Chapter Summaries

Uta performed at her concert while the Straw Hats enjoyed the Song World, unaware that she planned to trap everyone there forever. Lina stopped Uta from taking another Sleepless Mushroom, but she fled and was cornered by Marines who seemed afraid of him.

• Uta sang onstage, and Luffy recognized her before joyfully embracing her in front of the crowd.
• In the real world, Uta prepared to eat a Sleepless Mushroom and keep the Song World active until her death, recalling how others’ suffering had inspired her plan to create a new era.
• Lina stopped Uta from taking the mushroom and revealed that he was Luffy’s companion, not a Marine.
• Uta fled, then used her power to order the sleeping Luffy and the others to seize the mushrooms and stop Lina; Zoro attacked Lina, who blocked the slash with his shield.
• Lina pursued Uta through the woods and caught up with her at the Marine blockade, where the Marines backed away from him.

Lina stopped the Navy from taking Uta and challenged her belief that her Song World could create a better era. After Uta fell asleep and the Song World collapsed, Lina prepared to carry her and the others back to the ship.

• Lina faced Fujitora and Kizaru, refused to hand Uta over, and knocked out most of the Marines with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kizaru’s attempt to seize Uta was blocked by Sukuna, and the Navy let Lina carry her away.
• At the concert venue, Lina argued that Uta’s Song World denied people’s real lives and urged her to find her own way to bring happiness.
• Lina stopped Uta from eating more Sleepless Mushrooms, warned her that using Tot Musica would destroy both worlds, and burned the mushrooms.
• Uta finally fell asleep, causing the Song World to shatter, and Lina summoned undead to carry Luffy and the others as he prepared to take everyone to the ship.

Lina brought the exhausted Uta aboard the Going Merry, where Gordon revealed the truth about the Elegia incident and Shanks’s reasons for leaving her behind. After Uta woke, she decided to join Luffy’s crew, and Sanji threw Brook overboard to make room for another musician.

• Sanji woke aboard the Going Merry and discovered that Lina had brought the sleeping Uta back from the concert.
• Lina told the crew what had happened, and Gordon revealed that the Red-Haired Pirates had not destroyed Elegia; Shanks had asked Gordon to take care of Uta and conceal the truth to spare her guilt.
• Luffy reassured Gordon, and Pudding placed Gordon’s memories in Uta’s mind as the Going Merry departed; Uta dreamed of the truth and of Luffy searching for her as a child.
• Shanks chose not to pursue Uta and set sail with the Red-Haired Pirates toward Elbaf after hearing that the Blackbeard Pirates were nearby.
• Uta woke aboard the Going Merry and announced that she would join Luffy’s crew, but Luffy worried that Brook already filled the musician role.
• Sanji tied up Brook and threw him into the sea, declaring that Uta could join because the crew still needed a musician.

The Going Merry reached Wano Country, where the crew rode the super Express Shrimp up the waterfall and landed on the island. After splitting up to avoid drawing attention, Luffy decided to visit the people who had rescued Ace, though he chose to eat first.

• Uta spotted Wano Country, and the crew steered the Going Merry toward its dangerous waterfall entrance.
• The super Express Shrimp carried the Going Merry up the waterfall while Lina flew ahead with Nami; the ship landed safely in Wano Country.
• Uta recovered from the ascent by punching Luffy, and Lina arranged for the crew to split into groups before going ashore.
• Lina's group set out toward the Flower Capital, while Luffy planned to visit Ace's friends in Straw Hat Village.
• Nami explained that Straw Hat Village was far away across Kuri, so Luffy decided the crew should eat first.

Luffy and his companions found Tama and Tengu Hitetsu in a starving village, where Zoro’s Wado Ichimonji and Shusui prompted a confrontation before Hitetsu learned their origins. The group shared news of Ace and arranged a feast for Tama, leaving her celebrating her best birthday ever.

• Luffy’s group reached Tama’s home, and Luffy startled her before telling her he was Ace’s younger brother.
• Tengu Hitetsu attacked Zoro over Wado Ichimonji and Shusui, then apologized after Zoro explained how he had obtained the swords.
• Tama and Hitetsu tried to give their small servings of rice to each other, so Nami called Lina to bring food.
• Luffy told Tama that Ace had asked him to visit because he was worried she might be caught up in danger.
• Lina crashed through the ceiling with a sack of food, and Tama rejoiced at the birthday feast.

Luffy and his companions learned how Kaido’s rule had left Wano’s people starving, while Zoro’s encounter with Tengu Hitetsu’s swords led to a desperate request to trade for Shusui. Zoro refused, and Hitetsu collapsed under the weight of his regrets; Chopper later confirmed he was stable and needed rest.

