Chapter Summaries

Araki defeated Hawkeye Mihawk in a sword duel and invited him to stay in Wano Country as part of a new swordsmen’s holy land. After news of Mihawk’s defeat spread, Shanks decided to sail to Wano.

• Zabuza, Hua Bing, and the other Mist Village elites attacked Mihawk, but he broke their assault and then dueled each of them one-on-one.
• After the duels, Mihawk challenged Araki, who proposed settling their clash with one move because Mihawk was tired.
• Araki defeated Mihawk, who accepted the loss and vowed to reclaim the title of world’s greatest swordsman.
• Araki invited Mihawk to stay in Wano Country and help make it a place where swordsmen could gather and improve; Mihawk agreed to visit.
• The World Economic Journal reported Mihawk’s defeat and Araki’s plan, prompting Shanks to set sail for Wano Country despite Ben Beckman’s warning.

Shanks struggled to manage the Red Hair Pirates’ expanded territory while planning a trip to Wano Country. Meanwhile, O-Kiku asked the Whitebeard Pirates to help Momonosuke reclaim Wano, and Izo decided to return there to assess the situation.

• Shanks complained about his new responsibilities, and Ben Beckman explained that Kaido could leave because he did not care about his subordinates’ losses.
• Vista learned that Araki had defeated Hawkeye and invited swordsmen to Wano Country, but he set aside his wish to go so he could protect the Whitebeard Pirates’ territory.
• O-Kiku arrived to find Izo and told Marco, Vista, and Izo that Momonosuke needed help restoring Wano Country.
• Marco refused to commit the Whitebeard Pirates, and Vista said he would support Momonosuke only if Wano’s people were still suffering under Kaido’s rule.
• Izo offered to go to Wano instead of Vista, and the others agreed.

Kin'emon, Izo, and O-Kiku sought an audience with Araki, but Kin'emon's claim of loyalty to the Kozuki Clan provoked Araki to order his arrest. Shanks arrived to intervene, but Araki killed Kin'emon before his plea could change anything.

• Kin'emon toured Wano Country before asking to see Araki, but Kaguya Black Bone mistook his request for a challenge and attacked him.
• Kin'emon revealed that he was a Kozuki Clan retainer, and Kaguya Black Bone implied that he had killed people who supported the clan.
• Izo used his Whitebeard Pirates rank to secure a meeting with Araki, bringing Kin'emon and O-Kiku with him.
• Araki ordered Kin'emon seized after he insisted that the Kozuki family should rule Wano Country, and his sword aura threatened Izo and O-Kiku.
• Shanks arrived and asked Araki to spare them, but Araki's sword energy burst Kin'emon apart before Shanks could intervene.

Araki told Shanks that he had invited swordsmen to Wano for the country’s development, while Shanks agreed to stay as long as he caused no trouble. After Kin'emon’s death, O-Kiku returned to Zou with Izo and the survivors considered seeking help at Big Mom’s wedding.

• Shanks asked Araki about his goals, and Araki said he had restored Wano Country and did not need a pirate’s approval to develop it.
• Shanks accepted Araki’s terms for staying in Wano and went to find Hawkeye.
• Izo persuaded O-Kiku to leave Wano, explaining that Araki was too powerful for them to oppose and urging him to move on from the Kozuki cause.
• O-Kiku returned to Zou with news of Kin'emon’s death, leaving Momonosuke, Raizo, and the others grieving and unable to challenge Araki.
• Kanjuro revealed that Big Mom’s wedding was approaching, and the group considered attending it to pursue a possible plan.
• Izo declined to join them and left to avoid drawing the Big Mom Pirates against the Whitebeard Pirates.

After the Straw Hat Pirates escaped Totto Land, the news declared Luffy a new pirate emperor, giving the people of Wano hope that he would help them overthrow Araki. Momonosuke tricked his way aboard the Thousand Sunny and persuaded the crew to sail for Wano, where they arrived at the end of the chapter.

• The World Economic Journal announced that Monkey D. Luffy had become a new pirate emperor, and Inuarashi and Nekomamushi decided to seek his help for Wano.
• Nekomamushi, Raizo, and their allies sent Momonosuke to drift alone toward the Thousand Sunny, where the Straw Hats rescued him.
• Momonosuke told the Straw Hats a carefully prepared account portraying himself as an exiled prince and Araki as a villain, and the crew decided to visit Wano.
• Raizo, O-Kiku, and others joined the group on the way, while O-Kiku’s account of Whitebeard’s aid convinced Luffy to help and a swordsman tournament caught Zoro’s interest.
• The Thousand Sunny reached the waters of Wano Country.

