Chapter Summaries

Marco visited Shanks to discuss an alliance between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Red-Haired Pirates against the Marines, but Shanks refused. After revealing his Divine Dragon Devil Fruit and overwhelming Marco with his Conqueror's Haki, Shanks dismissed the need for an alliance.

• Marco boarded Shanks's ship to deliver Whitebeard's proposal, but Shanks demanded that Whitebeard speak to him in person.
• Shanks unleashed Dragon's Might, knocking out Marco's companions and forcing Marco to his knee.
• Shanks transformed into a Divine Dragon, and Marco recognized it as the fruit once held by Kaido.
• Marco realized how much Shanks's new Mythical Zoan might increase his power and worried that Whitebeard's era was ending.
• Marco confirmed that the Whitebeard Pirates wanted an alliance against the Marines, but Shanks refused and said a King of the Pirates did not need allies.

Marco returned from his failed attempt to ally with Shanks and told Whitebeard that Shanks had eaten Kaido’s Azure Dragon Fruit. Dragon urged Whitebeard to meet Shanks in person, arguing that the alliance could still be secured.

• Shanks used his Conqueror’s Haki to pressure Marco, who fled the Red Force with his unconscious subordinates.
• Marco returned to the Moby Dick and found Dragon and the Revolutionary Army meeting with Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard asked about Shanks, and Marco revealed that Shanks had rejected the alliance and eaten the Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Whitebeard reacted angrily to Shanks’s refusal, but Marco withheld Shanks’s ambition to become King of the Pirates and his threat against him.
• Dragon argued that Whitebeard had sent Marco instead of meeting Shanks himself, and proposed that a face-to-face meeting could still win Shanks over.

Dragon went to meet Shanks aboard the Red Force, bringing the Revolutionary Army commander Issho with him. Shanks appeared and asked, “The Revolutionary Army... whom does it revolutionize?”

• Dragon persuaded Whitebeard that he would approach Shanks himself to discuss their conflict.
• Shanks and Beckman foresaw cloaked newcomers approaching and warned the Butterfly Pirates to avoid suspicious ships.
• Dragon and Issho boarded the Red Force, where Beckman identified Dragon and ordered them to leave if they wanted to avoid a fight.
• Shanks came to meet Dragon and asked whom the Revolutionary Army revolutionized.

Shanks rejected Dragon’s proposal to join forces against the Marines and attacked him, while Issho and Beckman joined the battle on opposite sides. Shanks fought Dragon in the sky as Beckman prevented Issho from intervening.

• Issho sensed killing intent from Shanks, who used Observation Killer to seal Issho’s Observation Haki.
• Shanks asked Dragon who the Revolutionary Army intended to revolutionize, then mocked him and cut Dragon’s ship in two with Griffin.
• Issho used his gravity ability to pull the Red Force toward the sea, but Shanks summoned a crimson flame cloud to lift it clear.
• Issho attacked Shanks with Gravity Sword: Fierce Tiger, but Shanks’s Conqueror’s Haki dispersed the gravity field.
• Dragon unleashed an azure hurricane and charged at Shanks, who transformed into a crimson streak and fought him amid explosions and towering waves.
• Beckman shot apart the wreckage beneath Issho and stopped him from supporting Dragon.

Beckman fought Issho and overwhelmed him with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused attack, while Shanks continued to dominate Dragon inside the hurricane. The chapter left Issho badly injured and Dragon battered as their fight continued.

• Shanks ordered Beckman to capture Issho without killing him, and Beckman charged into battle.
• Beckman broke through Issho’s Gravity Wave with Conqueror’s Haki and knocked him back with his rifle.
• Beckman fired Seven Kill Stars, breaking Issho’s gravity barrier and inflicting severe internal injuries despite Issho blocking the bullets with Armament Haki.
• Shanks and Dragon clashed again inside the hurricane, with Shanks suppressing Dragon and leaving him bruised, wounded, and struggling to keep fighting up close.

