Recaps

Xi Yan built a house with Wood Release so Law could treat the children in private, while Buffalo and Baby-5 discovered that the Straw Hat Pirates and Marines had survived Punk Hazard’s explosion. Doflamingo ordered them to watch the survivors as he headed to the island himself.

• Xi Yan told Nami that Law could remove the toxins from the children, and Law asked for a private room where he could treat them without interruption.
• Xi Yan used Wood Release: Four Pillar House Technique to raise a large house from the rubble, and Nami led the children there for treatment.
• Buffalo and Baby-5 contacted Doflamingo, who told them that Monet had died after activating the island’s self-destruct device.
• Buffalo and Baby-5 flew back to Punk Hazard and saw that the Straw Hat Pirates, Marines, and cruise ship had survived the explosion.
• Doflamingo ordered Buffalo and Baby-5 to keep watch over the survivors and said he was coming to kill them himself.

Kin'emon awoke on Punk Hazard and learned that an explosion had destroyed much of the island, leaving him convinced that Momonosuke might be dead. Brook suggested Momonosuke could have survived in a protected part of the laboratory, and Kin'emon began questioning Caesar for clues to his location.

• Usopp and the others discovered Kin'emon alive, and Kin'emon realized the dragon he had fought was not Momonosuke.
• Usopp and Sanji told Kin'emon that a terrible explosion had reduced Punk Hazard to ruins, making him fear Momonosuke had died.
• Brook suggested Momonosuke might have survived in a blast shelter, and Sanji stopped Kin'emon from searching the ruins without a plan.
• Usopp and Sanji proposed asking Caesar about the laboratory, and Kin'emon threatened Caesar with his sword to demand Momonosuke's location.
• Caesar recognized Momonosuke as the samurai-haired boy who had refused the poisonous candy, giving Kin'emon hope that he had avoided being poisoned.

Kin'emon learned that Momonosuke might be in the underground Scrapyard, and Merry, Brook, and Zoro went to search for him. As Law began treating the poisoned children, Perona and Xi Yan prepared to confront two of Joker's approaching subordinates.

• Caesar told Kin'emon that Momonosuke had entered the secret room and might have reached the underground Scrapyard, though he had not found him there.
• Kin'emon, Brook, Merry, and Zoro flew to the research facility to search for Momonosuke, while Robin sent Zoro along because she feared Kin'emon's reaction if his son had died.
• Sanji and Usopp prepared Okama Cuisine as Luffy waited eagerly for the food.
• Law refused Chopper's offer to assist and entered the building to treat the children, while Nami and Chopper stayed behind to protect it.
• Xi Yan identified Buffalo and Baby-5 as Joker's subordinates, and Perona agreed to confront them while Law asked that they be left alive.

Baby-5 and Buffalo found Caesar captured by the Straw Hat Crew and confronted Perona when she discovered them in the sky. Perona’s ghosts overwhelmed the pair, but Baby-5 and Buffalo remained conscious and tried to escape while waiting for Doflamingo.

• Baby-5 spotted Caesar in Sea Stone handcuffs with the Straw Hat Crew, and she and Buffalo decided to keep watch until Doflamingo arrived.
• Perona flew up to confront Baby-5 and Buffalo, then revealed that physical attacks passed through her ghostly body.
• Baby-5 and Buffalo tried to attack Perona with a cannon and a spinning sickle, but neither attack could hit her.
• Perona sent exploding ghosts after the pair, blasting them and sending them tumbling toward the ground.
• Baby-5 realized the ghosts could not be touched and told Buffalo to escape while she covered him with a smoke screen.

Baby-5 and Buffalo attacked the Straw Hats but were defeated by Perona’s Negative Ghosts and captured. As Law treated the children inside the research facility, Brook, Merry, Zoro, and Kin'emon searched the ruins for Kin'emon’s son, Momonosuke.

