Chapter Summaries

Araki sent the Mist Village fighters to capture pirates on Sabaody Archipelago to pay Silvers Rayleigh’s five-hundred-million-Belly coating fee. As the Straw Hat Pirates attacked a human auction house to save Keimi, Araki’s targets gathered amid the chaos.

• Silvers Rayleigh finished coating the Mist Ark after seven days, and Araki promised to pay him five hundred million Belly by hunting pirates.
• Araki assigned his fighters targets from wanted posters, including Eustass Kid and the Straw Hat Pirates, and ordered Utakata to hide the Mist Ark.
• Luffy and his crew entered the human auction house to buy Keimi back, but resorted to violence after they could not match the Celestial Dragons’ wealth.
• Luffy and Zoro demolished the auction house, burying participants and a Celestial Dragon in the rubble, which prompted Marines to mobilize.
• Ringo Ameyuri, Kaguya Black Bone, Mei Terumi, and the other Mist fighters appeared near the auction house as the Marine Headquarters received the news.

Mei Terumi disguised her group as Marine soldiers and led them into the battle, where Ringo Ameyuri intercepted Trafalgar Law as he tried to escape. Law struck back with his Ope Ope no Mi, but Ringo vanished in a puff of smoke, leaving him uncertain what had happened.

• Mei Terumi stopped Kaguya Black Bone from charging into the battle and told the group to disguise themselves as Marine soldiers.
• Kid, Luffy, and Trafalgar Law emerged from the auction house, and Law decided to flee before the Marine admiral arrived.
• Ringo Ameyuri pursued Law with a lightning-fast sword strike, injuring him and surprising him with her strength.
• Law counterattacked with High-Frequency Scalpel and Room: Shambles, but Ringo Ameyuri turned into white smoke and disappeared.

At Sabaody’s Auction House No. 1, Mei Terumi and other strange fighters confronted the Supernovas as acid mist and battles spread across the battlefield. Basil Hawkins’s divination showed that surrender offered his best chance to survive, and he gave himself up while Drake and Bege remained trapped with their attackers.

• Mei Terumi melted Kid’s steel arm with acid, then blanketed the battlefield in corrosive mist as Kid fought back with Punk Gibson.
• Zabuza Momochi and Zoro attacked each other with matching Ghost Slash techniques.
• Luffy fought Black Bone, who sprouted sharp bones across his body and wounded him with spikes.
• Apoo celebrated as Kid’s steel construct corroded, while Drake and Bege prepared to leave and Hawkins divined their chances of survival.
• Hua Bing, Guren, and a Rain ninja blocked Drake, Bege, and Hawkins; Hua Bing’s ice mirrors deflected Bege’s crew’s gunfire, and Drake transformed into an allosaurus.
• Hawkins calculated that surrender gave him the best chance to live and surrendered.

Kizaru arrived at Sabaody Archipelago to protect the Celestial Dragons and test new Marine weapons, but tried to avoid taking action while looking for Sentomaru. He learned that bounty hunters had already captured most of the Supernovas, leaving him wondering how to claim credit by catching someone himself.

• Kizaru arrived at Sabaody Archipelago ahead of the Science Unit and wandered around while trying to contact Sentomaru.
• A Marine rear admiral approached Kizaru with a report, but Kizaru tried to leave rather than listen.
• The rear admiral shouted that Marines had captured eight of the eleven Supernovas, prompting Kizaru to rush back and demand an explanation.
• The rear admiral revealed that bounty hunters had captured the Supernovas and brought them to the Marine base in exchange for their bounties.
• Kizaru learned that the Straw Hat crew had escaped amid a chaotic fight, while Trafalgar Law remained at large, and wondered how to avoid looking useless.

Kaguya Black Bone and Zabuza Momochi pursued the Straw Hat Pirates through Sabaody, and Kaguya’s bone forest split the crew apart. After Usopp helped Luffy land a powerful blow, Kaguya stabbed Usopp, driving Luffy into a furious attack as Kaguya countered with a giant bone blade.

