Chapter Summaries

Roy chose Raijin Island as the Ark Maxim’s next destination, while Golden Lion Shiki and Garp separately set course to pursue him. As the ship sailed, Roy trained with his newly acquired sword Red Rock.

• Stella explained the three islands indicated by the Log Pose, and Roy chose Raijin Island after learning it lay in the same direction as Sphinx Island.
• Roy’s crew set course for Raijin Island, though Savi, Enel, and Pea had hoped to visit Spring Island for its food.
• An agent told Golden Lion Shiki that Roy’s crew had entered the New World and defeated the Blood Claw Pirates, so Shiki ordered his forces to guard his territory and flew toward Raijin Island himself.
• After Fleet Admiral Kong informed Garp of Roy’s arrival, Garp abandoned his pursuit of the Roger Pirates and redirected his warship toward Raijin Island.
• Hawk Eyes identified Roy’s two new swords as Clear Spring and Red Rock, and Roy chose Red Rock for his swordsmanship practice.

Roy and his companions landed on Raijin Island to train amid its powerful lightning. Roy, Hawk Eyes, and Bullet each began honing their bodies and abilities, while the others trained in the outer areas.

• Roy chose to stop at Raijin Island after feeling its lightning stimulate his cells and accelerate his Armament Haki training.
• Roy assigned Stella, Savi, Pea, Enel, and Charon to train in the outer areas, while he, Bullet, and Mihawk explored farther inland.
• Roy, Bullet, and Mihawk each selected a place to train as the lightning grew stronger deeper inside the island.
• Roy endured the lightning and found that it strengthened his body and Armament Haki tempering about three times faster than usual.
• Hawk Eyes practiced cutting lightning with Black Blade Yoru while Bullet used the island's boulders to train his Armament Haki.

Roy, Bullet, and Hawk Eyes confronted Golden Lion Shiki after sensing his arrival at Raijin Island, while Tesoro secretly drew power from the island’s central lightning pool. The battle began with a clash of Conqueror’s Haki, and Hawk Eyes stepped forward to face Shiki’s sword attack.

• Tesoro explored Raijin Island’s lightning, then stayed near its core to absorb and study the power while avoiding the central pool.
• After three days of training, Roy sensed Golden Lion Shiki’s arrival and ordered Stella to evacuate the others aboard the Ark Maxim.
• Roy, Bullet, and Hawk Eyes met Shiki at the island’s edge and combined their Conqueror’s Haki to resist his.
• Roy used Universal Pull against Shiki, but Shiki broke free and answered with Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley.
• Hawk Eyes stepped in front of Roy and Bullet as Shiki’s enormous slashes approached.

Roy, Bullet, and Hawk Eyes coordinated their attacks against the Golden Lion, disrupting his powers and wounding him. As his fury grew, Tesoro joined the battle with a lightning spear.

• Hawk Eyes used Black Blade Yoru to clear a safe path through the Golden Lion's slashes while Roy suppressed him with gravity and telekinesis.
• Roy called for Bullet, who charged through the weakened slashes and struck the Golden Lion, knocking him toward the sea.
• The Golden Lion used Lion's Might: Sea Scroll to send giant seawater lion heads at the group, but Roy countered them with water dragons.
• Hawk Eyes attacked from behind with One Sword Style: Severing Sky and cut the Golden Lion's chest.
• Tesoro appeared and hurled a purple lightning spear at the Golden Lion, who erupted in rage.

Roy, Bullet, Mihawk, and Tesoro teamed up against the Golden Lion, using their different abilities and coordinated attacks to withstand his overwhelming swordsmanship. The battle remained fiercely contested as all five fighters were wounded and the Golden Lion continued attacking.

• Tesoro's Lightning spear shattered against the Golden Lion's Conqueror's Haki-coated secret technique, and Roy and Bullet combined their attacks to weaken it.
• Roy unleashed an expanding Gravity Singularity that swallowed the remaining slash and sent a destructive torrent toward the Golden Lion, who narrowly deflected it but was wounded.
• The Golden Lion rushed Roy, but Bullet and Mihawk blocked his twin blades while Tesoro and Roy disrupted his follow-up attacks.
• Roy linked the four fighters with Mental Link as they coordinated their attacks against the Golden Lion in a high-speed battle above the sea.

