Recaps

Law defeated the veteran gladiator Old Sea Dog with a precise attack and patient footwork, then Ulti began her match against the armored Giovanni. Ulti’s first clash pushed Giovanni back, but he countered with a strike aimed at her head.

• Rossi and Doffy watched the Corrida Colosseum’s matches as children gathered to see the Orphanage students compete.
• Law wounded Old Sea Dog’s ankle with a surprise attack and evaded his powerful swings until the gladiator surrendered.
• Ulti entered the arena to face Giovanni, nicknamed Iron Barrel, and snapped at the children who urged her to give up.
• Ulti’s opening blow met Giovanni’s naginata with enough force to make him retreat, but Giovanni used his longer reach to counterattack toward her head.

Ulti defeated Iron Barrel in the arena, while Arlong lost to Tani’s first mate and was treated respectfully afterward. Rossi proposed a new role for Oguri Cap and Rody, then arranged for them to meet the Mink Tribe leaders Inuarashi and Cat Viper as Pica headed to Wano Country.

• Ulti endured Iron Barrel’s blows and overwhelmed him with a relentless barrage until he yielded.
• Arlong entered the arena and lost to Tani’s first mate, who helped him up and offered friendship after the match.
• Rossi asked Oguri Cap and Rody whether they wanted to rule Zou, but both declined, so he offered to introduce them to Inuarashi and Cat Viper.
• Crocodile arrived at the port and met a young man who ignored his request to use his official designation and called him “Old Croc.”
• Rossi ordered Pica to take Oguri Cap and the others to Wano Country, find Inuarashi and Cat Viper, and explain the situation in their homeland.
• Rossi reminded Pica that his ship remained sunk near Hachinosu and promised the Family would build him a new one.

Rossi met Mihawk and the newly arrived Shichibukai at the docks before they attended Fleet Admiral Kong’s meeting at Marineford. Taran announced he would leave his post for Elbaf’s prince Loki’s coming-of-age ceremony and the five-year Martial Combat Festival, while the meeting set rules for the Shichibukai.

• Rossi and Mihawk agreed to spar another day at the Marine training grounds, while Crocodile reflected on how far his strength had fallen.
• Gecko Moria, Bartholomew Kuma, and Taran arrived at the docks, where Taran invited Rossi to visit Elbaf.
• At the meeting, Taran announced he would be absent from his Shichibukai duties for Loki’s coming-of-age ceremony and Elbaf’s five-year Martial Combat Festival.
• Fleet Admiral Kong accepted Taran’s departure and ordered the Shichibukai to restrict their plundering to non-World Government-affiliated nations and eliminate a specified number of pirates each year.
• After the meeting, Rossi offered Mihawk the Family’s help if he could not meet the Navy’s quota, but Mihawk refused.

Mihawk agreed to meet the Navy’s quota, while Crocodile, Kuma, and Moria each left the meeting with different aims. At Marineford, Rossi sparred with Taran and discovered that the half-giant used Haki to create overlapping attacks, but Taran insisted he could keep the technique going.

• Mihawk told Rossi he would go to sea when he had time and meet the Navy’s quota by cutting down fleets, then agreed to spar with Rossi and Taran.
• Crocodile left to advance his plan to find Pluton and a scholar who could decipher its Poneglyph, while Kuma departed quietly and Moria remained alone, nursing his humiliation.
• Garp warned Rossi, Taran, and Vergo to hold back during their spar, then raised a barrier that stopped the clash’s destructive aftershocks from reaching the rest of the Training Ground.
• Taran attacked Rossi with Whirlwind Slash, using Haki to distort space and make his spinning axes strike along multiple trajectories; Rossi identified the technique’s weakness and disrupted it.
• Taran created three simultaneous versions of himself by interfering with his timeline through Haki, but Rossi read the attacks and stayed ahead of them.
• Rossi deduced that Taran’s multiple forms depended on speed and consumed great stamina, but Taran said the warriors of Elbaf could keep fighting.

