Chapter Summaries

Gawain welcomed Chopper aboard and Dr. Kureha examined Gawain and Zephyr, offering treatment that could restore Zephyr’s health and much of his right arm’s function. Rayleigh then suggested finding the legendary Op-Op Fruit, leaving Gawain with a new goal to consider.

• Gawain gave Chopper a helmet and let him ride on his shoulder, helping him feel safe among the humans.
• Dr. Kureha examined Gawain and said she would oversee his training and create a maintenance plan.
• Dr. Kureha diagnosed Zephyr’s heart failure and asthma, then promised treatment that could improve his condition for years.
• Dr. Kureha re-separated Zephyr’s injured right hand and took him to surgery, saying she could restore much of its function.
• Rayleigh suggested that they help Dr. Kureha find the legendary Op-Op Fruit.

Gawain ordered his crew to find Trafalgar Law and seek his cooperation, while Dr. Kureha treated Zephyr and forced the Dark Bird Ship’s crew to recover from their injuries. The chapter ended with Franky receiving Zephyr’s mechanical arm and taking it away to study Vegapunk’s engineering.

• Gawain told Rayleigh and Gion that Trafalgar Law possessed the Op-Op Fruit and guessed that the Five Elders had already undergone its Immortality Surgery.
• Gawain ordered Shakky and Lucci to locate Law without antagonizing him, hoping to recruit him and eventually obtain the Immortality Surgery.
• Aboard the Polar Tang, Law and Bepo discussed Gawain’s reputation and their hopes of gaining strength and territory.
• Dr. Kureha treated Zephyr, examined the Dark Bird Ship’s officers, and ordered everyone to stop training while they recovered.
• Dr. Kureha scolded Gawain for using the Paw-Paw Fruit to heal injuries from dangerous training, and he agreed to reduce his real-combat practice.
• The Navy delivered Zephyr’s mechanical arm, and Franky took it away to analyze Vegapunk’s design and build something better.

After half a month on the Dark Bird Ship, Gawain learned that Drum Kingdom’s citizens were too fearful to spend money and Dalton could not afford the Heavenly Tribute. Gawain realized his crew had taken the kingdom’s remaining wealth and devised a plan to attract visitors and bring exiled doctors home.

• Zephyr praised Franky’s hard training because it would help perfect his Seastone mechanical arm.
• Vivi told Shirahoshi she trained so she could become useful, prompting Shirahoshi to fear being left behind and ask Gawain what she should learn.
• Gordon urged Uta not to abandon her music, and Uta reaffirmed that she wanted to follow Gawain and show him her new song.
• Dalton told Gawain that Drum Kingdom lacked tax revenue and could not raise the Heavenly Tribute without burdening its people.
• Kalifa revealed that Gawain’s allies had taken Wapol’s treasure and seized the nobles’ wealth, leaving Dalton’s government with no funds.
• Gawain promised to help Dalton and ordered Kalifa to have Morgans send reporters to Winter Island to publicize a supposed great treasure and encourage tourism and the return of exiled doctors.

Gawain comforted Shirahoshi and took her skiing before helping Chopper fulfill Hiriluk’s dream on Drum Island. As pink snow fell across the kingdom, Robin realized Hiriluk’s story of miraculous cherry blossoms was really about his love for Kureha.

• Shirahoshi feared Gawain would abandon her because she felt useless, and Gawain reassured her that she was free to pursue what she enjoyed.
• Gawain took Shirahoshi skiing on Drum Mountain, but he swallowed water and Seastone Factor before recovering and joining the others in the snow.
• Five days later, Gawain, Franky, Chopper, and the crew prepared to fire a cannon that would fulfill Hiriluk’s dream of making a panacea bloom across Drum Kingdom.
• Franky fired the cannon, and its shell burst in the clouds, turning the snow and clouds pink like cherry blossoms.
• Chopper celebrated Hiriluk’s dream as the crew watched the pink snow fall, while Robin realized Hiriluk’s story referred to Kureha, the doctor he had loved.

