Recaps

Usopp survived Sugar’s Tabasco Star and learned the SOP Operation had succeeded, freeing the toy slaves, but his injuries left him unable to fight. As Trebol attacked, Hajrudin raised Usopp before the freed people, whose mistaken interpretation of Usopp’s words turned him into a revered savior and potential rallying point.

• Nico Robin and the Tontatta confirmed that Usopp was alive, and Usopp claimed the successful SOP Operation had been under his control.
• Trebol threatened the group and attacked Nico Robin as the Tontatta carried the badly injured Usopp away.
• Nico Robin blocked Trebol’s Sticky Chain, while Perona used Explosive Ghosts to blast him away.
• Hajrudin arrived, picked up Usopp, and told the freed victims that Usopp had saved them from a life enslaved as toys.
• A falling steel pipe opened the ceiling and cast sunlight on Usopp, leading the crowd to see him as a divine messenger.
• Usopp tried to ask Hajrudin to put him down, but the crowd misunderstood his slurred words as a promise to guide them and praised him as their savior.

Usopp freed the former toys and sent them to destroy the Donquixote Family’s Factory, while Nico Robin and Perona headed toward Sabo and Klar. Sabo reunited with Haku, secured the Diamond Fruit for Ace, and revealed to Rebecca that he was Luffy’s older brother, leaving the freed crowd fighting Diamante as the others regrouped.

• Usopp told the freed people to destroy the Factory and rescue the Tontatta, while Trebol carried Sugar toward it to stop them.
• Hajrudin set Usopp down to recover, and Nico Robin and Perona decided to leave Trebol to the freed crowd before heading toward Sabo and Klar.
• The freed crowd attacked Diamante, who recognized them as former toys and fought back to protect the Factory.
• Sabo and Klar reunited with Haku and Rebecca, and Sabo gave Klar the Diamond Fruit to keep for Ace.
• Bartolomeo joined Sabo’s group, and Sabo told Rebecca that he was a Revolutionary Army soldier and Luffy’s older brother.

Sabo and the others explained the Revolutionary Army’s efforts to stop Doflamingo’s weapons trade and regrouped with Robin, Perona, and the others. As they tended to their companions, the ground began to shake, and they suspected Pica was moving the stone beneath them.

• Sabo told Rebecca the Revolutionary Army had come to stop the weapons trade, while Klar explained their agents had been turned into toys and that no weapons factory had been found.
• Robin reunited with Klar, Sabo, and Haku, and the group welcomed Perona and learned Sabo had obtained the Diamond Fruit for Luffy.
• Robin identified the badly injured Usopp as a companion, and Perona confirmed to Bartolomeo that Usopp was the Sniper King, leaving Bartolomeo ecstatic.
• Perona used a Negative Ghost to stop Kin'emon from ogling Rebecca, then Kin'emon used his ability to conjure casual clothes for her.
• Robin learned that Kin'emon and Vika had found the defeated Tontatta, and she reassured them that the others would handle the remaining fight.
• The ground shook and an opening began to tear behind the group, so Sabo, Perona, and Leo suspected that Pica was moving the stone.

Pica moved the Royal Palace and Factory to the Flower Field and streets while Doflamingo announced a deadly bounty game across Dressrosa, trapping everyone inside the Birdcage. As civilians and pirates weighed their options, Fujitora freed Marines from Doflamingo’s control, and the chapter ended with Doflamingo naming the first targets and their bounties.

• A Marine reported that ruffians had appeared among the Marines and civilians as the King's Plateau began sinking.
• Pica moved the Royal Palace to the Flower Field and placed the Factory on a street, causing widespread casualties as buildings shifted.
• Doflamingo broadcast that people could end his game by killing him or hunting fifteen rebels, and revealed that his Birdcage blocked escape and Den Den Mushi signals.
• Fujitora subdued a Marine controlled by Doflamingo, cut the threads controlling nearby Marines, and resolved to abolish the Shichibukai.
• Doflamingo listed Rebecca, Nico Robin, Kin'emon, Viola, Franky, Sunglasses Man, Perona, and Merry as one-star targets, then named Kyros and Roronoa Zoro as two-star targets.
• Doflamingo named Sabo, Monkey D. Luffy, Trafalgar Law, and Riku Dold III as three-star targets, stirring greed among the people watching.