Roy, Hawk Eyes, Bullet, and Tesoro used their teamwork to break the Golden Lion’s assault and overwhelm him with a combined attack. The Golden Lion crashed into Raijin Island, gravely injured, while the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Bullet, Hawk Eyes, Tesoro, and Roy fought the Golden Lion, who wounded them as their strength and stamina waned.
• The Golden Lion feigned an opening, then attacked Roy with both swords, but Roy blocked one strike and Hawk Eyes intercepted the other.
• Roy struck the Golden Lion’s side with a Gravity Singularity, and Hawk Eyes forced him to drop Oto while dodging a slash.
• Roy called for a combined attack, and Bullet and Tesoro struck the Golden Lion from behind as Roy and Hawk Eyes advanced from the front.
• The Golden Lion unleashed a powerful slash at Roy and Hawk Eyes, but Bullet’s punch and Tesoro’s lightning ravaged his body and sent him crashing into a crater.

Roy broke through to the realm of a Great Swordsman while resisting Golden Lion Shiki’s final slash, but both sides fought on for another day until Monkey D. Garp’s arrival interrupted the battle. The exhausted fighters stopped and turned toward the sea.

• Roy used Shinra Tensei to push Hawk Eyes out of the slash’s path, then met Shiki’s final attack with his strongest strike and broke through to become a Great Swordsman.
• Roy and Shiki survived the clash, badly wounded, and Roy’s allies gathered around him before both sides resumed fighting.
• Roy, Hawk Eyes, Bullet, and Shiki battled for another full day as their strength dwindled; Tesoro exhausted himself and withdrew to recover.
• Monkey D. Garp called for Shiki and the others to stop, and both sides ceased fighting and looked toward the sea.

Roy and his companions escaped Raijin Island after Garp’s arrival interrupted their fight with Golden Lion, and they recovered aboard the Ark Maxim. Roy decided to continue to Whitebeard’s territory to seek further battles instead of returning to training.

• Garp arrived and unleashed Galaxy Impact, forcing Golden Lion and Roy’s group to flee in opposite directions.
• Garp declined to pursue either group and chose to continue chasing Roger, while reflecting on Roy’s fight with Golden Lion.
• Roy and the others reached the Ark Maxim, where Stella hurried the ship away from Raijin Island.
• Pea and the crew treated Roy, Bullet, Hawk Eyes, and Tesoro with food, life energy, medicine, and bandages.
• After recovering, Roy told Stella to steer toward Whitebeard’s territory rather than return to training.

Roy’s crew sailed toward Crystal Island after Golden Lion ordered a search for them and concealed his defeat. As the Ark Maxim arrived, Roy sensed several hostile pirate presences and two familiar figures on the island.

• Roy and Hawk Eyes sparred aboard the Ark Maxim, and Roy demonstrated his improved swordsmanship by splitting the sea with a slash.
• Golden Lion ordered his subordinates to find the Roy Pirates, hide his injuries, and consolidate their territory.
• Stella told Roy that Crystal Island was a disputed buffer zone where Supernova crews and an unidentified fleet had recently gathered.
• Roy ordered the Ark Maxim to continue at full speed toward Crystal Island despite his crew’s recent battle with Golden Lion.
• The crew reached the colorful island, and Roy sensed hostile presences in its port city along with two familiar figures.

Roy and his companions arrived at Crystal Island and gathered with several Supernovas at the Rainbow Coral tavern, where old rival Doflamingo decided to avoid a fight until he could obtain a Devil Fruit. The chapter ended when a disheveled stranger entered and approached Giant Axe Doc.

• Roy's crew sailed the Ark Maxim into Crystal Island's harbor, where they spotted Moria, Doflamingo, and two unfamiliar Supernovas.
• Roy led his companions to the Rainbow Coral tavern, where the gathered patrons recognized his crew and watched them warily.
• Doflamingo recognized Roy from their defeat in Mock Town, but told his family to hold back and let others test Roy's group while they pursued a Devil Fruit.
• Roy spotted Giant Axe Doc and Poison Princess Vera, then returned Vera's poisonous gas probe with his mental power.
• A disheveled figure rushed into the tavern and stopped in front of Giant Axe Doc.

Roy and his companions learned that Cipher Pol had cornered Dr. Gracia in a mine, where Giant Axe Doc and several pirate factions soon clashed with the agents. After watching the battle begin, Roy led his group toward the mine to join the fight.

