Chapter Summaries

Luffy, Zoro, and Nami trained aboard the Black Cat under Rossi’s guidance while setting out to find a ship and a teacher trapped in a cage. After supplies ran low, Luffy smelled food and led them to the seafaring restaurant Baratie, where Rossi sensed a familiar presence.

• Luffy and Nami decided to find a ship and rescue a teacher trapped in a cage, while Rossi explained how he had been imprisoned near the sun and agreed to guide them as a traveling companion.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Nami trained under Rossi, named their crew the Dream Chasers, and set sail toward their individual goals.
• When the crew ran low on food, Luffy used lightning to stun fish, and Rossi explained that Luffy’s appetite came from a body-refinement method taught by Garp.
• Luffy caught the scent of food from far away and guided the Black Cat toward the seafaring restaurant Baratie.
• Rossi recognized Baratie and sensed a familiar presence aboard.

Luffy and his crew arrived at the Baratie, where Sanji transformed into a black-armored berserker and slaughtered the pirates threatening the restaurant. After serving them a meal, Sanji refused Luffy’s invitation to join the crew because he feared losing control again.

• Nami steered the Black Cat toward the Baratie, and Luffy and Nami stopped diners from fleeing without paying by striking the sea with lightning.
• Sanji tried to negotiate with the armed pirates threatening the restaurant, but Nami’s gunshot hit him and triggered his transformation into black armor.
• Sanji attacked the pirates in a violent frenzy until Luffy intervened and told him to stop forcing himself to kill while crying.
• Sanji collapsed in distress, and Luffy invited him to join the crew; the chefs refused and asked the visitors to leave, but Luffy stayed to eat.
• Sanji served Luffy, Nami, and Zoro a meal, then explained that the unstable force inside him made it impossible for him to join them.
• Sanji rejected Luffy’s invitation and left the table, while Nami complained about his attitude.

Sanji’s memories revealed his violent childhood as a Vinsmoke and his escape from his family, while Luffy tried to recruit him to the crew. Sanji remained reluctant to leave Zeff, but Luffy waited for him to explain his past, as another man discussed Luffy and Impel Down.

• Rossi explained that Sanji was Vinsmoke Sanji, the third son of Germa 66, and Luffy insisted that he wanted him as the crew’s cook.
• Sanji remembered the Vinsmoke children’s slaughter of defenders, his sister telling him to flee, and his father declaring that he would execute him.
• Sanji refused Luffy’s invitation and said he hated the power in his battle suit, then apologized for snapping at him.
• Zeff urged Sanji to leave and pursue what he wanted, while Sanji worried about who would look after Zeff.
• The orange-haired boy told Sanji he would wait for him to share his story, and a blond man questioned a subordinate about Luffy and Impel Down.

Sanji and Luffy parted from the orange-haired youth as their island restaurant moved on, while Doflamingo’s group discussed Shanks and Buggy. Later, Logan’s Black Sails Pirates surrounded the floating restaurant, and Luffy’s mysterious teacher spoke through half of his face as the confrontation began.

• Sanji and the old man left the restaurant, while the orange-haired youth remained behind with his straw hat.
• Doflamingo chose Shanks as his first contact, questioned Buggy about his past with Roger, and declared he wanted to test himself against a Four Emperor.
• Nami used the money from selling the Black Cat’s seafood to restock supplies, and Luffy insisted Sanji join his crew as cook.
• Luffy’s teacher spoke through the left half of Luffy’s face and warned that five pirate ships were approaching the restaurant.
• The Black Sails Pirates surrounded the restaurant, and their captain Logan offered the cooks a choice between killing one another or entertaining his pet octopus.
• Luffy’s teacher recognized Logan as a dangerous figure hidden in the East Blue and questioned whether the Navy Hero had been neglecting his duties.

At the Baratie, Luffy stopped a cannon shell that a creature from Black Flag's glass container had reflected, then challenged the ship and urged Sanji to step forward for others. Elsewhere, Doffy trained the Donquixote officers and confronted his other-worldly counterpart, who agreed to fight him for strength.

• Patty fired a cannon shell at Black Flag, but a creature from his glass container deflected it toward the restaurant.
• Luffy caught the returning shell and told Sanji that power depended on who wielded it and whether they stood up for others.
• Doffy pressed Diamante, Pica, and the other Donquixote officers to strengthen their Haki and combat skills, and advised Pica to learn Fish-Man Karate.
• Doffy asked his counterpart to come with him, and the two discussed the counterpart's desire for power and a fight.
• The counterpart challenged Doffy, who accepted and demanded that he prove his resolve to carry the Donquixote name.

