Recaps

Luffy defeated Doflamingo, ending the Donquixote Family’s rule and freeing Dressrosa, while Xi Yan confirmed that the unconscious Luffy was not seriously injured. As the country celebrated, Sabo stopped Burgess from provoking him over Ace and defeated his attack.

• Doflamingo lost consciousness and fell into the crater after Luffy defeated him, while Law and Violet celebrated his death and Dressrosa’s freedom.
• Xi Yan examined Luffy and told Merry, Violet, and Law that Luffy had only minor injuries and had passed out from exhausting his Haki and stamina.
• Gatz announced that the Birdcage was disappearing and declared Lucy the winner, prompting Dressrosa’s citizens and allies to celebrate.
• Zoro and the others collapsed as the Birdcage vanished, while Kyros broke down in tears and King Riku wept with relief.
• Sabo stopped Burgess from using Ace’s capture to provoke him, dodged Burgess’s hidden attack, and struck him down with Dragon Claw Fist.

After Doflamingo’s defeat, the marines captured the Donquixote Family’s officers while Maynard broadcast the truth about Dressrosa’s destruction to nearby countries. The citizens urged King Riku to reclaim the throne, and King Elizabello II helped push him toward accepting.

• Sabo told Klar he had dealt with Burgess, learned that Klar had found Doflamingo’s evidence, and arranged to meet her and Haku underground.
• The marines captured the unconscious Donquixote Family officers with Sea Stone handcuffs, while Smoker said Baby-5 would not be arrested because she had left the family.
• Xi Yan inspected Doflamingo’s eyes beneath his sunglasses, then left without confronting Smoker.
• Maynard began broadcasting footage of Dressrosa and explained Doflamingo’s campaign to destroy the country to viewers in nearby nations.
• Dressrosa’s citizens asked King Riku to return to the throne, but he doubted his fitness to rule again.
• King Elizabello II told King Riku that he had informed neighboring kings of his return, and a soldier summoned Riku to the palace to hear from them.

Fujitora publicly apologized to King Riku for the World Government’s role in Doflamingo’s rule and ordered the Marines to help Dressrosa’s citizens. After reuniting with the others and confirming Luffy was recovering, Xi Yan worried that the World Government might soon send people after them.

• Fujitora knelt before King Riku and accepted the World Government’s blame for allowing Doflamingo to rule Dressrosa through the Shichibukai system.
• Fujitora explained that he had held back from fighting Doflamingo so the truth would be revealed, and King Riku helped him stand.
• Fujitora ordered the Marines to aid the citizens, while King Riku told Tank to shelter the pirates, warriors, and displaced people in the Royal Palace.
• Usopp reunited with Xi Yan and the others, learned that Luffy was resting after Xi Yan treated him, and joked about his own toughness.
• Xi Yan led the group to the roof, where Merry rejoiced to see them, checked on Franky, and received Xiao Qing back from Xi Yan.
• Xi Yan looked toward the sea and worried that the World Government might send people to hunt them down.

Tsuru and Sengoku discussed Fujitora’s confrontation with Xi Yan and the possibility that Fujitora had deliberately allowed the defeat to expose the Warlord System. Sakazuki barred Fujitora and Smoker from Navy Bases until they captured Straw Hat and Law, while Fujitora planned to reveal Xi Yan’s survival only after the Straw Hat Pirates left Dressrosa.

• Tsuru gave Sengoku the report about Xi Yan fighting Fujitora, and Sengoku suspected Fujitora had let the fight happen to support abolishing the Warlord System.
• Sakazuki berated Fujitora for admitting failure publicly, but Fujitora defended his actions and refused to yield.
• Sakazuki ordered Fujitora and Smoker not to enter Navy Bases until they captured Straw Hat and Law, using the order to shield them from possible punishment.
• Fujitora and Smoker agreed they had no intention of arresting the Straw Hat Pirates in Dressrosa, and Smoker promised to share the risks Fujitora faced.
• Fujitora told Smoker he would report that Xi Yan was alive after the Straw Hat Pirates left Dressrosa, hoping the news would draw attention to the dangers of the Warlord System.

