Chapter Summaries

Gawain’s arrival at Shimotsuki Village terrified the villagers, but Koushirou reassured them that the Celestial Dragon would not harm them. As Gawain’s party reached the docks, Zoro’s laughter and the sight of the visitors gave way to shock when Koushirou and Zoro spotted a woman among them who deeply unsettled them.

• The villagers panicked when they learned that Gawain, a Celestial Dragon, was approaching, while Koushirou calmed the village chief and urged him to trust his judgment.
• Koushirou explained to Zoro why Gawain’s ship had sent a smaller boat ashore and why the villagers followed the custom of kneeling to Celestial Dragons.
• Zoro laughed at Gawain’s bubble-covered raccoon hat, then knelt as Gawain used lightning to raise the crowd and Koushirou identified him as Saint Gawain.
• Koushirou and Zoro recognized Kuma, Gion, Rayleigh, and the others among Gawain’s party, and both were struck by Kuma’s forced smile.
• Koushirou and Zoro noticed a woman standing beside Smoker, and their bodies stiffened as they fell into turmoil.

Gawain met Zoro in Shimotsuki Village, arranged a banquet for the villagers, and took Zoro to the dojo. Meanwhile, Kuma and Rayleigh reunited with Koushirou, and Rayleigh left to hunt after voicing his unresolved feelings about Oden’s death.

• Tashigi recognized Wado Ichimonji at Zoro’s waist, stirring Koushirou’s grief over his late daughter Kuina.
• Gawain teased Zoro about laughing at Chopper, and Zoro mistook Chopper for a tanuki before learning he was a reindeer.
• Zoro introduced himself as Roronoa Zoro and said he was sixteen and would go to sea after turning seventeen; Gawain invited him to dinner and took him toward the dojo.
• Gawain told Kalifa to calm the villagers, distribute supplies, and prepare Uta’s concert and a banquet, then asked Koushirou to host him at the dojo.
• Rayleigh and Kuma greeted Koushirou, and Koushirou led the officers into the dojo after dismissing his disciples.
• Rayleigh left to hunt, saying the dojo reminded him of Oden, while Kuma explained that Oden’s death had left the Roger Pirates scattered and weighed on Rayleigh.

Koushirou reconsidered his opinion of Oden after hearing Kuma and Rayleigh’s views, while Gawain tested Zoro’s swordsmanship at the dojo. The fight left Zoro badly injured but still clinging to Wado Ichimonji.

• Koushirou reflected on Oden’s repeated choices and failures, concluding that Oden was not someone worth following.
• Gawain dragged Zoro to the training ground and challenged him to a sword fight.
• Gawain easily blocked Zoro’s Oni Giri and Rhino Cyclone, disarming him and knocking him back.
• Zoro charged Gawain with Heavenly Dragon, and Gawain caught the blade before striking Zoro through the waist with Rokumei Kotetsu.
• Zoro endured the blow and refused to release Wado Ichimonji, declaring that he would never let the sword go.

Gawain treated Zoro’s injuries and discussed swordsmanship and the Revolutionary Army with Koushirou before revealing his plan to kill Kaido and frighten Linlin. Zoro remained unaware of the Four Emperors and focused only on his goal of defeating Mihawk.

• Gawain defeated Zoro, praised his talent, and had Chopper treat his injuries.
• Gawain learned that Koushirou supported the Revolutionary Army without being an official member.
• After Zoro returned from treatment, Gawain predicted he could defeat King the Wildfire within five years, prompting Rayleigh to infer that Gawain planned to move against Kaido.
• Gawain explained that he wanted to kill Kaido and frighten Linlin to shape a more manageable balance among the pirates.
• Zoro admitted he did not know Kaido, Linlin, or Newgate but said he intended to defeat Mihawk and become the world’s greatest swordsman.

Gawain told Zoro that sparring with him would be pointless and sent him to fight Tashigi, whose resemblance to Kuina unsettled Koushirou. Koushirou explained his past doubts about Kuina’s future as a swordswoman, while Zoro’s defeat by Tashigi brought back the painful memory of Kuina’s death and left him blaming himself.

• Gawain told Zoro that Mihawk could not defeat him if he did not want to lose, then advised Zoro to train his body and seek opponents his own age.
• Gawain sent Zoro to spar with Tashigi, and Tashigi soon wounded him badly on the training ground.
• Koushirou confronted Gawain about Tashigi’s resemblance to Kuina, and Gawain said Tashigi was an independent Marine and had not been chosen to influence him.
• Koushirou admitted that he had once regretted Kuina’s gender and feared that her physical development would hinder her swordsmanship, but said he had come to love and support her.
• As Tashigi rushed to help the injured Zoro, he recalled Kuina’s final night and blamed himself for her death.

