Chapter Summaries

In 1517, Dawn stormed the One-Eyed Gang’s stronghold in Carnival City’s slums and fought through its two hundred members. He left the gang devastated and Victor fatally crushed against a wall.

• Dawn walked through the slum to confront the One-Eyed Gang at its stronghold.
• Victor rallied the gang members to kill Dawn, but Dawn blasted through the entrance and challenged him.
• The gang’s vice-leader charged Dawn, who knocked him through a wall with one punch.
• Dawn fought off the gang members, shrugging off their blades while his punches dropped them in droves.
• Victor shot Dawn, who used two gang members as human shields and hurled their bodies at him.
• The bodies struck Victor and smashed him into the wall, leaving him barely alive.

After destroying the One-Eyed Gang, Dawn reflected on his past and his ability to grow stronger by eating after injury, then left the slums to seek answers and revenge. He boarded a ship bound for Drum Island to investigate his physique.

• Dawn killed the last surviving members of the One-Eyed Gang, collected their food and valuables, and returned to his hut.
• As he ate, Dawn recovered from his injuries and grew stronger, recalling how his parents from the David Clan had been killed by a masked man and how he discovered his golden finger.
• Dawn decided to leave the slums, investigate his ability, and pursue revenge against the people responsible for his parents' deaths.
• The next morning, Dawn left his hut, entered Carnival City's core district, and bought the nearest ticket to Drum Island for its medical expertise.
• Dawn boarded the travel agency's ship at dusk and settled into his cabin as it set sail.

Dawn saved a passenger ship from Blood Fist Dark and claimed the pirate ship’s spoils. Among them, he found the Yami Yami no Mi and ate it, leaving his future with the fruit’s powers and drawbacks unknown.

• Blood Fist Dark and his pirates attacked the passenger ship, overwhelming its guards and gravely injuring their captain.
• Dawn charged into the fight, shattered Dark’s arm, and killed him with a punch to the abdomen.
• Dawn claimed the pirate ship’s supplies and treasure, and the passenger ship’s captain agreed without protest.
• Dawn returned to his cabin with a sack of provisions and valuables, then discovered the Yami Yami no Mi among them.
• Dawn recalled the fruit’s powers and drawbacks, decided his physique could withstand them, and ate it.

Dawn arrived on Drum Island seeking Dr. Kureha, but he became interested in taking Wapol's powerful Devil Fruit for himself. After witnessing Wapol cruelly devour servants and objects, Dawn followed him to an isolated hollow and confronted him.

• Dawn landed on Drum Island and learned from a guard captain that Dr. Kureha lived in Coco Lodge Village.
• Dawn considered taking Wapol's Devil Fruit and used a darkness-based ability to conceal himself as he entered the castle.
• Dawn watched Wapol swallow servants after they failed to serve him warm pastries.
• Wapol left the castle and devoured snow, rocks, and statues before wandering into a secluded hollow.
• Dawn revealed himself to Wapol and declared that he would help Wapol's father clean house.

Dawn killed Wapol and used the Yami Yami no Mi to capture his demonic power, successfully reviving the Munch-Munch Fruit in a Passion Fruit. He then went to Coco Lodge Village and paid Kureha to give him a comprehensive physical examination.

• Wapol attacked Dawn, but Dawn restrained him with Black Hole and killed him with a punch.
• Dawn enclosed himself and Wapol’s corpse in a Darkness Prison, captured the escaping demonic power, and transformed a Passion Fruit into the Munch-Munch Fruit.
• Dawn stored Wapol’s corpse in the Subspace and left the mountain without being seen.
• Kureha treated a little girl’s sprained ankle and charged her family half of their stored supplies.
• Dawn offered Kureha a bag of Beli for a comprehensive physical examination, and she accepted and led him to her detached wooden house.

Dawn underwent a thorough examination by Kureha, who found that his extraordinary growth came from a special ability to turn food and physical stress into strength, and that his body was fundamentally unlike a human’s. Her conclusion that he might be able to withstand two Devil Fruits gave Dawn new hope, while Drum Kingdom’s search for Prince Wapol continued in vain.

• Dawn asked Kureha to examine him for hidden costs to his unusual strength, and she found no life-threatening side effects beyond a greatly increased need for food.
• Kureha explained that Dawn could convert food into life energy to strengthen his body and erase scars, with exercise or combat improving the process.
• Kureha revealed that Dawn’s internal bodily structure was fundamentally different from a normal human’s and called him an alien.
• Dawn asked whether his body might tolerate the powers of two Devil Fruits, and Kureha said it was theoretically possible.
• Dawn left Kureha’s home relieved and intent on gaining enough strength to overthrow the World Government.
• The king ordered Drum Kingdom’s guards to search the island for Prince Wapol, but they found no trace of him.

Dawn arrived in the City of Queen Spring and searched for an Eternal Pose to Ohara or a detailed sea chart, but the local pose shop had neither. He then secretly entered a Marine Base to look for navigation information and reached a restricted records archive.

