Chapter Summaries

Enel unleashed a storm that drove the people of Angel Island and the Hidden Cloud Village to flee, then destroyed Angel Island with his Raigo. Luffy raced up the giant vine to confront him, while Shiraishi trusted Luffy to stop him.

• Enel trapped Luffy's fist in a golden ball and blasted him off the Ark Maxim, while Nami escaped and rejoined the others with Shiraishi.
• Luffy dragged the golden ball toward the giant vine, and Shiraishi told the group that defeating Enel was their only chance of safety.
• Enel's lightning storm forced the people of Angel Island and the Hidden Cloud Village to evacuate as the chief recalled Kalgara and Shandora's lost beacon.
• Enel gathered a vast sphere of lightning and unleashed Raigo, erasing Angel Island in a blinding blast.
• Usopp clung to Shiraishi in fear after the destruction, while Shiraishi said Luffy could handle Enel.

Luffy defeated Enel and rang the Golden Bell, ending the threat to Sky Island and proving Mont Blanc Noland had told the truth. Enel survived and continued toward the moon, which he believed was Endless Vearth, his true home.

• Zoro and Wyper cut down the giant vine so Luffy could use it as a bridge to Enel's Ark Maxim, while Shiraishi explained Mont Blanc Cricket's connection to Noland.
• Wyper blasted through the other side of the vine with his Reject Dial, and Nami used her Waver to carry Luffy up the falling bridge as Enel struck it with lightning.
• Luffy hit Enel with the golden ball, knocking him unconscious against the Golden Bell, and Shiraishi caught Luffy as the bell rang across the sky to Jaya Island.
• Mont Blanc Cricket heard the bell, learned that Noland's City of Gold was real, thanked Masira and Shoujou, and set out to search for the legendary Dream City.
• The Sky Islanders saw Enel's ship fall as the bell marked the end of the war, and Retsu Unohana and Chopper treated the wounded while Luffy asked for a feast.
• Enel recovered aboard the Maxim Ark, recalled his homeland of Birka and his father's words about Endless Vearth, then continued his journey toward the moon.

After Enel’s defeat, the people of Angel Island and the Shandians began sharing the Upper Yard and made peace, while Robin discovered Roger’s message on the Golden Bell and realized the Poneglyphs pointed toward a greater destination. The Straw Hat Pirates left Sky Island with gold, misunderstanding the Shandians’ attempt to thank them.

• The homeless people of Angel Island and the Shandians returned to the Upper Yard, and their leaders worried that their old conflict might resume.
• Gan Fall, the Shandian chief, and Wyper agreed to share the land, while the two peoples celebrated together with the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Robin read the Poneglyph beside the Golden Bell, learned it recorded the location of Poseidon, and found Gol D. Roger’s message that he would guide its text to the ends of the world.
• Robin concluded that Roger had delivered the Poneglyph’s message and that linking scattered Poneglyphs would reveal the true text, freeing the Shandians from their ancestors’ duty to fight.
• The Shandians offered the Straw Hat Pirates a broken gold pillar, but Luffy and his crew mistook their thanks for a threat and hurried back to the Going Merry with their gold.

After the Straw Hat Pirates left Sky Island and descended toward the Blue Sea, Enel reached the moon and encountered Space Pirates and the robot Lieutenant Spacey. Enel defeated the invaders and activated an underground city, where its robots accepted him as their god and commander.

• The Shandia chief and Gan Fall regretted that the Straw Hat Pirates had left before receiving their thanks, while the Shandia honored Kalgara and claimed Shandora as their land.
• The Straw Hat Pirates sailed toward Cloud End, said goodbye to Pagaya and Conis, and used an octopus balloon to descend from the sky as Sky Island's people rang the Golden Bell for them.
• Enel landed on the moon, revived Lieutenant Spacey with lightning, and killed a Space Pirate who attacked him.
• Enel found the Space Pirates excavating the moon and destroyed their forces with lightning, while Lieutenant Spacey dragged his three robot companions toward the battlefield.
• Enel entered the underground city and activated its defenses, and the city’s robots and the four combat robots accepted him as their god and commander.

