Chapter Summaries

After the Battle of Hive Island, Dawn’s group reached Lodestar Island, learned that four red Poneglyphs were needed to find Laugh Tale, and suspected the World Government had hidden the missing one. They left to continue toward Twin Cape, while five pirate ships approached Reverse Mountain to hunt a whale.

• Dawn apologized to Robin for failing to leave Saturn alive for her, and Robin said Saturn’s death was enough.
• Nami asked what Dawn planned to do after reaching Lodestar Island, and Dawn said he would return to the New World to claim territory.
• Imu refused to act against Dawn’s group and appointed Garling as the new Warrior God of Scientific Defense.
• Dawn, Yamato, Robin, and Nami arrived at Lodestar Island, where Robin read a monument explaining that four red Poneglyphs led to Laugh Tale.
• Dawn and Robin discussed the missing red Poneglyph and considered that the World Government might have hidden it; the group left Lodestar Island aboard David's Revenge.
• Five pirate ships approached Reverse Mountain, and a pirate told Captain Weijun that a whale regularly rammed the mountain and would be easy to catch.

Weijun’s growing pirate fleet reached the Grand Line as he boasted of becoming Pirate King, but a gigantic whale named Laboon destroyed two of his ships. Weijun rejected Grace’s suggestion to retreat and ordered his crew to attack the beast.

• Grace shot a pirate who had tried to press her for a promised reward, while Weijun watched the distant lighthouse.
• Weijun recalled how his new technique had helped him defeat pirates and expand his crew to nearly three thousand members and five ships.
• Weijun bragged that he would become Pirate King, then a colossal whale erupted from the sea and smashed two of his ships.
• Grace recognized the whale as the creature someone had mentioned and suggested raiding an island for food instead of fighting it.
• Weijun slapped Grace and ordered his crew to bring the ship closer so he could kill the whale and avenge the fallen pirates.

Weijun’s pirates attacked Laboon, but Brook returned and fought to protect him. Brook rushed toward Weijun’s flagship, where an unseen Gravity Field destroyed the remaining pirate ships and their crews.

• Weijun ordered his ships to pursue and shoot Laboon, while Crocus rushed into the sea to protect him.
• Brook arrived, defeated the pirates aboard one ship, and told Laboon he had come back for him.
• Crocus recognized Brook and realized he had returned after learning Laboon had waited for him.
• Weijun climbed Laboon’s scarred head, and Grace spotted Brook approaching and ordered the pirates to fire.
• An invisible Gravity Field crushed the cannonballs and destroyed the remaining pirate ships, leaving Weijun’s fate unresolved.

Brook reunited with Laboon after forty-two years, after killing Weijun, who had attacked Laboon. The reunion left Brook facing the painful choice of telling Laboon that the rest of the Rumbar Pirates were gone.

• Brook rushed to Laboon and struck down Weijun with Nocturne: Straight Through after Weijun attacked him.
• Weijun learned that the technique he had encountered was Haki before he died and fell into the sea.
• Brook apologized to Laboon for making it wait and revealed himself by recalling their shared memories and his afro.
• Laboon recognized Brook, joyfully welcomed him back, and asked whether the other Rumbar Pirates were well.
• Chopper translated Laboon's words as Brook prepared to tell it the truth about the crew.

Brook used the Rumbar Pirates’ final recording and Dawn’s Transforming Leaves to perform “Binks’ Sake” for Laboon, who understood the crew had died. Meanwhile, Crocus confirmed Roger named Laugh Tale after the song but could not reveal the fourth Red Stone’s whereabouts, while Dawn disclosed that he had found the Sun God and Poseidon.

• Brook played the Rumbar Pirates’ recording of “Binks’ Sake” for Laboon and accompanied it on his violin.
• Dawn gave Brook Transforming Leaves, which Brook turned into replicas of the Rumbar Pirates to perform alongside him.
• As the replicas vanished, Laboon grieved, understood the crew’s fate, and gently rubbed its head against Brook.
• Dawn asked Crocus about Laugh Tale and the fourth Red Stone, and Crocus confirmed Roger named the island after the song but said the crew did not know where the Red Stones were afterward.
• Dawn told Crocus he had found the Sun God and Poseidon, and Crocus remarked that the World Government sought to erase the David Clan because of its knowledge.