• Baby-5 used an exploding cannonball to cover her and Buffalo’s escape, but Perona sent Negative Ghosts after them and they fell into the sea.
• Perona ordered Marines to rescue and imprison Baby-5 and Buffalo, and Xi Yan identified them as Joker’s subordinates.
• Chopper claimed Law had cut the children apart, but Xi Yan explained that Law’s ability could separate people without killing them and was likely part of removing their toxins.
• Brook, Merry, Zoro, and Kin'emon located the Scrapyard beneath the research facility ruins and began searching for Momonosuke.
• Merry moved wreckage while Zoro and Kin'emon used Observation Haki to check for survivors, and Brook sent his soul underground to search.

Brook found Momonosuke’s mangled corpse beneath the ruins, and Kin'emon broke down after seeing that the young master was dead. Meanwhile, Law finished treating the children, and Nami agreed to entrust them to the Marines before Smoker warned the pirates to leave Punk Hazard quickly.

• Brook found a body with a samurai topknot and told Kin'emon that Momonosuke might be dead.
• Merry cleared the wreckage, revealing Momonosuke’s corpse, and Kin'emon rushed to embrace it and sob.
• Law told Nami that he had removed the children’s toxins, though they would need time and long-term care to recover.
• Nami agreed to let the Marines take the children after the Vice Captain promised they would be safely returned home and treated.
• The Vice Captain relayed Smoker’s warning that the Straw Hat Pirates should leave Punk Hazard as soon as possible.
• Law suggested Smoker might arrive soon, and Nami and Xi Yan left the decision about what to do to Luffy.

Luffy and the others shared Sanji’s food with Tea Beard, the children, and the Marines while Law postponed explaining his plans for Doflamingo. After eating, Law confronted Baby-5 and Buffalo, and the chapter ended as he used ROOM and Shambles against them.

• Tea Beard decided to leave with the Marines, and Luffy invited him to join the meal.
• Sanji served soup and dragon meat to the group, including the children and Marines, while Xi Yan reassured Law that they did not need to fear Smoker.
• Law said he planned to use Baby-5 and Buffalo to send Doflamingo a message but would explain his larger plan later.
• Law approached Baby-5 and Buffalo, and his anger flared when Baby-5 questioned why he had betrayed Doflamingo.
• Buffalo warned Law that Doflamingo would kill him, so Law activated ROOM and Shambles.

The Marines escorted the rescued children away, but broke down in tears as they admitted how much the Straw Hat Pirates had helped them. As the children sailed off, the crew waited for Merry and the others to return, and Law asked to leave before Doflamingo or Smoker arrived.

• The Vice Captain arranged for the Marines to escort the children aboard the cruise ship while the others waited for Smoker.
• The Marines tried to keep the children from seeing the Straw Hat Pirates, but Mocha and Laide praised the pirates for saving them and reuniting them with their families.
• The Vice Captain and Marines broke down crying as they recalled how the Straw Hat Pirates had repeatedly saved them.
• The children thanked the pirates, promised they would become pirates, and waved goodbye as the cruise ship departed.
• The Straw Hat Pirates noticed Merry and the others had not returned, and Perona flew off to check before spotting them coming back.
• Law asked Luffy if they could leave, and Luffy agreed to depart once Merry returned and released the Thousand Sunny.

After Momonosuke’s death, Kin'emon joined the Straw Hat Pirates as they set sail for Wano Country, where he intended to bury the boy. He revealed that Momonosuke had been Wano Country’s shogun’s son and that they had fled because of Kaido.

• Kin'emon grieved over Momonosuke’s death, and Sanji urged him to decide where to bury the boy.
• Xi Yan told the crew that Moria might be in Wano Country, and Luffy promised Perona they would look for him while pursuing Kaido.
• Kin'emon agreed to travel with the Straw Hat Pirates so he could take Momonosuke’s body home, and Sanji gave him food.
• The crew launched the Thousand Sunny and sailed away from Punk Hazard to avoid the approaching pursuers and Smoker.
• Kin'emon explained that he and Momonosuke came from Wano Country, where Momonosuke was the shogun’s son, and that they had fled because of Kaido.

