Recaps

Xi Yan fought Smoker, who revealed that he had learned to heat and control his smoke after training with Dr. Vegapunk. Smoker’s smoke burned Xi Yan from within, but Xi Yan recovered, and the two continued battling while concealing whether Smoker had recognized him.

• Smoker explained that the Blood-Eyed Ninja had inspired him to explore the Moku Moku no Mi’s potential, and he heated his smoke enough to scorch Xi Yan’s Wood Dragon.
• Smoker said he had trained with Dr. Vegapunk and learned to turn smoke’s suspended particles into high-temperature smoke.
• Xi Yan and Smoker exchanged Haki-coated blows and controlled giant Wood Dragon and White Snake constructs, until Smoker’s heated White Snake set the Wood Dragon ablaze.
• Smoker ignited smoke Xi Yan had inhaled, burning his internal organs and forcing him to retreat into Wood Style to recover.
• Xi Yan emerged unharmed and recognized that Smoker’s ability could devastate most crews, while Smoker played along with Xi Yan’s claim that his Moku Moku no Mi let him heal.

Xi Yan tested his Haki against Smoker’s smoke powers, but Smoker froze him with a temperature-changing attack before Xi Yan broke free and resumed their fight. Elsewhere, Doflamingo confronted Luffy and Law in a cave and attacked Ushi, claiming he had come to save them.

• Xi Yan blocked Smoker’s attempt to ignite smoke inside his body with Haki and learned that Haki could stop Smoker’s ability from taking effect on him.
• Smoker used compressed, rapidly cooling smoke to freeze Xi Yan, then approached while preparing to attack.
• Xi Yan shattered the ice and praised Smoker’s inventive use of the Moku Moku no Mi before they charged at each other again.
• A bounty hunter led Luffy and the others into a cave, where Doflamingo appeared as Law and Ushi were trapped near the seawater.
• Doflamingo knocked Luffy’s punch aside and pierced Ushi with Bullet String, saying he had come to save them.

Luffy, Law, and Ushi survived Doflamingo’s thread clone after Abdullah and Jette pulled them from the water, and Luffy decided to punch a shortcut toward Doflamingo. Above them, Cavendish and the others prepared to fight as Luffy’s gigantic Haki-coated fist burst through the ground beneath them.

• Doflamingo taunted Luffy and Law before his thread clone attacked Ushi, but Abdullah and Jette cut the clone and rescued the two men and the bull.
• Law explained that the figure was a thread puppet, and the brothers revealed that Doflamingo’s clone had killed Kelly Funk.
• Jette told Luffy that Cavendish and the others had reached the Second Floor, so Luffy chose to punch through the rock and make a shortcut.
• Cavendish’s group prepared to confront the Donquixote Family, while Gladius said Xi Yan had beaten him and he was still recovering.
• The ground shook and split beneath Cavendish’s group, and Luffy’s Haki-coated Gum-Gum Gigant Elephant Gun burst upward through it.

Luffy punched his way onto the Second Floor and charged toward Doflamingo, while Chinjao and the other gladiators fought the Donquixote Family’s forces. The family’s officers began counterattacking, leaving Chinjao blasted from the rocks, Abu crushed by Mahavise, and Lao G defeating Orlumbus.

• Gladius exploded rubble as Luffy’s Haki-coated fist broke through from below, and Chinjao hurried toward the stairs to reach Doflamingo.
• Luffy launched himself onto the Second Floor, knocked aside the enemies blocking him, and ran toward the Royal Palace with Law urging him to hurry.
• Hajrudin, Edio, and Lao Cai argued over who would defeat Doflamingo, while Dellinger pierced Suleiman with his horns and left him unconscious.
• Chinjao smashed the rock wall beneath the attacking small fries, but Gladius detonated a bulging section of rock and blasted Chinjao downward.
• Mahavise struck Abu with Ten-Ton Vise and slammed him into a pit as the Donquixote Family’s small fries celebrated.
• Lao G dodged Orlumbus’s attack and kicked him unconscious, while Baby-5 cautioned Lao G not to overexert himself.

