Chapter Summaries

Kazu escaped Loguetown before Garp arrived, leaving Aokiji to explain their battle and handle the aftermath. After returning to Foosha Village, Garp found Luffy and discovered he had eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit Shanks brought him.

• Kazu and his crew left Loguetown for the Grand Line while Aokiji arranged treatment for Smoker and the wounded Marines.
• Garp arrived in Loguetown, learned Kazu had already escaped, and left Aokiji to manage the cleanup.
• Aokiji departed Loguetown after Smoker's injuries stabilized, and Smoker vowed to train until he could arrest Kazu himself.
• Garp returned to Foosha Village and found Luffy hiding in the tavern.
• Garp punched Luffy, discovered his body stretched like rubber, and learned he had eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit Shanks brought him.

After Garp failed to talk Luffy out of becoming a pirate, he left him with Dadan on Mount Colubo. Meanwhile, Kazu’s crew sailed into the Grand Line, where Kazu read the new bounties for his crew and learned that Boa Hancock had defeated another pirate crew.

• Garp learned that Makino had joined Kazu’s crew, then spent a month trying to change Luffy’s mind about becoming a pirate.
• Garp left Luffy with Dadan, who ordered the boy to hunt for his own food.
• Kazu and his crew entered the Grand Line and endured its rapidly changing weather as they sailed toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Makino asked Kazu to buy more winter clothes at their next stop, and Kazu promised to get her whatever she wanted.
• Kazu read the newspaper and saw bounties of 1.53 billion Beli for himself, 115 million for Carlmand, 39 million for Behrens, and 1 million for Makino.
• Kazu read that Boa Hancock had led the Kuja Pirates to defeat Daedalus and the Spike Pirates.

Kazu’s crew encountered Marine Rear Admiral Petrov, who offered Kazu a place among the Shichibukai to keep him from opposing the Marines. Kazu refused and warned the Marines not to provoke him, leaving the crew to continue sailing freely.

• Behrens urged Kazu to train, but Kazu explained that sunbathing while collecting his idle rewards steadily strengthened him.
• Kazu’s ship met a Marine warship, and Rear Admiral Petrov came aboard to speak with him peacefully.
• Petrov invited Kazu to become a Shichibukai, citing his strength and record of not harming civilians.
• Kazu rejected the offer and told Petrov to warn Sengoku and the World Government to stop provoking him.
• Kazu used the Space-Space Fruit to teleport the Marine warship elsewhere, and Behrens, Carlmand, and Makino reacted to his decision.

After Kazu refused the World Government’s offer to join the Shichibukai, the Five Elders debated how to handle him and ordered the Marines to let him enter the New World. Sengoku relayed the directive to senior officers, whose reactions exposed their differing attitudes toward the decision.

• Petrov ordered his ship back to Marine Headquarters after Kazu transported the Marines away and refused the Shichibukai invitation.
• Sengoku accepted that Kazu would not join the Shichibukai, reasoning that the position offered him little benefit.
• The Five Elders discussed Kazu’s Space-Space Fruit and concluded that capturing him would be difficult, so they agreed to leave him alone and let him enter the New World.
• The Five Elders ordered the Marines to maintain stability across the Four Seas and not pursue Kazu.
• Sengoku summoned the Admirals and other senior officers, where Aokiji showed relief, Kizaru treated the order casually, and Akainu condemned it as cowardice.
• Sengoku reflected on the Marines’ dependence on World Government funding and on how the Ohara incident had affected Aokiji.

The Blond Hair Pirates reached the Grand Line and learned that a Celestial Dragon would soon visit the Sade Kingdom, prompting Kazu to plan an ambush. The crew waited near Sade Island for the Celestial Dragon’s cruise ship to arrive.

• Carlmand and Behrens went to enjoy the town while Kazu and Makino explored and heard that the king had raised taxes to fund a welcome for a Celestial Dragon.
• Kazu learned that the Celestial Dragon would arrive at Sade Island in three days and decided to intercept the visitor.
• Kazu and the others sailed to Sade Island, arriving a day before the Celestial Dragon’s planned visit.
• Kazu told Carlmand and Behrens to wait aboard and planned to destroy the Celestial Dragon’s cruise ship in front of the island’s civilians.

Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates intercepted Saint Nosman’s cruise ship, and Kazu destroyed it after Nosman ordered his agents to attack. The king and nobles at the port then panicked and turned on the king, leaving him unable to respond.

• Kazu guided his ship across Saint Nosman’s route while the king and nobles prepared to welcome the Celestial Dragon.
• Saint Nosman ordered his Cipher Pol agents to fire on Kazu’s ship, and Kazu’s crew raised the Blond Hair Pirates’ flag after the cannonballs missed.
• A Cipher Pol officer warned Saint Nosman about Kazu, but Saint Nosman shot him and ordered the agents to attack again.
• Kazu destroyed the incoming cannonballs with Space Collapse and annihilated Saint Nosman’s cruise ship with Triple Space Compression while Carlmand photographed the attack.
• Kazu planned to send the photographs to Morgans, while the king and nobles at the port mourned the destruction and blamed the king for inviting Saint Nosman.

After Kazu killed Saint Nosman, the World Government tried to cover up the death, but Morgans published evidence exposing its lies. While the Blond Hair Pirates lay low and trained, Kazu gained an iron balloon physique and wondered if people would call him Big Daddy.

• The Five Elders ordered witnesses from the Sade Kingdom silenced and spread a false account blaming Kazu for attacking Saint Nosman, while raising the Blond Hair Pirates’ bounties.
• Kazu sent Morgans a request and photographs, and Morgans published a story showing that the Blond Hair Pirates had killed Saint Nosman after Nosman attacked them.
• The Five Elders failed to force Morgans to retract his report and ordered the Navy to intensify its pursuit of the Blond Hair Pirates.
• Kazu kept the crew in hiding for several months while Carlmand and Behrens sparred and Makino trained.
• Kazu received and claimed the iron balloon physique, which greatly increased his strength and let his skin withstand a slash from Muramasa.
• Kazu tested his new durability and joked that people might call him Big Daddy, though he preferred having biological children to adopting sons.

The Blond Hair Pirates resumed their voyage and landed on Bird Island, where Kazu encountered Nico Robin. Robin told Kazu that she had come to find him, leaving her purpose to be revealed.

• Kazu decided that the Blond Hair Pirates would set sail again in three days after the Navy eased its search.
• Kazu led the crew to Bird Island and planned to rest and resupply before visiting Alabasta.
• Kazu and Makino went shopping while Carlmand and Behrens explored the island.
• Nico Robin approached Kazu and Makino, and Kazu recognized her as a survivor of Ohara.
• Kazu praised Ohara and condemned the World Government's destruction of it, strengthening Robin's regard for him.
• Robin told Kazu that she had come to find him, and Kazu invited her to explain.

Robin joined the Blond Hair Pirates as their archaeologist after Kazu promised to protect his crewmates. Once she settled in and met Carlmand and Behrens, Kazu ordered the crew to set sail for Alabasta.

• Robin asked to join the Blond Hair Pirates, and Kazu welcomed her after confirming she understood his rules about loyalty and protecting the crew.
• Kazu appointed Robin as the ship's archaeologist, and she accepted the role with the hope of one day studying the Poneglyphs.
• Makino took Robin shopping and helped her grow comfortable with her new surroundings over the next three days.
• Carlmand and Behrens returned to the ship, where Kazu introduced them to Robin as their new crewmate.
• Kazu told the crew to prepare to sail for Alabasta.

Kazu and his crew arrived in Alabasta, where Crocodile confronted them to protect his plans to find Pluton. Kazu met Crocodile’s attack with Muramasa, and the chapter ended as their weapons clashed.

• Carlmand gave up on winning Robin’s affection and returned to training with Behrens.
• Kazu and the crew explored Alabasta, bought local clothes, and held a desert barbecue banquet.
• Crocodile learned that the Blond Hair Pirates had arrived and decided to make them leave Alabasta or kill them.
• The next morning, Kazu took Robin and Makino outside town to meet Crocodile after they finished shopping.
• Crocodile attacked Kazu with his Haki-coated golden hook, and Kazu drew Muramasa to block the strike.

