Chapter Summaries

Xia Che and the East Blue Navy contained the poison gas threatening Fish-Man Island, and Shaka agreed to analyze it and consider building an elevator to the surface. As Jinbe’s ship neared the island, his crew spotted Fish-Men fleeing, leaving them unsure whether they had arrived too late.

• The East Blue Navy evacuated Fish-Men and Mermaids while dealing with World Government agents and the poisonous mist.
• Zephyr and Kuzan arrived with reinforcements, and Shaka assessed the contained poison gas and said it could be dealt with.
• Xia Che asked Shaka to build an elevator between the East Blue surface and Fish-Man Island and gave him Hody Jones’s energy steroids for study.
• Xia Che left to rest after arranging for Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates to be sent as test subjects.
• Jinbe and Aladdin approached Fish-Man Island aboard their coated ship, worried about the World Government’s involvement and the island’s safety.
• A Fish-Man reported that they had spotted fleeing Fish-Men ahead, making Jinbe and Aladdin fear they had arrived too late.

The Gorosei discussed the failed attempt to disrupt the East Blue Navy’s occupation of Fish-Man Island and agreed to meet Sengoku. At Marine Headquarters, Sakazuki and Tsuru considered Fish-Man Island’s decision to join the East Blue Navy, and Sakazuki sent Tsuru to supervise the meeting.

• The Gorosei learned that the Revolutionary Army had exposed their plan and that Enel, Zephyr, and Kuzan had gone to Fish-Man Island with East Blue Navy forces.
• The Gorosei discussed their failed intelligence efforts, Marine Headquarters’ refusal to support them, and the East Blue Navy’s growing influence, then agreed to meet Sengoku and ordered Black Leg Tiger to escort him.
• Tsuru told Sakazuki that Neptune had been removed as king and that Fish-Man Island had fallen under the East Blue Navy’s control.
• Sakazuki called Kuzan a traitor, while Tsuru explained that Fish-Man Island had likely joined the East Blue Navy for protection from slave-catching groups.
• After receiving news that the Gorosei would meet the two former Marines, Sakazuki told Tsuru to watch the meeting and prevent Black Leg Tiger from causing trouble.

While Xia Che vacationed on Mermaid Island, Smoker told him that Luffy and his companions had entered the Grand Line after repeatedly challenging him in Loguetown. Rayleigh watched them depart and decided to visit Sky Island, curious about how the East Blue had changed.

• Xia Che spoke with Smoker about Luffy's group entering the Grand Line and learned that Smoker had let them pass after their repeated challenges became unbearable.
• Smoker explained that Luffy's crew had earned Loguetown residents' support through their hard work and had eventually escaped toward Reverse Mountain aboard a ship bought from the East Blue Navy.
• Xia Che joked with Smoker about the crew's enormous ship debt, then wondered why Rayleigh had not intervened in Loguetown.
• Rayleigh watched the Straw Hat Labor Group enter the Grand Line and reflected on how unexpected Luffy and his companions were.
• Rayleigh headed for the station, planning to visit Sky Island and marveling that Roger's execution platform had become a tourist attraction.

Xia Che considered the East Blue Navy’s plans for rebuilding and securing Fish-Man Island before agreeing to meet Jinbe. At the Ryugu Kingdom, Neptune explained why he had given up the throne, and Jinbe began asking about the fish-men and mermaids who had been driven out.

• Xia Che weighed plans to rebuild Fish-Man District and secure Fish-Man Island, including the possibility of using an elevator for Navy support.
• Sharky told Xia Che that Jinbe had arrived and wanted to meet him, then worried Jinbe might offend Xia Che over the expelled fish-men and mermaids.
• Xia Che agreed to meet Jinbe at the Ryugu Kingdom and reassured Sharky that he and Jinbe had a good relationship.
• Neptune told Jinbe he had given up the throne for Fish-Man Island’s future and believed Otohime would have supported his decision.
• Jinbe began to ask Neptune about the fish-men and mermaids who had been driven out, but Sharky arrived to announce that Xia Che would see him.

