Recaps

Naruto and the crew sailed toward Anvil Island while investigating an old chart and the strange force drawing them north. Naruto’s Guixu Mark reacted to a symbol linked to the letter, and the chapter ended as a huge shape rose beneath the sea ahead.

• Nami set the ship on a north-northeast course after comparing an old chart with a modern one and finding a missing island in the direction indicated by Nine-Tails.
• A fast-moving shape passed beneath the ship, and Nami noted that an opposing current was flowing from the north.
• Naruto matched symbols from the stone platforms to the letter and felt his palm react to a short stroke; Nine-Tails’ chakra then numbed his left side and made the Guixu Mark glow.
• Naruto told Zoro and Nami that Nine-Tails was connected to the symbol, then chose to visit Anvil Island before pursuing the location on the old chart.
• The sea turned dark green and cold, Luffy smelled blood, and the compass pointed toward the same direction as Nine-Tails before a shape larger than the ship began rising from the depths.

A colossal bone-plated creature surfaced across the ship’s route, and the Nine-Tails warned Naruto not to climb onto it. The creature sank after its powder was absorbed by Naruto’s Guixu Mark, leaving Naruto to suspect it guarded another Anchor Point as the crew continued toward Anvil Island and the northern waters.

• A huge spine-like creature surfaced, blocking the ship’s path, and the Nine-Tails warned Naruto not to climb onto it.
• Nami steered the ship around the creature while Naruto’s Guixu Mark glowed and the creature released poisonous mist.
• The creature’s powder gathered on Naruto’s hand, changed color, and seeped into the Guixu Mark, after which the creature sank.
• Naruto and Zoro concluded the creature had been seeking Naruto, and Naruto recorded its connection to the symbol and marked its location in his notebook.
• Naruto told Nami he would search Anvil Island for clues, suspecting the creature had guarded another Anchor Point near the sea trench.
• Naruto checked the compass and resolved to follow the northern route toward the vanished place on the old map while the Nine-Tails watched that direction.

Naruto and Nami investigated the woman in black and the gray-robed man on Anvil Island, finding a complete stone tablet linked to the Stone Platform. After comparing its symbols, Naruto decided the crew would leave at first light, while the Guixu Mark continued to respond.

• Naruto and Nami found the gray-robed man drawing a map in a courtyard and followed the woman's trail to the inn.
• Naruto and Nami searched the woman's room and found a stone tablet with symbols matching those on the Stone Platform.
• Naruto saw the gray-robed man watching them from a cliff before he disappeared from view.
• Nami compared the tablet with her old booklet and concluded its symbols marked a route pointing north by east.
• Naruto secured the tablet and told Nami they would leave Anvil Island at first light as the Guixu Mark warmed again.

Naruto and the crew followed the tablet’s north-by-east bearing to Bone Reef despite a warning from the Gray-Robed Old Man. As the Guixu Mark flared and something stirred beneath the reef, Naruto chose to sail through.

• Naruto found the Gray-Robed Old Man’s note on the dock telling them to turn back, while the tablet still pointed north by east.
• Nami reasoned that the Woman in Black and the Gray-Robed Old Man had different motives, and Naruto decided to follow the tablet’s direction.
• Naruto saw a gray figure watching from a cliff as the crew sailed away from Anvil Island.
• Usopp’s sonar buoy detected a sudden drop in the seabed beside Bone Reef, and Naruto sensed the reef continued underwater.
• The Guixu Mark blazed, the water turned gray-green, and Luffy sensed something beneath the ship.
• Naruto felt a powerful pull toward the reefs and ordered the crew to go through.

Naruto and Nami followed the silver creatures through Bone Reef to an energy node, where the Guixu Mark activated a complete route map and revealed a key to its second layer. The map pointed toward Gray Whale Cape, where Nami recognized words connected to a note left by her adoptive mother.

