Chapter Summaries

The Beasts Pirates and Capone Bege's fleet clashed at sea while Queen led several top officers toward Wano Country. At Marine Headquarters, the officers discussed the escalating conflicts and planned to join CP0 in Wano after the fighting, prompting Kizaru to warn that people would die.

• Beasts Pirates ships came under a surprise cannon attack from Capone Bege's fleet and returned fire.
• Queen ordered Jack to split the fleet and sent Drake and Sasaki to command the ships engaging Bege, while he and other officers sailed toward Wano Country.
• Drake returned to the cabin and took out a Den Den Mushi after the fleets separated.
• Bege ordered his men to spend their cannonballs and fight with all their strength, risking the Capone Family's resources in the battle.
• Brand reported to Marine Headquarters that Wano had become a melee, the Whitebeard, Red-Haired, and Blackbeard Pirates had clashed near Elbaf, and Ace was heading for Wano.
• Akainu told Kizaru that the Marines would wait for the fighting to end before joining CP0 to eliminate the losing side, and Kizaru warned that people would die.

Lina fought Kid and Luo, overpowering their awakened abilities with her strength and the Guardian Evil God shield. After Kid’s final electromagnetic attack failed, he collapsed, and Lina turned toward the greater battle involving Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Kaido.

• Kid used his awakened magnetism to hurl Lina toward a mountainside, but Lina split the mountain apart and broke free of the magnetic pull.
• Luo emerged from the rubble and attacked Lina with his awakened blade, while Kid trapped her with the Magnetism Demon; Lina endured their attacks and destroyed the machine.
• Luo struck Lina with K-Room: Impact Wave, but Lina countered Kid’s drills and cannonball with the Guardian Evil God shield, then smashed the Magnetism Demon and battered Kid into the ground.
• Luo rescued Kid and struck Lina with K: Shock Wille, but Lina shattered his Antibacterial Curtain and buried him beneath a collapsing mountainside.
• Lina turned toward the distant auras of Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Kaido as Kid prepared his strongest electromagnetic attack.
• Kid fired his electromagnetic cannon at the Guardian Evil God shield, but it withstood the blast; exhausted and defeated, Kid collapsed as Lina walked away.

Lina fought Kid and Luo, overpowering their awakened abilities and surviving their strongest attacks. After Kid collapsed, Lina left to join the battle against Kaido and the others.

• Kid used his awakened magnetism to hurl rocks and restrain Lina while Luo emerged from the ruins and attacked with his awakened sword.
• Lina broke Kid's Magnetism Demon, battered Kid and Luo, and endured Luo's Impact Wave and Kid's attacks with his shield.
• Luo was buried beneath a collapsing mountainside, while Kid gathered his strength for a final electromagnetic cannon attack.
• Lina turned away from Kid and walked toward Luffy and the others, leaving the Guardian Evil God to block Kid's beam.
• Kid's cannon scorched Lina's shield but barely damaged it, and Kid collapsed from exhaustion.

Franky’s crew confronted the Beasts Pirates near the quarry, and the Straw Hats fought Queen’s forces while Franky recognized Queen’s hidden identity. The chapter ended with Queen realizing Franky was connected to his past and crying out his former name, “Katy Flam.”

• Queen and Caesar led a force of Beasts Pirates across the wasteland toward the quarry, where the Straw Hat Crew’s falcon spotted them and dodged Queen’s laser.
• Franky called the Going Merry, and a mech launched from the ship toward the battlefield.
• Robin and Chopper attacked the Beasts Pirates, while Jack confronted Chopper and the other fighters engaged Ulti, Page One, and the Gifters.
• Usopp struck Caesar with a Seastone bullet, handcuffed him, and left him for the others to handle.
• Who's-Who challenged Nami, while Franky confronted Queen and recognized him as Katy Seimei.
• Queen realized Franky was connected to his old name, Katy Flam, and Franky punched him.

Queen recognized Franky as his son, and the two exchanged blows while discussing Franky’s childhood and the family he found with Tom. Queen transformed into a mechanized Brachiosaurus, and Franky unveiled his giant mech, Franky's Assault Freedom.

