Chapter Summaries

Luo Ya advised Vice Admiral Maynard on how to win over the G-5 Marines while keeping watch for Ace and the Spade Pirates. Maynard tried to assert himself by fighting Bartolomeo, but was quickly defeated, further undermining his standing at the base.

• Pike reported suspected Camilla Pirates activity, and Luo Ya ordered Smoker to lead a capture team.
• Luo Ya read about Ace’s rising bounty and told Lu Yun to monitor the Spade Pirates’ arrival in the New World.
• Maynard asked Luo Ya how to gain the G-5 Marines’ respect, and Luo Ya advised him to demonstrate strength and let them have fun.
• Maynard challenged Bartolomeo at the training ground, but Bartolomeo defeated him and left him injured.

Whitebeard recognized Fire Fist Ace as Roger’s son and reflected on what that could mean for the future of his crew. Meanwhile, Luo Ya waited near Thunder God Island as Ace’s Spade Pirates entered the New World and set course toward a possible rescue.

• Whitebeard praised Ace’s rise and concluded that Ace was Roger’s child after noticing his resemblance to Roger and the name he shared with Roger’s saber.
• Luo Ya’s officers reported that the Spade Pirates had reached the Sabaody Archipelago, and Luo Ya positioned forces along the New World routes while waiting for Ace.
• Ace’s crew emerged into the New World and chose the route toward Mister Island after Skull said it had Ghost Peppers and offered a path to Whitebeard.
• Ace answered a nearby Den Den Mushi call and heard someone plead for help before the connection abruptly ended.
• Dice warned Ace that the call might be a trap, but Ace insisted they investigate, and the Spade Pirates set sail.

Luo Ya’s Marines chased Ace’s crew to Mister Island, where Luo Ya unexpectedly found Ace eating at a restaurant. The two former companions agreed to fight outside town, leaving Ace’s capture unresolved.

• The Spade Pirates escaped the warship’s attack and headed for Mister Island, while Ace apologized to his crew for falling into the trap.
• Luo Ya arrived on Mister Island with the 11th Division and ordered several hundred Marines to search for Ace.
• Luo Ya and Lu Yun waited at a spicy restaurant while Luo Ya considered the limits on his operations in the New World.
• Ace arrived at the restaurant, devoured the spicy spaghetti, and recognized Luo Ya.
• Luo Ya reminded Ace that they were now enemies and offered him a choice between surrendering and being beaten before capture.
• Ace refused to surrender and followed Luo Ya outside town to fight.

Luo Ya overwhelmed Ace in hand-to-hand combat during their battle on Mister Island, forcing Ace to rely on the Flame-Flame Fruit. The chapter ended with Luo Ya cutting Ace’s Fire Fist in two with Rain Cutter.

• The Spade Pirates watched as Ace faced Luo Ya and worried about the Marines’ fearsome Rear Admiral, Black Hair.
• Luo Ya easily dodged Ace’s attacks and struck him repeatedly, leaving Ace injured and unable to keep fighting barehanded.
• Smoker, Hina, and the other Marines observed Ace’s weak hand-to-hand skills and noted that he had yet to use his Logia powers.
• Ace rose with flames blazing around him and launched Fire Fist at Luo Ya after Luo Ya gave him three minutes.
• Luo Ya drew Rain Cutter and split Ace’s massive wave of flames with Flame Cut, stunning Ace.

Luo Ya defeated Ace, but Vice Admiral Momonga ordered him to stop and offer Ace a Shichibukai position. Luo Ya told the stunned Ace to consider the offer, leaving his decision unresolved.

• Ace attacked Luo Ya with flame bullets and explosive fireflies, but Luo Ya protected himself with Stasis Shield and evaded the blasts.
• Ace raised a pillar of fire, but Luo Ya endured the heat and struck Ace's neck with a Haki-coated kick, leaving him badly injured.
• As Luo Ya prepared to cut down the still-resisting Ace, Lu Yun delivered an urgent call from Vice Admiral Momonga, who ordered Luo Ya to stop fighting and recruit Ace as a Shichibukai.
• Luo Ya learned Headquarters had chosen Ace as a Shichibukai candidate and reluctantly accepted the order.
• Luo Ya told Ace he would not arrest him and offered him half a day to consider becoming a Shichibukai before leaving with his subordinates.

