Recaps

Gray tested a tornado technique on a small pirate crew before the Donquixote Family reached the route of the Heavenly Tribute. When the family attacked the tribute fleet, CP9 trainees under Instructor Scar moved to engage them.

• Gray used a tornado that grew into a waterspout to destroy a small pirate ship, then returned to training.
• After half a month at sea, the Donquixote Family reached a deserted island along the Heavenly Tribute's route and waited for Doflamingo's intelligence.
• Two days later, the family sailed west of the island and spotted the three ships carrying the Heavenly Tribute.
• Instructor Scar ordered the CP9 trainees who knew Geppo to confront Gray and the others, and they leapt toward the Donquixote Family.

Gray and the Donquixote Family attacked Scar’s CP9 force, and Gray challenged Jabra, Fukurou, and Kumadori to measure his Doriki. The chapter ended with Gray striking Fukurou and waiting to hear the result.

• Diamante’s Half-Moon Funeral cut down most of the CP9 trainees, while Doflamingo flew to confront Scar.
• Gray judged Scar to be weaker than Doflamingo and divided the opponents with Pica and the others.
• Gray flew to the left-hand ship and found Jabra, Fukurou, and Kumadori aboard.
• Gray invited the three agents to attack him together so Fukurou could test his Doriki Value.
• Gray used Shave to punch Fukurou through the mast, then asked how much strength the test had measured.

Gray finished testing his strength, then helped Doflamingo defeat Scar while they plundered the Heavenly Tribute. After Gray killed Scar, he and the others were left to prepare to escape before reinforcements arrived.

• Fukuro revealed that Gray had three thousand Doriki, and Gray estimated his strength against Marine ranks and noted the gap between his Haki and an Admiral's.
• Gray knocked out Jabra, Kumadori, and Fukuro, then cleared the remaining grunts aboard the ship.
• Gray flew to Doflamingo's fight with Scar and urged him to finish quickly because Scar had called for reinforcements.
• Doflamingo accepted Gray's help, and Gray used spatial distortion and a Railgun to blast a hole through Scar's chest.
• Gray sent his Flying Wheel to slice off Scar's head, making sure he was dead.

The Five Elders decided to let Aokiji deal with Doflamingo’s organization and recover the stolen Heavenly Tribute. Back with the Donquixote Family, Doflamingo agreed to consider Monet and Sugar as reserve officers and offered them a choice of Devil Fruits.

• The Five Elders discussed Doflamingo’s theft and chose to wait for Aokiji to destroy his organization and retrieve the Heavenly Tribute.
• Doflamingo’s family counted the stolen goods and considered how to distribute five Devil Fruits.
• Senor Pink and Lao G refused to eat a Devil Fruit, leaving the opportunities for younger family members.
• Gray suggested bringing Monet and Sugar into the family as reserve officers, and the officers agreed.
• Doflamingo summoned Monet and Sugar and explained the available fruits, including the Snow-Snow Fruit and Hobby-Hobby Fruit.

Monet ate the Snow-Snow Fruit while Sugar saved the Hobby-Hobby Fruit until she was older. After Doflamingo publicized the Donquixote Family’s theft of the Heavenly Tribute, the Navy and the Five Elders responded by sending Aokiji to the North Blue and planning to raise Doflamingo’s bounty.

• Sugar chose the Hobby-Hobby Fruit so Monet could take the Snow-Snow Fruit, and Gray advised Sugar to wait until she had grown before eating hers.
• Monet ate the Snow-Snow Fruit, and Gray went with the sisters to the training ground to help her develop its powers.
• Doflamingo told Morgans that he had stolen the Heavenly Tribute, and Morgans made the theft the World Economic Journal’s front-page story.
• Sengoku ordered Kuzan to pursue the Donquixote Family and recover the Heavenly Tribute, and Kuzan rode his bicycle toward the North Blue.
• The Five Elders ordered Sengoku to hurry Aokiji along and deal with the theft, while Tsuru advised raising Doflamingo’s bounty to let his plan play out.

Gray and the Donquixote Family learned about their increased bounties, including Gray’s new 200 million Beli bounty and epithet, Sky-Plundering Wings. When a powerful enemy approached their base, Doflamingo and Gray went to investigate and discovered Marine Admiral Aokiji.