• Naruto spotted silver spheres beneath Bone Reef, and Nami identified them as energy relay points shown in the old booklet.
• Usopp saw silver creatures gathering ahead, and Naruto realized they were leading the ship along the route.
• Naruto followed the creatures into a hidden pool, where the Guixu Mark activated the node and raised a large stone slab.
• Nami deciphered the slab as a complete route map pointing through Gray Whale Cape toward an endpoint, and Naruto found a copper-foil key matching the second layer of the Guixu Mark.
• Nami recognized writing on the map from a note left by her adoptive mother, who had told her to look north of Gray Whale Cape if her compass stopped working.

Naruto and Nami learned that Bone Reef formed part of the route marked on the stone tablet, and the copper foil and compass began pointing toward a magnetic source north of Gray Whale Cape. As the crew sailed closer, they entered a strange silver-gray fog that made Naruto’s Guixu Mark flare.

• Nami told Naruto that her adoptive mother had left her a note naming the waters north of Gray Whale Cape, and Naruto recognized its handwriting on the stone tablet.
• Naruto realized the riblike reefs formed the first section of the route, and Nami agreed that the sea itself carried the map.
• Naruto woke to a stronger downward force as the Guixu Mark spread across his wrist, then sailed with the crew through the reefs at first light.
• Nami’s compass spun and pointed toward Naruto, while the copper foil and tablet indicated the route continued north-northeast toward Gray Whale Cape.
• Usopp spotted a dark silver-gray fog ahead, and Naruto’s Guixu Mark flared when the ship entered it.

Naruto and Luffy learned that Dorry and Brogy had been dueling for nearly a century, while Number Three and his companions plotted to target the giants. After the duel ended in another draw, Dorry offered the crew a Log Pose pointing to the giants’ homeland as an alternative to waiting a year.

• Mally explained that he and Brogy had been dueling for almost a hundred years, with each volcanic eruption signaling another fight.
• Dorry and Brogy resumed their duel, while a woman with an umbrella crushed a Tyrannosaurus and Number Three planned to target the giants for their bounties.
• Naruto warned Luffy that the real danger might come from a planned sneak attack, and the giants’ latest duel ended in a draw.
• Brogy shared booze with Dorry, and the giants explained that most visitors died before their Log Pose could record the island.
• Dorry offered the crew another Log Pose that pointed to the giants’ homeland, and Naruto and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki wondered why the giants found the offer so amusing.

Luffy subdued the giant injured by explosives, while Naruto warned that someone was manipulating the duel. When the volcano erupted, the giant insisted on fighting anyway, and the duel resumed as Luffy was trapped beneath rubble.

• Explosions severely wounded the giant, and Luffy fought him until he fell and stopped attacking.
• Naruto concluded that someone had planted the explosives to turn the giants against each other, while Number Three watched and planned to let the injured giant wear himself down.
• The volcano erupted, and the wounded giant got up to continue his duel, rejecting Naruto’s argument that the sabotage made it unfair.
• A collapsing rock wall pinned Luffy, and the two giants resumed their fight as Naruto and Luffy protested.

Naruto freed Luffy so he could attack the enemies and stop the candle trap, but the Betrayal Light twisted Luffy’s thoughts and turned him against his friends. Nami and the others remained trapped as the candle continued to solidify their bodies, leaving the group in a worsening predicament.

• Number Three captured Nami while Brogy defeated the already injured Dorry, and the explosive man and woman approached.
• Naruto shattered the boulder trapping Luffy and urged him to destroy the spinning candle before Nami and the others became candle people.
• Number Three bound Luffy with Candle Shackles, and Naruto used Lightning Release to sever the candle pillar.
• Luffy’s attack was blocked, and he said he did not want to save Nami.
• Naruto identified the black light beneath Luffy as Betrayal Light, which was twisting Luffy’s thoughts while the candle trap continued.

Naruto freed Luffy from the runes by burning away his clothes, but Luffy’s renewed attack was interrupted when Number Three transformed into a giant mech. The battle remained unresolved as the mech appeared before them.

• Naruto told Luffy to stay inside the black pattern, and the reverse instruction made Luffy back out of its control range.
• Little Loli revealed that the Laughing Rune had made Luffy laugh uncontrollably, and Luffy eventually recovered despite refusing to remove his clothes.
• Luffy attacked Little Loli, but her red Bull rune redirected both his punch and his Banana Bazooka.
• Naruto used Fire Release to burn away Luffy’s clothes and the runes attached to them, freeing him from their effects.
• Luffy prepared to attack again, but Number Three transformed into a gigantic mech.