The Straw Hat Pirates rested and ate after defeating Doflamingo while Xi Yan worried that the World Government might soon learn he was alive. Galette received a call from Katakuri, who asked whether Doflamingo had been defeated and whether she had obtained the Diamond Fruit.

• Usopp, Perona, and the others rested while Zoro offered to help Perona awaken her Haki, and Law explained that he had brought the injured Bellamy along to save him.
• Kyros brought blankets, and Merry produced food, alcohol, and cola from her Space Pocket; Usopp fell asleep while eating as Luffy ate in his sleep.
• Xi Yan warned that the World Government might come after him and said he would take everyone away if it arrived, while the crew decided to carry on as usual.
• Galette received a call from Katakuri, left the room to answer it, and told him that Luffy had finished off Doflamingo.
• Katakuri asked Galette whether she had obtained the Diamond Fruit.

Galette told Katakuri that Sabo had taken the Diamond Fruit and that she was staying with the Straw Hat Pirates while the Marines were in Dressrosa. After their call, Katakuri began to suspect that Ōtsutsuki Xi Yan, believed dead, might be alive and traveling with the crew.

• Galette told Katakuri that Sabo had taken the Diamond Fruit and that she had avoided a clash with him.
• Katakuri learned that Sabo was Luffy's brother and concluded that Ace had kept him occupied while the Revolutionary Army took the fruit.
• Galette told Katakuri that a Marine Admiral and an Admiral Candidate were in Dressrosa, and he offered to come get her before agreeing to wait nearby.
• Galette revealed she was staying with the Straw Hat Pirates and planned to leave with them once the Marines departed; Katakuri accepted her explanation but remained uneasy.
• Katakuri told Galette that his fight with Ace had ended in a draw, and he resolved to become stronger.
• After ending the call, Katakuri wondered whether the Straw Hats' new recruit Sunglasses Man was actually the supposedly dead Ōtsutsuki Xi Yan.

Galette hid her connection to Xi Yan from her family, then met Sabo at Kyros's house and learned that CP0 was heading to Dressrosa. Xi Yan and the Straw Hat Pirates weighed whether the agents were targeting the Revolutionary Army or might be concealing a plan against him, and they decided to wait for Luffy to wake before leaving.

• Galette met Sabo outside Kyros's house, and Xi Yan told them they were on the same side.
• Sabo reunited with the Straw Hat Pirates, visited the sleeping Luffy, and warned them that CP0 was returning to Dressrosa.
• Galette worried that CP0 might be targeting Xi Yan, while Sabo thought the agents were probably after the Revolutionary Army.
• Xi Yan and Nico Robin considered whether the World Government might be hiding its real objective, and the crew discussed leaving before Dressrosa faced more danger.
• Xi Yan chose to wait for Luffy to wake, then reassured Merry that he could fly and carry everyone away if they had to escape.

Sabo told the Straw Hat Pirates how he grew up with Ace and Luffy, lost his childhood memories, and came to join the Revolutionary Army. He revealed that the Goa Kingdom burned Gray Terminal to conceal it from visiting Celestial Dragons, and Xi Yan offered to help the Revolutionary Army bring them down.

• Sabo explained that he had lost his memories of Ace and Luffy, which was why he had not tried to rescue Ace at Navy Headquarters.
• Sabo recalled growing up with Ace and Luffy, enduring Garp's beatings, and refusing to give up their dream of becoming pirates.
• Sabo described how the King of the Goa Kingdom ordered Gray Terminal burned to hide it from the visiting Celestial Dragons, and how he rushed to warn Ace and Luffy but could not reach them.
• Sabo said he escaped by boat, but a Celestial Dragon fired a cannon at him for failing to kneel, causing him to lose his childhood memories.
• Xi Yan condemned the Celestial Dragons and offered to help Sabo and the Revolutionary Army when they attacked Mary Geoise.

Xi Yan told the group about the Celestial Dragons’ human-hunting competition at God Valley and explained how God’s Knights could be defeated. Sabo left convinced the Revolutionary Army could use seawater against them, while Xi Yan wondered how they would bring it to Mary Geoise.