Kazu revealed his full strength and defeated Crocodile, leaving him alive in the desert before heading out with Makino and Robin. Elsewhere, Carlmand and Behrens fought members of Baroque Works, with Behrens defeating his opponent while Carlmand continued battling Daz Bones.

• Crocodile urged Kazu to leave Alabasta, but Kazu revealed he had been holding back and used Space Swap to appear in front of him.
• Kazu struck Crocodile across the chest with Muramasa and sent him crashing into a dune, then chose to leave him alive.
• Kazu returned to town with Makino and Robin to buy camels, while Robin wondered whether Crocodile would survive beneath the sand.
• Crocodile regained consciousness hours later, treated his wound with a cigar, and renewed his resolve to find Pluton.
• Carlmand and Behrens encountered Daz Bones and another Baroque Works member; Behrens shot his opponent down while Carlmand kept fighting Daz Bones alone.

Carlmand defeated Mr. 1 while Crocodile reconsidered how to deal with Kazu and his crew. As they crossed the desert, the crew rode Super Spot-Billed Ducks, Makino tried to help Robin grow closer to Kazu, and everyone stopped to roast birds before camping for the night.

• Carlmand fought Mr. 1 for half an hour and knocked him unconscious with an Armament Haki punch, then left with Behrens.
• Crocodile heard that Mr. 1 had failed to capture the Blond Hair Pirates and ordered his subordinates to make no further moves while he watched Kazu's plans.
• Kazu and his companions bought Super Spot-Billed Ducks and raced them across the desert on their way to the next town.
• Makino asked Robin whether she had considered getting closer to Kazu, and Robin admitted she did not know him well enough yet.
• Kazu, Carlmand, and Behrens found Heron Liars and roasted them, then Makino and Robin joined the meal before the crew camped for the night.

Makino told Kazu that she and Robin had agreed to share him, and Kazu happily accepted. After two days of travel, the group reached a town, where members of the Whitebeard-affiliated pirate crew spotted Kazu and Nico Robin and rushed to warn Captain Bagley.

• Makino told Kazu about her arrangement with Robin, and Kazu agreed happily.
• Makino sent Kazu to drink with Carlmand and Behrens while she shared a tent with Robin, who listened as Makino explained Kazu's principles.
• After two days of travel, Kazu, Makino, and Robin reached a town, where Carlmand and Behrens hurried ahead.
• Two pirates recognized Kazu and Nico Robin and reported their arrival to Captain Bagley.
• Bagley panicked when he learned that the Blond Hair Pirates had entered town with Kazu, a pirate whose bounty was two billion.

Kazu confronted Bagley, a pirate captain affiliated with the Whitebeard Pirates, and asked him to contact Whitebeard. Kazu sent Whitebeard a challenge on Her Navia’s behalf, and Bagley began relaying the message.

• Bagley ordered his crew to load their supplies and leave Alabasta quickly after learning the Blond Hair Pirates were nearby.
• Kazu left Robin and Makino in town and used the Space-Space Fruit to appear before Bagley and his men.
• Kazu asked Bagley whether he could contact the Moby Dick, and Bagley agreed to ask the flagship for Whitebeard’s location.
• Kazu told Bagley to tell Whitebeard that Her Navia had asked him to settle an old score from nearly twenty years earlier and that Whitebeard could not avoid the fight.
• Kazu released his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking most of Bagley’s men unconscious, and Bagley used his Den Den Mushi to contact the flagship.

Whitebeard learned that Her Kazi of the Blond Hair Pirates planned to challenge him and was carrying a message from Her Navia about an old debt. Recognizing Navia’s name, Whitebeard suspected a connection between her and Kazi and asked Marco to bring him Kazi’s wanted poster and recent information.

• Bagley called the Moby Dick and told Desenke that Her Kazi wanted Whitebeard’s location so he could challenge him.
• Desenke relayed the challenge to Whitebeard, and the commanders volunteered to confront the Blond Hair Pirates.
• Desenke told Whitebeard that Her Navia had sent Her Kazi to collect a debt from nearly twenty years earlier.
• Whitebeard recognized Navia’s name and recalled that she had left the Marines and disappeared after returning to Marine Headquarters.
• Whitebeard asked Marco to bring Kazu’s wanted poster and the latest information about him.