After Xi Yan challenged Kin'emon’s intention to die for failing to protect Momonosuke, Kin'emon decided to stay alive and join the effort to defeat Kaido. He entrusted Momonosuke’s body to Merry’s Sealing Scroll and learned that Law had taken Caesar to make a call to their opponent.

• Kin'emon planned to return Momonosuke’s body to Wano and commit seppuku, but Xi Yan urged him to consider a better purpose for his life.
• Kin'emon suspected Gecko Moria was actually Kouzuki Moria, a surviving heir to Wano’s shogun bloodline, and decided to join Luffy in subjugating Kaido.
• Sanji suggested preserving Momonosuke’s body, and Merry sealed it in a scroll before storing it in her Space Pocket.
• Kin'emon thanked Merry for safeguarding Momonosuke’s body and resumed eating so he could stay strong for the fight.
• Xi Yan revealed that Law had taken Caesar to the Orange Tree area to call their opponent.

Law forced Doflamingo to choose between resigning from the Shichibukai and losing Caesar, while secretly plotting a response. As the Straw Hats sailed toward Dressrosa, Law revealed that their opponent was Doflamingo, and the crew rode a Sea Slope toward their next destination.

• Doflamingo found Baby-5 and Buffalo on a raft, rescued them, and discovered Law had left a bomb and a Den Den Mushi for him.
• Law demanded that Doflamingo resign from the Shichibukai by the next morning or Caesar would die, using Doflamingo's deal with Kaido as leverage.
• Doflamingo told Baby-5 and Buffalo to head to Punk Hazard to find their bodies and secretly began planning how to answer Law's demand.
• Law told the Straw Hats that their destination was Dressrosa, where Kin'emon said he had a capable samurai companion.
• Nami spotted a changing current, and Merry guided the ship safely down a Sea Slope as Luffy enjoyed the ride.
• Law explained that he had called Joker, identified as Shichibukai Doflamingo, and the Straw Hats reacted with shock.

Law explained his plan to weaken Kaido by cutting off Doflamingo’s SMILE trade, using Caesar as leverage to make Doflamingo resign from the Shichibukai. He aimed to exploit the Navy and Kaido’s pressure on Doflamingo while the alliance infiltrated Dressrosa and destroyed the SMILE Factory.

• Law explained that Doflamingo acted as the middleman for Kaido’s SMILE trade, which supplied the Beast Pirates with artificial Devil Fruit users.
• Law revealed that the Beast Pirates had about five hundred SMILE users and that Caesar produced the S.A.D. needed to make more.
• Law said the alliance needed to destroy the SMILE Factory in Dressrosa, and Xi Yan knocked Caesar unconscious to keep him from revealing the plan.
• Law explained that he would demand Doflamingo resign from the Shichibukai in exchange for Caesar, leaving him exposed to the Navy while the alliance destroyed the Factory.

Law revealed his grudge against Doflamingo and explained how the Straw Hat Pirates would destroy the Factory while he lured Doflamingo away. The group accepted that their alliance had no turning back, and Chopper treated Caesar so he would survive until the plan began.

• Xi Yan inferred that Law held a grudge against Doflamingo, and Law admitted Doflamingo had killed Corazon.
• Law explained that he had planned to handle Doflamingo himself while the Straw Hat Pirates secretly destroyed the Factory; Luffy said he would help Law fight Doflamingo.
• Law told the group they were already enemies with Doflamingo because they had kidnapped Caesar, and he promised to disclose the full plan.
• Law explained that he would lure Doflamingo away from Dressrosa with Caesar while the Straw Hat Pirates destroyed the Factory, leaving Doflamingo exposed to Kaido and the Marines.
• Xi Yan explained that Law could remove Caesar's heart, allowing Law to return Caesar while still controlling his fate; Law confirmed he intended to kill Caesar eventually.
• Chopper said he did not care whether Caesar lived or died, but treated him so he would survive until the plan began.

