Chapter Summaries

Yamato formed the Ten Thousand Beast Samurai from surviving Beast Pirates willing to abandon their old identities, while Yaen refused to join. Meanwhile, Vice Admiral Tsuru received orders to stop the Revolutionary Army from taking control of Wano Country, with Vice Admiral Garp and CP0 reinforcements on the way.

• Yamato rejected the Beast Pirates’ claim that they were her comrades, then offered to protect them if they abandoned the pirate name and joined her Ten Thousand Beast Samurai.
• Yaen refused Yamato’s offer of the vice-captain position but agreed to overlook the former pirates if they followed her onto the right path.
• The surviving Beast Pirates eagerly joined Yamato’s new force, and she turned her attention to Jack and Sasaki.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru’s investigation found that the Revolutionary Army was moving to occupy Wano Country and could crush local resistance within a week.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku ordered Vice Admiral Tsuru to prevent the Revolutionary Army from taking control of Wano Country and announced that Vice Admiral Garp and three CP0 squads would arrive within five days.

Sengoku struggled to manage the Marine response to the Revolutionary Army’s campaign in Wano while Yaen remained missing after a shipwreck. Kong and Ying learned that Sengoku could not promise their father was alive, and Ying decided to go find him.

• Sengoku worried that Yaen’s absence left the Marines short of strength in Wano and considered how to reinforce the operation.
• Kong and Ying entered Sengoku’s office and asked where Yaen was; Ying unleashed a powerful burst of Conqueror’s Haki when Sengoku insisted he would return.
• Kong asked Sengoku whether Yaen was likely to be alive, then led Ying away after realizing Sengoku could not give them a reassuring answer.
• Sengoku returned to handling Marine emergencies and told himself that Kong would comfort Ying.
• Outside the office, Ying wiped her tears and told Kong she was going to find Yaen.

Kong and Ying decided to leave Marineford and reach Wano Country in search of their father, Yaen. They discovered a hidden passage beneath Yaen’s bed and watched his pre-recorded message, which directed them toward supplies and tools for escaping Marineford.

• Ying insisted on going to Wano Country to rescue Yaen, and Kong agreed to accompany her.
• Kong explained that he planned to gather supplies and sneak aboard warships bound for Wano Country.
• Kong and Ying packed necessities, then entered a hidden passage beneath Yaen’s bed.
• A Den Den Mushi played Yaen’s recording, in which he urged Kong to protect Ying and discouraged them from seeking revenge.
• Yaen told Kong and Ying that the passage contained his final gifts and the tools they needed to leave Marineford.

After Yaen’s final message convinced Kong and Ying that their father’s death might have been a murder, Kong led Ying through an escape passage while Yaen remained on Onigashima with Yamato’s forces. Meanwhile, fighting between the Marines and the Revolutionary Army began in Wano’s Udon District.

• Kong calmed himself, concluded that he and Ying could not trust the Marines or World Government, and dragged Ying through the underground passage to its end.
• Yaen realized that news of his disappearance had reached Kong and Ying, who had activated the escape plan he had prepared for them.
• Yamato directed the Ten Thousand Beast Samurai as they cleared Onigashima’s ruins, and Yaen urged her to find supplies and weapons before the Revolutionary Army returned.
• Yaen looked toward Wano and wondered whether the war had begun.
• Marines and Revolutionary Army members fought in Udon District, where the Revolutionaries used prepared positions and Seastone bullets to repel Marine attacks.

Vice Admiral Tsuru recognized that the Revolutionary Army’s tightly coordinated formations formed an advanced tactical system and ordered the Marines to break through with their full strength. Issho intercepted Borsalino with the Gravi-Gravi Fruit, while the other Marine Vice Admirals were also stopped.

• Tsuru observed the Revolutionary Army’s overlapping defensive formations and realized their teamwork could become overwhelming on a larger battlefield.
• Tsuru warned Gion and Kake that the Revolutionary Army threatened the World Government and ordered the Marines to attack the defensive line at full strength.
• Borsalino transformed into light and prepared to strike the Revolutionary Army’s position, but Issho’s gravity forced him down.
• Issho challenged Borsalino and used a gravity-laden Flying Slash to drive him hundreds of meters away from the defensive line.
• Issho attacked Borsalino with Gravity Sword: Tiger Strike as the other Revolutionary Army fighters intercepted the remaining Marine Vice Admirals.