• Luffy and Tama ate their fill, and Tengu Hitetsu explained that polluted water and Kaido’s control of food had driven the village into poverty.
• Hitetsu examined Zoro’s swords and was shocked when Zoro suppressed the curse of the Nidai Kitetsu.
• Hitetsu offered the Nidai Kitetsu and Enma in exchange for Zoro’s Shusui, but Zoro refused to give up the swords entrusted to him.
• Tama explained that Wano’s people believed Shusui’s return might free the country, and Zoro challenged the idea that a sword alone could save them.
• Hitetsu broke down over his past failures and fainted, prompting the group to call Chopper.
• Chopper treated Hitetsu and told Tama that his condition was stable and he needed rest.

Akainu and Fujitora assessed the growing crisis in Wano Country as pirate crews, the Mink Tribe, and other forces converged there. Akainu feared a war on the scale of the Paramount War but could not secure approval for a major Marine deployment.

• Akainu told Fujitora that the Straw Hat Crew and several Worst Generation alliances had reached Kaido's territory, while Bege's forces and Kid's crews were also gathering in Wano Country.
• Akainu revealed that Zunesha had changed course toward Wano Country, and he and Fujitora discussed the Mink Tribe's ancient alliance with the country.
• Akainu suspected that Portgas D. Ace had informed the Mink Tribe, but Law had actually contacted Zou and helped steer the alliance toward Kaido.
• The Mink Tribe agreed to cooperate with Law after Zunesha headed for Wano Country and they recalled Toki's prophecy about opening the country's borders.
• Akainu considered sending the Marines to intervene but knew the World Government would likely reject a major deployment during the meeting in Mary Geoise.

Lina, using the alias Gintoki, and the Straw Hats visited a capital banquet house, where Komurasaki tried to learn more about the wealthy Yorozuya owner. The shogun Kurozumi Orochi stormed in after learning Komurasaki was entertaining other guests.

• After Tengu Hitetsu recovered from fainting, Lina and the others went to the capital to find food, while Hitetsu stayed behind and the girls went shopping.
• Lina, Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji attended a banquet where Komurasaki played shamisen for them.
• Komurasaki sat beside Lina and asked what the Yorozuya did, and Lina claimed it accepted any paid job, even criminal ones, before saying his family was rich.
• Komurasaki returned to the stage and watched Lina as the banquet continued.
• Kurozumi Orochi arrived at the geisha house in anger, demanding to know who could be more important than him and ordering the guards to fetch Kyoshiro.

Lina and the Straw Hats confronted Shogun Kurozumi Orochi when he invaded their banquet, and Luffy declared they would defeat Kaido. After Orochi threatened the guests, Lina's swordsman Sukuna cut off his head, leaving the hall stunned.

• The attendants warned Lina and her companions that Orochi had arrived, but Luffy and Lina refused to leave the banquet.
• Orochi entered with Kyoshiro, accused Lina of forcing Komurasaki, and demanded that she be handed over.
• Luffy's Conqueror's Haki knocked Orochi's guards down, and he announced that he would become Pirate King and help defeat Kaido.
• Orochi transformed into an eight-headed serpent, ordered the hall surrounded, and threatened to kill everyone except Komurasaki.
• Komurasaki asked Orochi to spare the innocent, but Lina held her back as Sukuna swiftly cut off Orochi's head.

Luffy and the others fought their way through Orochi’s forces while Lina exposed Komurasaki’s deception and agreed to take her with them. Orochi revived in his Yamata no Orochi form, and the chapter ended with him swallowing Sukuna whole.

• Luffy defeated Fukurokuju and a green-clad ninja, while Usopp trapped the biwa-wielding woman with a plant projectile.
• Zoro clashed with Kyoshiro, and Komurasaki worried about him while Lina told her Zoro would not kill him if he did not fight back.
• Lina explained that Orochi could revive after being beheaded, then teased Komurasaki and drew out her admission that she had only pretended to like Orochi.
• Orochi revived and confronted Komurasaki, who pleaded with Lina to take her along; Lina agreed and ordered Sukuna to cover their retreat.
• Orochi lunged at Sukuna and swallowed him, leaving Komurasaki horrified.

Lina and the Straw Hat Crew escaped after Sukuna killed Kurozumi Orochi, while Komurasaki followed them and agreed to serve Lina for protection. As the crew’s actions stirred the capital, Kid, Luo, Bege, and Hawkins prepared to join forces, and Franky suspected Komurasaki was related to Toki.

