Chapter Summaries

Luo Ya forced the veterans to compete with the recruits in training, where the recruits overwhelmingly outperformed them, and Tashigi defeated a veteran in a brief sword fight. After sending more than nine hundred marines back to the Recruit Camp, Luo Ya confronted Commodore Murak and refused to let him dictate how the marines were trained.

• Luo Ya challenged the veterans to match the recruits' training, and the recruits completed far more running laps and push-ups than the veterans.
• The recruits won all eight basic training events, and Luo Ya ordered the veterans who failed to return to the Recruit Camp.
• A veteran demanded an actual fight, so Luo Ya sent Tashigi to face him, and she disarmed and defeated him in under three seconds.
• Luo Ya challenged the remaining veterans to fight any recruit, but no one stepped forward, so he ordered them back to train and warned them not to slack off.
• Murak confronted Luo Ya over sending more than nine hundred marines back to the Recruit Camp, but Luo Ya asserted his authority as head instructor and told Murak to stop telling him what to do.

After clashing with Murak, Luo Ya prepared for political retaliation and sent Fullbody and Jango to find Nami in Cocoyasi Village. He graduated his recruits and launched their final training mission, a live-combat operation at sea.

• Murak ordered Siro to petition headquarters to transfer Luo Ya, accusing him of disrupting discipline in Loguetown.
• Luo Ya summoned Fullbody and Jango and sent them to Cocoyasi Village to find Nami, warning them to follow his instructions and earn her trust.
• Over half a month, more than three hundred veterans joined Luo Ya's training, and he took two warships carrying recruits on a short voyage around Loguetown.
• At three in the morning, Luo Ya announced that the recruits had graduated and would face vicious pirates and opportunists in live combat.
• The recruits chose to proceed, and Luo Ya promised generous rewards to those who survived as their warship sailed for the open sea.

Murak welcomed a Headquarters inspector who was set to investigate Luo Ya, while Luo Ya’s Marines recruited Nami’s help and ambushed Arlong’s men during a tribute collection. The chapter ended as Luo Ya ordered his forces to kill Kuroobi and the Fish-Men surrounding him.

• Murak learned that Luo Ya had taken recruits and a warship, then welcomed Lieutenant Commander Gordon, who was investigating Luo Ya’s conduct.
• Fullbody and Jango met Nami in Cocoyasi Village and explained that Luo Ya intended to fight the Arlong Pirates, asking her for intelligence.
• Nami questioned the Marines’ resolve, and Fullbody and Jango affirmed their trust in Luo Ya and their willingness to risk their lives for a meaningful victory.
• Nami agreed to provide details about the Arlong Pirates’ activities and methods.
• At Chacha Village, Kuroobi collected the monthly tribute and left with four Fish-Man underlings.
• Luo Ya’s Marines ambushed Kuroobi’s group, and Luo Ya ordered his men to kill the Fish-Men.

Luo Ya’s Marines defeated Kuroobi’s group and captured the Arlong Pirates officer after he tried to escape. When Captain Nezumi demanded the prisoners, Luo Ya refused and announced that they would be executed in Loguetown the next evening, leaving Nezumi furious and Arlong ready to retaliate.

• Kuroobi fought off the Marines but was overwhelmed by their numbers and pinned down after Luo Ya kicked him back into the encirclement.
• The Marines captured Kuroobi and his companions and sailed away from Cocoyasi Village.
• Hachi reported Kuroobi’s capture to Arlong, who ordered contact with Nezumi and demanded to know which Marines were responsible.
• Nezumi learned that a Loguetown warship had captured Kuroobi and ordered his subordinates to demand the prisoners’ release.
• Luo Ya told the 16th Branch that Commodore Murak had ordered the arrest and announced the prisoners would be executed in Loguetown the next evening.
• Nezumi angrily ordered his subordinates to inform Arlong.

Luo Ya prepared Loguetown’s Marines for the Arlong Pirates’ attack while Murak drank and accepted a bribe from Lieutenant Commander Gordon. The Arlong Pirates arrived at Execution Square, where Arlong called Murak out to die.

