Chapter Summaries

After losing to Big Mom, Natsuya escaped with Kaido and gathered his companions aboard Noah's Ark. He accepted Kalifa and considered taking Boa Hancock and the Kuja Pirates into his Door Pirate Crew, while deciding to become Kaido's fourth Calamity, the Calamity of Beasts; meanwhile, Morgans spread news of the Tea Party that shook the world.

• Natsuya's exhausted state failed him after ten minutes against Big Mom, so he called for Kaido, who struck Big Mom back and helped Natsuya escape with his companions through Hell Gates.
• Kaido and Natsuya left Totto Land aboard Noah's Ark, while Big Mom raged and Morgans departed with material for a major news story.
• Natsuya welcomed Kalifa into his crew after she admitted she had nowhere else to go, then questioned Boa Hancock and the Kuja Pirates about following him.
• Boa Hancock and the Kuja Pirates asked to join Natsuya, and he considered accepting them despite Gin reminding him that they were supposed to join Kaido's crew.
• Natsuya decided that his Door Pirate Crew could continue under Kaido by making himself the Calamity of Beasts, as news of the Tea Party spread around the world.

After the Tea Party ended with Kaido taking Natsuya, Marine leaders assessed Natsuya as a growing threat capable of challenging a Four Emperor. Morgans then named him the likely future Fifth Emperor, stirring the world into an uproar.

• Morgans's headlines reported Boa Hancock's intervention at Natsuya and Smoothie's wedding, the clash at the Tea Party, and Kaido taking Natsuya away.
• Sengoku convened a high-level Marine meeting to discuss Natsuya and the consequences of his conflict with Big Mom and Kaido.
• Garp compared Natsuya's growth and luck to Roger, while Aokiji warned that Natsuya could become a new Emperor of the Sea.
• Akainu revealed that CP agents had confirmed Natsuya possessed two Devil Fruit abilities and urged the Marines to treat him as a fifth Emperor.
• Morgans published a report naming Gatekeeper Natsuya the future Fifth Emperor, causing an uproar around the world.

News of Natsuya being called the future Fifth Emperor shook the world and prompted reactions from his allies, the Marines, and the Four Emperors. The Whitebeard Pirates decided to continue their planned attack on Wano Country despite Natsuya joining the Beasts Pirates, and Natsuya returned there with Kaido.

• Nojiko and Genzo in Cocoyasi Village were astonished by Natsuya’s rise, while Mont Blanc Cricket and his companions prepared to set out for Sky Island.
• Smoker read the news in the Sabaody Archipelago and reflected on how quickly Natsuya had surpassed him.
• Dracule Mihawk teased Red-Haired Shanks about Natsuya’s growing threat, but Shanks welcomed the prospect of fighting him.
• Big Mom destroyed Whole Cake Island in a rage over Natsuya being called the future Fifth Emperor, until Katakuri managed to calm her.
• Marco urged Whitebeard to postpone the attack on Wano Country because Natsuya had joined the Beasts Pirates, but Whitebeard insisted he had a way to proceed.
• Natsuya and Kaido returned to Wano Country as the Whitebeard Pirates resolved to continue their attack.

Natsuya arrived in Wano Country with Kaido and met King, Queen, Jack, and the other Beasts Pirates officers. After Boa Hancock briefly turned Queen to stone for leering at her, Natsuya prepared to earn the crew’s respect by demonstrating his strength.

• Wano’s guards spotted an island-sized flying ship and alerted King, who gathered the Beasts Pirates’ top officers to meet its arrival.
• Kaido jumped from the ship and landed in a crater, then Natsuya and his companions emerged through a Hell Gate.
• King and the others recognized Natsuya, while Queen ogled Nami, Kalifa, Shirahoshi, and Boa Hancock until she turned him to stone.
• Kaido welcomed Natsuya to Wano and appointed him a Calamity called the Calamity of Beasts before flying to Onigashima.
• King introduced himself to Natsuya, and Boa Hancock restored Queen after explaining that she had given him a small lesson.
• Natsuya shook King’s hand and looked forward to proving himself to the strength-focused Beasts Pirates.

At Kaido’s welcome banquet, Natsuya kicked Kurozumi Orochi for ogling his companions and confirmed that Kaido would protect him. Queen then encouraged the ambitious Tobi Roppo to deal with Natsuya in exchange for support, while Natsuya noticed an unexpected guest arrive.