• Komurasaki tried to flee Kurozumi Orochi, but Lina stopped her; Sukuna then cut down Orochi’s eight heads with one slash.
• Luffy and the others fled the banquet hall, with Luffy carrying food, and Komurasaki and Toko followed them through the window.
• Nami and Robin learned that pirates had supposedly attempted to assassinate the shogun and left with Uta, Brûlée, and Tama.
• Kid and Luo saw the wanted portrait of Luffy; Hawkins joined their planned operation after calculating a 24% chance of final victory.
• Komurasaki told the fleeing crew she had promised to serve Lina, prompting Sanji to confront him.
• Franky wondered whether Komurasaki was related to Toki, and Komurasaki froze in surprise.

Franky revealed that he had met Oden and been invited to join Roger’s crew, while Lina and the others took Komurasaki toward Straw Hat Village. Zoro found Denjiro and brought him to the group, where Denjiro discovered that Kozuki Sukiyaki was alive.

• Franky recalled meeting Oden at Water 7 and turning down an invitation to join Roger’s crew, then recognized Komurasaki as someone who resembled Toki.
• Lina identified the two young apprentices Franky remembered as Shanks and Buggy, and explained their history to the others.
• Komurasaki chose to travel with Lina to Straw Hat Village, and her question about Zoro alerted the group that he was missing.
• Zoro encountered the injured Denjiro in the Flower Capital, agreed to guide him toward Komurasaki, and stumbled through the alleys with him.
• Zoro and Denjiro reached the house in the bamboo grove, where Hiyori welcomed Denjiro and Chopper began treating his wounds.
• Tengu Hitetsu removed his mask and revealed himself to Denjiro as Kozuki Sukiyaki, the former shogun of Wano Country.

Hiyori recounted Oden’s failed rebellion and worried that Momonosuke and the other retainers had not returned, while Luffy’s crew discussed their plan to fight Kaido. Luo and Kid arrived to announce their own alliance and impending clash with Luffy’s group, leaving Hiyori and Denjiro stunned to learn that Lina’s small crew was a Sea Emperor.

• Hiyori and Tengu Hitetsu told Lina’s group how Oden resisted Orochi and Kaido, was executed, and left a prophecy about Wano’s future.
• Hiyori worried that Momonosuke, Kin’emon, and the others had not returned, and questioned whether Luffy’s group was serious about fighting Kaido.
• Luffy said he would fight Kaido because Tama and the others had been left hungry, while Zoro and Sanji argued over how many soldiers they were worth.
• Luo and Kid entered the cabin, revealed they had come to target Kaido, and said Bege, Hawkins, and the Minks from Zou were allied with them.
• Luo warned that the rival crews might become opponents and said Luffy’s arrival had forced them to advance their plans; Kid and Luffy then argued and fought.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki wondered whether Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, and Momonosuke might return, while Hiyori and Denjiro realized Lina’s group was a Sea Emperor crew.

Hiyori and Denjiro set out to recruit Jitenmaru as Wano prepared for battle, while Kaido learned that the Straw Hat Crew had killed Kurozumi Orochi and entered the country. Kaido ordered Momonosuke’s corpse displayed as retaliation, and Holdem’s crew prepared to exhibit a child’s body in the Flower Capital.

• Nami confronted the crew over the assassination, and Lina took the blame before Nami beat him.
• Hiyori and Denjiro decided to seek out Jitenmaru and persuade him to join the fight against Kaido.
• King and Jack reported to Kaido that the Straw Hat Crew had killed Kurozumi Orochi and allied with Oden’s retainers.
• Kaido dismissed Jack’s plan to attack the samurai, then agreed with King to send Momonosuke’s corpse to Wano as a warning.
• King suggested Queen be named shogun, and Kaido planned to announce it during the Fire Festival.
• Holdem’s subordinates tied a little boy’s corpse to an execution frame in the Flower Capital while onlookers watched.

Denjiro rescued Momonosuke’s corpse from Holdem, and Hiyori’s allies learned that Kaido had killed him. Determined to continue the fight and become Wano Country’s shogun, Hiyori won Jitenmaru’s renewed support as a retainer of the Kozuki family.

• Holdem displayed Momonosuke’s body to the crowd, and Denjiro cut down pirates and escaped with it.
• At Tsuru’s teahouse, Hiyori and Kiku learned that Kin’emon and the others had gone to Zou and that allies were heading to Wano Country.
• Denjiro brought Momonosuke’s corpse to the teahouse and told Hiyori, Kiku, and Jitenmaru that Kaido had killed him.
• After burying Momonosuke, Hiyori planned a raid to rescue Kin’emon and declared that she would become Wano Country’s shogun.
• Jitenmaru accepted Hiyori’s leadership and knelt to become a retainer of the Kozuki family again.

