Recaps

Roger returned to Baterilla and reunited with Rouge, telling her he had only a little over three hundred days left to live. Meanwhile, Rossi and the Donquixote Family continued patrolling their route, arriving at a devastated Food Island.

• The Donquixote Family strengthened its Haki through daily training and deadly fights as the Pirate King’s title drew pirates and defecting national fleets toward the Grand Line.
• Roger returned to Baterilla, where Rouge embraced him and said she still loved him despite his long absence and impending death.
• Rossi and Diamante captured the pirate Leiza, and Rossi questioned why the man expected Roger to protect him.
• Rossi, Diamante, and Doflamingo discussed Roger’s disappearance as their ship continued along the route under the family’s protection.
• The Donquixote Family reached Food Island and found its pier, stalls, and restaurants in ruins.

Trebol and Rossi found Beast Fighting Island devastated by pirate raids and failing under its current administration. Rossi’s group arrived to protect the island route, while a battered pirate crew nearby faced a desperate shortage of medicine.

• Trebol demanded the island’s detailed accounts from its armored steward, the culinary guild representative, and a respected village elder, warning them to keep their records consistent.
• Rossi reviewed reports describing the island’s collapsed economy, abandoned fields, and battered defenses, then decided the group needed to restore the route for the family’s revenue.
• Rossi’s group arrived at Beast Fighting Island and told its leader they would remain to stop raiders coming from the Four Blues.
• Rossi explained that holding the island would protect the route and its revenue, then ordered the fighters to face new arrivals in pairs while he and Doffy stayed out of it.
• Doffy challenged Rossi to a fight, and their electric and dark trails collided across the arena grounds.
• A ship’s doctor warned his captain that twenty men could die within seven days without medicine, leaving the captain unsure how to save them.

Donquixote Family patrolmen defeated Captain Camille and brought him and his crew before Rossi, who offered them a choice between prison and labor on the protected islands. As Doflamingo questioned why the Pirate King had not appeared, Rossi believed the man was nearing a decision, while someone at Gladiator Island dismissed concern for others’ choices.

• A battered ship carrying Captain Camille and his crew spotted land, but the lookout recognized the approaching warship as belonging to the Donquixote Family.
• Pica crossed the sea to Camille’s ship, defeated the crew, and helped the patrol ship capture them.
• Rossi identified Camille from his thirty-million-Beli bounty and offered him and his crew prison or several years of labor before they could settle as civilians.
• Rossi assured Camille that the family would not allow pirates to threaten the island’s people, and said those who worked could eat, stay warm, and walk safely.
• Doflamingo asked Rossi why the Pirate King had not appeared; Rossi said time was running short and believed the man was close to deciding what to do.
• At Gladiator Island, someone said other people’s choices had nothing to do with them.

Rossi and Doffy led part of the family toward the tribute fleet, leaving five trusted members to defend the island. On the voyage, the family discussed their growing abilities, and Rossi began explaining how Fish-Man Karate might help Pica develop his powers.

• Rossi announced that Doffy, Rossi, Trebol, Diamante, Vergo, Pica, Jora, Gladius, and Bainessarna would leave the island, while five representatives guarded it.
• Doffy refused a sea captain's request to join the raid and warned the five that they would face consequences if the island's defense failed.
• The family sailed toward the tribute fleet, and Rossi and his brother said they would lead the fight against the Nobles' Shield.
• Rossi showed Trebol how his blade could briefly turn pitch-black, while Vergo declared that he wanted to coat the entire ship in Haki.
• Rossi described Fish-Man Karate's ability to manipulate water and suggested it could offer new possibilities for Pica's powers.
• Trebol warned that water was dangerous to Devil Fruit users, and Doflamingo began to respond.

Rossi searched Sabaody for Gild Tesoro and found him trying to earn enough to free Stella from slavery. Their reunion with a Celestial Dragon’s entourage left Tesoro kneeling in front of Stella’s cage, with the danger closing in.

