Chapter Summaries

Dawn fought Golden Lion Shiki across Vermeyo Island until Shiki removed the ship’s wheel embedded in his skull and unleashed one final attack. Dawn’s finishing strike destroyed the island and killed Shiki, whose last thought was Roger.

• Golden Lion Shiki and Dawn clashed in a prolonged sword fight that scarred Vermeyo Island and left Shiki far more grievously wounded.
• Shiki pulled the half of the ship’s wheel from his skull, gaining a surge of strength despite his catastrophic injury.
• Dawn drew Kikoku and met Shiki’s final double slash with a powerful golden strike.
• The clash shattered Vermeyo Island and broke Kogarashi and Oto, while Kikoku remained intact.
• A line of blood appeared across Shiki’s neck, and he died murmuring Roger’s name.

After recovering from his battle with Golden Lion, Dawn expanded his forces, restored Vermo Island for the Shandia and Angel Island residents, and sailed to Carnival City, his hometown. The chapter left Dawn and his crew arriving there on their way to Water 7.

• Kuina admired Kikoku's new black blade, and Dawn teased her about becoming the woman of the world's greatest swordsman.
• Dawn shared dinner with the women, then fell asleep in the bath; Perona and Baby 5 later ended up in his bed.
• Dawn ordered Lafitte, Lucci, and Kaku to recruit pirate crews and nations as subordinate forces in the New World.
• After his injuries healed, Dawn restored Vermo Island and gave it to the Shandia and Angel Island residents before taking the remaining gold.
• Dawn changed course after Violet found no sign of Foxy and his crew at Long Ring Long Land, and David's Revenge arrived at Carnival City.

Dawn returned to Carnival City with Yamato and Hancock and found the ruins of his childhood home. When Oliver and Karma’s slave-catching crew threatened to flee after spotting them, Dawn let the former slaves traveling with him pursue the traffickers despite Karma’s connection to Whitebeard.

• Dawn brought Yamato and Hancock from the eastern harbor to the slums, while Oliver and Karma arrived at the western harbor with their pirate crews.
• Oliver and Karma led pirates through the slums, chaining residents and preparing to take them away as slaves.
• Dawn found his childhood home reduced to ruins and comforted Yamato and Hancock by calling them his home.
• Karma and Oliver recognized Dawn and ordered their crew to retreat, abandoning their interest in capturing Yamato and Hancock.
• The white fox and puppy asked Dawn for permission to chase the slave catchers, and Dawn encouraged them to go despite Karma’s ties to Whitebeard.

Stella and Koala confronted the traffickers Karma and Oliver at the harbor, where the pirates had imprisoned civilians. They killed both men and left the remaining pirates facing them.

• Karma and Oliver ordered their pirates to capture Stella and Koala alive, intending to sell them as slaves.
• Stella and Koala used the Black Maria Drug to reveal their Zoan human-beast forms and cut down the pirates who charged them.
• Karma attacked Stella, but she froze and shattered him with a barrage of Haki-coated punches.
• Oliver tried to flee, but a giant three-headed dog bit his legs and Koala killed him with Haki-coated claws.

Dawn and his companions visited Water 7, where an unusually sudden Aqua Laguna threatened to destroy the city. At Vivi’s request, Dawn stopped the gigantic tsunami, and Water 7’s residents celebrated their survival.

• Dawn, Yamato, Vivi, and Mansherry toured Water 7 and ate Water Water Meat while CP agents watched from afar.
• Aqua Laguna struck without warning, and Dawn explained the tsunami to his companions as they headed toward the harbor.
• Vivi asked Dawn to save the residents, and he agreed, hoping to test himself against a natural disaster.
• A towering wave approached Water 7, leaving its residents and Iceburg overwhelmed with fear.
• Dawn rose into the air and shattered the tsunami with a force field, clearing the storm clouds as well.
• Water 7’s survivors cheered and thanked Dawn for saving the city.

Dawn and his companions took the sea train from Water 7 to Enies Lobby, where Yamato knocked out the guards with her Haki. Dawn secretly incapacitated Peng'en and brought Vivi and Mansherry to the island, leaving the group before Enies Lobby's main gate.