• Queen recognized Franky and revealed to the watching pirates that Franky was his son.
• Queen explained that he had left Franky behind because the World Government was watching him, while Franky said he was grateful because it led him to Tom and his found family.
• Franky and Queen fought, and Queen revealed his mechanical arm and transformed into a mechanized Brachiosaurus.
• Queen struck Franky hard enough to bend his steel arm, then challenged him to respond.
• Franky called down a giant mech from the sky and climbed into its cockpit, astonishing Chopper and Usopp.

Franky battled Queen with Assault Freedom, a powerful mech built from Diamond Jozu’s corpse, as Queen unleashed repeated laser attacks. Franky retaliated with railguns and a six-beam laser cannon, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Queen attacked Assault Freedom with a Brachiosaurus Bomb, but the mech’s diamond-coated head struck him down and left him nearly unconscious.
• Queen slashed at the mech with his blade, but its hardened-steel body broke the weapon.
• Queen fired lasers from his mouth and mechanical limbs, forcing Franky to use the mech’s diamond transformation and propulsion system to survive.
• Queen’s laser barrage pierced the mech’s abdomen, but he paused to cool his barrels after Franky landed safely.
• Franky fired two railgun slugs that wrecked Queen’s segmented tail and then unleashed six beams from Assault Freedom’s laser cannon.

Franky battled Queen, who used Germa stealth technology and his Brachiosaurus abilities to gain the upper hand, but Franky escaped his grip and defeated him with a concentrated laser. Queen lay defeated as Franky left, demanding Queen’s technology as his spoils of war.

• Franky's Assault Freedom mech blasted Queen, but Queen turned invisible, damaged the mech, and tore off one of its arms.
• Franky used sonar radar to locate Queen and slammed him into the ground before attacking with a laser sword.
• Queen survived the sword strike and transformed into a serpent that coiled around the mech, trapping it as he prepared to fire.
• Franky escaped the cockpit and blasted Queen with a concentrated laser, leaving him unconscious and defeated.
• Franky demanded Queen hand over his technology, then drove away while Queen privately refused to give it up without being called Dad.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji fought Kaido together but were defeated by his overwhelming attack. Lina arrived and prepared to face Kaido herself, claiming she would take his title as the Strongest Creature in Sea, Land, and Air.

• Zoro split Kaido's Boro Breath, while Luffy and Sanji struck him and Zoro wounded him with a sword attack.
• Kaido blasted Zoro and Sanji away, then overwhelmed Luffy with a lightning-charged kanabo strike.
• Kaido unleashed Great Wisdom: Thunder Bagua, leaving Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji unconscious in the ruins.
• Lina checked on Luffy, carried him away with Zoro and Sanji, and turned to face Kaido.
• Lina declared that she would claim Kaido's title after their fight.

Lina and Kaido fought fiercely in the stone forest, trading blows with their weapons, powers, and Haki. They eventually knocked each other unconscious with repeated headbutts, then both recovered enough to sit or stand again.

• Kaido challenged Lina and clashed with his Tremor-Tremor battle-axe, then struck him with his tail and Thunder Bagua.
• Lina blocked Kaido’s attack with a heavy shield and hurled his battle-axe, while Kaido answered with Blast Breath: Thunderflame Tornado.
• Lina emerged unharmed behind his shield and taunted Kaido, who charged him with Subduing the Three Worlds: In'naraka.
• Kaido seized Lina’s shield and axe, and the two traded headbutts until they both collapsed from their injuries.
• Lina sat up after recovering, while Kaido used a stone pillar to stagger back to his feet and mock him.

Lina and Kaido continued their brutal fight, trading powerful blows across Wano. Meanwhile, Kizaru, Fujitora, and Garp arrived by warship, with Kizaru ordered to attack whichever side lost and Garp making his presence a complication.

• Lina recovered from Kaido’s attacks and charged back into the fight, blocking Kaido’s Roaring Thunder Bagua and throwing him into a crater.
• Lina pinned Kaido down and battered his face with vibration- and Haki-powered punches, but Kaido wrapped his tail around Lina’s neck and counterattacked.
• Kaido smashed Lina into the ground and blasted him through several hills, but Lina escaped the ruins and met Kaido’s Thunder Bagua with a Breaking Charge Punch.
• Kizaru’s fleet reached the waters off Wano, and Kizaru sensed the clash between Lina’s and Kaido’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kizaru discussed the battle and the recent abolition of the Shichibukai with Fujitora and Garp, revealing Sakazuki’s order to attack whichever side was defeated.

