Chapter Summaries

Gecko Moria’s crew landed in Wano and was challenged by Kaido at Ringo Township, where Kaido defeated him and wiped out most of his men. Moria later awoke in a tomb consumed by hatred, while Vice Admiral Saul prepared to arrest a group of scholars and questioned the mission.

• Moria and his crew reached Wano after climbing the waterfall and began celebrating at Ida Port.
• King challenged Moria on Kaido’s behalf, and Moria accepted Kaido’s invitation to meet in three days.
• Kaido and Moria fought at Ringo Township, and Kaido overwhelmed Moria with his strength and hybrid form.
• After Kaido killed most of Moria’s crew, Moria stole the nearby pirates’ shadows and fought back, but Kaido defeated him and destroyed the battlefield with Bolo Breath.
• Moria awoke in a tomb chamber and swore hatred toward Kaido.
• Vice Admiral Saul ordered his men to arrest an Illegal Expedition Team, privately questioning why the unarmed scholars had to die.

Sakazuki’s ship set out to collect Bullet, while Saul’s pursuit of Ohara’s scholars left him questioning the Government’s orders. Sengoku arranged for Sakazuki to command the Buster Call against Ohara as a test, and Sakazuki redirected his ship toward the West Blue after reading the secret order.

• Enel brought the communication-blocking Magnetic Field Bomb and Bullet’s rear admiral insignia aboard Sakazuki’s ship, and Sakazuki explained Bullet’s rank and future command role.
• Sakazuki told Enel that Bullet had arrested a man who used the Combine-Combine Fruit to assemble a giant and cause trouble in his country.
• Vice Admiral Saul captured a white-haired survivor from Ohara and questioned whether the scholars were truly trying to awaken a weapon; her words left him deeply unsettled.
• Fleet Admiral Kong told Sengoku that Ohara would be destroyed by a Buster Call, and Sengoku arranged for Sakazuki to lead the operation as a test of his choices.
• After receiving a confidential report, Sakazuki burned it and ordered his ship to turn toward the West Blue.

Saul rejected the Buster Call against Ohara and freed Nico Olvia, while Sakazuki moved to intercept them. On Ohara, Robin celebrated becoming an archaeologist, then learned that Dr. Clover would not let her join the scholars’ forbidden research.

• Sengoku ordered Saul to take part in a Buster Call against Ohara, but Saul questioned the order and spoke with Nico Olvia in prison.
• Saul escaped with Olvia aboard stolen warships, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to pursue them.
• Sakazuki learned that Saul had freed Olvia and redirected his forces toward Reverse Mountain to intercept them.
• Robin returned home to find a note from her aunt, completed her chores, and went to the Tree of Knowledge for a surprise celebration of her doctoral exam success.
• Robin told Dr. Clover she wanted to investigate the Void Century, but he forbade her from approaching the basement and threatened to bar her from the library and institute.
• After Robin ran off, Dr. Clover revealed that Olvia had been arrested and feared for Robin’s future.

Spandine arrived at Ohara to oversee the government’s crackdown on its scholars, while Olvia returned and warned the scholars that the government planned to destroy them. After Olvia was captured and the scholars were bound, Dr. Clover asked to speak to the Five Elders and reveal Ohara’s hypothesis about the Void Century.

• Saul introduced himself to Robin as Jaguar D. Saul, and she reacted to his middle initial.
• Spandine arrived at Ohara with Cipher Pol agents and ordered them to round up the scholars.
• Olvia told Clover and the scholars that the government had traced her expedition to Ohara and urged everyone to flee, but they chose to stay and protect the Tree of Knowledge.
• Olvia confronted Spandine in the woods, and he explained that the government intended to destroy Ohara as a warning to anyone investigating the Void Century before ordering his agents to take her out.
• Spandine had the captured scholars bound in the square and threw the injured Olvia before them; Robin protested the government’s accusations.
• Clover asked to speak to the Five Elders and report Ohara’s hypothesis about the Void Century.

Dr. Clover revealed Ohara’s research into the Great Kingdom before the Five Elders ordered the island destroyed and no one allowed to escape. As the Buster Call bombarded Ohara, Saul attacked a warship to protect Robin, and Sakazuki ordered Kuzan to kill him while an evacuation ship was spotted leaving the island.