Whitebeard read the intelligence on Her Kazi and became convinced that Kazi was his son with Navia. He arranged a direct way for Kazi to contact him in the New World and looked forward to their meeting.

• Marco brought Whitebeard Her Kazi's bounty poster and intelligence, which described Kazi's fights with Shanks, Smoker, and Aokiji and his killing of Saint Nosman.
• Whitebeard decided Kazi resembled Navia and himself, and concluded that Navia had given birth to Kazi after becoming pregnant aboard the Moby Dick.
• Whitebeard imagined making amends to Navia and welcoming Kazi as his son, while the other Whitebeard Pirates wondered what had made Pops so happy.
• Whitebeard ordered Desenke to have Bagley give Kazi a Den Den Mushi connected directly to the Moby Dick, so Kazi could call when he reached the New World.
• Whitebeard told his sons to continue the party.

Kazu got Whitebeard’s contact information after Whitebeard accepted his challenge, then returned to Makino and Robin. He took them to a hotel to prove he was not as quick as they had joked, and Robin agreed to go inside with him.

• Whitebeard ordered Desenke to have Bagley relay his response to Kazu, and Bagley passed along Whitebeard’s words and a Den Den Mushi.
• Kazu praised Whitebeard’s courage, kept the Den Den Mushi, and left Bagley to deal with his unconscious subordinates.
• Kazu returned to Makino and Robin, startling Makino by appearing behind her and joking about how quickly he had finished his business.
• Robin misunderstood Kazu’s joke, prompting Makino to clarify what they meant.
• Kazu took Makino and Robin to a luxurious hotel, where Robin said she was ready to go inside with him.

Kazu spent over ten days in town with Robin and Makino while Robin recovered, and he enjoyed the time with both women. When Carlmand and Behrens asked whether they were leaving, Kazu challenged them about neglecting training, but Carlmand said they had maintained a regular schedule.

• Kazu booked a couples' room and a king room, then took Robin to the couples' room while Makino went to rest.
• Kazu and Robin spent hours together, and Robin fell asleep exhausted while Makino waited in the other room.
• Kazu ate with Makino and invited her to sleep beside him, and she stayed with him and Robin.
• Kazu kept the group in town for over ten days while Robin recovered, and Robin and Makino grew close.
• Carlmand and Behrens welcomed the extended stay and enjoyed the town's establishments while continuing to train.
• Carlmand asked if they were leaving that day, and Kazu accused him and Behrens of neglecting training before Carlmand described their routine.

Kazu and his companions reached Alubarna, where King Cobra prepared to negotiate with them rather than risk a battle. As Cobra led a thousand loyal guards to meet the pirates, Carlmand focused on finding the capital’s red-light district.

• Kazu and his companions traveled for seven days and reached the capital of Alabasta.
• Igaram warned Cobra that the Blond Hair Pirates were approaching Alubarna, and Cobra decided to meet Kazu and negotiate.
• Igaram assembled Pell, Chaka, the Claw Corps, and a thousand elite soldiers to accompany Cobra.
• Chaka proposed fighting the pirates outside the city, but Cobra ordered his guards not to attack unless he gave the signal.
• Kazu and his companions entered the prosperous capital, where Carlmand looked forward to exploring its red-light district.

Kazu met King Cobra in Alabasta and demanded one billion Beli as a token payment for the Blond Hair Pirates’ stay. Cobra welcomed the pirates and wanted them to avoid causing trouble, but he could not produce the money on short notice.

• Kazu stopped Carlmand and Behrens from leaving, saying Cobra would soon arrive and the pirates should meet him together.
• Cobra came with Pell and Chaka and formally welcomed Kazu and his crew to Alabasta.
• Kazu asked Cobra for one billion Beli to cover the pirates’ expenses while they enjoyed their stay.
• Chaka and Pell objected to the demand, while Cobra admitted he could not pay such a large sum immediately.
• Kazu was satisfied that Cobra’s inability to produce the money showed he cared for his people.