him and Charlotte Linlin.
• Bright and Tesoro returned to Fish-Man Island, where Tesoro resumed filming and Bright received a call from the Five Elders.
• The Five Elders offered Fish-Man Island new technology and help with raw materials and exports as a reward for Bright saving Zephyr.
• The Five Elders urged Bright to deepen their cooperation and said they had a proposal.

Bright refused the Five Elders’ offer to become a Shichibukai, while Fish-Man Island gained closer ties and support from the World Government. After Tesoro’s film wrapped with Fish-Man Island’s fleet destroying a pirate fleet on camera, Donquixote Doflamingo arrived at Whole Cake Island to speak with Big Mom.

• Bright rejected the Five Elders’ offer to become a Shichibukai because he wanted to keep a low profile, and the government instead agreed to deepen cooperation with Fish-Man Island.
• Tesoro filmed the climax of his movie, with Bright leading Fish-Man Island’s warships and sea beasts in destroying an unmanned pirate fleet.
• Tesoro celebrated the film’s wrap and looked forward to releasing it across the seas.
• Perospero confronted Donquixote Doflamingo as he arrived at Whole Cake Island, and Doflamingo said he wanted to discuss some matters with Big Mom.

Doflamingo tried to turn Charlotte Linlin against Bright by claiming Bright and Neptune were secretly allied. Meanwhile, Bright’s relaxed days on Fish-Man Island ended when miners found a piece of Seastone that weakened him on contact.

• Doflamingo told Charlotte Linlin that Neptune and Jinbe had protected Bright from the World Government, and urged her to investigate their supposed alliance.
• After Tesoro returned to Dressrosa, Bright trained with Jinbe and Alexander while practicing advanced Armament Haki.
• Bright and Jinbe joined Mark and the miners for dinner, where Mark showed them an unusually hard black stone he had found in an iron mine.
• Bright collapsed after touching the stone, then identified it as Seastone.

Bright and Jinbe discovered a large Seastone vein beneath Fish-Man Island and told Neptune, who agreed to keep it secret and mine it cautiously. The island’s leaders began planning a dedicated mining department, but they still lacked a way to process the Seastone.

• Bright confirmed that Mark had found Seastone, and the miners agreed to keep the discovery secret.
• Mark led Bright and Jinbe into the mine, where Bright sensed a Seastone deposit extending for several kilometers.
• Bright and Jinbe went to Neptune, who was delighted by the discovery but feared that outsiders would target Fish-Man Island if they learned about it.
• Bright proposed quietly mining and storing small amounts of Seastone, and Neptune agreed to put Mark in charge of a new mining department.
• The leaders realized that Fish-Man Island still had no way to process the mined Seastone.

Bright organized a small Seastone-mining department and asked Tesoro to investigate a Marine base at one of the legendary END POINT islands. As Bright began storing Seastone, an unknown man arrived at Fish-Man Island on a mission from Charlotte Linlin.

• Bright and his companions established a small Seastone-mining department and chose Mark to lead it.
• Bright realized Dyna Stone might be mined from the seabed and called Tesoro to investigate a Marine base at one of the END POINT islands.
• Bright explained that destroying all three END POINT islands could trigger a supervolcanic eruption across the New World, and Tesoro agreed to investigate.
• Bright assigned miners to the Seastone department, restricted access to the mine shaft, and arranged for the ore to be stored in an underwater warehouse.
• An unknown man arrived at Fish-Man Island aboard a merchant ship, carrying Charlotte Linlin's mission to investigate the island.

Bright and Jinbe trained to improve their Flowing Armament Haki while an outsider quietly investigated Fish-Man Island’s political situation. The outsider learned that Bright’s growing popularity had raised fears of conflict with King Neptune and decided to report the situation to Mother.

• Bright and Jinbe practiced Flowing Armament Haki, managing only weak impacts as they worked on controlling their Haki.
• Bright noted that battle could accelerate their training, but Fish-Man Island had no suitable enemies to challenge them.
• A round-faced outsider questioned a tavern bartender about whether Bright ruled Fish-Man Island.
• The bartender explained that Bright had earned enormous public support, while some residents worried that his prestige could lead to conflict with King Neptune.
• The outsider wondered whether someone had broken a promise to Mother and decided to report what he had learned.

Charlotte Linlin questioned Doflamingo’s claim that Bright was deceiving her about Fish-Man Island, then called Bright directly to test him. Bright learned that Doflamingo had accused him and began plotting a way to retaliate.