• Xi Yan described how the Celestial Dragons hunted slaves and an island’s population at God Valley, horrifying the group and reminding them of Ohara and Dressrosa.
• Xi Yan explained that God’s Knights were likely Celestial Dragons and that Conqueror’s Haki infused into attacks could suppress their regeneration.
• Xi Yan said his Sealing Techniques could contain God’s Knights, but only he and Merry could use them; Merry agreed to keep practicing.
• Xi Yan revealed that Sea Stone temporarily suppressed God’s Knights, and Merry suggested throwing them into the sea.
• Sabo decided the Revolutionary Army could defeat the knights, restrain them with Sea Stone, and throw them into the sea, then claimed they could bring seawater to Mary Geoise.

Sabo reunited with Luffy and learned about Perona’s search for Moria and Galette’s complicated relationship with Xi Yan. He suggested Galette elope with Xi Yan, but she hesitated over her family; Sabo then left the crew a Vivre Card for Luffy and departed without Ace, who stayed away to avoid bringing danger to Dressrosa.

• Sabo explained that he regained his memories after fighting Ace during a mission, and Perona told him she had joined the Straw Hat Pirates temporarily while searching for Moria.
• Sabo asked why Galette was with the Straw Hat Pirates, and Xi Yan explained that she had come on Big Mom’s orders to marry him but he could not join the Charlotte Family.
• Sabo suggested that Galette elope with Xi Yan, but Galette worried that leaving would hurt Katakuri and anger Big Mom, while Xi Yan remained silent.
• Sabo gave Zoro a Vivre Card for Luffy and said Ace would not come to Dressrosa because his presence could draw the World Government into a larger conflict.
• Galette said she would leave with her people once the Straw Hat Pirates departed, and Sabo asked the crew to keep looking out for Luffy before leaving.

After Sabo left, the Straw Hat Pirates and Galette stayed at Xi Yan’s hideout, where they shared drinks and talked through the night. Xi Yan served Zoro and Kyros his special liquor, which made them uncomfortably energetic and sent them outside to exercise while he planned to share bottles with Rayleigh and Shakky.

• Zoro explained that he and the others had met Ace in the desert, while Perona invited Galette to stay and talk at the gazebo.
• Xi Yan served Zoro and Nico Robin liquor he had brewed for two years, and he gave Merry yogurt instead of alcohol.
• Kyros advised Xi Yan not to deny his feelings for Galette, drawing on his own past with Rebecca's mother, but Xi Yan said the situation was complicated.
• Kyros thanked Luffy Landu for giving the people of Dressrosa courage, then joined Xi Yan and Zoro for drinks while Luffy slept.
• Xi Yan revealed that his special liquor made men more vigorous, so Zoro and Kyros went outside to work out and avoid disturbing the Marines.
• Xi Yan decided to send some bottles of the liquor to Shakky-jie, expecting Uncle Rayleigh to get some as well.

Xi Yan reassured Nico Robin that he would face the World Government’s response, while she worried about the Straw Hat Pirates after their encounter with the Big Mom Pirates. Elsewhere, Fujitora used a rigged die to prevent the Marines from arresting Luffy’s crew, and he and Smoker accepted the risk of defying their orders.

• Perona and Galette watched Zoro and Kyros exercise with heavy rocks, while Merry served Galette the yogurt Xi Yan had made.
• Nico Robin asked Xi Yan about his medicinal wine, and he gave her some while promising to confront whatever the World Government sent after them.
• Nico Robin worried that the Straw Hat Pirates were in serious danger and wondered how the crew was faring after meeting the Big Mom Pirates; Xi Yan said Nami would contact him if things became urgent.
• Marines urged Fujitora to arrest the Straw Hat Pirates, but he controlled a die roll to show one and ordered them to stand down for the night.
• Maynard reluctantly accepted Fujitora’s decision, while Smoker and Fujitora acknowledged that they had no wish to fight Xi Yan and were willing to face the consequences of their choice.

