Chapter Summaries

Kyros and the harbor forces spotted Lou Winter and the Giant Soldier Pirates approaching Dressrosa, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted them. After cutting off Lou Winter’s arm, Yoriichi left the remaining pirates to Kyros as a trial, and Kyros faced Lou Winter’s powerful attack.

• Kyros raised the alarm after spotting a ship’s light approaching through the fog, prompting Tank Lepond and the kingdom army to assemble at the pier.
• Lou Winter ordered the Giant Soldier Pirates to rush toward Dressrosa after the Marines illuminated their ship.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi charged into the fog, cleared it with a storm, and severed Lou Winter’s arm with a slash too fast for him to see.
• Yoriichi told Kyros to defeat the pirates and avenge his hometown, while Issho and Mihawk stayed behind.
• Lou Winter and his pirates charged Kyros, who used Soru to dodge Lou Winter’s fist as it smashed a hole in the deck.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Lou Winter, Chrischian Laden, and the pirates who attacked the Marines, while Kyros witnessed the vast gap between their strength. After the Marines boarded the captured ship, they found almost no treasure to claim.

• Lou Winter and his officers led the pirates in attacking Kyros, while Chrischian Laden attempted to assassinate Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Chrischian Laden with a single strike, then killed Lou Winter and defeated the remaining pirates with Conqueror’s Haki and Thousand-Strike Slash.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Kyros to keep training, and Kyros resolved to catch up with him before following him back to the warship.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered the Marines to inventory the ship, document the dead pirates, and have Kyros submit a battle report.
• The Marines found the pirate ship’s storeroom nearly empty and discovered that its golden statue was only gold-painted and worth little.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi used the pirates’ bounty money to help Dressrosa’s victims and build trust as the Marine branch took shape. Five months later, the branch was nearly complete and known across the New World, while a middle-aged swordsman read about Yoriichi and decided to visit Dressrosa.

• Kyros told Yoriichi that the victims doubted the Marines had recovered no stolen property, so Yoriichi offered the pirates’ bounty money to fund relief.
• Yoriichi ordered Kyros to hand the wanted pirates’ bodies to Tank Lepond so Dressrosa could claim their bounties and compensate victims.
• King Riku thanked the Marines, and the victims welcomed the relief; land purchases and recruitment for the branch proceeded smoothly.
• Yoriichi trained by punching the captured pirate ship while the Marines built their branch and trained together.
• Five months later, Dressrosa’s Dwan Branch neared completion and merchants had spread its reputation for keeping the area peaceful.
• A middle-aged swordsman read a newspaper report about Yoriichi and decided to go to Dressrosa.

Gol D. Roger returned to Dressrosa to assess Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s Marine branch, but learned from a tavern owner that the branch paid and supported its workers, earning the locals’ gratitude. Roger was alarmed by the branch’s enormous scale and Yoriichi’s growing power, while Yoriichi was at sea hunting the Moonlight Pirates, led by Gecko Moria.

• Gol D. Roger arrived at Dressrosa and saw the vast Marine branch and bustling harbor that had grown around its construction.
• Roger used Observation Haki to scan the branch, mistook its working children for evidence of exploitation, and went to a tavern to ask about the Marines.
• The tavern owner explained that Tsugikuni Yoriichi paid generous wages, provided food and lodging, and protected Dressrosa from pirates, prompting Roger to reconsider his judgment.
• Roger estimated that the completed branch could hold five or six thousand Marines and give Yoriichi power rivaling an admiral’s.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his Marines were at sea hunting the Moonlight Pirates, whose captain was Gecko Moria.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi searched the sea for Gecko Moria after hearing reports of a zombie-filled island, hoping to secure funds for Dressrosa’s Marine Branch. After a corpse Sea King attacked his warship in the fog, Yoriichi identified it as Moria’s puppet and sensed the enemy nearby.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned that Gecko Moria’s zombie ship might be the island merchants had encountered and took a warship to search for it.
• Kyros reported that supplies were running low, so Yoriichi ordered the crew to patrol for two more days before returning.
• A corpse Sea King struck the warship twice in the fog, damaging its hull, and Issho used his Devil Fruit to lift the vessel out of the water.
• Mihawk leaped into the sea and slashed the Sea King’s corpse, revealing its sealed mouth and decaying body.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi identified the attacker as a shadow-controlled corpse and ordered Issho to move the ship so the Marines could repair it.
• After the repairs, Yoriichi searched with Observation Haki and sensed the enemy nearby.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his Marines landed on Thriller Bark and discovered that Gecko Moria’s zombies were controlled by stolen shadows. They reached Moria’s castle, where Ryoma, the Dragon Slayer Swordsman of Wano Country, appeared to confront them.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi led his Marines onto Thriller Bark, where zombies emerged from the burial mounds and surrounded Mihawk.
• Mihawk cut down the zombies, and Yoriichi discovered that throwing their headless bodies into the sea released their shadows.
• Yoriichi ordered Kyros to protect the warship while he, Issho, and Mihawk advanced toward the island’s center.
• Gecko Moria received the shadows and learned that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had arrived, then declared that he would turn Yoriichi’s corpse into a warrior.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his companions reached Moria’s castle, where Ryoma emerged, prompting Yoriichi to recognize the legendary Wano swordsman.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his group battled Ryoma’s corpse, then faced attacks from hidden zombies as they pressed toward Gecko Moria’s castle. Issho’s meteor strike devastated the castle, leaving Moria considering escape but unwilling to flee without confronting the Marines.