• Dr. Clover told the Five Elders that Ohara had discovered the erased Great Kingdom and began to reveal its name before an Elder ordered him killed and called for a Buster Call on Ohara.
• The Buster Call fleet began bombarding the island, while Enel watched from Sakazuki’s warship and called the attack cruel.
• Kuzan’s lookout spotted the deserter Saul, and a cannonball struck Saul as he protected Robin.
• Saul lifted the warship that had fired at him, but Sakazuki attacked him with Hell Hound and Kuzan froze part of his cheek with Ice Time Capsule.
• Saul threw the warship toward another vessel and fled, while Enel redirected it into the sea and Sakazuki ordered him to watch Kuzan and ensure Saul died.
• A report announced that an Evacuation Ship had been spotted leaving Ohara.

During the Buster Call on Ohara, Sakazuki ordered an evacuation ship destroyed, leaving Saul, Robin, Kuzan, and Enel horrified. Kuzan froze Saul as Saul urged Robin to escape, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Saul tried to flee with Robin, but Enel and Kuzan blocked his path and Kuzan defended the Buster Call as necessary to protect the world.
• Sakazuki ordered his warship to fire on the evacuation ship, destroying it; Vice Admiral Prukon told his adjutant that Sakazuki had taken responsibility for the mission’s infamy.
• Saul attacked Kuzan, then tried to escape with Robin, but Enel blasted apart his right leg and paralyzed Robin.
• Enel challenged Saul’s claims about justice, and Kuzan froze most of Saul’s body before telling Enel he would handle Saul himself.
• Saul urged Robin to run toward the sea, laugh as he had taught her, and seek friends; Kuzan began freezing Saul into a giant ice sculpture.

Enel and Sakazuki explained why the Marines destroyed Ohara, while Kuzan struggled with their decision and let Robin escape. The Tree of Knowledge fell, and Robin left the island alone, following Kuzan’s frozen path across the sea.

• Enel burned Saul’s frozen body and warned Kuzan not to interfere with Marine affairs.
• Sakazuki explained to Enel that the Buster Call’s purpose was to deter ordinary people and that allowing Ohara’s evacuees to escape would undermine that threat.
• Kuzan questioned Sakazuki’s choice, but left after Sakazuki argued that the survivors would face forced labor if they lived.
• Dr. Clover mourned the burning books, Olvia apologized to Robin, and the Tree of Knowledge collapsed.
• Kuzan gave Robin a boat and showed her a frozen path to the next island, while warning that he would arrest her if she committed a crime.
• Robin asked Kuzan to save her mother, but he told her that no one on Ohara could still be alive, and they departed in opposite directions.

After Ohara’s destruction, Sakazuki was promoted to Admiral as the government blamed Robin for the attack and circulated a bounty for her. Meanwhile, Dragon and Bartholomew Kuma began a revolution in the Likvi Islands, while Sakazuki’s agents secretly interfered and Sakazuki prepared to lead the Navy.

• Sakazuki ordered a search for Avis’s Devil Fruit after Carol reported that Avis had died during the failed operation at Marine Branch 73.
• Ohara’s soldiers found the scholars’ books preserved in a lake, while Sengoku and Spandine discussed capturing Robin and Kuzan was warned not to repeat his mistake.
• The government publicized Robin’s 79-million-Beli bounty and false accusations, while Sakazuki’s promotion to Admiral stirred celebration among his supporters and fear among the public.
• Dragon recruited Bartholomew Kuma and led a revolt against the oppressive king of the Likvi Islands; Carol and Enel used a Magnetic Field Bomb to block the king’s call to Cipher Pol.
• Sakazuki took the title of Admiral Akainu at Marineford and declared that the Navy would eradicate piracy.

Sakazuki launched a Marine sweep of the Four Seas while arranging for Carol to pose as Nico Robin’s teacher and prepare her to influence Dragon’s future revolution. As the sweep began in the North Blue, Rolka approached Robin in the West Blue, Dragon reflected on the uncertain success of the Sorbet uprising, and Golden Lion stirred in Impel Down.

• Sakazuki announced the Four Seas Sweep and prepared ten warships to target the rising generation of pirates.
• Sakazuki told Carol to become Nico Robin’s teacher and guide her toward ideas that could later shape Dragon’s revolution.
• Sakazuki ordered the warships to begin sweeping the North Blue, with Bullet and Enel stationed aboard separate ships.
• Rolka found Robin sheltering from the rain, and she gave him the false name Koni Ilida before he offered her a place as his assistant.
• Dragon reviewed the Sorbet uprising’s many leaks and concluded that its success had depended on luck, though he had won Kuma over.
• Golden Lion opened his eyes in his Impel Down cell after receiving his meager meal.

Golden Lion regained his strength by secretly saving food, cut off his own feet to escape his Seastone shackles, and fought his way out of Impel Down. He left Magellan behind and reached a Calm Belt island, where he used swords as replacement feet.