Dawn arranged for Laboon’s scars to be healed and moved him to Sky Island to protect Brook from the World Government. Meanwhile, he ordered Kuro and Krieg to test Luffy, then decided to make Kuro Luffy’s navigator while leaving the rest of the crew to chance.

• Dawn arranged for Luo and Mansherry to remove Laboon’s scars, and Mansherry healed the wounds after the surgery.
• Dawn warned Brook that Imu might target Laboon, so they agreed to move Laboon to Sky Island until the World Government threat was dealt with.
• In Loguetown, Kuro ordered Krieg to kill the black-haired youth in a photograph, and Krieg dismissed Kuro’s warning about the target’s strength.
• Dawn told Kuro to follow up on the assassination mission, intending to use it to test Luffy and adjust his plans.
• After reviewing reports on Kuro and Krieg, Dawn decided Kuro would join Luffy as navigator and left Luffy to find his other companions himself.

Luffy finished training Gear Second and set out to rescue women kidnapped from Foosha Village, reaching Krieg’s base on Goth Island. He freed them by launching Krieg through a stone wall, leaving Krieg sprawled outside.

• Luffy shattered a large rock with Gear Second and decided he was ready to set sail.
• Luffy spared the forest animals because he considered them his friends, then learned that a thug had kidnapped several village women.
• Luffy promised to rescue the women and crossed the whirlpool in a barrel aboard a stolen fishing boat.
• Krieg held the kidnapped women at his Goth Island fortress, intending to use them to lure and kill Luffy.
• Luffy burst out of the barrel, sensed Krieg’s malice with Observation Haki, and punched him through the fortress wall.

Luffy fought Krieg, whose Ancient Zoan transformation and alien-tech armor made him a nearly immovable opponent. Luffy used Gear Second and advanced Haki to kill Krieg, while Kuro watched from afar and left with some of his doubts about Luffy eased.

• Krieg transformed into his Ancient Zoan Daeodon form and attacked Luffy with his technologically modified Great Battle Spear.
• Luffy dodged Krieg’s heavy blows while looking for a way to strike through his defenses without endangering the villagers.
• Kuro watched the fight from a distant ship and questioned why Dawn had spent resources testing Luffy.
• Luffy activated Gear Second and used Jet Hawk Rifle to shatter Krieg’s spear, armor, and Haki before fatally crushing his heart.
• Kuro acknowledged that Luffy had some skill, then turned his ship around and disappeared into the ocean.

Luffy arrived in Shells Town, beat Helmeppo, and set out to rescue the bespectacled man he hoped to make his first companion. On Winner Island, Oven and Daifuku brought Baron Tamago to attack Dawn’s new Headquarters, where Uta, Chopper, and Brook stood in their way.

• Luffy reached Shells Town, ate at a tavern, and beat Helmeppo after he demanded Luffy’s money.
• Rika told Luffy that a bespectacled man had been imprisoned at the Marine training grounds for defending her and the villagers.
• Luffy climbed into the Marine training grounds and decided to rescue the wounded man and recruit him as his first companion.
• Oven and Daifuku arrived on Winner Island with Baron Tamago to attack Dawn’s Headquarters while Dawn was away.
• Uta, Chopper, and Brook blocked the attackers, and Oven sent Baron Tamago forward to fight them.

Dawn moved Fish-Man Island from the deep sea to the White Sea, where its people began settling beside Gan Fall’s Sky Island kingdom. After ensuring the new location was safe, Dawn departed for home with Jinbe, leaving Shirahoshi under local protection.

• Uta blocked Baron Tamago’s attack on Chopper, and Chopper, Uta, and Brook defeated him before he transformed and knocked them back.
• Hancock stopped Yamato from joining the fight, explaining that the encounter was a trial for the three fighters.
• Dawn used the Press-Press Fruit to lift Fish-Man Island onto the White Sea, where its citizens experienced sunlight for the first time.
• Dawn introduced Neptune and Otohime to Gan Fall, and the leaders welcomed each other and began making plans for the settlement.
• Dawn moved the White Sea region carrying Fish-Man Island and God’s Country to a safer location, then left with Jinbe while Shirahoshi stayed with Gan Fall and Wyper.

