Chapter Summaries

After reuniting with Mr. 2 at the Sandora River, the Straw Hat Crew came under attack by Marine Captain Hina and a large fleet. Moonlight split Hina’s warship with his Sword Aura, then stayed behind with Mr. 2 to hold off the Marines while Luffy and the others escaped.

• Nami received Mr. 2’s call and the crew hurried to the Sandora River, where he explained that he had protected the Going Merry from the Marines.
• Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper happily reunited with Mr. 2, while Moonlight noticed spears flying toward their ship and cut them down.
• Hina attacked the crew with her Black Spear Formation, but Moonlight’s Sword Aura destroyed the spears and split her warship in two.
• Smoker arrived with more Marine vessels, and Moonlight jumped into the sea to hold off the fleet while Luffy and the others sailed away.
• Mr. 2 chose to stay and help Moonlight face the Marines.

Moonlight fought off the Marines while Vivi said goodbye to the Straw Hat Crew from East Port, choosing to remain in Alabasta. After the crew answered her farewell with their X-marked arms, Moonlight destroyed the nearby Marine warships and vanished into the distance.

• Moonlight teamed up with Bon Clay as Hina ordered the Marine warships to fire at them, but Moonlight split the cannonballs apart with Sword Aura.
• The Straw Hat Crew reached East Port and waited for Vivi while Igaram appeared at the palace in her place.
• Vivi delivered her farewell speech from East Port, explaining that she would stay in Alabasta, and asked the Straw Hat Crew to call her their companion if they met again.
• Luffy and the others silently raised their arms to show Vivi their X marks, and Vivi and Karoo wept.
• Moonlight used Extreme Ghost Sword Style: Storm Style to cut apart the Marine warships and send the Marines into the sea, then vanished using Dragon Severing Void.

Moonlight escaped Smoker and Hina and returned to the Going Merry, where he introduced Robin as the crew’s new archaeologist. After the crew’s initial suspicions faded, Nico Robin joined the Straw Hat Crew as its eighth member.

• Smoker and Hina watched Moonlight escape, then turned their attention to the captured Mr. 2 Bon Clay.
• Moonlight rejoined Luffy and the others aboard the Going Merry, and they sailed away without Marine pursuit.
• The crew celebrated defeating Crocodile until Robin appeared, prompting everyone except Moonlight and Luffy to become wary.
• Moonlight and Luffy said Robin would be their companion, and Robin explained that she had survived twenty years on the run and had nowhere else to go.
• Robin quickly won over the crew, and Nico Robin came aboard as the Straw Hat Crew’s eighth member.

Robin gradually earned the crew’s trust as the Straw Hats sailed deeper into the Grand Line and grew stronger. When the legendary Seven-Colored Mist blocked their route, the crew tried to flee, but it cleared at sunrise to reveal an island.

• Robin won over Usopp, Nami, Zoro, and Chopper, while Sanji quickly became captivated by her.
• The crew enjoyed several peaceful days at sea as Moonlight trained and Zoro practiced swordsmanship with him.
• The Straw Hats visited islands, improved their skills, and helped the elderly Cheney drive off pursuing Marines.
• Robin warned the crew that the Seven-Colored Mist was called the Ship’s Graveyard and that no one who entered it had returned.
• Moonlight’s sword aura vanished into the mist, and the crew turned away, but the mist dispersed at sunrise and revealed an island.

The Straw Hats arrived at Ruluka Island, where Mayor Wetton’s forces imposed taxes on everything and threatened people with forced labor in Rainbow Tower. Moonlight defeated Wetton’s grandson Rick, and Nami shared the money she took from him with the villagers before the Rainbow Mist appeared again.

• The Straw Hats landed on Ruluka Island and learned that they had to pay a port entry tax.
• The crew split up to explore and gather supplies while Usopp, Robin, and Sanji went to find Luffy and Zoro watched the ship.
• Nami, Moonlight, and Chopper encountered Rick, who attacked them with lightning from his mechanical armor.
• Moonlight cut through Rick’s lightning and armor, and Nami collected two million Beli from him as a time-wasting tax.
• Nami gave Rick’s money to the villagers, who warned the crew about Mayor Wetton and Rainbow Tower.
• The Rainbow Mist appeared over the sea again, frightening the island’s residents.

Moonlight defeated Wetton and his guards after they tried to arrest him, Nami, and Chopper. When Luffy and the others sailed into the Rainbow Mist, the villagers used Henzo’s Rainbow Tower to make a path into it.

