Chapter Summaries

Gigue learned that Shanks was the son of Garling and a maid who died by suicide after giving birth. Garling recalled the family conflict surrounding Shanks’s birth and was then struck by news of Gigue’s death and the Dark-Dark Fruit being chosen as a hunting competition prize.

• Gigue asked Garling about his aunt, and Garling admitted that she had died long ago and that Gurando knew about her.
• Thirty-eight years earlier, Gurando confronted Garling about Shanks’s expected birth and insisted that Gigue remain the Figarland heir while his illness was treated through experiments.
• After Shanks was born, his mother killed herself to spare Garling the consequences of breaking the Celestial Dragon rule against having children with a maid.
• Garling decided to reveal that Shanks was his son at the upcoming hunting competition, but he soon heard that Gigue had died from his congenital illness.
• The World Government replaced one of the competition’s planned Devil Fruit prizes with the Dark-Dark Fruit, a fruit significant to the Figarland Family.

Garling recounted how the Dark-Dark Fruit, Gigue, and Shanks slipped away from his plans at God Valley, and Gigue rejected the idea that fate had arranged their lives. Gigue revealed that Shanks knew his origins and had been encouraged to pursue the title of King of the Pirates, while Garling accepted that Shanks would not return to the family for now.

• Garling explained that Gurando sent Gigue's preserved body to God Valley, while Garling arranged for Shanks to be placed in a chest and planned to reclaim him and the Dark-Dark Fruit at the tournament.
• Rocks's arrival turned God Valley into a battlefield, and Gigue returned with the Dark-Dark Fruit as the chests, including Shanks, disappeared.
• Garling wondered whether fate had brought Gigue the fruit and kept Shanks from the family, but Gigue said his return to life had made him stop believing in fate.
• Gigue credited Garling with protecting him from Gurando, and Garling accepted his thanks.
• Gigue told Garling that Shanks knew his origins but did not want to return to the family yet.
• Gigue revealed that he had persuaded Shanks to become King of the Pirates, and Garling questioned how the Fleet Admiral would deal with him.

Shalria waited anxiously while Gigue discussed her marriage prospects with Garling, then collapsed from heatstroke after pacing outside the Royal Chamber in her spacesuit. Gigue brought her inside to rest, where he learned she often visited in his absence and caught her cuddling Monet.

• Shalria waited outside Garling's Royal Chamber, hoping Garling would approve her marriage to Gigue.
• Gigue emerged and caught Shalria when she nearly collapsed from heatstroke.
• Gigue supported Shalria into his Royal Chamber and asked Monet to help her rest.
• Monet said Shalria often visited while Gigue was away, and Shalria burrowed into her embrace.
• Gigue pulled Shalria away from Monet and accused her of taking advantage of Monet.

Gigue visited Olvia in the library where she had spent nearly twenty-three years compiling books, bringing Pudding along. He offered Olvia a book-shaped Devil Fruit so she would no longer need to climb ladders to retrieve books.

• Monet cooled Shalria with her Snow-Snow Fruit ability while Gigue relaxed with Hancock, Robin, and Sugar.
• Gigue asked Robin about Olvia, then took Pudding to the library where Olvia was being detained.
• Olvia fell from a ladder while reaching for a book, and Gigue caught her before she hit the floor.
• Gigue offered to arrange assistants for Olvia, but she refused, saying she was a sinner and was content to see Robin every day.
• Gigue produced a purple, book-shaped Devil Fruit and offered it to Olvia.

Olvia ate the Devil Fruit Gigue gave her and discovered she had gained the Book-Book Fruit’s powers. She showed Gigue her history book, which praised the Celestial Dragons’ victory over Joy Boy and included Gigue as King, and he named it Celestial Dragon Genesis.

• Olvia thanked Gigue for saving her and said she regretted the consequences of her curiosity about Ohara.
• Olvia admitted she had forgotten to ask what kind of Devil Fruit Gigue had given her, then revealed the Book-Book Fruit’s powers by summoning and controlling books.
• Olvia used two books as a staircase to reach the top of the bookshelf and brought down her completed history book for Gigue to inspect.
• Gigue read the opening section, which credited the Figarland Family with defeating Joy Boy, then found himself named King Gigue at the end.
• Olvia asked Gigue to name the book, and he chose Celestial Dragon Genesis.

