Chapter Summaries

After Aokiji revealed his connection to Jaguar D. Saul and urged Robin to live on, the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to leave Water 7 for Fish-Man Island and received their new bounties. Meanwhile, Äs confronted Blackbeard Teach on Banaro Island and attacked him and his crew after Teach revealed his plans for Luffy and Whitebeard.

• Aokiji told Robin that he had spared and watched over her because of his promise to Jaguar D. Saul, then urged her to keep living after she said she had found a place to belong.
• Shiraishi explained that Aokiji had arranged the Buster Call, and the Straw Hat Pirates celebrated before Nami punished them for spending nearly a hundred million Belly on the party.
• Nami learned that the Log Pose pointed toward Fish-Man Island, while Granny Kokoro warned the crew about the dangerous Florian Triangle they would have to cross.
• The Square Sisters told the Straw Hat Pirates that their new ship was finished, and the crew saw their updated bounty posters, including Chopper's 50-Belly bounty and Sanji's inaccurate portrait.
• Äs confronted Blackbeard Teach on Banaro Island, rejected his recruitment offer, and attacked after Teach announced plans to capture Luffy and said Whitebeard's era was over.
• Van Augur and Jesus Burgess attacked Äs, but he countered with a massive Fire Fist that engulfed Blackbeard and his crew and sent them flying.

Äs fought Blackbeard Teach and was overwhelmed by the Dark-Dark Fruit, while the Straw Hat Pirates received the Thousand Sunny in Water 7 and tried to recruit Franky. Iceburg urged Franky to let go of his guilt and pursue his dream, leaving Franky in tears as the crew prepared to take him to sea.

• Teach used the Dark-Dark Fruit to draw Äs close and suppress his Flame-Flame Fruit, then defeated him after their powers clashed across the island.
• In Water 7, Zoro insisted that Usopp apologize in person before returning to the crew, or Zoro would leave.
• Iceburg revealed the Thousand Sunny to the Straw Hat Pirates and explained that Franky wanted to sail with them but felt bound to stay in Water 7.
• Luffy and the Franky Family used Franky's briefs to lure him to the Sunny, and Robin restrained him as they tried to make him join.
• Iceburg reminded Franky that Tom had forgiven him and urged him to live for his own dream, making Franky burst into tears.

The Straw Hat Pirates reunited aboard their new ship, welcomed Blueno and Garp back as crewmates, and named the ship the Thousand Sunny. After Usopp returned to the crew, they celebrated and sailed away while CP9 escaped Enies Lobby and sought medical care.

• Hu E Na and Robin helped the injured CP9 members escape Enies Lobby through passages opened with Hu E Na's Door-Door Fruit, and they reached St. Poplar.
• The Straw Hat Pirates reunited aboard their new ship, and Blueno apologized before Zoro and the others accepted him back as a crewmate.
• Usopp reached the ship, admitted he wanted to return to the crew, and was welcomed back by Luffy and the others.
• The crew named their ship the Thousand Sunny and celebrated their reunited crew and new ship with a toast.
• The Thousand Sunny set sail as Garp chased the Straw Hat Pirates with cannonballs, while Blueno watched from shore and CP9 arrived at a hospital for treatment.

After recovering and helping a town, CP9 drove off pirates, fought Marines, and set out for their hometown, while Shiraishi’s crew continued sailing and opened a floating barrel that launched a signal flare. The flare lit the sky as the crew’s next encounter remained unknown.

• CP9 raised money through street performances to pay for Lucci and Kumadori’s hospital treatment, and Lucci later recovered.
• CP9 defeated the Candy Pirates after they attacked a town, then left after Kalifa accepted a wildflower from a grateful girl.
• CP9 returned toward their hometown, defeated Colonel Berry Good and his Marines, and Lucci warned Spandam that they would return.
• On Shiraishi’s ship, Luffy and Usopp caught a shark that had eaten their other fish, while Shiraishi anticipated encountering Gecko Moria.
• The crew hauled a drifting barrel from the sea, and opening it released a signal flare that lit up the sky.

