Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Moria vs. Kaido”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the snowy Ringo region of Wano, Moria and Kaido continue their devastating one-on-one battle. The force of their clash pulverizes the snow, cracks the ground, and distorts the air.
• Moria draws strength from the responsibility of protecting his crew and the people under his care. Knowing they will die if he falls, he refuses to retreat and launches a series of increasingly powerful shadow techniques.
• Moria initially fights Kaido directly with his longsword, using shadows to reinforce his attacks. Kaido blocks each strike with his spiked club, gradually overpowering him and sending him flying.
• Moria summons the “Shadow Coffin: Burial of a Thousand Armies,” releasing a massive army formed from the shadows of dead pirates and those he had previously collected. The Shadow Army surrounds Kaido and attacks from every direction.
• Kaido responds with “Kong Gatling,” unleashing a barrage of overwhelming club-force blasts that destroys or disperses roughly half the Shadow Army almost immediately.
• Refusing to be discouraged, Moria activates “Shadow Warrior: Seven Shadows,” creating six shadow duplicates alongside his real body. They attack Kaido from multiple angles while Moria attempts to confuse him.
• Kaido uses Observation Haki to identify the true Moria and all of the duplicates. He launches “Thunder Bagua,” a lethal, Haki-coated strike, but Moria switches places with a shadow clone at the last moment.
• Moria then uses “Shadow Cut,” forming six shadow spears that pierce Kaido simultaneously. For the first time, Moria believes he may have found an opening.
• Instead of being weakened, Kaido laughs in excitement and transforms into his Human-Beast Form. With a single club strike, he destroys all six spears and blasts Moria across the battlefield.
• Moria crashes into a boulder, coughs blood, and suffers severe injuries, but he remains conscious and continues to face Kaido.
• Kaido’s wounds heal rapidly, and he becomes genuinely excited by Moria’s resilience. He urges Moria to stand and continue fighting, treating the battle as an entertaining challenge rather than a serious threat.

Character Developments

• Moria: His motivation shifts from fighting out of ambition or pride to fighting out of responsibility. The knowledge that his crew and protected civilians depend on him awakens a fierce determination. Although repeatedly overwhelmed, he demonstrates tactical creativity, endurance, and the will to continue even after suffering serious injuries.
• Kaido: Kaido is established as overwhelmingly stronger, possessing superior physical power, speed, Observation Haki, Haki-enhanced attacks, durability, and regeneration. However, Moria’s unpredictable shadow techniques entertain him, transforming his attitude from casual interest into enthusiastic amusement. Kaido begins to view Moria as a source of prolonged entertainment rather than an immediate opponent to defeat.
• Their rivalry: Moria’s ingenuity allows him to briefly surprise and wound Kaido, but the enormous gap in raw power remains clear. The fight becomes a contest between Moria’s persistence and tactical adaptability and Kaido’s overwhelming strength and durability.

Significant Themes

• Determination through responsibility: Moria’s strength comes from protecting others, not merely from personal pride. His fear of losing his crew becomes fuel for resistance.
• Hope against overwhelming odds: Even when Kaido easily destroys his attacks, Moria continues searching for another opportunity. His brief hope after piercing Kaido highlights how even a small opening can matter in an impossible battle.
• Power versus strategy: Moria relies on deception, clones, surprise attacks, and mass shadow manipulation, while Kaido answers with instinct, Haki, and brute force.
• Resilience and defiance: Moria’s refusal to stay down contrasts with Kaido’s confidence and monstrous endurance.
• Battle as entertainment: Kaido’s reaction reveals his sadistic, thrill-seeking nature. He enjoys resistance not because it threatens him, but because it gives him something interesting to crush.

Character Interactions

• Moria repeatedly attacks Kaido with sword strikes, shadow weapons, an army of shadows, and duplicate bodies.
• Kaido counters each technique with increasing force, using Observation Haki to read Moria’s movements and Haki-coated attacks to destroy his defenses.
• Moria briefly succeeds in piercing Kaido six times, creating a moment of hope, but Kaido transforms and effortlessly reverses the situation.
• After defeating Moria’s attack and injuring him, Kaido does not immediately finish him. Instead, he challenges Moria to stand up and continue, revealing that he wants to prolong the fight for his own enjoyment.

Chapter Summary: “Great Might”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In Wano’s Ringo region, Kaido dominates the battlefield in his human-beast form, overwhelming Moria with his sheer presence and strength.
• Moria realizes that Rock’s earlier description of Kaido as a monster was literal, not an exaggeration.
• Turning toward his crew, Moria witnesses the Moonlight Pirates being brutally slaughtered by Kaido’s forces. Without Moria and his Shadow Army supporting them, the crew’s fighting strategy collapses.
• King and Queen massacre the pirates with ease: King cuts several fighters apart in his Pteranodon form, while Queen crushes others with his Brachiosaurus body and immense physical strength.
• Hearing a crew member cry for help, Moria tries to rise and intervene despite his injuries.
• Kaido attacks him from behind with Great Might: Thunder Bagua, an even faster and more powerful version of his previous strike.
• Moria narrowly survives by using Shadow Substitute: Broken Body Compensation, sacrificing and placing his own shadow between himself and Kaido’s attack while sinking into another shadow.
• Kaido’s blow destroys the substitute shadow and devastates the surrounding battlefield. Moria emerges badly injured, vomiting blood and collapsing among the corpses of his crew.
• Although the technique prevents immediate death, it severely damages Moria’s shadow and leaves him physically weakened. Despite this, he refuses to give up as Kaido approaches.

Character Developments

• Moria: His arrogance and confidence are replaced by fear, shock, and desperate determination. Seeing his crew slaughtered awakens his protective instincts, and he willingly risks death to save them. Even after using his ultimate defensive technique, he forces himself to continue fighting.
• Kaido: He is portrayed as an overwhelmingly powerful and merciless force. His anger at Moria’s momentary disregard culminates in the devastating Thunder Bagua attack.
• King and Queen: Both are shown as ruthless, battle-hardened commanders who enjoy the destruction of weaker opponents and embody Kaido’s brutal rule.
• Moonlight Pirates: Their dependence on Moria and the Shadow Army becomes clear. Once that support disappears, they are unable to withstand Kaido’s forces.

Significant Themes

• The gap between strength levels: Kaido’s power is depicted as beyond ordinary comprehension, making Moria understand how far he is from true top-tier fighters.
• Loyalty and responsibility: Moria’s concern for his crew drives him to keep fighting even when survival seems impossible.
• Despair versus defiance: The battlefield becomes a scene of hopeless slaughter, yet Moria’s refusal to fall represents resistance against overwhelming odds.
• The cost of survival: Moria’s shadow technique saves his life but damages a part of himself, emphasizing that survival in this battle demands severe sacrifice.
• Brutality of war: The graphic deaths of the pirates and the commanders’ enjoyment of killing highlight the merciless nature of Kaido’s regime.

Character Interactions

• Moria’s relationship with his crew is defined by protection and emotional responsibility; their cries for help compel him to act despite his injuries.
• Kaido directly confronts Moria, expressing anger that Moria ignored him and demonstrating the immense power separating them.
• King and Queen interact with the battlefield collectively as Kaido’s instruments of destruction, overwhelming the Moonlight Pirates through coordinated brutality.
• The chapter ends with Kaido advancing on a wounded but defiant Moria, setting up their continued confrontation.

Chapter Summary: “Moria Escapes”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the snowy region of Ringo, Wano, Moria lies gravely injured after being defeated by Kaido.
• Kaido offers him a choice: serve under him, and Kaido will spare Moria’s crew. He also expresses interest in Moria’s shadow-manipulating ability.
• Moria briefly considers accepting when he realizes his crew might survive, but memories of Wano’s oppressed civilians and Kaido’s brutal rule make him reject the offer.
• His resolve nearly collapses as he watches his crew being slaughtered.
• Perona suddenly appears on the battlefield, barefoot and injured, struggling through the snow while clutching her doll. She calls out to Moria, having escaped alongside fleeing civilians after the woman protecting her was killed.
• Seeing Perona gives Moria a final surge of determination. Overwhelmed by guilt and desperation, he unleashes Shadow Tide: Thousand Shadow Stealth.
• Moria forcibly extracts the shadows of everyone who has died—friend and enemy alike—and combines them into a massive black shadow tide.
• The shadow mass envelops Moria, his surviving crew, and Perona, then races through the terrain via the surrounding shadows.
• Kaido attempts to stop the escape with his club, but hesitates long enough for Moria’s ability to carry them out of reach.
• After the escape, King asks whether they should pursue Moria. Kaido acknowledges Moria’s courage, calling him “a real man,” but orders King to send troops to search the area and bring Moria back.

Character Developments

• Moria: Shifts from defeat and near-despair to fierce determination. Although tempted by Kaido’s offer, he ultimately refuses to submit after confronting the cruelty of Kaido’s rule and seeing Perona’s suffering. His escape demonstrates both his immense ability and his willingness to risk everything to save his remaining companions.
• Kaido: Remains domineering and contemptuous, but he recognizes Moria’s strength and defiance. His brief hesitation and grudging respect suggest that Moria’s refusal impresses him, even as Kaido continues to treat him as a target to be captured.
• Perona: Shows remarkable courage and emotional attachment to Moria. Despite being injured, terrified, and exposed to the freezing snow, she continues toward him rather than abandoning him.
• King: Acts as Kaido’s calm and obedient subordinate, immediately accepting the order to organize a search for the escaped pirates.
• Moria’s crew and the civilians: Their suffering highlights the devastation caused by Kaido’s forces and reinforces Moria’s motivation to survive.

