Chapter Summaries

After the rain, Nami helped Koza understand that the Alabasta Revolutionary Army could build a better future by standing on Leo’s shoulders. As cheers spread through the kingdom, Smoker reflected that bringing relief to its people was the work’s greatest meaning.

• Koza looked at the phantom in the sky and lamented that they all lived in the shadow of giants.
• Nami urged Koza to see the Revolutionary Army as standing on giants’ shoulders and continuing to climb.
• Koza accepted her argument and hurried off to gather the Revolutionary Army officers.
• Nami criticized Koza for making assumptions about Leo, while Smoker and Enel tried to reassure her.
• Smoker watched the people celebrate the rain and said their joy showed the meaning of their work.

Koza organized Alabasta with the Revolutionary Army’s help, while Nami and two Vice Admirals began work on the city and its water supply. At Revolutionary Army Headquarters, merchants who had been jailed after a street brawl united and secured a meeting with Leo three days later.

• Koza organized Alabasta, and news spread that the Revolutionary Army could reliably bring rain in exchange for the people’s work.
• Nami used the Bubble-Bubble Fruit to clean and secure the city, while two Vice Admirals set out to survey the surrounding area for a river route and reservoir sites.
• Revolutionary Army police arrested the merchants who fought in the streets and held them in prison for two nights.
• The merchants made peace while in prison and joined forces after their release.
• Leo agreed to meet with merchant representatives three days later, easing their worries.

Leo met with five merchant representatives to discuss the Revolutionary Army’s tax-free commercial ship and proposed using it to connect people in poor, remote areas with prosperous cities. The merchants recognized the plan’s potential, but its details had not yet been revealed.

• Leo appointed five merchants as representatives, including longtime supporters of the Revolutionary Army, the president of the East Blue merchants’ association, and a newly rising merchant from the North Blue.
• The five representatives met Leo aboard the warship and asked what he intended to make of it.
• Leo explained that the Revolutionary Army was losing money by turning the ship into a tax-free commercial center.
• Leo proposed sending the ship to impoverished regions to draw residents toward prosperous cities, and the merchants quickly saw possible benefits.

Leo explained how the Revolutionary Army’s tax-free ship could stimulate trade, develop impoverished islands, and give people who left the ship a path to stable lives. He told the merchants that helping most people escape poverty within five to ten years was a major Revolutionary Army strategy, leaving them speechless.

• Leo’s plan would draw merchants and workers to primitive islands, develop local industries, and create opportunities for islanders aboard the ship and onshore.
• Leo explained that trade and investment would help islands grow, while people leaving the ship could use their experience to support local development.
• The president of the East Blue trade association asked Leo why he was willing to spend so much effort helping people.
• Leo said the Revolutionary Army aimed to help most people escape poverty and enter modern life within five to ten years, and would spare no cost to do so.
• The five merchants were stunned by Leo’s ambition and felt ashamed of their concern over small profits.

Blackbeard infiltrated Sky Island to free former Underwater Great Prison inmates and build a new crew after abandoning his bid to reclaim the Whitebeard Pirates. Van Augur sensed the intruder and watched him through his rifle scope.

• Blackbeard emerged from the White Sea and resolved to steal the prison keys and recruit the imprisoned pirates.
• Blackbeard rejected the idea of restoring the Whitebeard Pirates and vowed to kill their members if he encountered them again.
• After a month gathering intelligence on Jaya Island, Blackbeard evaded the main road and secretly crossed into Sky Island.
• Van Augur detected an unusual presence on the island while training his Observation Haki.
• Van Augur picked up his sniper rifle, found Blackbeard advancing through a muddy rice paddy, and quietly recognized him.

Van Augur watched Blackbeard sneak across Bullet’s rice fields and approach the pirate prisoners to recruit them. Bullet caught up with him and struck him down for trampling his crops, leaving Blackbeard bloodied and demanding another punch.

