Chapter Summaries

Morgans and Dada turned Maud’s sudden bounty increase into a major newspaper event, while the news enraged Kaido and prompted Queen and King to discuss Maud and the future of the SMILE supply. Hiyori arrived with Kaido’s summons for the two Calamities.

• Morgans ordered Dada to publish two consecutive double-sided editions focused on Maud, and Dada agreed to handle the task.
• Dada asked whether the newspaper should soften its reports under pressure from the World Government, but Morgans told him not to restrain himself.
• Maud’s new Bounty Poster spread worldwide, and the World Economic News published two editions about him.
• Queen and King discussed Kaido’s anger, the death of the Joker, and the possibility of sending Jack and the Headliners to kill Maud.
• King warned that the Beasts Pirates first needed to confirm whether the Donquixote Family could still supply SMILE, and Hiyori told Queen and King that Kaido wanted to see them.

Kaido ordered King and Queen to protect the Smile supply and search for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Float-Float Fruit, putting those goals ahead of killing Maud. The chapter ended with many forces already moving to claim the Tremor-Tremor Fruit after the Summit War.

• Kaido burned Maud’s new Bounty Poster and raged over the press calling him a new emperor.
• Queen asked whether Kaido wanted them to kill Maud, but Kaido said Maud could wait.
• Kaido ordered King and Queen to minimize the disruption to the Smile trade after Doflamingo’s death.
• Kaido authorized King and Queen to mobilize his crew to find the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Float-Float Fruit.
• King and Queen recognized that the Beasts Pirates would focus much of their activity on finding the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

After the Summit War, the missing Tremor-Tremor Fruit became the focus of a worldwide scramble. Edward Weevil and Bakkin set out to claim Whitebeard’s legacy, while Maud traveled toward Sabaody with the Float-Float Fruit already in his possession and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit as his next target.

• The deaths in the Summit War sent Devil Fruits, especially the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, into a new cycle, prompting pirates, underworld forces, the World Government, and Kaido to search for them.
• Edward Weevil and Bakkin slaughtered a town in Whitebeard’s territory and looted its wealth.
• Bakkin told Weevil to eliminate the Whitebeard Pirates’ surviving members and obtain Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and she also urged him to pursue Shiki’s Float-Float Fruit.
• Bakkin and Weevil agreed to kill anyone who had already eaten the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and left to pursue Whitebeard’s legacy.
• The Thriller Bark floated toward the Sabaody Archipelago as Maud, already possessing the Float-Float Fruit, prepared to seek the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Maud continued toward the Sabaody Archipelago aboard Thriller Bark, planning to destroy the Donquixote Family before pursuing the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. At Sabaody, Aokiji arrived after the Marines captured the Heart Pirates and led three vice admirals toward a new mission.

• Maud decided to deal with the Donquixote Family after reaching Sabaody, then pursue the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the pirate Expo.
• Thriller Bark reached the Sabaody Archipelago after a week of slow, erratic sailing.
• Onigumo, Bastille, and Dalmatian led Marines in defeating and capturing Bepo and the Heart Pirates on Tree Island 22.
• Aokiji told the three vice admirals that he had a new mission and ordered the Heart Pirates escorted to Impel Down as important bargaining chips.
• Aokiji led Onigumo, Bastille, and Dalmatian toward Tree Island 13 without explaining the mission.

Aokiji explained that the Marines needed Trafalgar Luo’s ability to help replace the Shichibukai system, then led three vice admirals to capture the Heart Pirates and Maud’s associates. At Tree Root 13, Aokiji trapped Shakky, Perona, Urouge, and Hawkins behind a towering ice wall, leaving the group facing the Marines.

• Aokiji told Onigumo, Bastille, and Dalmatian that the Marines planned to use the Heart Pirates as leverage to draw out Trafalgar Luo and secure his ability.
• Aokiji warned that the mission might anger Maud, but Onigumo and the others resolved to continue despite the danger.
• Aokiji reached Shakky’s bar at Tree Root 13 and raised a massive ice wall around it, blocking Perona, Urouge, and Hawkins from escaping.
• Shakky stood between Aokiji and the three young pirates, while Urouge realized an admiral had come after them.
• Hawkins said that his future would undergo earth-shaking changes at that moment.