Significant Themes

• Defiance versus submission: Moria is offered survival through servitude but chooses resistance rather than become part of Kaido’s oppressive system.
• Loyalty and responsibility: Perona’s desperate attempt to reach Moria rekindles his sense of responsibility toward his crew and companions.
• Desperation as a source of power: Moria’s greatest display of his shadow ability emerges only when he is pushed to emotional and physical collapse.
• The brutality of war and tyranny: The suffering of civilians, dying comrades, and exploited laborers reveals the human cost of Kaido’s rule.
• Respect between enemies: Kaido’s acknowledgment that Moria is “a real man” introduces a grudging respect for his courage despite their opposition.

Character Interactions

• Kaido and Moria: Kaido humiliates and pressures Moria, offering to spare his crew if Moria serves him. Moria rejects the offer through action rather than words, escaping with his remaining allies.
• Moria and Perona: Perona’s arrival and cry for Moria become the emotional turning point of the chapter. Her vulnerability awakens his protective instincts and restores his will to fight.
• Kaido and King: King seeks instructions after Moria’s escape, and Kaido orders him to begin a search, making clear that the pursuit is not over.
• Moria and his crew: Moria’s decision to use his ultimate technique is driven by his desire to save the crew still fighting and dying around him.

Summary: “Departure for Wano Country”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter returns to the distress call from Moria in Wano Country. Rock listens as Moria begs for help, recognizing that Kaido has overwhelmed him but has not killed him.
• Law speculates that Kaido may have taken an interest in Moria’s strength and loyalty, possibly intending to recruit him. Rock suspects Kaido has additional motives for keeping Moria alive, such as using him as bait or testing his capabilities.
• Rock decides to intervene personally. He instructs Moria to hide and tells him to deliver a message to Kaido: “I’m coming.”
• After ending the call, Rock orders Kuzan and Borsalino to accompany him to Wano.
• Kuzan reacts with excitement at the prospect of fighting Kaido, while Borsalino complains jokingly about the distance and inconvenience, though he immediately prepares to leave.
• As they depart Marine Headquarters, Borsalino points out that Sakazuki and Bullet are absent, and Kuzan jokes that this gives them the chance to claim the spoils and enjoy an unsupervised mission.
• Rock, Kuzan, Borsalino, and Rock’s elite forces board a battleship. Rock orders the crew to set sail, and the fleet heads toward Wano Country.

Character Developments

• Rock/Law: Demonstrates strategic insight by questioning Kaido’s motives and recognizing the importance of Moria’s survival. He also reveals his willingness to personally confront Kaido and protect or assist Moria. His calm authority is evident as the entire crew immediately responds to his command.
• Moria: Although absent from the scene, he is portrayed as courageous and loyal, willing to stand against Kaido to protect his companions despite the danger.
• Kaido: Is characterized as both overwhelmingly powerful and deceptively intelligent. His apparent interest in Moria may conceal a larger plan.
• Kuzan: Shows enthusiasm and eagerness to fight a powerful opponent. He is frustrated by the routine of Marine Headquarters and welcomes the chance to return to battle.
• Borsalino: Maintains his usual relaxed, sarcastic attitude, pretending to be reluctant while willingly joining the mission. His steady position beside Rock suggests loyalty and reliability beneath his laziness.
• Rock’s troops: Display strong discipline and devotion, immediately preparing for battle and following Rock without hesitation.

Significant Themes

• Loyalty and sacrifice: Moria’s refusal to abandon his companions reinforces the value of loyalty, even in hopeless circumstances.
• Strategic deception: Kaido’s actions suggest that power struggles involve manipulation and hidden motives, not just direct combat.
• Authority and leadership: Rock’s brief command inspires an immediate, unified response from his forces, emphasizing his influence as a leader.
• Anticipation of conflict: The departure builds excitement for the coming confrontation between Rock’s forces and Kaido.
• Freedom from routine: Kuzan’s excitement reflects the desire to escape bureaucracy and return to meaningful action.

Character Interactions

• Rock and Law discuss Moria’s situation and Kaido’s possible intentions, with Law offering the initial theory that Kaido wants to recruit Moria.
• Rock communicates directly with Moria, promising intervention and challenging Kaido through the message he sends.
• Rock orders Kuzan and Borsalino to join the expedition. Kuzan responds eagerly, while Borsalino uses humor to disguise his willingness.
• Borsalino and Kuzan joke about leaving without Sakazuki and Bullet, bonding over the opportunity to act independently.
• Rock’s interaction with his troops is brief but commanding: his order to set sail is met with an immediate, unified response as the battleship begins its journey to Wano.

Chapter Summary: The Future of Wano Country

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• After a devastating battle, Moria retreats into the snowy mountains with Perona and the remnants of his crew. His Den Den Mushi call ends abruptly, apparently leaving him without immediate support.
• Moria discovers that his crew is barely alive. Their wounds are severe, and the shadows he sacrificed to help them escape have been completely burned away, leaving no possibility of recovery.
• Overcome with regret, Moria blames himself for relying on numbers and his shadow army instead of genuine strength. He resolves to keep his people alive until Rock arrives.
• Unbeknownst to Moria, a Pteranodon—apparently King—spots the survivors from above and dives toward them, preparing to attack.
• Elsewhere, Rock travels openly toward Wano aboard a warship, accompanied by Borsalino and Kuzan. He explains that, as the nominal leader of the Shichibukai, he can justify intervening on behalf of one of his subordinates.
• Rock reveals that he wants Wano’s seastone and views the country as an ideal foundation for a larger political and technological project. Because Wano is isolated, resource-rich, and structurally independent, he believes it could become a model nation.
• Rock’s long-term plan is not merely to defeat enemies or recruit powerful allies. He wants to establish functioning governance, institutions, technology, energy systems, and development—possibly incorporating Vegapunk’s technology and artificial intelligence.
• On Onigashima, Kaido taunts the defeated Moria by threatening his crew. Moria desperately begs Kaido to punish him instead, but Kaido dismisses him as a loser and orders King to act.
• Moria then announces that Rock is coming. His declaration stops Kaido and King, while storm clouds gather in the distance, signaling Rock’s imminent arrival and a likely confrontation.

2. Character Developments

• Moria: His arrogance collapses after witnessing the destruction of his crew and the permanent loss of their shadows. He becomes remorseful and self-critical, but his determination to protect Perona and the survivors remains intact. His faith in Rock gives him a renewed sense of hope.
• Perona: Though badly weakened and frightened, Perona remains alive and clings to her doll while relying on Moria for protection. Her vulnerability highlights Moria’s more caring and protective side.
• Rock: He is portrayed as a strategic visionary rather than merely a powerful fighter. His ambitions extend to nation-building, institutional reform, technological progress, and creating a repeatable model of governance.
• Kaido: Kaido remains cruel, domineering, and contemptuous of weakness. He uses Moria’s concern for his crew to break his will and treats defeated enemies as having no right to negotiate.
• Kuzan and Borsalino: Both show curiosity about Rock’s openly declared movement toward Wano. Kuzan is receptive to Rock’s reasoning, while Borsalino remains more watchful and skeptical.
• King: He functions as Kaido’s enforcer, preparing to eliminate Moria’s surviving crew until Rock’s name causes the situation to pause.

3. Significant Themes

• Responsibility and regret: Moria recognizes that his ambition and overconfidence endangered everyone under his command.
• Power versus leadership: The chapter contrasts Kaido’s coercive rule with Rock’s emerging interest in systems, governance, and sustainable national development.
• The cost of reform: Rock understands that transforming Wano may involve disorder and suffering, but his detached willingness to make the people endure that cost raises moral questions about whether progress can justify human sacrifice.
• Hope amid destruction: Moria’s desperate declaration that Rock is coming provides a final source of hope in an otherwise hopeless situation.
• Cycles of tyranny: Rock believes that defeating one ruler is insufficient because another will eventually replace them unless institutions and social structures are changed.
• Loyalty and protection: Moria’s concern for Perona and his crew reveals that, beneath his former arrogance, he feels genuine responsibility toward those who follow him.

4. Character Interactions

• Moria and Perona: Moria carefully checks Perona’s condition and shields her, showing tenderness and fear beneath his usual rough exterior.
• Moria and his crew: His grief over their injuries and the loss of their shadows reflects his guilt and growing sense of responsibility.
• Rock, Kuzan, and Borsalino: Rock explains both his public justification for entering Wano and his hidden strategic objective. Kuzan accepts the logic, while Borsalino listens cautiously.
• Kaido and Moria: Kaido exploits Moria’s attachment to his crew, mocking him and threatening them to demonstrate his dominance. Moria responds by begging for their lives and finally invoking Rock as a counter-threat.
• Kaido and King: Kaido orders King to deal with Moria’s crew, but Rock’s announced arrival interrupts the execution and shifts the balance of the scene.

