Chapter Summaries

Garling confronted Warcury over the surveillance of his nephew, Gigue, and the fight drew the Five Elders to the scene. In the council chamber, Garling challenged Warcury to explain who authorized the monitoring, leaving Warcury exposed as he considered the threat Gigue posed to his influence over the Navy.

• Warcury transformed and charged Garling, but Garling’s sword strike shattered Warcury’s tusks before Nusjuro blocked the blow.
• Nusjuro and the other Five Elders arrived, and Saturn urged everyone to discuss the incident in the council chamber.
• Garling ordered the crowned man and Carlos’s Golden Armor Guards to leave, and the crowned man warned that he would assemble the Divine Knights if Garling had not returned by nightfall.
• Warcury threatened to report Garling to Imu unless he explained his actions, but Garling asked who had authorized the surveillance of his nephew.
• Saturn questioned Warcury about monitoring Gigue, while Warcury recognized that Aramaki had exposed his actions and reflected on his fear of the Figarland Family gaining control of the Navy.

Garling forced Warcury to stop interfering with Gigue and keep Aramaki in the Marines. At the Marine Academy, Aramaki and Dragon prepared to fight while Gigue watched to see how well Dragon had recovered.

• Warcury claimed he had sent someone to bring Gigue back to Mary Geoise, but Garling warned him not to interfere again.
• Garling told Warcury that Aramaki would stay with the Marines because Gigue valued him and Aramaki intended to pledge allegiance.
• During training, Aramaki beat Aokiji after Aokiji accidentally punched him, then mocked Dragon.
• Dragon challenged Aramaki to a match, and the two unleashed their Devil Fruit abilities as the trainees watched.
• Gigue stopped Aokiji from panicking and said he would let Dragon and Aramaki fight unless they caused too much damage.

Dragon and Aramaki fought in a fierce contest of wind and plants, with Dragon gaining the upper hand in close combat before Aramaki’s giant treant form wore down. As Dragon moved to finish him, Gigue intervened and stopped Dragon by seizing his wrist.

• The recruits gathered near Gigue and watched as Dragon and Aramaki began fighting.
• Aramaki tricked Dragon into being swallowed by a man-eating flower, but Dragon burst free and cut Aramaki apart with wind blades.
• Aramaki trapped Dragon with Haki-coated vines and spikes, but Dragon broke through and knocked him into a crater.
• Aramaki recovered and charged Dragon in his Giant Treant form, prolonging the fight until his body collapsed.
• Dragon prepared to strike the exhausted Aramaki with Dragon Claw, but Gigue seized Dragon’s wrist and told him to stop.

Gigue crushed Dragon’s wrist and continued provoking him after Dragon accused him of unfairly targeting him. Dragon fell silent among his hostile classmates, while Gigue privately planned to push him into defecting so the Marines could try him before he founded the Revolutionary Army.

• Gigue ended the fight by mangling Dragon’s wrist with his darkness, then ordered cadets to take him to the infirmary.
• Gigue praised Aramaki’s performance and gave him three days off, while Ginny told Jessica that Gigue admired her cooking.
• Zephyr returned to find the training grounds damaged and Dragon injured, then dismissed Gigue’s apology and told Dragon to stop treating his classmates as enemies.
• Aramaki taunted Dragon, but Dragon held back because of his injured hand and fell silent after Zephyr reprimanded him.
• Gigue privately admitted that he was deliberately pushing Dragon toward leaving the Marines so he could force him into a trial before he established the Revolutionary Army.

Gigue and the other graduating cadets prepared for a tournament-style practical exam that would determine their assignments, while Gigue, Akainu, and Kizaru were excluded from the draw because they already held Rear Admiral rank. At the examination grounds, Gigue took his seat among the senior officers, and the exam began.

• Dragon kept to himself and trained diligently as another year passed and Gigue's academy life neared its end.
• Zephyr announced that Gigue, Kizaru, and Akainu would not enter the graduation exam draw because headquarters had separate arrangements for them.
• The cadets trained frantically for the exam, while Gigue continued his usual routine without worrying.
• Zephyr led the cadets to the examination grounds, where Fleet Admiral Kong, Garp, Tsuru, Sengoku, and other senior officers watched.
• Zephyr brought Gigue, Akainu, and Kizaru to the spectator seats, where Tsuru and Sengoku discussed which of them would become an admiral first.
• The referee announced the start of the exam as Gigue met Tsuru's gaze.