• Ryoma drew Shusui and attacked Mihawk and Issho with a Flying Slash, but Mihawk overwhelmed him and blasted him through the castle gates.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi identified Ryoma’s sword as Shusui and cut through poisoned steel claws that had reached for him from underground.
• Yoriichi warned the others about hidden threats, then led the group toward the castle to confront Gecko Moria.
• Issho summoned a flaming meteor toward the castle, and Yoriichi shattered it into fragments that rained down and set the buildings ablaze.
• Gecko Moria ordered his subordinates to take shelter and considered retreating, but he refused to leave without seeing his enemies.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his companions attacked Gecko Moria’s burning base, where Yoriichi killed Moria in one slash and Issho subdued the pirate crew. Yoriichi recovered the famous blade Shusui and gave it to Issho, then ordered the pirates and Moria’s treasure to be collected.

• Issho’s meteor strike set Gecko Moria’s castle ablaze, and Moria emerged to order his pirates to capture the three Marines.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi rushed to Moria and beheaded him with one slash, defeating his shadow attack as well.
• The terrified pirates fled, but Issho blocked the gates and used his gravity ability to crush and subdue them.
• Yoriichi found Ryoma’s sword, Shusui, and let Mihawk inspect the famous blade.
• Yoriichi gave Shusui to Issho as a trophy and ordered him to spare wanted pirates while Kyros and his men searched for Moria’s treasure.

After Gecko Moria's defeat, Tsugikuni Yoriichi's Marines executed the pirates, recovered Moria's treasure, and sailed back toward Dressrosa. Yoriichi learned that Roger was waiting at the Marine Branch, while Roger, coughing badly, headed to the harbor as Yoriichi's warship appeared.

• Kyros brought the captured pirates aboard, where the Marines screened them and executed those without an ONLY ALIVE bounty; Issho returned with Moria's treasure, adding hundreds of millions of Beli to Yoriichi's funds.
• Yoriichi explained to a young Marine that the Marines should save their sympathy for civilians and eradicate evildoers.
• During the return voyage, Yoriichi fashioned a cane for Issho from Shusui, replacing its scabbard, guard, and hilt.
• Koshiro called Yoriichi to report that Roger had appeared on Dressrosa, and Roger took the Den Den Mushi to challenge Yoriichi to return without running away.
• Roger drank at the Three Guns bar despite his persistent cough, said he would soon leave, and walked toward the harbor as Yoriichi's warship came into view.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his companions confronted the gravely ill Pirate King Roger off Dressrosa, trading Conqueror’s Haki and sword strikes. Roger was driven into the sea after Yoriichi and Fujitora combined their attacks, leaving his fate unclear.

• Roger sensed Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s warship approaching Dressrosa and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking most of the Marines unconscious.
• Yoriichi answered with his own Conqueror’s Haki, and the two forces collided across the sea until Roger’s coughing fit weakened his attack.
• Roger swallowed two pills and sent a powerful slash toward the warship, which Fujitora and Mihawk intercepted before Yoriichi redirected it into the sky.
• Roger crossed the sea and landed on the warship, where Mihawk attacked him and Fujitora countered with Gravity Blade—Raging Tiger.
• Yoriichi attacked Roger from behind while Fujitora struck from the front, but Roger blocked both attacks before Fujitora’s gravity pulled him toward the sea.
• Yoriichi unleashed a thousand slashes at Roger, and the attacks drove him beneath the waves.

