Chapter Summaries

Fujitora let the Straw Hat Crew escape after the people of Dressrosa protected them, while Sengoku and Tsuru arrived as the Marines began landing. As Luffy and his allies prepared to leave, Bartholomew and six other captains proposed forming the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, bringing more than 5,600 people under Luffy’s command.

• Fujitora realized the people were protecting the Straw Hat Crew, chose not to attack, and thanked them before Sengoku appeared.
• Tsuru ordered the Marines to land on the island after judging that the fighting was over.
• Moonlight rejoined the crew and warned Luffy that Sengoku, Tsuru, and the Marines were still on the island, so they needed to leave.
• Luffy thanked Bartholomew and the other allies and prepared to part ways with them.
• Bartholomew and six other captains offered to join Luffy as the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, representing more than 5,600 members across seven fleets.

Luffy refused to make Cavendish’s group subordinates, choosing instead to call them friends as they departed under the name of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. Meanwhile, Doflamingo’s capture triggered rescue plans from the Beasts Pirates, while Gild Tesoro turned his attention toward the Straw Hat Crew.

• Luffy told Bartholomew and the others that they were friends who would help one another, rather than subordinates of the Straw Hat Crew.
• Bartholomew, Cavendish, and the others accepted Luffy’s answer and left, already calling themselves the Straw Hat Grand Fleet’s division commanders.
• After Doflamingo was captured, powerful figures in the New World began moving to rescue him.
• Jack ordered the Beasts Pirates to sail for Dressrosa and save Joker.
• Gild Tesoro learned that the Straw Hat Crew had defeated Doflamingo and ordered his subordinate to lure them to his city.

The Straw Hat Crew received an extravagant invitation from Gild Tesoro and sailed to Gran Tesoro, the world’s largest entertainment city. Stussy, Lucci, and Kaku also headed there, with their sights set on Tesoro.

• Nami noticed a ship following the Straw Hat Crew, and Moonlight stopped Sanji from approaching it after foreseeing a trap.
• An archer fired a golden arrow carrying an invitation and Eternal Pose, and Moonlight identified the sender as Gran Tesoro’s king, Gild Tesoro.
• Robin explained that Gran Tesoro was a World Government-recognized country and the largest entertainment city in the world, and the crew decided to visit.
• Stussy confirmed that the Straw Hat Crew had been drawn toward Gran Tesoro, while Lucci questioned her about her private deal with Moonlight.
• The Straw Hat Crew followed the Eternal Pose and arrived at the golden city on the sea, stunned by its size and splendor.

The Straw Hat Crew arrived at Gran Tesoro, Gild Tesoro’s golden entertainment city, and Baccarat welcomed them on the owner’s behalf. After Luffy drove the group recklessly to a clothing store, the crew realized Moonlight and Robin were missing.

• The Straw Hat Crew marveled at Gran Tesoro’s golden entrance and streets, while Moonlight noticed the gold dust entering his body and disappearing when he touched seawater.
• Baccarat arrived in a flashy sports car and offered to take the crew to change clothes and see the city.
• Luffy drove off with most of the crew, leaving Moonlight and Robin behind; the two decided to explore Gran Tesoro together.
• Luffy sped through the streets as Baccarat pointed out Clothing City, then braked so sharply that several crew members were thrown from the car.
• The crew beat up Luffy for his reckless driving, then noticed that Moonlight and Robin were missing.

Robin and Moonlight discovered that Baccarat had deliberately separated them from the Straw Hat crew, while Luffy and his friends were lured into Tesoro's casino. As Luffy began gambling against Tesoro, Moonlight and Robin hurried to intervene, and Moonlight threatened Baccarat over a drink she offered Luffy.

• After realizing Robin and Moonlight had been left behind, the Straw Hat crew accepted Baccarat's explanation and followed her into the casino.
• Robin and Moonlight noticed the city's fearful residents and headed toward its casino, while Baccarat and Mr. Tanaka confirmed their plan to separate the pair from the crew.
• Baccarat gave the Straw Hat crew two hundred million Beli in chips, and Luffy's winning streak raised their total to three hundred million before she led them to the inner hall.
• Moonlight used Observation Haki to locate Luffy and the others, then knocked out the people surrounding him and Robin with Conqueror's Haki.
• Luffy gambled against Tesoro and won the first round, increasing the crew's chips to five hundred million, then started another round despite his friends' objections.
• When Baccarat offered Luffy a drink, Moonlight warned her to take it back or risk losing her hand.