Lina and Kaido resumed their duel to determine who would become the strongest, while Sanji and Zoro intercepted the wounded Kid and Luo. The chapter ended with Lina ready to continue fighting Kaido as Luffy remained out of sight, recovering from Kaido’s attack.

• Kaido asked Lina what he was fighting for, and Lina said he wanted to defeat Kaido and become the next strongest in the world.
• Kaido launched an attack with Ten Thousand Thunders, and Lina grabbed his fangs, slammed him into the ground, and punched him before surviving Kaido’s point-blank heat breath.
• Kid and Luo rushed back into the fight, but Sanji challenged Kid and destroyed his mechanical arm while Zoro blocked Luo.
• Lina noticed Luffy was missing and guessed he had gone to recover after taking Kaido’s ultimate attack.
• Lina faced Kaido again and declared that their fight to the death would continue.

Lina and Kaido resumed their deadly duel over the title of World's Strongest while Sanji and Zoro intercepted the wounded Kid and Luo. The battle continued with Luffy missing, possibly searching for food as he recovered from his injuries.

• Kaido challenged Lina to explain what he was fighting for, and Lina said he wanted to defeat Kaido and become the next World's Strongest.
• Kaido attacked Lina with Ten Thousand Thunders, and Lina caught his fangs, slammed him into the ground, and struck his head with a vibration-coated fist.
• Kaido unleashed Bolo Breath and Wind Scythes, but Lina defended against the flames and evaded the blades.
• Kid and Luo charged back into the fight, so Sanji intercepted Kid and Zoro blocked Luo while Lina prepared to face Kaido again.
• Lina noticed Luffy was missing, then challenged Kaido to continue their death match for the title of strongest.

Lina fought Kaido across Wano, revealing an undead form that let him ignore pain and rapidly heal as they exchanged increasingly devastating attacks. Lina defeated Kaido with a lightning blast, a bone-blade strike, and a final vibration attack, claiming the title of strongest.

• Kaido struck Lina with Thunder Bagua, but Lina's shield absorbed much of the blow before breaking.
• Lina transformed into a skeletal undead form, and Kaido realized he could keep fighting without feeling pain and heal his injuries with blue flames.
• Kaido identified Haki and stamina as possible limits to Lina's recovery, but Lina declared the fight decided and attacked with a lightning beam.
• Lina dislocated and tore off Kaido's arm, then pierced his chest with a bone hand blade and unleashed God Killer Fist Pulse.
• Kaido fell motionless, and Lina officially took the title of strongest.

Lina defeated Kaido, who died after asking whether Lina would change the world, while King carried Kaido’s body away. Kizaru reported Kaido’s death to Sakazuki and warned that the Marines would need overwhelming force to fight the Straw Hat Crew.

• Lina reflected on how his Beast Form combined the power of the undead and used Sukuna’s swordsmanship to pierce Kaido’s defenses.
• Kaido asked Lina whether he would change the world, and Lina replied that changing it did not require being Joy Boy before walking away.
• Kaido died, and King arrived, carried his body away, and mourned the man who had changed his world.
• Kizaru told Sakazuki that Kaido was dead and that the Straw Hat Crew was too powerful to ambush.
• Sakazuki ordered Kizaru to arrest the Beasts Pirates’ remnants and prepare for the purge of the Shichibukai, while Kizaru quietly murmured, “Joy Boy...”

Kizaru destroyed the fleets of Bege and the Beasts Pirates, while Lina’s group survived Fujitora’s meteor attack. After the battle, Lina took Kid and Luo’s templates and Kikoku, cut off their arms, and declared them members of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet’s Third Division, leaving them to protest as he revealed his allies.

• Kizaru bombarded the fleets of Bege and the Beasts Pirates, leaving Drake aboard the only warship still afloat.
• Fujitora sent molten meteorites toward the exhausted Zoro, Luo, Kid, and Sanji, but Lina arrived on a blue dragon and destroyed them.
• Lina collected Kid and Luo’s templates, took Kikoku, and cut off both pirates’ arms instead of killing them.
• Lina declared Kid and Luo members of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet’s Third Division, while they protested that they had never agreed to join.
• Lina told Zoro and Sanji that the crew had allies and that Marco and Katakuri could be contacted through Den Den Mushi.

