Chapter Summaries

Shanks joined Bullet in fighting Big Mom, and the three Emperors' Conqueror's Haki collided with devastating force. Elsewhere, Tesoro battled Katakuri and prepared a gigantic golden construct.

• Shanks offered to team up with Bullet against Big Mom, and Bullet reluctantly agreed.
• Shanks, Bullet, and Big Mom unleashed their Conqueror's Haki, knocking out weaker fighters and blasting apart the battlefield.
• Luffy tried to imitate Shanks's Haki, while Zoro yelled at him to focus on his fight with Snack.
• Tesoro attacked Katakuri with liquid gold, but Katakuri evaded the strikes and countered with Mighty Mochi.
• Tesoro formed a huge Golden Colossus and announced his Golden Divine Fire.

Yiyi saved Yamato from a coordinated shark attack, then spent time with Allen and the others while hiding her affection for him. The story ended with the group enjoying a peaceful sunset on Hachinosu Island as Yiyi quietly accepted that she might want their chaotic life to last forever.

• Yiyi knocked out the Megalodons with Conqueror's Haki, impressing Yamato, and returned with her to wash up.
• Allen asked Yiyi to feed him grapes, and she blushed when he brushed her fingertip; Robin and Nana watched and teased her.
• Perona made an ugly-cute Allen doll, and Robin later discovered that Yiyi had secretly repaired and kept it in her room.
• After Perona noticed the doll was missing, Yiyi gave her an even uglier bear doll to quiet her.
• At sunset on Hachinosu Island, Allen and the others relaxed together while Yiyi watched from a terrace and privately decided that their life together might not be so bad.

Big Mom, Shanks, and Bullet joined forces to destroy Doflamingo and end the Birdcage, then resumed their battle as Hachinosu Island’s forces pressed their advantage. Shanks suddenly transformed into a horned, winged monster behind Bullet.

• Big Mom, Shanks, and Bullet unleashed their strongest attacks together and obliterated Doflamingo and the white thread cocoon.
• With Doflamingo dead, the Birdcage collapsed, and Hachinosu Island’s allied forces renewed their assault on the BIG MOM Pirates.
• Fisher Tiger, Jinbe, Moria, Perona, Tesoro, the Imperial Guards, and the Kuja Warriors fought to drive the BIG MOM Pirates back.
• Bullet and Big Mom prepared to continue their duel after their temporary alliance ended.
• Shanks’s eyes turned crimson as horns and massive demon wings erupted from his body.

Allen brought Shakky to a secure suite, promised to replace her damaged bar furnishings, and vowed to rescue Rayleigh within five days. After narrowly escaping the Whitebeard Pirates, Blackbeard learned that Rayleigh had been captured and planned to join the Shichibukai so he could target Allen and steal his Space-Space Fruit.

• Allen settled Shakky in a luxurious suite and promised to restore her bar and rescue Rayleigh within five days.
• Blackbeard and his crew hid in a cave after escaping the Whitebeard Pirates' pursuit.
• Blackbeard read that the Five Elders had captured Rayleigh and saw it as a chance to target Allen.
• Blackbeard decided to apply to become a Shichibukai so he could approach Allen and steal his Space-Space Fruit when Allen was weakened.
• Lafitte and Burgess reacted to Blackbeard's attempt at a friendly smile as he ordered them to prepare his application.

Allen and Imu began their final battle as the fighting across Mary Geoise left both sides devastated and countless fighters dead or wounded. Imu seized on a moment when Allen appeared vulnerable, but Allen revealed that he had been baiting him and activated the Hobby-Hobby Fruit: Doll Curse—Good Bear.

• Allen and Imu clashed in the Flower Chamber as their powers tore through space and time.
• The battle across Mary Geoise ended with the World Government's conventional forces devastated, while the Revolutionary Army, pirates, and Seraphim suffered enormous losses.
• Hawk Eyes Mihawk, Redfield, Teach, Gunko, the other Four Western Divine Knights, Tesoro, Moria, Fisher Tiger, and Jinbe died during the fighting.
• Allen and Imu continued their close-range battle, both badly damaged but rapidly regenerating.
• Imu noticed Allen hesitate and thrust his Abyssal Trident toward the exposed chest beneath Allen's damaged armor.
• Allen grinned and activated the Hobby-Hobby Fruit: Doll Curse—Good Bear.