Luffy and the Straw Hats reached Wano and encountered Zabuza Momochi outside the Flower Capital, where Luffy and Zoro fought him. Ringo Ameyuri joined the battle with a lightning-fast attack that badly wounded Luffy, then threatened the crew.

• Luffy heard Raizo explain that Kozuki Oden had sailed with Roger and helped him find Laugh Tale, and Raizo offered Momonosuke’s help in return for restoring Wano.
• Luffy attacked Zabuza Momochi outside the Flower Capital with Gum-Gum Giant Pistol.
• Zoro joined Luffy, but Zabuza fought them both with his ghostly energy and swordsmanship.
• Luffy used Gum-Gum Kong Gun, forcing Zabuza’s demonic shadow back.
• Ringo Ameyuri appeared in a flash of lightning and left a charred, bloody hole in Luffy’s palm.
• Ringo Ameyuri rebuked Zabuza and threatened the Straw Hat crew as lightning surrounded her.

Luffy fought Ringo Ameyuri, Araki’s Thunder Swordsman, as her lightning blades threatened to cut through his rubber body. After Luffy’s barrage sent her flying, she escaped with a Lightning Pellet and prepared to strike his unguarded chest with Thunder God.

• Luffy recognized the pressure as reminiscent of Enel and transformed into Gear Four to attack Ringo Ameyuri.
• Ringo Ameyuri dodged Luffy’s attack and used a vibrating lightning blade that nearly severed his arm, prompting him to cover himself in Armament Haki.
• Ringo Ameyuri attacked Luffy’s chest, while Robin tried to restrain her and was burned when Ameyuri elementalized into lightning.
• Luffy endured Ameyuri’s crossed blade strike and countered with Gum-Gum King Kong Gatling.
• Ringo Ameyuri escaped the barrage through a Lightning Pellet and emerged to stab Luffy with Thunder God.

Luffy escaped Ringo Ameyuri’s blades with a desperate burst of air, but suffered severe burns and needed Chopper’s treatment. Ringo turned her attacks on the others and unleashed a storm of lightning that threatened the entire group.

• Luffy inflated himself to escape Ringo Ameyuri’s thunder blades, then flew away using the air escaping through his burned abdomen.
• Chopper treated Luffy while Sanji charged Ringo Ameyuri with Diable Jambe: Hell Memories.
• Ringo Ameyuri dodged Sanji and attacked O-Kiku and Raizo with thunder slashes.
• Raizo used his scroll to absorb Ringo Ameyuri’s Lightning Strike and send it back at her.
• Ringo Ameyuri summoned Ten Thousand Lightning Heaven Prison, bringing countless bolts down on the Straw Hat crew and Kozuki retainers.

Luffy was nearly killed protecting the Straw Hats from Ringo Ameyuri’s lightning, but Shinobu used her Ripe-Ripe Fruit to age him ten years and revive him. Luffy awakened his Devil Fruit and turned the fight around, though he and Ringo Ameyuri remained locked in a stalemate as others arrived.

• Shanks and Hawkeye discussed Ringo Ameyuri’s power and Hawkeye’s belief that Araki could take his swordsmanship further.
• Luffy shielded the Straw Hats from Ringo Ameyuri’s lightning, leaving himself charred and critically injured while the crew emerged from beneath the ground.
• Shinobu revealed herself to Raizo and O-Kiku, then used her Ripe-Ripe Fruit to age Luffy ten years and restore his heartbeat.
• Luffy awakened his Devil Fruit, transformed the ground into rubber, and used Haki and future sight to drive Ringo Ameyuri back.
• Ringo Ameyuri counterattacked with lightning clones and sword strikes, then shifted to evasion as Luffy pressed her, and others arrived while the fight reached a stalemate.

Luffy’s awakened Devil Fruit and powerful Haki overwhelmed Ringo Ameyuri, Hua Bing, and Guren during their fight in Wano Country. Araki arrived to protect them and ended Luffy’s attack with a single sword slash.

• Pirate spectators gathered near the battle after Luffy’s power made them think Ringo Ameyuri might be losing.
• Hua Bing and Guren joined Ringo Ameyuri, and the three combined their attacks against Luffy.
• Luffy overpowered their combined sword art and drove Hua Bing and Guren back toward the Flower Capital.
• Ringo Ameyuri abandoned her evasive advantage to help the others, but Araki stopped her and stepped in.
• Araki’s sword slash cut through Luffy’s rubber fists and the rubberized ground.

