Chapter Summaries

Brook listened as Hagrid explained how his mission with Madam Maxime to negotiate with the giants collapsed after a violent leadership change. Hagrid revealed that his mother had died and that he had brought his half-brother Grawp away from the tribe, and Brook agreed to help them return to Hogwarts.

• Hagrid told Brook that Dumbledore had sent him and Madam Maxime to persuade the giants to ally with them, and they had offered the tribe enchanted gifts.
• Hagrid said a battle erupted among the giants, leaving Old Guguo dead and Gaogao Ma as the new leader, who drove the envoys away.
• Hagrid suspected Percy had interfered with the giants and revealed that his mother had died and Grawp was his half-brother.
• Hagrid explained that he had taken Grawp away because the smaller giant would not survive in the tribe, and Brook promised to help care for him.
• Brook offered to take Hagrid and Grawp back to Hogwarts.

Brook stored Grawp, helped Hagrid conceal where he had been, and prepared a special suitcase as Grawp’s temporary home. After Grawp attacked him inside it, Brook subdued him and created a rune-powered stone giant keyed to Hagrid’s blood.

• Brook told Hagrid to say he had gone to Beauxbatons to help Madam Maxime with the Silver Mane Horse problem, and Hagrid accepted the explanation.
• Hagrid returned to the professors’ gathering, then drank himself unconscious that night.
• Brook prepared an expanded suitcase for Grawp and found him rampaging inside the Space Ring.
• Brook beat Grawp until he stopped fighting, then used an illusion of Hagrid and gestures to try to teach him not to hurt Hagrid.
• Brook created a rune-powered stone giant and used Hagrid’s blood to activate it.

Brook outfitted Hagrid with a protective stone giant while Voldemort tightened his grip on Japan and invaded Monkey Country. Brook returned to the Golden Scale at Twin Cape, where he unexpectedly spotted Zoro beside the lighthouse.

• Brook gave Hagrid a protective stone giant and ordered it to guard him without seriously hurting Grawp.
• General Mike ordered the Allied Forces to abandon their outer positions and retreat into Kyushu Island’s core defense zone as Voldemort kept them under pressure.
• Voldemort sent his forces into Monkey Country, where they seized five major cities through nighttime attacks and daytime conciliation.
• Brook returned to the Golden Scale at Twin Cape and found Nami and Sanji speaking with an old man near the lighthouse.
• Brook landed by the lighthouse and saw Zoro leaning against the wall with swords at his waist.

Brook returned to Nami and Sanji, then fought Zoro after learning that Zoro had come to challenge him. Brook discovered a powerful, direct saber technique and defeated Zoro, who was left with superficial wounds and needed a few days to recover.

• Brook returned and Nami scolded him for staying away longer than promised, while Sanji teased her for missing him.
• Nami explained that Zoro had challenged Brook after she claimed Brook's swordsmanship was better, and Brook admitted he was not actually a swordsman.
• Zoro attacked Brook with his Three-Sword Style techniques, but Brook used his superior strength and Observation Haki to avoid the strikes.
• Brook realized he preferred straightforward, powerful saber attacks and unleashed a vertical chop that broke two of Zoro's swords and wounded him.
• Brook's horizontal saber sweep defeated Zoro's Great Dragon Quake and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Nami stopped the injured Zoro from trying to continue, and the old man said his wounds were superficial and would heal in two or three days with medicine.

Brook recruited Zoro and received the Tyrant Blade technique, whose overwhelming aura let him unleash the devastating Boundless Overlord slash. Zoro witnessed the display and, despite his reopened wounds, was thrilled by the swordsmanship he had seen.

• Sanji suggested inviting Zoro to join Brook's crew, and Nami agreed after recalling that Zoro had helped her.
• Brook offered to show Zoro a slash if he came aboard, and Zoro accepted while declaring his ambition to become the world's greatest Great Sword Master.
• The system rewarded Brook with Tyrant Blade, and its sudden blade aura destroyed Crocus's lighthouse and reopened Zoro's wounds.
• Brook combined the blade aura with Conqueror's Haki and unleashed Boundless Overlord, carving a vast ravine through the earth.
• Zoro praised Brook's swordsmanship, while Sanji, Nami, and Crocus reacted in amazement to the slash's power.