On Winner Island, Uta and Brook fought Oven and Daifuku through an increasingly brutal battle. Brook grew stronger during the fight, overcame the Genie with soul power, and left Daifuku defeated by a near-fatal slash.

• Uta attacked Oven with musical notes and Haki-coated staffs, but the Genie shoved him clear and was caught in the restraints.
• Brook used the Genie's distraction to attack Daifuku, whose close-combat training helped him withstand the strikes.
• Brook's strength and freezing sword techniques grew during the battle, and he split the Genie with one slash.
• Daifuku realized Brook's soul power was preventing the Genie from reforming and tried to defend himself with Haki.
• Brook vanished from Daifuku's sight and struck him from behind with Song of Plunder: Blizzard Slash, leaving him badly wounded and unconscious.

Uta defeated Oven with her awakened music powers, while Chopper’s desperate transformation let him overwhelm Baron Tamago. Yamato stopped Tamago’s escape, and the exhausted fighters fell unconscious as Sugar turned Oven, Daifuku, and Tamago into Toy Soldiers.

• Oven charged Uta, but her awakened music world shattered his Haki and knocked him unconscious.
• Chopper swallowed two Rumble Balls, transformed into a giant monster, and crushed Baron Tamago with a blow that sent him fleeing as Viscount Rooster.
• Yamato intercepted Viscount Rooster with a Conqueror’s Haki strike, leaving him unable to move and unconscious.
• Van Augur brought Doc Q to Chopper, and Doc Q’s Sick-Sick Fruit made Chopper shrink back to normal and pass out.
• Sugar turned the unconscious Oven, Daifuku, and Baron Tamago into Toy Soldiers.

Dawn stored the Devil Fruits reclaimed from the defeated attackers, rewarded Uta, Brook, and Chopper, and checked on the recovering Gion. Stussy then warned him that Buckingham and her son Edward Weevil were about to encounter Zephyr’s Navy training ship, where Zephyr’s asthma was troubling him.

• Dawn decided he would spare no opponents unless they were Senior Executives and planned to wait until his forces were stronger before fighting the World Government.
• Dawn praised and rewarded Uta, Brook, and Chopper for their performances, then visited Gion as she recovered after Monet shared her lifespan.
• Stussy told Dawn that Buckingham and Edward Weevil were about to cross paths with Zephyr and his Navy recruit training ship.
• Zephyr coughed from his severe asthma while working aboard the training ship.

Zephyr reviewed the Marine Elite Training Camp’s top recruits, Ain and Binz, while reflecting on the Marines’ declining talent and his own illness. An unknown attacker reached the warship and revealed himself as Edward Weevil, whose overwhelming strength left the Marines mistaking him for Whitebeard.

• Zephyr returned to duty and reviewed the files of Ain and Binz, the camp’s two most promising trainees.
• Zephyr considered the limits of the recruits’ potential and the importance of Haki before an alarm announced an unknown boat approaching.
• Zephyr sensed a familiar presence aboard the approaching boat but could not identify it.
• A Marine instructor attacked the stranger with Finger Pistol, but Weevil’s Haki stopped the strike.
• Weevil killed the instructor with a single blow from his naginata and landed on the warship’s deck.
• The Marines saw Weevil’s crescent-shaped mustache, mistook him for Whitebeard, and called for Admiral Zephyr.

Buckingham ordered Edward Weevil to attack a Marine warship and plunder its valuable cargo. She then spotted Zephyr on the deck and urgently told Weevil to stop before he approached him.

• Zephyr looked at Edward Weevil and suspected he was an impostor posing as Whitebeard.
• Buckingham appeared on Edward Weevil's shoulder and told him to kill the Marines without damaging the warship's treasure.
• Edward Weevil agreed and stepped forward to attack.
• Buckingham spotted Zephyr's purple hair and told Edward Weevil to stop.

Zephyr confronted Edward Weevil and Buckingham aboard a Marine training ship, while Dawn secretly watched to ensure events followed his plan. Zephyr and Weevil traded blows, and the fight remained unresolved as Zephyr charged through Weevil’s blade aura.