Sengoku and Tsuru arrived in Dressrosa to find Fujitora and Smoker delaying the capture of the injured Straw Hat Pirates. Mansherry revealed her healing ability and treated the Marines, while Sengoku learned she limited how much blood she would take from any one person.

• Sengoku and Tsuru reached Dressrosa and learned that the injured Straw Hat was still there under Marine surveillance.
• Fujitora said he was letting a die decide the Straw Hat Crew's fate, while Smoker claimed he had to follow the admiral's orders; Tsuru accepted Fujitora's jurisdiction.
• Mansherry arrived to make Healing Dandelions, and Mao Ye revealed that she was a princess of the Tontatta Tribe.
• Mansherry explained that her Heal-Heal Fruit used blood to make healing dandelions and demonstrated one by quickly healing a cut on Sengoku's arm.
• Sengoku and the Marines volunteered to donate blood, but Mansherry limited each person to enough for five people and refused Sengoku's offer to give more.

Fujitora ordered the Marines to round up the Straw Hat Crew and their allies after Tsuru rolled a six, while Xi Yan revealed that Sengoku and Tsuru had joined Fujitora in Dressrosa. The group prepared for a possible fight as Kyros explained why he had hidden his fatherhood from Rebecca, leaving their family conflict unresolved.

• Tsuru rolled a six, and Fujitora ordered the Marines to arrest the Straw Hat Crew, Trafalgar Law, and the criminals in the Royal Palace.
• Xi Yan told the group that a rumor claimed Rebecca's father was a prince, and Kyros admitted he had spread it to hide his identity as her father.
• Kyros explained that he planned to leave Dressrosa so Rebecca could live happily without his criminal past affecting her, but Luffy and Xi Yan challenged his decision.
• Xi Yan announced that Sengoku and Tsuru had arrived and joined Fujitora, prompting the group to fear an attack by three Admiral-level fighters.
• Zoro called for everyone to prepare to fight, eager to face Fujitora himself.

The Marines moved to capture the Straw Hat Pirates, forcing Luffy and his companions to flee Dressrosa with Bartolomeo’s help. As the group headed east toward the harbor, Bartolomeo blocked the Marines’ gunfire with his barrier.

• Leo and Bartolomeo warned Kyros and the others that the Marines, including Sengoku and Tsuru, had begun moving.
• Usopp panicked when he learned the group had no ship, but Bartolomeo offered his vessel and said his crew would clear a path to the eastern harbor.
• Kyros learned Leo had delivered his message to Rebecca, while Bellamy recovered from his injuries and thanked Law for saving him.
• Xi Yan prepared to escort Galette toward her ship as Marines surrounded the house and ordered the Straw Hat Pirates’ arrest.
• The group fled east, and Bartolomeo raised a barrier to stop the Marines’ bullets while Perona told Merry they could not stop to say goodbye.

Luffy and Merry flew to the Royal Palace so Luffy could ask Rebecca whether she truly wanted to part from her father, Kyros. Rebecca rejected the separation and agreed to leave with them to find him.

• Luffy turned back toward the Royal Palace, and Merry joined him while the others continued toward the eastern port.
• Luffy and Merry dodged the Marines' gunfire and reached Rebecca at the Royal Palace, where Luffy knocked out the Marines with Conqueror's Haki.
• King Riku prepared to announce that the Riku Royal Family had reclaimed the throne and worried about the heroes escaping safely.
• Luffy asked Rebecca whether she was willing to accept Kyros cutting ties with her, and Rebecca admitted she did not want to be apart from her father.
• Luffy invited Rebecca to come with them to find Kyros, and Rebecca agreed despite the guards' alarm.

Luffy and Merry took Rebecca to find Kyros while King Riku let them go, but the Marines pursued them across Dressrosa. The Straw Hat Pirates reached the eastern docks, where Xi Yan saw Sengoku watching them without intervening.

