Chapter Summaries

Maud freed the tortured slave Mars Jim, who joined Maud and Lafitte after killing King Rowell. Seven days later, Sabo and Koala visited Mongmong Island to invite Sunny to join the Revolutionary Army, while Sunny and Jaya read reports about Maud’s recent attacks.

• Maud cut Jim free from his chains and left him to decide what to do, and Jim removed his slave brand before following him.
• Lafitte offered the slaves gold and silver for killing Rowell, and Jim crushed the king’s neck before Maud invited him aboard their ship.
• Maud, Lafitte, and Jim returned to their ship, where Jim treated his wounds and Lafitte considered whether he could serve as helmsman.
• Seven days later, Sabo and Koala arrived at Mongmong Island and reunited with Sunny and Jaya.
• Sunny read reports about Maud destroying the Arlong Pirates and attacking the Carnet Royal Ship, and Jaya was left uncertain about his actions.

Jaya reconsidered her understanding of pirates after reading about Maud, while Sunny left Mongmong Island to join the Revolutionary Army. The chapter ended in the East Blue, where Maud’s new 100 million bounty stunned a tavern full of patrons.

• Jaya read the newspaper report about Maud and was shaken by its contents, while Sunny prepared to leave Mongmong Island.
• Saul and Gaban read about Maud’s actions and discussed the risks of attacking royalty.
• Sunny departed with Koala and the Revolutionary Army, leaving Saul, Gaban, and Jaya watching from the beach.
• Saul hid his sadness over Sunny’s departure, then walked back toward the valley settlement with Gaban and Jaya.
• In an East Blue tavern, the bartender posted Maud’s new 100 million bounty, astonishing the patrons.

After Maud’s bounty spread across the East Blue, Marines and familiar figures reacted to his arrival. Maud reached Syrup Village, where Usopp tried to scam him into buying a meal but fled after noticing his weapons; Maud appeared in his path before he could escape.

• Smoker and Tashigi discussed Maud’s bounty in Loguetown, and Smoker resolved to capture him if he came through town.
• A green-haired bounty hunter studied Maud’s poster, while Baratie’s chefs discussed the danger of a pirate with a bounty over one hundred million.
• Usopp ran through Syrup Village, warning of a pirate attack, and collided with Maud.
• Usopp pretended he had fractured his hip and demanded Maud buy him a meal, then panicked when he saw Maud’s sword and pistol.
• Maud appeared in front of Usopp after he fled, leaving Usopp stunned and calling him a ghost.

Maud met Usopp and told him about his father, Yasopp, before demonstrating Observation Haki. Usopp, proud to learn how powerful his father was, became eager when Maud offered to teach him.

• Usopp pretended to faint when Maud suddenly appeared, but followed him into the forest after Maud said he knew Yasopp.
• Maud explained that Yasopp had once saved him and showed Usopp a bounty poster, first by mistake and then his own, which carried a hundred-million bounty.
• Maud told Usopp that Yasopp was an exceptional sniper whose bounty was likely at least a billion.
• Usopp admitted that he had once resented Yasopp for not returning while his mother was sick, but did not hate him because she had been proud of him.
• Maud used a stone to knock a rabbit out of the bushes and explained that Observation Haki could sharpen the senses.
• Usopp marveled at the ability, and Maud asked whether he wanted to learn.

Maud planned to spend his time in Syrup Village teaching Usopp while preparing to deal with Captain Kuro. After Kuro came out to confront him, he recognized that his identity and scheme had been exposed and attacked Maud.

• Maud told Usopp he had talent for Observation Haki and promised to begin training him the next morning.
• Usopp recognized that the wanted poster resembled Klahadore, and Maud confirmed that Klahadore was Captain Kuro and said he would deal with him that day.
• Merry told Klahadore that a young man calling himself Black Cat wanted to see him, and Kuro collected his Ten Blade Cat Claws.
• Kuro met Maud at the mansion gate, where Maud called him Captain Kuro and revealed that he knew about his plan.
• Kuro put on his cat-claw gloves and slashed at Maud through the iron gate.

Maud killed Kuro after observing and analyzing his Silent Step, then told Kaya's family that Kuro had been a pirate in disguise. He left with Usopp and planned to teach him the footwork while practicing it himself before his time there ran out.

• Kuro attacked Maud with Cat Claw, but Maud used Observation Haki to evade his Silent Step and study his movements.
• Maud allowed Kuro to attack repeatedly, commenting on how his speed affected the sound and strength of the footwork.
• Maud caught Kuro by the neck with an Armament Haki-coated hand and twisted it, killing him.
• Maud showed Kaya's father Kuro's Bounty Poster and identified himself as Marine Colonel Wolf Rat, then left with Kuro's body.
• Usopp met Maud by the roadside, and Maud explained that Kuro's footwork could be learned and said he would teach him while practicing it himself.

Maud finished training Usopp and set sail with Lafitte, Jim, Jaya, and Beli, leaving Usopp with money and Yasopp’s machine core. Ten days later, Momousagi arrived in Loguetown to pursue Maud, who had already crossed Reverse Mountain.