• Rossi explained that Pica could treat surrounding substances as water and planned to teach him Fish-Man Karate.
• Doflamingo visited Soap Bubble Park with Bainessarna and recalled his childhood there with Rossi.
• Rossi described how Sabaody’s living trees produced bubble spheres for travel, then used his perception to search the archipelago.
• Rossi located Gild Tesoro at a slave market, where Tesoro promised Stella he would soon free her.
• A Celestial Dragon named Saint Fluctuoso arrived with guards, and Tesoro dropped to his knees while shifting to shield Stella’s cage.

Rossi rescued Stella and Tesoro from Saint Fluctuoso and killed the Celestial Dragon who threatened them. He took Tesoro and Stella aboard his ship, then told the Five Elders to choose cooperation or conflict; afterward, he mocked Fluctuoso for once believing he belonged among the Celestial Dragons.

• A black-feathered youth cut Stella’s chain, killed Saint Fluctuoso and his guards, and forced Tesoro to agree to use his business talent.
• The youth led Tesoro and Stella from the courtyard and told them that power was the only pass in the world.
• Rossi killed another gunman who threatened him and warned the guards to tell the Five Elders that he and his brothers would either cooperate or fight.
• Rossi took Tesoro and Stella aboard his ship, where he laughed at Fluctuoso’s pleas to be returned to the Holy Land.
• Rossi said that leaving the Celestial Dragons had been the right choice and taunted Fluctuoso about his ancestors.

Rossi and Doffy attacked a fleet carrying tribute to the Holy Land, using the captured Celestial Dragon Fluctuoso to force a confrontation. The Five Elders decided to send Cipher Pol Aigis Zero and the Holy Knights against them, while the surviving Marines retreated and Doffy eliminated the CP Agents who stayed to fight.

• Rossi warned Doffy that Cipher Pol Aigis Zero and possibly the Holy Knights were coming, and Pica spotted the tribute fleet approaching.
• Doffy boarded a tribute ship, demanded its cargo, and revealed the battered Celestial Dragon Fluctuoso; Rossi and other Donquixote Family members arrived to confirm Fluctuoso was genuine.
• The Five Elders discussed the brothers' demand and agreed to send three Cipher Pol Aigis Zero teams and a Holy Knights squad, offering them Shichibukai positions if they survived.
• A wounded Marine Commodore urged his men to retreat to the Sabaody Archipelago rather than return to battle.
• Doffy easily killed the CP Agents who attacked, while Rossi reflected that some situations were beyond one's control.

Morgans agreed to report on the Heavenly Tribute hijacking but backed off from exposing the attack on the Celestial Dragons. As Cipher Pol Aigis Zero and the Holy Knights arrived to confront the Donquixote family, Doffy rallied his crew and Rossi unleashed a massive slash at their warship, leaving the battle’s outcome unknown.

• Rossi warned Morgans not to publish details about the attack on the Celestial Dragons, and Morgans agreed to limit his report to the Heavenly Tribute hijacking.
• Doffy and the Donquixote family prepared to face the approaching Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents and Holy Knights.
• The masked agents discussed their orders to fight the family openly, while one Holy Knight claimed a target in a black cloak.
• Doffy split the clouds with threads and declared that the family had to win the battle.
• Rossi drew his blade and sent a black-and-red slash across the sea toward the approaching warship.
• The Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain braced himself with Iron Body as Rossi’s slash struck him and the warship.

The Holy Knights attacked Rossi’s fleet, scattering the family across several warships and forcing Rossi, Doffy, and Vergo into separate fights. Rossi faced an armored opponent who could keep moving without his head, while Doffy and Vergo battled masked agents; the clashes continued as Vergo prepared to meet his opponent’s punch.

• A masked man and a black-cloaked leader launched an assault on the Cold Crow · Numancia Flamingo and nearby warships.
• A black-robed figure used the Cube-Cube Fruit to scatter the attackers and Rossi’s family across several ships.
• Rossi decapitated the black-cloaked leader, but the armored Iron Shadow reattached his head and attacked Rossi with a greatsword.
• Doflamingo used his threads to evade and counter a white-suited fighter’s rapid Six Powers attacks.
• Vergo blocked a masked man’s vacuum blades with Iron Body and met his opponent’s punch head-on.

