Chapter Summaries

Over a campfire meal, Kirishima Bupai explained to Zoro and the Straw Hat Crew that he had abandoned ambition because he hated work and preferred to slack off. He claimed he had once ruled a world, leaving the crew stunned by his pursuit of comfort.

• Zoro asked Kirishima Bupai why someone so powerful seemed idle and had no ambition to seek greater challenges.
• Kirishima Bupai dismissed ruling a kingdom, serving as a Navy admiral, finding the ONE PIECE, and becoming the world's Greatest Swordsman as exhausting, stupid, boring, or pointless.
• Kirishima Bupai said he had once ruled a world from behind the scenes but had given up because even the supreme leader had to work and handle meetings and paperwork.
• Kirishima Bupai declared that slacking off was the most comfortable thing in the world and described spending his days deciding where to go and what to eat.
• The Straw Hat Crew was left stunned, while Zoro found Kirishima Bupai's outlook both heretical and strangely enviable.

Kirishima Bupai declared that no one in the world could make him fight at full power, then returned with the Straw Hat Crew to Cocoyasi Village after Arlong’s defeat. The villagers celebrated their freedom and hailed him as their savior, while Nami led him to the grove to hand over the remaining 70 million Berries.

• Kirishima Bupai told Zoro that he doubted anyone could draw out his full power and urged him to grow stronger for a future “Subject One” or “Subject Two” practice.
• The Merry sailed back to Cocoyasi Village, where villagers cheered the Straw Hat Crew’s return and celebrated Arlong’s defeat.
• Nami introduced Kirishima Bupai to the villagers as Lord V, the man who had killed Arlong and destroyed the Arlong Pirates.
• Kirishima Bupai stopped the villagers from kneeling and looked to Nami for the rest of his payment.
• Nami led Kirishima Bupai to a storeroom in Bellemere’s tangerine grove and opened a safe containing the remaining 70 million Berries.

Kirishima Bupai collected Nami’s 70 million Berries with his mysterious power, then vanished after promising Zoro a chance to challenge him on the Grand Line. In Loguetown, he discovered the World Government had issued him a 1.6 billion Berries bounty and decided to visit Marine Headquarters.

• Kirishima Bupai made Nami’s 70 million Berries disappear, leaving Nami, Nojiko, Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro stunned.
• Kirishima Bupai told Zoro he would await him on the Grand Line and offer him a chance to challenge him, then disappeared from the Orange Grove.
• Zoro vowed to grow strong enough to make Kirishima Bupai draw his blade, while Luffy celebrated their promised rematch.
• Kirishima Bupai arrived in Loguetown and drew a crowd who recognized him as the new world’s Greatest Swordsman.
• Kirishima Bupai saw a wanted poster listing his bounty as 1.6 billion Berries and accusing him of killing Hawkeye and attacking a Marine Base.
• Kirishima Bupai tore up the poster and said he would visit Marine Headquarters.

Kirishima Bupai confronted Marine Captain Smoker, who tried to arrest him in Loguetown, and defeated him and the ambushing Marines with a single punch. Kirishima walked past the wreckage and continued toward his “real business,” leaving Smoker to decide whether to try stopping him again.

• Kirishima Bupai reacted angrily to his 1.6-billion bounty poster as thick smoke suddenly engulfed the street.
• Smoker revealed himself and demanded that Kirishima surrender, while Marines prepared to ambush him from nearby rooftops and alleys.
• Smoker attacked Kirishima with a giant arm of smoke, and Kirishima struck back with a punch that shattered the smoke and hurled Smoker through a shop wall.
• Kirishima’s shock wave swept the Marine soldiers away, leaving them scattered across the street.
• Kirishima walked past the injured Smoker and warned him not to try stopping him again.

Kirishima Bupai escaped Smoker’s interception in Loguetown, while Shanks and Mihawk discussed his threat to the world’s balance. After buying a complete map of the One Piece world, Kirishima encountered a young Marine who looked almost exactly like Kuina.