Luffy and Naruto fought Number Three’s wax mecha while 393 people were trapped in candle stands. Naruto identified fire as the mecha’s weakness and warned that the captives had only thirty seconds left; Luffy set the wax ablaze, and the captives began to awaken as Number Three and his allies fled.

• Number Three boasted that his wax mecha had no weaknesses, while Luffy admired it until Naruto urged him to act for the trapped people.
• Little Loli painted and reinforced the mecha, and Number Three’s attacks knocked Luffy back while his punches failed to damage the armor.
• Naruto pointed out that the mecha was still made of candle wax and vulnerable to fire, then warned that the captives would soon turn into candles.
• Luffy grabbed Number Three’s burning wax hair and ignited the mecha, melting its armor and forcing Number Three, Little Loli, and their allies to flee.
• The wax around the candle stands loosened, and the trapped people began to stir and awaken.

Naruto and the others fought Number Three’s wax doubles in a shifting maze while Luffy found the real body by instinct. Meanwhile, Sanji deceived a leader over the telephone and learned that the Unluckies were coming before he and Miss Goldenweek headed to the kingdom for a major operation.

• Zoro and the others defeated the fleeing enemies, but wax walls sealed the group inside a maze filled with Number Three duplicates.
• Naruto warned everyone not to waste their strength on the wax figures, while Luffy dodged their attacks and struck the real Number Three by instinct.
• Sanji answered a telephone call from Number Zero, then lied to a caller that Princess Vivi and the Straw Hat Pirates had been eliminated.
• Naruto revealed that he had blocked the attack that struck Dorry, and Dorry shakily rose from the ground.
• Sanji learned that the Unluckies were on their way and was ordered to go to the kingdom with Miss Goldenweek for the next stage of the operation.

Sanji, Naruto, Brogy, and the others fought off the Unluckies in Little Garden, then found a compass pointing toward the kingdom and prepared to leave. Meanwhile, No. 0 ordered No. 2 to Little Garden to kill Sanji, putting the group’s departure under threat.

• The Unluckies ambushed the group, but Sanji knocked the eagle from the sky while Naruto and the two big fat men drove back the red panda.
• Naruto explained that the attackers had targeted the two big fat men because of their bounties, and Brogy and his companion laughed off the danger.
• Sanji found a compass in the battle wreckage that pointed toward the kingdom, giving the group a way to leave Little Garden without waiting a year.
• Sanji told the person on the phone that Straw Hat Boy was alive and that he had dealt with the problem, then was ordered to hurry to the kingdom.
• No. 0 ordered his assistant to send No. 2 to Little Garden to ensure Sanji did not survive.
• Sanji showed Naruto and the two big fat men the compass, and the group began preparing to set out for the kingdom.

Brogy and the other giant split the Island Eater in half, allowing the ship to escape, but Nami soon developed a dangerous fever. As Vivi and Naruto tried to care for her, Nami asked them to find a newspaper about the country.

• The Island Eater swallowed the ship, but Brogy and the other giant cut it apart with a simultaneous sword and axe strike, clearing a path back to open sea.
• The giants’ weapons broke from the force of the attack, and they waved the ship onward as the crew recovered from the danger.
• Naruto noticed Nami growing weak and feverish, then carried her to her room when she could no longer stand steadily.
• Vivi examined Nami and found her temperature had reached forty degrees, while Naruto told Sanji to prepare light food and help care for her.
• Nami stirred and asked Naruto and Vivi to retrieve a newspaper from her drawer, and they found one reporting on the country’s situation.

Vivi chose to take the ship to an island with a doctor before continuing to her Kingdom, while Nami's fever worsened. After the crew avoided a huge tornado, they encountered a man standing on the sea and a massive pirate ship called the White Iron King, whose noisy crew drew Sanji onto the deck.

