Recaps

Two years after Ohara's destruction, Dawn remained in the North Sea, building his strength and standing within the Marines while developing his plans. A grain trade with Alabasta gave him a safe, official opportunity to travel to Jaya Island.

• The World Government ordered Ohara destroyed after Dr. Clover angered the Five Elders, and Akainu ordered the refugee ship sunk; Robin became the island's sole survivor and received a 79-million bounty.
• Dawn learned of Ohara's destruction while stationed in the North Sea and could only lament that he was powerless to change events.
• Hina and the others returned to the training camp, while Dawn stayed in the North Sea after Rear Admiral Yak reported his Observation Haki and the Marines offered him a choice.
• The Marines assigned Rear Admiral Yukimura to oversee the North Sea, where Dawn gained combat experience and continued developing his Devil Fruit abilities.
• Dawn secured a chance to travel to Jaya Island openly as the Ishtar Kingdom's heir, representing his kingdom in a grain trade with Alabasta.

Enel and his crew set sail for West Blue, planning to unite its mafias under the Vongola Family and offer Dawn a gift. They began their campaign on Sichili Island by attacking its largest mafia base.

• Enel and the crew brought former slaves aboard the Thunder God, and Fisher Tiger covered their slave marks with Sun Mark tattoos.
• Chloe proposed crushing and uniting the West Blue mafias, and the crew dressed in black suits before arriving at Sichili Island.
• Chloe announced that the island belonged to the Vongola Family, then killed the leader of the mafia guards with a punch.
• Enel used Iron Sand Electromagnetic Rifle to take down the guards, and Chloe used Destruction Art against the gunfire and nearby enemies.

Dawn persuaded Gaius to establish an alliance with Alabasta, giving him a chance to travel to the Grand Line while strengthening both kingdoms’ influence at the Reverie. Before Dawn set sail, the chapter introduced Koltar, a mercenary kingdom whose people depended on war for their livelihood.

• Dawn proposed diplomatic ties and an alliance with Alabasta, explaining the political and economic benefits to Gaius.
• Gaius agreed and notified Cobra that Dawn, an heir to the throne, would attend the grain transaction as an envoy.
• The chapter described how alliances could strengthen nations’ influence at the Reverie and deter conflicts with other kingdoms.
• The narration introduced Koltar, a chaotic kingdom where nearly everyone depended on mercenary work and war for survival.

Kotal Rad faced a food shortage and considered working with pirates to start a war, while Doflamingo arrived in the Kotal Kingdom to secure its iron resources and expand his influence. Doflamingo prepared to negotiate with the king as he kept his ambitions for the Ishtar Kingdom in check.

• Kotal Rad brooded over the kingdom’s dwindling food supplies and the loss of weapon and iron trade, then ordered a Den Den Mushi so he could discuss cooperation with pirates.
• Doflamingo and Trebol arrived by ship near the Kotal Kingdom during a storm.
• Doflamingo planned to use the kingdom’s iron resources to build an arms-smuggling network and considered the corrupt kingdom easy to seize.
• Doflamingo restrained his desire to target the Ishtar Kingdom because its ties to the Marines made retaliation likely.
• Doflamingo prepared to speak with Kotal Rad about the Kotal Kingdom.

Dawn reflected on how alliances could increase a country's influence at the Reverie, then approached Alabasta and encountered Mad Dog Ladd's pirate ship. He charged at Ladd, and their first blows collided as the fight began.

• Dawn considered how Cobra could benefit from an alliance and how allied countries could gain influence at the Reverie.
• Yukimura identified the approaching pirate ship as Mad Dog Ladd's and explained that Ladd fought in full beast form using human intelligence and animal instincts.
• The Navy ship fired a concentrated barrage and closed in on Ladd's pirate ship near Alabasta.
• Dawn leapt toward Ladd, created footholds in the air to strengthen his descent, and attacked with a punch.
• Ladd met Dawn's strike with his raised claw, and their attacks collided.

