Chapter Summaries

Kin'emon and Raizo left Oden's residence to investigate Wano Country, while the Straw Hats split up to explore the Flower Capital and nearby districts. Although the others ordered Luffy to stay behind, he sneaked out after Zoro in search of adventure.

• Kin'emon and Raizo dressed in dark cloaks and left the residence to investigate Wano Country.
• Nami and the others stopped Luffy from joining the expedition, warning that his presence would expose the Straw Hats.
• Nami and Robin disguised themselves as geisha, while Usopp and Chopper headed toward the factory district in a merchant-and-doctor disguise.
• Franky and Brook stayed behind to guard the Thousand Sunny, while Sanji went to buy ingredients and promised Luffy a Wano feast.
• Zoro left dressed as a wandering samurai to investigate Wano swordsmanship.
• After everyone had gone, Luffy sneaked out and followed Zoro.

Zoro challenged a swordsmanship dojo in the Flower Capital and defeated its master with one attack, while Luffy followed him and demanded a fight of his own. King had sent Scratchmen Apoo, Basil Hawkins, X Drake, and Capone Bege to find and watch Luffy, and the four arrived outside the dojo.

• Zoro entered the Mumyo Style dojo and challenged its master to a duel.
• Zoro defeated the master in one exchange with Three Sword Style: Oni Giri, and the master recognized the gap in their strength.
• Luffy appeared on the dojo wall, interrupted the master's question about Zoro's teacher, and said he wanted to fight too.
• King ordered Scratchmen Apoo, Basil Hawkins, X Drake, and Capone Bege to find Luffy in the Flower Capital and keep track of him.
• Several hours later, the four figures arrived outside the dojo as Zoro and Luffy left.

Luffy and Zoro were ambushed outside the dojo by Apoo, Hawkins, Bege, and Drake, and fought back as the battle escalated. Luffy faced three attackers while Zoro battled Drake, whose Allosaurus form had forced Zoro to meet him head-on.

• Luffy and Zoro sensed four powerful presences closing in, and Apoo, Hawkins, Bege, and Drake surrounded them.
• Apoo attacked Luffy with sound waves, and Luffy dodged them before striking Apoo with an Armament Haki Gatling attack.
• Drake transformed into an Allosaurus and charged Zoro, who countered with Three-Sword Style: Black Rope Dragon Twister.
• Bege fired a barrage of cannons at Luffy, who inflated his belly and bounced the shells away.
• Hawkins sneaked up on Luffy with a straw spear, but Luffy dodged and evaded his nails, which grazed his arm.

Luffy and Zoro fought Apoo, Hawkins, Bege, and Drake in the Flower Capital, while Sanji found Law and the two sensed the battle escalating. Before Ulti and Page One arrived, everyone at the dojo vanished, leaving them to find only the wreckage.

• Zoro joined Luffy against Apoo, Hawkins, Bege, and Drake, whose group realized how much stronger the two had become.
• Sanji spotted Bepo and followed him to Law, where they sensed the clash and a powerful presence near the shogun's residence.
• Ulti woke to news of the fight, headbutted the messenger, and set out with Page One and armed underlings.
• Luffy and Zoro sensed two powerful figures approaching as Ulti and Page One rushed toward the dojo.
• Everyone at the dojo vanished at once, and Ulti and Page One found only broken stones, splintered wood, and lingering signs of battle.

Law proposed an alliance between the Straw Hat Pirates and Kaido's four subordinate Supernovas, who agreed to fight back. The group decided to rescue Eustass Kid from Udon Prisoner Mine before challenging Kaido.

• Ulti realized the intruders had tricked her, ordered a search for them and the missing Supernovas, and returned to report to Kaido with Page One.
• Law brought Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and the Red Star Pirates to an abandoned warehouse and asked Apoo, Hawkins, Bege, and Drake to join forces against Kaido.
• Luffy urged the Supernovas to fight back, and Hawkins, Bege, Apoo, and Drake agreed to ally with the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Hawkins revealed that Eustass Kid was imprisoned in Udon, and the group decided to rescue him from Queen's territory.

Kaido appeared over the Flower Capital and attacked the city with dragon breath, endangering its civilians. Luffy rescued a child and charged at Kaido with Zoro, bringing the two face-to-face as the other Supernovas retreated.

