Chapter Summaries

Kong ordered Saron, Kuzan, Issho, Sakazuki, Kashi, and Stroberi to take part in the Buster Call on Ohara, while secretly hoping Saron and Kuzan would complicate the operation. After a storm wrecked Saron’s ship, Ohara’s people rescued him, and he learned why the island was targeted; he vowed to protect its inhabitants and help them escape.

• Kong ordered Saron to carry out the Buster Call on Ohara without explaining that the Gorosei had demanded it, then assigned Kuzan and three Hawk Faction Vice Admirals to the operation.
• Kuzan told Issho they were changing course for Ohara, while Saron’s warship was overturned by a storm and Saron freed Nicole Olivia before it sank.
• Saron washed ashore on Ohara, where Robin and Professor Clover welcomed him and thanked him for bringing Olivia back.
• After settling on the island, Saron observed its people and found no sign that they deserved to be attacked.
• Olivia told Professor Clover that the Marines planned a Buster Call, and Clover explained to Saron that the scholars’ research into the Void Century had drawn the World Government’s wrath.
• Saron agreed to help evacuate Ohara’s ordinary citizens and protect Robin, declaring that the Buster Call was not the justice he sought.

Vice Admiral Kashi returned an evacuation ship to Ohara and ordered civilians screened while Kuzan struggled with his doubts about the coming Buster Call. During his visits to the island, Kuzan befriended Nico Robin, but the arrival of the Buster Call fleet left him facing the attack’s imminent start.

• Vice Admiral Kashi intercepted an evacuation ship, detained its captain and sailors, and ordered the civilians sent back to Ohara for screening.
• Commodore Kruger used gunfire to restore order at Ohara’s docks as civilians crowded to board, while Kuzan and Yoru watched from their warship.
• Kuzan wandered through Ohara at night and met Nico Robin beneath a tree, warning her not to reveal that she was a scholar.
• Kuzan repeatedly visited Ohara and grew close to Robin, who found companionship in the Marine uncle who treated her like an ordinary child.
• Sakazuki arrived with the Buster Call fleet and ordered the ships to prepare to attack Ohara at dawn.

As the Marines prepared to destroy Ohara, Saron tried to take Robin to safety, and Kuzan chose to help them escape. The Buster Call began the next morning, but Kuzan and Issho intervened when Sakazuki ordered the evacuation ship attacked, leaving Kuzan confronting Sakazuki atop his frozen cannon.

• The scholars worked through the night to save books, and Professor Clover entrusted Robin to Saron so he could take her away from Ohara.
• Kuzan intercepted Saron, froze his arm to stop him, then agreed to protect Robin and led them aboard his warship with Issho.
• The next morning, the Marine fleet began shelling the Tree of Knowledge, while Kuzan's warship held fire under the excuse that its shells were damp.
• Sakazuki ordered his ships to fire on the evacuation ship, claiming scholars might be among the civilians.
• Issho used his Gravity Blade to redirect the incoming shells into the sky, and Kuzan froze and cracked Sakazuki's cannon before confronting him.

Kuzan stopped Sakazuki from attacking Ohara’s evacuation ship, and the two Vice Admirals fought over whether suspected scholars justified killing civilians. Issho joined Kuzan, forcing Sakazuki to withdraw, while Kuzan affirmed his resolve to pursue justice with Issho and Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

• Kuzan froze Sakazuki’s main cannon and challenged his order to fire on the evacuation ship carrying Ohara’s civilians.
• Sakazuki insisted that destroying the ship would prevent any scholars from escaping, while Kuzan froze the warship and fought him with ice and Haki.
• Kuzan gained an opening to strike Sakazuki but stopped, and Sakazuki escaped through the warship and launched a magma attack at the evacuation ship.
• Issho used gravity to knock Sakazuki away from the ship, then stood beside Kuzan and asked him to spare the civilians.
• Sakazuki abandoned his attack, warned Kuzan and Issho that their choices could bring disaster, and left Ohara to report the matter to Sengoku.
• Kuzan said he would not regret his decision and vowed to pursue Pure Justice alongside Issho and Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

After Ohara was destroyed, Kuzan and Issho protected the traumatized Nico Robin and arranged for her to be taken to Dressrosa. Mihawk arrived to bring Robin to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, leaving her stunned when he used his sword to row the boat.