Rossi and Taran tested their strength at Marine Headquarters before Rossi faced Hawk-Eyes in a fierce sword duel. Kong stopped the fight after their clash shattered the training ground and tore open the clouds.

• Rossi used Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki to halt Taran's high-speed technique, and Taran admitted Rossi's pressure overwhelmed it.
• Taran ended his bout with Rossi and acknowledged that Rossi still had his Devil Fruit ability in reserve.
• Rossi and Hawk-Eyes clashed swords, collapsing the ground beneath them as Garp recognized Hawk-Eyes's weapon as a Black Blade.
• Doll recognized Rossi as one of the people who had freed her from the auction house and wondered what liquor he liked, while Gion told her to watch the fight.
• Rossi struck with Swallow Return: Three-Blade Oni Giri, and the Haki collision unleashed a shock wave that Kong, Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru contained with barriers.
• Kong ordered Rossi and Hawk-Eyes to stop fighting and take their contest to an uninhabited island.

Rossi left the question of forging a Black Blade behind and agreed to travel with Taran to Elbaf for a prince’s coming-of-age ceremony. After more than ten days at sea, Rossi, Gion, and Taran approached the island, with Gion insisting they row straight to the harbor despite her discomfort.

• Sengoku dismissed the gathered Marines, and Hawk-Eyes explained to Rossi that a sword became a Black Blade through complete devotion to swordsmanship.
• Rossi decided that protecting himself and the Family mattered more than forging a Black Blade, then shared a meal with Taran and a masked giant at Marine Headquarters.
• The masked giant asked Taran to carry gifts to Elbaf for the prince’s coming-of-age ceremony, and Rossi arranged to go with him.
• Doll teased Gion about her feelings for Rossi, and Sengoku sent Doll to fill a vice admiral vacancy at the G-14 Branch.
• Garp agreed to train Vergo, and Rossi left Vergo in his care.
• More than ten days later, Taran announced that Elbaf was three days away; as the island came into view, Gion refused Rossi’s offer to stop and rest.

Rossi, Gion, and Taran reached Elbaf and traveled to Oslo, where guards required visitors to prove their strength before entering the royal court for Prince Loki’s coming-of-age ceremony. The chapter ended as a nobleman’s armored attendant failed to move the entrance door and began tearing off his armor.

• Rossi recalled Gion’s explanation for representing Marine headquarters and endured the cramped three-day voyage with her and Taran.
• The group landed on Elbaf, where Taran showed them the World Pillar and Rossi offered his strength as his greeting gift.
• Taran guided Rossi and Gion through Elbaf’s harsh wilderness and explained the island’s settlements and Warrior Village’s history.
• The trio reached Oslo, the giants’ royal seat, and saw the crowds gathering for Prince Loki’s coming-of-age ceremony.
• Two giant guards told a nobleman and his party that only true warriors could enter the royal court by pushing open the gate.
• The nobleman’s armored attendant failed to move the door, then began tearing off his armor.

Rossi and Gion entered Elbaf after Rossi effortlessly opened the Wall of Sighs, then reached the royal court for the prince’s ceremony. There, Perospero confronted Gion about past promises and choices, leaving her tense and questioning what agreement he meant.

• A burly visitor forced the Wall of Sighs open enough for the group to pass, and Taran explained that the gate was a test for visitors.
• The giant guards blocked Rossi and Gion, but Rossi casually pushed the enormous gate fully open and let Gion enter first.
• Taran led Rossi and Gion through Oslo to the royal court, where Perospero presented gifts to the giant king on behalf of the Charlotte Family.
• Perospero recognized Rossi and Gion as they arrived, then later approached Gion and asked whether the Marines had sent only her to the prince’s celebration.
• Perospero warned Gion that certain choices could not be undone and that promises should be taken to heart; after he left, Gion wondered what agreement he meant.

