Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Mai intercepted Vice Admiral Dalmatian and Colonel Hina’s Marine warships while traveling aboard Akainu’s stolen vessel. After Hina attacked and Dalmatian insulted him, Mai wounded Dalmatian and took another ship, leaving Akainu to withdraw with the injured Vice Admiral.

• Uchiha Mai steered his ship toward two nearby Marine warships, while Dalmatian and Hina ordered their crews to fire on the approaching vessel.
• The cannonballs failed to hit Mai’s ship, and Akainu recognized his former flagship and ordered the Marines to stop firing.
• Mai introduced himself and his companions as Akatsuki, but Hina attacked and Mai restrained her with Seastone handcuffs.
• Mai reminded Akainu that Marines had damaged the ship’s power system and said he would requisition one of the two warships.
• When Dalmatian insulted Mai, Mai severed one of his arms, then boarded a warship with his companions as Akainu helped Dalmatian retreat.

Uchiha Mai captured Hina and forced her Marines to sail with Akatsuki, while revealing a plan to use Doflamingo to learn about the Celestial Dragons and their secrets. At Marineford, Akainu returned wounded and told Sengoku that Akatsuki’s leader, Uchiha Mai, had attacked him.

• Akainu abandoned Hina and the Marines on Uchiha Mai’s ship, while Hina urged her subordinates to flee.
• Uchiha Mai kept Hina and the Marines captive, and Hina abandoned thoughts of escape after seeing him raise the sea to destroy pirates.
• Uchiha Mai told Hina that Akatsuki sought Sky Island and let slip that they were acting for Doffy, prompting Hina to listen for more intelligence.
• Uchiha Mai decided to use Donquixote Doflamingo to uncover secrets about the Celestial Dragons and their ultimate weapon.
• Akainu returned to Marineford, where Garp mocked his condition and Sengoku asked what had happened.
• Akainu told Sengoku that Uchiha Mai and Akatsuki had attacked him while he pursued pirates before reaching Loguetown.

After Akainu reported his defeat by Uchiha Mai, the Marines prepared to hunt the Akatsuki as news of the group spread across the world. In Loguetown, Smoker confronted the Straw Hat Crew, and Kisame Hoshigaki unleashed a flood to help them escape.

• Akainu told Sengoku that Uchiha Mai had overwhelmed him with ice and snow, and Sengoku decided the Marines would issue bounties and seek an opportunity to destroy the Akatsuki.
• The news and bounty posters reached Mihawk, Shanks, Whitebeard, and Smoker, who was shocked that Uchiha Mai had defeated Akainu.
• The Straw Hat Crew read the report in Loguetown, and Zoro resolved to challenge Uchiha Mai after becoming a stronger swordsman.
• Smoker led Marines to arrest Luffy and his crew at a restaurant, while Kisame Hoshigaki offered to cover their escape.
• Smoker charged the Straw Hat Crew, and Kisame Hoshigaki used Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave to flood the restaurant and engulf the Marines.

Sengoku learned that Kisame Hoshigaki had defeated Smoker in Loguetown and that Uchiha Mai’s three-billion-Beli bounty had stirred up the seas. Near Jaya Island, Mai unleashed a massive wave to destroy attacking pirate ships, leaving Hina devastated as the tsunami swallowed ships and islands.

• Sengoku ordered Smoker to hold Loguetown, then learned Smoker and Tashigi had already pursued the Straw Hat crew into the Grand Line.
• Sengoku explained that the Marines had placed a three-billion-Beli bounty on Uchiha Mai after the Akatsuki wore stolen Marine coats and injured Akainu.
• Hina commanded the Marines to defend their warship from pirates attacking Uchiha Mai’s group near Jaya Island.
• After learning the next Knock-Up Stream would arrive in two days, Uchiha Mai created a towering wave despite Hina’s warning that it could hit distant islands.
• Uchiha Mai sent the wave crashing into the pirate ships, and Hina collapsed in tears as the tsunami swallowed ships and islands.

Hina reported Uchiha Mai’s immense power and suspected connection to Donquixote Doflamingo, leaving Sengoku unsure how the Marines should respond. Mai prepared to travel to Sky Island, then returned to Konoha to recruit subordinates while Tsunade stayed behind with their young son.

