Chapter Summaries

Tsugikuni Yoriichi took command of the Marines at Risky Red Island, captured King, and joined Garp’s forces as they tried to contain Kaido’s crew. After Kaido mixed civilians with his pirates to stall the Marines, Yoriichi halted a costly search and faced a stalemate that left the civilians at risk.

• Zephyr handed command to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who ordered the warships to blockade Risky Red Island and assigned Kyros, Mihawk, Jinbe, and Fisher Tiger their roles.
• Yoriichi reached the island, defeated the wounded King, and ordered Jinbe to restrain him with Seastone cuffs.
• Garp’s advance force cleared the shore, while Kaido saw King’s capture and ordered civilians moved among the pirates near his castle.
• Yoriichi joined Garp and established a Marine base at the harbor, but pirate ambushes caused casualties among the scattered search parties.
• Yoriichi recalled the search teams after realizing more than a hundred thousand civilians were on the island and that Kaido was using them to prevent a direct assault.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi struggled to find a way to defeat the Beasts Pirates without harming Risky Red Island’s civilians, and Garp explained that they faced a pirate nation rather than an ordinary crew. Yoriichi then withdrew the Marines and announced King’s execution to lure Kaido into action, leaving the Beasts Pirates divided as Kaido prepared to rescue him.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arranged the Marine blockade with Zephyr, Bogard, Kyros, and Mihawk, but he could not find a plan that would protect civilians while defeating the Beasts Pirates.
• Garp told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that Risky Red Island’s civilians and pirates were intertwined, and warned that defeating the pirate nation might require becoming an executioner.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi withdrew the Marines, left a broadcast Den Den Mushi announcing King’s execution in three days, and displayed King on an execution platform aboard the fleet’s largest warship.
• Kaido learned that King was to be executed and ordered the Beasts Pirates to prepare to attack the Marines and rescue him.
• The Beasts Pirates split between loyalists, those considering escape, and those refusing to answer the summons, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi told King that Kaido’s choice would divide the crew either way.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi used King as bait, and Kaido finally launched an attack on the Marine fleet to rescue him. Yoriichi drove Kaido back to Risky Red Island and fought him there, deciding to wear him down because he could not guarantee a single killing blow.

• Yoriichi taunted King about Kaido abandoning him and the possible extinction of the Lunarians, but Kaido appeared in dragon form and flew toward the Marines with his officers aboard his back.
• Yoriichi sent Garp to lead the other warships toward Risky Red Island while Kaido dropped his officers onto the Dawn and landed on its deck to reach King.
• Kaido charged Yoriichi, who killed an officer and struck Kaido hard enough to send him flying from the warship to Risky Red Island.
• Kaido quickly recovered from Yoriichi’s attack, and Yoriichi followed him to the island and wounded him again while evading his counterattack.
• As Garp led the Marines onto Risky Red Island, Yoriichi chose to exhaust Kaido rather than risk an uncertain killing strike and charged him again.

Yoriichi battled Kaido while the Marines and Beasts Pirates fought aboard the Dawn, where Mihawk unleashed his Conqueror's Haki and helped turn the tide. As Yoriichi's attacks failed to kill Kaido, black flames appeared around him and his wounds began rapidly healing, suggesting his Mythical Zoan awakening had begun.

• Fisher Tiger ordered the surviving Marines to jump into the sea, where he, Jinbe, and Aladdin used the water to help them escape the pirates.
• Kyros asked Mihawk to tell Scarlet he had quit the Marines if he died, but Mihawk threw him overboard and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki against the remaining pirates.
• Jinbe and the others attacked Devil Fruit users from the sea, helping Mihawk stabilize the fight on the Dawn's deck.
• Yoriichi wounded Kaido repeatedly, but Kaido sealed his injuries with muscle control and continued fighting.
• Black flames appeared around Kaido, his wounds began healing rapidly, and Yoriichi suspected Kaido's Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit was awakening.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi battled Kaido after Kaido awakened his Devil Fruit and gained powerful healing, eventually overwhelming him with superior swordsmanship as both men struggled to damage each other decisively. The Whitebeard Pirates arrived at Risky Red Island and watched the fight while Whitebeard told his crew to study the Marine who would become their future strongest enemy.

• Kaido healed his wounds with his awakened Devil Fruit, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi realized he would need to outlast Kaido or strike a lethal blow.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi tried to cut off Kaido's head, but Kaido's defenses and black flames stopped the attack, and Kaido struck Yoriichi without injuring him.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi noticed Kaido's breathing grow heavier and resumed attacking, using superior technique to wound and suppress him until Kaido considered retreating.
• The Whitebeard Pirates arrived at Risky Red Island, where Marco, Vista, and Satch watched Tsugikuni Yoriichi battle Kaido.
• Whitebeard told his crew to observe Tsugikuni Yoriichi, whom he called the strongest enemy they would face in the future, and said Kaido could keep fighting for seven or eight days.

