Chapter Summaries

Magellan poisoned and defeated Luffy, leaving him helpless as Saint Garling prepared to kill him. A sudden lightning strike disrupted the execution, and Luffy later awoke in the Forest of the Sea beside his brother Sabo.

• Magellan transformed into a Poison Giant Soldier and attacked Luffy, whose Haki did not protect him from the poison mist.
• Luffy chose to fight Magellan and struck him with Gum-Gum King Cobra, breaking Magellan’s arms and knocking him away, but the venom poisoned Luffy.
• Saint Garling approached the incapacitated Luffy and raised his sword to behead him.
• Lightning struck Saint Garling, and when he recovered, Luffy had disappeared from the battlefield.
• Luffy awoke in the Forest of the Sea and recognized Sabo as the person who had saved him.

After Sabo rescued Luffy from Magellan, he urged him to abandon his Pirate King dream but helped him plan a safer route into the New World. Meanwhile, Jinbe ended the New Marines’ cooperation with the World Government over the destruction of Fish-Man Island, and Saint Garling prepared to summon the other Gorosei.

• Luffy reunited with Sabo, explained how the New Marines had cornered his crew, and insisted he would continue toward the New World to become Pirate King.
• Sabo revealed he had secretly followed Magellan to Fish-Man Island to see Luffy and warned that an unknown secret lay behind the attempt on Luffy’s life.
• Sabo gave Luffy an Eternal Pose to Risky Red Island and offered help, though Luffy refused to give up his dream and invited Sabo to meet his companions.
• Jinbe confronted Magellan and Saint Garling over the devastation on Fish-Man Island and ended the New Marines’ cooperation with them.
• Saint Garling decided he could not resolve the matter alone and began summoning the other Gorosei rather than abandon the pursuit of Nika.

Saint Garling summoned the other Gorosei after Jinbe escaped, then led the World Government into Ryugu Palace to seize control of Fish-Man Island. He killed the Left Minister and declared the island’s people slaves, before asking King Neptune to cooperate with the occupiers.

• Jinbe recognized Saint Garling as a Gorosei, fled the New Marines’ base, and triggered the Fish-Man Marines’ evacuation.
• Saint Saturn berated Saint Garling for letting Jinbe escape, while the other Gorosei backed Saturn; Garling persuaded them to join his plan.
• Saint Garling led the Gorosei, an Admiral, Marines, and Cipher Pol agents to Ryugu Palace to search for the Straw Hat Pirates and establish World Government control.
• CP0 killed the palace entrance guards and stormed into the main hall, where King Neptune and his ministers were meeting.
• Saint Garling identified himself, announced that the World Government was taking over Ryugu Palace, and killed the Left Minister with a sword stroke.
• Saint Garling declared Fish-Man Island removed from the list of member nations and its people slaves, then asked King Neptune to cooperate in exchange for a possible chance at membership.

Saint Garling brutalized King Neptune and his family to force Ryugu Palace to cooperate with the Celestial Dragons. Neptune finally agreed, but Garling killed Queen Otohime anyway, leaving him in despair.

• Saint Garling killed a Ryugu Palace minister and demanded that King Neptune cooperate with the Celestial Dragons.
• Neptune attacked Garling, who severed Queen Otohime's arm and shattered Neptune's royal trident before killing the ministers in the hall.
• Prince Hoshi and Prince Tenshi entered with fish-man soldiers, and Garling killed both princes in front of Neptune.
• Garling threatened Neptune's daughter, prompting Neptune to agree to the Celestial Dragons' demands in exchange for his family's safety.
• Garling decapitated the unconscious Queen Otohime and ordered Neptune to submit to the Celestial Dragons.

Saint Garling seized control of Ryugu Palace and used King Neptune to help the World Government hunt the Straw Hat Pirates and crush the New Marines on Fish-Man Island. As Sabo identified the fighting in the Fish-Man District as a war, he left to join the conflict, and Luffy ordered the Straw Hat Pirates to set sail.

• Saint Garling threatened King Neptune with the loss of Shirahoshi, forcing him to obey after the World Government killed Neptune’s family and took over Ryugu Palace.
• Sea Kings gathered around Shirahoshi’s Shell Castle to protect her, though she feared they had come to attack.
• Cipher Pol and Ryugu Palace guards hunted the Straw Hat Pirates and arrested and executed relatives of New Marines, spreading fear across Fish-Man Island.
• New Marines whose families were killed returned to the Fish-Man District and fought the World Government and Ryugu Palace guards, setting the district ablaze.
• Sabo joined the Straw Hat Pirates for a banquet, then used Observation Haki to learn that the New Marines and World Government were at war.
• Sabo left in a flash of lightning, and Luffy told his companions to set sail.