At the giants’ celebration, Gion learned that the Charlotte Family might seek a marriage alliance with Rossi, while Smoothie accepted that she could be chosen. The Giant King announced a Martial Combat Festival with a crystal as its prize, and Rossi promised to win it for Gion as the competition began.

• Perospero discussed the Charlotte Family’s possible marriage alliance with Smoothie and concluded that Rossi was the likely match; Smoothie said she would accept her family’s decision.
• Gion introduced Rossi to guests Umit and the Funeral Person, explaining their roles and influence.
• The Giant King Fárbauti compressed a massive log into a dazzling crystal and declared it the prize for the winner of the Martial Combat Festival.
• Gion admired the crystal, and Rossi promised to win it for her; Taran withheld details about how the contest would work.
• Fárbauti introduced his son Loki, then announced the start of the Martial Combat Festival.

The Giant King began the Martial Combat Festival by summoning dragons from the World Tree, turning the city of Oslo into a battlefield. Rossi, Gion, Smoothie, and Perospero fought back as the Giants battled the beasts, but the city was collapsing around them.

• The Giant King announced the Martial Combat Festival and led the warriors and guests outside after they had eaten.
• The Giant King hurled his spear into the World Tree, provoking a host of dragons to descend on Oslo.
• A white dragon unleashed a freezing storm on the Royal Court square, and Gion and Rossi recognized the creatures as natural beasts rather than Devil Fruit users.
• Rossi split the attacking white dragon with his blade and charged into the sky toward the other dragons.
• Dragons and Giants clashed across Oslo as people fled through collapsing buildings, while Perospero trapped a Flying Dragon in hardened syrup and Smoothie wounded another with her sword.

The Charlotte Family and other fighters battled the dragons during the Martial Combat Festival as Rossi killed the blue dragon with a lightning-charged sword strike. The Calamity of the End descended over Elbaf, and Rossi prepared to face it.

• Perospero, Smoothie, Mont-d'Or, and Amande coordinated attacks that killed dragons and protected the Charlotte Family.
• Umit tried to escape the battlefield, while Piekro sold dragonscale armor to warriors fighting the dragons.
• Rossi redirected the blue dragon's lightning, charged Sandai Kitetsu with electricity, and killed it with a single strike.
• The Giant King recognized Rossi's surname as connected to the Windmill Knights and dismissed his concern about the legend.
• The Calamity of the End descended from the World Tree, and Rossi tightened his grip on his blade to face it.

Rossi fought an ancient seven-headed dragon whose Emotion-Emotion Fruit amplified the emotions of those who saw its eyes, while Gion and the girl helped him resist its effects. After discovering that the dragon’s necks converged at a vulnerable patch, Rossi wounded it, but the battle continued amid the destruction of the Giants’ city.

• The dragon’s gaze drove warriors, including Amande and Rossi, into emotional frenzy until Gion covered Rossi’s eyes and warned him not to look at it.
• The Giant King explained that the thousand-year-old dragon had eaten the Emotion-Emotion Fruit, and the girl said her Devil Fruit ability suppressed draconic creatures.
• Rossi dodged the dragon’s attacks and tried to cut its heads and limbs, but its scales proved too tough for his strikes to penetrate deeply.
• Rossi baited the dragon’s heads into attacking, then slashed the sparsely scaled point where their necks converged and drew a torrent of blood.
• The wounded dragon writhed in pain and destroyed buildings with its tail and shock waves as Rossi rose from the rubble, determined to continue fighting.

Rossi and the Giant king battled the seven-headed Sin Dragon in Elbaf, while Gion helped Rossi counter its mind-affecting power. Their attacks devastated Oslo, and the fight continued in the city’s enormous lava crater as the wounded dragon resisted their combined assault.