• The Rainbow Mist reappeared, and Luffy, Sanji, Usopp, and Robin boarded the Going Merry and sailed toward it with an old man at the helm.
• Rick and Philip confronted Moonlight, Nami, and Chopper and threatened to send them to the Rainbow Tower for refusing to pay taxes.
• Moonlight used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out the guards, then cut through Wetton’s mechanical armor and defeated him.
• The villagers celebrated Wetton’s defeat as Moonlight worried that Luffy and the others might be trapped in the Rainbow Mist.
• The villagers explained that Henzo had invented the Rainbow Tower to cross the mist’s distorted space and time, then lowered it and extended it into the Rainbow Mist.

Moonlight and Chopper watched as greed drove the people of Ruluka Island into the Rainbow Mist, where the Straw Hats experienced a journey through time and space. After the mist vanished and Moonlight saved the falling Going Merry, the crew left the island, only to see an enormous ship fall from the sky.

• Ian emerged from the Rainbow Mist with jewels, attacked Moonlight, and was captured by Chopper.
• The islanders rushed into the Rainbow Mist to seek treasure, and Nami sped off ahead of them.
• An explosion shattered the Rainbow Tower, and the Going Merry fell from the sky toward the cliffs.
• Moonlight cut apart the cliff with a Sword Aura, allowing the Going Merry to land safely in the water.
• Robin told the group about their time-travel experience, and Luffy and Henzo recognized Major Pasqua before the crew left Ruluka Island.
• Nami spotted falling wood chips, and an enormous ship plunged from the sky into the sea.

The Straw Hats investigated the sunken ship for clues about Skypiea while the Saruyama Alliance arrived to salvage it. After a giant sea turtle swallowed Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Saruyama King, it spat them back out with salvaged objects, just as two colossal shadows appeared ahead.

• Robin explained that Skypiea was recorded in historical accounts, and Nami found that the Log Pose pointed toward the sky.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji dived to investigate the sunken ship while the rest of the crew stayed aboard.
• Saruyama King and the Saruyama Alliance arrived and began trying to raise the wreck, unaware that the Straw Hats were already underwater.
• A gigantic sea turtle swallowed Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Saruyama King, then spat them onto the deck with a map, a photograph, a skull, and an ancient chest.
• Two enormous shadows holding weapons appeared on the sea and blocked out the sun.

The Straw Hat Crew escaped a giant shadow and followed an Eternal Pose to Jaya Island while seeking a way to reach Skypiea. There, Moonlight saved Robin from an explosive apple basket and recognized the attacker as Death God Doc Q.

• The Straw Hat Crew and the Saruyama Alliance fled the enormous shadow, which vanished as they escaped.
• Robin revealed an Eternal Pose, and the crew decided to sail to the next island and ask about Skypiea.
• The crew reached Jaya Island, where Nami sent Luffy, Zoro, and herself ashore to investigate while Robin and Moonlight went separately.
• Robin told Moonlight that Mont Blanc Noland's account connected Jaya to the lost City of Gold and a Poneglyph, but their search turned up no information about the city.
• Robin and Moonlight learned that Mont Blanc Cricket was searching for Skypiea, then encountered a sickly man whose offered apple basket exploded.
• Moonlight pulled Robin clear of the blast, identified the man as Death God Doc Q, and threatened him for attacking his crewmate.

Moonlight fought off four Blackbeard Pirates members who were targeting Robin, then hurried toward Mock Town after hearing their captain was with Luffy. There, he confronted Bellamy for attacking Luffy and revealed himself as the Straw Hat Pirates' vice-captain.

• Moonlight struck Death God and Doc Q with a sword aura, but Lafitte intervened and Van Augur and Burgess also appeared.
• The Blackbeard Pirates revealed they wanted to capture Robin, and Moonlight knocked all four down with an Iai Slash.
• Moonlight heard that the Blackbeard Pirates' captain was with Luffy, picked up Robin, and raced toward Mock Town.
• In Mock Town, Bellamy and his crew mocked Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates for asking about Skypiea.
• Moonlight confronted Bellamy over his attack on Luffy and introduced himself as Moonlight, Vice-Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, as his blue murderous aura erupted.

Moonlight and Robin returned to the Going Merry with information about Mont Blanc Cricket, while Blackbeard recognized them as the opponents who had defeated his crew and set off in pursuit. As the Straw Hats headed to find Cricket, a salvage crew attacked the Going Merry, prompting Zoro to cut their ship in half.

