Recaps

Dawn consulted Hawkins about his next move while pursuing Edward Weevil in the New World, and Hawkins’s divination pointed him toward Gran Tesoro. The chapter ended with Dawn wondering whether the promised unexpected gains might include meeting Fujitora Issho.

• The avengers under Chloe captured Buster Call Town, and Enel arrived after the Thunder God Pirates’ flag had been raised.
• The Marines raised Edward Weevil’s bounty to 480 million Berries, and Dawn took Hawkins and his warship along to pursue him in the New World.
• Dawn asked Hawkins to divine opportunities to improve his strength and expand his forces, but both readings advised patience.
• Dawn decided to visit Gran Tesoro to relax, and Hawkins’s Tarot reading predicted unexpected gains there.
• Dawn suspected he might encounter Fujitora Issho at Gran Tesoro.

Dawn searched Gran Tesoro for Fujitora but failed to find him, then met with Tesoro and Enel in a private gathering area. Morgans spotted the three influential figures meeting upstairs and became convinced that a major story was unfolding.

• Dawn and Hawkins searched Gran Tesoro for three days but found no sign of Fujitora, so Dawn arranged to meet Tesoro and Enel.
• Mr. Tanaka guided Dawn and Hawkins into an exclusive casino area reserved for influential guests.
• Morgans recognized Dawn and watched him go to Tesoro's private second floor.
• Enel also went upstairs, and Morgans saw that only Dawn, Tesoro, and Enel were meeting there.
• Morgans concluded that the three were plotting something and continued observing them for a major scoop.

Morgans risked sneaking into Gran Tesoro’s guarded second floor to investigate three people, unaware that Enel had already detected him. In a private room, Dawn and his allies discussed building Pluton and prepared to confront Morgans as he approached with his camera Den Den Mushi.

• Morgans spotted an opening in the second-floor guard post and sneaked upstairs with his camera Den Den Mushi.
• Morgans weighed the danger of angering Gild Tesoro against the chance of getting a sensational scoop, then chose to keep investigating.
• Dawn told Tesoro that he and Enel would gather materials for Pluton, and Tesoro promised to help build it using Gran Tesoro’s resources.
• Dawn suggested Tesoro could later lure their enemies to an event for revenge, and Tesoro eagerly anticipated that day.
• Enel revealed that Morgans was hiding in the restroom and that guards had gone to retrieve him, while Dawn and the others prepared to welcome him.

Dawn, Enel, and Tesoro lured Morgans into discovering their alliance and plans to target Big Mom. Cornered beneath Tesoro’s inn, Morgans realized that Dawn led Enel and Tesoro, and Dawn offered him a chance to live if he answered.

• Dawn and the others waited in the hidden underground chamber while Morgans searched the empty second floor for a secret room.
• Morgans overheard Dawn and Tesoro confirm their cooperation and name Big Mom as their first target.
• Enel revealed that he had detected Morgans with Observation Haki and had been reading his thoughts.
• Dawn and Tesoro emerged from the hidden wall, and Morgans recognized Enel and Tesoro as Dawn’s subordinates.
• Morgans accepted that he was trapped and asked how the three had met, and Dawn asked whether he wanted to live.

Dawn offered Morgans a chance to live if he accepted a Contract that bound him to Dawn and prevented betrayal or disclosure. Faced with death if he refused, Morgans agreed to sign and became bound to Dawn’s crew.

• Dawn stopped Morgans from approaching and offered to spare his life on the condition they discussed.
• Morgans asked whether Dawn could prevent him from betraying the group, and Dawn said the Contract would stop him from leaking secrets.
• Ouroboros transmitted the Contract to Morgans, who recognized it as a slave Contract with strict prohibitions and lethal consequences.
• Morgans began to refuse, but Enel, Tesoro, and Hawkins’s threatening looks made him reconsider.
• Morgans agreed to sign the Contract because refusing meant death.

After being forced to sign Ouroboros's Contract, Morgans learned that Dawn's hidden faction sought to build strength and pursue true justice. Though he understood the danger, Morgans embraced his new role and chose to join Dawn's cause.

