Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Lin Mo takes Shusuke far from Jalle Island and triggers the System’s devastating attack. The blast tears a vast hole through the Cloud Sea, and Shusuke emerges unconscious, badly wounded, and surrounded by destructive black mist.
• Kaku uses a Seastone net to restrain Shusuke, weakening the mist enough for Herald to rescue him. Meanwhile, Lin Mo cannot be found.
• Little White searches the Cloud Sea but returns without locating Lin Mo. He can confirm that Lin Mo is alive, though he cannot sense his location. Kaku and Enel remain on Jalle Island, following Lin Mo’s instruction to wait.
• The story shifts to Soma Island, a frigid South Blue prison where inmates are allowed to do as they please and are encouraged to kill one another. Two rival factions control the island and compete to recruit newcomers, who depend on them for supplies.
• A new group of prisoners arrives. As they gather in the central square, Lin Mo suddenly appears among them. He has lost all his memories and has no belongings. A young prisoner named Hawen approaches him and asks his name, but Lin Mo cannot answer.

Character developments

• Kaku stays focused and protective, rescuing Shusuke with the Seastone net and insisting the crew trust Lin Mo’s instructions.
• Little White shows a strong, personal bond with Lin Mo: he is certain his master is alive because he would die if Lin Mo did.
• Enel grows impatient and frustrated, but ultimately waits with the others.
• Lin Mo survives the explosion but undergoes another rebirth, losing his memories and waking in an unfamiliar prison.
• Hawen is cautious but kind, reaching out to the confused stranger despite his own vulnerable position.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and trust: Kaku and Little White rely on Lin Mo’s assurances even when they cannot find him.
• Freedom as control: Soma Prison calls its inmates “free,” yet confines them to the island and forces them into a brutal struggle for survival.
• Identity and rebirth: Lin Mo’s survival comes at the cost of his memories, leaving him uncertain who he is or where he belongs.

Character interactions

• Kaku and Enel argue over how to search for Lin Mo, while Kaku shields Little White from Enel’s anger.
• Little White’s certainty about Lin Mo’s survival reassures Kaku, though it does not solve their predicament.
• On Soma Island, Hawen gently questions Lin Mo and tries to help him orient himself, but Lin Mo’s amnesia leaves their conversation unresolved.

Plot points and events

• At Soma Prison, rival leaders Monica and Teng Hai divide up each month’s new arrivals. Prisoners who refuse both factions become “wanderers,” cut off from supplies until hunger forces them to join.
• Newcomers introduce themselves and explain their crimes. Hawen, a frightened seventeen-year-old orphan, insists he was wrongly blamed for a shopkeeper’s murder.
• Lin Mo cannot give his name, age, or crime because he has amnesia. The prisoners mock him, but Monica silences them and takes an interest in him.
• Monica and Teng Hai both try to recruit Lin Mo, each claiming an 80% chance of restoring his memories. Their disagreement nearly becomes a fight between their lieutenants, Jahi and Holland.
• Lin Mo presses Monica for an answer despite her status, then rejects both offers because neither leader is certain. He chooses to remain unaffiliated, although that means losing access to supplies.

Character developments

• Lin Mo remains calm and independent under pressure. His memory loss leaves him searching for his identity, but he trusts his own judgment more than either leader’s promises.
• Hawen is anxious and vulnerable, yet briefly finds the courage to suggest Lin Mo has amnesia. He then fears Lin Mo’s defiance will endanger them both.
• Monica shows curiosity about Lin Mo and, after testing his nerve, responds to his bluntness with amusement rather than immediate punishment.
• Teng Hai presents himself as composed and strategic, offering help and bargaining for Lin Mo without losing his polite manner.

Significant themes

• Power and survival: Faction membership provides food and protection, making independence a dangerous choice.
• Trust and uncertainty: Lin Mo refuses promises based on probability, insisting on certainty before placing his fate in someone else’s hands.
• Identity and memory: Lin Mo’s inability to recall who he is shapes his priorities and sets up his search for the truth.
• Defiance in a harsh hierarchy: Lin Mo challenges the prison’s leaders and refuses to be intimidated by their authority.

Character interactions

• Holland’s dismissive response to Hawen’s plea exposes the prison’s contempt for innocence and vulnerability.
• Monica and Teng Hai’s rivalry turns Lin Mo into the object of a public contest, with their lieutenants ready to fight over him.
• Lin Mo’s blunt questioning unsettles Monica and impresses her, while Hawen’s worried attempts to restrain him highlight the contrast between their temperaments.
• Lin Mo’s final refusal leaves both leaders—and the surrounding prisoners—facing an unexpected challenge to their system.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Mo refuses to join either Monica’s or Teng Hai’s faction, choosing instead to become a “wanderer.” Three other newcomers follow his example, while the timid Hawen joins Teng Hai.
• Monica and Teng Hai call off the expected fight between Jahi and Holland. Both leaders order people to watch Lin Mo, suspecting that his apparent amnesia may conceal unusual abilities. Teng Hai points out that Lin Mo seems unaffected by the island’s freezing conditions despite wearing ragged, thin clothes.
• Lin Mo explores Soma Island with the three other wanderers trailing him. Two tattooed men try to provoke him, but he walks past them. When one grabs at him and another attacks, Lin Mo instinctively dodges and sends the attacker flying with a powerful kick—surprising himself as much as everyone else.
• The wanderers immediately try to attach themselves to Lin Mo for protection. Their attackers decide to report his strength to Monica’s side, while Pania—Monica’s deputy—has been ordered by Jahi to keep watch.
• On Teng Hai’s side, a trusted, short-tempered man is also assigned to follow Lin Mo. Meanwhile, the three wanderers continue to insist that Lin Mo is responsible for keeping them safe.
• Pania confronts the clingy trio and mocks their hopes of forming a faction equal to Monica’s and Teng Hai’s. When one man challenges her, she aims her candy-cane staff at him and fires a nearly invisible thread-like projectile; the chapter ends before its effect is shown.

Character developments

• Lin Mo: Remains quiet, independent, and uninterested in alliances or followers. Though he has lost his memory, his habits of surveying unfamiliar places and his combat reflexes remain. His unexplained strength makes him a person of interest to both factions.
• The three wanderers: Begin as cautious newcomers who seek safety in numbers, then quickly shift to treating Lin Mo as their protector after seeing his strength. Their dependence irritates him.
• Monica and Teng Hai: Both act cautiously, ordering surveillance rather than directly recruiting or confronting Lin Mo. Their attention reflects their suspicion that he is exceptional.
• Pania: Reveals herself as powerful, self-assured, and openly resentful of having to follow Jahi’s instructions. She is nevertheless carrying out the task of watching Lin Mo.
• Hawen: Chooses security and food over independence, joining Teng Hai’s faction without hesitation.

