Chapter Summaries

Doflamingo met with Big Mom in Whole Cake Chateau and agreed to resume their cooperation while concealing his plans. Above Whole Cake Island, Oboro learned that a banquet would gather Big Mom’s children and ordered the Hell Pirates to begin their attack the following night.

• Big Mom negotiated to resume her cooperation with Doflamingo, demanding a larger share of the profits and offering a banquet to restore his standing.
• Big Mom confronted Doflamingo over Katakuri’s suspicion that he was plotting, but accepted his denial and let him leave with Trebol and Diamante.
• Doflamingo and his officers left through the Homie-filled castle, aware that Big Mom’s territory kept them under surveillance.
• Enel reported to Oboro that Doflamingo had entered the castle and that Big Mom’s children would attend a banquet the day after tomorrow.
• Oboro ordered the Hell Pirates to begin wiping out Totto Land the following night.

Oboro and the Donquixote Family launched a surprise attack on Totto Land before Big Mom’s tea party, and Oboro’s devastating strike leveled Whole Cake Island. Big Mom survived the blast, and Oboro ordered his forces to hunt down every remaining enemy.

• Oboro’s forces and the Donquixote Family began a nighttime assault across Totto Land while the Charlotte Family slept.
• Katakuri confronted Doflamingo, Diamante, and Trebol on a rooftop, but Doflamingo revealed that their attack was already underway.
• Oboro fired a massive sphere of energy at Whole Cake Chateau, unleashing an explosion that destroyed the castle and leveled Whole Cake Island.
• Katakuri warned the Charlotte Family of the enemy attack as Doflamingo bound Diamante and Trebol and jumped from the rooftop with them.
• Oboro’s group confirmed that Big Mom had survived, and Oboro ordered his forces to leave none alive.

Oboro’s attack devastated the Charlotte Family, and Katakuri struck at Doflamingo before Enel intervened. As Enel faced Katakuri, Bullet landed a powerful blow on Big Mom, leaving the island’s battle poised to escalate.

• Big Mom survived Oboro’s attack and roared across the island, while Smoothie realized most of the Charlotte Family had died.
• Katakuri attacked Doflamingo, killed Diamante with a strike, and prepared to finish Trebol as Doflamingo tried to pull his officers away.
• Enel interrupted Katakuri with lightning, returned Diamante to Doflamingo, and ordered Joker to leave the island.
• Doflamingo flew away with his remaining officers, while Enel challenged Katakuri and revealed his awakened Devil Fruit power.
• Bullet dropped from the sky and punched Big Mom into the ground, shocking Katakuri, Smoothie, and the other survivors.

Shiryu ambushed Smoothie while Rob Lucci and World overwhelmed Daifuku and Oven, as Dorans used Skypiea equipment to turn the tables on Charlotte Count. The battles across Totto Land continued with several Big Mom Pirates officers badly wounded or defeated.

• Smoothie realized the Hell Pirates had tied down Katakuri and that Doflamingo had plotted against Totto Land, but Shiryu attacked her from behind and wounded her with Raiu.
• Smoothie narrowly dodged Shiryu’s next slash and recovered her sword, while Shiryu threatened to butcher her and take her to Big Mom.
• Daifuku and Oven struggled against World’s barrage of boulders until one crushed Oven and Rob Lucci struck Daifuku through the chest with Finger Pistol.
• Dorans used Skypiea shells to overpower Charlotte Count in a strength contest, slammed him into the ground, and smashed his head with a flame-powered punch.

Yurivich slaughtered a gathered group of Charlotte Family survivors while Bullet battled Big Mom and shattered Whole Cake Island. Oboro appeared with Zeus and Prometheus under his control, leaving Big Mom stunned as he faced her.

• Yurivich charged into nearly twenty injured Charlotte Family members and killed them before Dorans and Kaka arrived.
• Dorans and Kaka found the survivors’ corpses, then headed off to help the priests deal with the remaining enemies.
• Bullet overwhelmed Big Mom with his Clank-Clank Fruit construct while her Homies failed to answer her and her Devil Fruit powers were interfered with.
• Bullet’s giant fist shattered Whole Cake Island, and he stopped fighting after Big Mom evaded the center of the blow.
• Oboro emerged from the dust beside Bullet with Zeus and Prometheus under his control, while Big Mom recognized him and stood dumbstruck.

Oboro’s Hell Pirates overwhelmed Big Mom and her family, leaving Linlin surrounded and under attack after he suppressed her Soul-Soul Fruit. Oboro then found Streusen fleeing by boat, and the old man admitted he had expected the island’s downfall.