Gawain and his companions left Winter Island after honoring Hiriluk’s legacy and witnessing the people’s gratitude. As the Dark Bird Ship sailed away, Kureha caught the last pink snowflakes and quietly said goodbye.

• Shakky and Kureha reflected on love, loss, and the memories that sustained them before leaving the mountain together.
• Gawain praised Hiriluk to Chopper, encouraged him to continue his work, and told the reporters to faithfully record the cherry blossom snow and Chopper’s story.
• Rayleigh and Zephyr shared wine while discussing Zephyr’s old enemy and admiring Hiriluk’s legacy; Zephyr said he valued stopping piracy more than revenge.
• Franky reported that Hiriluk’s Cherry Blossom Potion could preserve the pink snow and improve Winter Island’s health, so Gawain planned to combine it with Dance Powder for artificial snowfall.
• Gawain and his companions departed Winter Island, whose people waved gratefully as he reminded his crew that their lives were the reason for their work.
• Kureha caught a pink snowflake on her cheek aboard the departing ship and quietly said goodbye.

Gawain’s group reached Little Garden and learned that Dorry and Brogy had been fighting there for ninety-seven years. Kureha explained that the former captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates began their endless duel after Kuma’s mother innocently asked which of them had caught the bigger Sea King.

• Gawain ordered Kalifa to arrange a station at Little Garden’s edge and establish a dinosaur preserve to protect passengers from the island’s dangerous wildlife and ancient viruses.
• Gawain’s group arrived near Little Garden and heard the distant clash of Dorry and Brogy’s weapons.
• Rayleigh recognized the giants, while Issho sensed that their battle held no hatred and Kureha revealed they had fought for more than ninety years.
• Kureha recounted how Kuma’s mother, disguised as a child, asked Dorry and Brogy whose Sea King was bigger, sparking an escalating argument over their catches.
• Kureha explained that the captains wrecked their ship and scattered the Giant Warrior Pirates as they fought their way to Little Garden, leaving the crew to believe they had disappeared.

Gawain went to Little Garden to meet the fighting giants Dorry and Brogy, hoping to discuss his crew’s plans for the island. After Dorry learned Gawain was from Mary Geoise and mistook him for an enemy, he challenged him with Elbaf’s Nation Conqueror, leaving Gawain facing the attack.

• Gawain rejected Shiryu’s offer to kill Dorry and Brogy, then flew from the Dark Bird Ship to Little Garden.
• Dorry and Brogy paused their battle to greet Gawain, who introduced himself and formed a giant body out of lightning.
• Brogy went to hunt prey while Dorry welcomed Gawain and talked about the Pirate King, Laugh Tale, and the giants’ old experiences at sea.
• Gawain told Dorry he was from Mary Geoise and that his crew had plans for Little Garden, prompting Dorry to draw his sword and accuse him of hunting the giants.
• Dorry unleashed Elbaf’s Nation Conqueror at Gawain, who readied a lightning blade and eagerly prepared to withstand the attack.

Gawain endured Dorry’s Nation Conqueror, then defeated him and spared his life. Dorry accepted the defeat and looked forward to sparring again, while Brogy challenged Gawain’s companions to fight.

• Gawain gathered lightning, metal, Armament Haki, and Conqueror’s Haki to defend against Dorry’s Nation Conqueror, but the impact injured him and devastated a vast stretch of Little Garden.
• Gawain counterattacked at lightning speed, knocked Dorry into the crater, and pinned him with Rokumei Kotetsu at his eye.
• Dorry praised Gawain as a true warrior and asked him to kill him, but Gawain refused and told him to get up.
• Brogy arrived as Rayleigh, Issho, Gion, Zephyr, Hancock, and the others gathered; Hancock and Gion treated Gawain’s injured hands.
• Dorry rose and agreed to spar with Gawain again after recovering, while Brogy excitedly challenged the gathered fighters before his stomach growled.

