Chapter Summaries

The Straw Hat crew learned that Law had stayed behind to face Doflamingo, then continued preparing to carry out their plan while Law confronted his enemy on the bridge. Law freed Jiao La and prepared to settle the score over Corazon’s death, as Doflamingo realized something had gone wrong with his operation.

• Perona told Franky, Usopp, Merry, and Nico Robin that Law had gone alone to hold off Doflamingo because of his grudge against him, and Nico Robin said the crew should continue their plan to destroy the Factory.
• Usopp realized he could no longer leave, while Zoro urged the others to resolve the problem quickly and meet up with Nami’s group.
• On the bridge to Green Bit, Law held Jiao La at swordpoint as Doflamingo arrived and threatened to capture the Straw Hat crew members still in Dressrosa.
• Law said his alliance with the Straw Hat Pirates had been a means to destroy the SMILE Factory and enrage Kaido, but that avenging Corazon mattered more to him.
• Law used his ROOM ability to move Jiao La behind Doflamingo and told her to flee; Doflamingo ordered her to go, and she obeyed.
• Doflamingo suspected the Straw Hat crew had disrupted his operation after Black Leg appeared, and he resolved to punish Violet and her family if she had betrayed him.

Law fought Doflamingo on the Long Bridge to keep him occupied while the Straw Hat crew targeted the SMILE Factory, but Doflamingo outlasted him. With Law badly wounded and unable to deploy his Ability Circle, Doflamingo mocked him as Dressrosa lay ahead.

• Law told Doflamingo that losing Caesar and the SMILE Factory would end him, then attacked with his Op-Op Fruit powers.
• Law and Doflamingo traded attacks across the Long Bridge, destroying sections of it as Law tried to catch Doflamingo with iron pillars and surprise strikes.
• Doflamingo recognized that Law was running out of stamina and exploited his exhaustion, kicking him and switching places to block his attacks.
• Doflamingo shot Law with Bullet Strings, leaving him wounded on the ground and unable to create his Ability Circle.
• Doflamingo taunted Law about escaping to Dressrosa, while Law realized he could no longer stall him as planned.

Doflamingo learned that Violet had betrayed the Donquixote Family and ordered Diamante to guard the SMILE Factory before confronting Law. At the coliseum, Rebecca faced the giant Rolinger Logan, who attacked her as the crowd cheered for her defeat.

• Diamante told Doflamingo that Violet had helped Black Leg escape, and Doflamingo ordered him to send Oira G and the others to guard the SMILE Factory.
• Doflamingo taunted Law over his failed plan, and Law invoked the Will of D before Doflamingo killed him.
• Rebecca knocked several gladiators into the water, then faced Rolinger Logan as he threatened to break her bones.
• Luffy grew angry at the crowd's hostility toward Rebecca, while a Prisoner Gladiator explained that she had cared for the defeated contestants.
• Rolinger Logan lunged at Rebecca, but she dodged his attacks and ran to avoid his overwhelming strength.

Rebecca struggled to survive against Rolinger Logan in the arena, but Angelia intervened and urged her to stop relying on evasion. Rebecca then used Angelia as a springboard to launch an attack on Rolinger Logan.

• Rolinger Logan crushed a gladiator who attacked him from behind, then chased Rebecca through the arena.
• A fire-breathing contestant knocked Rebecca down and sent her weapon flying, and Rolinger Logan pinned it beneath his foot.
• Rolinger Logan grabbed Rebecca and began crushing her, but Angelia struck his arm with her axe and forced him to release her.
• Angelia encouraged Rebecca to fight for the Diamond Fruit, then battled Rolinger Logan and was badly beaten by his feints and powerful blows.
• Rebecca decided to attack, asked Angelia to crouch, and leaped off her back toward Rolinger Logan.

Rebecca defeated Rolinger Logan by using his momentum to send him out of the arena, then kept fighting to advance toward the finals and the Diamond Fruit. Elsewhere, Xi Yan, Perona, and Sabo encountered Bartolomeo, who recognized Xi Yan and Perona as members of the Straw Hat Pirates and revealed himself as their devoted fan.