The Straw Hat Pirates entered the Florian Triangle, where they met Brook, a living skeleton whose shadow had been stolen. Luffy invited Brook to join the crew, and Brook began explaining how he had returned to life after dying.

• Nami steered the Thousand Sunny through a storm, and Franky used its paddle wheels to push the ship into the foggy Florian Triangle.
• Shiraishi reassured the frightened Usopp and Chopper that monsters could be explained by Devil Fruit abilities, while Luffy and the others showed off their bizarre bodies.
• The Straw Hat Pirates spotted Brook aboard a battered ship, and Luffy invited him to join the crew; Shiraishi noticed Brook had no shadow.
• Brook came aboard and introduced himself, while Usopp and Chopper panicked at the sight of him and Nami stopped him from asking Robin to show her panties.
• Brook told the crew that the Revive-Revive Fruit brought his soul back after he died, but he had wandered through the fog for a year before finding his body reduced to bones.

Brook told the Straw Hat Pirates that his shadow had been stolen and refused Luffy’s offer to help, but Thriller Bark trapped the Thousand Sunny and Luffy decided to land there. While Nami, Usopp, and Chopper explored the island, the invisible Absalom abducted Nami in the mansion’s bathroom.

• Brook explained that his shadow had been stolen and that sunlight would destroy him, so he initially refused Luffy’s invitation to join the crew.
• The Straw Hat Pirates discovered that the drifting island was Thriller Bark, and Brook warned them to escape before he ran across the sea.
• Luffy decided to explore the island and help Brook retrieve his shadow, while Nami, Usopp, and Chopper disappeared after taking the Mini Merry out.
• An invisible attacker made the Thousand Sunny drop anchor and turned Sanji’s sword against Luffy, while Retsu Unohana drove the attacker away from Robin.
• In the mansion, Nami suspected Hogback was connected to the zombies and planned to escape, but the invisible Absalom grabbed her in the bathroom as Usopp and Chopper rushed in.

Nami escaped the invisible Absalom with Usopp and Chopper while Luffy, Shiraishi, and the others explored the island and encountered its strange creatures and ghosts. The group reached a graveyard, where zombies attacked and Luffy began cutting through their ranks.

• Nami struck the invisible Absalom, forcing him to release her, and Usopp fired a Gunpowder Star at the window as he escaped.
• Luffy and the others left the Thousand Sunny, encountered a three-headed hellhound, and Luffy subdued it before riding it toward the island.
• Luffy and Franky tried to recruit a tree man and a unicorn, while Robin noticed that the forest creatures had bandages, stitched wounds, and numbers.
• The Negative Hollows passed through Luffy, Franky, and Zoro, leaving them in despair until they recovered and grew angry.
• Luffy pushed a zombie back into its grave, then hundreds of zombies rose and surrounded the group.
• The zombies attacked in a coordinated swarm, and Luffy used Gum-Gum Gatling to knock down the front ranks.

The Thirteenth Division deployed to the World of the Living to fight a large Hollow incursion, with Renji Abarai eager to fight alongside Rukia. As the battle spread through Tokyo and Hollows endangered civilians, Renji rescued a fellow Shinigami and worried that the attackers were too numerous to stop.

• Renji Abarai ate breakfast with Thirteenth Division officers, encouraged them to eat, and asked where Rukia was.
• Shiraishi led the Thirteenth Division through the Senkaimon after the Kidō Corps canceled the Limitation Seals, and the squad split up to confront Hollows in Tokyo.
• Shiraishi waited atop Tokyo Tower and used his Spiritual Sense to search for powerful Hollows or Arrancar.
• Renji Abarai killed a Hollow with Zabimaru and hurried toward another location after his Denreishinki sounded.
• A giant jellyfish-shaped Hollow wounded a black-haired Shinigami and caused chaos on a commercial street, but Renji Abarai killed it before it could attack again.
• Renji Abarai warned the wounded Shinigami that there were too many Hollows to kill and worried about Rukia as his Denreishinki sounded again.

