Chapter Summaries

Sakazuki killed Yasopp and fought Red-Haired Shanks, whose Observation Haki Killer made him difficult to track. As the Red Hair Pirates attacked again, Sakazuki disappeared beneath their sonic assault, and Beckman warned Gab to retreat too late.

• Sakazuki caught Yasopp's severed head, then held it in front of him as Shanks's slash obliterated it.
• Sakazuki and Shanks clashed blades and exchanged blows while Sakazuki taunted him over Yasopp's death.
• Shanks stabbed Sakazuki from behind, but Sakazuki seized Griffin and struck Shanks with a magma-charged Great Eruption.
• The Red Hair Pirates renewed their attacks with bullets and sonic assaults, and Sakazuki vanished beneath the barrage.
• Beckman shouted for Gab to fall back, but it was already too late.

Sakazuki killed Gab while confronting Red-Hair and tried to provoke him by blaming pirates for civilian deaths and hinting at the boy in Foosha Village. Shanks kept his composure as they clashed, but Sakazuki ended the chapter by revealing he knew about the boy who dreamed of becoming Pirate King.

• Sakazuki tore Gab apart despite his Armament Haki, then tossed his body toward Red-Hair.
• Red-Hair accused Sakazuki of killing civilians, while Sakazuki defended his justice and ordered the Red Hair Pirates to retreat with Gab's corpse.
• Sakazuki asked Red-Hair where he had obtained the Navy's defense deployment map, and Shanks suggested the World Government had betrayed him.
• Shanks attacked Sakazuki, who blocked his blows and said that even Kaido had broken after being beaten by him.
• Sakazuki asked what mattered to Shanks and revealed that a boy in Foosha Village dreamed of becoming Pirate King.

Sakazuki fought Red-Haired Shanks over the secret surrounding Luffy and declared that he would kill him after wiping out the New World pirates. After unleashing a towering magma giant and scorching the sea, Sakazuki could no longer detect Shanks and continued into the mist.

• Sakazuki taunted Shanks for losing his composure over Luffy, and Shanks admitted that he had high hopes for the boy.
• Sakazuki revealed that he knew Luffy was Garp's grandson and said he planned to kill him after eliminating the New World pirates.
• Shanks and Sakazuki traded powerful attacks, but Sakazuki gained the advantage and forced Shanks to retreat.
• Sakazuki transformed into a nearly thousand-meter magma giant and bombarded Shanks with molten arms as Shanks slashed and retreated.
• Sakazuki boiled the sea and searched the steam-filled wasteland, but he found no trace of Shanks and strode into the mist.

The Five Elders realized Sakazuki was dividing the New World pirates into groups to destroy them, and they ordered support for Red-Hair. In the East Blue, Usopp and Luffy learned from the newspaper that Yasopp and Howling Gab had been killed and the Red Hair Pirates defeated, leaving the Straw Hat crew stunned.

• The Five Elders reviewed reports of Sakazuki defeating the Red Hair Pirates and killing Yasopp and Howling Gab, and compared his overwhelming strength to Rocks.
• The Five Elders studied the battle map and concluded Sakazuki had split the pirates into three groups so the Marines could wipe them out.
• The Five Elders ordered contact with Red-Hair and promised to give him as much support as possible.
• Usopp read the newspaper report of Yasopp and Howling Gab's deaths and the Red Hair Pirates' defeat, and Carina and Nami recognized Yasopp was Usopp's father.
• Luffy reacted with disbelief to the news about Yasopp and Shanks, while Sanji smoked silently and Zoro wondered what history the crew had with the Marines.

Zoro warned the crew about the Marine base near Loguetown and challenged them to face the Marines' strength. Elsewhere, Sabo received orders to meet Robin in Alabasta, while Zephyr volunteered for the most dangerous position in Sakazuki’s plan.

• Zoro ordered Johnny and John to lower the pirate flag, then explained that the nearby island was formed when Sakazuki killed Golden Lion thirteen years earlier.
• Zoro warned the crew about the Marines' power, and Luffy stepped to the bow and looked toward the enormous island with resolve.
• The Revolutionary Army's offensive slowed, while the World Government's plan to seize royal wealth in the Four Blues faltered after the Revolutionary Army was blamed for a major crime.
• Sabo returned to Revolutionary Army Headquarters, reviewed reports about Alabasta and Crocodile, and received orders from Dragon to meet Robin and keep her safe.
• Morris and Zephyr brought Sakazuki their completed report, and Zephyr asked to be put in the most dangerous position.