Araki overwhelmed the ripened Luffy, and Shanks intervened to protect him as Araki confronted their opposition to his rule. Araki challenged Shanks for entrusting his hopes to another, then attacked him.

• Araki exposed Luffy's shortcomings and drove him to the brink with a powerful sword attack.
• Shanks stopped Araki's sword curtain with Gryphon and confronted him, but realized Luffy was much older than he remembered.
• After Luffy explained that he had been ripened and was helping the Kozuki family reclaim the shogunate, Araki threatened him.
• Shanks urged Luffy to escape and clashed with Araki while Araki's forces surrounded Luffy and his companions.
• Araki accused Shanks of placing everything in someone else's hands and slashed at him.

Araki pressured Shanks into hesitating by warning that the Red Hair Pirates would be drawn into a war, then used a sudden teleporting attack to kill Luffy. He also killed Momonosuke after Shinobu aged him twenty years, along with Shinobu, while Raizo and O-Kiku failed to protect them.

• Araki told Shanks that the Red Hair Pirates would be dragged into a fight if he died, making Shanks hesitate to risk his crew for Luffy.
• Araki vanished from Shanks's sight and reappeared near Luffy and the others, then pierced Luffy through the heart.
• Araki turned on Momonosuke, and Raizo and O-Kiku tried to defend him but were knocked aside.
• Shinobu used her Ripe-Ripe Fruit to age Momonosuke by twenty years and urged him to fight Araki.
• Araki ran his sword through the aged Momonosuke, then killed Shinobu as she mourned him.

After Araki killed Luffy, Shanks chose not to fight him and took the Straw Hat crew away, prioritizing his larger cause. Aboard the Red Force, Brook revealed that he had caught Luffy’s soul from the underworld, and Shanks proposed finding another way to revive him.

• Shanks found Luffy dead, questioned Araki, and ultimately decided not to draw his sword because he could not risk dying for revenge.
• Shanks took the restrained Straw Hat crew from Wano Country after Araki warned them not to return.
• Mihawk stayed in Wano Country and told his watchers to report unusual weather or approaching navy warships.
• Brook revealed that he had caught Luffy’s soul in the underworld, but said it could not return to Luffy’s body as Brook’s soul had returned to his own.
• Shanks suggested that having both Luffy’s body and soul might allow them to find another way to bring him back to life.

The Straw Hats learned that Luffy might be revived through Big Mom’s Soul-Soul Fruit, so Shanks took them toward Totto Land to ask for her help. After reading that Luffy had died in Wano, Garp tried to reach the New World, but clashed with Akainu and left the Navy; the news of his departure rocked the seas.

• Shanks explained that Luffy’s soul might return if Big Mom gave life to his dead body, and he redirected the Red Force toward Totto Land to negotiate with her.
• A newspaper report about Luffy’s death enraged Garp, who set off for Wano while Sengoku summoned Tsuru to help stop him.
• Akainu, Sengoku, and Tsuru blocked Garp at Mary Geoise, and Akainu ordered him not to enter the New World.
• Garp removed his cloak of justice and declared that he was no longer a Marine because he would not give up another grandson.
• Garp and Akainu fought, and two days later the World Economic Journal reported that Garp had left the Navy, prompting widespread uproar.

Shanks secured an alliance with Big Mom by giving her Luffy’s corpse, forcing the Marines to abandon Akainu’s proposed expedition. Garp declined Ain’s invitation to meet Zephyr until he finished his own mission, but Zephyr and Aokiji arrived to bring him along.

• Shanks visited Big Mom and offered an alliance in exchange for giving her Luffy’s corpse.
• The Five Elders rejected Akainu’s plan to attack the allied Big Mom and Shanks, and Akainu smashed furniture in anger.
• Ain found Garp in the New World and invited him to visit Zephyr, but Garp said he had an important mission first.
• Zephyr and Aokiji arrived by ship, and Garp realized Ain had arranged their meeting.
• Garp and Zephyr exchanged punches and embraced before Zephyr ordered the ship to turn back.

Zephyr showed Garp evidence that Luffy might be alive and invited him to join a NEO Navy attack on the alliance of the Red Hair and Big Mom Pirates. Dragon then proposed using the NEO Navy to rebuild a free navy, and the chapter ended with Garp asking what Dragon hoped to gain from helping.

