Chapter Summaries

Loki fought Aokiji and Akainu after revealing his Sun God Apollo form, but Aokiji's Ice Glove struck through his defenses and left him badly injured. Loki recovered enough to keep fighting, while Brogy's words about Joy Boy unsettled him.

• Loki escaped Aokiji's Ice Bird Beak by transforming into his Sun God Apollo form and rising into the air.
• Loki fired an Arrow of the Sun at Akainu, whose Dog Biting Crimson Lotus blocked it with magma.
• Aokiji intercepted Loki's dive and hit his Solar Disk with Ice Glove, sending Loki crashing to the ground and spitting blood.
• Brogy told Loki that Joy Boy had not fought seriously against him, and Loki angrily rejected the implication.
• Loki flew back into the air, staggering from his injuries, and insisted that he would not die there.

Loki fought Akainu and was badly injured, but Dorry and Brogy rescued him and urged him to survive for the Giant race. As the two Giants charged the Marines to protect him, Aokiji and Akainu killed them, leaving Loki frozen in shock.

• Loki unleashed his Solar Disk against Akainu, but Akainu emerged from the flames and struck Loki with a massive Dark Hound, sending him crashing into the warship wreckage.
• Dorry and Brogy pulled the bloodied Loki from the wreckage, and Brogy told him he had to live as the Giant race's hope.
• Dorry and Brogy picked up their weapons and charged at Akainu and Aokiji while Loki tried to recover.
• Aokiji froze Dorry and Brogy with Frozen Time Capsule, and Akainu shattered the ice sculptures with Great Eruption, killing both Giants.
• Loki watched Dorry and Brogy die and sat frozen in shock.

Loki awakened his Apollo Fruit and fought Akainu, but was crushed and left helpless. As Aokiji moved to finish him, the Drums of Liberation sounded and a gigantic arm carried Loki away, while Gigue recognized Joy Boy approaching.

• After Brogy and Dorry died, the Marines attacked the grieving Giants, and Loki’s anger awakened his Apollo Fruit.
• Loki transformed and clashed with Akainu in a fiery collision that shattered the ice.
• Akainu emerged with burns, while Loki suffered devastating injuries and collapsed.
• Aokiji sent ice spikes toward Loki, but a gigantic arm seized him and pulled him to safety.
• The Drums of Liberation revived the fallen Giants, and Gigue saw Joy Boy approaching.

Joy Boy rescued the mortally wounded Loki and explained that the Drums of Liberation had revived the Minks at the cost of their lifespans. Loki suspected the power also bound its recipients to Joy Boy as companions, but finally agreed to accept it.

• Zunesha emerged from the sea beside Ancient Pluton, and Akainu and Aokiji prepared to face Joy Boy.
• Joy Boy brought the wounded Loki aboard Ancient Pluton, where Loki accused him of treating him like a subordinate; Joy Boy called him a companion.
• Pedro confronted Loki for insulting Joy Boy, but Joy Boy stopped him and reminded Loki that Dorry and Brogy had died protecting him.
• Loki demanded the Drums of Liberation so he could avenge Dorry and Brogy, and Joy Boy explained that their power revived warriors while shortening their lifespans.
• Loki suspected that accepting the drums would also make him acknowledge Joy Boy as a companion, then reluctantly agreed to proceed.

Loki returned to the battle under the Drums of Liberation, but Kizaru, Akainu, Aokiji, Aramaki, and Kuma overwhelmed him as Marine reinforcements arrived. Joy Boy sent Pedro and the Mink Tribe warriors into the fight, while a mysterious dark-green beam swept across the battlefield and exploded in the sky.

• The Drums of Liberation revived Loki’s strength, and he charged at Akainu and Aokiji.
• Kizaru struck Loki and joined Akainu and Aokiji as Aramaki, Kuma, and a massive Marine fleet arrived.
• Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, Aramaki, and Kuma attacked Loki in succession, leaving him badly wounded.
• Joy Boy told Pedro to lead the Mink Tribe warriors into battle against the Marines.
• Loki rose again and threw two Solar Flare fireballs as Kizaru, Akainu, and Aokiji dodged a dark-green beam that tore through the ice and exploded in the sky.

Joy Boy and the Marines clashed as the Second Generation Pluton attacked the Ancient Pluton and five Admirals struck at Joy Boy. After surviving, Joy Boy ordered the Mink Tribe to transform, but Aramaki overwhelmed Pedro, whom Joy Boy rescued and sent to help his people.