Dragon directed the Revolutionary Army to retreat in an orderly way while giving its future commanders experience against the Marines, and Vice Admiral Tsuru pressed the attack toward the Flower Capital. Yamato returned to Wano and encountered starving civilians fleeing the battle, ending with an old man accepting food from her.

• Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to cover one another and retreat while he watched the battlefield with Observation Haki.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru suspected Dragon was buying time but ordered the Marines to advance through Udon District toward the Flower Capital.
• Borsalino and Issho fought to a temporary stalemate as the ground forces pushed the battle toward Udon District's outskirts.
• Yamato returned to Wano with the Ten Thousand Beast Samurai and found civilians fleeing with their belongings.
• Yamato kicked Sasaki aside for frightening an old man, then offered the starving man a rice ball.

Yaen left Yamato to confirm whether the Marines were fighting the Revolutionary Army, then hurried toward the battlefield to steer the war. As the fighting spread toward the Flower Capital, Dragon explained to Issho that the Chief of Staff intended to destroy the capital and the old system so Wano Country could build a new future.

• Yamato gave a hungry old man a rice ball, and he warned her that war had started nearby.
• Yaen told Yamato to judge Wano Country's condition for herself, then vanished toward the battlefield between the Marines and the Revolutionary Army.
• Yaen planned to steer the war and hoped Yamato would become a force for stabilizing Wano Country.
• The battle spread from Udon District toward the Flower Capital as the Revolutionary Army committed more soldiers.
• Issho questioned Dragon about letting the war approach the Flower Capital, and Dragon said the Chief of Staff aimed to destroy it and end Wano Country's old system.

Dragon explained to Issho that the Revolutionary Army had driven civilians out of the Flower Capital so it could become the stage for a war that would end Wano Country’s old system. Meanwhile, Sengoku searched for the missing Kong and Ying, then ordered the Marines to resume their advance in Wano Country under pressure from the Gorosei.

• Dragon told Issho that more than ninety percent of the Flower Capital’s civilians had fled after the Revolutionary Army spread panic, and proposed using the city as the stage for the true war.
• Issho agreed with Dragon’s plan to make the Marines share responsibility for ending Wano Country’s former system.
• Sengoku learned that Kong and Ying had been missing for an entire night and ordered his adjutant to expand the search to the surrounding waters.
• The Gorosei questioned Sengoku about the Marines halting near the Flower Capital and ordered him to attack the Revolutionary Army again, dismissing concerns about civilian casualties.
• Sengoku relayed the Gorosei’s command to Tsuru, and the fighting resumed near the Udon District and the Flower Capital.

The Navy and Revolutionary Army began a battle for the Flower Capital, with Issho and Borsalino clashing as Marine forces broke through the city defenses. Dragon then unleashed a devastating storm and confronted the Navy officers, ending with him preparing to attack.

• The Navy and Revolutionary Army exchanged cannon fire, and Issho shattered Momonga’s Flying Slash before Borsalino attacked him with light bullets.
• Issho used gravity to repel Borsalino’s attacks, but Borsalino’s counterattack and their ensuing clash shook the battlefield and let Marine troops breach the Revolutionary Army’s defensive line.
• Revolutionary Army soldiers retreated into the Flower Capital as fighting spread through the streets and buildings collapsed.
• Dragon summoned a powerful storm that swept away Navy soldiers and revealed himself atop a building.
• Dragon addressed the Navy officers, and after Doberman called him a traitor, Dragon’s eyes changed as he shouted, “Bodies!!!”

Dragon overwhelmed the Marine Vice Admirals with his wind powers, leaving Momonga, Gion, and Kake to face him. As Dragon targeted Kake, Kake’s redirected bullets unexpectedly struck Dragon’s face, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Dragon caught Doberman’s sword, unleashed a hurricane, and defeated more than half of the Marine Vice Admirals, including Doberman, Onigumo, and Spandine.
• Momonga, Gion, and Kake remained standing as Kake and Gion prepared to fight Dragon together.
• Dragon appeared behind Kake and attacked, but Gion blocked his blow with Kompira while Kake fired at him.
• Dragon evaded Gion and pursued Kake, redirecting his bullets with the wind.
• Kake’s redirected bullets collided, and one shot grazed Dragon’s temple, drawing blood.

