Chapter Summaries

Yamato and her companions reached Sabaody Archipelago and prepared to sail for Fish-Man Island, but Sephiroth confronted them over their bounties. After hearing how they fought Marines who were abusing an island’s residents, he forgave them and decided to pursue a Shichibukai title for Yamato.

• Yamato declared the Yamato Pirates officially established after Perona finished their pirate flag.
• Sephiroth confronted Yamato and the others with five bounty posters, and Yamato and Kozuki Hiyori admitted their roles in the trouble.
• Kozuki Hiyori explained that Yamato’s group had driven off Marines who extorted an island’s residents, then sank four warships when the Marines returned to attack them.
• The group revealed that they had formed a pirate crew and planned to head for the New World to escape repeated Marine attacks.
• Sephiroth forgave the girls, asked them to contact him if trouble arose again, and decided to seek a Shichibukai title for Yamato when the time was right.

Sephiroth visited Red-Haired Shanks to share Uta’s music album, drink, and ask permission for Umbrella Corporation to mine rare earths on Gremore Island. Their gathering was interrupted when a panicked Perona called for help, leaving Sephiroth to respond to an apparent emergency.

• Beckman and Shanks discussed how the world was becoming increasingly chaotic as the Red Hair Pirates held a banquet.
• Sephiroth arrived and played Uta’s new music album for Shanks, who welcomed him and invited him to drink.
• Sephiroth asked Shanks for permission to mine rare-earth deposits on Gremore Island, and Shanks agreed as long as the company obtained the residents’ consent and used no coercion.
• As Sephiroth and Shanks drank themselves into a stupor, Perona called Sephiroth in a panic and begged him to come save them.

Zephyr’s fleet pursued the Yamato Pirates to the Lulusia Kingdom, and Kuzan joined him after meeting him at sea. Akainu’s Buster Call fleet also headed for Lulusia, and the two groups sailed there together.

• Ain briefed Zephyr on the five wanted members of the Yamato Pirates and reported that they had landed in the Lulusia Kingdom.
• Zephyr ordered his crew to prepare Sea Stone weapons, and Kuzan joined the fleet after Zephyr invited him to help capture pirates.
• A lookout spotted Akainu and five Vice Admirals approaching with five warships after their battle against Silver Axe.
• Hiyakeyama asked Akainu to dock at Lulusia to restock medical supplies, and Akainu agreed to stay for a day.
• Akainu’s fleet approached Zephyr’s ships, and the eight warships sailed together toward the port town of the Lulusia Kingdom.

Yamato arrived at Lulusia Kingdom and discovered King Guan Ji ordering thirty-five citizens burned for failing to pay the Celestial Tribute. She intervened to save them and left the square’s soldiers unconscious with her Conqueror’s Haki.

• Yamato and her companions landed in Lulusia Kingdom, set guards to protect their ship, and split up to explore the port town.
• Yamato found King Guan Ji overseeing the public execution of thirty-five citizens who could not afford the Celestial Tribute and taxes.
• Guan Ji ordered the citizens burned despite one man’s plea for more time to care for his sick daughter.
• Yamato extinguished the pyre with a wave of cold and announced that she was acting according to what she believed was right.
• Guan Ji ordered his soldiers to shoot Yamato and the citizens, but Yamato’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked the soldiers and the condemned civilians unconscious.

Yamato used Conqueror's Haki to stop an execution in Lulusia Kingdom and tried to save the civilians, but the Marines arrived and attacked her. As the civilians fled the plaza, Onigumo fired a pistol at Yamato while she fought Strawberry.

• Yamato knocked Guan Ji's bullets aside and sent one back into his hand, then confronted him over his plan to execute civilians who could not pay the Celestial Tribute and taxes.
• Guan Ji saw Sakazuki, Aokiji, Zephyr, and the other Marines arrive, regained his nerve, and threatened Yamato.
• Sakazuki ordered Strawberry to kill Yamato, and Strawberry attacked while Yamato tried to explain Guan Ji's actions.
• The civilians fled the plaza as Yamato fought Strawberry without fully engaging him.
• Onigumo spotted an opening in Yamato's movements, drew a pistol, and fired at her.