• Golden Lion ate rice he had secretly saved and recovered enough strength to unleash his Sword Aura inside his cell.
• Golden Lion escaped his cell by cutting off his feet, then killed guards and destroyed the prison's Surveillance Den Den Mushi while searching for his sword, Kogarashi.
• Hannyabal encountered Golden Lion, who attacked him with Lion's Might: Earth Roll and continued toward the exit.
• Golden Lion fought Magellan with stone lion heads and Sword Aura, tore through the prison's floors and ceiling, and escaped into the sky.
• Golden Lion reached an island in the Calm Belt, fastened two swords to his leg stumps, and stood on them as replacement feet.

After the Golden Lion escaped, the Marines planned to restore their reputation by targeting the Red Count, while Sakazuki staged a brutal campaign that shifted public attention toward his own reputation. In East Blue, Shanks reached Syrup Village and introduced himself to Yasopp as a pirate.

• Sengoku and Tsuru assessed the Golden Lion's escape, and Zephyr proposed capturing the Red Count to restore the Marines' prestige.
• Fleet Admiral Kong ordered Tsuru to locate the Red Count, called Garp back to Headquarters, and decided to lead the capture operation himself.
• Sakazuki ordered his fleet commanders to collect the heads of pirates killed in the North Blue campaign, then posed atop the pile for a government reporter.
• The government published successive images of Sakazuki amid severed heads, overshadowing the Golden Lion's escape and frightening the public and aspiring pirates.
• Shanks rowed to Syrup Village, approached Yasopp, and told him that he was a pirate.

Yasopp left his wife and young Usopp to pursue his own path, while the Golden Lion intercepted scientists fleeing his hidden sanctuary and forced them into a deadly struggle. Elsewhere, news of his escape spread, Robin feared being recognized, and Redfield sensed the Navy approaching Liberty Island.

• Yasopp's wife let him go after he took one last look at the sleeping Usopp, and Yasopp departed at sunrise with the family's remaining money.
• Scientists escaped the Golden Lion's hidden sanctuary aboard a glider ship, unaware that Dr. Indigo had concealed news of the Golden Lion's prison break.
• The Golden Lion intercepted the glider ship, killed its lead biologist, and made the remaining scientists fight over a knife to decide who would survive.
• Bellemere dismissed Navy Officers' fears about the Golden Lion's escape at an East Blue Marine branch.
• Robin, traveling under the alias Koni Ilida with Rolka on Kesike Island, grew tense after hearing that the government was searching for the Devil Child.
• Redfield sensed the Navy approaching Liberty Island and looked toward the harbor.

Fleet Admiral Kong confronted Patrick Redfield on the mountain while Garp and Tsuru secured the town below. Kong and Redfield traded devastating blows, and their fight continued as Redfield abandoned his umbrella and unleashed stronger sword attacks.

• Kong ordered Garp and Tsuru to guard the town while he confronted Redfield.
• Tsuru told the residents to stay inside during the Marines’ arrest operation, while Garp watched from a church roof.
• Redfield recognized Kong’s purpose, destroyed a distant mountain peak with a slash, and clashed with Kong.
• Redfield used his mind-reading Observation Haki and speed to attack Kong, but Kong countered and warned him that one mistake could be fatal.
• Redfield discarded his umbrella and attacked with a sharpened sword as he and Kong continued their battle amid explosions and flying boulders.

Redfield and Fleet Admiral Kong fought a devastating duel at the mountain peak while Garp and Tsuru monitored them from the Town. Redfield redirected Kong’s attack into a massive explosion, but he knew he could not keep unleashing his strongest strikes indefinitely.

• Garp used Geppo to smash the Sword Aura and boulders approaching the Town.
• Redfield and Kong exchanged fierce attacks that split the mountain peak, buried Kong in rubble, and left both men injured.
• Redfield unleashed an enormous sword thrust that wounded Kong and cleaved the island and sea.
• Garp and Tsuru agreed to stop Redfield from escaping, with Garp promising to keep him from getting away.
• Kong asked how many more times Redfield could use his powerful attack, and Redfield realized he could not sustain it for long.
• Kong reversed Redfield’s crimson Sword Aura with his fist, sending it back at Redfield and triggering a towering explosion.

After three days of fighting, Kong fell unconscious and Garp arrested the exhausted Redfield, ending an era of legendary pirates. During the North Blue Court-Plowing Operation, Sakazuki reflected with his soldiers on the protection their mission offered to people sailing the sea.