Allen declared that he had killed Imu and ended the World Government’s hidden rule, leaving the battered survivors to reckon with the truth. Sakazuki died after his faith in justice collapsed, Aramaki withered into a crushed sapling, and Whitebeard’s and Kaido’s crews began departing to mourn and celebrate.

• Allen told the gathered fighters that he had personally ended Imu, while privately congratulating himself on the dramatic performance.
• The Marine higher-ups struggled to process Allen’s claim, and Sakazuki died after his belief in the justice he served collapsed.
• Aramaki’s grief triggered his Forest-Forest Fruit’s backlash, turning him into a small sapling that a Revolutionary Army soldier accidentally flattened.
• Whitebeard gathered his surviving sons and the fallen, then led his crew away to hold a feast and mourn their dead.
• Kaido ordered his surviving crew back to Onigashima for a three-day drinking celebration, then accidentally smashed part of Mary Geoise’s remaining wall as he took flight.

Allen revealed that he had captured Aokiji and offered to exchange him for Rayleigh, but Akainu rejected the deal and called for both Rayleigh and Allen to die. The Marines faced a standoff over whether to negotiate or sacrifice Aokiji in the name of Absolute Justice.

• Allen dragged the beaten, Seastone-shackled Aokiji from a vortex and kicked him in front of Garp and the Marines.
• The crowd and Marines recognized Aokiji, while Sengoku, Kizaru, Fujitora, Ryokugyu, and Akainu reacted to his capture and condition.
• Sengoku ordered Allen to release Kuzan, and Allen proposed exchanging Aokiji for his Uncle Rayleigh.
• Akainu condemned Allen's proposal as extortion, dismissed Aokiji's capture as his own failure, and declared that Rayleigh and Allen must die while Aokiji was considered fallen for justice.

The battle on Rock Island intensified as the Marines, Beast Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, and Blackbeard Pirates clashed across several fronts. Blackbeard revealed his Dark-Dark Fruit and nearly captured Marco, but Shiryu accidentally cut him, giving Marco a chance to escape.

• Sengoku watched the Whitebeard Pirates join the battle and angrily blamed the Five Elders for making Blackbeard a Shichibukai.
• Garp, Kizaru, and Kaido traded attacks, while Kizaru teased Garp and Kaido mocked his punches.
• Sabo evaded Fujitora's gravity attacks, and Fujitora refused to use Meteor Shower because it might hit nearby Marines.
• Ace's phoenix flames burned Ryokugyu's plant armor, while Yamato's ice and Conqueror's Haki forced Akainu to retreat.
• Blackbeard used Dark Water to pull Marco close and began absorbing his phoenix flames, but Shiryu cut Blackbeard's butt with Raiu.
• Marco broke free and struck Blackbeard with a Blue Flame Goose as the other pirates, Marines, Human Weapon Mark I units, and Seraphim fought across the island.

Allen used the Time Law to rejuvenate a group of legendary fighters for the coming battle, while the Marines and World Government prepared for war. The legends stabilized at the peak of their strength, around forty to fifty years old, ready for the conflict ahead.

• Allen used space-time power and the Time Law to reverse the legends’ aging and urged them to regain their strength for the fight against Imu.
• Whitebeard, Rayleigh, Shakky, Zephyr, Gaban, and the others visibly grew younger, while Gaban and the Roger Pirates began noisy mock battles.
• Akainu ordered Marine Headquarters to full combat readiness, and Sengoku worried over the information Tsuru brought back about Dragon’s Revolutionary Army.
• Imu ordered hidden reserves awakened as the Holy Knights and CP0 assembled to defend the Holy Land.
• Allen’s rejuvenation ended with most of the legends stabilized at the tail end of their prime, around forty to fifty years old.

The Straw Hat Pirates reached the waters near Amazon Lily, where Zoro and Sanji were beaten by the Kuja Warriors. Luffy fought back against the warriors and briefly held his own.

• Marshall D. Teach murdered his Captain, stole an unknown Devil Fruit, and disappeared with his companions while Whitebeard deteriorated.
• Luffy formed the Straw Hat Pirates and sailed a year earlier, wearing the green straw hat Allen had given him.
• Rayleigh told Allen he had been training Luffy after meeting him half a year earlier, and agreed to teach him more.
• A year later, Zoro wandered into Amazon Lily's outer waters and was beaten and thrown into the sea by the Kuja Warriors.
• Sanji rushed to Amazon Lily, was beaten by the warriors, and was thrown back onto the ship.
• Luffy attacked the Kuja Warriors with his rubber fists and Armament Haki, temporarily holding them off.

