Chapter Summaries

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.

Gray fought Kaido in the sky, using the Spin-Spin Fruit’s teleportation abilities while struggling against Kaido’s Future Sight. Below, Doflamingo relived his life and rejected his apparent death as the soil around him began turning white.

• Kaido charged Gray after learning he had the Spin-Spin Fruit, and Gray teleported out of the way of Kaido’s kanabo strike.
• Gray pushed his power beyond its normal limit and attacked Kaido with Flying Wheels, but Kaido knocked them aside and used Future Sight to counter him.
• Kaido followed Gray each time he teleported, so Gray tried teleporting his attacks instead and kept up a barrage.
• Doflamingo relived his past and confronted a mirror image of himself, which told him he was about to die and urged him to go back.
• Doflamingo remembered Kaido striking him in the chest, refused to accept his fate, and the soil around his body began turning white.

Doflamingo recovered and awakened his Devil Fruit, then teamed up with Gray to fight Kaido. Kaido overpowered their attacks, leaving Doflamingo shaken but ready to face him alongside Gray.

• Doflamingo regained consciousness as his threads repaired his body and his Devil Fruit awakened.
• Doflamingo joined Gray in the battle against Kaido, who recognized the awakening and challenged him to attack.
• Doflamingo turned the ground into threads with Billowing White Line, but Kaido endured the attack with only shallow wounds.
• Doflamingo launched Holy Bullet: God Killing, but Kaido countered with Thunder Bagua and devastated the island with the clash.
• Doflamingo called Gray to fight alongside him, with Doflamingo drawing Kaido's attention while Gray attacked from above.

Kaido confronted Gray and Doflamingo over their competition in the arms trade, then accepted Doflamingo’s proposal to sell Seastone to the World Government. After Kaido left, Doflamingo contacted the Five Elders, and their negotiations ended with a deal that benefited all three parties.

• Gray and Doflamingo fought Kaido for half a day, exhausting themselves while Kaido remained largely at ease.
• Kaido demanded to know why Doflamingo had challenged him in the arms trade, and Doflamingo explained that he wanted to draw Kaido into a partnership.
• Doflamingo proposed using his connections to sell Kaido’s weapons and Seastone worldwide, including to the World Government.
• Kaido accepted the plan and flew toward Wano Country, telling Doflamingo to prepare ships to transport the Seastone.
• Gray headed back to the palace dining hall to rest, while Doflamingo worried about the ruined harbor and its repair costs.
• Doflamingo called the Five Elders, and the deal was concluded to the satisfaction of the World Government, Kaido, and Doflamingo.

After Dressrosa was rebuilt, Doflamingo led Gray, Diamante, and Viola to trade with the Beasts Pirates in Wano. When the Flamingo Ship encountered the Wright Brothers Pirates, Diamante challenged their captain while Gray prepared to confront their powerful crew.

• Dressrosa's civilians and the Donquixote Family rebuilt the port, homes, and Plateau of Kings within a month.
• Doflamingo assigned Gray, Diamante, and Viola to escort the trade mission while Trebol and Pica stayed to guard Dressrosa.
• The Flamingo Ship sailed toward Wano Country and encountered several pirate crews along the way.
• Diamante attacked the Wright Brothers Pirates, but their captain countered his Slash Wave; Gray learned that Wright Lee had the Swamp-Swamp Fruit and Wright Bay mastered leg techniques.
• Diamante chose to fight Wright Lee, while Gray sensed the enemies' strength and prepared a powerful greeting.

Gray used his Devil Fruit ability to pull a meteorite from the sky and destroy the Wright Brothers Pirates’ ship. As the survivors headed toward Gray’s crew, Wright Lee and Wright Bay planned to seize their ship and force them to work.

• Gray explained how he used Observation Haki and his Devil Fruit ability to draw a meteorite toward the Wright Brothers Pirates.
• The Wright Brothers and their crew spotted the fireball and panicked as it descended.
• Gray accelerated and guided the meteorite, which destroyed the pirates’ ship and sent a powerful swell toward the Flamingo Ship.
• Viola watched the attack from the lookout while Diamante reacted to Gray’s display.
• Wright Bay carried Wright Lee through the air, and the brothers decided to take Gray’s ship and make its crew work for them.
• Gray saw the brothers approaching and wondered why they seemed to be laughing.