Chapter Summaries

Jango hypnotized the Pirates into attacking Moonlight, but Luffy arrived and scattered them with his Gum-Gum Gatling. Jango put Luffy to sleep again, then hypnotized the Pirates into a fiercer charge at Moonlight.

• Captain Kuro appeared and confronted Jango, while Usopp and Nami recognized him as the villain behind the scheme.
• Jango hypnotized the Pirates and the Cat Brothers into attacking Moonlight with increased ferocity.
• Luffy emerged from the forest and knocked the attackers down with Gum-Gum Gatling.
• Luffy attacked Jango with Gum-Gum Pistol, but Jango dodged and hypnotized him into falling asleep.
• Jango hypnotized the Pirates again, sending them charging at Moonlight in an even more ferocious state.

Moonlight used Conqueror’s Haki to defeat the hypnotized Kuro Pirates, then stopped Captain Kuro’s Silent Killing attack with the Kusanagi Sword. Kuro was left unconscious, and the pirates stood stunned.

• Jango urged the hypnotized pirates to attack Moonlight as Kuro counted down impatiently.
• Moonlight released Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out every pirate within a hundred meters and weakening Jango enough to break the hypnosis.
• Kuro attacked Moonlight from behind with Silent Killing, but Moonlight’s Three-Stage Slash broke Kuro’s left iron claw and blasted him away.
• Jango explained that Kuro’s Spoon technique was an uncontrollable, indiscriminate killing move as Kuro began using it.
• Moonlight swept his Kusanagi Sword through the air, struck Kuro out of his high-speed attack, and sent him crashing into an artificial hill, unconscious.

After Moonlight defeated Kuro, Usopp was celebrated for helping save the village and joined Luffy’s crew. Kaya gave them the Going Merry, and Usopp set sail to become a great Warrior of the Sea.

• Moonlight defeated Kuro with one strike, and Jango fainted after being overwhelmed by Moonlight’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kaya and the village children arrived, learned that the pirates had been defeated, and thanked Usopp and his companions for protecting them.
• The villagers welcomed Usopp and Luffy’s crew with a celebration, and the crew continued their voyage the next day.
• Kaya gave Luffy’s crew the Going Merry as a gift, and Usopp announced that he was setting sail to become a great Warrior of the Sea.
• Luffy invited Usopp to become his companion.

Luffy invited Usopp to join the crew, and Usopp set sail with him, Nami, Zoro, and Moonlight aboard the Going Merry. After Nami navigated them through a storm, the crew created a flag and officially formed the Straw Hat Pirates, but a Sea Beast fled when Moonlight accidentally frightened it with Conqueror's Haki.

• Luffy invited Usopp to join his pirate crew, and Usopp accepted before saying goodbye to Kaya.
• The crew sailed through a storm under Nami's command, with everyone following her orders aboard the Going Merry.
• Usopp drew a pirate flag based on Luffy's Straw Hat, and the Straw Hat Pirates were founded.
• A huge Sea Beast charged Moonlight, but Moonlight's Conqueror's Haki frightened it into fleeing.
• Usopp and Nami reacted with shock, while Zoro's determination to surpass Moonlight grew stronger.

Moonlight accidentally unleashed Dragon Ascent Slash at sea, lost control of his speed, and reached an unnamed island before the Going Merry caught up. The crew explored the island for food, where a mysterious voice warned them that they had entered the domain of the gods.

• Moonlight practiced his swordsmanship and advanced Iai Slash and Armament Haki to level 3 before trying Dragon Ascent Slash.
• Moonlight raced uncontrollably across the sea with his sword, alarming Nami, Usopp, Luffy, and Zoro as they recognized him and followed in the Going Merry.
• Moonlight finally stopped near an unnamed island and pretended he had spotted it from the crow's nest, then waited for the crew to arrive.
• Luffy led the group onto the small island, and they searched its forest for food.
• A mysterious voice declared the island the domain of the gods and warned the intruders to stop, frightening Usopp and Nami while Luffy eagerly demanded to see the god.