• Van Augur recognized Blackbeard and watched him cross Bullet’s fields while considering whether Bullet had been persuaded by the commander-in-chief.
• Bullet sensed that someone had damaged his plants and followed the muddy tracks toward Blackbeard.
• Blackbeard gave the prisoners an impassioned speech, hoping to recruit them and cause a distraction for his escape.
• Bullet asked Blackbeard if he had walked through his fields, then punched him and sent him flying.
• Blackbeard got back up with his face covered in blood and shouted for Bullet to hit him again.

Bullet confronted Blackbeard for trampling his rice paddy, and their clash of Conqueror’s Haki escalated into a brutal fight. Bullet overwhelmed Blackbeard with his physical strength and began pummeling him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Blackbeard, enraged by his earlier defeat, challenged Bullet again while the other pirates watched nervously.
• Bullet asked Blackbeard whether he had walked through his rice paddy, and Blackbeard answered with a blast of Conqueror’s Haki.
• Bullet revealed his own Conqueror’s Haki and clashed with Blackbeard as the pirates retreated but stayed put.
• Blackbeard charged at Bullet with Armament Haki, but Bullet met his punch using only his physical strength.
• Bullet grabbed Blackbeard by the jaw and throat and repeatedly punched his body.

The Revolutionary Army captured Blackbeard after Bullet beat him, while Arlong’s police force secured him with Seastone cuffs. Leo then learned that Luffy’s crew had encountered and defeated Golden Lion.

• Bullet told Arlong that Blackbeard had come up from below and handed the beaten pirate over to the Revolutionary Army.
• Arlong’s officers restrained Blackbeard with Seastone cuffs and carried him away on a stretcher.
• The chapter described Arlong’s police force and its work recruiting retired Revolutionary Army soldiers to maintain order on Jaya Island.
• Leo read an intelligence report that the Straw Hat Pirates had encountered Golden Lion and crushed him in battle.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Golden Lion in the New World, while Doflamingo set out to seize Poneglyphs and pursue the destruction of the world. The chapter ended as Capone Bege’s crew arrived at Sabaody Archipelago and reported that another pirate crew had attacked them.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Golden Lion, and the Revolutionary Army’s newspaper called Luffy an adventurer rather than listing him as a pirate.
• Doflamingo sailed toward the New World with Vergo, Absalom, Perona, and a controlled Gecko Moria, planning to claim Poneglyphs and destroy the world.
• Doflamingo used Gecko Moria and other puppets in experiments, while Doctor Hogback prepared stimulants for his controlled soldiers.
• Capone Bege and his crew landed at Sabaody Archipelago to replenish supplies and find a ship before continuing to the New World.
• Bege’s underlings returned from the forest and told him that another pirate crew had attacked them.

Capone Bege confronted Kid after the Kid Pirates beat up his men, and their encounter at the Black Market escalated into a battle. Bege fired a flare to summon his scattered crew as Kid charged him, leaving the two pirate crews on the brink of a larger fight.

• A lackey told Capone Bege that Captain Kid had attacked his men, and Bege went to confront him rather than risk provoking the Revolutionary Army.
• Capone Bege arrived after the Kid Pirates had defeated his subordinates and faced Kid, who demanded an explanation for the clash.
• Killer attacked Bege, but Bege revealed hidden cannons inside his body and fired at the Kid Pirates, forcing Kid to warn his crew to take cover.
• Bege fired a signal flare to summon the lackeys who were out shopping, recognizing that the fight could not end peacefully.
• Kid charged at Bege and ordered Killer to kill him, escalating the crews' dispute over a ship into a fight to the death.

Kid and Killer battled Capone Bege, whose Castle Fruit transformed him into the fortress-like BIG BOSS. Jinbe arrived as a Revolutionary Army Vice Admiral, knocked Bege unconscious, and pursued Kid and Killer as they fled.

