Chapter Summaries

Luffy left the hospital to watch the battles and return to the fighting, while Isuka captured Ulti and took her to the prison. As the war strained the ship’s morale and medical supplies, Perona rallied wounded soldiers with her Positive Hollow, and Crocus led hundreds of male nurses into the Flower Capital to seize medicine.

• Luffy ignored Chopper’s warning, tore off his bandages, and headed for the battlefield after watching Mihawk fight Kaido and Gawain battle Big Mom.
• Isuka brought the unconscious Ulti to the prison, where Perona’s Negative Hollow made her collapse into despair.
• Perona used a Positive Hollow to restore the spirits of hundreds of dispirited soldiers, who returned to battle or continued treatment.
• Chopper told Crocus that the ship’s medicine and blood supplies were nearly exhausted, so Crocus ordered the male nurses to join him in gathering supplies.
• Crocus led more than seven hundred male nurses into the Flower Capital, raided its major hospitals, and beat Nami’s accountants while taking medical supplies.

Gawain and Big Mom clashed with powerful Elbaf techniques while Mihawk gravely wounded Kaido, who made one final charge against him. King summoned Shanks through a hidden mirror, and Shanks arrived to ask Kuma to end the battle for his sake.

• Big Mom attacked Gawain with Ikoku Sovereignty, and Gawain answered with the twin-sword Nation Conqueror.
• Mihawk cut a massive wound into Kaido, who drank, bound his injury, and charged Mihawk with Drunken Dragon Bagua.
• King broke free from Kuma at the cost of his wings and summoned a woman through a hidden mirror on Onigashima.
• Shanks stepped through the mirror with Lucky Roux and spread his Conqueror's Haki across the battlefield.
• Shanks told Kuma that the fighting had achieved Gawain's publicity goal and asked him to end the war for his sake.

Gawain and the Red-Haired Pirates turned against each other after Shanks tried to mediate the war, and Gawain ordered his forces to focus their attacks on them. Rayleigh confronted Beckman and Yasopp, then used Law’s ROOM to bring Yasopp’s son Usopp into the standoff as leverage.

• Gawain and Mihawk rushed Shanks while Issho and Gion took over their fights against Big Mom and Kaido.
• Gawain and Shanks began fighting, but Mihawk interrupted them and challenged Shanks himself.
• Beckman declared the Red-Haired Pirates would oppose anyone who obstructed the end of the war, and Rayleigh stepped in to face him.
• Gawain ordered his forces to attack the Red-Haired Pirates, assigned Mihawk to Shanks and Rayleigh to Beckman, and went to confront Kaido.
• Beckman and Yasopp fired at Rayleigh, who then called for Law and had him use ROOM to bring Usopp between them.
• Rayleigh put his sword to Usopp’s neck and taunted Yasopp about risking his son’s safety.

Rayleigh used Usopp’s and Luffy’s bonds with the Red-Haired Pirates to make Yasopp and Lucky Roux abandon the fighting and reunite with their loved ones aboard the Dark Bird Ship. The war continued outside as the crew gathered to eat and drink, while Makino welcomed Lucky Roux with a pointed reminder of Shanks’s long absence.

• Usopp shot at Yasopp, who praised his son’s marksmanship and Observation Haki before leaving the battle to speak with him.
• Beckman challenged Rayleigh, but Law swapped places with Luffy, causing Lucky Roux to punch Luffy and recognize him.
• Lucky Roux greeted Luffy and offered to take him to Shanks, but Luffy said he wanted to meet Shanks only after becoming Pirate King and earning a worthy bounty.
• Luffy brought Lucky Roux to the Dark Bird Ship, where Usopp and Yasopp were already eating together and Zeff scolded the injured Sanji.
• Makino served Luffy and Lucky Roux drinks, then gave Lucky Roux a bottle of fine liquor while reproaching Shanks for being away for eight years.

Issho unleashed an expanding gravitational attack against the Red-Haired Pirates, but Shanks and Beckman stopped it before it could devastate Wano. Gawain resumed fighting Kaido, whose condemnation of hereditary nobles led them into an argument about whether abolishing nobility could truly end oppression.

• Gawain intervened between Kaido and Issho, stopping Kaido's club and catching Issho's blade before Issho withdrew to attack the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Issho gathered larger meteors into a growing gravitational field and ground surrounding matter into his attack, while Beckman's bullets only slowed him.
• Shanks and Beckman halted Issho's advancing star cluster and forced him to disperse it, sending the meteors crashing into Wano.
• Kaido mocked Gawain as a destroyer and condemned Celestial Dragons and other nobles for generations of oppression before transforming into his Azure Dragon form.
• Gawain challenged Kaido to consider whether abolishing nobility would prevent new people from oppressing commoners.