• Moonlight used his murderous aura to make Bellamy and his crew collapse, then left with Robin to return to the ship.
• Blackbeard arrived to find Van Augur, Lafitte, Burgess, and Doc Q injured; after Doc Q healed them, Blackbeard realized Moonlight and Robin were nearby and pursued them.
• On the Going Merry, Luffy, Zoro, and Nami told Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper about their humiliating encounter with the Bellamy Pirates.
• Robin shared information that Mont Blanc Cricket, a descendant of Noland, had been searching for Skypiea, and Luffy led the crew to find him.
• A different Saruyama Alliance attacked the Going Merry with a sonic assault, damaging the ship as the Straw Hats tried to escape.
• Zoro unleashed One Sword Style: Iai: Lion's Song and sliced the pursuing enemy ship apart.

After Zoro split the Saruyama Alliance’s ship, the Straw Hat Crew reached Mont Blanc Cricket, who told them how to find Skypiea. With the Going Merry repaired and the South Bird guiding them, the crew prepared to launch into the upward current as Bellamy and the Blackbeard Pirates learned of Moonlight’s bounty and moved toward them.

• Zoro cut the Saruyama Alliance’s ship in two, and the battered Going Merry reached Mont Blanc Cricket’s home, where it could no longer sail.
• Chopper treated Cricket’s Diving Sickness, and Cricket’s companions learned the Straw Hat Crew had saved him and apologized for the earlier fight.
• Cricket told Luffy and the others that Skypiea existed and that they needed a South Bird to guide them toward the upward current; Saruyama and his companion began repairing the Going Merry.
• Bellamy and his crew saw the latest posters, including Moonlight’s 200-million-Beli bounty, while Blackbeard’s crew also learned of the bounty and hurried toward the Straw Hat Crew.
• Luffy and the others found a South Bird that agreed to guide them to Skypiea, and Cricket urged them to set off as the weather changed and the opportunity arrived.

The Straw Hat Crew rode a colossal sea current toward Skypiea while Blackbeard’s crew pursued them. Moonlight stayed behind to destroy Blackbeard’s ship with a sword strike, then chased after the Going Merry and caught up with it.

• Nami recognized that a seabed volcano was creating the skyward current, and the crew set sail toward it.
• A giant vortex formed, and the Going Merry entered the rising sea current as Blackbeard’s crew arrived and demanded that the Straw Hat Crew surrender.
• Moonlight leaped into the sea vortex and used Phantom Sword Dance to shatter Blackbeard’s ship.
• Blackbeard and his crew drifted on wreckage as Moonlight flew up the current after the Going Merry.
• Moonlight caught sight of the Going Merry as it soared toward Skypiea.

The Straw Hats reached Skypiea after Nami expertly guided the Going Merry up the Knock Up Stream, but their first moments on the Cloud Sea turned dangerous. A masked attacker struck while Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro were suddenly weakened, leaving Moonlight as his next target.

• Moonlight caught Luffy’s hand and climbed aboard the Going Merry after the crew escaped Blackbeard’s group.
• Nami guided the Going Merry along the sea current and safely onto the Cloud Sea above Skypiea.
• Usopp jumped into the Cloud Sea, sank through it, and was rescued by Luffy with Robin’s help.
• A giant creature emerged from the Cloud Sea and grabbed the Going Merry, but Sanji and Zoro defeated it.
• A masked man arrived on a skateboard and attacked the crew; Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro weakened suddenly and were kicked aside before the attacker went after Moonlight.

Moonlight and the Straw Hats fought off a masked attacker in the White Sea, then learned from Sky Knight Gan Fall how to reach Skypiea. They arrived at the magnificent Gate of Heaven, the gateway Robin and Moonlight had read about in Mont Blanc Noland’s journal.

• Moonlight sent the masked man flying with a Sword Aura slash, and the man fled; Moonlight explained that the thin air had weakened Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji.
• Gan Fall arrived on his flying horse, introduced himself as the Sky Knight, and explained the names of the Blue Sea, White Sea, and White-White Sea.
• Nami asked Gan Fall for directions to the White-White Sea, and he pointed the way, gave the crew a whistle for emergency help, and resumed chasing the masked man.
• The Going Merry sailed into denser clouds, and the Straw Hats saw a vast cloud waterfall pouring down beside the Gate of Heaven.
• Robin and Moonlight recognized the gateway from Mont Blanc Noland’s sailing journal.