Moonlight and the Straw Hats found Kamon, a man trapped in a treasure chest, and learned he had spent decades guarding a treasure on the island. Luffy opened the chest and found it empty, and Kamon accepted that there had never been treasure inside.

• Moonlight slashed through the forest and revealed Kamon, who was encased in a chest.
• Kamon claimed he had fallen into the chest and become stuck, but Nami exposed his story as a lie.
• Kamon confessed that he had been a pirate searching for treasure before he fell into the chest and spent decades stranded on the island.
• Luffy and the others brought Kamon to the slope, where Luffy found and opened the treasure chest.
• Luffy revealed that the chest was empty, and Kamon accepted that there had been no treasure.

Moonlight uncovered Ancient Text hidden inside a hillside on Treasure Island, while Kamon stayed behind with the rare beasts he considered his true treasure. As the crew sailed away and caught a shark for food, its remains overturned a nearby boat and left two people, including Yosaku, in the sea.

• Kamon admitted that the six chests were empty and said his companionship with the rare beasts had become his real treasure.
• Moonlight split open the hillside and found Ancient Text, then made a rubbing and urged Luffy to recruit a historian who could read it.
• Kamon refused Luffy’s invitation to join the crew, and the Straw Hats left Treasure Island.
• Moonlight sensed a shark near the Going Merry and cut it in half, while Luffy and Usopp prepared to eat it.
• The shark’s remains overturned a nearby boat, and the crew heard one of the people in the water cry out for Yosaku.

Zoro reunited with Johnny and Yosaku, and Nami treated Yosaku’s scurvy aboard Luffy’s ship. The crew then encountered Captain Hopperdy’s Marine fleet, which opened fire as Luffy prepared to repel a cannonball.

• Johnny brought the unconscious Yosaku aboard and reunited with Zoro, explaining that they had become bounty hunters but gotten lost at sea.
• Nami diagnosed Yosaku with scurvy, and Usopp gave him lime juice; Yosaku briefly woke before fainting again and was told to rest for several days.
• Luffy realized the crew needed a cook after seeing Johnny and Yosaku’s condition.
• A Marine fleet approached Luffy’s ship, and Captain Hopperdy ordered his men to destroy the seven-person crew while he went to the Sea Restaurant with a lady.
• The Marines fired a cannonball at Luffy’s ship, but Luffy expanded his body to absorb it and bounced it away.

Luffy accidentally damaged another ship and flew off to deal with it while Zoro, Usopp, and Moonlight headed to Sea Restaurant Baratie. There, they encountered a hungry Krieg Pirates member, whom chef Patty threw out, as Moonlight wondered whether Hawkeye Mihawk was nearby.

• Luffy bounced a cannonball into another ship, then stretched his arms and flew over to handle the damage himself.
• Johnny and Yosaku recognized Baratie as a famous restaurant, and Zoro, Usopp, and Moonlight went inside while Nami and the others stayed with the ship.
• Moonlight caught Captain Hopperdy as he was thrown out of the restaurant, but Hopperdy left without acknowledging them and threatened to return with the Marines.
• A man wearing green entered Baratie, demanded food without money, and announced that he belonged to the Krieg Pirates.
• Patty refused to serve the man without payment and hurled him onto the deck, earning cheers from the diners.
• Zoro recognized the Krieg Pirates, Usopp feared their fleet, and Moonlight anticipated that Hawkeye Mihawk might be nearby.

The Krieg Pirates arrived at Baratie in a wrecked ship, and a starving Krieg was brought inside by one of his men to beg for food. Sanji fed him despite everyone’s objections, but Krieg recovered his strength and attacked Sanji, leaving the restaurant facing the revived pirate captain.

• After the diners praised Patty for driving off the pirates, Moonlight sat down and ordered food.
• Two hours later, a crewman brought the starving Krieg into Baratie and begged the diners to feed him.
• The diners and chefs refused, while people outside noticed that the Krieg Pirates’ ship was badly damaged.
• Sanji brought Krieg a plate of food despite the crowd’s protests.
• Once Krieg had eaten, he attacked Sanji and sent him crashing into the stairs.