Moonlight exposed Baccarat’s attempt to separate the Straw Hats and revealed that Tesoro had used his Devil Fruit to create Gran Tesoro’s golden dust. Tesoro admitted his plan and attacked the crew, turning everyone but Moonlight and Robin into gold.

• Moonlight arrived with Robin and confronted Baccarat, threatening her when Luffy moved to help her.
• Luffy won the gamble against Tesoro, but Moonlight warned the crew that CP0 and Marines were in the city and showed that the golden dust dissolved in seawater.
• Tesoro dropped his pretense and said he planned to capture the Straw Hats for their bounty because Moonlight had defeated Doflamingo.
• Tesoro used Gold Splash, making everyone except Moonlight and Robin grow heavy and begin turning into gold.
• Tesoro revealed that he had eaten the Goru Goru no Mi and could turn things into gold.

Tesoro used his awakened Goru Goru no Mi to turn the Straw Hat Crew and their surroundings into gold, but Robin freed most of them with seawater. Moonlight wounded Tesoro despite his giant golden form, and the battle’s destruction drew the attention of Lucci and his companions.

• Tesoro turned most of the Straw Hat Crew into gold, but Robin used seawater to restore them.
• Moonlight attacked Tesoro with Three-Stage Slash, cutting through his subordinates and forcing him to defend himself with Golden Bomb.
• Tesoro awakened his Devil Fruit, transformed into a golden giant, and blocked Moonlight’s slash.
• Baccarat and Mr. Tanaka left to seize the Straw Hats’ ship, while the crew split up to stop them and guard the ship.
• Luffy demanded the one billion Beli he had won, and Tesoro attacked him before Moonlight cut through Tesoro’s giant arm with Iai Slash.
• Tesoro’s transformation burst apart the room and shook the city, while Lucci and two companions watched from a dark corner.

Moonlight wounded Tesoro, but Akainu’s Marines arrived and Tesoro unleashed his full power, turning Gran Tesoro’s gold into a towering form. As the battle escalated, Luffy attacked Tesoro while Akainu launched a magma barrage at the city.

• Stussy, Kaku, and Lucci discussed their objective as Sabo arrived with Max and Koala and ordered the Revolutionary Army to begin its operation.
• The Marines arrived under Fleet Admiral Akainu, prompting Moonlight to leave Tesoro and warn that Akainu might attack everyone indiscriminately.
• Tesoro absorbed gold from Gran Tesoro, grew to twenty meters tall, and declared that he would wipe out the Straw Hat Pirates, CP0, the Revolutionary Army, and the Marines.
• Sabo ordered Max to protect civilians and sent Koala with him to help Luffy and the others confront Tesoro.
• Tesoro fired a Golden Divine Flame that sank a Marine warship, and Luffy struck him in Gear Fourth to reclaim his one billion Beli.
• Akainu flew into the sky and unleashed Meteor Volcano toward Gran Tesoro.

Akainu unleashed a devastating attack across Gran Tesoro, prompting Moonlight to confront the Navy while Luffy continued fighting Tesoro. Moonlight stopped Akainu’s assault and left the Navy facing his warning, with battle still underway.

• Akainu rained magma fists across Gran Tesoro, setting the city ablaze and forcing civilians to flee as Sabo and Koala condemned his indiscriminate attack.
• Luffy pressed his fight against Tesoro, while Tesoro answered with Golden Karma and threatened Luffy with a massive golden-flame punch.
• Moonlight headed out to sea and confronted Akainu, cutting through his Dark Hound magma attack with Iai Slash.
• Moonlight damaged the Navy ships with Meteor Fall and shattered Akainu’s Great Eruption with Dragon Ascent Slash.
• Moonlight warned Akainu and the Navy to stay back, then gathered countless Sword Auras with Extreme God Sword Style: Myriad Swords Return to Origin.

Moonlight faced Akainu and the Marines as Tesoro’s battle with Luffy and Sabo tore Gran Tesoro apart. After Luffy and Sabo wounded Tesoro, he revealed a remote control for bombs hidden throughout the city.

• Akainu ordered the Marines to attack Moonlight despite the danger of his sword strike.
• Tesoro gathered the city’s gold and blasted Gran Tesoro apart with a powerful attack.
• Sabo caught Luffy and blocked Tesoro’s Golden Karma with Flame Dragon King.
• Luffy and Sabo combined their attacks against Tesoro’s Golden Divine Punishment, splitting the city and grievously injuring him.
• Tesoro revealed a remote control that could detonate bombs hidden throughout the city.