• Trebol announced the family’s new bounties, including Doflamingo’s 340 million Beli bounty and Gray’s 200 million Beli bounty.
• Gray admired his wanted poster and celebrated receiving the epithet Sky-Plundering Wings—Fullbuster Gray.
• Three days later, Aokiji froze the guards around the Donquixote Family’s base and approached unnoticed.
• The family sensed the danger, so Doflamingo ordered Trebol to prepare the ships while he and Gray went to identify the enemy.
• Doflamingo and Gray found Aokiji, and Doflamingo recognized him as a Marine Admiral.

Aokiji confronted Doflamingo and Gray over the stolen Heavenly Tribute, revealing that he had frozen the sea and intended to capture the Donquixote Family. Gray and Doflamingo attacked, but Aokiji unleashed Ice Age, freezing the battlefield as Gray’s Flying Wheels broke free and continued toward him.

• Aokiji arrived and demanded that Doflamingo and Gray come with him and return what they had stolen.
• Aokiji revealed that he had frozen the sea around the island, preventing the Donquixote Family from escaping by ship.
• After Diamante and the other officers gathered, Doflamingo ordered Gray, Pica, and Diamante to hold Aokiji off while the others helped the retreat.
• Gray attacked Aokiji with his Haki-coated Flying Wheels, but Aokiji avoided them by transforming into ice.
• Doflamingo, Pica, and Diamante joined Gray’s attack as Machvise and the others tried to retreat.
• Aokiji unleashed Ice Age, freezing the battlefield, but Gray’s Flying Wheels broke free and flew toward him again.

Gray and Doflamingo fought Kuzan while their allies prepared to retreat from the frozen waters. After Kuzan nearly struck Doflamingo, Gray warned that they had to hold him off for two hours and that they would have to fight for their lives.

• Gray activated Meteor Mode and coordinated his three Flying Wheels to attack Kuzan, while Doflamingo joined the fight with his strings.
• Gray planned to wear down Kuzan’s Observation Haki before using a surprise attack, and Doflamingo ordered Diamante and Pica to help the frozen men retreat.
• Kuzan targeted Doflamingo, but Gray teleported a Flying Wheel behind him and forced him to block with an ice shield.
• Kuzan said he would get serious, and Gray told Doflamingo to stop conserving strength and hold Kuzan off for two hours.
• Doflamingo focused his Observation Haki and formed Thread Armor to guard against Kuzan’s cold.

Kuzan adapted Doflamingo’s thread armor into ice armor and pressed his advantage with Haki and physical attacks. Gray and Doflamingo combined their abilities to counter him, but they began to tire as Kuzan resumed his pursuit.

• Kuzan copied Doflamingo’s armor technique, forming Haki-coated Ice Crystal Armor that withstood Gray’s Flying Wheels.
• Kuzan armed himself with an Ice Saber and forced Doflamingo back while dodging Gray’s attacks.
• Kuzan pursued Doflamingo into the sky, using Geppo and ice attacks as Gray’s Flying Wheels tried to slow him down.
• Gray charged and fired a Railgun from behind Kuzan while Doflamingo attacked from the front, forcing Kuzan to defend from both sides.
• Kuzan recognized that Gray and Doflamingo were tiring, resumed chasing Doflamingo, and sent a barrage of ice spikes toward Gray.

Gray and Doflamingo fled from Kuzan, then used a crowded town to pause the pursuit and eat without risking a fight among civilians. Kuzan remained determined to capture them, while Gray saw the chase as useful training and the three discovered none of them had brought money.

• Gray and Doflamingo escaped into the sky, but Kuzan pursued them by skating on ice and forced them to abandon their planned meeting point.
• Gray suggested stopping in a crowded town because Kuzan would avoid fighting near civilians, and Doflamingo agreed before warning Trebol and the others to stay hidden.
• Kuzan caught up with Gray and Doflamingo in the town and joined them for a meal after Gray pointed out the danger civilians would face in a fight.
• Kuzan asked Gray to join the Marines, but Gray criticized the Marines for helping the Celestial Dragons destroy civilian islands, leaving the table in awkward silence.
• Gray considered Kuzan a useful sparring partner, and the three ate a huge meal before Kuzan prepared to attack once they left town.
• Gray asked who had brought money, stopping the tense exchange as Kuzan and Doflamingo fell silent.

