Chapter Summaries

Bane captured Trafalgar Law after defeating several Supernovas on the Sabaody Archipelago, while CP-0 agents arrived on the island to secretly bring Bane to Mary Geoise. The chapter left CP-0 heading toward Bane’s location as Rayleigh chose to keep a low profile.

• Bane dismissed the value of Trafalgar Law’s Op-Op Fruit and decided not to claim bounties for the defeated Pirates, then took Law with him.
• Bane’s Darkness Element swallowed the corpses of Kid and the others as his group left.
• Rayleigh witnessed the damage to Mangrove 16, took a slave trader’s abandoned wallet, and spotted two masked CP-0 agents near his bar.
• Guernica and Joseph discussed their secret mission to bring Bane to Mary Geoise, while Rayleigh wondered whether CP-0 had come for him.
• An intelligence officer reported that Bane and Trafalgar Law were at the Eel Restaurant on Grove 16, but Guernica ordered the agents to focus only on bringing Bane to Mary Geoise.

Bane told Trafalgar Law that he would join the Marines and planned to defeat Ochoku at Hachinosu to build his record for becoming an Admiral. When Law balked at helping him, Bane demanded that Law use his Op-Op Fruit to hand over his heart.

• Bane ate large quantities of poisonous seafood, and Law realized he had a powerful resistance to poison.
• Bane told Law he would soon become a Vice Admiral and Admiral Candidate, then explained his plan to defeat Ochoku and seize Hachinosu.
• Bane ordered Law to learn everything about Hachinosu and secretly infiltrate it so he could strike alongside the Marines.
• Bane noticed Law’s contempt and postponed discussing his second request, demanding instead that Law hand over his heart.
• Law was stunned that Bane knew about his heart-removal ability and insisted it would cost him his life.

Trafalgar Law refused to give Bane his heart but offered to trade him Shiki the Golden Lion’s head in exchange for the merit Bane needed. Bane’s hostility faded, and he invited Law to explain the plan.

• Trafalgar Law rejected Bane’s demand for his heart and warned that he would resist being controlled.
• Bane questioned why Law clung to life while refusing him, and Law said he still had regrets he needed to resolve.
• Trafalgar Law proposed a deal that could earn Bane merit.
• Trafalgar Law offered Shiki the Golden Lion’s head, and Ochoku as an additional target, as the price of the deal.
• Bane became interested and invited Trafalgar Law to sit down and explain further.

Trafalgar Law explained that he planned to contact Shiki by offering to remove the ship helm embedded in his head, hoping to join the Golden Lion’s crew. He revealed that he intended to borrow Shiki’s power to kill Doflamingo and take revenge.

• Law told Bane that a Sabaody intelligence organization was helping him arrange contact with Shiki.
• Law explained that Shiki’s ship helm could be a serious injury and weakness, and that his Op-Op Fruit might let him remove it.
• Bane agreed that Shiki would want the helm removed and that Shiki’s return signaled renewed ambition.
• Law said he planned to use his medical skills to earn a place in Shiki’s crew.
• Law revealed that he wanted to use Shiki’s power to kill Doflamingo because his own strength was not enough.

Trafalgar Law explained his plan to use Shiki’s return to the New World to provoke an attack on Donquixote Doflamingo, while ensuring both men could be eliminated. Bane admired Law’s intelligence but grew wary of how ruthlessly he schemed.

• Law told Bane that he wanted to take down Doflamingo and admitted he hoped to use Shiki to achieve it.
• Law reasoned that Shiki wanted to plunge the New World into greater chaos and that attacking the influential Donquixote Family would serve that goal.
• Law proposed that Doflamingo was an ideal target for Shiki to attack as he returned to the seas and sought to establish his authority.
• Law revealed that he wanted someone to eliminate both Shiki and Doflamingo, since Doflamingo might submit to Shiki rather than die.
• Bane recognized Law’s final concern and briefly considered killing him before deciding that a capable leader should tolerate dangerous talent.