• Hina reported that Mai had created a towering wave and mentioned his connection to Donquixote Doflamingo, so Sengoku ordered her to remain undercover and gather intelligence.
• Sengoku updated the Straw Hat Crew’s bounties, promoted Hatake Kakashi, and weighed the risks of confronting the Akatsuki.
• Mai sent Marines ashore for supplies and prepared to ride the Knock-Up Stream toward Sky Island.
• Mai read the newspaper, saw the Straw Hat Crew’s new bounties and reports of the Red Force entering Whitebeard’s territory, and decided to recruit help from Konoha.
• Mai reunited with Tsunade, who refused to leave their son Ikki, then gave an Anbu a list of potential recruits to check for availability.

Uchiha Mai gathered Hatake Sakumo, Konan, Namikaze Minato, and Kakuzu for a mission in the Pirate World, where Kakashi was already serving as a Navy commander. The group prepared to cross over, and Sakumo learned he would arrive separately in the East Blue and become a pirate.

• Uchiha Mai told Hatake Sakumo that Kakashi was safe, had been promoted to commander, and needed reinforcements, so Sakumo agreed to join the mission.
• Uchiha Mai chose Orochimaru, Konan, Namikaze Minato, and Kakuzu to accompany him to the Pirate World.
• Uchiha Mai comforted Konan by reminding her to live for the future, and she agreed to join the mission.
• Namikaze Minato said goodbye to Kushina and Naruto, then returned to join the group, while Kakuzu eagerly accepted the chance to hunt bounties.
• Uchiha Mai explained the Pirate World to the assembled group and told Hatake Sakumo he would arrive in the East Blue and become a pirate.

Uchiha Mai brought Konan and Namikaze Minato to Sky Island to train, while Sakumo Hatake reached Loguetown and confronted his son Kakashi. Their battle began as Kakashi struggled to balance his duty as a Marine with helping his father escape.

• Uchiha Mai explained his summoning ability to Hina and took the group aboard the Knock-Up Stream to Sky Island, where Konan and Namikaze Minato began adapting and training.
• Sakumo Hatake settled in Foosha Village, then sailed to Loguetown in a boat bearing a pirate flag and the Hatake clan crest.
• Kakashi recognized his clan crest on the boat and went to the Execution Platform, where he found Sakumo and learned his father had become a pirate.
• Sakumo criticized the Marines and the Seven Warlords before challenging Kakashi to fight.
• Sakumo and Kakashi clashed with their blades, and Kakashi used Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet as he tried to let his father escape without revealing his intentions.

Kakashi fought his father, Hatake Sakumo, in Loguetown and wounded him before Sakumo escaped toward the Grand Line. Kakashi pursued him with a warship, leaving Loguetown without a commanding officer again and giving Sengoku another crisis at Marine Headquarters.

• Kakashi used his Chidori Phoenix Assault to wound Hatake Sakumo, who praised his son before fleeing toward the harbor.
• Kakashi ordered the Marines to pursue Sakumo and sailed after him aboard Loguetown's warship.
• Loguetown's remaining Marines contacted Marine Headquarters to report that Kakashi had chased his father toward the Grand Line.
• Sengoku learned Kakashi had wounded his pirate father and left Loguetown, then smashed his desk in frustration.

Uchiha Mai took his group to Upper Yard after realizing Enel had forced Conis to lure them into a trap. Konan began fighting Enel, whose Mantra Uchiha Mai had secretly disrupted, and left the self-proclaimed god struggling against her paper attacks.

• Sengoku struggled to choose a Marine commander for Loguetown while dealing with the investigation into Uchiha Mai and Donquixote Doflamingo.
• At the Pumpkin Cafe, Conis anxiously asked Uchiha Mai when he would visit Upper Yard, and he agreed to go that day.
• Uchiha Mai gathered Master Minato, Konan, Might Guy, Shizune, and Hina, then followed Conis toward Upper Yard.
• The captain of the guards shoved Conis aside and led the group to Enel, who announced that they had fallen into his trap and unleashed God's Judgment.
• Konan attacked Enel with a Paper Clone, survived his lightning strike, and used Paper Shuriken and Explosive Tags to overwhelm him.

Konan overwhelmed Enel by evading his lightning attacks with paper clones and ultimately sealing him in a compressed sphere of folded paper. Enel remained trapped as the watching ninjas and Hina reacted to Konan’s technique.

