Chapter Summaries

Luo Ji and his companions sailed toward Dressrosa while training and trying to escape Kaido’s territory. After the Beasts Pirates placed massive bounties on them, the Red Hair Pirates took interest in Luo Ji and Ace’s D. names, while Whitebeard vowed to protect Hiyori and the others.

• Luo Ji chose a course for Dressrosa to avoid Big Mom’s territory and leave the Beasts Pirates’ waters, while Yamato trained and Tama practiced Onimaru’s Onyudo ability.
• Luo Ji and Yamato trained through the New World’s extreme weather as they sailed.
• The Beasts Pirates issued bounties for Hiyori, Karamatsu, Denjiro, Ace, Luo Ji, and Yamato, setting Yamato’s bounty at one billion.
• Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates discussed Luo Ji and Ace’s Clan of D. connections and celebrated the two rookies with a banquet.
• Whitebeard learned that Kaido had placed a bounty on Hiyori and ordered the Underground World warned that anyone who attacked her and the others would become an enemy of the Whitebeard Pirates.

News of Gol D. Luo Ji and his companions stirred the New World, but the Five Elders focused on moving Vegapunk while Garp and Sengoku considered the growing trouble. Meanwhile, the Luo Ji Pirates sailed toward Dressrosa and eagerly landed on the first island they had encountered since leaving Wano Country.

• The Five Elders discussed Luo Ji’s Gol D. name, then prioritized moving Vegapunk and the Science Team to Egghead after Caesar Clown’s disaster on Punk Hazard.
• Garp laughed at news of Ace and Luo Ji, then left Sengoku’s office somberly and thought about returning to Foosha Village to discipline Luffy.
• Sengoku wondered why the Beasts Pirates had placed a one-billion-Beli bounty on Yamato and ordered spies to investigate her and Luo Ji.
• Doflamingo decided not to pursue Luo Ji’s group after the Whitebeard Pirates took their side, and asked Vergo to investigate a scientist held at the New World G-5 Prison.
• Luo Ji planned to obtain Vegapunk’s Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit for Komachiyo, while the crew followed the Log Pose toward Dressrosa.
• Yamato spotted the first island since the crew left Wano Country, and Luo Ji agreed to land there with the excited crew.

Luo Ji and Yamato arrived at Kura Island, where greedy samurai planned to rob their small pirate crew. Luo Ji prepared to expose Yamato to the dangers of the outer seas, and she declared that they should crush anyone who tried to take their ship or treasure.

• The chapter described how the impoverished Kingdom of Kura fell under the Beasts Pirates’ rule and raised taxes on its people.
• Kojiro grieved that Kikuhime had become engaged to the prince of Kura, while Kikuhime accepted the marriage to protect her family.
• Luo Ji and Yamato approached Kura Island and saw the Beasts Pirates’ flag flying over its port.
• The port samurai mistook the small crew for easy prey and prepared to inspect their ship, while Luo Ji released chests of treasure to tempt them.
• Luo Ji asked Yamato what they should do if the samurai tried to seize their ship and treasure, and Yamato answered that they should crush them.

Luo Ji and his companions killed samurai who attacked their ship and marched into the Kingdom of Kura, throwing the kingdom into chaos. Kojiro fled with Kikuhime but collapsed on the beach, where a strange patterned fruit washed ashore.

• The samurai captain ordered his men to attack Luo Ji and Yamato for their treasure, and Luo Ji’s group wiped out the attackers.
• Luo Ji, Yamato, Tama, Komachiyo, and Onimaru came ashore as the royal family and nobles fled and sought help from the Beasts Pirates.
• Kojiro confessed his love to Kikuhime, then carried her away from the Mikami Family’s evacuation party.
• Prince Kula’s elite samurai caught up with Kojiro, but Kikuhime stopped them from killing him, and the wounded Kojiro escaped alone.
• Kojiro collapsed from blood loss beside the beach, and a strange patterned fruit drifted ashore.

Luo Ji found a wounded samurai and a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, the Model: Nue, then gave the fruit to Komachiyo instead of recruiting the samurai. At Yamato’s request, Luo Ji agreed to help Kojiro confront the Kura royal family, while Komachiyo gained the ability to fly.

• Yamato spotted fighting ahead, and Luo Ji rode her wolf form toward the source with Tama and the pets.
• Luo Ji found a Devil Fruit beside the wounded Kojiro and had Yamato and Tama treat his injuries.
• Kojiro asked Luo Ji to rescue Kikuhime and overthrow Prince Kula and the Kura royal family, offering to become his subordinate.
• Luo Ji rejected Kojiro, but agreed to help after Yamato urged him to take part in the adventure.
• Luo Ji gave the Mythical Zoan, Model: Nue, to Komachiyo, which transformed and took to the sky.