Aokiji and the Marines cornered Perona, Urouge, Hawkins, and Shakky, forcing Shakky to fight the admiral while the others faced the Marine forces. Hawkins survived Aokiji’s ice spear with a Substitute Straw Doll, but the group remained in grave danger.

• Urouge and Perona took Hawkins’s past divinations as proof they would survive, while the Marines surrounded them.
• Perona sent Negativity Ghosts after Aokiji, but he dodged and tried to freeze her before Shakky intercepted him.
• Hawkins transformed and attacked Aokiji with Curse Nails, but Aokiji pierced and froze him with an ice spear.
• Shakky fought Aokiji while Marines led by Onigumo engaged Urouge and Perona.
• Hawkins shed the ice after a Substitute Straw Doll took the fatal wound, and Urouge called for his help.

Urouge and Perona were overwhelmed by the Marines despite fighting back, while Hawkins was badly wounded by Onigumo. The chapter left Hawkins wondering whether he could still seize the opportunity he had sought as his allies lay defeated.

• Urouge used Karma Retribution to grow enormous and punch Dalmatian away, but Onigumo struck him from behind with eight Armament Haki-coated slashes.
• Hawkins transformed into Demon Felling Form and forced Onigumo back, saving Urouge from being finished off.
• Perona struggled against more than a hundred elite Marines, and Bastille prepared to strike her with his Shark Saber.
• Urouge took Bastille's blow to shield Perona, then collapsed; distracted, Perona was struck by several Marines' Finger Pistols and fell as well.
• Onigumo slashed Hawkins several times, and Hawkins saw Urouge and Perona lying gravely wounded as he wondered whether his chance had ended.

Hawkins chose to fight beside Perona and Urouge, but the Marines overwhelmed him as his substitute dolls ran out. Just as Dalmatian moved in to deliver the final blow, Maud crashed down and knocked the vice admiral unconscious.

• Hawkins decided to stake his life protecting Perona and Urouge, then broke free of Onigumo by sacrificing a substitute doll.
• Hawkins attacked the Marines with iron nails, but they dodged and overwhelmed him with Haki-coated Six Powers techniques.
• Bastille and Dalmatian decided to execute Hawkins, while his substitute dolls dwindled to a final one.
• Dalmatian charged Hawkins to deliver the final blow, but Maud fell from the sky and crushed him into unconsciousness.
• Maud looked down at Dalmatian and apologized for mistaking the vice admiral for an ant, shocking the Marines.

Maud’s reunited crew arrived just as he confronted the Marines who had injured his people. Maud began cutting down the Marines, while Jaya and Lafitte blocked Bastille and Onigumo from reaching him as he focused on Aokiji.

• Maud threatened the Marines and his crew members—Lafitte, Brook, Jaya, Jim, and Philo—arrived to join him.
• Hawkins realized Maud had saved him at the last moment, while Urouge called out to Maud before fainting.
• Maud used his shadows and Shusui to slash two Marines, causing them to disintegrate into dust.
• Bastille charged Maud with his Shark Saber, but Jaya blocked the attack with her axe.
• Onigumo attacked Maud from the side, but Lafitte blocked him with his sword cane and warned that he was no match for their captain.

Lafitte, Jaya, Brook, and Jim demonstrated the Maud Pirates’ strength as they fought the Marines, while Maud moved to confront Aokiji. Aokiji stopped attacking Shakky when Maud arrived, leaving the two battles poised to shift.

• Lafitte wounded and drove back Onigumo, while Jaya repeatedly overpowered Bastille with her axe.
• Maud passed the elite Marines and headed toward Aokiji, as the Marines chose to attack Brook and Jim instead.
• Brook used his Soul Reaping Sword to slash and freeze several Marines, while Jim’s Ancient Zoan form broke through their ranks.
• Philo treated the injured Perona and Urouge as Hawkins watched the Maud Pirates fight and marveled at their strength.
• Aokiji kept Shakky on the defensive until he and Shakky noticed Maud’s arrival; Aokiji then stopped attacking and let Shakky retreat.

Maud arrived on Sabaody Archipelago as Aokiji’s attack on Shakky and the others neared completion, furious that the Navy had injured his people. He countered Aokiji’s ice attack and appeared to strike at his heart, declaring that he could be wherever shadows were.

