Chapter Summaries

Tsugikuni Yoriichi trained with Mihawk and explained how Observation Haki could develop into brief future sight. After Jinbe reported that his team had freed slaves branded as Celestial Dragon property, Yoriichi ordered a withdrawal but decided to go to the scene himself.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sparred with Mihawk, using his advanced Observation Haki to see more than ten seconds into the future.
• Mihawk asked how he could improve his Observation Haki, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi explained that heightened senses and the brain's ability to process information were essential.
• Mihawk steadied his resolve and agreed to keep training with Yoriichi.
• Jinbe called Yoriichi after his team and Arlong's fish-men freed slaves from ships departing Sabaody Archipelago and discovered a boy branded with the Celestial Dragon's Mark.
• Yoriichi inferred that the slave ships were connected to a nearby World Government fleet and warned Jinbe that escorting warships might return.
• Jinbe resisted leaving the slaves behind, so Yoriichi told him to withdraw, track the fleet, and wait while Yoriichi headed to the scene.

Yoriichi set out from Mysteria Island to intervene in the World Government’s slave trade, while Sengoku learned that Yoriichi was heading toward the crisis and mobilized Marine Headquarters to stop him. At Red Strait, Yoriichi faced Sengoku and the Marines assembled against him, declaring that he intended to cleanse the corruption attached to justice.

• Mihawk warned Yoriichi that opposing the Celestial Dragons could cost him his Marine position, but agreed to accompany him when Yoriichi said he needed help.
• Yoriichi assembled the Marines at Mysteria Island and sailed aboard the Dawn without informing Kyros or Fisher Tiger.
• Jinbe’s fish-men attacked the slave fleet, but CP9 regained control after the fish-men withdrew; Kizaru declined to investigate, while Sengoku ordered secrecy and dispatched support.
• Sengoku received reports that Yoriichi had left Mysteria Island and urgently contacted Marine Headquarters as the Dawn approached Red Strait.
• Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, Sakazuki, and Kuzan confronted Yoriichi with a fleet of more than thirty warships at the strait’s exit.
• Yoriichi refused Sengoku’s demand to return to Headquarters and declared that he would wash the filth from justice.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi refused Sengoku’s order to return to Marine Headquarters and tried to sail away, prompting Kuzan to freeze the sea around the ships. Mihawk freed the Dawn and fought Kuzan, leaving the confrontation unresolved as they tested each other’s abilities.

• Sengoku confronted Tsugikuni Yoriichi over his plan to cleanse the Celestial Dragons and ordered him to return to the New World.
• Yoriichi ordered the Dawn to sail, but Kuzan froze the surrounding sea and trapped the warships in an immense ice field.
• Mihawk cut a passage through the ice with powerful slashes, freeing the Dawn as Kuzan moved to refreeze the route.
• Mihawk attacked Kuzan, who used his Logia abilities and ice spears to defend himself before the two began trading sword strikes.
• Mihawk sensed Kuzan freezing his boots and withdrew, recognizing that Kuzan’s ice powers made him a troublesome opponent.

Mihawk fought Kuzan until Garp intervened, while Yoriichi faced Sengoku and Zephyr aboard Battleship No. 0. Yoriichi subdued Zephyr, left Sengoku unharmed, and sailed away with Mihawk as Garp let them go and Akainu watched in disapproval.

• Mihawk and Kuzan fought evenly until Mihawk's powerful slash forced Kuzan to dodge, and Garp blocked the attack before it reached Battleship No. 0.
• Yoriichi attacked Sengoku with his seastone scabbard, but Zephyr stepped in and challenged him to strike them if he meant to proceed.
• Yoriichi released his Conqueror's Haki, knocking out the Marines below vice admiral and forcing the vice admirals to their knees.
• Yoriichi knocked Zephyr unconscious, handed him to Sengoku, and left after saying the Dawn Sword would remain a Marine for true justice.
• Garp told Kuzan to let Yoriichi go, and Yoriichi cut a channel through the ice so the Dawn warship could sail away with Mihawk.
• Sengoku and Garp watched the ship depart without stopping it, while Akainu silently cursed Yoriichi as a naive fool.