• Maud continued training Usopp while practicing Silent Step, and Lafitte, Jim, and Jaya finally arrived with Beli.
• Maud decided the crew would leave the next day and avoid resupplying in Loguetown because the Marines could ambush them there.
• Maud gave Usopp ten million Beli and Yasopp’s machine core as a necklace before sailing away with his companions.
• Maud demonstrated Silent Step aboard the mast ship, lost control, and fell into the sea before Jim carried him back.
• Momousagi arrived in Loguetown with Smoker and a group of Marines, while Maud and his crew crossed Reverse Mountain.

Maud and his crew crossed Reverse Mountain and met Crocas at Twin Cape, where they named their crew the Maud Pirates and made a pirate flag. Crocas gave them a Log Pose, and Maud began planning a route to Leviathan Island to replace their ship.

• Maud's crew safely crossed Reverse Mountain and reached Twin Cape, where Crocas recognized Maud from the newspaper and welcomed the crew after hearing they knew Saul and Gaban.
• Maud agreed with Lafitte that the crew needed a name and proposed the Maud Pirates after several rejected raven-themed suggestions.
• Crocas supplied materials for a pirate flag, and Jim impressed everyone by painting a polished design that Lafitte hung from the ship's flagpole.
• Maud asked Crocas for a Log Pose, and Crocas gave him one he no longer needed.
• Crocas recommended Thomas Shipyard on Leviathan Island, and Maud and Lafitte considered taking that route to find a reliable replacement ship.

Maud chose the route to Leviathen Island to find a sturdier ship and set sail for Twin Island with his crew. After surviving a dangerous Grand Line storm, they spotted their destination ahead.

• Maud chose the route to Leviathen Island, and Crocas told him about the Ironhead Fish shoals along the way.
• Crocas gave Maud a chart and Log Pose for Twin Island, and Maud's crew set sail after the Log Pose recorded the route.
• Laboon rammed the Red Line, and Crocas went to swim toward the whale as Maud's ship departed.
• The crew encountered a severe storm, but Lafitte retracted the sails in time and the ship survived.
• Maud and Jaya saw Twin Island in the distance and discussed its spring and winter climates.

After surviving a perilous voyage, Maud and his crew reached Twin Island, a strange pair of islands split between spring and winter. A group of pirates mistook their ship for easy prey and opened fire, only to realize Maud was aboard as he confronted them.

• Maud, Jaya, Lafitte, Jim, and Beli reached Twin Island after nearly running out of supplies and marveled at its contrasting climates and giant bridge-like tree.
• Maud's crew sailed toward Spring Child Island, where pirates led by Diyur targeted their ship after Emmy failed to match its flag to a Bounty Poster.
• Emmy recognized Maud too late, after Diyur's men had already fired on the ship.
• Maud descended through the air and landed before the stunned pirates, while Red-Haired and his group fled after learning who he was.

Maud defeated Diyur’s group and stopped Turkey Dada as he fled, prompting Turkey to declare Maud his idol to save himself. Maud agreed to join Turkey Dada for a meal, while his arrival drew attention across town.

• Turkey Dada fled with his gang, then looked back and saw Diyur’s group dead and Maud gone.
• Maud appeared beside Turkey Dada and stopped him, casually asking him to chat.
• Turkey Dada praised Maud as his lifelong idol and ordered his gang to lower their weapons; they obeyed and knelt in repentance.
• Maud reassured Turkey Dada that he only wanted to talk, and Turkey Dada invited him to a restaurant for a meal.
• Maud accepted the invitation and looked toward the approaching ship, while Jaya, Lafitte, and others heard Turkey Dada’s speech and people in town turned toward its source.

Maud's crew arrived at Spring Child Island, where Dada's obsequiousness and self-written book, The Way of Survival, caught Maud's attention. Maud urged Dada to publish it, while a newspaper reporter secretly considered approaching him about serialization.

• Pirates on Spring Child Island heard Maud was arriving and began plotting to claim his high bounty by joining forces.
• Dada recognized Lafitte and fawned over Maud's crew as their ship reached shore.
• Beli grew angry when Dada ignored him, then headbutted Dada and the Turkey Gang brothers.
• Jaya found Dada's handwritten book, The Way of Survival, and Maud praised it and urged Dada to publish it.
• A reporter secretly watched Maud praise the book and considered contacting Dada about serializing it in the newspaper.

Dale watched Maud from afar, hoping to report on the rising pirate, while Maud and his companions traveled into Spring Child Island’s town to resupply. At Tree Bridge, Maud killed a gunman who had threatened them, and the fleeing boy continued toward Winter Child Island.

• Dale recognized Maud as a promising Supernova candidate and planned to photograph and report on him to President Morgans.
• Maud chose Lafitte to guard the ship, while Dada left five of his brothers behind and guided the others toward town.
• Maud and his companions saw the contrasting spring and winter climates and learned that the giant tree bridge was called Tree Bridge.
• A frostbitten boy fled across the tree-root bridge after stealing from a burly man, who then pointed his gun at Maud and the others.
• Maud restrained the burly man and snapped his neck, prompting the boy to hurry toward Winter Child Island.