• Rebecca used Rolinger Logan’s attack against him, stabbed his heel, and sent him stumbling out of the arena into the water.
• Angelia praised Rebecca and urged her to reach the finals, while Rebecca worried that Wanhao was missing before returning her attention to the fight.
• Rebecca knocked more attackers into the seawater as Luffy cheered her on, then learned from the Prisoner Gladiator about the country’s hidden divide between winners and losers.
• Luffy left to watch Rebecca from outside, reflecting that Dressrosa reminded him of the country where he grew up.
• Xi Yan, Perona, and Sabo continued searching underground for Luffy and ran into Bartolomeo, who excitedly recognized Xi Yan as Sunglasses Senior and Perona as Ghost Princess.
• Bartolomeo showed them the Wanted Orders he had kept for years and declared that he was a fan of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Xi Yan, Sabo, and Perona met Bartolomeo and took him along to find Luffy, while Bartolomeo remained unaware that Xi Yan was the supposedly dead Blood-Eyed Ninja. In the Flower Field, Gan Qiao revealed the Tontatta Tribe’s centuries of enslavement under the Donquixote Family and how King Riku freed them and apologized; the group continued preparing for battle.

• Bartolomeo treasured the Wanted Order for Blood-Eyed Ninja, and Xi Yan chose not to reveal that he was still alive.
• Bartolomeo asked where Luffy was, and Xi Yan led him and Sabo toward Luffy after sensing that Luffy had changed direction again.
• Sabo told Bartolomeo that he was Luffy’s older brother, shocking Bartolomeo, who apologized and began calling him Senior Sabo.
• In the Flower Field, Gan Qiao explained that the Giant Race had captured Tontatta as pets and that the Donquixote king had subjected them to generations of forced labor.
• Gan Qiao said King Riku freed the Tontatta, apologized for their suffering, and let them take the supplies they needed without labor, giving rise to Dressrosa’s fairy legend.

Kyros explained how Doflamingo’s return brought disaster to Dressrosa and revealed that he was Rebecca’s father, while the Straw Hats and Tontatta prepared to fight. He began recounting how Monet’s arrival preceded the events that led King Riku to attack his citizens.

• Gan Qiao explained the Tontatta Tribe’s eight-hundred-year friendship with the Riku Family and said Doflamingo had captured five hundred Tontatta, including Mansherry.
• Leo and the Tontatta rallied behind Usopp, who accepted their praise and promised to fight alongside them.
• Kyros explained that Rebecca was his daughter, that Doflamingo had driven them into hiding, and that Rebecca had become a gladiator in the Bullfighting Arena.
• Kyros said Monet’s arrival at the Royal Palace preceded a change in Dressrosa, where the Riku Family had ruled peacefully for generations.
• Kyros began describing how Doflamingo appeared in King Riku’s room and demanded the throne for himself.

Kyros explained how Doflamingo used King Riku’s attempt to save Dressrosa’s citizens to frame him and seize the throne. He revealed that King Riku and Viola survived, and Zoro realized that the missing Royal Army soldiers had likely been turned into toys.

• Kyros explained that Doflamingo demanded King Riku abdicate or gather ten billion Beli by dawn, while forbidding him from telling the citizens the truth.
• Kyros said Doflamingo controlled King Riku and the Royal Army, forcing them to attack citizens so Doflamingo could defeat them publicly and pose as Dressrosa’s savior.
• Kyros explained that Doflamingo’s Donquixote ancestry helped him claim the throne, while the citizens came to hate King Riku and the Royal Army.
• Kyros revealed that Viola joined the Donquixote Family as Violet to save her father, and that King Riku was still alive after ten years.
• Kyros said some Royal Army soldiers had died and others had joined Doflamingo, but their numbers did not account for the whole army.
• Zoro suggested that Sugar had turned the missing Royal Army soldiers into toys.

Kyros explained how Sugar’s power turned people into toys and erased them from everyone’s memories, and he planned to use the freed toys to help defeat Doflamingo. Luffy reunited with Sabo, whom he had believed dead for more than ten years, and broke down in tears.