Doflamingo captured Reiju while pursuing Gawain, intending to use her as a gift when he met him. Before leaving Shimotsuki Village, Gawain tested Zoro and invited him to join the Dark Bird Ship.

• Tashigi called for a doctor after Zoro was wounded, while Koushirou apologized to Gawain for his disciple’s carelessness.
• Doflamingo spotted Reiju following the Dark Bird Ship near Syrup Village and captured her after destroying part of the forest in their fight.
• Reiju refused to answer Doflamingo’s questions, so he took her with him as he continued toward Gawain.
• Zoro challenged Gawain despite his bandaged chest, and Gawain initially refused because Zoro was injured.
• Gawain allowed Zoro one attack, stopped his Three-Sword Style: Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix, praised his progress, and invited him aboard the Dark Bird Ship.

Zoro joined Gawain’s crew and was taken by Zephyr for training, while Koushirou gave Tashigi his daughter Kuina’s pendant and swordsmanship notes. Gawain and his officers discussed the coming war against Kaido, recognizing that victory might require devastating Wano Country.

• Zoro agreed to join Gawain’s ship and asked to keep challenging him.
• Zephyr took Zoro to the ship’s training grounds and began teaching him Geppo.
• Koushirou gave Tashigi Kuina’s pendant and his swordsmanship notes, and Tashigi vowed to become the world’s strongest female swordsman.
• Gawain explained that he planned to recruit Koushirou only after defeating Kaido and reorganizing Wano Country.
• Shakky warned the officers that they could not afford to lose the war against Kaido, even if victory meant destroying Wano Country.
• Gion agreed that compassion had no place in war and that their generation might have to sacrifice for a better future.

Gawain's officers planned their next encounters with the Shichibukai and celebrated their last days of peace in East Blue. Two days later, Kaku intercepted Colonel Rousseau's warship and questioned whether its prisoner was really Kuro of a Hundred Plans.

• Gion clarified that she wanted suffering to end with her generation, while Shiryu interpreted her words as a chance to revel in it.
• Shakky outlined plans to meet Gecko Moria and Mihawk, and Rayleigh warned that Mihawk might surpass even the Four Emperors in strength.
• Gawain ordered a welcome banquet for Zoro and urged the officers to enjoy East Blue before their coming battles.
• Colonel Rousseau complained that pirates feared Gawain more than the Marines, then continued enjoying his corrupt life aboard his warship.
• While Gawain trained under intense gravity, Kalifa ordered Kaku to investigate an approaching Marine ship from the 153rd Branch.
• Kaku confronted Rousseau and demanded to know whether the prisoner he was escorting was truly Kuro of a Hundred Plans.

Kaku exposed the supposed Kuro as an impostor and killed him, while Rousseau learned that Gawain had uncovered the real Kuro’s crimes. As Gawain’s ship neared the Goa Kingdom, Princess Nandecanet’s party began demolishing homes in Foosha Village, and Luffy confronted the guards.

• Kaku killed the fake Kuro and told Rousseau that the real Kuro had already been executed in Syrup Village.
• Kaku explained that Gawain had seen through Kuro’s disguise, then left Rousseau to return to the Dark Bird Ship.
• Rousseau blamed Morgan for the deception and sailed back toward the 153rd Branch.
• Woop Slap, Makino, and the village shopkeepers worried that the nobles would displace them to prepare Foosha Village for a Celestial Dragon.
• Luffy confronted the guards after they demolished Uncle Andrew’s home.
• A blond, bowl-cut young noble emerged from a carriage and told Princess Nandecanet that the villagers’ homes mattered less than welcoming the Celestial Dragon.

Stelly forced Foosha Village’s residents to accept treasure and leave before a Celestial Dragon arrived, while Luffy tried to resist. The villagers revealed they had only pretended to care about the gold, and Nojiko reminded Luffy to follow Shanks’s example as they prepared to rebuild after the nobles left.

• Princess Outlook objected to Stelly calling the villagers commoners, but privately judged his defiance suitable for an Outlook heir.
• Stelly recognized Luffy as Garp’s grandson and ordered his guards to kill him, then backed down after learning Garp had beaten a former Goa king without punishment.
• Stelly dumped four chests of treasure before the villagers and threatened them with armed guards unless they left Foosha Village before the Celestial Dragon arrived.
• Luffy charged at Stelly, but the villagers restrained him and appeared to scramble over the treasure, leaving Luffy disillusioned.
• On the journey into the mountains, Andrew revealed that the villagers had only acted greedy to satisfy the nobles, while Mayor Woop Slap said they would need the treasure to rebuild.
• Nojiko compared Stelly to the bandit king who had confronted Shanks and urged Luffy to remember how Shanks had responded.