Luffy and the gladiators pushed toward Doflamingo while the officers battled the remaining fighters. Nico Robin reported that the handcuff key had been found and that Sabo and another ally were keeping Fujitora and Smoker occupied, leaving Luffy free to pursue Doflamingo.

• Baby-5 blasted Dagama with her transformed leg, while Lao G, Mahavise, Gladius, and Dellinger fought Orlumbus, Abu, Chinjao, and Blue Gilly.
• Edio stepped in to protect Blue Gilly, and they agreed to join forces against the officers instead of competing with each other.
• Dagama proposed that the fighters hold off the officers while Luffy went after Doflamingo, and the others agreed.
• Cavendish let Luffy ride Farul toward the Flower Field, while Kyros climbed aboard and joined them despite Cavendish's protests.
• Nico Robin told Luffy that the handcuff key had been found and arranged to meet him at the Flower Field so Law could be freed.
• Nico Robin said Sabo and another ally were stopping Fujitora and Smoker, and Luffy declared that Doflamingo was his target.

Merry led Robin, Rebecca, and their allies toward Doflamingo while Perona and Galette stayed behind to protect the wounded. As Luffy’s group headed to meet them and free Law, Kyros reaffirmed his determination to defeat Doflamingo and kill Diamante.

• Meli arrived with Perona at the high ground, where she learned Usopp had helped lift the country’s ten-year curse and praised him.
• Merry set out with Robin, Bartolomeo, Rebecca, and others, while Perona and Galette stayed behind to guard Usopp and the other wounded.
• Perona sent a Ghost Clone to check on Zoro and saw him fighting the stone monster, while Usopp began telling Galette about Xi Yan up to two years earlier.
• King Riku and Violet feared the country’s fate if Straw Hat and his allies lost, and King Riku silently hoped they would win.
• Luffy, Law, Kyros, and Cavendish traveled toward the Flower Field, where Luffy planned to get the key and attack Doflamingo.
• Kyros vowed to defeat Doflamingo, reclaim the country, and kill Diamante himself, while Luffy made him promise not to die.

Luffy and Cavendish rode toward the Royal Palace while the former Colosseum fighters united to hold back the Donquixote Family officers. The allies continued fighting across the battlefield, and the chapter left Hajrudin buried in a crater after Mahavise struck him.

• Cavendish told Luffy that he doubted Sunglasses Man could challenge an Admiral, and Luffy confirmed that he was his partner.
• Lao Cai, Abu, Dagama, Blue Gilly, Hajrudin, and the others agreed to hold off the officers so Luffy could reach Doflamingo, and Cavendish rode off with Luffy and Kyros on Farul.
• Lao Cai blocked Gladius's attack on Farul, then teamed up with Edio to fight Gladius and Lao G as the Donquixote Family grunts pursued Luffy.
• Baby-5 fired at Chinjao and Orlumbus, but Chinjao charged her and she evaded his attack by transforming into a missile.
• Dellinger wounded King Elizabello II, but Hajrudin attacked Dellinger before Mahavise struck Hajrudin into the ground with Ten-Ton Vise.

Luffy and his allies fought through the Donquixote Family’s defenses while Kin’emon searched the Scrapyard and found Kanjuro alive. Kanjuro learned that Momonosuke had died and joined Kin’emon in mourning.

• Dagama and the gladiators cleared a path for Luffy, and Dagama held Dellinger back so the others could advance.
• Cavendish cut a route up the cliff, and Luffy drove off enemies pursuing the group.
• Kin’emon searched the Scrapyard for Kanjuro while others warned that he might not have survived.
• Kin’emon followed a strange beast-like sound and found Kanjuro sheltering behind a giant stone; the two reunited.
• Kanjuro shared his drawn lettuce and said he had trusted Kin’emon to return safely.
• Kin’emon told Kanjuro that Momonosuke had died at Punk Hazard, and Kanjuro wept with him.