Sengoku warned Kizaru that Tsugikuni Yoriichi was approaching the Celestial Dragons, but the slave ships remained with the escort fleet as Yoriichi continued after them. In the West Blue, Saint Marcus Ward fired on Kizaru’s Marines for amusement, and Kizaru intercepted his second shell with a laser.

• Sengoku warned Kizaru that Yoriichi was heading toward the Celestial Dragons and urged him to take their fleet away from the slave ships.
• Kizaru confirmed that the slave ships were traveling with the escort fleet, while Sengoku gave up trying to change the situation and ordered his crew to return to Marine Headquarters.
• Yoriichi stopped at the Sabaody Archipelago, learned from Jinbe that the slave ships had joined the Marine escort, and decided to continue despite sensing an unknown danger.
• After a month and a half at sea, the World Government fleet entered the West Blue, where Saint Marcus Ward complained about the delay and fired a cannon shell at Kizaru’s warship.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn told Marcus Ward not to go too far, but Marcus loaded and fired another shell at the Marines.
• Kizaru destroyed the incoming shell with a laser and remarked that the attack was frightening.

Borsalino and Saint Jaygarcia Saturn let Saint Marcus Ward’s attack on the Marines pass, but Dragon then appeared and used a storm to separate the slave ships from the fleet. Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived, attacked Dragon and Saturn, split the luxury cruise ship, and left Saturn regenerating as the Holy Knights surrounded him.

• Borsalino questioned Saint Marcus Ward for firing on Marines, but Saint Jaygarcia Saturn ended the dispute and Borsalino sent the injured Marines for treatment.
• Saint Marcus Ward beat and threatened to shoot his slave, but Dragon appeared, stopped the gun, and broke Ward’s wrist.
• Dragon’s storm separated the slave ship convoy from the Marine fleet while his allies attacked the guards and freed the captives.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived aboard a white warship and slashed at Dragon, cutting the luxury cruise ship apart and severing Saint Jaygarcia Saturn’s legs.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn regenerated his legs as the Holy Knights surrounded Tsugikuni Yoriichi on the sinking ship.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi attacked the Celestial Dragons’ ship while helping Dragon rescue slaves, then faced the Holy Knights and Saint Saturn after Dragon escaped. When Saturn offered to pardon Yoriichi for killing a Holy Knight in exchange for cooperation, Yoriichi rejected his authority and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Saturn to decide whether to confront him.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought the Holy Knights on the sinking cruise ship, killed a skeletal-masked knight, and wounded the deck while countering Figarland Garling.
• Saint Saturn used a strange force to pin Yoriichi in place, then identified himself as one of the Gorosei before the group moved to Kizaru’s warship.
• Yoriichi explained that he had attacked to help Dragon rescue the slaves, and Saturn and the others regrouped aboard the warship after Dragon escaped.
• Saint Saturn told Yoriichi that he had committed an unforgivable sin by attacking the ship and killing a Holy Knight, then offered to pardon him if he cooperated.
• Yoriichi laughed at Saturn’s offer, denied that he needed anyone’s pardon, and released his Conqueror’s Haki as Saturn considered whether the World Government could risk attacking him.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought Saint Jaygarcia Saturn and Saint Figarland Garling after Saturn decided to eliminate him. The battle left Kizaru’s warship badly damaged, and it ended with Yoriichi concealing his presence from Saturn while preparing to continue the fight.

• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn began to transform and attack, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi struck first and severed Saturn’s right arm before escaping Saint Figarland Garling’s ambush.
• Saturn transformed into his Gyuki form, and Marines who looked at him suffered exploding heads, prompting Kizaru to order most Marines to retreat.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi attacked Saturn, endured a mysterious blast, and blocked Garling’s strike before wounding Garling and sending him crashing through the deck.
• Saturn struck Tsugikuni Yoriichi through the warship and into the sea, but Yoriichi returned unharmed as the damaged ship began to sink.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi turned his attention back to Saturn and concealed his aura so completely that Saturn could no longer sense him with Observation Haki.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought Saint Jaygarcia Saturn while Kizaru evacuated the Marines from his sinking warship. After testing Saturn’s abilities and discovering his Scarlet Blade left a lasting scar, Yoriichi destroyed the command ship with a massive slash across the sea, leaving Saturn and the Holy Knights’ fate unclear.

• Kizaru ordered the Marines to abandon the sinking warship, while Saint Jaygarcia Saturn urged him to help execute Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• Yoriichi kicked Kizaru through the ship, then closed his eyes and used Observation Haki to track the Marines and investigate Saturn’s abilities.
• Saturn immobilized Yoriichi with his gaze and struck him with his cane, but Yoriichi recovered, pierced Saturn’s heart, and left a burn scar despite Saturn’s rapid healing.
• Yoriichi cut Saturn’s wrist to escape his grasp and noticed the Marines had evacuated aboard lifeboats, including Kizaru.
• Yoriichi unleashed a gigantic slash that shattered the warship and split the sea, then landed on a floating plank as the waters began to settle.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to finish off the survivors of the sea battle, but Saint Figerland Garling escaped his pursuit with help from Kizaru and a sudden lightning strike. Garling landed on the warship, and Yoriichi recognized the source of the lightning as Dragon.

• Yoriichi left the sea after finding no survivors, while Saint Figerland Garling and several Holy Knights escaped from a whale's belly.
• Yoriichi appeared on the whale, killed the dwarf-like young man, and attacked the weakened Saint Jaygarcia Saturn and the Holy Knights.
• Garling fought Yoriichi, suffered numerous wounds, and fled toward the warship after Yoriichi pierced his chest.
• Yoriichi pursued Garling through the air, evading Kizaru's lasers and cutting Garling's back before Garling reached the warship.
• A lightning bolt struck Garling as he fell toward the deck, where the female knight caught him; Yoriichi looked toward the sky and identified Dragon.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi stopped the Celestial Dragons’ attack, let Dragon’s Freedom Army escape with the rescued slaves, and warned the World Government’s leaders before returning to his ship. After reaching Sabaody, he gave his Marines time to choose whether to stay with him, then visited Marine Headquarters, where Zephyr criticized his reckless handling of the rescue.

• Dragon and Ivankov confirmed that the slaves had been rescued, then sailed away with the Freedom Army.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sheathed his blade, declined to pursue the Holy Knights’ attack on him, and warned the Celestial Dragons before leaving the warship.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi offered Ferland and the Dawn Sword Marines a chance to distance themselves from him, but Ferland and the crew declared their loyalty.
• At Sabaody, Tsugikuni Yoriichi gave his Marines a week to decide whether to leave and took Mihawk to Marine Headquarters.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi drank tea in Zephyr’s office while Zephyr reprimanded him for acting recklessly and not using his allies or other resources.

Zephyr advised Tsugikuni Yoriichi to unite allies if the World Government forced him out, while Sengoku quietly separated Dawn Sword’s actions from Marine Headquarters without formally expelling Yoriichi. Yoriichi returned to the New World with Issho and Mihawk, where Dawn Sword became independent and began reforms to fund itself through pirates.

• Zephyr questioned Yoriichi about his plans and urged him to gather every ally he could if he lost Marine support.
• Sengoku declared that Dawn Sword would no longer be registered at or associated with Headquarters, but stopped short of expelling Yoriichi from the Marines.
• Issho chose to return to the New World with Yoriichi, while Sengoku allowed Marines to transfer to Headquarters and Kuzan left after speaking with Yoriichi.
• After nearly a week at Headquarters, Yoriichi, Mihawk, and Issho returned to the Sabaody Archipelago, and more than a dozen Marines from Yoriichi’s ship transferred to Headquarters.
• Yoriichi offered his New World branch Marines the choice to leave, but most recruits stayed with Dawn Sword as Headquarters cut off its supplies.
• Dawn Sword became independent and self-governing, and Yoriichi began sweeping reforms with pirates as the branch’s planned source of income.