• Law agreed to return to base with Luffy and scout Udon before rescuing Kid, but Zoro and Law sensed Kaido approaching.
• Kaido appeared above the Flower Capital, roared for the traitors to come out, and blasted buildings with dragon breath.
• Luffy rescued a child from the advancing flames and handed him to Sanji, then declared that he would stop Kaido.
• Zoro followed Luffy, while Law went to back them up and Sanji led the child and the four Supernovas toward the outskirts.
• Luffy and Zoro confronted Kaido atop a clock tower, and Kaido recognized Luffy as the Straw Hat Boy.

Luffy struck Kaido with a full-power King Kong Gun, but Kaido emerged unhurt and counterattacked, sending Luffy crashing through buildings. Zoro also failed to wound Kaido, and the chapter ended with Kaido eager to continue fighting Luffy.

• Luffy handed his straw hat to Zoro, transformed into Gear Fourth Boundman, and hit Kaido with King Kong Gun.
• Kaido crashed into a mountain, recovered from his drunkenness, and stood up without a mark from Luffy's punch.
• Kaido struck Luffy with the Hassaikai and sent him flying through several buildings.
• Zoro attacked Kaido with Oni Giri, but Kaido blocked the swords with his fist and knocked Zoro back.
• Luffy rose from the rubble and vowed to send Kaido flying, while Kaido invited him to keep fighting.

Luffy and Zoro attacked Kaido in the burning Flower Capital, but neither could overcome his defenses or superior Haki. Kaido grew impatient and prepared to face Luffy in earnest.

• Luffy used Gum-Gum-King Cobra and struck Kaido in the temple, but Kaido caught his arm and hurled him through an abandoned shop.
• Luffy returned with Gum-Gum-Leo Bazooka, which made Kaido sway but did not seriously injure him.
• Zoro used Demonic Aura: Nine-Sword Style and cut Kaido enough to draw tiny beads of blood, but Kaido shattered the technique with a Conqueror's Haki-infused club strike.
• Kaido told Zoro his Haki was too weak and smashed him backward when he tried to block another blow.
• Kaido told Luffy that Roy had made him expect great things, then declared that he had run out of patience.

Kaido defeated Luffy and Zoro with Thunder Bagua, while Law escaped after failing to rescue them. Roy arrived at the battlefield, examined the captives, and worried that Kaido was too powerful to awaken Luffy's Nika abilities.

• Kaido struck Luffy with Thunder Bagua, knocking him unconscious and sending him crashing through buildings.
• Zoro charged Kaido to defend Luffy, but Kaido hit him with another Thunder Bagua and knocked him out.
• Law tried to use ROOM to rescue Luffy and Zoro, but Kaido spotted him and forced him to flee.
• Beasts Pirates underlings shackled Luffy and Zoro with seastone chains, and Law vowed to rescue them.
• Roy arrived, examined Luffy and Zoro, and found Luffy's injuries severe but his vitality still strong.
• Roy reflected that Kaido had become too powerful for Luffy to overcome and awaken his Nika abilities.

Roy sent the defeated Luffy and Zoro to Udon prison so Luffy could grow strong enough to challenge Kaido, then discussed the Beasts Pirates’ forces and Vegapunk’s artificial Azure Dragon fruit with Kaido. The chapter ended with Roy expecting Luffy to break out and Queen to serve as an early warning.

• Kaido complained that Luffy had fallen too quickly, and Roy judged that Luffy needed to learn Ryuo to hurt him.
• Roy ordered Luffy and Zoro sent to Udon prison in reinforced Seastone shackles, and Kaido assigned Queen to guard them.
• Roy and Kaido returned to Onigashima and discussed the Artificial Devil Fruit army and Vegapunk’s tests replicating Kaido’s Azure Dragon fruit.
• Roy told Kaido that Udon’s harsh conditions would force Luffy to grow stronger and that Queen would warn them when Luffy broke out.

Luffy and Zoro woke in Udon Prison after Kaido captured them, where they encountered Kid. Back at Kozuki Oden's residence, Law reported their capture and insisted the alliance continue, but Apoo, Hawkins, Bege, and Drake tried to leave until Law stopped them with a dome of light.