Gray, Doflamingo, and Kuzan left the restaurant and continued their pursuit across the ocean until they stopped to barbecue a sea beast on ice. Kuzan supplied seasoning, and the three prepared to eat together.

• Doflamingo arranged for a family underling to pay the restaurant bill, and Gray immediately took off with Doflamingo while Kuzan pursued them.
• As sunset approached, Gray and Doflamingo discussed sleeping in the sky and worried about finding dinner at sea.
• Gray invited Kuzan to stop chasing them and join their meal, and Kuzan froze a large platform of ice for them to land on.
• Doflamingo caught a hundred-meter bull-headed sea beast in a string net, and Gray cut it into pieces for the barbecue.
• Kuzan made an ice grill and skewers while Gray heated the meat with his Flying Wheels, then Kuzan produced a jar of seasoning.

Gray and Doflamingo tried to delay their fight with Kuzan by sharing dinner and asking to rest until morning, but Kuzan attacked them after the meal. Their aerial battle continued as Kuzan decided to target Gray first, while Doflamingo tried to protect him.

• Gray joked with Kuzan about Marine salaries and asked to postpone their fight, but Kuzan refused.
• After dinner, Gray and Doflamingo took to the sky and rested on Doflamingo’s web of strings while Kuzan attacked them with Pheasant Beak.
• Doflamingo and Gray fought back together, with Doflamingo blocking Kuzan’s attacks and Gray using his flying wheels and Teleportation.
• Kuzan weighed the difficulty of fighting them together and chose to pursue Gray, whom he believed was the greater threat.
• Gray led Kuzan higher into the sky, while Doflamingo intercepted Kuzan’s attacks and used his strings to stop himself from being knocked away.

Gray and Doflamingo escaped Kuzan by using civilians to stop him from fighting, then took shelter on Wheat Island. Doflamingo arranged for Morgans to publicize their clash with the Admiral, and Gray took over watch while Doflamingo rested.

• After fleeing through the night, Gray and Doflamingo landed in Wheat Island’s residential center, where Doflamingo controlled civilians to keep Kuzan from attacking.
• Kuzan stood down to protect the islanders, and Doflamingo took Gray to a hotel suite to rest while he kept watch.
• Doflamingo called Morgans and arranged for a News Coo to report their fight with Kuzan from Wheat Island.
• Gray woke after sleeping through the day and told Doflamingo to rest, taking responsibility for their safety.

Gray spent the night developing his Personal Magnetic Field and found a special magnetic field that strengthened him, then fought Doflamingo as part of a plan to make news. Morgans published footage of their battle, and Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro discussed Gray’s growing threat.

• Gray detected a special magnetic field and began absorbing more of it to strengthen his body and Personal Magnetic Field.
• After a sleepless night of practice, Gray joined Doflamingo for breakfast while Kuzan continued following them.
• Doflamingo launched his plan by attacking Gray in front of a News Coo recording their fight for Morgans.
• Morgans published the footage worldwide the next day, prompting Saint Saturn to smash another table.
• Saint Nusjuro warned that Gray had grown too strong to ignore, while another Elder dismissed him unless he learned Advanced Conqueror's Haki.

Doflamingo forced the World Government to make him a Shichibukai by threatening to expose secrets about the Celestial Dragons. Kuzan ended his pursuit and delivered the invitation, leaving Gray and Doflamingo free to head toward a family outpost.

• The Five Elders rejected Doflamingo's bid to rejoin the Celestial Dragons, so he demanded a place among the Shichibukai and threatened to reveal information about the God's Knights and the National Treasure.
• Saint Peter persuaded the Five Elders to grant Doflamingo's demand to contain the scandal and protect the World Government's authority.
• Sengoku ordered Kuzan to stop pursuing Doflamingo's group and invite them to join the Shichibukai.
• Kuzan delivered the invitation, and Doflamingo accepted before asking whether they could leave.
• After Kuzan departed, Gray and Doflamingo relaxed and set out for the nearest family outpost.

Doflamingo gathered the Donquixote Family and announced their move to the New World, where they intended to rise to the top. After reaching Water 7 to rest and arrange a new ship, Gray planned to explore the island with Baby 5 and Sugar.

