Chapter Summaries

Tsugikuni Yoriichi waited aboard Shanks’s ship for the Red-Haired Pirates to change the Kingdom of Goa, while Shanks gave Uta a music-playing headset and questioned Yoriichi’s cooperation with a pirate. The next morning, Shanks led his crew into the royal palace and demanded all of King Philius Wohan’s wealth.

• Uta spent time chatting with Tsugikuni Yoriichi while Shanks toured the Kingdom of Goa looking for a way to change its situation.
• Shanks gave Uta headphones that could receive Den Den Mushi signals, record sounds, and play music.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi warned Shanks that he would be sent to Enies Lobby if the Kingdom of Goa showed no change when his companions returned.
• Shanks challenged Yoriichi over working with a pirate, and Yoriichi said he judged people by their actions rather than their identities.
• The Red-Haired Pirates invaded the royal palace, and Shanks demanded financial support from King Philius Wohan.
• Philius Wohan offered Shanks thirty million Beli, but Shanks demanded all the wealth in the royal palace.

Shanks seized the Kingdom of Goa for the Red-Haired Pirates, prompting the Marines to consider intervening. The Gorosei stopped Sengoku and revealed plans for a Shichibukai system, while a brief message from Rosinante left Sengoku with fresh concerns.

• Shanks drove Philius Wohan and the palace guards from the palace and declared the Kingdom of Goa territory of the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Shanks consolidated his rule by intimidating the kingdom's nobles, while resistance forces began forming among the people.
• Sengoku learned of the takeover and prepared to respond, but Saint Topman Warcury ordered him not to act against the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Saturn told Sengoku that Shanks belonged to the Figarland Family and was a Celestial Dragon, then explained that the Gorosei planned to establish the Shichibukai system and invite the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Sengoku received a fax from Rosinante saying that he had successfully infiltrated and that everything was well.

After Shanks seized the Kingdom of Goa, he consolidated his rule and targeted the nobles while Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s Marines secretly monitored him. Sabo left Ace to check on his family, and young Krieg arrived on the coast before recognizing the red-haired figure there.

• Garp angrily confronted Sengoku over the order not to act against the Red-Haired Pirates, then sailed for the East Blue.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told his Marines to watch the Red-Haired Pirates from a distance, prompting them to investigate undercover across the Kingdom of Goa.
• Shanks won support by publicizing the nobles’ crimes and inviting anonymous accusations, triggering noble defections and resistance as pirates elsewhere grew bolder.
• Otulock III planned to flee the country and send for Sabo, while Sterry secretly listened to his parents’ conversation.
• Ace encouraged Sabo to visit his family, and Sabo ran toward High Town while Ace returned to their secret base.
• Young Krieg arrived by ship and recognized a red-haired figure emerging from the forest, reacting with shock and fear.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi stopped the Krieg Pirates and watched as Shanks gained support by defending the Kingdom of Goa and purging criminals and their noble backers. Sabo returned to his family’s estate, believed Sterry’s claim that he had been replaced, and left, setting the stage for a new home with his true brother.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi cut the Krieg Pirates’ ship in half, knocked out Krieg and the other pirates, and left the Dawn Sword Marines to arrest them.
• Pirates flocked to the Kingdom of Goa after news spread that the Red-Haired Pirates had taken control, and Shanks defended the people to build popular support.
• Shanks investigated Duan Town, uncovered its connections to nobles in High Town, and purged nobles who had not fled.
• Baron Otulock told his wife they should leave the country and abandon Sabo, while Sabo secretly entered the estate and found Sterry in his old room.
• Sterry told Sabo that their parents had replaced him and that the home no longer had a room for him, and Sabo left believing him.

Shanks rebuilt the Kingdom of Goa while Tsugikuni Yoriichi stayed with him and Uta. After Yoriichi saved Uta from a sea beast, Vice Admiral Garp arrived, questioned Yoriichi’s connection to Shanks, and suggested arresting the pirate.

• Shanks relocated refugees to Duan Town, gave them identities and work, opened orphanages, and built garbage-processing and power facilities in Absolute Waste Terminal.
• In October 1507, Shanks relaxed with Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Uta at the beach after delegating most of the kingdom’s affairs.
• A sea beast attacked Uta, and Yoriichi pulled her to safety and killed it with a single slash.
• Garp arrived at the beach, recognized Shanks as a former member of Roger’s crew, and was surprised to find Yoriichi in the East Blue.
• Yoriichi explained that Shanks had led Goa’s reforms and that he had only supervised; Garp then proposed arresting Shanks as a dangerous pirate.

Garp fought Shanks on the Kingdom of Goa’s beach but let him go, then told Yoriichi that the World Government planned to create the Shichibukai and that Fish-Man Island would attend the upcoming World Conference. Yoriichi considered the risks to Fish-Man Island and saw the conference as an opportunity for himself.

