Chapter Summaries

Golden Lion attacked Loguetown with falling islands, but Sakazuki intercepted him and fought him above the sea. Sakazuki killed Golden Lion and planned to use his body as an example.

• Loguetown's Marine Branch Chief ordered residents to evacuate as Golden Lion approached with several islands in tow.
• Golden Lion sent four island fragments crashing toward Loguetown, but Sakazuki destroyed and diverted them with Hell Hound.
• Sakazuki and Golden Lion clashed in the sky, and Sakazuki gained the upper hand, wounding him with a massive magma slash.
• Golden Lion gathered the shattered islands into an enormous lion's head and drove it toward Sakazuki.
• Sakazuki entered the Red Lotus State and pierced the stone lion's head and Golden Lion's chest with Hell Hound, killing him.
• Sakazuki caught Golden Lion's body, twisted off his head, and said he would make an example of him.

Sakazuki stopped Golden Lion’s falling island from destroying Loguetown, then killed him and became the focus of worldwide news. As Kaido prepared to challenge the Marines, the chapter shifted to Flevance, where a young Luo refused to leave his dying little sister behind despite a nun’s offer to evacuate the children.

• Sakazuki caught Golden Lion’s island on a massive magma platform, then raised a magma wall to shield it from the resulting waves.
• Sakazuki found the island mostly empty, condemned Golden Lion, and carried his head on Kogarashi into town.
• The government circulated a photograph of Sakazuki holding Golden Lion’s head, and newspapers proclaimed the coming age of the Marines.
• Kaido dismissed the news, confirmed that his forces were ready, and ordered his plan to begin.
• At Flevance, soldiers from neighboring countries shot residents attempting to escape and invaded the town to kill its people.
• A nun told Luo that soldiers would spare the children, but Luo refused to leave because his little sister was dying.

Luo lost his family and sister as Flevance was destroyed, then escaped the burning White Town vowing to destroy the world. Elsewhere, the Sea Kings announced the birth of their king, and a freed fish-man escaped Mary Geoise with hatred for the Holy Land.

• Luo stayed with Lami instead of boarding an evacuation ship, while his father struggled to get the kingdom to send medical aid.
• As soldiers massacred Flevance, Luo hid Lami, found his parents dead, and escaped the hospital.
• Luo found Lami and his friends among the dead, then saw the hospital burning and collapsed in despair.
• The next day, Luo escaped Flevance and vowed to destroy the world.
• Sea Kings near Fish-Man Island announced that their king had been born.
• A scarred fish-man tore off his slave collar and climbed down from Mary Geoise, swearing revenge.

Fisher Tiger returned to Fish-Man Island and told Neptune and Queen Otohime he planned to free the slaves. Meanwhile, Luo sought to join Doflamingo’s family, and Enel told Sakazuki that Dragon was at the Sorbet Kingdom’s royal palace.

• Fisher Tiger returned to Fish-Man Island, where Arlong and Jinbe greeted him as the news spread.
• Luo entered the Donquixote Family’s base and asked Doflamingo to let him join as a pirate; Doflamingo gave him a test involving Corazon.
• Fisher Tiger told Neptune and Queen Otohime that he would free the slaves, explaining that he had seen humans and could no longer bear their suffering.
• Enel told Sakazuki that his fleet would reach the East Blue the next afternoon and that he had sensed Dragon at the Sorbet Kingdom’s royal palace.

Fisher Tiger climbed the Red Line into Mary Geoise, set fire to the Celestial Dragons’ residences, and freed the slaves imprisoned there. The escaped slaves fled as he stayed behind to delay their pursuers, while the authorities struggled to understand how he had entered.

• Sakazuki read the newspaper and saw that Fisher Tiger had been branded a vicious criminal with a 230,000,000 Beli bounty.
• Fisher Tiger climbed the Red Line’s sheer cliff, badly injuring himself, then used a fire at the Celestial Dragons’ residences to draw away the guards.
• Fisher Tiger broke into the slave prison, freed its captives, and told them to escape while he stayed behind to hold off their pursuers.
• The Boa Sisters passed Fisher Tiger as they fled, and Tesoro escaped with the other slaves, newly determined to live, seek revenge, and become rich.
• After the fire, Mary Geoise’s soldiers traced the fleeing slaves’ footprints to the cliff and found bloodstains showing that Fisher Tiger had climbed up from far below.

After Fisher Tiger’s raid on Mary Geoise, Fish-Man Island celebrated him as a hero while Queen Otohime worried that the island could no longer attend the Reverie. The Sun Pirates fought off a Navy attack, but Arlong killed a Marine despite Fisher Tiger’s order to stop him, and Borsalino learned that the pirates had sunk Rear Admiral Kaluda’s warship.

