Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Matsuba returned to Marine Headquarters with Hancock and Marguerite, announcing that Hancock had agreed to become a Shichibukai and would live with him. At home, Hancock’s arrival sparked a rivalry with Olvia and hostility from the other women, while Hyuga Matsuba teased Robin about whether he and Hancock had been intimate.

• Hyuga Matsuba arrived at Marine Headquarters with Hancock and Marguerite, surprising Sengoku, and confirmed that Hancock had agreed to join the Shichibukai.
• Hancock insisted she would live at Marine Headquarters, and Garp pulled Sengoku away while Tsuru warned Hyuga Matsuba not to hurt Momousagi.
• Hancock called Tsuru an old woman and argued with her before Hyuga Matsuba took Hancock and Marguerite home.
• Olvia and the other women confronted Hyuga Matsuba and Hancock in the courtyard, and Olvia and Hancock began a tense standoff.
• Robin questioned Hyuga Matsuba about his relationship with Hancock, and he teased her by pretending not to understand what she meant.

Hyuga Matsuba's household erupted in jealousy after Hancock revealed her intimacy with him, prompting Momousagi and Robin to compete for his attention. Meanwhile, Sengoku reviewed applications for new Shichibukai but found no suitable candidates and continued rejecting Doflamingo.

• Hyuga Matsuba admitted that he and Hancock had been intimate, upsetting Robin, Momousagi, Shyarly, and the others.
• Baby offered to cook, but Hyuga Matsuba refused because her cooking was terrible, while Sugar falsely blamed several women for warning her about flirtatious men.
• Hancock provoked the jealous women by kissing Hyuga Matsuba, and Momousagi and Robin each kissed him in response before Olvia called everyone to dinner.
• Sengoku reviewed six applications for the Shichibukai but found no qualified candidates, while he continued to reject Doflamingo's repeated applications.

Doflamingo seized the Celestial Gold and a Marine vice admiral, then used the captives and treasure to force Sengoku to secure his appointment as a Shichibukai. After handing everything back, Doflamingo turned his attention to his goal of ruling Dressrosa.

• Doflamingo decided to take the Celestial Gold after learning that his efforts to become a Shichibukai were being ignored, and he and Trebol stole it and captured a Marine vice admiral.
• Doflamingo called Sengoku and demanded Shichibukai status in exchange for returning the treasure and the captive, while Sengoku refused and threatened retaliation.
• Sengoku consulted the Five Elders, who ordered him to grant Doflamingo’s request despite his concerns.
• Sengoku told Doflamingo that the Five Elders had agreed, and Doflamingo handed over the Celestial Gold and prisoners.
• Doflamingo celebrated his success and resolved to work toward taking control of Dressrosa from the Riku Royal Family.

Hyuga Matsuba and Hancock attended a meeting in Holy Land Mary Geoise, where a clash with the Celestial Dragons’ guards escalated into a fight. After the opponents were defeated and the crowd fled, the pair remembered they were supposed to join the meeting.

• Hancock asked Hyuga Matsuba to accompany her to Holy Land Mary Geoise, and he agreed in exchange for a favor.
• Hancock insulted the Celestial Dragons, prompting one to draw a weapon, and Baby-5 shot it away.
• When the guards tried to arrest Hyuga Matsuba’s group, Baby-5 aimed at the Celestial Dragon and the leader attacked her.
• Hyuga Matsuba kicked the leader, and Hancock turned the charging guards to stone with her arrows.
• Hyuga Matsuba killed the leader with Divine Judgment, and the fat Celestial Dragon was also reduced to ashes.
• After the onlookers fled, Hyuga Matsuba and Hancock realized they had yet to attend the meeting.

Hyuga Matsuba attended Sengoku’s meeting for the Shichibukai, where the Five Elders briefly appeared and Sengoku struggled to command respect. Matsuba and Hancock left before the meeting ended, leaving the remaining attendees relieved and Crocodile still intent on finding a way to take revenge.

