Chapter Summaries

Rodney forced Violet to agree that Dressrosa would submit to him if he killed Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family executives and cleared her father's name. He prepared to unleash the anger of the people transformed into toys, setting the stage for Dressrosa to rise against Doflamingo.

• Rodney offered Violet protection and economic support in exchange for bringing Dressrosa under his rule, then declared he would take the country whether she agreed or not.
• Rodney revealed his goal of abolishing kings and used his overwhelming presence to make his determination clear.
• Violet agreed to submit Dressrosa to Rodney if he killed Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family executives and cleared her father's name.
• Rodney said Violet's brother-in-law would deal with the man who killed her sister, but Sugar's power had erased Violet's memories of her sister's husband and Rebecca's father.
• Rodney anticipated that defeating Sugar would restore the memories and freedom of the toys, whose anger would erupt into rebellion against Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family.

Rodney warned Sanji about Momonosuke and left him to carry out the plan with Violet while Rodney went to Greenbit Island. There, Rodney reunited with Fujitora and killed Doflamingo’s researcher Garibuz, provoking Doflamingo.

• Rodney told Sanji that Momonosuke was not Kin'emon's son and warned that associating with the boy could attract a Yonko's attention.
• Sanji left with Violet to follow the original plan, while Rodney headed to meet his old friend.
• On Greenbit Island, Luo, Doflamingo, and Fujitora clashed, and Fujitora summoned a meteor that the three of them dealt with in different ways.
• Rodney arrived across the water and greeted Fujitora, who said he had blinded himself because he could no longer bear the world's ugliness.
• Rodney struck Garibuz with a Chidori Senbon and detonated it, killing the researcher despite Doflamingo's objections.

Rodney defeated Doflamingo’s attempt to fight back and exposed the truth about his family and Corazon. Doflamingo escaped, while Luo asked Rodney to help him kill his former enemy.

• Rodney revealed that Dressrosa had belonged to the Donquixote Family before the Riku Family took the throne, then taunted Doflamingo about his father and Corazon.
• Doflamingo attacked Rodney, but Rodney blocked his blows; Doflamingo then fled by binding clouds with his threads and using Geppo.
• Rodney spoke with Issho and Luo, and Luo asked to use his favor to have Doflamingo captured so he could execute him himself.
• Rodney explained to Issho and Luo that Saint Donquixote Homing had abandoned his Celestial Dragon status, after which ordinary people persecuted his family.
• Luo recalled how Doflamingo killed his father and later Corazon, and how those events shaped Doflamingo’s hatred and cruelty.

Rodney rescued Nami, Brook, and Chopper from Jora’s art ability aboard the Going Merry, then exposed Momonosuke as Kozuki Oden’s son and warned the Straw Hats that Kaido was hunting him. The chapter ended with Luo drawing his sword as Momonosuke fainted in terror.

• Rodney revealed that he intended to bring down everything Doflamingo had built, then left with Luo toward the Straw Hats’ ship.
• Rodney defeated Jora aboard the Going Merry, freeing Nami, Brook, and Chopper from her Art-Art Fruit ability.
• Rodney recognized Momonosuke and accused him of hiding that he was Kozuki Oden’s son.
• Rodney warned Nami, Chopper, Momonosuke, and Luo that Kaido of the Beasts was hunting Momonosuke.
• Luo drew Kikoku and offered to help remove the troublesome passenger, and Momonosuke fainted.

Rodney explained Momonosuke’s connection to Kozuki Oden and the journey through time, then contacted Kin'emon with the revelation that Kanjuro had betrayed Oden. Kin'emon rejected Rodney’s claim, leaving the accusation unconfirmed.

• Rodney warned Luo that protecting Momonosuke could draw Kaido’s attention and explained Kozuki Oden’s history and strength.
• Rodney told the others that Momonosuke had been sent twenty years into the future and had an older sister, Hiyori.
• Nami connected Rodney to Zoro, who passed the Den Den Mushi to Kin'emon.
• Rodney told Kin'emon that Kanjuro had been a spy for Kurozumi Orochi and had betrayed Kozuki Oden.
• Kin'emon shouted that Rodney could not know what had happened and insisted that Kanjuro could not have been a spy.