Shanks overwhelmed Dragon after revealing that his Azure Dragon Fruit had awakened, while Dragon and Issho attempted to escape. Shanks and Beckman defeated Issho, and Shanks called his brother to offer him a Devil Fruit.

• Dragon awakened his Devil Fruit and summoned violent storms, but Shanks revealed his own awakening and blasted a hole through the clouds.
• Shanks struck Dragon with a slash, redirected lightning into him, and severed his left arm with Dragon Breath.
• Dragon fled toward Issho and Beckman's fight, and Issho used Gravity Waves to speed Dragon's escape before blocking Shanks.
• Shanks and Beckman fought Issho for five minutes and left him bloodied on the deck.
• Shanks called his brother and asked whether he wanted a Devil Fruit.

Gigue arrived at Shanks's ship to claim the Press-Press Fruit extracted from the defeated Issho. He ate it successfully, becoming a three-type Devil Fruit Ability User.

• Shanks told Gigue that he had captured Issho and offered him the Press-Press Fruit.
• Gigue teleported to Shanks's ship, where Shanks explained that Dragon had sought an alliance and escaped with Issho's help.
• Beckman warned that Issho was close to death, prompting Gigue to extract the Press-Press Fruit from him.
• Gigue ate the fruit, and Shanks panicked when Gigue appeared nauseous.
• Gigue revealed that the Press-Press Fruit filled his remaining slot, making him a three-type Devil Fruit Ability User.

Gigue killed Issho after revealing that Shanks was his younger brother, then stayed with Shanks and confronted Yasopp about abandoning his family. The chapter left Gigue poised to attack Yasopp as Shanks’s crew watched from outside.

• Gigue told Issho that Shanks was his younger brother, then stabbed Issho and cremated his body.
• Shanks asked how Gigue had eaten multiple Devil Fruits, and Gigue attributed it to Shanks’s uncle before agreeing to stay the night.
• Gigue reassured Shanks that he would not make things difficult for Yasopp and went to visit him in his cabin.
• Gigue taunted Yasopp about his son and his failure as a father, then lifted him by the throat and threw him back onto the bed.
• Gigue extended claws toward Yasopp’s throat and declared that people like him were better off without sons.

Yasopp endured a nightmare in which Ace and the people of Syrup Village condemned him for abandoning Usopp, then woke after a week of sleep. He appeared to accept his defeat by the Celestial Dragon, while Rockstar wondered whether the long sleep had changed him.

• Yasopp encountered a dead-looking Ace, who revealed Usopp's head in his chest and threw it to him.
• Banchina and the villagers blamed Yasopp for abandoning Usopp, and Yasopp shot them in a frenzy.
• Ace suggested Yasopp could escape his guilt by denying that he had a son, and Yasopp muttered, "I don't have a son."
• Yasopp woke in his room and learned from Rockstar that he had been asleep for a week.
• Yasopp casually accepted losing to the Celestial Dragon, leaving Rockstar puzzled by his reaction.

Gigue used his nightmare ability to make Yasopp forget Usopp and accept his defeat, then left Shanks’s ship. Dragon returned to the Moby Dick gravely wounded and revealed that Red-Haired had cost him an arm and that Issho had been lost.

• Yasopp emerged from the cabin and joined the banquet, confusing the crew with his cheerful mood.
• Yasopp told Gigue he accepted his defeat and explained that he held no grudge because Gigue was Shanks’s brother.
• Gigue revealed he had erased Yasopp’s memories of Usopp through a nightmare, then departed after offering Shanks a way to contact him.
• Dragon crashed onto the Moby Dick with his left arm missing, and Marco used his blue flames to heal the wound but could not regrow the arm.
• Dragon told Whitebeard that Red-Haired had attacked him and that Issho had helped him survive, but had been lost.

After Shanks rejected an alliance, Teach proposed securing the Big Mom Pirates’ support through a marriage alliance. He volunteered to marry one of Big Mom’s daughters, hoping to gain powerful backing for himself and the Whitebeard Pirates.