• Kyros told Franky, Robin, and the others that Sugar had turned the missing Taxi Soldiers into toys and made the world forget them, and he said the toys’ anger at Doflamingo could help the rebellion.
• Franky supported the plan to fight Doflamingo, but Usopp insisted their goal was only to destroy the Factory; Robin and Zoro also made clear they wanted Doflamingo stopped.
• Kyros explained that Doflamingo’s false report about stepping down had plunged the Tontatta into despair and led them to set the day of the final battle.
• Usopp and Perona prevented Merry from revealing that the Straw Hats had caused the morning’s incident, and Perona asked her to wait until after the battle to tell the Tontatta.
• Luffy met Xi Yan, Perona, Sabo, and the others in a corridor, but failed to recognize Sabo until Sabo removed his hat and introduced himself.
• Luffy recognized his long-lost brother and clung to Sabo, weeping with joy that he was alive.

Luffy reunited with Sabo, who explained how he survived and regained his memories after meeting Ace. They looked forward to reuniting with Ace after the battle, while Sabo teased Luffy about having to defeat him to become Pirate King.

• Luffy tearfully welcomed Sabo back, and Sabo promised he would not disappear again.
• Sabo told Luffy that the Celestial Dragons had attacked him, leaving him with amnesia before he joined Dragon's Revolutionary Army.
• Sabo explained that he regained his memories after fighting Ace, who recognized him when his hat fell and saw his water pipe.
• Sabo and Luffy planned to introduce their brothers to Luffy's partners and reunite with Ace after the battle.
• Sabo told Luffy that Dadan was doing well and missed him, while Luffy said he would visit her after circling the Grand Line.
• Sabo teased Luffy that he might have to fight Ace if he wanted to become Pirate King.

Xi Yan explained Doflamingo’s scheme to Luffy, who decided to leave the tournament and confront him while Sabo took his place in the finals to pursue the Diamond Fruit. Bartolomeo agreed to help Sabo secure the fruit, and the group prepared to act.

• Sabo told Luffy that Sanji had been injured by Doflamingo while protecting Nami and the others, and Luffy vowed to punish Doflamingo for hurting his partner.
• Xi Yan revealed that Doflamingo’s resignation from the Shichibukai and his abdication as king were both fake, leaving Luffy furious that Doflamingo had deceived them.
• Sabo explained that Doflamingo might still hand over the Diamond Fruit, so Luffy needed to keep someone in the tournament to compete for it.
• Bartolomeo offered to help obtain the Diamond Fruit, and Xi Yan agreed that he and Sabo could provide backup together.
• Sabo told Luffy he would replace him in the finals, allowing Luffy to leave and fight Doflamingo.
• Luffy accepted the plan, entrusted the Diamond Fruit to Sabo and Bartolomeo, and headed out to confront Doflamingo.

Xi Yan and Luffy contacted their crew, shared updates about Sabo and Bartolomeo, and learned that Franky was with the Tontatta army preparing to attack Doflamingo. Franky questioned Law’s plan to destroy the SMILE Factory and leave Doflamingo to Kaido, pointing out that the Tontatta would still march into danger.

• Xi Yan told Luffy he could use Earth Release Technique to get them out of the Colosseum, then called Sanji and Usopp to exchange information.
• Xi Yan explained that Sabo had taken Luffy’s place in the tournament and that Bartolomeo, a strong Straw Hat fan who had won Block B, would help him.
• Franky told the crew he was with the Riku Royal Army, an army of Tontatta led by the Toy Soldier and set to attack Doflamingo that day.
• Luffy remembered Rebecca had entered the tournament to obtain the Diamond Fruit and stop the Tontatta army, and he asked Franky to stop them.
• Franky said he would no longer follow Law’s plan, explaining that destroying the SMILE Factory would provoke Kaido but leave the Tontatta operation against Doflamingo unchanged.

Franky convinced Luffy and the others to help the Tontatta fight Doflamingo, while Xi Yan suggested killing Caesar. Before they could decide what to do with him, Big Mom’s ship appeared and attacked the Thousand Sunny, forcing Sanji and the crew to flee instead of heading to Dressrosa.