Kin'emon told Kanjuro that Momonosuke had died in an explosion, and urged him to stay alive so they could reclaim Wano Country. Kanjuro secretly maintained his spy role as they used his painting ability to help themselves and the trapped people escape.

• Kin'emon explained that Momonosuke had been taken to Punk Hazard and died in an explosion, though no one knew why he had gone to the scrapyard.
• Kanjuro considered committing seppuku but secretly abandoned the idea, while Kin'emon insisted they must survive to liberate Wano Country.
• Kin'emon explained that Going Merry had put Momonosuke's body away and said the Straw Hat Pirates could help them fight Kaido.
• Kanjuro used his painting ability to create a sparrow, and he and Kin'emon rode it upward toward the exit.
• At Kin'emon's request, Kanjuro drew ladders so the former Riku Royal Army soldiers and other trapped people could climb back to the surface.

Cavendish, Luffy, Law, and Kyros raced toward Doflamingo’s palace, realizing Dressrosa had been sealed off so Doflamingo could kill everyone and arguing over who would defeat him. On the third floor, they encountered awakened giant Toy Men, while Zoro fought Pica and spotted Merry and Robin appearing in midair.

• Blue Gilly charged the pursuers but Dellinger knocked him unconscious with Decapitation High Heel.
• Cavendish explained that Doflamingo had enclosed Dressrosa in the Birdcage to prevent the country’s secrets from reaching the outside world, and the group agreed they had to defeat him to survive.
• Luffy, Law, Kyros, and Cavendish each claimed they would take down Doflamingo before Farul carried them onto the third floor.
• The group found giant Toy Men in the fog, and Law deduced that the Devil Fruit User had awakened; one Toy Man rapidly crawled after Farul and tried to bite him.
• Zoro traded sword strikes with Pica, avoided his Sentinel Stone attack, and then saw Merry and Robin appear in midair.

Zoro stopped Pica from attacking Merry and the others, then stayed behind to fight him while the group hurried toward Luffy. Elsewhere, Franky battled Senor Pink, and Bian's bees carried the Tontatta's message to their imprisoned companions.

• Merry carried Nico Robin, Bartolomeo, Rebecca, and the others past Pica, but Pica attacked them with the stone statue's fist.
• Zoro cut through the statue with a Haki-infused Three Sword Style: 1080 Pound Phoenix and stayed behind to face Pica.
• Zoro fought Pica as Perona watched, while Merry took the others toward Luffy.
• Franky attacked Senor Pink, but Senor Pink repeatedly evaded him by swimming through the ground.
• Inhel asked Bian to use her pink bees to tell their companions in the factory to open the door from the inside.
• Bian's bees formed the message "Open the door from the inside," and a Tontatta recognized them.

After Inhel and Bian told the Tontatta that they had been deceived, the tribe rebelled against the Donquixote Family inside the Factory. Leo led the fight toward the Great Gate while Mao Ye continued searching for Princess Mansherry, whose location remained unknown.

• Inhel and Bian sent the Tontatta messages in the sky, prompting them to fight back against the guards and begin a riot.
• The Tontatta defeated waves of lackeys, and Mao Ye hurried off after mistakenly thinking Princess Mansherry was on the next floor.
• The Factory manager picked up a giant vacuum cleaner and went out to suppress the rebellion.
• Leo stopped the Tontatta from believing a lackey’s claim that Princess Mansherry needed them to stay, then prevented the enemies from contacting Doflamingo by releasing their Den Den Mushi.
• Leo’s group headed to open the Factory’s Great Gate, but Mao Ye rushed away again after misreading Leo’s gesture as a clue to the princess’s location.

Franky helped the Tontatta open the Great Gate and reunite with their companions, then faced the factory manager as she threatened to stop him. The chapter ended with Franky suddenly wrapping his arms around the factory manager, leaving everyone stunned.