• Oboro suppressed Big Mom’s Soul-Soul Fruit, and Zeus and Prometheus denied being her children.
• Shiryu, Rob Lucci, World, Yurivich, and Enel returned with the Charlotte Family’s dead, including Smoothie, Daifuku, and Oven; Yurivich and Enel had defeated Katakuri with Oboro’s help.
• Oboro left Big Mom to the Hell Pirates’ officers, and Bullet knocked her down as Shiryu prepared to attack.
• Oboro spotted Streusen escaping from Whole Cake Island in a small boat and confronted him.
• Streusen said he had known the island’s defeat would come after CP0 visited Linlin, but she had ignored his attempts to persuade her.

Oboro recruited Streusen into the Hell Pirates, then killed Big Mom with a beam during the battle on Whole Cake Island. He began extracting the souls he had coveted, leaving his crew unsettled by his reaction.

• Oboro offered Streusen a choice between joining the Hell Pirates and dying, and Streusen chose to join while declaring he hoped to see Oboro fall to the World Government.
• Oboro carried Streusen back to Whole Cake Island, where Bullet, Shiryu, Enel, Yurivich, World, and others fought the wounded but still ferocious Big Mom.
• Oboro fired a beam through Big Mom's forehead, killing her and splitting the sea beyond the island as tsunamis and rain swept across the area.
• Streusen fell to his knees as Oboro vanished from his sight, then Oboro reappeared beside Big Mom's corpse and dismissed Bullet's claim that he could have killed her himself.
• Oboro thrust his hand into Big Mom's brain to take her souls and celebrated that he had moved closer to his real self, frightening the watching crew.

Oboro consumed Big Mom’s soul together with the Soul-Soul Fruit, breaking through the restraints on his soul and advancing his qi cultivation. After his power unleashed a storm that destroyed Whole Cake Island, he regrouped with the Hell Pirates and ordered them to find Doflamingo.

• Oboro pulled Big Mom’s soul from her body, erased its spiritual imprint, and consumed its energy before the Soul-Soul Fruit could reappear.
• Oboro’s soul growth cracked the limits on his cultivation, allowing his qi to condense into a flowing liquid sphere in his dantian.
• Oboro’s laughter triggered a storm of wind blades, black lightning, and Haki, so Enel and Bullet evacuated the Hell Pirates from the island.
• Oboro’s uncontrolled power shattered Whole Cake Island and sank most of its remains beneath the sea.
• Oboro appeared before the Hell Pirates, said he had only let off steam, and ordered them to find Doflamingo.

Oboro and the Hell Pirates continued their surprise attack across Totto Land after killing Big Mom, but the island forces resisted and the fighting stalled. Oboro delivered Big Mom’s corpse to Doflamingo on Milk Island, leaving them poised to use it to break the defenders’ resolve as Doflamingo prepared to rise to power.

• Oboro considered killing Luffy soon and using him as a hostage to constrain Shanks’s response to Doflamingo’s rise.
• The Blood Pluton traveled between Totto Land’s islands as the Hell Pirates and Donquixote Family fought Big Mom’s remaining forces, but their small numbers left the invasion at a stalemate.
• Oboro took a boat alone to Milk Island, where Doflamingo had defeated several Big Mom Pirate Alliance captains and tormented a surviving pirate with his strings.
• Doflamingo killed the captive as Oboro arrived aboard the Blood Pluton and descended with Big Mom’s corpse.
• Oboro told Doflamingo he had to be strong enough to fight the Five Elders, kill Imu, and overthrow the Celestial Dragons, and Doflamingo urged him not to disappoint him.

Doflamingo took Totto Land after Big Mom’s defeat and declared himself a Yonko, while the news shocked the world. At New Marineford, Aokiji and his advisers suspected God Slayer had helped arrange the attack and warned that the new Fleet Admiral could not afford to let his guard down.

• Oboro left Totto Land with the Hell Pirates after briefing Doflamingo on the takeover, leaving him to rebuild and govern the territory.
• Doflamingo announced that he had killed Big Mom and become a Yonko, and released a photo of himself standing on her corpse.
• Morgans’s World News Agency broke the story, prompting disbelief and suspicion across the world’s major powers.
• Aokiji received news of Doflamingo’s rise while investigating the Hell Pirates at New Marineford.
• Tsuru told Aokiji that God Slayer had likely seized the opportunity during his inauguration to help Doflamingo take Totto Land, and Sengoku warned him not to lower his guard.