Gigue gave Olvia the First Embrace, turning her into a vampire and restoring her youthful appearance. After explaining her new bond to him, he teased and intimidated her in the library before beckoning Pudding over.

• Olvia praised the name Celestial Dragon Genesis, and Gigue announced that he would reward her.
• Gigue bit Olvia and gave her the First Embrace, making her a vampire with improved vision and youthful skin.
• Olvia examined her rejuvenated face in a mirror, tied up her silver hair, and let Gigue choose her glasses.
• Gigue explained the First Embrace and told Olvia that her life and death now depended on him, but she joked that she belonged to him.
• Gigue grabbed Olvia and threatened to make her serve him until she pointed out that Pudding was watching from the doorway.
• Gigue released Olvia, warned her not to argue with him again, and beckoned Pudding over.

Gigue brought Pudding to Olvia and asked her to find a way to awaken Pudding’s Three-Eyed Tribe abilities. He also allowed Olvia to leave the library within the clan grounds and had her decipher a Road Poneglyph, leaving her to write down its contents while noting that someone needed Pudding’s abilities.

• Gigue revealed Pudding’s third eye to Olvia, who recognized her as a member of the Three-Eyed Tribe.
• Olvia recalled an ancient book that described ways to awaken the abilities of descendants with mixed bloodlines, and Gigue assigned Pudding to assist her while she searched for it.
• Gigue allowed Olvia to leave the library and move within the clan grounds, and Olvia said she wanted to spend more time with Robin.
• Gigue showed Olvia a Road Poneglyph, and Olvia confirmed she could decipher its writing.
• Olvia created a book containing the Poneglyph’s contents on its first page and gave it to Gigue, explaining that she could make the book disappear if it was lost.

Katakuri and Brulee settled into a relaxed life aboard Shanks’s ship before Gigue arrived and joined the crew’s drinking party. Gigue revealed that he was being pressured to marry, and Shanks correctly guessed that the woman was the Marine Admiral Nightingale.

• Katakuri and Brulee enjoyed the Red-Haired Pirates’ relaxed life as Katakuri ate donuts and drank with Shanks’s crew.
• Gigue arrived aboard the Red Force, and Shanks welcomed him to the party.
• Shanks asked whether Newgate was dead, and Gigue said he was likely still inside Teach’s stomach.
• Gigue encouraged Katakuri and Brulee to relax, though they remained wary of him because of what he had done on Whole Cake Island.
• Gigue told Shanks he was being pressured to marry, and Shanks guessed the woman was Nightingale.
• Gigue confirmed that Nightingale was the woman Shanks had guessed.

Gigue gave Shanks a deciphered Road Poneglyph and told him about a potential rival as Shanks prepared to pursue the One Piece. Shanks learned that Buggy was imprisoned in Impel Down and regretted how their friendship had ended.

• Shanks asked Gigue about his wedding and explained that he wanted to become King of the Pirates, but Beckman said they needed someone to decipher the Poneglyphs.
• Gigue told Shanks that Pudding was alive but her Three-Eyed Tribe ability had not awakened, then gave him an interpretation of the Whole Cake Island Road Poneglyph.
• Gigue said Marshall D. Teach would become Shanks's rival, and Shanks expressed interest in meeting him.
• Shanks asked about Buggy, and Gigue revealed that Buggy was imprisoned on Impel Down's first underground level for around ten years.
• Shanks regretted that Buggy might resent him for abandoning their shared dream of finding the great treasure.

Gigue teased Shanks about Makino and revealed that he knew about Shanks’s adopted daughter, Uta. Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates were left reminiscing about Uta.

• Gigue promised to arrange Buggy’s release from prison on probation, and Shanks worried that the favor might cause trouble for him.
• Gigue scolded Shanks for losing his way after Roger’s words, then asked whether he had met someone he liked.
• Lucky Roo revealed that Shanks liked Makino, and Gigue showed he already knew about their relationship.
• Gigue asked whether Shanks had a child with Makino, then suggested he had another child; Shanks realized he meant Uta.
• Shanks explained that Uta was adopted but that he treated her as his daughter, while Gigue confirmed he knew; the crew grew nostalgic about her.