• Inhel told Franky that the Tontatta inside were opening the Great Gate, and Franky distracted Senor Pink by sending him after an elderly woman.
• The factory manager attacked the Tontatta with her vacuum cleaner, but Leo and Jeo kept turning the gate mechanism until Franky arrived and forced the Great Gate open.
• Franky reunited the Tontatta with their companions, who learned that he was Noland's descendant.
• The factory manager tried to capture the Tontatta and demanded to know where Senor Pink was, while Franky said he was probably busy.
• Franky walked up to the factory manager and wrapped his arms around her, shocking the Tontatta.

Franky and Senor Pink began a bizarre, hard-boiled fight at the Factory while Franky’s antics left the Factory Manager and the Tontatta Tribe bewildered. Meanwhile, Merry’s group learned that Princess Mansherry was missing from the Factory and turned to Princess Viola to help locate her.

• Franky used the Factory Manager to headbutt Senor Pink, then kissed her, leaving her lovestruck and prompting the Tontatta Tribe to mistake his actions for romance.
• Franky and Senor Pink declared that a little girl’s romance was boring and started fighting with absurd attacks, including Senor Pink’s Diaper Bomb and Franky’s Nipple Light.
• Merry, Nico Robin, Bartolomeo, and Rebecca continued toward the Flower Field, planning to free Law and confront the Donquixote Family’s officers.
• Mao Ye called Leo and reported that he had searched the Factory but could not find Princess Mansherry.
• Nico Robin suggested contacting Princess Viola to use her Devil Fruit ability to search for Princess Mansherry, and Leo agreed to reach out to her.

Usopp and the others sheltered on the Old Royal Palace Heights while Violet searched the palace for Princess Mansherry. After Kanjuro accidentally helped the pursuing citizens climb up, the group tried to dismiss his ladder without letting anyone fall.

• Violet told King Riku that the Tontatta at the Factory had been rescued but Princess Mansherry was missing, and King Riku asked her to search the palace with her ability.
• Usopp recognized the captured Kin'emon, who introduced Kanjuro as the samurai he had been seeking.
• Kanjuro revealed that he had made a Painted Ladder for the citizens, who were climbing up to capture Usopp.
• Galette suggested dismissing the ladder, but King Riku refused to let the citizens fall, so she proposed removing only its upper half.
• Kanjuro warned the climbers to get down and began dismissing the ladder as they shouted angrily from below.

Violet found Princess Mansherry imprisoned in the Royal Palace and told Leo where to rescue her. As Leo and the others headed toward her, Nico Robin’s group approached the Flower Field, where Gladius spotted them and prepared to stop them.

• Violet searched the Royal Palace, remembered the confinement room in the chapel, and found Mansherry imprisoned there.
• Violet contacted Leo and gave him Mansherry’s location, prompting Leo and Kabu to recall Princess Scarlet’s kindness before setting out to rescue Mansherry.
• Rebecca identified Doflamingo Family officers fighting Hajrudin’s allies below, while Robin’s group continued toward the Flower Field with the key.
• Bartolomeo imagined Luffy welcoming him as a reliable companion, then became emotional as Rebecca and Leo watched in confusion.
• Gladius spotted Robin and Merry approaching and began enlarging his arm, vowing not to let them pass.

Merry and her companions fought off Gladius’s ambush in the air while Nico Robin went to restrain him, and Luffy’s group struggled against the toys’ ability to keep moving after severe injuries. Violet discovered that Sugar had awakened and warned that Luffy and the others might be in danger, leaving Usopp looking to Perona for what Xi Yan had told them.