• Natsuya considered the Tobi Roppo as potential targets for his Encroachment Plan and noted that Mota currently filled the place Drake would later occupy.
• Kurozumi Orochi approached Natsuya to curry favor but ogled Nami, Boa Hancock, and the others, so Natsuya kicked him across the banquet hall.
• Kaido berated Orochi and defended Natsuya, confirming Natsuya’s suspicion that Kaido would protect him as a valued recruit.
• Queen offered to support any Tobi Roppo who dealt with Natsuya, prompting Who’s-Who, Sasaki, Mota, and the others to discuss how to act against him.
• Natsuya noticed an unexpected guest appear at the banquet hall entrance.

Doflamingo’s arrival revealed that he had told Kaido about Natsuya’s dual Devil Fruit abilities and had helped Boa Hancock become a Shichibukai to gain Natsuya’s favor. After Kaido dismissed the others, he asked Natsuya directly whether he possessed two Devil Fruit abilities.

• Doflamingo arrived at Kaido’s welcome party, and Natsuya inferred that he had revealed Natsuya’s dual Devil Fruit abilities to Kaido.
• Doflamingo greeted Natsuya and told Boa Hancock that he had recommended her as a Shichibukai, though he expected her to lose the position.
• Natsuya realized Doflamingo had helped Boa Hancock to curry favor with him while also encouraging Kaido to pursue Natsuya’s secret.
• Kaido dismissed everyone else and asked Natsuya whether he possessed two Devil Fruit abilities.

Natsuya explained his Dual Devil Fruit Ability to Kaido and Doflamingo, then demonstrated that he could extract an ability from a living user and restore it as a Devil Fruit. After Kaido and Doflamingo recognized the value of this power, Natsuya began negotiating his conditions.

• Kaido asked whether Natsuya had two Devil Fruit abilities, and Natsuya admitted that he did.
• Natsuya explained that he used the Door-Door Fruit to hold another Devil Fruit in his heart, but said he could not give others a lasting Dual Devil Fruit Ability.
• Natsuya revealed that he could extract a Devil Fruit ability and asked whether Kaido and Doflamingo could restore it into a fruit.
• Kaido summoned a Gifter, and Natsuya extracted the Gifter's ability, producing a red SMILE Fruit.
• Kaido and Doflamingo recognized the value of Natsuya's ability, and Natsuya asked to discuss his conditions.

Natsuya traded his ability-extraction method for access to Caesar's scientific knowledge and negotiated with Kaido to manage the Tobi Roppo and Udon Prison. Queen discovered that Natsuya had taken over those responsibilities, but by the time he went to confront him, Natsuya had already left Wano Country.

• Natsuya asked Doflamingo for Caesar, then settled for having a companion study under him, and Doflamingo agreed.
• Natsuya offered to extract abilities from failed Gifters and asked Kaido to let him manage the Tobi Roppo and Udon Prison.
• Kaido agreed to Natsuya's terms, and the welcome party ended with their negotiations settled.
• Queen learned that Natsuya had taken over the Tobi Roppo and Udon Prison, leaving Queen with little authority, and flew into a rage.
• Queen went to confront Natsuya but learned that Natsuya had already left Wano Country.

Natsuya traveled to Punk Hazard with Nami and Doflamingo, and learned that Rayleigh was likely imprisoned in Impel Down. He chose to postpone a rescue until after resolving matters in Wano and building up his forces, then arrived at Caesar Clown’s research facility.

• Natsuya brought Nami and Doflamingo to Punk Hazard, where Doflamingo considered the value of Natsuya’s Door-Door Fruit Ability.
• Natsuya asked Doflamingo about Rayleigh, and Doflamingo said Rayleigh was likely captured by Garp and Aokiji and imprisoned in Impel Down.
• Natsuya reasoned that Rayleigh was probably held on Impel Down’s Level 6 and decided to delay the rescue until after his plans in Wano progressed.
• Nami asked whether they would save Rayleigh, and Natsuya told her to keep studying because her strength might be needed later.
• Natsuya, Nami, and Doflamingo reached the research facility, where Caesar Clown emerged to greet Doflamingo.

Natsuya brought Nami to Punk Hazard so Caesar could teach her to develop her Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers, then prepared to return to Wano Country. Doflamingo arranged for Monet to meet Natsuya alone, and Natsuya recognized the move as an attempt to strengthen their cooperation.