• Lieutenant Commander Gordon promised Murak he would use his inspection to get Luo Ya punished, then accepted Murak’s suitcase of money.
• Luo Ya led Marines to Execution Square and arranged the defense, expecting the Arlong Pirates to come for their captured companions.
• The Arlong Pirates sounded the alarm and advanced into Loguetown as residents shut themselves indoors.
• Siro gathered the branch Marines and rushed them to Execution Square after hearing that Murak was leading the defense.
• Murak discovered the Marines assembled at the square, then saw Arlong’s group arrive as Arlong shouted for him to come out and die.

Luo Ya forced the Loguetown Marines into battle with the Arlong Pirates by executing five captured fish-men, including Kuroobi. As the fight turned into a massacre, Siro tried to flee and Luo Ya executed him for desertion.

• Murak and the Marine officers confronted the Arlong Pirates, who had come to kill Murak, and blamed Luo Ya for the crisis.
• Luo Ya ordered the execution of five fish-men, including Kuroobi, before Arlong and the other pirates.
• Arlong ordered his crew to kill every Marine and charged the Loguetown forces to avenge their fallen companions.
• Luo Ya ordered the Marines to attack, and the fish-men overwhelmed them despite the Marines’ numerical advantage.
• Siro fled in fear, but Luo Ya wounded him and executed him for abandoning the battle.

Luo Ya forced the fleeing Marines to return to the battle, then fought Arlong after the Fish-Man leader targeted him. The chapter ended with Luo Ya cutting Arlong’s supposedly steel-hard nose and Arlong recoiling in shock.

• Luo Ya blocked the Marines’ escape routes and threatened Murak and the other Captains until they turned back to fight the Arlong Pirates.
• Murak and the Captains killed several Fish-Men before Officer Chew blasted them with his Water Iron Cannon.
• Arlong charged through the Marines and attacked Luo Ya, identifying him as the force holding the Marine line together.
• Luo Ya blocked Arlong’s bite and dodged his Great Saw strike, but Arlong stopped Luo Ya’s blade with his serrated nose.
• Luo Ya used Haki to cut Arlong’s nose, leaving Arlong bleeding and demanding to know what he had done.

Luo Ya used Rain Cutter’s time-lagging ability to counter Arlong’s water attacks and wound him, then trapped the charging fish-man in a cross-shaped Haki slash. The chapter left Arlong badly cut and bleeding in midair.

• Luo Ya ordered the Marines to attack the remaining Arlong Pirates while he faced Arlong alone.
• Luo Ya blocked Arlong’s Water Shot and School of Sharks with Rain Cutter, whose blade could briefly halt Haki or Wave Slashes.
• Luo Ya used Silent Step to slash Arlong’s waist, but the wound was shallow and Arlong switched from his Great Saw to serrated teeth.
• Arlong destroyed a streetlamp with his teeth and launched himself at Luo Ya, who formed a motionless cross-shaped Haki slash in his path.
• Luo Ya unleashed Time Lag: Cross Impact, and Arlong crashed into the slash as blood poured down.

Luo Ya defeated Arlong and killed Commodore Murak and his Captains after the bloody battle in Loguetown. With the old Marine command wiped out and the surviving Marines following Luo Ya, the battle ended as turmoil in Loguetown began.

• Luo Ya killed Arlong after evading his desperate attacks, and the Arlong Pirates charged the Marines in a final bid for revenge.
• Luo Ya killed Commodore Murak and his Captains, declaring that the Marines did not need them.
• The battle ended with every Arlong Pirate dead, more than 700 Marines fallen, and Arlong and his three officers displayed above the battlefield.
• Lieutenant Commander Gordon recognized Luo Ya as Murak's likely killer and decided to return to Headquarters without confronting him.
• Luo Ya ordered the surviving Marines to fall in, and news spread that nearly all senior Marine officers in Loguetown were dead.

After the Arlong Pirates were destroyed at the cost of heavy Marine casualties, Marine Headquarters debated Luo Ya’s role and ordered the incident investigated. Smoker volunteered to transfer to Loguetown, where Sengoku hoped he would keep Luo Ya in check.

• Brannew briefed Marine Headquarters on the Loguetown operation, the heavy losses, and the suspicions surrounding Luo Ya and the deaths of Murak and the Captains.
• Kizaru, Aokiji, and Akainu reacted differently to Luo Ya’s ruthless methods as the meeting ended without a decision on the incident.
• Sengoku considered how to investigate Luo Ya and the possibility that Jinbe would retaliate over Arlong’s death.
• Smoker asked Sengoku to transfer him to Loguetown so he could investigate the incident and challenge Luo Ya.
• Sengoku approved Smoker’s transfer but warned that he would not immediately become Loguetown’s base chief.