• Luffy woke in a Seastone-bound cell in Udon Prison beside Zoro, who told him Kaido had captured them.
• Kid approached Luffy, and Luffy failed to remember his name until Zoro mocked Kid about Sabaody Archipelago.
• Law arrived at Kozuki Oden's residence and told Nami and the others that Luffy and Zoro were alive but had been sent to Udon Prison.
• Law said he would honor his alliance with Luffy and seek a way to rescue him, despite Kin'emon blaming himself for Luffy's capture.
• Apoo urged the group to abandon the plan, Hawkins predicted destruction, and Apoo, Hawkins, Bege, and Drake headed for the door.
• Law spread a dome of light beneath the four Supernovas, stopping them as Apoo demanded to know what he was doing.

Law persuaded the gathered allies to join a rescue of Luffy, Zoro, and Kid from Udon Prison, then assigned preparations for an assault in one week. As the allies began their work, the story shifted to Udon, where guards brutalized prisoners in the quarry.

• Law argued that Kaido would treat the Supernovas as Luffy's allies whether they joined the rescue or not, and Apoo, Hawkins, Bege, and Drake stayed with the group.
• Law explained Udon's defenses and the potential support of imprisoned Wano Country samurai, while the others expressed confidence in Luffy's ability to win people over.
• Kin'emon reported that Denjiro, Kikunojo, and Ashura Doji were located and that eight of the Nine Red Scabbards could assemble within a week.
• Law assigned scouting, equipment, medical, and intelligence tasks, set the rescue operation for one week later, and told Apoo, Hawkins, Bege, and Drake to remain hidden.
• The group began preparing at Oden's mansion while Law planned for possible encounters with Queen and Kaido.
• At dawn in Udon Prison, guards forced prisoners to work in the quarry and beat an old man who dropped a stone.

Luffy defended Hyogoro from a guard and learned that the old prisoner had served Kozuki Oden. After hearing about Luffy’s failed fight against Kaido, Hyogoro said Luffy needed to learn Ryuo to hurt him.

• Luffy caught a guard’s whip, knocked him unconscious, and defeated the guards who rushed him.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Kid talked in their neighboring cells about hunger and the prison’s harsh conditions.
• Hyogoro brought Luffy and Zoro two rice balls, and Luffy shared them with Zoro.
• Hyogoro asked Luffy about his Haki, learned Rayleigh had trained him, and revealed he had been Kozuki Oden’s retainer.
• Luffy told Hyogoro about Kin’emon and their alliance against Kaido, moving Hyogoro to tears.
• Hyogoro told Luffy that ordinary Armament Haki could not hurt Kaido and that he needed to learn Ryuo.

Luffy, Zoro, and Kid trained under Hyogoro to master Ryuo at Udon prison, improving at different rates over seven days. As Queen held his weekly concert, the Straw Hat Pirates Alliance and the Nine Red Scabbards took positions in the forest outside the prison.

• Hyogoro demonstrated how Ryuo sent Haki into an object to destroy it from within and offered to teach Luffy and Zoro.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Kid carried stones by day and secretly practiced Ryuo with Hyogoro at night.
• Luffy quickly learned to shatter stones consistently, Zoro refined Ryuo for Three-Sword Style, and Kid finally grasped the technique.
• Queen forced the prison underlings to attend his concert and made a minor boss join him onstage as a backup dancer.
• The Straw Hat Pirates Alliance and the Nine Red Scabbards assembled in the forest three hundred meters outside Udon prison's main gate.

The Straw Hat Pirates, Law, and the Nine Red Scabbards launched a coordinated assault on Udon Prison to free the prisoners. As the fighting spread through the prison, Luffy, Zoro, and Kid waited in their cell, hearing their rescuers approach.

• Sanji blasted open the prison gate, and the Straw Hat Pirates attacked the guards with Nami's lightning, Franky's cannon, Robin's powers, and Usopp's pellets.
• Queen transformed into his brachiosaurus form and attacked the intruders after realizing they had interrupted his concert.
• Law brought Apoo, Hawkins, Bege, and Drake into the prison, then left them to free the prisoners while he searched for the keys.
• Law found the Seastone-shackle keys and Zoro's three swords in Queen's office, then used Observation Haki to locate Luffy.
• Kin'emon reunited with Denjiro and Kikunojo in a secret passage as the Nine Red Scabbards coordinated the rescue of the imprisoned samurai.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Kid heard the battle outside their cell, and Luffy recognized the rescuers as Sanji and the others.

Law freed Luffy, Zoro, and Kid from their Seastone Handcuffs, and they led the others in defeating Queen at the prison quarry. The freed prisoners celebrated their victory as Queen lay unconscious.