• Kuzan and Issho watched the Buster Call devastate Ohara, while Issho accepted responsibility for his actions and Kuzan protected him from blame.
• CP9 searched the ruins and screened the refugees, causing more than half of the civilians who escaped Ohara to die.
• Issho comforted Robin aboard Kuzan's warship, and Kuzan arranged for her to stay with Issho in the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Kuzan returned to Marine Headquarters, where Sengoku punished him and Sakazuki equally and then let their conflict pass.
• Mihawk arrived at Sabaody to take Robin to Dressrosa, and Robin watched in shock as he used Black Blade Night as a paddle.

Nico Robin arrived in Dressrosa with Mihawk and became Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s ward, while Sengoku deflected CP9’s accusations about the Marines sheltering her. Meanwhile, the cruel Bragi Pirate Group approached Dressrosa, intending to sell a chained Fish-Man and resupply.

• Mihawk brought Nico Robin to Dressrosa, where Tsugikuni Yoriichi welcomed her and promised to act as her guardian.
• Yoriichi told Robin to conceal her Ohara origins and live under a new identity, then comforted her as she cried.
• Spandine confronted Sengoku with evidence that the Marines had helped Robin, but Sengoku pointed him toward Yoriichi, Issho, and other Dawn Sword members.
• Spandine recognized the danger of pursuing the Dawn Sword members and reacted in fear to their profiles.
• Captain Bragi refused to lower his pirate flag and announced plans to sell a chained Sea Bass Fish-Man when the Bragi Pirate Group reached Dressrosa.
• Bragi stomped on the chained Fish-Man as his crew watched and cheered.

Kyros led the Marines of Dressrosa in rescuing a chained Sea Bass Fish-Man from the Bragi Pirate Group, defeating the pirates and destroying their ship. After discovering the survivor was a Fish-Man who still feared Marines, Kyros apologized to him, leaving the reason for his fear unexplained.

• Dockworkers spotted the Bragi Pirate Group approaching Dressrosa, and the alarm prompted Kyros and three Marine warships to mobilize.
• Kyros identified Captain Bragi as a three-and-a-half-star threat, ordered the Marines to rescue the hostage without firing cannons, and led a boarding assault.
• The Marines stormed the pirate ship, and Kyros killed Bragi while rescuing the chained Sea Bass Fish-Man.
• After finding no other hostages, Kyros ordered a retreat, and the warships and coastal cannons destroyed the Bragi Pirate Group's ship.
• Kyros discovered that the rescued hostage was a Fish-Man, who remained guarded around the Marines, so Kyros apologized to him.

Kyros brought the distrustful fish-man Tiger to meet Vice Admiral Tsugikuni Yoriichi after the Marines defeated the Bragi Pirate Group. Recognizing Tiger’s future potential, Yoriichi invited him to join the Marines, leaving Tiger astonished.

• Tiger attacked Kyros, but Kyros stopped the Marines from firing after Borsalino relayed Yoriichi’s order to bring Tiger in unharmed.
• Kyros persuaded Tiger to lower his guard, and Tiger introduced himself before agreeing to return with the Marines.
• The Marines returned to Dressrosa, where citizens celebrated their victory and Kyros led Tiger to the branch office.
• Yoriichi recognized Tiger and considered recruiting the fish-man to strengthen the Dawn Sword.
• Yoriichi invited Tiger to join the Marines, and Tiger reacted with surprise.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi recruited Fisher Tiger to lead a new Fish-Man unit in Dawn Sword, promising protection for Fish-Men and Fish-Man Island. As Dawn sailed toward Marineford via Sabaody, the Marines prepared for Yoriichi’s arrival and cracked down on the archipelago’s slave trade.

