Chapter Summaries

Rossi went with Jinbe to the Fish-Man District to recruit underwater fighters, where he confronted Arlong and offered the residents a chance to prove their strength. After Rossi withstood a surprise strike from a fish-man, the district’s challenge had begun.

• Rossi told Jinbe to contact Fish-Man Island and offer the Family’s protection, then went with him to the Fish-Man District while Redfield remained at Ryugu Palace.
• Rossi explained that the district’s poverty and overcrowding had driven many residents into crime and human trafficking.
• Arlong confronted Jinbe and mocked him for following a human, while Rossi announced that he wanted to recruit underwater fighters.
• Rossi used his presence to freeze the surrounding fish-men, then invited them to attack him and prove they could make him feel pain.
• A burly fish-man ambushed Rossi with a rusty sword, but the weapon broke against him and the attacker’s hands were split open.

Donquixote Rossi defeated Arlong and recruited Fish-Men from the Fish-Man District into the Family, with Jinbe selecting the recruits. Elsewhere underwater, a man copied the markings from a dark red stone tablet and destroyed a gray one, while a mysterious slender figure appeared near the fragments after he left.

• Donquixote Rossi withstood Arlong's attacks and defeated him without suffering an injury.
• Donquixote Rossi displayed a pile of gold, and Jinbe confirmed his offer as Fish-Men began volunteering to join the Family.
• Arlong joined the recruits, vowing to defeat Donquixote Rossi someday, while Rossi warned him not to quit the Family's training and battles.
• Jinbe told Vergo the recruits would train and later defend the Family's shipping routes.
• A man in a bubble copied the markings from a dark red stone tablet and smashed a gray tablet into fragments.
• After the man left, a slender figure emerged from the seaweed, touched a fragment, and vanished as black patterns appeared in the air.

Rossi tested an indestructible stone tablet, then left Fish-Man Island with Redfield and the others for Dressrosa after the Donquixote Family claimed the island’s protection. There, Rossi ordered the defeated Fish-Men to train through three months of fights at the Corrida Colosseum.

• Rossi battered the stone tablet with every kind of attack, but it remained unmarked and undamaged.
• Rossi returned to the harbor, where Oni, Redfield, and the others prepared to leave Fish-Man Island for Dressrosa.
• Marco told Whitebeard and Namur that the Donquixote Family had publicly claimed Fish-Man Island and that Redfield had appeared alongside Rossi.
• Whitebeard concluded that Redfield had allied with the Donquixote brothers because Rossi’s silence ability could shield him from voices, and he decided not to intervene on Fish-Man Island.
• Rossi told Arlong and the other defeated Fish-Men that human elites and other races could surpass their natural strength through training.
• Rossi announced that the Fish-Men would fight humans at the Corrida Colosseum for three months and promised the Family’s medical team would keep them alive.

Rossi and the Family examined Poneglyph rubbings, discussed reaching Laugh Tale, and prepared to investigate the coming conflict in Wano Country. Rossi, Jora, and Pica crossed the dangerous waters to Wano and reached an inn, where the old woman warned them not to open the windows at night.

• Arlong won a hard-fought arena battle, and Doflamingo and Rossi assigned Jinbe to train the Fish-Men intensively.
• Rossi identified two Poneglyph rubbings, including one pointing to an island, and told the Family that reaching Laugh Tale required finding four red stones.
• Rossi warned the Family not to mistake the Pirate King title for real power and announced his plan to visit Wano Country and investigate Kaido’s forces.
• Rossi, Jora, and Pica flew toward Wano, avoided an island surrounded by powerful presences, and arrived in the Hakumai region.
• The trio checked into an inn while planning to visit the Shimotsuki Family’s dojo after nightfall, and the old woman warned them not to open the windows at night.

Rossi, Jora, and Pica reached Wano Country and confronted the fear and rigid rule of its samurai. After Rossi forced a local samurai to summon his lord, the group met Shimotsuki Ushimaru, daimyo of Ringo.

• At an inn, Rossi, Jora, and Pica heard an eerie silence fall around their room just before an old woman offered them hot water.
• The three arrived at a strange island, crossed to its village, and entered a local family's home despite the man's fearful objections.
• Rossi explained that Wano's samurai held power over commoners, then stopped an armed samurai with two fingers and ordered him to bring his lord.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru came to meet them, and Rossi identified him as the daimyo of Ringo.

Rossi tested his swordsmanship against Shimotsuki Ushimaru, overcoming his sound-based techniques with overwhelming skill and Conqueror's Coating. He denied interest in Wano’s famous swords, but Ushimaru remained wary of him because outsiders had stolen Ryuma’s Shusui three years earlier.

