Chapter Summaries

Gigue invaded Thriller Bark to kill Gecko Moria and obtain the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, which he believed held a missing part of the Dark-Dark Fruit’s power. After killing Moria and his subordinates, Gigue claimed the Shadow-Shadow Fruit.

• Gigue entered Thriller Bark and confronted the recovering Moria, Absalom, and Hogback in Moria’s castle.
• Moria attacked Gigue with Horn Blade Shadow, but Gigue endured the strike and absorbed most of Moria’s shadow.
• Moria and Absalom used the Clear-Clear Fruit to turn invisible, but Gigue killed Hogback and exposed them again.
• Gigue killed Absalom and crushed Moria’s internal organs with his darkness power.
• Gigue used his black Bible to obtain the Shadow-Shadow Fruit from Moria’s corpse.

Gigue gained the Shadow-Shadow Fruit and used its power to destroy Thriller Bark before reuniting with Doflamingo and Rosinante in Dressrosa. He set out with a small group for Onigashima to wipe out the Beasts Pirates, leaving Sengoku unaware that the admirals had suddenly departed Marineford.

• Gigue ate the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, combined its power with the Dark-Dark Fruit, and demonstrated his new Shadow Transformation.
• Gigue erased Thriller Bark and the Moria Pirates, then flew away after noticing Perona was not aboard.
• Gigue arrived in Dressrosa, where Doflamingo greeted him as Saint Gigue after a twenty-two-year separation.
• Gigue told Rosinante that Doflamingo was his family member and invited Doflamingo to join him on the journey to Onigashima.
• Gigue ordered Lucia to gather a seven-person group for an attack on the Beasts Pirates, and Akainu left Marineford with her.
• Tsuru asked Sengoku whether he had ordered the admirals to leave Marineford.

Gigue and six other Marine Admirals left Dressrosa aboard a flying warship to confront Kaido on Onigashima. As Kaido prepared for their arrival, the Marines attacked before he could see who had come.

• Gigue gathered Akainu, Kizaru, Aokiji, Aramaki, Lucia, and Doflamingo at Dressrosa's harbor and led them aboard a warship.
• Doflamingo made the warship fly, and the seven Admirals departed for Onigashima.
• Yamato demanded the chance to fight Black Dragon, while Kaido assigned Jack to deal with Doflamingo after Dressrosa was destroyed.
• Kaido declared he would face Black Dragon, and a lackey reported that a flying warship had arrived.
• Kaido and the others rushed outside after explosions sounded and found the ground covered in magma and charred craters.

Gigue and six other Marine Admirals confronted Kaido and the Beasts Pirates on Onigashima. When Yamato threatened Gigue, he struck Kaido with a dark spear and sent it through the pirates behind him.

• Kaido transformed into a giant dragon and clashed with Aokiji’s Ice Bird Beak as the warship descended toward Onigashima.
• Gigue destroyed the Bat Emperor’s arrows and killed him and the other flying Artificial Devil Fruit Ability Users with a sound wave.
• Gigue left Doflamingo aboard the warship and faced Kaido, who gathered the Beasts Pirates’ major fighters around him.
• Akainu, Kizaru, Aokiji, Aramaki, Lucia, and Kuma joined Gigue on the ground, revealing that all seven visitors were Marine Admirals.
• Yamato challenged Gigue, but Kaido moved to protect her and was forced backward by Gigue’s dark spear, which then blasted many pirates into blood mist.

The Navy’s admirals overwhelmed the Beasts Pirates as Lucia fought Yamato and the other admirals attacked Kaido’s forces. Gigue stood ready to face Kaido, whom the admirals had left for him to kill.

• Kaido recognized Gigue’s shadow ability and realized the Navy’s seven admirals could wipe out the Beasts Pirates.
• Yamato accused Gigue of ambushing Oden and Ace, so Lucia attacked her and overpowered her with a Haki-infused strike.
• Kizaru stopped King and Jack, while Aramaki restrained Queen and Aokiji froze him before he broke free.
• Akainu and the other admirals destroyed all ten of the Beasts Pirates’ Buster Calls.
• The admirals slaughtered the Beasts Pirates’ remaining troops while Gigue watched Kaido, and Kaido could not intervene.