Vergo and Diamante fought the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents while Rossi and Doffy faced their own opponents. A Holy Knight used advanced missiles to bombard Trebol, Pica, Jora, and Pica’s ship, and Rossi recognized the weapon as technology tied to the ancient visitors from the moon.

• Vergo and the masked Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent traded brutal blows without dodging, while Diamante’s Golden Blade locked against the white-masked agent’s hand-blade.
• The Cube-wielding Holy Knight left the fight to a haughty woman, who moved to attack the Donquixote family aboard their ship.
• The woman revealed mechanical limbs and wings that transformed into missile launch racks, and Trebol recognized the danger through Observation Haki.
• Rossi shouted a warning, but the missiles struck Trebol, Pica, Jora, and Pica’s ship in a massive barrage.
• As the smoke cleared and the battle resumed, Rossi recognized the woman’s weapon as advanced technology connected to visitors from the moon who had once shared knowledge with the people of the world.

Rossi and Doflamingo fought the Holy Knights and their Devil Fruit-powered weapons as Rossi uncovered that their abilities had been bestowed by another. The Armored Knight trapped Rossi in a vision of the dead, and Doflamingo shielded his frozen brother from a devastating attack, leaving him badly injured.

• Jora transformed the warship into a stone house and then a giant that charged the enemy ship, while a black-robed fighter used a hundredfold-enhanced projectile against it.
• Rossi recognized the enemy's powers as bestowed abilities and provoked the Armored Knight into revealing his rage at anyone questioning the divine.
• The Armored Knight used Judgment Gaze to trap Rossi in a vision of corpses whose terror and pain overwhelmed him.
• Doflamingo crossed to Rossi's side and stood between his brother and the white-clad fighter, refusing to retreat.
• The white-clad fighter struck Doflamingo with a powerful blow, and Doflamingo blocked it with Haki-coated threads as his arm began to break.

Rossi recovered from the Armored Knight’s soul attack and destroyed him, then joined the battle against the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain. As the other fighters clashed around the stone colossus, Rossi and the captain traded increasingly powerful sword and finger-blast techniques, ending with Rossi striking from below and the captain blocking his slash.

• Rossi endured the judgment of the vengeful souls, returned to the battlefield, and destroyed the Armored Knight with a black-and-red sword strike.
• Doffy thanked Rossi for holding out, retreated, and used his threads to repair his broken bones and torn muscles.
• Trebol and the others fought the black-robed figures as one transformed into an ancient dragon and Jora tried to affect the sea; Pica emerged from the statue and deflected the weapon woman’s shells.
• Rossi unleashed Break the Sea, but the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain countered with Hundred Swords and scattered the slash with coordinated Finger Pistols.
• Rossi spun Sandai Kitetsu into Black Dragon Annihilation, and the captain answered with Thousand Swords, weaving a net of attacks that wore down the whirlwind.
• Rossi vanished from the whirlwind and slashed upward at the captain, who blocked the strike with an Armament Haki-coated palm as golden sparks appeared in Rossi’s hair.

Rossi and Doflamingo combined lightning and sword attacks against a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain, while Vergo defeated another agent with a single Haki-powered punch. Diamante continued fighting a masked agent, who questioned whether he was truly a swordsman.

• Rossi trapped the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain in a strength contest while Doflamingo built up a lightning strike.
• Doflamingo's Mamaragan Devours the Gods hit the captain, and Rossi followed with Oni Giri: Higekiri as the captain began to falter.
• Vergo outlasted a black-masked agent in a brutal exchange, anticipated his attack, and knocked him deep into the sea with one explosive Haki punch.
• Diamante used his golden armor and Gold-Gold Fruit to withstand a close-range attack, then drew a slender blade from his greatsword and forced the pale-masked agent to retreat.
• The pale-masked agent mocked Diamante by asking whether he really considered himself a swordsman.