• Doflamingo reported that Bright had gained great prestige on Fish-Man Island, while people remained divided over whether he or Neptune should rule.
• Charlotte Linlin questioned Doflamingo, who suggested urging Bright to act and watching Fish-Man Island for signs of his intentions.
• Charlotte Linlin called Bright while he was sparring with Jinbe, and Bright initially wondered if Tesoro had found information about END POINT.
• Charlotte Linlin asked whether Bright was deceiving her about taking Fish-Man Island, and Bright denied it and asked who had accused him.
• Charlotte Linlin named Doflamingo, and Bright decided to use her to retaliate against him.

Bright used Doflamingo’s Donquixote heritage to turn Big Mom against him and make her demand that he marry her. After laughing with Jinbe about the revenge, Bright planned to attend the wedding.

• Bright mocked Doflamingo during a call with Big Mom, then asked her what she thought of the Celestial Dragons.
• Big Mom said she wanted to rule the seas, and Bright offered to introduce her to a Celestial Dragon husband.
• Bright revealed that Doflamingo belonged to the Donquixote Family, which had once become World Nobles, and Big Mom ordered him to verify the claim with Morgans.
• Big Mom accepted Doflamingo as her prospective husband and told him to marry her while he silently pleaded for Kaido to save him.
• Bright and Jinbe laughed at Doflamingo’s predicament, and Bright said he would attend the wedding.

Charlotte Linlin announced that she would marry Doflamingo in a week, and Morgans publicized the wedding as an event for the whole world. Bright and Tesoro planned to attend, while the Five Elders and Kaido reacted to the news.

• Perospero told the Charlotte Family officers that Charlotte Linlin was marrying Doflamingo, and Katakuri agreed to organize the wedding for a week later.
• Charlotte Linlin said she wanted a world-famous wedding and asked the family to contact Morgans about Doflamingo being a former Celestial Dragon.
• Morgans celebrated the news and ordered more newspapers printed to announce the wedding across the seas.
• Bright laughed at the newspaper with Shyarly and said he would visit the Charlotte Family for the wedding; Tesoro then called and said he would attend too.
• The Five Elders panicked over Doflamingo's identity being exposed and sought a way to rescue him.
• Kaido first lamented Doflamingo's capture, then decided to attend Charlotte Linlin's wedding.

After the World Government ordered Bright to kill Doflamingo if Cipher Pol failed to rescue him, Bright agreed to help if an opportunity arose. He set out for the wedding with Tesoro and Tanaka, while Baccarat stayed behind to oversee the film’s post-production.

• Blackbeard, Crocodile, Whitebeard, and the Red Hair Pirates reacted to the news that Charlotte Linlin was marrying Doflamingo.
• The Five Elders asked Bright to rescue Doflamingo, then ordered him to kill Doflamingo if Cipher Pol’s rescue mission failed.
• Bright agreed to take the opportunity to kill Doflamingo but refused to risk provoking Charlotte Linlin directly.
• Bright arranged to meet Tesoro and Tanaka in Dressrosa and set out for the wedding, which was a week away.
• Tesoro agreed to help kill Doflamingo, while Baccarat remained behind to oversee the film’s post-production.

Bright and Tesoro arrived in Totto Land for the wedding, where Katakuri and Cracker confronted Bright over BIG-MOM’s demand that he seize power on Fish-Man Island. Bright refused to abandon their agreement or obey her order, and Cracker prepared to force him to comply.

• Tesoro celebrated Doflamingo’s predicament as Bright explained that the World Government might abandon him if it could not rescue him.
• Bright and Tesoro reached Totto Land on the morning of the wedding and transferred to the Charlotte Family’s ship bound for Whole Cake Island.
• A Chess Soldier diverted Bright’s carriage into the forest, where Cracker and Katakuri waited to meet him in place of BIG-MOM.
• Katakuri demanded that Bright immediately seize power over Fish-Man Island, saying BIG-MOM was dissatisfied with his progress.
• Bright refused to obey and said he would speak with BIG-MOM after the wedding, prompting Cracker to threaten to force him to agree.

Bright confronted Cracker and Katakuri after insisting that he wanted to speak with Big Mom in person. He defeated Cracker’s Biscuit Armor and, while clashing with Katakuri, awakened the ability to flow his Armament Haki freely before meeting Katakuri’s trident attack with a powerful punch.