Gigue urged Shanks to sail to Elegia and see Uta, hoping to prevent his niece from carrying out a dangerous plan. Uta rejected the idea of reconciling with Shanks and decided to move her plan forward, even as she secretly longed for him.

• Gigue told Shanks he knew Shanks had taken the blame for Uta and insisted they leave for Elegia immediately.
• King Gordon told Uta that Shanks was coming to see her, but she angrily rejected the news and returned to her room in tears.
• Uta decided to carry out her plan ahead of schedule, then acted as though nothing had happened when she spoke with Gordon at dinner.
• Gordon called Shanks, who confirmed he would arrive around noon the next day and said he wanted to stop Uta from hating him.
• Uta overheard Gordon and Shanks discussing the visit, briefly felt longing for Shanks, then turned cold and disappeared into the darkness.

Shanks arrived on Elegia with the Red-Haired Pirates to meet Uta and clear up their misunderstanding. Uta revealed that she knew the truth about the past, but she declared her hatred of pirates and her plan to create a world without them, prompting the Scarf Man to suggest she join the Marines.

• Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates landed discreetly on Elegia, and Gordon led them to the palace to meet Uta.
• Shanks greeted Uta, but the Scarf Man interrupted their silence and told Uta to call Shanks Dad before he would identify himself.
• Shanks tried to apologize for leaving Uta, but Uta interrupted and said she had learned the truth through the Den Den Mushi.
• Uta accepted responsibility for the harm she had caused and vowed to make amends and create a world without pirates.
• Uta said she hated pirates, and the Scarf Man laughed and suggested she join the Marines.

Uta trapped Shanks and the others in Uta World and summoned Tot Musica, the demon she had been warned about. As Tot Musica overwhelmed her and pulled her toward itself, Shanks failed to stop it, while Scarf Man finally raised his hand.

• Uta used an Amplifying Den Den Mushi to sing Tote Music and create Uta World, trapping Shanks, Scarf Man, Gordon, and the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Uta changed into Golden Armor, summoned cartoon soldiers, and attacked Shanks, but he destroyed the soldiers and broke her spear.
• Uta sang again and summoned Tot Musica from a dark vortex, leaving Gordon terrified as the monster emerged.
• Tot Musica trapped the exhausted Uta in a dark golden barrier and dragged her toward itself.
• Shanks attacked Tot Musica with his sword and Conqueror's Haki, but the demon canceled his strike with a black shockwave.
• Scarf Man raised his hand and formed a miniature dark vortex in his palm as Uta neared Tot Musica.

Gigue revealed himself to Uta as her uncle and rescued her from the barrier, while Shanks battled Tot Musica. When the monster began draining Uta’s soul and grew into its strongest form, Gigue intervened and captured it with a giant hand of darkness.

• Gigue caught Uta after dispelling her barrier and revealed his identity as her uncle, Fleet Admiral Celestial.
• Shanks checked on Uta, then transformed into his Dragon-man form and attacked Tot Musica with Dragon Breath and a crimson sword beam.
• Tot Musica entered its strongest form and began draining Uta’s soul, leaving her pale and bleeding.
• Gigue comforted Uta, transformed into bats, and flew to confront Tot Musica.
• Tot Musica fled in fear when Gigue appeared, but Gigue seized it in a giant hand of darkness.

Gigue captured Tot Musica as a doll and encouraged Shanks to give it to Uta. Uta accepted it from her father and, with Gigue beside her, discovered that singing Tote Music made the doll begin to grow again.

• Gigue used King's Command: Darkness Baptism to shrink and capture Tot Musica, then handed the doll to Shanks.
• Gigue suggested that Shanks give the doll to Uta, and the two went to speak with her.
• Shanks offered Uta the doll, and Gigue explained that he and Shanks had defeated Tot Musica together.
• Uta called Shanks "Dad" and thanked him and Gigue for the gift.
• Uta sang Tote Music at Gigue's suggestion, causing the doll to glow and expand until she stopped singing.