Yaen returned to the Flower Capital and confronted Dragon after Dragon overwhelmed the Marines and gravely wounded Kake. As the Marines rallied around Yaen, he challenged Dragon’s violent path and prepared to stop him, while Dragon launched the first attack.

• Dragon struck Kake hard enough to leave him unable to fight, then blocked Gion’s Flying Slash with a wall of wind.
• Dragon moved to attack Gion, but Yaen arrived and stopped him with a Sea of Cherry Blossoms.
• The Marines recognized Yaen’s return and rallied, prompting Tsuru to order them to reorganize around him instead of retreating.
• Yaen faced Dragon, condemned his actions, and secretly signaled Gion to withdraw with the fallen Vice Admirals.
• Dragon mocked Yaen and charged him with a storm-wreathed punch.

Yaen and Dragon clashed with overwhelming powers as the Marines and Revolutionary Army fought across the Flower Capital. Watching refugees flee, Yamato feared Wano Country was nearing destruction and resolved that action was necessary.

• Dragon unleashed a vast hurricane against Yaen’s Sea of Cherry Blossoms, forcing nearby soldiers to retreat from the battle.
• Momonga and Gion evacuated unconscious Marine vice admirals, while Gion remained confident that Yaen would win.
• Borsalino and Issho resumed fighting after debating whether to let time pass, as their clash shook the battlefield.
• Fighting spread across the Flower Capital, and civilians fled along cleared roads toward surrounding regions.
• Sasaki joked about looting refugees, while Jack reminded him that their boss had forbidden it.
• Yamato watched the refugees and concluded that Wano Country would perish unless she and the others took action.

Yaen revealed his Ultimate Scene: White Emperor Sword and broke Dragon’s hurricane, then clashed with him in a battle that shook the Flower Capital. Their fight and the war between the Marines and Revolutionary Army continued to intensify as the city was destroyed.

• Dragon’s expanding hurricane drove Yaen’s cherry blossoms back, prompting Momonga to worry, while Gion said Yaen had not yet used his strongest form.
• Yaen summoned the Ultimate Scene: White Emperor Sword, presenting it as the form he reserved for enemies he had sworn to kill.
• Yaen’s White Emperor Sword split Dragon’s hurricane and left Dragon shocked as the wind collapsed.
• Dragon attacked Yaen with wind strengthened by Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki, and the two collided in a battle that split the sky and shook the earth.
• The Marines and Revolutionary Army continued fighting across the Flower Capital as the city was gradually destroyed.

The Gorosei discussed the Revolutionary Army’s growing threat in Wano Country and considered using the country to contain Dragon. They praised Yaen’s strength and proposed him as a candidate for the next Fleet Admiral, deciding Lucci would bring a psychologist to assess his views.

• The Gorosei reviewed reports of Dragon’s forces in Wano Country and worried that the Revolutionary Army could grow and spread its ideas from there.
• The Blond Gorosei suggested Wano Country might become a cage that exposed and contained Dragon.
• The Long-Haired Gorosei and Curly-Haired Gorosei praised Yaen’s combat strength and considered whether he could kill Dragon.
• The Curly-Haired Gorosei proposed Yaen as the next Fleet Admiral because he showed little interest in power.
• The Blond Gorosei questioned whether Yaen resented the World Government over his inquiries about the Void Organization, so the Gorosei chose Lucci to bring a psychologist to speak with him.

During the battle in Wano’s Flower Capital, Corazon and the Donquixote Family joined Dragon’s side, turning the tide against the Marines. Yaen was badly injured by their combined attacks, and Gion charged into Dragon’s hurricane as freezing air swept toward the fight.

• Corazon ambushed Yaen with his scythe, allowing Dragon to strike him and send him crashing across the battlefield.
• Dragon announced that Corazon had allied with the Revolutionary Army in exchange for territory, and the Donquixote Family attacked the Marines.
• Corazon released his dangerous scythe form and blocked Yaen’s attack while Dragon unleashed a hurricane against him.
• Gion ordered the Marines to retreat, then entered the hurricane to attack Dragon with her Flying Slashes.
• A wave of freezing air swept toward the hurricane as someone unleashed Ice Fang.

Yamato arrived with the Ten Thousand Beast Samurai and demanded that the Marines and Revolutionary Army stop fighting in Wano Country. Yaen promised the Marines would leave after victory, but Yamato chose to oppose both sides if they continued the war.