Ace rejected the Marines’ offer to become a Shichibukai and fled with the Spade Pirates, while Luo Ya tracked them to Winter Bear Island, Kaido’s territory. Ace confronted the island’s guard, Scotch, and attacked him after hearing the warning to leave.

• Ace refused to become a Shichibukai and decided to escape with the Spade Pirates.
• Luo Ya let the Spade Pirates flee, then followed them using a surveillance Den Den Mushi aboard their ship.
• Luo Ya learned they were heading to Winter Bear Island, territory of the Beasts Pirates, and ordered his warship to pursue them.
• Ace and the Spade Pirates landed on Winter Bear Island, where Scotch’s Warriors stopped them with gunfire.
• Ace challenged Scotch and unleashed Fire Fist after Scotch warned him not to anger Kaido.

Luo Ya used the rebellion on Winter Bear Island as cover to steal weapons from the Beasts Pirates and blame Ace, then confronted him to force him into becoming a Shichibukai. Ace refused, and Luo Ya prepared to fight him.

• After Scotch was defeated, Captain Cabru led Winter Bear Island's workers in an uprising, while the Beasts Pirates' Headliners set out to suppress it.
• Luo Ya sent Bartolomeo and his men to help the rebels and loot the Weapon Factory, planning to pin the theft on Ace and the Spade Pirates.
• Dice removed a bullet from his shoulder as the Spade Pirates recovered in a cave and prepared to travel to Wano Country.
• When the crew's lookout reported that Luo Ya had found them, Ace left the cave alone to confront him.
• Luo Ya demanded that Ace become a Shichibukai, but Ace refused, and Luo Ya declared he would make it happen by force.

Luo Ya beat Ace to awaken his hidden Conqueror's Haki, then concealed the revelation from the Marines. After Barto’s crew helped the laborers win a revolt on Winter Bear Island while posing as Ace’s men, the injured Ace ordered his crew to sail for Wano Country.

• Luo Ya overwhelmed Ace in combat and provoked him by threatening his crew, causing Ace to unleash Conqueror's Haki and knock out the restrained Spade Pirates members.
• Luo Ya told Hina to conceal Ace’s Haki and left Ace with his crew, promising to meet him again in a few days.
• At the Weapon Factory, Barto claimed his crew served Ace, and the Beast Pirates warriors retreated from Winter Bear Island.
• Barto and his men returned to their ship with carts full of weapons and ammunition taken from the factory.
• Ace woke from his injuries and ordered the Spade Pirates to sail for Wano Country so he could challenge a Four Emperor and grow stronger.

Luo Ya headed for Wano Country after learning that Kaido and his officers were away, while Ace and the Spade Pirates arrived and encountered starving villagers in Amigasa Village. In Ebisu Town, Luo Ya drew the residents’ attention with a gold coin.

• Luo Ya learned that the Spade Pirates were bound for Wano Country and that Kaido had taken his forces on an expedition, so he ordered his warship to follow.
• Luo Ya reached Wano Country and flew inland alone to avoid drawing attention to his ship.
• Ace and the Spade Pirates arrived at Amigasa Village, where Tama warned them about Orochi and the danger of being seen.
• The starving villagers tied up Ace and his crew and took their food, but Ace freed himself after they ate and asked whether they were full.
• Luo Ya reached Ebisu Town after encountering several groups of bandits and took out a gold coin as the residents watched him expectantly.

Luo Ya reached Onigashima and confronted Yamato while Ace attacked the harbor to rescue the people taken from Wano’s villages. Luo Ya asked Yamato to leave the island with him, leaving her stunned.

• Luo Ya paid Old Yasu to guide him to Jinbu Port, then swam toward Onigashima.
• Old Yasu told Luo Ya that Kaido would not be easy to defeat and watched him disappear into the sea.
• Ace learned that Orochi had taken young women and children from Amigasa Village and sailed with the Spade Pirates to Onigashima.
• Ace attacked the harbor with Fire Fist while his crew went to search for the captives.
• Luo Ya entered Skull Castle, fought past several pirates, and met Yamato in a corridor.
• Luo Ya told Yamato he had come to take her away from Onigashima and her father, leaving her bewildered.