• Kaguya Black Bone and Zabuza Momochi chased the Straw Hat Pirates through Sabaody while Zoro cleared incoming bone projectiles and Chopper treated the wounded.
• Kaguya used Dance of the Seedling Fern to erupt a vast forest of bone spikes, scattering the crew as Robin protected Nami, Chopper, and Usopp.
• Usopp covered Kaguya’s sharp bone spikes with mochi pellets, allowing Luffy to strike him without holding back and send him flying.
• Kaguya reappeared beside Usopp and pinned him through the chest with a bone blade, prompting Luffy to erupt in rage.
• Luffy inflated his leg into the clouds and brought down Gum-Gum Giant Lightning Axe, while Kaguya enlarged his weapon and answered with Super Bone Slash.

Kaguya Black Bone and Zabuza Momochi attacked the Straw Hat Pirates, and Black Bone killed Usopp before Luffy retaliated. Kizaru arrived and fought the two impostors, but both groups escaped, leaving Zabuza to wonder whether the Straw Hats could evade the admiral.

• Luffy smashed through much of Black Bone’s bone forest, and the Straw Hats regrouped as Chopper confirmed that Usopp had died.
• Black Bone mocked Usopp’s bounty, but the Straw Hats were interrupted by warnings that an admiral and a Seven Warlord of the Sea had arrived.
• Bartholomew Kuma fired a laser at the Straw Hats, and Kizaru struck Luffy and stopped Black Bone from attacking him and Zoro.
• Kizaru attacked Black Bone and Zabuza for impersonating Navy soldiers, and the resulting clash allowed both groups to escape.
• Zabuza told Black Bone to retreat and suggested that they might encounter the Straw Hats near the docks, while Black Bone doubted they could escape Kizaru.

Rayleigh woke to find Luffy and his companions hiding in his ruined bar, and learned that two seemingly low-ranking Marines had killed Usopp and fought off Admiral Kizaru. Araki arrived and paid Rayleigh the five hundred million Beli he owed, leaving the Straw Hats to hear how he had raised the money from the Supernovas.

• Rayleigh woke when a blast tore through his roof and recognized the straw hat Luffy wore as Roger's former hat, passed to Shanks.
• Rayleigh let Luffy and his unconscious companions hide in the bar, where Robin described the powerful disguised Marines, Usopp's death, and Kizaru's intervention.
• Luffy vowed to defeat the two men responsible for Usopp's death.
• Araki came to the ruined bar and tried to leave without paying, but Rayleigh confronted him and demanded his wages.
• Araki said he had collected five hundred million Beli from the Supernovas and handed Rayleigh a stack of bills taken from the Marine base.

Araki revealed that his subordinates had been sent to capture Luffy and Zoro alive, then blamed the Straw Hats for Usopp's injury and death. After Araki knocked Luffy unconscious, Rayleigh stopped him from pursuing the crew and said he would speak with Luffy himself.

• Nami asked Rayleigh to coat the Straw Hats' ship, and he agreed to do it after resting for a couple of days.
• Shakky questioned Araki about his earnings, and he said he had made about one and a half billion Beli.
• Luffy learned that Kaguya Black Bone and Zabuza Momochi had worked for Araki and confronted him about Usopp.
• Araki claimed his subordinates had been ordered to capture Luffy and Zoro alive and blamed the Straw Hats for getting involved in the fight.
• Luffy attacked Araki, but Araki knocked him through the tavern wall with a single finger flick.
• Rayleigh blocked Araki from going after the Straw Hats and said he would talk things over with Luffy himself.

Kuma sent the Straw Hat crew flying while Rayleigh fought Kizaru to keep him from intervening. After Kuma spared Rayleigh, Kizaru turned his attention to Araki, and Gekko Moria appeared and called Araki his vice-captain.

• Kuma arrived beside the Straw Hats as Rayleigh rushed to protect them, but Kizaru intercepted him with a golden light sword.
• The Straw Hats attacked Kuma together, but he crushed their assault with Ursus Shock while Rayleigh and Kizaru argued.
• Rayleigh and Kizaru clashed with their swords as Kuma sent Zoro, Sanji, Robin, Nami, and Franky flying.
• Luffy regained consciousness just in time to see Kuma send him and Chopper flying in opposite directions.
• Kuma asked Kizaru whether he should capture Rayleigh, and Kizaru said to let him go before asking about Araki.
• Gekko Moria appeared and told Kizaru that Araki was his vice-captain.

After leaving Rayleigh’s coating yard, Araki and Gekko Moria traveled toward Wano Country to confront Kaido. Araki chose to seize Wano while Kaido was away, and Moria began training to master Thousand Shadows Mode before their pursuit.