Kuma defeated Dalmatian with his Paw-Paw Fruit, then healed him and drew the crowd’s admiration. After Ginny, Lucia, and Gion won their bouts, Lucia and Gion began a sword fight that revealed Lucia’s strange power and left Gion flushed and shaken.

• Kuma blocked Dalmatian’s Finger Pistol, caught him with his paw-pad ability, and defeated him with a single slap.
• Kuma healed Dalmatian afterward, while Gigue used the Dark Bible to absorb the floating paw-shaped bubble.
• Ginny, Lucia, and Gion each defeated their opponents, and Lucia won without using her ability.
• Gion and Lucia exchanged powerful sword strikes before starting a close-range duel with Kompira and Falling Bright.
• Lucia’s purple flames erupted along Falling Bright and drove Gion back, leaving Gion flushed and trembling as Lucia smiled seductively.

Lucia defeated Gion, and Ginny beat Onigumo in the Marine Academy exams. Kuma and Momonga also advanced, setting up Kuma versus Lucia in the final the next morning.

• Lucia transformed, overpowered Gion, and won after Gion conceded.
• Ginny faced Onigumo, dodged his attacks, disarmed him with precise shots, and forced him to concede.
• Ginny celebrated her victory by blowing Gigue a kiss, drawing jeers from the watching trainees.
• Kuma and Momonga joined Ginny and Lucia as the four trainees who advanced.
• The exams were postponed until the next morning, when Kuma and Lucia would fight in the final.

Lucia and Kuma fought in the cadet tournament final, matching Lucia’s fire and swordsmanship against Kuma’s Paw-Paw Fruit. Lucia conceded after their attacks injured both of them, and Gigue appeared before her as she left the field.

• Lucia opened the fight with a sword slash, but Kuma blocked her strikes with his paw pads.
• Lucia used Fallen Eye, but Kuma barely reacted because he had few desires, and she mistakenly attributed his resistance to Haki.
• Lucia transformed into her Fallen Angel form and struck Kuma with Judgment Day, burning him but failing to defeat him.
• Kuma countered with Ursus Shock as Lucia charged with Fallen Angel Hammer, and their attacks injured both fighters.
• Lucia conceded, believing Kuma had greater stamina, and a dark vortex appeared before her as she murmured, “Cousin...”

Gigue helped Lucia get Kuma to remove her pain, then learned that he, Sakazuki, and Borsalino would face Admiral Zephyr in the afternoon examination. The chapter ended as Zephyr faced the three and prepared to test their training.

• Gigue brought Lucia to Kuma, who removed her pain, and then sent her and Kuma to get bandaged.
• Kong praised Gigue and promoted Kuma to Rear Admiral and Lucia to Commodore.
• Kong announced that Gigue, Sakazuki, and Borsalino would face Admiral Zephyr as their examination opponent.
• The trainees, Marines, and reporters gathered to watch as Zephyr arrived and stood opposite the three.
• Zephyr declared that he would inspect the results of their three years of training.

Gigue, Kizaru, and Akainu fought Zephyr in a training field, and Gigue demonstrated how far his strength had grown. After Gigue’s Shinra Tensei sent Zephyr to the field’s edge and made him cough blood, Zephyr recovered and turned his attention to Kizaru.

• Gigue, Kizaru, and Akainu activated their Logia powers and attacked Zephyr, who blocked Gigue’s kick, caught Kizaru’s Light Speed Kick, and shattered Akainu’s Great Eruption with a punch.
• Zephyr charged at Kizaru, but Gigue used Kamui to rescue him before engaging Zephyr with the Demonic Sword: Muramasa.
• Sengoku, Tsuru, and Kong watched Gigue fight Zephyr, and Tsuru suggested reconsidering Gigue’s position after graduation.
• Kizaru unleashed Yasakani no Magatama and Akainu followed with Meteor Volcano, but Gigue emerged unharmed beside a burned Zephyr.
• Gigue used Shinra Tensei to blast Zephyr to the edge of the field, while Kizaru re-formed from light and Akainu emerged from the ground.
• Zephyr recovered from the attack and locked his gaze onto Kizaru.