• Gray and the Donquixote Family returned to their base, celebrated with a banquet, and resumed their routines, with Gray continuing his intense training.
• Doflamingo assessed the family's strength, announced their plans to settle in the New World, and ordered Trebol to prepare the ship.
• The family sailed from the North Blue, crossed Reverse Mountain, and took an Eternal Pose shortcut toward Water 7 so they could acquire a sturdier ship.
• After a turbulent voyage and encounters with minor pirates, the family arrived at Water 7, where Doflamingo gave everyone three days to rest.
• Gray invited the others to try Water Meat with him, while Buffalo said Machvise planned to take him to the Pleasure District; Gray objected to Machvise's suggestion that he join them.

Gray and the Donquixote Family sailed to Dressrosa after months of travel through the New World’s harsh weather. King Riku recognized Doflamingo’s ship and ordered Kyros to attack, while preparing to deny responsibility if the Royal Army lost.

• Gray took Baby 5, Sugar, and Monet sightseeing in Water 7 while planning to steal the Pluton Blueprints from Franky later.
• After three days of rest, Doflamingo led the Donquixote Family aboard the Flamingo Ship toward the New World, intending to reclaim Dressrosa and bring enough followers to govern it.
• The crew crossed the New World’s dangerous waters for three months before reaching Dressrosa.
• Viola spotted Doflamingo’s ship from the royal palace, and King Riku recognized the threat posed by the Donquixote Family’s claim to the kingdom.
• King Riku ordered Kyros to lead the Royal Army against the approaching ship and planned to blame his subordinate if the attack failed.

Doflamingo’s crew sailed toward Dressrosa, where Kyros prepared to stop them and Diamante volunteered to face him. As the pirates reached the harbor, Gray focused on the kingdom’s takeover and on Viola and Rebecca.

• Kyros warned Doflamingo’s approaching ship, then ordered the kingdom’s soldiers to fire when it ignored him.
• Diamante sliced through the cannonballs with his Half-Moon Funeral slash, and Kyros stopped the ineffective bombardment to conserve ammunition.
• Kyros mistook the Donquixote Family for rookie Supernovas and planned to defeat their captain himself.
• Diamante asked Doflamingo to let him fight Kyros, and Doflamingo agreed that the duel would be Diamante’s first battle in the New World.
• Gray thought about Viola and the young Rebecca while the ship neared the harbor.
• Kyros ordered an attack and sent a slash wave toward Diamante.

Kyros and Diamante fought evenly with swords and Haki, but Diamante struggled until he set aside his Devil Fruit ability. Doflamingo knocked out the kingdom soldiers with Conqueror’s Haki, and the duel continued as both fighters battled for their own reasons.

• Kyros and Diamante clashed, and Gray observed that Diamante’s reliance on his Devil Fruit was disrupting his swordsmanship.
• Kyros spotted the kingdom soldiers watching and ordered them to attack Gray and the others, but Doflamingo knocked them unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kyros realized the newcomers were powerful and resolved to protect his family, while Doflamingo urged him to focus on Diamante.
• Diamante set aside his Devil Fruit ability and challenged Kyros to a sword fight, and the two resumed their duel with all their strength.
• Baby 5 and Sugar struggled to follow the fight, while Doflamingo encouraged them to believe in their family and keep trying after failure.

Kyros fought Diamante to protect the kingdom and defeated him with a calculated series of attacks. Gray and Doflamingo intervened before Kyros could finish Diamante, and Pica stepped forward as the next opponent.

• King Riku led Viola toward the harbor and recognized that the soldiers had likely been overcome by Conqueror's Haki or a Devil Fruit ability.
• Kyros baited Diamante with a false opening, wounded his forehead, and pressed him with a combination of sword and scabbard strikes.
• Gray used the Flying Wheel's Phase Shift to shield Diamante from Kyros's follow-up, while Doflamingo attacked Kyros with Five-Colored Strings.
• Diamante stood again despite his broken ribs and damaged lungs, but accepted Doflamingo's decision to let him recover and train.
• Pica stepped forward to fight Kyros, who declared he would defeat every pirate.

Gray fought and defeated Kyros while Doflamingo’s group waited for King Riku and Viola to arrive. King Riku offered to accept their conditions to save Kyros, leaving Kyros furious that his defeat had forced the king to yield.