Rodney warned Kin'emon that Kanjuro was a traitor, then took Momonosuke with him toward Zou and used a harsh confinement to force the boy to face his trauma. After reaching Dressrosa, Rodney entered the coliseum and reunited with his clone and Rebecca.

• Rodney told Kin'emon that Kanjuro was a spy and insulted Momonosuke, then ended the call and ordered Nami to steer the Going Merry to Dressrosa.
• Rodney disguised the Going Merry with Transformation and said Momonosuke would help him reach the Mink Tribe and its Road Poneglyph.
• Rodney sealed Momonosuke inside a soundproof wooden enclosure, while Chopper worried that the boy's mental state could worsen.
• Rodney and Luo arrived at Dressrosa and entered the coliseum after Rodney used his ability on the guards.
• Rodney's clone sensed him and left Rebecca waiting while Rodney went to meet the clone, then returned and greeted Rebecca.

Rodney entered Block C of the Corrida Colosseum tournament and spoke with Luffy, Chinjao, and Hajrudin. He learned that Hajrudin had news about Elbaf, then began a fight with him.

• Rodney met Chinjao outside the arena, and Chinjao recognized him as a major weapons seller.
• Rodney entered the arena and met Luffy, who said he had come to get the Devil Fruit for Nami.
• Rodney told Luffy he was using his real body to test himself against Hasshoken.
• Rodney asked Hajrudin about Elbaf and learned that Hajrudin had something to tell him later.
• Hajrudin challenged Rodney, and Rodney caught his punch before throwing him onto the platform with Fish-Man Karate: Mighty Shoulder Throw.

Rodney copied the Hachiya Navy’s Hasshoken and defeated Lao Cai and Abu in the arena. Chinjao challenged him next, and the two fought as Rodney continued mastering the technique.

• Rodney copied Lao Cai’s Hasshoken, then used Gentle Fist techniques to immobilize him and throw him out of the arena.
• Abu attacked Rodney with an axe, but Rodney broke it and forced him to withdraw.
• Chinjao confronted Rodney over secretly learning Hasshoken and challenged him to fight.
• Rodney and Chinjao exchanged Hasshoken blows, with Rodney countering Chinjao’s Martial Head attack using Fish-Man Karate.
• Chinjao spun across the ground with Hasshoken: Martial Head Rotation as their battle continued.

Rodney defeated Chinjao, restored his pointed head, and gained Chinjao and his grandsons as allies. He infiltrated Doflamingo’s underground toy dump to find King Riku, whose identity prompted the discarded toys to rise and salute him.

• Rodney sent Chinjao flying out of the arena, and the impact restored Chinjao’s pointed head.
• Chinjao thanked Rodney, offered his grandsons’ service, and joined Rodney’s group; Rodney withdrew from the tournament.
• Rodney regrouped with Luo and Chinjao, then disguised himself as an injured contestant to enter the underground world.
• Rodney searched the underground dump for King Riku and found him among the discarded toys.
• Rodney addressed King Riku, and the toys rose to their feet and saluted him.

Rodney persuaded King Riku to give up Dressrosa’s monarchy in exchange for a people-governed country, then climbed toward Doflamingo’s forces. He burst into Trebol and Sugar’s room, but Sugar touched his leg before he could reach her.

• Rodney told King Riku he wanted to replace royal rule with government by the people, and King Riku agreed to surrender the throne.
• Rodney burned away the slime above them, opened a passage, and told King Riku to evacuate the civilians toward the sea and ask Fujitora to help.
• Rodney climbed through Trebol’s slime and broke into the room where Trebol and Sugar were waiting.
• Trebol wrapped the passage in slime, but Rodney burst through and kicked Trebol out of the Executive Tower.
• Sugar touched Rodney’s leg before he could attack her.

Rodney captured Sugar by using a Lightning Release clone that her Devil Fruit ability could not affect, then carried her out as explosions destroyed the Donquixote Family’s underground trading site. Trebol tried to stop him, but Rodney killed him and left the factory collapsing.

• Rodney’s Lightning Release clone revealed that Sugar’s ability could not turn it into a toy, tied her up, and handed her to Rodney.
• Rodney realized that Sugar’s ability stopping could release the people she had turned into toys, then Trebol trapped Rodney’s foot with mucus and attacked.
• Rodney burned Trebol’s mucus attack and triggered explosive tags in weapons held by Donquixote Family executives, setting off blasts throughout the underground site.
• Trebol hurled a pirate ship at Rodney, but Rodney’s Susanoo shielded him from the impact.
• Trebol insisted that he would not let Rodney interfere with Doflamingo’s plan, so Rodney pierced him with a black beam and burned him with black flames.