Krieg seized the Baratie and threatened its chefs until Zeff offered him food, then Gin revealed that Dracule Mihawk had destroyed Krieg’s fleet in the Grand Line. The chapter ended as Mihawk approached the restaurant in his Coffin Boat.

• Krieg ordered the diners to leave and demanded a hundred portions of food from the chefs, threatening to kill anyone who resisted.
• Krieg revealed the Golden Armor hidden beneath his cloak and aimed its machine guns at the chefs and the others.
• Zeff appeared with enough food for a hundred people and faced Krieg, who recognized him as Red-Leg Zeff.
• Gin told everyone that Mihawk had cut apart Krieg’s fleet of fifty ships in the Grand Line.
• Zeff and the others named Dracule Mihawk, and Moonlight spotted Mihawk arriving in his Coffin Boat.

Dracule Mihawk arrived at the Baratie, where Zoro challenged him and was decisively defeated despite fighting with unshakable resolve. As Mihawk spared Zoro, a powerful Sword Aura suddenly attacked him, leaving the identity of the new challenger unknown.

• Zeff identified Dracule Mihawk as one of the Shichibukai and the World's Greatest Swordsman, and the assembled cooks and pirates reacted in shock.
• Zoro attacked Mihawk with Oni Giri, but Mihawk effortlessly blocked his swords with a small knife and wounded him.
• Zoro rallied around his promise and used Three Thousand Worlds, but Mihawk struck him across the chest with Black Blade, Yoru.
• Zoro faced Mihawk with his arms spread, refusing to accept a wound in his back, and Mihawk declared he would remember him before sending him into the sea.
• Johnny and Yosaku jumped into the water to rescue Zoro, while Luffy and the others reacted to Mihawk's overwhelming strength.
• A powerful Sword Aura suddenly slashed toward Mihawk, who raised Black Blade, Yoru to meet the attack.

Moonlight challenged Hawkeye after Hawkeye defeated Zoro, and the two swordsmen exchanged powerful attacks before Krieg’s surprise shot interrupted their duel. Luffy then faced Krieg, determined to drive him away from the Baratie.

• Moonlight blocked Hawkeye’s slash and revealed that he was Zoro’s companion in the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Moonlight coated his Kusanagi Sword with Armament Haki and traded attacks with Hawkeye, who acknowledged his strength.
• As Moonlight launched Dragon Ascent Slash, Krieg fired a surprise bullet at Hawkeye, who deflected it and withdrew.
• Luffy offered to drive Krieg away to make up for the damage to the Baratie, and Zeff accepted.
• Moonlight let Luffy handle Krieg, while Luffy vowed to send him flying despite Usopp’s warning.
• Krieg mocked Luffy and ordered his pirates to show the Straw Hat captain the Krieg Pirates’ power.

Moonlight killed Captain Pearl with one sword strike, then used Conqueror's Haki to knock out thousands of Krieg's Pirates and several restaurant chefs. As Moonlight kept the others from interfering, Luffy attacked Krieg but was hurt by his spiked armor, and Krieg brought out a massive spear.

• Captain Pearl blocked Luffy, but Moonlight cut him down with one sword strike.
• Krieg ordered his Pirates to attack Moonlight, and Moonlight used Conqueror's Haki to knock out the charging crowd.
• Zeff and Sanji recognized Moonlight's extraordinary strength, while Moonlight told everyone not to interfere in Luffy's fight.
• Luffy rushed Krieg with a Gum-Gum Pistol, but Krieg's Spike Cape injured him.
• Krieg produced his Great Battle Spear to continue fighting Luffy.

Luffy fought Krieg through repeated explosions while Moonlight refused to let anyone interfere, insisting it was the captains’ battle. After Krieg’s strongest blast, Luffy emerged from the flames with the Great Battle Spear’s tips torn off, ready to continue the fight.

