Chapter Summaries

Ian trained Observation Kill after the Reverie while Neptune revealed that Fish-Man Island had joined Ian’s cause and formed a secret alliance with eleven other kingdoms. The chapter ended when Doflamingo’s plan to become King of Dressrosa was announced and Ian and Violet suddenly lost track of why they wanted to stop him, suggesting an unknown ability was affecting them.

• Yamato attacked Ian for going to challenge the Whitebeard Pirates without her, but Ian easily blocked her attacks and promised she could lead a future fight against them.
• Ian monitored the Reverie, then trained Observation Kill by using Conqueror’s Haki to disrupt his own presence.
• Neptune told Ian that he and Otohime had formed a secret organization with eleven dissatisfied Kings and pledged Fish-Man Island’s support for overthrowing the World Government.
• Ian endorsed Neptune’s organization and promised Stussy would help conceal it from the World Government.
• After completing his Observation Kill training, Ian learned from Stussy that Doflamingo planned to become King of Dressrosa.
• Ian questioned Violet about stopping Doflamingo, but both of them became confused about their reasons and suspected they were under the influence of an ability.

Ian discovered that Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit had erased memories of King Riku and his family, then sent Yamato to Dressrosa to bring back Doflamingo and rescue them. As Doflamingo prepared to become king, Kyros remained imprisoned beneath the palace, while Crocodile arrived to meet him.

• Ian regained his memories of King Riku’s family by activating his ability and decided to take Sugar from Doflamingo.
• Ian sent Yamato to Dressrosa with Jinbe, Enel, Violet, and Bear to capture the Donquixote Family and rescue King Riku’s family.
• Bear launched the ship into the sky, and Ian said he would arrange ships for Yamato and Hancock before Hancock invited him to see her new swimsuits.
• Doflamingo’s coronation preparations proceeded in Dressrosa, where citizens had forgotten King Riku and his family.
• Kyros tried and failed to break out of the palace prison while other toys remained imprisoned nearby.
• Doflamingo welcomed Crocodile to the royal palace, and Crocodile asked what business Doflamingo wanted to discuss.

Crocodile met with Doflamingo, who proposed they join forces, then attended Doflamingo’s coronation in Dressrosa. Enel struck Sugar and restored everyone’s memories, exposing Doflamingo’s takeover; Yamato confronted the Donquixote Family and sent Doflamingo flying with one blow.

• Crocodile returned to the New World, formed an assassin organization, and listened as Doflamingo proposed they work together against the Four Emperors and World Government.
• Doflamingo crowned himself king of Dressrosa while Crocodile watched from the palace hall.
• Enel appeared and struck Sugar with lightning, causing her ability to fail and restoring the memories of Dressrosa’s people.
• Kyros escaped from the dungeon, Violet remembered her family, and Yamato, Jinbe, and Enel confronted Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family.
• Doflamingo challenged Yamato, but she broke through his threads and smashed him through the palace with her club.

Yamato overwhelmed the Donquixote Family inside the palace, freezing its officers and defeating Pica's giant form. Doflamingo returned to the palace and unleashed a wave of threads against Yamato and her allies.

• Enel taunted Doflamingo after Yamato sent him crashing into the city, and Doflamingo turned back toward the palace to protect his family.
• Yamato froze Pica's stone giant, resisted Jola's Art-Art Fruit, and trapped Senor in ice when he tried to ambush Violet.
• Diamante, Trebol, Gladius, Mahalbas, Baby-5, and Monet attacked Yamato together, but her Phantom Blade froze them all.
• Kyros arrived with soldiers and told Violet that her family had escaped and gone into hiding.
• Pica became a colossal rock giant and attacked Yamato, but she pierced and froze him with Diamond.
• Doflamingo caught the falling Pica with threads and sent a massive wave of threads crashing toward Yamato and the others.

Yamato defeated Doflamingo and his family, and the Hachinosu crew took Doflamingo back to Ian. Violet briefly reunited with her family in Dressrosa before sailing away, while Crocodile began planning to gather more power.

• Yamato transformed and used her Frost Domain to freeze Doflamingo's attacks, then defeated him with Extreme Ice Eight Trigrams.
• Enel caught the frozen Doflamingo, and Jinbe, Yamato, and Violet prepared to return to Hachinosu Island.
• Violet reunited briefly with King Riku, Her Highness the Queen, and Scarlet before leaving Dressrosa aboard the Hachinosu Island ship.
• Crocodile watched the ship depart and decided to seek someone who hated Kaido and Ian so he could build up his strength.
• Ian and Tesoro discussed Doflamingo losing his Shichibukai position and the three vacancies among the Shichibukai.
• Luo woke Doflamingo in a boiling pot on Hachinosu Island and escorted him to Ian.