Gigue overwhelmed Kaido and used a powerful shadow clone to keep him occupied while the Marines crushed the Beasts Pirates. Queen, King, Jack, and Fuz F fell, and Kaido remained locked in battle as his crew’s defeat became imminent.

• Gigue intercepted Kaido’s attack on Kizaru, wounded Kaido, and faced him as the Beasts Pirates steadily lost ground across the battlefield.
• Kaido attacked Gigue with Roaring Thunder Bagua, but Gigue blocked it and struck him with black spikes, leaving him badly injured.
• Gigue created a Haki-using shadow clone that repeatedly reformed and forced Kaido to transform into a dragon and fight it in the sky.
• Aokiji shattered Queen inside an ice sculpture, while Kizaru defeated King and Kuma’s shockwave knocked Jack down.
• Akainu reduced Fuz F to ashes after Fuz F begged him for mercy.

Lucia defeated Yamato, and Gigue absorbed her Mythical Zoan fruit before turning to face Kaido. After overpowering Kaido in the sky, Gigue met the dragon’s final flaming charge with Muramasa.

• Lucia defeated Yamato, broke her jaw, and brought her to Gigue, who absorbed her and stored the Great God of Mouth Fruit in the Dark Bible.
• Gigue ended the battle on Onigashima and revealed himself to Kaido after his Shadow Clone vanished.
• Gigue caught Kaido’s dragon head, swung him through the sky, and tore off one of his horns.
• Kaido transformed into a flaming dragon and charged Gigue with Rising Dragon: Flame Eight Trigrams.
• Gigue countered with Muramasa’s Shadow Blade: Nation Suppressing.

Gigue killed Kaido on Onigashima and took the Azure Dragon Fruit, then led Lucia and the Admirals into the Flower Capital to relax. As they explored the city, Akainu bought an unusual potted plant and traded compliments with Gigue, while Kizaru was left out.

• Gigue defeated Kaido, took the Azure Dragon Fruit, and stored both it and Kaido's head in the Dark Bible.
• Gigue invited Akainu and the others to visit the nearby Land of Wano and relax.
• Gigue, Lucia, six Marines, and Doflamingo walked through the Flower Capital, where the locals failed to recognize them.
• Lucia shared Oden with Gigue as the group enjoyed the city's streets and stalls.
• Akainu stopped to buy an unusual potted plant, and Kizaru questioned his choice.
• Gigue praised Akainu's taste, and Akainu returned the compliment while disparaging Borsalino, leaving Kizaru stunned.

Gigue and the admirals arrived at the Shogun's Mansion and killed its guards before confronting Kurozumi Orochi. Gigue killed Orochi, leaving the mansion under his group's control.

• Aokiji and Aramaki discussed Wano and its sake while walking with Gigue's group.
• Kuma told Doflamingo he was recording their journey, and Kizaru suggested traveling around the world with Akainu after retirement.
• Gigue's group reached the Shogun's Mansion, where Aramaki killed Kanjuro and Aokiji froze the surrounding samurai.
• Doflamingo buried the remaining samurai beneath the earth around the mansion.
• Gigue entered the council hall, pulled Kurozumi Orochi toward him, and crushed his throat.

Gigue gave Doflamingo control of the Land of Wano after killing Orochi and the Beasts Pirates, then visited Sukiyaki Kozuki in Kasa Village. He killed Sukiyaki, took Tama and Komachiyo, and renamed the dog Golden Lion.

• Gigue gave Doflamingo the Land of Wano, told him to bring Caesar there, and arranged for Marines to garrison the country.
• Gigue said it was time, then went to Kasa Village, where Sukiyaki Kozuki lived with Tama and Komachiyo.
• Sukiyaki recognized Gigue as the Marine Admiral Black Dragon and accused him of ruining the Kozuki family and Wano.
• Gigue knocked Tama unconscious, caught her, and killed Sukiyaki when he shouted in alarm.
• Gigue took Tama and Komachiyo with him, renamed the dog Golden Lion, and disappeared.

