Chapter Summaries

Duke sheltered Rebecca and sent Violet to help the Straw Hat Pirates while monitoring the battle across Dressrosa. Sabo defeated Diamante, and Usopp’s success in sniping Sugar caused the toys to revert, leaving Doflamingo facing a crisis.

• Duke told Violet that the Straw Hat Pirates needed her help and promised to keep Rebecca safe while she went to assist them.
• Duke used Observation Haki to learn that Law had been defeated and imprisoned, while Usopp and the Tontattas had reached Sugar.
• Sabo fought Diamante in the colosseum, revealed himself through his different fighting style, and defeated the Donquixote officer with Dragon Claw.
• Usopp sniped Sugar, ending the Hobby-Hobby Fruit’s effect and returning Dressrosa’s toys to their original forms.
• Doflamingo received news of the toys’ transformation and admitted he did not know what to do.

Doflamingo triggered the Birdcage and turned Dressrosa into a deadly struggle to silence witnesses and protect himself. As Luffy and Law fought him at the royal palace, Duke joined Admiral Fujitora at the cage’s edge, where their argument about the Shichibukai and the arms trade left their next move unresolved.

• Doflamingo covered Dressrosa with the Birdcage, used Parasite strings to make people attack one another, and broadcast bounties to turn the crowd against his enemies.
• Sabo won the colosseum’s Logia Type Fruit but left it uneaten and headed for the royal palace, while Duke set out with Robin, Perona, and Rebecca as the Birdcage began to contract.
• Luffy and Law confronted Doflamingo at the royal palace as Pica became a giant of stone and Zoro drew his swords to face him.
• Fujitora failed to damage the Birdcage and reaffirmed his opposition to the Shichibukai system as civilians fought under Doflamingo’s influence.
• Duke arrived with Robin and the others, knocked out the fighters with Conqueror’s Haki, and argued with Fujitora about their Marine histories, the Shichibukai, and Duke’s arms business.

Duke helped Fujitora evacuate Dressrosa’s civilians through a Door-Door Fruit portal while they staged a fight to shield the Marines from political consequences. After Luffy defeated Doflamingo and the Birdcage vanished, Duke left with Robin and Perona to meet the returning Riku Family.

• Duke opened a massive door through the Birdcage and ordered Fujitora’s Marines to evacuate the civilians.
• Fujitora agreed to stage a battle with Duke so the Marines could protect the people without facing punishment from the World Government.
• Perona used Negative Hollow on Fujitora, and Duke beat him up to make their staged fight look convincing.
• Luffy defeated Doflamingo with King Kong Gun, causing the Birdcage to disappear and Dressrosa’s residents to celebrate.
• Duke left with Robin and Perona to follow Rebecca and meet the Riku Family.

King Riku aligned Dressrosa with Knowles Industrial Weapons Company, which supplied the war-ravaged country with food, medicine, equipment, and other aid. As Marines debated whether to arrest the injured Straw Hat Pirates and escorted Doflamingo away, Duke appeared and offered to save him.

• King Riku agreed to Duke's demands and, after two days of negotiations, exchanged Dressrosa's flag for the flag of Knowles Industrial Weapons Company.
• Sengoku and Tsuru arrived in Dressrosa and discussed Duke's influence and Fujitora's dilemma over arresting the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Fujitora admitted that his dice had repeatedly told him not to arrest the Straw Hat Pirates, while Sengoku left the decision to him.
• Marines escorted the shackled Doflamingo past Sengoku, Tsuru, and Fujitora as he warned that the world would fall into chaos.
• Duke appeared before Doflamingo's escort, called him pathetic, and offered to save him if he asked.

Duke escaped the Marines after provoking Doflamingo and Fujitora, then continued toward Whole Cake Island with Robin and Perona aboard. Meanwhile, Kid’s alliance planned to attack a Yonko’s territory, but their plans were interrupted when a living person fell from the sky onto their island.

• Duke survived Fujitora’s Gravity Blade: Fierce Tiger unharmed and left the harbor through a door after warning Doflamingo that Impel Down might not hold him.
• Duke discovered Robin and Perona had boarded his warship, then ordered it toward Whole Cake Island for BIG MOM’s Tea Party.
• Kid, Apoo, Hawkins, and Killer discussed how to raise their standing, and Kid proposed attacking an island belonging to BIG MOM or Red-Haired Shanks.
• An explosion shook the Kid Pirates’ base, and a frightened pirate reported that a living person had fallen from the sky and made a giant crater.

