Chapter Summaries

Dunn clarified his vision for an inclusive Hunter Association and grew stronger in Conqueror's Haki while Issho defeated Crocodile in the desert. After the battle, Dunn turned to persuading Issho and challenged him to a dice game.

• Dunn told Robin that the Hunter Association should be a beacon for people to pursue change, and his Conqueror's Haki description advanced to beginner.
• Dunn expanded his Observation Haki across Rainbase and sensed Issho fighting Crocodile outside the city.
• Issho overwhelmed Crocodile with gravity, crushing him into a pit and leaving him badly injured.
• Dunn withdrew his attention from the fight and considered how to persuade Issho to join his cause.
• Issho entered Rain Dinners, and Dunn invited him to gamble while forbidding the use of Observation Haki.

Dunn urged Issho to use his strength to change the world and asked Crocodile to handle the early setup of the Hunter Association. Crocodile accepted the task and began planning, but balked when Dunn ordered him to establish its headquarters in the Sabaody Archipelago.

• Dunn told Issho that powerful people could change the world, and Issho said he was willing to try even though he had no current goal.
• Dunn revealed that he wanted Issho and others to build something big, then guessed the dice cup’s total while gambling with him.
• Crocodile returned battered, and Dunn asked him to help establish the Hunter Association after Robin explained the organization.
• Issho guessed that Dunn’s organization might someday make the word “pirate” disappear, while Dunn revealed that Pluton was hidden in Wano Country and warned Crocodile he could not hold on to it.
• Crocodile agreed to handle the Hunter Association’s early setup, then protested when Dunn ordered him to place its headquarters in the Sabaody Archipelago.

Dunn persuaded Crocodile to establish a Hunter Association and chose the Sabaody Archipelago as its base, leaving Crocodile to provide the resources. Dunn then revealed that he intended to become the Association’s strongest hunter and carve his own path forward.

• Dunn dismissed Crocodile’s concerns about Sabaody and asked him for a Log Pose to Little Garden.
• Crocodile emerged from Rain Dinners and ordered his agents to investigate Dunn and Issho’s fight and retrieve the Log Pose.
• Dunn told Robin and Issho that Crocodile would supply the Hunter Association’s funding and personnel.
• Crocodile recalled his agents from Little Garden and the café, while considering Dunn and Issho’s strength and the possibility that Kaido knew about Pluton.
• Crocodile returned with the Log Pose and asked Dunn about his personal plans.
• Dunn said he would become the Hunter Association’s greatest hunter, like the Pirate King, and carve his way forward.

Dunn, Robin, and Issho left Rain Dinners after Crocodile decided to abandon his plans in Alabasta and follow Dunn’s progress. As they headed toward the docks, they discussed Devil Fruit awakening and heard rumors about the enormous canyon their battle had created.

• Dunn, Robin, and Issho left Rain Dinners, and Crocodile chose to abandon his Alabasta operation and move to the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Dunn and Issho discussed the limits of Issho’s Heavy-Heavy Fruit and how awakened abilities could enable devastating attacks.
• Dunn explained Devil Fruit awakening to Robin, who wondered whether her own fruit could awaken.
• Dunn, Robin, and Issho ate in Nanohana and overheard people speculating about the canyon and gemstones in the desert.
• Dunn remarked that their fight had caused too much commotion as the three continued toward the docks.

Dunn, Robin, and Issho sailed toward Little Garden while discussing the Giants and Haki. Meanwhile, reports of Dunn’s clash in Alabasta reached the Marines, and Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru considered what had caused the destruction and meteor.

• Dunn’s group left the dock and set course for Little Garden, where Dunn planned to investigate the Giants’ ability to use Haki.
• Dunn noticed that his Conqueror’s Haki description had changed and wondered whether his evolving state of mind had affected it.
• Marines in Alabasta investigated the desert’s destruction and reported the battle and falling meteor to Marine Headquarters.
• News Coo delivered photographs of Dunn and Issho to the World Economic Journal, which considered Dunn’s appearance in Alabasta major news.
• Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru discussed the unknown fighter who had battled Dunn, and Tsuru clarified that the Float-Float Fruit could cause such destruction but had not been used this time.

Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru discussed the unknown meteorite-wielding powerhouse traveling with Dunn and decided to promote Dunn’s Pirate Hunter reputation through the World Economy News Paper. Meanwhile, Dunn asked Issho to use his gravity powers to create a supergravity training environment, and Issho agreed to try despite the risk to their ship.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru reasoned that the meteorite attack came from an unknown powerhouse, and Sengoku decided to investigate and try to recruit them.
• Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru discussed Crocodile’s connection to Dunn and agreed to use a news report to strengthen Dunn’s Pirate Hunter reputation.
• Crocodile examined the Crystal Canyon in Alabasta and judged that Dunn’s power could help the Hunter Association grow rapidly.
• While traveling toward Little Garden, Dunn trained Robin in Armament Haki as Issho sat at the bow and listened.
• Dunn asked Issho to create a supergravity training chamber for him and Robin, and Issho warned that the ship might not withstand the force.
• Issho agreed to try Dunn’s all-metal ship idea, and Dunn claimed he could retrieve the vessel if it sank.

Dunn reached Little Garden and found the giants Dorry and Brogy still fighting after a century, intending to witness their Hakoku Sovereignty. He approached the giants, while Crocodile told Galdino that Dunn might become their new boss.

• Dunn used Observation Haki to sense Dorry and Brogy clashing on Little Garden and explained their long history to Issho and Robin.
• Dunn ordered Robin to bring the ship closer, then flew toward the island while Issho stayed behind to protect the ship.
• Galdino and the others left their shelter after the fighting stopped and spotted Dunn standing between the guarded giants.
• Galdino reported Dunn's arrival to Crocodile, who told him to watch the encounter and said Dunn might be their new boss because he had taken Little Garden's Log Pose.

Dunn challenged Dorry and Brogy to use the Giant Race’s combined attack on him, but first overwhelmed the two giants with his strength. Issho and Robin arrived at Little Garden and watched the fight as the giants struggled under Dunn’s attacks.

• Crocodile warned Galdino and the others to stay far away from a new BOSS, leaving them confused about what was happening in Alabasta.
• Dunn introduced himself to Dorry and Brogy and asked to test whether he could withstand their combined attack.
• Dunn punched Brogy into the air and shattered Dorry’s shield, sending both giants crashing down.
• Dorry and Brogy attacked Dunn together, but his sword slash knocked aside their weapons and forced them back.
• Issho and Robin arrived at Little Garden’s shore and watched Dunn battle the giants as Crocodile’s subordinates ran toward them.
• Dunn kept pressing the giants to use their combined attack while their struggle stirred the island’s creatures into a panicked flight.

Dunn asked Dorry and Brogy to unleash Elbaf’s Spear of Elbaf so he could test whether he could withstand it. He split their Hakoku Sovereignty with his sword, survived with 79% HP, and became interested in learning how to replicate the technique.

• Dorry and Brogy agreed to show Dunn their combined attack after he insisted he wanted to witness it.
• Dunn asked whether he could learn the giants’ technique, then positioned himself by the sea and prepared to take their attack.
• Dorry and Brogy unleashed Hakoku Sovereignty, merging their strikes into a powerful shockwave that carved ravines through the ground and sea.
• Dunn met the shockwave with his sword and split it apart, sliding backward but remaining standing as the attack sent enormous waves across the sea.
• Dorry and Brogy marvelled that Dunn had survived, while Dunn noted his HP had fallen to 79% and considered whether he could recreate their technique.

Dunn survived the giants’ Spear of Elbaf, learned that the technique combined physical strength with force of presence, and challenged Dorry and Brogy to an eating contest. After increasing his physique by eating, he left to practice the giants’ attack by the sea.

• Dunn told Dorry and Brogy that he wanted to learn about their Spear of Elbaf, not take their lives, and they agreed to explain it.
• Dorry and Brogy hosted Dunn, Issho, and Robin with roasted dinosaur meat, explaining that only giants could perform the technique.
• Dunn outate the two giants and increased his physique to 152, while Dorry and Brogy stuffed themselves until they collapsed asleep.
• Dunn went to the sea and swung his blade while recalling the giants’ attack and their vague explanation of how to use it.

