Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Matsuba confronted Doflamingo and killed him after defeating his attacks and Devil Fruit awakening. The chapter ended with Matsuba considering whether to use Ryujin Jakka to raise the dead as a skeleton army.

• Matsuba announced he had come to kill Doflamingo, then killed Trebol with a lightning strike when Trebol tried to help.
• Doflamingo attacked Matsuba with Overheat and Bullet String, but Momousagi severed the first attack and Matsuba stopped the second with his fingers.
• Doflamingo offered Matsuba his collection of Devil Fruits in exchange for his life, but Matsuba pierced his shoulder with a golden beam and refused.
• Doflamingo awakened his String-String Fruit and transformed nearby buildings into strings, but Matsuba burned them away with Ryujin Jakka.
• Matsuba appeared before Doflamingo and stabbed him through the heart, killing him.
• Matsuba reflected on Ryujin Jakka's ability to turn the dead into a skeleton army and considered testing it someday.

Hyuga Matsuba and the women looted Doflamingo’s enormous treasury before turning their attention to the Celestial Dragons’ wealth. Meanwhile, the Revolutionary Army attacked Holy Land Mary Geoise, and Kizaru weighed whether to support the Marines or let the conflict decide his future.

• Hyuga Matsuba took the women to Doflamingo’s vault, where Nami, Bellemere, Hancock, and Sugar marveled at the treasure while Nojiko remained unimpressed.
• Hyuga Matsuba recycled Doflamingo’s Devil Fruits, weapons, gold, and Beli through the system, then agreed with Nami that they could target the Celestial Dragons after the Revolutionary Army attacked.
• Hyuga Matsuba left Dressrosa aboard the flying ship as Fujitora’s arrival sent Doflamingo’s remaining lackeys fleeing.
• Dragon ordered Ivankov, Sabo, and the Revolutionary Army to launch attacks on Holy Land Mary Geoise, catching the Marines off guard.
• Akainu recalled Kizaru from his confrontation with Zephyr and ordered him to support the defense of Holy Land Mary Geoise.
• Kizaru told Akainu he still needed to deal with Zephyr, then decided to wait and see which side would prevail before choosing whether to remain a Marine; he buried Zephyr’s body.

Kaido and Charlotte Linlin joined the Revolutionary Army’s advance on Holy Land Mary Geoise, while Hyuga Matsuba persuaded Akainu to let the Revolutionary Army and World Government weaken each other. After the Five Elders ordered Akainu to hurry to the conflict, he chose to stand aside and wait for a chance to claim power.

• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin planned to attack Holy Land Mary Geoise alongside the Revolutionary Army.
• Akainu asked Hyuga Matsuba for support, and Hyuga revealed he had learned of Dragon’s plans weeks earlier.
• Hyuga urged Akainu to let the Revolutionary Army destroy or weaken the World Government, then eliminate whichever side survived and seize control.
• Hyuga and his companions headed toward Holy Land Mary Geoise as Revolutionary Army forces and pirates converged there.
• The Five Elders berated Akainu and ordered him to reach Holy Land Mary Geoise, but he decided to let both sides fight and pursue his own interests.

The Five Elders waited anxiously for Akainu while Sengoku and Garp discussed the coming conflict and doubted whether the Revolutionary Army could succeed. Matsuba killed Kozuki Momonosuke after finding him, then returned to his ship as Olvia questioned his actions.

• Akainu slowed his ship instead of hurrying to reinforce the Five Elders, leaving them worried that he might have betrayed them.
• Sengoku and Garp discussed the operation, agreed that the Five Elders were corrupt, and said its success depended on Hyuga Matsuba.
• Garp led Sengoku away to have a drink.
• Matsuba found Kozuki Momonosuke, rejected his denial, and killed him with a single sword stroke.
• Matsuba returned to his ship, and Olvia questioned why he had gone ashore just to kill a child.

Matsuba and his companions arrived as the Revolutionary Army, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and their allies battled the World Government. The Five Elders deployed Pacifistas modeled on Kuma, leaving Dragon and his comrades unsure how to fight them.

• Matsuba and his companions reached the battlefield and saw the Revolutionary Army and pirates fighting the World Government.
• Dragon, Kaido, and their allies joined the battle and quickly captured the place, while Matsuba observed from his flying ship.
• The Five Elders confronted Aokiji for joining the Revolutionary Army, and Kaido questioned Dragon about the Whitebeard Pirates fighting alongside them.
• Hawk Eyes deflected a Five Elder's attack and revealed he had come with the Revolutionary Army to challenge the World Government.
• The Five Elders summoned Pacifistas, and Dragon hesitated to attack because they resembled his former comrade Kuma.