The Straw Hats entered Skypiea without paying the Gate of Heaven’s fee and met Conis and her father, Pagaya, on Angel Island. After Luffy eagerly climbed onto Pagaya’s Waver, he sped off and took a spill.

• Amazon let the Straw Hats enter without paying one billion Extol, then secretly asked the priests and Divine Soldiers to punish them for entering illegally.
• The giant crimson shrimp carried the Going Merry into a solid sea of clouds, where Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper delighted in walking and rolling around.
• The Straw Hats heard Conis playing a harp and learned about Angel Island and the three kinds of clouds in Skypiea.
• Conis introduced her father, Pagaya, who rode up on a Waver across the Sea Clouds.
• Luffy climbed onto the Waver and sped away, but took a spill.

The Straw Hats explored Conis’s home and learned about Skypiea’s Dials, but grew alarmed when Nami failed to return and feared she had entered God’s Island. As they prepared to search for her, McKinley and the White Beret Squad accused them of illegal entry and theft, and Luffy faced another charge of intimidation.

• Nami quickly mastered the Waver while Pagaya repaired the Going Merry with Usopp.
• Conis showed the group Skypiea’s Dials, and Sanji prepared a feast at her home.
• Moonlight noticed Nami was missing, and Conis warned that she might have entered God’s Island, where Enel ruled.
• Luffy and the others prepared to sail the Going Merry to search for Nami, but McKinley and the White Beret Squad confronted them.
• McKinley demanded a fine for illegal entry and accused the crew of theft over the damaged Waver.
• Luffy challenged McKinley for intimidating them, and McKinley added another charge as Usopp hurried to explain.

Nami’s return led the crew into a fight with the White Beret Squad, and Luffy, Zoro, and the others dismissed the threat of God’s judgment. An Express Lobster then carried the Going Merry and five crewmates to the Sacrificial Altar, so Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji set out to rescue them.

• Nami warned the crew not to fight the White Beret Squad, but she struck McKinley with the Waver after hearing about the eight-million-Beli fine.
• McKinley declared the crew criminals and ordered the White Beret Squad to arrest them, but Luffy knocked the squad unconscious.
• Nami told the crew that she had seen God kill an intruder with a pillar of light, while Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro said they wanted to meet God.
• Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp went to Conis’s house for belongings and supplies, leaving Zoro, Moonlight, Chopper, Robin, and Nami aboard the Going Merry.
• An Express Lobster seized the Going Merry and carried it to the Sacrificial Altar, where the five crewmates were to be offered as sacrifices.
• Luffy asked Pagaya to lend him the Waver, but Usopp rejected the plan, and Conis told them they could reach God’s Island by boat.

Luffy and his companions confronted the fear surrounding God's Island as Conis confessed she had been ordered to lead them to God's Judgment. A pillar of light struck as the judgment began, while Robin and Moonlight discovered Blue Sea soil in Upper Yard and suspected the island's secret.

• Zoro, Robin, Moonlight, and Nami left the Going Merry to explore Upper Yard, leaving Chopper to guard the ship.
• Conis led Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji toward the harbor entrance to God's Island as Angel Island residents avoided them.
• Luffy confronted Conis about her fear, and she confessed that she had been ordered to guide them to God's Judgment.
• Conis's confession terrified the residents, and a pillar of light descended as God's Judgment arrived.
• Robin found soil from the Blue Sea in Upper Yard, while Nami spotted something in the distance that shocked her.

Moonlight and Robin discovered that Upper Yard was the other half of Jaya and headed toward Shandora, while Enel’s forces and the Shandia prepared for conflict. The chapter ended with the priests Ohm and Gedatsu blocking Moonlight and Robin near the palace at the heart of God’s Island.

• Moonlight concluded that Upper Yard was the missing half of Jaya and that Shandora was real, then flew with Robin toward the island’s center while Nami and Zoro waited for Luffy’s group.
• Gan Fall rescued Luffy and Conis from Enel’s attack at the harbor, then took Conis away and left Luffy to rejoin Sanji and Usopp.
• Wiper learned that Enel’s Four Priests had set out and ordered Mantis to notify the Shandia that their opportunity had arrived.
• Shura attacked Chopper near the Going Merry, but Zoro and Nami returned and Zoro challenged him.
• Moonlight and Robin reached the Cloud River near a palace and a towering vine, where Ohm and Gedatsu appeared to confront them.