Tesoro's plan to destroy Gran Tesoro failed when Carina turned the Golden Bombs into gold, and Luffy defeated him. As the Straw Hats reunited, they saw Moonlight had overwhelmed Akainu, but Lucci, Kaku, and Stussy intervened to stop him from killing the Fleet Admiral.

• Tesoro activated the Golden Bombs, but they did not explode, and Luffy struck him down.
• Carina revealed that she had turned the bombs into gold, then vanished with the gold as Nami tried to claim it.
• The Straw Hat Crew reunited after defeating Tesoro's subordinates, and Max and Koala pointed out Moonlight's fight with the Marines.
• Moonlight defeated Akainu and the Marines, then threatened to kill the wounded Fleet Admiral.
• Lucci, Kaku, and Stussy attacked Moonlight to prevent him from killing Akainu.

Moonlight escaped the confrontation with CP0 and reunited with Luffy's crew at the harbor, and the Thousand Sunny set sail for Zou Island. After a day at sea, the hungry crew discovered they had no food left, and someone snatched their last portions of meat.

• Lucci, Stussy, and Kaku stopped Moonlight from attacking Akainu, and Moonlight withdrew after hearing that Tesoro had planted bombs around the city.
• Moonlight met Luffy, Nami, Robin, Zoro, and the others at the harbor, and they sailed toward Zou Island using Luo's Vivre Card.
• On a glittering island, Avelon knocked out Bartholomew and sent him into a mine shaft while Desire agreed to capture more prey for Bill.
• After a day and night without food, Sanji served the crew their last small portions of meat, but a hand suddenly snatched them all away.

The Straw Hats reached Silver Mine Island, where Desire lured Luffy to the Silver Pirates with meat. Desire and Peseta trapped him with Bartholomew in a collapsing mine while Moonlight and Robin explored the island, unconcerned about finding Luffy.

• Luffy stole the crew’s food, then followed the smell of meat to Silver Mine Island and went with Desire.
• Nami identified the island as the base of the Silver Pirates, a group that targeted passing pirates and resisted the Four Emperors.
• Desire and Peseta fed Luffy until he had eaten nearly all the Silver Pirates’ reserves, then led him to an acquaintance.
• Luffy found Bartholomew chained up in the mine, and Desire and Peseta dropped them both through a collapsed section of ground.
• Moonlight told Robin there was no need to search for Luffy as they explored the island’s oldest area.

Luffy and Bartholomew confronted the Silver Pirates’ abuse of the miners and escaped the mine after Bartholomew defeated Avelon. Meanwhile, Moonlight and Robin discovered that the island’s ancient records had been deliberately damaged, and Moonlight pulled Robin away from a sudden flame-made hand thrusting through the wall.

• Miners told Luffy that Bill had deceived them and forced them to mine silver for Tesoro, prompting Luffy to call out Bill and vow to stop him.
• Avelon arrived in minecart form, but Bartholomew struck him once with Impact Barrier and sent him flying away.
• Luffy asked Bartholomew to get the miners out, and Bartholomew formed stairs from barriers so everyone could climb out of the mine.
• After studying the ruins all night, Robin and Moonlight found that records about the island had been recently destroyed, and Moonlight pulled Robin away from a flame-made hand that burst through the wall.

Moonlight and Robin confronted Bill, captain of the Silver Pirates, and identified themselves as Straw Hat Pirates before he fled. Bill then returned to his ship, abandoned his crew when he saw Luffy, and Luffy pursued him as a crescent-shaped Sword Aura struck from Bill’s direction.

• Bill emerged from the ruins, ate silver ore, and invited Moonlight and Robin to join the Silver Pirates.
• Moonlight and Robin revealed their Straw Hat Pirates identities, prompting Bill to flee.
• Moonlight and Robin abandoned the ruined site and headed to reunite with Luffy.
• On the Silver Pirates’ ship, Luffy ate their supplies while the crew and rescued miners watched in shock.
• Bill returned, but fled when he saw Luffy, leaving his crew stunned.
• Luffy moved to chase Bill, and a crescent-shaped Sword Aura suddenly slashed from the direction Bill had gone.