• Bege transformed into BIG BOSS, a fortified form armed with guns and cannons, but Kid and Killer dodged his attacks.
• Kid used his Magnet Fruit to tear chunks from Bege’s fortress body and attack him with a giant magnetic sword while Bege grabbed Killer as a shield.
• Hawkins, Apu, and Urouge left the area, fearing the arrival of Revolutionary Army reinforcements.
• Jinbe arrived and ordered Kid and Bege to surrender for reform, prompting Kid and Bege to flee while Killer split off with Kid.
• Kid’s thrown hook tripped Bege, allowing Jinbe to knock him unconscious with a Karakusa Kawara Seiken before chasing Kid and Killer.

Jinbe captured Kid after defeating Capone Bege, and both pirates were transported to the Revolutionary Army’s prisons. Stripped of their Devil Fruit powers, they arrived on Jurassic Island to serve as laborers herding dinosaurs.

• Jinbe pursued Kid after defeating Capone Bege, deflected Kid’s metal attacks, and knocked him unconscious with Armament Haki.
• Kid woke aboard a Revolutionary Army prison ship beside Capone Bege and discovered that their Seastone cells suppressed their Devil Fruit powers.
• Capone Bege considered escaping if Killer came to rescue Kid, but the ship reached a military harbor where Bartholomew Kuma awaited the prisoners.
• The Revolutionary Army sent Kid and Capone Bege to Jurassic Island because they were not dangerous enough for Sky Island’s prison.
• Kid and Capone Bege arrived at Jurassic Island powerless and were assigned to assist the Giants with dinosaur herding.

Kid and Capone Bege arrived at a Giant-run settlement and learned they had been assigned to serve labor sentences at a ranch. Jewelry Bonney, now a Revolutionary Army colonel, told them that herding livestock would earn points and reduce their sentences.

• Kid and Capone Bege entered the island through its enormous gate with Giant Zepp and followed him into the settlement.
• Zepp brought the two pirates to the village center, where they waited for the other workers to return.
• Giants and pirates returned from herding dinosaurs, and Little Oars butchered one for the settlement's feast.
• Kid recognized Jewelry Bonney among the villagers, and she revealed that she was a Revolutionary Army colonel.
• Bonney explained that Kid and Capone Bege would herd livestock to earn points for necessities and reduced sentences.

Kid and Capone Bege tried to investigate their prison and escape, but Bonney warned them about the island’s carnivorous dinosaurs and put them to work collecting eggs. After an exhausting day, Kid began to understand Bonney’s lesson about earning food through labor, while the two headed to the dining hall.

• Kid and Capone Bege sneaked away from the sleeping banquet to inspect the island, but Bonney caught them and warned that carnivorous dinosaurs could kill them.
• Bonney explained that the Revolutionary Army and the giants had cleared most carnivorous dinosaurs from Jaya Island and raised herbivorous dinosaurs for meat and other goods.
• Bonney assigned Kid and Capone Bege to collect dinosaur eggs, and Kid used his Observation Haki to help them search the trampled grass.
• Kid and Capone Bege struggled to carry the enormous eggs and returned exhausted after gathering only a little over twenty.
• Bonney asked what they had learned from their work and said they would get used to creating value with their own hands in exchange for food; Kid considered her words as they went to the dining hall.

Leo assessed the Revolutionary Army’s severe shortage of capable personnel and explained why it relied on flexible recruitment and compromise while pursuing its principles. He rose from his office chair, ready to send people back to work for the revolution.

• The Revolutionary Army’s leaders and specialists remained occupied across its many projects, leaving few people available for new missions.
• Leo noted that recruiting and promoting personnel remained difficult, so the Revolutionary Army accepted surrendering enemies and negotiated reduced sentences for those willing to reform.
• Leo defended the Revolutionary Army’s strategy of compromising where possible while standing firm against those who tried to exploit it.
• Leo rose from his chair, deciding it was time for people to continue working for the world.

Leo went to the Marine prisoners to recruit them into the Revolutionary Army, arguing that the Marines no longer existed and they were free to choose their future. Sakazuki and more than half the prisoners joined, while Sengoku and Garp remained behind.