Jinbe met with Xia Che to ask that the expelled fish-men and mermaids be allowed back on Fish-Man Island, but Xia Che refused unless they changed their ways. Jinbe apologized to Nami for his connection to Arlong’s crimes, then asked Sharky to show him the ruined Fish-Man District.

• Sharky brought Jinbe to the Ryugu Kingdom, where Jinbe thanked Xia Che for saving Fish-Man Island and asked what he could do for him.
• Jinbe asked Xia Che to forgive the expelled fish-men and mermaids and let them return, but Xia Che refused and warned that they would be removed if they caused trouble again.
• Xia Che told Jinbe he could take the expelled people away to establish their own settlement, and Jinbe agreed to speak with them and take them if they would not behave.
• Jinbe apologized to Nami for his connection to Arlong’s attack on Cocoyasi Village, and Nami told him she blamed only Arlong and would not hate all fish-men.
• After leaving the Ryugu Kingdom, Jinbe spoke with Sharky about Hody Jones and the destruction of Fish-Man District, then asked to visit the district.

Jinbe saw how Xia Che and the East Blue Navy had rebuilt the Fish-Man District and established an orphanage and school, then corrected the children’s false beliefs about Fisher Tiger and Queen Otohime. After Jinbe left determined to preserve Fish-Man Island’s history, Xia Che prepared to return through the Grand Line and confront the World Government.

• Sharky showed Jinbe Fish-Man Island’s improved security and the ongoing reconstruction of the Fish-Man District.
• Sharky brought Jinbe to a school where Fish-Man, Mermaid, and human teachers taught the children, and explained Xia Che’s plans for education and the orphanage.
• When students blamed humans for Fisher Tiger’s death and Queen Otohime’s murder, Jinbe entered the classroom and corrected them, explaining that Tiger had refused human blood and Hody Jones had killed Otohime.
• Jinbe apologized to the teacher and children, then told Sharky to inform Xia Che that he understood what he needed to do to preserve history.
• After learning Jinbe had visited the Fish-Man District, Xia Che told Robin and Nami they would return through the first half of the Grand Line to settle the score with the World Government.

Xia Che arranged Fish-Man Island’s defense and departed for East Blue with a group of Fish-Men and mermaids. Neptune and Jinbe watched the fleet leave, and Neptune hinted that Xia Che was Joy Boy.

• Xia Che left Kuzan and an East Blue Navy garrison to protect Fish-Man Island while its reconstruction began.
• Zephyr selected mermaids and Fish-Men for training, and Xia Che proposed a specialized unit led by Sharky if he passed training in East Blue.
• Sharky, Shirahoshi, Crown Star, and Fukaboshi prepared to travel to East Blue, while Neptune stayed behind to oversee Fish-Man Island.
• Xia Che warned Jinbe to keep the Whitebeard Pirates from causing trouble and told Kuzan not to slack off as the fleet prepared to leave.
• Neptune tearfully asked Xia Che to look after Shirahoshi, and Jinbe thanked Xia Che before the East Blue Navy ships departed.
• After watching the fleet disappear, Jinbe asked if Xia Che was truly Joy Boy, and Neptune replied that no one else could be.

Sakazuki struggled with Marine Headquarters’ budget crisis and learned that the East Blue Navy had surrounded the Sabaody Archipelago. Xia Che had ordered the encirclement to retaliate against those who had crossed him and assert control over Fish-Man Island.

• Sakazuki raged over Garp and Sengoku’s spending proposals and the shortage of Marine Headquarters funding.
• Sakazuki learned that Borsalino was refusing to work because his previous year’s bonus had not been paid.
• A Navy soldier reported that the East Blue Navy had surrounded the Sabaody Archipelago, and Sakazuki ordered the Celestial Dragons guarded and summoned Borsalino.
• Xia Che emerged from the deep sea, ordered his forces to surround the Sabaody Archipelago, and declared that Fish-Man Island belonged to them.