Luo Ji, Yamato, and Tama pursued Kura Island’s fleeing royals while Luo Ji’s painted mythical beasts wiped out a samurai squad sent to kill Kojiro. A flying Nue found the royal party, leaving Prince Kula and the nobles terrified as the pirates closed in.

• Tama rode Komachiyo alongside Yamato and Luo Ji as they chased the Kura royal family and nobles, carrying the injured Kojiro with them.
• In the forest, Prince Kula sent a secret samurai squad to kill Kojiro after learning Kikuhime had released him.
• A Beasts Pirates Headliner received Kura Island’s plea for help but sent only a fleet to investigate, unaware Yamato and Luo Ji were there.
• Luo Ji summoned painted mythical beasts to hunt down and kill Prince Kula’s samurai squad while Yamato and Kojiro watched.
• Nue spotted the royal party in the forest, and the royals and nobles panicked when they saw the flaming monster overhead.

Yamato attacked Kura’s royal family to play the hero, while Luo Ji helped the nobles install a new king and then left the island. After the Luo Ji Pirates destroyed a Beasts Pirates fleet, they continued their voyage.

• Yamato blasted the old king, Prince Kula, and royal samurai with Musaishi Hyoga, freezing them while Luo Ji declared her the Kingdom of Kura’s hero.
• Luo Ji and Yamato departed on a flying crane, leaving the nobles behind, and Kojiro smashed the royal family’s ice sculptures and declared Lord Mikami the new king.
• The Head of the Mikami Family accepted the throne and betrothed Kikuhime to Kojiro, while the other nobles stayed silent out of fear.
• Yamato destroyed the Beasts Pirates’ flag, and Luo Ji hurriedly sailed away from Kura Island to avoid drawing Beast Kaido’s attention.
• The Luo Ji Pirates encountered six Beasts Pirates ships, and Yamato and Luo Ji destroyed them with fire and ice attacks.

Luo Ji and Yamato encountered the Decalvan Brothers at sea, and Luo Ji fought them to test his swordsmanship and earn a bounty. After learning that the Beasts Pirates had already placed enormous Underground World bounties on them, Luo Ji kept the brothers from escaping and sought information about the Underground World.

• The Beasts Pirates increased their bounties on Luo Ji and Yamato, while the Head of the Mikami Family abandoned Kojiro and secured his own standing as king.
• The Decalvan Brothers attacked the Luo Ji Pirates, boasting that their combined bounty was 440 million Beli.
• Luo Ji drew Zansetsu and Kakusan and clashed with the brothers using his Ice-Fire Style, damaging his own ship in the process.
• Yamato froze the Decalvan Brothers’ ship, and the brothers recognized Luo Ji and Yamato’s Underground World bounties of 500 million and 1.2 billion Beli.
• The Decalvan Brothers offered their treasure to be spared, but Luo Ji insisted on sparring with them and planned to learn about the Underground World.

After Fire Fist Ace defeated Shichibukai Hanafuda and earned a 500 million bounty, Luo Ji and Yamato headed toward a Shichibukai’s territory to make their own name. They found the injured Hanafuda surrounded by Marines, and Yamato struck Vice Admiral Onigumo into the sea.

• Fire Fist Ace defeated Hanafuda, rejected the World Government’s offer to become a Shichibukai, and received a 500 million bounty.
• Jinbe left Fish-Man Island to stop Ace from challenging Whitebeard.
• Yamato urged Luo Ji to challenge a Shichibukai after reading the news about Ace.
• Luo Ji and Yamato spotted Marines besieging Hanafuda and decided to intervene, while Tama went to capture the injured pirate.
• Yamato attacked Onigumo with Divine Wolf: Ice Slaughter Slash, smashing his warship and blasting him into the sea.

The Luo Ji Pirates defeated the Marines sent to capture Hanafuda, and Luo Ji awakened Conqueror's Haki alongside Yamato. After taking Hanafuda prisoner, the crew left the island as the Marines requested admiral support and prepared to report their losses.

• Yamato's Conqueror's Haki knocked out Marines, while Luo Ji attacked Momonga and Onigumo with powerful fire and ice scrolls as his phantom beasts overwhelmed Hanafuda.
• Yamato returned after striking Onigumo with Conqueror's Coating, and Luo Ji awakened Conqueror's Haki under the pressure of her presence.
• Luo Ji announced the Luo Ji Pirates' names and titles to Momonga, then took Yamato aboard Flying Crane and flew toward the island.
• Momonga ordered the Marines to request admiral support and search for Onigumo as the battered fleets began rescuing survivors.
• Luo Ji trapped the weakened Hanafuda inside a Prison Scroll instead of recruiting him, then left with Yamato and the crew.