Significant themes

• Freedom versus survival: Lin Mo chooses independence, while Hawen and the other newcomers gravitate toward factions or strong protectors for safety.
• Power and vulnerability: Wanderers have no protection under Soma Prison’s rules, leaving them exposed to bullying and violence.
• Identity and instinct: Lin Mo’s memory loss has not erased his habits or reflexes, suggesting that his abilities and character persist beyond conscious recollection.
• Power attracts attention: Lin Mo’s unexpected strength quickly draws interest from both factions and encourages others to depend on him.

Character interactions

• Monica and Teng Hai cooperate pragmatically in dividing the newcomers, despite leading rival factions.
• Lin Mo’s refusal to engage frustrates the three wanderers, who nevertheless keep following him and claim an obligation to stay together.
• Lin Mo’s effortless defeat of an attacker transforms the wanderers’ view of him from an ally-in-the-making to a powerful “boss.”
• Pania clashes verbally with the wanderers, defending the factions’ superiority and demonstrating that her small stature belies her authority and threat.

Chapter 444 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Pania instantly kills one man by piercing his forehead with the thread attached to her hooked candy cane.
• Before Pania can attack the remaining two men, the assassin Redess emerges from hiding and slits their throats with a bone knife.
• Redess then tests Lin Mo, repeatedly attempting to cut or stab him. Lin Mo narrowly evades every attack but struggles to find a way to counterattack.
• Lin Mo realizes his physical movements are slower than they should be, yet he still unconsciously avoids Redess’s surprise attack from behind. This astonishes both Redess and Pania.
• Pania and Redess reveal their familiarity with one another. Redess is ranked third among South Blue assassins, while Pania has a notorious history of murdering an entire household as a child.
• Redess and Pania begin fighting each other, allowing Lin Mo to leave. He reflects that he has mistakenly judged ordinary people by his own exceptional standards.
• Hungry, Lin Mo goes to one of the prison kitchens. The cooks threaten him for staring at food prepared for Monica.
• Jahi arrives, prevents a confrontation, and offers Lin Mo a biscuit and part of his own meal. Lin Mo accepts after questioning Jahi’s motives.
• Jahi takes Lin Mo to Monica’s section of Soma Prison and arranges a private cell for him, despite Lin Mo clearly stating that he will not join either faction.
• Teng Hai learns that Lin Mo is staying with Monica’s people and orders Holland to investigate Lin Mo’s identity and background.
• Jahi tells Monica that Lin Mo is cautious but responds to genuine kindness. He plans to win Lin Mo’s trust and keep him in their faction voluntarily.
• Lin Mo inspects his filthy new cell, reluctantly enters, and begins cleaning it.

Character Development

• Lin Mo: Demonstrates extraordinary reflexes and perception, even though he cannot yet understand or control his abilities. He also shows independence, strong personal principles, and reluctance to exploit others or join a faction. His hunger and disgust at the prison’s conditions reveal more ordinary, vulnerable traits.
• Pania: Shown to be playful, sadistic, and fascinated by Lin Mo’s abilities. Her cheerful attitude contrasts sharply with her violent past.
• Redess: Establishes himself as a highly skilled and ruthless assassin. Although he initially underestimates Lin Mo, he recognizes that the boy’s strength is abnormal.
• Jahi: Uses patience, generosity, and psychological insight rather than intimidation. He identifies Lin Mo as someone who responds better to kindness and begins building a relationship with him.
• Monica and Teng Hai: Both view Lin Mo as a potentially valuable and dangerous asset. Monica relies on Jahi’s strategy, while Teng Hai becomes increasingly suspicious of Lin Mo’s hidden identity and future potential.
• Holland: Acts as Teng Hai’s subordinate and is tasked with uncovering information about Lin Mo.

Significant Themes

• Unrecognized power: Lin Mo possesses abilities beyond his conscious understanding, allowing him to evade attacks instinctively.
• Perspective and self-awareness: Lin Mo realizes that his own exceptional standards prevent him from accurately judging other people’s abilities.
• Kindness versus coercion: Jahi believes genuine goodwill will influence Lin Mo more effectively than threats or force.
• Freedom and independence: Lin Mo refuses to join either faction and insists on making his own choices.
• Power and survival: Soma Prison operates according to the rule that strength determines what one can claim or refuse.
• Identity and hidden potential: Both prison factions suspect that Lin Mo’s past and abilities conceal secrets that could disrupt the balance of power.

Character Interactions

• Pania and Redess exchange mocking remarks while discussing Lin Mo’s unexpected strength, then turn their weapons on each other in a playful but dangerous fight.
• Jahi protects Lin Mo from the kitchen workers and offers him food without demanding anything in return, beginning a cautious friendship.
• Lin Mo remains wary of Jahi but accepts his help and follows him to a cell.
• Monica approves Jahi’s approach but warns that Teng Hai may try to take Lin Mo.
• Teng Hai and Holland discuss Lin Mo as a possible future “time bomb,” emphasizing the growing competition between the two factions.

Chapter Summary: The Pirate Who Refused Red-Hair’s Invitation

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Mo is harassed by prisoners who mock him for refusing Boss Monica’s invitation to join her side and for living on her territory.
• When the prisoners enter his cell and try to intimidate him, Lin Mo defeats all of them effortlessly with a simple towel, striking their hands and faces with surprising strength.
• He forces the defeated men to clean his cell, establishing himself as someone the other prisoners cannot casually bully.
• Jahi returns with food and takes Lin Mo to Monica’s quarters after Lin Mo expresses interest in trying her Plum Wine.
• Monica tests Lin Mo by throwing a cigarette pack at him. Lin Mo catches it but demonstrates that he has no idea how to smoke, amusing Monica and frustrating him.
• After tasting the Plum Wine, Lin Mo receives a Wooden Sword from Jahi. When Jahi throws a stone ball at him, Lin Mo instinctively slices it apart from a distance using Sword Aura.
• Jahi concludes that Lin Mo is a Swordsman, despite Lin Mo’s complete lack of memories.
• Jahi proposes using electric therapy and hypnosis to stimulate Lin Mo’s memory. Lin Mo agrees to undergo the first treatment the following day.
• Monica reminds them that her assistance comes with a price, while Jahi asks her to help Lin Mo as a personal favor.

Character Developments

• Lin Mo: Demonstrates overwhelming combat ability, calmness, and self-confidence despite his amnesia. He is easily irritated by noise, poor food, and unwanted attention, but he remains practical and open-minded. His instinctive use of Sword Aura reveals a powerful hidden identity as a Swordsman.
• Jahi: Acts as Lin Mo’s guide and protector within Soma Prison. He is observant enough to identify Lin Mo’s habits and fighting style, and he sincerely tries to help restore Lin Mo’s memories.
• Monica: Remains amused and intrigued by Lin Mo. She enjoys testing and teasing him but is also possessive of her resources and expects compensation for her help.
• The prisoners: Initially regard Lin Mo as weak and vulnerable, but his swift defeat of their group forces them to recognize his strength and authority.