• Dawn disembarked from a passenger ship in the City of Queen Spring after throwing Wapol's corpse into the sea during the voyage.
• Dawn bought an ordinary Log Pose after a pose shop owner told him he had no Eternal Pose to Ohara or route information for it.
• Dawn noticed Marines on patrol and decided to search their base for the information he needed.
• Dawn used the Yami Yami no Mi to slip past the Marine Base's guards and search its buildings unnoticed.
• Dawn found the restricted records archive, unlocked its door with darkness, and entered the empty room.

Dawn stole maps from a Marine Base archive and took a merchant ship from the docks to begin his voyage toward Ohara. He left the City of Queen Spring alone aboard the ship after using his darkness to eliminate everyone on board.

• Dawn found sea charts for Ohara and the route to the Red Line, but failed to find maps of the islands he hoped to visit.
• Dawn left the Marine Base and went to the docks to find a ship.
• Dawn boarded a merchant ship and used Kurouzu to drag the crew into darkness.
• Dawn found a man and woman in the captain’s cabin and swallowed them into the Subspace.
• Dawn checked that the ship was empty, then sailed it out of the harbor toward the open sea.

Dawn reached Red Port and refined the Yami Yami no Mi to absorb the sound around him, making his stealth nearly silent. After Gion exposed him, Dawn convinced the Marine he was a harmless rookie Devil Fruit user and left to eat while staying alert for CP agents.

• Dawn arrived at Red Port after two months of travel and remained invisible to avoid being recognized near the World Government’s territory.
• Dawn used the Yami Yami no Mi to absorb sound around himself, improving his ability to move unseen and unheard.
• Gion stopped Dawn and ordered him to reveal himself after detecting the invisible person.
• Dawn pretended to be a nervous novice experimenting with a new ability, and Gion accepted his explanation and warned him not to turn invisible again.
• Gion envied Dawn for possessing the Suke Suke no Mi and resumed his patrol.
• Dawn found a restaurant, ordered food, and replenished his strength while watching for CP agents.

Dawn tested his ability to fly by absorbing gravity, but nearly ran out of stamina and landed safely at a New World Red Port. There, he found Stella imprisoned in a Public Employment Center and bought her freedom for three million Beli.

• Dawn used darkness to partially absorb gravity and rose into Kong, discovering that high-altitude flight consumed stamina far faster than he expected.
• Dawn abandoned his attempt to reach the nearest island by air and descended safely onto the New World side of Red Port.
• While searching for an open restaurant, Dawn spotted Stella behind bars at a Public Employment Center and decided to take her with him.
• Dawn paid the owner three million Beli, received the key and chain controls, and led Stella out of the shop.

Dawn stole a steamship from Red Port and set out across a low-risk Calm Belt route toward West Blue with Stella. After freeing her from her slave collar, he bluntly told her he liked her appearance and wanted her to be his wife, leaving her stunned and flustered.

• Dawn chose a steamship in Red Port and silently killed its crew with his darkness power while Stella watched.
• Dawn found a chart showing a low-risk Calm Belt route to West Blue, then started the ship and sailed away from the harbor.
• Once they were clear of Red Port, Dawn asked Stella why she had stayed silent, and she said her former owner had taught her not to speak without permission.
• Dawn unlocked Stella's slave collar and told her she could speak whenever she wanted.
• When Stella asked why he had chosen her, Dawn said he liked her looks and wanted her to be his wife, leaving her blushing and speechless.

Dawn tested Stella’s cooking and put her in charge of meals as they sailed toward the Calm Belt. A month later, the pirate captain Angelica spotted their steamship and ordered her crew to bring it alongside.

• Dawn asked Stella about her cooking and medical skills, then ordered her to prepare food.
• Stella cooked roasted meat, tasted it to prove it was safe, and Dawn assigned her the ship’s cooking from then on.
• Dawn steered the ship toward the Calm Belt while he and Stella sailed in tense silence.
• Angelica struck and berated Catarina Devon as her crew laughed at the injured girl.
• Angelica’s lookout spotted Dawn’s steamship, and Angelica ordered her crew to bring it alongside.

Dawn interrupted his attempt to take Stella to the bedroom when pirates rammed their ship, then confronted their captain, Angelica. He used his newly developed Air Pressure Pistol to blast Angelica through her ship and incapacitate the pirates around her.

• Dawn kissed Stella and carried her toward the bedroom, but a collision shook the steamship and forced him to investigate.
• Dawn found a pirate ship alongside his and decided he needed to develop an elemental clone ability to guard against surprise attacks.
• Angelica stopped her pirates from attacking and tried to capture Dawn for herself.
• Dawn compressed air in his Yami Yami no Mi's Subspace and struck Angelica with his Air Pressure Pistol.
• Angelica crashed through her ship's rail and into the lower cabin, where the ensuing shockwave injured nearby pirates.

Dawn killed the pirates who attacked his steamship and discovered a strange Devil Fruit among their belongings. He forced Stella to eat it, confirmed it was the Mythical Zoan Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit, and left her to learn to control its powers.