• Leo led Hancock to the Marine settlement and confronted the gathered Marines and their leaders, including Sengoku, Garp, and the Three Admirals.
• Leo told the prisoners that the Marines had been destroyed and invited them as individuals to join the Revolutionary Army.
• Sakazuki agreed to join, and Leo confirmed that the Lava-Lava Fruit had been kept for him.
• Other Marines followed Sakazuki, including officers seeking to preserve their organization and soldiers eager to fight pirates.
• More than half of the Marine prisoners joined the Revolutionary Army, and Leo took them away to complete their release procedures.

Leo explained why the Revolutionary Army was leaving the New World to the pirates, then confronted Sakazuki over his challenge to the strategy. He offered Sakazuki the Lava-Lava Fruit, leaving his answer unresolved.

• Leo learned that Bullet had captured Blackbeard and sentenced him to death the following week, rejecting pleas from former Whitebeard commanders.
• Sakazuki stormed into Leo’s office and demanded to know why the Revolutionary Army was not advancing into the New World.
• Leo argued that piracy stemmed from instability and exploitation in the Four Seas, and that drawing pirates into the New World would ease the burden of governing elsewhere.
• Leo rebuked Sakazuki for questioning his orders and explained that the Revolutionary Army’s main enemies were beyond the New World.
• Leo placed the Lava-Lava Fruit on his desk and asked Sakazuki whether he wanted to eat it.

Leo gave the Lava-Lava Fruit back to Sakazuki, who joined the Revolutionary Army as a colonel and began exploring Jaya Island. At the island’s crowded port, Sakazuki saw Thriller Bark arriving as one of the ships the Revolutionary Army planned to turn into a major facility.

• Leo explained that a person’s strength made a Devil Fruit valuable, then gave Sakazuki the Lava-Lava Fruit despite his concerns about accepting a high position after surrendering.
• Sakazuki ate the fruit, regained his power, and agreed to wait on Jaya Island for coming events.
• Sakazuki walked through Jaya Town, where he was struck by the residents’ prosperity and orderly behavior.
• Following the excited crowd to the port, Sakazuki found Hawk Eyes overseeing the gathering and learned that Tesoro and Gecko Moria had been dealt with.
• Hawk Eyes told Sakazuki that the Revolutionary Army would use its ships to build a headquarters, a prison, and an Enies Lobby; Sakazuki realized the Marines had been constrained by their duty to protect the Celestial Dragons.

Leo explained the Revolutionary Army’s plan to move its capital onto three mobile islands and promised Jaya Island a permanent tax-free policy to preserve its prosperity. As the crowd celebrated, Sakazuki recognized how the Revolutionary Army’s merchant-backed logistics had helped it surpass the Marines.

• Leo planned to move the Revolutionary Army’s capital onto the three mobile islands while preventing powerful local factions from gaining control of Jaya Island.
• Leo reassured Jaya Island’s residents and merchants that the island would remain prosperous and permanently tax-free after the capital moved.
• The crowd cheered Leo and the Revolutionary Army, while Sakazuki studied their support and logistics.
• Leo explained to Sakazuki that the Revolutionary Army reduced procurement delays by buying supplies directly from merchants and rapidly building warships.

Sabo explained that pirates depended on their hometowns as a retirement refuge, and that the Revolutionary Army’s investigation into returning pirates’ fates could shake that sense of security. The chapter ended with Koza receiving Leo’s order to survey the living conditions of pirates who had returned home.

• The Candy Pirates and Sweets Pirates united to resist Shanks after Big Mom’s disappearance, while Shanks halted his attacks and rumors linked him to Leo and the Revolutionary Army.
• The Revolutionary Army learned that many former Whitebeard Pirates who had returned home were killed or persecuted, prompting Leo to make the matter a major investigation.
• Sabo told the Staff Department that pirates’ hometowns were their imagined way out, and that losing this refuge could leave them fearful and unsettled.
• A pink-haired Revolutionary Army officer asked what benefit came from frightening pirates, and Sabo told everyone to wait and see.
• Koza received Leo’s order to use the census to investigate returning pirates’ living conditions and submit the findings within one month.