Gigue purified Tot Musica and gave Uta a way to summon it safely as her personal bodyguard. After Uta ended her Uta World, she chose to visit Marineford for a concert instead of returning to sea with Shanks, and Gigue agreed to arrange it.

• Gigue gave Uta the purified Tot Musica, which she could summon for a few minutes without risking its control over her.
• Uta ended her Uta World, returned everyone to the palace, and apologized for what she had done.
• Shanks and the others reassured Uta, while Katakuri asked King Gordon to bring him donuts.
• Shanks invited Uta to return to sea as the Red Hair Pirates' musician, but she hesitated and said she wanted to visit Marineford.
• Uta explained that she had promised her fans a Marineford performance where they could meet Gigue, and Gigue agreed to arrange the concert.

After losing Dragon, Sabo, and other leaders, the Revolutionary Army decided to abandon its headquarters and withdraw from the Grand Line to rebuild in East Blue. As the troops prepared to evacuate, an explosion and an arrogant laugh interrupted them.

• Lindbergh gathered the remaining Revolutionary Army officers and urged them to relocate before the Marines found their headquarters.
• Gild Tesoro argued that the Marines controlled the Grand Line and urged the army to retreat, rebuild its strength, and recruit new members.
• Lindbergh and the officers agreed to withdraw to East Blue, where the Revolutionary Army already had some influence.
• Lindbergh ordered the troops to assemble and evacuate, but a thunderous boom shook the headquarters and an unknown voice laughed outside.

Blackbeard Teach arrived at the Revolutionary Army’s base with his crew and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, prompting Lindbergh and the others to confront him. Teach revealed his power and clarified that Whitebeard was still alive, while recalling his fear of Fleet Admiral Kong.

• After reports of a pirate attack and an earthquake-like strike, Lindbergh led Gild Tesoro and the others to investigate.
• Haku and the Revolutionary Army found Teach’s crew at the shore, where Teach’s casual attack had cracked the ground and toppled watchtowers.
• Teach arrived with Burgess, Van Augur, Lafitte, Doc Q, and Charlotte Chiffon, and waited for the person in charge.
• Teach recalled Gigue’s killing of Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, then said he had been thinking about the terrifying Fleet Admiral Kong.
• Lindbergh recognized Teach as Whitebeard’s former Second Division Commander, and Teach displayed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit before insisting Whitebeard was alive.

Lindbergh rejected Teach’s attempt to continue the Revolutionary Army’s cooperation with the Whitebeard Pirates, and their confrontation turned violent. Teach struck Lindbergh with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, leaving him injured as the surrounding battlefield lay devastated.

• Teach asked Lindbergh to continue the Revolutionary Army’s cooperation with the Whitebeard Pirates, but Lindbergh refused because Teach had left the crew.
• Burgess attacked Lindbergh, who shattered his shockwave and sent him flying; Lafitte caught him and carried him away.
• Lindbergh told Teach to leave, insisting that the Revolutionary Army’s partners were the Whitebeard Pirates, not Teach.
• As Lindbergh turned away, Teach launched a tremor attack that devastated the ground and injured Lindbergh, while many Revolutionary Army soldiers fell or were buried in cracks.

Lindbergh used his Freezing Gun to shatter Teach’s frozen body, but Teach emerged from his own mouth in a new form and seized the weapon. The Revolutionary Army was left facing an even stranger and more dangerous opponent.

• Lindbergh attacked Teach with electrified claws, but Teach struck him into a crater and forced the Revolutionary Army officers back with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Dorb and Haku helped the injured Lindbergh, who warned that Teach’s power made their numbers nearly useless.
• Teach threw Chiffon aside, giving Lindbergh a chance to hit him with the Freezing Gun and freeze him solid.
• Lindbergh shattered the ice, but found Teach’s mouth intact among the shards and watched it grow as a thick arm reached out.
• Teach crawled out of the mouth in a muscular new form, took Lindbergh’s Freezing Gun, and shoved it into his mouth.