Rodney exposed Sugar’s role in Doflamingo’s rule over Dressrosa and knocked her unconscious, reversing the Hobby-Hobby Fruit’s effects. The people returned to their human forms and their loved ones remembered them, plunging the country into chaos as Issho sensed the upheaval.

• Doflamingo worried that Rodney’s disappearance made his plans uncertain and vowed to face him.
• Rodney brought Sugar to Issho and explained that her Hobby-Hobby Fruit had turned people into toys and erased everyone’s memories of them.
• Issho accepted Rodney’s account and asked how the victims could be restored.
• Rodney knocked Sugar unconscious, causing the toys across Dressrosa to regain their human bodies and people to recover their memories.
• Dressrosa erupted into chaos, and Issho’s Observation Haki covered the country as his expression darkened.

Doflamingo learned that Sugar’s victims had returned to human form and unleashed the Birdcage to destroy Dressrosa and control its people. Rodney confronted him at the Royal Palace as Doflamingo demanded to know why he had driven him into a corner.

• Dressrosa’s former toys reunited with their families, while pirates sought revenge and Marines and World Government officials prepared to expose Doflamingo’s crimes.
• Doflamingo created a string clone, spread the Birdcage over Dressrosa, ordered the Donquixote Family to destroy the country, and offered bounties for Rodney and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Rodney sent a clone away with Sugar, but Issho chose to trust him and led the Marines to rescue civilians.
• Rodney reached the Royal Palace and dodged Doflamingo’s attack, then confronted him as Doflamingo accused him of driving him into a corner.

Rodney fought Doflamingo on the King's Plateau, using ninjutsu and clones to evade Doflamingo and Pica's attacks. Zoro arrived by accident, and Rodney unleashed a lightning dragon that badly injured Doflamingo, who remained standing and prepared to fight for his life.

• Rodney attacked Doflamingo, but Doflamingo blocked him with threads and fired Bullet String at him.
• Pica trapped Rodney in stone so Doflamingo could attack, but Rodney revealed that Pica had caught his substitute while his real body had turned invisible.
• Zoro wandered out of a lookout tower, recognized Rodney and Doflamingo, and drew his swords to join the fight.
• Rodney created a clone to face Doflamingo and used Wood Release, Earth Release, and Fire Release attacks to pressure him.
• Rodney covered Dressrosa with storm clouds and warned Zoro to leave before launching Storm Release: Azure Dragon Break at Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo survived the lightning dragon with his body protected by threads and Armament Haki, but his coat was destroyed and he coughed up blood.

Rodney fought Doflamingo across the King's Plateau, then revealed his Sage Mode could absorb Natural Energy and strengthen his Wood Release. He trapped Doflamingo in a burning forest, leaving him to consider using a powerful move to defeat Rodney.

• Rodney fought Doflamingo, slammed him into the King's Plateau, and continued pursuing him after Doflamingo survived inside a cocoon.
• Rodney called out Pica's true location, and Zoro split Pica and his rock giant in two.
• Doflamingo fled using string puppets and traps, but Rodney tracked him with Sage Mode and attacked with Susanoo.
• Rodney discovered that Hashirama Cells let him absorb Natural Energy in Sage Mode and make his Wood Release stronger.
• Rodney created a vast forest, bombarded Doflamingo with wooden spikes, and set the forest ablaze, trapping him in a sea of fire.

Rodney fought Doflamingo across the burning forest and city, countering his awakened string powers with increasingly powerful techniques. Rodney’s Complete Form Susanoo overwhelmed Doflamingo, who accepted defeat before Rodney’s final strike killed him.

• Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit and attacked Rodney with Armament Haki-coated strings, but Rodney defended himself with Susanoo and cut through the strings.
• Doflamingo trapped Rodney in a contracting wave of strings, but Rodney flooded Susanoo with Chakra and burst free.
• Doflamingo used strings to buy time for his ultimate attack, while Rodney countered with Amaterasu, Great Eruption, and Light Fang.
• Doflamingo launched Sixteen Holy Bullets: Divine Departure, but Rodney summoned Complete Form Susanoo and destroyed the attack with a sword slash.
• Doflamingo recalled his painful past, admitted that Rodney had won, and declared that the era belonged to him.
• Rodney struck Doflamingo with Susanoo: Elbaf Spear: Great Eruption, swallowing him in the sword aura and leaving a massive crater.