• Garp attacked Shanks, and Shanks countered with Conqueror’s Haki coating before Garp overpowered and wounded him.
• Garp recognized Roger’s influence in Shanks’s fighting style and ended the fight, warning Shanks not to follow Roger’s path.
• Garp told Yoriichi that the World Government planned to establish the Shichibukai and that King Riku, King Neptune, and Queen Otohime would attend the World Conference.
• Yoriichi reflected on Fish-Man Island’s hopes for better relations with humans and doubted the conference would improve their situation.
• Yoriichi smiled as he realized the World Conference could be an opportunity for him and said he hoped they would welcome him.

After hearing about the World Conference and the Seven Warlords Plan, Tsugikuni Yoriichi gathered his allies at Sabaody and hoped member nations would oppose the plan. As Dawn Sword headed there, he learned Fish-Man Island would attend but avoid taking sides, while the Gorosei began monitoring his forces.

• Garp brought Tsugikuni Yoriichi news of the World Conference and the Seven Warlords Plan, prompting Yoriichi to contact Mihawk and his allies and direct them to Sabaody.
• Garp celebrated New Year with Ace, Sabo, Shanks, Uta, and Curly Dadan's bandits, while Yoriichi celebrated with Bogard and the Marines at Windmill Village.
• In early Marineford Era 1508, Garp and Yoriichi departed the Kingdom of Goa and headed for Sabaody with their warships; Yoriichi also summoned Issho, Fisher Tiger, Mihawk, and Kyros's group there.
• Yoriichi asked Jinbe whether King Neptune and Queen Otohime would oppose the Seven Warlords Plan, but Jinbe reported that they wanted to avoid alienating other royal families.
• Yoriichi told Jinbe to protect the king and queen from opposition on Fish-Man Island and said he would help secure their safety at Sabaody.
• The Gorosei ordered Cipher Pol to monitor Dawn Sword and prepared to control its movements at Sabaody.

King Riku III and his family arrived at Sabaody for the World Conference with Mihawk and the Dawn Sword Marines as their escort. CP0 agent Jink Macmillan barred the Marines from entering the Holy Land and insulted them, so Mihawk cut off both his arms; Jink then shouted to reporters that the Marines had attacked CP0.

• King Riku III, Princess Scarlet, Kyros, and their Dawn Sword Marine escort arrived at Sabaody, where reporters and locals recognized Mihawk and the royal family.
• CP0 agent Jink Macmillan greeted King Riku and offered to escort him and his family to Mary Geoise.
• Jink blocked Mihawk and the other Marines, claiming they could not accompany the royal family to the Holy Land.
• Jink insulted the Marines as dogs, and Tensei grabbed his collar but stopped himself from striking him.
• Mihawk cut off both of Jink's arms after Jink mocked Tensei and pointed at Mihawk.
• Jink fell to his knees and shouted to the reporters that the Dawn Sword Marines had attacked CP0.

Mihawk severed CP0 agent Jink’s arms after Jink provoked the Dawn Sword Marines, exposing the growing rift between them and the World Government. As the Dressrosa delegation headed for Mary Geoise, Dawn Sword forces gathered at Sabaody, where Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived ready to challenge the Seven Warlords Plan.

• Mihawk attacked Jink and severed his arms, while Jink cursed him before collapsing in a pool of blood.
• Tensei tried to contain the incident and stop reporters from publishing it, but Mihawk allowed them to report what had happened.
• A masked CP0 agent ended the standoff by granting the Dressrosa escort party passage to Mary Geoise, and King Riku III, his family, Mihawk, and the others boarded the elevator.
• Issho and Fisher Tiger arrived at Sabaody with Dawn Sword forces as reporters sensed a major conflict with the World Government.
• King Neptune and Queen Otohime arrived from Fish-Man Island and waited for Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who arrived aboard a Dawn warship and questioned how the World Government planned to pass the Seven Warlords Plan.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi escorted King Neptune and Queen Otohime to Holy Land Marie Geoise for the World Conference after learning that Mihawk had clashed with CP0. There, Yoriichi exposed the truth behind the moving walkway, revealing the slaves forced to power it.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi reunited with Issho, Fisher Tiger, and Jinbe at Sabaody Archipelago and learned that Mihawk had cut off a CP0 agent’s arms.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi agreed to escort King Neptune and Queen Otohime to Marie Geoise and ordered the other Marines to remain aboard the warship.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the royal party rode the bubble-powered elevator up to the Holy Land, where Queen Otohime and King Neptune marveled at the moving walkway.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi stopped Queen Otohime from stepping onto the walkway and struck it with his sword, smashing through the paving stones.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi revealed that ragged slaves underground were turning a giant gear to move the walkway, and the exposed workers paused to feel the sunlight.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi exposed an underground slave worksite in Mary Geoise, killed a CP0 agent, and freed the slaves with Issho’s help. As the freed slaves reached the plaza, the three Marine Admirals arrived and confronted the upheaval.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi lifted the underground worksite’s roof, revealing its starving slaves to Issho, King Neptune, Queen Otohime, Fisher Tiger, and Jinbe.
• Issho moved the floating rubble aside, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed the CP0 agent who ordered him to leave the Holy Land.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi knocked out the CP9 overseers with Conqueror’s Haki and cut the slaves’ collars, while Issho suppressed the collars’ explosions with gravity.
• When most slaves feared the destroyed collars would get them killed, a frail blond young man asked Tsugikuni Yoriichi to help him escape.
• Issho raised the underground worksite to the surface, and the freed slaves rushed toward the plaza’s lift.
• Sakazuki, Kuzan, Borsalino, and Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals arrived as Tsugikuni Yoriichi turned to face them.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defended the escaping slaves at Marie Geoise and challenged the Marines’ defense of the Celestial Dragons, then launched a fight against the three Admirals. The battle left Borsalino wounded as Yoriichi pressed his attack.