Xia Che’s East Blue Navy attacked slave auction houses across the Sabaody Archipelago while Colonel Montoya tried to organize a defense. The bombardment also destroyed a bar, leaving a soot-covered woman demanding to know where Rayleigh had gone.

• Colonel Montoya ordered civilians evacuated, Marines to defend the islands, and Celestial Dragons protected while he awaited reinforcements.
• Montoya decided to approach the East Blue Navy, but his adjutant warned him that its cannon ports were already aimed at the islands.
• Xia Che directed Enel to strike slave auction houses and warned him not to harm Fish-Men or Mermaids.
• Enel used the electromagnetic cannons to destroy the marked targets and an unmarked bar after hearing someone being extorted there.
• Sharky led the Fish-Men and Mermaids in a charge against the auction houses as the Sabaody Archipelago fell into chaos.
• A soot-covered woman found her bar reduced to rubble and demanded to know where Rayleigh had run off to.

Xia Che led the East Blue Navy in freeing Fish-Men and Mermaids and demolishing Sabaody’s auction houses, then faced Sakazuki’s reinforcements after Enel killed a Celestial Dragon. As the East Blue Navy prepared to leave, Black Leg Tiger Teach and Tsuru arrived, changing the standoff.

• Shakky watched the East Blue Navy bombard Sabaody and worried after its attacks also wrecked her bar.
• Xia Che’s forces rescued Fish-Men and Mermaids, who learned Fish-Man Island belonged to the East Blue Navy and joined the assault on the auction houses.
• The Marines refused to protect the auction houses, while a Celestial Dragon was suddenly struck down and his bubble helmet cracked.
• Sakazuki ordered Xia Che to stop, but Xia Che blamed the conflict on the World Government’s actions against Fish-Man Island and said his forces were nearly finished.
• Enel told Xia Che that everyone had returned and revealed he had killed a Celestial Dragon; Xia Che asked Sakazuki to let the East Blue Navy leave.
• Black Leg Tiger Teach and Tsuru arrived aboard a Marine Headquarters warship as Sakazuki faced Xia Che, Zephyr, and Enel.

Marine Headquarters confronted Xia Che’s East Blue Navy after Enel killed a Celestial Dragon, and Sakazuki demanded an answer. Xia Che admitted they had killed the Celestial Dragon and, when Sakazuki challenged him, announced he planned to bomb Marine Headquarters.

• Tsuru, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Teach assembled at Marine Headquarters and debated whether to fight the East Blue Navy.
• Sakazuki revealed that a Celestial Dragon had died, and Tsuru called across to Zephyr to ask about it.
• Xia Che denied knowing who had killed a Celestial Dragon, while Enel admitted he had killed what he called trash.
• Sakazuki demanded that Xia Che answer for the killing and trespassing, and Xia Che pulled out a remote controller.
• Xia Che told Sakazuki that he planned to bomb Marine Headquarters, not Mary Geoise.

Xia Che threatened Marine Headquarters with destruction, and the World Government ordered Sakazuki to fight without publicly supporting him. After a blast struck the Red Line instead, the Gorosei backed down and let the East Blue Navy leave; Tsuru then revealed that Garp and Sengoku had defected, prompting Sakazuki and Tsuru to suspect they had joined Xia Che.

• The World Government ordered Sakazuki to fight the East Blue Navy but said it would not publicly support Marine Headquarters, and Sakazuki demanded funds and reconstruction money.
• Xia Che pressed the remote, and an explosion struck the Red Line after the World Government intercepted the attack before it could destroy Mary Geoise.
• After Xia Che threatened to detonate another bomb, the Gorosei ordered Sakazuki to let the East Blue Navy leave.
• Xia Che led the East Blue Navy back toward East Blue, while Zephyr asked Tsuru about Garp and Sengoku and she said they were fine.
• Tsuru received word that Garp and Sengoku had killed their Marine escorts and defected, leaving her and Sakazuki to wonder whether they had joined the East Blue Navy.