Moonlight and Robin arrived as Luffy confronted Bill, who confessed to deceiving the Silver Pirates and destroying Desire’s crew. Luffy defeated Bill with one Haki-coated attack, but Sanji then appeared furious that someone had ruined the giant cake he made for Nami.

• Moonlight and Robin joined Luffy and Bartholomew, and Luffy said he would send Bill flying for deceiving everyone.
• Bill admitted he had tricked the Silver Pirates and arranged for the destruction of Desire’s Candy Pirates.
• Bill claimed his immense heat made him invincible and challenged Luffy and Moonlight.
• Luffy struck Bill with Gum-Gum... Lion Bazooka and sent him flying beyond sight.
• The Silver Pirates thanked Luffy for defeating Bill, while Sanji arrived angry that someone had blasted through his cake for Nami.

The Straw Hat Pirates left Silver Mine Island for Zou Island despite warnings about its deadly currents and mysterious dangers, and Desire gave them the Candy Pirates’ Motorboat as a gift. As the crew sailed through a fierce storm, a world-shaking roar sounded across the sea.

• Sanji discovered that Luffy had ruined his cake, beat him, and made him apologize.
• Moonlight and the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to leave Silver Mine Island for Zou Island, despite warnings from Desire and the Silver Pirates about the island’s shifting location, dangerous currents, and fearsome creatures.
• Moonlight thought the crew might encounter Uranus on Zou Island, and the Straw Hat Pirates set sail without fear.
• Desire gave Luffy a Motorboat for emergencies, and she told Bartholomew she was repaying the people who had saved her.
• The Straw Hat Pirates sailed through a violent storm, and a world-shaking roar suddenly sounded across the sea.

The Straw Hats discovered that Zou Island was on the back of an enormous elephant and found ways to climb up to it. Moonlight, Robin, and Chopper reached the elephant's back first, while Zoro and Sanji were still arguing on their way up.

• A colossal elephant appeared at sea after its roars ended the storm and shook the Thousand Sunny.
• Nami's Vivre Card pointed toward the elephant, and Robin deduced that Zou Island was on its back.
• The crew devised ways to climb the elephant using Moonlight's ability, the Waver, Desire's Motorboat, and Sanji's Geppo.
• Moonlight carried Robin and Chopper upward, while Nami, Franky, Sanji, and Zoro took the others in separate groups.
• Moonlight, Robin, and Chopper reached the elephant's back first, and Chopper excitedly announced their arrival.

The Straw Hat Crew reached Zou Island on Zunesha’s back, rescued Franky, Usopp, and Brook after Zoro damaged their Motorboat, and found a town devastated by a recent battle. Duke Inuarashi stopped the island’s defenders from attacking them, recognized them as the friends Luo had been waiting for, and welcomed the Straw Hat Pirates.

• Moonlight and the others arrived at Zou Island, and Nami led them toward the location marked by Luo’s Vivre Card.
• Zoro accidentally cut two wheels off Franky, Brook, and Usopp’s Motorboat, but Moonlight and Sanji saved the three as the craft broke apart high above the ground.
• The crew found a deserted, ruined town with Caesar-like Gas drifting through it, and Luffy left for the forest with Zoro dragged along behind him.
• Moonlight drew his Kusanagi Sword and confronted fur-clad islanders who charged the crew, while Sanji and the others prepared to fight.
• Duke Inuarashi arrived and stopped the clash, identifying the Straw Hat Pirates as the friends their benefactors had been expecting and recognizing Moonlight’s Kusanagi Sword.

Inuarashi explained how Jack had devastated the Mokomo Dukedom and revealed that Luo and the others were treating Nekomamushi in the Whale Forest. Moonlight arrived there to protect Luffy and Zoro, but his attack exposed members of Big Mom’s crew hidden beyond the forest.

• Inuarashi told Moonlight and the Straw Hat Crew that Jack had attacked the Mokomo Dukedom and that Luo and the others had saved the surviving Minks from the gas.
• Inuarashi said Luo was in the Whale Forest, and Nami realized Luffy and Zoro had already headed there.
• Pedro and the Guardians confronted Luffy and Zoro, but Wanda and Carrot stopped them from attacking.
• Moonlight arrived after hearing Pedro threaten Luffy, then used Three-Stage Slash to send the Guardians flying and cut through the forest.
• Moonlight’s slashes revealed Baron Tamago, Pekoms, and Capone Bege, prompting the group to recognize members of Big Mom’s crew.