• Law arrived and unlocked Luffy, Zoro, and Kid's Seastone Handcuffs, restoring their powers and returning Zoro's swords.
• Luffy, Zoro, Kid, and Law fought their way out of the prison and reunited with the Straw Hat Pirates and the Nine Red Scabbards in the quarry square.
• Luffy, Zoro, Kid, and the others attacked Queen, but their ordinary blows failed to penetrate his defenses.
• After Hyogoro urged them to use Ryuo, Luffy, Zoro, and Kid struck Queen with internal-destruction attacks and knocked him unconscious.
• The freed prisoners cheered as Queen lay defeated in the square.

Luffy and the alliance defeated Queen at Udon and freed the imprisoned samurai, then retreated when Kaido appeared in the sky. Roy stopped Kaido from attacking Udon and persuaded him to wait at Onigashima, where Roy planned for Luffy to awaken his Devil Fruit during their coming battle.

• The freed samurai mourned their years of imprisonment as Luffy, Kid, Zoro, and Law discussed Queen's defeat and their next target.
• Kin'emon and the Scabbards organized the freed prisoners, while the Straw Hats gathered seastone, treated the wounded, and prepared to leave Udon.
• Law proposed returning to Oden's residence to rest, but Kaido's dragon form appeared over the horizon and the alliance hurried to retreat.
• Roy stopped Kaido from charging to Udon and warned that fighting there could destroy the mine that supplied most of Wano's seastone.
• Kaido agreed to wait at Onigashima, while Roy anticipated that their coming battle would drive Luffy to awaken the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika.

In Kozuki Oden's residence, Hyogoro taught the gathered fighters how Ryuo could penetrate an enemy's defenses, and Luffy asked about the greater power Kaido had used against him. Hiyori then appeared with Oden's old notebook, suggesting it might help Luffy learn Conqueror's Haki coating.

• Hyogoro explained that Ryuo let Haki flow into a target and destroy it from within, while Zoro and Sanji practiced applying it to their fighting styles.
• Luffy asked whether the black-and-red lightning around Kaido's kanabo had been Ryuo, and Hyogoro identified it as Conqueror's Haki coating.
• Hyogoro explained that Conqueror's Haki coating could overwhelm an opponent even through a successful block and said Kozuki Oden had mastered it.
• Luffy released his Conqueror's Haki, knocking Chopper unconscious and unsettling several others, then learned Hyogoro could not teach him the coating technique.
• Kozuki Hiyori emerged from the inner room carrying Kozuki Oden's battered notebook and said Luffy might still be able to learn the technique.

Hiyori shared Kozuki Oden’s journal, and Robin explained how Oden learned Conqueror’s Haki Coating from Roger through repeated combat. Luffy, Zoro, and Kid agreed they would need to face Kaido to learn it, while the others continued training in Ryuo.

• Hiyori gave Luffy Kozuki Oden’s voyage journal, but Luffy could not read its dense handwriting.
• Robin read Oden’s account of Roger teaching him that Conqueror’s Haki Coating required concentrating one’s will and mastering it through actual combat.
• Luffy proposed learning the technique by taking turns fighting Kaido, and Nami scolded him for treating their enemy like a teacher.
• Law said Luffy, Zoro, and Kid would have to face Kaido’s Conqueror’s Haki Coating, and Kid and Zoro agreed to fight him for their own reasons.
• Nami asked Hyogoro to continue explaining Ryuo, and the group resumed training while Luffy thought about Kaido’s attack and vowed to learn the coating.

Kin'emon and the Nine Red Scabbards gathered Wano samurai and the Mink Tribe at Oden's residence to plan an attack on Onigashima. After the war council stalled over how to face the Beasts Pirates' defenses, Luffy proposed striking quickly while many forces were away searching for the alliance.

• Kin'emon and the Nine Red Scabbards recruited former followers of Kozuki Oden across Wano, while Inuarashi and Cat Viper arrived from Zou with Mink Tribe warriors.
• Kin'emon told the war council that fewer than eight hundred fighters faced at least three thousand Beasts Pirates and formidable defenses at Onigashima.
• Kin'emon proposed splitting the forces, but Law warned that this would leave them vulnerable, and Kid suggested using his magnetism to disarm the enemy.
• Luffy interrupted the argument while eating and urged everyone to charge straight at Kaido rather than overthink the plan.
• Luffy pointed out that many Beasts Pirates were searching Wano's interior, and Zoro and Sanji agreed that striking Onigashima quickly could work.