As the Marines overwhelmed the Beasts Pirates on Risky Red Island, Mihawk defeated the officers aboard the Dawn warship while Tsugikuni Yoriichi steadily wore down Kaido. Whitebeard finally intervened, splitting the shore and forcing Yoriichi and Kaido apart.

• Garp and Zephyr led the Marines through Risky Red Island as frightened pirates fled by boat and civilians suffered in the fighting.
• Mihawk killed the last enemy aboard the Dawn warship, leaving King bound and defeated, while the Whitebeard Pirates watched from the Moby Dick.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi repeatedly wounded Kaido and drained his strength, avoiding direct clashes as Kaido's injuries rapidly healed.
• Whitebeard decided to intervene to save his former crewmate and keep the Fish-Fish Fruit from returning to the World Government.
• Whitebeard struck the air with a quake-powered punch, splitting the sea and shore and forcing Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kaido to retreat from one another.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi continued to overwhelm Kaido as Whitebeard and the Whitebeard Pirates arrived on Risky Red Island, prompting Mihawk to challenge them to keep them out of the fight. Whitebeard intervened directly, sending Kaido flying and drawing Yoriichi’s attention.

• Whitebeard arrived at Risky Red Island, and Kaido attacked Yoriichi while he was distracted; Yoriichi blocked him, punched him, and pierced his abdomen with his blade.
• Whitebeard landed with his crew and stopped Vista from being cut down by Mihawk’s powerful slash.
• Mihawk confronted the Whitebeard Pirates and declared that he would not let them interfere with Yoriichi’s battle; Whitebeard blocked Mihawk and pulled Marco away from his attack.
• Whitebeard ordered Yoriichi and Kaido to stop fighting, but they ignored him, so he punched toward both of them while blocking Mihawk with Murakumogiri.
• Yoriichi evaded Whitebeard’s attack, but Kaido was struck and sent flying; Yoriichi then addressed Whitebeard with a calm smile.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi challenged Whitebeard after Whitebeard intervened in his fight with Kaido, and the two clashed in a battle of Haki and Devil Fruit power. Garp arrived, but Yoriichi called off the fighting, leaving Whitebeard to take Kaido and depart.

• Whitebeard asked Yoriichi to stop fighting Kaido, but sensed Yoriichi’s killing intent and invited him to attack.
• Yoriichi launched a surprise strike, but Whitebeard stopped his blade with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and clashed with him using Conqueror’s Haki.
• Whitebeard sent Yoriichi crashing into the ground with a powerful blow, then claimed Kaido’s fight was over and Yoriichi was his opponent.
• Yoriichi emerged unharmed, and Garp rushed in to attack Whitebeard before Yoriichi told him to stop.
• Garp offered to help Yoriichi capture Whitebeard and Kaido, but Yoriichi refused and let Whitebeard leave with Kaido.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi battled Kaido until Whitebeard intervened, and Garp’s arrival helped stop the wider fight from escalating. Kaido escaped with the Whitebeard Pirates after a devastating clash, while the Marines subdued the remaining pirates on Risky Red Island and Zephyr sent a report to Marine Headquarters.

• Whitebeard agreed to end the fighting and take Kaido away, but Kaido refused to leave without King and flew toward the Dawn warship.
• Yoriichi pursued Kaido, who turned to attack him, and the two clashed in the sky as Garp fought Whitebeard below.
• Yoriichi pierced Kaido with a powerful descending slash and fell into the sea, while the impact raised a massive tsunami toward Risky Red Island.
• Whitebeard used his power to halt and reverse the tsunami, then carried the gravely wounded Kaido away aboard the Moby Dick; Garp and Mihawk found Yoriichi alive.
• Yoriichi returned to the island and helped the Marines defeat the disorganized Beasts Pirates, and Zephyr sent a military report to Marine Headquarters after a week.

Kong learned that the Gorosei knew Tsugikuni Yoriichi had defeated awakened Kaido without serious injury, then faced their plan to move him out of the Fleet Admiral position. Kong recommended Tsugikuni Yoriichi as his successor, and Saint Marcus Mars immediately rejected the idea.

• Kong told the Gorosei that Kaido’s death was unconfirmed and that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had taken King to Dressrosa instead of sending him to Impel Down.
• Kong confirmed that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had fought Kaido alone and appeared to have escaped without serious injury, alarming the Gorosei.
• Saint Marcus Mars announced that Kong would become Commander-in-Chief of the Marines and invited him to recommend a new Fleet Admiral.
• Kong accepted the promotion in words but named Tsugikuni Yoriichi as his Fleet Admiral candidate.
• Saint Marcus Mars sharply rejected Kong’s recommendation, and Kong asked why.