After killing Doflamingo, Rodney helped rebuild Dressrosa and declared that the Riku Family would keep its royal title but lose its authority. As the people began considering a future in which they controlled their own destinies, Issho secretly waited to see how Rodney would respond to the Marines’ arrival.

• Rodney and Issho filled the massive pit left by Rodney’s attack with rubble and earth, then planted trees over it.
• Rodney admitted he had killed Doflamingo, and Issho pretended to challenge him before feigning defeat and leading the Marines away.
• King Riku offered Dressrosa to Rodney, but Rodney rejected ruling it and announced that the Riku Family would retain its title without royal authority.
• Rodney called for Robin, Reiju, and administrators from Aviledon, then urged Dressrosa’s people to unite and take responsibility for their country.
• Issho secretly watched Rodney’s plans and told the Marines to report that he was too injured to fight when Vice Admiral Tsuru and Inspector General Sengoku arrived.

Rodney helped Dressrosa recover after Doflamingo’s defeat and recruited the Hachiya Navy and Hajrudin’s Giant Warrior Pirates into his command. The new allies departed to handle their own affairs, while Rodney warned Chinjao to bring a physician to the Erbao Navy.

• Rodney created wooden houses for Dressrosa’s displaced residents and assigned Chopper, Big Slug Sister, and Mansherry to help treat them.
• Chopper told Rodney that Momonosuke had grown braver and wanted to become a man like his father.
• Chinjao, Hajrudin, and the Hachiya Navy asked to join Rodney, and the Hachiya Navy and Giant Warrior Pirates sealed their allegiance with sworn-son’s sake.
• Rodney rejected the other pirates and told Hajrudin to persuade Dorry and Brogy to compete by contributing to Elbaf.
• Hajrudin left to pursue his plans, and Chinjao departed to address the Hachiya and Erbao Navies’ marriage alliance.
• Rodney advised Chinjao to bring the best physician to the Erbao Navy, anticipating that Lao Cai’s fiancée would beat him badly.

Rodney organized Dressrosa’s reconstruction and political reforms while Robin, Reiju, and his clones handled laws, supplies, and security. At a banquet with the Straw Hat Pirates, Kin'emon and Kanjuro confronted Rodney over Shusui, and Rodney challenged them to prove their strength rather than return the sword.

• Rodney and Robin coordinated Dressrosa’s rebuilding, revised laws, reassured citizens, and planned a council to limit the king’s authority.
• Reiju began removing Doflamingo’s remaining underlings, and Tesoro’s supplies were expected to arrive the next day.
• Rodney learned that Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates had stayed to help Dressrosa, then joined their banquet with Robin.
• Momonosuke thanked Rodney for helping him overcome his fear, but Rodney mocked him, and Momonosuke turned into a small dragon when frightened.
• Kin'emon and Kanjuro recognized Shusui and accused Rodney of stealing Wano Country’s national treasure.
• Sanji explained that Silvers Rayleigh had given Rodney the sword, but Rodney refused to return it and challenged the samurai to fight for it.

Rodney defeated Kin'emon in a brief sword fight and exposed Kanjuro as the traitor who had served Kurozumi Orochi. After Rodney revealed that Orochi was only a disguise, Kin'emon resolved to take Kanjuro back to Wano, and Rodney set his sights on Zou.

• Kin'emon attacked Rodney with Flaming Willow Flash, but Rodney copied the technique and quickly disarmed him.
• Rodney subdued Kanjuro, stabbed him, and used an illusion to make him confess his betrayal.
• Kin'emon stopped Momonosuke from killing Kanjuro, but Momonosuke stabbed him repeatedly before Kanjuro broke free of the illusion.
• Rodney disguised himself as Kurozumi Orochi, tricked Kanjuro into believing his mission was complete, then revealed the deception.
• Kin'emon said Kanjuro would be taken back to Wano and killed before Kozuki Oden's grave, while Rodney planned to go to Zou and contact Ace about Izou.