Chapter Summaries

Rat’s false claim about defeating Kuro led to a confrontation with Gaza’s harbor guards, and his attempt to expose Gawain’s party as impostors turned the guns on them. As Gawain released his overwhelming pressure, the chapter left the harbor crowd facing him in fear.

• Rat claimed he had defeated Hundred Plans Kuro, angering Kuro and amusing Gawain’s subordinates.
• Gaza demanded that Rat identify himself and his men before she let them into the harbor, and Rat insulted her.
• Gaza’s guards aimed their guns at Rat, who ordered his men not to fight and questioned Akin about his Marine branch.
• Rat recognized Gawain from an East Blue meeting and accused him of being a pirate in disguise, causing the guards to turn their guns on Gawain’s party.
• Kuro drew his Claw Blades as Gawain released an overwhelming pressure that made the crowd see him as a predator.

Gawain and Kuro’s identities unsettled Rat during a tense standoff at the port, while Pal’s berserk attack was stopped by Akin. After the groups dispersed, Gawain revealed that Akin was actually Demon Man Gin, Krieg’s top commander.

• Rat recognized Gawain and Kuro, apologized, and tried to smooth over the misunderstanding.
• Pal lost control after being injured and attacked Rat, but Akin smashed Pal’s shield and knocked him unconscious.
• Rat vouched for Gawain’s group, and Gaza confirmed their identities by speaking with her father before ending the standoff.
• Rat fled the port without collecting supplies and planned to leave the newcomers to deal with the danger.
• Kuro remarked that Akin was formidable, and Gawain identified him as Demon Man Gin, a 12 Million Berry Bounty and Krieg’s top commander.

Gawain and Kuro avoided a fight with Admiral Creek’s fleet while seeking supplies, as Akin reported their presence to Krieg and prepared to seize Raven Port from within. Krieg ordered an immediate attack and trusted his new weaponized armor to make him unstoppable.

• Gawain scanned Akin, judged him loyal and worth recruiting, then left with Kuro to meet Harbinger while their crew guarded the ship.
• Akin told Krieg that Gawain and Kuro were in the port and suggested postponing the operation, but Krieg insisted they attack and move forward.
• Akin accepted Krieg’s orders, positioned men at troop and ammunition sites around the city, and sent a team to monitor Gawain and his crew.
• Krieg identified Gawain and Kuro from their Wanted Posters and ordered an immediate assault, dismissing the risk to Akin and Pal.
• Krieg showed off his armored suit and explosive spear, convinced that his weapons would let him defeat anyone.

Gawain and Kuro bought ammunition from Harbinger, with Gawain forcing the price down through violence. After checking the supplies, Gawain felt uneasy about Krieg's coming attack and decided to warn the port's ruler.

• The port attendant directed Gawain and Kuro to the slums to buy weapons, then left after complimenting their appearance as Marines.
• Gawain and Kuro met Harbinger, who demanded thirty million Berry for ammunition and surrounded them with armed men when Kuro tried to bargain.
• Gawain drew his sword and intimidated the crowd, cutting off ears as he forced Harbinger to accept a price of six million Berry.
• Gawain noticed his sword was badly damaged and decided he needed a replacement.
• After Kuro inspected the ammunition and confirmed its quality, Gawain told him to take the supplies to the ship while Gawain went to warn the port's ruler about Krieg's attack.

Gawain warned Gaza that Demon Man Gin and his disguised pirates planned to seize Raven Port, then negotiated a deal to protect the port in exchange for a famed sword and long-term logistical support. As the Krieg Pirates began their attack, Gaza asked Gawain to defend Raven Port, and he agreed.

• Gawain entered Gaza's office and warned her that Akin's crew were pirates led by Demon Man Gin, who planned to take Raven Port from within and without.
• Gaza recognized Gawain as the disgraced Goa Kingdom knight known for an affair with the princess and learned his bounty had risen to forty-eight million.
• The Krieg Pirates bombarded Raven Port, and Gawain cut an incoming cannonball apart with a Flying Slash that shattered his sword.
• Molly offered Gawain the Great Grade sword Kansei Masamune if he helped repel the Krieg Pirates.
• Gaza promised Gawain steady supplies in return for protecting Raven Port's waters and driving out or exterminating pirates, and Gawain accepted.