• A wounded pirate told Giant Axe Doc that unknown, well-trained people had attacked his crew, and Doc left the tavern to reclaim his stolen treasure.
• Doflamingo, Moria, and Vera each followed Doc, while Roy told Tesoro to finish eating before they joined the action.
• In the mine, Cipher Pol agents surrounded Dr. Gracia and demanded the metal case and his return to the World Government, but he refused.
• Doc charged into the mine and attacked both the Cipher Pol agents and Dr. Gracia, prompting the agents to launch an all-out assault.
• Doflamingo, Moria, and Vera attacked the Cipher Pol agents, triggering a chaotic battle among the factions.
• Roy waited until his companions had finished their meal, then led them toward the mine.

Roy and the Roy Pirates arrived at the mine and entered the fight over Dr. Gracia and the metal box. As Hawk Eyes engaged the CP leader and Doflamingo tried to interfere, Roy walked toward Dr. Gracia to take the box.

• Roy led his companions from the tavern to the mine, where Doc, Doflamingo, Moria, Vera, and the CP Agents were fighting over Dr. Gracia and the metal box.
• Tesoro arrived first, followed by Roy and the rest of the Roy Pirates, bringing the battle to a halt.
• The CP leader invoked the World Government to warn Roy, but Doc attacked Bullet, who knocked Doc's giant axe away with one punch.
• Roy declared that his group would take the box, and the CP leader attacked him while Hawk Eyes intercepted the strike.
• Doflamingo used Five Color Strings to obstruct Roy and signaled his allies to seize the box, but Roy kept walking toward Dr. Gracia.

Roy discovered that Dr. Gracia had already eaten the Clear-Clear Fruit and that the box contained research data from Punk Hazard. The pirates and Cipher Pol then turned their attention to capturing the doctor and his data, leaving Dr. Gracia hiding behind Roy as the confrontation reignited.

• Tesoro, Savi, Stella, and Pea fought Doflamingo, Moria, Vera, and their allies while Roy approached Dr. Gracia.
• Roy learned that Dr. Gracia's box held research data and that he had eaten the Clear-Clear Fruit after escaping Punk Hazard.
• Dr. Gracia explained that Cipher Pol wanted his research for weapons of war, and Giant Axe Doc collapsed after realizing the fruit was gone.
• Doflamingo, Moria, Vera, and Cipher Pol renewed their efforts to claim Dr. Gracia or his data.
• Dr. Gracia shrank behind Roy for protection as the factions focused on him.

Roy claimed Dr. Gracia and his research data as the Roy Pirates swiftly overwhelmed their opponents in the mine. Doflamingo and Moria were left gravely wounded, Vera was restrained, and Roy prepared to decide Moria’s fate.

• Roy stepped in front of Dr. Gracia, calmed him with mental power, and declared that he would take the scientist and his research data.
• Tesoro hurled a lightning spear through Doflamingo, then struck down Pica, Diamante, and Trebol with lightning.
• Hawk Eyes unsheathed Yoru and killed the Cipher Pol leader and the agents charging at Roy.
• Vera withdrew from her fight with Stella, but Stella pinned her with dark feathers after Roy ordered that she not be killed outright.
• Savi exploited Moria’s distraction to wound him and then battered him until Roy ordered him to stop.

Roy defeated the remaining pirates and recruited Gecko Moria, Vera, and Dr. Gracia before leaving the Crystal Island mine. He sent his crew to collect treasure and escort the new recruits while he and Hawk Eyes returned to the Ark Maxim with Dr. Gracia.

• Pea, Enel, and Charon defeated the remaining pirate underlings, and Roy forced Gecko Moria to choose between joining his crew or staying behind.
• Gecko Moria agreed to join Roy after Roy promised to spare his subordinates, who were then released to say goodbye to him.
• Roy offered Vera a chance to become an apprentice, and she agreed to submit to him after explaining her Venom-Venom Fruit abilities.
• Dr. Gracia agreed to follow Roy, and Roy returned his research materials rather than taking them.
• Roy ordered Bullet and Tesoro to collect treasure from Moria's ship and Stella to take Vera to her ship, then returned to the Ark Maxim with Hawk Eyes and Dr. Gracia.

Roy organized the newcomers and confiscated treasure aboard the Ark Maxim, assigning Vera to assist Dr. Gracia and Moria to train with Bullet and cooperate with experiments. Meanwhile, Doflamingo and the remnants of his family fled Crystal Island for the North Blue, while Roy's ship continued toward Whitebeard's territory.