Kyros married Princess Scarlet in a celebration attended by Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Dawn Sword Marines, whose branch had begun prospering despite Marine Headquarters cutting off its supplies. At the banquet, Yoriichi met Rouge and her young son Ace, who proudly declared he was not afraid of school or of Fish-Men.

• King Riku led Princess Scarlet’s wedding procession to the Dawn Sword Marine Branch, where Kyros awaited her.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived with Issho, Mihawk, Jinbe, Fisher Tiger, and other guests for Kyros and Scarlet’s wedding banquet.
• Violet cried after Jinbe made a face at her, and Fisher Tiger reassured the embarrassed Jinbe that children were often wary of strangers.
• Rouge introduced her four-year-old son Ace to Tsugikuni Yoriichi and thanked him for protecting them.
• Ace protested against attending school, then teased Violet and showed excitement at meeting Jinbe and Fisher Tiger.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi praised Ace’s bravery and said he believed Ace would become an outstanding Marine.

Kyros and Scarlet’s wedding continued as CP0 commander Ulysses Goodrian arrived in Dressrosa with CP9 agents and a gift from the Celestial Dragons. As Ulysses discussed Heavenly Gold with King Riku, Tsugikuni Yoriichi reflected on the World Government’s exploitation of ordinary people.

• Rouge led young Ace away as Kyros’s wedding ceremony began, and Scarlet walked down the aisle with King Riku to marry Kyros.
• Issho sensed strange arrivals at the port and left the wedding after Yoriichi told him to investigate.
• Ulysses Goodrian introduced himself as CP0’s highest commander and asked to deliver a gift to Scarlet and discuss important matters with King Riku.
• King Riku invited Ulysses and his CP9 agents to the wedding, where Ulysses presented a golden box and key before speaking with the king.
• Yoriichi overheard Ulysses and King Riku discussing Heavenly Gold and reflected on how the World Government’s system burdened and exploited people.

At Kyros and Scarlet’s wedding, CP0 agent Ulysses Goodrian presented them with an insulting Devil Fruit and tested whether the Marines would retaliate; Tsugikuni Yoriichi recognized the encounter as the start of a World Government campaign against Dawn Sword. After the Heavenly Gold was loaded from Dressrosa, Yoriichi noticed the uneasy crowd, while reports reached Sengoku that Marines were being pulled into Heavenly Gold collection amid attacks and unrest.