Tesoro, Enel, and the Thunder God Pirates overwhelmed Black Face in a coordinated battle, killing the CP0 agent and destroying the nearby warships. After the fight, Enel revealed that Made Tolega’s retreat had been a trap to draw out CP0’s hidden forces, and the pirates prepared to seize the Pure Gold.

• Tesoro shattered Black Face’s shield with a golden punch, and Enel’s Azure Dragon form pursued him as his mask broke.
• Tesoro and Enel combined Golden Divine Punishment and lightning to wear down Black Face’s psychic defenses while the others kept him surrounded.
• Black Face unleashed Sharp Blade Storm, but Wapol and Moria’s layered defenses stopped it while Enel charged a spear.
• Enel hurled the spear through Black Face’s psychic storm and barrier, piercing his heart and killing him.
• Enel destroyed the surrounding warships and told the red-masked CP0 agent that Made Tolega’s retreat had lured CP0’s hidden forces into an ambush.
• Enel told the Thunder God Pirates to move on and seize the Pure Gold.

After Dawn fought Mad Dog, Yukimura reassured him that his showing against the stronger, older pirate was impressive, especially given Dawn’s Observation Haki. Dawn then considered how to build his own faction by recruiting Enel and Gild Tesoro, and weighed alternative plans for obtaining their Devil Fruits if he could not recruit them.

• Yukimura smacked Dawn and told him not to dwell on being slightly weaker than Mad Dog, a sixty-million-bounty pirate who specialized in beast form.
• Yukimura explained that Dawn’s Observation Haki gave him a major advantage over opponents who had not mastered Haki, and Dawn agreed that defeating Mad Dog had been no small feat.
• Dawn decided that he could borrow the Marines’ resources but could not control the entrenched organization, so he planned to cultivate companions and eventually build his own faction.
• Dawn identified Enel as his first recruitment target and believed he could win him over by sincerely inviting him to join.
• Dawn worried that he knew too little about Gild Tesoro’s past and could not easily find Stella, but considered helping Tesoro escape or using a Contract ability to recruit him.
• Dawn resolved that if recruitment failed, he might seize the Gold-Gold Fruit and Rumble-Rumble Fruit, though he preferred recruiting Tesoro and Enel because he trusted their abilities and potential.

Dawn arrived in Alabasta with his men and a large shipment of grain, then traveled to Alubarna to negotiate cooperation with King Cobra. After two days of rest at the palace, Dawn began discussing the terms with Cobra.

• Dawn's fleet docked in Alabasta, where the Karoo Squad welcomed him and his delegation.
• Dawn greeted Karoo and joined Adolf and the ministers in preparing to cross the desert to Alubarna.
• Dawn and his party reached the royal palace, where Cobra's hospitality led them to rest for two days.
• Palace maids discussed Dawn, and Anan described him as kind and unaccustomed to having servants.
• Dawn met with Cobra in the negotiation room to discuss the terms of cooperation.

Dawn finalized an alliance with Cobra and gave Alabasta Honey Pot Ants as a potential export crop. After leaving Alabasta, he traveled toward Jaya Island, eager to reach Sky Island and recruit Enel as a companion.

• Dawn and Cobra finalized their alliance and discussed cooperation between their kingdoms.
• Dawn offered Cobra Honey Pot Ants for brewing and trade, and Cobra planned to test whether local creatures could keep them from spreading.
• Dawn toured Alabasta briefly, then left for Buster Call Town despite Adolf's objections.
• Dawn's voyage passed peacefully under the protection of a Marine fleet that was using its supply convoy to lure pirates.
• As Jaya Island came into view, Dawn looked forward to reaching Sky Island and recruiting Enel.

Dawn climbed toward Sky Island using his air-manipulating ability, stopping to rest and adjust to the high altitude. He reached the White Sea and prepared to swim through it toward Sky Island.