Kong negotiated with the Gorosei to make Sengoku Fleet Admiral and promote Tsugikuni Yoriichi to Admiral while allowing him to keep commanding the Dawn Sword branch in Dressrosa. As the Marines reorganized and sent their new Admirals to suppress pirates, Yoriichi received his promotion in the East Blue and the Four Blues descended into turmoil.

• Kong persuaded the Gorosei to appoint Sengoku Fleet Admiral and promote Tsugikuni Yoriichi to Admiral while letting him remain in the New World with the Dawn Sword branch.
• Garp and Zephyr returned with captured Beasts Pirates, while false reports of the Beasts' destruction and Whitebeard's defeat boosted Marine prestige.
• The Marines announced Sengoku's appointment as Fleet Admiral and Yoriichi's promotion to Admiral with the codename Crimson Phoenix.
• Yoriichi received the promotion notice in the East Blue while returning fallen comrades to their families, and he reacted without joy.
• Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan became Admirals, bringing Marine Headquarters to four Admirals under Sengoku.
• Sengoku sent Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji to suppress pirates in three of the Four Blues, while Yoriichi's presence kept East Blue pirates cautious.

After Sengoku’s reforms reshaped Marine operations in the Four Blues, the Marines identified Doflamingo’s expanding Donquixote Family as a major threat and Tsuru agreed to confront him. Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to a cheering Dressrosa and proposed opening a sea route from Fish-Man Island, setting Kyros, Fisher Tiger, and Jinbe on a path toward independence.

• Doflamingo used the Marine crackdown to recruit pirates, expand the Donquixote Family’s influence across the West Blue, and build his underground power.
• Sengoku reorganized Marine intelligence, bounty classifications, and responses to pirate threats across the Four Blues.
• Brannew briefed Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, Issho, and Kashi on the Donquixote Family’s size and strength, and Tsuru agreed to bring Doflamingo in.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to Dressrosa, where Marines and citizens welcomed him as their Admiral.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Kyros, Fisher Tiger, and Jinbe that he planned to open a sea route between Fish-Man Island and Dressrosa and that they should stand on their own.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi planned to seal off New World sea routes by establishing Marine bases at Fish-Man Island, Risky Red Island, and Mysteria Island, then reorganized his forces before sailing from Dressrosa. On New Year’s Day, he visited the imprisoned King, who wondered whether Yoriichi might be Joy Boy.

• Yoriichi explained his plan to block the sea routes and assigned Kyros to command Dressrosa, Fisher Tiger to establish a base on Risky Red Island, and Jinbe to serve at Fish-Man Island.
• Yoriichi promoted Kyros, Fisher Tiger, Jinbe, and Shimotsuki Koushirou, then selected two hundred recruits and sailed from Dressrosa with Mihawk and King.
• Fisher Tiger departed with four warships and nearly a thousand Marines, while Jinbe took twenty Marines toward Fish-Man Island to recruit local fish-men and merfolk.
• On New Year’s Day, Yoriichi brought King a lavish meal and wine, and said he wanted to learn about the Lunarians.
• King warned Yoriichi that learning the truth about the Lunarians would get him killed, then recalled Kaido saying Joy Boy would defeat him and wondered whether Yoriichi was Joy Boy.

Silbaz Rayleigh arrived secretly at the Sabaody Archipelago, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s Marines reached Mysteria Island and clashed with a pirate crew. After learning the crew served Ochoku of Hachinosu Island, Yoriichi captured their fighters and considered investigating the pirate stronghold.