• Shimotsuki Ushimaru challenged Rossi, who parried his opening strike and demonstrated a devastating slash that precisely avoided harming civilians.
• Ushimaru unleashed increasingly dangerous sound-blade techniques, but Rossi studied his swordsmanship and identified how it worked.
• Rossi used Conqueror's Coating to suppress the vibrations behind Ushimaru’s attacks, ending the apparent stalemate and rendering his Sound Blade ineffective.
• Ushimaru asked Rossi why he had come, and Rossi criticized the daimyo for waiting while Kurozumi Orochi, Kozuki Oden, and Kaido shaped Wano’s fate.
• Ushimaru questioned whether Rossi was connected to the outsiders who had fought Kaido’s forces and stolen Ryuma’s Shusui three years earlier.
• Rossi denied interest in lifeless things and said his sword had grown with him through years of bloodshed and guarding the coastline.

Rossi explained that he had intervened in Wano to intensify the conflict between Kaido’s forces and their opponents while testing whether fate guided the country’s events. The chapter ended as Shimotsuki Ushimaru gathered three other daimyo to face a powerful approaching enemy, while Fugetsu Omusubi questioned whether they should notify the shogun.

• Rossi told Shimotsuki Ushimaru that he was neither seeking Kaido’s throne nor simply opposing him, then left the snowfield.
• Rossi told Pica and Jora that he wanted the beasts on both sides to fight harder and to test whether fate controlled Wano.
• Jora surveyed Wano and saw polluted, impoverished districts surrounding a prosperous central city, while Rossi reflected on the country’s bloodlines, prophecies, and apparent predetermined events.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru met Shimotsuki Yasuie, Amatsuki Tempura, and Fugetsu Omusubi in Ringo to seek their help against a powerful approaching enemy.
• Fugetsu Omusubi questioned whether the daimyo should report the crisis to the shogun first.

Shimotsuki Ushimaru and three other daimyo met the foreigner Rossi, who explained that he had come to test himself against Kaido and was interested in Kozuki Oden. Rossi proposed an alliance, leaving the daimyo to decide whether to join him.

• Amatsuki Tempura condemned Kozuki Oden’s failure to oppose Kurozumi Orochi, while Shimotsuki Ushimaru redirected the discussion to the foreign visitor.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru showed the other daimyo a portrait of the foreign swordsman, and they agreed to meet him despite his formidable Haki.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru, Shimotsuki Yasuie, and the other daimyo visited Rossi at a humble house that opened into a lavish hall.
• Rossi told the daimyo that he did not want Wano Country, but was interested in Kozuki Oden and Kaido.
• Rossi described Oden’s connections to Whitebeard and Roger, questioned why Oden had not sought help, and proposed an alliance to challenge Kaido.

Rossi made an agreement with Wano’s daimyo while Kozuki Oden finally learned that Kaido’s promise had been a deception and led his retainers toward battle. As Oden charged Kaido’s army, Rossi and Jora flew toward the lightly guarded Onigashima to seize its treasure.

• Rossi told the four daimyo his name was Donquixote Rossi, and they accepted his proposal because he opposed Kaido.
• Jora reported that Hyogoro had been defeated, imprisoned, and separated from his murdered wife, while Rossi judged that Kaido’s forces had steadily crushed resistance in Wano.
• After learning the truth about Kaido’s five-year promise, Kozuki Oden declared that he would kill Kaido and departed with his nine retainers after Kozuki Toki and their children bade them farewell.
• Rossi sent Jora ahead to Onigashima, reasoning that Kaido had left the island nearly undefended while his forces prepared to confront Oden.
• Kaido’s army blocked Oden’s route, and Kaido admitted that he had used hostages and a false promise to deceive him.
• Oden drew his swords and charged the enemy ranks, destroying the pirates at the front with a powerful strike.

Kaido and Kozuki Oden clashed in Udon while Rossi traveled to Shimotsuki Castle and urged Wano’s Daimyo to choose a side. As Rossi waited for their decision, Jora and Pica began sweeping through Onigashima.

• Kaido and Kozuki Oden traded Haki-powered blows that devastated the battlefield, while the Nine Red Scabbards fought Kaido’s men.
• Rossi watched the battle from Ringo, then followed a Shimotsuki samurai to Shimotsuki Castle.
• Rossi told Shimotsuki Ushimaru and the other Daimyo to choose between Kurozumi Orochi and Kozuki Oden, but they remained silent.
• Jora and Pica attacked Onigashima, where Pica used his power over the earth to crush and bury the defenders.
• Jora sent her Transparent Sprites ahead to locate more targets, and she directed Pica farther into the island.

Jora and Pica found two children in Kaido’s treasury and discovered they had eaten two Devil Fruits before taking them away. Meanwhile, Rossi left Shimotsuki Castle for Udon, where the daimyo followed and the battle between Kaido and Oden continued until an unknown swordsman split King’s Fire Dragon Emperor attack.