• Gladius attacked Bartolomeo and the others with explosive pellets, but Merry shielded them with a wall of wind and Bartolomeo drove Gladius downward.
• Nico Robin followed Gladius to keep him restrained while Merry led Rebecca, Leo, and Kabu toward the Flower Field to find Luffy.
• A giant toy badly injured Farul, and Luffy punched it away while Cavendish checked on his horse.
• Cavendish beheaded the toy, but it picked up its head and continued moving, so Kyros told Luffy and Cavendish to keep cutting the toys into pieces.
• Violet told Usopp that Sugar had awakened and that Luffy’s group might be in danger; Usopp then looked to Perona to learn whether Xi Yan had warned Luffy.

Usopp and Violet prepared a long-range shot to stop Sugar from turning Dressrosa’s people into toys again, while Luffy’s group fought Gladius and the giant toys. Robin and Bartolomeo held off Gladius so Luffy, Law, and Kyros could head to the Fourth Floor and find Merry and the others.

• Usopp learned Sugar had awakened and resolved to snipe her with Violet’s help before she could use her ability again.
• Law’s group continued fighting the giant toys until Bartolomeo fell from above with Gladius trapped beneath his barrier.
• Robin reunited with Luffy and Law, explained that Rebecca had the key to Law’s handcuffs, and told them Rebecca and the others had gone to the Sunflower Field on the Fourth Floor.
• Gladius survived the fall, summoned the giant toys, and fired explosive ammunition at Luffy’s group, but Bartolomeo blocked the attack with his barrier.
• Robin and Bartolomeo stayed behind to fight Gladius while Luffy, Law, and Kyros headed for the Fourth Floor; Luffy then knocked back the toys attacking Bartolomeo.

Luffy and his allies pushed toward the top of the high ground while Cavendish and Nico Robin held off the Donquixote Family’s forces below. On the Fourth Floor, Merry and Rebecca went looking for Luffy and encountered Diamante, who prepared to face them.

• Bartolomeo formed a barrier staircase so Luffy could carry Law toward the high ground, and Cavendish and Kyros cut down the giant toys blocking them.
• Gladius attacked Luffy with explosive pellets, and Bartolomeo shielded him with his body because his barrier was occupied by the staircase.
• Cavendish promised to protect Bartolomeo while Nico Robin drove back the giant toys and confronted Gladius.
• Merry and Rebecca reached the Flower Field, failed to contact Luffy by Den Den Mushi, and went searching for him.
• Diamante confronted Merry and Rebecca, dismissing Merry as a threat, and Merry angrily challenged him.

Rebecca and Merry fought Diamante in the Flower Field while trying to locate Luffy and the others. Diamante learned Merry's bow was a snake from Amazon Lily, but accepted her claim that she had found it by chance.

• Diamante attacked Rebecca and Merry, but Merry used wind to dodge his strikes and fired a powerful arrow that Diamante avoided with his Flag-Flag Fruit.
• Diamante countered Merry's arrow with a flying slash, then attacked her; Rebecca stepped in to block, and Diamante kicked Merry away before overpowering Rebecca and sending her crashing to the ground.
• Merry returned unharmed after using wind to soften Diamante's kick, then used the wind to search the Flower Field for Luffy while continuing to engage Diamante.
• Diamante turned Rebecca's sword limp with his Devil Fruit, but his power failed to affect Merry's snake bow, prompting him to suspect she had mastered Haki.
• Diamante recognized that Merry's bow resembled a weapon from Amazon Lily and asked if she was from there; Merry said the snake had hatched from an egg she found by chance.
• Diamante accepted Merry's explanation and concluded that the Straw Hat Pirates had no connection to the Kuja Pirates, then praised her luck.

Merry and Rebecca fled Diamante while carrying out their mission, but Kyros arrived and confronted him, allowing Rebecca to reunite with her father. Merry then brought Luffy and Law to safety, and Law used his powers to destroy a pursuing Toy after his Sea Stone handcuffs were unlocked.

