Chapter Summaries

Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted Imu in Pangea Castle’s sky garden, where her bodies regenerated and the Gorosei and Holy Knights arrived to attack him. After stealing Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro’s sword and striking Imu, Yoriichi escaped through the garden dome as the others pursued him.

• Imu’s two severed bodies regenerated and joined the Imu beneath the pavilion to attack Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who escaped their seawater trap and realized the three bodies could be elementalized puppets.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro and the Holy Knights ambushed Yoriichi, but his body withstood four Haki-coated Seastone bullets.
• Imu ordered the Gorosei to kill Yoriichi, and the five elders transformed and attacked him with their abilities.
• Saint Marcus Mars and Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro wounded Yoriichi while Saint Topman Warcury’s ability briefly disrupted his focus, but Yoriichi severed Mars’s claw and took Nusjuro’s sword.
• Yoriichi unleashed a storm of slashes, pierced Imu through the chest, then escaped by cutting through the garden dome as Imu and the Gorosei pursued him.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro during his escape from the Holy Land, and the Gorosei ordered him and his allies wanted. After Sengoku agreed to issue the notices but delayed a Buster Call on Dressrosa, Yoriichi appeared at Zephyr’s residence to say goodbye.

• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro’s kick exposed Tsugikuni Yoriichi hiding in the castle wall, and Yoriichi cut off his head before escaping the Holy Land wounded.
• Saint Topman Warcury ordered Yoriichi expelled from the Marines, stripped of the Dawn Sword designation, and given a five-billion-Beli bounty; he also demanded wanted notices for the escaped allies and a Buster Call on Dressrosa.
• Saint Topman Warcury told Sengoku that Yoriichi and his crew had escaped Marine Headquarters aboard the airborne Dawn, and Sengoku warned that attacking Dressrosa could destabilize the world.
• Sengoku initially agreed to order the Buster Call, but Saint Marcus Mars persuaded the Gorosei to postpone it while the Marines circulated an internal notice and issued wanted posters.
• Garp laughed over Yoriichi’s actions, while Zephyr returned home after learning Yoriichi had survived.
• Zephyr found the wounded Tsugikuni Yoriichi waiting outside his former room, and Yoriichi said he had come to see his teacher before leaving.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi said farewell to Zephyr after declaring he could no longer serve the Marines, and the World Government soon branded him and his allies criminals for attacking Mary Geoise. As the news and enormous bounties spread, Ace defended Yoriichi, Shanks reacted to the report, and Whitebeard set course for Dressrosa.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Zephyr he could no longer find justice in the Marines, and Zephyr warned that they would be enemies after the Marines issued wanted notices for him and Dawn Sword.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi departed after telling Zephyr that he would always regard him as his teacher, leaving Zephyr troubled by the blood on the floor.
• Curly Dadan, Ace, and Sabo read the World Government's report portraying Yoriichi and the people he freed as criminals, and Ace insisted Yoriichi must have had his reasons.
• Shanks inferred that Yoriichi had freed the slaves in Mary Geoise and told Beckman to keep the news from Uta, while asking about the Rubber Fruit they were seeking.
• The World Government issued wanted posters for Yoriichi and more than a dozen Dawn Sword members, with Yoriichi's bounty set at 5 billion Beli.
• Whitebeard heard that Yoriichi had attacked Mary Geoise and ordered his crew to change course for Dressrosa.

After escaping Mary Geoise, Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to his forces and brought the rescued slaves to Thunder God Island, where many joined the Dawn Sword. When he returned to Dressrosa, frightened citizens rejected him, and a lookout reported that the Whitebeard Pirates had arrived.