• Smoker restrained himself from attacking Kirishima Bupai, reported the failed interception to Marine headquarters, and warned that Kirishima’s strength was unfathomable.
• Shanks visited Hawkeye Mihawk, asked about his defeat by V, and heard Mihawk call V a monster who could change the New World’s balance.
• Kirishima Bupai spent 2,000 system points to load a complete map of the One Piece world and began preparing to set Marine Headquarters as his destination.
• Kirishima Bupai ran into a young Marine girl who fell and apologized while searching for her glasses.
• Kirishima Bupai recognized the girl as Tashigi and picked up her round-framed glasses.

Kirishima Bupai returned Tashigi’s glasses and revealed that the reports about Hawkeye were false before leaving Loguetown with Yamato. At an inn, he used the system shop to buy a Dante navigation voice pack and set out for his next destination.

• Kirishima handed Tashigi her glasses, dismissed his 1.6-billion-Berry bounty as overblown, and said Hawkeye was alive and the newspapers had lied.
• Kirishima told Tashigi to greet Smoker and ask him to prepare cigars, then disappeared into the harbor shadows.
• Tashigi hurried to the Marine Branch to report her encounter to Smoker.
• Kirishima carried Yamato to an inn, paid for a room, and checked the system’s planned route from Loguetown through the Calm Belt.
• Kirishima spent 1,000 points on the Dante navigation voice pack, and the new voice confirmed Loguetown harbor as the departure point.

Monkey D. Dragon broke into Kirishima Bupai’s room to invite him to join the Revolutionary Army, but Kirishima refused and warned him not to step on his bed. Dragon left him a private contact card before departing.

• Monkey D. Dragon entered Kirishima Bupai’s room through the window at night, accidentally hit his head, and was identified by Kirishima.
• Dragon invited Kirishima to join the Revolutionary Army and help overthrow the World Government, but Kirishima refused because he had a score to settle at Marine Headquarters.
• Dragon offered refuge from Kirishima’s 1.6-billion-Berry bounty, but Kirishima said the bounty would not last much longer.
• Kirishima threatened to break Dragon’s legs for standing on his bed, and Dragon quickly stepped away.
• Dragon gave Kirishima his private contact card and said the Revolutionary Army would remain open to him.

Kirishima Bupai rejected Dragon’s attempt to recruit him and warned that he would destroy the Marines if his wanted poster remained. After an explosion interrupted his sleep in Loguetown, he saw Buggy the Clown and his pirates causing a commotion at the harbor.

• Dragon tried once more to persuade Kirishima Bupai to join the Revolutionary Army, but Kirishima intimidated him into silence.
• Kirishima said he would make the Marines disappear if his wanted poster did not, and Dragon fled through the window.
• Kirishima destroyed Dragon’s business card, checked his Eternal Pose, and went to sleep dreaming of a vacation.
• An explosion woke Kirishima, who left the inn and saw smoke and panic spreading from Loguetown’s harbor.
• Kirishima recognized Buggy the Clown, whose pirates announced that Straw Hat Luffy and his crew were in town.

Kirishima Bupai ran into Buggy and his cloaked pirates as they hunted for Straw Hat, then overwhelmed them when they attacked. Buggy was left scattered and battered on the ground, while his crew lay beaten and terrified.

• Buggy recognized Straw Hat as the target of his revenge and led his pirates into town in disguise.
• Buggy collided with Kirishima Bupai, recognized the feared swordsman, and tried to stop his men from attacking.
• A pirate struck at Kirishima Bupai with a spiked club, and Kirishima knocked him into the crowd with one punch.
• Buggy split his body apart to escape, but Kirishima Bupai trapped his pieces with a gravitational field.
• Kirishima Bupai beat Buggy and his pirates until Buggy lay bruised and unable to reassemble himself.

Kirishima Bupai sailed the stolen Big Top from Loguetown toward Marineford, but reached Enies Lobby and unleashed his Sin Devil Trigger to bypass its Gates of Justice. The transformation drained the sea around the island and drew the stunned attention of CP9, who watched from the Tower of Justice.