Gawain and Kaido fought a brutal battle, with Gawain using lightning and metal chains to restrain Kaido before they traded increasingly powerful attacks. The chapter ended with Kaido striking from above with Three Realms: Ragnaraku as Gawain’s Conqueror’s Haki awakened.

• Kaido mocked Gawain’s strategic thinking, transformed with Flame Dragon Torch, and charged at him.
• Gawain met Kaido’s attack with a lightning giant, grabbed his horn, and hammered his head before dragging him down and trying to tear open his jaws.
• Gawain escaped Kaido’s coils and bound his mouth with lightning and metal chains, but Kaido burst free and challenged him to a contest of strength.
• Kaido attacked with Raimei Hakke and stronger Bagua techniques while Gawain countered with chains and the Di Jiang kick.
• Kaido and Gawain struck each other at close range, then Kaido leaped into the sky and descended with Three Realms: Ragnaraku as Gawain’s Conqueror’s Haki surged around him.

Gawain and Kaido fought a prolonged battle across Wano Country, with Kaido weakening as Gawain pressed his advantage. Gawain trapped them inside a giant metal bell and struck it with his enormous Haki-coated thunder form, leaving Kaido’s fate unclear as Gawain named the attack Eastern Emperor.

• Gawain deflected Kaido’s Hassaikai strike, kicked him hard enough to make him vomit blood, and fought through Kaido’s barrage of Thunder Arrows and Kongo: Arrows to reach him.
• Gawain and Kaido exchanged punches and Haki for hours while battles between the other fighters continued across Wano Country.
• Gawain drew the metal across Wano into a giant bell and dropped it over Kaido; Kaido seized Gawain and said he would have beaten him if he had been in better condition.
• Gawain escaped the bell by scattering into thunder, then grew into a towering black-gold thunder giant coated in Armament and Conqueror’s Haki.
• Gawain smashed the bell with both fists, creating a deep chime that knocked out nearby Sea Kings and erased the surrounding ground.
• As his giant body dispersed, Gawain named the attack Eastern Emperor.

Gawain defeated Kaido and chose to keep him alive, hoping to find a way to gain his physical talent. Big Mom and Shanks ended their forces’ fighting and withdrew from Onigashima, leaving the battle to settle into an uneasy peace.

• Gawain approached Kaido beneath the giant bell and hesitated to kill him, coveting his extraordinary physical talent.
• Gawain promised Kaido that he would face execution rather than die on the battlefield, and Kaido passed out before Gawain considered how to win his respect.
• Big Mom forced Gion back and led her children in retreat after Kaido lost, while their opponents allowed them to leave.
• Shanks put away Gryphon as Big Mom departed and the fighting ended, then Beckman joked that the Red-Haired Pirates should get Shanks drunk for his useless appeal to his crew.

Katakuri watched Yamato celebrate Kaido’s defeat and reconsidered his own plans to find a partner. After Gawain ordered Kaido’s execution, the wounded Kaido reflected on his life, and Gawain offered him a chance to live as his father-in-law.

• Katakuri told Yamato that Kaido had lost, but she celebrated his defeat and rushed toward him.
• Yamato asked Gawain to execute Kaido publicly, and Gawain ordered the Wano Country situation handled and the execution filmed.
• Gawain sent Yamato to help rebuild Wano Country and took the apparently unconscious Kaido back to the Dark Bird Ship.
• Kaido woke, lamented Yamato’s disregard for him, and reflected on his life and the friends he had lost.
• Kaido accepted the prospect of an execution and demanded it be grander than Roger’s, but Gawain asked him to live as his father-in-law.

Gawain offered to spare Kaido by making him his father-in-law, but Kaido rejected survival and chose to die publicly as a king. Gawain accepted his choice, then insisted that Yamato would become one of his wives and promised Kaido a posthumous title, leaving Kaido amused and angered as he sent Gawain away.

• Kaido rejected Gawain's offer to keep him alive through marriage to Yamato and asked to share one last drink instead.
• While they drank, Kaido questioned Gawain about defeating Garp and guessed that Gawain planned to overthrow the World Government; Gawain confirmed his plans opposed its political system.
• Gawain agreed to let Kaido die as one of the Four Emperors and promised to broadcast his execution, while Kaido urged him to carry his ambitions through to the end.
• Kaido asked Gawain to spare his men and sent him away, but Gawain returned to declare that Yamato would become one of his wives and that Kaido would receive the posthumous title of Bright King.
• Kaido accepted being called Gawain's Guardian King if it helped secure Yamato's future, then told Gawain to leave so he could die.

At Marineford, Sengoku prepared the Marines to witness Kaido’s execution broadcast, while Kuzan and Sakazuki each saw Gawain’s rise as a path toward their own visions for the Marines. Stussy launched Dark Bird Television Station and introduced the broadcast as the image shifted to Kaido in Wano.