• Whitebeard changed the Moby Dick’s course to Dressrosa so he could meet Tsugikuni Yoriichi, while Marco looked forward to the visit.
• Yoriichi rejoined Issho, Mihawk, and the others, then rested after learning that their allies and rescued slaves had been sent to safety.
• At Thunder God Island, Issho registered the rescued slaves, assigning peaceful survivors to support work and combat-ready, vengeful survivors to fighting units.
• The World Government’s wanted notices and agents’ rumors stirred fear in Dressrosa, and citizens gathered at the harbor to demand that Yoriichi and his Marines leave.
• Yoriichi ordered his followers to prepare to relocate to Thunder God Island and planned to speak with Kyros and Koshiro.
• A lookout reported that a pirate ship had arrived and identified it as the Whitebeard Pirates’ ship.

The Whitebeard Pirates arrived in Dressrosa, where Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted Whitebeard and clashed with him briefly. Whitebeard sincerely asked Yoriichi to become his son, leaving Yoriichi to regard the offer as naive and laughable.

• The civilians fled when the Whitebeard Pirates approached Dressrosa, and Yoriichi ordered Mihawk to evacuate the Marines and nearby residents if fighting began.
• Yoriichi flew to the Moby Dick, knocked out several pirates with his Conqueror’s Haki, and faced Whitebeard’s challenge.
• Yoriichi and Whitebeard exchanged powerful attacks, then stopped before their clash could endanger Dressrosa.
• Yoriichi asked why the Whitebeard Pirates had come, and Marco said they were there to sightsee.
• Whitebeard offered to let Yoriichi accomplish his goals as one of his sons, and Yoriichi judged the offer naive and laughable.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi rejected Whitebeard’s invitation and kept the Whitebeard Pirates under watch as they sailed toward Dressrosa. At the Marine branch, he announced that he would form the Neo Marine to oppose the World Government, leaving his followers to rally beneath a new Crimson Phoenix flag.

• Whitebeard invited Tsugikuni Yoriichi to join his crew, but Yoriichi refused and told the Whitebeard Pirates to leave Dressrosa; Whitebeard declined to go and praised Yoriichi’s strength.
• Yoriichi returned to the branch base with Issho, Mihawk, and the others while the Whitebeard Pirates sailed toward the commercial docks.
• Kyros told Yoriichi that Dressrosa and the Dawn Sword Marines faced an uncertain future after losing the World Government’s protection.
• Yoriichi announced that he would establish the Neo Marine, replace the seagull emblem with a Crimson Phoenix, and fight to return the world to its people.
• Issho, Mihawk, Kuma, and Abel reacted to Yoriichi’s plan, and Abel privately concluded that Yoriichi might be Joy Boy.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi decided to build the Neo Marine and move its headquarters from unwelcome Dressrosa to Thunder God Island while seeking a legitimate base and stable resources. Meanwhile, Kuzan and Borsalino retrieved former Dawn Sword Marines from Sorbé Kingdom and the Kingdom of Goa, showing that Yoriichi’s influence within the Marines persisted.

• Issho identified legitimacy as the Neo Marine’s central problem, while Kyros warned that Dressrosa’s people opposed Yoriichi and his group.
• Yoriichi chose Thunder God Island as a temporary headquarters and assured Kuma that Sorbé Kingdom would remain stable.
• Kuzan arrived in Sorbé Kingdom, where grateful residents warned the Dawn Sword soldiers about the Marine warship.
• Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates tried to prevent Borsalino from taking the Marines stationed in the Kingdom of Goa, but the soldiers declared that they would return to Marine Headquarters.
• Borsalino escorted the former Dawn Sword Marines away, and Shanks reflected that Yoriichi’s influence in the Marines had not been erased.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi established the New Marines, evacuated Dressrosa, and left Kyros to take charge of the local base while Koushirou prepared to build a Marine Academy on Risky Red Island. Three months later, Donquixote Doflamingo arrived in Dressrosa with Corazon.