Luo Ya challenged Yamato to confront the fear of Kaido that kept her from leaving Onigashima, then broke her explosive shackles. Yamato survived the blast and realized she was free.

• Luo Ya asked Yamato whether she craved freedom, and she said Kaido and her explosive shackles kept her trapped on the island.
• Luo Ya argued that fear of Kaido, not the shackles, was what truly bound Yamato and tested her resolve by pretending to cut off her hands.
• Yamato overcame her hesitation and held out her hands, ready to sacrifice them for freedom.
• Luo Ya praised Yamato's bravery and used Haki to break her shackles despite her warning about the bomb.
• The bomb exploded and threw Luo Ya and Yamato through the air, but they survived, and Luo Ya told her she was free.

Yamato celebrated her new freedom, rescued captives with Ace, and challenged him to a duel above Skull Castle. After Ace encountered Luo Ya, Yamato struck him with a full-force Thunder Bagua and sent him flying, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Luo Ya and Yamato drank sake at the top of Skull Castle, and Yamato said she would deal with an intruder below.
• Yamato confronted Ace as he fought the Beasts Pirates, told him Kaido was away, and let him leave with the captives he had rescued.
• Ace learned Yamato was Kaido's daughter and challenged her to a duel, then ran into Luo Ya and nervously agreed to consider his proposal.
• Yamato and Ace began their duel above Skull Castle while Luo Ya watched, and Yamato hit Ace with a full-force Thunder Bagua.
• Yamato rushed toward the distant dust cloud in panic, while Luo Ya wondered whether Ace had survived.

Luo Ya took Yamato through Wano Country, where she saw the poverty and suffering that had replaced her childhood memories. He challenged her admiration of Oden by arguing that Oden had failed to protect his home and that Yamato knew only the idealized figure she had built from his journal.

• Luo Ya told Yamato he hated Oden and questioned why she wanted to become him, prompting her to explain her admiration for Oden’s adventures and his conduct at the boiling punishment.
• Luo Ya and Yamato returned to Amigasa Village, then traveled through Kuri, Udon, and Hakumai before staying at Old Yasu’s home in Ebisu Town.
• Yamato said Wano Country’s poverty and hunger were terrible and blamed Kaido and Shogun Orochi for the changes.
• Luo Ya compared Yamato’s responsibility to protect Onigashima with Oden’s responsibility to protect Wano Country and its people.
• Luo Ya told Yamato that she had idealized Oden without truly knowing him, leaving her unable to defend her belief that she wanted to become him.

After waking from his defeat by Yamato, Ace struggled with doubts about his strength, while Luo Ya recruited him into a training plan. Ace agreed to learn Haki, leaving his Shichibukai decision unresolved.

• Ace woke in the Spade Pirates’ medical room and lamented losing to Yamato, while Dice encouraged him.
• Dice told Ace that Luo Ya wanted to see him, and Ace reluctantly went to the warship.
• Yamato asked Luo Ya whether becoming a Marine would limit her freedom, and he explained his view that freedom meant pursuing the life one wanted within social order.
• Luo Ya ordered Yamato to study under Lu Yun, then brought Ace to the Training Room.
• Luo Ya told Ace he would train him in Haki every night, and Ace eagerly agreed to begin training immediately.

After helping Ace rapidly develop his Haki, Luo Ya urged him to become a Shichibukai to keep him from falling in with evil pirates. Ace remained intent on challenging Whitebeard, but agreed to decide about the Shichibukai afterward.

• Kaido celebrated victory in a conquered country and ordered his forces to continue their campaign, unaware that Yamato had escaped Onigashima.
• On an uninhabited island, Ace reflected on his Haki training with Luo Ya and asked why Luo Ya wanted him to become a Shichibukai.
• Luo Ya warned Ace that challenging the Four Emperors could cost him his freedom, his companions, and his moral principles.
• Luo Ya explained that the Shichibukai title could give Ace protection and freedom while helping keep him from joining evil pirates.
• Ace insisted that he would challenge Whitebeard first and promised to give Luo Ya an answer afterward.