• Franky insisted on helping the Tontatta, and Luffy agreed that the Straw Hat Pirates would join him.
• Xi Yan proposed killing Caesar, but Caesar begged for his life and revealed that he had swindled research funds from Big Mom’s crew.
• Nami spotted Big Mom’s ship, the Queen Mama Chanter, and Sanji recognized Pekoms and Baron Tamago aboard it.
• Pekoms and Baron Tamago ordered their crew to sink the Thousand Sunny and take Caesar, while Caesar warned the Straw Hats that Big Mom would torture him.
• The Big Mom Pirates opened fire on the Thousand Sunny, and Nami ordered the crew to turn around and escape.
• Franky urged Sanji and the others to flee without drawing Big Mom’s crew to Dressrosa.

Nami’s group tried to escape BIG MOM’s pursuit while Luffy’s group stayed behind to destroy Doflamingo’s SMILE Factory. After Nami’s lightning damaged the Queen Mama Chanter, BIG MOM sent Zeus to confront the storm.

• Nami used the Cloud Cloud Fruit to blow the Queen Mama Chanter backward while the Thousand Sunny sped away.
• Nami explained that Caesar was their leverage against Doflamingo and agreed to take him to Zou with Sanji, Brook, and Chopper.
• Sanji got Luffy’s permission to counterattack BIG MOM’s ship, and the crews agreed to meet at Zou.
• Nami created a black cloud and struck the Queen Mama Chanter repeatedly with lightning, damaging its hull.
• BIG MOM ordered Zeus into the sky, and he swallowed Nami’s lightning with delight.

Nami and the Straw Hat Pirates escaped the Big Mom Pirates by launching the Thousand Sunny with repeated Coup de Vent bursts. After Caesar denied that Big Mom could track him with a Vivre Card, he revealed his role in the failed giantification experiments, leaving the crew furious and debating whether to kill him.

• Zeus swallowed Nami's lightning, while the Big Mom Pirates' Flying Slashes damaged her clouds and slowed the Thousand Sunny.
• Nami ordered Sanji to prepare the Coup de Vent, and the crew launched the Thousand Sunny into the sky before the pursuing ship could catch them.
• Pekoms and Baron Tamago watched the Thousand Sunny escape and decided to report their failure to Big Mom.
• Nami ordered repeated Coup de Vent bursts to put more distance between the ships, while Sanji warned that the Big Mom Pirates might still track Caesar with a Vivre Card.
• Caesar claimed no Vivre Card could be made from him because he was a Logia gas user and had guarded against the Big Mom Pirates obtaining his hair.
• Caesar admitted he had continued giantification experiments with Joker's help to keep Big Mom from pursuing him, and Nami and the others threatened to kill him.

Kyros explained that the Straw Hat Pirates and the Tontatta planned to invade the underground Factory and defeat the Donquixote Family by knocking Sugar unconscious. Merry warned that Boa Hancock's ability had not worn off even after she was killed, leaving the plan uncertain as the group prepared to move out and Zoro asked about the enemy's swordsmen.

• Kyros described the underground Factory, where the Tontatta and people transformed into toys were forced to work, and said the operation aimed to destroy it and restore King Riku's rule.
• Kyros identified Sugar as the first target, but Merry warned that Boa Hancock's ability had remained active after her death, so Sugar's transformations might not be undone when she lost consciousness.
• Kyros admitted there was no reliable alternative, while Perona offered to handle Sugar if needed and the group discussed Xi Yan as a last resort.
• Kyros explained that Sugar was in the Underground Trade Center under Trebol's protection and revealed that SOP stood for Sugar, Heart-Pounding Panic Operation.
• Franky and Usopp rallied the Tontatta to move out, while Perona said Kin'emon had gone to the Toy House and a scout confirmed he was likely there.
• Leo said the Tontatta had gathered intelligence on the Donquixote officers, and Zoro asked whether any of them were powerful swordsmen.

