Chapter Summaries

Tsugikuni Yoriichi tracked Shanks to a house in Water Seven after realizing the Roger Pirates had left for Final Island. He captured Shanks and confronted Buggy, who tried to fight him as Shanks lay injured.

• Yoriichi recognized Shanks in town and suspected the Roger Pirates had already set sail for Final Island.
• Yoriichi left Kuzan and the Marines, used Observation Haki to follow Shanks, and found him hiding in a house.
• Shanks returned from shopping and decided to stay indoors because he had spotted Marines in town.
• Yoriichi broke through the house wall and revealed himself to Shanks and Buggy.
• Shanks tried to hold Yoriichi back so Buggy could escape, but Yoriichi struck him down and swiftly moved beside Buggy.
• Buggy lunged at Yoriichi and offered to hold him off while Shanks fled.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted Shanks and Buggy, subdued them without using lethal force, and carried them away in his Marine uniform. He left the two unconscious boys in the hands of the Marines while still waiting for Roger to return.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi threw Buggy toward Shanks, and Buggy split apart to disperse the impact.
• Shanks warned Buggy to hide from the Marines, then attacked Tsugikuni Yoriichi with his sword.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi struck Shanks with his sheathed sword, knocking him to the floor.
• Buggy returned to help Shanks and attacked Tsugikuni Yoriichi with his detached hand and a short sword.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi disarmed Buggy, knocked him down, and carried both boys out of the house as residents watched.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi brought Shanks and Buggy to a bar where Kuzan confirmed they were Roger Pirates crewmen. Golden Lion Shiki arrived and attacked the two, but Kuzan blocked his sword at the last moment.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi carried Shanks and Buggy into the bar, surprising Kuzan and the Marines.
• Shanks and Buggy protested their capture, but Kuzan said their membership in the Roger Pirates was enough reason to detain them.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kuzan ignored the two while Shanks and Buggy stayed among the Marines, unable to escape.
• Golden Lion Shiki entered the bar, recognized Shanks and Buggy, and moved to cut them down.
• Kuzan appeared in front of Buggy and blocked Shiki's slash with an ice sword.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kuzan fought Golden Lion Shiki after he attacked the Marines and pirates in the tavern. Shiki used his Float-Float Fruit to lift the ground into the air, then smashed Yoriichi back down and turned his attention to Kuzan.

• Kuzan blocked Shiki’s attack on Roger’s crew, then attacked Shiki and urged Tsugikuni Yoriichi to lead the Marines away.
• Shiki countered Kuzan and nearly killed him, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi rushed in and blocked the blow.
• Shanks and Buggy slipped toward the tavern’s back door while Shiki focused on the two Marines.
• Shiki used his Float-Float Fruit to lift the ground and tavern into the air as his pirates attacked the Marines below.
• Shiki knocked Tsugikuni Yoriichi out of the air and into the ground, then turned toward Kuzan.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi recovered from Shiki’s blow and struck back, forcing Shiki to recognize his Conqueror’s Haki coating. As Shiki attacked the ground, Yoriichi vanished and reappeared among the battlefield, having killed every pirate there.

• Buggy tried to drag Shanks away, but Shanks hesitated because the Marines were fighting Shiki’s pirates over them.
• Shiki overwhelmed Kuzan in midair and prepared to finish him with a Haki-enhanced attack.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi fired a black-lightning Flying Slash from the dust and forced Shiki to block it.
• Shiki recognized Yoriichi’s Conqueror’s Haki coating and struck the ground with two slashes that carved an X-shaped fissure.
• Yoriichi disappeared from Shiki’s Observation Haki and appeared atop the tavern ruins, surrounded by the pirates he had killed in an instant.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kuzan joined forces against Golden Lion Shiki, using Yoriichi’s ability to evade Observation Haki and Kuzan’s ice attacks to overwhelm him. Shiki was sent flying and wounded, but Yoriichi could not tell whether he had survived.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi slaughtered Shiki’s subordinates, and Shiki discovered that his Observation Haki could not sense Yoriichi.
• Kuzan attacked Shiki from within icy mist, wounding his arm before withdrawing into the mist.
• Yoriichi launched a close-range assault on Shiki, but Shiki used the sound of Yoriichi’s Geppo to evade a slash aimed at his neck.
• Yoriichi and Shiki exchanged attacks at close range while Kuzan struck from below, and Shiki blocked their blows with his twin swords.
• Yoriichi’s blade, wrapped in black lightning, struck Shiki and sent him flying as blood fell from the sky.
• Kuzan and Yoriichi questioned whether their attacks had killed Shiki.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kuzan fought Golden Lion Shiki together, but Shiki returned from the sky and pressed them with his overwhelming strength. After Yoriichi sent him crashing through walls, Yoriichi warned that their next strike had to kill him before he could take to the sky.