• Vivi decided the crew would find a doctor for Nami before sailing on to the Kingdom, and Nami fainted as Naruto helped her back to bed.
• Luffy spotted an enormous tornado ahead, and the crew changed course in time to avoid it while Naruto stayed by Nami.
• Zoro saw a man standing on the sea, and the man used his power to send a surge of water against the ship.
• A huge pirate vessel called the White Iron King appeared, and its crew boasted loudly from aboard it.
• Naruto sent Sanji to quiet the pirates so Nami could rest, and Sanji rushed onto the deck to confront them.

Luffy and the others drove off Wapol after he damaged their ship, while Smoker investigated a secret mission involving Vivi and Luffy. Nami remained dangerously ill as the crew repaired the ship and waited through the night.

• Wapol and his pirates boarded the crew's ship, and Wapol bit through the hull and ate a fallen blade.
• Sanji and Zoro fought off the attackers while Luffy forced Wapol's mouth open and hurled him away, sending his crew fleeing.
• Smoker reviewed an intercepted conversation mentioning Vivi, Straw Hat Boy, Number Zero, and a written directive, then ordered his crew to contact headquarters and obtain a pointer.
• Luffy suggested treating Nami's fever with roast meat and water, but Naruto slapped him away and warned him not to interfere.
• Nami briefly awoke at midnight while Sanji watched over her, and Long Nose worked to repair the damaged hull as the cold wind eased.

Vivi and Luffy persuaded Snow Island’s suspicious residents to let them enter and seek a doctor for Nami, after Vivi was wounded by a gunshot. Dalton led the crew toward the village’s only doctor, a Witch Doctor, where villagers remained wary of the pirates.

• Vivi reasoned that the sudden calm meant an island was nearby, and Sanji spotted Snow Island ahead.
• Naruto sent Luffy and Sanji to scout, but armed residents led by a man in green ordered the pirates to leave.
• When the residents fired and wounded Vivi, she stopped Luffy from fighting and pleaded for a doctor; Luffy apologized and knelt beside her.
• The man in green agreed to lead them into the village and explained that the country had only one doctor, a Witch Doctor.
• Dalton guided the group past a grizzly bear and through villagers who distrusted pirates, then a resident told him he would vote for him in the upcoming election.

Dalton explained that the island’s only doctor lived in a castle atop the highest mountain, and that finding her was the only chance to treat Nami’s worsening fever. Naruto, Luffy, and Sanji decided to carry Nami up the mountain, while she weakly accepted that the journey was in their hands.

• Dalton introduced himself as the island’s captain and told the group that the doctor lived in the castle on the highest peak.
• Dalton explained that the nearly 140-year-old doctor had no contact method and treated people only when she felt like it.
• Luffy woke Nami and announced that they would take her up the mountain to find the doctor.
• Naruto, Luffy, and Sanji agreed to take Nami to the castle despite her dangerous fever and the harsh mountain journey.
• Nami weakly said she would leave what came next to them.

Luffy, Naruto, Sanji, Vivi, Long Nose, and Dalton climbed through the snowstorm toward the last doctor so Nami could receive treatment. After fighting off an ambush by enormous rabbits, they escaped along a side path and paused to catch their breath.

• Luffy carried Nami up the mountain while Naruto and Sanji accompanied him, and Dalton warned them that the rabbits were dangerous.
• Dalton told the group that pirates led by Blackbeard had devastated the country, leaving only one doctor, and explained why its people hated pirates.
• Rabbits repeatedly ambushed the group, but Naruto blocked them and the others kept moving until Sanji kicked one away.
• Five or six giant rabbits blocked the path, and Sanji fought them while Luffy carried Nami.
• Naruto urged everyone to slip past the rabbits before darkness and the storm worsened, and the group escaped along a narrow side path.
• Dalton asked who the group were, and Long Nose called them brave warriors; Dalton laughed and remarked on their unusual courage.

The witch treated a sick child in a village while Luffy, Naruto, and their companions braved an avalanche and pursued attackers to reach the mountain summit. After Luffy climbed to the palace with Nami, the witch agreed to treat her.