• Jora and Pica encountered a girl protecting a baby in the ruins and persuaded her to lead them to Kaido’s real treasury.
• Pica and Jora found a chamber full of treasure, but caught the girl eating one of two Devil Fruits after she had fed some of the other to the baby.
• Jora decided to take the children back with them, noting that both fruits had already been consumed.
• Rossi received a signal that the mission was complete and left Shimotsuki Castle for Udon, prompting the three daimyo to follow rather than let him decide the battle’s outcome.
• At Udon, Kaido and Oden continued their devastating fight while King battled the Nine Scabbards and struck Ashura Doji with a flaming kick.
• King unleashed Fire Dragon Emperor at Ashura Doji, but an unidentified swordsman cut the fire dragon in half.

Kozuki Oden wounded Kaido with a powerful slash, but Kaido tricked him with an old woman disguised as Momonosuke and struck while Oden was distracted. Rossi intervened and began fighting Kaido, ending the chapter as Oden called him his benefactor.

• King reignited his flame and charged Kin'emon, aiming to remove him from the fight.
• Kozuki Oden slashed Kaido across the chest and sent the dragon crashing to the ground.
• Kaido used an old woman disguised as Momonosuke to distract Oden, then attacked him; Rossi blocked Kaido's club and revealed the deception.
• Rossi challenged Kaido and exchanged attacks with him, using his perception-disrupting ability and a spatial slash to counter Kaido's strength.
• Rossi assessed Kaido's durability and his own advantage in speed as Oden called him his benefactor.

Rossi and Kozuki Oden fought Kaido while Wano’s samurai and the Donquixote family’s fighters battled Kaido’s crew elsewhere. With Oden keeping Kaido occupied, Rossi landed repeated wounds on the formidable dragon.

• Rossi revealed that Kurozumi Higurashi had used the Clone-Clone Fruit to impersonate Momonosuke, and Oden joined him against Kaido.
• Fugetsu Omusubi, Amatsuki Tempura, and Shimotsuki Ushimaru blocked King from reaching Rossi.
• Senor Pink attacked Queen, while Pica, Kawamatsu, and other Wano samurai coordinated attacks that drove Queen into a massive earth vortex.
• Kaido struck at Rossi, but Oden intercepted him and Rossi slashed Kaido’s tail nearly off.
• Oden wounded Kaido’s shoulder while holding his attention, allowing Rossi to land more difficult-to-heal wounds with his dark-red lightning-coated blade.

Rossi and Kozuki Oden fought Kaido in Udon, but Kaido used his dragon form, storms, and rapid healing to wear them down. As Kaido recovered above the battlefield, Rossi and Oden struggled to find a way to stop him.

• Rossi unleashed Netherworld Crossing at Kaido, who met the attack while striking toward Kozuki Oden with his tail.
• In Flower Capital, Kurozumi Orochi learned that Kurozumi Higurashi had died and agreed to lead the Oniwabanshu to Udon behind the Barrier-Barrier Devil Fruit user's protection.
• Kaido traded fierce attacks with Rossi and Kozuki Oden, then unleashed Dragon's Raging Tides and transformed into an azure dragon.
• Kaido rose into the clouds and surrounded the battlefield with lightning and storms, using the time to heal his wounds while Rossi and Oden struggled against the gale.
• Kozuki Oden admitted he had no countermeasure, and Rossi realized Kaido was deliberately draining their strength as his wounds continued to heal.

Rossi left Kaido to Kozuki Oden and launched an attack on Kurozumi Orochi, cutting through the Oniwabanshu before Kurozumi Semimaru’s Barrier-Barrier Fruit stopped his blade. Rossi then sliced around the carriage and lifted a vast mass of earth and rock, leaving Orochi and Semimaru facing an unexpected counterattack.

• The Oniwabanshu arrived to support Kurozumi Orochi, and Kaido saw their arrival as a chance to shift the battle in his favor.
• Rossi ordered Kozuki Oden to fight Kaido and raced toward Orochi, cutting down or wounding the ninja who tried to protect the carriage.
• Kurozumi Semimaru used his Barrier-Barrier Fruit to block Rossi’s attack and protect Orochi.
• Rossi sliced a wide circle through the ground around the carriage, while Orochi mocked him for digging and Semimaru trusted his barrier.
• Rossi pried up the enormous mass of earth and rock, coated it in Armament Haki, and prepared to act as Orochi and Semimaru realized something was wrong.

Rossi hurled Kurozumi Orochi and Kurozumi Semimaru into the deep sea, then returned to Udon and announced Orochi’s death. The Oniwabanshu joined the fight against the Kaido Pirates, while Kozuki Oden and Kaido’s clash continued and Rossi’s allies attacked Kaido.