• Sakazuki tried to kill an escaping slave and scorch the other fleeing slaves, but Issho and Tsugikuni Yoriichi stopped his attack.
• Sakazuki defended the Celestial Dragons’ ownership of the slaves, while Kuzan said he had come to stop Yoriichi and offered to help him leave safely.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi rejected the false peace upheld by the Celestial Dragons and attacked the Marines with a powerful sword slash that Kuzan deflected into the sky.
• Borsalino and Sakazuki attacked Yoriichi together, but Issho halted Sakazuki with gravity while Yoriichi wounded Borsalino.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi appeared before the wounded Borsalino and told him to rest.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought the three Admirals in Marie Geoise while meteors devastated the Holy Land and endangered the slaves and residents. After Issho evacuated the civilians, Yoriichi faced Kuzan and Sakazuki together at the bottom of the crater.

• Yoriichi struck Borsalino through the town, then blocked Kuzan's attack as ice spread across the plaza.
• Issho redirected several meteors while Yoriichi protected the slaves, and the falling meteors set parts of Marie Geoise ablaze.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn found Borsalino injured in a crater, dismissed his apology, and left as Borsalino secretly stopped his bleeding.
• Yoriichi entrusted the civilians to Issho, who floated their platforms away, while Kuzan ordered Vice Admirals to capture Issho with Seastone.
• Yoriichi descended into the crater and challenged Kuzan and Sakazuki, then blocked their simultaneous attacks with his sword and fist.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi overwhelmed Kuzan and Sakazuki while Issho suppressed the Marine Vice Admirals, as the Gorosei and Holy Knights moved to attack Yoriichi’s allies in Pangea Castle. Yoriichi returned to the surface to confront Saint Saturn and the others as Sakazuki rose from the crater in a pillar of magma.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi knocked Kuzan away with a Conqueror’s Haki slash and forced Sakazuki to evade another strike.
• Issho used the Gravity-Gravity Fruit to pin Momonga and the other Marine Vice Admirals to the ground.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, and CP0 agents arrived near Issho’s group while Saint Garling, Saint Topman Warcury, and Saint Marcus Mars entered Pangea Castle with the Holy Knights.
• Mihawk protected King Riku from Saint Garling, and Kuma sent King Riku and Scarlet away before the Holy Knights attacked Mihawk’s group.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed the Gorosei and Holy Knights, left the crater, and headed toward Saint Saturn as Sakazuki emerged behind him in a magma eruption.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro while Sakazuki’s magma rained over the Holy Land, and he discovered that the Gorosei’s strange abilities made them difficult to harm. After Nusjuro transformed into a Hollow-like form, Yoriichi struck at the nearby CP0 agents and turned his gaze toward the Celestial Dragon town.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered Issho to evacuate King Neptune and the slaves, then interrupted Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro’s attack on Issho.
• A hidden attacker restrained Yoriichi with arms from the ground, but Issho’s gravity disrupted Nusjuro’s counterattack and let Yoriichi evade it.
• Sakazuki emerged from a falling volcanic rock, while Yoriichi wounded Nusjuro and watched the wound heal as Nusjuro transformed into a Hollow-like figure.
• Nusjuro and Saint Saturn attacked Yoriichi with a demonic tail and a Gyuki-like figure, but Yoriichi countered with a storm of sword slashes.
• Yoriichi appeared among the CP0 agents and cut them down before turning toward the Celestial Dragon town with killing intent.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi drew Saint Saturn and Saint Nasjuro away from the slaves and toward the Celestial Dragon town while Issho evacuated the captives. In the town, Yoriichi arrived as Saint Jegerlcia Couse murdered Dali and killed him in turn.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed the CP0 agents, then flew toward the Celestial Dragon town to draw Saint Saturn and Saint Nasjuro away from Issho, Fisher Tiger, and the slaves.
• Issho lifted the unconscious slaves with his ability, while Sakazuki and the Marine vice admirals left to protect the Celestial Dragons.
• Kuzan emerged from underground, questioned Issho about Yoriichi’s intentions, and headed toward the town without stopping Issho from evacuating the slaves.