Yamato and her allies faced a Marine assault in Lulusia Kingdom’s central square as Onigumo’s gunshot was intercepted by Kozuki Hiyori. Yamato defeated Strawberry and unleashed her Conqueror’s Haki, then blocked Akainu’s magma attack to protect Isca, leaving the battle raging in a clash of heat and frost.

• Onigumo fired an Armament Haki-coated bullet at Yamato, but Kozuki Hiyori cut it in two with Enma and condemned the Marines’ sneak attack.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to kill the pirates, while Zephyr and Aokiji told their forces to protect the civilians and Ain began evacuating them.
• Yamato transformed into her Okuchi no Makami form and struck Strawberry with Thunder Bagua, sending him crashing through five houses.
• Akainu blocked Yamato’s escape, and she unleashed her Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out thousands of Marine soldiers while hundreds of officers remained standing.
• Akainu attacked Yamato with Great Eruption, but she chose not to dodge and countered with a frost-covered strike to shield Isca, creating a clash of magma and ice.

Perona, Isca, and Kuina fought Marine Vice Admirals in Lulusia Kingdom while Ain recognized traces of someone’s swordsmanship in the girls’ techniques. Perona escaped into a house, and the battles around the plaza continued as Ain wondered what the girls’ connection to that swordsman was.

• Perona hit Vice Admiral Hiyakeyama with Negative Hollows, leaving him collapsed and despairing, then fled into a house as Marines pursued her.
• Isca exchanged rapid sword attacks with Momonga, who recognized her speed and varied technique.
• Kuina withdrew toward an alley to escape Marine gunfire, but Doberman threatened to leave and support the other Vice Admirals if she lured him there.
• Ain noticed that Kozuki Hiyori, Isca, and Kuina’s sword techniques showed traces of a swordsman who had instructed her for a year, and wondered how they knew him.

Yamato battled Akainu in Lulusia Kingdom while Kozuki Hiyori defeated Onigumo and prepared to help Kuina. Aokiji stepped in to stop Hiyori, deciding he could not leave the Marines to face the fighters alone.

• Yamato and Akainu exchanged powerful attacks that damaged Port Town, but their opposing abilities kept either from winning quickly.
• Kozuki Hiyori handled Onigumo's attacks with ease, then transformed and cut him deeply enough to force him to surrender.
• After Onigumo admitted defeat, Kozuki Hiyori moved to support Kuina, but Aokiji blocked her path.
• Aokiji decided to fight because the Marine officers were losing ground and Akainu risked being outnumbered.

On Lulusia Kingdom, Kozuki Hiyori fought Aokiji while Perona called Sephiroth for help after the Marines threatened the crew. Sephiroth left his gathering with Red-Haired Shanks and headed to Lulusia through a Spatial Gate.

• Kozuki Hiyori explained to Aokiji that her crew had not wanted to become pirates, but he took a fighting stance because he was a Marine and they were pirates.
• Kozuki Hiyori clashed with Aokiji using Enma, then retreated when she realized her Armament Haki reserves could not match his.
• Perona used Negative Hollows to exhaust over a hundred low-ranking Marine officers and then called Sephiroth, warning that Yamato and the others were in danger.
• Sephiroth left his drinking session with Red-Haired Shanks, drew the Butcher Blade, and opened a Spatial Gate to reach the crew.

Sephiroth arrived in the plaza as Aokiji’s attack threatened Kozuki Hiyori and learned that Yamato had intervened to save civilians from execution. When Akainu threatened the women, Sephiroth declared them his and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Marines unconscious or struggling to remain upright.

• Aokiji attacked Kozuki Hiyori with an ice bird and an Armament Haki-coated punch, forcing her to defend from both sides.
• Sephiroth emerged through a Spatial Gate and destroyed the ice bird before it struck Hiyori.
• Yamato apologized to Sephiroth for causing trouble after saving civilians the king had sentenced to death.
• Ain questioned Sephiroth, and Akainu ordered him to leave so the Marines could kill the pirates.
• Sephiroth claimed the women as his own and confronted Akainu, unleashing Conqueror’s Haki that knocked out Ain and many low-ranking officers while others struggled to stand.