The Straw Hat crew defeated the Beasts Pirates’ officers, and Lina used his Favor-Favor Fruit ability to make Kizaru retreat before the crew returned to the Going Merry. There, they reunited with Garp, who shared news that the Marines planned to abolish the Seven Warlords system and test the Seraphim against its former members.

• Franky arrived in Kuri’s bamboo forest and helped Chopper defeat Jack, then reunited with the crew in Tudon.
• Kizaru appeared to claim the captured Beasts Pirates, but Lina used his Favor-Favor Fruit ability and forced the admiral to retreat.
• The crew returned to the Going Merry and found Garp there with Luffy, whom Garp had beaten after their chance meeting by the shore.
• Garp told Lina and the crew that the Reverie had approved abolishing the Seven Warlords system and that the Marines planned to target the former warlords with Seraphim.
• Garp said farewell and left the Going Merry after punching Luffy once more.

The Straw Hat Crew left Wano after Hiyori announced she would become shogun, and Franky received a parting gift from his father, Queen. As the Going Merry sailed onward, Fujitora arrived at Crocus Island to arrest Gecko Moria and Dracule Mihawk, who prepared to leave.

• Franky showed Nami the air conditioner he built with Lina, while Nami learned Hiyori had invited the crew to Wano’s Fire Festival.
• Hiyori announced she would inherit the shogun title, then offered herself to Lina, who refused to have a child with her.
• Luffy said goodbye to Tama, and the Straw Hat Crew left Wano aboard the Going Merry.
• Queen caught up with the ship, revealed he was Franky’s biological father, and gave Franky a chest of weapons and technology.
• Fujitora ordered the Marines to arrest Gecko Moria and Dracule Mihawk near Crocus Island, while Mihawk prepared to meet the admiral.

News of Lina defeating Kaido spread as the Navy discussed new bounties and the Cross Guild’s threat. Akainu learned that the Revolutionary Army had attacked Mary Geoise, where more than a dozen floating islands were falling from the sky.

• News of the Shichibukai system’s abolition and Lina’s victory over Kaido spread across the seas, and pirates anticipated the Straw Hat Crew’s new bounties.
• Brannew reported that Mihawk and Moria had escaped capture, joined Buggy on Karai Bari Island, and formed the Cross Guild, which had placed bounties on Marine officers.
• Akainu ordered Smoker to take two Seraphim to Nine Snake Island to capture Boa Hancock.
• Akainu received an urgent call demanding reinforcements for Mary Geoise after the Revolutionary Army attacked.
• More than a dozen floating islands descended from above the clouds toward Mary Geoise.

New wanted posters brought excitement to the Straw Hat Crew’s East Blue hometowns, where old friends and local children reacted to the crew’s soaring bounties. The chapter left the villagers celebrating their heroes while Koushirou despaired over his students copying Zoro and Lina.

• At Isshin Dojo, Koushirou scolded students who imitated Zoro’s Three Sword Style and Lina’s punching as they trained beneath their wanted posters.
• In Syrup Village, the three young boys showed Kaya Usopp’s new poster, and she wondered what adventures he had experienced.
• At Baratie, Patty threw out a customer who wasted shrimp balls and kept his money as compensation.
• Carne returned to the kitchen, where the chefs worked busily beneath Sanji’s wanted poster.

Nojiko teased Arlong about Nami and Lina while Arlong fretted over Nami’s bounty poster, and Iceberg’s crew mistook Franky’s mech for his new body. On the Straw Hats’ ship, Franky celebrated his bounty increase as Sanji’s taunts drove Zoro into a fight.

• Nojiko found Arlong angrily calling Marine branches to protest Nami’s bounty photo and teased him about Lina possibly marrying Nami.
• Arlong erupted at the thought of Lina sweeping Nami away, while Nojiko left him to keep shouting.
• Iceberg and the Galley-La foremen saw Franky’s bounty poster and mistook the giant mech in its photo for Franky himself.
• Franky celebrated his new 1,060,000,000 Beli bounty, and Lina noted that his defeat of Queen explained the increase.
• Sanji taunted Zoro about being ranked number four, and Zoro drew his swords and charged at him.