Chapter Summaries

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!”

Fleet Admiral Kong gathered the Shichibukai and told them the Marines would execute Gol D. Roger in Loguetown in half a month, asking for their help protecting the transfer. The meeting ended with the summoned pirates promising to fight, though their sincerity remained uncertain.

• Kong entered the meeting hall, stopped the fighting, and warned the attendees not to stand by when enemies appeared.
• Kong announced Roger’s scheduled execution and described it as a key that would open the way to a new era.
• Crocodile questioned what the key would open, while Kong said the Marines would put it into the lock and the next era would turn it.
• Taran agreed to assist the Marines in exchange for food and drink, and a young attendee said they wanted to see the world’s supposed pinnacle for themselves.
• After the meeting, a Marine escorted two guests to their room and told them to proceed to a designated area if the alarm sounded.

Rossi explained his past involvement with the Vinsmoke Family and challenged Garp to state where he stood on the World Government and the Celestial Dragons. Later, Garp tested Rossi's fighting ability and questioned why he was so determined to grow stronger at such a young age.

• Garp entered Rossi's meeting with a show of overwhelming pressure, then apologized and shared a drink with him.
• Rossi gave Garp a concise account of the North Blue conflict, his encounters with the Vinsmoke Family, and the beginnings of his organization.
• Rossi argued that the World Government and the Celestial Dragons were the world's deepest source of decay, then asked Garp what his answer was.
• At Marine Headquarters, Garp deflected Rossi's flying slash with his bare hands and sent it back at him.
• Garp judged Rossi's Haki and Devil Fruit ability as limited, and Rossi reminded him that he was not yet fifteen.
• Garp asked Rossi why he was so obsessed with getting stronger.

Rossi continued training with Garp to learn advanced Armament Haki, then Marine Headquarters came under attack when Golden Lion Shiki sent a falling island crashing toward it. Garp and Sengoku shattered the island, and Rossi joined the effort to kick its burning fragments away from the base.

• Rossi explained to Trebol that Garp's beatings were helping him learn advanced Armament Haki through combat.
• An alarm sounded as a massive island descended toward Marine Headquarters, and Rossi recognized the attack as Golden Lion Shiki's.
• Garp and Sengoku struck the falling island with Iron Fist and Buddha Shockwave, breaking it into burning fragments.
• Shiki attacked Garp and Sengoku with Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley, drawing them into a battle in the sky.
• Rossi told Trebol to stay safe, then kicked falling boulders away from Marine Headquarters and toward the sea.

Rossi, Crocodile, and Alucard helped defend Marine Headquarters as Golden Lion Shiki sent his fleet into a final assault. The battle began in earnest, and the next scene showed Trebol ambushing pirates before an unseen attacker cut through his slime traps.

• Rossi kicked burning island debris into the sea, while Crocodile destroyed falling rocks with his Sandstorm Giant Drill.
• Alucard raised a canopy of blood that drained blood from Marines until a man in a white coat ordered him to stop and commanded the forces to engage.
• Golden Lion Shiki sent his fleet of skyborne ships diving toward Marine Headquarters, forcing his followers into a charge they could not escape.
• Rossi used Slash-Slash Dance to split more than a dozen pirate ships, and Marines and pirates began exchanging attacks.
• Trebol trapped charging pirates in slime, but an approaching attacker sliced through his web and several bodies.

Trebol and Rossi fought on the battlefield, where Trebol trapped a Marine captain and raised a giant mucus-and-rubble construct. Rossi cut through the pirates with his swordsmanship and Haki, then continued battling powerful captains as the fight raged on.

• Trebol used a mucus decoy to trap and kill a mustached Marine captain, then sank into a massive rising mass of mucus.
• Trebol’s mucus construct rose from the battlefield and smashed into the pirates, repairing itself with rubble after their attacks.
• Rossi cut down ranks of pirates before several captains, including Captain Gavier, confronted him.
• Rossi wounded the captains with a burst of blade strikes, then killed a shell-armored captain with Parting Flight.
• A Longarm captain caught Rossi’s blade, but Rossi broke his jaw and knocked him unconscious.
• Rossi struck another pirate captain with a blow of compressed air, leaving a fist-shaped dent in his chest.