After being promoted to Loguetown Branch Colonel and base chief, Luo Ya arranged compensation for fallen Marines and tried to rebuild the depleted Branch. Recruitment stalled, and he summoned Loguetown’s underworld leaders to the Branch, leaving them afraid the invitation was a trap.

• Luo Ya received a two-rank promotion and learned that Marine Headquarters Colonel Smoker had been assigned to Loguetown as support and a potential replacement.
• Luo Ya confirmed the fallen Marines’ pensions had been paid and ordered Murak’s seized wealth used to compensate their families.
• Luo Ya launched a recruitment drive, but fewer than a hundred New Recruits joined after three days because Loguetown’s residents feared dying in service.
• At the New Food Tavern, Lilyca told Luo Ya that Zoro had gone out and had not returned, and Luo Ya suspected he was lost again.
• Luo Ya invited Loguetown’s underworld leaders to the Branch and warned them that refusal would have consequences, making them fear a trap.

Luo Ya visited Mochi Granny and asked her to let the Bartolomeo Club's young members join the Marines, promising to guide and supervise them. Granny agreed to discuss it with Bartolomeo, who decided to answer Luo Ya's invitation to the Marine branch and declared he would not let anyone in Loguetown outdo his arrogance.

• Two Bartolomeo Club members mistook Luo Ya for a visitor to Mochi Granny and cheerfully led him to her home.
• After waking, Mochi Granny heard Luo Ya explain his plan to recruit the Bartolomeo Club's members into the Marines.
• Mochi Granny agreed to call Bartolomeo and let him decide whether the club would join.
• At the club headquarters, Bartolomeo learned Luo Ya had invited and threatened them to visit the Marine branch.
• Bartolomeo accepted the invitation and vowed that no one in Loguetown would be more arrogant than him.

Luo Ya imposed strict rules on Loguetown’s underground businesses, killing Kabuta when he challenged the regulations. He forced Bartolomeo to accept the disbanding of his gang by invoking Mochi Granny’s authority and ordered Bartolomeo to bring his underlings to the Navy branch.

• Luo Ya reviewed intelligence reports and summoned Loguetown’s underground leaders to hear new operating rules.
• Tashigi distributed regulations restricting businesses, and Luo Ya shot Kabuta when he objected to changing professions.
• Luo Ya warned the leaders to run legitimate businesses and threatened to kill anyone who broke the rules.
• Bartolomeo objected to the order to disband the Bartolomeo Club, so Luo Ya told him he had visited Mochi Granny.
• Bartolomeo called Mochi Granny, who told him to listen to Luo Ya, and Luo Ya ordered him to bring all his underlings to the branch the next day.

Luo Ya explained his campaign against Arlong and Murak to Smoker, who came to Loguetown to investigate the incident. Smoker accepted Luo Ya’s principles and reported for duty, while Bartolomeo’s club arrived at the branch to join the Marines.

• Bartolomeo brought the Bartolomeo Club to the branch to join Luo Ya’s command on Granny’s instruction, and Tashigi began showing them around.
• Smoker confronted Luo Ya about the campaign against Arlong and Murak, but Luo Ya admitted his actions without hesitation.
• Luo Ya offered Smoker a Listening Den Den Mushi, then gave him a detailed account of how he uncovered Murak’s crimes and destroyed Arlong’s crew.
• Smoker questioned whether Luo Ya would have acted if Murak had not obstructed him, and Luo Ya said Murak died for his crimes and declared that the Marines did not need trash.
• Smoker saluted Luo Ya and reported for duty.

Luo Ya showed Smoker around the branch, then received a Marine Six Styles Training Notice from Headquarters. With two months until the three-month training began, Luo Ya set his sights on mastering all six styles.

