Chapter Summaries

Gigue led the Marines in a devastating assault on Gotte Island, then confronted Luffy in the sky and taunted him about Joy Boy’s control over his body. Luffy managed to deflect one shadow spear on his own, but Gigue raised eight darkness tentacles and challenged him to stop the next attack.

• Gigue ordered the warships to bombard Gotte Island, leaving fewer than a thousand Revolutionary Army soldiers alive.
• Luffy protected himself from the cannon fire and drew Gigue’s attention, while Lucia ordered the Marines to wipe out the remaining Revolutionary Army.
• Gigue taunted Luffy about failing to save his grandfather and told him to call Joy Boy, but Luffy insisted on fighting with his own body.
• Gigue overpowered Luffy and pinned him with a shadow spear as Joy Boy urged him to accept help.
• Luffy unleashed his strength and knocked the spear aside, grazing his shoulder, while Gigue praised him for not using a substitute fighter.
• Gigue raised eight hardened darkness tentacles and asked Luffy how he would block them.

Gigue and the Navy crushed the Revolutionary Army, with Lucia killing Lindbergh and the Marines wiping out the remaining fighters. Luffy swallowed Chopper’s Rumble Balls to evade Gigue’s attack, but was struck down before emerging amid white light and facing Gigue again.

• Gigue sent eight dark spikes after Luffy, while Lucia approached the wounded Lindbergh and killed him.
• With Lindbergh dead, the Marines killed the remaining Revolutionary Army members, leaving Luffy, Nami, Chopper, and Brook on the battlefield.
• Luffy called for Chopper’s Rumble Balls and raced toward them as Gigue unleashed Eight-Headed God Execution.
• Chopper threw a handful of Rumble Balls into the air, and Luffy swallowed them just before Gigue’s spikes pierced his back and drove him into the ground.
• Luffy burst from underground in a pillar of white light, but Gigue’s Black Blade pierced the light and vanished from Luffy’s grasp.
• Luffy reappeared with white vapor rising from his palm, his eyes glowing white and crack-like patterns covering his skin as he faced Gigue.

Joy Boy took control of Luffy’s body and fought Gigue while the Drums of Liberation awakened Nika Power in Nami, Chopper, Brook, and the Revolutionary Army soldiers. The chapter ended as Gigue summoned a sky of darkness and Joy Boy prepared to respond with the others.

• Joy Boy said Luffy had lost consciousness after swallowing too many Rumble Balls, then used the straw hat’s power to heal his cracked body as he clashed with Gigue.
• Joy Boy shattered his white cloud fists with Gigue’s Gravity Wave and said the Rumble Balls had increased his power without Luffy’s interference.
• The Drums of Liberation awakened Nika Power in Nami, Chopper, Brook, and the Revolutionary Army soldiers, while Emmett urged Joy Boy to fulfill his promise before Gigue’s slash split him in two and his body exploded.
• Joy Boy told Nami, Chopper, and Brook that their bonds with Luffy let them carry more Nika Power, and Nami realized he was not Luffy.
• Gigue invoked King’s Command: Descent of Utter Darkness, while Joy Boy spread his arms and the Revolutionary Army soldiers began dancing in a circle.

Joy Boy used Nami, Chopper, and Brook to strengthen his attack against Gigue’s Dark Judgment, but the darkness killed Nami and Chopper and consumed Brook’s body. Brook sacrificed his soul to enter Joy Boy and call out to Luffy, leaving Luffy’s awakening uncertain as Brook’s soul was destroyed.

• Lucia led the Marine officers in breaking the barrier around the Revolutionary Army soldiers, then destroyed them with purple flames.
• Joy Boy gathered his power and attacked Gigue’s dark vortex with Nami, Chopper, and Brook caught in the charge.
• Gigue unleashed Dark Judgment, and the darkness killed Nami and Chopper before consuming Brook’s skeletal body.
• Brook used the Revive-Revive Fruit to leave his body, then entered Joy Boy and desperately called for Luffy to wake up.
• Joy Boy’s attack weakened as Brook’s soul burned out, and Brook’s soul shattered before he could return to the Yellow Springs.

Gigue overwhelmed Joy Boy, whose weakened power left him struggling to defend himself and his straw hat. As Gigue’s darkness began tearing at the hat, Joy Boy invoked a technique called “Critical Point: Altering Heaven at Will.”