• Kizaru and Kuma left, while Araki thanked Rayleigh for coating the Mist Ark and departed with Moria.
• The Mist Ark passed Fish-Man Island and continued toward the New World without trouble.
• Araki laid out two plans for confronting Kaido: intercept him at sea or occupy Wano Country first, and he chose to seize Wano while Kaido was away.
• Araki explained that Wano’s samurai would provide Moria with shadows and urged him to master Thousand Shadows Mode before the battle.
• Moria went to train with Shadows Asgard as Araki looked forward to the chaos of two Emperors falling.

Araki and Moria reached Wano Country after Kaido left for Marineford and used the Mist Ark and Mist-born ninjas to overwhelm the Beasts Pirates guarding the cliff waterfall. Queen learned that Sasaki had been defeated and led his men toward the waterfall to confront the intruders.

• Araki waited seven days near Wano Country until Kaido’s flagship departed, then ordered the Mist Ark to move out.
• The Beasts Pirates tried to stop the Mist Ark at the cliff waterfall, but Araki’s Mist-born ninjas reversed the waterfall and swept away most of the defenders.
• Araki ordered his group to make landfall while Moria watched the attack in shock.
• A surviving pirate told Queen that Sasaki had been defeated and the intruders had reversed the waterfall’s current.
• Queen suspected Whitebeard might be behind the attack, then gathered his men and headed for the cliff waterfall.

Araki and his allies attacked the Beasts Pirates in the Ringo region, where Gekko Moria confronted Queen. After a massive Water Release flooded the battlefield, Perona and Moria finished off the weakened pirates.

• Queen arrived with Ulti, Page One, and other Beasts Pirates, then challenged Moria to a fight.
• Moria absorbed a thousand shadows and used his giant form to repel Queen’s attacks.
• Araki and the Mist Village shinobi unleashed a huge Water Release wave that flooded the battlefield and overwhelmed the Beasts Pirates.
• Perona used her Negative Hollows on the weakened enemies, and Moria cut off their shadows.

After crushing the Beasts Pirates, Araki took Shusui and went to the Flower Capital to overthrow Kurozumi Orochi. He left the story facing Orochi and declaring himself Wano Country’s new Sword God.

• Moria removed the Beasts Pirates’ shadows and sent them aboard the Mist Ark, while Araki told him to rest and leave Wano Country’s takeover to the others.
• Araki asked Moria for Shusui, intending to use the blade’s status as Wano Country’s national treasure to support his rule.
• Kurozumi Orochi questioned Kyoshiro about Queen’s absence, then asked Komurasaki to dance.
• Kyoshiro tackled Komurasaki aside as a sword aura split the Tenshukaku, forcing him to flee the ruins with her and Orochi.
• Araki approached with Shusui and announced that he would cut down Orochi and become the new Sword God.

Araki publicly executed Kurozumi Orochi and claimed Wano Country’s shogunate, but the Kozuki retainers challenged his right to rule. He asked Hiyori whether the Kozuki Clan still deserved the throne.

• Araki cut Kurozumi Orochi in half, then ordered Hua Bing to freeze him and Kyoshiro to gather Wano Country’s people for a public execution.
• Kyoshiro and Komurasaki arranged to notify the people, while Kyoshiro openly turned against Orochi’s remaining followers.
• At the execution ground, Araki condemned Orochi as a traitor and beheaded him as a crowd cheered.
• Araki declared his willingness to become shogun, and most of the gathered people approved.
• Kawamatsu objected that the throne belonged to the Kozuki Clan, while Shutenmaru proposed that Hiyori rule until Momonosuke returned.
• Araki blamed the Kozuki Clan for Wano Country’s suffering and asked Hiyori whether her family deserved to rule.

Araki crushed the Kozuki loyalists, took the position of shogun, and set out with Moria to target Kaido. As Kaido clashed with Shanks, the Red Hair Pirates sabotaged the Beasts Pirates’ ships and escaped.