Luffy led the Straw Hat Pirates out of Fish-Man Island while the New Marines and World Government fought, leaving the island in ruins and turmoil. Captured and imprisoned, Jinbe learned the World Government planned to use him as bait, but he believed Tsugikuni Yoriichi could thwart the trap.

• Luffy ordered the Straw Hat Pirates to launch the Thousand Sunny, and Franky used the Wind-to-Cannon to speed away from the other pirate ships.
• Jinbe led the New Marines into battle against the World Government, but Magellan, Saint Garling, and the Celestial Dragons defeated them.
• Shyarly foresaw Fish-Man Island engulfed in flames and ruins and told the mermaids that the island had been destroyed.
• Jinbe woke in a Ryugu Palace dungeon and learned from Magellan that the Gorosei planned to use his capture to lure the New Marines into a trap.
• Jinbe decided he would not die, believing Whole Cake Island had already acted and Tsugikuni Yoriichi could prevent the trap from succeeding.
• Magellan left the dungeon and worried that Jinbe's capture would lead to another battle between Marine Headquarters and the New Marines.

After the World Government seized control of Fish-Man Island and captured Jinbe, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Zephyr set out to confront the Gorosei and rescue him. Yoriichi reached the island alone and located Jinbe, while Zephyr waited outside with the warship.

• Sabo stayed hidden on Fish-Man Island to judge how it fared under the World Government's rule, though he disapproved of its collective punishments.
• The Gorosei searched for the Straw Hat Pirates, reinforced the island, and planned Jinbe's live execution to consolidate their control.
• Zephyr feared the danger of confronting the Gorosei on Fish-Man Island, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi insisted because of Poseidon, the Poneglyph, and Jinbe.
• Zephyr ordered the warship to descend toward Fish-Man Island and agreed to wait outside while Yoriichi entered alone.
• Yoriichi landed in the Fish-Man District, surveyed the island with Observation Haki, and called out to Jinbe.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi reached Ryugu Palace after surveying Fish-Man Island and tracking the Gorosei. He arrived just as Saint Saturn tested the Energy Steroids, severed Saturn’s arm, and faced the startled Gorosei.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed that Jinbe was alive, assessed the island and its enemies, and prepared to target the Marines’ antidotes to Magellan’s poison.
• King Neptune offered the Gorosei Ryugu Palace’s Energy Steroids in exchange for their promise not to harm Shirahoshi.
• Saint Saturn made Neptune swallow an Energy Steroid, then took one himself and discovered that it increased his strength and perception.
• Saint Saturn secretly pocketed some of the medicine as Neptune’s drug-fueled aggression faded.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi suddenly appeared in Ryugu Palace and cut off Saint Saturn’s left arm, shocking Neptune and the other Gorosei.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi ambushed the Gorosei at Ryugu Palace and overwhelmed them, killing Saint Saturn while the others fled. He turned his attention to the injured Saint Marcus Mars and vowed to pursue him next.

• Saint Saturn recognized Yoriichi, and the Gorosei reacted with shock as Yoriichi revealed he had survived.
• Yoriichi struck Saint Saturn, cut off his six limbs, and forced the Gorosei to flee the palace without helping him.
• Saint Saturn regenerated and swallowed all his Energy Steroids, but Yoriichi appeared behind him and beheaded him before the drugs could take effect.
• Yoriichi's slash struck Saint Marcus Mars in the air, severing both his legs and sending him crashing to the ground.
• Yoriichi seized Saint Saturn's head and burned it with golden flames, then told Mars that he was next.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Saint Saturn and fought Saint Marcus Mars, breaking through Mars’s black flames and cutting off his head. With Mars about to fall and the other Gorosei still in danger, Saint Topman Warcury and his companions agreed they could not afford to lose another man.

• Saint Marcus Mars fled in his Garuda Bird form while Tsugikuni Yoriichi pursued him, choosing to stop Mars before he could threaten Fish-Man Island’s protective bubbles.
• Mars attacked with sound waves and black flames, briefly slowing Yoriichi, but Yoriichi escaped the flames and left Mars grievously wounded.
• Saint Garling, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, and Saint Topman Warcury began forming a magic circle to escape, but Yoriichi’s Golden Flames interrupted them.
• Yoriichi discarded Saint Saturn’s lifeless, skeletal head, confirming that Saturn had died, then slashed at Mars and severed his head.
• Saint Topman Warcury and the other Gorosei agreed they had to act before they lost another member.

After Saint Saturn's death, the surviving Gorosei joined forces against Tsugikuni Yoriichi, but Garling's attack failed to stop him from capturing and fatally wounding Saint Marcus Mars. The Gorosei tried to use King Neptune as a hostage and activate their escape array, but Yoriichi attacked and dove toward them before it could be completed.