Kaido crashed into Kid’s alliance and overwhelmed Kid, Killer, Hawkins, and Apoo with his strength. As the alliance fell apart, Apoo fled toward the shore while Kid and Hawkins remained behind.

• Kid, Hawkins, and Apoo argued over whether to target an Emperor or pursue a smaller victory, and Kid boasted that he would make Kaido regret crossing him.
• Kaido fell from the sky, struck Killer, and destroyed Kid’s fortress, leaving the alliance terrified and badly outmatched.
• Hawkins divined that their chance of victory was zero and their chance of escape was only three percent, while Kid refused to surrender.
• Kaido attacked the alliance, rejected Apoo’s surrender, and struck Hawkins down, though Hawkins appeared unharmed.
• Kid attacked Kaido with daggers and a giant steel fist, but Kaido shattered the metal and sent Kid crashing into the ground.
• Apoo saw his subordinates dying and Kid being beaten, then fled toward the shore.

Duke arrived as Kaido was defeating Kid and confronted him in a clash of Conqueror’s Haki and fists. Duke overwhelmed Kaido in their battle and buried him in a crater, declaring that Kaido had grown weaker.

• Kaido defeated Kid’s defense and mocked Hawkins, who explained that he had stayed because his divination predicted Apoo would fail to escape.
• Kid moved toward Kaido to protect Killer, but Apoo was thrown back onto the island and warned that someone stronger was approaching.
• Duke arrived, and his Conqueror’s Haki clashed with Kaido’s, overpowering it and forcing Kid, Apoo, and Hawkins to flee with Killer.
• Duke and Kaido exchanged powerful blows, while the fleeing pirates ran toward the island’s edge, unaware that Duke’s warship had orders to stop anyone escaping.
• Duke struck Kaido into the ground and told him that he had grown weaker.

Duke taunted Kaido with an elaborate lie about a Clone-Clone Fruit and secret clones across the world, but Kaido saw through the story and attacked him. Kaido’s furious blow split the island in half as it began to sink.

• Duke claimed his Clone-Clone Fruit let him fuse with his clones and named Aokiji, Kizaru, and Jack among them, terrifying Kaido with tales of his plans to control the world.
• Kaido reasoned that Duke was lying about Jack and threatened to kill the other two Calamities when he returned.
• Kaido remembered seeing Duke swim in the sea during their battle two years earlier and realized the Clone-Clone Fruit story was false.
• Kaido unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and attacked Duke with a lightning-wreathed punch.
• Kaido’s punch split the island in half, triggering a tsunami as the island began to sink.

Kid, Hawkins, and Apoo escaped Kaido’s assault only to be ambushed by Fish-Men, while Duke and Kaido continued their destructive battle across the collapsing island. Duke drove his leg into Kaido’s chest, but Kaido tore him free and battered him before sensing a door open behind him.

• Kid, Hawkins, and Apoo watched their ship sink after Fish-Men attacked it, and Hawkins realized his divination’s 3% survival rate referred to the ambush.
• Kid used his ability to make an iron ship for himself, Hawkins, Apoo, and Killer, but the Fish-Men destroyed it and the four fell into the sea.
• Duke struck Kaido with a full-powered punch and then drove his leg through Kaido’s chest during a high-speed kick.
• Kaido pulled Duke from his chest wound, smashed him into the ground, and unleashed a barrage of blows that pulverized the island.
• Kaido sensed a door open behind him and twisted around to strike it with his right elbow.

Duke fought Kaido across the flooded island ruins and used falling fragments to force him one step backward, winning their bet. Kaido refused to honor it and continued fighting as Duke unleashed Dragon Fist.

• Duke dodged Kaido's attacks while seawater flooded the island, then proposed moving the fight elsewhere, but Kaido refused.
• Duke used Flower Continent to store floating island fragments and dropped them on Kaido, then attacked from among the rubble.
• Duke's sword pierced Kaido's shoulder and ribs, and Kaido staggered backward, giving Duke a win under their bet.
• Kaido rejected the bet and resumed fighting, trading attacks with Duke and clashing Conqueror's Haki with him.
• Duke compressed his Conqueror's Haki into his fist and launched the Six Powers Secret Art: Dragon Fist.

Duke defeated Kaido after a prolonged battle and brought him aboard the warship. As the crew celebrated, Robin recalled a coded story Duke had once told her, and Perona studied the captured Kaido.