Sephiroth nearly fought Akainu after the Marines threatened his companions, but Zephyr and Aokiji persuaded them to stand down. He returned to Sky Island with the girls and told them to stay out of trouble until he resolved matters with the Marines.

• Sephiroth knocked out most of the Marines with Conqueror's Haki and challenged Akainu to fight.
• Zephyr and Aokiji urged Sephiroth and Akainu to stop before their battle destroyed Lulusia Kingdom, and Sephiroth relented.
• Akainu withdrew after Zephyr and Aokiji refused to continue the fight, while Zephyr promised to help the unconscious civilians.
• Sephiroth took Yamato and the others through Spatial Gates to Sky Island, passing through with their ship.
• At his villa, Sephiroth let Perona and the others stop kneeling, asked them to notify him if trouble arose, and told them not to go to sea until he settled the Marine dispute.

Sengoku and Steel Bone Kong discussed why Kong had protected Sephiroth, while Garp reluctantly agreed to become chief instructor of the Military Academy. Kong explained that he had avoided confronting Sephiroth because the Umbrella Corporation’s full strength and Sephiroth’s contingencies were unknown, and he urged Sengoku to rely on Sephiroth’s ties to Marines such as Gion.

• Sengoku asked Steel Bone Kong why he had tolerated Sephiroth, but Garp barged into the office with crackers and interrupted them.
• Sengoku asked Garp to become chief instructor of the Military Academy, and Garp accepted after Kong explained that Zephyr’s return to the post would draw criticism.
• Steel Bone Kong recounted how his history with Sephiroth began during a pirate attack in Sea Calendar 1470 while escorting Alabasta’s king to Mariejois.
• Sengoku questioned why Kong had not dismantled the Umbrella Corporation after Sephiroth’s time-travel journey, and Kong said he lacked knowledge of Sephiroth’s strength and contingencies.
• Steel Bone Kong called Dragon’s Revolutionary Army the greater threat and suggested that Sephiroth’s romantic ties to Gion and other Marines might keep him from opposing the Marines.

On Ace's seventeenth birthday, he accidentally ate the Clay-Clay Fruit, and Sephiroth gave him maps and a Log Pose before he set sail. After Ace departed, Sephiroth helped Luffy try Second Gear by accelerating the blood in his body.

• Ace showed Sephiroth and Makino the moving clay doll he had made with the Clay-Clay Fruit, which he had obtained after robbing pirates with Luffy.
• Sephiroth gave Ace an East Blue map, a Grand Line chart, and a Log Pose to help him set sail.
• At a farewell feast, Ace announced he would reach the pinnacle of piracy, while Luffy declared he would become the Pirate King.
• Sephiroth warned Ace to beware of Marshall D. Teach, and Ace promised to remember the name.
• After Ace sailed away, Sephiroth judged Luffy ready to develop his Devil Fruit ability and used his power to help him enter Second Gear.

Sephiroth visited Smoker in Loguetown and met Tashigi, a Marine who loved Meito. After she admired his Black Blade, he offered to teach her swordsmanship, bringing her closer to her dream of reclaiming famous swords from evildoers.

• Sephiroth visited Smoker at the Loguetown Marine base and gave him two boxes of premium cigars.
• Tashigi caught Sephiroth's attention by repeatedly glancing at his Meito, then asked to inspect his Black Blade, the Butcher Blade.
• Sephiroth let Tashigi admire the Butcher Blade as long as she did not touch it.
• Tashigi explained that she dreamed of becoming a swordswoman and reclaiming Meito held by evildoers.
• Sephiroth offered to teach Tashigi swordsmanship, and she eagerly accepted.

Nami told Sephiroth that she dreamed of traveling the world and drawing her own nautical charts, then flirted with him and they began kissing. Nojiko unexpectedly walked in, but Nami urged Sephiroth to continue.

• Nami told Sephiroth she wanted to explore the wider world and make her own nautical charts.
• Sephiroth asked whether Nami could bear to leave Bell-mère and Nojiko, and Nami said she wanted to venture out someday.
• Nami teased Sephiroth, and he kissed her and carried her to the bed.
• Nojiko returned with groceries, saw them on the bed, and joked that she had come at a bad time.
• Nami held Sephiroth close and insisted they continue, giving Nojiko a provocative look.