• Dawn bought tickets for himself and Yamato, Vivi, and Mansherry, then boarded the train as grateful passengers and CP agents watched.
• Peng'en asked Dawn why he was going to Enies Lobby, and Dawn said he would leave if the people there did not provoke him.
• The sea train reached Enies Lobby, and Yamato rushed ashore to admire the island.
• Marines and CP agents charged Yamato, who knocked them unconscious with an invisible burst of pressure.
• Dawn rendered Peng'en unconscious, brought Vivi and Mansherry ashore with gravity control, and landed before the main gate.

Dawn reached Enies Lobby with Yamato and Vivi, while Oimo and Kashii left after learning Brogy and Dorry were safe. Vivi fought CP9’s strongest members, and Robin killed Spandine, leaving Dawn’s group in control of the Justice Tower.

• Dawn convinced Oimo and Kashii that Brogy and Dorry were safe, gave them Elbaf liquor, and let them leave Enies Lobby.
• Dawn brought Yamato and Vivi to the Justice Tower, where Spandine and CP9’s Jerry, Wanze, and Nero prepared to fight.
• Dawn assigned the CP9 members to Vivi, who revealed her sand powers and fatally wounded Nero with a Haki-coated Sand Blade.
• Vivi killed Jerry and Wanze with a Haki-infused sand tornado after they attacked her together.
• Robin appeared through an Air Door and crushed Spandine with a gigantic Haki-coated arm.

Dawn arrived at Impel Down with his crew and used Nojiko’s Air Door to reach Infinite Hell while searching for World. He intended to take the More-More Fruit from World and give it to Jesus Burgess, and the chapter ended with them inside the prison.

• Dawn comforted Robin about Ohara and promised to let her beat up Saturn, and Robin kissed his cheek.
• Dawn asked Yamato whether she wanted to fight Magellan, and she offered to take the match if the others declined.
• Commander Akehende put the Marines around Impel Down on highest alert after hearing that Dawn might arrive.
• Nojiko opened an Air Door into the Subspace, and Dawn, Jesus Burgess, and Nojiko emerged on Impel Down’s sixth level.
• Dawn searched the cells for World, planning to obtain the More-More Fruit for Jesus Burgess.

Dawn entered Infinite Hell, took Byrnndi World and transferred the More-More Fruit to Jesus Burgess, then recruited Shiryu and Douglas Bullet. Bullet accepted Dawn’s challenge to fight after regaining his strength, with the loser serving the winner.

• Dawn had Nojiko open an Air Door in Byrnndi World’s cell and took World away, transferring the More-More Fruit to Jesus Burgess.
• Shiryu confronted Dawn, while the prisoners’ taunts prompted Dawn to unleash his Conqueror’s Haki and clash with Bullet’s.
• Dawn overpowered Bullet in their clash, leaving most of the weakened prisoners unconscious and causing the surveillance Den Den Mushi to fail.
• Dawn offered Shiryu a place with him, and Shiryu agreed before stepping through an Air Door into Subspace.
• Dawn challenged Douglas Bullet to fight once Bullet had regained his strength, and Bullet accepted the terms.

Jesus Burgess and Van Augur attacked Magellan in Impel Down, using oxygen gear and Armament Haki to withstand poison while Burgess countered Magellan’s powerful venom techniques. The chapter ended with Burgess seizing Magellan from behind as Van Augur aimed a modified shot at him.

• Burgess and Van Augur emerged from a transparent door and confronted Magellan in Impel Down’s Blazing Hell.
• Magellan summoned a Venom Dragon, but Burgess shattered it with a shockwave while his Haki barrier repelled the poison.
• Magellan unleashed the Venomous Giant Soldier, and Burgess’s amplified shockwave broke its arm and clashed with Magellan’s attack.
• Magellan realized the intruders appeared to be targeting his Venom-Venom Fruit, while Van Augur fired an Armament Haki-coated bullet at him.
• Burgess used Soru and his Devil Fruit power to appear behind Magellan and clamp an arm around his neck, resisting the surrounding venom with his Haki barrier.

Jesus Burgess and Van Augur mortally wounded Magellan while he fought to protect Impel Down. Dawn arrived and killed Magellan, leaving Hannyabal and the surviving jailers to face the intruders.