• Borsalino recognized the value Fish-Men could bring to the Marines, while Fisher Tiger angrily rejected Yoriichi’s offer because of the persecution he had suffered from humans.
• Yoriichi persuaded Fisher Tiger that joining Dawn Sword could help build a bridge between humans and Fish-Men and protect Fish-Man Island; Fisher Tiger knelt and agreed to enlist.
• Yoriichi appointed Fisher Tiger captain of a planned two-hundred-member Deep Sea Mobile Unit and asked him to recruit qualified Fish-Men from Fish-Man Island.
• Sengoku received a report about the recruitment and Dawn’s voyage to Fish-Man Island, but Kong approved the plan, Garp dismissed the concerns, and Zephyr welcomed Yoriichi’s return.
• In May 1502, Marines cleared pirates and slave traders from Sabaody Archipelago before Dawn docked on May 10 and Yoriichi found a large force assembled to greet him.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Sabaody Archipelago to have the Dawn coated, but Zephyr and Garp took him back to Marineford while his crew stayed behind. Kyros, Mihawk, and Tiger encountered Saint Mjosgard’s procession and were cornered by CP9 after being accused of spying on the Celestial Dragon.

• The Marines gave Tsugikuni Yoriichi an elaborate reception, but he refused to return to Headquarters until Zephyr and Garp personally escorted him away.
• Yoriichi ordered Kyros to arrange the Dawn’s coating and told the crew to rest while they waited for the work to finish.
• Kyros, Mihawk, and Tiger explored Sabaody Archipelago, where Tiger concealed his Fish-Man identity beneath a cloak.
• A young commodore led the group into an alley as Saint Mjosgard’s procession passed through the street, forcing the civilians to kneel.
• CP9 agents spotted Kyros and the others, and Saint Mjosgard ordered them captured for failing to kneel before him.
• Five CP9 agents blocked the group inside the alley, and both sides recognized each other as Marines and CP9.

Mihawk killed five CP9 agents after they tried to take Fisher Tiger as a slave, forcing Brannew to conceal the incident. At Marine Headquarters, Kong confronted Tsugikuni Yoriichi about leaving the New World and handed him a file concerning the Beasts Pirates.

• CP9 agents cornered Mihawk, Kyros, Brannew, and Fisher Tiger, then demanded Fisher Tiger as a slave for Saint Mjosgard.
• Mihawk ignored Brannew's attempt to defuse the situation and killed all five CP9 agents with one slash.
• Brannew led the group back to the Dawn Sword warship, where he angrily confronted Mihawk while the World Government searched Sabaody for the killers.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to Marine Headquarters with Garp and Zephyr, and Kong questioned him for leaving the New World without orders.
• Kong let Tsugikuni Yoriichi's unauthorized departure pass, ordered him to stay until his warship's coating was finished, and gave him a file about the Beasts Pirates.

Kong tasked Tsugikuni Yoriichi with leading an operation to eliminate the Beasts Pirates on Risky Red Island, and Garp and Zephyr agreed to join him. After the Dawn set sail for Fish-Man Island, Saint Mjosgard decided to go there as well, hoping to find fish-man slaves.