• Duke used his modified Dragon Fist to punch a hole through Kaido’s chest, but Kaido charged into a prolonged, furious counterattack.
• Duke dodged Kaido’s attacks until his strength faded, then overpowered him and knocked him unconscious into the sea.
• The fish-men celebrated Duke’s victory when a warship arrived, and Duke ordered the crew to haul Kaido aboard.
• Robin gave Duke a coat and remembered his story about a pirate who had eaten the Ape-Ape Fruit and a teacher’s three taps as a secret signal.
• Duke washed up and joined dinner, while Robin sat beside him and Perona studied Kaido.

Duke fed the captured pirates and Kaido aboard his ship, then told Kaido he had spared Kid, Hawkins, Apoo, and Killer to claim their bounties. Kaido asked what Duke planned to do about Doflamingo’s scheme, and Duke had not yet answered.

• Duke discovered Kid, Hawkins, Apoo, and Killer bound to the railing and refused to give them food.
• Kaido woke, challenged Duke, then sat down to eat when Duke offered him a meal; Robin concealed the ship’s alcohol from Duke while serving it to Kaido.
• After Kaido finished eating, he told Duke that Doflamingo had said Duke had surpassed him and had prompted him to go to Dressrosa.
• Kaido asked why Duke had captured the four pirates, and Duke said he planned to hand them to the Marines for bounty money.
• Kaido asked whether Duke would kill Doflamingo, and Duke had not yet replied.

Duke negotiated with Kaido over the Artificial Devil Fruit supply and proposed a joint attack on BIG MOM, using his supposed special source of intelligence to win Kaido’s attention. Kaido agreed to consider the plan, but reacted angrily when Duke brought up his past with their former captain.

• Duke told Kaido that Doflamingo had been captured and offered to continue supplying Artificial Devil Fruits through the business he had taken over.
• Duke demonstrated Flower Continent’s Door-Door Fruit power and pitched Ability Conversion Technology as a way to equip the Beasts Pirates with weapons that had Devil Fruit abilities.
• Duke proposed that he and Kaido join forces to eliminate BIG MOM, revealing that she held one of the Road Poneglyphs and predicting chaos in Mary Geoise.
• Kaido rejected Duke’s initial plan to attack Whole Cake Island, but Duke claimed two other Pirate Crews would also strike during BIG MOM’s Tea Party.
• Duke alluded to Kaido and BIG MOM’s time aboard the same ship and began to name their former captain, prompting Kaido to smash the deck and tell him to stop.

Duke spared Kid, Hawkins, Apoo, and Killer after Hawkins offered their help against the BIG MOM Pirates, but kept them as prisoners. After exchanging information with newcomers in the Unknown Space, Duke woke at three in the morning to find Robin in his room, where the chapter ended with the encounter censored.

• Kaido prepared to kill Kid and the others, but Hawkins argued that they could help fight the BIG MOM Pirates and offered to let Duke control their lives with poison.
• Duke accepted Hawkins's offer and claimed the four prisoners for himself, while Kaido complained and went to sleep on deck.
• Duke visited the Unknown Space in his sleep, exchanged memories with two regulars, and met newcomers from the Claymore World and the Tomb of Gods World.
• Duke woke at three in the morning when Robin entered his room, and she reminded him that he had told her to come.

After spending the night with Robin, Duke considered the Flower-Flower Fruit’s uses and prepared to carry out his plans against BIG MOM’s Pirates. Their warship’s routine supply stop brought an unexpected intruder: Jewelry Bonney, who transformed the attacking Fish-Men into children and revealed herself to Kid, Hawkins, Apoo, and Killer.

• Duke and Robin spent the night together, and the next morning he reflected on the Flower-Flower Fruit’s abilities.
• The warship docked to replenish supplies after Kaido had eaten through the food stores, then sailed away with a stowaway aboard.
• Duke discussed the approaching BIG MOM Tea Party and the difficulties of defeating BIG MOM’s Pirates with Kaido and Hawkins.
• Duke sensed an unfamiliar presence approaching the deck, where a pink-haired girl announced that she was taking over the ship.
• The intruder shrank the Fish-Men who charged at her, and Kid recognized her as Jewelry Bonney.
• Bonney discarded her disguise and asked Kid, Hawkins, and Apoo whether the warship belonged to them.