• Aokiji abandoned his advantage over Shakky when he sensed Maud approaching, while Maud confronted him over the harm done to his companions.
• Aokiji attacked Maud with Ice Bird Attack, but Maud cut through it with Shadow Flow, Curtain Blade.
• Curtain Blade split Aokiji’s body and cleaved through the Yoruean Red Tree, shaking Tree Island 14.
• Aokiji coated an ice blade with Armament Haki and swung at Maud, but Maud stopped it with two fingers.
• Maud appeared in front of Aokiji and drove Shusui toward the heart in one half of Aokiji’s body.

Maud fought Admiral Aokiji on Tree Island 14, using his shadows to counter Aokiji’s ice while their clash split the island and spread panic across the Sabaody Archipelago. As Maud’s crew gained the advantage against the Marines on Tree Island 13, he told Aokiji that shadows could not be frozen.

• Maud used his shadow to strike Aokiji, but Aokiji avoided the lethal blow by elementalizing with his Observation Haki and countered with Frozen Moment.
• Aokiji unleashed Ice Age, freezing the area, while Maud sent a tide of shadows against the ice.
• Their battle split Tree Island 14, and witnesses recognized Bagard Maud and spread news of his return as a pirate, causing panic across the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Maud and Aokiji exchanged dozens of blows as Shakky watched, while Jaya, Lafitte, Brook, Jim, and Hawkins pushed the Marines toward defeat on Tree Island 13.
• Maud made spikes emerge from the shadows trapped in the ice and told Aokiji that shadows could not be frozen and that his companions were stronger.

Maud and Luo battled Aokiji on Sabaody, where Maud’s shadow techniques and Luo’s Shambles sent the admiral crashing into a tree island. Aokiji survived Maud’s devastating Haaboku slash and invoked the Heart Pirates as bargaining chips, leaving Luo and Maud facing a new dilemma.

• Aokiji chose to abandon his operation against Maud and used Ice Age to cover his retreat toward Onigumo and the other Marines.
• Maud broke through Aokiji’s ice with Armament Haki-coated shadow brambles, while Luo used Room and Shambles to redirect Aokiji into their attack.
• Maud struck Aokiji with Haaboku, splitting several Yarukiman Mangroves and shaking the entire Sabaody Archipelago, but Aokiji remained alive and largely unharmed.
• Maud and Luo discussed Aokiji’s formidable Haki as Aokiji emerged from the frozen sea with blood at the corner of his mouth.
• Aokiji told Luo that the Heart Pirates were in Marine hands.

Aokiji disrupted Maud and Luo's pursuit before using Ice Age to divide the battlefield and extract the surviving Marines. Maud was left with a Marine Den Den Mushi and Aokiji's promise to call.

• Aokiji hinted that Bepo and the Heart Pirates had been targeted, and Luo attacked him with Room before Aokiji escaped in his elemental form.
• Maud sensed Aokiji heading toward the battlefield and pursued him with Luo as Lafitte fought Onigumo and Jaya defeated Bastille with Haoku.
• Aokiji trapped Jaya in ice walls, then used Ice Age to turn the battlefield into a maze and separate the combatants.
• Aokiji led the wounded and unconscious Marines away, tossed a Marine Den Den Mushi to Maud, and withdrew.

Maud regrouped with his crew after Aokiji retreated and learned that the Marines had targeted Luo and his Op-Op Fruit. He decided to leave Sabaody Archipelago by capturing a Celestial Dragon, refusing to let the Marines dictate terms.

• Maud stopped pursuing Aokiji, reunited with his companions, and sent Jaya and Lafitte with Luo to check on Bepo and the others.
• Maud accepted Hawkins into his crew after Hawkins said he wanted to stand beneath Maud's flag, then ordered him to gather his crew and the Strange Monk Pirates.
• Philo treated Perona and Urouge, and Perona woke while Urouge remained unconscious.
• Luo, Lafitte, and Jaya returned and confirmed Aokiji's account; Maud suspected the Marines wanted living hearts or Luo's Op-Op Fruit.
• Maud declared that he would thwart the Marines by capturing a Celestial Dragon.