The alternate-world Doflamingo arrived at Champion Island, rescued Law from Blackbeard, and gathered powerful figures to recruit them for his campaign against the Red Line. Blackbeard accepted the invitation, while Law and Kuzan’s positions remained uncertain.

• Tesoro delivered a decoded Marine report, and Doflamingo ordered his floating island to Champion Island after learning that Blackbeard and Law were fighting.
• Blackbeard overpowered Law with his Devil Fruit abilities, but Doflamingo intervened with a Super Electromagnetic Gun and saved him.
• Doflamingo’s powerful allies arrived, and he freed Law’s frozen subordinates Shachi and Penguin from an ice block.
• Law confronted the middle-aged Doflamingo, and the suited Doflamingo stopped them before inviting Kuzan to join his army.
• Kuzan deferred to Blackbeard, who accepted Doflamingo’s invitation to take part in the assault on Mary Geoise.

Doflamingo gathered Trafalgar Law and Charlotte Pudding on Champion Island and explained that he needed their help to find a way back to his own world. Law agreed, Pudding chose to join them, and Law began briefing Doflamingo on the world’s strongest forces.

• Doflamingo freed Charlotte Pudding from her Seastone shackles and led her and Trafalgar Law toward the floating island, while Blackbeard and the other prisoners remained on the thread-bound island.
• Doflamingo drew Law and Pudding into a tent and showed Law memories of his own world, asking for his strength to help find a way back.
• Law agreed to help Doflamingo return to his world, and Pudding chose to stay with them rather than return to Totto Land.
• Doflamingo asked Law for reliable intelligence about the world’s strongest fighters, and Law described the Navy, Dragon’s Army, and the divided pirate forces.
• Law reported that Sabo had recently killed a Celestial Dragon during an assault on Mary Geoise and escaped, raising his reputation beyond Dragon’s.

Doflamingo redirected his Family toward Egghead Island to recruit Vegapunk and gather strength, while Zoro, Nami, and Luffy faced the Black Sails Pirates and their gigantic Kraken. The Kraken overwhelmed the ships, and Luffy insisted on finding a cook before fighting it as Zoro and Nami struggled to approach.

• Doflamingo discussed the Four Emperors with Luo, then changed the Family’s destination from Red-Haired’s territory to Egghead Island after considering Vegapunk’s abilities.
• Zoro routed the Black Sails Pirates at Baratie, while Nami shot a fleeing pirate and Luffy destroyed an enemy ship with lightning.
• Captain Logan ordered Kraken to deal with the retreating pirates, and the enormous sea monster emerged and devoured their ship.
• Rossi recognized the North Blue Kraken and offered to help, but Luffy asked him to wait because he needed to find a cook first.
• Nami steered the Black Cat through the violent waves as Zoro realized his sword could not seriously injure the mountain-sized Kraken.

Luffy fought a giant sea creature and was overwhelmed by seawater, but Sanji rescued him and Rossi used electromagnetic force to kill the monster. The Black Sails Pirates surrendered, while their captain, Black Flag Logan, was missing.

• Luffy attacked the North Blue Kraken with lightning, but its water jets drowned him and a tentacle struck him into the sea.
• Zoro tried to reach Luffy through the waves, while Nami called for the teacher to help him.
• Sanji flew into the sea, rescued Luffy, and carried him back toward the ship.
• Rossi used a metal coin and electromagnetic paths to fire a projectile into the Kraken's brain core, killing it.
• Luffy and Sanji landed on the deck as the Black Sails Pirates surrendered, and a pirate said Black Flag Logan had fled.

Luffy, Sanji, and the others defeated Black Flag Logan and sailed to Loguetown, where the boy and the voice sharing his body reflected on the Pirate King’s execution and the purpose behind his final words. The chapter ended with the two consciousnesses discussing the hidden aim of the public execution.

• Luffy and the voice in his left cheek deduced that Logan could shrink himself and exposed him hiding at the mast.
• Sanji attacked Logan at close range, defeated him with a series of powerful blows, and sent him crashing through the ship.
• Several days later, the crew reached Loguetown, where Luffy’s appetite and training prompted the voice to explain how food could become strength.
• The crew split up to explore and restock in Loguetown, while the boy went with the man to see the Execution Platform.
• At the platform, the boy and the voice discussed how the Pirate King’s death had drawn people toward the sea and suggested his final words were bait meant to bring together people who could overturn the world’s order.