Chapter Summary: Pale Green Hope

Key Plot Points and Events

• Kaido confronts the badly wounded Gecko Moria after Moria claims that Rock, the boss of the Shichibukai, will come personally to avenge the humiliation of one of his subordinates.
• Kaido releases overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, crushing the surrounding wind and snow and forcing nearby pirates to their knees. Moria suffers badly but continues laughing and provoking him.
• Moria argues that Rock cannot ignore the insult without damaging his reputation, successfully turning the situation from a simple interrogation into the possible beginning of a major conflict.
• King recognizes the danger: fighting Rock at this location could destroy Kaido’s weapons factories, resources, and strategic base. Kaido also admits internally that he is not fully prepared to face Rock.
• Rather than retreat, Kaido decides to escalate the confrontation. He contacts Rock through a specially marked Den Den Mushi and declares that, since Rock is coming, they should “make this bigger.”
• The story then shifts to Onigashima’s main castle, where Yamato visits Toki, who is living under restricted freedom.
• Yamato excitedly tells Toki that Kaido’s aura has changed and that a powerful opponent—whom she vaguely remembers as “Azure Dragon”—is approaching.
• Hearing the name “Azure Dragon” profoundly affects Toki, awakening feelings of long-suppressed hope.

Character Developments

• Kaido: His playful arrogance gives way to genuine intimidation and strategic caution. Although he refuses to back down, he recognizes the risks of fighting on his own territory and admits he may not yet be ready to face Rock. He responds by choosing escalation rather than avoidance.
• Moria: Despite being nearly crushed by Kaido’s Haki, Moria remains defiant and psychologically aggressive. His laughter and taunts demonstrate his courage, desperation, and willingness to manipulate Kaido’s pride.
• King: He acts as the voice of practicality, realizing that the situation has gone beyond its original purpose and warning Kaido before the conflict threatens the Beasts Pirates’ foundation.
• Yamato: She is portrayed as confident, energetic, and battle-hungry. Raised within Kaido’s pirate environment, she identifies as a man and carries herself as a respected member of the crew. Her bond with Toki reveals her more affectionate and curious side.
• Toki: Her past reveals deep disappointment and helplessness. Once hopeful about Wano, she became disillusioned by its suffering and the people’s passivity. Her connection with Yamato gives her companionship, but hearing the name “Azure Dragon” rekindles hope that change may finally be possible.

Significant Themes

• Power versus strategy: Kaido’s overwhelming strength is tempered by his awareness that raw power must be used carefully when important resources and territory are at stake.
• Defiance in the face of oppression: Moria’s refusal to submit physically or verbally contrasts with the passivity Toki observes among the people of Wano.
• Hope amid despair: Toki’s memories establish Wano as a place overwhelmed by suffering, making the arrival of a powerful outsider symbolize the possibility of liberation or change.
• Reputation and pride: Moria exploits Kaido’s and Rock’s reputations, suggesting that public humiliation and the need to answer challenges can ignite larger conflicts.
• Found family and emotional connection: Yamato and Toki’s relationship provides warmth and companionship within the harsh environment of Onigashima.

Important Character Interactions

• Kaido and Moria: Their confrontation is a battle of physical dominance and psychological resistance. Kaido overwhelms Moria physically, but Moria’s taunts force Kaido to reconsider the situation.
• Kaido and King: King’s warning reminds Kaido of the strategic consequences of the impending battle, influencing him to avoid an immediate fight while still escalating the conflict.
• Yamato and Toki: Their affectionate relationship contrasts Yamato’s rough pirate upbringing with Toki’s gentleness. Yamato brings Toki companionship and excitement, while Toki views Yamato with protective tenderness.
• Toki and the name “Azure Dragon”: The name serves as a powerful emotional trigger, transforming Toki’s despair into renewed anticipation and hope.

Chapter Summary: “Landing in Wano Country”

Key Plot Points and Events

• News of the “Azure Dragon” spreads through Wano, alarming several figures connected to the country’s hidden history.
• Kyoshiro, secretly working as a spy within Orochi’s regime, maintains his composed public persona but reacts subtly when he hears the name “Law.”
• Former shogun Sukiyaki, now living in poverty and isolation, hears of the Azure Dragon. The news awakens memories of his son’s death and stirs a faint sense of hope or interest.
• Law travels toward Wano aboard a Marine warship, accompanied by Borsalino and Kuzan. He is unconcerned about Kaido, believing the two powerful Marines can cause enormous damage even if they cannot defeat Kaido outright.
• Law’s main concern is the capture of scholars connected to Ohara. He reflects on his efforts to protect them, particularly Saul and the Giant Squad, and worries about whether Saul has been brainwashed.
• Kuzan asks whether Gecko Moria survived his confrontation with Kaido. Law believes Kaido will not kill Moria but will likely punish him severely.
• The warship reaches Wano’s massive waterfall. Law uses his lightning-based abilities to generate thrust, lifting and propelling the ship over the waterfall and into the country.
• The Marines are amazed by Wano’s unfamiliar architecture and culture, including its wooden buildings, lanterns, samurai, and closed-border traditions.
• Their arrival is immediately challenged by a hostile group of samurai loyal to Orochi. A leading warrior wearing the Kurozumi emblem declares that outsiders are forbidden from entering Wano.

Character Developments

• Law/Rock: Demonstrates confidence in his strength and strategic abilities. Rather than fearing Kaido, he focuses on wider political and historical issues, especially Ohara and Saul. His lightning power is shown to be versatile enough to propel an entire warship.
• Kyoshiro: His calm disguise as Orochi’s pleasure-district guardian remains intact, but his reaction to Law suggests he recognizes Law’s importance and may be emotionally or strategically connected to him.
• Sukiyaki: Despite years of despair and submission, the news of the Azure Dragon briefly rekindles his dormant emotions and possibly his hope for Wano’s future.
• Kuzan: Still relatively young and idealistic, Kuzan appears curious and enthusiastic about Wano. His “hot-blooded” attitude contrasts with the more experienced, calculating Law.
• Borsalino: Maintains his relaxed, sarcastic demeanor while observing both the journey and Wano’s defenses. He treats Law’s powers with amused admiration.
• Kaido and Moria: Neither appears directly, but Kaido’s dominance and Moria’s likely defeat establish the danger awaiting the invading forces.

Significant Themes

• Hope beneath oppression: Sukiyaki’s reaction suggests that even those crushed by Orochi’s rule may still be waiting for liberation.
• Hidden identities and resistance: Kyoshiro’s secret role emphasizes the theme of concealed loyalties and underground opposition to Orochi.
• Tradition versus outsiders: Wano’s closed borders and samurai culture clash sharply with the Marines’ arrival, immediately creating tension.
• Knowledge and persecution: Law’s concern for the Ohara scholars highlights the danger faced by people who pursue forbidden history and knowledge.
• Power and spectacle: Law’s dramatic manipulation of lightning showcases his growing influence and reinforces the overwhelming power of the invading force.

Character Interactions

• Law and Kuzan discuss Moria, revealing their different perspectives: Kuzan is eager and direct, while Law is confident that Moria survived but suffered.
• Borsalino and Kuzan react to Law’s lightning-powered flight with surprise and admiration, reinforcing the unusual alliance between the Marines and Law.
• The Marines’ fascination with Wano contrasts with the samurai’s immediate hostility.
• The final confrontation between the invading warship and Orochi’s samurai establishes the chapter’s central conflict: foreign forces entering a country determined to remain sealed off.

Chapter Summary: “What a Samurai Is”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Marines arrive in Wano aboard a warship and are confronted by a group of samurai at the harbor.
• Because Wano is an isolated country, the samurai do not recognize the Marines or understand their power. They arrogantly threaten the newcomers, believing their swords give them authority.
• Rock ignores the samurai completely and orders his Marines to proceed toward the Flower Capital.
• When the samurai attempt to draw their weapons, Borsalino asks Rock for permission to attack. Rock grants it and dismisses the samurai as “pigs,” reflecting his contempt for Wano’s hostile, non-member status.
• Borsalino fires a devastating laser into the samurai formation, killing or annihilating them and destroying part of the harbor. The Marines treat the incident as routine and continue their advance.
• In the Flower Capital, Shogun Kurozumi Orochi is enjoying himself when the explosion shakes the city. He learns that outsiders have invaded Wano.
• Orochi sees Rock’s forces marching in disciplined formation through the capital and recognizes Rock from intelligence reports.
• Overcome with terror, Orochi contacts Kaido and urgently warns him that Rock has entered the city.

Character Developments

• Rock is portrayed as overwhelmingly confident, ruthless, and dismissive of opposition. He does not view the samurai as legitimate threats and authorizes their destruction without hesitation.
• Borsalino remains relaxed and almost playful despite the violence. His casual attitude contrasts sharply with the destructive power of his laser.
• Kuzan reacts pragmatically, treating the samurai’s attack as self-inflicted and showing no emotional attachment to them.
• The samurai are revealed to be arrogant and ignorant of the outside world. Their pride, reinforced by Wano’s isolation and Orochi’s corrupt rule, quickly turns into helpless rage.
• Kurozumi Orochi changes from indulgent confidence to panic. Unlike the ordinary samurai, he understands Rock’s reputation and immediately recognizes the existential threat posed by the Marine invasion.
• Kaido, though absent, is established as Orochi’s main source of protection and the person Orochi believes can save him.

Significant Themes

• Isolation and ignorance: Wano’s closed borders have left its people unaware of global powers, causing the samurai to misjudge the Marines completely.
• Pride before destruction: The samurai’s arrogance and assumption of superiority lead directly to their annihilation.
• Power imbalance: The Marines’ size, discipline, technology, and abilities make the samurai’s traditional weapons appear insignificant.
• Dehumanization and imperial authority: Rock’s order to treat the samurai as “pigs” emphasizes the Marines’ brutal, colonial attitude toward a non-member nation.
• Fear versus bravado: The samurai display loud confidence, while Orochi’s private knowledge reveals the true danger of Rock’s arrival.
• Order overwhelming chaos: The Marines advance in perfect formation, contrasting with the disorder, decadence, and corruption within Orochi’s court.

