Chapter Summaries

Rossi and the Donquixote Family landed on Food Island expecting an attack but found themselves surrounded by tempting food and no sign of enemies. Kaiyu learned they had arrived and Doflamingo explained Gamenio’s route for testing and recruiting pirates, while Rossi wondered why their opponents still had not confronted them.

• A short, cleaver-wielding man demanded the Donquixote Family pay before eating, and Doflamingo threatened to pay with their lives.
• After the ship docked without a cannon attack, a silver-eyed boy briefly approached Rossi, asked his name, and vanished at startling speed.
• Rossi tested a vendor’s drink before allowing the group to sample the island’s food, while he found the flavors disappointing and grew suspicious.
• Kaiyu told Breed that the family had offended Lord Gamenio and deduced that they had already reached the island.
• The Donquixote Family spent hours eating until many were overfull, while Jora’s ring detected no abnormal substances and Rossi sensed no hostility.
• Doflamingo explained that Gamenio’s route used Arena, Food Island, and Carnival Island to filter and classify pirates, and Rossi questioned why Gamenio had not attacked them.

Rossi discovered that the island’s food contained an addictive substance that hollowed out its victims, and Doflamingo’s group prepared to attack the city. In the cauldron-shaped building, Kaiyu made poisonous cuisine and sent a black mist dragon to attack Ricardo.

• A starving, emaciated man lunged for food from the Mink Tribe children, and Diamante pinned him down before Wanda gave him ice cream and Rossi offered him more food.
• Island officers seized the man and struck him unconscious, while Rossi recognized that the island’s food had been contaminated with a flower that caused addiction and madness.
• Rossi warned everyone to stop eating the island’s food and said the city needed to burn, while Doflamingo called for bloodshed.
• Kaiyu explained his Poison Cuisine to six pirate captains, who waited under the influence of his food and pledged to fight for him.
• Kaiyu prepared a poisonous dish and shaped its black mist into a dragon that lunged at Ricardo and swallowed him.

Kaiyu tested his poisonous dishes on six captains while intruders from the Donquixote Family and their allies fought through his base. Ricardo confronted Vergo and revealed overwhelming speed and strength, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Kaiyu served his forbidden dishes to six captains, and one died as the other five transformed into violent beasts.
• Kaiyu learned that nine intruders, including Oguri Cap and Rody, had broken in and sent the transformed captains to stop them.
• Rossi, Oguri Cap, Rody, and Doflamingo fought their way through the base, with Rossi sensing Kaiyu and Ricardo upstairs.
• Vergo withstood a stocky captain's hammer attack and forced Ricardo to reveal himself.
• Ricardo struck Vergo with a finger attack that drove him backward, and Doflamingo sent threads toward Ricardo.

Rossi, Doffy, and their allies fought through the vessel-shaped structure on Food Island, splitting up to battle the drug-enhanced pirate captains and reach the upper floors. At the top, they encountered Ricardo and Kaiyu, whose fight with Rossi began as the other battles continued below.

• Rossi guided the Horse-Eared Girl and the bull-headed warrior as they attacked Ricardo, but Ricardo dodged their coordinated assault and sent the girl crashing through a pillar.
• Rossi entered the battle and struck Captain Uur’s iron hammer back into him, while Trebol, Diamante, Vergo, and Pica stayed behind to fight the five pirate captains.
• Rossi, Doffy, the Horse-Eared Girl, and the bull-headed warrior reached the upper platform and confronted Ricardo and Kaiyu.
• Jora led Gladius, Bainessarna, and the Mink Tribe children through the building, using explosives and gunfire to hold off their pursuers.
• Kaiyu evaded Doffy’s threads, and Rossi drew Sandai Kitetsu and charged at him.

Rossi and the Donquixote Family fought Kaiyu and the pirate captains, while Kaiyu’s formations let him evade every attack. Rossi disrupted the formation by striking the floor and identified his advantageous position, leaving Kaiyu visibly unsettled.

• Rossi and Kaiyu clashed with their swords, and Rossi was wounded after Kaiyu dodged before his attacks began.
• Diamante struggled against Babadosa’s Haki-coated hair, while Trebol, Pica, and Vergo fought the other pirate captains.
• Kaiyu evaded attacks from Rossi, Doffy, Rody, and Oguri Cap using the Eight Demon-Breaking Formations.
• Rossi struck the floor with Sandai Kitetsu, shaking the formation and forcing Kaiyu to retreat.
• Rossi recited directions and five-element correspondences, and Kaiyu’s mocking expression gave way to anger and tension.

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.