• Diamante taunted Rebecca and attacked Merry and Rebecca as they flew away, but Merry helped them evade his slashes.
• Rebecca told Merry they needed to find Lucy rather than fight Diamante, and Merry heard Kyros approaching.
• Kyros struck Diamante and reunited with Rebecca, promising to protect her while he fought Diamante.
• Merry spotted Luffy and Law on the Barrier Stairs, flew them to the high ground, and used wind to unlock Law's handcuffs with Rebecca's Sea Stone key.
• Law regained his freedom and used ROOM and Shambles to cut a pursuing Toy into cubes.

Luffy and Law reached the Royal Palace to confront Doflamingo while Kyros stayed behind to fight Diamante and Merry protected Rebecca. As Luffy and Law advanced, Sugar learned of their arrival and prepared to turn the Straw Hat Crew into toys.

• Kyros stopped Diamante from pursuing Luffy and Law, and the two agreed to leave Doflamingo to them.
• Luffy asked Merry to protect Rebecca, who insisted on watching Kyros fight; Merry carried her into the air as Kyros kept Diamante occupied.
• Diamante attacked Luffy and Law, but Law used ROOM and Shambles to swap them with barrels before Kyros resumed their duel.
• Law brought Luffy into the Royal Palace, removed bullets from his body, and warned him to stay calm before fighting Doflamingo.
• A Donquixote Family lackey reported spotting Luffy and Law in the Pool Garden, and Sugar began planning to approach them and turn the Straw Hat Crew into toys.

Usopp prepared a long-range shot to stop Sugar from turning Luffy and Law into toys, relying on Violet's Clairvoyance to aim through a distant window. As Sugar approached Luffy, Usopp awakened Observation Haki and fired the Decay Bug Star straight toward her, triggering Sugar's terror at the sight of him.

• Kanjuro drew Usopp's requested image, and Usopp prepared his Decay Bug Star as a weapon against Sugar.
• Violet used Clairvoyance to track Sugar and guide Usopp's aim toward the Royal Palace window where Luffy and Law were standing.
• As Sugar crept up behind Luffy, Usopp's fear made him tremble and imagine his shot missing, but Perona urged him to pull himself together.
• Usopp steadied himself, awakened Observation Haki, and fired the Decay Bug Star through the distant window toward Sugar.
• Sugar saw the incoming projectile and froze as it brought back her terrifying memory of Usopp breathing fire.

Usopp knocked Sugar unconscious with a long-range shot, clearing the way for Luffy and Law to confront Doflamingo. As Doflamingo brutalized Bellamy and mocked him, Luffy attacked in anger, only for Doflamingo to use Bellamy as a shield.

• Usopp confirmed that his shot had knocked Sugar unconscious, and Violet said Luffy and Law were safe from being turned into toys.
• Merry brought Rebecca to Luffy and Law, then left with Rebecca while Luffy and Law headed for Doflamingo.
• Luffy and Law confronted Doflamingo, who taunted them and stomped on the badly injured Bellamy.
• Doflamingo mocked Bellamy for failing to kill Luffy, while Luffy defended Bellamy and demanded that Doflamingo let him go.
• Luffy kicked at Doflamingo in anger, and Doflamingo raised Bellamy to block the attack.

Luffy and Law faced Doflamingo, who used Bellamy as a weapon and tried to provoke them. Law and Luffy’s secret switch attack caught Doflamingo off guard, leaving him badly injured and Trebol cut apart, while Bellamy watched in shock.

• Law warned Luffy to stay calm as Doflamingo and Trebol taunted them and argued with Law about Corazon.
• Doflamingo created a Shadow Knight String clone, while Law fought it and Luffy moved to attack Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo controlled Bellamy with strings and forced him to attack Luffy, who refused to hurt his friend until Law explained that Bellamy had to be knocked unconscious.
• Luffy announced he would use their secret move, and Law used ROOM and Shambles to switch places with Doflamingo as Luffy struck him with a Haki- and flame-wreathed punch.
• Law cut Trebol into pieces with High-Frequency Scalpel while Doflamingo fell injured, and Bellamy watched Luffy in shock.