After Krieg’s bombardment devastated Raven Port, Pal died from his burns after warning Akin that Krieg treated his crew as disposable tools. Akin began the planned takeover of the city, while Kuro confronted him in a furious attack, leaving their fight underway.

• Krieg’s fleet bombarded Raven Port, setting the harbor and its ships ablaze and trapping pirates aboard.
• Pal escaped the burning ship while carrying two pirates, but he had been horrifically burned and died after warning Akin to leave Krieg.
• Akin insisted that the crew should correct their captain rather than betray him, then ordered the operation to begin.
• Akin’s pirates seized more than half of the city’s ammunition depots and guards as Kuro arrived.
• Kuro, enraged by the deaths of his men, attacked Akin at high speed with his Claw Blades, forcing Akin to defend himself with his tonfas.

Akin used his instincts to exploit the flaw in Kuro’s Shave and struck him down, but Kuro awakened Observation Haki and insisted on continuing the battle. Kuro revealed that only deadly fights against powerful opponents could make him feel alive, and he advanced on Akin for a final clash.

• Kuro’s high-speed attacks wounded Akin, who identified that Shave left Kuro unable to see or hear clearly and control his movements.
• Akin trusted his instincts, predicted Kuro’s attack, and smashed him through the harbor wall with his Iron Crutches.
• Kuro clawed his way out of the rubble and recognized Akin’s ability to anticipate attacks as Observation Haki.
• Kuro explained that the battle had awakened his own Observation Haki and challenged the badly injured Akin to continue fighting.
• Kuro admitted that battle, pain, and bloodshed were the only things that could relieve his boredom, then staggered toward Akin.

Gawain took up Kansei Masamune and headed to the harbor to face Krieg’s approaching pirates, but learned that Kuro had raised his potential and awakened Observation Haki. He found Kuro badly injured after a fierce fight with Akin, and Kuro declared that he no longer wanted a comfortable life and intended to become captain and claim the Shichibukai position.

• Gawain drew Kansei Masamune, released a Flying Slash, and left Gaza and Molly to shelter while he went to fight at the harbor.
• Gaza locked Molly in the cellar and led the guards out to organize rescue efforts.
• As Gawain approached the harbor, the system reported that Kuro had raised his potential from Bronze to Silver and awakened Observation Haki.
• Gawain reached the harbor and found Kuro severely injured, with Akin collapsed in a pool of blood.
• Kuro told Gawain he no longer wanted a comfortable life and intended to become captain and fulfill their agreement to take the Shichibukai position; Gawain agreed on the condition that Kuro first get past him.

Gawain and Kuro organized the defense and evacuation at Raven Port as Krieg arrived in powerful armor to challenge Gawain. Gawain anticipated Krieg’s poison-gas attack and struck him through the smoke, leaving Krieg shocked to discover his armor had been cut through.

• Gawain ordered Kuro to help evacuate the civilians, but Kuro collapsed from his injuries and let his subordinates support him.
• Krieg learned that Akin had been defeated and decided to clear Raven Port’s remaining defenders himself.
• Krieg leaped from his ship into the port, confronted Gawain, and demanded that he submit or die.
• Krieg hurled an M.H.5 poison gas bomb at Gawain, who answered with a sword slash from within the smoke.
• Gawain emerged unharmed, and Krieg discovered that the slash had cut through his arm guard and injured his arm.

Gawain defeated Krieg, cut through his armor and explosive spear, and declared him weak before preparing to kill him. Akin offered his life to save Krieg, but Krieg seized the chance to throw Akin at Gawain and escape.

• Krieg charged Gawain with his massive spear, but Gawain dodged and slashed through Krieg's breastplate and weapon.
• Krieg realized Gawain had overwhelmed him, and Gawain told him that the strong changed the world while the weak merely adapted to it.
• Gawain approached the wounded Krieg and raised Kansei Masamune to kill him.
• Akin, barely conscious, begged Gawain to spare Krieg in exchange for his own life.
• Krieg grabbed Akin and hurled him at Gawain, declaring that he wanted to live.

Gawain killed Krieg with the Kansei Masamune, but Smoker arrived as the Krieg Pirates fled. Gawain faced the Logia Marine while Kuro sought help and a place to hide.