• Dawn left Adolf on Jaya Island to sell Alabasta's goods and set off for Sky Island with a Den Den Mushi and supplies.
• Dawn used his air ability to create a floating Sky Ladder and climbed upward, resting on a block at two thousand meters.
• Dawn continued climbing until he reached five or six thousand meters and let his body adjust to the altitude.
• Dawn saw the White Sea drawing closer and planned to swim through it because he did not fear water.

Dawn reached the White Sea and found Sky Island, marveling at its clouds and adapting to the high-altitude environment. At the Gate of Heaven, he learned that outsiders had to pay an entry fee or face pursuit by the island’s divine soldiers.

• Dawn stepped onto the White Sea and admired its vast, cloudlike expanse.
• Dawn used Observation Haki to locate Sky Island while carefully adapting to the thin air and watching for predators.
• Dawn reached the island’s edge and examined the solid clouds that formed Island Cloud.
• Dawn walked through the Gate of Heaven and met a male Sky Island attendant who said Roger had been the last outsider he remembered seeing.
• The attendant explained that outsiders had to pay one billion Ike to enter or be treated as illegal entrants and pursued by divine soldiers.

Dawn traveled to Birka to find Enel and invite him to become a companion, but discovered that the town’s residents despised people without wings. An Angel Island restaurant owner explained Birka’s isolation and discrimination, leaving Dawn to reflect on the townspeople’s refusal to believe in the wider world.

• Dawn paid for an Express Shrimp ride and traveled from the White Sea to Birka in the White White Sea.
• After arriving, Dawn planned to find Enel, whom he expected Birka’s residents to know as an outcast.
• At a Birka restaurant, Dawn heard locals insult him for being wingless, though his appearance and bearing kept them from confronting him.
• The restaurant owner, a resident of Angel Island, apologized for Birka’s prejudice and said its people refused to believe his accounts of the wider world.

Dawn found Enel on Sky Island and rescued him from a group of children who were beating him over a box he believed his parents had left behind. After introducing himself as a Marine or a North Blue kingdom’s heir, Dawn left Enel stunned by comparing a king to a Sky Island god.

• Dawn learned from the owner where Enel lived and hurried toward the nearby village.
• Dawn used Observation Haki to find Enel being beaten by several children over a box hidden in his home.
• Enel refused to reveal the box’s hiding place, insisting it was the only thing his parents had left him.
• Dawn knocked the children unconscious and offered Enel a hand.
• Dawn introduced himself and said a king was much like a Sky Island god, leaving Enel stunned.

Dawn rescued Enel from bullies, then told him about the Blue Sea and invited him to become his companion. Enel longed to see the world Dawn described and decided he wanted to follow him.

• Dawn stopped Enel from lingering after the fight and led him away before the bullies' parents could arrive.
• Enel asked Dawn why he had saved him, and Dawn explained that he was a Marine who helped people in need.
• Dawn described the Blue Sea and the Celestial Dragons, guiding Enel to empathize with those who were mistreated.
• Dawn told Enel about the wonders of the Blue Sea and invited him to travel there as his companion.
• Enel, moved by the invitation and longing to see the world, realized he wanted to follow Dawn.

Dawn convinced Enel to leave Sky Island for the Blue Sea, revealing that most people there had no wings and easing Enel’s lifelong shame. When Enel retrieved a box from a tree hollow, they found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Dawn decided Enel should have it.

• Enel hesitated to go with Dawn because he had no wings and believed himself weak, but Dawn explained that Blue Sea people did not have wings and that Enel could train to become stronger.
• Enel realized he was not a monster for lacking wings and broke down crying as Dawn comforted him.
• Enel agreed to go to the Blue Sea with Dawn after asking to retrieve a box he had hidden in a tree.
• Enel opened the box and found a blue Devil Fruit, which Dawn recognized as the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Dawn chose to let Enel have the Rumble-Rumble Fruit rather than keep it for himself.

Dawn persuaded Enel to eat the Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which gave him the power to create and become electricity. After Enel tested his new abilities, Dawn explained Haki and warned him that Logia powers did not make him invincible.