After returning from Sky Island, the Straw Hat Pirates sailed toward a foggy island while discussing repairs for the Going Merry and the need for a shipwright. They reached a strange grassland filled with long-bodied creatures and found a yurt-like building.

• Doflamingo forced Bellamy and Sarquiss to fight, then rejected Bellamy despite his pledge of loyalty.
• The Going Merry landed safely at sea, and Nami set aside the Sky Island gold for ship repairs as the crew agreed to seek a shipwright and a musician.
• A mysterious man rode a bicycle across the sea on ice and studied Luffy's wanted poster.
• The crew fled sea monkeys and watched them sink a strange ship whose listless passengers failed to respond to warnings.
• Robin spotted a fog-covered island, and the Going Merry passed through the fog to its grassy shore.
• Luffy, Shiraishi, Usopp, and Chopper explored the island, encountered long-bodied animals and plants, and came upon a yurt-like building.

The Straw Hat Pirates were forced into a Davy Back Fight against the Foxy Pirates, and Luffy agreed to compete without understanding the stakes. Nami, Robin, and Usopp raced the first round, recovering from the Foxy crew’s sabotage and surging into the lead with Usopp’s Impact Dial as they continued toward the finish.

• The Foxy Pirates trapped the Going Merry and challenged Luffy to a Davy Back Fight in which the winners could take crew members or a pirate flag.
• Luffy, Shiraishi, Usopp, and Chopper met Tonjit, who explained Long Ring Long Land’s tides before Foxy’s crew shot his horse Shelly and tricked Luffy into agreeing to the competition.
• The crews held a festive opening ceremony and chose Nami, Robin, and Usopp for the first-round boat race, while Shiraishi, Zoro, and Sanji entered the combat ball game and Luffy took the captains’ duel.
• The Foxy Pirates fired on the Barrel Tiger at the start, but Luffy, Shiraishi, Zoro, and Sanji retaliated against the attackers in the crowd.
• Usopp used an Impact Dial to propel the Barrel Tiger past Porche’s boat, and Robin redirected Capote’s attack so Nami and Usopp could keep racing ahead.
• Nami urged Usopp to use the Impact Dial again despite his dislocated arm, and the Foxy Pirates prepared to sink the Straw Hats’ boat.

Shiraishi killed Munemasa with a surprise attack, but Infinity attacked him after Munemasa’s control ended and rejected him before returning to her Zanpakuto. Byakuya Kuchiki arranged treatment for the gravely wounded Kūkaku Shiba, while Kenpachi Zaraki went searching for Shiraishi and Byakuya escorted the Fourth Division team back toward Seireitei.

• Shiraishi used Steel Tempest to stab Munemasa through the heart, and Munemasa lost control of Infinity as he died.
• Infinity attacked Shiraishi, accused him of treating her like a tool, and returned to her Zanpakuto after he apologized.
• Byakuya Kuchiki found the gravely wounded Kūkaku Shiba and called for the Fourth Division to treat her.
• Isane Kotetsu began treating Kūkaku, while Kenpachi Zaraki went searching for Shiraishi.
• After Isane stabilized Kūkaku, Byakuya Kuchiki escorted her and the Fourth Division members back toward the General Infirmary.

The Straw Hat Pirates defeated the Foxy Pirates in the Davy Back Fight, then encountered Admiral Aokiji, whose arrival terrified Robin. Aokiji froze the sea so Tonjit could travel to his people, leaving the Straw Hat Pirates stunned by the admiral’s power.