• Rebecca asked Violet to let her leave, and Merry carried Rebecca and Luffy away through the air.
• King Riku learned Straw Hat had taken Rebecca and ordered his guards to spread the news without pursuing them.
• Vice Admiral Maynard ordered the Marines to intercept the pirates, but Perona's Ghost Clone incapacitated their snipers and blocked their attacks.
• Perona fled after sensing Fujitora, while Zoro looked forward to fighting him and Xi Yan led the crew east.
• Xi Yan spotted Sengoku near the eastern harbor, but Sengoku only glanced at them and did not act, so Xi Yan told Galette to ignore him.

Sengoku revealed to Smoker’s Marines that Xi Yan was the surviving Blood-Eyed Ninja, while Smoker and Issho planned to report the discovery and still pursue the abolition of the Shichibukai. At the same time, Rebecca reached Kyros before he could leave Dressrosa and persuaded him to stay with her as her father.

• Sengoku told Smoker that he had recognized Sunglasses Man as the Blood-Eyed Ninja, startling the Marines who had not known he was alive.
• Smoker explained that he and Issho would report Xi Yan’s identity to Fleet Admiral Sakazuki while continuing their effort to abolish the Shichibukai, and Sengoku agreed to let them proceed.
• Smoker sent Tashigi and the other Marines to coordinate near the eastern port, then stayed behind as Luffy and his companions hurried toward Kyros.
• Kyros prepared to leave Dressrosa, but Rebecca confronted him and insisted that he was her only father, convincing him to stay.
• Violet and King Riku watched Kyros and Rebecca reunite, and King Riku decided to end the rumor about Rebecca’s parentage.

Sengoku told Law that Corazon had saved him out of love, not because of his hidden name, and Law resolved to live freely. Meanwhile, Fujitora reached the Straw Hat allies, who prepared to hold him off behind Bartolomeo’s barrier while the others escaped.

• Rebecca worried about the Straw Hat Pirates’ escape, but Kyros reassured her that Leo and Xi Yan would help them.
• Sengoku recounted Corazon’s betrayal and death, and Law confirmed that Corazon had saved him while he was suffering from Amber Lead Disease.
• Law revealed that he carried the hidden name D, and Sengoku told him Corazon had not saved him for that reason but because he loved him.
• Law wept after Sengoku urged him to live freely, then thanked him and decided to make freedom his purpose.
• Fujitora arrived, and Zoro tried to confront him before Bartolomeo and the other allies took up the fight behind a barrier.

Fujitora raised the rubble over Dressrosa to attack the pirates, prompting Xi Yan to prepare to hold him off while the others escaped. Luffy returned and challenged Fujitora instead, leaving the Straw Hat Pirates and their allies watching as their fight began.

• Fujitora used the Press-Press Fruit to lift the rubble and darken the sky, while Tsuru and Bastille ordered the Marines to withdraw and leave the situation to him.
• Xi Yan decided to confront Fujitora, told Galette to return to the ship, and watched her leave.
• Luffy and Merry returned, and Luffy charged at Fujitora despite Bartolomeo's warning, declaring that he would not run from Marine Admirals.
• Luffy's first Haki-coated Elephant Gun forced Fujitora backward, and the Straw Hat Pirates rallied behind Luffy's determination to become Pirate King.
• Fujitora said he would use his full strength to capture Luffy, but Luffy's Hawk Rifle failed to move him as Lao Cai and the others stood ready to intervene.

Luffy fought Fujitora while Xi Yan intercepted Smoker, who arrived to help carry out Fujitora’s arrest order. Tashigi confronted Zoro over his famous swords, leaving Perona jealous and the standoff unresolved.

• Luffy warned Fujitora before each attack, explaining that he did not hate the blind Marine, and Fujitora knocked him back while continuing their fight.
• Xi Yan sensed Smoker approaching and stopped him from reaching Luffy, then accused him of secretly cooperating with the Straw Hat Pirates to abolish the Warlord System.
• Smoker said he had come to help Fujitora and clashed with Xi Yan, though Xi Yan realized Smoker was holding back to protect Dressrosa’s citizens.
• Tashigi arrived and demanded Zoro’s famous swords, while Perona grew jealous when Zoro identified her as a Marine commodore.
• Bartolomeo tried to intervene, but Perona ordered him to stay put, and Tashigi continued challenging Zoro.