• The Second Generation Pluton arrived with the Marine fleet and fired at the Ancient Pluton, whose barrier pushed the vessel backward.
• The five Marine Admirals combined their attacks against the Ancient Pluton, which survived with cracks in its hull, and Joy Boy leaped down to the ice.
• Joy Boy told the Mink Tribe to show the World Government their power, and Pedro ordered the Minks to transform into their Sulong Forms.
• The Marines attacked the transforming Minks, and Aramaki killed several with thorny vines as Pedro charged at him.
• Aramaki kicked Pedro away, but Joy Boy caught him before a thorn could strike and told him to help the Mink Tribe instead.

Joy Boy faced the five Marine Admirals while Pedro returned to help his people. He endured their attacks and traded blows with Kuma before Aramaki flattened him into the sea, where Joy Boy inflated and floated back up.

• Joy Boy healed Pedro, urged him to witness the coming New World, and sent him back to help his people.
• Joy Boy confronted the five Admirals and clashed with Kizaru in the sky, shrugging off a laser and Kuma's Paw-Paw Fruit ability.
• Akainu, Aokiji, and Aramaki attacked Joy Boy with magma, ice, and trees, but he bounced away and fought Kuma with his elastic body.
• Kuma struck Joy Boy with a pressure attack, and Kizaru kicked him into the icefield as Akainu erupted magma beneath him.
• Joy Boy emerged from the magma unharmed, but Aramaki transformed into a Giant Treant and smashed him into the sea.
• Joy Boy floated back up flattened, then swelled into a balloon before Aramaki.

Joy Boy fought Aramaki and the Marine Admirals on the icefield, using his strange rubber powers and Haki to withstand their attacks and hurt Akainu. The battle continued as Aramaki caught Joy Boy by the feet and tried to pull him down.

• Joy Boy broke Aramaki's Giant Treant arm, escaped its vines, and created a gas giant with Nika: Imagination Manifestation.
• Aokiji froze the gas giant's movements, and Kuma shattered it, but Joy Boy began gathering the gas back together.
• Kizaru kicked Joy Boy, and Akainu attacked him with Meteor Volcano; Joy Boy deflected the magma fists and won their close-range clash.
• Joy Boy dodged Kizaru's Yasakani no Magatama and used the light bullets to propel himself toward Kizaru.
• Joy Boy enlarged his arm to seize Kizaru, but Aramaki wrapped vines around his feet and pulled him downward.

Joy Boy battled the five Admirals before disappearing beneath the sea, where an enormous army of ancient robots emerged and attacked both the Admirals and the Marines. As the battle continued, Zunesha suddenly struck Aramaki, scattering his treant body into wood chips.

• Joy Boy broke free of Aramaki's vines, but Akainu, Kizaru, Aokiji, Kuma, and Aramaki joined forces to wound and drive him back.
• Joy Boy swallowed Aramaki, but Aokiji stopped his attack to avoid hitting him, and Aramaki escaped before joining Aokiji in punching Joy Boy into the sea.
• An army of hundred-meter-tall robots rose from the sea and attacked the Admirals and the Marines, while the five Admirals fought back and searched for Joy Boy.
• After the Admirals had destroyed piles of robots without finding Joy Boy, Zunesha swung its trunk and blasted Aramaki into scattered wood chips.

Zou, Loki, and the Mink Tribe fought against the Marines, but the Admirals and Vice Admirals repeatedly gained the upper hand. Momonga cornered Pedro before Sicilian intervened, while the broader battle remained unresolved.

• Zou struck Aramaki and Aokiji, resisted Kizaru and Kuma, and was burned by Akainu before Aramaki bound one of its legs with draining vines.
• Loki charged Akainu's group, but Kuma blocked his spear, battered him with paw bubbles, and inflicted a red bubble's pain and exhaustion.
• Pedro attacked Momonga, who cut off one of Pedro's ears and taunted him, provoking Pedro into a reckless charge.
• Momonga evaded Pedro and prepared to stab him from above, but Sicilian blocked the blade and crashed down onto Pedro.
• Kashou arrived beside Momonga and apologized for failing to keep Sicilian from reaching them.