Bonney tried to seize Duke and Kaido’s warship but was captured and jailed, while the crew continued planning an attack on the BIG MOM Pirates. After reaching Whole Cake Island, Duke and Kaido were escorted toward the Tea Party, where BIG MOM had prepared a welcome.

• Bonney attempted to take the warship, recognized Duke and Kaido, and surrendered after Duke ordered her captured.
• Duke had Bonney locked below deck in Seastone cuffs and planned to contact the Revolutionary Army when they returned to Arms Island.
• Duke, Kaido, Kid, Hawkins, and Apoo continued refining their plan to wipe out the BIG MOM Pirates’ main force.
• After nearly three days, the warship entered Whole Cake Island territory as Kaido’s forces secretly mobilized and BIG MOM dispatched an escort fleet.
• Charlotte Perospero escorted the warship through the surrounding dessert islands, while Perona indulged in sweets and Robin admired the scenery.
• Perospero announced that BIG MOM had prepared a welcoming party and would personally greet Duke and Kaido two days before the Tea Party.

As Duke's crew approached Whole Cake Island, he explained the cost of living there and the limits of BIG MOM's Soul-Soul Fruit. BIG MOM welcomed Duke at the harbor, where her hostility toward Kaido quickly turned into a confrontation.

• Perona admired Cake Island and asked Duke how she could live there, but recoiled when he explained that residents surrendered part of their souls every six months.
• Duke told Perona that each soul offering cost a month of life, and she decided that the island's sweets were not worth the price.
• Robin asked how anyone could defeat BIG MOM, and Duke explained that her Soul-Soul Fruit could not affect someone who did not fear her.
• BIG MOM greeted Duke at the harbor and reflected on how much his power had grown since they last met two years earlier.
• Kaido complained that BIG MOM had ignored him, released his Conqueror's Haki across the harbor, and provoked her into threatening him.

Duke arrived at Whole Cake Island as a guest of BIG MOM while secretly coordinating with Kaido, then attended Sanji and Pudding’s wedding. As the ceremony began, Duke watched the Vinsmoke family and the bride and groom enter.

• Kaido withdrew after clashing Haki with BIG MOM, and Duke arrived at the castle with Robin and Perona.
• Duke learned that Luffy had landed on Whole Cake Island and defeated Charlotte Cracker, while Kaido stayed away to avoid arousing BIG MOM’s suspicions.
• Two days later, Duke, Robin, and Perona attended the wedding banquet, where Duke sat at the main table across from Kaido.
• Duke recognized the underground-world guests, including Stussy, and told Robin that he had once humiliated Stussy by asking her price for the night.
• BIG MOM welcomed the guests as the wedding carriage arrived, and Duke watched Sanji, Pudding, and the Vinsmoke family prepare for the ceremony.

At BIG MOM’s wedding banquet, Sanji avoided an assassination attempt, while Luffy’s assault triggered chaos across Whole Cake Island. Katakuri suspected Kaido and Duke were involved, and Kaido confirmed it by ordering the Beasts Pirates to attack.

• Duke told Perona that the nun in BIG MOM’s photograph was Mother Carmel, then warned her to prepare for the wedding’s unfolding spectacle.
• Sanji praised Pudding’s third eye, winning her affection, and dodged the priest’s shot before kicking him away.
• Katakuri sensed that events had exceeded expectations, and the giant wedding cake exploded to reveal a crowd of Luffys.
• Katakuri identified the real Luffy and kicked him away from BIG MOM, while the Charlotte Family officers joined the battle.
• Katakuri tried to stop Kaido from using a Den Den Mushi, but Duke intercepted his trident and Kaido ordered the Beasts Pirates to attack.

Duke and Kaido attacked the BIG MOM Pirates, with Duke destroying Mother Carmel’s photograph to leave BIG MOM vulnerable. BIG MOM recovered after Luffy punched her and turned on Duke, who discovered that her body could withstand his sword attack.

• Duke sent Robin and Perona back to the ship and told them to order Kid and the others to attack.
• Duke retrieved Mother Carmel’s photograph, and Kaido smashed it, triggering BIG MOM’s devastating scream.
• Kaido and Duke fought through the Charlotte Family officers as they tried to protect BIG MOM.
• Luffy charged through the Homies and punched BIG MOM while she grieved, provoking her to attack Duke.
• Duke clashed with BIG MOM’s Hakoku and struck her with his sword, but she endured the blow without injury.