Sengoku learned that Ace was Roger’s son and worried that Whitebeard would recruit him before the Navy could persuade him to become a Shichibukai. As Ace headed toward Hachinosu, Jinbe set out to stop him and planned to confront Luo Ya over the fish-men killed by the Arlong Pirates.

• The Navy confirmed Bartholomew Kuma as the final Shichibukai, while Momonga realized Luo Ya had not reported back about inviting Ace.
• Sengoku confronted Garp and confirmed that Ace was Roger’s bloodline, then warned that Whitebeard might recognize Ace and claim him.
• Sengoku told Garp that Luo Ya was pursuing Ace and had earned his trust, but the Shichibukai position had already been awarded to Kuma.
• Jinbe decided to stop Ace from challenging Whitebeard and took Luo Ya’s photograph, intending to demand an explanation for the deaths of former Sun Pirates in the Arlong crew.

Luo Ya and the 11th Division encountered Red Hair Shanks while pursuing Fire Fist Ace, and their Conqueror’s Haki clashed. After the Marines recovered from Shanks’s Haki, Luo Ya arranged for them to camp on the island as both sides avoided starting a war.

• Ace left the Spade Pirates and headed inland to meet Red Hair Shanks.
• Luo Ya spotted the Red Hair Pirates’ ship and brought his warship toward the island.
• Shanks released his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out many Marines, until Luo Ya’s own Haki rose to oppose him.
• Luo Ya and Shanks withdrew their Haki and met on the shore, where Luo Ya said he was pursuing Ace rather than seeking a fight.
• Luo Ya ordered his Marines to set up camp, while Barto and others provocatively whistled at the Red Hair Pirates.

Barto provoked the Red Hair Pirates into formal duels, and Limejuice defeated him and Hina with his speed. Yamato entered the ring eager to fight Limejuice, leaving the next match about to begin.

• Barto drew a boundary between the camps and challenged the Red Hair Pirates, starting a duel after both sides traded insults.
• Barto won the first fight with his barrier ability, but Limejuice studied its limits and defeated him with a fast electric strike.
• Hina entered the ring and attacked Limejuice with Black Cage, but he evaded her techniques and forced her to concede.
• Yamato leaped into the ring to challenge Limejuice, whose confidence faltered when he felt her intimidating presence.

Yamato defeated Limejuice, and Luo Ya challenged Red Hair Shanks to a duel. After Shanks nearly cut Luo Ya in half, Luo Ya’s Haki grew stronger, and the chapter ended as their powerful attacks collided.

• Yamato outran Limejuice, withstood his Electric Baton, and won after he surrendered.
• Luo Ya accepted the chance to fight Shanks, and the two began their duel as their crews cleared the coast.
• Shanks struck Luo Ya with Gryphon, leaving him gravely wounded, but Luo Ya kept fighting and his Haki grew stronger.
• Shanks acknowledged Luo Ya and coated his blade with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Luo Ya unleashed “Time Lag: Cross Impact” as Shanks used “God Avoidance,” and their attacks collided in a blinding explosion.

Ace thanked Shanks for saving Luffy, while Luo Ya reflected on how their battle had strengthened his understanding of Haki. As Ace prepared to face Whitebeard, Luo Ya tried to stop Jinbe from blocking him by presenting an invitation to become a Shichibukai, only to discover the government had already selected Bartholomew Kuma.

• Ace found the Red Hair Pirates and thanked Shanks for saving Luffy, then joined them for a feast.
• Luo Ya concluded that battling stronger Haki users could force his body to draw out more Haki, and he studied the power of Shanks's God Avoidance.
• The Spade Pirates left Snow Mountain Summit, and Shanks learned Ace planned to challenge Whitebeard and worried about the balance among the Four Emperors, the Shichibukai, and the Marines.
• Ace reached Matsuba Island, where Jinbe arrived and declared he would stop Ace from seeing Whitebeard.
• Luo Ya arrived and tried to protect Ace by presenting an invitation for him to become a Shichibukai, but Jinbe showed him the government's letter naming Bartholomew Kuma as the final candidate.
• Luo Ya burned the letter and cursed the government.