Xi Yan and Law finalized their plan to draw Doflamingo away while infiltrating Dressrosa and destroying the Artificial Devil Fruit Factory, then discussed preparations for possible trouble at sea. Law named Zou as the rendezvous point, and Kin'emon revealed that one of his companions was there.

• Law chose the safest plan for dealing with Doflamingo, and Xi Yan assigned Law to draw him away while the others infiltrated Dressrosa.
• Luffy insisted on joining the infiltration, and Xi Yan agreed on the condition that he stay with the group; Usopp tried to avoid going ashore.
• Law expected Doflamingo to resign as a Shichibukai to protect Caesar from Kaido, while Xi Yan and the others prepared for a possible encounter with Doflamingo's crew.
• Zoro learned that two of Doflamingo's High-ranking Cadres used swords, then fought with Sanji until Nami knocked them both down.
• Law gave Nami a Vivre Card and named Zou as the rendezvous point, prompting Kin'emon to reveal that one of his companions was there.

Law asked the Straw Hat Pirates for help confronting Doflamingo, and Robin and Usopp agreed to accompany him while Nami stayed aboard to coordinate support. As the crew escaped dangerous hail aboard the flying Thousand Sunny, Doflamingo arrived at Punk Hazard and was confronted by Vice Admiral Smoker.

• Kin'emon told Xi Yan and the Straw Hat Pirates that his companions were fellow escapees from Wano, and Luffy agreed to help him find them on the way to Zou.
• Law asked Robin and another Straw Hat to support his plan to use Caesar to negotiate with Doflamingo at Green Bit; Robin and Usopp agreed, while Perona refused to leave Zoro.
• The crew decided Nami would stay aboard the ship to support both groups, but a hailstorm forced Merry to launch the Thousand Sunny toward clear skies with the Coup de Vent.
• At Punk Hazard, Doflamingo returned his two subordinates' heads to their bodies and prepared to kill the Marines who had witnessed him.
• Smoker arrived at Punk Hazard and demanded to know what Doflamingo planned to do to his subordinates.

Smoker confronted Doflamingo on Punk Hazard, but Doflamingo avoided a fight and left after Kuzan arrived. Kuzan told Smoker to watch Doflamingo closely and urge Akainu to send an Admiral, warning that the situation could become a major crisis.

• Smoker accused Doflamingo of threatening the Marines and questioned his connection to Punk Hazard, while Doflamingo chose not to attack him.
• Doflamingo used Conqueror's Haki on the Marines when one could not tell him where the pirates had gone, and Smoker moved the Marines out of danger.
• Kuzan arrived, and Doflamingo freed Baby-5 before leaving with her and Buffalo.
• Smoker asked Kuzan why he had left the Navy, and Kuzan said he was still himself and still held to his justice.
• Kuzan warned Smoker that Doflamingo was unlike the Snake Princess of Amazon Lily and urged him to tell Akainu to dispatch an Admiral.

Smoker learned that Doflamingo was behind Caesar and resolved to go to Dressrosa, despite Kuzan warning him that confronting a Shichibukai required careful handling. After learning what happened on Punk Hazard, Smoker boarded the warship with Tashigi and ordered the Marines to check on the children before heading to Dressrosa.

• Kuzan told Smoker that Doflamingo stood behind Caesar, and Smoker decided to arrest him in Dressrosa.
• Kuzan warned Smoker that the World Government could punish him for attacking a Shichibukai without sufficient cause, but Smoker still insisted on going to Dressrosa.
• Kuzan left on his giant penguin after telling the G5 Marines to keep his visit secret.
• Smoker learned that Monet had triggered Punk Hazard's Self-Destruct Device and that a Straw Hat crew member had protected the Marines with the Moku Moku no Mi.
• The Marines told Smoker that the Straw Hat Pirates had left with Law and Caesar, and Smoker wondered about their alliance and motives.
• Tashigi arrived with the warship, and Smoker ordered everyone to return to G5, check on the children, and then sail for Dressrosa.