Significant Themes

• Strength and survival: Soma Prison operates according to a harsh “survival of the strongest” system, where newcomers are expected to defend themselves or be exploited.
• Identity and memory: Lin Mo’s forgotten past gradually emerges through instinctive behavior and combat ability rather than conscious recollection.
• Appearance versus reality: Lin Mo looks delicate and inexperienced, yet he possesses exceptional physical strength and swordsmanship.
• Trust and obligation: Jahi’s assistance suggests genuine friendship, while Monica views help as something that creates a debt.
• Adaptation: Lin Mo quickly establishes his position in prison and begins reconstructing his identity from the skills he instinctively retains.

Character Interactions

• The prisoners attempt to bully Lin Mo, but he ignores their taunts and defeats them when they become physical.
• Jahi explains the prison’s social order and provides Lin Mo with food, shelter items, alcohol, and guidance.
• Monica teases Lin Mo over his inability to smoke and reluctantly gives him Plum Wine after Jahi persuades her.
• Jahi tests Lin Mo’s abilities with the Wooden Sword and stone ball, leading to the discovery that Lin Mo can use Sword Aura.
• Jahi offers medical experimentation to recover Lin Mo’s memories, while Monica objects to helping without receiving something in return.

Key plot points and events

• Monica allows Jahi to give Lin Mo the ordinary Wooden Sword. Lin Mo unconsciously carries it like a swordsman, prompting Jahi to declare him one.
• Lin Mo settles into a cleaned cell. Other prisoners fear him after he defeats several men with ease, and he knocks down more challengers with the flat of his wooden sword.
• Seeking to leave the island, Lin Mo walks toward the sea despite warnings from armed guards. He catches a bullet barehanded while saving Hawen from its path.
• Lin Mo’s palm briefly turns black, protecting him from the bullet’s heat; the burn then heals quickly. He cannot reproduce the effect and does not understand what happened.
• Lin Mo refuses Hawen’s invitation to join Teng Hai’s faction, preferring to be left alone. Disgusted by the prison’s filthy public showers, he accepts Jahi’s spare clothes but chooses to wash in the sea instead.
• When Lin Mo returns to the shore, guards fire at him and raise the island-wide alarm. He instinctively dodges every bullet. Prisoners flock to watch what they assume is an escape attempt.
• Lin Mo enters the water only to bathe, but the guards prepare torpedoes, believing he is fleeing. Radar signals reveal he has remained close to the island.

Character developments

• Lin Mo remains taciturn, independent, and indifferent to rules or social pressure. Despite his amnesia, he displays extraordinary reflexes and abilities—including apparent Haki—and seems unaware of their significance.
• Hawen grows deeply admiring and grateful after Lin Mo saves him. He tries to befriend and recruit Lin Mo, but Lin Mo’s dismissiveness does not discourage his awe.
• Jahi acts as Lin Mo’s practical guide, securing him the sword, explaining prison arrangements, and offering clean clothes.
• The guards and prisoners increasingly recognize Lin Mo as exceptionally dangerous, though the guards misread his desire to bathe as an escape attempt.

Significant themes

• Instinct surviving memory: Lin Mo’s body retains combat skills and habits even though he has lost his memories.
• Power and misunderstanding: Lin Mo’s remarkable abilities appear almost casually, while he himself cannot explain them and others interpret his actions incorrectly.
• Isolation versus belonging: Hawen offers community and faction support, but Lin Mo rejects it in favor of independence.
• Freedom and confinement: Lin Mo’s approach to the sea triggers the island’s escape-prevention measures, even though he only wants to wash.

Character interactions

• Monica grants Jahi’s request for the sword, while Jahi teases Lin Mo about becoming a swordsman.
• Jahi gives Lin Mo basic guidance and later offers him clothes; Lin Mo silently declines the unhygienic shower room.
• Hawen repeatedly tries to engage Lin Mo, thanks him for saving his life, and invites him to join Teng Hai’s group; Lin Mo brushes him off.
• The guards threaten and shoot at Lin Mo, but he evades their fire and saves Hawen from a bullet, alarming the guards and drawing the prisoners’ attention.

Key plot points and events

• After bathing in the sea, Lin Mo hears prisoners claim he has a tattoo on his back. He wonders whether he used to be a pirate, but finds no mark when he checks in the bathhouse mirror.
• Lin Mo discovers he can make biscuits and bread appear by wishing for them—and can make the excess disappear. His attempts to summon clothes and a blanket fail, leaving him unsure how his ability works.
• A prisoner nicknamed Yellow-Toothed Uncle confronts Lin Mo about his unusual food. Lin Mo ignores him, prompting the man to threaten trouble.
• Jahi investigates Lin Mo’s origins and finds no record of him among the fourteen prisoners officially brought to Soma Island. Guards recall a brief flash of white light in the fog.
• Hawen tells Teng Hai that Lin Mo seemed to appear beside him out of nowhere during the journey. Teng Hai asks Hawen to help him, hinting that Lin Mo’s unusual arrival is of interest.
• Jahi visits Lin Mo and gives him an apple. Lin Mo unexpectedly produces a larger one, confirming that his strange ability can create other food as well.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Mo remains calm and self-contained, even when surrounded or questioned. His amnesia leaves him wondering about his past, while his newly discovered food-summoning ability offers a practical advantage.
• Jahi shifts from watching Lin Mo as a newcomer to actively investigating his unexplained arrival. He is surprised by Lin Mo’s power but reacts with humor, calling him a “walking supply depot.”
• Teng Hai takes a strategic interest in Lin Mo and sees Hawen as someone who may be able to approach him.
• Hawen admits he does not know Lin Mo, though he defended him earlier; he recalls seeing Lin Mo appear suddenly in the fog.
• Yellow-Toothed Uncle begins positioning himself as a potential threat to Lin Mo over the food.

Significant themes

• Identity and memory: Lin Mo’s missing past raises questions about whether he was once a pirate, though the supposed tattoo proves unfounded.
• Mystery and the supernatural: The white flash, Lin Mo’s unrecorded arrival, and his ability to summon food suggest a larger unexplained force.
• Power and vulnerability: Lin Mo’s ability may make him valuable, but it also draws attention and could invite exploitation or conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Jahi reveals that Lin Mo has no official records and was not listed among the people sent to Soma Island, suggesting he appeared there mysteriously. Lin Mo wants to recover his memories but does not know how.
• Electrotherapy fails completely: even the chair’s maximum voltage leaves Lin Mo unharmed. The attempt establishes that he has an unusual resistance to electricity.
• Monica arranges hypnosis. Lin Mo cannot recall his name and becomes distressed when asked to identify people important to him. In a guided vision, he sees a huge ship with a bell and people aboard, but cannot recognize anyone.
• Under hypnosis, Lin Mo names Red-Haired Shanks as a friend. When another indistinct figure causes intense pain, Lin Mo forcefully ejects the hypnotist from his consciousness, knocking her into a wall and leaving her unconscious. Lin Mo also collapses, but soon wakes with no memory of the incident.
• Jahi tells Lin Mo that Shanks is one of the Four Emperors and may be the best lead to his past. Jahi proposes using Teng Hai, a member of a powerful South Blue intelligence family, to help locate him. Monica objects that Teng Hai is their rival.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Mo remains stoic and determined to learn who he is. His immunity to extreme electricity and ability to repel hypnosis suggest extraordinary, unexplained powers. Though he cannot consciously remember Shanks, the name surfaces under hypnosis.
• Jahi is candid about the investigation’s dead ends and sincerely tries to help Lin Mo, eventually identifying Shanks as a possible route forward.
• Monica is practical and forceful, pushing the experiments forward, but is visibly shocked by Lin Mo’s resilience and by his connection to Shanks.
• The hypnotist follows her method successfully at first, but Lin Mo’s distress and sudden resistance overwhelm her.
• Jahi and Monica differ over the proposed next step: Jahi sees Teng Hai as useful, while Monica emphasizes the danger of relying on a rival.