• Van Augur shot Magellan several times, and Jesus Burgess sent Hannyabal and the jailers flying when they rushed to defend the Warden.
• Hannyabal stood his ground against the intruders, and Magellan used the crumbling Venomous Giant Soldier to shield him from Van Augur's shot.
• Jesus Burgess struck Magellan with a fortyfold-amplified blow, destroying the Venomous Giant Soldier and leaving Magellan barely alive.
• Dawn emerged from an Air Door and told Magellan he would see him off.
• Magellan unleashed a Venom Dragon at Dawn, but Dawn blocked it and killed him with a Haki-powered attack.

Sabo and the others drove Kizaru to abandon pursuit outside Impel Down, and Kizaru entered the prison. Three days later, Bullet recovered and began his agreed fight with Dawn on an unnamed Calm Belt island, ending as he charged Dawn with a powerful punch.

• Sabo dodged Kizaru’s light-speed kick and attacked him with a flaming fist, while Kizaru blocked the blow with Armament Haki.
• A lightning bolt signaled the agreed ceasefire, and a purple-black torrent forced Kizaru to retreat from the attack; he refused Akhenn’s request to pursue and entered Impel Down.
• Three days later, Bullet told Dawn he was ready to honor their agreement, and Dawn chose an unnamed island in the Calm Belt as their battlefield.
• Bullet tested his strength against a boulder, then charged Dawn with Conqueror’s Haki and swung a massive Armament Haki-coated fist at him.

Dawn overwhelmed Bullet in their clash, forcing Bullet to awaken his Combine-Combine Fruit and build himself into a hundred-meter mineral giant. Dawn summoned a meteor shower that smashed the giant apart, leaving Bullet under attack as the battle continued.

• Dawn met Bullet’s charged punch head-on and sent him flying with a Haki-coated blow.
• Bullet awakened his Combine-Combine Fruit and fused the island’s minerals into a giant over a hundred meters tall.
• Shiryu and Aramaki watched from David's Revenge as Dawn prepared to counter the giant’s size.
• Dawn used the Press-Press Fruit to draw hundreds of meteors from space toward the island.
• The meteors struck Bullet’s mineral giant, shattering its body and rapidly shrinking it.

Dawn battled Bullet on Unnamed Island, overcoming his mineral giant and defeating him in a clash of overwhelming strength and speed. Bullet lost consciousness, leaving Dawn as the victor.

• Aramaki cheered as Dawn's meteors battered Bullet's mineral giant, while Shiryu recognized Dawn's terrifying strength.
• Bullet reinforced his reduced mineral giant with Armament Haki and charged Dawn with Ultimate Cannon.
• Dawn stopped Bullet's punch, lifted the giant by one leg, and hurled it into a mountain, shattering both the mountain and the giant.
• Bullet fused Armament Haki into his body and unleashed a barrage of punches, while Dawn met his attacks with a storm of blows.
• After three minutes of fighting, Bullet collapsed unconscious in a crater, and Dawn won.

Dawn and Enel searched the Florian Triangle for Brook by following the song “Binks’ Sake.” After Dawn told Brook that Laboon was still waiting for him at Twin Cape, Brook agreed to join Dawn’s crew so he could one day fulfill their promise.

• Dawn played “Binks’ Sake” and ordered Enel to locate its source in the Florian Triangle.
• Enel sensed the song through the fog, and Nojiko opened an Air Door for Enel and Dawn to travel toward it.
• Dawn and Enel found Brook playing piano aboard a wrecked ship.
• Dawn identified Brook and told him that Laboon was still waiting for him with Crocus at Twin Cape.
• Brook wept with relief, then accepted Dawn’s invitation to join his crew and return to Laboon after sailing around the world.

Dawn welcomed Brook aboard after learning that Gunko was Princess Zhuli, the woman Brook had once known, and promised him a chance to confront her. After Brook buried the Rumbar Pirates’ relics, the crew reached Sabaody Archipelago, where the women went shopping before the group followed a tempting aroma to a takoyaki stall.

