Recaps

Rossi and his allies fought Kaiyou and Ricardo inside the cauldron-shaped building, but the battle shifted against them after the formation collapsed and Ricardo revealed his Zoan strength. Oguri Cap was wounded and Rossi, Doffy, and their companions faced Ricardo while badly exhausted.

• Rossi used the formation’s enhanced perception to foresee Kaiyou’s attack and stabbed him with Sandai Kitetsu before the poison-coated Eternal Spirit could reach him.
• Ricardo collapsed the building, struck Rossi through several walls, and Doffy was knocked into the ground by another attacker.
• Oguri Cap and the bull-headed warrior joined forces against Ricardo while Jora sent seven dwarfs to help Gladius and the Mink Tribe children defeat the rank-and-file enemies.
• Rossi and Doffy recovered from the rubble as Oguri Cap fought Ricardo, but Ricardo’s speed and endurance wore her down and he cut her arm.
• Ricardo discarded the dying Kaiyou and revealed his full beast form, while Rossi and his allies struggled to stand against him.

Doflamingo used his String-String Fruit to electrify Rody and Oguri Cap, letting them join the fight against Ricardo while Rossi recovered with Jora’s medicine. After their combined attack failed to defeat Ricardo and the battlefield was devastated, the battered Donquixote Family gathered to face him together.

• Doflamingo channeled powerful electricity into Rody and Oguri Cap, empowering them to attack Ricardo.
• Rossi drank Water of Life prepared by Jora while Rody and Oguri Cap fought Ricardo at high speed.
• Ricardo endured their combined assault, and the resulting blast destroyed the curved building and shook the city.
• Doflamingo pulled the wounded warriors behind a shield, and Rossi confirmed that the children sheltered by Jora’s house were alive.
• Diamante, Pica, Vergo, and Trebol joined Rossi and Doflamingo as Ricardo declared he would defeat the Donquixote Family.
• Rossi stepped forward with Sandai Kitetsu, and Doflamingo stood beside him to confront Ricardo.

Ricardo overwhelmed the Donquixote Family with his strength, killing Trebol and critically wounding Rossi before Doflamingo attacked him in fury. Jora and the others saved Rossi, who regained consciousness as Doflamingo continued fighting Ricardo.

• Ricardo traded powerful attacks with the Donquixote Family, resisting their blades, blows, and Trebol’s adhesive.
• Trebol ignited the mucus around Ricardo, but Ricardo emerged from the flames and killed him with a single strike.
• Ricardo wounded Rossi, and Doflamingo attacked Ricardo with his Five Color Strings: God Thread.
• Pica carried the unconscious Rossi away while Jora used her Art-Art Fruit to stitch his injuries and stabilize him.
• Rossi woke after about thirty seconds and watched Doflamingo battle Ricardo as Diamante said Doflamingo had believed Rossi dead.

The Donquixote Family fought Ricardo and his allies through a desperate battle, and Rossi’s lightning-fast strike wounded Ricardo badly. Gamenio ordered Ricardo to withdraw, leaving the family alive but exhausted amid the ruins.

• Trebol survived Ricardo’s earlier attack by using his mucus abilities, while Diamante and Rossi feared he had been killed.
• Ricardo overwhelmed Doffy, but Oguri Cap and Rody intervened to block his finishing slash and were badly injured.
• Doffy prepared to retreat, but Rossi stopped him and asked for help with a plan to turn the battle around.
• Rossi drove Sandai Kitetsu through Doffy’s electrified spiral strings, unleashing a lightning-wrapped strike that punched a hole through Ricardo’s chest.
• Gamenio ordered Ricardo to return, and Ricardo withdrew with the barely breathing Kaiyu after narrowly surviving Rossi’s attack.
• Rossi confirmed Ricardo was leaving, and the Donquixote Family members finally relaxed among the rubble.