Luffy realized he had endangered the villagers by acting impulsively and apologized, while Dadan agreed to shelter the people driven from Foosha Village. Seventeen days after leaving Shimotsuki Village, Gawain arrived at Foosha Village with Sabo, Ace, Uta, and Zoro, only to find a hot spring palace where the village’s windmill should have been.

• Luffy apologized to everyone for risking their safety and said he needed to learn from Shanks, while Makino privately grew wary of Shanks’s motives.
• Dadan learned that nobles had driven Foosha Village’s residents from their homes, agreed to shelter them, and worried that Garp’s defeat had left them vulnerable.
• Stelly prepared to welcome a Celestial Dragon at the hot spring palace built over Foosha Village and ordered his subordinates to heat the pools.
• Gawain arrived near Foosha Village with Sabo, Ace, Uta, and Zoro, then realized the village’s landmark windmill was missing and mist was rising from the palace.

Gawain led his crew to Foosha Village after discovering nobles had rebuilt it for a Celestial Dragon, while the displaced villagers feared they might never return home. There, Luffy reunited tearfully with Sabo, who had appeared alongside Ace.

• Gawain ordered Lucci and the Black Ice Terrace members to drive the nobles from Foosha Village and clear the settlement so it could be rebuilt.
• Gawain brought his companions to the valley where Foosha's residents had made camp, and Chopper treated Vivi's twisted ankle on the way.
• Mayor Woop Slap worried that the nobles might permanently take the village, while Makino listened and Luffy helped villagers move lumber.
• Gion accidentally startled Luffy into releasing a pile of logs, but a swordsman controlled the falling lumber and guided it safely into place.
• Ace rushed to Luffy and revealed Sabo, who greeted his long-lost brother as both of them wept.

Gawain brought Ace and Sabo back to Foosha, where Makino welcomed his group and offered them drinks. Luffy, Ace, and Sabo reunited with the villagers, and Ace invited everyone to celebrate with several days of drinking.

• Gawain led his companions away from Luffy, Ace, and Sabo's tearful reunion, then introduced himself to Makino and Village Chief Woop Slap.
• Makino realized Gawain had brought the brothers home and offered to serve him liquor at her temporary beer stall.
• Hancock and Gion exchanged jealous remarks, and Gawain took both women's hands as Hancock clung to his arm.
• Luffy stretched into Sabo's embrace, felt Sabo touch his forehead, and cried that he had thought Sabo was dead.
• Ace reunited with Luffy and Sabo, reassured Luffy that Sabo was alive, and invited them to drink.
• Ace greeted the villagers and promised to treat everyone to several days of drinking.

Gawain and his companions gathered at Makino’s tavern, where Ace learned that Goa Kingdom’s nobles had destroyed Foosha Village while trying to curry favor with Gawain. Gawain accepted responsibility for the harm caused by his status and vowed to reclaim power from the nobles and bring clear skies to the Goa Kingdom.

• Gawain’s imposing group caused the sailors to flee, then settled outside Makino’s tavern as Hancock showed affection for Gawain and Shirahoshi made room for the others.
• Sanji and Zeff prepared food while Jinbe and Shiryu went into the forest to gather firewood and hunt; Gawain told Shiryu not to kill anyone.
• Makino served drinks and spoke of her doubts about Shanks, while Rayleigh encouraged her and Gawain; Gawain refused Shirahoshi, Uta, and Vivi’s requests to drink alcohol.
• Ace arrived with Sabo, Luffy, and villagers, then angrily demanded permission to punish the nobles who had destroyed Foosha Village; Sabo explained that Gawain had already sent people to deal with them.
• Shirahoshi grieved for the villagers and asked how such harm could be prevented, prompting Gawain to blame the privileges of his status and vow to reclaim the right to rule the Goa Kingdom.

Gawain reassured Ace that Lucci was handling the nobles who had taken Foosha Village, while Sabo and the villagers reunited over drinks. The celebration ended when Sabo learned that Stelly was behind the village’s seizure and rushed out to confront him.

• Sabo reflected on Gawain’s promise to restore clear skies to Foosha Village and accepted that he should stay with the villagers while Lucci dealt with the nobles.
• Ace reunited with Makino and Sabo, and Makino welcomed Sabo with a drink while Luffy complained about being too young to drink.
• Luffy thanked Gawain for bringing Sabo back, and Rayleigh recognized that Luffy’s unusual Devil Fruit ability made people feel happier.
• Luffy recognized Uta and recalled their childhood contest to see who could pee farther, prompting her to scream and the gathering to erupt in laughter.
• Village Chief Woop Slap mentioned Stelly’s noble family while discussing who had taken Foosha Village, and Sabo realized Stelly was responsible and charged outside in anger.

Lucci and the Black Ice Terrace arrived at the hot spring harbor in Foosha Village and began arresting the Goa Kingdom’s nobles and royal family. Lucci explained that Saint Gawain’s anger stemmed from the destruction of the village’s windmill, leaving the king demanding to know why his kingdom was being punished.