• Kuzan ordered the surviving Marines to flee and report their encounter with Golden Lion Shiki to Headquarters.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi spotted Shanks and Buggy hiding nearby, and Shanks came out claiming they wanted to help.
• Golden Lion Shiki returned and attacked Yoriichi, while the shockwave knocked Shanks to the ground.
• Kuzan and Yoriichi worked together to block Shiki's attacks and counter with ice and a Haki-coated Flying Slash.
• Shiki was sent crashing through walls, but Yoriichi said he was still alive and that they needed to sever his neck with their next strike.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kuzan fought Golden Lion Shiki, whose powerful attacks overwhelmed Yoriichi before the Marines worked together to sever Shiki’s arm. Shiki escaped into the sky, vowing revenge on them and threatening their loved ones.

• Shanks realized he could not interfere in the battle, so he grabbed Buggy and fled.
• Shiki charged Tsugikuni Yoriichi with a powerful twin-sword slash, sending him crashing into the ground and worsening his injuries.
• Kuzan surrounded Shiki with ice and hid within the glacial battlefield while Yoriichi also concealed himself.
• Kuzan drew Shiki’s attention with an aerial ice-sword attack, and Yoriichi used the opening to sever Shiki’s right arm, which still held Withered Tree.
• Shiki escaped through Kuzan’s icy enclosure and threatened to capture and kill the relatives and friends of the Marines.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kuzan drove Golden Lion Shiki from Water Seven, and Kuzan received Shiki’s famed blade, Wood Guts. After the Marines helped the island’s residents, news of the victory spread worldwide, drawing Whitebeard’s laughter aboard the Moby Dick.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kuzan discussed Shiki’s escape, and Yoriichi gave Kuzan the sword Wood Guts.
• Kuzan celebrated their victory, while Yoriichi warned him to report Shiki’s threat and relocate his family; Kuzan revealed he had lost his family long ago.
• Yoriichi and Kuzan returned to their warship, and Kuzan ordered the crew to recover their fallen comrades, report to Headquarters, and help repair residents’ homes.
• Fleet Admiral Kong publicized the victory, and newspapers spread the names of Brigadier General Aokiji and Colonel Tsugikuni Yoriichi around the world.
• On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard laughed at Golden Lion Shiki’s defeat by two young Marines.

Whitebeard learned from the newspaper that Kuzan and Tsugikuni Yoriichi had defeated Golden Lion Shiki and cut off his arm, and he suspected the Marines’ New World deployment might be connected to Oden. Meanwhile, Tsugikuni Yoriichi continued repairing Water Seven with Kuzan’s Marines, putting captured Shanks and Buggy to work as laborers.

• Whitebeard laughed over the report of Shiki’s severed arm, and Marco and the other pirates gathered to read it.
• Whitebeard confirmed that the sword in the photograph was Shiki’s Wood Guts and said Shiki must have been defeated rather than having surrendered it.
• Whitebeard ordered Marco to gather intelligence on the Marines’ movements because he suspected their New World deployment might concern Oden.
• Marco flew off to carry out Whitebeard’s order as the Whitebeard Pirates began mobilizing.
• After a week of repairs in Water Seven, Tsugikuni Yoriichi had Shanks pass him boards while the captured Shanks and Buggy worked as Marine laborers.

While repairing a roof, Tsugikuni Yoriichi argued with Shanks about pirate freedom and Marine justice, defending restraint as necessary to protect people. The debate was interrupted by a disorderly group of Marines whose behavior gave Shanks an immediate counterexample.