• The Five Elders arrived at the meeting, recognized Hyuga Matsuba, and stayed silent about their grievance over the Devil Fruit’s side effects.
• Gecko Moria complained about Matsuba’s late arrival, but backed down when Matsuba threatened him.
• Sengoku opened the meeting to familiarize the Shichibukai and warn them against excessive behavior, while the Five Elders departed and Doflamingo mocked Sengoku.
• Hancock embraced Matsuba and said she was bored, so Matsuba left with Hancock, Baby-5, and Marguerite before the meeting adjourned.
• After Matsuba left, Doflamingo and Crocodile relaxed, while Crocodile remained determined to find Pluton and seek revenge on Matsuba.

Sengoku ordered Doflamingo, Crocodile, and Hawk Eyes to use their positions to suppress pirates. Back at home, Robin drew Hyuga Matsuba aside, confessed her feelings through a kiss, and became intimate with him.

• Doflamingo tried to leave the meeting, but Sengoku angrily ordered him to stay and fulfill his duties.
• Sengoku assigned the new leaders the task of suppressing pirates, and they agreed.
• Hyuga Matsuba returned home early, and Olvia lured Hancock away to spar with her.
• Robin took Hyuga Matsuba to a room and kissed him, then challenged him to choose between her and Hancock.
• Robin and Hyuga Matsuba became intimate, and Robin happily settled into his arms.

Hancock and the others realized that Hyuga Matsuba and Robin had been intimate, then Sengoku asked Hyuga Matsuba to recapture two dangerous escaped prisoners. Hyuga agreed to pursue World Destroyer and Lone Red, while his companions worried over him and Sugar sulked about losing her place in his arms.

• Hancock and the others returned home, noticed a familiar smell, and realized Hyuga Matsuba had been intimate with Robin.
• A few days later, Sengoku told Hyuga Matsuba that the prisoners had escaped and asked him to capture World Destroyer and Lone Red.
• Sengoku explained that Lone Red had obtained the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire Form, and Hyuga agreed to handle both escapees.
• Olvia worried about Hyuga Matsuba, while Hancock and Robin clung to him and Sugar complained that they had taken her spot.

Hyuga Matsuba gave Koala the Door-Door Fruit before learning that Bondi World was heading to Marineford. He met Bondi World there and confronted him with his companions, leaving the World Destroyer surprised by how much the world seemed to have changed.

• Hyuga Matsuba gave Koala a Door-Door Fruit, and she ate it despite its terrible taste.
• Olvia told Hyuga Matsuba that Bondi World planned to attack Marineford, so he turned the ship around and headed there.
• Sengoku prepared to stop Bondi World while Garp remained unconcerned, but Hyuga Matsuba and his companions reached Bondi World first.
• Bondi World attacked Hyuga Matsuba, who caught his bullet, while Shyarly blocked another attack with a wooden shield.
• Hancock petrified Bondi World's newly gathered subordinates, and Bondi World wondered why he could no longer defeat anyone.

Hyuga Matsuba defeated Byrnndi World, took the More-More Fruit, and killed him. After informing Sengoku, Matsuba arranged to provoke Count Red into coming to him for a duel.

• Sugar complained that Byrnndi World had escaped prison and urged Monet to beat him up.
• Byrnndi World attacked Matsuba, but Matsuba overwhelmed him with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Koala swallowed Byrnndi World’s first Hundred-Times Cannon with an Air Door, and Matsuba’s Susanoo blocked his next three cannonballs.
• Matsuba extracted the More-More Fruit from Byrnndi World and killed him with a laser beam.
• Matsuba told Sengoku that Byrnndi World was dead, then decided to lure Count Red into a duel by publicly challenging him.
• Olvia arranged for the challenge to be spread by News Coo, and the news astonished people across the world.

Whitebeard and other powerful crews traveled to a Calm Belt island to watch Hyuga Matsuba duel Count Red. Matsuba demonstrated the More-More Fruit’s power, then struck Red as he attacked, leaving the spectators to suspect Matsuba could foresee the future.

• Whitebeard refused to ally with Count Red against Hyuga Matsuba but agreed to take his crew to watch their duel.
• Count Red accepted Matsuba’s challenge after learning of the provocation and flew to the island in the Calm Belt.
• Hyuga Matsuba demonstrated that the More-More Fruit could increase an object’s size and speed five hundredfold by expanding a cannonball and blasting a huge crater into the sea.
• The Four Emperors and Shichibukai gathered to watch as Matsuba arrived late and traded insults with Count Red.
• Count Red attacked, but Matsuba anticipated where he would appear and slapped him, sending him flying and swelling his face.
• The Four Emperors suspected Matsuba had used Observation Haki to glimpse the future, and Kaido reacted with unease.

