Chapter Summaries

Tsugikuni Yoriichi took control of the Sorbé Kingdom and began reshaping its government after confronting corrupt local officers. As the kingdom settled under Marine administration, Yoriichi learned that Monkey D. Luffy had been born and suspected Dragon’s absence explained the Revolutionary Army’s pause in the South Blue.

• Irene tackled Beifuli when he attacked Yoriichi, and Yoriichi later knocked out the officers who arrived in response to Bayer’s signal flare with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Yoriichi decided to make the Sorbé Kingdom a base for reform, then took control of its provisional government with Marine Headquarters’ approval.
• Yoriichi revised the kingdom’s laws, incorporated its provisional government into the Marines, and focused on suppressing pirates and underground forces while establishing Marine oversight.
• Irene discovered Kuma’s secret work taking the elderly people’s pain and began visiting him, while Yoriichi kept the Gorosei waiting for progress against the Revolutionary Army.
• Kuzan told Yoriichi that Garp had brought his newborn grandson Monkey D. Luffy to Marine Headquarters, and Yoriichi suspected Dragon’s absence had quieted the Revolutionary Army in the South Blue.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi turned the Sorbé Kingdom into a prosperous refuge and refused the Gorosei’s demand to hand over Kuma, while Dragon’s increasingly radical revolution drew greater scrutiny. Garp arrived in the Sorbé Kingdom with the young Ace, heading for Yoriichi’s Marine Base.

• The Gorosei ignored Luffy’s birth at Marine Headquarters and focused instead on Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s growing influence in the South Blue.
• As newcomers fled unrest for the Sorbé Kingdom, Yoriichi expanded its docks, Marine facilities, economy, and regional sea routes.
• Kuma offered to help his homeland, and Yoriichi put him to work; when the Gorosei demanded Kuma’s transfer, Yoriichi refused.
• The World Government increased its surveillance and infiltration of the Sorbé Kingdom and Dawn Sword’s territories.
• Dragon abolished slavery and nobles in areas under his control, triggering backlash and becoming a greater focus for the Gorosei.
• Garp arrived at the Sorbé Kingdom with the young Ace and headed toward the Marine Base.

Garp visited Yoriichi in the Sorbé Kingdom and decided to take Ace away to train him, with Yoriichi agreeing to the plan. After Garp departed, a Marine rushed to tell Yoriichi that something had appeared.

• Yoriichi sensed Garp's arrival while working with Robin, and Robin recognized Garp and Ace when they reached his office.
• Garp asked about Yoriichi's plans in South Blue, then privately questioned him about Ace and announced that he would train the boy himself.
• Yoriichi agreed, suggesting that Garp return Ace to Dressrosa at twelve before sending him to Zephyr, and Garp said he would later send his grandson to the Dressrosa Marine Academy.
• Yoriichi showed Garp and the others around the Sorbé Kingdom, and Garp saw how much the country had changed under Yoriichi's leadership.
• After Garp and Ace left the kingdom, a Marine ran up to Yoriichi and reported that something had appeared.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi sailed from the Sorbé Kingdom toward the East Blue to pursue the Nika Fruit, while Shanks celebrated Uta’s third birthday there. The chapter ended with Shanks learning from a newspaper that Yoriichi had entered the Calm Belt and was expected to reach the East Blue.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned that the Rubber Fruit, actually the Nika Fruit, had been sighted in the East Blue and decided to pursue it despite the World Government’s mobilization.
• Kuma and Abel eagerly offered to help Yoriichi obtain the Nika Fruit, but Yoriichi said his plans would not change whether he got it or not.
• Sengoku learned that Yoriichi had left the South Blue, and Yoriichi told him he was going to the East Blue to relax.
• Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates celebrated Uta’s third birthday aboard their ship in the East Blue.
• Jesus Burgess woke Shanks with news that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had entered the Calm Belt and was believed to be heading for the East Blue.

Marine Admiral Tsugikuni Yoriichi visited the 044 Marine Branch in the Kingdom of Mole to investigate the Rubber Fruit auction. When he saw that the auction catalog listed a newlywed girl as a slave, he confronted Lieutenant Colonel Rudy over the branch’s failure to uphold justice.

• Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates speculated about why Tsugikuni Yoriichi had entered the East Blue, then decided to continue their journey.
• Lieutenant Colonel Rudy welcomed Yoriichi and his companions to the 044 Marine Branch with a formal reception and fireworks.
• Yoriichi asked Rudy about the Rubber Fruit auction, and Rudy confirmed the fruit had been sold but said he did not know the buyer.
• Rudy gave Yoriichi the auction catalog, and Yoriichi found a listing for a newlywed girl named Lisa being sold as a slave.
• Yoriichi challenged Rudy’s claim that the East Blue was prosperous and harmonious, demanding to know why the Marines had allowed the slave auction.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi took control of Marine Branch 044 and uncovered the Kingdom of Mole’s slave-trading scheme, then killed its royal and noble ringleaders. After his investigation report shifted public opinion in his favor, Marine Headquarters sent Black Horse, Tensei, to investigate him.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi stripped Lieutenant Colonel Rudy of command and ordered him to lead the way to the auction organizers.
• The auction house revealed that a duke had bought the Rubber Fruit but died when pirates destroyed his ship.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s group detained the auction house’s management and used Kuma’s ability to uncover the Kingdom of Mole’s kidnapping and slave-trading operation.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi submitted his investigation report to Headquarters and killed the kingdom’s royal and noble ringleaders.
• Sengoku publicized the report after newspapers condemned Yoriichi, turning public opinion in his favor.
• Marine Headquarters dispatched Black Horse, Tensei, to the East Blue to investigate Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi rescued a starving orphan named Akin and began building an orphanage in the Kingdom of Mole, but the effort strained Marine Branch 044’s resources. As he sought supplies and continued looking for pirates, Rear Admiral Tensei arrived to investigate the murder of the royal family.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi found a starving boy stealing bread, treated his wound, and brought him to the Marine base, where the boy gave his name as Akin.
• Yoriichi offered Akin food and shelter, and Akin thanked him tearfully before Yoriichi left the ward.
• Inspired by Akin, Yoriichi began taking in orphans, and the Marines housed nearly a thousand children in a few days.
• Lieutenant Colonel Rudy warned Yoriichi that the branch was running short of supplies, and Yoriichi told him to focus on building the orphanage while Yoriichi contacted Headquarters.
• Rudy reported no pirate sightings, and Yoriichi said he needed to find pirates if he was to remain in the East Blue.
• Rear Admiral Tensei arrived at Marine Branch 044 and ordered Yoriichi to cooperate with an investigation into the murder of the Kingdom of Mole’s royal family.

Rear Admiral Tensei confronted Tsugikuni Yoriichi about executing the Kingdom of Mole’s royal family and nobles, explaining that Sengoku wanted him to return to headquarters and accept limits on his authority. Yoriichi instead asked for Tensei to remain as an inspector, leaving Sengoku and the other senior Marines to consider his response.

• Tensei told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that the Criminal Investigation Division was investigating his role in the executions, and Yoriichi confirmed he had ordered them.
• Tensei argued that the Marines had no right to judge an allied kingdom’s rulers and revealed that Sengoku had ordered him to bring Yoriichi back if he was responsible.
• Tensei urged Yoriichi to accept restraints on his power, while explaining that Sengoku feared his unchecked authority.
• At Marineford, Sengoku, Zephyr, Garp, and Tsuru discussed whether Yoriichi would return, and Garp suggested that starting a family might ease his pressure.
• Yoriichi took over Tensei’s call to Sengoku and requested that Tensei stay in the East Blue as an inspector to report his future actions.

After handing over the Kingdom of Mole’s affairs to Wolf, Tsugikuni Yoriichi sailed away with Kuma and decided to take a vacation in Windmill Village. The chapter ended as a red-haired pirate crew spotted a small merchant ship and moved to intercept it.

• Sengoku sent Tsuru to the East Blue to assess Tsugikuni Yoriichi, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi explained plans for a Marine base and academy in the Kingdom of Mole to Wolf.
• Wolf took charge of the handover, order returned to the Kingdom of Mole, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi departed aboard the Dawn with Kuma.
• Kuma said he wanted to visit a country without conflict, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi invited him to travel before shouting toward the sea.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived in Windmill Village and asked village chief Usopp Slap for something, intending to take a vacation.
• A red-haired young man relaxed aboard a small merchant ship as his crew spotted a target and prepared to bring their ship alongside.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi traveled through the East Blue and Grand Line while searching for the Rubber Fruit and learning how ordinary people lived. He reached Sky Island by riding the Knock Up Stream, but a Den Den Mushi call interrupted his arrival.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi's group defeated the Rabaka Pirates, and he destroyed their ship rather than take them to Impel Down.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi continued searching for the Rubber Fruit, traveled across the East Blue, and acquired the Shovel-Shovel Fruit and Cat-Cat Fruit: Tanuki Form.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi took his companions through Twin Capes, obtained an Eternal Pose to Jaya Island, and pursued the Knock Up Stream.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his crew rode the Knock Up Stream to Sky Island, where Kuma's power brought their ship safely to shore.
• Irene and Robin marveled at Sky Island as Tsugikuni Yoriichi answered a crackling Den Den Mushi call.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his companions explored a Sky Island, where Irene’s animal-sensing ability led them to the buried ruins of Shandora. Yoriichi found the Goro Goro no Mi and stopped himself from eating it after sensing that the Devil Fruit had influenced his actions.