Luo brought Doflamingo and the imprisoned Donquixote Family officers to Ian, who offered to spare them if they submitted. When Doflamingo refused, Ian used Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit to turn him into a toy and erase him from everyone’s memories, then asked the family to choose between submission and death.

• Luo led Doflamingo through the kitchen and prison, where Doflamingo reunited with his unharmed family before they went to Ian’s office.
• Ian invited Doflamingo to join him, but Doflamingo refused, and the Donquixote Family officers declared their loyalty to him.
• Ian asked Sugar to use her Hobby-Hobby Fruit on Doflamingo, threatening her sister until Sugar touched Doflamingo and turned him into a flamingo plush doll.
• The Donquixote Family officers, no longer remembering Doflamingo, submitted to Ian one by one.
• Doflamingo realized Ian still remembered him when Ian picked him up and asked how he felt.

Ian took control of the Donquixote Family, imprisoned Doflamingo, and put Tesoro in charge of the family’s business. He contacted Vergo about serving him from inside the Marines, while the Gorosei discussed Doflamingo’s disappearance and Crocodile approached Gecko Moria to propose cooperation.

• Doflamingo watched Ian take the Donquixote Family officers’ hearts through Luo, then Ian shackled Doflamingo and locked him in the dungeon.
• Tesoro described the scale of the Donquixote Family’s business, and Ian handed him its assets and people to manage.
• Tesoro told Ian that Vergo was undercover in the Marines, so Ian contacted Vergo and offered to help him rise from lieutenant colonel.
• The Gorosei discussed Doflamingo’s disappearance, the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, and the shortage of Shichibukai.
• Crocodile entered Gecko Moria’s castle and proposed that they cooperate.

Moria and Crocodile agreed to work together against Kaido and Ian, planning to recruit powerful prisoners from Impel Down and give up their Shichibukai titles. After learning that Impel Down had been breached, Ian heard the news from Morgans as Crocodile and Moria infiltrated the prison's sixth level to recruit its prisoners.

• Crocodile convinced Moria that they should strengthen themselves and weaken the Beasts Pirates by recruiting powerful people and releasing monsters from Impel Down, beginning with the preparation to stop being Shichibukai.
• Ian tested Sugar's Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability and warned her not to undo it without his permission.
• Baby-5 demonstrated that she could transform into a bomber, while Monet and Baccarat watched nearby.
• Morgans called Ian and reported that Impel Down had been breached, prompting Ian to ask for details.
• Crocodile and Moria secretly entered Impel Down, reached its sixth level, and called out to the prisoners to ask if they wanted to escape.

Crocodile and Moria freed the prisoners of Impel Down’s sixth level, killing those who refused to submit and recruiting several legendary inmates. After hearing about Ian’s rise and the Four Emperors, Douglas Bullet agreed to leave his cell, setting the freed monsters loose toward a new era.

• Crocodile offered to free the sixth-level prisoners if they followed him, and Moria helped unlock their cells.
• Several freed pirates tried to defy Crocodile, who killed them with his sand powers and forced the others to submit.
• Moria went to harvest shadows and bodies from prisoners who had refused to join them.
• Crocodile found Bundy Waldo frozen in a cell and arranged to bring him along, while Patrick Redfield accepted freedom as a favor owed.
• Crocodile told Douglas Bullet about Ian, the Four Emperors, and Ian’s defeat of Golden Lion, prompting Bullet to demand release.

Crocodile and Gecko Moria broke into Impel Down, freed thousands of pirates, and formed Cross Guild with Shiryu and Count Patrick Redfield. After the world hailed the new organization as an emerging emperor, Crocodile announced that its next move would overturn the Navy’s tradition of placing bounties only on pirates.

• Magellan confronted Crocodile, Gecko Moria, Count Patrick Redfield, and Douglas Bullet as they escaped Impel Down, while Shiryu betrayed Magellan and joined the pirates.
• Bullet sailed away in a ship fused with his body, while Crocodile persuaded Redfield to remain in an alliance; Shiryu then asked to join them as well.
• Stussy told Ian that Moria had taken Magellan’s shadow and that more than five thousand pirates had escaped, including Level Six criminals and Shiryu.
• Morgans reported that Crocodile and Moria had formed Cross Guild with Shiryu and Redfield, prompting the world to view them as a new Pirate Emperor.
• Crocodile told his allies that Cross Guild’s next step would be to place bounties on the Navy.

Crocodile announced that Cross Guild would place bounties on Marines, and Ian joined the hunt through the Beasts Pirates, prompting the Charlotte Family to join as well. As the Marines and World Government scrambled to respond, Crocodile planned to move Cross Guild into the New World, while an unidentified Marine officer raced toward Ian.