• Cracker and Katakuri surrounded Bright with Biscuit Soldiers and mochi, but Bright used his speed to break Cracker’s Haki-coated Biscuit Armor and send him flying.
• Katakuri took over the fight, and Bright evaded his attacks by moving through the air while Tesoro watched from outside the battlefield.
• Bright clashed head-on with Katakuri’s barrage of mochi fists, using the repeated impacts to make his Armament Haki flow freely.
• Bright shattered Katakuri’s mochi fists and Katakuri charged with Doughnut Stab as Bright answered with Ogre Tile Straight Punch.

Bright defeated Katakuri in a clash, then attended Charlotte Linlin's wedding banquet with Tesoro. The chapter ended as the newlyweds emerged from the castle and the wedding began.

• Bright overpowered Katakuri, demonstrated his advanced Armament Haki, and gained insight into Internal Destruction.
• Katakuri ended the fight and promised to report Bright's strength to Charlotte Linlin before escorting Bright and Tesoro to the wedding venue.
• Bright and Tesoro arrived at the dessert-filled banquet plaza and were seated among prominent New World guests, including Morgans and Stussy.
• After Bright listened to the guests talk, Homies began singing and the castle doors opened for the newlyweds.
• Tesoro laughed at the newlyweds as Bright smiled and the wedding began.

Charlotte Linlin and Doflamingo’s wedding began on Whole Cake Island, but Katakuri detected an intruder just as the ceremony reached the vows. A stone giant erupted from the ground, and its attackers shouted that they had come to save Doflamingo.

• Charlotte Linlin arrived at her wedding with Doflamingo, while Bright and Tesoro watched and congratulated them.
• Tesoro’s words stirred Doflamingo from his numbness, and he silently blamed Bright for his predicament.
• The priest rushed through the vows, and Charlotte Linlin prepared to kiss Doflamingo as Tesoro and Morgans filmed.
• Katakuri sensed danger and appeared before the newlyweds with his trident.
• The venue broke apart as a five-hundred-meter stone giant rose from the earth, carrying figures who declared they had come to save Doflamingo.
• Katakuri activated his awakening as the attackers’ giant fist loomed over the plaza.

Katakuri subdued the Donquixote Family officers, and Doflamingo asked Charlotte Linlin to spare them so they could attend the wedding. A CP0 rescue attempt nearly abducted Doflamingo, but Linlin’s Conqueror’s Haki disrupted the escape, and she unleashed her Soul Spell on the intruders.

• Katakuri awakened his Devil Fruit power, turned the stone giant into mochi, and trapped the Donquixote Family officers.
• Linlin asked Doflamingo how to deal with his rescued officers, and he pleaded for her to spare their lives.
• Linlin kissed Doflamingo, then ordered Katakuri to release the officers and prepare a table for them.
• A figure emerged through a tear in space and grabbed Doflamingo, but Linlin’s Conqueror’s Haki froze him and collapsed the doorway, expelling several intruders.
• Linlin stepped forward and activated her Soul Spell, declaring, “Life or Answer!!”

Bright watched Charlotte Linlin defeat the CP0 team sent to rescue Doflamingo, while the wedding was interrupted by Kaido’s arrival. The chapter ended as Kaido landed at the venue and congratulated Linlin.

• Eight people appeared through Bruno’s Door-Door Fruit power, but Charlotte Linlin’s Haki left most of them unable to stand.
• Charlotte Linlin used Life or Answer to seize the souls of four fearful CP0 agents, leaving three standing.
• Doflamingo denied knowing the agents, and Katakuri prepared to kill them as Bright chose not to intervene.
• Bright sensed Kaido approaching through the clouds, and Kaido announced himself to the wedding guests.
• Kaido crashed into the venue and congratulated Charlotte Linlin on her wedding.

Kaido arrived at the wedding and battled Charlotte Linlin, while CP0 and the Donquixote Family moved to seize or rescue Doflamingo amid the chaos. With King and another Beast Pirate joining the fight, Charlotte Linlin called on Bright for help.

• Kaido demanded that Charlotte Linlin hand over Doflamingo, and the two Emperors clashed with weapons that never touched as their Conqueror's Haki split the clouds overhead.
• CP0 changed its plan and attacked to keep Kaido from taking Doflamingo, but Cracker confronted them and Katakuri challenged their white-faced fighter.
• The Donquixote Family officers tried to rescue Doflamingo, while Smoothie guarded him and Katakuri watched over him at Charlotte Linlin's request.
• Kaido summoned King, and Doflamingo attacked Smoothie as a Beast Pirate transformed into an Ankylosaurus and charged through the battlefield.
• Charlotte Linlin intensified her fight with Kaido and shouted for Bright to help her.