Character Interactions

• The samurai confront the Marines and attempt to assert authority, but Rock refuses to acknowledge them.
• Borsalino seeks Rock’s approval before attacking, demonstrating Rock’s authority over the group.
• Rock’s contemptuous response provokes the samurai into drawing their swords, giving Borsalino justification to strike.
• Kuzan and Borsalino casually discuss the samurai’s behavior, reinforcing the Marines’ confidence and superiority.
• Orochi receives the report of the invasion, then recognizes Rock’s advancing forces from the capital.
• In terror, Orochi contacts Kaido, making clear that Rock’s arrival threatens both Orochi’s rule and the existing power structure of Wano.

Chapter Summary: “Pushing Through Wano Country”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Rock, Kuzan, and Borsalino advance openly through the Flower Capital’s main street toward Kaido’s stronghold.
• A samurai attempts to assassinate Kuzan, but Kuzan freezes him instantly with a single touch.
• Kuzan jokingly suggests that Rock could become Wano’s king. Rock rejects the idea, though he expresses interest in changing the country by destroying Kaido’s imposing central structure.
• Increasingly powerful samurai and daimyo confront the trio. Many possess Armament Haki and demonstrate coordinated attacks, ambushes, and sword techniques.
• Kuzan freezes entire groups of attackers, covering streets, buildings, and the ground in ice.
• Borsalino effortlessly defeats daimyo and samurai with devastating light-based attacks, including Light-Speed Kicks and lasers that destroy both enemies and surrounding buildings.
• Hidden ninjas attack from nearby pavilions, but Borsalino obliterates the structures and everyone inside them.
• The surviving samurai retreat in terror after realizing that Rock, Kuzan, and Borsalino are not ordinary invaders but overwhelming forces of destruction.
• The trio continues toward the elevated platform where Kaido is presumed to be waiting.

Character Developments

• Rock is portrayed as confident, contemptuous, and openly hostile toward Wano’s oppressive system. He refuses the role of king but shows a desire to tear down Kaido’s rule and its symbols of power.
• Kuzan remains relaxed and casual, even while annihilating opponents. His attacks reveal both immense power and a willingness to use broad, indiscriminate force. He also observes that Wano’s samurai have surprisingly widespread Armament Haki proficiency.
• Borsalino maintains his playful, detached manner, repeatedly calling the enemies “scary” despite defeating them effortlessly. His destructive attacks display extreme speed and overwhelming precision, though he admits he may have gone too far after destroying an entire row of buildings.
• The samurai and daimyo shift from confident defenders to terrified survivors as they recognize the enormous gap between their abilities and those of the invading Navy officers.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and inevitability: Wano’s strongest defenders are helpless against the trio, emphasizing the vast difference in strength.
• Fear as a weapon: The trio’s advance breaks the defenders’ morale; resistance collapses once their attacks prove useless.
• Oppression and decay: Wano is depicted as an ugly, closed-off, impoverished country ruled by pirates, with Kaido’s stronghold symbolizing its corruption.
• Justice versus brutality: Rock frames the attackers’ violence as acceptable because the country’s people are tied to pirate rule, raising questions about whether their campaign is liberation or simply another form of destruction.
• The destruction of symbols: Rock’s desire to tear down Kaido’s towering platform suggests that overthrowing power requires destroying both its ruler and the visible structures that represent his authority.

Character Interactions

• Kuzan lightly teases Rock about becoming Wano’s king, while Rock responds by discussing the more immediate goal of destroying Kaido’s stronghold.
• Kuzan and Borsalino fight side by side with contrasting styles: Kuzan freezes entire areas and controls the battlefield, while Borsalino uses speed and concentrated light attacks to eliminate targets instantly.
• Borsalino’s apparent concern about “overdoing it” contrasts humorously with the scale of destruction he causes, prompting Kuzan to warn him to be more careful.
• The chapter ends with Rock looking toward Kaido’s location and directly anticipating their confrontation.

Chapter Summary: “Have You Ever Been Kicked by Light?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the Flower Capital’s main building, Kurozumi Orochi is reduced to a terrified, helpless state after witnessing Rock effortlessly eliminate the assembled daimyo with a kick and a finger.
• Rock appears through a burst of lightning, his presence and electrical power damaging the building. Orochi panics, loses control of himself, and begs Rock not to approach.
• Kaido contacts Orochi through a Den Den Mushi. Rock answers instead and taunts Kaido, warning that he will lose patience if Kaido does not arrive soon.
• To reinforce the threat, Rock strikes Orochi with lightning, badly burning his lower body while ignoring his screams.
• Outside, the sky over the Flower Capital darkens as enormous thunderclouds gather. Kuzan and the Marines notice the ominous change in the atmosphere.
• Kaido arrives in his enormous Azure Dragon form and begins charging a Bolo Breath aimed at the Marine forces.
• Borsalino intercepts Kaido at high speed and uses his Light-Speed Kick to knock Kaido’s dragon head aside. Kaido’s Bolo Breath misses the Marines and vaporizes a distant mountain instead.
• Kuzan follows up by creating a massive ice pillar and launching himself toward Kaido. He coats his fist in ice and Haki before striking Kaido with “Icebound: Hero Iron Fist.”
• Kuzan’s punch freezes half of Kaido’s head and drives the dragon into the ground, creating a huge crater.
• Despite the devastating attacks, Kaido begins to rise, making it clear that the real battle has only just started.

Character Developments

• Orochi is exposed as cowardly and utterly dependent on fear and political authority. Once confronted by a truly overwhelming enemy, his image as shogun collapses completely.
• Rock is portrayed as confident, cruel, and dominant. He treats Orochi as insignificant and deliberately provokes Kaido by threatening someone under Kaido’s protection.
• Kaido demonstrates his immense destructive power through his dragon transformation and Bolo Breath, but he is also shown to be enraged and unsettled by Rock’s arrival and the presence of multiple powerful opponents.
• Borsalino/Kizaru remains calm and almost playful during the confrontation. His casual attitude contrasts with the extraordinary force of his Light-Speed Kick.
• Kuzan/Aokiji displays enthusiasm for fighting a powerful opponent. His attack combines his ice abilities with Haki and the physical strength associated with Garp’s training or legacy.
• The Marines, led in the immediate area by Hōng, maintain formation despite the terrifying changes in the sky and Kaido’s attempted attack.

Significant Themes

• Fear versus true power: Orochi’s authority evaporates when faced with overwhelming strength, showing that political status cannot replace courage or personal power.
• Provocation and psychological warfare: Rock intentionally harms Orochi and speaks directly to Kaido to force him into action.
• Clash of natural forces: Lightning, light, ice, and dragon fire-like energy collide, emphasizing the supernatural scale of the battle.
• Composure amid chaos: Borsalino’s relaxed demeanor and Kuzan’s excitement contrast with Orochi’s panic and Kaido’s growing rage.
• The beginning of a major confrontation: The chapter functions as an escalation point, ending after the first exchange between Kaido and the Marines and signaling that a larger battle is imminent.

Character Interactions

• Rock and Orochi: Rock intimidates and humiliates Orochi, criticizing his lack of courage before striking him with lightning.
• Rock and Kaido: Rock answers Kaido’s call, taunts him, and threatens Orochi to pressure Kaido into arriving quickly.
• Kaido and Borsalino: Kaido attempts to attack the Marines, but Borsalino intercepts him and knocks his dragon head aside with a light-speed attack.
• Kaido and Kuzan: Kuzan openly challenges Kaido and lands a powerful Haki-enhanced ice punch, freezing and smashing him into the ground.
• Kuzan and the Marines: Kuzan protects the Marine forces by confronting Kaido directly, while the other Marines maintain their formation below.

Chapter Summary: “The Dragon’s Fall Shocks All”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Flower Capital falls into stunned silence after Kaido, revered as an untouchable “Azure Dragon,” is punched from the sky into the ground by the Marines.
• The citizens’ fear-based faith in Kaido begins to collapse. They are not celebrating yet; they are overwhelmed by shock and uncertainty.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki, disguised within the crowd, sees Kaido’s defeat as a possible opportunity to reclaim the position of Shogun. His thoughts reveal that his ambitions center on power rather than Wano’s people.
• Kaido rises from the crater and transforms from dragon form into his human-beast form. Although blood is visible at his mouth, he remains battle-ready and intimidating.
• Borsalino comments on Kaido’s extraordinary durability, while Kuzan declares that the real battle is only beginning.
• Kuzan launches a powerful assault with ice spears and an ice blade. Kaido destroys the spears with his spiked club and meets Kuzan directly.
• Kaido and Kuzan engage in a brutal close-quarters battle involving Haki, ice, fists, blades, and Kaido’s club. Their repeated clashes devastate the Flower Capital plaza, reducing buildings and streets to ruins.
• Borsalino returns to the rooftop beside Vice Admiral Rock and suggests that Kuzan may not be strong enough to defeat Kaido alone.
• Rock deliberately allows Kuzan to continue fighting, viewing the battle as a rare chance for Kuzan to release his pent-up combativeness against a worthy opponent.
• Rock then questions why Kaido has not attempted to escape despite facing three powerful Marines. He suspects Kaido is deliberately staying because he has another strategy or trump card.
• The chapter ends with Rock watching Kaido’s increasingly stable and powerful aura, anticipating what hidden ability or plan Kaido will reveal.