Trafalgar Law sought Bane’s opinion on his elaborate plan to kill Doflamingo, but Bane urged him to cooperate directly instead. Eager to pursue revenge, Law agreed to lure out Shiki and offered Bane his heart as proof of his pledge.

• Trafalgar Law explained his plan to use Shiki to provoke Doflamingo and asked Bane to join him.
• Bane praised the plan’s feasibility but refused, arguing that working together offered a simpler and more reliable approach.
• Bane told Law to use his ability to lure out Shiki so they could kill him, then help Law deal with Doflamingo.
• Trafalgar Law agreed to lure out Shiki in exchange for Bane’s help killing Doflamingo.
• Trafalgar Law activated the Op-Op Fruit and offered up his heart.

Bane learned that the Five Elders had secretly asked to meet him through CP-0 agent Guernica. Though he suspected they planned to use him, he decided to accept the invitation and intended to exploit the situation for his own plans.

• Zoro bought liquor at a Sabaody market and met Nami, who was looking for Bane.
• After eating with Trafalgar Law, Bane left the restaurant while Law stayed behind to pursue contact with Shiki.
• Nami reunited with Bane and complained that he had left her without a way to reach him.
• Nami told Bane that CP-0 agents had contacted her on the Five Elders’ behalf and recorded Guernica’s contact signal on Bane’s Den Den Mushi.
• Bane suspected the Five Elders wanted to use him, but decided to meet them and planned to delay or undermine whatever they asked him to do.

Bane arrived at Mary Geoise under Guernica’s escort and met Saint Saturn in the Authority Room. Saturn welcomed him and asked about Sengoku’s plans to make him a Vice Admiral and third in line for Admiral Candidate.

• Bane reflected on the coming world-drowning catastrophe and considered using a World-Crossing Gate to evacuate people to another world.
• Guernica led Bane through secret passages and elevators into Pangaea Castle.
• Saint Saturn received Bane alone in the Authority Room and invited him to sit.
• Bane acted nervous and respectful before Saint Saturn, who asked about Sengoku’s plans for his Marine rank.

Bane pretended to pledge himself to Saint Saturn, who offered him power and status in exchange for supporting Sakazuki as the Navy's next Fleet Admiral. Bane left Saint Saturn convinced of his loyalty, while secretly using the meeting to further his own position.

• Saint Saturn asked whether Bane had accepted the Admiral Candidate position, and Bane claimed he was eager to serve the Navy and World Government.
• Bane pretended to resent Sengoku's earlier offer of a colonel position, and Saint Saturn praised his ambition and war performance.
• Bane declared his loyalty to Saint Saturn, who asked whether Zephyr had told him about changes coming to the Navy.
• Bane revealed that Sengoku planned to retire and recommend Kuzan as Fleet Admiral, then said he would follow Sengoku's wishes.
• Saint Saturn ordered Bane to firmly support Sakazuki, and Bane agreed, calling the Five Elders' orders the highest priority.
• Saint Saturn promised Bane power and status as a reward for his loyalty, and Bane thanked him enthusiastically.

Saint Saturn promised to support Bane’s rise to Admiral, using him to weaken Sengoku’s influence and advance the Five Elders’ plans. Bane accepted the offer and said he was planning to hunt Shiki the Golden Lion.

• Saint Saturn told Bane that the Five Elders would support his candidacy and offer him the vacant Admiral position once Sakazuki became Fleet Admiral.
• Bane eagerly promised to complete his mission, while Saint Saturn approved his response.
• The Five Elders’ anger at Sengoku’s World Military Draft proposal led them to plan to poach Bane and his group from Sengoku’s influence.
• Saint Saturn told Bane to perform well enough to give them a suitable reason to promote him.
• Bane said he planned to hunt Shiki the Golden Lion, and Saint Saturn approved the target.

Bane left Mary Geoise after secretly agreeing to support Sakazuki, while the Five Elders decided to judge his usefulness by how he handled the planned hunt for Shiki. Back at Marine Headquarters, Bane was officially appointed a Vice Admiral and Admiral Candidate, then told Nico Robin to prepare to expand into the New World before he took down Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family.