• Garp complained that Gawain had taken Foosha Village, Luffy, and his old friends, then fell asleep at the conference table as Kuzan and Borsalino dozed off too.
• Sengoku returned and ordered Marineford’s Visual Den Den Mushi connected to Dark Bird’s signal so the officers could watch Kaido’s execution.
• Kuzan decided to wait for Gawain’s expansion to create a need for moderates, while Sakazuki resolved to prepare his forces for future victories.
• Stussy introduced herself as Dark Bird Television Station’s director and announced its launch to viewers around the world.
• Stussy directed the broadcast toward the execution platform in Wano, where Kaido appeared on screen.

Stussy broadcast the devastation in Wano and Hiyori’s appeal for reconstruction aid, while Hiyori resolved to secure Gawain’s support and strengthen her rule. At the execution platform, Gawain ordered Kaido’s execution to begin, and Kaido was led out in chains.

• Sakazuki criticized Stussy’s broadcast, and Tsuru rebuked him for insulting women.
• Stussy showed the ruins of the Flower Capital and introduced Hiyori, who asked for reconstruction aid and promised to marry the greatest contributor to Wano.
• Hiyori reflected on her strained relations with Denjiro and Yasuie, her dependence on Ashura and Kawamatsu, and her plan to draw closer to Gawain.
• Stussy presented the disciplined forces and gathered leaders at the viewing platform before turning the broadcast to Gawain.
• Gawain addressed the crowd, pointed toward the execution platform, and ordered the execution to begin.
• Kaido emerged from the holding area in chains as people around the world reacted to the start of his execution.

Kaido was executed before a worldwide audience as Gawain and Stussy used the event to promote the Dark Bird Ship and criticize the Marines. Before Gawain beheaded him, Kaido urged ordinary people to resist nobles and those manipulating them, leaving his execution as a public challenge to the established order.

• Stussy introduced Kaido and praised Gawain's victory, prompting Sakazuki to resent her remarks and Sengoku to prepare the Marines for a battle of public opinion.
• Kaido reflected on how the Four Emperors governed their crews and territories, then recognized Gawain's ambition to put the Dark Bird Ship at center stage.
• Kaido knelt willingly at the execution platform, and Yamato declared that she would burn his bones to cook oden after his death.
• Gawain walked to the platform to execute Kaido personally, while Dark Bird Ship spies stopped Wano Country loyalists from intervening.
• Gawain killed Denjiro after releasing him to charge the platform, and Kaido denounced fate before urging people worldwide to stand against nobles and their manipulators.
• Gawain beheaded Kaido, killing the captain of the Beasts Pirates.

After Gawain killed Kaido in Wano, Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Rayleigh reacted to the death and recalled their histories with him. Gawain fell asleep and woke in the afterlife, where Kaido was already raging at the people surrounding him.

• Sengoku, Sakazuki, and Kuzan reacted to Kaido’s death and praised the power of Gawain’s slash.
• Whitebeard drank to mourn Kaido, while Big Mom told her children how she had taken Kaido in and regretted giving him the Azure Dragon Fruit before grieving his death.
• Gawain honored Kaido, displayed his head to the cheering people of Wano, and had Shiryu and Issho capture those who tried to rescue him.
• Rayleigh told Gawain that Oden’s vengeance had been repaid, and Gawain said Wano should be spared further bloodshed and allowed to forget Oden.
• Gawain finished his government work and fell asleep, then woke in Xianyang Palace and found Kaido furious that people were surrounding him in the afterlife.

Gawain discovered that Xianyang Palace had revived Kaido as a Terracotta Warrior and unlocked a way to explore beyond its still-closed Gate. Kaido learned that he could train Gawain and protect him on journeys through the Gate, while Gawain could draw on the abilities of the Terracotta Warriors.

• Kaido attacked Gawain, but Xianyang Palace redirected his blow and forced him to sit when Gawain ordered him to.
• Gawain examined the bamboo scroll and found that Wano Country showed signs of resistance and the Gate could now be explored.
• Kaido told Gawain that his body had returned to its youthful peak, and Gawain revealed that the palace had restored him from death.
• The palace gates opened, revealing the souls of Gawain's dead subordinates, while Kaido appeared in the scroll as a Terracotta Warrior with access to training grounds.
• Kaido went to the training grounds and learned that he could teach Gawain and protect him beyond the Gate, while Gawain could use the talents of all Terracotta Warriors.

Gawain persuaded Kaido to lend him his strength and help explore the mysterious world beyond the doorway, but postponed the expedition until he had secured Wano Country and the Grand Line. After sparring with Kaido, Gawain woke aboard the Dark Bird Ship with an overwhelming hunger and began devouring the kitchen’s food as his body grew.