Zoro learned that Pica was at Dressrosa’s Royal Palace and set out with Merry, but Perona warned that a Marine Admiral might be there, so they chose to regroup with Luffy and Xi Yan. Xi Yan and Luffy then encountered Bartolomeo carrying an injured Bellamy, who offered to lead them out of the Colosseum while insisting he would not betray Doflamingo.

• Leo identified Pica and Diamante as the Donquixote Family’s two swordsmen, and Zoro chose to challenge Pica at the Royal Palace.
• Perona relayed Xi Yan’s invitation for Zoro to find Pica, and Merry agreed to accompany him while Perona stayed behind to deal with Sugar.
• Perona warned that a Marine Admiral was allied with Doflamingo and might be at the Royal Palace, so Zoro and Merry decided to find Luffy and Xi Yan at the Colosseum.
• Xi Yan and Luffy encountered Bartolomeo carrying an injured Bellamy, who said the Colosseum had no exit and offered to guide them out.
• Bellamy insisted that he still respected Doflamingo and would not betray him, even as he agreed to lead Luffy and Xi Yan out.

Luffy and Xi Yan left the Bullfighting Arena in mascot suits to avoid the Marines while heading toward Doflamingo. Outside, Smoker arrived, suspected Doflamingo was behind the strange names on the Marines’ arrest list, and decided to wait for Luffy and Xi Yan to emerge.

• Bellamy led Luffy and Xi Yan through a hidden passage to the arena exit, then left on his own.
• Perona reported that Marines were guarding the exit, so Xi Yan brought out mascot suits and he and Luffy used them to slip away.
• Luffy shouted for Mingo as he ran, and Xi Yan caught up, quieted him, and led him out of the Marines’ line of sight.
• A Vice Admiral discovered that unfamiliar names had appeared on the arrest list and discussed the anomaly with Smoker.
• Smoker suspected a Devil Fruit ability in Dressrosa had altered the list or the Marines’ perceptions, then chose to wait for Luffy and Xi Yan because arresting the Straw Hat Pirates was his purpose.

Smoker and the Marines waited outside the Bullfighting Arena, planning to arrest the Straw Hat Pirates while avoiding a direct violation of Doflamingo’s authority. Meanwhile, Kyros led the Tontatta toward the trading port, and the group redirected Franky and Usopp to the Toy House when the underground passage proved too narrow.

• Tashigi reported that she had not found the Straw Hat Pirates’ ship, and Smoker refused to pursue Fire Fist Ace because he prioritized protecting Dressrosa’s civilians.
• Smoker tried to enter the Bullfighting Arena to arrest the contestants, but the Vice Admiral and Tashigi stopped him because it was Doflamingo’s territory.
• The Marines continued watching the arena’s entrance as Tashigi wondered why no contestants had come out, and Smoker called the Shichibukai trash.
• Kyros gathered the Tontatta and led them into an underground passage toward the enemy trading port.
• Usopp failed to enlarge the passage with his More-More Fruit, leaving Franky unable to fit through it.
• Kyros suggested that Franky and Usopp enter the underground world through the Toy House, which he revealed was a passage beneath the Royal Palace rather than a place for toys to rest.

Franky attacked the Toy House to draw the Donquixote Family’s attention while Usopp, Nico Robin, and Perona headed for the SMILE Factory and Sugar. At the Toy House, Franky blasted through the guards and struck Senor Pink, who emerged openly to fight him.

• Kyros explained that toys and Tontatta clansmen were forced to labor underground at night and that the SMILE Factory had four heavily guarded entrances.
• Franky volunteered to attack the Toy House and draw enemy cadres away while Usopp, Nico Robin, and Perona infiltrated the factory to find Sugar.
• Franky arrived at the Toy House, where the Donquixote Family guards identified him and alerted their allies.
• Doflamingo pointed out Franky’s attack to Fujitora, who left with his Cane Sword, while Trebol and Sugar dismissed the threat to the Toy House.
• Franky blasted the guards with Coup de Vent and then fired bullets at them, while Senor Pink protected the women from the attack.
• Senor Pink appeared in front of Franky and was struck through a wall by Franky’s Strong Right Hand, then explained that he would not sneak up on a man.