• Krieg fired an armor-piercing round at Gawain and Akin, but Gawain split the bullet and cut Krieg in half with the Kansei Masamune.
• Akin collapsed, and Gawain recognized the sword as his partner before turning toward the fleeing fleet.
• The Krieg Pirates panicked at Krieg’s death and tried to escape, but Smoker arrived at the harbor on a jet ski.
• Smoker decided to pursue Gawain rather than the remaining pirates, while the pirates fled in fear of the White Hunter.
• Gawain called Kuro and warned him that Smoker’s Logia powers made him difficult to fight without Armament Haki.
• Gawain told Kuro to find Lord Gaza and seek a hiding place because their ship had been burned.

Gawain and Smoker fought in a fierce duel, with Gawain’s speed and swordsmanship overwhelming Smoker despite the protection of his Logia abilities. Smoker launched a smoke-powered feint and vanished, then attacked Gawain from above with his Seastone Jitte.

• Smoker charged Gawain with his Seastone Jitte, but Gawain parried the opening strike and matched Smoker in close combat.
• Smoker unleashed a barrage of Jitte strikes, while Gawain’s sword swings grew faster and forced Smoker to rely on elementalization to avoid injury.
• Gawain recognized that Smoker’s Logia body made him difficult to damage without Armament Haki, and Smoker admitted Gawain had suppressed him through technique.
• Smoker spread smoke columns across the battlefield, and Gawain blasted them apart with a silver-white blade aura.
• Smoker used the smoke as a feint, disappeared, and appeared above Gawain with his Jitte poised to strike.

Gawain used his speed-based Tooth Thrust to overwhelm Smoker but could not defeat the Logia Marine, and the fight ended when Tashigi arrived with a warship and reinforcements. Kuro arranged help from Gaza to avoid Navy scrutiny, while Gawain and Smoker faced off at the harbor.

• Gawain repeatedly struck Smoker with Tooth Thrust, using Shave to move too quickly for Smoker to counterattack.
• The captain of the guards reported the strange battle to Gaza, and Kuro identified the unseen attacker as Gawain.
• Gaza said the backup ships had been taken by people fleeing the disaster and offered protection from a Navy search; Kuro accepted her help.
• After fighting for hours, Gawain and Smoker ran out of strength and stopped; Smoker had thrown his Seastone Jitte into the sea to keep it from Gawain.
• Tashigi arrived at the harbor aboard a warship with armed Marines, and Gawain said it was time to go.

After battling Smoker, Gawain escaped Raven Port with the wounded Akin as the Marines searched the harbor. At the lord’s manor, Kuro and the pirates reflected on how rescuing civilians had changed how they felt, and Gawain returned just as Kuro worried about him.

• Gawain fled with the unconscious Akin after deciding Kuro had had enough time to escape or hide their tracks.
• Smoker ordered the Marines to seal Raven Port, rescue civilians, and search for Gawain, while Tashigi reported that an unknown group of Marines had helped earlier.
• Smoker directed Tashigi to search the lord’s manor despite the lack of a warrant, arguing that catching pirates mattered more than procedure.
• Kuro’s crew gathered at the manor for treatment, and the pirates shared how rescuing civilians had given them a new sense of fulfillment.
• Kuro voiced concern that Gawain might have died, but Gawain entered the manor carrying Akin and teased Kuro about trying to inherit his position.

Gawain and Gaza confronted Smoker when the Marines surrounded the lord's manor in search of the Gawain Pirates. As Smoker prepared to use force and questioned Gawain's identity, harbor residents gathered outside in anger.

• Gawain had the ship doctor treat the wounded Akin, while Kuro warned that he would deal with Akin if he still sought revenge for Krieg after waking.
• Smoker's Marines surrounded the lord's manor, and Gaza decided to meet them with Gawain at her side in disguise.
• Smoker demanded to search the manor, but Gaza denied that pirates were hiding there and challenged the Marines over their treatment of civilians.
• Smoker threatened to use force, but Gawain stepped between him and Gaza, citing the rules against searching the manor without a warrant.
• Smoker recognized Gawain's dangerous aura and questioned who he was, just as an angry girl and harbor residents gathered outside.

Gaza and Gawain’s townspeople stood between them and Smoker’s Marines, forcing Smoker to withdraw while he sought a search warrant. Smoker recognized the civilians’ gratitude toward their rescuers and reflected on how weakness in strength and authority prevented him from changing the corrupt Marines.