Doflamingo put a five-hundred-million-Beli bounty on Usopp, turning the fleeing group into targets as they escaped through Dressrosa. Luffy and the others learned Kyros had gone after Doflamingo and that Xi Yan had gone to confront a Marine Admiral, while Perona’s Negative Hollows helped hold off their pursuers.

• Doflamingo revealed Usopp as the cause of the game and offered five hundred million Beli for his head, prompting Sabo to lead the group toward an escape route.
• Kin'emon split off to search for Kanjuro, jumped into a hole leading to the scrapyard, and left his pursuers behind.
• Bartolomeo used his barrier to knock down the people chasing Usopp’s group, while Perona received a call from Zoro and spoke with Luffy and the others.
• Luffy revealed that Kyros had gone to find Doflamingo, and Rebecca learned that the Soldier who had protected her was her father.
• Rebecca asked about Xi Yan, and Luffy said he had gone to find the Marine Admiral; Bartolomeo praised him while Sabo led the group onward.
• Perona released Negative Hollows that made their pursuers collapse in remorse, then warned them before rejoining her companions.

Luffy rejected Law’s plan to avoid confronting Doflamingo and rushed toward him despite Law’s Sea Stone handcuffs. Meanwhile, Fujitora prioritized protecting Dressrosa’s civilians and began openly questioning the World Government’s support for the Shichibukai.

• Luffy told Law he would deal with Kaido’s anger later and would not let Doflamingo continue threatening Dressrosa’s people.
• Violet revealed that Law’s handcuff key had fallen somewhere on the Royal Palace grounds, but Luffy charged off with Law and Zoro before she could search for it.
• Luffy leaped from King’s Plateau toward the ground with Law and Zoro, intending to confront Doflamingo.
• Fujitora ordered the Marines to protect civilians and target the Straw Hat Crew and Law’s alliance rather than arrest Doflamingo immediately.
• Maynard reported evidence that Doflamingo had turned Marines, officials, and other people into toys, but Fujitora challenged the existence of the Shichibukai and asked Maynard to follow his decision.
• Maynard agreed to obey Fujitora and support his stand against the Shichibukai.

Doflamingo decided to use Sugar against Fujitora and planned to kill the Marines after they had served their purpose. Luffy, Law, and Zoro landed among the Donquixote Family and a hostile crowd, then fled in the wrong direction as armed pursuers closed in.

• Doflamingo destroyed the Factory keys, dismissed Trebol and Diamante’s excuses, and revealed his plan to use Sugar against Fujitora before killing the Marines.
• A Marine colonel ordered his troops to subdue the ruffians and search for the Straw Hat Crew and Law, while Senor Pink, Mahavise, and Dellinger speculated about Franky and the missing girl.
• Luffy crashed down carrying Law, with Zoro arriving alongside them, and Donquixote Family members and Marines recognized the three as enemies.
• Luffy and Zoro ran in the wrong directions before Law pointed them toward the right path.
• A group of armed pursuers identified Luffy, Law, and Zoro as high-value convicts and charged after them.

Luffy, Zoro, and Law fought through bounty hunters and townspeople before Xi Yan stayed behind to face Admiral Fujitora, allowing the others to continue toward Doflamingo. Doflamingo wondered whether Xi Yan was the supposedly dead Blood-Eyed Ninja, then announced his brutal contest to make Dressrosa’s citizens choose between the Riku Family and the Donquixote Family.

• Dellinger, Senor Pink, and Mahavise attacked Luffy and Law, but Zoro disrupted them and Luffy broke free.
• Bounty hunters and armed townspeople blocked Luffy, Zoro, and Law, until Fujitora arrived and barred their way.
• Xi Yan confronted Fujitora and told Luffy and Zoro to take Law and leave; they did so while Xi Yan stayed to fight.
• A Donquixote Family observer reported the encounter to Doflamingo, who suspected Xi Yan might be the Blood-Eyed Ninja before dismissing the idea.
• Pica offered to destroy their enemies, while Doflamingo explained that his cruel contest would ask Dressrosa’s citizens to choose between the Riku Family and his own.