Tashigi fought Perona and then clashed with Zoro while insisting she would reclaim his famous swords, but memories of the Straw Hats made her question whether they were villains. Smoker continued trusting Tashigi as he fought Xi Yan, and the chapter ended with Xi Yan and Smoker trading punches.

• Perona attacked Tashigi with Negative Ghosts and Explosive Ghosts, but Tashigi destroyed them with Haki and kicked Perona from the air.
• Zoro caught Perona, then faced Tashigi after she demanded that he hand over his famous swords.
• Tashigi and Zoro exchanged sword strikes while the others discussed her rapid growth and her earlier encounters with them.
• Tashigi's memories of the Straw Hats saving Alabasta and Dressrosa weakened her resolve, and Smoker told Xi Yan that he trusted her to find her own answer.
• Xi Yan and Smoker resumed their fierce fistfight.

Tashigi recovered her resolve to improve, while Zoro and the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to leave after Fujitora’s devastating attack. Smoker and Tashigi waited to see whether Fujitora would pursue them, and Xi Yan’s group reached their ships with rubble still hanging overhead.

• Tashigi regained her determination to become stronger and resumed facing Zoro, but Fujitora interrupted with a powerful slash that sent Luffy flying and tore through a huge rock wall.
• Zoro asked Luffy to switch places so he could fight Fujitora, but Bartolomeo warned that the group needed to escape, and Xi Yan arrived and led Zoro away.
• Xi Yan’s Wood Dragon devastated the battlefield where he had fought Smoker, while Smoker and Tashigi chose not to pursue the departing pirates as Fujitora’s intentions remained unclear.
• Usopp and the others worried about Fujitora’s suspended rubble, and Xi Yan offered to counter it with a Water Release Technique if it fell.
• Orlumbus showed the group that their ships were lined up behind the first vessel, while Merry wondered whether she could use her wind to move them all at once.

Fujitora halted the falling wreckage when Dressrosa’s citizens gathered to protect the Straw Hat Pirates, making clear their gratitude for the crew. Smoker and Fujitora let Luffy and the others leave, accepting that they would have to justify their choice to Navy Headquarters.

• Hajrudin carried Luffy away from Fujitora as Usopp urged Xi Yan to find a way to escape the wreckage overhead.
• Xi Yan sensed someone’s arrival, and the wreckage stopped falling as Dressrosa’s citizens rushed in and demanded that the Marines leave the pirates alone.
• The citizens revealed they had long known Rebecca was Kyros’s daughter and had quietly respected the family’s choice to conceal the truth.
• Fujitora sensed the citizens’ gratitude toward the Straw Hat Pirates and sheathed his sword, deciding to let them leave safely.
• Smoker ordered Tashigi back to the main force and agreed with Fujitora that they could not arrest the pirates after they had saved Dressrosa.
• Fujitora and Smoker accepted that Navy Headquarters might question their decision, while insisting that civilian safety justified stopping the attack.

The Dressrosa fighters offered to form a 5,600-member grand fleet under Luffy, but he rejected their cup of brotherhood because he disliked the restrictions of being their captain. The fleet’s offer remained unresolved as Luffy turned his attention to the banquet and Cavendish grew indignant at his lack of interest.

• Xi Yan led the Straw Hat Pirates and their allies aboard Orlumbus’s enormous Yonta Maria, where Hajrudin spoke of reviving the Giant Warrior Pirate Crew.
• Leo, Edio, Blue Gilly, Jette, Suleiman, Cavendish, and the other leaders announced their plans to sail with their respective crews.
• Orlumbus listed the seven groups and their combined 5,600 members, then Bartolomeo asked Luffy to accept a cup of brotherhood and lead them.
• Luffy refused to drink, explaining that he did not want to become captain of a grand fleet, while Zoro offered to drink the liquor himself.
• Luffy said the fleet would be too restrictive and asked about the food, prompting Cavendish to scold him for treating the offer so casually.