• Whitebeard asked Dragon whether he had any prior grievances with Shanks, and Dragon said he had never met him and did not understand Shanks’s hostility.
• Teach urged the group to stop pursuing an alliance with Shanks and instead seek the Big Mom Pirates’ support.
• Teach proposed a marriage alliance, briefly alarming Whitebeard when Thatch suggested Whitebeard himself might marry Big Mom.
• Whitebeard considered the proposal feasible, and Marco asked which of the Whitebeard Pirates would take part.
• Teach volunteered to marry one of Big Mom’s daughters, privately hoping to gain the Big Mom Pirates as allies and thinking Smoothie might be his match.

Whitebeard and Big Mom agreed to a marriage alliance between Teach and Charlotte Chiffon, despite their unflattering photos. The chapter ended with Stussy informing Gigue that she had received a wedding invitation for the couple.

• Whitebeard chose Teach as the candidate for the marriage alliance and sent Big Mom a letter with Teach's photo.
• Big Mom accepted Whitebeard's proposal and ordered Perospero to tell Chiffon to prepare to marry Teach or face execution.
• Whitebeard received Big Mom's reply and showed Teach Chiffon's photo; Teach enthusiastically accepted the match.
• Stussy contacted Gigue and reported that the Big Mom Pirates had sent her a wedding invitation for Chiffon and Teach.

Gigue learned that Teach was marrying Chiffon on Whole Cake Island and decided to attend, seeing the gathering of powerful forces as an opportunity for the Marines. A month later, Stussy arrived at the island with Gigue disguised as her bodyguard, Number Zero.

• Stussy told Gigue that Teach’s wedding would draw many forces, including the Revolutionary Army, and Gigue decided to accept the invitation and bring a major Marine gift.
• A month later, Charlotte Galette welcomed Stussy and her masked bodyguard, Number Zero, to Whole Cake Island.
• Stussy demonstrated her blood-manipulation ability to convince Galette that she was the real Blood Rose.
• Stussy introduced Number Zero as her personal bodyguard, and Galette interpreted the remark suggestively.
• Number Zero secretly touched Stussy, who cried out and then moved close to him as Galette led them onward.

Stussy and Gigue attended the dinner banquet on Whole Cake Island, where Galette became curious about Gigue and Pekoms approached him with a job offer. The chapter ended with Pekoms confronting Gigue over his killing intent.

• Galette escorted Stussy and Gigue to their accommodations, where Stussy reunited with Gigue and the two spent the afternoon together.
• Galette took Stussy and Gigue to the dining hall, where they joined Morgans, the other underworld kings, and Pekoms.
• Galette asked Gigue for his real name and tried to remove his mask, but he smacked her hand away.
• Stussy rebuked Galette for disrespecting Gigue, prompting Galette to bristle before Pekoms sat across from him.
• Pekoms sensed Gigue's intense killing intent and asked whether he wanted to work for him.

At a banquet, Pekoms tried to recruit Gigue and insulted Stussy, but Gigue intervened and brutally subdued him. Gigue returned to his seat as the guests wondered about his strength and where Stussy had found him.

• Pekoms tried to poach Gigue from Stussy, and Gigue silently showed he would stay with her.
• Pekoms insulted Stussy, so Galette warned him that causing trouble would make him an enemy of the Charlotte Family.
• Gigue stopped Pekoms from leaving and shattered his shoulder and jaw despite his Armament Haki.
• Gigue warned Pekoms to stop making a scene, then stuffed his bloodied glove into Pekoms's mouth and sent him fleeing.
• Galette marveled at Gigue's strength, while a golden-haired man wearing a golden helmet wondered where Stussy had found him.

At the Charlotte Family banquet, Judge approached Stussy to learn about her guard, Number Zero, while Gigue silently decided to kill Judge over his experiments on his children. Galette tried to make Gigue remove his mask by offering him Charlotte Pudding’s dessert, but he ate it without revealing his face and then offered her the last bite.

