I put up this standalone chapter to briefly explain the current state of the world.
Because after reading nothing but text for a long time, the impressions in your head might grow hazy and lack a sense of depth.
This image is a map of the One Piece world. The red arrow showed the direction Luffy took from Reverse Mountain toward the New World. The question mark marked the New World, the white strips on either side were the Calm Belt, and the Four Blues-East, South, West, and North-were labeled in English.
The focus of this chapter was to explain the current state of the world in this story, along with the distribution of fighting strength in the New World.
The forces the Navy had currently deployed in the New World.
A brief overview of the pirates' fighting strength in the New World.
Looking at the three images together, you could see that over 95 percent of the world's openly known top-tier fighting strength had gathered in the New World.
I didn't label the names on the pirates' side because it was too much trouble. Just recognize whoever you can.
With limited space, I only listed the top-tier fighters. I didn't go into detail about the remaining fleets and such.
For example, Sakazuki had requisitioned a third of the forces stationed along the Grand Line and deployed them to the New World. Meanwhile, the launch of the world military draft meant more troops were continuously being sent into the New World.
Then there was Hale Nock, an original character in this story. His established background was that he controlled the world's largest underworld network, covering shipping, the arms trade, slavery, and so on. His subordinates were well-trained gangsters with first-rate management skills.
And in the original story, Big Mom's territory