Rossi’s consciousness watched Luffy declare that he would end the era, while the crew sailed toward the coming conflict. On deck, Zoro and Nami sparred with their new weapons, and Nami revealed a sudden change in her strength.

• Rossi recalled rejecting fate and choosing to challenge the powers atop the Red Line, then found himself in Luffy’s body on the Execution Platform in Loguetown.
• Luffy declared that he would end the era, drawing laughter from the crowd until Marines arrived and a soldier identified him as the rumored “Thunder Fist.”
• Luffy left the platform and joined Sanji, Zoro, and Nami, while Rossi reflected that his consciousness was growing stronger in preparation for its return and the final battle against Imu.
• On the ship, Zoro showed off Yubashiri, while Nami hefted her Giant Axe, Blood Roar, and challenged him to a spar.
• Zoro gained the upper hand and brought his sword to Nami’s throat, but Nami suddenly tensed her body and raised her axe for another attack.

Nami awakened the bloodthirsty axe by using Rossi’s explosive technique, breaking Zoro’s new sword and learning that the weapon drained its wielder’s vitality. She resolved to master it, while the chapter also showed Buggy’s rise to Emperor status through a misunderstanding and young Doffy training Luo in Haki.

• Nami struck Zoro’s crossed swords with the giant axe, shattering one of his new blades before she collapsed from exhaustion.
• Rossi explained that the axe absorbed its wielder’s vitality and had awakened after feeding on Nami’s power.
• Nami decided to grow strong enough to wield the axe without letting it consume her.
• Buggy became one of the Four Emperors after his followers’ flyers convinced the world that he led the Cross Guild.
• Young Doffy told Luo to strengthen all Three Types of Haki as they sparred, while Luo struggled to find an opening against him.

A version of Doffy from another world led a coalition of pirates toward Egghead Island, where he intervened in the battle between Luffy and Lucci. After demonstrating his overwhelming strength, he faced the white-haired Luffy and identified himself as a Doffy from another world.

• Luo admitted that the suited young man’s Haki and control had overwhelmed his Op-Op Fruit, and the young man compared his power to Imu’s.
• Pudding told Lord Doffy that Flying Island had entered Egghead Island’s waters, and Doffy led the group toward the island.
• The group spotted a damaged World Government warship near Egghead Island, and Blackbeard speculated that Vegapunk had fallen out with his employer.
• Doffy flew ahead to investigate Egghead Island and arrived as Luffy and Lucci clashed, catching both of their attacks and unleashing a destructive shock wave.
• Doffy fought Lucci, caught his claw attacks, and evaded his threads before the white-haired Luffy demanded an explanation.
• Doffy told Luffy that he came from another world and that its supreme being had thrown him there.

Doflamingo from another world asked Luffy to help storm the Red Line, and their clash nearly devastated the surrounding sea and Egghead Island. After Luffy refused, Doflamingo tried to persuade him by invoking the Straw Hat crew’s safety, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Doflamingo from another world invited Luffy to join his campaign against the Celestial Dragons and the hidden god they worshipped.
• Luffy charged at Blackbeard, but Doflamingo intercepted him and fought him with a powerful Haki-infused thread attack.
• Luffy’s Gear Fifth fist collided with Doflamingo’s attack, and the shock wave battered Karai Bari Island and nearly sank Egghead Island.
• Nami warned Luffy that Dr. Vegapunk’s brain waves were collapsing, so Luffy stopped fighting to protect his companions and Vegapunk.
• Luffy refused Doflamingo’s offer to conquer Mary Geoise, even after Doflamingo promised him power and glory.
• Doflamingo recognized Flam among the Straw Hat crew and argued that Luffy should eliminate threats to protect the people he valued.

Doflamingo pressed the Straw Hat Pirates to join his journey to Mary Geoise, and Crocodile revealed that Vivi was at Red Harbor. After Luffy agreed to go, Kizaru arrived and surrendered, while Shaka offered Vegapunk’s support and the Seraphim.

• Franky questioned young Doffy about Mr. Tom, but Jinbe pulled him back as the Straw Hat Pirates refused Doflamingo’s request.
• Crocodile told the Straw Hats that Vivi and her people were at Red Harbor and warned that a war on the Red Line could put them in danger.
• Luffy agreed to go to Mary Geoise to protect Vivi, even if it meant temporarily standing alongside Blackbeard.
• The three remaining Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents feared they could not escape, and Kizaru arrived before immediately surrendering.
• Shaka identified himself as one of Vegapunk’s satellites, offered to join the Straw Hats, and drew Doflamingo’s attention to the Seraphim.