• Doflamingo introduced Natsuya and Nami to Caesar and Monet, who were alarmed when they learned Natsuya's identity.
• Nami demonstrated her lightning ability, and an excited Caesar agreed to help her study and develop it.
• Natsuya left Nami on Punk Hazard and followed Doflamingo to another room, where Doflamingo later sent Monet to meet him.
• Monet approached Natsuya in a revealing outfit, and he realized Doflamingo was using her to advance his scheme.
• Natsuya left Punk Hazard the next day and returned to Wano Country, where Queen immediately came to see him.

Queen confronted Natsuya over the Tobi Roppo and Udon Prison, and Natsuya agreed to fight him. After Queen charged through Natsuya’s strange Hell Gate, Natsuya began peering into Queen’s memories.

• Queen arrived with the Tobi Roppo and demanded that Natsuya answer for taking them and Udon Prison.
• Boa Hancock refused Queen’s demands, and Gin stepped forward to fight him until Natsuya emerged from a Hell Gate.
• Natsuya dismissed Queen’s demand for an explanation and challenged him to fight.
• Queen transformed into an ancient Brachiosaurus and charged at Natsuya, passing through the Hell Gate without any apparent effect.
• Natsuya’s eyes showed the same ripples as the gate, revealing that he was looking into Queen’s memories.

Natsuya revealed his newly developed Gate of Truth, which used the Door-Door Fruit and Memo-Memo Fruit to read an opponent’s memories during combat. He tested it on Queen, whose attacks Natsuya began effortlessly countering, before announcing that he would end the fight.

• Natsuya explained that Gate of Truth let him steal portions of an enemy’s memories while they remained conscious.
• Natsuya created more than a hundred Gates of Truth around Queen, alarming Queen, the spectators, King, and Jack.
• Queen passed through several gates without noticing an effect, then charged at Natsuya again.
• Natsuya fought defensively and dodged while reading Queen’s combat memories, countering his attacks and gradually suppressing him.
• Natsuya told Queen that it was time to end the fight.

Natsuya defeated Queen in his Great Ape form and began arranging the Tobi Roppo under his command. King warned Kaido that Natsuya might cause trouble with control of Udon Prison and the Tobi Roppo, and the chapter ended by foreshadowing that Natsuya would indeed cause trouble a month later.

• Natsuya transformed into a Great Ape, repeatedly slammed Queen into the ground, and knocked him unconscious.
• Natsuya had Queen taken for treatment and ordered the Tobi Roppo to report to him; Who's-Who, Black Maria, Ulti, Page One, and Sasaki followed, while Mota went to Queen.
• King reported Queen's defeat to Kaido, then warned him that Natsuya might misuse authority over Udon Prison and the Tobi Roppo.
• Kaido dismissed King's concerns, saying he expected Natsuya would eventually submit to him as King, Queen, and Jack had.
• King continued to suspect Natsuya would cause major trouble, and a month later that suspicion proved correct.

Doflamingo discovered that Nami had escaped Punk Hazard, freed the test-subject children, and destroyed the SAD facility, while King grew concerned about Natsuya’s unexplained actions in Wano. Natsuya gathered Boa Hancock and the others as a riot broke out at Udon Prison, and the war in Wano began.

• Doflamingo worried that Natsuya would defy Kaido and drag him into the fallout.
• Monet told Doflamingo that Nami had escaped Punk Hazard, taken the test-subject children, injured her and Caesar, and destroyed the SAD facility.
• Jack and Queen told King that Mota had disappeared and Udon Prison had become unusually quiet under Natsuya’s control.
• A subordinate reported that Udon Prison had erupted in a riot, and Kaido received the news on Onigashima.
• Natsuya told Boa Hancock and the others that they would turn Wano Country upside down, beginning the war.

Natsuya revealed the final stage of his Encroachment Plan by turning the Tobi Roppo and other forces against Kaido, who arrived at Natsuya’s residence. Meanwhile, the Marines learned that Whitebeard and Big Mom’s crews had gathered near Wano Country.

• King received reports of unrest at Punk Hazard and Udon Prison, then flew to Natsuya’s residence while Queen and Jack moved to recapture the escaped prisoners.
• Natsuya’s allies confronted King, and Who’s-Who and the other Tobi Roppo showed that they had joined Natsuya’s side.
• Natsuya revealed that he controlled the Tobi Roppo, prisoners from Udon Prison, and some artificial Devil Fruit users, and prepared to face Kaido.
• Kaido appeared above Natsuya as a dragon, and Natsuya said he had arrived.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku learned that the Big Mom Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates had appeared together in the waters around Wano Country.