• Judge brought Reiju to speak with Stussy and subtly raised the World Government, but Stussy redirected the conversation while Gigue privately resolved to kill Judge.
• Perospero announced the banquet, and Charlotte Pudding arrived with the food she had helped prepare.
• Galette challenged Gigue to eat Pudding’s chocolate dessert, hoping he would remove his mask.
• Gigue fed Stussy a piece of the pudding, ate the rest without exposing his face, and offered the final piece to Galette.

At Big Mom’s banquet, Gigue learned more about the gathered forces and drew closer to Galette while Pudding watched with keen interest. As he and Stussy left, Gigue revealed that Pudding was a special existence and asked whether Stussy had heard of the Three-Eyed Tribe.

• Gigue listened to the banquet’s conversations and added several people, including Morgans, to his death row list.
• Pudding joined Gigue and Galette, complained about her work, and greeted Gigue when he addressed her.
• Gigue offered Galette cake and said he hoped to sit with her again at the wedding banquet, leaving her flustered.
• Gigue left with Stussy, and Pudding and Pauwel teased Galette until Galette sealed their mouths with butter.
• On the way back, Gigue told Stussy that Galette had impressed him and called Pudding a special existence, then asked whether she knew of the Three-Eyed Tribe.

As Chiffon prepared for her arranged wedding to Teach, she confided her unhappiness to Pudding, who distracted her with gossip about Galette and Gigue. At the garden venue, Galette joined Stussy and Gigue to keep him from causing trouble, where he immediately remarked on Dragon’s appearance.

• Galette seated Stussy and Gigue at the wedding venue, then warned Gigue not to act impulsively when she revealed that Monkey D. Dragon would attend.
• Pudding helped Chiffon prepare and heard her say she had no choice but to marry Teach; Pudding admitted she would obey Big Mom if ordered to marry a stranger.
• Pudding told Chiffon that Galette might be falling for the masked guard Number Zero, who had subdued Pekoms the night before.
• Chiffon and Pudding left for the wedding as the Big Mom Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, and Revolutionary Army gathered in the garden with Dragon, Sabo, and Crow.
• Galette left Katakuri’s group to sit beside Stussy and Gigue, claiming she wanted to keep an eye on him.
• Gigue pointed out Dragon and asked why he looked like a dog.

At the Charlotte Family wedding, Galette, Pudding, Pauwel, Stussy, and Gigue discussed Fleet Admiral Tianlong’s terrifying strength and the brutal battle that had left Chef Mont d'Or badly injured. Gigue promised to protect Galette as the bride and groom arrived.

• Galette scolded Gigue for speaking openly about Monkey D. Dragon, but Gigue dismissed Dragon as merely a rebel leader.
• Pudding and Pauwel joined Galette, and Pudding said Chef Mont d'Or had taken over the cooking for the wedding.
• Galette told the group that Tianlong had fought Roger and Big Mom, severely injuring Mont d'Or in a battle she and Pauwel remembered as children.
• Galette described Tianlong killing Whitey Bay and using her head to kill Vista, frightening Pudding and herself.
• Gigue promised to protect Galette, and Stussy insisted that he was strong as Pudding teased him.
• A cry announced the bride and groom's arrival at the wedding entrance.

Teach and Chiffon held their wedding, and Teach's unexpected passionate kiss moved Chiffon and her family. After Pudding exposed her third eye and prepared to erase Gigue and Stussy's memories, Gigue stopped her by praising it.

• Teach and Chiffon exchanged wedding rings as the Whitebeard Pirates and Big Mom Pirates watched.
• At the guests’ urging, Teach kissed Chiffon, and his display moved Pudding to tears.
• Chiffon kissed Teach again and called him “Hubby,” leaving him stunned.
• Pudding accidentally exposed her third eye, then raised her hand to erase Gigue and Stussy’s memories.
• Gigue praised Pudding’s eye, freezing her hand in midair.