Doflamingo’s officers discussed the arrival of Smoker and assumed the Marines and Straw Hat Pirates would weaken each other before he struck. Smoker reconsidered pursuing Luffy after learning Fujitora was facing a Straw Hat crew member, suspected the man might be the supposedly dead Blood-Eyed Ninja, and headed to Fujitora; Charlotte Galette then encountered the Birdcage.

• Pica threatened a newcomer who laughed at his voice, but Baby-5 killed the man before Pica could act.
• Doflamingo warned his underlings that anyone who mocked his family would be punished.
• A scout reported that Marine Admiral Candidate White Snake Smoker had appeared, and Doflamingo’s officers debated why he had come.
• Doflamingo planned to let the Marines and Straw Hat Pirates fight before attacking the survivors.
• Smoker found the Birdcage blocking signals and considered confronting Doflamingo, but changed course after hearing Luffy was in East Street and Fujitora was facing a Straw Hat crew member.
• Smoker suspected the Sunglasses Man might be the Blood-Eyed Ninja and ordered his Marines to take him to Fujitora; Charlotte Galette encountered the Birdcage elsewhere.

Xi Yan fought Fujitora and revealed enough strength to make the Marine Admiral question his identity. Pica raised a massive stone giant over the town, but Smoker intervened and destroyed its fist before it could strike the people below.

• Fujitora attacked Xi Yan with gravity and a sword slash, while Xi Yan struck him back with a Haki-coated fist.
• Mahavise and Dellinger left to seek out Straw Hat and the girl Dellinger wanted to fight.
• Xi Yan escaped Fujitora's gravity, and Fujitora questioned who he was before Pica's giant emerged from the ground.
• Luffy laughed at Pica's high-pitched voice, angering Pica into swinging his enormous stone fist toward the town.
• Smoker shattered Pica's stone fist with a Haki-coated punch, while Tashigi cut apart falling rock fragments.
• Smoker confronted Pica and demanded to know why he had attacked despite the civilians and Marines below.

Smoker left Pica after hearing that Fujitora had reached an agreement with Doflamingo, while Luffy, Zoro, and Law escaped to another street. Cavendish abandoned his hunt for the Straw Hat Crew out of gratitude to Usopp, then declared that he would defeat Doflamingo, but Luffy insisted on doing it himself.

• Pica claimed Doflamingo had reached an agreement with Fujitora, prompting Smoker to head toward the Admiral and Pica to send his men searching for Luffy.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Law discussed Smoker's appearance and worried that he might threaten Usopp and the others.
• Cavendish attacked Law over his lost popularity, but stopped when he explained that Usopp had saved him from remaining a toy.
• Cavendish returned Law's hat and announced that he would defeat Doflamingo, while Luffy insisted he would do it himself to repay Rebecca for her bento.
• Cavendish imagined reporters praising him as a superstar, and Luffy and Zoro left with Law while discussing Cavendish and the Colosseum.

Luffy and Zoro fled bounty hunters, but were cornered by Chinjao and other allies who wanted to repay their debts by defeating Doflamingo themselves. When bounty hunters attacked, the allies drove them back and punished the ungrateful former toys.

• Luffy and Zoro defeated one group of bounty hunters, then ran when more arrived and Chinjao, Lao Cai, and Abu pursued them.
• Chinjao explained that he had come to repay Luffy and Usopp, and Lao Cai said the Eight Treasure Navy wanted to destroy Doflamingo’s underground trade.
• Hajrudin, King Elizabello II, and other former Colosseum fighters arrived, each insisting that they should defeat Doflamingo to repay a debt.
• Zoro suggested that Luffy and his crew take down Doflamingo while the others acted as backup, but the group argued over who would claim the victory.
• A bounty hunter threw a spear at Luffy, and the group recognized the attackers as former toys from the Underground Factory who were hunting them for money.
• Hajrudin and the others struck down the bounty hunters, while Abdullah and Jeet charged in to punish them for betraying their benefactors.

Luffy, Zoro, Law, and the gladiators raced toward the Royal Palace to confront Doflamingo, while their allies argued over who would defeat him. Tashigi rescued civilians and kept her eye on Zoro’s swords as the group fought through Donquixote Family forces and continued toward the New Royal Palace.

