Chapter Summaries

Dracule Mihawk gave Liu Qing two books on Haki training before leaving, while news of their battle spread across the world and drew the attention of major powers. Back at Baratie, Sanji agreed to join the Straw Hat Pirates after Zeff and the cooks helped persuade him.

• Dracule Mihawk gave Liu Qing two books containing Haki training methods and his own insights, then sailed away.
• Luffy took the books to keep safe and went to invite Sanji to join the crew again.
• Morgans published photographs of Liu Qing fighting Dracule Mihawk, and the World Government issued Liu Qing a 500-million-Beli bounty with the epithet Thousand-Armed Zen Venerable-Liu Qing.
• Sengoku chose not to provoke Liu Qing, while Whitebeard, Kaido, BIG MOM, and other powers discussed the news and their possible responses.
• Zeff asked the Baratie cooks to help Sanji pursue his dream, and Sanji agreed to join the Straw Hat Pirates after Luffy made his final invitation.

Sanji joined Luffy’s crew, and they sailed toward Nami’s hometown, Cocoyasi Village, where Arlong plotted with Captain Nezumi to seize Nami’s savings. The crew captured Momoo and feasted on him as they neared the village.

• Zeff and the cooks urged Sanji to leave, and Sanji thanked Zeff before agreeing to sail with Luffy.
• Johnny and Yosaku told the crew about the Shichibukai, Marines, and Four Emperors, while Liu Qing taught them Haki; Liu Qing mastered all three forms and awakened Conqueror’s Haki that night.
• After two days at sea, the crew spotted Cocoyasi Village, and Momoo attacked the Going Merry after hearing them discuss Arlong.
• Sanji, Luffy, and Zoro struck Momoo together, and the crew captured him and ate a feast prepared by Sanji.
• Arlong called Captain Nezumi and offered him a share of Nami’s savings in exchange for confiscating the money when Nezumi arrived.
• Arlong sent two Fish-Men to collect the village’s Beli as the crew approached Cocoyasi Village.

Nami returned to Cocoyasi Village with the Straw Hat Pirates, who began confronting Arlong’s men and preparing to attack Arlong Park. Liu Qing blocked the island’s escape routes with a towering thorn forest as the group approached the Fish-Men’s stronghold.

• Nami reunited with Nojiko and introduced the Straw Hat Pirates as her companions, while Genzo welcomed Liu Qing and told him that a newspaper had given him a 500-million-Beli bounty.
• Liu Qing and the others joked about turning him in for the bounty before the Kelp Fish-Man and Chew arrived to collect protection money and threatened an elderly woman.
• Luffy rescued the woman, and the Straw Hat Pirates attacked the Fish-Men; Zoro, Sanji, Luffy, and Usopp defeated Chew while Liu Qing trapped Kelp in thorn armor.
• After Genzo praised the crew, Liu Qing urged everyone to head for Arlong Park, and Nami and the villagers joined them.
• At Arlong Park, Liu Qing raised a hundred-meter thorn forest around the island to prevent the Fish-Men from escaping by sea.

Liu Qing and the Straw Hats defeated Arlong's crew and ended their rule over Cocoyasi Village, while Hachi was allowed to leave. When Captain Nezumi arrived with Marines to collect Arlong's cut, Luffy and the others prepared to confront him.

• Liu Qing surrounded Cocoyasi Village with thorn barriers and kicked Arlong's steel gate into him, badly injuring him.
• Kuroobi and Hachi tried to rally the Fish-Men, but the others refused to fight, and Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji attacked them.
• Liu Qing destroyed the drawing tower, and the Straw Hats defeated the Arlong Pirates; Nami spared Hachi and told him to leave the East Blue.
• Captain Nezumi's Marines found the thorn barriers, failed to damage them with cannon fire, and took boats toward the village.
• Genzo told Luffy and the others that Nezumi had worked with Arlong, and they decided to confront the captain.
• Nezumi arrived at the shore, denied that the Straw Hats could have defeated Arlong, and headed for Arlong Park with Liu Qing and the others following.

Liu Qing and the Straw Hat Pirates killed Captain Nezumi and his Marines after Nezumi tried to seize Arlong’s treasure and attack Cocoyasi Village. Sengoku ordered Garp to investigate the Marines of the 16th Branch and arranged bounties for the Straw Hat Pirates.

• Nezumi recognized Liu Qing’s 500-million-Beli bounty, then tried to kill the crew and wipe out Cocoyasi Village when Liu Qing revealed Luffy’s powerful family ties.
• Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji defeated Nezumi’s Marines, and Liu Qing dragged their bodies beneath the tree roots before the villagers prepared a banquet.
• Marines who had fled Cocoyasi Village reported Nezumi’s death and sent photographs of the Straw Hat Pirates to Marine Headquarters.
• Sengoku reviewed the report, suspected the Marines of the 16th Branch had been oppressing their jurisdiction, and contacted Garp to investigate Cocoyasi Village.
• Garp agreed to visit Cocoyasi Village but told his navigator to take their time, while Sengoku ordered bounties issued for the Straw Hat Pirates.