• Doflamingo sent Gray to fight Kyros instead of Pica so they could finish quickly before their main target arrived.
• Gray attacked Kyros with Flying Wheels, forcing him to defend against a fast-moving aerial assault.
• Gray used a fourth Flying Wheel and Phase Shift to strike Kyros from behind, gravely injuring him while sparing his life.
• King Riku and Viola reached the scene, and King Riku begged Doflamingo’s group to stop and offered to accept their conditions.
• Kyros remained conscious but was enraged that his defeat had forced King Riku to submit to the enemy’s demands.

Doflamingo demanded ten billion Beli from King Riku, then used his strings to make the king and soldiers rob Dressrosa’s citizens and seize the kingdom. A year later, Kaido flew toward Marine G-5 Base and attacked Sakazuki.

• Doflamingo demanded ten billion Beli to spare Kyros and make his crew leave, and King Riku agreed while arranging Kyros’s treatment.
• Doflamingo secretly placed Parasite Strings on the soldiers, controlling them and King Riku to rob Dressrosa’s citizens as his crew imprisoned Viola, Kyros, and others who resisted.
• The Donquixote Family took control of Dressrosa, established a New World base, and began selling weapons while Gray and the other officers trained.
• In Marine Calendar 1511, Kaido flew drunk from Onigashima toward Marine G-5 Base, sobered up, and then resumed his journey seeking a battle in which he could die.
• Kaido attacked Marine G-5 Base with a Bolo Breath, and Sakazuki countered with Great Eruption before Kaido charged him with Thunder Bagua.

Kaido fought Akainu at a Marine Base, then returned to Onigashima and learned that Donquixote Doflamingo was interfering with the Beasts Pirates’ arms trade. Kaido flew to Dressrosa to confront him, while Gray finished training and decided to take a break.

• Kaido overpowered Akainu in a clash at a Marine Base, and Kizaru arrived to reinforce him.
• Kaido and the two Admirals fought for a full day and night before Kaido withdrew as more Marine reinforcements arrived.
• King told Kaido that Joker, identified as Donquixote Doflamingo, was interfering with the Beasts Pirates’ arms trade.
• Kaido dismissed King’s concerns about Doflamingo’s Shichibukai status and flew alone toward Dressrosa.
• Gray ended his training for the day and decided to take a rare break.

After a year of training, Gray had greatly improved his Haki and physical strength, while Doflamingo prepared to broker a Seastone deal between the World Government and the Beasts Pirates. Viola spotted Kaido flying toward Dressrosa and warned Doflamingo, who believed he was ready to negotiate despite Kaido’s preference for strength over talk.

• Gray developed Vice Admiral-level physical conditioning, strengthened his Armament and Observation Haki, and raised Magnetic Field Rotation to 30,000 Horsepower.
• Gray continued practicing the Six Powers and relied on martial arts alone against pirates as he pursued mastery of Life Return.
• Viola accepted her life in the Donquixote Family and kept watch over Dressrosa with her Devil Fruit ability.
• Viola spotted Kaido approaching Dressrosa as an enormous Azure Dragon and called Doflamingo to warn him.
• Doflamingo explained his plan to use a Seastone deal to connect the Beasts Pirates with the World Government, but he had underestimated Kaido’s demand for strength.

Doflamingo gathered Gray, Diamante, and Pica at the port to face Kaido, but Kaido struck first and knocked Doflamingo unconscious. Gray then attacked Kaido with his Flying Wheels, showing enough strength to impress him, but Kaido’s scales and rapid healing left Gray searching for a way to hurt him.

• Doflamingo ordered Trebol to evacuate the people and summoned Gray, Diamante, and Pica to prepare for Kaido’s arrival.
• Kaido arrived in Azure Dragon form, transformed, and hit Doflamingo with Thunder Bagua, sending him unconscious into the Plateau of Kings.
• Diamante and Pica attacked Kaido, but he endured their blows without injury and shattered Pica’s stone arm.
• Gray launched his Haki-coated Flying Wheels at Kaido, breaking his skin before Kaido’s Life Return healed the wounds.
• Kaido praised Gray’s ability and asked what his Devil Fruit power was called.