Maud entered the pirate town on Spring Child Island and learned that pirates had forced most residents to live on the freezing Winter Child Island. When a large group came after his bounty, Jim, Jaya, and Beli attacked while Maud watched, leaving the crowd stunned by their strength.

• Maud killed a burly man who confronted him outside the town and kicked the corpse into a canal.
• Dada told Maud that pirates had driven Spring Child Island residents to Winter Child Island to make room for themselves.
• More than a hundred pirates charged Maud for his bounty while other pirates watched from the roadside.
• Jim, Jaya, and Beli went to fight the attackers, and Maud told them to finish quickly before mealtime.
• Jim knocked down dozens of pirates with one punch, Jaya cut down armed men with her axe, and Beli killed a burly pirate with a Rocket Headbutt.

Maud’s crew slaughtered 150 pirates who challenged them on Spring Child Island, establishing their strength and earning the town’s wary attention. As they headed toward the center of town, Yatali, Paik, and Hobson agreed to join forces against the newcomers.

• Jim and Jaya killed the pirates who attacked, while Beli joined the fight with his Rocket Headbutt.
• Dada announced the crew’s name as the Maud Pirates and dared anyone else to challenge them; the crowd stayed silent.
• Maud led his group toward the town center, intending to hunt down the island’s powerful pirates.
• Yatali met with Paik in an alley, and Hobson arrived to agree to join their alliance against the newcomers.

After Maud’s crew spent Dada’s savings on a meal and resupplied for their voyage, Lafitte ordered Maud to stay aboard while he gathered intelligence. Back in town, Dada was approached by reporter Dale, but Yatali and her men stormed in and captured them.

• Dada treated Maud’s crew to a lavish meal, and Jim and Beli’s appetite left him with a bill that consumed five years of savings.
• Maud’s crew bought supplies and returned to the mast ship, where Lafitte learned Maud had killed a little over a hundred people and told him to stay aboard for two days.
• Dada returned home, where Dale tried to recruit him as a newspaper writer by appealing to his admiration for Maud and his need for money.
• Yatali and her men burst into Dada’s home, kicked Dada back inside as he tried to escape, and knocked Dale unconscious after noticing his camera.

Lafitte gathered intelligence in town while Yatali, Hobson, and Paik killed several Turkey Gang members. The next day, a man delivered their severed heads to Maud as a warning, and Maud ordered his crew to kill them all.

• Lafitte entered town to gather information on valuable targets and Bounty Posters for Maud.
• Yatali killed two Turkey Gang brothers in an alley, and Hobson killed three others elsewhere in town.
• Paik entered a tavern and killed five Turkey Gang brothers who were seated there.
• A burly man brought the Turkey Gang brothers' heads to the Maud Pirates' ship as a greeting from Bagard, and Maud killed the messenger.
• Maud told Jaya that he had never intended to leave the island peacefully and ordered his crew to kill them all.

Maud and Lafitte learned that Dada was alive but had been tortured and displayed by their enemies, then prepared to retaliate against the town’s pirate crews. When Maud faced their alliance, he killed Hobson instantly and began cutting down the pirates around Pike.

• Maud buried the Turkey Gang brothers’ heads and told Jaya he would strike once Lafitte returned.
• Lafitte found Dada hanging from the Tree Bridge sculpture, reported that he was still alive, and gave Maud intelligence on eighty-three pirate targets.
• The next day, Pike, Yatali, and Hobson led their crews together against Maud, Lafitte, and Jim as onlookers gathered.
• Hobson challenged Maud, but Maud crushed his fist and beheaded him with a swift attack.
• Maud used Silent Step to bypass Pike and began slashing through the allied pirates, leaving Pike and the onlookers stunned.

Maud used Silent Step to slaughter the pirates, while Yatali studied its weaknesses and rushed in to stop him. She managed to block Maud’s blade, but he shot her in the forehead, leaving the surrounding pirates stunned.

• Maud’s invisible slashes killed pirates until Yatali killed one who tried to flee and rebuked the deserters.
• Yatali analyzed Silent Step’s visible traces and limited accuracy and power, then decided she could intercept Maud.
• Lafitte, Jim, and Beli approached as Paik faced them and Yatali charged toward Maud.
• Yatali blocked Maud’s Chidori with her crossed blades, drawing cheers from the pirates.
• Maud shot Yatali in the forehead as she spoke, and the pirates fell silent.

Maud defeated Yatali with a shot, then used Silent Step to slaughter the remaining members of the three pirate crews while Lafitte kept Pike occupied. Pike was left alone against the Maud Pirates, and journalist Dale photographed Maud amid the corpses.

• Maud killed Yatali with a gunshot after Yatali blocked his blade, while Lafitte suppressed Pike in their fight.
• Maud threw Beli into the enemy crowd, then rescued him and ordered Jim to carry out a task before returning to battle.
• Maud used Silent Step to cut down the Pirate Alliance members until none remained on Central Avenue.
• Dada woke up among the corpses, and Pike realized he had badly underestimated the Maud Pirates.
• Dale knocked out his guard and repeatedly photographed Maud standing amid the bodies.