• Kirishima Bupai took the terrified pirates' valuables, seized Buggy's Big Top, and set sail for Marineford.
• With Dante's navigation guiding him, Kirishima crossed the Grand Line and arrived before Enies Lobby's Gates of Justice.
• Kirishima decided to fly over the gates and stabbed himself through the heart with Yamato to activate his Sin Devil Trigger.
• Kirishima's transformation erased the sea around the Big Top and dispersed the storm clouds over Enies Lobby.
• Rob Lucci, Kaku, Blueno, Kumadori, Kalifa, and Fukuro watched the transformation from the Tower of Justice, and Kaku reacted in terror.

Kirishima Bupai used his Sin Devil Trigger form to shield Enies Lobby from the energy it unleashed, then lost the form when his Devil Trigger points ran out. As he headed for a Marine warship, Rob Lucci attacked him and was struck across the face.

• CP9 members, including Rob Lucci, froze in terror as Kirishima Bupai’s Sin Devil Trigger form approached Enies Lobby.
• Kirishima Bupai landed in the courthouse plaza and created a barrier that protected the island from the form’s destructive energy.
• Rob Lucci confronted Kirishima Bupai, but the Devil Trigger points ran out and Bupai reverted to human form.
• Kirishima Bupai ignored Lucci and headed toward a Marine warship in the harbor.
• Rob Lucci attacked with Finger Pistol: Spot, but Kirishima Bupai slapped him before he could strike, breaking a bone in Lucci’s face.

Kirishima Bupai forced his way out of Enies Lobby, then fought through Marine interceptors on his journey to Marineford. He arrived alone at Marine Headquarters, where the Marines raised the highest alarm and prepared to defend the fortress.

• Kirishima Bupai slapped Rob Lucci into the sea and demanded a ship and passage through the Gates of Justice.
• Spandam ordered the gates opened and gave Kirishima a Marine warship after Kirishima threatened him with his killing intent.
• Kirishima sailed toward Marineford and slapped Marine officers overboard as he drove off the warships sent to intercept him.
• Kirishima reached Marineford aboard the captured warship and charged directly into its harbor.
• Marine soldiers sounded the highest-level alarm, while officers and coastal defenses prepared for Kirishima's attack.

Kirishima Bupai crashed a warship into Marine Headquarters and demanded that Sengoku cancel his wanted notice, insisting he had not killed Hawkeye. After the Marines' opening assault failed to harm him, Kirishima moved at blinding speed toward Akainu, leaving the confrontation on the verge of a direct hit.

• Kirishima Bupai steered the warship Kirishima into Marine Headquarters' pier and leaped onto the wreckage.
• Kirishima Bupai told Sengoku he had come to demand the cancellation of his wanted notice and objected to its 1.6 billion bounty.
• Akainu attacked Kirishima Bupai with Great Eruption as Marines fired their weapons and Aokiji and Kizaru unleashed their powers.
• Kirishima Bupai used Beowulf's gauntlets and greaves to release a shock wave that nullified the Marines' attacks.
• Kirishima Bupai surged toward Akainu at extreme speed and appeared before him before Akainu could turn into magma.

Kirishima Bupai overwhelmed the three admirals, then faced Fleet Admiral Sengoku as he transformed into a giant golden Buddha. Kirishima blocked Sengoku’s shockwave and wounded him with a space-tearing slash, while the three admirals recovered and rejoined the battle.

• Kirishima punched Sakazuki into the fortress wall, blocked Kuzan’s ice attack, and kicked Borsalino into a warship.
• Sengoku transformed into his giant Buddha form and attacked Kirishima with a shockwave.
• Kirishima played battle music and used Rapid Slash to stop Sengoku’s descending palm.
• Kirishima used Dimension Slash to cut Sengoku’s chest and make the giant Buddha stagger.
• Sakazuki, Kuzan, and Borsalino recovered and joined the fight again.

Kirishima Bupai transformed into Sin Devil Trigger and defeated Sengoku and the three admirals, devastating Marineford. With Sengoku unable to fight back, Kirishima demanded that his wanted notice be revoked, and Sengoku offered him a place among the Marines.

• Kirishima Bupai’s Devil Trigger gauge filled, and he drove Yamato into his heart to activate Sin Devil Trigger.
• Kirishima Bupai’s demonic form overwhelmed Sakazuki, Kuzan, Borsalino, and Sengoku, leaving Marineford in ruins.
• Kirishima Bupai returned to normal unharmed, turned off the sound system, and asked Sengoku to revoke his wanted notice.
• Kirishima Bupai taunted Sengoku about using more trump cards, including the prisoners in Impel Down.
• Sengoku asked Kirishima Bupai why he opposed the Marines and offered him a position as admiral or fleet admiral.