Character Developments

• Kaido: His image as an invincible ruler is shaken, but he quickly reasserts himself as a terrifying and resilient combatant. Rather than weakening, his aura grows denser and more controlled during the fight, hinting at concealed strength.
• Kuzan: He displays intense enthusiasm and battle spirit, embracing the chance to fight a powerful opponent. His attacks are precise and overwhelming, but Kaido’s strength pushes him into a serious confrontation.
• Borsalino: He maintains his relaxed, sarcastic demeanor, though he recognizes the danger Kaido poses. His comments imply that he may be stronger and more perceptive than he pretends.
• Rock: He remains calm and observant, choosing not to interfere. His confidence suggests he understands both his allies and Kaido, and he quickly suspects that Kaido is preparing something.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki: His hidden ambition is exposed. Kaido’s apparent defeat awakens his desire to reclaim the Shogunate, revealing opportunism and a focus on authority rather than public welfare.
• The citizens: Their fear of Kaido begins to transform into uncertainty as they witness him being challenged. Their unquestioned belief in his supremacy is visibly shaken.

Significant Themes

• The collapse of tyranny and faith: Kaido’s fall demonstrates that even seemingly invincible rulers can be challenged, causing the citizens’ psychological submission to weaken.
• Power and ambition: Sukiyaki’s reaction contrasts personal political ambition with the suffering of the people, emphasizing how power motivates different characters.
• Hidden strength and deception: Kaido’s refusal to flee and his rising aura suggest that appearances are misleading and that he may possess a concealed advantage.
• Destruction as a consequence of conflict: The battle’s devastation shows that clashes between powerful figures endanger ordinary civilians and destroy the society they claim to rule or protect.
• Battle as release and testing: Kuzan views the fight as an opportunity to test himself, while Rock treats it as a valuable way to measure both Kuzan and Kaido.

Character Interactions

• Kaido and Kuzan: Their central confrontation is a direct contest between Kaido’s overwhelming physical power and Haki and Kuzan’s speed, ice techniques, and combat skill.
• Borsalino and Kuzan: Borsalino acknowledges Kuzan’s battle prowess while warning that Kaido may be too strong for him to defeat alone.
• Rock and Kuzan: Rock knowingly lets Kuzan continue the fight, recognizing his need for a serious challenge.
• Rock and Borsalino: Their exchange highlights Rock’s perceptiveness and Borsalino’s habit of disguising his true capabilities behind laziness and humor.
• Rock and Kaido: Although they do not directly fight in this section, Rock studies Kaido closely and becomes intrigued by the possibility that the pirate is withholding a decisive weapon.
• Sukiyaki and the crowd: Sukiyaki remains hidden among the citizens, observing Kaido’s apparent defeat while privately calculating how to exploit the situation.

Chapter Summary: Kuzan vs. Kaido

Key Plot Points and Events

• Kuzan and Kaido’s battle escalates from testing one another to a full exchange of lethal attacks.
• Kuzan repeatedly freezes the battlefield, using ice to control terrain, restrict Kaido’s movement, and dictate the fight’s pace.
• Kaido consistently breaks through Kuzan’s ice with overwhelming physical strength and Conqueror’s Haki coating.
• From above, Borsalino asks Vice Admiral Rock to estimate Kuzan’s chances. Rock places them below twenty percent, explaining that Kaido’s abilities directly counter Kuzan’s combat style.
• Rock notes that Kuzan excels at battlefield control, restraint, and attrition, but lacks a decisive finishing attack capable of putting down an opponent as durable as Kaido.
• Kuzan lands several powerful freezing techniques, including freezing half of Kaido’s body and using Ice Block: Pheasant Beak to completely encase him.
• Kaido shatters the ice from within using Haki and launches Roaring Thunder Bagua while Kuzan is momentarily exhausted and unable to evade.
• Just before Kaido’s attack lands, Borsalino intervenes with Ama no Murakumo, forming a light sword and intercepting the blow.
• Kuzan, Kaido, and Borsalino’s powers collide, creating a massive explosion that destroys the surrounding battlefield and sends all three fighters flying.
• The chapter ends with the three combatants recovering and locking gazes once again, signaling that the confrontation is far from over.

Character Developments

• Kuzan: Demonstrates exceptional control over ice and the battlefield, maintaining the offensive through layered freezing attacks. However, his stamina begins to decline, and his inability to deliver a decisive blow becomes increasingly apparent.
• Kaido: Reveals why he is considered overwhelmingly dangerous. His durability, endurance, physical strength, recovery, and advanced Conqueror’s Haki allow him to break through Kuzan’s control repeatedly. He grows more imposing as the battle continues.
• Borsalino: Initially observes the fight, but intervenes when Kaido is about to land a potentially devastating finishing strike on Kuzan. His speed and precision prevent Kuzan from being critically injured.
• Rock: Provides a tactical analysis of the battle, recognizing that the matchup—not Kuzan’s lack of strength—is the main reason Kaido holds such a decisive advantage.

Significant Themes

• Matchup over raw strength: Kuzan is portrayed as extremely powerful, but Kaido’s abilities specifically counter his freezing and attrition-based style.
• Control versus overwhelming force: Kuzan relies on strategy, restraint, and environmental control, while Kaido breaks through everything with brute force and Haki.
• Endurance and inevitability: Kaido can withstand repeated attacks and make numerous mistakes, whereas Kuzan cannot afford even one major opening.
• Team intervention and balance: Borsalino’s intervention prevents the fight from becoming an immediate defeat for Kuzan, showing that individual battles can be altered by allies entering at crucial moments.

Character Interactions

• Borsalino privately mocks Rock for accusing him of slacking despite Rock appearing to be the less hardworking of the two.
• Borsalino asks Rock for his assessment of Kuzan’s chances, and Rock responds with a calm, detailed explanation of Kaido’s advantage.
• Kuzan and Kaido engage in a relentless cycle of freezing attacks and Haki-powered counterattacks.
• Borsalino ultimately places himself between them, combining his light sword with Kuzan’s ice and Kaido’s Conqueror’s Haki to halt Kaido’s finishing blow.

Chapter Summary: Charlotte Linlin

Key Plot Points and Events

• Rock observes the battlefield from atop the main tower and explains that judging a battle solely by one-on-one strength is flawed, especially when retreat, allies, and outside factors are involved.
• Kaido arrives in the Flower Capital with King, revealing that his confidence comes from having secured Charlotte Linlin as an ally.
• The Marines and Wano citizens react in panic as the Flower Capital continues collapsing under the destruction caused by the battle.
• King apologizes to Kaido for arriving late, explaining that an “old hag”—Linlin—delayed him.
• Charlotte Linlin appears atop a massive thundercloud and openly proposes having a child with Rock, shocking the Marines and everyone watching.
• Rock rejects her with disgust and implies that Kaido bribed or incentivized her to join the conflict. Linlin reveals that she is promised half of the seastone involved.
• Linlin abandons her playful attitude and challenges Rock directly, declaring that she wants to test whether the legendary “Azure Dragon” is truly as powerful as rumored.
• She launches Ikoku Sovereignty, an enormous sword-energy attack capable of devastating the surrounding area.
• Rock counters with Lightning Emperor Slash: Country Splitter, creating a concentrated blade of lightning that precisely cuts Linlin’s attack in half and continues toward her.
• Linlin barely blocks the lightning slash with Napoleon, reinforced by flames and Haki, but the attack overwhelms her defenses and blasts her high into the sky.
• After demonstrating his superiority, Rock turns toward Kaido and declares that “the games are over,” signaling that the real confrontation is about to begin.

Character Developments

• Rock is portrayed as calm, analytical, and overwhelmingly powerful. He understands that battles are influenced by strategy and alliances, not merely individual strength. His precise destruction of Linlin’s attack establishes him as a major threat even to legendary pirates.
• Charlotte Linlin shifts from teasing and opportunistic to genuinely excited and aggressive. Her interest in Rock is partly humorous and partly driven by a desire to test herself against a powerful opponent.
• Kaido is revealed to have recruited Linlin through a substantial offer involving seastone. He is impatient with her behavior but confident enough in their alliance to challenge Rock.
• King remains loyal and deferential to Kaido, arriving quickly to support him and acknowledging his delay.
• Kuzan and Borsalino recognize the seriousness of the situation. Their earlier confidence is replaced by caution as Kaido and Linlin enter the battlefield.
• Hōng and the Marines are forced into a defensive withdrawal, realizing that the battle has escalated far beyond their control.

Significant Themes

• Strength versus strategy: Rock emphasizes that victory cannot be judged solely by who is stronger in a direct duel; alliances, preparation, retreat, and battlefield conditions are equally important.
• Escalation of conflict: The arrival of Kaido and Linlin transforms the battle from a dangerous confrontation into a catastrophic clash between legendary figures.
• Power and intimidation: Linlin’s attack devastates the environment, while Rock’s effortless counter demonstrates a higher level of precision and control.
• Unpredictable alliances: Kaido and Linlin cooperate despite their friction, united by shared material interests and the opportunity to defeat a common enemy.
• Calm superiority: Rock’s composed demeanor contrasts with the panic of the civilians and Marines, reinforcing his confidence and dominance.