• Gigue summoned a rain of black swords and trapped Joy Boy in the Black Coffin, then split it apart with Dark Judgment.
• Gigue pursued the wounded Joy Boy and struck him with Gravity Sword: Celestial Dragon, driving him into the ground.
• Joy Boy discovered a hole in his straw hat and used it to shield himself from Demonic Sword: Muramasa.
• Gigue recognized the straw hat’s aura from Imu and used Darkness Power to tear at it, causing Joy Boy to weaken.
• Joy Boy steadied himself and declared, “Critical Point: Altering Heaven at Will.”

Joy Boy escaped Gigue’s attack by transforming into a mass of light and answering a mysterious call, then reappeared in the New World. There, Luffy woke in Joy Boy’s body and feared for Nami and the others as Joy Boy asked why they kept failing.

• Gigue unleashed Great Dark Heaven, distorting space around Joy Boy as Joy Boy turned into a mass of light.
• Joy Boy called out and vanished through a fissure in the sky, escaping Gigue’s attack.
• Gigue ordered the Marines to evacuate Gotte Island, which was later swallowed by a tsunami amid continuing storms.
• A white orb appeared in a New World forest and transformed back into Joy Boy.
• Luffy woke and asked where Nami, the others, and Uncle Linde were, but Joy Boy stayed silent.
• Joy Boy told Luffy that they had failed again and asked why they always failed.

Luffy accepted Joy Boy’s power and will, intending to defeat the Celestial Dragon, become King of the Pirates, and free the world. After a painful fusion, a white figure descended among the Mink Tribe and announced his return.

• Joy Boy urged Luffy to merge with him and reminded him of the companions the Celestial Dragon had killed.
• Luffy agreed to inherit Joy Boy’s will and opened his body and mind to accept his power.
• Luffy endured intense pain as white flames surrounded him and an ancient elephant trumpeted over a sudden rainstorm.
• The Mink Tribe emerged from the jungle, danced beneath the glowing sphere, and watched as its light dimmed.
• A white figure wearing Luffy’s damaged straw hat landed among the Mink Tribe and laughed, saying, “I’m back!”

Joy Boy arrived on Zou Island, where the Mink Tribe discovered he could communicate with the giant elephant and claimed they had been friends for eight hundred years. After eating, he revealed he had been injured in a battle in the East Blue and named Tianlong as his enemy.

• Sicilian and Pedro confronted Joy Boy, who introduced himself and showed that he could communicate with Zou.
• Joy Boy told the Mink Tribe that he had known Zou for eight hundred years, then asked them to take him to eat.
• At the settlement, Joy Boy devoured a huge amount of food and drank juice before collapsing from an injury to his abdomen.
• Joy Boy said Zou had answered his call and brought him to the island after his battle in the East Blue.
• Joy Boy named Tianlong as his enemy, and Pedro reacted with shock and hatred, asking if he meant the current Fleet Admiral.

Joy Boy fought Pedro after learning of Pedro’s hatred for Fleet Admiral Figarland Gigue, then restrained Carrot when she attacked him. Pedro returned and stopped the Minks from escalating the confrontation.

• Joy Boy confirmed that Figarland Gigue was the Fleet Admiral, and Pedro admitted that he dreamed of killing him.
• Pedro attacked Joy Boy with electricity, but Joy Boy’s rubber body resisted it and his Devil Fruit ability sent Pedro spinning away.
• Pedro challenged Joy Boy with an Armament Haki punch, but Joy Boy’s counterblow sent him crashing through a wall.
• Carrot attacked Joy Boy, who restrained her and released her when another Mink demanded he let her go.
• As the Minks drew their weapons, Pedro reappeared at the broken wall and ordered everyone to stop.

Joy Boy introduced himself to Pedro and the Minks as Luffy’s successor, claiming Luffy had willingly given him his body to fight the Celestial Dragons. The Minks accepted that he was not their enemy, but Joy Boy privately admitted he had deceived Luffy and taken control of his body.

• Pedro stopped the Minks from attacking Joy Boy after he defeated him, and Wanda reprimanded Carrot for rushing in.
• Joy Boy said he was a pirate with a three-billion-Berry bounty, then explained that the wanted poster named him Monkey D. Luffy.
• Pedro guessed Joy Boy had a Mythical Zoan ability and accepted that fighting the Celestial Dragons could justify such a bounty.
• Joy Boy said Luffy no longer existed because he had handed over his body, and Carrot accused him of taking over someone else.
• Joy Boy privately recognized that he had deceived Luffy and seized his body, but resolved that his mission to bring freedom outweighed his guilt.