Teach secretly arranged for Sengoku and Garp to be poisoned and captured, then lied to Sakazuki and Tsuru about their escape to the East Blue Navy. Tsuru went to meet the East Blue Navy under Sakazuki’s half-hour ultimatum, while Xia Che found one of the old men awake.

• Teach learned from Lafitte that the poisoning and cleanup had succeeded, though Sengoku and Garp had been taken aboard an East Blue Navy ship.
• Sakazuki and Tsuru discussed the apparent defection, and Teach arrived and falsely blamed Sengoku and Garp for attacking their escort.
• Tsuru urged Sakazuki not to act until she investigated, and Teach left after feigning anger at Sakazuki’s insults.
• After learning Marine Headquarters had caught up with the East Blue Navy, Tsuru went to meet them while Sakazuki gave her half an hour before opening fire.
• Xia Che looked down at an old man who had just awakened.

Sengoku woke aboard Xia Che’s ship after being rescued and faced questions about his situation and whether he would join the East Blue Navy. He refused Zephyr’s invitation but agreed to meet Tsuru, who arrived and confronted him about the Marines’ deaths.

• Sengoku woke and found Xia Che and Garp, who told him Xia Che had saved them and asked for more donuts.
• Zephyr revealed that Sengoku had been accused of colluding with the East Blue Navy and escorted to the World Government, while Xia Che said the poison in Sengoku’s body had been cured.
• Zephyr invited Sengoku and Garp to join the East Blue Navy; Garp agreed, but Sengoku refused and warned Xia Che that the World Government remained dangerous.
• Zephyr told Sengoku that Tsuru had come to speak with him, and Xia Che allowed her to meet Sengoku while staying to listen.
• Tsuru entered and coldly asked Sengoku why he had killed the Marines escorting him.

Tsuru learned that Lafitte had poisoned Sengoku, Garp, and the Marines aboard Black Leg Tiger’s ship, while Sengoku suspected the World Government’s involvement. Tsuru warned that Sengoku could not return to Marine Headquarters and revealed that the World Government had fabricated a story blaming the East Blue Navy for a massacre and looting at Sabaody.

• Sengoku told Tsuru that Lafitte had poisoned the Marines and that Garp and he had survived thanks to an antidote.
• Xia Che explained how the fast-acting poison worked, and Sengoku recounted escaping the ship after its crew had been poisoned.
• Sengoku vowed to confront Black Leg Tiger, but Garp refused to return to Marine Headquarters and Sengoku tried to drag him along.
• Tsuru told Sengoku that returning would be pointless and described the World Government’s false account accusing the East Blue Navy of killing Sabaody residents and looting the islands.
• Xia Che challenged Tsuru’s accusation, and Sengoku realized the World Government had made the decision.

Tsuru demanded that the East Blue Navy hand over Sengoku and Garp, but Xia Che treated the demand as a chance to charge for their medical bills. After Marine Headquarters opened fire, Sengoku refused to join the East Blue Navy, and Xia Che told him to leave the warship and pay his bill.

• Tsuru told Sengoku that Marine Headquarters would put him and Garp on trial, then demanded that Xia Che hand them over or face bombardment.
• Xia Che offered Tsuru a discount on a one-hundred-million-berry medical bill, but she left without accepting.
• Tsuru warned Sakazuki that Marine Headquarters was at risk of further defections and proposed cleaning out a traitor within its ranks.
• Sakazuki ordered the Marines to open fire on the East Blue Navy warship, declaring Sengoku and Garp traitors.
• Garp accepted that he might have to defect, but Sengoku told Xia Che he would not join the East Blue Navy and wanted time to rest.
• Xia Che insisted Sengoku pay the one-hundred-million-berry bill and ordered him off the warship.