• Dawn asked Brook about Gunko and explained that the God's Knights' contract had stopped her from aging and that she had killed Harald under the World Government's control.
• Brook recalled Princess Zhuli and vowed to demand an explanation from Imu, while Dawn promised to leave Gunko to him when they settled their score with the King of the World.
• Dawn accompanied Brook as he buried the Rumbar Pirates' relics, played piano, sang "Binks' Sake," and promised to return to Laboon after sailing around the world.
• David's Revenge left the Florian Triangle and reached Sabaody Archipelago, where Dawn had Franky hide the ship in the sky before Nojiko opened a door to the island.
• Nami, Hancock, and Yamato persuaded Dawn to follow them to the GR30 shopping district, where they shopped while he stored their purchases in his Subspace.
• The group followed the smell of food through nearby alleys and stopped at an inconspicuous takoyaki stall.

Dawn and the women enjoyed takoyaki in Sabaody Archipelago while a slaver gang tried to capture Yamato and Hancock. Nami killed Macro and his men with lightning, and the group left with their food to continue exploring.

• Yamato tried the octopus Fish-Man vendor's takoyaki and was moved to tears by how delicious it was.
• Yamato shared the takoyaki with Hancock, and Nami ate some using her cloud body.
• Dawn bought all the vendor's takoyaki and learned that Fish-Men did not consider fish their companions.
• Two Fish-Men spotted Yamato and Hancock and went to summon Macro's Crew to capture them.
• Dawn sent Nami to deal with Macro's gang, and she struck them with lightning until they were reduced to cinders.
• Dawn paid the vendor, took the takoyaki, and left with the women to keep exploring.

On Sabaody Archipelago, Davy D. Dawn intervened when Saint Charlos tried to take a little girl as his wife, killing the Celestial Dragon and his guards. Dawn and his companions continued down the street, leaving the rescued civilians and freed slaves to thank him as the crowd fled in panic.

• Saint Charlos stopped his procession when a little girl collapsed in the road and declared that he wanted her as his wife.
• The girl's mother begged Saint Charlos to spare her, but he aimed his pistol at her forehead.
• Davy D. Dawn used gravity to slam Saint Charlos into the pavement, and Hancock's presence turned him to stone.
• Dawn wielded the petrified Saint Charlos against the CP Agents and Holy Land Guard soldiers, killing them all before crushing the statue to powder.
• Dawn continued down the street with Hancock, Yamato, and Nami as the mother and daughter, dancers, and former slave thanked him.

Dawn and his companions visited Rip-off Bar on Sabaody, where he reunited with Rayleigh and Shakky after a bounty hunter’s attack provoked their combined Conqueror’s Haki. Meanwhile, Saint Garling struggled to contain Saint Rosward’s demand for revenge over Saint Charlos’s death, leaving the World Government wary of confronting Dawn.

• A bounty hunter shot at Dawn, and Dawn, Hancock, and Yamato fused their Conqueror’s Haki to destroy the bullet and kill the attacker; his companion fled.
• Rayleigh recognized Dawn’s Haki, welcomed Dawn and the women into Rip-off Bar, and caught up with him over drinks.
• Shakky spoke with Hancock, Nami, and Yamato, and their conversation gradually eased the tension between them.
• Saint Garling recalled that the World Government had identified Dawn as Saint Charlos’s killer but had hesitated to send an Admiral because Dawn might defeat one.
• Saint Garling calmed Saint Rosward and Shalria for the moment, though he remained unsure how the Celestial Dragons could settle matters with Dawn.

Dawn traveled to Fish-Man Island and visited the fortune-teller Shyarly to learn what awaited him. Shyarly foresaw Dawn’s final battle but misinterpreted the others’ visions, and he left the Mermaid Café convinced her predictions were accurate while her readings were not.

• Dawn took a Submarine to Fish-Man Island, where he and Yamato knocked out attacking Sea Kings with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Dawn and his companions arrived at Coral Hill and found the locals hurrying toward a commotion, but he continued to the Mermaid Café to meet Shyarly.
• Shyarly foresaw Dawn and a demon being swallowed by darkness above Mary Geoise, which Dawn recognized as his future battle with Imu.
• Shyarly predicted that Yamato would freeze to death, and Dawn guessed she had seen Yamato freezing herself to defend against an attack.
• Shyarly gave Robin, Perona, Reiju, and Baby 5 bizarre death predictions, and Dawn concluded that her visions were accurate but her interpretations were poor.
• Dawn paid Shyarly and left the café with his companions.