Character Interactions

• Rock and Kaido exchange indirect threats, with Rock suggesting that Kaido needed Linlin’s assistance and Kaido preparing to respond.
• Linlin provocatively proposes having a child with Rock, creating a moment of absurdity amid the destruction.
• Kaido angrily rebukes Linlin for talking instead of following the plan, while Linlin openly admits that she is more interested in testing Rock.
• Linlin and Rock engage in their first direct clash, with Rock decisively overpowering her signature attack.
• Rock’s final statement to Kaido marks the end of the preliminary exchanges and the beginning of the main battle.

Chapter Summary: “Conqueror’s Haki Coating Slays a Dragon”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Rock declares that the battle is no longer a game and unleashes an overwhelming burst of Conqueror’s Haki.
• His Haki tears apart the sky, summons massive thunderclouds, destabilizes the Flower Capital, and creates crushing atmospheric pressure.
• The Haki is so powerful that it suppresses Linlin’s Soul-Soul Fruit ability and forcibly steals control of Zeus. Zeus merges with Rock’s thunderclouds, leaving Linlin to fall into the city.
• Kaido and King are pinned down by the pressure. King is forced to one knee, while Kaido struggles beneath the force but becomes increasingly exhilarated.
• Kaido challenges Rock directly and launches his strongest attack, Conqueror’s Haki-coated Thunder Bagua, intending to fight to the death.
• Rock uses future sight to perceive Kaido’s attack and counters with an enormous Conqueror’s Haki-coated Thunder Sword technique: Divine Firmament: Heaven-Thunder Slash.
• Their attacks clash without the weapons physically touching, producing a massive Haki collision that distorts space, destroys the battlefield, and forces Borsalino to evacuate Kuzan.
• Rock’s slash overwhelms Kaido’s Thunder Bagua, tears through his defenses, and inflicts a devastating chest wound. Kaido crashes into the Flower Capital, apparently defeated or possibly killed.
• King and Linlin rush toward Kaido. King reacts with panic and fury, while Linlin recognizes that Kaido’s death would leave her in a dangerous position.
• Borsalino and Kuzan regroup with Hōng and the Marines, commenting on Rock’s terrifying power and Kaido’s extraordinary endurance.
• Just as everyone believes Kaido may be dead, movement begins beneath the rubble. His aura starts to rise again, suggesting that he has survived.
• Rock calmly sheaths his sword and watches the ruins with interest, implying that he expected Kaido to endure.

Character Developments

• Rock: Reveals an extraordinary level of Conqueror’s Haki and control over lightning. He demonstrates future sight, overwhelming offensive power, and complete confidence in his superiority. His calm reaction to Kaido’s apparent defeat shows that he views the battle as a test of interest rather than a desperate struggle.
• Kaido: Shows immense courage and battle hunger, welcoming Rock’s overwhelming strength instead of retreating. Even after suffering a catastrophic wound, his rising aura suggests his extraordinary durability and refusal to remain defeated.
• Linlin: Experiences genuine fear and helplessness when her control over Zeus is suppressed. Her concern over Kaido’s survival also reveals a practical dependence on him and awareness of the consequences if he dies.
• King: Is visibly overwhelmed by Rock’s Haki and becomes fiercely protective of Kaido. His panic turns into reckless determination when he believes Kaido has been killed.
• Borsalino: Recognizes that Rock’s clash is too dangerous to confront directly and immediately retreats with Kuzan.
• Kuzan: Remains impressed and excited by the scale of the battle, emphasizing that he has endured several powerful attacks himself.
• Sukiyaki and the civilians: Lose faith in ordinary political power and perceive Rock as something godlike, highlighting the psychological impact of the battle.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and supremacy: Rock’s Haki is portrayed as a force capable of dominating people, abilities, weather, and the battlefield itself.
• Human versus godlike strength: Civilians and Sukiyaki question whether Rock is still human, reinforcing the chapter’s portrayal of him as a near-divine figure.
• Battle as validation: Kaido seeks opponents powerful enough to justify using his full strength, treating combat as a way to prove his existence and ambition.
• Fear versus exhilaration: Rock’s power inspires terror in most characters, but Kaido responds with excitement, revealing his unique love of extreme battle.
• Endurance and resilience: Although Rock decisively defeats Kaido’s attack, Kaido’s apparent survival reinforces the idea that overwhelming strength does not easily destroy legendary figures.
• The collapse of established authority: The destruction of the Flower Capital and Sukiyaki’s doubts suggest that traditional power structures are meaningless beside individuals of this magnitude.

Important Character Interactions

• Rock’s Haki directly suppresses Linlin’s control over Zeus, demonstrating a clash between his willpower and her Devil Fruit power.
• Kaido openly challenges Rock, and Rock acknowledges Kaido’s courage before answering with his ultimate sword technique.
• King’s loyalty to Kaido is shown through his immediate, emotionally charged attempt to reach him after the slash.
• Linlin rushes to Kaido not out of sympathy alone, but because his death would create serious problems for her.
• Borsalino and Kuzan retreat from the clash, acknowledging that even they cannot safely withstand it head-on.
• Rock’s final gaze toward the rubble establishes a quiet, ominous connection between him and the surviving Kaido: the battle is not over yet.

Chapter Summary: “Devil Fruit Awakening”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Kaido is struck by Rock’s devastating slash, the battlefield falls silent before a massive heartbeat signals a transformation.
• Kaido emerges from the ruins and undergoes a dramatic awakening. His body grows larger and more monstrous, covered in dragon scales, with enlarged horns, claws, crimson eyes, and black flame-like clouds surrounding him.
• His enormous chest wound begins regenerating. Although the injury is healing, the lingering effects of Rock’s attack continue to suppress and slow his recovery.
• Borsalino identifies Kaido’s transformation as a true Devil Fruit Awakening. He explains that awakening pushes a Devil Fruit beyond its original limits and can affect the user, the environment, or even the rules of an ability.
• Borsalino contrasts successful awakenings with the failed Zoan awakenings in Impel Down, which increase strength but destroy the user’s reason. Kaido, by contrast, retains complete awareness and control.
• Kaido tests his newly awakened strength, crushing the air with his claw and feeling an apparently inexhaustible supply of power.
• Recognizing that his awakening was likely triggered by the pressure of near death, Kaido becomes exhilarated rather than fearful. He realizes Rock remains a genuine threat despite his enhanced regeneration.
• Kaido recharges his Conqueror’s Haki and challenges Rock to continue their battle.
• Rock, standing within the thunderclouds, recognizes Kaido’s transformation and finally treats him as a truly worthy opponent. He unleashes an even more violent storm, setting the stage for another clash.

Character Developments

• Kaido: Reaches a major power milestone by awakening his Devil Fruit. His physical abilities, durability, regeneration, and fighting spirit are dramatically enhanced. Rather than losing control, he remains lucid and becomes even more eager for battle, viewing Rock as the opponent he has been seeking.
• Rock: Previously composed and dominant, he becomes fully serious after witnessing Kaido’s awakening. His interest and excitement reveal that Kaido has finally earned his respect as a dangerous rival.
• King: Is stunned by Kaido’s transformation, addressing him with a mixture of awe and reverence as “big brother.”
• Linlin: Reacts with shock and disbelief, immediately recognizing the significance of Kaido’s awakening.
• Borsalino: Provides the battlefield’s explanation of Devil Fruit Awakening and demonstrates a serious understanding of its dangers and effects.
• Kuzan: Initially unfamiliar with the concept, he realizes that Kaido’s awakening represents a massive escalation and that the real fight may only now be beginning.
• Marines and Hōng: Are overwhelmed and frightened by Kaido’s new form and aura.

Significant Themes

• Transformation through near-death pressure: Kaido’s awakening emerges when he is pushed to the brink, suggesting that extreme suffering can unlock hidden potential.
• Power versus control: The chapter distinguishes true mastery from uncontrolled strength. Kaido gains immense power without sacrificing his mind or identity.
• Endurance and regeneration: Kaido’s awakening makes him nearly immortal in battle, but Rock’s wound proves that even extraordinary regeneration has limits.
• Recognition between equals: Rock’s change in attitude shows that true strength earns respect, even from an overwhelming opponent.
• Escalation and spectacle: The battlefield shifts from a fight between powerful individuals to a clash capable of affecting the entire world around them.

Character Interactions

• Borsalino and Kuzan: Borsalino explains the nature of Devil Fruit Awakening, including the differences between Paramecia, Logia, and Zoan awakenings. Kuzan’s questions emphasize how extraordinary Kaido’s transformation is.
• Kaido and Rock: Kaido openly challenges Rock after awakening, while Rock responds with renewed seriousness and unleashes the full force of the storm. Their mutual excitement establishes the battle as a confrontation between near-equal monsters.
• King and Kaido: King’s shocked reaction reflects his loyalty and admiration for Kaido.
• Linlin and Kaido: Linlin’s disbelief highlights how rare and significant Kaido’s awakening is, even to another exceptionally powerful fighter.
• The observers and Kaido: The Marines and others react with terror, showing that Kaido’s transformation has altered the balance of the entire battlefield.