Diamante revealed that he had poisoned the masked agent with gold dust, while the Holy Knights’ hidden girl used her power to shrink Pica. Rossi and Doffy badly wounded the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain, but the enemy forces were still pressing the family, and Rossi ended the chapter warning Doffy to watch out.

• Diamante explained that his Golden Splash attack had made the masked agent inhale gold dust that condensed inside him and caused him to cough blood.
• The Holy Knights’ braided girl joined the fight and shrank Pica until he was tiny, then realized that the first bearer of sin had already fallen.
• Rossi drew Doffy’s lightning into Sandai Kitetsu and struck the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain with Lightning Flash Devour, leaving him badly burned.
• The tyrannosaurus and the covering bombardment destroyed Pica’s stone giant, while Pica and the others fell into danger.
• Rossi cut the captain’s abdomen and then slashed him again, but the captain kept fighting; Rossi looked up and warned Doffy to watch out.

Rossi, Doffy, and Vergo fought the Holy Knights and Cipher Pol Aigis Zero, with a mysterious girl’s power erasing Diamante from everyone’s memories. The Donquixotes regrouped to retreat, while three battered figures struggled to reach them and warn the family.

• Rossi nearly killed the Tyrannosaurus Rex user with a single slash, but the Cube user brought him and a wounded Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain back to the fight after giving them God-Given Water.
• The Holy Knights attacked Rossi and Doffy while the Cube user restored their wounded allies and returned them to the battlefield.
• A blond girl touched Diamante, erased him from living memory, and left his golden statue to sink into the sea.
• Vergo joined Rossi and Doffy after defeating his opponent, and the three Donquixotes prepared to retreat aboard the Cold Crow · Numancia Flamingo.
• A rag doll, a plastic guard, and a Cloth Slug clung to drifting planks and tried to warn the family before a wall of water engulfed them.

Rossi realized the Hobby-Hobby Fruit had turned members of the Donquixote Family into toys and erased everyone’s memories of them. After Jora, Pica, and Trebol returned, Rossi restrained the enemy forces and launched a devastating sword strike.

• Jora, Pica, and Trebol survived the storm as toys, learned that seawater could not kill them, and paddled toward Doffy and Rossi.
• Morgans showed Rossi photographs of people he did not remember, prompting Rossi to recognize that the Hobby-Hobby Fruit had erased the transformed Family members from memory.
• Rossi identified the blonde-braided girl as the Hobby-Hobby Fruit user and sensed Jora, Pica, and Trebol approaching on broken planks.
• Rossi unleashed his Haki to immobilize the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents and Holy Knights while Doffy pulled the three toys aboard.
• Pica warned Rossi and Doffy about the girl’s power, and Rossi used Oni Giri: Life and Death to slash several enemies and wound the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain.

Rossi and his allies defeated the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero attackers and recovered Pica and Diamante, but a terrifying presence intervened and killed the girl who could make people forget others. After the survivors regrouped, Rossi thanked Morgans for uncovering the memory-erasing ability that had nearly made the family vanish from his awareness.

• Rossi's slash killed the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain and incapacitated the other attackers, while Doffy finished off the masked enemy with hidden threads.
• Rossi sensed Pica and Diamante underwater, and Vergo retrieved their unconscious bodies from the seabed.
• The surviving girl pleaded for her life and began to reveal news about someone, but a vast presence addressed the group and killed her, reducing her body to ashes.
• Rossi and Doffy recognized the presence as a godlike threat, and Morgans said its pressure surpassed anything he had felt when facing Rocks.
• The family recovered and tended to Pica and Diamante while Tesoro cleared debris from the deck and reflected on the strength he had found among them.
• Rossi admitted he had failed to anticipate the Hobby-Hobby Fruit's memory-erasing power and thanked Morgans for noticing the strange photographs.