Dunn tried to understand the giants’ Conquest of the Sea and decided to seek out Rayleigh, while Robin persuaded him to visit Sky Island first. The chapter ended as Dunn and Robin watched Dorry and Brogy fight again and considered how to recruit the giants.

• Dunn attempted to wrap his Conqueror’s Haki around his fist to imitate Conquest of the Sea, and Robin suggested learning the technique from Rayleigh later.
• Dunn and Robin planned to visit Sky Island via Jaya before heading to Sabaody, with a stop in Alabasta to record its coordinates and get an Eternal Pose from Crocodile.
• The next day, Dunn sliced a gigantic goldfish in half with a slash, impressing Dorry and Brogy.
• Dorry and Brogy argued over which of them Dunn considered stronger, then started fighting.
• Robin suggested recruiting the giants for Dunn’s association, but Dunn pointed out that their ship was too small to carry them.

Dunn planned to recruit Enel and arranged for Crocodile to prepare a Log Pose and collect Sky Island’s gold. Crocodile learned that Hanafuda had attacked a Marine recruit ship led by Zephyr, who had lost an arm, leaving the Marines and World Government facing scrutiny over the Shichibukai.

• Dunn asked Issho whether he could make people fly, then contacted Crocodile to request a Log Pose for Sabaody and arrange transport for Sky Island’s gold.
• Dunn and Crocodile discussed recruiting Enel, and Dunn said he would try to bring him back when Crocodile’s men collected the gold.
• Galdino reported back from Little Garden, and Crocodile told him to find an Eternal Pose for Sabaody and wait in Nanohana for Dunn.
• Daz told Crocodile that Marines had investigated the desert canyon and that Hanafuda had attacked a Marine recruit ship carrying Zephyr.
• Crocodile considered how the Marines and World Government would respond, while Marine Headquarters learned that Zephyr had lost an arm.

The Navy debated how to respond after Shichibukai Hanafuda injured Zephyr and caused heavy casualties, but former Fleet Admiral Kong ordered them to let the matter end. Vice Admiral Tsuru proposed recruiting Dunn to defeat Hanafuda, while Dunn read about the incident in Alabasta and prepared to stay there with Robin and Issho.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru and Sengoku discussed how Hanafuda had used the cadets as hostages, but Sengoku explained that the Navy could not attack a Shichibukai without risking the system.
• Kong ordered Sengoku to end the matter, despite Sengoku's argument that Hanafuda's attack had damaged the Navy's prestige.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru suggested asking Dunn to defeat Hanafuda, and Sengoku sent Garp to find him and ask whether he would help.
• Dunn read the newspaper report in Nanohana, and Issho reacted to Hanafuda's name before Dunn set the news aside.
• Dunn questioned Galdino about Crocodile's orders, then told him to leave and said he and Issho would stay in Alabasta to practice Issho's Devil Fruit training method.

Dunn and Robin finished their gravity training, then learned that Garp wanted to meet Dunn about the Marines being attacked. Garp tried to arrange contact as Dunn continued his plans, while Hawkeye spotted a newspaper photograph of the enormous canyon in Alabasta.

• Dunn ended the gravity training, and he promised Robin he would find her Rokushiki training methods.
• Rear Admiral Darcy told Dunn that Garp was coming to Alabasta to ask him for help, but Dunn left rather than wait.
• Dunn guessed that Garp wanted him to deal with a Shichibukai, and Issho offered to help if they encountered one.
• Garp learned Dunn had left and decided to contact him through Darcy, while Bogard suggested using a Den Den Mushi.
• Hawkeye saw a newspaper photograph of the canyon in Alabasta and suspected it had been made by a slash.

Hawkeye read about Dunn’s clash with two Admirals and set out to find him. In Alabasta, Dunn negotiated with Garp to help the Marines investigate Zephyr’s attack in exchange for Rokushiki training methods and a Logia Devil Fruit, leaving Garp to consider whether the Marines could meet his demand.

• Hawkeye read the report about Dunn and accelerated his boat toward him, hoping to find a worthy opponent.
• Dunn answered Garp’s call and learned that Garp wanted his help regarding former Admiral Zephyr’s attack.
• Dunn told Garp he would discuss helping the Marines in exchange for Rokushiki training methods and a Logia Devil Fruit.
• Dunn ended the call and told Robin and Issho that the offer was acceptable if the Marines agreed to his terms.
• Garp discussed Dunn’s demand with Bogard and wondered whether the Marines could offer money instead of a Logia Fruit.