• Gawain warned Kaido that dying again would cost him the chance to explore the world beyond the doorway, and Kaido agreed to work with him.
• Kaido asked Gawain to take him to the true New World, offering his strength and protection in exchange.
• Gawain said he would first settle Wano Country’s affairs, expand the Sea Train network, and bring the Grand Line under his control.
• Gawain drew Rokumei Kotetsu and challenged Kaido to teach him his techniques, and Kaido struck him with Raimei Hakke during their sparring.
• Gawain woke in his bedroom aboard the Dark Bird Ship with intense hunger, rushed to the kitchen, and ate the soldiers’ food as his body began to swell.

Gawain woke with a ravenous hunger and underwent a dramatic second growth spurt, growing to seventeen meters tall and developing horns before he regained control. He reassured the crew that the change was harmless, then used Seimei Kikan to shrink himself back to nearly three meters and retract his horns.

• Gawain awoke starving, ate everything brought to him, and began growing rapidly as Hancock and Gion worried over his condition.
• Hancock and Gion organized a supply of Sea Kings and Ace’s fire to feed Gawain while Rayleigh, Issho, and Mihawk tried to manage his strength.
• Zephyr and Kuma noticed Gawain’s growing horns, and Yamato and the others remarked on his resemblance to Kaido.
• Jinbe brought Sea Kings aboard, and Ace cooked them as Gawain ate until his hunger eased and his body grew to seventeen meters.
• Gawain regained awareness, told the crew he had experienced a second growth spurt, then used Seimei Kikan to shrink himself and retract his horns.

Gawain put Hiyori in charge of rebuilding Wano Country, promising relief and investment while steering its development and opening its borders. After Hiyori offered Wano's future Seastone to fund the work, Gawain returned to his ship, where Hancock came to see him alone.

• Gawain dismissed the others and questioned Hiyori about how she was managing the daimyo, then urged her to rule Wano proudly with his support.
• Gawain waived Wano Country's Heavenly Tribute for three years and promised money and supplies for a memorial feast, telling Hiyori that the country now depended on her.
• Gawain instructed Nami to invest in Wano's factories, Sea Train terminal, and Seastone industry, and to work with Hiyori on opening the country's borders.
• Hiyori offered Wano's Seastone output for the next twenty years to help fund the Dark Bird Ship's aid and development plans, and asked Nami to support her with Gawain.
• Gawain returned to the Dark Bird Ship to rest, but Hancock soon entered his room after arranging for others to stay occupied, and he drew her into his arms.

Gawain defended Shiryu’s elimination of Wano Country’s daimyo families to Sabo, arguing that their descendants could become future threats, while asking Sabo to keep challenging his decisions. Doflamingo urged Gawain to wipe out Wano Country’s population and exploit its Seastone, but Gawain rejected the suggestion with a joke.

• Shirahoshi found Gion awake after the late-night festivities, and Gion took her to sleep in another room while Hancock remained occupied.
• The next morning, Gawain sent the exhausted Hancock back to rest and returned to the deck, where Sabo confronted him about Shiryu killing Wano Country’s nobles, women, and children.
• Gawain told Sabo that he had ordered the daimyo families eradicated because Wano Country’s enduring hatred made their descendants a danger to those left behind, and he embraced Sabo before sending him back to training.
• Doflamingo mocked Gawain for persuading Sabo and complained that Violet remained distant from him; Gawain reminded him of the suffering he had inflicted on Dressrosa’s people.
• Doflamingo urged Gawain to kill Wano Country’s inhabitants and develop its Seastone resources with outside workers, but Gawain refused and joked that their children would resent them if too few women remained.

Gawain launched the Dark Bird Ship after two months of preparations, deploying forces across the Grand Line while concentrating his main army near Sabaody and Fish-Man Island. He planned to face the New World and Mary Geoise’s potential threats, and was eager to cross into the New World himself.

• Gawain ordered the Dark Bird Ship to set sail, with nearly six hundred thousand people aboard responding to his command.
• Gawain assigned Rayleigh, Zephyr, Crocodile, and the three brothers Ace, Sabo, and Luffy to defend and expand the Dark Bird Alliance’s presence around Reverse Mountain.
• Issho, Shiryu, and Doflamingo took charge of Alabasta and the construction of lateral Sea Train lines, while intelligence groups and troops spread across the Grand Line.
• Gawain led Gion and Mihawk in concentrating roughly one hundred and eighty thousand troops at Sabaody Archipelago and Fish-Man Island to guard against the New World and Mary Geoise.
• Gawain planned to meet Bullet, search for Ryokugyu, and bring Shirahoshi to speak with Zunesha, but he most wanted to cross into the New World with Kaido’s leadership and strength.