Lina agreed to help Hiyori rescue Kin'emon from the quarry at Tudon and sent Sukuna with her. As Hiyori prepared for the raid and Lina returned to the newly rebuilt home, Kaido rejected Blackbeard Teach's offer to team up and set out to confront the approaching pirates himself.

• Hiyori asked Lina when the alliance planned to attack and explained that her samurai intended to raid the quarry at Tudon to rescue Kin'emon.
• Lina lent Hiyori Sukuna, then used Linlin to give Sukuna a soul so he could act independently.
• Hiyori left with Sukuna to prepare for the raid, while Lina returned to Straw Hat Village and helped Tama settle into Franky's newly built home.
• Blackbeard Teach called Kaido and proposed joining forces against the Straw Hat Crew, Luo, and Kid, asking Kaido to hand the survivors over afterward.
• Kaido accused Teach of seeking Devil Fruits, rejected his offer, and transformed into a dragon to fly across Wano in search of his enemies.

Sukuna confronted Kaido at the Tudon quarry, revealed himself as the legendary Wano swordsman Shimotsuki Ryoma, and repeatedly wounded the dragon in battle. Kaido survived Sukuna’s powerful final slash and eagerly continued the fight as King arrived.

• As Kaido approached Wano, Luffy sensed his strength, while a samurai riot broke out at Tudon’s quarry and Babanuki ordered Dopon to seek reinforcements.
• Kaido unleashed Blast Breath at the quarry, but Sukuna cut the attack in two and gave Hiyori and Kikunojo time to free the prisoners.
• Sukuna introduced himself to Kaido as Shimotsuki Ryoma and declared that he specialized in cutting down dragons.
• Luo and Kid left Bege to coordinate their forces and headed toward the fighting while Hawkins watched the Beasts Pirates.
• Sukuna evaded Kaido’s attacks and wounded him with a flurry of slashes, then struck again with Dragon-Slaying Technique: Yin-Yang Draw and sent the dragon crashing to the ground.
• King arrived, but Kaido ordered him not to interfere and challenged Sukuna to finish him with one stroke.

Kaido defeated Sukuna’s puppet and challenged Black Snake Lina, but Luffy arrived first and clashed with Kaido in a Haki-powered blow that split the sky. Lina sent Zoro and Sanji into the fight, then intercepted Luo and Kid as they charged toward the quarry.

• Sukuna healed from Kaido’s attacks, and Kaido recognized him as Lina’s powerful puppet before demanding that Lina face him.
• Luffy arrived and struck Kaido with a flaming Elephant Gun, but Kaido overpowered him and sent him crashing through stone pillars.
• Lina kicked Zoro and Sanji off the falcon toward Kaido, while Chopper and Usopp stayed behind.
• Lina spotted Luo and Kid approaching the quarry and leaped down to confront them.
• Lina formed a giant axe from Azure Flame and declared that he would smash Luo and Kid’s pirate dreams.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji fought Kaido, who overwhelmed them despite their powerful attacks. King contacted Queen to send reinforcements to Wano Country as Kaido committed to fighting the Straw Hat Crew.

• Zoro and Luffy attacked Kaido, but his scales endured their blows, and he mocked Zoro’s swordsmanship.
• Sanji struck Kaido with a powerful vibrating kick, but Kaido grabbed him and blasted him with fire, leaving Sanji badly injured.
• Sanji stood back up and resolved to use the fight as practice.
• King warned Kaido that the battle could destroy Wano Country’s factories, but Kaido refused to stop fighting.
• King called Queen and ordered him to gather troops and send reinforcements to Wano Country for war against the Straw Hat Crew.

Lina fought Trafalgar Law and Kid in the quarry, overwhelming them despite their combined attacks. He defeated both pirates, but Law’s Gamma Knife temporarily disabled Lina’s arm before Law was knocked unconscious.

• Lina entered the quarry after smashing through its wall and taunted the battered Trafalgar Law and Kid.
• Kid gathered the quarry’s metal weapons into a giant mechanical arm and trapped Lina in a steel cube, but Lina broke free and destroyed the arm with his axe.
• Law used Room to teleport around Lina and pierced Lina’s arm with Gamma Knife, weakening it before Lina stopped the ability with Haki.
• Lina struck Law with a powerful punch that sent him crashing through buildings and into a prison cell.
• Lina pulled Law’s sword from his arm as the pirates and samurai watched in fear.