Hyuga Matsuba overwhelmed Count Red, who used his vampire bats to recover from the relentless attacks. Count Red survived another brutal kick and retreated, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Hyuga Matsuba mocked Count Red and blasted his vampire bats with Yasakani no Magatama, forcing Count Red to recall them.
• Momousagi, Hina, Hancock, and Sugar watched and taunted Count Red, while Whitebeard restrained his angry crew after Hancock insulted them.
• Count Red fought with his swordsmanship, physical techniques, and Devil Fruit powers, but Matsuba’s attacks repeatedly overwhelmed him.
• Count Red drained the blood of savage beasts to restore his strength, and Matsuba revealed that he wanted Count Red’s Devil Fruit.
• Count Red hid in the shadows to approach Matsuba, but Matsuba kicked him in the face and sent him spinning before he recovered and retreated.

Hyuga Matsuba defeated Count Red after overcoming his blood-draining recovery and other attacks. He extracted Count Red’s Devil Fruit and killed him, leaving Whitebeard and the other pirates frightened by the sight.

• Count Red unleashed a piercing ultrasonic attack, then used a forbidden technique to amplify his strength and punch Hyuga Matsuba.
• Hyuga Matsuba shattered Count Red’s arm and blasted him away, but Count Red regenerated it by transforming into bats and draining a Sea King’s blood.
• Hyuga Matsuba used a spatial ability to evade Count Red’s attacks, then launched him into the sky and struck him down with a light-speed kick.
• Hyuga Matsuba pulled Count Red from the seawater, extracted the Bat Fruit - Vampire Form with Rinnegan: God Devourer, and stabbed him through the heart.
• Whitebeard and the other pirates watched Count Red die and grew afraid they might share his fate.

Hyuga Matsuba drove away the pirates who had gathered to watch Count Red’s death, then discovered that Kalifa had joined his ship as a CP9 spy. The chapter ended with Baby-5 aiming a pistol at Kalifa while Matsuba held her fate in his hands.

• Hyuga Matsuba kicked Kaido into the sea and ordered the watching pirates to leave.
• Matsuba fired light bullets into the sea, drawing Sea Kings that attacked the departing pirates.
• Matsuba returned to Marine Headquarters and told Sengoku that Count Red was dead.
• Kalifa asked to serve aboard Matsuba’s ship, and he confronted her about being a CP9 spy.
• Baby-5 tied Kalifa up and aimed a pistol at her as Kalifa waited for Matsuba’s judgment.

Hyuga Matsuba spared Kalifa after learning the Five Elders had sent her as a spy, and Hancock took charge of her. Two years later, Matsuba traveled to East Blue and met Garp’s grandson Luffy, who invited him to become a pirate.

• Hyuga Matsuba learned that the Five Elders had sent Kalifa to spy on him and handed her over to Hancock instead of killing her.
• Hancock made Kalifa agree to obey her and gave her a book about serving men, which Kalifa gradually came to enjoy reading.
• Two years later, Hyuga Matsuba and his companions sailed to East Blue, where he went to meet Garp’s grandson Luffy.
• Garp introduced Matsuba to Luffy, who asked him to join his plan to become a pirate, and Garp punched Luffy in anger.
• Garp said he would not stop Luffy from becoming a pirate but would show no mercy if they met, while Matsuba doubted that he would truly follow through.

Hyuga Matsuba and Shyarly reached Cocoyasi Village, where Shyarly confronted her brother Arlong for terrorizing the villagers and drove him away. After Bellemere thanked them for saving her and the girls, Hyuga Matsuba offered young Nami a chance to work on his ship.

• Hyuga Matsuba and Shyarly went to Cocoyasi Village after hearing Arlong had arrived there, while Olvia stayed aboard the ship.
• Shyarly found Arlong threatening Nojiko, Nami, and Bellemere, and bound him with vines after he accused her of betraying him.
• Arlong's crew abandoned him, and Shyarly struck him before throwing him into the sea and warning him not to return.
• Arlong and his crew fled toward the South Blue, and Bellemere thanked Hyuga Matsuba and Shyarly for rescuing them.
• Hyuga Matsuba offered Nami a chance to work on his ship, making Shyarly and Bellemere react with disbelief.