• Neptune and Queen Otohime worried about Fisher Tiger’s actions and Fish-Man Island’s worsening prospects for attending the Reverie.
• Fish-Man Island celebrated Fisher Tiger, and Jinbe, Arlong, and Hachi left to join the Sun Pirates while young Hody Jones vowed to kill humans someday.
• Hachi spotted a Navy warship approaching the Sun Pirates, and Fisher Tiger ordered his crew to face the attack.
• Arlong and other fish-men overwhelmed Rear Admiral Kaluda’s forces, while Jinbe defeated a Navy officer who demanded the return of the freed slaves.
• Fisher Tiger spared Kaluda and ordered the Sun Pirates to take supplies, but Arlong killed a hiding Marine before Fisher Tiger could stop him.
• At Marine Headquarters, Borsalino heard Strawberry’s report that Kaluda’s warship had been sunk and remarked on the Sun Pirates’ skill at sea.

Kizaru ordered Strawberry to track down the Sun Pirates, while a retired Marine spotted promising recruit Vergo at Windflower Island. At Reverse Mountain, Bullet destroyed pirate ships by hurling missiles at them, then captured a pirate captain with the Float-Float Fruit ability for the Marines.

• Kizaru told Strawberry to begin preparations by tracking down the Sun Pirates.
• Jorison noticed Vergo at the Marine recruitment office on Windflower Island and recognized him as a promising recruit.
• Enel and Bullet descended Reverse Mountain with missiles, and Bullet destroyed a pirate ship by smashing a missile into it.
• Bullet used more missiles to destroy another pirate ship, then caught its fleeing captain and brought him aboard the warship.
• Enel identified the captain's power as the Float-Float Fruit ability and ordered soldiers to restrain him with seastone chains and have the doctor treat him.

Enel and Bullet discussed why the government suppressed advanced weapons, while Sakazuki planned to recover the Float-Float Fruit and described the growing Revolutionary Army. On Trega Island, Carol agreed to reunite with Sakazuki on the Grand Line after the Court-Plowing Operation, though he was reluctant to leave Robin.

• Enel told Bullet that the government would not allow missiles to be deployed widely because of their destructive power.
• Enel and Bullet reached the deserted island associated with Golden Lion, and Sakazuki ordered the warship to return to Loguetown.
• Enel revealed that their captured pirate was likely the Float-Float Fruit user, and Sakazuki ordered him kept alive for the Fruit Recovery Plan.
• Sakazuki told Enel that Carol had investigated the West Blue and North Blue and that the Revolutionary Army was gaining momentum, though the government had not yet taken it seriously.
• Sakazuki told Enel that the Court-Plowing Operation would take another two years before the government noticed the movement's growth.
• Carol called Sakazuki from Trega Island, agreed to meet him on the Grand Line in a year, and admitted he was reluctant to leave Robin.

Luo stabbed Rosinante, then was accepted into the Donquixote Pirates after Doflamingo declared that he had passed the test. Rosinante stayed silent about the stabbing, while Doflamingo planned to train Luo as his right-hand man.

• Luo grew angrier at Corazon but remained determined to join the Donquixote Family.
• Luo stabbed Rosinante with a knife, and Buffalo saw him do it.
• Luo bribed Buffalo with two triple-scoop ice creams to keep quiet, then officers caught him trying to flee.
• Doflamingo told Luo that he had passed the test and officially joined the Donquixote Pirates.
• Doflamingo said he would train Luo to become his right-hand man, leaving Rosinante worried about what would happen next.

Doflamingo put Luo through intensive training while Corazon recognized that Doflamingo was investing his hopes in the boy. On a deserted island, Shanks and Mihawk fought a destructive swordsmanship duel before joining the Red Hair Pirates for a banquet.

• Doflamingo arranged daily combat, swordsmanship, gunnery, and tactical training for Luo, while Corazon saw that Doflamingo treated him like his younger self.
• The Red Hair Pirates gathered on a deserted island and debated whether Shanks or Mihawk would win their duel.
• Mihawk and Shanks clashed across the island, using powerful sword auras that split mountains and shook the surrounding area.
• Mihawk drove Shanks into the forest, but Shanks rose and continued the duel with a fierce attack.
• Shanks and Mihawk unleashed a final clash that sent aftershocks across the island and cut the tops from six mountains.
• Shanks called for a banquet, and the Red Hair Pirates celebrated with him and Mihawk.

Sakazuki and Enel discussed the government’s secret bridge and the potential of an upgraded Ark Maxim, while Sakazuki rejected Enel’s costly super-ship proposal. In the New World, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin fought, negotiated peace, and revealed that Linlin had secretly ordered massacres across Kaido’s territories.