• Rossi lifted the rock carrying Kurozumi Orochi and Kurozumi Semimaru, then sank it beneath the sea with the Barrier-Barrier Fruit user’s shield still protecting them.
• Kozuki Oden blocked Kaido from pursuing Rossi, and Rossi returned to Udon after leaving Orochi and Semimaru trapped underwater.
• Rossi announced that Orochi was at the bottom of the sea and ordered the Oniwabanshu to attack the Kaido Pirates; Fukurokuju gave the order, and Raizo clashed with one of the wounded ninjas.
• Kaido and Kozuki Oden exchanged a powerful Haki clash that devastated the battlefield, while Rossi’s allies used dust and hidden attacks to obscure Kaido’s vision.
• Kaido raised his horns to block a descending blade, and black lightning erupted as the attack struck.

Rossi defeated Kaido’s forces in Wano, then brought Ulti and Page One into the Family’s care. Kozuki Oden and the four Daimyo thanked Rossi for saving the country, leaving their relationship with him newly established.

• Rossi faced Kaido after a powerful slash, but Kaido recovered and carried Queen, Ulti, and other valued subordinates away from the battlefield.
• Wano’s reinforcements arrived, and Rossi held Sandai Kitetsu to Oden’s neck before warning him that he trusted people too easily.
• At Tenshu Castle in Flower Capital, Rossi allowed Jora to raise Ulti and Page One, whom the Family had taken in.
• Pica asked why Rossi had spared Oden, and Rossi said Wano’s troubles did not concern him or the Family.
• Oden arrived with Shimotsuki Yasuie, Shimotsuki Ushimaru, Amatsuki Tempura, and Fugetsu Omusubi, and the five bowed to thank Rossi for saving Wano.
• Rossi lifted the kneeling men with his power, while Shimotsuki Ushimaru recalled witnessing Rossi’s strength against Kaido.

Rossi negotiated to buy Wano Country’s Seastone and sake iron ore after driving Kaido from the country, while the people of the Flower Capital learned of Orochi’s death and celebrated their liberation. The chapter ended with Kozuki Oden sparring with Rossi and praising his swordsmanship as equal to his own.

• Shimotsuki Ushimaru thanked Rossi for saving Wano Country, and Rossi asked who would become shogun before criticizing Kozuki Oden’s suitability for the position.
• Rossi told Oden that he could have sought help from Whitebeard, then left the shogun decision to Wano’s leaders and offered to buy unlimited Seastone and available sake iron ore.
• Kozuki Oden and the Daimyo agreed to provide Seastone, and Rossi warned them to prepare for another attack by Kaido.
• Notices announcing Kurozumi Orochi’s death and Kaido’s defeat spread through the Flower Capital, where civilians celebrated while some worried that Rossi might become a new threat.
• Kozuki Oden sparred with Rossi using Ame no Habakiri and Enma, then praised Rossi’s swordsmanship as equal to his own.

After defeating Kozuki Oden, Rossi advised him to leave Wano’s rule to Shimotsuki Yasuie and return to the Whitebeard Pirates, rejecting Oden’s reliance on fate. Rossi then returned to Dressrosa and asked Dr. Tieshidaino about ways to strengthen his body, but explained that he could not take another Devil Fruit.

• Kozuki Oden admitted he was not suited to become shogun, and Rossi recommended Shimotsuki Yasuie as Wano Country’s leader.
• Rossi told Oden to take his family back to sea and return to the Whitebeard Pirates, while Oden insisted Wano needed to open its borders and invoked fate.
• Rossi left Wano aboard the Flying Carpet with Jora and the children, worried about the Red Count’s weakening mental barrier and the Family’s lack of strength.
• Back in Dressrosa, Rossi asked Dr. Tieshidaino about body modifications and Lineage Factor technology as ways to grow tougher.
• Dr. Tieshidaino explained that Lineage Factor modification was difficult after growth, and Rossi said his body could not accommodate another Devil Fruit.

Rossi learned that the Navy’s Life Return technique could strengthen the body through rapid eating, and Dragon offered to teach it in exchange for an introduction to Patrick Redfield. Redfield agreed to consider joining the Revolutionary Army, while Trebol was astonished that the Family had secured a Seastone mining project in Wano Country.

• Ivankov explained to Rossi how the Navy used Life Return to digest food quickly and gradually improve its fighters’ physiques.
• Dragon returned and offered to teach Rossi the technique, asking in return for help meeting Patrick Redfield.
• Rossi arranged a meeting where Dragon invited Redfield to join the Revolutionary Army, and Redfield expressed interest in visiting its base.
• Trebol examined the agreement for a Seastone mining project in Wano Country and struggled to believe it had been settled.