• Uchiha Mai explained that Enel’s drums were not Sharingan tomoe and that blocking his Mantra had greatly weakened his fighting ability.
• Enel unleashed increasingly powerful lightning attacks and struck Konan’s paper clones, but none of them harmed her.
• Uchiha Mai told Konan to stop playing, and she revealed that her paper carried Armament Haki to prevent Enel from turning into lightning.
• Konan used the Paper Person of God Technique: Pseudo-Planetary Devastation to wrap Enel in folded paper and compress him into a floating black sphere.
• Hina asked whether Konan had eaten a Paper-Paper Fruit, while Master Minato suspected Enel would suffocate inside the sphere.

Uchiha Mai turned Shandora’s gold into a vast circuit to power a Sky Island, then forced Enel to join Akatsuki as its power source. The chapter ended with Enel realizing he had been made into a living generator.

• Uchiha Mai led his group into the jungle to Shandora and decided to use the Sky Island as a base.
• Uchiha Mai melted Shandora’s golden city and shaped the gold into circuits buried throughout the Sky Island.
• Uchiha Mai returned to the Ark Maxim and designed generating units and a propulsion system for the Sky Island.
• Uchiha Mai released Enel from Konan’s paper ball, stopped his escape with lightning, and invited him to join Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Mai defeated Enel with repeated lightning strikes and assigned him to power the Sky Island from a small house beside the generating units.

Uchiha Mai and Minato arrived in Dressrosa disguised as Akatsuki members and invited Donquixote Doflamingo to become the organization's next leader. When they revealed that the Akatsuki wanted to destroy the world, Doflamingo attacked, and Minato struck him with a Rasengan.

• After Hina and the Marines left Sky Island, Uchiha Mai and Minato departed in disguises, with Mai posing as Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• In Dressrosa, Doflamingo agreed to meet two Akatsuki members who appeared before him using their mysterious ability.
• Mai, disguised as Sarutobi Hiruzen, invited Doflamingo to become a candidate to lead the Akatsuki and said the organization aimed to destroy the world.
• Doflamingo, suspicious but shaken by the revelation that the Akatsuki shared his ambition, attacked the visitors with strings.
• Minato moved faster than Doflamingo and hit him with a Rasengan, sending him crashing into the palace wall.

Sarutobi Uchiha Mai Hiruzen and Minato forced Donquixote Doflamingo to consider becoming the Akatsuki’s leader, using their power and knowledge of the Celestial Dragons’ secret to secure his cooperation. Doflamingo accepted the arrangement and received a Cloth, while Hiruzen assigned Minato to serve him and requested Monet as compensation for Uchiha Mai.

• Minato battered Donquixote Doflamingo with Rasengan attacks, and Sarutobi Uchiha Mai Hiruzen used gravity to pull him in and explain the Akatsuki’s leadership test.
• Sarutobi Uchiha Mai Hiruzen demonstrated his power, promised Doflamingo greater strength, and revealed that the Akatsuki knew the Celestial Dragons’ secret.
• Doflamingo agreed to cooperate after Hiruzen offered Akatsuki support, including agents and an arrangement for him to join Shanks’s crew.
• Sarutobi Uchiha Mai Hiruzen gave Doflamingo an antique box containing a Cloth and explained its fabricated history and power.
• Sarutobi Uchiha Mai Hiruzen gave Doflamingo clothes and a ring, assigned Minato to follow his orders, and requested that Monet be sent to Uchiha Mai as compensation.

Uchiha Mai took Monet from Donquixote Doflamingo after Doflamingo agreed to send her to Akatsuki in exchange for gaining power and influence. Doflamingo acquired the Unicorn Bronze Cloth and resolved to test his new strength, though he still feared Imu.

• Donquixote Doflamingo dismissed Monet from the Donquixote Family and told her that joining Akatsuki under Uchiha Mai would benefit him.
• Monet agreed to leave with Uchiha Mai after learning that Doflamingo wanted her to go, and Uchiha Mai erased her memories of him.
• Donquixote Doflamingo opened the bronze box and received the Unicorn Constellation Cloth, which filled him with power.
• Donquixote Doflamingo considered testing his strength against his enemies but still hesitated to challenge Imu and the Celestial Dragons.

Donquixote Doflamingo used the Akatsuki’s information to find Gecko Moria, intending to test his new power on him. He reached Thriller Bark and confronted Moria, while a skeleton nearby watched in surprise.

• Donquixote Doflamingo used Demonic Illusion: Mirage to contact Uchiha Mai and asked for Gecko Moria’s location.
• Uchiha Mai told Donquixote Doflamingo that Moria was hiding in the Florian Triangle and sent him the location.
• Uchiha Mai privately noted that Doflamingo had fallen for his deception, while Monet served him and Shizune watched resentfully.
• Donquixote Doflamingo traveled across the New World and reached the Florian Triangle several days later.
• Donquixote Doflamingo boarded Thriller Bark and declared that he would kill Gecko Moria.
• A skeleton on a nearby wrecked ship saw Donquixote Doflamingo arrive and remarked that the sight had frightened him despite already being dead.