• Silbaz Rayleigh landed on the Sabaody Archipelago under an assumed identity to watch for someone who might reach Laugh Tale.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Mysteria Island aboard the Dawn and noticed a pirate ship docked nearby.
• Yoriichi cut down the pirate ship’s mast, seized a young pirate, and faced more than a hundred pirates gathering on shore.
• Yoriichi unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out most of the pirates, while an armored man resisted and identified himself as a subordinate of Ochoku of Hachinosu Island.
• Yoriichi struck the armored pirate unconscious and decided to have headquarters investigate Ochoku and Hachinosu Island.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi reviewed information about Hachinosu Island and decided not to attack it without enough Marines to protect its civilians afterward. He began establishing a Marine Branch on Mysteria Island, then discovered an uncharted volcanic island filled with powerful creatures.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned from Headquarters that Ochoku ruled Hachinosu Island, a stronghold of surviving Rocks Pirates, but chose to leave it alone for now because the Marines could not maintain order there.
• Mihawk questioned Yoriichi about Hachinosu Island and wanted to fight its swordsmen, but accepted Yoriichi’s decision not to launch an attack.
• Ferland reported that Mysteria Island’s mayor supported a Marine Branch but would not give up the town’s harbor, so Yoriichi carved out a new site by slicing away a cliff.
• News of the Marines’ arrival spread across Mysteria Island, and Yoriichi recruited islanders to build the Branch while he and a team searched the surrounding waters.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi discovered an uncharted island with a smoking volcanic crater, enormous fruit, and powerful nonhuman creatures.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi led the Marines onto an unexplored island to investigate its resources, but a swarm of giant bees and several enormous beasts attacked them. After Yoriichi repelled the black ape, a Giant Blue Python ordered the outsiders to leave.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered Ferland to chart the island and prepared the Marines to explore its forest cautiously, while Mihawk stayed aboard the warship.
• Yoriichi led the landing party toward the volcano, and Ferland warned them when a swarm of giant bees descended on the trail.
• Yoriichi struck the bees down with a slash wreathed in Conqueror's Haki, but a black giant ape soon charged at the Marines.
• Ferland tried to protect Yoriichi from the ape, but the beast swatted away his attacks before Yoriichi blasted it backward with Armament Haki.
• The ape called more giant beasts, and the Giant Blue Python spoke to Yoriichi, demanding that the outsiders leave.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his Marines encountered Irene, a boy who lived inside the Giant White Ape and commanded giant beasts, while investigating the island. Irene rejected Yoriichi’s offer to leave, but later watched the Marines continue inland and began considering the ship at the shore.

• The Giant Blue Python and other giant beasts attacked the Marines, and Yoriichi defeated them without killing them.
• The Giant White Ape spoke with the voice of a child, and Irene emerged from its head; Yoriichi offered him a cloak and asked him to come out into the world.
• Irene angrily denied having a family and retreated into the ape, which told the Marines to leave the island.
• Yoriichi invited Irene to see the outside world and possibly find his family, but Irene refused and left with the other beasts.
• Yoriichi ordered the Marines to continue investigating, while Irene watched them from his cave and then set out down the cliff toward the island.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi found an unknown Devil Fruit growing in a meadow inside the island’s dormant volcano and ended the exploration. Back on the warship, Irene approached Mihawk with food to trade and asked to try his breakfast.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi reached the volcano’s crater, discovered a warm, grassy meadow inside it, and picked a golden Devil Fruit from a strange tree.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told his Marines the fruit was unknown, declared the exploration complete for now, and arranged for them to return to the warship the next morning.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Marines camped at the mountain’s foot while gathering supplies for the trip back.
• Mihawk enjoyed breakfast alone aboard the warship and read about the calmer Four Blues and the growing reputation of Dawn Sword.
• Irene leaped onto the deck, offered Mihawk a rock slab piled with food in exchange for some of his meat, and Mihawk asked him his name.

After leaving Holy Spirit Island with Irene, Tsugikuni Yoriichi established Marine branches on Mysteria Island, Fish-Man Island, and Risky Red Island while preparing Seastone equipment for his allies. The chapter ended in January 1504, when Sengoku received an order to deploy twenty warships to escort the Celestial Dragons and realized another crisis was beginning.

• Mihawk fed Irene and sparred with her aboard the warship, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi invited her to join the Marines as a trainee.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi named the uninhabited island Holy Spirit Island and sailed with Irene and the Marines back to Mysteria Island.
• Marine Headquarters sent Tsugikuni Yoriichi a Seastone sword sheath, and he said he had ordered more sheaths and Seastone gloves for his allies.
• Jinbe established a Marine branch on Fish-Man Island with support from King Neptune and Queen Otohime, while Arlong joined under Jinbe's close supervision.
• Fisher Tiger's Marines established a foothold on Risky Red Island as the year 1503 passed.
• Sengoku received an order to send twenty warships to escort the Celestial Dragons and suspected they were causing trouble again.

Sengoku sent Borsalino and twenty warships to escort the Celestial Dragons from Sabaody, while Dragon and Rayleigh watched them depart. Jinbe reported that slave ships had followed the fleet toward the West Blue, and Yoriichi ordered his Marines to intercept them and free the slaves.

• Sengoku dispatched Borsalino with twenty warships to escort the Celestial Dragons from Sabaody.
• Dragon and Rayleigh met near the harbor after the Celestial Dragons and slave ships departed, and Rayleigh declined Dragon’s invitation to join him.
• Jinbe received reports that the slave ships were heading toward the West Blue and sent photographs to Yoriichi.
• Yoriichi ordered Jinbe to force the slave traders into the sea, free the slaves, and send those needing help to Mysteria Island.