The Straw Hat Pirates left Cocoyasi Village, received their first wanted posters, and continued training before reaching Loguetown. The crew split up to explore the town while Liu Qing sent a clone to protect Nami.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates said goodbye to Cocoyasi Village, while Johnny and Yosaku chose to stay behind.
• A newspaper albatross delivered the crew’s wanted posters, showing bounties of 100 million Beli for Luffy, 700 million for Liu Qing, 70 million for Zoro, 60 million for Sanji, 20 million for Usopp, and 10 million for Nami.
• People in the Straw Hats’ hometowns celebrated their bounties, and Shanks and his crew reacted to the news aboard the Red Force.
• Luffy and the others developed rudimentary Armament Haki while sailing toward Loguetown, though they made no progress with Observation Haki.
• On June 7, 1520, the Going Merry reached Loguetown, and Liu Qing sent a clone with Nami before the crew split up to explore.

Dragon visited Liu Qing aboard the Going Merry and tried to recruit him, but Liu Qing chose to stay with Luffy’s crew. In Loguetown, Buggy and Alvida tried to execute Luffy before lightning freed him, and the chapter ended with Liu Qing’s clone knocking out nearly everyone in town with Conqueror’s Haki.

• Dragon appeared aboard the Going Merry, questioned Liu Qing about joining Luffy’s crew, and offered him the Revolutionary Army’s deputy leader position.
• Liu Qing refused Dragon’s offer, saying he would stay with Luffy’s crew to protect them.
• Buggy and Alvida captured Luffy at the Execution Platform, but lightning struck Buggy and freed Luffy just as he was about to be executed.
• Bartolomeo blocked Buggy and Alvida from pursuing the Straw Hat Pirates, while Smoker tried to stop Luffy and his crew from leaving Loguetown.
• Liu Qing’s clone released Conqueror’s Haki across Loguetown, leaving the townspeople, pirates, and Navy personnel unconscious while Luffy’s group remained standing.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji defeated Smoker in Loguetown using Armament Haki, while Smoker asked Sengoku for Haki training and permission to pursue the Straw Hats. As the Going Merry sailed toward the Grand Line, Bartolomeo set out to sea, and Apis escaped from a Marine warship near Warship Island.

• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji used Armament Haki to beat Smoker, and Liu Qing's Wood Clone advised him to learn Haki before disappearing.
• Smoker called Sengoku, reported the Straw Hats' new Haki, and received approval to learn Haki from Garp and form a pursuit squad.
• Luffy and the others boarded the Going Merry and sailed for the Grand Line, while Bartolomeo took his grandmother's ship and set out with half his followers.
• A day later, Nami proposed stopping at a nearby island to replenish the crew's food and supplies, and Luffy agreed.
• Apis secretly escaped from Nelson's warship in a small boat, and Nelson ordered the Marines to turn back and search for her.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates rescued Apis, discovered she was protecting an ancient dragon, and fought Nelson’s forces when they came to Warship Island. After Grandpa Dragon reunited with his companions and died, the crew stocked up and sailed on toward Reverse Mountain.

• Luffy pulled Apis aboard the Going Merry, and she explained that Nelson had captured her to find a Millennium Dragon; the crew defeated Nelson’s first attack and Liu Qing destroyed his warship.
• Apis secretly led Luffy and the others to Grandpa Dragon in a cave, where they learned the dragon was waiting for his companions to return.
• Liu Qing sensed more than twenty ships approaching, and Nelson ordered them to fire on the Going Merry; Liu Qing shielded the ship while Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Liu Qing attacked the fleet.
• The Lost Island rose from the sea, and Nelson ordered his men to shoot Grandpa Dragon; Erik refused to fight Liu Qing and left, while the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Nelson and the Marines.
• Grandpa Dragon reached the Lost Island but fell from exhaustion; Liu Qing caught him with a wooden tree, and the dragon’s companions arrived before Grandpa Dragon died.
• The Straw Hat Pirates returned to Warship Island, bought supplies, and set sail for Reverse Mountain.

The Straw Hat Pirates crossed Reverse Mountain with Liu Qing’s Wood Release and were swallowed by Laboon. Inside the whale, they met lighthouse keeper Crocus, who calmed Laboon and led them outside, while Liu Qing brought the Going Merry out separately.