• The Giant king struck the Sin Dragon, which answered with seven powerful beams that carved molten craters into the battlefield.
• Rossi used Gion’s senses to bypass the Sin Dragon’s bewitching power and cut three of its necks.
• The Sin Dragon combined its seven fiery breaths into a massive attack that engulfed much of Oslo, but Rossi escaped with Gion.
• Rossi and the Giant king attacked together, and the king’s Ancestor's Hammer drove the dragon into the lava while destroying Oslo and the Royal Court.
• The wounded Sin Dragon went berserk, and the Giant king entered Rage Soul Release to fight it in the crater.
• Rossi joined the Giant king in a pincer attack, but the Sin Dragon held off both of them.

Rossi fought the seven-headed Dragon of Sin through a day and night before the giant king ended the Martial Combat Festival in a draw. Afterward, Taran explained the giants’ Blood Rage technique to Rossi, who began learning how it resisted emotional manipulation.

• Umit and Piekro stayed near the battlefield, while Perospero urged Amande and the Charlotte Family’s other children to regroup and continue the festival.
• Rossi and the seven-headed dragon called off their clash when the dragon declared a draw and challenged Rossi to seek it at the top of the World Tree.
• The giant king ended the Martial Combat Festival, and the exhausted giant warriors fell asleep as the dragons gathered their wounded and dead.
• Taran recognized Rossi as the winner and expressed surprise that he had copied and improved the giant’s ultimate technique after seeing it once.
• The giant king offered to let Taran teach Rossi Blood Rage, and Taran explained how the technique used Haki and anger to resist the Emotion-Emotion Fruit’s influence.

After the giants’ battle, Gion received first place in the Martial Combat Festival for killing the most dragons, while Rossi learned that the festival’s next five years would train the younger generations. As the visitors departed, Perospero discussed using Smoothie’s marriage to Rossi as a political alliance despite their apparent closeness.

• Rossi thanked Taran for explaining the giants’ Haki-based Soul of Fury and reflected on its risks and power.
• The Giant King awarded Gion the diamond prize after her dragon kills secured first place, then announced that the visitors’ festival had ended.
• Taran explained to Rossi that the next five years would pit young giants against young dragons, and said he had left the Shichibukai to protect the young giants.
• Rossi and Taran toasted their reunion in five years as the guests prepared to leave Elbaf.
• Perospero reassured Mont-d'Or that the Charlotte Family had won the giants’ goodwill and argued that Smoothie’s marriage to Rossi could serve as an alliance regardless of love.

Rossi traveled with the Charlotte Family to Dressrosa, where Doflamingo accepted their invitation to the tea party and marriage-alliance talks. The Donquixote Family declined the proposed matches, while Rossi recognized that Senor Pink’s fateful meeting with the woman he loved was approaching.

• Perospero offered Rossi passage to Dressrosa, and Rossi agreed to attend Charlotte Linlin’s tea party while insisting that marriage candidates would choose for themselves.
• Rossi traveled aboard the Charlotte Family’s ship, with Smoothie guiding him to a cabin as he focused on his blood-manipulation insights.
• At the Palace, Doflamingo used his Conqueror’s Haki before accepting the Charlotte Family’s invitation, and Perospero left to await the allied fleet.
• Rossi asked the Donquixote Family members whether they would consider the marriage alliance, but none volunteered.
• Rossi recalled Senor Pink’s coming encounter with the woman who despised pirates, while Pink remembered approaching her under a false identity.

Rossi agreed to handle the marriage alliance with the Charlotte Family and traveled with the Donquixote Family to Totto Land. After seeing the islands and meeting the eerie musical welcome at Whole Cake Island, he silenced the noise as the group arrived to meet Charlotte Linlin.

• Rossi’s colleagues teased him about the marriage alliance, and Doffy ordered him to bring back a daughter of the Charlotte Family.
• Rossi accepted the assignment and sailed to Totto Land with Perospero and the Donquixote Family.
• Perospero showed Rossi and the others Nut Island and described how the Charlotte Family had built Totto Land into a home for many races.
• Rossi assessed Totto Land’s prosperity and defenses while discussing the Charlotte Family’s food-producing Devil Fruit users.
• The group reached Whole Cake Island, where the island’s singing buildings, plants, and Chess Soldiers staged a welcome.
• Rossi snapped his fingers and silenced the pier, prompting someone to ask whether he disliked the welcome.