After defeating Ricardo, Rossi and Doffy treated their wounded allies and considered how to confront Gamenio, whose Shichibukai status could bring the Marines against them. At Marine Headquarters, Garp and Tsuru weighed evidence of Gamenio’s illegal operation as Garp warned that Roger was making his move and the sea was about to descend into chaos.

• Rossi explained that Doffy’s lightning sword grew from Electro and cautioned that it worked best when the Power of Silence disrupted an opponent’s perception.
• Doffy took control of Food Island, and the battered fighters recovered over a meal while Rody vowed to face Ricardo again.
• Oguri Cap described the balance between Gamenio’s many abilities and his second-in-command Ricardo’s formidable Haki, while Rossi warned that Gamenio’s strength could not be underestimated.
• Doffy and Rossi discussed how Gamenio might use the Marines’ authority against them, and Rossi proposed turning the Marines toward the pale flowers being cultivated on the island.
• Garp showed Tsuru evidence that Gamenio was cultivating and distributing hallucinogenic plants, but Tsuru said the evidence and Fleet Admiral’s permission were insufficient.
• Garp told Tsuru that Roger had made his move and was contending for that position, warning that the sea’s political order was about to become chaotic.

Tsuru and Garp discussed the contenders for the Pirate King title and the hidden power behind the Celestial Dragons, while Tsuru agreed to handle Gamenio. Rossi revealed that the Donquixote Family had used Monkey D. Dragon’s channels to bring the Marines to Food Island, where Tsuru’s arrival set the stage for a tense meeting.

• Tsuru named Whitebeard, Patrick Redfield, Charlotte Linlin, Shiki, Kaido, and Roger as possible contenders, while Garp said he would keep Roger in check.
• Tsuru warned Garp that Roger might not unite the pirates and that even the strongest could not stand against the person who protected the Celestial Dragons.
• Tsuru agreed to handle Gamenio, then judged that the Donquixote Family, rather than Dragon himself, had contacted Garp.
• Rossi told his companions that the family had used Dragon’s channels to send information about Gamenio to Garp and planned to use the arriving Marines to their advantage.
• Rossi’s group took their positions as Tsuru’s warship docked at Food Island, and the Marine officers and Donquixote members eyed each other warily.

Rossi handed the Marines control of Food Island’s deadly flower plantation, explaining that he hated the drug made from its sap. As the Marines and Donquixote Family burned the crop, Doflamingo demonstrated a devastating electromagnetic attack, leaving Tsuru to assess the family’s power.

• Rossi introduced Vice Admiral Tsuru and her female Marine unit to his companions, then led Tsuru toward the hidden plantation and explained that he had secured its records and staff for the Marines.
• Trebol clashed briefly with the Marine officer Ida before Tsuru ordered Ida to sheathe her sword; a black-haired Marine officer watched Rossi, recalling him as an old acquaintance.
• Rossi led the Marines to the valley of scarlet flowers, where Tsuru thanked him before the crop was burned to destroy the source of Devil’s Breath.
• Doflamingo dismissed Trebol’s regret over the lost money, then had Diamante use his String-String Fruit to launch a metal blade with electricity, blasting a huge crater through the burning valley.
• Rossi reflected on how Doflamingo had turned Rossi’s idea about accelerating metal into a powerful attack, while Tsuru observed the Donquixote Family’s strength.

Rossi reunited with his former instructor Gion and tested his swordsmanship against hers before they agreed to talk over a meal. As Rossi led her into a restaurant, the owner recognized him and fell to the floor in greeting.

• Rossi sent the Donquixote Family ahead and confronted Gion, who had secretly followed them.
• Gion and Rossi crossed swords with Konpira and Sandai Kitetsu, and Gion conceded the sparring match while noting she would not yield so easily in a real fight.
• Gion asked Rossi about the story he had told her years earlier, and he agreed to explain what happened afterward over food.
• Several Marines secretly followed Rossi and Gion as they walked toward a restaurant, despite Gion telling Rossi to ignore them.
• Rossi opened the restaurant door, and the owner recognized him as Lord Rossi and collapsed in a bow.