• Yaen survived Dragon's attack but coughed up blood, and the Marine Vice Admirals moved to shield him.
• Yamato arrived in her Okuchi no Makami form, mocked Yaen, and brought Jack, Sasaki, and the Ten Thousand Beast Samurai onto the battlefield.
• Yaen introduced Yamato as a Wano Country samurai, but Yamato declared herself Kozuki Oden and the leader of the Ten Thousand Beast Samurai.
• Yamato used her Conqueror's Haki to demand that the Marines and Revolutionary Army take their fight out of Wano Country.
• Yaen asked Yamato to hold off Corazon and promised the Marines would withdraw after winning the war.
• Yamato said she believed Yaen but would oppose the Marines too if they continued fighting.

Yaen assessed how Wano Country’s interests could push the war toward a ceasefire, while Yamato and Dragon clashed in a powerful duel. The Gorosei considered letting the Revolutionary Army, the Marines, and Corazon divide Wano Country, then exploiting their rivalries to destroy the Revolutionary Army.

• Yaen reasoned that the World Government would likely accept a ceasefire once it could no longer destroy the Revolutionary Army, and he hoped the conflict would give the Revolutionary Army time to grow.
• Dragon attacked Yamato, and she met him head-on with Raimei Hakke and Conqueror’s Haki Coating.
• Tsuru and the Gorosei questioned how much Yaen’s injury had weakened him as they learned Yamato could fight Dragon evenly.
• The Gorosei debated Corazon’s motives, and the Gaunt Gorosei proposed granting him Seastone and allowing the factions to divide Wano Country.
• The Gaunt Gorosei argued that the resulting rivalries would eventually let the World Government destroy the Revolutionary Army, while the Curly-Haired Gorosei warned that Wano Country might vanish.

Vice Admiral Tsuru and Dragon negotiated a truce after Yaen helped stop the fighting in Wano Country. The two forces divided control of the regions, while Yamato vowed to bring Wano true peace and Yaen collapsed from his injuries.

• The Gorosei discussed a plan for Wano Country and relayed it to Fleet Admiral Sengoku to carry out.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru arrived at the front line and announced that the Marines would call a truce, while Yaen attacked Dragon to make him reconsider continuing the fight.
• Dragon and Vice Admiral Tsuru argued over whether the Revolutionary Army or Marines should leave Wano Country, and Dragon agreed to negotiate a truce.
• Yamato realized that neither side cared what Wano Country wanted and vowed to protect it and bring it peace and freedom.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru and Dragon divided Wano Country between their forces, leaving Udon District and the Flower Capital as buffer zones.
• Yaen returned to the Marine camp, coughed up blood, and collapsed into Gion's arms after asking her to keep his injuries secret.

Yaen feigned severe injuries to escape Wano’s military duties and was treated with newfound respect by the vice admirals. As he recuperated in Gion’s room, Vice Admiral Tsuru told him that his children, Kong and Ying, had gone missing.

• Yaen claimed Dragon’s punch had gravely injured his internal organs, and the vice admirals praised his battlefield resolve and offered to handle his duties.
• Gion helped Yaen to her room, while Tsuru and the other vice admirals organized the Navy’s defenses and follow-up work in Kuri.
• While resting, Yaen worried about Luffy’s future and considered how he might deal with Dragon’s son.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru visited Yaen with Gion and revealed that Kong and Ying had gone missing.
• Yaen was shocked and wondered if their disappearance was karma for taking Kaido’s home in Wano.

After learning Kong and Ying had disappeared, Yaen suspected they had taken the hidden submarine he had prepared for them and used its charts to head for Wano Country. Several days later, the Navy began deciding who would stay in Wano Country and discussed establishing a major branch in Kuri.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru told Yaen that Kong and Ying had vanished, and Yaen considered whether someone had abducted them from Marineford.
• Yaen realized Kong and Ying might have activated the contingency plan beneath the courtyard and taken the submarine he had prepared for them.
• Yaen recalled that the submarine carried detailed nautical charts, including the location of Wano Country, and concluded that it was likely their destination.
• Several days later, Navy officers met to decide who would remain in Wano Country after the initial defensive lines in Kuri were established.
• The Navy’s preliminary plan called for a major Marine branch in Kuri to restrain the Revolutionary Army and monitor the latter half of the New World.