Zephyr fought Kizaru, Akainu, and Gigue, taking burns and cracked bones as the three used their abilities against him. After Kizaru and Akainu were forced to recover, Gigue powered himself with electricity and met Zephyr in a brutal close-quarters battle.

• Zephyr overwhelmed Kizaru with punches, dodged Akainu’s magma attacks, and suffered a burned hand after clashing with Akainu’s Dark Hound.
• Gigue ambushed Zephyr with Muramasa and Dark Waterfall Burial, cracking Zephyr’s foot bones despite his Armament Haki.
• Kizaru and Akainu withdrew to recover, leaving Gigue to face Zephyr alone.
• Zephyr struck at Gigue, but Gigue blocked with darkness and used Kamui to evade Zephyr’s heavy punches.
• Gigue stimulated his body with electricity, reducing the Dark-Dark Fruit’s pain drawback and increasing his strength and speed.
• Gigue and Zephyr exchanged a violent barrage of blows that shook the ground, impressing Sengoku, Garp, and Fleet Admiral Kong.

Gigue, Akainu, and Kizaru fought Zephyr until Gigue summoned a massive meteorite and Zephyr finally called off the battle. Zephyr declared his final task complete and entrusted the Marines’ future to his former students.

• Zephyr charged at Gigue, but Akainu and Kizaru intercepted him and unleashed their attacks while Gigue added his darkness.
• As Kizaru and Akainu exhausted themselves, Gigue told Kizaru to stop, and Zephyr prepared to finish the fight against Gigue alone.
• Zephyr noticed a huge flaming meteorite falling toward the arena, and Gigue accelerated it with his darkness and shouted, “Tengai Shinsei!”
• Zephyr used repeated punches to destroy the meteorite, then called off the battle and praised Gigue’s strength.
• Kuma gave Gigue, Akainu, and Kizaru Pain Bubbles, and Zephyr told them the Marines’ future rested with them.

After Gigue and the others tied in their assessment battle, Headquarters promoted all three to Vice Admiral, while naming Gigue the Marines’ sole Admiral Candidate. At the celebration banquet, Gigue chose the codename Black Dragon and invited Jessica to become head chef aboard his ship.

• After the battle, Kong announced that Gigue and the other two had been promoted to Vice Admiral.
• Kong named Gigue an Admiral Candidate, and Gigue chose Black Dragon as his codename.
• Garp reacted to Gigue’s codename, while Dragon watched Gigue from the crowd and Ginny congratulated him.
• At the Marine Academy banquet, Ginny brought Gigue to sit with her, Lucia, and Gion.
• When Jessica returned from helping in the kitchen, Gigue praised her cooking and offered her the position of head chef on his ship, which she accepted.

After the banquet, Gigue took Lucia to the training ground, made her his adjutant and declared her his woman. They shared an intimate moment, then spoke of staying together forever as they rested beneath a tree.

• Gigue escorted the drunken Ginny to her dormitory, then agreed to take a walk with Lucia.
• Gion watched Gigue and Lucia leave together before returning to help Jessica settle Ginny.
• At the training ground, Gigue appointed Lucia his adjutant and told her she was his woman.
• Gigue kissed Lucia, and her ability manifested as she spread her black wings around them.
• Afterward, Gigue and Lucia held each other and promised to remain together, while Gigue reflected that he would find a way for them to live forever.

Whitebeard announced pirate supernovas to counter the Marines’ promotion of Gigue and other young Marines, while the newspapers named several notorious pirates. After Headquarters assigned Gigue to command Branch G1, his ship departed Marineford with Ginny and Lucia aboard.

• Whitebeard named Oden and Marco as Pirate Supernovas and told Oden to focus on Toki’s coming birth before seeking revenge against Gigue.
• The newspapers added Kaido, Charlotte Katakuri, Moria, and Crocodile to the Pirate Supernovas, and Kaido complained about being called a rookie.
• Lucia returned late from visiting Gigue, where Ginny encountered her and Gion hinted that she knew Lucia had been sneaking out.
• Headquarters approved warships for senior cadets, and Lucia, Ginny, and Jessica joined Gigue’s ship as he was assigned to command Branch G1.
• Gigue’s warship sailed from Marineford as Zephyr watched from the harbor.