Rossi continued telling Gion and the Marines his old, invented story about the Flower-Fruit Kingdom, provoking arguments over its rebellious captain and drawing Doflamingo’s intense interest. As Rossi and Doflamingo left, Vice Admiral Tsuru confronted them and said they were not enemies, at least for now.

• Rossi resumed his tale for Gion at a restaurant on Food Island, while Marine officers secretly listened from outside.
• Ida and the other officers mistook the story for a romance and confronted Rossi and Gion before learning what they had actually been discussing.
• Rossi told the story’s ending, in which the captain charged Marine Headquarters but was abruptly defeated by a mysterious god, and Doflamingo angrily argued with the Marines about the tale’s events.
• Rossi ended the gathering and left with Doflamingo, who asked whether the story was truly only a story.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru appeared in the alley and effortlessly softened Rossi’s blade and Doflamingo’s threads, then said they were not enemies at that moment.

Rossi and Vice Admiral Tsuru agreed that Gamenio’s illegal drug trade had to be stopped, while Fleet Admiral Kong weighed the risks of arresting a Shichibukai. The chapter ended with Rossi volunteering the Donquixote Family to defeat Gamenio and take over his route.

• Rossi questioned Tsuru’s motives, and she said she would not investigate his past but would not ignore Gamenio’s mass production and sale of illegal drugs.
• On Carnival Island, Gamenio learned that the Marines had arrived on Food Island and that Rossi and Tsuru were cooperating.
• Tsuru told Fleet Admiral Kong that the evidence against Gamenio was complete, but Kong warned that arresting him could leave a dangerous gap in the Marines’ coverage.
• Gamenio threatened to withdraw from the Shichibukai alliance and return to the New World, while Ricardo declared that the Thousand Faces Pirates would go with him.
• Tsuru proposed that the Donquixote Family take responsibility for Gamenio’s route if they defeated him, and Rossi told Kong that his family would act to preserve peace.

Kong allowed Gion to accompany the Donquixote Family as a Navy inspector, and Rossi and Doflamingo prepared to attack Gamenio with limited forces. Meanwhile, a powerful trio gathered pirates at Carnival Island and set their fleet in motion, as another figure anticipated the coming clash.

• Kong returned the phone to Tsuru, and Tsuru told Gion she would take leave and accompany the Donquixote Family as an inspector.
• Rossi briefed Gion and the Donquixote Family on their target, Gamenio, while Doflamingo arranged additional manpower and Rossi ordered the ship to set sail.
• At Carnival Island, a masked ruler ordered Ricardo, Kaiyu, and the bespectacled man to summon pirates from nearby islands and punish those who refused.
• The silver-eyed blond demonstrated his power before a gathered pirate fleet and led it away from Carnival Island toward the coming conflict.
• A half-maned deputy split a huge sea creature and thought that the clash was approaching.
• On another ship, a girl trained with a massive block of metal while a man set down an enormous hammer and ended the session.

Rossi and Doflamingo joined forces with Vinsmoke Judge and his fleet to confront Gamenio's overwhelming pirate armada at sea. Judge's Iron Snails opened fire, devastating the charging ships, but pirates continued closing in on the warships.

• Rossi spotted two damaged ships bearing the Lizard Skull Flag and learned that Judge was waiting for them.
• Rossi, Doflamingo, and Vinsmoke Judge agreed that Judge's forces would handle the smaller enemies while Rossi and Doflamingo dealt with Gamenio and the stronger foes.
• The allied fleet encountered more than two hundred pirate ships advancing to attack them at sea.
• Judge ordered the Iron Snails to fire, and their cannons tore through the wooden pirate ships.
• Pirates pushed through the smoke and cannon fire, shouting that they would board the steel warships.