• Saint Jegerlcia Couse kicked Dali, dismissed her as his wife, and shot her when he saw her relief at being allowed to leave the Holy Land.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi appeared behind Saint Couse and killed him as the CP9 agents watched in terror.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Saint Jegerlcia Couse and the CP9 agents who attacked him, then clashed with Saint Nasjuro and Saint Saturn. After surviving Saturn’s attack through concentrated Haki, Yoriichi faced the two Elders as they suspected he was targeting them.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Saint Couse, and the horrified CP9 agents surrounded him.
• Yoriichi offered the CP9 agents a chance to escape, but they attacked him, so he cut them down.
• Mo Sang recalled his family’s murder and his coercion into CP9 before Yoriichi killed him.
• Saint Nasjuro and Saint Saturn attacked Yoriichi, and Saturn’s demonic tail struck him through the town’s walls.
• Yoriichi returned unharmed except for a chest mark and a cheek cut, explaining that his Haki exceeded theirs.
• Saint Nasjuro and Saint Saturn realized Yoriichi might be targeting them rather than only Celestial Dragons.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi attacked the Holy Land to draw the World Government’s forces away, free slaves, and test its strength, while the Gorosei struggled to locate him. After killing another Celestial Dragon and freeing a slave from an explosive collar, Yoriichi confronted a fleeing Celestial Dragon and struck him down.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi vanished after sending a Conqueror’s Haki slash at Saint Saturn and Saint Nasjuro, leaving Sakazuki and Kuzan to find a Celestial Dragon’s headless corpse.
• Saint Saturn ordered the search for Yoriichi and urged the Marines to help, while Saint Nasjuro summoned the Holy Knights and Saint Topman Warcury.
• At Pangea Castle, Kuma sent King Riku, his daughter, and Kyros away as Mihawk, Abel, and Kuma fought the Holy Knights; Saint Topman Warcury left after hearing that Yoriichi had breached the blockade and killed a Celestial Dragon.
• Saint Saturn and the others found another headless Celestial Dragon beside scattered slave shackles, while Yoriichi walked through the town searching for slaves to free.
• A Celestial Dragon shot at Yoriichi as he crushed the explosive collar of the slave carrying him, and Yoriichi cut the Celestial Dragon across the neck.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi freed slaves in the Holy Land while evading the Gorosei, Holy Knights, and Marines pursuing him. After Mihawk evacuated the slaves and prepared to leave, Yoriichi stayed behind to see one last thing at Pangea Castle, while Issho lifted the Dawn warship into the sky.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed a Celestial Dragon, freed the slaves’ collars, and opened a path to the elevator; the freed slaves rose up and fled.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi escaped Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro and continued attacking Celestial Dragons as the Gorosei, Holy Knights, and Marines searched for him.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Mihawk to have Kuma send the slaves to safe locations, and Mihawk later confirmed they had all been evacuated.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Mihawk he would remain in the Holy Land to see one last thing, while Mihawk ordered Issho to set sail without him.
• Issho used his Gravity-Gravity Fruit to lift the Dawn warship above the Marine blockade as Tsuru watched from her ship.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi infiltrated Pangea Castle to find Imu and attacked her in the underground garden, but the bodies he struck appeared to be bloodless doubles. He ended the chapter facing the real Imu, who stood in the pavilion.

• Issho and Mihawk helped the Dawn escape the Marine fleet’s cannon barrage, while Photo King photographed its departure and suspected a major crisis in the Holy Land.
• Yoriichi entered Pangea Castle, destroyed a surveillance Den Den Mushi, and evaded the guards until their surveillance network located him.
• Saint Saturn sent Kuzan and Sakazuki away from Pangea Castle, and Sakazuki continued following orders while Kuzan stayed behind.
• Yoriichi knocked out the guards with Conqueror’s Haki and cut through the palace floor toward the presence he sought.
• Yoriichi’s slash struck a crowned girl in the garden, and he then beheaded another girl who appeared behind him, but neither body bled.
• Yoriichi realized both fallen girls might be puppets and saw a third crowned girl, the real Imu, standing in the pavilion.