Joy Boy learned that Dragon had killed Pedro’s heroes, Nekomamushi and Oden Kozuki, and recruited Pedro to join his fight against Dragon. Pedro accepted his hand but questioned whether they could win, while Carrot accused Joy Boy of leading Pedro to his death.

• Joy Boy asked Pedro why he hated Dragon, and Pedro revealed that Dragon had killed Nekomamushi, whom he respected.
• Joy Boy told Pedro that he knew Toki and Oden Kozuki, and Pedro said Dragon had also killed Oden and his son, Momonosuke.
• Pedro asked whether Toki was still alive, and Joy Boy explained that she was alive but had not yet awakened.
• Joy Boy invited Pedro to become his partner in overturning Dragon’s rule, and Pedro took his hand while worrying about the Navy’s strength.
• Carrot leaped from the crowd and accused Joy Boy of trying to make Pedro follow him to his death.

Joy Boy persuaded Pedro and the Whales Forest Musketeers to join him, then used Conqueror's Haki to silence Carrot before demonstrating his bond with Zou. The Minks were awestruck by Zou's response, leaving Joy Boy confident that the tribe would support him.

• Pedro rejected Carrot's objections, but Wanda backed her and urged him to calm down.
• Joy Boy urged Pedro to follow his heart, and Pedro chose to sail with Joy Boy alongside the Whales Forest Musketeers.
• Joy Boy used Conqueror's Haki to make Carrot lose consciousness, then told Pedro she was only sleeping.
• Pedro praised Joy Boy's Haki and his escapes from Dragon, while Joy Boy insisted he would defeat Dragon and was over eight hundred years old.
• Joy Boy asked Zou to confirm they were companions, and Zou's joyful trumpet and Rain of Blessing convinced the Minks that it recognized him.

Joy Boy tried to convince the Mink Tribe that Dragon posed a threat and that he could stop him, but Wanda challenged his claims and opposed risking their people. He warned that the Navy’s expansion could expose the Fluffy Kingdom, but Wanda countered with Fish-Man Island’s apparent safety under the World Government.

• Joy Boy told Pedro and the Minks that Zunesha could not defeat Dragon and claimed that he himself could deal with him.
• Wanda accused Joy Boy of endangering the Mink Tribe, and several Minks sided with her while Pedro’s Swordsman Group protected Joy Boy.
• Pedro and Wanda argued over whether the Minks should trust Joy Boy and risk opposing Dragon, while Sicilian hesitated between their sides.
• Joy Boy said Zunesha would choose to keep him on his back and warned that the Navy’s expansion could expose the Fluffy Kingdom and lead to the Minks being enslaved.
• Wanda rejected Joy Boy’s warning and cited Fish-Man Island as evidence that an affiliated nation’s people could remain safe under the World Government.

Joy Boy argued that the Mink Tribe needed a king to protect its autonomy, while Wanda opposed outsiders ruling the tribe. He rejected Pedro’s attempt to nominate him and instead named Pedro as the candidate, leaving Wanda disappointed when Sicilian declined to compete.

• Joy Boy challenged Wanda’s trust in the newspapers, while Wanda and Pedro argued over whether she had betrayed the tribe.
• Joy Boy asked who ruled the Fluffy Kingdom and argued that the Minks needed a leader before the Marines found them.
• Pedro supported Joy Boy as king and claimed humans were like monkey Minks, drawing Wanda’s furious objection.
• Pedro argued that Zunesha’s recognition made Joy Boy the best candidate, but Joy Boy interrupted and nominated Pedro instead.
• Wanda tried to put Sicilian forward as a rival candidate, but Sicilian shook his head and refused.

Joy Boy made Pedro King of the Mink Tribe and turned its fighters into the Freedom Army, while Wanda and her followers rejected his rule. A month later, Joy Boy left the island to revisit an old place, as Wanda prepared to depart and Carrot caught up with her.