Zephyr accepted Sakazuki’s order to lead the Marines at Whole Cake Island, while Sakazuki and Morris reflected on his grief and willingness to die in battle. Carol brought Vegapunk three practical books by Zephyr and Morris, and their contents spread worldwide as the Marines prepared for coming disasters; the Revolutionary Army considered printing and distributing them as well.

• Zephyr accepted Sakazuki’s transfer order and left to reinforce the Marines at Whole Cake Island.
• Morris told Sakazuki that Zephyr had never recovered from his wife’s death and seemed ready to die in battle.
• Carol asked Vegapunk to add three books on first aid, survival, and recruit training to the Cloud Database and prepare copies for Marine Branches and civilians.
• The three books spread through newspapers and print shops, becoming available to factions including the World Government and the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon asked Revolutionary Army department heads for their opinions, and one recommended printing and distributing more copies.

The Five Elders blamed Sakazuki for distributing military training booklets that could strengthen the Revolutionary Army and decided to increase their support for pirates. At the same time, Stussy visited Hale Nock, who realized she was secretly connected to CP0.

• Dragon approved printing and distributing the booklets worldwide while keeping the Revolutionary Army's secret plans to attack the Red Line concealed.
• The Five Elders discussed how the booklets could arm ordinary people and make the World Government's campaign to reclaim the Four Blues more difficult.
• The Five Elders accused Sakazuki of trying to delay the Government's victory and resolved to increase their support for Red-Hair and the pirates.
• The curly-haired Elder said the World Government would abandon credibility and make the world answer to one king.
• Hale Nock met Stussy at the Steam Sea Pirates' frontline position and questioned whether the Queen of the Pleasure District had become the World Government's lapdog.
• Hale Nock recognized that Stussy had concealed her identity as a member of CP0.

Stussy offered Hale Nock intelligence from the World Government to enlist him against the Navy, and Hale Nock accepted the documents but refused to show her any warmth. Carol then completed Sakazuki’s mission by killing the Pink-Clad Female Ninja in Wano and reclaiming the Ripe-Ripe Fruit.

• Stussy presented Hale Nock with Navy intelligence and proposed cooperation against the Navy.
• Hale Nock verified the documents, unleashed his Conqueror's Haki on Stussy, and blasted her out of the hall after she said cooperation was his choice.
• Stussy survived the attack and concluded that her mission was complete.
• Carol teleported to Oden Castle’s ruins in Wano and located the Pink-Clad Female Ninja underground.
• Carol killed the Pink-Clad Female Ninja and reclaimed the Ripe-Ripe Fruit for Sakazuki’s mission.

Carol returned to Egghead with the Devil Fruit Reclaimer, where Vegapunk fused the Ripe-Ripe Fruit ability into a Jinbe Seraphim using the Modified Giant Bear and the Munch-Munch Fruit. Carol brought the Seraphim and Ability Blood Serum to New Marineford, where he and Sakazuki went to the prison to use the new ability on Pudding.

• Carol returned to Egghead Island and handed Vegapunk the Devil Fruit Reclaimer.
• Vegapunk used the Modified Giant Bear to fuse the Ripe-Ripe Fruit ability into the Jinbe Seraphim while preserving its Swim-Swim Fruit ability.
• Vegapunk gave Carol Ability Blood Serum so the Seraphim could use the Swim-Swim Fruit ability for a while.
• Carol teleported with the Jinbe Seraphim to New Marineford and reported to Sakazuki that the mission was complete.
• Carol and Sakazuki teleported to the prison, where Pudding was the sole prisoner.

Sakazuki forced Pudding to mature to test whether the Ripe-Ripe Fruit and Optimized Nutrient Fluid could awaken a Devil Fruit, but the experiment failed. After Vegapunk suggested the method might work on Zoans, Sakazuki sent Pudding’s recovered Third Eye to Charlotte Linlin, who erupted in fury.

• Sakazuki used the Jinbe Seraphim’s Ripe-Ripe Fruit and Optimized Nutrient Fluid to mature Pudding, restoring her Third Eye and awakening her Three-Eye Tribe ability but not her Devil Fruit.
• Sakazuki dislocated Pudding’s bones, gouged out her awakened eye, ordered Carol to keep her alive, and sent the preserved eye to Charlotte Linlin.
• Vegapunk told Sakazuki that forced awakening by energy buildup was unrealistic for Paramecia users but might work on Zoans.
• Zephyr and Garp reunited at the Marines’ defensive line near Whole Cake Island as Charlotte Linlin roared Sakazuki’s name after seeing Pudding’s eye.