The Navy learned that Whitebeard and Big Mom had joined forces and arrived in Wano Country to confront Kaido and Natsuya, and Sengoku saw a chance for the Navy to intervene. The two pirate crews crossed Wano’s cliffs with Whitebeard’s power, drawing the attention of Kaido and Natsuya.

• A report told Sengoku and the Navy that Whitebeard and Big Mom had brought powerful forces to Wano Country, prompting Sengoku to call it an opportunity to change the balance in the New World.
• Aokiji reminded the Navy that Natsuya could change the outcome of the fight, but Sengoku still proposed that they make a move.
• Big Mom’s crew and the Whitebeard Pirates gathered outside Wano Country after Katakuri had urged Big Mom to wait and join forces with another power.
• Whitebeard struck the air and sent enormous waves carrying the ships over Wano Country’s cliffs.
• Kaido and Natsuya sensed the pirates’ arrival as the Whitebeard and Big Mom Pirates entered Wano Country.

Natsuya and Kaido were interrupted by the arrival of the Whitebeard and Big Mom Pirates, who had joined forces to attack Wano Country. After learning Whitebeard had come to avenge Oden, Natsuya and Kaido agreed to postpone their conflict and face the two Emperors together.

• Natsuya, Kaido, and the others sensed danger and rushed to the coast, where Natsuya spotted the Queen Mama Chanter and the Moby Dick.
• Big Mom and Whitebeard arrived with their crews, and Big Mom declared she had come for revenge against Natsuya.
• Whitebeard challenged Kaido over Oden's death, and the two Emperors clashed with their Conqueror's Haki.
• Natsuya asked Big Mom and Whitebeard to return another day so he could spar with Kaido, but Big Mom assumed he was afraid.
• Kaido proposed that he and Natsuya deal with Whitebeard and Big Mom first, and Natsuya agreed to a truce.
• King, Boa Hancock, Queen, Jack, and the others arrived and realized a battle between the Emperors was imminent.

Whitebeard split the battlefield and fought Kaido while Big Mom’s forces clashed with Boa Hancock’s group. Natsuya faced Big Mom alone, confident he would not lose to her again.

• Whitebeard used a punch to open a huge chasm between Natsuya’s side and Kaido, then assigned himself to fight Kaido and Big Mom to fight Natsuya.
• Kaido attacked Whitebeard with Bolo Breath, but Whitebeard cut through the flames and ordered his crew to attack the Beasts Pirates.
• Marco fought King, Jozu fought Queen, and Vista’s group engaged Jack and the other Beasts Pirates.
• Whitebeard struck Kaido with a Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Armament Haki slash, tearing open his dragon form and knocking him from the sky before they clashed again.
• Smoothie, Perospero, and Big Mom’s other followers attacked Boa Hancock and her allies, while Natsuya faced Big Mom alone and resolved not to lose again.

Natsuya fought Big Mom while concealing his true plan to weaken her by targeting Zeus and Prometheus. The chapter ended as his Ghost Gate Pass trapped the two Homies, with Big Mom rushing to save them too late.

• Big Mom attacked Natsuya with Zeus and Prometheus, and Natsuya exchanged blows with her using his Super Saiyan form and three of the Eight Inner Gates.
• Natsuya fired Flying Finger Pistols and blocked Big Mom’s lightning and fire with Fivefold Rashomon before using Mirror of Heart Door and Gate of Truth.
• Big Mom attacked with Napoleon Bicorn and Ikoku, while Natsuya evaded into a Different Dimension and countered with a tidal wave and Blade Gate.
• Big Mom shattered Natsuya’s blade, but gates opened above Zeus and Prometheus and threads plunged into their bodies.
• Natsuya revealed he had been trying to weaken Big Mom by targeting her Homies and activated Ghost Gate Pass as Big Mom leaped to rescue them.

Natsuya used Ghost Gate Pass to seal Thundercloud Zeus and Sun Prometheus’s memories, leaving Big Mom without her strongest Homies and allowing him to suppress her from the air. He then noticed his allies struggling against Big Mom’s crew, but Gin suddenly struck back and sent Pekoms flying.

• Natsuya used Ghost Gate Pass to seal Thundercloud Zeus and Sun Prometheus’s memories, then blasted them apart before Big Mom could reactivate them.
• Natsuya attacked Big Mom from the air, exploiting her loss of flight and suppressing her with a barrage of techniques.
• Natsuya saw that Boa Hancock and the others were struggling against Smoothie and the other fighters from Big Mom’s crew.
• Pekoms beat Gin down and declared that Gin was no match for him, but Gin suddenly sent Pekoms flying with a single blow.