Rossi, Doflamingo, and the Donquixote Family arrived at Big Mom’s tea party, where they met Underworld figures Du Feld, Stussy, and Morgans. The gathering left the Donquixote Family facing Charlotte Linlin and her assembled children and guests, amid speculation about an alliance between the two families.

• Rossi and Doflamingo rode through Whole Cake Island in silent carriages and discussed Charlotte Linlin’s use of Homies and the strength of the Donquixote Family’s officers.
• At the base of the cake tower, Rossi noticed Stussy, and he privately warned Doflamingo that she was a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent.
• Morgans introduced Rossi and Doflamingo to Du Feld and Stussy, while exposing Du Feld’s links to the MADS research team.
• Pica raised the group on a stone pillar and formed a bridge to the banquet venue atop Whole Cake Chateau.
• Rossi, Doflamingo, and their group entered the tea party and met Charlotte Linlin as the guests speculated about a possible alliance between the Charlotte and Donquixote Families.
• Morgans surveyed the gathering and recognized Charlotte Linlin’s children, including Compote, Katakuri, Daifuku, and Oven.

Doflamingo negotiated the Donquixote Family’s proposed marriage alliance with Charlotte Linlin, demanding changes to the terms. The banquet nearly erupted into violence, but Linlin unexpectedly agreed to his conditions.

• Rossi and the Donquixote Family joined Charlotte Linlin’s banquet while both sides watched each other warily.
• Doflamingo began negotiations, and Linlin asked him to demonstrate his sincerity by reviewing the alliance terms.
• Doflamingo proposed joint control of trade routes, defined technology sharing, and the right to choose the marriage partner.
• Linlin threatened Doflamingo, and Oven stepped forward as Jinbe prepared to fight.
• Linlin abruptly sat back down and agreed to the proposed terms, leaving Perospero and the other guests stunned.

Rossi and Doflamingo challenged Charlotte Linlin’s attempt to expose their families’ marriage alliance and proposed settling which family would lead through a series of duels. Linlin hesitated over the wager and introduced her daughter Custard as a swordswoman, leaving the contest’s terms unsettled.

• Charlotte Linlin proposed marrying her daughters to members of the Donquixote Family, and Rossi reacted angrily to the women she presented.
• Rossi and Charlotte Linlin briefly clashed, wrecking the banquet venue before agreeing to sit and talk.
• Rossi warned that Linlin’s public announcement of their private alliance risked drawing the Navy and World Government against the Donquixote Family.
• Rossi proposed nine one-on-one matches, with four wins deciding which family would lead, and Linlin considered the stakes.
• Linlin argued that a family needed tangible bonds, while Rossi and Doflamingo defended their proposal and Linlin introduced Custard as a swordswoman.

Rossi secured Charlotte Linlin’s agreement to prepare a contract for the family alliance by sunset the next day, and Smoothie was selected as his prospective bride. Katakuri privately asked Rossi to protect Smoothie, and Rossi promised to watch her back as an officer; meanwhile, Jinbe’s companions nearly revealed that they were preparing underwater defenses.

• Rossi rejected Charlotte Linlin’s request for three days and secured her agreement to prepare the contract by sunset the next day.
• Smoothie stepped forward as the chosen match, and the tea party resumed after the confrontation.
• Morgans reported that a thirteen-year-old World Government agent had killed the pirates who seized five hundred soldiers, leading Rossi to identify the agent as Rob Lucci.
• Katakuri asked Rossi whether Smoothie would be safe with him, and Rossi promised not to abandon her on the battlefield.
• Jinbe’s companions gathered with him and nearly disclosed their work on underwater defenses while the Charlotte Family’s surveillance network watched the surrounding waters.