• Crocodile told Morgans that Cross Guild would place bounties on Marines, and Ian agreed to have the Beasts Pirates join the hunt.
• Cross Guild published bounties on Marine officers, provoking outrage at Marine Headquarters and excitement among pirates.
• Ian announced that Marines could also be brought to Hachinosu Island for bounties, and Charlotte Linlin then ordered the Charlotte Family to join.
• The Marines discussed destroying Cross Guild and raising Sengoku to Fleet Admiral, while the Gorosei resolved to recruit replacements for the Shichibukai.
• Crocodile told Moria that Cross Guild would move to the New World, and a purple-powered Marine officer headed toward Ian, calling him a monster destined to surpass Roger.

Ian enjoyed a relaxed beach day on Hachinosu Island until he sensed a powerful, unfamiliar visitor approaching. He ordered the civilians evacuated and prepared to meet the threat, while his crew gathered around him.

• Ian relaxed on the beach as Yamato and Hancock battled over a volleyball, while the others watched and teased them about their feelings for him.
• Jack brought Ian a fisherman who had killed a Marine Headquarters colonel to collect the promised one hundred million Berries, and Jack offered to help the man’s family settle near Hachinosu Island.
• Ian and Jack discussed Cross Guild’s bounties on Marines, the World Government’s need to recruit new Shichibukai, and raising the bounties of Sengoku, Aokiji, and the other Admirals.
• Ian sensed an immensely powerful, unfamiliar presence at sea and told Jack to evacuate the civilians and have Jinbe maintain order on the island.
• Solemn, Shimir, the Beast Giants, and Ace arrived as Ian waited for the visitor; Ian sent Sanji to fetch drinks while Yamato and Hancock stopped their volleyball fight.

Crocodile and Moria brought Cross Guild’s enormous coated ship back to the New World and planned to find a base, while Bullet arrived at Hachinosu Island to challenge Ian. Yamato and Hancock fought Bullet together and prepared a combined attack against his giant form, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Crocodile and Moria returned to the New World aboard Cross Guild’s giant ship and decided to seek a base in World Government territory.
• Crocodile discussed recruiting World and locating his former companions, while Moria wondered where Bullet had gone.
• Bullet rammed his ship onto Hachinosu Island and attacked Ian, but Solemn struck him back with his warhammer.
• Yamato and Hancock confronted Bullet, and their coordinated attacks held him back despite his resistance to their abilities.
• Bullet used his Combine-Combine Fruit to fuse with his warship and grow into a giant, overpowering Yamato and Hancock’s attacks.
• Yamato and Hancock synchronized their breathing and launched their combined move, Sea Dominance, against Bullet’s descending fists.

Yamato and Hancock used Sea Dominance to destroy Bullet’s giant, but Ian quickly defeated him and had Jinbe pull him from the sea. Ian offered Bullet three chances to challenge him, promising that Bullet would become his companion if he lost them all, and Bullet accepted.

• Yamato and Hancock unleashed Sea Dominance, blasting Bullet’s giant into the sea and leaving him injured.
• Bullet formed another giant and attacked Ian, who shattered it with a flying kick and a Haki-infused punch.
• Jinbe pulled Bullet from the sea, and Ian offered to forgive the damage to the beach if Bullet became his subordinate.
• Bullet rejected Ian’s offer, but Ian pointed out that he was only sixteen and would surpass Roger, stirring Bullet’s desire to prove himself.
• Ian offered Bullet three chances to challenge him and promised to help him learn advanced Haki; Bullet accepted the bet.

Ian taught Bullet advanced Haki and let him leave Hachinosu Island to train nearby, confident that Bullet would return to challenge him. Meanwhile, Cross Guild destroyed G-11 Base and began seizing territory in the New World, prompting the Marines to mobilize as Ian learned they were also searching for a vampire-related legend.

• Ian explained advanced Armament Haki, Observation Haki Future Sight, Conqueror's Haki Infusion, and Observation Kill to Bullet, then gave him a ship to leave Hachinosu Island.
• Bullet settled on a deserted island nearby to train, and Ian ordered supplies sent to him.
• Weevil and his mother decided to seek Shichibukai status after reading news that the World Government was recruiting them.
• Cross Guild used Bundy Waldo's ability and a massive cannon to destroy G-11 Base, then began subjugating nearby countries.
• Sengoku dispatched Garp, Zephyr, Momousagi, and Chaton against Cross Guild, while Aokiji stood by at G-5 Base.
• Stussy told Ian that Cross Guild was searching for a vampire legend, and Ian recognized it as the Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Vampire Form.