• Shiraishi and the Straw Hat Pirates won the Davy Back Fight, and Luffy replaced the Foxy Pirates’ flag emblem with one he had drawn.
• Luffy returned to Tonjit and told him he had sent Foxy flying, while Nami offered to help Tonjit rejoin his people.
• Kuzan appeared and greeted Robin, who recognized him as Admiral Aokiji and recalled that he had killed her childhood friend and destroyed her hometown.
• Aokiji explained that he had come to investigate Robin, then froze the sea with Ice Age and defeated an attacking Sea King.
• Aokiji told Tonjit the ice would last a week, allowing him to cross to his migrating people, and Tonjit thanked Aokiji and the Straw Hat Pirates.

Aokiji confronted the Straw Hat Pirates, froze Robin, and tested Luffy before the crew escaped and treated their injuries. Days later, they met Kokoro and Chimney, who directed them toward Water 7 to repair the Going Merry.

• Aokiji accused Robin of bringing ruin to everyone who sheltered her, then froze her while Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were unable to stop him.
• Luffy told Usopp to take Robin for treatment and challenged Aokiji one-on-one as the others withdrew.
• The crew thawed Robin and recovered over the next several days aboard the Going Merry.
• Luffy spotted a wounded frog swimming toward a lighthouse, and the crew followed it until they saw the sea train Puffing Tom strike it.
• Kokoro and Chimney explained the sea train and recommended that the crew visit Water 7 to repair their ship.
• Kokoro gave Luffy a letter of introduction for Iceburg, a shipwright in Water 7.

The Straw Hat Pirates arrived in Water 7 to exchange their gold and find a shipwright, while Shiraishi approached Franky about a deal involving Treasure Tree Adam. After learning the Going Merry could no longer sail, Usopp challenged Luffy to a duel for the ship, and Luffy accepted.

• The Straw Hat Pirates reached Water 7, and Nami gave the crew money to explore while she, Shiraishi, and Retsu Unohana went to exchange the gold.
• Nami secured 300 million Belly for the gold, and Shiraishi led her and Unohana to the Franky Family's hideout.
• Shiraishi overwhelmed the Franky Family with a display of force, then offered Franky a deal involving Treasure Tree Adam.
• The crew learned that professional shipwrights had declared the Going Merry beyond repair, and Usopp and Luffy argued over the ship's fate.
• Usopp said he could no longer sail with Luffy and challenged him to a duel for the Going Merry, which Luffy accepted.

Usopp and Luffy fought over the Going Merry, and Luffy won before accepting Usopp’s departure while promising to respect him as a lifelong friend. The crew supported Luffy, then learned that Iceburg had been shot and that they might be blamed for the attack in Water 7.

• Usopp used tricks and weapons against Luffy, but Luffy eventually defeated him in their duel.
• Luffy let Usopp decide what to do with the Going Merry, said goodbye, and returned to the crew.
• At the inn, Luffy apologized for his choices, but the crew reaffirmed their support for him; Shiraishi assured them Usopp was not in danger.
• Shiraishi said Usopp could grow stronger with training, while Luffy insisted he would respect Usopp’s decision and always consider him a friend.
• The next day, the crew read that Iceburg had been shot five times, and Shiraishi warned that they might become wanted criminals and enemies of Water 7.

Shiraishi explained that Robin had helped attack Iceburg because the World Government was coercing her, and Luffy insisted on finding her rather than abandoning her. Elsewhere, Franky showed Usopp that the Going Merry could not make another voyage, while Robin’s masked allies prepared to attack Iceburg again and Lucci maintained his cover as a shipwright.

• Shiraishi told the Straw Hat Pirates that Robin had been involved in the attempt on Iceburg and suggested she might have been threatened by the World Government or Aokiji for knowing about Pluton.
• Luffy asked Shiraishi to find Robin so he could question her, while Usopp tried to repair the Going Merry at the shore.
• Franky threw Usopp into the sea and showed him that the Going Merry’s damaged hull could not carry him back to the East Blue, prompting Usopp to admit he had always known the ship could not continue.
• Robin met with two CP9 members in a warehouse and agreed to join their planned second attempt to obtain Iceburg’s Pluton blueprints.
• A masked man reported that Robin had left a message, but his companion dismissed it and called her a pawn before they prepared for the night’s operation.
• Lucci appeared in the alley as a shipwrights’ foreman, and his pigeon convinced the investigating shipwrights that he was helping search for Iceburg’s attackers.