After the Donquixote Family defeated a World Government force and seized tribute, the Five Elders discussed their weaknesses and approved Vegapunk’s SSG project. The news spread across the seas, drawing Whitebeard’s attention, while Rossi began reviewing the battle with his crew.

• Morgans praised the spectacle of Rossi and the Donquixote Family attacking the Celestial Dragons, and Rossi agreed to keep in contact with the World Economy News Paper.
• The Five Elders chose to leave the Donquixote brothers’ Charter in place for now, while warning that future attacks would bring the Marines and ordering an assessment for those granted powers.
• The Five Elders approved Vegapunk’s proposal for Pacifistas and named the new force the Special Science Group, or SSG.
• News of the tribute raid and the family’s fight against Cipher Pol Aigis Zero and the God’s Knights spread across the seas, and Whitebeard predicted the two brothers would soon gain fame.
• Marco said he had hoped to befriend the Donquixote brothers, while Whitebeard predicted they would not quietly accept a Shichibukai title and suggested they might meet again in the New World.
• Rossi began a battle review aboard the Cold Crow · Numancia Flamingo, warning his crew that Armament Haki and Observation Haki were essential and turning his attention to Trebol.

Rossi reviewed the Donquixote Family’s weaknesses in Haki after their battle, then Doflamingo negotiated with Vice Admiral Tsuru and received the Shichibukai title and a letter of marque. Gion left with the Marines after promising to challenge Rossi again, while a far greater news story was about to eclipse the family’s new status.

• Rossi explained how Trebol’s and Pica’s shortcomings in Observation Haki had left them vulnerable, and urged the family to strengthen both Haki and Devil Fruit abilities.
• Morgans reported that a Marine warship had arrived to negotiate, and Vice Admiral Tsuru presented Doflamingo with the Shichibukai title and a letter of marque.
• Doflamingo returned the heavenly tribute and Fluctuoso to Tsuru, who had her Marines take the battered Celestial Dragon aboard.
• Gion spoke with Rossi, admitted she had fallen behind him, and vowed to return stronger after seeking guidance from Sengoku.
• Trebol and Doflamingo teased Rossi about his connection to Gion, while Morgans filmed the family’s new status as Shichibukai.
• A few days later, news of the vanished Pirate King swept across the seas and eclipsed Doflamingo’s appointment.

After Gol D. Roger’s capture, Rossi and Doflamingo planned to use the coming chaos to strengthen their family. A battered ship from the former White Dragon Pirates arrived seeking permission to come aboard, and its hardened crew knelt before Vergo and Diamante.

• News of Gol D. Roger’s capture reached the Cold Crow · Numancia Flamingo, and Rossi and Doflamingo discussed building up their resources amid the coming turmoil.
• Rossi recalled the likely consequences of Roger’s funeral, including the Golden Lion’s assault on a naval fortress and the Buster Call that destroyed an island.
• A battered black ship approached without its White Dragon Flag, and its crew identified themselves through a request to come aboard as enemies from the past.
• Rossi recognized the ship as belonging to Baruf Tani, while Trebol and the others recalled their old clash with the White Dragon Pirates.
• Vergo and Diamante launched toward the approaching fleet, but the pirates aboard the black ship knelt before them as the two began inspecting the treasure.

Anok asked Doflamingo and Rossi to help rescue his daughter from Impel Down, offering his ships and detailed knowledge of the prison. Doflamingo agreed to take him along, while the chapter began revealing the circumstances of Tani’s birth in a pirate-run port.

• Rossi recognized Anok’s severe burn scars and suspected he had encountered Sakazuki, while the frightened pirates suggested their captain had been captured.
• Anok begged Doflamingo and Rossi to rescue his daughter, explaining that she was the child he had raised and showing them her keepsake and photograph.
• Anok offered seven seaworthy ships and described his infiltration of Impel Down, including an abandoned drainage pipe that could provide an entry point.
• Doflamingo accepted Anok’s help and told him to stay alive until he saw his daughter again.
• Anok said his daughter could catch Sea Kings as a child, then explained that her mother had worked in a tavern and that several pirates, including Baruf Tani’s father, had been among her customers.
• The story shifted to Tani’s childhood in the North Blue, where she was born at the Rusty Cup, a tavern in a ruined port controlled by a self-proclaimed Baron.