Dragon launched the Revolutionary Army's attack on Holy Land Mary Geoise while Matsuba and Perona watched from the sidelines. The leaders of both sides entered the battle, and Matsuba warned Hancock that the World Government still had the advantage because Im had yet to appear.

• Dragon abandoned the unconscious Kuma and ordered the Revolutionary Army to advance as bombs rained down on Holy Land Mary Geoise.
• Matsuba stopped Perona from using her Negative Ghosts, and they watched as the Revolutionary Army and World Government soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
• Suralag called for Conqueror's Haki, and Kaido, Hawk Eyes, Big Mom, Katakuri, Aokiji, and Dragon engaged the Five Elders and CP0's leader.
• Akainu delayed the Marines' return to the battlefield, leaving the Revolutionary Army to face the World Government without them.
• Hancock remarked that the sides appeared evenly matched, but Matsuba pointed out that Im had yet to appear.

The Five Elders in Taoist robes overwhelmed Vista and Hawk Eyes as the battle in Mary Geoise intensified and the Revolutionary Army fell behind. While the major fights continued, Nami led Matsuba and Shirahoshi away to search the Celestial Dragons’ rooms for money.

• The Five Elders in Taoist robes sent Vista and Hawk Eyes flying, then badly wounded Vista with a swift sword strike.
• Matsuba explained to Sugar that the Five Elders were far stronger than admirals and that Hawk Eyes and Vista were outmatched in a direct clash.
• Rob Lucci and Marco remained evenly matched, while Big Mom and her sons gained the upper hand and the Revolutionary Army’s position worsened.
• Nami decided to search for the Celestial Dragons’ money and took Shirahoshi with her, prompting Hyuga Matsuba to follow as their bodyguard.
• Nami admired the lavish decorations as Hyuga Matsuba wandered through the place with Shirahoshi.

Nami looted the palace treasury with Hyuga Matsuba, Shirahoshi, and the others before an explosion destroyed the palace and its treasures. Enraged, Nami attacked the Five Elders in Daoist Robes with a devastating tornado, leaving him badly wounded and unable to fight back.

• Nami stripped the palace decorations and treasury of valuables while Hyuga Matsuba urged her toward the greater treasures.
• Hyuga Matsuba gathered useful items from the treasury as Nami continued collecting paintings and other riches.
• An explosion reduced the palace to rubble, destroying the treasures Nami had claimed.
• Nami attacked the Five Elders in Daoist Robes with a slash that wounded him and caught nearby Marco and Rob Lucci in the assault.
• Nami unleashed a powerful tornado that overwhelmed the Five Elders in Daoist Robes, leaving him barely alive and unable to counterattack.

Nami defeated the Daoist-Robed Five Elder after trapping him in a fire tornado and striking him with a wind-enhanced punch. She then severed his head with a Wind Blade and went off to search for treasure, leaving the other Five Elders fearful they might be next.

• Nami created a tornado that swept up the fighters, and Matsuba added fire to it with Great Fire Annihilation.
• The Daoist-Robed Five Elder escaped the tornado, so Nami stopped it and attacked him with her Domain of Wind.
• Nami struck the Daoist-Robed Five Elder in the head, leaving him collapsed and unable to rise because of his old injuries.
• Matsuba told Nami the Five Elder was still alive, but she mistook his helplessness for a trick and cut off his head with a Wind Blade.
• Nami set off to find treasure while the onlookers debated the death and the remaining Five Elders worried they could be next.

Hyuga Matsuba and Nami looted the Celestial Dragons’ treasure while the Revolutionary Army and World Government forces continued battling at Holy Land Mary Geoise. Akainu arrived with the Marines, and when Ryokugyu attacked him on the Five Elders’ orders, Dragon proposed an alliance with Akainu against the World Government.

• The Revolutionary Army celebrated the deaths of the Five Elders in Taoist robes, while Hawk Eyes and Vista assessed their injuries and the remaining threats.
• Hyuga Matsuba led Nami and Shirahoshi to seize the Celestial Dragons’ vast treasure, and Nami later boasted about their haul to Robin.
• Akainu arrived at Holy Land Mary Geoise with the Marines, prompting both sides to halt their attacks as he considered the battlefield.
• The Five Elders ordered Ryokugyu to attack Akainu, but Fujitora blocked Ryokugyu’s strike.
• Dragon urged Akainu to cooperate with the Revolutionary Army so they could resist the World Government.