Ian learned that the Vampire Fruit was likely hidden in Shuigu Town and sent Cross Guild toward it. The Marines and Cross Guild both set course for the town, with Crocodile realizing the Marines were preparing an ambush as the chapter left the two sides racing toward the ruins.

• Ian ordered Stussy to find the Vampire Fruit, and CP later located a vampire legend in Shuigu Town that matched its powers.
• Zeff ordered his students to remain at G-5, then led the Marine fleet toward Shuigu Town; Aokiji also departed with a fleet.
• Crocodile told Redfield that Shuigu Town matched the legend, and Redfield ordered Thriller Bark to go there.
• Crocodile learned that mysterious outsiders were active in Shuigu Town and deduced that the World Government had found it first.
• Crocodile proposed that Cross Guild let the Marines believe their ambush plan had worked while the pirates reached the town first, and Redfield agreed.
• Shiryu, Moria, and the other pirates prepared to pursue the fruit as Thriller Bark reached a country where immigrants from Shuigu Town repeated the vampire legend.

Ian traveled to Shuigu Town to find the island’s hidden ruins and retrieved the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire Form. Redfield confronted him there, and their clash of Conqueror’s Haki began as Shiryu arrived to watch.

• Ian learned from the bartender that outsiders had entered the mountain ruins, then flew toward the island’s highest peak.
• Hero Garp and Zephyr ordered the Marines to capture Ian, while Cross Guild surfaced near Shuigu Town and divided its members’ tasks.
• Ian found Ancient Text hidden among the ruins’ decorations and followed a sequence of floor tiles that released a box containing a Devil Fruit.
• Redfield arrived at the ruins and demanded the box from Ian, who refused and identified him as the legendary Lone Red.
• Ian’s Conqueror’s Haki overpowered Redfield’s, and Shiryu stopped nearby to watch their confrontation.

Ian defeated Redfield, who had attacked him to seize the Devil Fruit that could restore his youth, and challenged him to confront his fear of aging. As Marine warships arrived, Ian flew toward the village and invited Shiryu to join him, while Garp spotted Cross Guild near the island.

• Redfield attacked Ian for the Devil Fruit, but Ian used Observation Kill, Future Sight, and his Haki to evade and overpower him.
• Ian taunted Redfield about his fear of aging and argued that restoring his youth would not give him something worth living for.
• Ian sensed three powerful presences approaching on Marine warships and headed toward the village, leaving Redfield in the crater.
• Ian invited Shiryu to join his side, and Shiryu eagerly accepted the offer to wait for his message.
• Crocodile and the other Cross Guild officers saw the approaching Marines, while Garp recognized Cross Guild through his binoculars.

The Navy surrounded Cross Guild’s ship, and Crocodile used the village as a hostage to demand an escape route. The standoff collapsed when Ryde and Bundy Waldo attacked the Marines, who turned their full force toward Ian as he prepared to fight them.

• Garp, Zephyr, Aokiji, Gion, and Chaton surrounded Cross Guild, while Ian appeared with the Vampire Fruit and effortlessly pinned Moria.
• Crocodile realized the Marines outmatched Cross Guild, and Ian taunted him by suggesting he beg for help.
• Shiryu returned with a wounded, dazed Redfield as Garp demanded Ian surrender and return his grandson.
• Crocodile used Corrosion Samsara to turn the village into sand and threatened the villagers, forcing Garp to halt the Navy’s advance.
• Ryde charged Garp and kept attacking after being knocked away, while Zephyr, Gion, Chaton, and Aokiji moved to capture Ian.
• Bundy Waldo attacked Zephyr, but Zephyr shattered his giant blade and continued toward Ian as Ian vowed to make the Marines experience despair.

Ian fought the Marines while protecting the Vampire Fruit, overwhelming Zephyr and his allies with his flames and Haki. After proving Seastone could not suppress him, Ian killed Chaton in front of Zephyr, leaving the Marine instructor helpless and despairing.

• Ian gave Surtur the box containing the Vampire Fruit, then confronted Zephyr and blocked his Seastone arm with an invisible Haki barrier.
• Aokiji, Zephyr, Gion, and Chaton attacked Ian together, but Ian’s flames and Haki defeated their assaults and badly injured Aokiji.
• Ian let Zephyr’s Seastone fist and Gion’s blade strike him, then revealed that his flame form had no physical body for them to hit.
• Ian punched Gion and Zephyr from the sky, then seized Chaton by the throat as Aokiji and Chaton failed to stop him.
• Ian killed Chaton with a flaming strike while Zephyr watched, telling him the feeling was helplessness and asking whether it was enough to make him despair.