• The surviving Gorosei united after Saint Saturn's death, and Saint Garling attacked Tsugikuni Yoriichi with a powerful slash that Yoriichi effortlessly deflected.
• While Saint Garling was stunned by the gap in their strength, Tsugikuni Yoriichi seized Saint Marcus Mars's head and silenced his cries by stabbing his throat with his sword.
• Saint Garling, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, and Saint Topman Warcury threatened Yoriichi with unconscious King Neptune while tracing a black array to escape.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi rejected the threat and sent a Golden Streamer toward the Gorosei, avoiding Neptune as they moved to block it.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi dove toward the Gorosei before they could complete their escape array.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi rescued King Neptune while covertly damaging the Gorosei’s teleportation array, and Neptune pleaded with him to avenge his murdered family. After the Gorosei repaired the array, Yoriichi attacked Saint Topman Warcury as he prepared to escape.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi slipped through the flames, rescued King Neptune, and secretly erased part of the teleportation array with his Golden Flames.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi healed Neptune, who awoke and begged him to avenge Otohime, Prince Hoshi, and Prince Tenshi.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Neptune he had not come to save him and accepted responsibility for the New Marines’ failure to protect Fish-Man Island, moving Neptune to tears.
• Saint Garling discovered the damaged array and repaired it while Tsugikuni Yoriichi destroyed Saint Marcus Mars’s drained skull.
• Saint Topman Warcury announced the array was ready, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi appeared above him and brought down a lightning-wreathed slash.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi decapitated Saint Topman Warcury and drained his vitality while Saint Garling and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter realized Yoriichi’s lethal attacks required him to hold a Gorosei’s head. As Garling escaped through a teleportation circle, Yoriichi killed Peter, whose headless body vanished through another circle.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi severed Saint Topman Warcury’s head and used Golden Flames and his left hand to drain Warcury’s vitality.
• Saint Topman Warcury briefly resisted the Golden Flames with black flames, while Saint Garling and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter concluded Yoriichi needed a target’s head to kill them completely.
• Saint Garling and Saint Peter split up and began forming teleportation circles, and Yoriichi pursued Saint Peter while striking at Garling.
• Saint Peter shed his vengeful-spirit body to escape Yoriichi’s attack, while Saint Garling took a slash and entered his completed teleportation circle.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi caught Saint Peter’s true body and severed his head, but Peter’s headless body entered the teleportation circle before it closed.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated the Gorosei at Ryugu Palace, captured Saint Peter’s head, and ordered Magellan’s Marines to leave Fish-Man Island. Saint Peter was killed by Imu’s black flames, and Sabo arrived to take Magellan away as Yoriichi headed to free Jinbe.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi picked up Saint Peter’s head after the Gorosei escaped through the teleportation array and scattered Saint Topman Warcury’s ashes.
• Magellan arrived with Marines and Cipher Pol agents, recognized Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and asked what had happened at Ryugu Palace.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Magellan to take his people and leave Fish-Man Island, but Magellan asked about Figarland Garling.
• Saint Peter awoke and was consumed by black flames sent by Imu, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi tried to counter them with golden flames.
• Sabo emerged from lightning, took Magellan aside, and promised to explain what had happened.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi left Magellan and Sabo and headed toward the dungeon where Jinbe was held.

After Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated the Gorosei and left Fish-Man Island, Sabo told Magellan that all but Saint Garling had died, prompting Magellan to make sure the news reached Marine Headquarters. Yoriichi then freed and healed Jinbe, who blamed himself for failing to protect Fish-Man Island, and reassured him that he had done well.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi left the battlefield, and Magellan questioned Sabo about why he had come to Fish-Man Island.
• Sabo explained that he had sensed the battle with Mantra and revealed that Saint Garling had escaped while Yoriichi had killed the other Gorosei.
• Magellan's exclamation exposed the Gorosei's deaths to the gathered Marines and Cipher Pol agents, and he ordered them to keep the news secret.
• Magellan and Sabo set out for Marine Headquarters to report Yoriichi's return and the Gorosei's deaths, while Sabo recounted how Yoriichi had crushed all five opponents.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi found Jinbe imprisoned in a dungeon, melted his cell door and chains, and healed his wounds with Golden Flames.
• Jinbe apologized for failing to protect Fish-Man Island, but Yoriichi reassured him that he had done well and that Yoriichi himself had arrived too late.

After the battle at Ryugu Palace, King Neptune concealed the truth about his family’s deaths, and suspicion spread across Fish-Man Island. Jinbe struggled with grief over his fallen subordinates while Tsugikuni Yoriichi reflected on Zephyr’s warning; meanwhile, Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates entered the New World.