Chapter Summary: Kaido’s Awakening Battle

Key Plot Points and Events

• Kaido, despite his chest wound, unleashes an awakened attack: “Conqueror’s Lightning Arrow,” firing a continuous barrage of club-force blasts infused with black flames and Conqueror’s Haki.
• Rock counters with “Sky Roar: Thunder Dragon Prison,” summoning multiple sentient Thunder Dragons formed from lightning and Haki. The attack briefly clashes with Kaido’s barrage, but Kaido forces his way through the explosions.
• Kaido launches his devastating aerial technique, “Descending Three Realms: Ten Thousand Thunders: Naraku,” crashing down from the sky with overwhelming force.
• Rock meets the attack directly with “Thunder Emperor: Heaven-Piercing Strike.” His lightning pillar pierces through Kaido’s Haki and black flames, blasting Kaido backward.
• Rock follows with dozens of lightning sword strikes, but Kaido counters with “Conqueror Dragon Bolo Breath: Peak Annihilation.” The dragon breath vaporizes the pursuing attacks.
• Rock calmly splits the massive dragon breath with a single slash. The severed energy streams devastate the Flower Capital, reducing much of it to a blazing ruin.
• Rock instantly closes the distance and engages Kaido in close combat. Their sword-and-club exchanges create shockwaves powerful enough to tear apart the clouds and shake Wano.
• As the battle reaches its climax, the Marines and Wano’s civilians watch in stunned silence, recognizing the fighters as living natural disasters.
• Big Mom realizes Kaido is still weakened despite awakening and attempts to reach him with King’s help. Before they can move, Borsalino intercepts them with “Yasakani Sacred Jewel,” raining countless light bullets over the area.

Character Developments

• Kaido demonstrates the terrifying power of his awakened form, combining his enhanced dragon body, immense endurance, Conqueror’s Haki, black flames, and destructive techniques. However, his continued bleeding and Big Mom’s concern suggest that awakening has not fully restored his strength.
• Rock remains composed and unwavering throughout the battle. He counters Kaido’s greatest attacks through precision, control, and overwhelming lightning power rather than retreating or relying on evasive tactics.
• Kaido’s laughter reveals his intense exhilaration. Rather than being discouraged by Rock’s counters, he appears energized by facing such a powerful opponent.
• Big Mom shows unusual urgency and concern for Kaido, recognizing that his awakened state does not mean he has fully recovered.
• Borsalino reveals that he is carefully observing the battle and views Rock as an extraordinary “monster among monsters.” He then shifts from observer to active combatant by attacking Big Mom and King.
• King immediately prepares to assist Big Mom, demonstrating loyalty and readiness, but is caught off guard by Borsalino’s intervention.
• The Marines and Wano’s people are psychologically overwhelmed by the scale of the confrontation. Their perception of Kaido as unbeatable is shattered as he battles Rock on equal, catastrophic terms.

Significant Themes

• Natural-disaster imagery: The fight is portrayed as a collision between thunder, dragons, Haki, and overwhelming destruction rather than an ordinary battle.
• Power versus precision: Kaido relies on raw force, endurance, and relentless offense, while Rock repeatedly neutralizes those attacks with accuracy and controlled lightning techniques.
• Awakening and its limitations: Kaido’s awakening grants immense power, but it does not erase his injuries or restore him completely, emphasizing that transformation does not equal invulnerability.
• The destruction caused by power: Even attacks aimed at one another devastate the surrounding environment, especially the Flower Capital, showing the terrible cost of battles between top-tier fighters.
• A shift in the balance of power: Kaido, once viewed as untouchable, is now visibly challenged by Rock, altering how both the Marines and Wano’s people understand the conflict.
• Interruption and battlefield strategy: While Kaido and Rock fight for supremacy, Borsalino exploits the distraction to prevent Big Mom and King from joining the battle, adding a tactical dimension to the spectacle.

Character Interactions

• Rock and Kaido engage in a direct contest of wills, repeatedly meeting each other’s strongest attacks and eventually clashing at close range.
• Big Mom and King attempt to support Kaido, with Big Mom urging King to transport her to the battlefield.
• Borsalino intercepts them before they can assist, mocking the idea of interrupting the battle while simultaneously asserting Marine control over the surrounding battlefield.
• The Marines and Wano’s civilians serve as stunned witnesses, reacting with fear and disbelief to the unprecedented clash above them.

Chapter Summary: “Kozuki Toki’s Resolve”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Flower Capital is devastated by the ongoing battle between Rock and Kaido. Explosions, lightning, and black flames turn the city into a ruin.
• Yamato watches the battle from atop Queen’s brachiosaurus form. Rather than fearing Kaido’s defeat, she is thrilled by Rock’s strength and begins admiring him as an example of what a truly powerful person should be.
• Kozuki Toki witnesses Wano’s destruction and realizes that the Marines’ arrival has not brought salvation. The conflict between Kaido and the Marines is only creating an even greater catastrophe for the country.
• In another part of the ruins, Borsalino suppresses Linlin and King with repeated long-range light attacks. Linlin is weakened after losing Zeus and fears that she will be unable to escape if Kaido falls.
• Linlin creates a new thundercloud Homie, Hera, using her soul power. With Hera’s assistance, she launches the powerful lightning attack “Indra” at Borsalino.
• Borsalino avoids the attack by dispersing into light particles, but he acknowledges Linlin as a more serious threat and prepares to fight more seriously.
• Kaido crashes back into the battlefield after being severely wounded by Rock. Although his awakened power begins healing him, his condition and aura have noticeably weakened.
• Kaido calls on Linlin to use their joint technique. Rock recognizes that the two have secretly practiced a combined attack.
• While Queen desperately warns Yamato to stay away from the battlefield, Toki’s despair transforms into determination. She runs toward the ruins, resolved to save Wano.

Character Developments

• Kozuki Toki: Moves from grief and hopelessness to decisive action. After realizing that neither side represents salvation, she chooses to act herself for Wano’s sake.
• Yamato: Becomes fascinated by Rock’s strength and views his battle with Kaido as the embodiment of true power. Her admiration contrasts sharply with her lack of concern for Kaido’s suffering.
• Queen: Is overwhelmed by fear and repeatedly tries to prevent Yamato from approaching the battlefield, emphasizing the terrifying scale of the conflict.
• Linlin: Shows tactical adaptability by creating Hera after losing Zeus. Though still confident and ruthless, she recognizes the danger of Kaido’s defeat and the need to cooperate with him.
• Kaido: Has suffered serious injuries but remains battle-ready through his awakening. His call for Linlin’s assistance reveals his willingness to rely on their hidden partnership.
• Borsalino: Continues fighting cautiously from a distance, gradually becoming more serious after Linlin regains some of her power.
• Rock: Remains dominant despite sustaining injuries. His calm recognition of Kaido and Linlin’s secret joint technique reinforces his confidence and control over the battle.

Significant Themes

• Destruction mistaken for salvation: Toki realizes that overwhelming power, regardless of which side possesses it, brings suffering rather than rescue.
• Power and admiration: Yamato’s excitement reflects the allure of strength, while Toki’s response shows the human cost of battles between powerful beings.
• Despair transformed into resolve: Toki’s grief eventually becomes the motivation to take action and protect her country.
• Temporary alliances and hidden cooperation: Kaido and Linlin’s secret combined technique demonstrates how shared interests can unite even dangerous rivals.
• The helplessness of ordinary people: Wano is reduced to a backdrop for battles between near-unstoppable forces, highlighting the vulnerability of the country’s inhabitants.

Character Interactions

• Queen pleads with Yamato to avoid the battlefield, but Yamato ignores him and continues praising Rock’s strength.
• Toki silently witnesses the destruction around her, emotionally contrasting with Yamato’s excitement.
• Linlin and Borsalino engage in a ranged battle, with Linlin using Hera and “Indra” to challenge his evasive fighting style.
• Kaido, after returning wounded, orders Linlin to use their joint technique, confirming their prior cooperation.
• Rock taunts or observes Kaido and Linlin with amusement, demonstrating that he understands their strategy.
• Toki breaks away from the others and runs toward the battlefield, declaring through her actions that she will attempt to save Wano herself.

Chapter Summary: “Hakai VS Azure Dragon”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Above the Flower Capital, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin launch their combined ultimate attack, Hakai, against Rock.
• Their Conqueror’s Haki and elemental powers merge into a massive shockwave capable of destroying a city and vaporizing the surrounding sea.
• Borsalino recognizes the danger and immediately retreats in photon form.
• Rock responds by summoning countless lightning bolts and combining them with his own Conqueror’s Haki, creating a Thunder Azure Dragon.
• Rock’s attack, Thunder Emperor—Azure Dragon Roar, clashes directly with Hakai.
• After a prolonged struggle, Rock’s Azure Dragon begins tearing Hakai apart. He further empowers it with black-red Conqueror’s Haki, completely breaking through the combined attack.
• The attack continues toward Kaido and Linlin. Kaido, already exhausted from repeated battles and previous clashes with Rock, realizes he cannot withstand it.
• Linlin steps in front of Kaido and uses Mother’s Flame Blade to intercept the Azure Dragon. She takes the attack head-on, protecting Kaido while much of the Flower Capital is devastated.
• The Marines are stunned and celebrate Rock’s apparent victory, while King rushes toward the battlefield to protect Kaido.
• Rock acknowledges that Kaido’s awakening has significantly increased his strength and that Hakai was a formidable technique.
• Before the battle can continue, Toki suddenly appears behind Rock and touches his back. Rock fails to detect her in time, and the chapter ends as time seems to stop.