• Buckingham recognized Zephyr and panicked, while Zephyr mocked her and questioned whether Weevil was Whitebeard’s son.
• Dawn secretly observed the confrontation and revealed he intended to use Weevil’s rise to public attention to influence the Marines and push Zephyr toward defection.
• Zephyr attacked Weevil to protect the trainees, and Weevil blocked his punch with his Naginata, sending a shockwave across the ship.
• Zephyr recognized Weevil’s immense strength but noted his clumsy fighting, while Buckingham feared Weevil was not strong enough to challenge an admiral.
• Weevil swung his Haki-coated Naginata, and Zephyr charged through the blade aura with his armored fist, declaring, “Black Arm: Pulverize!”

Zephyr overwhelmed Weevil, but Buckingham attacked the Marine cadets to force him to defend them. As she slaughtered the cadets and Zephyr’s asthma worsened, Weevil recovered and approached the weakened admiral.

• Zephyr sent Weevil flying with a series of powerful blows, while Dawn suspected Weevil had used the Ultimate Hostage Tactic to injure Zephyr in the original timeline.
• Buckingham transformed into a bat and charged at the Marine cadets, forcing Zephyr to abandon his attack and protect them.
• Zephyr knocked Buckingham off balance with Dragon Twister, but an asthma attack disrupted his attempt to finish her.
• The Marine instructors tried to stop Buckingham, but she bypassed them and drained several cadets of their blood.
• Zephyr coughed up blood as his strength rapidly fell, and Weevil recovered and advanced toward him.

Buckingham and Weevil exploited Zephyr’s asthma to overwhelm him and slaughter the Navy training camp’s instructors. Zephyr remained trapped inside the warship as fear spread among the surviving trainees.

• Buckingham recognized that Zephyr was suffering from asthma and ordered Weevil to kill him while he was vulnerable.
• Weevil struck Zephyr with his Haki-coated naginata, sending him through the deck and into the warship’s interior.
• The instructors attacked Weevil to buy time for Zephyr, but their techniques could not penetrate his Haki armor.
• Buckingham bypassed the instructors and continued killing trainees while urging Weevil to wipe out everyone aboard.
• Weevil’s sweeping blade attack killed all the instructors and several trainees, while its aftermath wounded Ain.
• With Zephyr still unable to emerge, despair and fear spread through the surviving trainees.

Buckingham and Weevil attacked Zephyr’s Marine training camp, and Zephyr lost his right forearm while saving Ain. Dawn secretly kept the severed arm, then the story shifted to Queen and the Beasts Pirates arriving at Winner Island.

• Binz used his Devil Fruit power to bind Weevil’s legs with vines while Buckingham killed the remaining trainees.
• Buckingham ordered Weevil to unleash maximum-quality Armament Haki at Ain, forcing Zephyr to rush to her rescue.
• Zephyr pushed Ain out of the way, and Weevil’s slash severed Zephyr’s right forearm.
• Buckingham escaped with the exhausted Weevil, while Dawn secretly stored Zephyr’s severed arm and planned to recruit him later.
• Queen and several Beasts Pirates arrived at Winner Island to demand an audience, and the crew flinched at a thunderous sound they associated with Kaido’s Thunder Bagua.

Yamato turned away Queen’s Beasts Pirates from the island, and Dawn concluded that Kaido was preparing to strengthen himself. Dawn then arranged for Morgans to publicize Luffy’s identity before learning that Katakuri and Cracker were leading a fleet from Totto Land toward Winner Island.

• Yamato told Queen that her group would use the island as a foothold but would not expand, and Queen left after warning his men not to provoke her.
• Queen scolded Laheel and Hector for dismissing Yamato’s strength and ordered them not to cause trouble.
• Dawn told Yamato that Kaido was likely developing his Devil Fruit abilities and Haki while preparing for a critical stage of growth.
• Dawn asked Morgans to publicize that Luffy was Garp’s grandson, Dragon’s son, and a Gum-Gum Fruit user so the World Government would pursue him.
• Violet told Dawn that Katakuri and Cracker were leading a fleet from Totto Land toward Winner Island, and Dawn summoned Zoro and Sanji to prepare for their arrival.