One year later, Gigue returned to Marine Branch G1 after defeating the Calico Cat Pirates, and he revealed that he had developed a way to control the transfer of Devil Fruit powers. The chapter ended with Lucia and Ginny realizing that Gigue’s new ability, Dark God, could let him assemble an army of Devil Fruit users.

• Gigue arrived at Branch G1 with Ginny and Lucia and presented Momonga with the heads of the Calico Cat Pirates.
• Gigue told Momonga that Ginny and Lucia had killed Caitlin, the pirates’ captain, and asked him to report their part in the victory to Headquarters.
• Gigue offered Caitlin’s Persian Cat Fruit to Ginny, but she refused it, and Lucia questioned how he had obtained it.
• Gigue showed Lucia and Ginny the prepared fruits he had used to capture the Devil Fruit power after Caitlin’s death.
• Gigue explained that he used darkness to bind a dead Ability User’s power and guide it into a prepared fruit, naming the technique Dark God.

Gigue returned to Marine Headquarters and joined Garp and Sengoku on a mission to the Ed War Sea Area, where Roger and Golden Lion were fighting. He arrived in time to save Shanks from a Flying Pirates member and rebuked him for losing focus.

• Kong urgently summoned Gigue to Marine Headquarters and ordered him to join Garp and Sengoku at the Ed War Sea Area.
• Garp and Sengoku explained the mission as they departed Marineford, while Gigue recognized that Roger and Golden Lion had clashed.
• Roger and the Roger Pirates struggled against Golden Lion’s larger fleet and his control over the sea and sky.
• Shanks and Buggy fought aboard the Oro Jackson, but Shanks became distracted while praising Roger and failed to notice an attacker behind him.
• Gigue appeared through a dark vortex, killed the attacker before he could strike Shanks, and told Shanks not to lose focus in battle.

Gigue intervened in Roger and Golden Lion’s battle, then returned to Sengoku and Garp’s warship as the Marines approached. By the time Gigue went back to the Ed War Sea Area, the Roger Pirates were nearing defeat, with Golden Lion’s sea-powered attacks battering the Oro Jackson.

• Gigue blocked Golden Lion’s sword slash and revealed himself as the Admiral Candidate known as Black Dragon.
• Golden Lion dismissed Gigue as a threat and continued fighting Roger, while Gigue returned to the Marines’ warship.
• Gigue told Garp and Sengoku that the Roger Pirates were showing signs of defeat, and Sengoku warned him to retreat if he was in danger.
• After hearing thunder, Gigue used Kamui to return to the Ed War Sea Area.
• Golden Lion overwhelmed the Roger Pirates with his fleet and massive seawater lion attacks, striking the Oro Jackson while failing to notice the darkening sky.

A violent storm shattered Golden Lion’s fleet and allowed the Roger Pirates to escape. Gigue then appeared, killed Golden Lion, took his Devil Fruit and swords, and unleashed Dark Tensei as the surviving pirates closed in.

• A sudden storm smashed many Flying Pirates ships, knocked Golden Lion unconscious, and swept the Oro Jackson out of the encirclement.
• Golden Lion recovered briefly, but a flying ship’s wheel struck him and knocked him out again.
• Gigue appeared on Golden Lion’s ship and killed the pirates who confronted him.
• Gigue stabbed Golden Lion through the chest, twisted his neck, extracted the Float-Float Fruit, and absorbed Sakuragi and Kajyu into the Dark Bible.
• Gigue severed Golden Lion’s head and wiped out another group of pirates who discovered the body.
• As the remaining pirate ships approached, Gigue vanished with a black sphere after saying, “Dark Tensei.”

Gigue killed Golden Lion Shiki and used a black sphere’s gravitational force to destroy the Flying Pirates. He returned to the Marines with Shiki’s head, and the warship continued to Ed War to see the aftermath.

• Gigue’s black sphere drew in the Flying Pirates, their ships, and the seawater, destroying Shiki’s fleet.
• Gigue returned to the warship carrying Golden Lion Shiki’s head, shocking Sengoku, Garp, and the Marines.
• Gigue told Sengoku that he had killed Shiki and explained how Shiki had been left vulnerable.
• Gigue revealed that he had already eliminated the remaining Flying Pirates, so Sengoku ordered the warship onward to Ed War.
• At Ed War, the Marines found calm waters and no wreckage until Gigue pointed toward the enormous sphere in the sky.