Kaido decided the Beasts Pirates would stay out of Doflamingo’s rise as a Yonko, while the Donquixote Family prepared to face Shanks with power granted by Oboro. Doflamingo revealed that Oboro was waiting in Foosha Village or with Straw Hat, and warned Shanks to hurry.

• Kaido dismissed King’s suggestion to seize Totto Land and chose to let Doflamingo and Shanks clash.
• The World Government stripped Doflamingo of his Shichibukai title, while Trafalgar Law and Buggy the Clown joined the Shichibukai.
• Doflamingo’s officers revealed their enhanced powers as the Donquixote Family waited aboard the Flamingo outside Totto Land.
• Shanks arrived with the Red Hair Pirates, and he and Doflamingo exchanged threats while Shanks demanded to know where Oboro was.
• Doflamingo told Shanks that Oboro might be in Foosha Village or with Straw Hat, and warned him that Oboro would not wait if Shanks attacked the Donquixote Family or damaged Totto Land.

Rayleigh trained Luffy on Rusukaina while Shanks warned that God Slayer was coming to kill him. Oboro arrived at the island, leaving Rayleigh preparing to protect Luffy and get him out.

• Rayleigh watched Luffy dodge a swarm of beasts on Rusukaina, impressed by his progress with all three forms of Haki.
• Shanks called Rayleigh and warned that God Slayer was targeting Luffy because he threatened Oboro’s plans for the world.
• Shanks explained that he viewed the Hell Pirates as the greatest threat and distrusted the Five Elders’ decision to wait for new weapons.
• Rayleigh agreed to leave Rusukaina with Luffy, but then spotted Oboro’s scarlet ship approaching.
• Rayleigh told Shanks he would protect Luffy and, if both of them died, urged Shanks to disband his crew and go to Mary Geoise.

Rayleigh tried to get Luffy away from Oboro's Hell Pirates, but Bullet and the officers cornered them. Bullet broke Rayleigh's sword, and a scarred man in a black round hat stopped Rayleigh from fighting on, leaving his fate sealed.

• Rayleigh snatched Luffy from his training and raced across the island, but Bullet landed in their path as the Hell Pirates' officers surrounded them.
• Rayleigh told Luffy to escape and called his sacrifice his final lesson, while Luffy resisted leaving him behind.
• Rayleigh and Bullet recalled their time as crewmates before Rayleigh attacked and Bullet caught his sword with one finger.
• Bullet overpowered Rayleigh in a Haki clash and broke his sword, prompting Rayleigh to shout for Luffy to run.
• A scarred man in a black round hat appeared beside Rayleigh, stopped his broken blade with two fingers, and told him the ending was already set.

Oboro brutally beat Luffy until he appeared dead, then revealed he had seen through Kaka’s attempted ambush. Kaka’s attack failed, and Oboro killed him before he could strike.

• Luffy charged at Oboro, but Oboro appeared behind him and drove his head into the ground while Bullet restrained Rayleigh.
• Luffy fought back with sheer will, but Oboro repeatedly smashed him into the ground until his body went limp and his breath vanished.
• Oboro told Rayleigh he had come only to kill Luffy and wanted him to watch, while dismissing Luffy’s apparent death as a deception by the world’s will.
• Kaka approached as though curious about Luffy, but secretly prepared to attack Oboro.
• Oboro noticed Kaka’s intent and challenged him to strike; Kaka tried to attack, but air currents sliced his body into pieces.
• Kaka recalled that he had been sent by his Chief to infiltrate the crew of the slaves who had killed Celestial Dragons, and regretted failing the mission.

Oboro exposed Kaka as a Revolutionary Army mole and effortlessly killed Morley and Karasu when they tried to rescue Luffy. Garp arrived to stop him, just as Oboro sensed the world's will reaching out to him.

• Kaka tried to ambush Oboro, but Oboro revealed his identity as the Revolutionary Army's mole and killed him.
• Morley burst from underground and attacked Oboro, but Oboro crushed him with a blast of airflow.
• Karasu sent a flock of soot crows at Oboro, who destroyed the crows and killed Karasu by crushing his soul.
• Garp arrived and struck at Oboro, but an invisible air wall blocked his fist.
• Oboro released Luffy and sensed the world's will contacting him, then vowed to destroy it.