• The witch treated a child whose infection had worsened, demanded half the shop's earnings as payment, and left after the child thanked her and urged his family to pay.
• Luffy and his companions fled an avalanche while Nami's condition deteriorated, and Naruto rescued a rabbit buried in the snow.
• Three men who had damaged their ship chased the group, but two snowmen and the rabbits intervened and held them back.
• Luffy struggled up the snowy mountain with Naruto's encouragement and reached the palace at the summit.
• The witch was surprised that Luffy had climbed the mountain and agreed to treat Nami.

Naruto and the others reached the castle at the summit, where the Witch treated Nami for a poisonous Kia bug bite. Nami and Luffy woke safely, but Nami had to remain in bed for at least three days and would need ten days to recover fully.

• Naruto asked the Witch to treat Nami, and she instructed her attendant to begin treatment.
• Nami's fever eased, and she woke in the castle as the attendant nervously hid from her.
• The Witch explained that Nami had been poisoned by a Kia bug and warned that she might have died if she had arrived two days later.
• Nami tried to get out of bed to continue protecting Vivi, but the Witch forced her to rest and warned her that leaving could worsen her wound.
• Luffy woke and, after Naruto and Nami reassured him, relaxed when he saw that Nami was out of immediate danger.

Luffy and Naruto tried to recruit the old witch as the crew’s doctor, but she refused and attacked them when they explored her frozen, bloodstained castle. They encountered a wary, two-legged deer, and Naruto realized that earning its trust would depend on Luffy showing it that he was different from the pirates who may have hurt it.

• Luffy asked the old witch to join the crew as their doctor, but she refused and kicked him and Sanji when they called her old.
• After strange movement and bloodstains drew their attention to the castle, the old witch attacked the group for wandering around.
• A wary deer walked out of a room on two legs, and Luffy chased after it while Naruto suggested it could become his companion.
• Sanji went to the dining room and started preparing food as the old witch told Naruto that the deer had been deeply hurt and trusted only the person who gave it its name.
• Naruto guessed that pirates may have hurt the deer and told Luffy to show it that his crew was different; Luffy solemnly decided to stay by its side.

Luffy fought the Fat Man, who had returned to challenge him with the Munch-Munch Fruit. After the Fat Man transformed into an iron house and fired a cannonball, Luffy emerged unharmed, and Naruto told him to finish the fight.

• Naruto identified the Fat Man as the bully who had harassed Luffy before and told Luffy to handle him.
• Luffy struck the Fat Man with a Gum-Gum Pistol, and Sanji used Luffy's pull to land an Air Force Gum-Gum Kick that sent him flying again.
• The Fat Man activated Munch-Munch Factory and transformed into a moving iron house with cannon arms.
• The Fat Man fired a cannonball at Luffy, but Luffy stood unharmed after the blast.
• Naruto urged Luffy to finish the Fat Man and warned the others that he would intervene if Luffy could not handle him.

Naruto encouraged Chopper to face his fears, and Chopper used his transformations to defeat his opponent. After the fight, Luffy discovered that Fat Man had disappeared.

• Naruto urged Chopper to step forward and grow strong enough to protect what mattered to him.
• Sanji tried to stop Fat Man from firing again, but his injured ankle gave way and Witch knocked him down.
• Chopper attacked his opponent, then accepted Luffy's suggestion that they fight separately.
• Chopper swallowed a yellow orb and used several strengthening forms to outmaneuver his opponent before striking his chin and knocking him into the snow.
• When three minutes had passed, Naruto pointed out that Fat Man was missing, and Luffy searched the area without finding him.

Naruto, Luffy, and Nami confronted the Fat Man inside the altered castle as he tried to reach its arsenal. The Fat Man fled to his hidden Gatling gun, but it failed to fire, leaving the reason for its silence unknown.

• Naruto guessed the Fat Man had entered the castle, so he and Luffy hurried inside to protect Nami.
• The Fat Man cornered Nami, chased her through the narrow passages, and transformed himself to squeeze past the walls.
• Naruto struck the Fat Man before he could grab Nami, while Luffy argued with Naruto about paying for the ruined clothes.
• Nami revealed that she had stolen the Fat Man's keys, and the Fat Man fled toward a hidden room.
• The Fat Man opened his concealed weapon and tried to fire its Gatling gun, but it did not respond.