Momonga, Onigumo, and Kashou overwhelmed Sicilian and Pedro, killing Sicilian after he shielded Pedro from Momonga’s attack. Sicilian urged Pedro to lead the Mink Tribe and find Joy Boy, and Pedro’s fur turned blood-red as he charged at the Marines in a furious counterattack.

• Onigumo attacked Sicilian and Pedro with his Eight-Sword Style, while Momonga and Kashou joined the fight and cornered the two Minks.
• Kashou’s flaming sword strike engulfed Sicilian and Pedro, then Momonga scattered the flames with a cross-shaped slash that struck them both.
• Sicilian shielded Pedro from Momonga’s attack and collapsed with fatal wounds.
• Sicilian told Pedro to find Joy Boy and lead the Mink Tribe to survive before dying in Pedro’s arms.
• Pedro’s fur turned blood-red, and he charged Momonga, knocking him away and pressing his attack despite being struck by Shockwaves.

Pedro fought Onigumo, Kashou, and Momonga in his Blood Lion Form while Joy Boy confronted Akainu atop Zunesha. Joy Boy’s intensified Drums of Liberation sent Zunesha charging toward the Red Line, and the Marines scrambled to stop him.

• Pedro attacked Onigumo, Kashou, and Momonga, and the three Marines struggled to withstand his berserk strength.
• Joy Boy calmed Zunesha after Akainu struck the elephant’s eye with magma, then knocked Akainu down with a powerful punch.
• Joy Boy beat his chest to intensify the Drums of Liberation, and Zunesha began striding toward the Red Line, raising enormous waves.
• Aokiji froze the rising waves while Aramaki transformed into a Giant Treant and tried to hold Zunesha back.
• Akainu, Kuma, and Kizaru attacked Zunesha, while Aokiji transformed into a Frost Giant to help stop his advance.

Aokiji and Aramaki joined Akainu, Kizaru, and Kuma in stopping Zunesha, but Joy Boy reignited its power and sent it charging toward the Red Line. As the Marines and the allied Giant and Mink forces resumed fighting, panic spread through Mary Geoise and the Celestial Dragons called for Saint Gigue.

• Aokiji and Aramaki restrained Zunesha with ice and vines while Akainu, Kizaru, and Kuma attacked it, shaking the Giant and Mink forces’ faith in Joy Boy.
• Joy Boy sensed his power weakening as the two races began to doubt him, then pressed his hands against Zunesha and called on his companion.
• Zunesha’s golden markings appeared and its roar blasted the Admirals away, shattering the ice and vines that held its legs.
• Zunesha charged toward the Red Line, and the Giant and Mink forces shouted for freedom as the Marines attacked them again.
• Guards at Mary Geoise spotted Zunesha and warned the Celestial Dragons, who rushed outside and cried out for Saint Gigue to save them.

Gigue answered the Celestial Dragons’ pleas by stopping Zunesha, but Joy Boy intervened and clashed with him. The chapter ended with Gigue discovering that Joy Boy could assimilate even sword energy.

• Gigue left the Figarland Clan Land as Lucia flew out to join him.
• Gigue restrained Zunesha with Gravity Rings and struck it with Darkness Great Seal, but Joy Boy’s straw hat shielded the elephant.
• Joy Boy confronted Gigue and released his Conqueror’s Haki, but Gigue attacked Zunesha by draining its golden inscriptions and vitality.
• Joy Boy charged Gigue, who caught his fist and taunted him about taking over Luffy’s body.
• Joy Boy blasted Gigue away, then caught and discarded Gigue’s sword-energy attack, prompting Gigue to recognize his ability to assimilate it.

Joy Boy and Gigue battled on the Red Line, with Gigue using Muramasa and his multiple Devil Fruit abilities to overpower and humiliate Joy Boy. Joy Boy broke free and unleashed a spatially distorting attack, which Gigue countered with a barrier and a repelling force.

• Joy Boy attacked Gigue, but Gigue blocked his Nika-powered fist with Muramasa and used darkness to weaken him.
• Gigue summoned a vast tide of darkness and challenged Joy Boy, who revealed his aged appearance and blocked Gigue's gravity beam.
• Gigue trapped Joy Boy between opposing gravity forces, flattened him, and swung him around on Muramasa.
• Joy Boy escaped with his elastic power, recovered with Haki, and struck the air to send distorted space crashing toward Gigue.
• Gigue enclosed himself in a shadow barrier, then used a repelling force to flatten the warped space.