Gigue returned to Marineford and encountered Koby, who asked whether Luffy was alive. After Gigue confirmed it, Akainu threatened Koby for sympathizing with a pirate, but Gigue stopped him and ordered Koby to carry Kaido’s frozen head to headquarters.

• Gigue arrived at Marineford with the other admirals and recognized Koby among the Marines.
• Koby asked Gigue whether Straw Hat Luffy was still alive, and Gigue confirmed that he was.
• Akainu accused Koby of sympathizing with a criminal pirate and threatened him, but Gigue ordered Akainu to let him go.
• Gigue produced Kaido’s frozen head, and the Marines recognized it as the Yonko’s.
• Gigue rebuked Koby for his disrespect toward a superior and ordered him to carry Kaido’s head to the headquarters building.

Gigue told Sengoku that the Navy's seven admirals had destroyed the Beasts Pirates and revealed Kaido's head as proof. He then presented his appointment as Fleet Admiral under the title Celestial Dragon, leaving the Navy's leaders stunned by his Figarland identity and his claim that he wanted the position to give it real meaning.

• Gigue apologized to Sengoku for taking the seven admirals to sea without informing him and said they had wiped out the Beasts Pirates.
• Gigue had Koby brought into the conference room carrying Kaido's frozen head, shocking Sengoku and the Navy's top brass.
• Gigue said he had handed Wano to Doflamingo and planned to station Headquarters troops there, then confirmed he knew Doflamingo's Celestial Dragon heritage and said his surname should be Figarland.
• Gigue presented his Fleet Admiral appointment document, which named his title Celestial Dragon, and told Sengoku that Saint Garling was his uncle.
• Gigue explained that he had joined the Navy to become Fleet Admiral, shattered the ice around Kaido's head, and tossed the head onto the table.

After becoming Celestial Fleet Admiral, Gigue left Marineford and appeared aboard the Red Force, where Shanks and his crew discussed his past and the Navy’s destruction of the Beasts Pirates. Shanks recognized Gigue as someone who had once saved him, while Yasopp attacked the unexpected visitor.

• Gigue received the Fleet Admiral’s golden epaulets from Saturn at a ceremony attended by the Marines and Sengoku.
• Shanks, Yasopp, and Beckman discussed Gigue’s promotion and the Navy’s defeat of Kaido’s Beasts Pirates.
• Shanks told Beckman that Gigue had saved him at Edd War and said he did not believe Gigue intended to kill him.
• Gigue appeared on the Red Force’s mast, hidden from the crew’s Observation Haki by a flickering black substance.
• Yasopp fired several Armament Haki-coated bullets at Gigue, but they passed through his body, and Shanks shouted for Yasopp to stop.

Gigue confronted the Red-Haired Pirates and spared Yasopp after Shanks pleaded with him. He revealed that Shanks was a Figarland and his cousin, then said their family had declined and both had been thrown into God Valley.

• Gigue crushed Yasopp's shoulder and dislocated his jaw after Yasopp threatened him for killing Usopp.
• Shanks asked Gigue to spare Yasopp, then called him brother as Gigue demanded; Gigue knocked Yasopp unconscious but left him alive.
• Gigue asked Shanks whether he knew his identity, and Shanks wondered if he was a Figarland.
• Gigue confirmed that Shanks was his cousin, shocking the Red-Haired Pirates with their shared Celestial Dragon heritage.
• Shanks asked why Gigue became a Marine, and Gigue said their Figarland family had declined and they had both been thrown into God Valley.

Gigue met Shanks and revealed that they were cousins, urging him to meet their father, Garling. He left Shanks with a different plan: become King of the Pirates.

• Gigue asked Shanks to return with him and meet Garling, but Shanks insisted that Garling come to him in person.
• Gigue asked to speak with Shanks alone, and Shanks sent Beckman and the others into the cabin after warning that Gigue could not be stopped.
• Hongo found that Yasopp's bones might all be shattered, and the crew carried him into the cabin for treatment.
• Beckman urged Shanks to avenge Yasopp, but Shanks refused; Gigue struck Beckman when he continued pressing Shanks.
• Beckman stopped Gab and Limejuice from attacking Gigue and led the crew inside, admitting that fighting him would cost them many lives.
• Gigue told Shanks he was not suited to return yet and said he wanted Shanks to become King of the Pirates.