• Whitebeard and his crew explored Dressrosa, while Teach concealed his ambitions behind a show of honesty and filial piety.
• Shimotsuki Koushirou joined Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s plans, and the Dressrosa branch Marines chose to join the New Marines as Yoriichi gave those who left compensation and destroyed the old roster.
• Yoriichi’s forces departed Dressrosa, leaving Kyros to take over the base and defend the kingdom; Yoriichi assigned Koushirou to establish a Marine Academy on Risky Red Island.
• Three days later, Kyros announced that the Kingdom Army had taken over the base, while Whitebeard praised Yoriichi’s resolve and prepared to leave Dressrosa.
• Nearly three months after the departures, Doflamingo arrived in Dressrosa with Corazon and declared that the island was a wonderful place.

Doflamingo's Donquixote Family settled in Dressrosa after confirming that Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Dawn Sword Marines had left, then quietly built an intelligence network and tested Kyros's forces. Doflamingo declared that Dressrosa was his family's ancestral land, and an explosion drew King Riku III and his guards toward the city.

• Doflamingo arrived in Dressrosa with the Donquixote Family and confirmed that Yoriichi's forces had withdrawn, though Corazon warned him that the island remained connected to Yoriichi.
• Doflamingo chose to stay, ordered his family to take control of the underground, and established a business and intelligence network after seizing a sugar merchant's estate.
• Doflamingo lured a pirate crew to Dressrosa and watched Kyros's city defense force defeat it, assessing their strength before targeting King Riku's family.
• Doflamingo entered King Riku III's bedroom and claimed that Dressrosa was his family's ancestral land, but King Riku rejected his claim.
• Doflamingo left the palace as an explosion and flames erupted in the city, prompting King Riku to assemble his guards and ride toward the disturbance.

Doflamingo used his String-String Fruit to make King Riku and much of the Royal Army massacre Dressrosa’s civilians, while setting fires across the city. Kyros mobilized the City Defense Force and prepared to confront the attacker, but Doflamingo redirected the controlled soldiers toward the base and had Kyros’s adjutant killed before he could contact Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

• Doflamingo controlled King Riku and Royal Army soldiers, causing them to attack civilians as fires spread through Dressrosa.
• After a City Defense Force patrol disappeared, Kyros sounded the highest alert and learned that King Riku and the Royal Army were slaughtering people.
• A City Defense Force soldier told Kyros that he had killed civilians against his will before Doflamingo cut off the transmission.
• Doflamingo noticed Kyros’s composure and sent the controlled King Riku and soldiers toward the City Defense Force base.
• Kyros ordered his adjutant to contact Admiral Tsugikuni Yoriichi if he did not return, then led several thousand soldiers into the city.
• Two attackers used Finger Pistol and Tempest Kick to knock out Kyros’s adjutant and crush the watch Den Den Mushi.

Doflamingo attacked Dressrosa and used his control over King Riku to force Kyros into a deadly choice between fighting back and protecting his father-in-law. Kyros was wounded, and Doflamingo demanded that he choose which of them would survive.

• At a secret base, two agents discussed Doflamingo's attack and predicted that Kyros would be unable to stop him.
• Kyros led the City Defense Force into the city, where the controlled King Riku charged at them and Doflamingo revealed himself.
• Doflamingo demanded first one billion, then three billion Beli for King Riku, while King Riku warned Kyros that Doflamingo wanted Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo made King Riku and several soldiers attack Kyros, who evaded the assault and struck at Doflamingo.
• King Riku wounded himself to avoid restraining Kyros, allowing Doflamingo to slash Kyros with Five-Color String.
• Doflamingo told Kyros that only one of them could survive and demanded that he choose between himself and King Riku.

Kyros surrendered to Doflamingo to save King Riku and the city guards, but Doflamingo then forced him to choose between King Riku and Violet. Just as Kyros swung at King Riku, Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived and stopped his sword.