• Luffy and Zoro rode Ushi toward the Royal Palace, with Law and the gladiators following despite Luffy’s protests.
• Pica attacked the group with a giant stone palm, but Chinjao and King Elizabello II shattered it and his arm with their combined attacks.
• Smoker left the fight to find Fujitora and noticed Xi Yan gave him a familiar feeling, while Tashigi ordered Marines to rescue civilians and resolved to take Zoro’s famed sword.
• Edio, Orlumbus, and Hajrudin defeated Donquixote Family grunts who tried to block the group’s path.
• Luffy and his allies continued toward Doflamingo, arguing over who would be the one to defeat him.

Xi Yan watched Fujitora and Smoker discuss Doflamingo and the Shichibukai, while Fujitora revealed his plan to have pirates defeat Doflamingo so the world’s rulers would support abolishing the system. Fujitora asked Smoker to help stage the plan, leaving Smoker troubled by the prospect of working with the pirates rather than fighting them.

• Fujitora ordered the Vice Admirals to gather at the foot of the Royal Palace, then questioned Xi Yan about the purpose of the Shichibukai.
• Smoker arrived and angrily challenged Fujitora for not acting against Doflamingo, while Xi Yan recognized Fujitora’s intentions and vanished using an Instant Body Technique.
• Fujitora told Smoker he wanted to abolish the Shichibukai system, and Smoker agreed that Doflamingo’s crimes showed the danger it posed.
• Fujitora explained that pirates had to defeat Doflamingo and expose his crimes so the kings of the Member States would vote to abolish the Shichibukai at the Reverie.
• Fujitora asked Smoker to cooperate and put on a show, leaving Smoker unsure how he could still fight the Straw Hat Crew.

Smoker agreed to let the Straw Hat Pirates act while the Marines waited for a chance to expose the Shichibukai. Xi Yan reunited with Galette, who gave up seeking the Diamond Fruit and renewed her search for the Magnet-Magnet Fruit, before offering to help him monitor the Marines.

• Smoker agreed with Fujitora to make only token efforts to stop the Straw Hat Pirates and take over after Luffy decided the outcome.
• Xi Yan met Galette, who was delighted to find him alive and learned that he had hidden his identity.
• Galette explained that she had come to seek the Diamond Fruit and ask the Straw Hat Pirates about Xi Yan, but he warned her about Sugar's power to erase people from existence.
• Xi Yan told Galette that the Straw Hat Pirates had promised the Diamond Fruit to Ace, and she agreed not to compete for it.
• Galette told Xi Yan she had kept searching for the Magnet-Magnet Fruit, and he gave her his Den Den Mushi number.
• Xi Yan said he was watching the Marine Admiral and Admiral Candidate, and Galette offered to help.

Xi Yan explained why Fujitora might want the Straw Hat Pirates to defeat Doflamingo so he could push to abolish the Shichibukai, while preparing to protect his companions if the World Government intervened. As Xi Yan took Galette toward the former Royal Palace, Fujitora asked Smoker whether he remembered the man who had caused a scene at Mary Geoise two years earlier.

• Xi Yan rejected Galette's offer to hold off Smoker and explained his suspicions about Fujitora's goal of abolishing the Shichibukai.
• Xi Yan told Galette that Doflamingo had used Sugar's power to enslave people, including Marines and World Government personnel, and that Fujitora might be letting the Straw Hat Pirates defeat him.
• Xi Yan said he had sent clones around Dressrosa and would evacuate his companions if Fujitora called for reinforcements.
• Xi Yan and Galette set off for the high ground where the Straw Hat Pirates were heading, while Xi Yan planned to keep watch on Fujitora and Smoker.
• Fujitora laughed in front of Smoker and asked whether he remembered the man who had caused a scene at Mary Geoise two years earlier.
• Smoker identified that man as the Blood-Eyed Ninja and recalled that the man had nearly beaten him to death with one punch.

Smoker learned that the Blood-Eyed Ninja was alive and wanted to challenge him, but Fujitora warned that exposing his identity would endanger Dressrosa and ruin their plan against Doflamingo. Smoker agreed to wait until the battle was over, while the Marines remained unable to contact the group watching Fire Fist Ace.