Charlotte Linlin ordered an attack on the Marines and asked Kaido for help after learning Pudding had awakened in Marine custody. Meanwhile, Robin and Sabo met at Whiskey Peak, while Sakazuki learned Crocodile was close to taking Alabasta and told Carol to keep monitoring events.

• Charlotte Linlin raged over Pudding's awakening and ordered her forces to attack the Marines and contact Kaido for help.
• Robin met Sabo at Whiskey Peak, where they watched Crocodile's bounty hunters confront the pirates in town.
• Sabo called Dragon, but Dragon reacted sharply when he heard a boy's faint voice say, "Gum-Gum..."
• Carol gave Sakazuki an intelligence report showing the Resistance Army had nearly reached Alabasta's Royal Capital and Crocodile was close to success.
• Sakazuki told Carol to keep monitoring Alabasta and said he could take Bullet and Sote if he chose to act.

As Crocodile prepared to destroy the Resistance Army and Alabasta’s royal forces with a massive bomb, Carol learned that the crisis had begun and mobilized Bullet and Sote. Sabo began teaching the Straw Hats Haki, while Robin left for Alabasta to rejoin Crocodile’s plan.

• Sabo asked Zoro about Haki and offered to teach the Straw Hats, while Robin departed for Alabasta to join the coming confrontation with Crocodile.
• In Rainbase, Crocodile prepared a specially made bomb capable of blasting a five-kilometer area and headed for the Royal Capital to force King Cobra to reveal Pluton’s secrets.
• Carol received intelligence that events in Alabasta had begun, reported to Sakazuki, and notified Bullet and Sote.
• Carol found a Devil Fruit Reclaimer and vanished.

Crocodile captured Cobra and Vivi, demanded Alabasta’s Poneglyph, and took Cobra and Robin to find it while planning to destroy the armies in the capital. Carol, Bullet, and Sote exposed his supposedly powerful bomb as a bluff and followed him through the sky, intending to hunt him.

• Crocodile impaled Vivi and demanded that Cobra reveal Pluton’s location, then asked him to lead the way to Alabasta’s hidden Poneglyph.
• Crocodile threatened Cobra with a Special Bomb supposedly capable of destroying the Royal Capital, though he privately planned to detonate it regardless of Cobra’s answer.
• Crocodile carried Cobra and Robin away, while Robin freed Vivi from the wall with her power.
• Sabo left the Going Merry at Alabasta’s harbor in a cloud of snow, leaving the Straw Hat Pirates wondering where the Royal Capital was.
• Carol retrieved one of Crocodile’s bombs, and Bullet determined it was too weak to cause the damage Crocodile claimed.
• Carol, Bullet, and Sote flew after Crocodile on the enlarged shell, intending to follow him and make him their prey.

Crocodile forced Cobra and Robin to reveal Alabasta’s Poneglyph, but Robin found only historical records and no mention of Pluton. Convinced she had betrayed him, Crocodile pinned her against the stone and prepared to kill her.

• Crocodile made Cobra lead him and Robin to the hidden chamber beneath the royal funeral hall.
• Cobra explained that his family had guarded the Poneglyph for generations but had no inherited information about Pluton.
• Robin read the Poneglyph’s historical records and told Crocodile that Pluton was not mentioned.
• Crocodile accused Robin of deceiving him, seized her by the neck, and pinned her against the Poneglyph.
• Crocodile raised his Golden Hook to kill Robin as she closed her eyes and thought of Rolka and the people she had lost.

Crocodile and Sabo fought over Robin and Cobra until Bullet and Carol intervened. After learning Pluton lay beneath Kaido’s territory in Wano Country, Crocodile lost hope and was killed, while Carol revealed himself to Robin in Rolka’s voice.

• Sabo stormed into the ruins, rescued Robin, and fought Crocodile while trying to get her and Cobra to safety.
• Crocodile ambushed Sabo, but Bullet struck them both and took them captive; Sote brought Robin into the main hall after Cobra died.
• Carol revealed that the Poneglyph recorded Pluton’s location beneath the magma of Wano Country, in Kaido’s territory.
• Crocodile broke down over the revelation, and Carol stabbed him with the Devil Fruit Reclaimer as Bullet crushed his neck.
• Carol spoke to Robin in Rolka’s voice and greeted her after Sote brought her to the hall.