• Luo Ya showed Smoker around the branch, and Smoker’s doubts about Luo Ya eased after he saw the Marines’ high spirits.
• Luo Ya found Bartolomeo and the other newly recruited street thugs standing in the rain because they feared defying nature; he ordered Tashigi to take them indoors, replace their clothes, and shave their heads.
• Smoker gave Luo Ya a Headquarters Training Notice and explained that the Six Styles training began in two months and that only a small number of attendees mastered even part of the techniques.
• Smoker told Luo Ya about a rumor that a government genius had mastered all six styles during training, and Luo Ya became determined to do the same.

Luo Ya pushed the new recruits through brutal training and left Tashigi in charge before inspecting Loguetown’s red-light district. He found that the Marine crackdown had changed the workers’ lives, and left after one woman told him she hoped to buy a home of her own.

• Luo Ya punished the recruits with harsh drills until their resistance faded, then assigned Tashigi to continue training them.
• Luo Ya left the branch, where Smoker, Fullbody, and Jango were handling its affairs, to inspect Loguetown’s gray industries.
• A young woman dragged Luo Ya into a foot bath shop, where she explained that the crackdown had made workers safer and their earnings more honest.
• The young woman told Luo Ya she wanted to save enough to buy a home in Loguetown, and slipped him a note with her address as he left.

Luo Ya left Loguetown aboard a Marine warship bound for the Grand Line and met Isca, who had been selected for the same training voyage. The ship set off with both of them determined to do their best.

• Luo Ya told Zoro he was leaving for the Grand Line, and Zoro chose to keep training instead of asking to come along.
• Luo Ya said farewell to Lilyca and her mother before heading to the harbor, where a Marine Headquarters warship was waiting to sail.
• Bartolomeo led the New Recruits in cheering and taunting Luo Ya, who punished Bartolomeo with three days in solitary confinement and gave the others three days off.
• Luo Ya boarded the warship and surprised the School Officials, who had expected the famous Black Hair to look like a giant.
• Luo Ya reunited with Isca, who thanked him for helping her earn a place in the training, and the two agreed to do their best together.

Luo Ya and the East Blue officers arrived at the Grand Line training base, where Vice Admiral Doll announced that half of them would be eliminated on the first day. She challenged the entire group to withstand her attacks, and Luo Ya charged at her first.

• A Rear Admiral delivered Luo Ya and the officers to the training base, where they received uniforms and cramped dormitory assignments.
• Luo Ya offered Isca the bunk above his after the Commodore explained that strength determined their conditions.
• An East Blue veteran described the distinct reputations and equipment of the Marines from North Blue, West Blue, and South Blue.
• Vice Admiral Doll introduced herself as the East Blue officers' instructor and said half of them would be sent home after the day's training.
• Doll challenged all the officers to remain conscious under her attacks, and Luo Ya drew Rain Cutter and charged at her.

Luo Ya and the East Blue officers fought Vice Admiral Dol, who overwhelmed them while demonstrating her mastery of the Six Styles. After Dol knocked Luo Ya down repeatedly, he managed to wound her arm with a surprise strike, and she prepared to take the training camp seriously.

• Luo Ya charged Vice Admiral Dol, but she kicked him away while effortlessly defeating the officers who joined the attack.
• Dol struck Isca down, and Luo Ya returned to the fight, using the sun to obscure her vision as he attacked with a Haki-coated sword.
• Dol stopped Luo Ya's blade with her leg and used Tempest Kick: Cymbal Wheel to blast away the surrounding School Officials.
• Dol used Soru to appear behind Luo Ya and kicked him into the ground, then warned the remaining officers that she would get serious.
• Luo Ya rose from the dust and used Silent Step to strike Dol's arm through her Iron Body, drawing blood before she kicked him away.

Luo Ya endured Dol’s relentless training and used a series of desperate grappling tricks to help the School Officials attack her. He ultimately landed on top of Dol, and she promised to train him properly for the next three months.

• Luo Ya kept getting back up to fight Dol despite being battered, then hugged her leg to stop her from moving.
• Luo Ya called on the School Officials, who rose and charged Dol while he held her leg.
• Dol used Geppo to escape the trainees, but Luo Ya climbed up and clung to her waist, allowing her to use both legs for Tempest Kick: Roaring Sound.
• Luo Ya hooked Dol’s feet and sent them falling, and they both used Iron Body before hitting the ground.
• Luo Ya landed astride Dol and declared that he was on top, so Dol vowed to train him properly for three months.