Maud decided to attack the Celestial Dragons to force the Marines to return Bepo and the others, and his crew sailed with the Hawkins and Strange Monk Pirates to their floating base, Thriller Bark. Two days later, after Aokiji’s defeat became public, Sengoku contacted Maud, who mocked the Marines for taking hostages.

• Maud declared that he would target the Celestial Dragons to secure Bepo and the others’ return, and his companions accepted his decision despite Luo’s concerns.
• Jaya used the Float-Float Fruit to carry the ships and submarine to Thriller Bark, where the crews moored and gathered.
• Maud said Jim’s dream was to bring down the Celestial Dragons, then ordered a welcome banquet for Hawkins and the others.
• News spread that Maud had defeated and driven back Aokiji, who faced Akainu’s criticism at Marine Headquarters.
• Sengoku entered the Marshal’s office and ordered Aokiji to contact Maud, who answered by mocking the Marines’ hostage-taking.

Maud accepted Sengoku’s proposal to exchange one hundred living hearts for the Heart Pirates, while reserving the right to choose the meeting place. CP0 then revealed that the Marines’ true objective was the Op-Op Fruit.

• Sengoku told Maud that the Heart Pirates were imprisoned in Impel Down and offered to exchange them for one hundred living hearts.
• Luo corrected Sengoku’s count, confirming that seventeen Heart Pirates had been captured, including Bepo.
• Maud accepted the exchange but insisted that he would choose the location and contact Sengoku with the arrangements.
• Sengoku discussed the deal with Garp, Tsuru, Aokiji, and Akainu, expressing unease about Maud.
• CP0 arrived at Sengoku’s office and said that they needed to obtain the Op-Op Fruit, not merely one hundred hearts.

CP0 ordered Sengoku to seize the Op-Op Fruit from Law, but Maud warned that the World Government would not ignore the fruit and set out to abduct a Celestial Dragon. Maud, Brook, and Lafitte headed for Pangu City, where a vast shadow suddenly covered the streets.

• CP0 ordered Sengoku to take over the mission and obtain Law's Op-Op Fruit, while Sengoku argued that provoking the Maud Pirates was unwise.
• Maud challenged Law's assumption that the Marines would accept the exchange peacefully, pointing out the World Government's past offer of five billion for the Op-Op Fruit.
• Maud left Thriller Bark with Brook and Lafitte to create a major incident by abducting a Celestial Dragon.
• Maud, Brook, and Lafitte arrived on a small island, which then plunged through the clouds toward Pangu City.
• A rapidly growing shadow appeared over a street in Pangu City, startling the people below.

Maud, Lafitte, and Brook attacked the Holy Land under cover of an island falling toward Pangu City, then seized several Celestial Dragons and escaped as guards pursued them. Maud left with Shalria, Saint Charlos, and Saint Rosward, while Lafitte photographed the destruction and their flight.

• Maud sent Lafitte and Brook to separate targets while he flew toward the Celestial Dragon residence, as Holy Land guards and a Five Elder shattered the falling island.
• Maud subdued Shalria, Saint Charlos, and Saint Rosward, then fought CP0 agent Essai and captured her after cutting away her shadow.
• Maud bound the three Celestial Dragons together and took off as guards converged, while Lafitte arrived carrying two more Celestial Dragons.
• Lafitte photographed Maud escaping with the captives as island debris filled the town and enemies pursued them through the air.

Maud stayed behind to delay the Holy Land’s guards while Lafitte and Brook escaped with five captured Celestial Dragons. After cutting through the pursuers, Maud attacked another Celestial Dragon and sensed a powerful figure approaching.

• Maud gave Lafitte the Celestial Dragon family of three and told him and Brook to retreat while he held off the guards.
• Lafitte took Brook’s captive as well, and the two flew toward the ship with all five Celestial Dragons.
• Maud used ordinary and Armament Haki bullets to shoot down guards and slow their pursuit.
• The guards split up to attack Maud and pursue Lafitte and Brook, but Maud’s interception had already prevented them from catching the escapees.
• Maud charged through the guards, landed atop a tower near the Celestial Dragons’ residential district, and sent a Hakoku slash toward a Celestial Dragon.
• An old man blocked Maud’s slash with a Soaring Slash, and Maud sensed a cold gaze approaching from afar.