The Donquixote Family and Vinsmoke Family overwhelmed the Pirate Alliance, but Gamenio unleashed a colossal tsunami that swallowed the battlefield. Rossi, Doffy, Trebol, and Gion sheltered inside a cocoon protected by threads, slime, and Rossi’s silence ability, and the cocoon surfaced after the wave receded.

• Gion deflected an incoming cannonball into an enemy ship, while Trebol and Gladius blasted the Pirate Alliance’s ships with fire and precise cannon fire.
• The Donquixote and Vinsmoke forces defeated the pirates in close combat, forcing many survivors to flee into the sea.
• The Thousand Faces Pirates’ captain Gamenio used an imitation of the Quake power to split the atmosphere and raise a vast tsunami over the battlefield.
• Rossi estimated the wave’s height and told Gion not to rush as Doffy wrapped their ship in threads and Trebol coated the cocoon’s interior with slime.
• Rossi silenced the tsunami’s roar as the group waited inside the layered barriers, and the wave engulfed the battlefield before the cocoon surfaced amid the wreckage.

Rossi and Doffy survived Gamenio’s tsunami and rallied the few remaining pirates to attack Carnival Island. As the assault began, Gamenio retreated to the island and used a broadcast promising five billion Beli and the Gold-Gold Fruit to lure its guests into a pirate carnival featuring bounties on the Donquixote Family and other fighters.

• Gamenio’s tsunami destroyed most of the fleets, but Rossi and Doffy’s ship survived, and Rossi urged the wrecked pirates to join them against Gamenio.
• Rossi led the survivors toward Carnival Island while Vinsmoke Judge and the Vinsmoke Family gathered their remaining forces.
• Gamenio sensed the approaching attackers and ordered his crew to retreat to the island’s harbor defenses.
• Vinsmoke Judge launched toward the dock batteries, Doffy destroyed a fortification with Super Electromagnetic Projection, and Jora empowered Rossi’s hair so he could cross the sea at superhuman speed and defeat defenders at the docks.
• Gamenio broadcast an invitation to the Pirate Carnival, offering five billion Beli and the Gold-Gold Fruit while displaying the bounties of the invited fighters.

Rossi and his companions arrived on Gamenio’s island, where enormous bounties sparked a wave of attacks. After defeating several challengers, Rossi regrouped with Gion and then struck her with a lightning-charged sword technique, but her wound began healing with a strange blue light.

• Gamenio announced bounties of the Gold-Gold Fruit and two billion Beli for capturing Rossi or Doffy, prompting the island’s fighters to attack the family.
• Rossi killed a pirate captain and defeated an armored Rhino Beetle Fruit user, then decapitated a swordsman who had surrendered while attempting a hidden attack.
• Gion arrived after cutting down a giant warrior and urged Rossi to regroup, identifying the swordsman’s weapons as White Frost and Levin.
• Rossi compared himself to Dracule Mihawk, while Gion declared she would capture Mihawk and encouraged Rossi to believe he could surpass him.
• Rossi suddenly slashed Gion with Oni Giri: Raikiri Annihilation, and blue light began knitting her wound closed.

Rossi fought Gamenio, who copied Gion and Whitebeard’s abilities, while Doflamingo battled Ricardo with a series of tracking electric attacks. Elsewhere, Kaiyu subdued Diamante with a specially prepared poison and prepared to intensify his torment.

• Rossi identified Gamenio’s imitation of Gion by her reaction to Hawk-Eyes and clashed with him as he used copied swordsmanship and Whitebeard’s quake power.
• Doflamingo sent Horse-Eared Girl and Bull-Headed Warrior to support the other battles, then faced Ricardo alone.
• Doflamingo struck Ricardo with successive electric attacks that tracked his movements, forcing the Silver-Eyed Lion King to retreat before Doflamingo pursued him.
• Kaiyu confronted Diamante among defeated pirate captains and commanders, explaining that his poison was causing unbearable pain.
• Diamante dropped his rapier and collapsed as Kaiyu promised that the poison’s worst effects were still to come.