Lucci captured Franky and Robin, knocked Usopp out of the fight, and rushed to the sea train with the blueprints at stake. Usopp recovered with Retsu Unohana’s help and joined Luffy’s pursuit as Zoro and Luffy battled the station’s defenders.

• Robin used her powers against the Straw Hat Pirates, but Luffy insisted he would never abandon her, and Lucci’s group seized Robin, Franky, and Usopp before escaping.
• Lucci struck Usopp into a building and carried Franky toward the sea train station, ordering the train to depart and the station guards to prepare defenses.
• Usopp emerged from the rubble, received Kaidō treatment from Retsu Unohana, and disguised himself as Sogeking to join Luffy’s rescue mission.
• At the station, T-Bone attacked Zoro with a flying slash, which Zoro cut apart, while Luffy defeated Sea Weasel Nero and charged through the soldiers’ gunfire.

The Straw Hat Pirates pursued Robin aboard the Going Merry, whose spirit appeared and offered to sail once more. As they raced through the storm toward the sea train, Sanji asked what they would do if Robin still refused to return.

• Zoro defeated Marine Colonel T-Bone, while the Straw Hat Pirates overcame the station's Marine and agent escort.
• Shiraishi told the crew they could locate the sea train, but Luffy realized they had no ship after losing the Going Merry to Usopp.
• The Going Merry's spirit appeared, and Usopp agreed to let the crew borrow her so they could rescue Robin.
• Shiraishi used Bakudō #4: Hainawa to reinforce the Going Merry, and Nami steered her through the storm to catch up with the sea train.
• Iceburg offered the Franky Family the Rocketman, while the Going Merry raced toward Robin with the Straw Hat Pirates aboard.
• Sanji asked what they would do if Robin refused to return, and Luffy declared that he would never forgive her captors.

The Straw Hat Pirates set out to rescue Robin at Enies Lobby, where Lucci and Spandam prepared to defend the government’s prisoners and pursue the Pluton blueprints. Luffy and the others launched their assault, while Shiraishi stayed with the battered Going Merry as the crew crossed his bridge of light.

• Luffy insisted the crew save Robin, and Nami accepted that they would bring her back.
• On the sea train, Franky challenged Lucci’s claims of justice and urged Robin not to blame herself, but Lucci struck him and brought the prisoners to Enies Lobby.
• Lucci warned Spandam that the Straw Hat Pirates were stronger than expected, and Spandam gave CP9 two Devil Fruits to distribute among themselves.
• The Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Enies Lobby, and Luffy launched himself toward the main gate while the Going Merry followed behind.
• Spandam mistook a report of five hundred casualties for five and mocked Robin, while CP9 realized the soldiers were being overwhelmed.
• Shiraishi formed a bridge of light over the steel fence, allowing the crew to charge into Enies Lobby, then stayed behind with the Going Merry.

The Straw Hat Pirates reached Nico Robin at Enies Lobby, and Luffy demanded that she say she wanted to live. After Robin asked them to take her to sea, they crossed Retsu Unohana’s bridge of light toward CP9, while Franky destroyed the Pluton countermeasure blueprints.

• Spandam panicked when Luffy arrived and ordered CP9 to protect him and kill the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Franky used Coup de Vent to break free with Robin and urged her to answer her friends, but Robin told Luffy she did not want to live.
• Robin recalled her years of betrayal and flight, while Luffy ordered Sogeking to shoot down the World Government flag and demanded that Robin say she wanted to live.
• Robin asked the Straw Hat Pirates to take her out to sea, and Retsu Unohana formed a bridge of light so they could cross toward her.
• Franky revealed the anti-Pluton blueprints to Lucci and burned them, then Spandam tried to seize Robin as the Straw Hat Pirates charged.