• Nami warned the crew about the Knock Up Streams and whirlpools, and the Straw Hat Pirates declared their dreams before entering Reverse Mountain.
• When a whirlpool threatened to drive the Going Merry into the Red Line, Liu Qing summoned a wooden dragon to carry the ship through the channel.
• Laboon swallowed the Going Merry and its crew, and Liu Qing allowed it so he could reach the old man and obtain an Eternal Pose.
• The crew crashed into Crocus’s house inside Laboon, and Crocus explained that the seawater below them was stomach acid and that Laboon was waiting for people who had not returned.
• Crocus used a sedative to calm Laboon, then led the crew outside while Liu Qing carried the Going Merry out on his wooden dragon.

Luffy promised Laboon he would help find its friends, while Crocus gave the crew a Log Pose and advice for navigating the Grand Line. After Liu Qing healed Laboon, the Going Merry set sail for Whiskey Peak with Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9, whose secret scheme Liu Qing noticed.

• Luffy promised Laboon he would stop it from ramming the Red Line and help it find its pirate friends.
• Crocus gave Nami a Log Pose and explained how to navigate the Grand Line, then declined Luffy's invitation to join the crew.
• Liu Qing healed Laboon's wounds, and Sanji welcomed Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 aboard the Going Merry.
• Luffy agreed to take Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 to Whiskey Peak, though Liu Qing noticed their brief, scheming smiles.
• The crew endured severe, changing weather while Nami guided the ship, and Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 later slipped into the sea to approach Whiskey Peak from another side.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Whiskey Peak, where Baroque Works bounty hunters welcomed them and tried to drug them at a banquet. After Liu Qing rescued the unconscious Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp, Zoro stayed behind to test his ability to cut steel, while two people secretly followed Liu Qing and Nami.

• Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 returned to Whiskey Peak and told the Baroque Works leader that the Straw Hat Pirates had survived relentless natural disasters.
• Luffy and the others arrived, and Baroque Works members spotted them and alerted the town and Crocodile.
• Igaram welcomed the Straw Hat Pirates and invited them to a banquet, where Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp ate food laced with drugs.
• Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp passed out, so bounty hunters took them hostage and threatened Liu Qing and Zoro.
• Liu Qing swiftly rescued the three unconscious pirates and left with Nami, while Zoro stayed to fight the bounty hunters and test his strength.
• Two people slipped out of the tavern and secretly followed Liu Qing and Nami.

Liu Qing and the Straw Hat crew agreed to help Princess Nefertari D. Vivi save Alabasta from Crocodile, while Igaram departed under cover of a Wood Clone. In Alabasta, a gathering of powerful figures learned the crew was approaching, and Shanks urged Kaido to wait rather than confront Liu Qing immediately.

• Liu Qing exposed Vivi and Igaram as the pair who had followed the crew, and Vivi revealed her identity as the princess of Alabasta.
• Vivi explained that Crocodile and Baroque Works had orchestrated the rebellion, and Nami agreed to help defeat Crocodile without payment.
• Igaram departed by boat disguised as Vivi, accompanied by a Wood Clone, while Luffy and the others prepared to sail onward.
• Kaido arrived at Crocodile's office seeking Liu Qing, and Kizaru, Perospero, Morgans, Doflamingo, Shanks, Mihawk, Marco, Jozu, Vista, and others gathered there over the following days.
• After Crocodile learned that the Straw Hats had reached Whiskey Peak, Shanks told him to wait for them and asked Kaido not to go after Liu Qing.

Luffy and the Straw Hat crew arrived at Little Garden and split up to gather supplies, while Crocodile recalled his assassins and ordered Robin to find Pluton. The island's volcano erupted as Dorry and Brogy prepared to fight, and an unnoticed venomous insect landed on the Going Merry.

• Crocodile recalled Mr. 5 and the other assassins, then ordered Nico Robin to locate Alabasta's Poneglyph and find Pluton.
• Luffy and his crew reached Little Garden, where Nami assigned everyone jobs and sent Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to hunt for food.
• Liu Qing made three clones to protect Nami, Vivi, and Usopp while he went to inspect the volcanic crater.
• Luffy knocked down a long-necked dinosaur, Sanji defeated a Tyrannosaurus rex, and Zoro killed a triceratops while wandering through the island.
• Nami, Vivi, and Usopp learned from a book that Little Garden was full of dinosaurs and venomous insects, then began looking for a way to recall the hunters.
• The volcano erupted, a tiny venomous insect landed on the Going Merry, and Dorry and Brogy rushed toward each other to fight.

Liu Qing stopped Dorry and Brogy’s century-long fight by telling them about Elbaf’s dwindling population, then learned Hakoku from their demonstration and gave them a ship to sail home. The Straw Hats left the Ancient Island, unaware that a tiny poisonous insect was crawling toward Nami’s bedroom.