• Ulysses Goodrian gave Kyros and Scarlet an Inu Inu no Mi, Wolf Form, provoking Kyros with the pointed choice of gift.
• Kyros crushed the Pure Gold box but held back from attacking Ulysses Goodrian, who then left with his party.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told the gathered Marines that the Celestial Dragons had tested them and were beginning a campaign to undermine Dawn Sword.
• Ulysses Goodrian admitted aboard his ship that he had feared Yoriichi would kill them, then focused on collecting Dressrosa’s Heavenly Gold.
• Kyros described the burden of Heavenly Gold to Yoriichi as goods were loaded aboard, and Yoriichi noticed the watching citizens’ unease.
• Sengoku received reports of Marine branches being attacked, unrest in several kingdoms, and Dragon’s Freedom Army activity, then protested that Marines were being made to collect Heavenly Gold.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi stopped the World Government’s Heavenly Gold collection in Dressrosa and claimed the funds for the Dawn Sword. After speaking with the Gorosei, he agreed to lead his Marines against the Revolutionary Army, leaving his true intentions unstated.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kyros watched the Heavenly Gold collection in Dressrosa as CP agents loaded the cargo.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at the port and ordered Ulysses Goodrian to transfer Dressrosa’s Heavenly Gold to the Dawn Sword as overdue military funding.
• Ulysses Goodrian called Saint Saturn, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi took the Den Den Mushi and told Saturn he would keep the Heavenly Gold.
• Saint Saturn told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that Dragon’s Freedom Army had changed its name to the Revolutionary Army and asked him to stop its wars in the Four Blues.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi agreed to do everything in his power to bring peace to the people of the Four Blues.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi sailed to the South Blue to investigate the Revolutionary Army’s impact, beginning with the Sorbé Kingdom, where Dragon had led a revolution three years earlier. After his warship docked, the beach emptied, leaving Yoriichi and his Marines to walk toward the city in a tense silence.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi read a report about the Revolutionary Army’s executions in the Havelian Kingdom while Mihawk trained Irene and Robin served tea to Yoriichi and the prisoner Abel.
• Sengoku told Brannew that the Gorosei had sent Yoriichi away to pursue their own goals, but he expected their plans to fail.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi crossed the Calm Belt into the South Blue and suspected that the Revolutionary Army’s headquarters was there.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived in the Sorbé Kingdom to assess the results of Dragon’s revolution and decide how to deal with the Revolutionary Army.
• The people on the beach fled when Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s warship docked, and he led his Marines toward the city in silence.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived in Sorbé Kingdom with Robin and Irene as Marines, prompting locals to warn Bartholomew Kuma that a powerful warship had docked. Yoriichi confronted Kuma in the church, blocked his attack, and invited him to join him.

• The townspeople warned Kuma that Marines had arrived aboard an enormous iron warship, and Kuma sent Uncle Nul and Uncle Landa away for their safety.
• Yoriichi explored Sorbé Kingdom with Robin and Irene, then led them into the church where Kuma was praying.
• Yoriichi questioned Kuma about his faith and suggested that his life had changed because he and his companions had fought back.
• Kuma abruptly attacked Yoriichi with his Paw-Paw Fruit hand and apologized as he struck.
• Yoriichi blocked Kuma's paw while remaining seated and asked him to come along, saying that he liked him.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated Bartholomew Kuma’s attacks and tried to recruit him by promising Dawn Sword would protect the Sorbé Kingdom. After Kuma refused, Yoriichi contacted Dragon and left Kuma a week to decide, confident that Kuma would choose to protect his people.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi blocked Bartholomew Kuma’s first attack, evaded his Ursus Shock, and subdued him with a blade at his neck.
• Yoriichi asked Kuma to become his aide, but Kuma refused to work for the Marines and admitted he could not protect the Sorbé Kingdom alone.
• Yoriichi offered to place the Sorbé Kingdom under Dawn Sword’s protection, but Kuma remained distrustful and insisted he would protect it himself.
• Yoriichi called Dragon, told him he was taking Kuma, and heard Dragon say Kuma was his companion and should not be forced.
• Yoriichi told Kuma the Sorbé Kingdom could not rely on the Revolutionary Army, gave him a week to decide, and left the church.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the children explored Sorbé Kingdom’s northern district, where they found shopkeeper Bess being pressured by Sorbé Police Department officers Beifuli and Bayer to pay protection money and sell her shop. Irene and Robin challenged the men, and Beifuli and Bayer turned their attention to Yoriichi’s group.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi took Irene and Robin from the southern district into the more urbanized north, where Irene stopped at a shop selling woven crafts.
• Yoriichi bought crafts for Irene and Robin from the tearful young shopkeeper, Bess.
• Beifuli searched Bess’s drawer and demanded protection money, while Bayer defended him and offered Bess a place to live with him.
• Beifuli urged Bess to sell her father’s shop for 100,000 Beli, and Bess began to cry over the low offer and her father’s death.
• Irene questioned the officers’ right to collect money, and Robin called them bastards, prompting Beifuli and Bayer to study Yoriichi and the children.