• Irene and Robin became dizzy from the thin air, so Tsugikuni Yoriichi told them to rest before leading the group into the forest.
• Irene used her ability to search through animals’ senses and found ancient ruins beneath the sea of clouds.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi uncovered a passage beneath Shandora’s exposed ruins, and the group entered a vast, abandoned city.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi found the Goro Goro no Mi growing atop a ruined fountain and cut it free.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi nearly raised the fruit to his mouth, then regained control and wondered whether Devil Fruits possessed wills of their own.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi rejected the Goro Goro no Mi and received a troubling call he could not answer from Sky Island. At Risky Red Island, Fisher Tiger had to decide how to respond after a World Government ship fired warning shots at Marines pursuing it, while CP0 Chief Jink deliberately provoked the Marines to draw them into a confrontation.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi decided not to eat the Goro Goro no Mi, and Mihawk also refused it, so Yoriichi stored the fruit for a suitable Marine.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi received a call through a static-filled Den Den Mushi and told his Marines to contact other officers if they needed help, then chose to remain on Sky Island.
• Fisher Tiger learned that a World Government ship had fired warning shots at the Marines pursuing it, after he had ordered them to investigate its suspicious rendezvous with a merchant ship.
• Fisher Tiger weighed the risks of confronting the World Government and chose to act according to the principle of Pure Justice.
• CP0 Chief Jink ordered his ship to slow down, fire warning shots without hitting the pursuing warship, and taunt the Dawn Sword Marines into attacking.

Jink staged a confrontation that led the Marines under Fisher Tiger to attack a Celestial Dragon’s vessel, then used the recorded footage to accuse them of a grave crime. Fisher Tiger took responsibility for the attack to protect Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Fish-Man Island, leaving Jink in control of the accusation.

• Jink made the World Government vessel flee while Danny’s patrol ship pursued it, and Danny boarded the cruise ship before Jink killed him with a Finger Pistol.
• After Danny’s death, the Marines bombarded the cruise ship; Jink recorded the attack, ordered the vessel’s return fire, and sent CP0 to pursue surviving Marines.
• Fisher Tiger arrived with reinforcements and found the damaged cruise ship, where Jink showed him the recording and blamed the attack on him or Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• Fisher Tiger denied that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had ordered the attack, but Jink pressed him with accusations and warned that the incident could bring down Dawn Sword.
• Fisher Tiger accepted responsibility, saying he had failed to discipline his subordinates.

Tiger refused to let CP0 agent Jink take him away, fought him, and searched the seabed for evidence after the World Government ship departed. A newspaper blamed Dawn Sword for the attack, while the Gorosei decided to exploit the incident by sending Doflamingo to reclaim Dressrosa.

• Tiger told Jink he would accept punishment only from Admiral Tsugikuni Yoriichi, then defeated him when Jink attacked.
• Tiger offered to investigate the patrol ship’s disappearance and inspect the World Government vessel, but Jink barred him from boarding it and sailed away.
• Tiger searched the seabed, found the patrol ship’s wreckage, and the Marines recovered several dead crew members, including an officer.
• A morning newspaper accused Marines stationed on Risky Red Island of attacking a World Government ship, stirring public outrage against Dawn Sword.
• The Gorosei discussed the failed attempt to control Tiger and agreed to send Doflamingo to reclaim Dressrosa in exchange for the possibility of becoming a Celestial Dragon again.

After returning from Sky Island with a rubbing of its Poneglyph, Yoriichi learned that Marines on Risky Red Island had attacked a World Government ship and urged Fisher Tiger to investigate suspicious disappearances. Yoriichi then set out for East Blue to search for the Rubber Fruit, prompting the World Government and Shanks to move there as well.

• Doflamingo pretended to accept the Gorosei’s offer to restore his Celestial Dragon status, though he refused to provoke Yoriichi and intended to pursue power on his own terms.
• Yoriichi and his crew returned from Sky Island to Jaya Island using Kuma’s ability after finding and rubbing the Poneglyph beneath the Golden Bell.
• Mihawk and Tensei found a report that Marines on Risky Red Island had attacked a World Government ship, and Yoriichi called Fisher Tiger to learn what had happened.
• Tiger told Yoriichi that the incident might be a World Government trap and that Danny’s death seemed suspicious; Yoriichi advised him to watch for further disappearances of women and children.
• Yoriichi headed to East Blue to search for the Rubber Fruit, while the World Government secretly sent CP9 agents there and Shanks’s crew also set out after learning the fruit’s location.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Tensei traveled to the G-8 Marine fortress, where Yoriichi asked Jonathan to help establish a Dawn Sword Marine office. In the East Blue, Shanks reached the Kingdom of Goa after learning that Garp had brought a child named Ace there.