• Fujitora told Smoker that the Straw Hat Pirates' Sunglasses Man was the Blood-Eyed Ninja, and Smoker's Conqueror's Haki knocked out the surrounding Marines.
• Smoker wanted to fight the Blood-Eyed Ninja, but Fujitora explained that the World Government might send powerful forces or launch a Buster Call, putting Dressrosa's citizens at risk.
• Fujitora warned that Doflamingo would flee and alert the World Government if he learned the Blood-Eyed Ninja was there, ruining their plan to expose the Shichibukai's harm.
• Smoker agreed not to attack the Blood-Eyed Ninja until the Dressrosa battle was over and said he would deal with him and Straw Hat later.
• Smoker revealed that the Birdcage blocked contact with the Marines watching Fire Fist Ace, and Fujitora noticed Tashigi's compassion toward Dressrosa's people.

Usopp and the others climbed to the Old King's Plateau while Perona drove off their pursuers, and Xi Yan arrived with Galette after confirming Sabo had secured the Diamond Fruit. Xi Yan left to find the Marine Admiral, while Haku began to suspect that he was the legendary Blood-Eyed Ninja.

• Leo and the Tontatta helped carry Usopp upward as Robin, Rebecca, Haku, Perona, and Bartolomeo climbed the chains toward the plateau.
• Perona used her Negative Hollows to incapacitate the pursuing enemies, and Robin later dispelled her chains, sending the remaining pursuers falling to the ground.
• Xi Yan appeared with Galette, confirmed that Sabo had taken the Diamond Fruit, and said he was going to find the Marine Admiral.
• Perona identified Galette as Xi Yan's fiancée, and Galette played along, leaving Robin shocked and Xi Yan speechless.
• Xi Yan jumped down from the hundred-meter-high plateau, while Haku guessed he was the Blood-Eyed Ninja and rejoiced that such a powerful ally was there.

The Straw Hats and their allies heard how Galette became Xi Yan’s fiancée after falling for him and volunteering for Big Mom’s marriage plan. Galette explained that she was fortunate to choose someone she liked, while Big Mom often forced her daughters into unwanted matches.

• Haku laughed at the thought of Galette being the Blood-Eyed Ninja’s fiancée, while Perona grew curious about their relationship.
• Galette praised Usopp for defeating Sugar, and Bartolomeo excitedly celebrated him as Great God Usopp.
• Nico Robin invited Rebecca to listen as Galette explained that her engagement to Xi Yan had not been fully settled and began as a one-sided decision.
• Galette revealed that she was a Charlotte from the Big Mom Pirates, and Perona reassured her that Xi Yan had likely been unable to contact the Straw Hats after Sabaody.
• Galette said she fell for Xi Yan at first sight and volunteered to become his fiancée when Big Mom sought a son-in-law.
• Galette explained that Big Mom ignored her daughters’ wishes in arranged marriages, leaving her grateful that she could choose someone she liked.

Galette explained why she had sought Xi Yan and offered the Straw Hat Pirates her help in Dressrosa. As Luffy and Zoro pushed toward Doflamingo, Luffy smashed Pica’s stone head, but Zoro realized Pica’s real body was still hidden and then spotted him emerging from the stone.

• Galette told Perona and the others that Xi Yan had refused to join the Big Mom Pirates, and she explained that Big Mom had married men of many races to build a nation with every race.
• Galette confirmed she had come to Dressrosa to find someone and offered to help Nico Robin and the others for Xi Yan’s sake.
• Pica swung at Luffy and his companions, but Luffy dodged his attack and destroyed the giant stone statue’s head with Gum-Gum Grizzly Magnum.
• Zoro realized Luffy had only smashed stone, not Pica’s real body, and sensed Pica emerging from the stone ahead.

Luffy and Zoro confronted Pica, while Cavendish and the Colosseum fighters advanced toward the New Royal Palace. At the SMILE Factory, Franky began a duel with Senor Pink as Merry tried and failed to break the gate with her wind.