After the Luo Ji Pirates attacked the Marine fleet and took Hanafuda, the Marines and Five Elders discussed the crew’s threat and issued bounties. Luo Ji was angered by his low bounty compared with Yamato’s, while Yamato and Tama celebrated being wanted.

• Sengoku convened Marine leaders to assess the Luo Ji Pirates and sent Garp to pursue them and the Spade Pirates.
• The Five Elders discussed the crew’s potential and prepared additional forces to eliminate them.
• Newspapers reported the Luo Ji Pirates’ attack, and bounty posters spread across the world three days later.
• Luo Ji complained that his 550,000,000 Beli bounty was far below Yamato’s 1,399,000,000 Beli bounty and threatened to target Celestial Dragons.
• Yamato celebrated her bounty, while Tama discovered she had received a 20,000,000 Beli bounty.

Luo Ji and his crew landed in Dressrosa to buy Log Poses while avoiding Doflamingo's attention. After discovering that the moving toys were transformed people, Luo Ji bought many Log Poses and prepared to travel freely between islands.

• Doflamingo learned that Yamato was Kaido's daughter and plotted to capture Luo Ji, take Yamato, and learn Conqueror's Coating.
• Luo Ji, Yamato, and Tama reached Dressrosa, changed their appearances with the Fuku Fuku no Mi, and went shopping for Log Poses.
• A Donquixote Family lackey escorted Luo Ji and the two girls into Dressrosa's underground trading market after he showed the Beasts Pirates' insignia.
• Luo Ji heard the toys' cries for help and told Yamato that they were people transformed into toys.
• Luo Ji bought a large number of Log Poses, including ones for islands he planned to visit, giving the crew more freedom to travel.

Luo Ji and his companions explored Dressrosa, visited the Colosseum, and saw Rebecca survive its brutal match despite the crowd’s hatred. Afterward, Luo Ji recognized her as a princess burdened by her family’s past and considered whether to help her.

• Luo Ji stored the Log Poses he had bought in Dressrosa’s dark market while Yamato asked when they would visit Fish-Man Island and Sky Island.
• Luo Ji took Yamato and Tama to the Colosseum, where they watched gladiators fight and noticed toy servants and pets among the spectators.
• Yamato and Tama sympathized with a female gladiator, but two spectators insulted her and Tama, so Luo Ji knocked them unconscious and silenced the surrounding crowd.
• The female gladiator survived the match and earned the prize money, then Luo Ji and the girls left the Colosseum.
• Luo Ji identified the gladiator as Rebecca, daughter of Cyrus, and considered helping her while noting that her burdens made her an unlikely fit for his crew.

Rebecca struggled to survive in Dressrosa under the Donquixote Family’s rule, while Luo Ji, Yamato, and Tama followed her into the Flower Field and encountered Cyrus and the Tontatta. Luo Ji offered Rebecca a chance to join his crew and fight Doflamingo, and she accepted but asked him to prove he had the strength to do it.

• Rebecca collected her gladiator earnings, bought food from a sympathetic grandmother, and left quickly to protect the woman from trouble.
• Luo Ji, Yamato, and Tama followed Rebecca into the Flower Field, where Yamato sensed the hidden Tontatta and Cyrus watched them warily.
• Yamato excitedly investigated the flowers for fairies, and Cyrus confronted the group with his toy gun.
• Luo Ji recognized Cyrus and asked Rebecca whether she wanted to become stronger and defeat Doflamingo.
• Luo Ji offered Rebecca a chance to fight Doflamingo if she severed her ties to the Riku Dynasty and joined his crew; Rebecca agreed but demanded proof of his strength.

Rebecca chose to leave Dressrosa and join Luo Ji's pirates so she could grow strong enough to defeat Doflamingo. As the group began celebrating, the Tontatta watched and decided to meet them.

• Rebecca cried out to Toy Cyrus that she wanted to avenge her mother and escape the lonely, abusive life she endured in Dressrosa.
• Luo Ji showed Rebecca the wanted posters for himself and his companion, then invited her to join his crew and grow stronger.
• Rebecca accepted Luo Ji's invitation, and Cyrus let her go, relieved that a powerful crew would protect her.
• Luo Ji welcomed Rebecca aboard and started a banquet, inviting Cyrus and any of his friends to join them.
• The Tontatta watched Rebecca and Cyrus befriend the newcomers, decided the strangers were likely friends too, and prepared to meet them.

Luo Ji disguised himself as Noland to win the trust of the Little People and accepted their invitation to the Tontatta Kingdom, where he promised to defeat Doflamingo after strengthening his crew. Violet secretly watched Luo Ji’s group depart and hoped Rebecca would return with them to overthrow Doflamingo.