• Dawn boarded the sinking pirate ship and killed the surviving pirates, including the long-nosed girl hiding near the mast.
• Dawn looted the ship and returned to the steamship, where Stella accidentally opened a wooden box and revealed a strange fruit.
• Dawn recognized the fruit as a likely Mythical Zoan and forced Stella to eat it despite her protests.
• Stella transformed into Dawn, allowing him to confirm that the fruit was the Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nine-Tailed Fox Model.
• Stella changed back with fox ears and nine tails, and Dawn told her to practice controlling her transformations before leaving the dining room.

Three months into his voyage across the Calm Belt, Dawn and Stella reached its edge after training and surviving on Sea Kings. As two giant Sea Kings appeared ahead, Dawn prepared to fight them for another meal.

• Dawn asked Stella to change her Nine-Tailed Fox fur to white, and she transformed into a snow-white fox.
• Dawn buried his face in Stella’s fur, prompting her to breathe Flame at him before she escaped to the cabin.
• Dawn resumed his daily exercises and sensed a breeze that signaled they were nearing the West Blue.
• Two enormous Sea Kings, one frog-like and one parrot-like, burst from the sea beside the steamship.
• Dawn revealed that he had prolonged the voyage to battle Sea Kings for training and food, then eyed the new arrivals hungrily.

Dawn fought the Frog Sea King and Parrot Sea King, using his darkness abilities to absorb their attacks and unleash a compressed torrent of seawater. He killed the Parrot Sea King and blasted the Frog Sea King away, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Dawn launched himself from the ship and struck the Frog Sea King, sending it hurtling across the sea.
• Dawn dodged the Parrot Sea King's beak and punched its head, while the recovering Frog Sea King attacked them both with sonic waves.
• Dawn absorbed the sonic attack with his darkened arm, then swallowed the Parrot Sea King's tsunami into his darkness.
• Dawn compressed the absorbed seawater and fired it as the Great Torrent, piercing the Parrot Sea King's chest and killing it.
• The torrent's aftershock blew the Frog Sea King away as it rushed to attack.

Dawn and Stella reached Ohara after crossing the Calm Belt, and Dawn staged a shipwreck to gain access to the scholars. He waited on the shore with Stella disguised as an ordinary white fox, hoping Robin would find them.

• Dawn killed the Frog Sea King with his Compressed Air Gatling and brought its meat aboard the damaged ship.
• Dawn teased Stella about replacing their ship, and she fled to the cabin after he told her that anywhere with him was home.
• More than a month later, Dawn and Stella arrived at Ohara and landed on a secluded shore near the Tree of Knowledge.
• Dawn stored the old ship in Subspace, concealed Stella's extra tails, and scattered ship parts along the beach to create the appearance of a wreck.
• Dawn lay among the debris and told Stella to pose as his pet so Ohara's scholars would rescue them.

Robin endured abuse from the children of Ohara and the neglect of her aunt, then found an unconscious shipwrecked man on the coast. The man, Dawn, woke and pretended to be in pain as Robin watched him.

• Robin left the Tree of Knowledge and was pelted with stones and insults by children on her way home.
• Robin returned to her uncle’s house, cried alone, and completed the chores her aunt had left for her.
• Hungry, Robin took a discarded sandwich and went to her secret refuge on Ohara’s northwestern coast.
• Robin spotted a shipwrecked man on the shore and approached to check whether he was alive.
• The man, Dawn, woke when Robin touched his cheek and pretended to be hurt.

After surviving a shipwreck, Dawn met young Robin and persuaded her to keep his presence and identity secret. He and Stella then went into the forest to make camp, where Dawn used Vision Cage to conceal the sounds and light of his work.

• Dawn spoke with Robin and asked her not to tell anyone on the island about him.
• Dawn revealed his name and mentioned the Clow family, prompting Robin to recognize Doctor Clover’s surname and become curious.
• Robin promised to keep Dawn’s presence secret, then hurried back toward town before it grew later.
• After Robin left, Dawn got up and Stella climbed out of his shirt; they decided to build a temporary hut in the forest.
• Dawn created Vision Cage around part of the forest and felled a large tree, while the darkness swallowed the sounds of the impact and falling branches.

Dawn searched the Tree of Knowledge for sea charts but found too many to retrieve quietly, while discovering a complete guide to Life Return. He returned to Stella, and they began building a cabin on Ohara as he planned to earn Robin’s trust and ask for her help.

• Dawn sent Stella to process lumber while he went alone to search the Tree of Knowledge for the sea charts.
• Dawn found and took a book explaining Life Return and its training method, but found no practical Haki training guide.
• Dawn discovered thousands of sea charts in a storage room and decided against taking them by force because he would not kill Ohara’s scholars.
• Dawn returned to Stella without the charts and decided to build trust with Robin so she could help him locate the ones he needed.
• Dawn and Stella began building their temporary cabin on Ohara, with Stella claiming the roof as her responsibility.