Oboro faced Garp on Rusukaina after sending his crew to deal with the arriving Kuja ship, and Garp's devastating punch left Oboro and the unconscious Luffy unharmed. Oboro challenged Garp to hand-to-hand combat and overwhelmed him with martial arts, leaving the legendary Marine Hero falling into the sea.

• Oboro sent Dom, Dorans, Rob Lucci, and World to deal with the Kuja ship while Shiryu and Enel stayed behind and Bullet kept Rayleigh in check.
• Garp unleashed Fist Bone Impact, pulverizing a vast section of Rusukaina, but Oboro and the unconscious Luffy remained unhurt.
• Oboro withdrew his airflow and qi techniques, then prepared to fight Garp using only physical combat and martial arts.
• Oboro struck Garp with God Fist and Vajra Finger, then pursued him with Cloud Ladder Step and attacked his acupoints and veins.
• Garp was battered across the island and thrown into the sea as Shiryu watched in disbelief.

Oboro overwhelmed Garp in a close-quarters fight, using martial arts that Garp had never encountered. After surviving Oboro’s attacks and nearly landing a decisive blow, Garp realized his strength was no match for Oboro, but he still refused to admit defeat.

• Garp emerged from the sea and struck Oboro with Fist Bone Impact, but Oboro absorbed and redirected the force into the beach.
• Oboro sealed Garp’s acupoints and meridians, causing Garp’s attacking arm to rupture, then knocked him into the sand with a whip kick.
• Garp endured Oboro’s attacks and pinned him down with a broken hand bone before throwing a powerful punch.
• Oboro evaded Garp’s punch with Shifting Forms, Changing Shadows, and Garp was left kneeling as the tide receded.
• Garp asked who Oboro was, and Oboro called himself a traveler passing through.
• Garp stood and refused to admit defeat, so Oboro agreed to continue fighting despite saying Garp had no chance of winning.

The Hell Pirates overwhelmed the Kuja Pirates as Hancock tried to reach Luffy, who was training elsewhere on Rusukaina. Enel’s arrival ended the fighting, leaving Hancock as the sole surviving Kuja warrior, captured by Yurivich.

• Shiryu and Enel lost interest in Garp and Oboro’s ongoing fight and left.
• World’s More-More Fruit and combat skills devastated the Kuja warriors trying to land on the island.
• Hancock fought Yurivich while Sandersonia faced Dom and Marigold was injured by Rob Lucci.
• Yurivich defeated Hancock with relentless sword strikes and seized her by the throat.
• Enel swept the coast with lightning, killing the remaining Amazon warriors, while Sandersonia and Marigold lay dead.
• Dom asked whether the battle elsewhere was over, and Enel said the Hell Pirates had won from the moment they landed.

Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates rushed to Rusukaina, believing Rayleigh and Luffy might be dead, only to find Oboro waiting with the Blood Pluton. Oboro sent hundreds of pirates to attack Shanks while preparing another surprise for him on the beach.

• Shanks ignored Benn Beckman's advice to turn back for Foosha Village and continued toward Rusukaina, hoping Rayleigh and Luffy were alive.
• The Red Hair Pirates reached Rusukaina and spotted the Blood Pluton, prompting Shanks to ready his crew for battle.
• Oboro ordered Dorans to begin the attack, and Dorans rallied the pirates aboard the Blood Pluton to take down Shanks.
• Hundreds of Oboro's pirates launched in small vessels to meet the Red Hair Pirates while Oboro and his officers watched from shore.
• Oboro glanced at a row of crosses on the beach and called them gifts for Shanks.

The Red Hair Pirates battled the Hell Pirates’ Impel Down criminals at sea, overwhelming them before Oboro raised the fallen fighters as soul-controlled corpses. As Oboro vanished toward Shanks, Rayleigh realized the true threat and urgently shouted for Shanks to run.

• Shanks unleashed Conqueror’s Haki and a powerful sword slash, while Shiryu deflected the attack before the Red Hair Pirates charged the Hell Pirates’ boats.
• Shanks, Benn Beckman, and the Red Hair Pirates fought the criminals at sea, while some Hell Pirates secretly boarded the Red Hair crew’s main ship.
• By dusk, the Hell Pirates’ boats and most of their fighters had been destroyed, and Oboro asked Rayleigh whether the battle was over.
• Oboro revealed his eerie green power, causing dead Hell Pirates to rise and attack the Red Hair Pirates and their ship.
• Shanks and his crew began fighting the revived corpses, while Oboro walked toward the shore and then vanished.
• Bullet told Rayleigh that Oboro was the one who would truly act, and Rayleigh shouted for Shanks to run.