• Liu Qing appeared on Dorry’s head and persuaded Dorry and Brogy to stop fighting and return to Elbaf to protect their people.
• Dorry and Brogy agreed to teach Liu Qing Hakoku and demonstrated the technique, which Liu Qing said he learned after watching once.
• Liu Qing used Wood Release to build the giants a sturdy ship, then left with Luffy and the others for the Going Merry.
• Nami warned the crew about the island’s poisonous insects, so they hurried to load their food and sail away.
• A tiny poisonous insect crawled toward Nami’s bedroom as the crew ate on deck and later went to their rooms for the night.

Nami fell ill after being bitten by a poisonous insect, so Liu Qing hurried the Going Merry toward Drum Island to find a doctor. Wapol’s pirate ship blocked their route, but Liu Qing trapped it in a wooden sphere and towed it along as the crew continued toward the snowy island.

• Liu Qing realized Nami might have been bitten by a poisonous insect, and Vivi found the insect on her forehead and confirmed that Nami was sick.
• Vivi identified Drum Island by its year-round snowfall, and Liu Qing used a Wood Dragon to speed the Going Merry toward it.
• Zoro spotted Wapol’s large pirate ship blocking their way, and Wapol demanded to know whether they had a Log Pose or Eternal Pose for Drum Island.
• Vivi recognized Wapol as Drum Island’s king, and Zoro struck him with Three Sword Style: Oni Giri when he tried to bite the Going Merry.
• Wapol ordered his crew to attack, but Liu Qing trapped the Tin Ship and its crew inside a wooden sphere and towed them toward Drum Island.

Liu Qing used Wapol’s capture to persuade Drum Island’s people to let the crew ashore, then took the sick Nami to the castle where Dr. Kureha and Chopper treated her. Nami woke after taking Chopper’s medicine, but her shock at hearing him speak caused Chopper to faint.

• Liu Qing explained that Wapol could serve as a distraction from the crew’s pirate status, and Zoro revealed their capture to Dalton’s armed crowd.
• Dalton allowed the crew onto Drum Island and directed them to the castle in exchange for their capture of Wapol.
• Liu Qing carried Luffy and the others to the castle on a Wood Dragon, where Dr. Kureha recognized the venomous insect that had bitten Nami and assigned Chopper to prepare medicine.
• Chopper gave Nami the medicine, and she woke up confused and asked where she was.
• Chopper asked whether Nami’s fever had gone down, but she screamed that the raccoon dog could talk, startling him into striking his head and passing out.

After Nami’s fever eased, Kureha explained Chopper’s painful past and the wish he inherited from Hiriluk. Luffy and Liu Qing learned they would need to save Drum Island and fulfill that wish before Chopper would join their crew.

• Kureha kicked Luffy away when he invited her to be the crew’s doctor, then checked on Nami after Chopper’s crash brought everyone to her room.
• Luffy chased Chopper around the castle, and the two became friends after fighting near Hiriluk’s old house.
• Kureha told Liu Qing that Chopper would only go to sea after Drum Island was saved and covered in cherry blossoms, then recalled how Hiriluk adopted Chopper and died after sending him to seek a cure.
• Kureha explained that Wapol’s family denied the people access to affordable medical care and said Chopper needed the country saved and filled with red flowers.
• Luffy decided to kill Wapol’s family, but Liu Qing stopped him and asked whether Kureha could govern the country; Kureha objected to being called old, prompting Nami to tease her about claiming to be young.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates drove Wapol from Drum Island, and Chopper agreed to sail with them as their doctor. After helping Chopper treat the island’s sick, they gave him a farewell gift of red flowers before setting out.

• Kureha urged Chopper to leave with Luffy and the others, and Liu Qing agreed to help Dalton drive Wapol from Drum Island.
• Dalton asked the Straw Hat Pirates to spare Wapol’s life but force him and his men to leave the island permanently.
• Luffy gave Wapol a choice between death and exile, and Wapol chose to leave Drum Island with his men.
• Chopper asked Liu Qing to help the people of Drum Island and promised to set sail with the crew afterward.
• Chopper treated the island’s sick with help from nearly a hundred doctors while Liu Qing built a house for them in the kingdom’s square.
• The crew gave Chopper an island covered in red flowers, then departed with him as Kureha watched them leave.

The Straw Hats reached Alabasta and learned how Crocodile's Dance Powder had helped devastate the country, but in Nanohana they discovered the rebellion had already ended. Ace arrived in the city and headed toward Luffy, while Smoker and Tashigi pursued him.

• The Straw Hats landed in Alabasta, where Vivi explained that Crocodile's Dance Powder had stolen rain from other regions and turned people against her father.
• After seeing a desiccated corpse, Vivi wept, and Luffy vowed to defeat Crocodile.
• The next day in Nanohana, the group learned that the rebels had ended their revolt and that conditions were improving, leaving them puzzled about the change.
• Ace heard what he thought was Luffy's voice and headed toward the tavern where the Straw Hats were eating.
• Smoker recognized Ace and set off after him with Tashigi.