The alliance accepted Vegapunk’s offer and Kizaru agreed to accompany them to Mary Geoise, while Luffy’s crew continued training during their journey through the Grand Line. Crocodile sent Nico Robin to deal with the Phantom Group, and Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek ended up pleading for mercy aboard the Black Cat.

• Vegapunk explained that his Lunarian-blooded, Shichibukai-based creations matched the originals in strength, and Blackbeard warned that they were formidable.
• Doflamingo invited Vegapunk to join the alliance, and Kizaru said he would travel with them to Mary Geoise to see who could define justice.
• On the Black Cat, the crew trained under the voice inhabiting Luffy’s body, which offered Chopper lessons in Electro and told Vivi to build her strength and learn Haki.
• Crocodile ordered Nico Robin to go to Whiskey Peak after hearing that the Phantom Group had destroyed most of Baroque Works’ forces there.
• Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek knelt aboard the Black Cat and begged the heroes to spare them.

Luffy’s crew confronted Nico Robin and learned that Crocodile led Baroque Works and was behind Alabasta’s unrest. As they sailed toward Rainbase, they discovered Crocodile was a Shichibukai comparable to Hawk-Eyes Mihawk.

• Galdino tried to bargain with Luffy’s crew, while Miss Goldenweek stayed beside him.
• Vivi identified Nico Robin as Mr. 0’s deputy and connected Baroque Works to Alabasta’s turmoil.
• Luffy asked Robin about Crocodile and declared that defeating him would save Vivi’s country; Robin then dissolved into sand-like fragments and left.
• Luffy’s crew locked up Galdino and Miss Goldenweek as they continued toward Rainbase.
• A crew member explained that Crocodile was a Shichibukai and compared his strength to Hawk-Eyes Mihawk, leaving the others stunned.

Luffy and his companions reached Alabasta as Vivi tried to lead them toward Yuba and explain how drought and suspected Dance Powder use had driven the country toward war. In the ruined city, Koza accused King Cobra of stealing rain for the royal palace, leaving Vivi confronted with the rebellion’s cause.

• The Straw Hats resolved to face the danger in Alabasta, and Vivi asked Luffy to take her to Yuba, where people displaced by the drought had gathered.
• Rossi explained that millions might die as people fought over scarce water, and Luffy and the others disembarked at Erumalu before Vivi stopped them for heading the wrong way.
• In Rainbase, Crocodile dismissed the Straw Hats as weak but singled out Luffy as a Logia user and decided to confront them himself.
• Luffy and his companions crossed the desert into a war-torn city, where Vivi began untying the bodies of soldiers hanging at the gate.
• Koza accused King Cobra of using Dance Powder to bring rain to the palace while worsening drought elsewhere, and he said the rebels had taken up arms to reclaim the rain.

Rossi revealed that Crocodile was behind the conflict and had arrived at Yuba with a devastating sandstorm. Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Sanji fought Crocodile, but his sand body let him evade their attacks as the battle continued.

• Rossi told the group that Crocodile had orchestrated the conflict and was already at Yuba, where a massive sandstorm advanced on the city.
• Crocodile descended into Yuba with Nico Robin and admitted to Vivi that he had planned the war and did not care about the people.
• Zoro and Nami attacked Crocodile, but he repelled them with a sand-forged scimitar and his golden hook, injuring both fighters.
• Sanji struck Crocodile from behind, only for his head to burst into sand, while Luffy intercepted a blade rising from beneath him with a lightning attack.
• Luffy trapped Crocodile's sand body in a net of lightning, but Crocodile dispersed into grains and re-formed behind him.

Crocodile overwhelmed Luffy and the Straw Hats, but an unknown will took control of Luffy’s body and revealed a presence that Crocodile recognized as Rossi. Rossi confronted Crocodile with lightning-powered spatial movement and appeared behind him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Crocodile struck Luffy aside, broke the blond boy’s leg, and dried out Zoro’s right arm with his sand blade.
• Luffy transformed into lightning and then searing light, burning Crocodile before Crocodile impaled him with his golden hook.
• A powerful presence took control of Luffy’s body, healed the wound, and frightened Crocodile into thinking Rossi had returned.
• Crocodile reasoned that the figure was not truly Rossi and attacked with a sandstorm while the injured Straw Hats retreated.
• The figure dispersed into lightning and reappeared behind Crocodile, declaring that Crocodile had already been killed once as Crocodile unleashed Sandstorm Burial Ground.