Significant themes

• Identity and memory: Lin Mo’s unknown origins drive the chapter, while hypnosis reveals fragments without providing clear answers.
• Hidden power and mystery: His resistance to electricity and ability to expel the hypnotist hint that his past—and abilities—are far beyond what others understand.
• Trust and cooperation: Recovering Lin Mo’s identity will require help, but the suggested lead involves cooperating with someone who is also an adversary.
• Limits of control: The hypnosis appears effective until Lin Mo’s mind forcefully rejects intrusion, showing that his inner self cannot easily be accessed or controlled.

Plot points and events

• Jahi proposes an alliance with Monica and Lin Mo: the prisoners will escape Soma Island by seizing the morning supply ship, while Lin Mo helps deal with the guards. Lin Mo agrees because escaping is his best chance to find Red-Haired Shanks and recover his memories.
• Jahi and Teng Hai negotiate a joint escape. Each faction may bring five people, with Lin Mo joining them. At dawn, fog conceals their approach: Lin Mo silently incapacitates the guards at the gun emplacements while the others overpower the supply crew and take the ship.
• Once at sea, Teng Hai warns that the escapees are now fugitives. He offers to use his family’s connections to find Shanks, but expects payment or a favor. Lin Mo discovers he can produce Beli from nowhere: first about 500,000, then 30 million at a time. He pays Teng Hai 60 million for a top-priority search.
• Teng Hai locates the Red Hair Pirates in the West Blue. Since sailing there would take too long, the group crosses the Red Line by cable car, leaves their ship behind, steals a submarine, and races toward Shanks’s location.
• After five days aboard the submarine, Holland spots a ship flying the Red Hair Pirates’ flag. The group appears close to finding Shanks.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Mo remains guarded and emotionally distant, questioning Jahi’s claim of friendship before accepting the practical alliance. Though he remembers nothing about himself, his abilities remain formidable: he can identify hidden gun positions through fog, defeat guards easily, and mysteriously produce large sums of money.
• Jahi uses his cleverness to organize the escape and negotiate with Teng Hai. He presents himself as Lin Mo’s friend, though Lin Mo remains skeptical.
• Teng Hai proves pragmatic and business-minded, offering help through his family’s resources in exchange for payment. He respects Lin Mo’s independence once Lin Mo pays the full fee.
• Monica is bold and eager for action, while Hawen is nervous and seeks reassurance. Monica and Teng Hai’s factions repeatedly argue—and sometimes fight—during the voyage, leaving their ship in poor shape.
• Jahi, Monica, Holland, and Teng Hai ultimately accompany Lin Mo toward Shanks, while the others stay behind to guard the ship. Monica’s request for a celebratory feast gets only a packet of biscuits from Lin Mo, underscoring his deadpan manner.

Significant themes

• Practical cooperation over trust: The characters unite because their goals align, even when they doubt one another’s motives.
• Freedom and self-discovery: Lin Mo’s escape is driven by the hope that Shanks can reveal his identity and restore his memories.
• Resourcefulness and uncertainty: The escape depends on fog, planning, and negotiation; Lin Mo’s unexplained ability to produce money adds another mystery to his lost past.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Mo’s submarine encounters the Red Hair Pirates’ ship, the Red Force, earlier than expected. Red-Hair recognizes Lin Mo and is delighted to see him.
• Lin Mo does not remember Red-Hair or even his own name. Red-Hair and his crew jokingly claim that Red-Hair is his godfather and that the crew are his favorite uncles.
• The Red Hair Pirates invite Lin Mo and his companions aboard for a celebration, tying the submarine to the Red Force. Lin Mo enjoys the strong wine and hearty food.
• Beckman quietly questions Teng Hai about Lin Mo’s amnesia. Teng Hai says Lin Mo appeared on Soma Island in the South Blue as if he had fallen from the sky, with no memories. Beckman wonders what could have caused it.
• Lin Mo asks whether he can recover his memories and learn about his past. Red-Hair promises a doctor will examine him, but keeps demanding that Lin Mo call him “Godfather” before sharing anything.
• To prove Lin Mo still trusts him, Red-Hair points out that Lin Mo lets him touch his head. When another crew member reaches for Lin Mo, Lin Mo instantly throws him across the deck—showing how unusual his ease with Red-Hair is.

Character developments

• Lin Mo remains guarded and bewildered by his lost identity, but begins to consider that he may have genuinely trusted Red-Hair before losing his memories. He cautiously accepts the “Godfather” label and asks Red-Hair to tell him about his past.
• Red-Hair is warm and openly affectionate, but also shamelessly playful, exploiting Lin Mo’s amnesia to tease him and claim godfather status.
• Beckman stays measured and observant, taking Lin Mo’s condition seriously and trying to determine how it began.
• Teng Hai is candid with Beckman despite feeling intimidated by him.
• The Red Hair crew enthusiastically join Red-Hair’s teasing, while also treating Lin Mo’s violent response to unwanted contact as familiar behavior.

Significant themes

• Identity and memory: Lin Mo’s missing memories leave him unsure of his own past and relationships.
• Trust beyond recollection: His instinctive comfort around Red-Hair—and sharp rejection of another crew member’s touch—suggests that some bonds persist even without conscious memory.
• Found family and affection: The pirates’ joking “godfather” and “uncles” claims create a boisterous, familial atmosphere, even as Red-Hair’s teasing blurs sincerity and manipulation.

Character interactions

• Red-Hair greets Lin Mo with teasing familiarity, while Lin Mo responds with suspicion and confusion.
• Beckman and Teng Hai hold a more serious conversation about the circumstances of Lin Mo’s amnesia.
• Red-Hair uses food, drink, and playful reasoning to draw Lin Mo closer and persuade him to call him “Godfather.”
• Lin Mo’s abrupt throw of a crew member contrasts with his tolerance of Red-Hair, lending weight to Red-Hair’s claim that Lin Mo trusts him.