Shiraishi fought Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who had prepared a trap to capture and study him, but Shiraishi defeated him with Steel Tempest. Mayuri survived by relocating his organs, and Shiraishi claimed the woman who had attacked him as his own.

• Shiraishi escaped the collapsing cave and identified Mayuri Kurotsuchi as the person behind the explosion.
• Mayuri revealed he had tracked Shiraishi for ten days and killed the squad member who had concealed his whereabouts.
• Shiraishi attacked Mayuri, but Mayuri used a modified neck to evade a slash and a woman’s drill-like strike to ambush him.
• Mayuri immobilized Shiraishi with a Reishi solidification device and released Bankai, Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo.
• Shiraishi used Steel Tempest to split Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo and cut Mayuri in half, but Mayuri survived by moving his organs out of harm’s way.
• Shiraishi urinated on Mayuri, then lifted the woman by the red ring around her neck and declared that she belonged to him.

Usopp confronted Perona after her Negative Hollows incapacitated Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, and his unusual negativity turned her ghosts against her. He chased her through the mansion and defeated Kumacy, but Perona’s Mini Hollows left him facing a new threat.

• Perona woke and ordered Kumacy to gather the animal zombies and set a trap for the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Chopper confronted Dr. Hogback over his treatment of zombies and defeated him with Hoof Stamp.
• The Straw Hat Pirates defeated the animal zombies, but Perona’s Negative Hollows brought Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to their knees.
• Usopp resisted Perona’s Negative Hollows because he was already extremely negative, then chased her after she became dejected.
• Usopp dodged Kumacy’s attack and sent the bear flying with a blade strike, while Perona escaped and revealed her Mini Hollows.
• Perona sent the explosive Mini Hollows after Usopp, who realized her attacks could hurt him.

Usopp defeated Perona by finding her sleeping real body, and Moria confronted the Straw Hat Pirates after they had beaten his subordinates. Moria trapped the crew in a Shadow Labyrinth, but Usopp’s flare exposed the battlefield and Luffy led a group attack, while Lola prepared to act nearby.

• Usopp realized Perona’s airborne form was a double, found her real body asleep behind a door, and knocked her unconscious.
• Usopp snapped Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji out of their dejection by promising a beautiful swordswoman and meat, and Shiraishi explained how they could avoid strange abilities.
• Moria learned that Absalom, Perona, and his zombie army had been defeated, then confronted the Straw Hat Pirates and used Shadow Labyrinth to separate them.
• Shiraishi ordered Usopp to fire a flare, halting the spreading shadows and revealing Moria’s position.
• Luffy struck Moria with Gum-Gum Jet Bullet, and the Straw Hat Pirates launched a group attack against him.
• Lola drew her swords in the nearby forest and asked her crew to bring her the swordsmanship shadow.

The Straw Hat Pirates overwhelmed Moria, but he absorbed the battlefield’s shadows and transformed with Shadow’s Asgard. The chapter ended as Moria’s giant fist crashed down on Zoro, shaking Thriller Bark.

• Moria unleashed Scattering Bat and Shadow Demon Blade Forest, sending his bats and summoned shadows against the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Lola arrived and protected Nami and the others from the swordsman shadows while Luffy and Zoro returned to attack Moria.
• Bartholomew Kuma sent Perona to Kuraigana Island and reported Moria’s battle to Sengoku, who ordered him to wait and watch.
• Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji struck Moria with powerful attacks, badly injuring him as the Straw Hat Pirates paused to recover.
• Moria absorbed shadows with Shadow’s Asgard, grew into a giant, and smashed Thriller Bark with a punch.
• Moria swung his enormous fist at Zoro, and the impact jolted the Straw Hat Pirates into the air.