Gawain’s crew butchered a Brachiosaurus on Little Garden and shared a meal while Dorry and Brogy explained why their decades-long duel had never produced a winner. They revealed their brotherhood mattered more than victory, then resumed arguing over who would outlive the other.

• Jinbe tried to hunt a dinosaur for the crew, but Gawain’s Conqueror’s Haki had already knocked out the animals, so Jinbe went to fetch fruitwood for grilling instead.
• Gawain directed the crew to prepare the Brachiosaurus, and Dorry, Zephyr, Issho, and the others helped butcher and clean it while discussing the meal.
• Gawain told the crew they would soon reach Whiskey Peak, Reverse Mountain, and the sea restaurant Baratie, and he asked Dorry and Brogy to tell their story while they waited.
• Dorry and Brogy recounted leaving Elbaf to seek worthy opponents, losing many fellow Giants to cannon fire, and eventually settling on Little Garden after meeting a girl who asked which had caught the bigger prey.
• Dorry and Brogy admitted they had avoided winning or losing their 70,320 battles because neither wanted to lose the other as a brother, then argued about who would live longer.

Gawain secured Dorry and Brogy’s help to protect his planned railway station on Little Garden, while Franky finished Zephyr’s new mechanical arm and prepared to modify Spandam. The chapter ended with Franky calling for Zephyr to deliver the arm as Gawain discussed recruiting young trainees.

• Rayleigh and Shakky reflected on Rayleigh’s aging before Dorry recognized him from his visit with Roger more than twenty years earlier.
• Gawain explained his plan to build a sea-train route and asked Dorry and Brogy to guard the station, control the dinosaurs, and keep travelers safe on Little Garden.
• Brogy enthusiastically agreed to help Gawain, and the group celebrated with a feast while Uta’s singing and the giants’ laughter frightened the island’s dinosaurs.
• Twelve days later, Franky reported that the Munch-Munch Fruit let him fuse materials with his body and promised to modify Spandam so he could shoot lightning.
• Shirahoshi lamented that Jinbe had blocked her soccer shots 264 times, then crashed into Gawain and knocked him apart into lightning.
• Gawain comforted Shirahoshi and told Kalifa to recruit young trainees for Zephyr, but Franky interrupted to announce that Zephyr’s new mechanical arm was finished.

Franky unveiled a Seastone mechanical arm for Zephyr, which proved powerful but accidentally damaged the Dark Bird Ship during a test. As Gawain planned the sea train project and his return for the Reverie, people in Whiskey Peak began fleeing ahead of his arrival.

• Franky revealed his Super Giant Mouth form and spat out a metal shell that concealed Zephyr's new mechanical arm.
• Gawain discussed surveying the Alabasta route, planning the sea train, and attending the Reverie before launching his plan to blockade the Grand Line.
• Rayleigh cut open the metal shell, and Franky explained how Zephyr could operate the arm without further injuring his restored right arm.
• Franky described the arm's Seastone weapons, and Zephyr accidentally launched it during a spar with Kuma, damaging the Dark Bird Ship.
• Bounty hunters in Whiskey Peak discussed Gawain's destructive reputation, and several decided to flee the island before he arrived.

After leaving Little Garden, Gawain trained with Zephyr aboard the Dark Bird Ship and witnessed Kuma and Issho handle a powerful hurricane. The ship reached Whiskey Peak, where Gawain’s Conqueror’s Haki tore apart the storm, and the story left the crew approaching the island.

• Gawain said goodbye to Dorry and Brogy and departed Little Garden aboard the Dark Bird Ship.
• Zephyr defeated Gawain in a restricted sparring match, then explained the dangers of relying on speed against monster-class fighters.
• A hurricane struck the Dark Bird Ship, and Issho controlled flying debris while Kuma shielded the entire vessel with a paw bubble.
• Kuma’s ability let the Dark Bird Ship ride the hurricane into the air, astonishing Ace and his crew.
• Gawain’s Conqueror’s Haki shattered Kuma’s barrier and dispersed the hurricane around the ship.
• Kalifa told Gawain that the storm indicated Whiskey Peak was ahead, and the crew reached the island.