Key plot points and events

• Red-Hair explains Lin Mo’s history and achievements, including his first meeting with Lin Mo in Foosha Village and the respect he has earned from powerful figures such as Whitebeard. Lin Mo is more interested in finding his own crewmates than hearing Red-Hair’s praise.
• Red-Hair and his crew try to contact Kaku using a Den Den Mushi, but get no answer. Red-Hair plans to keep calling and send people to search; Teng Hai offers help from his family. Lin Mo asks to be examined by the ship’s doctor, but Red-Hair urges him to enjoy the party first.
• After being unconscious for nearly two days, Lin MuMu wakes aboard a Revolutionary Army ship. She learns Sabo is badly injured but stable, and brings food to his room.
• While Sabo is unconscious, MuMu wrestles with whether to keep hiding the truth or confess. When he wakes, she considers cutting his memories of her again. Sabo challenges her to recognize that she has changed and asks why she wants him to forget her.
• MuMu says she feels she should never have existed and believes nobody cares about her. Sabo insists that he does care, but she removes his memories of her anyway.
• Afterward, MuMu decides she will stop lying. She tells Sabo that she is Lin Mo’s clone, transformed into a woman after Ivankov gave her a shot. She explains that Lin Mo has several clones with distinct personalities. Sabo is surprised and still trying to understand.

Character developments

• Lin Mo remains practical and reserved, showing more curiosity about his crewmates than about his own reputation. His request for a medical examination hints at concern about his condition.
• Red-Hair is openly affectionate and proud of Lin Mo, though his teasing and drinking distract him from Lin Mo’s immediate concerns.
• Lin MuMu shifts from conflicted indecision to decisive action, then resolves to face Sabo honestly. Her choice to erase his memories shows how deeply her fear of rejection and sense of not belonging still affect her.
• Sabo is compassionate and perceptive. Despite his injuries and missing memories, he recognizes MuMu’s hesitation and directly challenges her assumptions about herself and their relationship.

Significant themes

• Belonging and self-worth: MuMu believes she has no place in the world, while Sabo argues that every life matters and that she is cared for.
• Truth versus deception: MuMu sees that maintaining a lie requires more lies, but fear makes honesty difficult.
• Memory and identity: Removing Sabo’s memories temporarily changes their relationship, while MuMu’s revelation about being a clone raises questions about what defines an individual.
• Care expressed through action: Sabo risks himself to save MuMu, and Teng Hai offers practical help in finding Lin Mo’s crew.

Character interactions

• Red-Hair’s affectionate teasing contrasts with Lin Mo’s blunt insistence on answers. Beckman helps them remember the Den Den Mushi, and Teng Hai cooperates with Red-Hair to search for the missing crew.
• MuMu cares for the unconscious Sabo, then clashes with him when he wakes and questions her motives. Sabo’s sincerity unsettles her, but she still erases his memories.
• In their final exchange, MuMu begins rebuilding their relationship on honest terms, while Sabo responds with skepticism and questions as he tries to make sense of her explanation.

Plot points and events

• Lin MuMu tells Sabo the truth about her transformation: she willingly let Ivankov turn her into a woman because she wanted to wear pretty clothes and express that side of herself. The change also made her a mortal person rather than a recoverable double, and she is unsure whether she wants to change back.
• Sabo encourages her to accept the person she has chosen to become. Relieved to stop hiding the truth, Lin MuMu then asks to borrow Sabo’s Den Den Mushi to contact Dragon.
• Lin MuMu admits she has erased part of Sabo’s memory again, but says she intends to stop lying and will explain the truth if he discovers what she did. Dragon reports that Lin Mo was last reliably believed to be in South Blue, but his exact location is unknown. Lin MuMu decides to stay with the Revolutionary Army for now.
• On the Red Force, a long banquet leaves nearly everyone drunk except Lin Mo, who remains sober. Beckman tells him that Red-Hair genuinely considers him a son, though Lin Mo rejects the idea of Red-Hair as his father or godfather.
• A doctor finds no physical cause for Lin Mo’s memory loss. Red-Hair suspects someone may have used the Memo-Memo Fruit, though the crew has no proof; Kaku and Enel have not yet responded to calls.
• Jahi and Teng Hai’s group depart for South Blue after delivering Lin Mo. Teng Hai gives Lin Mo a Den Den Mushi and offers to help locate his companions.

Character developments

• Lin MuMu becomes more honest about her identity and feelings, though she remains conflicted about whether to return to her former body. She is also determined to find Lin Mo and accepts the risks of being mortal.
• Sabo responds with open-minded acceptance, treating Lin MuMu’s choice as valid rather than strange. He remains unaware of the full implications of her repeated memory tampering.
• Lin Mo stays independent and cautious, resisting Red-Hair’s attempts to claim a parental role while accepting help from Teng Hai.
• Red-Hair shows genuine affection for Lin Mo but expresses it through teasing and persistent attempts to get him to drink. Beckman acts as a more measured guide and mediator.

Character interactions

• Lin MuMu and Sabo share a candid conversation about gender, identity, loyalty, and mortality. Their playful exchange—she demands to be called “Sister Mu” before feeding him—softens the serious discussion.
• Lin MuMu’s call with Dragon highlights the tension between her promise to stop lying and her continued decision to conceal the truth from Sabo for now.
• Beckman offers Lin Mo a more trustworthy, grounded perspective on Red-Hair’s intentions. Lin Mo and Red-Hair trade banter over the supposed godfather relationship, while the crew’s breakfast conversation adds comic contrast to their concern about his amnesia.

Significant themes

• Identity and self-acceptance: Lin MuMu’s transformation raises questions about whether identity is defined by one’s past or by the person one chooses to be.
• Honesty and secrecy: Lin MuMu wants to stop lying, yet continues to hide information from Sabo through memory alteration.
• Mortality and purpose: Becoming a real person gives Lin MuMu freedom, but also makes death permanent; she wants her life—and any sacrifice—to matter.
• Family and belonging: Red-Hair’s affection for Lin Mo contrasts with Lin Mo’s insistence on independence, leaving their relationship warm but unresolved.

Plot points and events

• Lin Mo has spent three days aboard the Red Hair Pirates’ ship, enduring Shanks’s frequent parties and persistent attempts to treat him as a son and godson. Lin Mo rejects the claim and tries to avoid the crew’s noisy friendliness, though he appreciates their hospitality and help.
• Shanks and Beckman report that they still have no news of Lin Mo’s missing crewmates, Kaku and Enel, or the Flying Ship. They consider two possible locations: Fish-Man Island beneath the sea or a Sky Island high above it.
• Intrigued—and worried his friends may be there—Lin Mo asks to see those places. Shanks agrees to take the crew to Fish-Man Island first, traveling via Sabaody.
• During the voyage, Shanks playfully offers to spar with Lin Mo once Lin regains his memories and strength. Lin refuses to fight him, despite Shanks offering to accept an absurd wager: if Shanks loses, he’ll become Lin Mo’s son.
• At Sabaody, Shanks ignores Lin Mo’s protests and takes him to the amusement park, buying a parent-child ticket and dragging him onto the rides. Lin Mo maintains a sour expression but quietly finds the roller coaster—and the other rides—somewhat fun. Shanks buys him a balloon and ties it to his wrist.