Gigue battled Joy Boy on Zou’s back, countering his golden Nika Power while protecting the Minks caught in the attack. He rescued them and sent them to Mary Geoise, where Wanda and Carrot were reunited with their tribespeople.

• Joy Boy unleashed his Nika Power and formed a blazing golden sun, but Gigue’s darkness absorbed its light.
• Gigue used a curtain of darkness to shield the Minks from Joy Boy’s attack and carried them to Mary Geoise.
• Wanda and Carrot saw their rescued tribespeople arrive and were overcome with happiness.
• Shalria recognized that Gigue had sent the Minks and ordered the Golden Armor Guards to let them through.
• Carlos moved the guards aside, and Wanda and Carrot’s sisters rushed to embrace them and share what they had endured.

Wanda and Carrot reunited with the Minks Gigue had saved and revealed that he was their master. Meanwhile, Gigue and Joy Boy’s battle devastated Zou, and Joy Boy objected to letting their fight kill his old companion.

• Wanda and Carrot told the rescued Minks that Saint Gigue had saved them and that they had given everything to him.
• Joy Boy noticed Gigue had diverted power to escort the Minks to Mary Geoise, while Gigue said he had only wanted to keep them from interrupting the battle.
• Gigue and Joy Boy clashed with their powers, tearing open Zou’s back and forcing its head beneath the sea.
• Gigue’s blood crystal armor shattered, but Joy Boy’s flame-cloud ribbons erased the spikes it launched at him.
• Joy Boy said Zou was his closest companion and should not become a sacrifice to their battle, and Gigue mocked his compassion for Zou compared with his lack of compassion for the Minks.

Gigue exploited Joy Boy’s guilt and emotional weakness, but Joy Boy’s laughter surged into a frightening power-up. He then used Nika’s Vow: Promise of All Things to restore and shrink Zou, who charged Gigue with undiminished strength.

• Gigue stabbed Zou with the Demonic Sword: Muramasa’s power, causing the elephant to wither, and trapped Joy Boy in a dark sphere before wounding his shoulder.
• Joy Boy healed most of the wound and recognized that Gigue had deliberately provoked him by invoking his guilt.
• Joy Boy burst into laughter, greatly increasing his Nika Power, and blocked Gigue’s follow-up sword energy with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Joy Boy used Nika’s Vow: Promise of All Things to shrink Zou to ordinary-elephant size, heal his injuries, and lift him into the air.
• Zou charged Gigue like a white comet and sent him flying, revealing that his strength had not diminished despite his smaller size.

Gigue used Darkness Power to overwhelm Joy Boy and Zunesha in the black sea, then summoned a colossal dragon with King's Command: Darkness Pluton. As Kizaru, Akainu, Aokiji, and Aramaki arrived, Akainu warned that the battle was not over.

• Gigue forced Zunesha and Joy Boy into the darkness-filled sea, where Joy Boy struggled upward behind a Nika Power barrier.
• Gigue unleashed Darkness Funeral, and Joy Boy emerged badly battered with Zunesha.
• Gigue used King's Command: Darkness Pluton to summon a colossal dragon that swallowed Joy Boy and Zunesha before diving back into the sea.
• Kizaru, Akainu, Aokiji, and Aramaki arrived on a small ice floe, and Aokiji struggled to keep it from being consumed by the black sea.
• Aramaki praised Gigue while Aokiji asked him for help, but Akainu said the battle was not over.

Joy Boy summoned the spirits of deceased members of the Clan of D through the straw hat’s D Projection, shocking Gigue, the Marines, and the Five Elders. The chapter ended with Joy Boy lamenting that more members should have appeared.

• Aramaki created a floating field of dandelions for Akainu, Kizaru, Aokiji, and the others to use as a battlefield.
• Joy Boy emerged from the black sea riding Zou, expelled the Darkness Power inside him, and escaped Gigue’s gravitational pull.
• Joy Boy told Gigue that Zou was his companion and hinted that his other companions were already present.
• Joy Boy used the straw hat to release D Projection, summoning Ace, Teach, Dragon, Garp, Roger, Rocks D. Zebek, and other members of the Clan of D.
• Akainu and the other Marines were stunned by the projection, while Nusjuro and the men beside him recognized members who had lived across the past eight hundred years.
• Joy Boy retrieved the torn straw hat and regretted that more members of the Clan of D had not appeared.