Allen killed Caesar and Doflamingo’s executives, then killed Momonosuke and took Vegapunk’s artificial Devil Fruit from Punk Hazard. He left the island with the fruit and the bodies stored away, while Doflamingo escaped in humiliation and vowed revenge.

• Allen severed Caesar’s head, and Doflamingo broke free of Allen’s restraint and fled after his pink coat was torn away, exposing his leopard-print bodysuit.
• Allen killed the crippled Donquixote Family executives with a rain of sword energy.
• Momonosuke emerged from a spatial-temporal vortex, and Allen suffocated him with a vacuum sphere.
• Allen found and took Vegapunk’s artificial Devil Fruit from the hidden underground chamber.
• Allen stored Momonosuke’s body and Caesar’s headless body in a preservation section, heard a faint voice protesting, and left Punk Hazard.

The defenders of Hachinosu Island were pushed toward defeat as the BIG MOM Pirates pressed their advantage, but the Red-Haired Pirates arrived under Shanks and restored their morale. The Red Force cut into the waters between the island and the BIG MOM fleet as the reinforcements entered the battle.

• The Amazon Lily warriors joined the fighting while Moria, Nana, Perona, and Robin supported the defenders with their abilities.
• The BIG MOM Pirates gradually compressed the defenders’ line, leaving the Imperial Guards and Kuja Warriors with casualties and exhausting the defenders’ strongest fighters.
• As the battle worsened, a song carried across the coast and the defenders recognized Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates as reinforcements.
• Shanks arrived aboard the Red Force with Ben Beckman, Yasopp, Lucky Roo, and the other officers, lifting the defenders’ morale.

Allen dragged Luffy into the Flower Chamber to confront Imu, but Luffy turned the meeting into a chaotic display before attacking. Imu froze Luffy and his enormous flower-studded fist in midair with a single command.

• Allen seized Luffy and used his Space Ability to take him to the Flower Chamber, where Imu waited beneath an ancient tree.
• Luffy transformed into his Nika form, rolled through the flowers, and tried to eat them while Allen insisted he had nothing to do with him.
• Imu watched Luffy's antics and called him an interesting creation.
• Luffy shaped the ground and flowers into a giant fist and launched it at Imu as the Giant Cauliflower Rocket Cannon.
• Imu snapped his fingers and said, "Freeze," stopping Luffy and the flying fist in midair.

Ace and Sabo launched a surprise attack on Aokiji, who was napping on a deserted island, and fought him with a combined fire technique. Aokiji countered their assault, but the battle ended with Ace furious over his damaged phoenix feathers.

• Ace attacked Aokiji with Phoenix Flame Feather: Meteor Fire Rain while Sabo raised a wall of fire around him with Fire Fist: Burning Incense.
• Aokiji woke and evaded the attack by transforming into cold air, then froze Ace's falling flame feathers and weakened Sabo's fire wall with Ice Time! Two Thorns Spear.
• Ace redirected his flame feathers into the fire wall, and Sabo infused it with Mythical Beast Flames to create their Brother Combination Technique: Solar Flare Burst.
• Aokiji countered the fireball with a localized Ice Age, freezing most of its energy in midair.
• The clash froze and broke off several of Ace's tail-feather tips, leaving him enraged over his damaged Phoenix Flame Sky-High Braid.

Allen learned that the World Government had captured Pluton Silvers Rayleigh and agreed to exchange the Pluton Battleship and two of Dr. Vegapunk's clones for him. He took the furious Shakky from her bar to Hachinosu Island, leaving the exchange five days away.

• Allen called for his officers to prepare an attack on Whole Cake Island, but Nusjuro Saint interrupted him and revealed that the World Government had captured Pluton Silvers Rayleigh.
• Nusjuro Saint demanded the Pluton Battleship and four of Dr. Vegapunk's clones; Allen agreed to hand over the battleship and two clones in exchange for Rayleigh.
• Nusjuro Saint set the exchange for five days later at Uninhabited Rock Island outside the Sabaody Archipelago and threatened Rayleigh if Allen tried anything.
• Allen received Shakky's call, calmed her, and opened a Space Gate to her Con Bar.
• Allen took Shakky and her weapons through a Space Gate to Hachinosu Island for safety.