• Zoro located Pica’s real body, and Luffy rescued Jette and Ushi from Pica’s saber strike.
• Zoro blocked Pica’s attack and stayed behind to fight him while Luffy headed off to confront Doflamingo.
• Cavendish and the Colosseum fighters pushed through Donquixote Family soldiers toward the New Royal Palace.
• Senor Pink ambushed Franky near the SMILE Factory and challenged him to continue their duel while Merry tried unsuccessfully to break the gate.
• Franky told Merry not to interfere and charged Senor Pink, who met his punch with one of his own.

Merry left Franky’s duel to help Nico Robin’s group deliver a key that could free Trafalgar Law from Sea Stone handcuffs. As Violet and the Tontatta defended their trust in the Straw Hat Crew, King Riku finally agreed to gamble on them saving Dressrosa.

• Merry contacted Nico Robin, learned the group needed her help, and flew away while Franky continued his duel with Senor Pink.
• Violet found the Sea Stone key and explained that freeing Trafalgar Law would let him join Luffy against Doflamingo.
• Violet used her Glint-Glint Fruit to locate Luffy heading toward the Royal Palace and Zoro fighting Pica.
• Violet told King Riku she trusted the Straw Hat Crew, and Leo praised Usopp for breaking the toy curse and called the crew Dressrosa’s hope.
• King Riku listened to Violet and Leo, then decided to take a gamble on the Straw Hat Crew.

Rebecca joined Leo and the Tontatta in preparing to move against the Donquixote Family, while Luffy and the Colosseum fighters fought their way toward King's Plateau. The chapter left Dellinger and the others shocked to learn that a Moku Moku no Mi user had stopped the Marines, including the Marine Admiral and Admiral Candidate.

• Rebecca insisted on joining the mission to deliver the key, and Violet agreed after Leo and the Tontatta offered to accompany her.
• Inhel led the Tontatta toward the Factory, while Galette explained that its Great Gate was likely made of Sea Stone and would block Perona's Devil Fruit ability.
• Luffy blasted through Donquixote Family soldiers on his way to King's Plateau, with Jette and Abdullah following close behind.
• Cavendish and the other Colosseum fighters charged up behind Luffy, defeating the soldiers in their path.
• Baby-5 reported that the Marines had been stopped, apparently by a Moku Moku no Mi ability user, leaving Dellinger and the others stunned.

Xi Yan and Sabo blocked the Marines from reaching the Straw Hat Pirates while Xi Yan fought Smoker and Fujitora summoned a meteor. After the Birdcage shattered it into fragments, Xi Yan suspected Fujitora had deliberately limited its destructive power, and the standoff continued.

• Xi Yan and Sabo refused to let Fujitora, Smoker, and the Marines pass, with Sabo declaring that he protected the Straw Hat Crew as their older brother.
• A Vice Admiral charged Xi Yan with a great saber, but Xi Yan blocked his slash, shattered the weapon, and nearly struck him before Smoker intervened.
• Xi Yan and Smoker clashed with Haki-coated fists, while the Marines withdrew from the dangerous fight.
• Fujitora summoned a meteor, which hit the Birdcage and broke into fragments that crashed across the area.
• Xi Yan questioned why the meteor caused less damage than expected and suspected Fujitora had controlled its fall, while Fujitora apologized to the Marines for the reckless strike.

Xi Yan and Sabo realized Fujitora was staying inside the Birdcage to help expose the Shichibukai system, then began fighting him and Smoker while the Marines evacuated. Merry arrived with a key for Luffy and continued toward Nico Robin, leaving Xi Yan to face Smoker’s unexplained smoke attack.

• Xi Yan told Sabo that Fujitora might be staying inside the Birdcage to help abolish the Shichibukai system, and Fujitora overheard them.
• Sabo told Fujitora that he was Luffy’s sworn brother and vowed to help him whenever he needed it.
• Fujitora attacked Sabo with Gravity Blade: Fierce Tiger and gravity, while Smoker fought Xi Yan with Haki-enhanced punches.
• Smoker sent the Marines away and covered Xi Yan’s area in smoke, preparing an unexplained attack as Xi Yan noticed Merry overhead.
• Merry told Xi Yan that Robin had sent her to deliver the key to Luffy, then flew off toward Nico Robin while Xi Yan stayed to face Smoker.