• Kong gave Tsugikuni Yoriichi a dossier on the Beasts Pirates and asked him to destroy their growing force on Risky Red Island.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi requested experienced Marines and advanced warships, and Kong agreed to send troops to rendezvous near the island with Garp and Zephyr joining the campaign.
• Kyros told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that Mihawk had killed five CP9 agents, and Yoriichi dismissed the matter after learning they had tried to seize Fisher Tiger as a slave.
• After the Dawn was coated, Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to Sabaody, boarded with Kyros and Fisher Tiger, and sailed toward Fish-Man Island.
• Saint Mjosgard saw the Dawn descend beneath the sea and ordered his party to prepare to visit Fish-Man Island in search of fish-man slaves.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Marines sailed the Dawn warship through the deep sea toward Fish-Man Island, surviving a close encounter with a giant Sea King. They reached the island, where Fisher Tiger’s return as a Marine caused alarm, and a guard alerted Ryugu Palace.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered the Marines to turn on the warship’s lights as they descended into the dark sea, and Kyros gave him an Eternal Pose pointing toward Fish-Man Island.
• A massive Sea King noticed the Dawn warship, so Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered the lights shut off and prepared Mihawk for a possible underwater fight.
• The Sea King lost interest and swam away, allowing the Marines to continue safely until Fish-Man Island appeared inside its giant bubble.
• Fish-Man Island’s guards panicked at the Marine warship’s arrival, but some recognized Fisher Tiger, who told them he had returned as a Marine and asked them to let the ship in.
• A merfolk guard reported Fisher Tiger and the Marines to King Neptune, while a passing whale shark fish-man guard reacted to hearing Tiger’s name.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Marines arrived at Fish-Man Island to recruit fish-men and merfolk, while Tiger hoped the mission would build a bridge between the island and human society. Arlong rejected the offer and accused humans of enslaving fish-men, leaving Yoriichi to answer his concerns as the group faced a possible clash.

• Neptune learned that the Marines had arrived with Tiger and allowed them to proceed to Ryugu Palace.
• Tiger told Yoriichi about Fish-Man Island’s factions and his hope that the Marine recruitment plan would connect fish-men with humans.
• Yoriichi assured Tiger that he would not force anyone to join and that his unit needed members who shared its ideals.
• Arlong and his followers stopped the Marines, and Tiger introduced Yoriichi and invited Arlong to join the Special Operations Unit.
• Arlong refused, accused humans of enslaving fish-men, and angered the Marines, but Yoriichi stayed calm and asked whether all humans and fish-men were alike.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi sought King Neptune and Queen Otohime’s approval to recruit Fish-Man Island residents into the Marines, but the effort drew no interest despite their support. A destroyed cruise ship then appeared near the city, and a bloodied man demanded that the islanders save him.

• Arlong rejected Yoriichi’s view of humans and left with his men, while Yoriichi warned Fisher Tiger that he would punish anyone who crossed his moral standards.
• Neptune and Otohime welcomed Yoriichi and his group to Ryugu Palace, where Otohime supported voluntary Marine recruitment and Neptune agreed after Fisher Tiger promised there would be no coercion.
• The Marines posted recruitment notices, but nobody signed up or even asked about joining during the next three days, and Fisher Tiger’s close companions also refused.
• A loud explosion interrupted Yoriichi’s discussion with Neptune and Otohime, and the king summoned his guards as residents rushed toward the noise.
• Yoriichi and Mihawk found a cruise ship split in two outside the city, where a bloodied survivor crawled from the wreckage and demanded help from the islanders.

A shipwrecked Celestial Dragon, Saint Mjosgard, demanded help from Fish-Man Island’s residents and threatened to enslave them, prompting Kyros to raise his sword against him. Queen Otohime stopped Kyros, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived as Kyros collapsed in anguish over the injustice he had witnessed.