• Kong and Redfield made one final attack against each other, and Kong collapsed unconscious from his sword wound.
• Garp arrived and struck Redfield in the head, knocking him unconscious before taking him into Marine custody.
• News of Redfield's arrest shocked the world and marked the passing of the old era represented by Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Roger.
• During the Court-Plowing Operation, Sakazuki ordered his forces to stop collecting heads and eliminate their targets on the spot.
• Sakazuki spoke with a soldier he remembered from Sicily Island and told him that their mission would one day let people sail without fear.

Enel stopped a newly formed pirate crew and brought its members to Sakazuki, who killed them after learning they had stolen a boat and assaulted its owners’ daughter. Meanwhile, Golden Lion gave Dr. Indigo five years to complete his research as his own strength continued to fade.

• Enel struck the Black Tiger Pirates’ flag with lightning before they could set sail, knocked the crew unconscious, and contacted Sakazuki.
• Enel brought the pirates to Sakazuki, who killed several and learned they had stolen the fishing boat from Ian Bird’s family and assaulted his daughter.
• Sakazuki ordered Enel to clean up the pirates and return the boat, and Enel killed the remaining crew with a powerful electrical attack.
• Golden Lion set a five-year deadline for Dr. Indigo to finish the Cultivation Tank research.
• Golden Lion reflected on his worsening injuries and dwindling strength, then vowed to show the world what real pirates were like.

Rolka bought Robin expensive cosmetics and taught her how to disguise herself, then explained why he did not intend to capture her. He challenged her belief that uncovering Ohara’s research could change the world and asked what was needed to overthrow the World Government, leaving Robin to answer, “Power?”

• Rolka bought Robin a 200,000 Beli cosmetics set and gave it to her as a gift.
• Rolka frightened Robin by pretending to expose her as Nico Robin, then revealed he had only been taking pictures to tease her.
• Rolka admitted he had recognized Robin from their first meeting and taught her how makeup and her ability could help her disguise herself.
• Rolka said he had no reason to capture Robin and dismissed the claim that Ohara’s research could destroy the world.
• Robin defended the Ohara scholars, while Rolka argued that knowledge of the past alone could not overthrow the World Government.
• Rolka asked what someone would need to overthrow the government, and Robin suggested power.

Rolka explained to Robin that technology, rather than history or revolution alone, could give the world a chance to challenge the World Government. He gave her his book, Industrial Revolution, and told her to keep it secret as they considered the dangers of acting on its ideas.

• Rolka told Robin that the Buster Call was only a tool for intimidation and described how a battle had erased every island in the Sgrily Sea.
• Robin read a newspaper report about Dragon and the Revolutionary Army overthrowing the kingdom of Kodaga, and Rolka argued that changing rulers would not solve the world's deeper problems.
• Rolka said technological development could reshape society and eventually make the World Government vulnerable, but warned that the government and affiliated kings would suppress it.
• Robin suggested combining Dragon's ideas with technological progress, and Rolka said it might work only if Dragon first built a powerful movement.
• Rolka gave Robin his book, Industrial Revolution, and warned her to hide it and deny knowing him if she was caught.

Carol struggled with his sympathy for Robin while carrying out the operation Sakazuki insisted must continue, and Vinsmoke Judge forced a surgery on Sora to modify their children. The chapter also showed sea kings anticipating their king’s birth and introduced baby Trafalgar Lami, whom her older brother Luo startled into crying.

• Carol told Sakazuki that he was growing sympathetic toward eight-year-old Robin, but Sakazuki insisted their operation could not stop and that sacrifice was necessary.
• Vinsmoke Judge told Sora he would have their children undergo surgery to remove their human hearts, and doctors dragged her to the laboratory as young Reiju watched in terror.
• Sora drank an antidote she found in Judge’s laboratory, collapsed in pain, and was rushed away for examination after Judge discovered what she had done.
• Giant sea kings gathered beneath Fish-Man Island and said their king would be born in five years, with another king to be born in a distant sea.
• Luo visited his mother and met his baby sister, Trafalgar Lami, then panicked when his poking made her cry.

Tesoro watched Saint Fransdin take Stella from the slave shop, then deliberately committed a crime to become a Celestial Dragon’s slave so he could see her again. As Tesoro endured the branding in Mary Geoise, the Five Elders began discussing Dragon.

• Tesoro told Stella he had nearly saved enough money to buy her freedom, while the slave shop owner admitted he had kept her for their sake.
• A guard informed the shop owner that Saint Fransdin had chosen Stella and ordered her prepared for collection the next day.
• Saint Fransdin took Stella as Tesoro arrived, and his guard beat Tesoro as Stella was dragged away.
• Days later, Tesoro deliberately committed a serious crime and was captured and branded with the Hoof of the Flying Dragon, hoping to see Stella.
• The Five Elders gathered in Mary Geoise, and the elder with a cane asked what they thought of Dragon.