• Doflamingo controlled King Riku and the city guards, forcing Kyros to surrender to save them; Kyros remembered Zephyr's lesson and chose to give himself up.
• Doflamingo pierced Kyros in the chest, then brought Violet before him and demanded he choose whether King Riku or Violet would live.
• King Riku urged Kyros to save Violet, and Kyros raised his sword and swung at King Riku after apologizing to him.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi appeared, caught Kyros's wrist, and stopped the sword beside King Riku's neck.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived in Dressrosa, rescued Violet, killed Doflamingo, and pursued the Donquixote Family. Rosinante revealed his Marine identity to Law and comforted Baby 5, while Yoriichi confronted a young man who asked to see someone before dying.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi appeared beside Kyros and rescued Violet by severing Doflamingo's arm.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi beheaded Doflamingo when he tried to flee, then the Donquixote Family members scattered.
• Rosinante revealed to Law that he was a Marine spy and explained that he had no brotherly bond with Doflamingo.
• Rosinante comforted Baby 5 and told her she no longer needed to live for Doflamingo's approval.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi hunted down the fleeing Donquixote Family members and confronted a young man who asked to see someone before he died.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Senor Pink after hearing his last wish to send a message to Lucian, then finished wiping out Doflamingo’s officers and helped restore order in Dressrosa. As Rosinante reported Doflamingo’s death to Sengoku, Yoriichi defended his choice to leave the Marines and said he pursued only justice.

• Senor Pink told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that he had no regrets about his path, then pleaded for Yoriichi to tell Lucian that he no longer loved her and had found someone else.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Senor Pink, placed a photograph of Lucian in his hand, and continued killing the Donquixote Family officers while sparing a few children.
• By dawn, Dressrosa’s citizens and soldiers had extinguished the fire, and King Riku displayed Doflamingo’s corpse to convince the people of what had happened.
• Kyros returned to the base, found his subordinates dead, and discovered that his wife and daughter had disappeared.
• Rosinante reported Doflamingo’s death to Sengoku while Tsugikuni Yoriichi rested with Law and prepared to seek weapons and technology on Egghead Island.
• Sengoku angrily confronted Tsugikuni Yoriichi over his attack on the Holy Land and departure from the Marines, and Yoriichi replied that he cared only about justice.

Yoriichi offered Rosinante two possible paths to treating Law’s Lead Platinum Disease and prepared to take them to Egghead Island. Their plans were interrupted when Kyros reported that Scarlet and Rebecca had vanished, while Cipher Pol agents secretly transported two captives toward Enies Lobby and the Holy Land.

• Yoriichi told Rosinante that Dr. Vegapunk and the Ope Ope no Mi might provide ways to treat Law’s Lead Platinum Disease, and Law thanked him for giving him hope.
• Rosinante agreed to take Law and Baby 5 with Yoriichi to Egghead Island, and Baby 5 happily accepted that they would stay together.
• Kyros arrived and reported that Scarlet and Rebecca were missing, and Yoriichi ordered a search and the sealing of Dressrosa’s ports.
• A merchant ship handed two burlap-covered captives to Cipher Pol agents, who ordered the older captive sent to Enies Lobby and the younger to the Holy Land.

After leaving Dressrosa to seek treatment for Law, Yoriichi reassured Kyros that he would help find Scarlet and Rebecca while monitoring the suspected link to Doflamingo and the World Government. News of Doflamingo’s death and the New Marines reached Marine Headquarters, where cadet Smoker’s defense of Yoriichi brought him under scrutiny, and Tensei resisted Spandine’s demand for harsher punishment.

• Yoriichi told Kyros that Issho had sealed Crimson Valley and Jinbe was watching Sabaody, then sailed from Dressrosa as Kyros returned to the base.
• Morgans publicized Doflamingo’s death and revealed the New Marines, prompting Marine cadets to debate Yoriichi’s actions.
• Smoker defended Yoriichi and condemned the Celestial Dragons, while Hina warned that such views could cost him his place in the Marines.
• A report of the cadets’ argument reached Tensei, and Spandine pressured him to punish Smoker for his recorded remarks.
• Tensei said Smoker would be expelled from the Marine Academy and sent to a branch base, then lamented that the Marines were losing people with true justice.