• Stelly welcomed the king and prince to the harbor, while the nobles gathered to greet the approaching Little Dark Bird and a noble pretended to be a dog in hopes of earning Celestial Dragon favor.
• After the ship docked, Lucci ordered Kaku, Jabra, Blueno, and Kumadori to surround the island and identify the criminals, then had Kaku seize the dog-playing noble as his pigeons tracked the crowd.
• The king and Stelly asked Lucci what Saint Gawain liked, but Blueno lifted the king away and Black Ice Terrace soldiers began taking the royal family and nobles into custody.
• The king protested that the Goa Kingdom had paid its Heavenly Tribute and demanded to know why they were being arrested.
• Lucci told the king that Saint Gawain loved Foosha Village and its windmill, and condemned the king for destroying them.

At Makino's tavern, Gawain stopped Sabo from rushing off to confront Stelly and helped him set aside his guilt over his family's actions. Jinbe and Shiryu brought in Dadan, who reunited with Ace and then discovered that Sabo was alive, ending the chapter by scolding him for disappearing.

• Sabo angrily blamed himself for Stelly's actions and tried to leave to confront him, but Gawain told him to stay and let Lucci and Shiryu handle the matter.
• Sabo accepted Gawain's advice, apologized to the villagers, and joined the feast again.
• Makino toasted Gawain as the elder brother Ace and Sabo had found, while Jinbe and Shiryu arrived carrying the captured bandit Dadan.
• Ace recognized Dadan as the woman who had raised him, and Dadan laughed off the misunderstanding with Shiryu before greeting Gawain.
• Dadan spotted Sabo, confirmed he was alive, and then struck him while scolding him for going to sea and making her worry.

Sabo reunited with Dadan and Mayor Woop Slap, revealed that he had joined the Revolutionary Army, and celebrated with Gawain and the others. The next morning brought an awkward bed-side encounter between Gawain, Hancock, and Gion, while Lucci refused Ace and Sabo’s request to bring Foosha Village residents aboard the Dark Bird Ship.

• Dadan beat Sabo before demanding to know where he had been, and Sabo explained that losing his memories had led him to join the Revolutionary Army.
• Mayor Woop Slap fainted after realizing Sabo was a Revolutionary Army officer aboard a Celestial Dragon’s ship, and Sabo carried him to the doctors.
• Dadan toasted Gawain, and the ensuing banquet ended with Luffy, Ace, and Sabo crying happily over their reunion.
• Gawain woke beside Hancock and Gion, and Hancock and Gion began fighting after teasing each other about their situation.
• Ace and Sabo asked Lucci to let Foosha Village residents aboard to see Stelly and the nobles, but Lucci refused to risk Gawain’s safety without permission.

Gawain let Ace bring the Foosha Village residents aboard and heard Crocodile’s proposal for punishing the Goa Kingdom’s nobles. After confronting King James Anis over using Gawain’s name to seize the village, he ordered the nobles punished and sent their bloodied lackeys to Shiryu.

• Gawain reassured Lucci that he had only been exchanging blows with Gion and Hancock, then allowed Ace and Sabo to bring the Foosha Village residents aboard.
• Gawain asked Kalifa and Kaya to host the villagers and added repaying their hospitality to the Dark Bird Group’s code of conduct.
• Crocodile proposed stripping the Goa Kingdom’s nobles of their status instead of killing them, and Gawain agreed to consider the suggestion.
• Gawain questioned King James Anis and learned that the nobles had claimed they were seizing Foosha Village to welcome him.
• Gawain ordered the nobles to kneel for five days and five nights, with survivors demoted to commoners, and sent any lackeys with blood on their hands to Shiryu.

Gawain punished Stelly for his role in driving the people of Foosha Village from their homes, while Sabo chose not to defend him. As the villagers began rebuilding and boarded the Dark Bird Ship for a tour, Kaya found Doflamingo and Reiju hiding among them and invited them aboard.

• Shiryu celebrated Gawain’s decision to spare the nobles from being killed, while Crocodile retreated to practice Shiryu’s unsettling smile and gaze.
• Gawain ordered Lucci to hang Stelly upside down for five days, and Sabo hesitated before accepting that Stelly was adopted rather than truly his brother.
• Gawain reminded Sabo that Stelly had displaced over a thousand households, then returned to training without changing the punishment.
• The villagers of Foosha Village dug up building materials and treasure, and Mayor Woop Slap offered the treasure to Gawain in gratitude.
• Ace invited the villagers aboard the Dark Bird Ship, and Kaya organized their visit while searching out those who had not yet gone.
• Kaya found Doflamingo and Reiju disguised as villagers and invited them aboard, and Doflamingo eagerly accepted.