Brook calmed Laf by promising to bring him back to see the Rumba Pirates, then led the Golden Scale up Reverse Mountain and into the Grand Line. The ship survived a damaged propeller thanks to Brook's Repairing Charm and finally reached the sea below.

• Laf repeatedly headbutted the Red Line while searching for the Rumba Pirates, and Brook soothed him and promised to bring him back in a few years.
• Brook and his crew set off from Crocus and Laf to climb Reverse Mountain aboard the Golden Scale.
• The Golden Scale's starboard propeller struck a hidden reef during the ascent, but Brook repaired the ship with a spell.
• The Golden Scale crossed the summit, descended the far side, and plunged safely into the Grand Line.
• Nami punched Brook for frightening her and kicked Sanji away when he tried to comfort her.

Brook and his crew arrived at Whiskey Peak, where the welcoming villagers tried to drug and capture them during a banquet. Zoro exposed their attack and defeated them, killing most after Brook urged him to let his blade taste blood.

• The Golden Scale reached Whiskey Peak, where Nami grew suspicious of the villagers' exaggerated welcome, but Brook, Sanji, and Zoro went ashore for the promised feast.
• Igaram welcomed the crew to a banquet, and the villagers offered them drinks laced with drugs; Brook drank mango juice while Sanji recognized the tampering.
• As the crew appeared to pass out, Igaram ordered the villagers to bind them, but Zoro stood up and held Wado Ichimonji to the mayor's throat.
• Zoro used Three-Sword Style: Demon Slash to knock down many villagers, then changed to lethal attacks after Brook said a blade needed to taste blood.
• Zoro defeated the villagers, leaving only a few alive, and Brook praised his improvement.

Zoro and Sanji defeated Baroque Works agents Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, and Brook extracted their Devil Fruits. Brook then confronted Nico Robin and pressured her to gather the remaining senior agents on the island, while agreeing to spare her.

• Zoro defeated Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, then Sanji knocked them both unconscious.
• Brook extracted the Bomb Fruit and Weight-Weight Fruit from the defeated agents and stored them in his Space Ring.
• Brook found Nico Robin hiding nearby and told her that she could not defeat him.
• Robin offered to join Brook, but he refused and asked her to gather Baroque Works' senior agents except Crocodile.
• Robin agreed to help, warning that Mr. 1 and Mr. 2 would not leave Alabasta, and Brook set off with her.

Brook had the Baroque Works agents summoned to Whiskey Peak, where Sanji defeated Mr. 3 while Miss Goldenweek trapped Nami in painful memories. The agents had begun arriving, and Nami remained under Miss Goldenweek’s influence.

• Brook explained to Nami that he would erase Robin’s memories when the agents arrived, rather than let her join the crew or kill her.
• Mr. 3 Galdino and Miss Goldenweek arrived at Whiskey Peak three days later.
• Sanji fought Mr. 3, used the food aroma to distract him, and shattered his wax restraints before knocking him unconscious.
• Miss Goldenweek’s painting ability froze Nami and brought back memories of Bellemere’s final moments, leaving Nami in tears.

Nami defeated Miss Doublefinger after learning to read her attacks, while Sanji quickly took down Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas. Earlier, Miss Goldenweek surrendered, and Nami offered to take Marian to a nearby town.

• Miss Goldenweek gave up after seeing Nami’s genuine tears, and Nami invited Marian to leave with her.
• Sanji knocked out Mr. 4 and subdued Miss Merry Christmas when the second Baroque Works group arrived.
• Nami faced Miss Doublefinger with Brook’s Iron Armor protecting her.
• Nami noticed the twitch that preceded Miss Doublefinger’s attacks and began countering with her staff.
• Nami dodged Miss Doublefinger’s Thorn Hell and struck her in the chest, defeating her.