• Saint Mjosgard crawled from the wreckage and ordered the people of Fish-Man Island to save him, then revealed he was a Celestial Dragon and pointed a Pure Gold gun at a mermaid.
• A blue-skinned fish-man destroyed Mjosgard’s gun and prepared to shoot him, but Kyros intervened and cut apart the fish-man’s weapon.
• Mjosgard ordered Kyros to kill the fish-men and capture the mermaids, then tore off Kyros’ cloak of justice.
• Kyros stabbed his cloak to the ground and swung his sword at Mjosgard, but Queen Otohime rushed in and shielded him.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Mihawk arrived, and Kyros dropped his sword and wept as Yoriichi told him he had missed an opportunity to cleanse justice.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi stopped Kyros from collapsing under the weight of his shattered convictions, then confronted Saint Mjosgard and left him with a question about the dwindling number of Celestial Dragons. After Fish-Man Island recruited a few Marines and Saint Mjosgard departed with a promise to help its people, Yoriichi’s crew returned to the surface ready to join the coming struggle.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi urged Kyros to stand up and make justice with his own hands, then claimed he meant to place Saint Mjosgard under Marine protection.
• Queen Otohime arranged for Ryugu Palace to escort Saint Mjosgard and help with Marine recruitment, while Saint Mjosgard chose her protection over Yoriichi’s.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi briefly seized Saint Mjosgard by the throat and questioned why the Holy Land still had so few Celestial Dragons after eight hundred years, planting doubts that lingered during his recovery.
• Queen Otohime promoted recruitment, and Jinbe and Aladdin joined the Marines; Yoriichi assigned Jinbe to Fisher Tiger’s small unit before leaving Fish-Man Island.
• Saint Mjosgard promised Neptune and Queen Otohime that he would support Fish-Man Island’s immigration to the surface, then departed.
• The Dawn reached the surface, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Kyros to contact Garp and Zephyr as the Marines prepared to bring peace to the turbulent world.

The Whitebeard Pirates learned that Tsugikuni Yoriichi was heading for Risky Red Island and set sail to intervene, while the Beasts Pirates realized the Marines were preparing an attack. After King spotted Garp and Zephyr leading a fleet, both sides prepared for battle on Risky Red Island.

• Marco told Whitebeard that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had left Fish-Man Island for Risky Red Island, and Whitebeard ordered the Whitebeard Pirates to set sail against the Marines.
• King warned Kaido that the Beasts Pirates had lost control of the waters east of Risky Red Island and suspected Tsugikuni Yoriichi was involved.
• Garp and Zephyr waited with more than twenty Marine warships near Risky Red Island for Tsugikuni Yoriichi to arrive.
• King spotted Garp and Zephyr, fled toward Risky Red Island, and narrowly escaped Garp's Haki attack.
• Zephyr ordered the Marine fleet to advance, and Kaido rallied the Beasts Pirates to defend Risky Red Island.

Garp and Zephyr led the Marines in a devastating artillery assault that destroyed the Beasts Pirates’ fleet and coastal defenses at Risky Red Island. As Kaido prepared to confront them, Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s warship Dawn approached the island and he urged Kyros to hurry.

• Garp and Zephyr’s fleet opened fire on the Beasts Pirates’ ships, sinking or disabling many before the pirates could retaliate effectively.
• Rear Admiral Bastille impulsively ordered return fire, and Zephyr reprimanded him before rearranging the fleet to bombard the pirate ships with its side guns.
• The surviving pirates retreated to shore and began setting up coastal defenses, but Garp ordered the Marines to bombard the positions instead of landing immediately.
• Marine artillery wrecked the coastal defenses, and Kaido, watching with King and his officers, realized his forces had suffered heavy losses and prepared to enter the battle.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived near Risky Red Island aboard Dawn, saw signs of the fighting, and told Kyros to pick up the pace.

The Marines began their assault on Risky Red Island, where Garp scattered the pirates guarding the coast with a single punch. King attacked the Dog-head Warship and revealed himself as the last surviving Lunarian, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived and blasted him back toward the island.

• Zephyr sent an elite Marine vanguard ashore by speedboat while King rallied the Beasts Pirates to meet them.
• Garp leaped from his speedboat and scattered the coastal pirates with a powerful Haki punch.
• King flew to the Dog-head Warship, broke through its deck, and attacked Bogard, but Zephyr blocked him and countered.
• Zephyr knocked King's mask away and recognized him as a Lunarian; King declared that he was the last of his race and attacked again.
• King slashed Zephyr across the chest, but Zephyr apologized for the Marines' role in the Lunarians' destruction and remained standing.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived aboard the Dawn and struck King with a long-range slash, while Garp complained that the attack had wrecked his ship.