Sephiroth bought Snow Stroll for Tashigi, then turned her into a vampire while she slept. Tashigi accepted the transformation and its benefits, while Sephiroth’s hesitation about making the women in his life vampires began to fade.

• Sephiroth accompanied Tashigi to a weapon shop, where he bought Snow Stroll for her after the owner recognized him as a former Marine great swordsman.
• Tashigi accepted Snow Stroll after Sephiroth kissed her, and the two went to a love hotel together.
• Afterward, Sephiroth worried that Tashigi might resent being compared with Kuina, then decided to make her a vampire and gave her fifteen percent of his origin blood.
• Tashigi woke with enhanced strength and a ring containing Pure Gold, and Sephiroth explained that he had transformed her into a vampire without her consent.
• Tashigi forgave Sephiroth and embraced him, while he began to reconsider his reluctance to turn the women he loved into vampires.

Nami asked Sephiroth to help her sail on adventures, and he agreed after giving her a Weather Staff but worried she was still too weak. He gave her The Embrace, turning her into a vampire, and woke to find her eager to test her new strength.

• Nami used the Weather Staff to summon rain over the orange grove, and Sephiroth praised her skill.
• Nami asked Sephiroth to fulfill his promise to help her go adventuring, and he agreed while planning to strengthen her further.
• Sephiroth placed a Pure Gold ring on Nami's finger and gave her The Embrace, nearly draining her blood before sharing his Blood of Origin.
• Sephiroth collapsed into a deep sleep, weakened by the cost of giving Nami The Embrace.
• Nami woke with renewed strength and challenged Sephiroth to a fight, leaving him staggering away from the grove afterward.

Sephiroth brought Nami to Yamato’s pool party, where she joined the crew as its new navigator. A prospecting team discovered uranium ore and oil in Alabasta, and Sephiroth ordered Gild Tesoro to secure the resources at any cost.

• Yamato welcomed Nami to her pirate crew and introduced her to the other girls at the pool party.
• Sephiroth prepared a barbecue before Gild Tesoro called to report that prospectors had found uranium ore.
• Sephiroth went to Salto Kingdom, reviewed Isaac’s research, and learned the ore and three large oil fields were in Alabasta.
• Sephiroth told Gild Tesoro to have Baccarat devise a plan to obtain Alabasta’s uranium ore and oil fields at any cost.

King Cobra faced growing unrest over the drought and Dance Powder scandal when Baccarat offered the Umbrella Corporation mining rights to Alabasta’s mineral and oil deposits. He declined the offer for now, leaving the proposed partnership unresolved.

• A severe drought and famine spread across Alabasta, while the Dance Powder scandal fueled public anger and clashes between rebels and the King's Army.
• Cobra worried that the royal palace had been infiltrated after Dance Powder was secretly brought into its warehouses.
• Baccarat met Cobra and asked to acquire mining rights to a metal ore deposit and oil fields near Cattleyah, Rapeseed Flower, and Eruma.
• Baccarat claimed the Umbrella Corporation could locate underground resources using advanced exploration technology.
• Cobra considered the tradeoff between immediate revenue and keeping future profits for Alabasta, then refused to sell the rights for the time being.

Baccarat persuaded King Cobra to sell the Umbrella Corporation mining rights to four locations by suggesting the company might be behind Alabasta’s drought and the Dance Powder crisis. Outside the council chamber, a young girl overheard their conversation and left, contemplating what she had heard.

• Baccarat offered Alabasta rainmaking machines and environmental technology in exchange for mining rights, claiming the machines could produce precise rainfall without Dance Powder.
• Cobra connected the drought, the Dance Powder scandal, and his past conflict with Gild Tesoro, and suspected the Umbrella Corporation was pressuring him.
• Cobra agreed to sell the mining rights to the four locations, provided Alabasta did not suffer too great a loss.
• Baccarat privately reflected that her insinuations had worked as planned and recalled Sephiroth’s suggestion that the company could replace Alabasta’s regime if Cobra refused.
• A young girl with waist-length aqua-blue hair overheard Cobra and Baccarat through the council chamber door, then left thoughtfully.