Donquixote Doflamingo attacked Gecko Moria on Thriller Bark and overwhelmed him with the defensive power of the Unicorn Cloth. As Doflamingo closed in to exploit Moria’s defeat, Moria absorbed the shadows under his control and unleashed Shadow Asgard.

• Perona recognized Donquixote Doflamingo and fled to warn Gecko Moria, who decided to fight him on Thriller Bark.
• Moria sent the Shadow Mage and his Shadow Box after Doflamingo, but Doflamingo’s Unicorn Cloth withstood the attacks.
• Doflamingo kicked Moria into a wall, making him spit blood, while Perona rushed off to pack her bags and flee.
• Doflamingo considered using Moria’s death to create a vacancy among the Seven Warlords for Namikaze Minato.
• Moria absorbed the shadows under his control and shouted, "Shadow Asgard!"

Doflamingo killed Gecko Moria and destroyed Thriller Bark, while Brook regained his shadow. On Sky Island, Uchiha Mai read news of the Straw Hat crew’s victory over Crocodile and learned that Orochimaru had joined the Navy.

• Doflamingo used the Unicorn Cloth’s speed and threads to cut down Moria despite his Shadow Asgard transformation.
• Doflamingo destroyed Thriller Bark with Bullet String, and Brook celebrated getting his shadow back.
• Might Guy brought Uchiha Mai a newspaper on Sky Island, where Mai read that the Straw Hat crew had defeated Crocodile and received new bounties.
• Uchiha Mai noted that Zoro had learned Haki and wondered whether Agumon’s transformation had failed.
• Uchiha Mai read that Doflamingo had killed Moria and that Orochimaru had voluntarily joined the Navy.

Uchiha Mai reviewed his allies’ positions and decided to disrupt Kaido’s dealings with Donquixote Doflamingo to gain more manpower and make Doflamingo more eager to join the Akatsuki. He prepared to target Kaido while leaving the Marines, Whitebeard, and Shanks untouched before the Summit War.

• Mai considered Orochimaru’s undercover mission to obtain Vegapunk’s research and Kakuzu’s prospects as a bounty hunter and future Seven Warlord.
• Mai noted that Kakashi had become a Marine commander at Headquarters while Hatake Sakumo was in Sabaody, and he planned to direct Sakumo toward a new target.
• Mai learned that Kisame had become the Straw Hat Pirates’ third-in-command and that the crew was fighting the Haki-using G-3 Branch.
• Mai considered Minato’s offer to join the Seven Warlords and decided he would be more useful remaining beside Donquixote Doflamingo as a spy.
• Mai decided to make trouble for Kaido by disrupting his trade with Doflamingo, which included seastone, liquor iron ore, Artificial Devil Fruits, and Numbers.

Uchiha Mai took his crew to Wano Country aboard a floating Sky Island, where Might Guy fought King and Mai headed for Onigashima. The chapter ended with Mai preparing to confront Kaido.

• Uchiha Mai ordered Enel to power the Sky Island as the group set course for Wano Country.
• Vice Captain Lewis and the prisoners saw the Sky Island pass over their mining camp, and King flew up to investigate.
• Uchiha Mai challenged Might Guy to fight King, and Might Guy knocked King from the air before defeating him with the Eight Gates.
• Monet spotted Onigashima, and Uchiha Mai ordered Enel to speed the Sky Island toward it.
• Uchiha Mai declared that he would grant Kaido’s wish to die.

Uchiha Mai confronted Kaido on Onigashima while Might Guy battled King in Wano Country. Guy defeated King with the Seventh Gate’s Daytime Tiger, while Mai stood face-to-face with Kaido.

• Monet shielded Uchiha Mai from Kaido’s wind blades, but Mai told her that Kaido was his prey.
• Uchiha Mai approached Kaido under overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, forcing Kaido to return to human form as the Beasts Pirates’ officers struggled to remain conscious.
• In Wano Country, King transformed into his human-beast form and struck Might Guy, who had opened the Sixth Gate.
• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and unleashed Daytime Tiger, whose shockwave struck King’s internal organs and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Might Guy felt the Seventh Gate’s physical side effects after King fell.