• Enel joined Sakazuki aboard his East Blue fleet and discussed the region’s backwardness and the government’s seven-hundred-year bridge project.
• Enel explained that he and Vegapunk had upgraded the Ark Maxim’s plans, but Sakazuki refused to fund a super Ark Maxim and ordered the blueprints discarded.
• Kaido attacked Charlotte Linlin on Kekri Island, declaring his bid to become the sea’s third emperor, and the two clashed in a battle that shattered the island.
• The next morning, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin sailed away separately after agreeing that he would be recognized as an emperor and cooperate with the Charlotte Family.
• Charlotte Linlin’s children confirmed that they had slaughtered people throughout Kaido’s territories, and Linlin warned Kaido never to cross her again.

Sakazuki learned that Kaido had become a pirate emperor and ordered his men to gather information on the Navy Hunter, Dracule Mihawk. In Shimotsuki Village, the retired swordsmith Shimotsuki Kozaburo gave a young moss-haired boy two swords and prepared to leave after sensing a Navy warship nearby.

• Enel told Sakazuki and Bullet that Kaido had fought Charlotte Linlin and Hale Nock, seized territory, and been recognized as an emperor.
• Sakazuki revealed that Kaido had once escaped from experiments on Punk Hazard and directed the fleet to investigate Dracule Mihawk, who had defeated the swordsman Shuzo.
• Enel sensed hidden sword intent on a nearby island, but the fishing old man withdrew it before the Navy officers could locate him.
• Shimotsuki Kozaburo taught the moss-haired boy his view that a blade was about its killing stroke arriving, then gave him two swords.
• That night, Kozaburo told Shimotsuki Koshiro he planned to leave because he had let Navy men sense him and did not want to bring trouble to the village.

Rolka and Robin reached the peaceful but tragic Pado Island, while Borsalino and Kuzan ignored opportunities to act against pirates. The Five Elders ordered CP9 to retrieve a mysterious fruit, and Who's-Who accepted the mission, unaware that Spandine might be setting him up.

• On Pado Island, Rolka told Robin that the world's corruption would one day be burned away, and Robin wondered if he meant revolution.
• Borsalino told Strawberry to keep tracking the Sun Pirates without attacking them unless ordered.
• Kuzan let two pirates leave Axsto Island because they had not yet started plundering and his shift was over.
• The Five Elders discussed the reappearance of a fruit and the Grand Line's growing unrest, then agreed to send someone to retrieve it.
• Spandine assigned Who's-Who a mission from the Five Elders, and a white-haired Cipher Pol agent suspected Who's-Who would not return.

Corazon revealed to Luo that he could speak, explained his mission to stop Doflamingo, and warned Luo about the significance of his D. name. After Luo fled with the secret, Corazon feared Doflamingo would learn the truth and decided he had to escape.

• Spandine watched Fuges F leave, then asked how the Sea Train project in Water 7 was progressing.
• Luo told Baby 5 and Buffalo his full name, Trafalgar D. Water Law, and began explaining his family's secret name before Corazon carried him away.
• Corazon revealed that his muteness and many of his clumsy antics were an act, and warned Luo to leave Doflamingo's family.
• Corazon described the D. Clan as the natural enemy of the gods and urged Luo not to follow Doflamingo's destructive path.
• Luo refused to leave, revealed his hatred and despair over his family's deaths and illness, then escaped after dodging Corazon's kick and knocking him into garbage.
• Corazon realized Luo might expose his secrets to Doflamingo and headed toward the harbor, planning to escape.

Corazon took Luo away from the Donquixote Family to seek treatment, while Sakazuki arrived in Rainbase with Bullet and Enel. There, he spotted Robin and Rolka hiding among the crowd and asked Robin if she was afraid of him.

• Luo helped Corazon escape Doflamingo’s notice, but Corazon later took Luo aboard a small boat and left a note saying he was taking him for treatment.
• Doflamingo found Corazon’s note and began suspecting that Rosinante had been betraying the family.
• Rosinante called Sengoku to pause his mission for personal business, and Sengoku received the newly transferred Marine Vergo.
• Rolka and Robin traveled toward the Grand Line, while Boa Hancock prepared an unprecedented expedition from Amazon Lily and Shanks left his duel with Mihawk after Beckman brought him news.
• Sakazuki arrived in Rainbase with Bullet and Enel, and Robin trembled when she saw him pass.
• Sakazuki returned to Robin and Rolka and asked Robin if she was afraid of him.

Sakazuki humiliated Crocodile at Rain Dinners and warned him to prove his worth as a Shichibukai. After Enel left to find the injured Rosinante, Sakazuki obliterated the desert while pursuing Bullet, leaving Robin terrified and Crocodile agreeing to obey.