• Ouroboros's Contract bound Morgans, and Dawn welcomed him into the faction while promising not to treat him like a slave.
• Dawn, Tesoro, and Enel explained that Morgans would provide intelligence and resources, and Morgans accepted that joining them was better than resisting.
• Morgans asked about the group's origins and purpose, and Dawn said Tesoro sought revenge while he pursued true justice beyond the Marines.
• Dawn revealed that he was secretly gathering strength for the coming tide of the times, and Morgans realized the faction's reach might extend far beyond what anyone knew.
• Morgans became excited about the news he had uncovered and formally chose to join Dawn's faction, asking him to raise waves that would shake the seas.

Morgans joined Dawn’s group and expanded its intelligence network across the seas. Dawn tasked him with finding Golden Lion and recruiting underworld rulers, while revealing that Stussy was a CP0 agent.

• Morgans settled in with Dawn’s group, and Enel told him to use his News Birds to find Golden Lion.
• Morgans was shocked to learn Dawn intended to kill Golden Lion, but agreed to search for him.
• Dawn told Morgans to invite underworld rulers to Gran Tesoro so they could be forced to join or face death.
• Morgans suggested starting with Stussy, but Dawn warned him that she was a CP0 agent.

Dawn brought the King of Sea Transport under his control and used his shipping network to support Pluton’s construction. In summer 1515, Morgans finally located the Golden Lion’s floating island, and Dawn raced across the New World to join Enel.

• Morgans recommended the King of Sea Transport, whom Dawn later forced to work for him after Morgans brought him to Gran Tesoro.
• Dawn transported materials to Sky Island over several months, then returned to the Ishtar Kingdom to wait for the New Year.
• In summer 1515, News Birds found the Golden Lion’s floating island after it descended to replenish supplies.
• Morgans contacted Enel, who followed the island aboard the Flying Ship and waited for Dawn to arrive.
• Dawn steered his small boat through the New World, following his Vivre Card toward Enel and the Golden Lion.

Dawn and Enel reached Golden Lion’s floating islands, where Enel’s attacks provoked the pirate leader into confronting them. Dawn met Golden Lion’s Conqueror’s Haki with his own, and their clashing auras began to crack the island beneath them.

• Ouroboros brought Dawn through the storm to Enel, who took them aboard the Thunder God and rose to the floating islands.
• Dawn let Enel greet Golden Lion’s crew, and Enel blasted an island with an electromagnetic cannon.
• When the pirates mistook the blast for a natural disaster, Enel struck them with lightning, killing several and drawing Golden Lion’s attention.
• Golden Lion flew up to confront Dawn and Enel, then clashed with Dawn’s Conqueror’s Haki as their auras shook the island.

Dawn and Enel confronted Golden Lion, and Dawn fought him while Enel searched the island for captured civilians and protected its research facilities. After trading powerful attacks, Dawn gained the advantage and declared that Golden Lion would die there.

• Dawn revealed that he was a Marine, provoking Golden Lion to attack him and Enel.
• Dawn sent Enel to find captured civilians and preserve the island’s research facilities while he faced Golden Lion alone.
• Dawn used his Air Domain to create a Flame Serpent, and Golden Lion broke it apart and turned its flames against him.
• Dawn answered Golden Lion’s flaming lion with a stone lion, then cut apart a floating island Golden Lion had hurled at him.
• Dawn clashed blades with Golden Lion, vanished, and kicked him flying before declaring that he would remain there forever.

Dawn and Golden Lion fought fiercely, trading devastating blows as Golden Lion’s experience and swordsmanship let him wound Dawn despite being outmatched by Dawn’s speed. Dawn ended the exchange by declaring that it was time to kill Golden Lion.

• Dawn kicked Golden Lion in the head, then pressed his attack with a blazing sword strike that burned Golden Lion’s chest.
• Golden Lion recovered from his surprise and vowed to fight Dawn with everything he had, but Dawn used created footholds and Shave to overwhelm him in the air.
• Golden Lion unleashed Lion's Thousand Grain Valley, but Dawn dodged through the slashes and punched Golden Lion in the chest.
• Golden Lion concealed his Armament Haki on Oto and slashed Dawn across the chest, though Golden Lion also took heavy damage from Dawn’s punch.
• Dawn recalled surviving Golden Lion’s attack on Marine Headquarters as a child and declared that he would kill Golden Lion now.