Ace and Sabo combined their flames to defeat Admiral Kuzan, whom Allen captured as a bargaining chip. Allen took the unconscious Kuzan away and announced that they would prepare for their next big show, while Rock Island stood fortified with elite Navy warships.

• Ace and Sabo synchronized their flames and unleashed Nirvana: Burning Sky and Ash Sea against Aokiji.
• The attack shattered Aokiji’s ice defenses, melted his elemental body, and knocked him unconscious against a rock wall.
• Allen emerged from a spatial vortex, praised the brothers, and sealed Aokiji inside a frosty spatial bubble.
• Allen called Kuzan an important bargaining chip and carried him through the vortex to prepare for the next big show.
• Ace and Sabo left the deserted island, while Rock Island stood as a fortified stronghold filled with Navy warships.

After Big Mom publicly revealed that Doflamingo was the father of her unborn child, Doflamingo broke down in rage and unleashed a life-burning attack that trapped the battlefield in a Birdcage. The chapter ended with his spikes striking indiscriminately across the cage, causing casualties among all three forces.

• Big Mom revealed that Doflamingo was the father of her unborn child, humiliating him in front of the battlefield.
• Doflamingo snapped and transformed the ground into waves of threads, prompting Fisher Tiger and Jinbe to flee.
• Doflamingo formed a massive Birdcage around Hachinosu Island's harbor battlefield.
• Katakuri, Smoothie, Yasopp, and other fighters attacked Doflamingo's cocoon, but its Armament Haki threads rapidly repaired the damage.
• Doflamingo unleashed a storm of Top Tier Armament Haki thread spikes throughout the Birdcage, injuring fighters from the BIG MOM Pirates, Hachinosu Island allied forces, and Red-Haired Pirates.

Big Mom launched an attack on Hachinosu Island while Allen and his strongest fighters were away at Rock Island. The island’s defenders prepared to meet her fleet, led by Xi Huang, who was carrying a child.

• Big Mom declared Hachinosu Island the new base of the Charlotte Family and sent her fleet to seize it while Doflamingo seethed over the humiliation of seeking her protection.
• Big Mom explained that Allen and his strongest lackeys were fighting Marines at Rock Island, leaving Hachinosu Island lightly guarded.
• Bullet, Tesoro, Robin, Nana, Fisher Tiger, Jinbe, Moria, and the island’s other defenders took positions along the coast and prepared for the invasion.
• The defenders awaited Big Mom’s arrival, with Xi Huang carrying a special child at the center of the coming battle.

The Five Elders watched Allen’s raids and, after learning that Silvers Rayleigh was at a casino on Sabaody Archipelago without Allen, decided to take Rayleigh hostage to force Allen to surrender the Pluton Battleship. Sengoku accepted their order to capture Rayleigh and summoned the Admirals, while Garp mocked the plan.

• The Five Elders watched footage of Allen’s forces robbing government transports and slaughtering CP0, then struggled to find a way to stop his growth.
• A CP0 agent reported that Silvers Rayleigh was playing slots at the Lucky Goddess Casino in Area 13 and that Allen was not there.
• Saint Nusjuro proposed capturing Rayleigh alive as a hostage, and the other Four Elders agreed.
• The Five Elders sent an order to Marine Headquarters, and Sengoku reluctantly agreed to carry it out.
• Garp laughed at the plan to capture Rayleigh, and Sengoku summoned Kizaru, Aokiji, Akainu, Fujitora, and Ryokugyu.

Allen summoned the Hachinosu Imperial Guards, including Ace and Sabo, to confront the Marines on Rock Island. After Ace revealed he was Allen’s brother and Sengoku identified him as Gol D. Roger’s son, Allen demanded Rayleigh’s release, while Sengoku named the conditions for negotiations.

• Allen opened a spatial vortex and brought the Hachinosu, with Ace, Sabo, and the Imperial Guards, to the shoreline.
• Ace told Garp that he was Allen’s brother and had always been on Allen’s side, shocking the Marines.
• Sengoku identified Ace as Gol D. Roger’s son, prompting the Admirals to prepare for combat.
• Allen appeared beside Ace, taunted the Admirals, and threatened to overturn Rock Island unless the Marines released Rayleigh.
• The CP0 agents pressed their swords against Rayleigh’s neck as Sengoku demanded Kuzan, the Pluton battleship, and Dr. Vegapunk’s clone in exchange for Rayleigh.