Gigue told Shanks about Joy Boy and urged him to eat a Devil Fruit, claiming Figarland family members could still swim. Shanks ate Vegapunk’s Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit, then jumped into the sea to test whether Gigue was right.

• Shanks asked Gigue about Luffy and Laugh Tale, and Gigue said he planned to end Joy Boy for good.
• Gigue showed Shanks a collection of Devil Fruits and insisted that he choose one.
• Gigue demonstrated that he could swim after eating a Devil Fruit and claimed Figarland family members did not become landlubbers.
• Shanks rejected the Azure Dragon Fruit because he liked red, so Gigue recommended the red Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Shanks ate the Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit, then jumped into the sea, where bubbles rose and he disappeared from view.

Gigue helped Shanks discover that Muramasa let him enter the sea without losing his strength, then watched him test the Azure Dragon Fruit and embrace its powers. The brothers returned to the ship, where Gigue turned his attention to the Devil Fruits still laid out on deck.

• Shanks found that he could swim while holding Muramasa, but lost his strength again when Gigue removed the sword.
• Gigue threatened to extract Shanks's Devil Fruit, so Shanks hurried to test his new ability.
• Shanks transformed into a crimson dragon and unleashed Dragon Breath and wind blades over the sea.
• Shanks flew through the sky with Gigue perched between his dragon horns and said he loved the fruit.
• The brothers returned to the ship, and Gigue thoughtfully examined the Azure Dragon Fruit among the remaining Devil Fruits.

Gigue enhanced Shanks's Devil Fruit into the Divine Dragon Fruit and encouraged him to train, then prepared to leave. Before he departed, Shanks confessed that he had given the Nika Fruit and Roger's straw hat to Luffy, and Gigue reassured him that he would handle any trouble Luffy caused.

• Gigue transferred the Azure Dragon Fruit's Source Power into Shanks, bringing him close to awakening and transforming his fruit into the Divine Dragon Fruit.
• Gigue told Shanks to train his Devil Fruit and body, and Shanks said he would use Mihawk as practice.
• Gigue declined Shanks's invitation to stay for a drink and urged him to return to the family someday, telling him Uncle Garling missed him.
• Shanks confessed that he had given the Nika Fruit and Roger's straw hat to Luffy after Roger told him to give the fruit to its chosen owner.
• Gigue comforted Shanks for repaying Roger's kindness and promised to deal with any trouble Luffy caused.

Gigue encouraged Shanks to choose his own path, and Shanks decided it was time to act. On the Moby Dick, Teach persuaded Marco to seek an alliance with the Red-Haired and Big Mom Pirates, while positioning himself to avoid meeting Shanks.

• Gigue told Shanks to follow his own wishes and reminded him of his freedom as a member of the Figarland Family before vanishing.
• Shanks told Beckman that it was time to get down to business.
• Marco worried that Whitebeard's declining health and the Marines' growing strength put the Whitebeard Pirates in danger.
• Teach urged Marco to persuade Whitebeard to form an alliance, beginning with Shanks, and Marco agreed to speak to him.
• Marco offered to recommend Teach as the envoy to Shanks, but Teach refused, citing his history with Shanks.

Marco convinced Whitebeard to seek an alliance against the Navy, and Whitebeard agreed for the sake of his sons. Marco set out to meet Red-Haired Shanks, who prepared to receive him but appeared unlikely to accept cooperation.

• Marco warned Whitebeard that the Navy could target the Whitebeard Pirates and proposed an alliance with Big Mom and Shanks.
• Whitebeard agreed with Marco and told his sons that their safety mattered more to him than his pride.
• Marco left to find Shanks, and Teach offered to prepare a ship for him.
• On the Red Force, Shanks and Beckman anticipated that Marco had come seeking cooperation.
• Shanks went to the deck to receive Marco while maintaining his status as captain.