Yoriichi and Issho fought Roger at sea while Mihawk watched, but Roger proved powerful enough to wound Yoriichi in a trade of blows. Roger then revealed that he had come to surrender to the Marines.

• Yoriichi’s strike sent huge waves across the sea, and Roger burst onto the warship to challenge him.
• Yoriichi and Issho attacked Roger together, while Mihawk watched from the deck.
• Roger adapted to their coordination and Observation Haki, turning aside Yoriichi’s attacks as the battle shook the surrounding sea.
• Roger tried to end the fight, but Yoriichi pressed his attack, and the two traded serious wounds.
• Issho and Mihawk moved to protect the injured Yoriichi, who stopped fighting as Roger revealed that he had come to turn himself in to the Marines.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned that Pirate King Roger was dying and agreed to protect Roger’s wife and unborn child after Roger surrendered to him. The Marines brought Roger to Dressrosa, where his capture spread around the world, and Sengoku received the shocking report.

• Roger revealed that he was turning himself in, and Yoriichi correctly guessed that he was dying.
• Roger confirmed Yoriichi’s guess and asked him to protect his wife and unborn child; Yoriichi agreed to do what he could.
• The Dawn warship returned to Dressrosa with Roger in shackles, and the civilians recognized the captured Pirate King.
• News of Roger’s capture spread through the world, and Sengoku reacted in disbelief when Kyros reported it to Marine Headquarters.

Sengoku and Kong learned that Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s Marine branch had captured Gol D. Roger, and Marine Headquarters confirmed the news through a newspaper report before sending Garp and Sengoku to Dressrosa. As pirates began converging on the island, Roger shared a secret with Yoriichi: if he ever found the Rubber Fruit, he should eat it.

• Sengoku reported Kyros’s news to Kong, who summoned Garp, Tsuru, and Zephyr to plan how to verify the capture and bring Roger to Marine Headquarters.
• Brannew brought a newspaper showing Roger in Marine custody, confirming the report, and Kong ordered Garp and Sengoku to leave for Dressrosa with a fleet.
• The capture spread around the world; Whitebeard reacted bitterly, Shanks broke down over the news, and Bullet began rampaging and set his sights on the Marine Dwan Branch.
• As pirates gathered around Dressrosa, Yoriichi told Roger that the attention surrounding his prisoner had left him on guard and unable to sleep.
• Roger told Yoriichi that if he ever found the Rubber Fruit, he should eat it because it would help him.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi rejected Roger’s suggestion that he seek the Rubber Fruit, then arranged for Kyros, Issho, and Mihawk to bring Roger’s wife and child to Dressrosa. Sengoku and Garp transferred Roger from the Dawn Branch, but Sengoku suspected Yoriichi was hiding something and sent Borsalino back to investigate.

• Roger urged Tsugikuni Yoriichi to seek the Rubber Fruit, but Yoriichi dismissed it and said people made their own fate.
• Kyros reported that Sengoku and Garp would arrive in a month to escort Roger and warned that pirates planned to attack the Dawn Branch.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Kyros to prepare a merchant ship and later bring Roger’s wife, child, and people who knew of them from the South Blue to Dressrosa.
• Sengoku and Garp arrived with Borsalino, found Roger unrestrained in an ordinary room, and escorted him away in Seastone shackles.
• Sengoku ordered Borsalino to return to Dressrosa secretly and investigate Yoriichi’s plans.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed a powerful presence landing on Dressrosa after the headquarters fleet departed.

Borsalino arrived in Dressrosa to investigate Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s Dawn Branch, but Yoriichi caught him and kept him at the base. That night, an explosion rocked the docks, and Borsalino recognized the powerful man who emerged as Douglas Bullet.