Dawn and Golden Lion fought in the sky, with Dawn using his shifting weapons and abilities to overpower and injure the pirate. Golden Lion then used an explosion to conceal a surprise sword strike that Dawn sensed but could not evade.

• Dawn broke Golden Lion’s Wave Slash and drove a dense storm of Haki-coated bullets against him.
• Dawn switched between his black blade, halberd, and martial arts to suppress Golden Lion at close range, then punched him in the chest.
• Golden Lion stabbed toward Dawn in a desperate counterattack, but Dawn blocked the thrust with Rashomon while Ouroboros’s Flame Serpent engulfed and detonated around him.
• Golden Lion emerged burned and wounded, then attacked Dawn with enormous Flying Slashes and an exploding flaming lion.
• Golden Lion followed the explosion’s flames and launched a surprise sword strike; Dawn sensed it with Time Slow but could not evade.

Dawn and Golden Lion continued their aerial duel, and Golden Lion gradually recovered his battle instincts until he began to suppress Dawn. Dawn accepted the worsening danger as a chance to strengthen himself, but the chapter left him increasingly wounded and at a disadvantage.

• Golden Lion slashed Dawn across the chest, but Dawn quickly healed the wound and renewed Golden Lion’s determination to kill him.
• Dawn and Golden Lion resumed their fight, trading blows with their weapons and battling with air constructs.
• Dawn filled the sky with weapons and used Lion's Pride Earth Roll to injure Golden Lion and force him into close combat.
• Golden Lion adapted to Dawn’s style as his old combat instincts returned, and his swordsmanship began to overwhelm Dawn.
• Dawn kept fighting despite his worsening injuries because he wanted to use Golden Lion as a trial to improve his skills.

Dawn struggled to withstand Golden Lion’s increasingly brutal sword attacks as his healing energy began to run low. He revealed a defensive air-shield technique and counterattacked, but Golden Lion struck him in the chest before Dawn’s Resistance Aura and Flame Serpent collided with the Stone Lion.

• Golden Lion kept wounding Dawn and mocked him for relying on healing, while Dawn used Steam Kill Hell to try to create distance.
• Dawn blocked Golden Lion’s slash with compressed-air shields around his hands, then grabbed both swords and battered him with headbutts and a knee strike.
• Golden Lion summoned Lion’s Pride Earth Roll, sending a massive Stone Lion charging toward them as Dawn continued his attack.
• Golden Lion released one sword to punch Dawn in the chest, forcing him to loosen his grip and letting Golden Lion recover his blade.
• Dawn unleashed Resistance Aura and a Flame Serpent, which collided with the Stone Lion in a massive explosion.

Dawn took Kogaru from Golden Lion, awakened Iron Cutting and Flying Slash, and used his stamina-stealing ability to gain the upper hand. As his strength continued to grow, he charged at Golden Lion for another attack.

• Dawn and Golden Lion faced each other after their exchange, both injured, while Dawn had taken Kogaru and gained the edge.
• Dawn mocked Golden Lion, tested his newly awakened Flying Slash, and recognized that his swordsmanship had advanced beyond Iron Cutting.
• Dawn revealed that Power Snatch had been draining Golden Lion's stamina throughout their fight and sent Kogaru to Ouroboros for storage.
• Golden Lion attacked Dawn, who countered with Haki-coated punches and blasted him a thousand meters away.
• Dawn absorbed the shattered Battle Song Aura with Life Return, grew stronger, and accelerated through the air toward Golden Lion.

Dawn overwhelmed Golden Lion in the sky, breaking through his defenses and taking Oto after severing his right hand. He revealed that Golden Lion was the final piece of his plan to strengthen himself, then moved to kill him.