• Araki rejected the Kozuki retainers’ objections, and Kaguya Black Bone killed Kawamatsu before Araki’s group defeated the remaining loyalists and captured Kozuki Hiyori.
• Araki became Wano Country’s shogun and had Kaguya Black Bone and Guren build the Sword Pavilion as his residence.
• Araki left a clone in Wano Country and sailed with Moria aboard the Mist Ark to pursue Kaido.
• Kaido transformed into a dragon and attacked Shanks’s ship with Bolo Breath, while Shanks countered with a sword strike.
• Two Red Hair Pirates shot holes into the Beasts Pirates’ ships, leaving King and Jack’s vessels sinking as the Red Hair Pirates escaped.

Araki urged Gekko Moria to use the shadows of Kozuki Oden’s retainers to prepare for his rematch with Kaido. Moria absorbed thousands of shadows and began battling Kaido aboard the Mist Ark, leaving the fight raging as he turned Kaido’s tornado back on him.

• Araki explained that Kozuki Oden had wounded Kaido and that Oden’s retainers’ shadows could strengthen Moria against him.
• Kaido delayed joining the war while the Beasts Pirates repaired their ship, then spotted the Mist Ark and ordered his crew to take it.
• Araki detected the Beasts Pirates, and Moria absorbed thousands of shadows with Araki’s help, growing to over a hundred meters tall.
• Moria attacked Kaido with twin shadow swords, and his strike knocked Kaido back when Kaido mistook him for Kozuki Oden.
• Kaido fired a Bolo Breath, and Moria countered with Brick Bat, producing a massive clash that tore through the sky and sea.
• Kaido summoned a tornado with Demolishing Gust, and Moria’s Dark Night Demon Shadow body-slammed it back toward him.

Moria’s immense shadow-fueled power let him fight Kaido for half a day, but his stamina began to fail. Araki unleashed his killing intent and struck at Kaido as the emperor tried to transform, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Moria and Kaido fought repeatedly while King watched in disbelief at Moria’s strength.
• Kaido stayed in his dragon form rather than becoming smaller in Hybrid Form, and his stamina outlasted Moria’s burst of power.
• Araki decided to intervene after Moria’s strength began to decline and prepared his sword, Yachiru, with Bloody Mist.
• Araki’s killing intent terrified King, Kaido, and Moria, and Kaido tried to transform into his Hybrid Form.
• Araki appeared above Kaido and thrust his blood-coated sword down as Kaido countered with Haki-wreathed horns.

At Marineford, the assembled Seven Warlords questioned why several members were absent, prompting Sengoku to explain their choices and threaten the others. As Doflamingo questioned Gekko Moria’s decision to confront Kaido, Hawkeye praised Moria’s courage and Kuma said Moria might not be going to his death.

• Doflamingo asked Sengoku why the other Warlords had not arrived, and Hancock demanded to know why she could not leave too.
• Sengoku said Jinbe had chosen imprisonment rather than fight Whitebeard, while Moria had volunteered to intercept Kaido, and warned Hancock and Doflamingo to behave.
• Doflamingo questioned how Moria could hope to challenge Kaido, privately envying his willingness to face the Yonko.
• Hawkeye praised Moria for confronting his fear, and Kuma said Moria might not be going there to die.

Araki defeated Kaido and brought him to Wano Country, where the people celebrated the end of his rule and Araki began rebuilding the nation. Yamato then asked to join Araki’s efforts.

• Doflamingo failed to get an explanation from Bartholomew Kuma and turned his attention to the fighting at Marineford.
• Araki defeated Kaido and sealed his soul, while King the Conflagration submitted to him.
• Moria regained his resolve and Haki, declared his ambition to become Pirate King, and flew toward Marineford using King’s shadow.
• Araki returned to Wano Country with Kaido and King, displaying Kaido’s body at the Sword Pavilion as the people celebrated.
• Araki began organizing Wano Country’s recovery and assigning former Beasts Pirates to mine Sea-Prism Stone.
• Yamato confronted Araki, then asked to join him in rebuilding Wano Country.

Araki accepted Yamato’s offer to oppose Kaido and told her to stay by his side and observe how he governed Wano. At Marineford, Moria returned to the battlefield and announced that Kaido’s name no longer existed on the seas.

• Araki reflected on Kozuki Oden’s choices in Wano and concluded that Oden had helped bring about the country’s downfall.
• Araki welcomed Yamato’s determination to oppose Kaido and told her to remain by his side to see how he governed Wano.
• At Marineford, Sengoku asked Moria why he had returned and what had happened with Kaido.
• Moria hovered above the battlefield and declared that Kaido of the Beasts no longer existed.