• Bane left Mary Geoise with Guernica, while the Five Elders discussed using his ambition and plans for Shiki's hunt to assess him.
• Bane returned to Marineford and spent five days choosing an office and warship before his Marine appointment was finalized.
• The Marines announced that Bane and Issho had become Vice Admirals and Admiral Candidates, while Zoro and Fubuki became Rear Admirals and Wyper became a Commodore.
• Nico Robin read the news about Bane's appointment at Rain Dinners and answered his call on a Den Den Mushi.
• Bane told Robin to prepare to expand into the New World and said he would take down Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family.
• Robin agreed to prepare and hung up after calling Bane an idiot when he awkwardly asked how she was.

Bane and his companions discussed their Navy roles, Nami’s wish to become stronger, and Wyper’s choice of Devil Fruit. Bane also explained that he and Issho would publicly distance themselves to conceal their true alliance.

• Bane and Zoro teased each other while showing off their Navy uniforms, as Fubuki and Nami watched.
• Nami admitted she lacked the courage to ask Bane for help becoming stronger, and Fubuki urged her to take the first step.
• Wyper delivered his transfer order and told Bane he had chosen the Karma-Karma Fruit over the Phoenix Fruit.
• Bane said Wyper and Zephyr would wait for Zephyr’s arrangements before becoming ability users, and explained that Zephyr had refused the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Wyper asked whether they should avoid appearing close to Issho, and Bane said he and Issho would publicly go their separate ways while remaining allies privately.

Zephyr assigned Ain to serve as Bane’s aide as the Marines sailed toward Punk Hazard, where Bane planned to capture Caesar Clown and claim the artificial Devil Fruit in the abandoned laboratory. The warships approached the island, and Zephyr began directing their course.

• Zephyr introduced Ain as Bane’s trusted aide, and Ain declared her loyalty to Zephyr and Bane.
• Bane offered to obtain a Devil Fruit for Ain, while Wyper said he was waiting to eat one alongside Zephyr.
• Nami reported that the warships were nearing Punk Hazard using a specially recorded sea chart.
• Zephyr questioned whether Caesar Clown was hiding on Punk Hazard, and Bane confirmed that he was.
• Zephyr directed the warships toward the island so they could deal with Caesar on their way to Egghead.

The Marines reached Punk Hazard and confronted Caesar and Monet, who relied on Doflamingo’s protection until Zephyr ordered the group to take them down. Bane killed both with Facebreaker and had Nami collect their Devil Fruits.

• Zephyr’s Marines landed on Punk Hazard, tested the air, and began investigating the island.
• Caesar saw the Marines approach and went out with Monet to order them away, confident that Doflamingo’s Shichibukai status protected him.
• Caesar and Monet recognized Zephyr, and Zephyr told the group to settle the matter quickly.
• Ain attacked Monet, who blocked her with a snow shield and protested that the Marines had no right to interfere.
• Bane broke through Monet’s shield, seized Monet and Caesar, and killed them with Facebreaker.
• Nami brought two fresh fruits as Bane’s Black Tide consumed the bodies.

Bane’s Marines defeated Caesar’s forces on Punk Hazard, rescued the children, seized research and money, and erased the island’s traces before departing. Doflamingo set out to investigate Monet’s death, while Shiki prepared to meet Trafalgar Law on Flying Star Island.

• Bane offered Ain the Snow-Snow Fruit and Gas-Gas Fruit, then led the Marines into Caesar’s research base as their subordinates fought its remaining Pirates.
• Nami joined the fighting, and the Marines rescued the abducted children and found an artificial Azure Dragon Devil Fruit, research data, equipment, and billions of Belly.
• Bane stored the artificial Devil Fruit, ordered Nami to report only five hundred million Belly seized, and used his Darkness Power to erase Punk Hazard’s features and evidence.
• Doflamingo learned Monet had died and flew from Dressrosa to find whoever had provoked him.
• Trafalgar Law arrived alone at Flying Star Island and told Shiki he had abandoned his former subordinates; Shiki said he would come soon and laughed that fate was on his side.