• Shanks declared that he wanted to become the freest man at sea, while Buggy insisted that pirates should pursue treasure.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi challenged the Marines’ anger at Shanks and argued that justice imposed responsibility and restraint, unlike pirate freedom.
• Shanks accused Marines of using justice to excuse cruelty, and Yoriichi replied that Marines purged those who indulged their desires without restraint.
• A drunken, sloppily dressed group of Marines shoved and kicked residents as they swaggered down the street.
• Shanks mocked Tsugikuni Yoriichi by pointing out the contrast between his defense of justice and the Marines’ conduct.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted Rear Admiral Amusa Boon’s G-5 Marines over their drunken abuse of a civilian while repairing Water Seven. After Yoriichi subdued the offending Marine and warned Amusa Boon to uphold Marine principles, Shanks began to see Yoriichi as surprisingly free-spirited.

• Rear Admiral Amusa Boon arrived with G-5 Marines and recognized Headquarters Colonel Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who explained that his unit was repairing damage caused while fighting pirates.
• A drunken G-5 Marine berated Yoriichi for showing insufficient respect to his superior.
• Yoriichi called out the Marine’s drunkenness and attack on a civilian, then seized him and knocked him unconscious.
• Amusa Boon objected that Yoriichi had overstepped by disciplining his subordinate, but Yoriichi warned him that Marines must know which actions were unacceptable.
• Amusa Boon acknowledged Yoriichi’s warning and addressed him deferentially, while Shanks concluded that Yoriichi seemed free-spirited after all.

As Marine forces gathered at Water Seven for an operation against the Roger Pirates, Tsugikuni Yoriichi helped the island’s residents and kept his men from disturbing them. Admiral Sengoku promoted Yoriichi to commodore and announced a ceremony before the meeting.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ended a tense encounter with Rear Admiral Amusa Boon, who soon left with his men.
• As more Marine units arrived, Yoriichi led repairs to residents’ homes and restricted how often his men went ashore.
• Admiral Sengoku arrived at Water Seven with Vice Admiral Garp, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and other officers, then summoned the senior officers to his flagship.
• Yoriichi admired Sengoku’s advanced Number Zero warship and imagined what features he wanted on a future ship.
• Sengoku told Yoriichi that Headquarters had promoted him to commodore and would hold a promotion and decoration ceremony before the operation meeting.

At Water Seven, Sengoku promoted Kuzan to Rear Admiral and Tsugikuni Yoriichi to Commodore for their victory over Golden Lion Shiki. He then opened a strategy meeting about the Roger Pirates and announced the Fortress Plan after revealing that Kuzan and Yoriichi had captured Shanks and Buggy.

• Garp celebrated Yoriichi’s promotion and privately hoped he would carry on Garp’s hopes for the Marines.
• Garp announced that Kuzan would be promoted to Rear Admiral for helping drive back Golden Lion Shiki and severing his arm.
• Sengoku held a commendation ceremony where Kuzan and Yoriichi received their new ranks.
• Sengoku began the Roger Pirates strategy meeting and projected photographs of the captured Shanks and Buggy.
• Sengoku announced that he intended to change the Marines’ strategy and named the operation the Fortress Plan.

Sengoku devised the Fortress Plan to turn Water Seven into a trap for the Roger Pirates, using the captured Shanks and Buggy as bait. Whitebeard and Roger both set sail for Water Seven, while Sakazuki brought Zephyr a cloud-patterned fruit that Zephyr recognized as a Logia Devil Fruit.

• Sengoku assigned the Marines to evacuate Water Seven, build fortifications, spread news of the capture, and patrol the surrounding waters.
• Whitebeard learned the Marines planned to fight the Roger Pirates at Water Seven and ordered his crew to set sail, hoping to bring Oden back aboard.
• Roger received news that Shanks and Buggy had been captured, then directed the Oro Jackson toward Water Seven despite recognizing the Marines' trap.
• Sakazuki visited Zephyr and presented him with a round white fruit covered in cloud-like patterns, which Zephyr identified as a Logia Devil Fruit.

Zephyr rejected the Smoke-Smoke Fruit as unsuitable for Tsugikuni Yoriichi, while Sakazuki offered to help find a stronger Logia Fruit. News then spread that the Roger Pirates had reached Final Island, and Sengoku learned they were heading toward Water Seven.