• Tensei questioned whether spreading rumors about the Rubber Fruit would bring trouble to the East Blue, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi said the World Government’s response would likely intensify its crackdown on pirates.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi continued fishing during the voyage and told Tensei they were nearly at their destination.
• At the G-8 Marine fortress, Drake reported an approaching merchant ship and said its passenger appeared to be Admiral Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived, asked Jonathan to arrange ship repairs and supplies, then requested help establishing a Dawn Sword Marine office beside the fortress.
• Shanks reached the Kingdom of Goa after learning that Garp had brought a child named Ace there, and decided to see the child himself.

Ace and Sabo fought off seven men and hid their stolen treasure before Shanks confronted them and recognized Ace’s Conqueror’s Haki. Just as Shanks began to explain his connection to Roger, a strange white object appeared in the sky and turned toward the forest.

• Ace and Sabo defeated seven men chasing them, then escaped into the forest.
• Shanks and Ben Beckman followed the boys after Shanks recognized the sword Ace carried as Roger’s.
• Ace and Sabo hid their treasure and talked about their dreams of becoming a Marine and a free person.
• Shanks appeared at the boys’ hideout, took their gold, and knocked Sabo down when he attacked.
• Ace unleashed Conqueror’s Haki to protect Sabo, and Shanks realized Ace was Roger’s child.
• A white object streaked across the sky, stopped, and plunged toward the forest, leaving Shanks astonished.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi captured Shanks after finding him with Ace and Sabo, then demanded that he use his status as a Celestial Dragon to change the Kingdom of Goa’s treatment of Absolute Waste Terminal. Shanks fell silent when Yoriichi framed the demand as an exchange between the Marines and the Celestial Dragons.

• A white meteor crashed into a stream near Shanks, Ace, and Sabo, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi emerged from the mist.
• Ace and Sabo ran to Yoriichi for help, and Shanks recognized Yoriichi as an old acquaintance from Roger’s crew.
• Yoriichi cuffed Shanks with Seastone handcuffs and said he would be sent to Enies Lobby for judgment.
• Yoriichi led Shanks away from the boys and told Ace and Sabo to return home; Sabo then urged Ace to move their hidden treasure.
• Yoriichi showed Shanks Absolute Waste Terminal and ordered him to help change the kingdom’s treatment of its poor.
• When Shanks refused, Yoriichi said he was addressing Celestial Dragon Shanks rather than Pirate Shanks, leaving Shanks silent.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi forced Shanks to let him stay aboard the Red Force while he waited for his crew, then met Uta and asked if she wanted to become a Marine. Uta said she wanted to keep living with Shanks and the rest of the Red-Haired Pirates.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi revealed that he knew Shanks was a Celestial Dragon and threatened to send him to Enies Lobby and Impel Down unless he agreed to help.
• Shanks accepted Yoriichi's terms, and Yoriichi insisted on staying aboard the Red Force until his crew returned from Dressrosa.
• Uta mistook Yoriichi for Shanks's older brother and introduced herself as Shanks's daughter while Jesus Burgess watched them cautiously.
• Yoriichi told Jesus Burgess that Shanks knew he was aboard, then wrapped his Marine cloak around Uta and explained that he was a Marine.
• Yoriichi asked Uta if she wanted to become a Marine, and she replied that she wanted to keep living with Shanks and everyone.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi challenged Jesus Burgess over abandoning his family, while Ben Beckman defended the pirates’ freedom to choose their lives. The Red-Haired Pirates welcomed Yoriichi aboard with a banquet, and Tensei learned that Marine Headquarters planned to investigate White Lead Ore smuggling in Flevance.

• Shanks returned to the Red Force and found Tsugikuni Yoriichi caring for the children; he spoke with Yoriichi before carrying a sleepy Uta away.
• Yoriichi questioned Jesus Burgess about his family and urged him to give up piracy, but Ben Beckman defended Burgess’s freedom to live as he chose.
• The Red-Haired Pirates returned, reacted with shock to Yoriichi’s presence, and held a banquet; Shanks later woke wondering what to do about the problem he had found himself in.
• Mihawk, Tensei, and their companions sailed away from the G-8 Marine base toward their next island, planning to replace their ship at Water Seven.
• Tensei received word that Headquarters wanted the Marine Criminal Investigation Division to investigate White Lead Ore entering the market from Flevance, and he warned Commodore Shipley against pursuing petty schemes.