Doflamingo prepared to use the Diamond Fruit to lure Ace to Dressrosa, draw Luffy and Law into his trap, and bargain with the World Government. Ace’s crew and the Big Mom Pirates set sail for Dressrosa, where the expected clash would bring pirates, Marines, and the Donquixote Family together.

• Doflamingo told Trebol that Ace was expected in Dressrosa and planned to fake resigning as a Shichibukai to make Law return Caesar, while ordering Trebol to protect Sugar.
• Doflamingo prepared to negotiate with the World Government and expected CP0 and a Marine Admiral to arrive, while Trebol reported that Baby-5 had stayed quiet.
• Ace, Marco, and Vista suspected Doflamingo’s Diamond Fruit announcement might be a trap, but decided to sail to Dressrosa while gathering intelligence about Luffy and Law’s alliance.
• The Big Mom Pirates sent Katakuri to Doflamingo’s Fighting Competition, and Katakuri warned Galette that Marines might be waiting in Dressrosa.

The Five Elders ordered Fujitora and Smoker to go to Dressrosa, where they planned to capture Fire Fist Ace and the Straw Hat Pirates while protecting Doflamingo unless he was defeated. Akainu reluctantly relayed the order to Smoker, who was told to follow Fujitora and act if they confirmed Doflamingo’s crimes.

• The Five Elders agreed to publish Doflamingo’s false story and use his plan as an opportunity to capture Fire Fist Ace and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• The Five Elders chose Fujitora and Smoker for the Dressrosa operation, hoping to test Smoker’s loyalty and diminish Garp’s influence.
• Saint Saturn told Akainu that the Navy must not move against Doflamingo unless he was defeated, and ordered him to send Fujitora and White Snake to Dressrosa.
• Akainu accepted the order but angrily recognized that the World Government intended to benefit whichever side lost.
• Akainu told Smoker to go to Dressrosa with Fujitora and follow his orders, while hinting that Smoker should act if he confirmed Doflamingo’s crimes.

As the crew waited to see whether Doflamingo would attack, Kin'emon wrongly accused Zoro of stealing the sword Shusui, but Xi Yan confirmed Zoro had received it from someone else. The crew headed to the kitchen for a night snack while keeping Caesar under guard and warning him not to expect rescue.

• Merry, Usopp, Brook, Perona, Xi Yan, and Law discussed whether Doflamingo would attack before morning, and Law said they would know his choice by then.
• Kin'emon chased Zoro, accusing him of stealing the Wano Country treasure Shusui, until Xi Yan confirmed that someone had given Zoro the sword and Kin'emon apologized.
• Sanji offered to make pizza for a night snack, and Luffy, Merry, Kin'emon, and Caesar asked to eat.
• Xi Yan and Law saw through Caesar's plan to remain alone on deck, and Law insisted that Caesar stay with them as a bargaining chip.
• Xi Yan reminded Law to take Caesar's heart, and the group warned Caesar that he had no right to make demands or expect Doflamingo to rescue him.

Breed ambushed the Thousand Sunny with trained sea rabbits and stole Caesar, prompting the Straw Hat Pirates and Law to pursue him. Xi Yan discovered Breed’s ship had a huge aquarium and decided to claim the vessel before Law transported the group inside.

• Usopp, Chopper, and Franky kept watch when Breed’s sea rabbits attacked the Thousand Sunny from the darkness.
• Breed stopped the animals with a whistle, introduced himself as a Pet Human who ate the Pet Fruit, and escaped underwater with Caesar.
• Law urged the crew to pursue Caesar, and Merry lifted the ship toward Breed’s vessel as Xi Yan spotted the currents guiding them there.
• Xi Yan sensed only two human presences aboard Breed’s ship, while Law suspected Breed was not one of Doflamingo’s men.
• Luffy and Law jumped onto the enemy vessel, and Xi Yan followed with Chopper after telling the others to guard the Thousand Sunny.
• Xi Yan admired the ship’s aquarium and decided to take the vessel, then Law used ROOM and SHAMBLES to transport the group inside.