• Dawn told Enel that his parents' relic was a valuable Devil Fruit, and Enel decided to eat it so he could grow stronger and become Dawn's companion.
• Enel struggled with the fruit's awful taste but, encouraged by Dawn, finished eating it and then recovered with a bottle of water.
• Enel discovered he could transform into electricity and create lightning, then used a thunderball to char a nearby tree.
• Enel told Dawn that Mind Weave let him sense attacks and avoid obstacles, and Dawn recognized his exceptional aptitude for Observation Haki.
• After Enel exhausted himself testing his new powers, Dawn explained elemental transformation and the three types of Haki, warning that Armament Haki could strike him in Logia form.

Dawn trained Enel after explaining that his Mind Weave was Observation Haki, then took him to Angel Island, where he experienced kindness and plentiful food. As they prepared to return to the North Sea, Dawn considered how Enel could protect the Ishtar Kingdom and support his plans to build its strength and gain influence within the Marines.

• Dawn explained Observation Haki to Enel and warned him that awakening it did not make him strong by Grand Line standards.
• Dawn learned Enel had built a solid physique by hunting alone and set him a running regimen to prepare for practicing Shave.
• Dawn took Enel to Angel Island, where its people treated him without disgust and he eagerly ate the plentiful food.
• Dawn decided to return with Enel to the North Sea, intending for him to grow stronger and eventually guard the Ishtar Kingdom.
• Dawn considered developing the Ishtar Kingdom as part of his plan to gain influence over some Marines and recognized that finances would be crucial to any independence from the World Government.

Dawn reflected on his plans to build power and influence, then took Enel on a reckless descent from the White Sea. After they stopped their fall above the ocean, Enel saw the sea for the first time and was left in awe.

• Dawn considered how consolidating the Four Seas could strengthen the Navy and help him resist the World Government, while recognizing that he still needed to build his strength, nation, companions, and prestige.
• Dawn decided to keep planning patiently and thought about future chances to recruit talent, including doctors from Drum Kingdom.
• Dawn paid for the food and took Enel aboard an Express Shrimp to the White Sea, then jumped with him into the open air below.
• Enel lost his strength on contact with the White Sea and screamed during their free fall, while Dawn enjoyed the plunge and used Resistance Aura to send them safely upward.
• Dawn formed a platform of air beneath his feet and called Enel over, then pointed out the sea below; Enel stared at its vastness in shock.

Dawn brought Enel down from the Sky Islands and explained his plans to use Birka and Angel Island as future secret bases. As Enel trained aboard the ship, Dawn kept his powers hidden from the Marines and considered how to protect him and the Ishtar Kingdom from the World Government.

• Dawn and Enel descended from the Sky Islands, and Dawn explained that the Holy Land had once been part of an ordinary island below.
• Dawn introduced Enel to Adolf and told Enel to keep the Sky Islands and his abilities secret.
• Enel wanted to conquer Birka, but Dawn refused until he had enough manpower and revealed his plan to build the Golden Ship Ark.
• Enel secretly beat the people who had bullied him in Birka, leaving them alive.
• Dawn supervised Enel's training at sea and planned to use his expanding Mind Weave to detect spies in the Ishtar Kingdom.
• Dawn suspected that the World Government had helped undermine the Vinsmoke Family's rule in the North Sea.

Dawn returned to Alabasta and planned to take Enel back to the North Sea after Yukimura returned with the food fleet. When Dawn discovered pirates had taken over the port warehouse, he broke through the locked gate and found them screaming inside.

• Dawn decided to conceal Enel's abilities and arranged for Gaius to train him in physical techniques while the Ishtar Kingdom's scientists taught him about lightning.
• Dawn's group traveled back to Alabasta without encountering pirates, while the merchant ships loaded goods gathered in exchange for food supplies.
• Dawn learned that the transaction was complete and headed with Adolf and Enel to inspect the goods at the port warehouse.
• Dawn sensed a battle at the port and rushed to the warehouse, telling Enel to hold Adolf back.
• Dawn found the warehouse gate locked from within and shattered it with a kick, sending the pirates inside into screams.