• Zephyr confirmed the chest held the Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit but said he had been seeking a Logia for Tsugikuni Yoriichi, not himself.
• Zephyr explained that the Smoke-Smoke Fruit would not improve Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s combat ability enough to justify its drawbacks.
• Sakazuki left the fruit with Zephyr and promised to search for a more powerful Logia Fruit for Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• News Birds spread word that the Roger Pirates had reached Final Island and completed their journey around the world.
• The World Government gave Roger the title of Pirate King to turn people against him and provoke the pirates.
• Sengoku learned that the Roger Pirates were sailing directly toward Water Seven.

The Roger Pirates completed their voyage around the world, and the Marines prepared for their arrival at Water Seven, where Shanks and Buggy were imprisoned under Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s watch. Roger announced his arrival with a massive sword slash that cleaved through the sea and Water Seven, then called out to take Shanks and Buggy home.

• The Roger Pirates faced and defeated dozens of crews that attacked them after Roger was named Pirate King.
• The Marines evacuated Water Seven and stationed their forces there while Tsugikuni Yoriichi guarded Shanks and Buggy in a stone prison.
• Shanks teased Yoriichi and insisted that Roger would come to rescue him and Buggy.
• A thunderous slash split the prison, the ground, and the surrounding sea, prompting Yoriichi to rush outside.
• Roger stood on the sea near Water Seven and declared that he had come to take Shanks and Buggy home.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi realized that Roger’s slash had split Water Seven and a Marine warship as the Roger Pirates arrived to rescue Shanks and Buggy. As Sengoku prepared the Marines to attack the Oro Jackson, another slash swept through the fleet and cut across the island.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi saw that Roger’s slash had cleaved a Marine warship and cut a fissure through Water Seven.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Shanks and Buggy that the Marines were under attack and that Roger was likely coming for them.
• Buggy rejoiced at the news, while Shanks worried that Roger and the crew might be harmed facing Sengoku, Garp, and the Marine forces.
• Sengoku ordered the Marine warships to prepare to fire as the Roger Pirates’ Oro Jackson approached the harbor.
• The Oro Jackson launched a black slash wrapped in red lightning that swept through the warships and cut across Water Seven.

The Roger Pirates attacked Water Seven as Garp and Roger clashed at the harbor, while Rayleigh and the others moved to rescue the prisoners. Kozuki Oden confronted Tsugikuni Yoriichi in the island’s center, and the chapter ended with Roger noticing their clash.

• Garp ignored Sengoku’s warning about infiltrators and charged toward the Oro Jackson as Sengoku ordered the Marines to evade the coming storm.
• Rayleigh destroyed the incoming cannonballs with iron pellets, then Roger met Garp’s attack with Divine Departure and their clash cleared the harbor of Marine warships.
• Kuzan froze the harbor waves and water into solid ground, while Rayleigh attacked Sengoku and Sengoku blocked him in his golden form.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed an approaching enemy in the forest, and Kozuki Oden emerged to attack him with his Two-Sword Style.
• Yoriichi blocked Oden’s slash as their Conqueror’s Haki collided, and Roger noticed the resulting impact from the harbor.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought Kozuki Oden in Water Seven while Garp and Roger raced toward the harbor. Oden deflected Yoriichi’s follow-up strike after sensing it through the air, leaving Yoriichi surprised by how Oden detected his attack.

• Garp knocked Roger into the sea, then raced toward Water Seven’s harbor as Roger emerged and followed.
• Yoriichi blocked Oden’s twin-sword assault, then knocked Oden away when Oden turned his attention to Nekomamushi and Inuarashi.
• Yoriichi threw Nekomamushi into Inuarashi, sending both through a building wall where they found Shanks and Buggy imprisoned.
• Nekomamushi and Inuarashi freed Shanks and Buggy, then hurried outside after Buggy warned them about the young Marine with a flame-shaped mark.
• Oden charged Yoriichi with a Conqueror’s Haki attack, but Yoriichi deflected it and countered with a fiery sword technique.
• Oden sensed Yoriichi’s attack through the air and knocked it aside, surprising Yoriichi.