• Raven Port’s civilians armed themselves with makeshift weapons and confronted Smoker’s Marines to protect Gaza and Gawain.
• Gaza asked Smoker to leave without a search warrant, and Smoker hesitated as he recognized Gawain disguised as her attendant.
• Tashigi reported that Rat had fled, Creek’s men had been defeated, and Gawain’s men had rescued the civilians while disguised as Marines.
• Smoker ordered his Marines to leave and obtain a search warrant, while the civilians told Gaza their rescuers’ disguise had been obvious.
• The one-armed young man thanked Gaza and asked her to tell the rescuers that their acting was terrible, and the civilians smiled in agreement.
• Smoker wondered what kind of person Gawain was, then told Tashigi that his reports about Rat had vanished and that he lacked the strength and authority to reform the Marines.

Gawain left Raven Port with supplies and his crew, surviving a violent storm that made him realize they needed a skilled navigator before reaching the Grand Line. After Akin woke aboard the ship, Gawain offered him a place in the crew, but Akin collapsed before answering.

• Gawain honored his fallen subordinates at a cemetery and vowed that the Gawain Pirates would make their name known around the world.
• Gawain agreed to clear the pirate routes around Raven Port, then sailed away with a cargo ship full of supplies as Gaza asked when they would meet again.
• A severe storm battered the ship, and Gawain used Flying Slashes to break apart waves while Kuro directed the crew through the danger.
• After the storm passed, Gawain decided he needed a reliable navigator before entering the Grand Line.
• Akin woke aboard the ship, remembered Krieg firing at him, and heard Gawain offer him a place in the Gawain Pirates before he collapsed.

Akin struggled with Krieg’s betrayal, but Gawain’s kindness persuaded him to join the crew as combat captain. Meanwhile, Jango learned that two young women had stolen the treasure from Kuro’s base on Para Island and worried about telling Gawain.

• Akin woke aboard Gawain’s ship, remembered Krieg abandoning him, and asked Gawain why he had been rescued.
• Gawain offered Akin the combat captain position while making clear that he was free to choose his own path.
• Kuro warned Gawain that Akin’s loyalty to Krieg would not be overcome by kindness alone and offered to handle him.
• Akin called out for another serving of Gawain’s fried rice, surprising Kuro and showing that he had accepted Gawain as captain.
• On Para Island, Jango learned that two teenage girls had stolen the treasure Kuro had accumulated and worried about explaining the loss to Gawain.

Smoker and Tashigi discussed the corruption surrounding Raven Port and learned that Knight Gawain's Bounty had risen to 85 million Berry. In the New World, Hawk Eyes Mihawk became interested in Gawain and decided to travel to the East Blue.

• Smoker recalled Gawain's actions at Raven Port while he and Tashigi discussed Rat's unanswered report and the stalled investigation into local corruption.
• Smoker and Tashigi learned that Gawain's Bounty had increased to 85 million Berry, and Smoker vowed to keep him in the East Blue.
• Red-Hair welcomed Hawk Eyes to a party on a deserted island, where Hawk Eyes showed him Gawain's 48-million-Berry Wanted Poster.
• Beckman gave Hawk Eyes an updated poster showing Gawain's 85-million-Berry Bounty, prompting Hawk Eyes to choose the East Blue as his next destination.

After Kuro’s gold was stolen on Para Island, Gawain identified the thieves as Nami and another girl and planned to recover the money while recruiting Nami as the crew’s navigator. As Kuro trained his Observation Haki and imagined taking command again, Gawain received a system notification showing gains in physique, swordsmanship, and Observation Haki experience.

• Kuro confronted Jango and the Catman Brothers after learning that two young thieves had stolen his gold, and Gawain ordered the negligent guards locked up until the money was recovered.
• Gawain recognized the descriptions of the thieves and decided the crew would recover the gold and seek Nami, while postponing their trip to Cocoyasi Village until the injured pirates had recovered.
• Kuro trained Observation Haki on Para Island, caught a venomous wasp, and reasoned that Haki worked like an instinct for sensing danger.
• Kuro resolved to master Observation Haki and become captain again once his body recovered.
• Gawain received a system notification granting him physique, swordsmanship, and Observation Haki experience.