Sengoku and Tsuru discussed the Navy’s refusal to give Garp a Logia fruit and investigated the unknown man traveling with Dunn. After leaving Alabasta, Dunn encountered Hawkeye and began a sword fight that left Hawkeye facing Dunn’s fire ability.

• Tsuru told Sengoku that the Navy could not hand over a Logia fruit, and they discussed how to explain the refusal to Zephyr and investigate Dunn’s companion.
• Two days later, Dunn, Robin, and Issho departed Alabasta after their Log Pose finished recording the island’s magnetic field.
• Dunn recognized Hawkeye approaching in a small boat and chose to fight the world’s greatest swordsman.
• Hawkeye and Dunn exchanged slashes that sent enormous waves toward Nanohana Port, and Issho cut apart the wave threatening the shore.
• Dunn and Hawkeye clashed in midair, and Dunn used his fire ability, prompting Hawkeye to frown at the reminder that Dunn was not merely a swordsman.

Dunn and Hawkeye tested their swordsmanship, exposing the gap in their technique before Dunn used flames and suggested moving the fight away from the city. After Hawkeye showed interest in Dunn’s flame-wreathed swordsmanship, Dunn considered how to recruit him.

• Hawkeye attacked Dunn, whose unusual body suffered no wound despite his clothes being cut.
• Dunn acknowledged that Hawkeye’s swordsmanship surpassed his own and reflected on how much he relied on his abilities.
• Hawkeye tried to end the test, but Dunn reignited his blade and proposed moving the fight away from the city.
• Dunn flew to the harbor, where Robin and Issho waited, and Hawkeye followed him.
• Hawkeye showed interest in seeing Dunn combine flames with swordsmanship, and Dunn agreed to talk somewhere else while considering how to recruit him.

Dunn brought Hawkeye and Issho along while he sought a chance to improve his swordsmanship and planned to take Hawkeye to Sky Island to help fight Enel. After Dunn flew ahead toward Jaya, the others were left wondering at his behavior aboard their cramped boat.

• Dunn took Robin into town to buy swords, then told Hawkeye they would fight if they found an uninhabited island on the way to Jaya.
• Galdino reported to Crocodile that Hawkeye had left with Dunn, leaving Crocodile baffled that another powerful man had joined Dunn.
• Dunn and Robin agreed they needed a larger ship after Hawkeye and Issho joined them aboard the cramped vessel.
• Dunn turned into flames and flew toward Jaya, while Hawkeye asked Issho whether Dunn always acted that way and Robin confirmed he did.

Dunn learned from a newspaper that Red-Haired Shanks had started a war against Charlotte Linlin and appeared to have the upper hand. He urged the crew to hurry toward the New World, and their ship approached a distant fleet.

• Dunn bought a newspaper from a News Coo and returned to the ship, where Hawkeye and Issho were waiting.
• Dunn told Hawkeye and Issho that Red-Haired Shanks had gone to war with Charlotte Linlin, prompting Issho to ask about the balance of power.
• Dunn read that Shanks had launched the attack and seemed to be winning, though Charlotte Linlin had not yet appeared.
• Hawkeye said Shanks could run rampant in the New World, so Dunn told Robin to speed up their journey.
• Dunn used his flames to propel the ship across the sea, and the crew eventually spotted dozens of distant ships.

Dunn, Hawkeye, Issho, and Robin encountered a pirate fleet fleeing more than a dozen Marine warships commanded by Vice Admiral Momonga. When the pirates tried to ram their boat, the group attacked and devastated the fleet, leaving both the remaining pirates and pursuing Marines stunned.

• Dunn detected a large pirate fleet fleeing Marine warships and chose to keep sailing toward it.
• Momonga ordered his warships to maintain their firing distance and prevent the pirates from escaping along either flank.
• A pirate ship charged at Dunn's boat, and Hawkeye split it in two with a slash.
• Issho summoned a flaming meteor while Dunn warned Robin to prepare for the waves.
• Dunn unleashed flaming slashes that blasted numerous pirate ships apart, shocking the remaining pirates and the Marines.