Character developments

• Lin Mo remains guarded, irritable, and resistant to Shanks’s affection, but he accepts the crew’s help and shows concern for his missing companions. His reactions also hint that he may be more receptive to companionship and fun than he admits.
• Shanks continues to express affection through teasing, exaggerated fatherly claims, and forced outings. Despite his joking manner, he takes the search for Lin Mo’s crew seriously and avoids challenging Lin while Lin’s strength and memories remain impaired.
• Beckman acts as the practical voice in the group, offering plausible search locations and handling the ship’s preparations and finances.

Themes

• Found family and belonging: Shanks tries to create a familial bond with Lin Mo, who resists the label while still benefiting from the crew’s care.
• Loyalty and friendship: Finding Kaku and Enel remains important, prompting the journey to Fish-Man Island.
• Trust and vulnerability: Lin Mo distrusts Shanks’s claims but relies on his assistance.
• Hidden enjoyment beneath resistance: Lin Mo’s stern attitude contrasts with his private enjoyment of the amusement park.

Character interactions

• Shanks repeatedly teases Lin Mo and calls him his son; Lin answers with blunt denials, eye-rolls, and occasional swings at him.
• Lin Mo trusts Beckman’s judgment more than Shanks’s, while Shanks openly acknowledges that he also relies on Beckman.
• Shanks’s crew enthusiastically invites Lin Mo to sing and celebrate, but he refuses.
• Shanks and Beckman collaborate on the search plan, while Shanks and Lin Mo’s amusement-park outing turns their antagonistic banter into a brief, reluctant moment of shared enjoyment.

Key plot points and events

• Red-Hair takes the amnesiac Lin Mo to a Sabaody auction house. He reminds Lin Mo that he once killed a Celestial Dragon there to protect his crew, but Lin Mo has no memory of it.
• The auction sells people as well as jewelry. Lin Mo finds the practice disturbing but is unsure whether he should intervene. Red-Hair decides to free the captives after the auction.
• A sword identified as Sandai Kitetsu is put up for auction. Red-Hair says it belonged to Lin Mo, who resolves to reclaim it. The sword sells for twelve million Beli, but after using Conqueror’s Haki to knock everyone unconscious, Red-Hair and Lin Mo retrieve it from the storehouse.
• Red-Hair frees the enslaved people and tells them to escape on their own. Lin Mo acknowledges Red-Hair’s effort, though he rejects Red-Hair’s attempt to claim the title of godfather.
• The pair leave the auction house, and Red-Hair gives his last 800,000 Beli to the unconscious auctioneer. Back on the Red Force, Red-Hair gets money from Beckman, endures the crew’s teasing, and takes Lin Mo out again.
• Once the ship’s coating is finished, the crew begins its descent toward Fish-Man Island. Perona briefly spots someone who looks like Lin Mo near Sabaody. Underwater, Lin Mo marvels at the scenery, and the Red Force eventually reaches the enormous bubble surrounding Fish-Man Island.

Character developments

• Lin Mo remains reserved and skeptical, but his reaction to the auctioned captives shows growing compassion. He starts making choices based on who he is now, rather than on what Red-Hair says his former self would have done. Recovering Sandai Kitetsu gives him a tangible link to his lost past.
• Red-Hair continues teasing Lin Mo and pushing the “godfather” joke, yet backs it up with action: he helps free the captives and protects Lin Mo with his Haki. He also hints that Lin Mo may once have possessed Conqueror’s Haki.
• Perona appears briefly and wonders whether she saw Lin Mo, suggesting his return may soon be noticed.

Significant themes

• Memory and identity: Lin Mo must decide who he is without access to his past, and he resists letting others define him by it.
• Power and responsibility: The auction exposes a world where the strong exploit the weak; Red-Hair argues strength is necessary, while Lin Mo’s discomfort raises the question of whether to intervene.
• Freedom and compassion: Red-Hair and Lin Mo disrupt the slave trade, but leave the freed captives to secure their own escape.
• Humor and loyalty: Red-Hair’s constant teasing masks genuine care and support for Lin Mo.

Character interactions

• Red-Hair alternates between provoking Lin Mo and protecting him, while Lin Mo responds with dry irritation but increasingly accepts his company.
• Their disagreement over whether Lin Mo wants to help the captives turns into a joint rescue, with Red-Hair taking the lead.
• Red-Hair’s crew freely mocks him over his lack of money, showing their familiarity and easygoing rapport.
• Lin Mo and Red-Hair end the chapter on friendly, combative terms, joking about a future fight as they travel toward Fish-Man Island.

Key plot points and events

• Red-Hair’s crew arrives at Fish-Man Island and is confronted by the elderly harbor keeper, who recognizes Lin Mo as the visitor who wrecked the harbor years ago. Lin Mo pays the 12-million-Beli debt rather than accept Red-Hair’s offer to pay it in exchange for being called his godfather.
• Lin Mo unexpectedly produces a large stack of money from nowhere. The crew questions him, but he keeps quiet, wary that he has revealed something about himself he does not understand.
• The group enters a mermaid town and splits up to gather information. Red-Hair suggests visiting Shyarly’s Mermaid Cafe, hoping her famous predictions might help Lin Mo locate Kaku and Enel.
• Camie and Cathy recognize Lin Mo from an earlier visit and warmly welcome him. Red-Hair jokes that he is Lin Mo’s father and teases him about a possible romance.
• Lin Mo lashes out at Red-Hair, slicing a cafe table in half. Shyarly intervenes and demands payment for the damage. Red-Hair jokingly blames Lin Mo, who claims he has no money.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Mo remains guarded and deadpan, refusing Red-Hair’s attempts to become his godfather and concealing his unexplained ability to produce money. His return reveals that he has left a strong impression on Fish-Man Island’s residents.
• Red-Hair acts as a playful, teasing companion, repeatedly provoking Lin Mo and joking about their father-son relationship. Beneath the humor, he wants to deepen their bond.
• Beckman stays calm and observant, treating Lin Mo and Red-Hair’s fight as harmless.
• Camie and Cathy show genuine affection and concern for Lin Mo, while Shyarly asserts authority when the cafe is disrupted.
• The old harbor keeper’s resentment over Lin Mo’s past destruction provides a comic reminder that Lin Mo’s earlier visit had consequences.

Significant themes

• Found family and belonging: Red-Hair seeks a closer bond with Lin Mo, while Camie and Cathy welcome him back.
• Secrecy and identity: Lin Mo’s unexplained money and memory loss leave him uncertain about what he knows or has revealed.
• Consequences and accountability: Lin Mo is made to repay the harbor keeper, and Shyarly insists that damage to her cafe must be paid for.
• Humor amid danger: Teasing and banter persist even as Lin Mo’s temper causes real destruction.