The Navy, Revolutionary Army, and World Government clashed in a chaotic three-way battle after Akainu killed Ryokugyu and attacked both other factions. Dragon fought the Five Elders and the Navy, ending the chapter battered but still alive thanks to his demonic dragon form’s recovery.

• Akainu and Fujitora joined the Navy in attacking Ryokugyu, while Dragon transformed into a black demonic dragon and attacked the Five Elders and World Government soldiers.
• The Five Elders countered Dragon, and the bald Five Elder fought Kaido as Sabo tried to stop him from overwhelming the Revolutionary Army.
• The blond Five Elder raised an Earth Giant and buried many fighters underground, while Akainu, Fujitora, Tonghu, and the vice admirals killed Ryokugyu.
• Akainu launched Meteor Volcano at the Revolutionary Army and World Government, turning the conflict into a three-way melee.
• Dragon attacked the Navy with demonic flames, and Akainu struck him with magma before the flat-hatted Five Elder pierced and mangled his body; Dragon survived through his formidable recovery.

Im-sama arrived in Holy Land Mary Geoise and crippled Dragon before healing the Five Elders with his sword, which Matsuba and Olvia identified as Uranus. Im-sama then killed Akainu with a single slash, leaving the Marines leaderless as Fujitora revealed he belonged to the Revolutionary Army.

• Dragon fought the Five Elders fiercely until Im-sama struck him and sent him flying, leaving him badly injured.
• Im-sama healed the Five Elders with his sword, and Matsuba and Olvia recognized it as Uranus, whose core Matsuba had taken.
• Im-sama confronted Akainu, who attacked with Great Eruption, but Im-sama's slash erased the magma and killed him.
• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin considered fleeing, while the Marines panicked after Akainu's death.
• Fujitora told the Marine officers that he was a member of the Revolutionary Army.

After Akainu’s death, the Marines withdrew from the battle, while the Revolutionary Army and the World Government continued fighting. Im then used Uranus to kill Charlotte Linlin and Kaido with surprise attacks and ordered the Five Elders to slaughter the remaining pirates.

• Doberman called for revenge for Akainu, but Stockley declared that the Marines would withdraw, and the vice admirals began leaving under Hyuga Matsuba’s protection.
• Im ordered the Five Elders to attack the Revolutionary Army, while Aokiji and Fujitora teamed up against the long-haired Five Elder and the others engaged Kaido and Dragon’s forces.
• The flat-capped Five Elder sent Kuma to fight Sabo and Ivankov, and Kuma struck Ivankov hard enough to make him spit blood.
• Im vanished unnoticed, then stabbed Charlotte Linlin from behind with a sword transformed from Uranus, reducing her to a pool of blood.
• Im used the same surprise attack to kill Kaido, then ordered the bald and blond Five Elders to kill every remaining pirate.

Dragon struggled to survive against the Five Elders, so he offered Hyuga Matsuba the Revolutionary Army’s Devil Fruits in exchange for help. Matsuba accepted, then killed the Five Elders with a Tremor-Tremor Fruit-powered punch, leaving the battle’s outcome in upheaval.

• Hawk Eyes arrived in time to stop the Five Elders from killing the badly wounded Dragon.
• Dragon offered Hyuga Matsuba all the Revolutionary Army’s Devil Fruits if he would help them, and Matsuba agreed to inspect the payment.
• Matsuba found a large cache of Zoan and Paramecia Devil Fruits aboard Dragon’s ship, collected them, and agreed to protect Dragon.
• Matsuba confronted the Five Elders, activated the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and warned him to leave.
• Matsuba struck the Five Elders with a devastating punch that killed him and many nearby onlookers.

Hyuga Matsuba overwhelmed Im and the Five Elders at Holy Land Mary Geoise, killing the Five Elders and leaving Im missing. Dragon and the Revolutionary Army watched in shock as Matsuba claimed the blond-haired Elder’s Devil Fruit and declared the fight unsatisfying.

• Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to withdraw from Holy Land Mary Geoise, while Ivankov led them into battle.
• Hyuga Matsuba attacked Im, striking her down and destroying the halls around them.
• The Five Elders attacked Matsuba together, but he struck their weak points and killed the bald-headed Elder with Spiral Flash Shuriken.
• Matsuba severed the long-haired Elder’s arm, then killed him with a final strike.
• Matsuba captured the blond-haired Elder, took a brown Devil Fruit from his soul, and reduced him to ashes with Electric Laser Cannon.
• The Revolutionary Army watched in fear as Matsuba announced that defeating the Five Elders had not satisfied him.