After Smoker was detained for defending Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Zephyr confronted Sengoku and brought his student back from Tensei, who challenged Smoker to consider whether Yoriichi’s rebellion could truly change the world. Meanwhile, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his companions sailed toward Egghead Island, where Law wondered what kind of person Dr. Vegapunk was.

• Hina told Zephyr how Smoker had defended Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and Zephyr angrily blamed the Criminal Investigation Division for taking his student without permission.
• Zephyr called Sengoku, who said he had not known about Smoker’s detention and promised to investigate Tensei.
• Tensei questioned Smoker about his defense of Tsugikuni Yoriichi and argued that the New Marines were too small to change the world or defeat the World Government.
• Zephyr broke down Tensei’s office door, took Smoker back, and heard him thank Tensei for the conversation.
• Sengoku questioned Tensei about detaining Smoker, and Tensei warned him that Spandine seemed unusually well informed.
• As Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s group sailed toward Egghead Island, Law asked about Dr. Vegapunk and learned that his technology was far ahead of the world’s.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his crew reached the waters of Egghead Island after a punishing voyage, only to discover that the island was no longer a winter island. After Yoriichi destroyed a mechanical Sea King, an alarm alerted the island’s forces, and eight Marine warships began to set sail.

• Rosinante warned Tsugikuni Yoriichi that their damaged ship needed repairs, and Yoriichi explained that he had avoided using the conspicuous Dawn to prevent a clash with his former comrades.
• A lookout spotted an island, but Yoriichi sensed danger as a huge wave rose and a Sea King attacked the ship.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi cut the Sea King in half and discovered that it was a mechanical creature filled with machinery and hydraulic components.
• Yoriichi recognized the creature as likely the work of Dr. Vegapunk, and the crew confirmed that the island ahead was Egghead Island despite its lack of winter weather.
• An alarm sounded from the mechanical Sea King, and after Yoriichi silenced it, the island’s harbor opened and eight Marine warships prepared to depart.

Borsalino and Dr. Vegapunk discovered that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had reached Egghead Island after destroying a Mechanical Sea Beast. Borsalino confronted his former comrade aboard the New Marines’ ship and demanded that he surrender, while Yoriichi drew his sword.

• An alarm alerted Dr. Vegapunk and Borsalino that a Mechanical Sea Beast had been destroyed near Egghead Island.
• Dr. Vegapunk’s surveillance footage revealed Tsugikuni Yoriichi aboard a vessel approaching the island, and Borsalino identified him as the former Marine Admiral who had stormed the Holy Land and defected.
• Dr. Vegapunk grew excited at the prospect of studying Yoriichi’s blood, while Borsalino went to meet him.
• Eight Marine warships, giant birds, and a sea creature surrounded Yoriichi and the New Marines, but Yoriichi told his crew to wait and promised they would be safe.
• Borsalino arrived on the New Marines’ ship, exchanged greetings with Yoriichi, and formed a Light Sword as he ordered the former Admiral to surrender.
• Yoriichi drew his long sword and smiled at Borsalino.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought Admiral Borsalino, overwhelmed the Marine fleet, and went ashore on Egghead Island to carry out his business. Dr. Vegapunk became excited by Yoriichi’s strength and Lineage Factor, while Borsalino lay injured in a crater.

• Borsalino attacked Tsugikuni Yoriichi with his Light Sword and Yasakani no Magatama, but Yoriichi blocked the attacks and protected his ship.
• Yoriichi appeared aboard Borsalino’s command ship, knocked Rear Admiral Stroberi unconscious, and used Conqueror’s Haki to incapacitate the Marines across eight warships.
• Yoriichi struck Borsalino and sent him flying into Egghead Island, then ordered his subordinates to bring the Marine ships to harbor and imprison their crews.
• Dr. Vegapunk reviewed the surveillance footage, marveled at Yoriichi’s speed, and left the laboratory after considering the research value of his Lineage Factor.
• Borsalino lay dazed in a crater as a child called to him, and he thought Yoriichi had attacked him despite saying he did not want to fight former colleagues.