Key plot points and events

• After damaging Shyarly’s Mermaid Cafe, Red-Hair and Beckman have no money to cover the bill. Lin Mo offers to pay his share—one million Beli—while insisting that Red-Hair’s crew help him find Kaku and Enel.
• Shyarly’s crystal-ball vision shows the missing men amid ruined buildings and clouds, suggesting they are on a Sky Island. She confirms they are safe but cannot pinpoint their location.
• Red-Hair and Beckman explain that searching the vast White Sea without coordinates would be difficult. Red-Hair proposes waiting three days while Beckman makes a plan to reach the sky; Lin Mo reluctantly agrees.
• Red-Hair’s crew report that Kaku and Enel are not on Fish-Man Island. The group decides their next search must be in the sky, though the crew doubts Red-Hair’s casual approach.
• Lin Mo suddenly collapses as his lost memories return. When he wakes, he remembers both his past and everything that happened during the month he had forgotten—including Red-Hair’s antics.

Character developments

• Lin Mo remains focused on finding Kaku and Enel, even when the search is dangerous. His recovered memories restore his sense of continuity, and his first reaction to Red-Hair is irritation rather than gratitude.
• Red-Hair continues to tease Lin Mo and act impulsively, but he genuinely promises to help. He also recognizes the risks of entering the White Sea unprepared.
• Beckman serves as the group’s practical voice, negotiating the cafe debt and agreeing to devise a safer plan.
• Shyarly helps with her prediction but is clear about the limits of her ability and expects payment for the damage.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and responsibility: Red-Hair commits to helping Lin Mo reunite with his crew, while Beckman presses for a realistic plan.
• Patience versus urgency: Lin Mo wants to search immediately, but the others urge caution.
• Memory and identity: Lin Mo’s sudden recovery reconnects him with his past and changes how he understands recent events.
• Humor amid danger: The group’s teasing and bickering contrast with the serious challenge of searching the Sky Islands.

Character interactions

• Lin Mo and Red-Hair repeatedly spar: Red-Hair jokes about their supposed closeness and tries to enlist him in covering the cafe bill, while Lin Mo rejects the teasing.
• Beckman mediates between them, ultimately lending money to settle the debt and agreeing to plan the journey.
• Shyarly’s vision gives the group a lead, but her inability to locate Kaku and Enel precisely forces them to consider the difficulty of the search.
• Camie and Cathy follow the group and show concern when Lin Mo collapses.

Plot and key events

• Lin Mo has recovered his memories. He discards his ordinary wooden sword, which Cathy eagerly asks to keep, and agrees to give it to her.
• With no safe route to the White Sea available, Lin Mo decides to travel with Red-Hair’s crew via the dangerous Knock Up Stream, then continue on his own to find Kaku and the others.
• When Red-Hair teases him about being treated like family, Lin Mo challenges him to a fight. Their clash damages nearby Fish-Man Island buildings and injures residents, so the crew’s officers stay behind to handle the aftermath while the two move to an open coral field.
• Their Conqueror’s Haki contest shows that Lin Mo is formidable for his age but still weaker than Red-Hair. Lin Mo then combines water manipulation, swordsmanship, and the Shadow Imitation Technique to immobilize Red-Hair.
• Lin Mo summons his clone, Lin Shuai, and orders him to cut off Red-Hair’s left arm. Lin Mo offers to return and reattach it if Red-Hair agrees to stop calling himself Lin Mo’s godfather. Red-Hair refuses to bargain, treating the lost arm as a gift to his “godson.” The chapter ends before Lin Mo decides what to do with it.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Mo is back to his cool, decisive self and intends to travel independently. He tests his strength against Red-Hair and uses tactics beyond direct swordplay, but his attempt to end the godfather teasing only deepens their absurd standoff.
• Red-Hair remains amused and affectionate, framing their fight as a chance to test Lin Mo and even accepting the loss of an arm rather than give up the godfather title.
• Cathy shows her admiration for Lin Mo by asking for his discarded sword.
• Beckman and Yasopp accept responsibility for dealing with the damage and injuries while Red-Hair and Lin Mo fight elsewhere.
• Lin Shuai obediently carries out Lin Mo’s order, cutting off Red-Hair’s arm and catching it before it falls.

Significant themes

• The chapter contrasts Lin Mo’s independence and bluntness with Red-Hair’s persistent, playful affection.
• It highlights Lin Mo’s rapid growth and resourcefulness, while acknowledging the gap between his abilities and Red-Hair’s experience.
• Comedy and exaggerated loyalty run alongside the action: Red-Hair’s willingness to sacrifice an arm makes clear that he values the godfather bond more than Lin Mo’s threats.

Key plot points and events

• Red-Hair insists that Lin Mo’s taking his arm means Lin Mo has accepted him as a godfather. Lin Mo denies making any promise, but finally stores the arm in his System Space after Red-Hair refuses to take it back.
• Red-Hair returns to his crew, where they are astonished by his injury. He explains that he gave up his arm to gain a godson and orders the crew to spread the news—especially to the Marines—so his reputation might help protect Lin Mo.
• At a Marine laboratory, Kizaru reflects on his prosthetic arm and wonders what Lin Mo has done with the original. Sentomaru doubts Lin Mo could have defeated Kizaru, but Kizaru warns him not to underestimate the young pirate.
• Lin Mo visits Gyoncorde Plaza, where Fish-Man Island residents recognize him from Madame Shyarly’s prophecy that he would lead them to the surface. He avoids their questions and disappears, unwilling to take responsibility for the prediction.
• Back at Coral Hill, Red-Hair continues claiming Lin Mo as his godson and teasing him about finding a partner. Lin Mo threatens him, then hits him with the flat of his sword when Red-Hair pretends to faint.
• Lin Mo announces that his group will leave Fish-Man Island for Sky Island. Red-Hair agrees, and the crew has their ship coated for the journey.
• As they prepare to depart, a Fish Ship bearing Ryugu Palace’s name arrives, carrying a giant hairtail and the three Mermaid Princes. The chapter ends with the royal party’s arrival.

Character developments

• Lin Mo remains independent and reluctant to accept obligations. Though he keeps Red-Hair’s arm, he resists the godfather relationship and refuses to involve himself in Fish-Man Island’s future.
• Red-Hair is delighted by the arrangement and treats Lin Mo as family despite Lin Mo’s protests. He is willing to sacrifice an arm and use his reputation to support him.
• Kizaru openly acknowledges how dangerous Lin Mo is, while Sentomaru remains skeptical.
• Red-Hair’s crew accept their captain’s decision, though they tease him and express concern about the consequences of his injury.

Significant themes

• Chosen family and obligation: Red-Hair considers his sacrifice enough to establish a family bond, while Lin Mo resists being bound by it.
• Independence versus responsibility: Lin Mo rejects both Red-Hair’s influence and the residents’ expectations tied to Shyarly’s prophecy.
• Reputation and protection: Red-Hair hopes his name will deter threats against Lin Mo, even though Lin Mo prefers to rely on himself.
• Humor through contrast: Red-Hair’s shameless affection and feigned weakness repeatedly clash with Lin Mo’s blunt irritation.