Hyuga Matsuba overwhelmed Im at Holy Land Mary Geoise after Im’s attacks failed to break through his defenses. He stopped short of destroying Im and the Devil Fruits, intending to seize them for his own plans.

• Hyuga Matsuba confronted Im, who recovered his eyes by diluting Devil Fruit energy and launched a surprise attack that a barrier blocked.
• Im revealed his ambition to claim the fruits and challenged Hyuga Matsuba, but his attacks failed to harm him.
• Hyuga Matsuba repaired the damaged barrier and continued beating Im as the surviving fighters watched in fear.
• Im unleashed the fruits’ power to form a protective net, which Hyuga Matsuba shattered while it repeatedly repaired itself.
• Hyuga Matsuba held back his final blow because he wanted to capture Im and obtain the remaining Devil Fruits.

Hyuga Matsuba defeated Im by breaking through his spatial refuge, sealing his teleportation, and taking his weapon and Devil Fruit. Im died in Matsuba’s final attack, which shattered the continent and sent it sinking into the sea, leaving the onlookers in danger.

• Hancock, Olvia, and Robin praised Matsuba’s strength while Kalifa teased Robin, and Nami and Vivi led Shirahoshi away from their conversation.
• Matsuba followed Im into his separate space and kicked him back out, then shattered the space with a punch that mangled Im’s body.
• Im spent his life force healing, but Matsuba’s attack destroyed the island and left Im coughing blood when he reappeared.
• Matsuba sealed the surrounding space, pulled Im toward him, and took Uranus and Im’s Devil Fruit.
• Matsuba killed Im with Nebula Gathering, shattering the surrounding space as the continent crumbled and began sinking, while nearby onlookers fell into the sea.

Hyuga Matsuba’s destruction of the Red Line caused upheaval across the surrounding seas, but he also raised Fish-Man Island to the surface. The island’s people celebrated their dream coming true as Dragon considered what to do after the World Government fell.

• Hyuga Matsuba regretted the devastation caused by his punch, while Robin and Shirahoshi worried about Fish-Man Island and Shirahoshi’s family.
• Hyuga Matsuba reassured Shirahoshi that he had made arrangements, and Fish-Man Island rose from the seabed to the surface.
• The queen and the people of Fish-Man Island celebrated their island reaching the sunlight, and Neptune asked whether the World Government and Revolutionary Army had finished fighting.
• Dragon decided to recover and speak with Hyuga Matsuba later, while the Whitebeard Pirates declined his invitation to join him.
• Hyuga Matsuba led the girls to settle on Fish-Man Island, where Shirahoshi reunited happily with her family.

After the World Government’s fall, Matsuba grew tired of kings seeking his favor and left Fish-Man Island. At Marineford, Garp and Sengoku asked him to lead and rebuild the collapsing Marines, but Matsuba refused.

• Kizaru decided he had been wise to avoid the battle that killed Akainu and destroyed half the Red Line.
• Neptune welcomed visiting kings who sought Matsuba’s favor, while Otohime warned him not to mistake their respect for respect toward him.
• Matsuba left Fish-Man Island with his women after telling Neptune to rely on himself, and Queen Otohime and Shirahoshi bid him farewell.
• Garp called Matsuba to Marineford, where he met Garp and Sengoku over drinks.
• Garp and Sengoku asked Matsuba to become Fleet Admiral and reorganize the failing Marines, but Matsuba immediately refused.

Matsuba refused Sengoku and Garp’s offer to take charge of the Navy and suggested that Dragon lead it instead. After half a month of quiet on Amazon Lily, Dragon arrived to meet Matsuba and seek his support for taking political power over the world.

• Matsuba rejected the Navy position, refused Garp as an alternative, and suggested that Dragon handle it.
• Sengoku and Garp agreed to approach Dragon, then left while arguing about cleaning up their table.
• Matsuba told the women on his ship that Sengoku and Garp had asked him to become an official, and he declined.
• Matsuba and his companions spent half a month on Amazon Lily while the Revolutionary Army mostly recovered.
• Dragon sailed alone to Amazon Lily with several dozen Devil Fruits, hoping to discuss his plans to take control of the world with Matsuba.