• Borsalino changed into casual clothes and explored Dressrosa while looking for information about the Dawn Branch.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi appeared behind Borsalino and stopped him from escaping with his Logia power by gripping his wrist with Haki.
• Yoriichi brought Borsalino to the branch base, where Borsalino noticed two powerful presences were gone and inferred that Kyros had left on a mission connected to Roger.
• Yoriichi invited Borsalino to join the Dawn Branch, then arranged for him to stay at the base while keeping him occupied with tea and conversation.
• An explosion at the docks shook the base, and Borsalino identified the muscular man emerging from the smoke as Douglas Bullet, a former member of Roger’s crew.

Douglas Bullet invaded the Dressrosa Marine Branch to find Roger and fought Borsalino, whose attacks failed to bring him down. Tsugikuni Yoriichi joined the battle and wounded Bullet’s arm, but his sword stalled against Bullet’s bone.

• Douglas Bullet stormed the Marine Branch and demanded that Borsalino reveal Roger’s whereabouts.
• Borsalino attacked Bullet with a Light Speed Kick, sending him crashing through the base and into its outer wall.
• Bullet endured Borsalino’s Yasakani no Magatama and laser, then struck Borsalino and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Borsalino got back up, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi joined the fight after Borsalino noticed him watching from the dormitory.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi slashed Bullet’s arm, but his blade lodged in Bullet’s arm bone without cutting through it.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Borsalino fought Bullet at the Marine Branch in Dressrosa, where Bullet used his Merge-Merge Fruit to become a stone giant. Yoriichi cut through the giant and Bullet, ending the battle as the Marines cheered.

• Yoriichi pierced Bullet's hand with his Conqueror's Haki-coated blade, while Bullet's attempt to merge the sword with his body failed.
• Yoriichi and Borsalino wounded Bullet, who hurled Yoriichi toward Borsalino's lasers before escaping to a Marine dormitory.
• Bullet merged the dormitory into a towering stone giant and advanced on fleeing Marines, but Borsalino stopped its first attack.
• Yoriichi pushed Borsalino aside and unleashed Midnight Ascension, cutting through the stone giant's chest.
• Bullet fell from the collapsing giant, split in two, as the Marines cheered Yoriichi's victory.

After Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Douglas Bullet, he blamed the attack on Borsalino and persuaded Sengoku to assign Borsalino to the Dawn Branch. Roger heard of Bullet’s death aboard the escort fleet and erupted with Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Sengoku to confront him.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Borsalino that Bullet had come to settle a score with him and said the damage to the Dawn Branch would be charged to him.
• Yoriichi called Sengoku to report Bullet’s attack and death, then requested Borsalino as the branch’s combat advisor.
• Roger heard Yoriichi report Bullet’s death and released Conqueror’s Haki, prompting Sengoku to hang up and challenge him.
• Sengoku agreed to Yoriichi’s request, and Borsalino accepted his new role at the Dawn Branch.

Roger learned that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had killed Bullet and feared the Marines would hunt down his former crew after his execution, though he insisted he had chosen the right path. Meanwhile, Kyros, Mihawk, and Issho struggled to locate Baterilla Island until news of Roger’s execution revealed they had only a week to find the woman they had been sent to retrieve.

• Roger’s uncontrolled Conqueror’s Haki knocked out the Marines aboard the fleet after he heard that Bullet had been killed.
• Sengoku confirmed Bullet’s death, and Roger blamed himself for his former companion’s fate and worried the World Government would target his crew.
• Garp tried to console Roger, but Roger insisted he had not chosen the wrong path and declared that fate would guide the right people.
• Kyros struggled to find Baterilla Island on an imprecise sea chart while Mihawk and Issho offered little help.
• Kyros read that Roger would be publicly executed in Loguetown on September 28, leaving the group only a week to find their destination.

As Roger’s public execution drew the world’s attention, Tsugikuni Yoriichi relaxed in Dressrosa and encouraged Kyros to act according to his own sense of justice. Kyros’s group reached Baterilla Island and found World Government ships at the docks, then decided to land despite the risk of being discovered.

• The Marines announced Roger’s public execution in Loguetown, prompting pirates and people connected to Roger to head there.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi made Borsalino process branch documents, then persuaded him to practice swordsmanship in exchange for tea and time off.
• Kyros, Mihawk, and Issho reached Baterilla Island and spotted World Government ships moored at its docks.
• Kyros called Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who told him to act according to the justice in his heart and promised his support.
• Kyros ordered Mihawk and Issho to land on the island so they could learn what had happened.