• Rolka disguised Robin's condition to deceive Sakazuki, then sent her away while he led their pursuers off.
• Sakazuki struck Crocodile in front of his followers and the gathered residents, then entered Rain Dinners and questioned him about pirate hunting.
• Crocodile described his bounty hunter town and pirate records, and Sakazuki offered government support for his operations.
• Enel sensed that Rosinante's Vivre Card was burning and rushed out through a window to find him.
• Sakazuki fired a massive magma fist into the desert, creating a huge magma basin as Robin watched in fear and Bullet escaped toward Rain Dinners.
• Sakazuki warned Crocodile that he would have no reason to exist if he failed to prove his worth, and Crocodile agreed.

Sakazuki prepared to leave Alabasta for the G8 Branch while Crocodile discovered that Robin was the Devil Child he had been seeking. Crocodile found Robin at the magma basin and offered her Rolka’s pocket watch, asking if she wanted revenge.

• Fleet Admiral Kong ordered Sakazuki to deliver Boa Hancock’s Shichibukai appointment and have her free the petrified soldiers from two warships.
• Sakazuki sent Bullet after the Navy Hunter and prepared to travel to the G8 Branch, while Crocodile agreed to provide a ship.
• Crocodile found Robin’s photograph inside the pocket watch and became determined to find her and the weapon he sought.
• Sakazuki welcomed Carol back aboard the warship at Alabasta’s harbor.
• Crocodile tracked Robin to the magma basin, showed her Rolka’s pocket watch, and asked whether she wanted revenge.

Enel captured Doflamingo after the Five Elders ordered him taken alive, while Sakazuki and Carol discussed the coming world revolution and their plans. Days later, Bullet confronted Mihawk at Lilga Island and ordered the Assault Squad to kill every pirate in the harbor.

• Enel called Sakazuki after learning the Five Elders wanted Doflamingo kept alive, and Sakazuki ordered him to capture Doflamingo and brutally punish him without killing him.
• Enel put Seastone Handcuffs on Doflamingo and forced him to watch as he crushed Doflamingo's legs and struck his head against Vergo's.
• Sakazuki told Carol that the Revolutionary Army was spreading through the West Blue and North Blue, and predicted that revolutions and a worldwide war would follow Fleet Admiral Kong's retirement.
• Sakazuki revealed that Kong had at most two years left and said Sengoku could become Fleet Admiral before Sakazuki acted against pirates, revolutionaries, and the World Government's leaders.
• Mihawk deflected Bullet's air cannon shot with a flying slash, and Bullet landed at Lilga Island with Assault Squad soldiers.
• Bullet ordered his soldiers not to let any pirate in the harbor escape and declared that they all had to die.

Dracule Mihawk and Douglas Bullet fought a devastating duel across the harbor and island. Bullet killed Mihawk, but he collapsed unconscious from his own injuries afterward.

• Dracule Mihawk and Douglas Bullet introduced themselves and began fighting in the harbor.
• The two exchanged powerful sword strikes, haki attacks, and blows that split the harbor and surrounding cliffs.
• Bullet transformed with Krodha Asura King and tore apart Mihawk’s enormous sword slash before driving him back.
• Bullet shattered Mihawk’s ribs and continued fighting him as their battle destroyed a third of the island.
• Mihawk and Bullet charged at each other for a final exchange, and Bullet punched a hole through Mihawk’s heart.
• Mihawk died, and Bullet dropped out of Demon Aura Mode and collapsed unconscious from a massive chest wound.

Bullet recovered from his battle with Mihawk, delivered Mihawk’s body to Vegapunk for research funding, and learned that the world had named him the “Swordsman Destroyer.” Shanks brought the Gum-Gum Fruit to Foosha Village, where he met a young boy, then learned from a newspaper that Mihawk had died.

• Bullet woke aboard a warship, tested Mihawk’s Black Blade Yoru, and agreed to take Mihawk’s body to Punk Hazard so the government could compensate Lilga Island for the destruction.
• Reports spread that Bullet had killed Mihawk and Rayleigh, earning him the title “Swordsman Destroyer.”
• Who's-Who survived the Red Hair Pirates’ raid on his warship and called for help while Shanks’s crew celebrated their stolen treasure.
• Shanks found the purple-patterned Gum-Gum Fruit in a treasure chest and told Uta that he could not give it to her.
• Shanks brought his crew to Foosha Village, where Uta and a young boy in a white shirt confronted one another and Shanks introduced himself.
• Lucky Roux showed Shanks a newspaper reporting Mihawk’s death, and Shanks reacted with disbelief.