The Straw Hat Pirates defeated Moria, but Bartholomew Kuma arrived and overwhelmed them before demanding Luffy. Zoro endured Luffy’s pain and injuries in his place, and Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana returned to find him barely alive but still standing.

• Luffy, Zoro, and the other Straw Hat Pirates attacked gigantic Moria until he lost control of his shadows, fell unconscious, and shrank back down.
• Bartholomew Kuma appeared, spoke with the Navy over a Den Den Mushi, and confirmed that Luffy had an older brother named Äs.
• Kuma struck Shiraishi and Retsu Unohana away, then defeated the exhausted Straw Hat Pirates with Ursus Shock and demanded Luffy.
• Zoro failed to cut Kuma’s metal body and begged to die in Luffy’s place, while Sanji also offered himself before Kuma knocked him unconscious.
• Kuma extracted Luffy’s fatigue, pain, and hidden injuries, and Zoro endured them instead of letting Luffy be taken.
• Shiraishi and Retsu returned to find Zoro covered in blood but still alive, and Zoro insisted they check on Luffy and the others first.

After defeating Moria, the Straw Hat Pirates celebrated Brook joining their crew and prepared to leave Thriller Bark, while Luffy worried over Äs’s fading Vivre Paper. At Impel Down, Garp visited the imprisoned Äs and asked him to become his son, but Äs declared that Whitebeard was his only father.

• The Straw Hat Pirates and their allies celebrated their victory over Moria, and Brook asked Luffy to join the crew.
• Absalom and Hogback escaped the ruins and went to search for Moria.
• Brook formally swore loyalty to Luffy, and two days later the Straw Hat Pirates buried Brook’s companions and prepared to sail.
• Lola gave Nami her mother’s Vivre Paper, and Luffy revealed that Äs’s Vivre Paper had burned and reassured his crew that Äs was strong.
• At Impel Down, Garp visited the chained Äs and asked him to bear Garp’s name as his son, but Äs said Whitebeard was his only father.

The Straw Hat Pirates reached the Red Line and discovered that Fish-Man Island lay beneath the sea, so they headed for Sabaody Archipelago. After rescuing Camie and Pappag, they learned that Camie’s friend Hatchan had been captured by the Flying Fish Riders and set off to save him.

• The Straw Hat Pirates admired the Red Line, and Nami’s Log Pose pointed down toward Fish-Man Island.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp explored underwater in Franky’s submarine, then Luffy punched a sea beast that had swallowed Camie and Pappag.
• Camie learned that the Flying Fish Riders had captured Hatchan and was given half an hour to come to their base.
• The Straw Hat Pirates turned toward Sabaody No. 44, where Shiraishi wondered where Kuma would send him if the crew were separated.
• The Flying Fish Riders attacked, but the Straw Hat Pirates defeated them quickly and rode their flying fish toward the group’s headquarters.
• Shiraishi warned that the flying fish could stay aloft for only five minutes, and Luffy, Chopper, and Brook fell into the sea before the crew continued toward the base.

The Straw Hat Pirates defeated the Flying Fish Riders, rescued Hatchan, and set out for Sabaody to prepare their ship for the journey to Fish-Man Island. While the crew split up across the archipelago, Shiraishi observed several notorious pirate captains gathering nearby as a fight broke out.

• Sanji defeated Duval after learning that Sanji's wanted poster had ruined Duval's life, then changed Duval's face with a series of kicks.
• The Straw Hat Pirates rescued Hatchan, and Nami showed that she had moved past her anger by praising his takoyaki.
• Duval gave Sanji his contact information, and Hatchan offered to lead the Straw Hats to a reliable ship-coating craftsman in Sabaody.
• The Straw Hats split up in Sabaody: Usopp went shopping for materials with Franky, Zoro wandered off, Luffy and others went with Hatchan, Sanji went to the food market, and Shiraishi accompanied Retsu Unohana, Nami, and Robin shopping.
• Shiraishi used his Spiritual Sense to observe Jewelry Bonney, Capone Bege, and Basil Hawkins at a restaurant in Grove 24.
• A fight erupted nearby, and a Longarm Tribe pirate told his opponent to take the fight to the other side of the cliff.