Diamante killed Kaiyu by biting through his neck after refusing to denounce the Donquixote Family. Elsewhere, Rossi and Gion fought a disguised, chameleon-like attacker, who escaped; Rossi decided to investigate the man’s interest in his family himself.

• Diamante endured Kaiyu’s torture and refused to call the Donquixote Family worthless.
• Diamante tackled Kaiyu, bit through his neck, and killed him despite being stabbed.
• Gion arrived during Rossi’s fight with a shapeshifting swordsman, and the two teamed up to break through his attacks.
• The wounded attacker escaped by turning invisible, warning Rossi that they would meet again.
• Rossi and Gion left before the City Guard arrived, and Rossi chose not to report the incident while he investigated the attacker’s connection to his family.

On Carnival Island, Gion confronted Gamenio while Ricardo countered Doflamingo’s lightning technique and continued their fight. After Gamenio’s copied abilities overwhelmed Rossi and Gion, they identified his limits and prepared a plan to break his diamond defense.

• Gion revealed her Ancient Zoan spider form and accused Gamenio of attacking a Marine officer.
• Ricardo recognized how Doflamingo’s alternating electrical charges pursued their targets, then learned to repel the lightning with Electric Discharge.
• Ricardo and Doflamingo charged at each other again, both already badly injured.
• Gamenio used copied diamond durability and shockwaves to repel Rossi and Gion, shaking Carnival Island with their clash.
• Rossi and Gion realized Gamenio could use only one copied ability at a time and agreed to force him out of his diamond shell so Gion could strike him.

Gion and Rossi worked together to defeat Gamenio, while Doflamingo and Ricardo fought to exhaustion elsewhere. Gamenio’s cries drew Ricardo away, and Doflamingo used his strings to head toward Rossi’s battlefield, determined to keep fighting.

• Gion endured Gamenio’s attacks long enough for Rossi to strike and break through his diamond arms with Oni Giri: Destruction.
• Gion released her irritating urticating hairs, leaving Gamenio writhing when his healing flames aggravated them, while Rossi gave her his coat.
• Ricardo and Doflamingo fought each other until both were badly wounded and Ricardo prepared to finish Doflamingo.
• Gamenio’s cries reached the battlefield, and Ricardo abandoned Doflamingo to rush toward his brother.
• Doflamingo realized Rossi was in danger and used Parasite String to move toward the fighting despite his injuries.

Rossi’s swordsmanship advanced as he fought Gamenio, while Doffy recovered and headed to help him. Elsewhere, Trebol and Pica struggled against the Scholar’s regenerating beast, until a blood-red attacker arrived and wounded their opponent.

• Rossi and Gion fought Gamenio and the wounded Ricardo, with Rossi’s growing swordsmanship allowing him to break through Gamenio’s tremor attack and drive him back.
• Jora found Doffy and treated his wounds; she told him Diamante had defeated Kaiyu, who was badly injured and poisoned, and Doffy rushed toward Rossi’s position.
• Trebol and Pica attacked the Scholar’s enormous beast, which was assembled from living people and healed itself by consuming residents and others nearby.
• A blood-red figure descended on the battle and slashed the masked opponent’s chest, then called for another attack.

The Donquixote brothers and their allies fought Gamenio’s forces until Tsuru’s fleet arrived, allowing Gamenio to escape while Ricardo died blocking their pursuit. Doffy knelt with the Donquixote Family to ask Tsuru to save the person sealed in Vergo’s ice coffin, and the chapter ended with the group taking control of the fortress as Rossi recovered from his injuries.