Luffy and his companions fought through Breed’s controlled animals and discovered that their leader was Luffy’s old Kung Fu Sea Cow disciple. The Kung Fu Sea Cow explained that Breed had enslaved the Sea Beast Pirates and forced them to capture Caesar, leaving Xi Yan to identify the collar controlling him.

• Chopper recognized the attackers as Sea Lapahns, and Law and Xi Yan suspected Breed’s Pet Fruit could force living creatures to become pets.
• Luffy wandered off and drew a group of animals into a fight, so Xi Yan, Chopper, and Law joined him and defeated them.
• A Kung Fu Sea Cow challenged Luffy, but Luffy beat him with a Haki-infused punch and recognized him as his former disciple from Alabasta.
• Chopper explained that the Kung Fu Sea Cow had traveled to the New World with his companions and formed the Sea Beast Pirates.
• The Kung Fu Sea Cow revealed that Breed controlled them with a strange ability and had ordered them to seize Caesar.
• Xi Yan noticed a green collar on the Kung Fu Sea Cow’s neck and asked whether it was controlling him.

Xi Yan and the others confronted Breed, who used his Pet Fruit to enslave Chopper and Luffy. Xi Yan knocked Breed unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki, but Luffy’s uncontrolled attack sent Xi Yan crashing into a wall, leaving Luffy wary of Xi Yan’s friendly smile.

• Xi Yan tried to help the Kung Fu Sea Cow remove his Pet Circle, but Breed arrived and ordered the animals to obey him.
• Breed’s Pet Circle caught Chopper, and Breed forced Chopper to attack the others in his giant form.
• Luffy attacked Breed, but Breed put a Pet Circle around him and ordered him to fight Xi Yan.
• Luffy transformed into Fourth Gear and clashed with Xi Yan, while Law searched for a way to stop Breed.
• Xi Yan unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking Breed unconscious and freeing Chopper from Breed’s control.
• Luffy accidentally punched Xi Yan into a wall because he could not stop a Fourth Gear punch already in motion, and Xi Yan smiled at him threateningly.

Xi Yan and Merry stored the enormous pirate ship while Law and the Straw Hat Pirates learned from the newspaper that Doflamingo had resigned as a Shichibukai and King of Dressrosa. Law took this as proof that Doflamingo desperately wanted Caesar back and prepared to continue their operation against him.

• Xi Yan revealed that he had beaten Luffy, while Law threatened Caesar with his stolen heart and warned him not to misbehave.
• Xi Yan took Merry to hide the enormous pirate ship, and Merry sealed it inside her scroll as Law watched in amazement.
• The News Bird delivered the morning newspaper, and Merry and Chopper cried after Chopper repeated the bird's comments about their worth.
• Law and the Straw Hat Pirates read that Doflamingo had resigned as a Shichibukai and King of Dressrosa, and learned that Law's alliance with them had been reported.
• The newspaper also reported an alliance between Hawkins and Apoo, but Law told the crew to focus on Doflamingo and continue their operation.
• Law explained that Doflamingo had surrendered his titles to get Caesar back and declared that they could proceed to the next step of the plan.

Doflamingo confirmed Caesar was safe and agreed to Law’s exchange plan, while the Straw Hat crew prepared to reach Dressrosa and destroy the Factory. The chapter ended with Law losing his composure around the crew as Xi Yan laughed at him.

• Doflamingo answered Law’s call, confirmed he had resigned from the Shichibukai, and tried to draw Luffy into a conversation about the Diamond Fruit.
• Law had Caesar confirm he was safe, then arranged to exchange him on the beach south of Green Bit at three that afternoon.
• The crew discussed the risks of the exchange and their search for Doflamingo’s Factory, whose location Law did not know.
• Luffy ignored Law’s warnings about Dressrosa and went to ask Sanji about breakfast.
• Law blurted out that he hated bread slices, and Xi Yan laughed at his increasingly ridiculous behavior.