• King Neptune announced that Queen Otohime and Prince Hoshi and Prince Tenshi had died of illness, prompting mourners to gather and rumors that Neptune had murdered them to spread.
• Jinbe stayed aboard Zephyr’s warship, overcome by the deaths of his subordinates and uncertain whether he could continue as a New Marine.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi asked Zephyr to help Jinbe, but Zephyr said Jinbe had to make his own choice and warned Yoriichi not to believe he could control everything.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi considered his plans to use Luffy and the Nika Fruit against the World Government, including guiding Luffy toward the Holy Land.
• The Thousand Sunny surfaced from beneath the sea, and Luffy celebrated the Straw Hat Pirates’ arrival in the New World.

Jinbe resigned as Fish-Man Island’s base commander after blaming himself for his subordinates’ deaths, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi proposed that Fisher Tiger take the post while Jinbe assisted him. Rumors left King Neptune disillusioned with Fish-Man Island and considering a move to Whole Cake Island, while Yoriichi acknowledged that the New Marines had deliberately allowed the rumors to spread.

• Jinbe told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that he could no longer serve as base commander and recommended Fisher Tiger as his replacement.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi accepted Jinbe’s resignation in principle and proposed that he retain his vice admiral rank while helping Tiger rebuild the branch.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Jinbe that King Neptune was grieving his family and that Fish-Man Island was blaming Neptune for Jinbe’s supposed death.
• Jinbe learned that rumors accused Neptune of conspiring with the World Government and rushed to Ryugu Palace to defend him.
• King Neptune, hurt that his people suspected him after his family’s deaths, decided to focus on his remaining family and considered moving to Whole Cake Island.
• Zephyr questioned Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s choices, and Yoriichi admitted that the New Marines had allowed the rumors to spread, calling the outcome the choices of the island’s people and Neptune.

After Jinbe restored calm on Fish-Man Island, Tsugikuni Yoriichi prepared to visit the Holy Land and Marine Headquarters with Zephyr and Jinbe. At Marineford, Sengoku convened a meeting after learning Yoriichi had killed four Gorosei, where Borsalino urged acceptance and Sakazuki called for negotiations followed by an attack on Whole Cake Island if they failed.

• Jinbe's return reassured Fish-Man Island's residents, and the island gradually regained order as pirates departed.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned Fisher Tiger would return to rebuild the Fish-Man Island branch, while headquarters still needed to find a replacement commander for Risky Red Island.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Zephyr decided to visit Marine Headquarters, taking Jinbe with them and leaving Manboshi in charge of Fish-Man Island.
• Magellan and Sabo reported the events on Public Opinion Island to Sengoku, who called a high-level meeting after learning Tsugikuni Yoriichi was alive and had killed four Gorosei.
• Borsalino said Marine Headquarters had no one able to oppose Tsugikuni Yoriichi and that he cared only that the Marines remained intact.
• Sakazuki proposed negotiating with Tsugikuni Yoriichi and attacking Whole Cake Island with all their strength if they could not become allies.

Marine Headquarters debated whether to support the World Government or the New Marines, but Sengoku reached no public decision. After Ace urged him to stop Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Sengoku revealed that Marine Headquarters would side with whoever benefited ordinary people, making clear he opposed the Celestial Dragons.

• Sakazuki urged Marine Headquarters to choose a side, warning that neutrality would leave it trusted by neither the World Government nor the New Marines.
• Marine officers argued over whether to support the World Government or delay a decision, and the hours-long meeting ended without a resolution.
• Sengoku kept Tsuru behind after the meeting to discuss countermeasures privately.
• Sabo told Ace about Tsugikuni Yoriichi's battle with the Gorosei, and Ace worried that the coming upheaval would bring widespread bloodshed.
• Ace confronted Sengoku and demanded that Marine Headquarters stop Tsugikuni Yoriichi, but Sengoku said it would stand with whoever benefited ordinary people.

Ace urged Sengoku to preserve the balance between the New Marines and the World Government, but Sengoku said the two sides could never coexist. Days later, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Zephyr approached Marine Headquarters, triggering a full-mobilization alarm.

• Ace told Sengoku he hoped the New Marines and World Government could remain in control of separate territories to spare ordinary people a war.
• Sengoku praised Ace's independent judgment but explained that Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Celestial Dragons could never tolerate each other.
• Ace left, and Sengoku reflected on Yoriichi's return, Luffy's awakening, and the Marines' prospects for the future.
• Days later, Marineford sounded its full-mobilization alarm as an approaching warship neared the naval port.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Zephyr stood at the ship's bow, and a communications soldier reported their arrival to Sengoku.