• Dawn shattered Golden Lion’s sword energy with a Haki-coated air fist and struck him hard enough to break his bones.
• Dawn landed another blow that sent Golden Lion plunging downward, then attacked him with his vibrating black blade.
• Golden Lion blocked Dawn’s strike by sacrificing his right hand, which Dawn severed along with Oto.
• Dawn took Oto and told Golden Lion he had become the final piece in Dawn’s plan to overcome his remaining weakness.
• Golden Lion rejected Dawn’s claim that the era had changed, and Dawn vanished with killing intent to finish him.

Enel slaughtered the pirates on Golden Lion’s floating island and defeated a giant pink gorilla, which surrendered. He spared the gorilla and ordered it to take him to the island’s research facility while Dawn and Golden Lion continued fighting overhead.

• Enel appeared among the pirates, blocked their gunfire with magnetism, and killed them with lightning and Iron Sand.
• A giant pink gorilla attacked Enel, but he struck it down with a lightning fist and massacred the fleeing pirates with a barrage of lightning.
• The gorilla surrendered after seeing Enel’s power, and Enel agreed to spare it.
• Enel sat on the gorilla’s shoulder and ordered it to take him to the island’s research facility, determined not to let Dawn get ahead of him.

Dawn kept wearing down Golden Lion with his stamina-draining power until the wounded pirate launched a fierce counterattack. Dawn called on Ouroboros and resumed the fight at close range, leaving both men trading brutal blows in the sky.

• Golden Lion realized Dawn's ability was steadily draining his stamina, but his injuries and blood loss left him with few options.
• Golden Lion hurled a floating island at Dawn, then trapped him with wind pressure and struck him with his remaining fist.
• Dawn recovered, called on Ouroboros, and used his own control of the air to counter Golden Lion's wind pressure.
• Dawn battered Golden Lion with an unrelenting barrage of punches and a sweeping kick, sending the injured pirate flying.
• Dawn and Golden Lion continued their savage aerial brawl, with Dawn abandoning defense to return Golden Lion's attacks with even greater force.

Dawn defeated Golden Lion by surviving his life-burning final attack. Golden Lion died, and Dawn ordered Ouroboros to consume the Float-Float Fruit.

• Golden Lion unleashed a devastating attack fueled by burning his life force, and Dawn stabbed through his heart.
• Dawn and Ouroboros defended themselves with layered shields while the attack battered them.
• Dawn shifted away from the attack’s center, maintained the shields, and used his healing halo to restore his stamina.
• As the assault subsided, Dawn declared victory and told Ouroboros to eat the Float-Float Fruit.
• Ouroboros lunged at Golden Lion, who died in front of Dawn.

After killing Golden Lion, Dawn absorbed the Float-Float Fruit and fused it into his Sky Domain Aura, greatly reducing its energy cost and bringing its awakening within reach. He and Enel left the doomed floating islands as they plunged into the sea, with the story ending on their immense impact.

• Ouroboros consumed Golden Lion and the Float-Float Fruit, boosting Dawn and merging the fruit into his Sky Domain Aura.
• Dawn discovered that he could control the surrounding air more easily, strengthen his techniques, and approach awakening; Ouroboros celebrated the reduced energy consumption.
• Dawn flew to the floating islands, where Enel reported retrieving documents and bringing back an unconscious scientist.
• Enel said he had taken a pink gorilla named Pique as a pet, and Dawn had Pique sign a Contract.
• Dawn and Enel confirmed there were no kidnapped civilians, then watched the floating islands fall rather than trying to keep them aloft.
• The islands crashed into the sea from ten thousand meters, carrying the pirates aboard with them.

Dawn returned to Marine Headquarters with Golden Lion’s corpse and explained how he had found and killed the legendary pirate. The Marines publicized the victory, while pirates across the seas reacted to the news and Katakuri vowed to grow stronger and take revenge.