Lumian Lee entertained visitors at a tavern in Cordu with a grim story that he claimed his sister Aurore had written. Pierre revealed that Lumian had returned to the village with Aurore five years earlier, taken her surname, and forgotten his original name.

• Lumian told a tavern customer a story about a poor morgue watchman who touched a strange mark on a dead coworker and began dreaming of thick fog.
• Lumian admitted the story was made up by his sister, Aurore, and introduced himself to the visitors as Lumian Lee.
• Ryan Coss introduced his companions, Valentine and Leah, and bought Lumian a Green Fairy after hearing his story.
• Pierre revealed that Aurore had brought thirteen-year-old Lumian back to Cordu five years earlier and given him both her surname and his name.
• Lumian said he had forgotten what he was called before, then drank his absinthe.

In Cordu's tavern, Lumian Lee entertained Ryan Coss, Valentine, and Leah with a grim story before revealing it was fiction written by his sister. Their conversation uncovered that Aurore had brought Lumian to the village five years earlier and given him her surname and his name.

• Lumian told a tavern customer a story about a struggling morgue attendant who touched a strange mark on a corpse and began dreaming of thick fog.
• When Ryan Coss asked what happened next, Lumian joked that he had quit and returned to the countryside, prompting the regulars to explain that he told a different story every day.
• Lumian introduced himself to Ryan and his companions, Valentine and Leah, and Ryan remarked that the surname Lee was associated with the fearsome Frank Lee.
• Ryan bought Lumian a glass of Green Fairy, and Pierre asked for a drink in exchange for explaining Lumian's history.
• Pierre told Ryan, Valentine, and Leah that Aurore had brought thirteen-year-old Lumian back to Cordu five years earlier and given him her surname and name.
• Lumian said he had forgotten what he used to be called and drank his absinthe without appearing embarrassed.

The Straw Hat Pirates defeated the Foxy Pirates in a Davy Back Fight, then encountered Admiral Aokiji, who terrified them with his power but froze the sea to help Tonjit reunite with his people. Aokiji left the crew shaken by the gulf between their strength and that of the Marines’ greatest fighters.

• Shiraishi helped the Straw Hat Pirates beat the Foxy Pirates, and Luffy replaced their flag with his own drawing.
• Luffy returned to Tonjit and Shelly, while Nami offered to help Tonjit reach his migrating people.
• Aokiji appeared and frightened Robin, who identified him as a Marine Headquarters admiral responsible for destroying her hometown.
• Aokiji froze the sea with Ice Age, including a Sea King, creating a path for Tonjit to cross to the other islands.
• Tonjit thanked Aokiji and the Straw Hat Pirates, then set off with Shelly to find his people.

Lumian Lee entertained visitors at a Cordu tavern with a fabricated tale about working in a morgue, then introduced himself to Ryan Coss and his companions. Pierre revealed that Lumian had been brought to the village by his sister Aurore five years earlier and had taken her surname; Lumian said he had forgotten his original name.

• Lumian finished a dramatic story about a morgue watchman, then admitted he had quit and returned to the countryside to tell the tale.
• Ryan Coss introduced himself and his companions, Valentine and Leah, and offered Lumian a drink after enjoying the story.
• Lumian ordered Green Fairy, and Ryan ordered drinks for Lumian and Pierre after Pierre asked for one.
• Pierre explained that Lumian's sister Aurore had brought him to Cordu five years earlier, when he was thirteen, and that Lumian had taken her surname and the name she gave him.
• Lumian sipped his absinthe and said he had forgotten what he was originally called.