Carol revealed his identity as Robin’s long-lost mentor Rolka and took her and Sabo to Marine Headquarters, where Sabo was killed. Robin woke in the naval hospital and faced Carol, who told her she was free to remain on the island, leaving her alone with memories of their past.

• Carol revealed himself to Robin as Rolka, then knocked her unconscious and took her and Sabo from the ruins.
• Carol sealed Sabo’s Devil Fruit and told him that Sakazuki had written both Industrial Revolution and Oppression and Resistance.
• The Straw Hats lost Sabo’s Vivre Card’s direction, while Dragon later watched it burn away and realized Sabo had died.
• At Marine Headquarters, Bullet killed Sabo and Carol extracted his Devil Fruit before Bullet destroyed the body.
• Robin woke in the naval hospital, learned from Carol that Sabo was dead, and chose not to ask him about his deception.
• Carol told Robin she could explore the island but could not leave, and Robin wept as she ate a familiar meal.

Bullet and Magellan carried out Sakazuki’s orders to evacuate Impel Down and slaughter every prisoner inside. After killing prisoners across the upper levels, they reached Level Six, where Bullet demanded the keys to every cell.

• At New Marineford, Sakazuki told Carol to begin preparations to end the war.
• Bullet killed the prisoners with Devil Fruit powers brought to the warden’s office, then ordered Magellan to prepare Impel Down’s evacuation.
• Bullet announced Sakazuki’s transfer orders, appointing Hannyabal acting warden and assigning Magellan to the New World battlefield after his task was complete.
• Magellan led the jailers to evacuate while Bullet ordered him to bring the prisoner registers and keys.
• Bullet and Magellan killed the prisoners throughout Impel Down’s upper levels, with Magellan flooding the cells with venom.
• At the entrance to Level Six, Bullet demanded the keys to every cell and prisoner.

Bullet slaughtered the prisoners on Level 6, killing Shiryu and Redfield before leaving with Magellan. He tracked the escapees to Level 5.5 and used his awakened More-More Fruit to tear through its ceiling in giant form, confronting Ivankov and the others.

• Bullet entered Level 6 alone, unlocked the prisoners’ cells, and massacred nearly everyone who attacked or tried to escape.
• Bullet killed Shiryu with a single strike, then defeated Redfield, the Red Count, in a brief clash.
• Bullet left Level 6 and ordered Magellan to follow him to deal with the escapees on Level 5 and Level 5.5.
• Bullet stomped the snowy ground on Level 5, collapsing it and punching through the ceiling into Level 5.5.
• Bullet transformed into a giant in Demon Aura Mode, tore open Level 5.5, and confronted Ivankov and the hidden escapees.

Bullet annihilated Ivankov and the prisoners who stayed behind in Impel Down, then escaped with Magellan before the prison collapsed. At New Marineford, Sakazuki prepared to set his decisive campaign in motion while Robin wandered the island and approached his fortress.

• Ivankov used his powers to defend the fleeing prisoners, but Bullet swallowed his attacks and unleashed a blast that killed the prisoners trapped in the passages.
• Bullet crushed Ivankov with a pinch, destroyed the remaining prisoners with a blow, and left a deep hole through Impel Down.
• Bullet returned to normal, then left the collapsing prison with Magellan, who headed for the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Carol reported Bullet's return to Sakazuki, who ordered Carol and Bullet to watch Hale Nock and the Revolutionary Army as preparations for the decisive battle neared completion.
• Robin explored New Marineford and eventually stopped on the street leading to Sakazuki's fortress.

Robin visited the Fleet Admiral’s Office and learned that the Navy planned to destroy dozens of islands in the New World, killing civilians alongside pirates. Sakazuki defended the plan as a sacrifice for the world’s greater cause, leaving Robin to confront the human cost of the Navy’s campaign.

• Robin entered the fortress and studied the Navy’s map and sand table with Carol.
• Carol explained that the Navy planned to defeat Hale Nock and Red-Haired Shanks, then trap Charlotte Linlin and Kaido.
• Carol revealed that the Navy would detonate every island within the marked zones, including those inhabited by civilians.
• Robin asked whether mass killing could count as justice, and Sakazuki answered that justice was often an excuse for those in power.
• Sakazuki said the Navy had evacuated people it could reach, but defended the deaths of those who remained as necessary for the world’s greater cause.