• Rossi and Doffy chased Gamenio to the shore, where seawater weakened his flames and helped him recover from his wounds.
• Tsuru’s warship arrived, prompting Gamenio to flee while Ricardo held off Doffy and Rossi and was killed.
• Doffy knelt before Tsuru and asked her to save the person in Vergo’s ice coffin, and the Donquixote Family joined him in pleading.
• The Marines arrived to restore order, and the Donquixote Family took control of the stone fortress.
• Rossi rested while Jora stitched his deep wounds, and Trebol regretted that Gamenio had escaped.

After defeating Gamenio, Rossi and Doflamingo divided the spoils, and Diamante ate the Gold-Gold Fruit to gain strength. The family celebrated its rise as news of their victory spread, drawing the attention of pirates across the seas.

• Rossi warned the family to travel in groups of three because Gamenio had escaped and could disguise himself, then proposed dividing the five billion Beli bounty between the Navy and the Vinsmoke Family.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru refused to accept cash of unknown origin and ordered the valuables counted as spoils to support Navy funding.
• Diamante asked for the Gold-Gold Fruit, and Doflamingo and Rossi supported his choice; Vergo, Gladius, and Bainessarna did not object.
• Diamante ate the Gold-Gold Fruit, while Trebol welcomed the addition to the family's strength.
• Doflamingo raised a toast to the family's future, and Jora considered how to find professionals to manage the island.
• Pirates across the seas learned that the young Doflamingo family had defeated Gamenio, and some captains ordered their subordinates to investigate the family's past.

Rossi and Doflamingo sought the Shichibukai position as a path to recognized standing, and planned to force negotiations by hijacking tribute bound for the Celestial Dragons. Rossi sailed in search of materials for a new ship, and the Donquixote crew reached Water 7 after more than ninety days at sea.

• Rossi told Vice Admiral Tsuru that the Marines had to honor their agreement to let the brothers take over a vacant Shichibukai position, and accepted that they needed a louder reputation to overcome resistance from Mary Geoise.
• Rossi explained to Trebol that the brothers needed a ticket to sit at the table, while Doflamingo argued that recognized standing would counter the Marines' institutional advantages.
• Rossi and Doflamingo planned to hijack the Celestial Dragons' tribute and use the ensuing negotiations to secure the Shichibukai title.
• Rossi left the harbor aboard the black-sailed ship to seek Treasure Tree Adam timber and Sky Island thundercloud fibers, telling Gion they needed a ship capable of sailing through storms.
• Rossi set a course through Spring Queen Island and White Poplar Island, then toward Water 7, where the crew arrived after more than ninety days at sea.

Rossi arrived at Water 7 and asked the legendary shipwright Tom to build a ship for the Donquixote Family. Tom accepted the commission for five million Beli, and Rossi left after paying him.

• Rossi led the Donquixote Family to Water 7 to build a ship and sent Doflamingo to explore while he handled personal business.
• Rossi rescued blue-haired Flam from a giant sea beast and met him, Iceburg, and their master, Tom.
• Rossi offered Tom one hundred million Beli up front and promised to supply timber from the treasure tree Adam.
• Rossi tried to pay Tom five hundred million and then five billion Beli, but Tom named a price of five million Beli.
• Rossi paid Tom five million Beli and left, with the materials to be delivered later.

Rossi and the Donquixote Family said farewell to the Mink Tribe warriors and continued helping Tom build their ship at Water 7. News that Gol D. Roger had reached Laugh Tale and been hailed as Pirate King shook the dock, leaving the family to face a rapidly changing sea.

• Rossi thanked Tom for his help and left the shipyard beneath the waterway.
• Rossi and the Donquixote Family bid farewell to Rody, Oguri Cap, and the other Mink Tribe travelers, who departed for Zou.
• The boys tested cannons while the Donquixote Family helped Tom and his crew build a ship at Water 7.
• Rossi brought the group a newspaper announcing Gol D. Roger's return from Laugh Tale and his recognition as Pirate King.
• Trebol worried that Roger's achievement had disrupted the family's plans, while a calm voice urged everyone to settle down.