Hyuga Matsuba persuaded Nami, Bellemere, and Nojiko to join his ship, then gave Nami a Logia Devil Fruit. The chapter ended after Hancock arranged an intimate night with Kalifa and Marigold, which Momousagi joined.

• Hyuga Matsuba invited Nami to explore the world and promised to share his treasures, and Bellemere and Nojiko supported her decision to leave with him.
• Nami, Bellemere, and Nojiko packed their few belongings and followed Hyuga Matsuba aboard his ship.
• Nami eagerly inspected Hyuga Matsuba's treasure chest, while Hancock grew jealous of the three newcomers.
• Hyuga Matsuba gave Nami the Logia-type Mad Mad Fruit, and Robin told her how valuable it was after she had eaten it.
• Hancock brought Hyuga Matsuba to Kalifa and Marigold, and Momousagi joined them during the night.

Hyuga Matsuba arrived on Fish-Man Island to meet Princess Shirahoshi, whose identity as Poseidon was known to him, and asked to take her away under his protection. He met Shirahoshi alone, eased her fears, and began telling her about the outside world.

• Neptune questioned Hyuga Matsuba about his sudden arrival, and Matsuba said he wanted to see Princess Shirahoshi.
• The queen asked Matsuba privately whether he knew Shirahoshi's identity, and he confirmed that he did and said he wanted to protect her by taking her away.
• The queen led Matsuba and the others to Shirahoshi's palace, where Shirahoshi nervously met her first outsider.
• Matsuba spoke with Shirahoshi alone, reassured her, and grew close to her.
• Shirahoshi asked Matsuba what the outside world was like, and he agreed to tell her.

Hyuga Matsuba helped Shirahoshi shrink to a child-sized form and gave her human legs, then gained the queen’s permission to take her away. Shirahoshi left with Matsuba and the other girls, still frightened of everyone but him.

• Hyuga Matsuba invited Shirahoshi to see the outside world and gave her a Devil Fruit that let her change her size.
• Shirahoshi shrank herself, and Hyuga Matsuba used chakra to turn her mermaid tail into legs and make her clothes.
• Hyuga Matsuba reassured the queen that the fruit had no side effects, and the queen agreed to let Shirahoshi travel with him.
• Hyuga Matsuba and the girls spent several days exploring the island, with Shyarly guiding them.
• Shirahoshi said goodbye to her parents and boarded the ship, then clung to Hyuga Matsuba and cried when she saw the others.

Hyuga Matsuba brought Shirahoshi to the ocean’s surface, where she marveled at the bright world outside the sea and grew more comfortable with his companions. Meanwhile, Robin tricked Sugar into taking an electrifying training method, leaving Sugar angry but with a tiny increase in strength.

• Hyuga Matsuba reassured Shirahoshi as Sea Kings followed their ship, then let them depart once the warship reached the surface.
• Shirahoshi saw the sunlight and glittering ocean for the first time, while Nami guarded her treasure and Hancock embraced the princess.
• Sugar complained about studying, and Robin persuaded her to try a supposedly easy way to grow stronger.
• Robin shocked Sugar with electricity, leaving her charred and unconscious while the others refused to try the method.
• Sugar woke up, found a tiny amount of new strength, and complained to Hyuga Matsuba before settling obediently in his arms.

Robin forced Sugar to apologize after Sugar provoked her, while Hyuga Matsuba’s group encountered Red-Haired Shanks’s ship near the Sabaody Archipelago. Shanks chose to approach rather than turn away, and the chapter ended with him confidently believing Matsuba would not attack him.

• Robin grabbed Sugar, threatened her with another electric shock, and made her apologize before Sugar fled to Hyuga Matsuba for help.
• Shirahoshi spotted a ship through her telescope, and Matsuba recognized it as Red-Haired Shanks’s vessel.
• Shanks asked Beckman whether they should change course, but ordered the crew to continue toward Matsuba’s ship.
• Momousagi and Hancock reacted angrily as the ships drew close, while Matsuba greeted Shanks and joked about capturing him for Garp.
• Shanks recalled that Luffy was Garp’s grandson, then told Matsuba he did not believe Matsuba would attack him.