Robin turned the tables on Spandam, but his call accidentally activated a Buster Call against Enies Lobby. As Marines bombarded the island and the Straw Hats prepared to escape, the vice admirals scattered to pursue their own agendas while Luffy and Lucci continued fighting on the Bridge of Hesitation.

• Robin tripped Spandam, took Funkfreed, and explained that training with seastone wrist guards had prepared her to fight despite her cuffs.
• Spandam called for help on the golden Transponder Snail, triggering a Buster Call that sent five vice admirals and ten warships toward Enies Lobby.
• Spandam gathered the island's remaining forces against the Straw Hats, while Retsu Unohana helped the crew prepare to take an escort ship and wait for Luffy.
• Marine warships bombarded Enies Lobby as Luffy and Lucci fought at high speed across the Bridge of Hesitation.
• Strawberry Mountain and Onigumo diverted their ships, while Momonga and Strawberry continued the bombardment; Shiraishi realized the Marines were using the Buster Call to target CP agents and clear Robin's conscience.
• Doberman told his soldiers that Lucci was CP9's legendary killer and ordered them not to interfere, leaving Luffy and Lucci to fight while the Marines watched.

Luffy fought Rob Lucci while Retsu Unohana and the Straw Hat Pirates battled the Marines and tried to evacuate. After Luffy defeated Lucci, the Marines aimed their guns at the escort ship, and Retsu Unohana assured the crew that their ship was there.

• Luffy refused Lucci's attempt to distract him from protecting his crew and continued fighting him inside the building beneath the Bridge of Hesitation.
• Retsu Unohana pulled Robin away from Spandam, while the Straw Hat Pirates fought the Marine officers and Doberman held back from intervening.
• Luffy used Gear Third against Lucci, but Lucci exploited his reduced speed and struck him down; Onigumo then ordered a cannon barrage on their warship, giving Luffy time to regroup.
• Usopp challenged Lucci and urged Luffy to stand, and Luffy rose again, activated Gear Second, and defeated Lucci.
• The vice admirals ordered all nine warships to fire on the escort ship, but Retsu Unohana told Nami and the crew that their ship was there.

Shiraishi killed Munemasa with a sneak attack, but Infinity turned on him over his neglect before returning to her Zanpakuto. Byakuya Kuchiki arranged treatment for the gravely injured Kūkaku Shiba and escorted the Fourth Division team back toward safety.

• Shiraishi stabbed Munemasa through the heart, and Munemasa’s death ended his control over Infinity.
• Infinity attacked Shiraishi, accusing him of treating her like a tool and never learning her Shikai release command, then returned to her Zanpakuto.
• Byakuya Kuchiki contacted the Research and Development Institute and requested Fourth Division treatment for the injured Kūkaku Shiba.
• Isane Kotetsu treated Kūkaku Shiba’s wounds while Kenpachi Zaraki went searching for Shiraishi.
• Isane Kotetsu ordered Kūkaku Shiba taken to the General Infirmary, and Byakuya Kuchiki slowed his return so the Fourth Division team could travel safely.

Garp reunited with Luffy and revealed that Luffy’s father was the revolutionary Dragon, while Koby and Helmeppo caught up with the Straw Hats. At a celebratory banquet in Water 7, Aokiji confronted Robin, who chose to stand by her companions instead of running.

• Garp beat and scolded Luffy, then told him that two old acquaintances wanted to see him.
• Luffy and Zoro defeated Koby and Helmeppo in a brief clash before recognizing their old friends.
• Garp revealed that Luffy’s father was Monkey D. Dragon, leader of the Revolutionary Army, and let the Straw Hats remain in Water 7.
• Koby told Luffy he would become an admiral and bring him to justice, and Luffy encouraged him to pursue that dream.
• The Straw Hats and their allies held a banquet to celebrate surviving the Enies Lobby ordeal.
• Aokiji approached Robin during the banquet, and Robin told him she would not run because she would not abandon her companions.