Shiki completed his Monster Project and saw Trafalgar Law’s Op-Op Fruit as a chance to restore his strength and pursue world domination. Bane learned that Shiki would soon meet Law at Flying Star Island and changed course to intercept him, inviting Zephyr along.

• Shiki recalled his failed alliance with Roger and explained how he spent nearly twenty years creating an army of powerful monsters with IQ.
• Shiki believed Trafalgar Law could use the Op-Op Fruit to remove the ship helm from his head and restore his strength.
• Bane learned that Law had reached Flying Star Island and that Shiki planned to collect him in about half a month.
• Bane decided to change his route and confront Shiki before the planned meeting, leaving Issho behind to avoid alerting Shiki.
• Bane asked Zephyr if he wanted to go hunting.

Bane and Zephyr arrived at Flying Star Island to ambush Shiki, who was coming to meet Trafalgar Law. When Shiki approached, Bane dove into the sea to attack him offshore while Law headed toward the harbor clock tower.

• Bane and Zephyr reached Flying Star Island in disguise and spoke with Trafalgar Law about Shiki’s expected arrival.
• Bane explained Law’s connection to Rosinante, and Zephyr told him to keep Law from continuing as a pirate after the operation.
• Bane and Zephyr relaxed on the beach until they spotted Shiki’s lion-headed ship approaching.
• Bane decided to intercept Shiki at sea and dove underwater, while Zephyr stayed behind to support him from shore.
• Shiki called Law and told him to go to the harbor clock tower, and Law agreed.

Bane confronted Shiki above Flying Star Island, destroyed the Flying Admiral, and battled the Golden Lion as Shiki hurled islands at him. Bane used his Darkness Power to pull Shiki and the debris toward a dark sphere, then pursued Shiki as he tried to escape.

• Trafalgar Law spotted Shiki's flying ship from the clock tower, while Shiki noticed Law on the island.
• Bane raced across the sea and struck the Flying Admiral with Elbaf Spear: Hakoku, destroying the ship after Shiki abandoned it.
• Bane shattered Shiki's cross-shaped slashes and smashed a falling island apart with Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist.
• Shiki broke apart more islands and gathered their debris into a gigantic lion-shaped attack against Bane.
• Bane created a darkness sphere with Chibaku Tensei, which pulled in the island debris and Shiki.
• Shiki tried to flee the sphere's pull, while Bane chased him through the air and mocked him.

Bane fought Shiki the Golden Lion over the sea and killed him after surviving Shiki’s seawater attack. He absorbed Shiki’s corpse and declared that he would hunt down the other remnants of the old era.

• Shiki escaped Bane’s initial pursuit and used his Float-Float Fruit to raise a seawater lion that swallowed Bane.
• Trafalgar Law and the people on Flying Star Island believed Bane had been killed, but Bane burst out of the seawater.
• Bane closed in while Shiki was stunned and broke his arms and ribs with a powerful punch.
• Bane used the Dark-Dark Fruit to pull the badly wounded Shiki back and punched through his chest, killing him.
• Bane said he would send Shiki’s old friends to join him, then swallowed Shiki’s corpse with darkness.

Rayleigh, the Five Elders, and Marine leaders reacted to Bane’s public killing of Shiki, which strengthened Bane’s standing as an Admiral Candidate. Meanwhile, the Five Elders summoned Aramaki to Mary Geoise, where he expressed his loyalty to their authority.

• Rayleigh read reports crediting Bane with killing Shiki and destroying a falling island, while Shakky urged him not to stir up trouble after retiring.
• Saint Saturn and the Five Elders discussed Bane’s account of Shiki’s decline and agreed that the victory had secured Bane’s position and demonstrated his ability to handle assignments.
• Garp praised Bane to Sengoku, while Issho explained that Bane wanted them to maintain their appearance of unfamiliarity in case his future actions angered Sengoku.
• Sengoku told Garp that Mary Geoise had agreed to temporarily cancel officer-level recruitment for the World Military Draft.
• Guernica escorted Aramaki to the Five Elders, and Aramaki declared his admiration for them as the highest authority.