As Rossi’s Family sparred and socialized with the Charlotte Family, Rossi and Doffy recognized that the Five Elders were preparing to move against them. The chapter ended aboard Rossi’s ship, where Trebol teased him about a possible marriage alliance with Smoothie.

• Oni admitted to Gary that she felt uneasy about no longer having Rossi to rely on in fights, and she dismissed the idea that she had feelings for him.
• Oven and Pica’s arm-wrestling match ended when Oven released Armament Haki and shattered the candy table, prompting Perospero to call the contest a draw.
• Rossi and Doffy discussed the Five Elders’ growing concern over the Family’s strength and agreed that they needed to prepare for a battle.
• The Five Elders reviewed intelligence on Rossi and Doffy, debated eliminating them, and acknowledged the risks posed by their power and the secret they held.
• Smoothy sparred with Rossi and praised his skill, while she and Oni showed growing familiarity aboard the ship.
• Trebol teased Rossi about a possible marriage alliance between the two Families, and Rossi turned toward him with his hand on his sword.

Rossi and the Donquixote Family learned that the Five Elders had moved to restrain them, with Marines surrounding three of their New World islands and kingdoms challenging their Sea Train profits. The Family prepared to confront the Navy at Carnival Island and punish the kingdoms, while an unidentified ship flying their flag appeared elsewhere.

• Rossi demonstrated how Observation Haki could detect a target hidden inside Trebol's slime creation, before Tesoro arrived with urgent news.
• Tesoro reported that warships had surrounded Beast Fighting Island, Food Island, and Carnival Island, and Doflamingo staged an angry call with Fleet Admiral Kong before revealing the performance to the others.
• Rossi and Doflamingo decided to head to Carnival Island and confront the Navy, while Doflamingo planned to teach the kingdoms opposing the Family's Sea Train profits a lesson.
• Tesoro revealed that several kingdoms along the Sea Train route had suddenly challenged the Family's share of the profits, and Rossi said he had already planned countermeasures.
• As the Family set out, reports of their movements remained hidden from the wider press, while an unidentified ship bearing their twin-dragon flag was spotted.

Rossi and his Family crossed the Red Line aboard the Golden Airship without resistance, then arrived at Carnival Island, where the Marines and Cipher Pol demanded the island be handed over to the World Government. Rossi refused and silenced the Cipher Pol 8 chief with a display of force.

• Oni steered the Golden Airship past Marine G-1 as the Marines obeyed orders not to provoke the Family.
• Rossi and his companions crossed the Red Line and descended toward their designated waters after finding no forces waiting at its edge.
• Sengoku and Tsuru watched the Golden Airship approach Carnival Island, where Marines and Cipher Pol had blockaded the harbor for more than ten days.
• Camille and Anok recognized the arriving airship as Marines, including Sengoku, faced the Family's combatants at the docks.
• Sengoku claimed Beast Fighting Island, Food Island, and Carnival Island for the World Government, and Rossi refused.
• The Cipher Pol 8 chief insisted that Rossi could not refuse, so Rossi raised his hand and forced the man's body to tense under Iron Body.

Rossi fought Sengoku on Carnival Island while the Marines and the Family watched from the surrounding ships. Amid the battle, Rossi offered the Marines control of three islands and a list of the people managing their business networks, leaving Tsuru and Sengoku to decide whether to accept.

• Rossi used Haki to crush the man in black into the warship deck, then threatened to fight for the Family.
• Rossi and Sengoku exchanged attacks around Carnival Island, while their forces kept back from the destructive battle.
• Rossi told Tsuru that the Family would surrender Beast Fighting Island, Food Island, and Carnival Island to the Marines, but not to the World Government.
• Rossi gave Tsuru and Sengoku a booklet listing the people who controlled the islands' business networks and offered it as a gift.
• Tsuru asked what the Family hoped to gain, and Rossi suggested it might simply dislike the Five Elders.