Character Developments

• Rock demonstrates overwhelming power by defeating the combined Hakai attack, establishing that his Haki and lightning abilities surpass even Kaido and Linlin’s joint assault. Despite his confidence, he recognizes the danger of Kaido’s awakened strength.
• Kaido is shown near his physical limit after extended combat. His reaction to Rock’s attack reveals genuine shock and vulnerability, a notable change from his usual confidence.
• Charlotte Linlin displays both immense durability and loyalty to her ally. She sacrifices herself to save Kaido, joking that he now owes her two lives, while still confronting the attack with her full strength.
• Borsalino becomes visibly serious and retreats immediately, indicating that even he understands the destructive scale of the clash.
• King reacts protectively to Kaido’s danger, abandoning caution and rushing into the battlefield.
• Toki makes a sudden, mysterious entrance. Her ability to approach Rock unnoticed suggests that her time-related powers may bypass even his advanced Observation Haki.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and escalation: The clash presents increasingly destructive levels of Haki, awakening, and elemental force.
• Limits and endurance: Kaido’s exhaustion emphasizes that even the strongest fighters can be worn down by continuous combat.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Linlin risks severe injury to protect Kaido, reinforcing the strength of their alliance.
• Confidence versus genuine danger: Rock remains calm and amused, but Kaido’s awakened power earns his serious acknowledgment.
• The unpredictability of time: Toki’s arrival introduces a new threat or turning point that operates outside the normal rules of combat.

Character Interactions

• Kaido and Linlin coordinate seamlessly without speaking, combining their attacks through mutual understanding.
• Rock directly challenges and taunts them, telling them they need more training after breaking Hakai.
• Linlin protects Kaido and humorously demands repayment for saving his life.
• Kaido witnesses Linlin’s sacrifice and is left behind her defense, emphasizing their complicated but powerful partnership.
• The Marines praise Rock, while King’s response shows his personal devotion to Kaido.
• Toki’s sudden contact with Rock shifts the confrontation from a contest of strength to a mysterious time-based encounter.

Chapter Summary: Time Fruit: Rock Vanishes

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• During the clash between the Azure Dragon and Hakai, Kozuki Toki uses the Time Fruit at its extreme limit. Rather than accelerating or reversing time, the fruit erases the present and brings a future result into existence.
• Toki temporarily removes herself from the timeline, making her undetectable even to Rock’s Observation Haki. Several minutes later, she reappears behind Rock and attempts to send him irreversibly into the future.
• Rock’s Conqueror’s Haki cannot resist the Time Fruit’s rule-based ability. However, he uses his own power to alter the destination of the transfer before vanishing.
• Realizing the danger, Rock orders Borsalino to take Toki to Vegapunk and commands Kuzan to withdraw the Marines and avoid involvement in Ohara.
• Rock disappears from the battlefield, but Toki is unsure where he was sent. She fears that her intended future—possibly twenty years later—was not reached.
• Borsalino captures Toki and knocks her unconscious. He then relays Rock’s withdrawal order to Kuzan.
• Kuzan, devastated and enraged by Rock’s disappearance, ultimately obeys. The Marines retreat, while King carries the severely injured Kaido and Linlin away.
• The battle ends with both Marines and pirates withdrawing. The Flower Capital is left in ruins, and the citizens are traumatized by Rock’s disappearance and the destruction surrounding them.

2. Character Developments

• Kozuki Toki: Demonstrates extraordinary resolve and self-sacrifice, using her fruit to protect Wano. Her confidence falters afterward when she realizes Rock may have altered the transfer’s destination.
• Rock: Shows tactical intelligence and immense willpower. Unable to block Toki’s ability, he modifies its outcome and gives final orders to ensure his forces withdraw safely.
• Borsalino: Abandons his usual relaxed demeanor, reacting with shock and seriousness after Rock vanishes. He assumes immediate control of the situation and follows Rock’s orders.
• Kuzan: Experiences genuine fear, grief, and anger over Rock’s disappearance. Despite his emotional turmoil, he suppresses it and carries out the withdrawal.
• Kaido and Linlin: Both recognize that Rock’s disappearance has fundamentally changed the war. Too injured to continue, they allow King to evacuate them.
• King: Acts decisively by rescuing Kaido and Linlin from the battlefield.
• Wano’s citizens: Their faith, fear, and understanding of the world are shattered by the battle and Rock’s vanishing.

3. Significant Themes

• The nature of time and fate: The Time Fruit does not simply control speed or age; it erases the present and imposes a future result, raising uncertainty about whether destiny can truly be controlled.
• Sacrifice for a nation: Toki risks her life and exhausts herself to prevent Wano from being destroyed.
• Willpower versus absolute rules: Rock cannot overpower time directly, but he uses his will and strategic thinking to influence its outcome.
• Loss of order and stability: Rock’s disappearance removes a central force holding the battlefield and the wider world in balance.
• The beginning of a new era: The battle’s conclusion signals that the old power structure is collapsing and that greater conflicts are approaching.

4. Character Interactions

• Toki and Rock: Their confrontation is the chapter’s central conflict. Toki seeks to send Rock into the future, while Rock responds by changing the transfer’s coordinates rather than resisting it directly.
• Rock and Borsalino: Rock entrusts Borsalino with Toki and expects him to carry out the evacuation, showing their military trust and chain of command.
• Rock and Kuzan: Rock orders Kuzan to withdraw and stay out of Ohara. Kuzan’s emotional reaction reveals how deeply he respects and depends on Rock.
• Borsalino and Toki: Borsalino captures and incapacitates Toki, treating her as both a threat and the key witness to Rock’s disappearance.
• Kuzan and Borsalino: Borsalino firmly repeats Rock’s command, forcing Kuzan to set aside his grief and lead the retreat.
• Kaido, Linlin, and King: The injured emperors accept King’s rescue, recognizing that the battle has ended and that the conflict’s larger consequences are only beginning.

Chapter Summary: Future Alliance of Two Emperors · The Navy Is Shaken

Key Plot Points and Events

• After escaping the battle in Wano, Moria reaches the open sea with his severely injured and exhausted crew. He carries the corpse of the Sword God, Shimotsuki Ryuma, along with the legendary black blade Shusui.
• Moria blames Kaido for the devastation and vows to settle the debt between them someday.
• In Onigashima, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin recover from the battle. Kaido is badly wounded but appears more powerful and dangerous than before, while Linlin frantically eats to prevent another hunger-induced rampage.
• Kaido reveals that the mysterious woman involved in the battle may possess a Time Fruit, capable of sending people into the future. He insists that Rocks is not dead and will eventually return.
• Believing a new era is approaching, Kaido proposes an alliance with Linlin. They agree to cooperate to conquer the world and defeat Rocks first, leaving their own conflict for later.
• Linlin outwardly accepts the alliance, but privately realizes that personal strength—not armies, nations, or family—will determine the future. She begins considering whether she must grow stronger and make new preparations.
• At Marineford, a badly damaged warship crashes into the harbor after being forcibly propelled by Borsalino’s light-based attacks. Borsalino and Kuzan return from the battlefield visibly shaken.
• Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru meet them at the harbor. Sengoku orders all Marines to resume their posts and classifies the events in Wano as top-secret, threatening military punishment for anyone who leaks information.
• The chapter ends with Marine Headquarters sensing that the balance of the world has been fundamentally disrupted.

Character Developments

• Moria: Survives the battle but is traumatized and physically exhausted. His hatred of Kaido deepens, and Ryuma’s corpse and Shusui become symbols of both his loss and his determination for revenge.
• Kaido: His wounds do not weaken his ambition. Instead, the battle excites and motivates him, convincing him to train harder in anticipation of Rocks’s return. He also takes the initiative in forming a temporary alliance with Linlin.
• Charlotte Linlin: Her immediate hunger and recovery give way to strategic reflection. She recognizes that family and military power may not be enough against enemies of extraordinary strength, prompting her to consider strengthening herself personally.
• Borsalino and Kuzan: Both return from Wano unusually serious and emotionally affected, suggesting that the battle and its revelations have shaken their confidence or understanding of world events.
• Sengoku: Demonstrates firm leadership by immediately controlling the flow of information and imposing strict secrecy on the Marines.
• Rocks: Though absent, he becomes the central looming threat. Kaido’s certainty that he will return shapes the alliance between Kaido and Linlin.

Significant Themes

• The coming of a new era: The battle signals a major shift in the world’s power structure.
• Strength over institutions: Linlin recognizes that armies, countries, and organizations are ultimately secondary to individuals who possess overwhelming power.
• Temporary alliances among rivals: Kaido and Linlin unite not out of trust, but because they recognize a larger threat in Rocks.
• The past returning to shape the future: Rocks’s presumed return and the Time Fruit’s connection to the future suggest that old forces and unresolved history will reemerge.
• Secrecy and control of information: The Marines’ response shows how powerful institutions attempt to contain the consequences of world-shaking events.
• Trauma and determination: Moria, Kaido, Linlin, Borsalino, and Kuzan all react differently to the battle, but each is changed by it.

Important Character Interactions

• Moria privately curses Kaido while looking upon Ryuma’s body, establishing a personal vendetta.
• Kaido tells Linlin about the Time Fruit user and Rocks’s possible survival, shifting their conversation from recovery to future strategy.
• Kaido proposes an alliance, promising that they will defeat Rocks before eventually turning on one another.
• Linlin accepts with laughter but conceals her growing concern about Kaido’s awakening and Rocks’s superior power.
• Sengoku silences Garp and takes command at Marineford, then orders Hōng and the Marines to enforce secrecy.
• Sengoku summons Borsalino and Kuzan for a private discussion, emphasizing the seriousness of what occurred in Wano.