• Wanda left with Carrot and her supporters after Pedro became King, while Joy Boy and Pedro spoke of freedom and killing the Celestial Dragons.
• Joy Boy merged the Forest Swordsman Group and Musketeer Squad into the Freedom Army and oversaw intense training for the Minks.
• Sicilian questioned the need for battle, but Joy Boy and Pedro urged him to support the army's preparations.
• Joy Boy told Pedro to continue training the fighters while he went to revisit an old place.
• Wanda prepared to leave Zou Island, and Carrot sprang from the bushes and asked to go with her.

Wanda and Carrot decided to leave Zou, while Joy Boy jumped into the clouds and survived, promising to return. Back at Marineford, Gigue launched a worldwide search for Luffy under the name Joy Boy and reviewed reports on Joy Boy's whereabouts.

• Carrot asked Wanda to take her away from Zou, and Wanda tried to explain that she had a more serious destination in mind.
• Joy Boy appeared and offered to take Wanda and Carrot down from the island, but Carrot rejected his offer and wished him dead.
• Joy Boy plunged into the sea of clouds, then formed a smiling face in the clouds; Wanda stopped Carrot from following him and agreed they should leave.
• Gigue returned to Marineford after the campaign and ordered the Marines' CP Organization and Intelligence Department to search worldwide for Luffy.
• Gigue issued a five-billion-Berry bounty for Luffy, whose poster showed both his normal appearance and Nika Form and named Joy Boy.
• Gigue read reports on Joy Boy's whereabouts in his office and burned the documents with flame-like darkness.

Gigue dismissed the false reports about Luffy and continued searching for him while relying on his confidence in the World Government’s strength. After spending time with Lucia, he learned that two young Mink Tribe members had been detained and wanted to deliver important information to him.

• Gigue ordered the Intelligence Department to record the pirates who supplied leads and arrest them once Luffy’s whereabouts were confirmed.
• Gigue reflected that Luffy was likely hiding and recovering, but believed he and Imu could defeat him if necessary.
• Lucia entered Gigue’s office, massaged him, and shared an intimate moment with him.
• Lucia told Gigue that their people had detained a young Dog Tribe Mink and a young Rabbit Tribe Mink who claimed to have important information for him.

Gigue questioned Wanda and Carrot after they arrived at Marine Headquarters with important information, while Lucia’s relationship with him shifted when he called her his wife. Carrot’s mention of Joy Boy caught Gigue’s attention, but she stopped crying after he threatened her.

• Gigue recognized Wanda and Carrot by name and had them brought to his office.
• Lucia shoved the bound Minks to their knees, then returned to Gigue’s side.
• Gigue called Lucia his wife, leaving her flustered and the kneeling Minks surprised by his gentleness.
• Carrot complained that she and Wanda had been mistreated and called Gigue terrible, like Joy Boy.
• Gigue questioned Carrot about Joy Boy and threatened to turn her into spicy rabbit heads if she kept crying, prompting Wanda to shield her.

Gigue questioned Wanda and Carrot about Joy Boy and learned that Pedro had become king of Zou and was being manipulated into war. When Gigue revealed his Moon God Form, its bloodline pressure triggered Carrot’s Sulong transformation, and she responded to him with unexpected dependence.

• Gigue freed Wanda and Carrot from their chains and asked them to explain Joy Boy’s connection to Zou.
• Wanda said Joy Boy had persuaded King Pedro to prepare for war, while Carrot explained that Pedro resented Gigue for killing Nekomamushi.
• Carrot accidentally shocked Gigue when he touched her rabbit ear, but her electricity had no effect on him.
• Gigue transformed into his Moon God Form, and the bloodline pressure made Wanda and Carrot collapse.
• Carrot entered Sulong Form, rose without fear, and rubbed her chin against Gigue’s hand.

Gigue’s Moon God Form caused Carrot to transform into a Sulong-like state, and he explained its power while teasing her. Wanda then recounted Joy Boy’s arrival on Zou, and Gigue confirmed that the 800-year-old man had taken over Luffy’s body.

• Carrot and Wanda sensed Gigue’s kingly presence after he transformed, while Wanda wondered why his moonlight could trigger Mink transformations.
• Carrot transformed using Gigue’s overflowing moonlight, raced around the office, and crashed into him before her transformation ended and left her weakened.
• Gigue tossed Carrot to Lucia, then returned to questioning Wanda about Joy Boy’s actions on Zou Island.
• Wanda said Joy Boy claimed Luffy had willingly given up his body, and Gigue confirmed that Joy Boy was an 800-year-old man who had seized Luffy’s body.