Dawn fought a pink-suited pirate whose Devil Fruit let him create sticky, elastic Soft Adhesive. After identifying the ability and pretending to struggle against it, Dawn set up a decisive counterattack.

• Dawn entered the blood-soaked warehouse and cut down the pirates who charged at him.
• The pink-suited pirate attacked Dawn with elastic Soft Adhesive, and Dawn recognized the nature of his power.
• Dawn deliberately let the pirate stick his pant leg, then tore free to conceal that he was protecting his body with an Air Shield.
• Dawn traded attacks with the pirate while pretending to be weak in close combat and struggling to dodge.
• Dawn let the Soft Adhesive stick to his shielded body, then discarded it when the pirate tried to pull himself closer, creating an opening for a decisive strike.

Dawn killed the suited man by using a Translucent Shield to break the anchor of his Soft Adhesive, then struck with enhanced speed. After returning to the inn, Dawn considered combining his three auras into a single all-attribute enhancement.

• Dawn used a Translucent Shield to detach the suited man's Elastic Gel, then appeared behind him with Shave and killed him with an Air Blade.
• Dawn's Ouroboros Aura devoured the suited man and his lackeys, feeding him a trace of speed and darkening its scales.
• Adolf arrived with Enel, Ishtar, and the soldiers, and Dawn reassured him before leaving the cleanup to him.
• Dawn returned to the inn, ate, and reflected on how his auras' enhancements were falling behind his growing strength.
• Dawn decided it was time to develop an advanced aura that combined Power, Speed, and Constitution into one boost.

Dawn used Ouroboros to consume and transform his three separate auras, then discovered that the resulting silver aura greatly enhanced his physical abilities and endurance. As Enel resolved to train harder, Dawn planned to use his improved aptitude to focus on physical techniques.

• Dawn failed to merge his auras directly and set aside his plans for a Contract Aura.
• Dawn realized Ouroboros might act as a furnace and directed it to devour his Tri-Color Aura.
• Ouroboros coiled around Dawn and nourished him while he rested until dinner time.
• Dawn awoke with greater stamina and found that his auras had become a single silver aura that enhanced him in every aspect.
• Dawn tested his increased speed in the desert, confirmed the aura could draw on either stamina or mental energy, and planned to focus on physical training.
• Enel sensed his weakness after the battle and decided to find a place to train.

Doflamingo arrived in Koltar and revealed his plan to use the kingdom’s ambitions and resources to profit from war while enslaving its people through weapons production. The chapter left Kotal Rad unaware that Doflamingo intended to destroy his kingdom’s system and exploit him.

• Doflamingo arrived at Koltar aboard the Donquixote Family’s pink ship, accompanied by Señor Pink.
• Doflamingo ordered Señor Pink to manage supplies and told him that Lao G should kill the king if he refused to become a puppet.
• Doflamingo planned to provoke a war between Koltar and the Ishtar Kingdom, profit from supplying food, and weaken both countries.
• Doflamingo intended to send Koltar’s mercenaries to their deaths and force the remaining population to mine iron and make weapons for the Donquixote Family.
• Kotal Rad mistakenly believed the Donquixote Family would help him defeat the Ishtar Kingdom and secure grain for Koltar.

Señor Pink and Doflamingo traveled through Koltar’s starkly divided districts toward King Kotal Rad’s palace. Meanwhile, Dawn continued training with Enel, teaching him the foundations of Shave as both pushed themselves to grow stronger.

• Señor Pink saw the poverty of Koltar’s outskirts give way to increasingly prosperous districts and a grand royal center.
• Lao G commented on the contrast, and Doflamingo set off to meet Kotal Rad.
• Dawn trained with Enel for more than a month while they waited for Yukimura to return.
• After their morning training and a meal, Dawn demonstrated how to generate force for Shave and explained that Enel needed to build his strength and control.
• Dawn trained in weights nearby, determined to turn his enhanced potential into greater strength.