Kirishima Bupai rejected Sengoku’s attempt to recruit him and forced the Marines to revoke his 1.6 billion Berry wanted notice. He left Marine Headquarters as news of his victory and the new title “Demon King Urizen” spread around the world.

• Kirishima Bupai mocked the Marines’ justice and accused them of serving the Celestial Dragons.
• Kirishima demanded that Sengoku revoke his wanted notice, threatening to visit Mary Geoise if the Marines refused.
• Sengoku ordered the World Government to revoke all wanted notices for the fugitive V, whose previous bounty was 1.6 billion Berries.
• Kirishima took Yamato and sailed away from Marine Headquarters without anyone daring to stop him.
• News reports proclaimed Kirishima the Demon King Urizen and announced the Marines’ defeat and the revocation of his bounty.

Newspapers reported that Kirishima, misidentified as Demon King Urizen, had defeated Marine Headquarters and could suppress Logia transformations. Shanks, Kaido, Big Mom, and Whitebeard’s crew reacted to the news, recognizing him as a major threat or challenger.

• Morgans’s World Economy News Paper reported that Urizen had defeated Sengoku and the three admirals, suppressing their elemental transformations during the battle at Marineford.
• Shanks recognized Urizen as the white-haired figure he had seen in a newspaper and warned Benn Beckman that a new power was rising above the sea.
• Kaido celebrated Urizen’s strength and demanded that he come to the New World to fight, while King noted the danger his power posed.
• Big Mom ordered Katakuri to investigate Urizen’s origins, abilities, weaknesses, and favorite cake.
• Whitebeard’s crew fell silent over the report that one man had brought down Marine Headquarters, and Whitebeard examined the newspaper’s account of Urizen.

After Demon King Urizen devastated Marineford and negated Devil Fruit powers, the Whitebeard Pirates, Revolutionary Army, Marines, and Crocodile reacted to his strength and the mystery of “Subject Two.” Morgans proclaimed the beginning of the age of the Demon King as the world turned its attention to Urizen.

• Whitebeard and his crew discussed Urizen’s destruction of Marineford and Marco concluded that his power erased Devil-based abilities.
• Dragon regretted failing to recruit Urizen and ordered the Revolutionary Army to find him and make contact.
• Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp wondered what “Subject Two” meant and feared the World Government’s response to Urizen’s demand.
• Morgans declared Urizen’s rise the beginning of the age of the Demon King and ordered newspapers printed worldwide.
• Crocodile read about Urizen’s ability to suppress elementalization and regarded him with apprehension.

Kirishima Bupai reached Sky Island by transforming into his Sin Devil Trigger and tearing through the White Sea. Enel sensed the intruder, while terrified Sky Islanders watched the enormous demon descend onto Angel Island.

• Dante warned Kirishima about an updraft ahead, and Kirishima recognized the White Sea above as Sky Island.
• Kirishima transformed into his Sin Devil Trigger and smashed through the clouds into the White Sea.
• Enel sensed a strange void in his mantra near the White Sea entrance and ordered Shura, Ohm, and Gedatsu to investigate.
• Kirishima descended through the clouds toward Angel Island, frightening the Sky Islanders gathered on its cloud beach.

Kirishima defeated Shura, Ohm, and Gedatsu with his Royalguard and continued toward Upper Yard to confront Enel. At Heaven’s Gate, he returned to human form while carrying Yamato and encountered a waiting old woman with a camera.

• Kirishima flew toward Upper Yard after sensing hostile energies approaching.
• Shura, Ohm, and Gedatsu confronted Kirishima and ordered him to stop.
• Kirishima used Royalguard to repel their attacks, badly injuring all three priests and sending them fleeing.
• Shura called Enel for divine judgment as Kirishima continued toward the golden palace.
• Kirishima reached Heaven’s Gate in human form with Yamato over his shoulder and found an old woman waiting there.