Tani’s memories traced her brutal childhood, from working in a tavern and surviving betrayal to fighting her way onto the pirate ship Black Death. Years later, she stood over a defeated captain after using a Devil Fruit power, confirming that she had done it.

• Tani grew up cleaning a violent tavern, where the Black Captain gave her a knife and taught her how to fight; her mother later told her that he was her father.
• Tani met her older brother, learned to steal with him, and killed the merchant who arranged his death and the companion who betrayed him.
• After her mother died, Tani boarded the Black Death at twelve to find her father, but he ordered her thrown into the sea; she swam after the ship until a crew member hauled her aboard.
• When the crew offered no place for her, Tani stabbed a mocking sailor and claimed her place aboard the ship.
• Years later, Tani stood over the wounded former captain and confirmed that she had used a Devil Fruit power.

Rossi argued that the Donquixote Family should break into Impel Down to obtain Magellan’s poison and antidote, while also rescuing Baruf Tani to strengthen the Family’s air power. Doffy agreed after Rossi revealed an escape route through the prison, and the crew set its main objective on acquiring the poison and antidote.

• A fisherman recalled how fifteen-year-old Baruf Tani killed the man who had raised her and revealed that he had secretly protected her, believing she resembled his deceased daughter.
• Rossi reflected on Baruf Tani’s talent and ruthlessness while Trebol and Doffy warned him that breaking into Impel Down was too dangerous.
• Rossi explained that the Family needed aerial strength and proposed rescuing Baruf Tani, whose flying ability could fill that weakness.
• Rossi said he also wanted Magellan’s poison and antidote so the Family could protect its members and build resistance to poison.
• Doffy objected to the risks, but Rossi revealed that Morley had once made a hidden escape passage through Impel Down’s rock.
• Doffy accepted the plan, and he and Rossi agreed that obtaining Magellan’s poison and antidote was the primary objective, with Baruf Tani’s rescue secondary.

Rossi learned that the Marines were summoning the Shichibukai and decided to use the gathering as a chance to infiltrate Impel Down. He planned to take Trebol with him and left the family’s accumulated work to Doffy and the others.

• On Whole Cake Island, Charlotte Linlin learned that Roger’s Road Poneglyph rubbing had disappeared and ordered her eldest son to capture a male member of the Three-Eye Tribe so she could have a child who might read the Poneglyphs.
• As the Vixen approached Beast Fighting Island, Anok’s surviving crew argued over whether the Donquixote Family would rescue their captain, and Anok told them to stop debating and get to work.
• Rossi praised a young family member’s talent for handling accounts, then reminded him not to neglect his training.
• Doffy told Rossi that the Marines had summoned the Shichibukai to headquarters, and Rossi volunteered to represent the family.
• Rossi explained that Marine Headquarters offered a route toward Impel Down and decided to take Trebol with him, leaving the family’s other work to Doffy and the rest.

Rossi attended the Shichibukai meeting at Marineford on Doflamingo’s behalf, where he crossed paths with Crocodile and confronted Alucard. The chapter ended as Alucard attacked Rossi with enormous spikes formed from the room’s carpet, and Rossi called for him to stop.

• Doffy sent Rossi to answer the Marine summons on his behalf, while Trebol accompanied him reluctantly.
• Crocodile arrived at Marineford and recognized Rossi, who was entering the fortress with Trebol.
• Rossi entered the Shichibukai meeting room and told Alucard that he was attending for Doflamingo.
• Alucard dismissed Rossi as an irrelevant child and transformed the carpet and pillars into spikes that filled the entrance.
• Rossi moved aside and began to address Alucard before someone shouted, “Stop!”