• After confirming there were no survivors near the sunken islands, Enel returned to the Thunder God, and Dawn reported Golden Lion’s death to Sengoku.
• Dawn took Golden Lion’s corpse and swords to Marine Headquarters, where Sengoku, Garp, Akainu, and Vice Admiral Tsuru praised him and asked how he had found Golden Lion.
• Dawn told the Marines that he had encountered Golden Lion while traveling through the air with Ouroboros, and he explained how the floating islands had sunk.
• The Marines photographed Dawn and announced that he had killed Golden Lion, sending news of the victory across the seas.
• Whitebeard mourned Golden Lion, Red-Hair looked forward to Dawn’s growth, and Katakuri swore to become stronger and take revenge.

Five years after Golden Lion's death, Dawn had kept a low profile while pursuing Ace and consolidating control over the underworld emperors. On Gran Tesoro, Dawn killed Jigra after he refused to sign the Contract, leaving Baby-5 to deal with Jigra's assassins.

• In Round Sea Calendar 1520, Dawn had spent five years laying low and managing Crete's affairs through Monet and Gaius.
• Dawn had pursued Ace into the New World but stopped after Ace challenged Whitebeard and accepted him as his father.
• With Morgans's help, Dawn had brought several underworld emperors to negotiate terms, and Morgans arranged a meeting with Jigra on Gran Tesoro.
• Jigra refused Dawn's Contract and threatened him with his assassination group, so Dawn killed Jigra with Kogaru.
• Dawn asked Baby-5 to handle the assassins, and she jumped through the porthole as gunfire and artillery erupted outside.
• Tesoro sent Mr. Tanaka to clean up Jigra's corpse.

Dawn dealt with Jigra after the organ trafficker tried to challenge him, while Baby-5 destroyed Jigra’s forces and impressed Dawn and Enel with her growing strength. With Fisher Tiger and Moria arriving, Dawn prepared to move the gathering to another location.

• Mr. Tanaka removed Jigra’s corpse as Morgans and the King of Sea Transport watched without reacting.
• Baby-5 attacked Jigra’s subordinates, evaded their gunfire, and killed many of them with her weapons and Shave.
• Baby-5 fired a full-power Laser Cannon into the remaining attackers, then picked off survivors and returned to Dawn.
• Dawn praised Baby-5’s improved strength and explained how Pluton’s devices had upgraded her combat abilities.
• Enel arrived, praised Baby-5, and learned that Jigra had been dealt with.
• Mr. Tanaka announced that Fisher Tiger and Moria had arrived, and Dawn called for the group to change locations.

Dawn gathered his allies and announced that their time in hiding was ending, ordering Enel to prepare to become a Four Emperor. He revealed that Moria’s revenge would also be pursued through a planned war against Big Mom, while warning that Kaido might come to her aid.

• Trick arrived at the manor and reunited with Dawn’s allies after washing up.
• Dawn announced that one of the Four Emperors would die and tasked Enel with preparing to become the new emperor, Thor.
• Dawn asked Trick, Moria, and Fisher Tiger to join the Thunder God Pirates, and told Enel to arrange the transfer of West Blue operations with Tesoro.
• Moria challenged Dawn over his promise to help him get revenge, and Tesoro questioned the cost of a war against a Four Emperor.
• Dawn said he would push the Marines to attack Big Mom and send Enel and Moria to war against her, partly to stop Big Mom and Kaido from joining forces.

Dawn arranged for Enel to hold Kaido while the Marines attacked Big Mom, and ordered Moria to keep Red-Hair occupied if he interfered. He recruited Capone Bege to infiltrate the Big Mom family in exchange for the Swamp Fruit, leaving Bege to ask why Dawn had chosen him.

• Dawn rejected Moria's challenge to his plan, explaining that his visions gave them a better chance of killing Big Mom before turning to Kaido.
• Dawn learned that Enel had found Capone Bege and summoned him for a private meeting.
• Dawn told Fisher Tiger to win Jinbe over while Enel and Tesoro discussed the plan and its arrangements.
• Dawn revealed to Bege that he and Enel had grown up together, then gave Bege a choice between cooperating and dying.
• Dawn recruited Bege to join the Big Mom family as a spy and offered him the Swamp Fruit in return.
• Bege agreed to the deal and completed Ouroboros's Contract, then asked Dawn why he had chosen him.