After settling matters at Whiskey Peak, Brook set course for Drum Island and invited Marian to join the crew. The chapter ended with Marian happily accepting, while Nami welcomed her aboard.

• Nami successfully used a Stunning Spell in training, earning praise from Brook, Sanji, and Zoro.
• Brook kept Lassoo and gained the Mole Fruit and Thorn Fruit, then erased Robin’s memory of Devil Fruit extraction and asked her for an Eternal Pose to Drum Island.
• Robin gave Brook the Eternal Pose and left, while Brook decided to bypass Little Garden and sail directly to Drum Island.
• Marian gave Nami a painting and explained that the Color Fruit had kept her looking ten years old since she ate it, though she was eighteen.
• After Marian admitted she wanted to stay aboard, Brook welcomed her to the crew and Nami celebrated with her.

Brook removed the Painting Fruit from Marian, causing her to grow into an eighteen-year-old, and she chose to eat the Weight-Weight Fruit to become stronger. After Marian struggled to control her new ability, the crew went ashore on Drum Island, where the islanders mistook her for a witch.

• Brook extracted the Painting Fruit from Marian, and her body rapidly grew into that of an eighteen-year-old.
• Marian refused to eat the Painting Fruit again because it had limited her growth and strength, so Brook offered her the Weight-Weight Fruit and explained its potential.
• Marian ate the Weight-Weight Fruit and began floating, but she lost control and plunged back down before Sanji caught her.
• Islanders saw Marian floating and shouted that she was a witch, then scattered to alert the guards.
• Brook led the crew onto Drum Island, where Marian practiced floating and landing in the snow.

Brook's group reached Wapol's castle, where they fought the king and his subordinates. After Zoro defeated Wapol's Combination Man, Wapol fled on his hippopotamus.

• Brook let Wapol's soldiers arrest the group so they could be escorted to the castle, saying he wanted the Munch-Munch Fruit.
• Giant Lapahns ambushed the convoy, but Brook knocked out the soldiers and rabbits with Conqueror's Haki, then used a Space Gate to reach the castle.
• Sanji used Gourmet Captive to make the castle guards eat snow as Brook's group arrived at the gates.
• Wapol ordered Chess and Kuromarimo to attack, but Zoro deflected Chess's arrows and Sanji struck Kuromarimo.
• Wapol swallowed Chess and Kuromarimo and spat them out as a Combination Man, which Zoro defeated with Three-Sword Style: Tiger Hunt.
• Wapol panicked and fled on his hippopotamus.

Brook and his crew searched Wapol’s castle, where they met Doctorine Kureha and found Chopper. Brook invited Chopper to join as the ship’s doctor, and the system issued a recruitment mission as Chopper was overwhelmed by the crew’s affection.

• Brook knocked out Wapol and his hippo mount, and Brook extracted the Munch-Munch Fruit, suspecting it could fuse Devil Fruit abilities.
• Nami and Marian explored the castle while Sanji found ingredients for a feast and Brook discovered a study filled with medical books.
• Doctorine Kureha arrived and explained that Wapol had tried to control the people by restricting their access to treatment.
• Brook asked Kureha about Chopper and offered him a place as the crew’s doctor, prompting Chopper to appear and insist that humans hated monsters.
• Sanji gave Chopper cotton candy, and Nami and Marian hugged him while Brook invited him aboard.
• The system assigned Brook a mission to recruit Chopper and offered the Strength of a Hundred Sealings Technique as a reward.

Chopper joined Brook's crew and left Drum Island behind, while the Golden Scale sailed toward Alabasta. The crew trained and pursued their own projects at sea before Nami spotted Alabasta ahead.

• Brook invited Chopper to sail with the crew, and Kureha urged him to go while reminding him to take his medical books.
• Chopper promised to become the best ship's doctor, and Dalton thanked Brook and the crew for saving Drum Island.
• The Golden Scale departed Drum Island the next morning as Kureha watched from the castle.
• Marian gave Nami an Eternal Pose pointing to Alabasta, and Nami adjusted the crew's course to reach it in two days.
• The crew trained and worked on their projects during the voyage while Brook tested Devil Fruit synthesis on prisoners.
• Nami spotted Alabasta ahead after the crew finished dinner.