• Zephyr showed Garp a photograph of Luffy with the Red Hair and Big Mom Pirates and invited him to help attack them.
• Garp agreed to join Zephyr’s plan after blaming Shanks for leading Luffy toward piracy.
• Dragon arrived and proposed rebuilding a free navy with the NEO Navy as its foundation.
• Aokiji raised concerns about funding an expanded navy, and Dragon suggested using Totto Land and negotiating with New World nations.
• Garp asked Dragon what he was scheming, and Dragon explained that he wanted to overthrow the World Government while preserving an independent navy.

The NEO Navy and Revolutionary Army destroyed Big Mom’s crew and began preparing to establish a government in the New World, while the World Government ordered Sakazuki to crush them. The chapter ended with Zephyr and Garp arriving at G1 Branch and inviting Momonga to join them.

• Garp, Dragon, Aokiji, and Zephyr led the NEO Navy in destroying Big Mom and her crew, then planned to establish a base in Totto Land and recruit marines.
• Dragon told Araki that the Revolutionary Army planned to separate the New World from the World Government and asked for Seastone to enable Calm Belt navigation; Araki agreed to sell it.
• The World Economic Journal reported Big Mom’s death and Zephyr and Garp’s call for marines to join the NEO Navy, prompting Sakazuki to demand permission to campaign in the New World.
• The Five Elders ordered Sakazuki to target the NEO Navy and Revolutionary Army, then decided to use CP agents to pressure marines through their families and oversee the campaign.
• Sakazuki’s fleet relentlessly attacked pirates on its way through the New World, while Kizaru stopped a CP0 agent from reporting him to the Five Elders.
• Zephyr and Garp arrived at G1 Branch and invited their former student Momonga to join them.

Garp and Zephyr rallied Marines against the World Government while Akainu defied the Five Elders and continued his campaign in the New World. Imu authorized a weapon to erase the D Clan, and as Garp’s group prepared to head back, five lights appeared in the sky.

• Garp and Zephyr defeated the CP0 commander-in-chief and his deputies, then hurried their recruitment campaign after CP0’s intervention.
• The Five Elders ordered Akainu to return, but he crushed their Den Den Mushi and pressed on, while Kizaru stopped a CP0 agent from interfering.
• The Five Elders appealed to Imu, who ordered them to erase the D Clan after examining wanted posters of Dragon, Shanks, and Garp.
• The Five Elders activated a hidden weapon with the blood of five Celestial Dragons, located Garp’s fleet, and fired it.
• Garp and Zephyr planned to return to help against Akainu, but five points of light appeared in the sky above them.

Uranus unleashed devastating beams across the seas, killing Dragon and destroying fleets as powerful fighters struggled to resist it. Luffy died again after Big Mom’s apparent death, and the Straw Hats joined Shanks in heading for Totto Land, where Uranus attacked the Thousand Sunny.

• Garp and Zephyr tried to stop Uranus’s five beams, but the attack overwhelmed them and destroyed much of the Marine fleet.
• Araki and other fighters rushed toward the beams as Uranus shifted its attack to Totto Land, where four beams pursued Dragon and another occupied Aokiji.
• Dragon identified the weapon as Uranus and warned that its activation signaled a coming great cleansing before the beams killed him.
• Luffy’s body died again, so the Straw Hats decided to seek Law rather than let Big Mom control his life as a Homie.
• Shanks returned to explain that Big Mom had likely died, then joined the Straw Hats in sailing toward Totto Land to help her surviving crew.
• Uranus’s five beams appeared above the Thousand Sunny and struck the ship as Shanks’s crew held him back from trying to intervene.

After Uranus destroyed Luffy and the Thousand Sunny, Shanks rallied the Roger Pirates and joined forces with the Marines and Revolutionary Army to attack Mary Geoise. The alliance reached the Holy Land, where Imu unlocked Uranus’s full authority and revealed its true form as a spaceship.

• Shanks summoned the Roger Pirates with a fireworks signal and persuaded Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru to join him against the Celestial Dragons.
• Rayleigh, Shakky, Scopper Gaban, Douglas Bullet, Crocus, and Sabo gathered with Shanks’s forces.
• Akainu led Marines and the Roger Pirates’ allies to Mary Geoise, where Fujitora summoned a meteor to strike the Holy Land.
• Imu ordered the Five Elders to bring Celestial Dragons to Uranus and unlocked its full authority using their blood.
• Uranus rose from beneath Mary Geoise, smashed Fujitora’s meteor, and revealed twenty satellites in the sky.