The Gorosei, Revolutionary Army, and Whitebeard reacted to the East Blue Navy’s occupation of Fish-Man Island, attack on Sabaody, and the defections of Sengoku and Garp. Dragon postponed contact with the East Blue Navy while the Revolutionary Army investigated rumors of a twenty-year conspiracy, and Whitebeard questioned Kuzan about the plan.

• The Gorosei discussed the Navy’s failure to stop the defectors, ordered Teach to investigate spies, and worried about what Sengoku, Garp, and Roger were planning.
• Sabo and Koala debated conflicting reports about the East Blue Navy’s actions, while Dragon decided the Revolutionary Army should wait before meeting them.
• Sabo agreed to investigate online claims about a twenty-year plan and left to address other matters, including Caesar Clown’s experiments.
• Dragon wondered whether the rumored conspiracy explained why Garp and Sengoku had joined the East Blue Navy, and questioned whether it could become the next World Government.
• Whitebeard asked Kuzan what Garp, Roger, and the Fleet Admiral had plotted, but Kuzan did not know.

Kuzan left Whitebeard’s banquet after warning the Whitebeard Pirates not to cause trouble, while Whitebeard and Marco discussed the East Blue Navy and Joy Boy. Elsewhere, Belmer and Zoro sought work on Angel Island, where Zoro’s woodcutting impressed a foreman and caught the attention of a man at the Vinsmoke Royal Stall.

• Kuzan told Whitebeard he was surprised that he, Sengoku, and Garp had joined the East Blue Navy, then left after warning the crew not to cause trouble.
• Marco worried that the East Blue Navy might move against the Whitebeard Pirates, but Whitebeard promised to protect his sons and said Fish-Man Island might already see the Navy’s leader as Joy Boy.
• Ace told his Whitebeard brothers that Luffy had set sail and said he looked forward to meeting him on the seas.
• Belmer tried to get temporary work for himself and Zoro on Angel Island, reminding Zoro that their loan repayment was due soon.
• Zoro used his One Sword Style woodcutting technique to split the foreman’s log and impress the onlookers.
• A man standing at the Vinsmoke Royal Stall watched the Straw Hat Kid, the Swirly Eyebrows kid, and a raccoon, then asked the Straw Hat Kid why he had gone to sea.

The foreman met Luffy and the Straw Hat Labor Group on Sky Island, where they were taking odd jobs to fund their voyage. Chopper shared his dream of becoming a cure for every disease, while the crew stayed together and worked toward repaying their enormous debt.

• The foreman asked why the Straw Hat Labor Group had come to Sky Island to work, and Belmer hid the truth that they had borrowed more than fifteen billion to set sail.
• Belmer and Zoro left for their construction jobs, while Sanji explained that he had gone to sea for his dream, which the foreman mistook for selling fried rice.
• Chopper told the foreman he was a reindeer doctor who had eaten the Human-Human Fruit and wanted to become a cure that could treat every disease.
• Chopper recalled that he had chosen to sail with Luffy after Doctor Hiriluk's wife and Kaya encouraged him, and that he had decided to earn money with the crew rather than ask for his savings.
• Chopper declared that he would fulfill his dream, while Luffy announced that he wanted to become the Pirate King.

The foreman learned he had been promoted to lead the East Blue Navy’s operations on Fish-Man Island, while Luffy’s crew decided to visit Water 7 before heading there. Meanwhile, Garp denied knowing Luffy after Xia Che showed him a loan contract.

• The foreman worried that he had been fired, but received a call promoting him to chief person in charge of Fish-Man Island.
• Usopp told Luffy, Sanji, and Chopper that Fish-Man Island had become East Blue Navy territory and that Luffy’s grandfather had joined the Navy.
• Luffy agreed to visit Water 7 for Sanji’s mermaid sister before traveling to Fish-Man Island.
• Garp looked at the loan contract in Xia Che’s hands and insisted that he had no grandson and did not know Luffy.