Gawain’s ship arrived at Whiskey Peak, where Crocodile presented the island as a gift to his new lord. Gawain welcomed Crocodile’s contribution, leaving him deeply moved despite his self-serving motives.

• Baroque Works’ men ordered Whiskey Peak’s bounty hunters and residents to prepare an extravagant welcome for Gawain.
• Gawain discussed building a hydrological observation station and reinforcing the sea-train route against Whiskey Peak’s hurricanes.
• Crocodile told Robin to call him by name and reflected on how Gawain had earned the trust of people from rival factions.
• Crocodile decided to ensure Whiskey Peak caused Gawain no inconvenience and prepared to present the island to him.
• Whiskey Peak’s residents welcomed the ship with flags, music, and cheering, while Crocodile knelt and offered the island and its people to Gawain.
• Gawain embraced Crocodile, thanked him for his contribution, and promised to remember it, moving Crocodile despite his private ambitions.

Gawain took control of Whiskey Peak, recruiting useful residents and ordering the rest killed after discovering the island’s history of violence and its vast fields of graves. After twenty days of rebuilding and provisioning, his crew prepared to sail for Twin Capes and seek out Crocus.

• Gawain arrived at Whiskey Peak and assigned Kalifa and Lucci to take charge of its finances and security, ordering a recruitment drive and a purge of those who refused to join.
• Ace and the others explored the Cactus Mountains and discovered that their countless white spikes were tombstones marking the island’s enormous death toll.
• Over twenty days, Gawain’s crew rebuilt Whiskey Peak, recruited more than thirty thousand people, and prepared supplies for departure.
• Rayleigh urged Gawain to recruit his old friend Crocus, a doctor who lived inside the island whale Laboon near Twin Capes.
• Gawain agreed to seek Crocus and announced that the crew would venture into Laboon’s belly.

Crocus read about Gawain, dealt with a new pirate crew at Twin Capes, and continued reinforcing Laboon from inside the whale. The work was interrupted when Rayleigh suddenly emerged from Laboon’s throat.

• Crocus read that Gawain had reached Whiskey Peak and cleaned up the corpses and wreckage left by earlier pirates.
• Captain Ravindi and his crew arrived at Twin Capes and tried to rob Crocus, who swiftly defeated them and lectured Ravindi about the Grand Line.
• Crocus freed Ravindi, traded lumber for the crew’s liquor, and advised him to sail farther into the Grand Line.
• Crocus reinforced Laboon’s stomach with a massive steel beam while the frightened pirates fled Twin Capes.
• Rayleigh burst out of Laboon’s throat and greeted Crocus, who was shocked to see him.

Gawain’s crew reached Twin Capes, where Shirahoshi and Jinbe helped Laboon surface and Rayleigh entered the whale to reunite with him. Gawain told Laboon that Brook was alive and promised to take him to find Brook.

• Jabra reported a pirate ship approaching, and Kalifa identified it as the Red Shirt Pirates led by Ravindi; Gawain ordered Shiryu to deal with the crew.
• Jinbe sensed Laboon striking the Red Line, and Shirahoshi went underwater to speak with the whale while Gawain prepared to stop the ship and develop Twin Capes.
• Laboon surfaced, and Rayleigh entered his mouth to visit him; after Shirahoshi explained Laboon was searching for Rayleigh, Gawain sent the officers inside the whale to join him.
• Gawain stayed behind to talk with Laboon and learned that the whale had spent fifty years waiting for the Rumbar Pirates to return.
• Gawain told Laboon that Brook was alive and promised to take him to meet Brook.