Character interactions

• Red-Hair persistently calls Lin Mo his son and godson; Lin Mo counters with denial, threats, and dry remarks.
• Beckman recognizes that Red-Hair has made up his mind and declines to interfere.
• Kizaru tells Sentomaru that Lin Mo’s strength is real and invites him to see for himself.
• Fish-Man Island residents approach Lin Mo with hope because of the prophecy, but he evades them.
• Red-Hair’s crew joke about their captain’s injury while still helping him and following his orders.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Neptune arrives with his sons to invite Red-Hair and his crew to a feast at Ryugu Palace. Lin Mo refuses because he is eager to reach the White Sea and find his companions, Kaku and the others.
• Shirahoshi appears and, unwilling to let Lin Mo leave, grabs the Red Force and carries it away. After failing to persuade him to stay, she asks for five minutes alone with him.
• Shirahoshi gives Lin Mo Bubble Coral, then takes him beyond Fish-Man Island’s protective membrane. She asks him to take her on an adventure, explaining that she has never seen the outside world.
• Lin Mo initially refuses, pointing out that Fish-Man Island needs her and that his small ship cannot carry her. Since she holds his protected bubble and can outswim the ship, he cannot easily escape.
• Lin Mo agrees to take her only if Neptune approves, but Shirahoshi reveals she has already sent her father a letter with Megalo saying she is leaving.
• Neptune arrives searching for them. Red-Hair sends him and his sons in the wrong direction, then prepares to sail.
• Lin Mo finally agrees to let Shirahoshi travel with him for two months, after which she must return to Fish-Man Island.

Character developments

• Lin Mo remains focused and blunt, prioritizing his journey to the White Sea. Though he resists taking responsibility for Shirahoshi, he eventually negotiates a firm limit rather than abandon her in the deep sea.
• Shirahoshi shows new independence and determination. Safe from Vander Decken IX, she acts on her long-held wish to explore the world, even defying her father’s expectations.
• Red-Hair stays playful and supportive of Lin Mo, teasing him and helping Shirahoshi get a private conversation. He also deliberately misdirects Neptune.
• Neptune is protective and anxious about Shirahoshi, but his affection makes it difficult for him to control or scold her.

Significant themes

• Independence and exploration: Shirahoshi takes her first steps beyond the sheltered life imposed on her.
• Responsibility and boundaries: Lin Mo’s agreement balances Shirahoshi’s wishes with his own mission and her duty to Fish-Man Island.
• Trust and protection: Shirahoshi trusts Lin Mo completely, while Lin Mo worries that he may not be able to keep her safe.
• Family and freedom: Neptune’s concern reflects a parent’s desire to protect his child, while Shirahoshi seeks the freedom to choose her own path.

Character interactions

• Lin Mo repeatedly rejects Shirahoshi’s pleas, while she persists through tears, appeals, and finally direct action.
• Red-Hair needles Lin Mo about being harsh with a child but also helps create the opportunity for Shirahoshi to speak with him.
• Shirahoshi’s trust contrasts with Lin Mo’s reluctance: she calls him the strongest, while he warns her not to rely on him.
• Red-Hair and Beckman joke about who has “taken” whom, and Red-Hair’s misdirection gives Lin Mo and Shirahoshi time to get away.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Lin Mo tells Shirahoshi that she may travel with him for only two months before he leaves her behind. Frightened of being abandoned, Shirahoshi agrees and asks how she will return to Fish-Man Island. Lin Mo assures her that he already has a plan to arrange her return.
• On the cargo ship, Lin MuMu—who had previously used the alias “Nan Ke”—has revealed her true identity to Sabo. She explains the alias to the other passengers, who accept her reason without issue.
• Lin MuMu brings Sabo lunch and discovers him examining a Mask. She claims she bought it in Sabaody years ago and gave it to him, though Sabo has no memory of meeting her.
• Lin MuMu teasingly takes the Mask back. While discussing it on deck, she is startled by another Revolutionary Army member, causing the Mask to fall into the sea.
• Sabo becomes distressed and insists on retrieving that specific Mask rather than replacing it. Although injured and forbidden from entering the water, he nearly attempts to dive after it.
• Hack, a Fish-Man, retrieves the Mask safely. Sabo’s injuries cause him to stumble afterward, and Lin MuMu helps him back to his cabin.
• Later, Sabo confronts Lin MuMu about his missing memories. She admits that she used the Memo-Memo Fruit to remove all memories of her from his mind, including his memories of saving her.
• Lin MuMu explains that she erased the memories because Sabo had believed she was an ordinary girl, while she did not want to continue deceiving him. She claims the memories cannot be restored unless she dies and promises never to alter his memories again.

Character developments

• Lin Mo remains practical and emotionally restrained, but he has already made arrangements to ensure Shirahoshi’s safety after their journey.
• Shirahoshi shows her dependence on Lin Mo and her fear of being abandoned. Despite her anxiety, she accepts his conditions and demonstrates growing willingness to leave Fish-Man Island.
• Lin MuMu appears playful, mischievous, and irresponsible in everyday interactions, teasing Sabo and bullying him while he is injured. Beneath this behavior, however, she is deeply guilty and emotionally invested in how Sabo views her.
• Sabo becomes increasingly suspicious and determined to recover the truth about his past. His insistence on retrieving the original Mask reveals that it carries emotional significance beyond its material value.
• Hack acts as the practical solution to the crisis, using his Fish-Man abilities to retrieve the Mask. His observations also suggest that he notices the growing closeness between Sabo and Lin MuMu.

Significant themes

• Memory and identity: The central conflict concerns whether erased memories can be considered unimportant. Sabo believes his memories—and the relationships they represent—are part of his identity, while Lin MuMu tries to justify removing them.
• Trust and deception: Lin MuMu originally hid her identity and later altered Sabo’s memories without permission. Her actions are motivated partly by guilt, but they also seriously damage Sabo’s ability to trust her.
• Emotional attachment to objects: The Mask symbolizes Sabo’s forgotten connection with Lin MuMu and possibly the memory of her saving or being saved by him. His determination to recover it shows that emotional value is not dependent on material worth.
• Care beneath conflict: Though Lin MuMu constantly teases Sabo, she worries about his injuries and stops him from recklessly diving into the sea. Their arguments conceal mutual concern and growing intimacy.
• Freedom and dependence: Shirahoshi’s agreement to travel with Lin Mo reflects her desire to experience the outside world while still relying heavily on him for protection and guidance.

Character interactions

• Lin Mo and Shirahoshi: Lin Mo imposes a strict two-month limit, while Shirahoshi anxiously seeks reassurance that he will return her safely.
• Lin MuMu and Sabo: Their playful banter over the Mask gradually turns serious as Sabo questions his forgotten past. Their interaction exposes both their emotional closeness and the consequences of Lin MuMu’s manipulation.
• Lin MuMu and the Revolutionary Army member: A minor accident escalates when Lin MuMu blames him for startling her and demands that he retrieve the Mask, despite his inability to swim well.
• Sabo and Hack: Sabo asks Hack to recover the Mask, relying on Hack’s Fish-Man abilities when his own injuries prevent him from doing so.
• Lin MuMu and Sabo after the rescue: She assists him back to his room, and Sabo gently reassures her that he is not angry. Their reconciliation is complicated when he presses her for the truth about his erased memories.