• Luo Ji wore a chestnut-shaped hat, and the face-blind Little People mistook him for their hero Noland.
• Luo Ji introduced himself as a warrior who wanted to liberate the world, and the Little People hailed him as their new great hero.
• The Little People invited Luo Ji, Yamato, Tama, Rebecca, and Cyrus to visit the Tontatta Kingdom, and Luo Ji accepted.
• Violet saw Rebecca and the Little People traveling with Luo Ji, hid their presence from Doflamingo, and hoped they would return to overthrow him.
• King Gancho told Luo Ji that Doflamingo had captured and sold many Little People, and Luo Ji promised to defeat the Donquixote Family after recruiting more crew members.

Luo Ji brought Rebecca and the Tontatta recruits to Dressrosa, publicly defended Rebecca from the citizens’ abuse, and headed to the Corrida Colosseum to find King Riku. Doflamingo prepared to use Sugar against the pirates, but Luo Ji’s entry into the colosseum as a contestant left him curious about their intentions.

• The Tontatta Kingdom sent Leo, Mansherry, Bian, Vica, and Cotton to join Luo Ji, while Kabu stayed behind to protect Green Bit.
• Luo Ji and his crew landed openly on Dressrosa, and he used Conqueror’s Haki to silence citizens insulting Rebecca.
• Doflamingo gathered his executives and ordered Trebol to bring Sugar, planning to use her ability against Luo Ji; Violet worried that Luo Ji might fall for the trap.
• Luo Ji told Rebecca that her aunt Violet had joined the Donquixote Family to protect her and King Riku, and he led the crew toward the Corrida Colosseum.
• The Luo Ji Pirates registered as contestants at the colosseum, and Doflamingo decided to watch what Luo Ji was planning.

Luo Ji broke into the Corrida Colosseum prison to rescue King Riku and freed the former king’s loyalists as well. Doflamingo confronted him and, after Luo Ji demanded Violet, sent her to meet the pirates while secretly plotting an ambush.

• Luo Ji cut through the prison bars and called for King Riku, prompting Doflamingo to learn of the break-in and head to the colosseum.
• King Riku reunited tearfully with Rebecca, and Luo Ji placed the former king inside his scroll.
• Luo Ji freed the imprisoned former Riku Royal Army soldiers and other gladiators by cutting open their cells.
• Doflamingo confronted Luo Ji outside the prison, and Luo Ji demanded that he hand over Violet.
• Doflamingo sent Violet to welcome Luo Ji and invited the pirates to dine, while planning to ambush Luo Ji and make him disappear.

Violet chose to trust Luo Ji, who accepted Doflamingo’s invitation to a banquet and turned the tables on his trap. After capturing Sugar and fighting the Donquixote officers, Luo Ji asked Baby 5 to join him, leaving her thrilled by the prospect of being needed.

• Rebecca urged Violet to join her, and Violet decided to place her hopes in the Luo Ji Pirates.
• Luo Ji and Yamato attended Doflamingo’s banquet, where Sugar approached Luo Ji under the guise of asking for his autograph.
• Luo Ji restrained Sugar with a small black handcuff before she could use her ability on him.
• Yamato broke Doflamingo’s Overheat with Thunder Bagua as Luo Ji summoned monsters to hold off the Donquixote officers.
• Luo Ji threatened to expose Sugar’s ability and asked Doflamingo to give him Baby 5 as well as Violet.
• Luo Ji asked Baby 5 to become his person, and she eagerly wondered whether he was proposing marriage.

Luo Ji defeated Doflamingo’s forces and extorted money, Devil Fruits, and intelligence from him, while leaving the Donquixote Family in place to pursue its artificial Devil Fruit plans. He left Dressrosa after arranging for King Riku III to gather evidence, setting up a later return to clear the king’s name and restore the royal family.

• Luo Ji’s crew and summoned monsters overwhelmed the Donquixote Family’s executives, and Doflamingo surrendered after Yamato struck him down.
• Luo Ji negotiated with Doflamingo, securing intelligence on underground emperors, protection for the Tontatta, secrets about Punk Hazard and Wano, a large payment, and two Devil Fruits.
• Luo Ji gave the Blue Flash Butterfly Fruit and Red Dragonfly Fruit to Vica and Cotton, then departed Dressrosa with his crew.
• Luo Ji explained to Yamato, Rebecca, and the Tontatta that they would gather evidence against Doflamingo before returning to clear King Riku’s name.
• King Riku III chose to stay in Dressrosa, so Luo Ji changed his appearance and arranged for him to work with the Toy Soldier and King Gancho.