• Krieg blasted Luffy with the explosive Great Battle Spear, but Luffy quickly stood back up.
• Moonlight refused Usopp’s request to help Luffy and threatened Sanji and the cooks when they tried to intervene.
• Luffy endured Krieg’s repeated attacks and charged back with Gum-Gum Gatling.
• Krieg unleashed a powerful explosion that tore apart much of the ship and swallowed Luffy.
• Luffy walked out of the flames holding the spear tips he had torn from Krieg’s weapon, and Zeff reflected on the two fighters’ different approaches.

Luffy shattered Krieg’s Great Battle Spear and sent him flying, while Moonlight stopped Gin from interfering by slashing him into the sea. Krieg then revealed his m.h.5 poison gas weapon and prepared to unleash it on everyone without gas masks.

• Luffy broke Krieg’s Great Battle Spear and punched him into the cabin, leaving the Pirates and Gin in disbelief.
• Gin charged at Luffy to defend Krieg, but Sanji attacked him and was knocked away by Gin’s tonfa.
• Moonlight slashed Gin into the sea when he tried to interfere in the captains’ fight.
• Krieg emerged from the wrecked cabin and transformed part of his armor into a poison gas launcher.
• Krieg announced that his m.h.5 Poison Gas Bomb could fill ten thousand meters with deadly poison, while Luffy warned everyone to run.

Moonlight destroyed Krieg and his Poison Gas Bomb, while Luffy invited Sanji to join the crew and pursue All Blue. Before Sanji could decide, the others learned that Nami had taken the ship to Arlong Park and set out to catch up with her.

• Moonlight dispersed Krieg’s poison gas and killed him with one sword strike, shattering his Golden Armor.
• Luffy invited Sanji to join his crew and sail to the Grand Line, stirring Sanji’s dream of finding All Blue.
• Zeff and the Baratie cooks encouraged Sanji to leave and follow his dream, and Sanji knelt to thank them.
• Yosaku and Johnny told Luffy that Nami had taken the ship to Arlong Park.
• Luffy and Zoro decided to go after Nami and demand an explanation.

Luffy and the others set off in a small boat to bring Nami back, but Moonlight powered the boat with sword strikes while steering by chance. Sanji took charge of navigation, and the crew spotted an island before sudden raging waves rose around them.

• Luffy launched the crew into the boat, and Moonlight gracefully boarded on his own while Zoro slept through the crash landing.
• Usopp pointed out that Moonlight was practicing with his eyes closed instead of navigating, and the crew panicked when he said he was leaving their route to fate.
• Sanji knocked the arguing crew into line and steered the boat toward an island they soon spotted on the horizon.
• Sanji offered to find food in the sea and prepared to dive, but raging waves suddenly surged up without warning.

Luffy and his crew reached Arlong Park to find Nami, while Moonlight subdued Moomoo and gathered food with a sword strike. Nami nearly reached her goal of buying Cocoyasi Village and her freedom, but Marines surrounded her buried treasure and seized it.

• Moonlight frightened Moomoo into obedience, used it to pull the Going Merry, and sliced up the sea to send fish and shellfish aboard.
• Nami returned to Arlong Park with gold and a sea chart, and Arlong praised her while secretly plotting to keep her from leaving.
• Luffy and his crew reached Arlong Park, split up to search for Nami, and Usopp reluctantly joined the search after pretending to be sick.
• Nami checked the treasure she had buried in Cocoyasi Village, believing she was close to saving one hundred million Beli.
• A group of Marines led by a rat-like man surrounded Nami and announced that they were confiscating her treasure.

Moonlight arrived at Nami’s hidden treasure just as Nezumi and the Marines seized it, then knocked them all unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki. Nami asked Moonlight for help after realizing Arlong had arranged the theft, while Usopp reached Arlong Park and fled after the fish-men spotted him.

• Nezumi ordered the Marines to take Nami’s treasure and threatened to arrest the villagers who tried to protect her.
• Genzo, Nojiko, and the villagers stood up for Nami, revealing that they had understood her secret effort to buy back the village.
• Moonlight appeared and used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out Nezumi and all the Marines, advancing his Haki to level two.
• Nami tearfully asked Moonlight for help after realizing Arlong had set up the Marines to steal her treasure.
• Usopp arrived at Arlong Park, was recognized by the fish-men, and ran for his life.