The crew explored Nanohana Port, sampling its desert food and enjoying the market until they clashed with Baroque Works. Baroque warned them that the group had ties to Crocodile.

• Nami, Marian, Sanji, Zoro, and Chopper explored the market while Brook declared free time and put the crew's expenses on their captain.
• The crew met at the Golden Sand Dune restaurant, where chef Baroque served them camel milk and desert lizard stew.
• Five Baroque Works men demanded protection money and threatened the waitress, so Sanji kicked their leader and Zoro cut down the others.
• Baroque urged the crew to leave Alabasta and warned them that Baroque Works had ties to Crocodile.

Brook took the group from Nanohana to Rainbase, where they entered Rain Dinners, Crocodile’s main base, and exchanged six hundred million Beli for casino chips. The group scattered to gamble and explore, while Chopper tried his luck at a slot machine and lost several times.

• Brook used a Space Gate to take the group from Nanohana to Rainbase the next morning.
• The group found Rain Dinners, a luxurious casino surrounded by water and crocodiles, and entered it.
• Brook exchanged six hundred million Beli for six trays of casino chips, stunning the manager and nearby gamblers.
• Nami dragged Marian toward the roulette tables, and Sanji followed to accompany them.
• Chopper went to a slot machine, copied the other players, and lost several chips while Zoro watched nearby.

Zoro stayed beside Chopper as the reindeer kept losing at a machine, while Brook won two huge bets at Rain Dinners by using Observation Haki and the Levitation Charm to change the dice. Ghost Hand called for help after Brook challenged the casino to keep playing.

• Zoro advised Chopper to try another machine, but Chopper insisted on continuing, so Zoro stayed to guard him.
• Brook bet 100 million Beli on Big at Ghost Hand’s dice table and won when the dice showed fourteen.
• Brook ordered the chips left in place and bet on Big again, despite Ghost Hand’s furious protest.
• Ghost Hand shook the dice with all his skill, but they showed fifteen and Brook won another 100 million Beli.
• Brook mocked Rain Dinners for balking at its losses, and Ghost Hand signaled the guards to run for help.

Ghost Hand’s casino gamble was interrupted when Mr. 1 and Bon Clay arrived to confront Brook’s crew. Zoro and Sanji fought the agents while Nami, Marian, and Chopper slipped away toward the vault, and Sanji was left momentarily stunned when Bon Clay transformed into Nami.

• Ghost Hand continued shaking the dice as the casino crowd gathered and his chips ran out, until Mr. 1 and Bon Clay arrived as reinforcements.
• Brook taunted Crocodile, prompting Mr. 1 to attack him before Zoro stepped in and Sanji intercepted Bon Clay.
• Nami pulled Marian and Chopper away from the fight and led them toward the casino vault to secure the money.
• Zoro fought Mr. 1’s spinning blade attacks while waiting for the right moment to unleash the force of Brook’s slash.
• Sanji’s fragrance failed to affect Bon Clay, who transformed into Nami and briefly froze Sanji with the disguise.

Zoro discovered how to hear the breath of all things and defeated Daz Bones by cutting through his steel body. Meanwhile, Nami and Marian reached Sanji and attacked Bon Clay, who had been exploiting Sanji’s reluctance to strike women.

• Sanji struggled against Bon Clay, who repeatedly transformed into Nami and Marian to keep him from attacking.
• Nami, Marian, and Chopper broke into the casino vault and began stuffing its treasure into Nami’s enchanted sack.
• Daz Bones overwhelmed Zoro with his steel body and spinning blade attack, but Zoro sensed a gap in the steel and cut him down with One-Sword Style Iai: Lion Song.
• Bon Clay knocked Sanji through a gambling table while taunting him for refusing to strike Nami’s face.
• Nami and Marian arrived, and Nami swung her metal staff at Bon Clay after seeing him attack Sanji.