• Vera gave Roy her research notes, materials, and laboratory instruments, and Roy assigned her to assist Dr. Gracia and train with Stella.
• Tesoro revealed Moria's Hollow-Hollow Fruit, which Roy added to his collection, then Roy ordered Moria to train with Bullet and cooperate with Dr. Gracia's experiments.
• Roy gave Moria training methods that replaced his resentment with excitement about becoming stronger.
• Doflamingo awoke wounded in the mine, found the CP Agents dead, and ordered the Donquixote Family to retreat to the North Blue.
• The Donquixote Family sailed away from Crystal Island, and arriving Marines found the aftermath and reported it to headquarters.
• The Ark Maxim continued toward Whitebeard's territory, while Roy dismissed Doflamingo's vow of revenge.

Roy took the Ark Maxim into Whitebeard’s territory to find the Roger Pirates and witness their expected clash with Whitebeard’s crew. After learning Roger’s crew had left Brewing Island and a Marine warship had followed them, Roy pursued their route and found the warship’s wreckage, leaving the crew closing in on the pirates.

• Roy and Hawk Eyes sparred on deck until Stella reported that the Ark Maxim had entered Whitebeard’s territory.
• Roy read that the Roger Pirates had been seen near Brewing Island and explained that they were pursuing Kozuki Oden, then ordered the ship to change course there.
• Tesoro searched Brewing Island and learned that Roger’s crew had left two days earlier heading northeast, followed by an ordinary Marine warship.
• Roy traced their route toward an uncharted group of islands and ordered the Ark Maxim to pursue at full speed.
• Roy found wreckage from a Marine warship and, believing the crew was nearing Roger, spread his Observation Haki as Tesoro flew the Ark Maxim ahead.

Roy and the Roy Pirates arrived at the island where Whitebeard and Roger were already fighting, turning their duel between two crews into a three-way battle. Roy then flew toward Whitebeard and Roger’s battlefield, leaving his own opponents to his crew.

• Roy sensed Roger and Whitebeard fighting and brought the Ark Maxim to the island, where he and his companions unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki.
• Whitebeard and Roger continued their duel as their crews fought around them, while Roy and his companions’ Haki made the combatants wary.
• Roy ordered his crew to attack, and Bullet charged Gaban while Dracule Mihawk challenged Oden.
• Tesoro joined Rayleigh and Marco’s fight, Charon challenged Sambel, and Savi fought Jozu as the Roy Pirates engaged both crews.
• Whitebeard and Roger recognized Roy’s crew as the island erupted into a three-way battle, and Roy flew toward the two captains.

Roy entered the battle between Whitebeard and Roger, struck at both with his gravity-powered sword, then reflected their combined counterattack at the cost of severe mental backlash. As the island collapsed around them, Roy called on Bullet and Mihawk to join the fight against the two old pirates.

• Roy enveloped Whitebeard and Roger in a Gravity Domain and charged them with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated sword strike.
• Whitebeard and Roger combined Air Quake and Divine Departure to overwhelm Roy’s attack and send a devastating shockwave toward him.
• Roy used Command: Reverse to reflect the shockwave back at Whitebeard and Roger, forcing them to counter it with their own attacks.
• The renewed clash devastated the island, while reflecting the combined blow left Roy badly injured and nearly drained his mental power.
• Roy contacted Bullet and Mihawk and told them to join him against Whitebeard and Roger.

Roy, Bullet, and Hawk Eyes joined forces against Whitebeard and Roger, using coordinated attacks to challenge the two legends. As the battle intensified, Roy helped Bullet wound Whitebeard while Hawk Eyes continued to adapt to Roger’s overwhelming swordsmanship.

• Bullet and Hawk Eyes left their fights with Gaban and Kozuki Oden to join Roy against Whitebeard and Roger.
• Bullet attacked Whitebeard while Hawk Eyes struck at Roger, and Roy used a gravity singularity and mental assault to create openings.
• Whitebeard detonated Roy’s gravity singularity, while Roger broke free of Roy’s mental attack and clashed with Hawk Eyes’s slash.
• After all five fighters were blasted backward, Roy connected mentally with Bullet and Hawk Eyes, and the trio attacked again.
• Roy slowed Whitebeard’s movements long enough for Bullet to dodge Murakumogiri and claw three bloody gashes across Whitebeard’s chest.
• Hawk Eyes continued fighting Roger and began pushing beyond his limits as his swordsmanship and Conqueror’s Haki developed.