Rayleigh visited Crocus inside Laboon and urged him to join Gawain’s effort to create a new order, arguing that it could break class barriers more justly than piracy. He revealed that Gawain planned to seal off the Grand Line and warned Crocus that refusing to join could make him an enemy of the plan.

• Rayleigh arrived on the island inside Laboon, reassured Crocus that he had not harmed the whale, and invited him to join Gawain’s cause.
• Rayleigh explained that piracy had offered ordinary people a way to challenge inherited status, but said Gawain’s plans could provide a better path with less harm to commoners.
• Crocus questioned why Rayleigh wanted him to join a movement led by a Celestial Dragon who opposed pirates.
• Rayleigh warned Crocus that Gawain planned to build a Sea Train between the East Blue and the Grand Line and seal off the Grand Line to pirates.
• Crocus was shocked when Rayleigh said Newgate and Shanks supported the plan, and Rayleigh argued that Gawain could fulfill Roger’s hopes of ending the class system and Mary Geoise’s oppression.

Gawain persuaded Laboon to travel with the Dark Bird Ship and seek Brook, then brought Shirahoshi to the gathering inside Laboon. At the feast, Gawain announced Laboon as the crew’s newest member, leaving Crocus choking on his drink.

• Jinbe and the others entered Laboon’s belly and startled Rayleigh and Crocus, who had been speaking nose to nose.
• Gawain promised Laboon he would take him to find Brook, and Shirahoshi translated as Laboon eagerly agreed to join the voyage.
• Gawain explained that Laboon could travel alongside the Dark Bird Ship and help protect its crew, then told him they would head to Foosha Village and seek Brook.
• Gawain carried Shirahoshi inside Laboon, where he reassured Crocus that Shirahoshi was a child deserving of happiness regardless of her identity as Poseidon.
• At the feast, Gawain announced Laboon had joined the crew, and Crocus choked on his liquor in shock.

Gawain told Crocus that Brook had survived the Rumbar Pirates’ destruction and offered to help Laboon reunite with him, but Crocus refused to leave his home and agreed to let Gawain take Laboon. The chapter ended with Crocus joining the Dark Bird Ship’s medical staff and learning that Kureha was his great-grandmaster.

• Gawain explained Laboon’s promise to the Rumbar Pirates and revealed that Brook had survived through the Revive-Revive Fruit.
• Crocus questioned Gawain’s claim, then explained that Laboon considered the Rumbar Pirates his only family and Crocus only a close friend.
• Crocus refused to sail with Gawain, but accepted that Gawain would take Laboon and bring him to Brook.
• Gawain assigned Crocus and Kureha to the Dark Bird Ship’s medical staff, and Kureha revealed that Crocus was her disciple-grandson.
• Chopper excitedly called Crocus his martial nephew, while the crew laughed and Robin realized she belonged among them.

After the banquet at Twin Capes, Crocodile questioned Gawain’s plan to sail to the East Blue instead of the more powerful West Blue, and Gawain explained that the East Blue offered unmatched influence for promoting his reforms. Crocodile accepted the reasoning, while Gawain privately remained focused on testing how Luffy’s fate would change if he faced no obstacles.

• Fujitora calculated that the Dark Bird Ship’s officers were unusually old, and Rayleigh toasted their sunset team before everyone prepared a banquet.
• Ace used his flames to cook the food, and the group began feasting on the giant squid and other dishes.
• Later, Crocodile asked Gawain why they were going to the East Blue rather than the West Blue, where powerful nations might offer greater resources and influence.
• Gawain explained that the East Blue’s ties to the Pirate King, Garp, and Dragon made it the best place to attract attention and shape public opinion through their reforms.
• Crocodile praised Gawain’s far-reaching strategy, believing they would quietly take control of the East Blue without alarming other nations.
• Gawain privately reflected that he wanted to clear Luffy’s destined route of enemies and discover whether Luffy could still become powerful without his usual trials.