The world learns Doflamingo's resignation from the warlords in the daily news. Luffy threatens Doflamingo through the Transponder Snail to which the latter retaliates by stating he possesses something Luffy wants badly. Law explains his plan for the factory's destruction. During a meeting at Marine HQ, Buggy is shown to have become a Warlord during the time-skip. In order to deal with Doflamingo, Luffy, and Law, Akainu dispatches Fujitora. At Dressrosa, during a meeting with the top members of the Donquixote Pirates, Doflamingo is shown to have Ace's former Devil Fruit; the Flame-Flame Fruit.

The Straw Hat Pirates, Law, Kin'emon and Momonosuke arrive at Dressrosa. There they divide into three groups: Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, Kin'emon, and Franky head into town; Momonosuke, Chopper, Nami, and Brook protect the Sunny; and Law, Usopp and Robin deliver Caesar Clown. Group 1 goes to a restaurant where they see a blind man gambling with a great amount of wealth. Then, some of Doflamingo's men start to take advantage of his blindness and cheat him out of his money. The episode ends with him betting all his winnings.

Doflamingo's underlings take advantage of the old man's blindness to steal his earnings. Luffy intervenes by telling the him that he was deceived. Enraged, the thugs attack Luffy only to be defeated by the old man who uses a gravity-based power. Before he leaves, Luffy interrogates him about his identity to which, he replies that for their sake he should not reply. Meanwhile, Zoro's sword Shusui alongside other belongings are stolen by 'fairies'. Noticing the edge of the sword Zoro, Sanji, and Kin'emon go after the thief. During the pursuit, Kin'emon is separated from the group. While interrogating the leader of the thugs defeated earlier about the SMILE factory, Luffy and Franky are told about the Corrida Colosseum event. Luffy mistakes the grand prize for meat. At the opening ceremony, the Flame-Flame Fruit is introduced to the public. The old man is shown among the spectators. The news shocks Luffy.

As Zoro searches for his missing katana, Sanji finds himself face-to-face with a beautiful dancer named Violet who requires his services for a dire matter. Meanwhile, Luffy and Franky, in pursuit of the Flame-Flame Fruit, arrive at the Corrida Colosseum. As Luffy is about to sign up for the tournament, they encounter a strange, one-legged toy soldier.

Luffy signs up for the tournament, and Franky requests that Luffy not let anyone discover who he is, so after a near mishap, he becomes 'Lucy', registered with the '0556' number on the back of his shirt. Luffy and Franky get separated with Thunder Soldier looking at a board. Franky then asks Thunder Soldier about the Don Quixote family and a 'factory', much to Thunder Soldier's surprise. Meanwhile, Sanji is with Violet, wandering around Dressrosa. Luffy defeats Spartan after he tries to punch him several times, nearly getting disqualified, until a fighter named Sai explains that Spartan was the one who started the fight. Also, the Funk Brothers argue with Dagama, claiming he's 'forming alliances' in his block. The episode ends with Luffy searching for a new armor with Cavendish appearing, telling Lucy there is a weight limit.

The famous beautiful pirate Cavendish makes an entrance and proceeds to explain to Luffy the rules of entertainment in the Colosseum, the nature and appeal of bloodsport, his past as a world-shaking pirate and lastly his intent to kill The Worst Generation for stealing his spotlight two years ago. While Luffy stares in awe at a great stone statue of a warrior, a gladiator, Rebecca, arrives and explains to him the legend of Kyros the Undefeated who disappeared from battle for 20 years. The announcer then calls out that the Block A battle royale is over and a champion has been decided, a large man with a paper bag over his head. To the surprise of the entire Colosseum, the man removes the bag and reveals himself to be Jesus Burgess, the captain of the first ship of the Blackbeard Pirates. Meanwhile, the Thunder Soldier takes Franky to a private place so they can discuss Franky's "job". While the Marines notice that there are several competitors in the competition, the blind man is revealed to be Admiral Fujitora. Just then, Luffy is confronted by Bellamy.

The Caesar handover team learn about Green Bit, Law is perplexed on why the citizens are so calm despite Doflamingo stepping down as king. They are then shocked to discover that agents from Cipher Pol Aegis 0, who are even more dangerous than CP9, are in Dressrosa. On the Sunny, the four who are watching the ship hear noises from inside.

The Block B battle begins. Bartolomeo is heckled by the crowd as he enters the colosseum. He responds by throwing a fake bomb into the stands. Cavendish tells Luffy about the competitors and reveals that he's hoping some of the Worst Generation enter the tournament so he can kill them. Meanwhile, Bellamy defeats a number of competitors in quick succession, only to be targeted by an alliance formed by Dagama in order to protect King Elizabello II. Luffy and Cavendish are approached by Chin Jao who asks how Garp is doing, inadvertently revealing Luffy's true identity to Cavendish.

Seeing that his true identity is exposed, Luffy tries to defend himself from Chin Jao's devastating headbutts and Cavendish's irrational hatred while trying in vain to convince them he's "Lucy". Luckily, Chin Jao's grandsons manage to intervene and halt Chin Jao's rampage before he gets disqualified. They convinced him that they should focus on the "real prize" and that since Luffy is in Block C, they can kill him in the ring without repercussions. Cavendish, however, intends to kill Luffy before the match and proceeds to hunt down Luffy, who escaped the fight and is hiding outside, hanging underneath the stands window. At the Battle Royale, only 30 combatants remain in the ring with the numbers being further reduced with the defeat of the captain of Dressrosa's Royal Guard, Tank Lepanto by former bounty hunters, Abdullah and Jeet who are in turn defeated by Bellamy. However, much to everyone's disgust, Bartolomeo proceeds to urinate in the water in front of the audience. Fish-man Hack sees this as a vulgar display and attacks him from behind, but somehow his attack was nullified and his arm broken and bleeding while Bartolomeo remains unscathed, leaving everyone who witnessed this shocked and confused at what happened.

With Hack defeated and the remaining fighters reduced to 24, the battle royale is nearly over. Bellamy faces off Bartolomeo while at the same time Blue Gilly defeats Ricky. The bribed fighters protecting Elizabello II guard themselves from Blue Gilly's assault but were backstabbed by Dagama who revealed that Blue Gilly was his partner, but Dagama secretly plans to betray Blue Gilly. However, the long-legged martial artist never trusted the tactical schemer and quickly knocks him out of the ring. Bellamy is currently struggling against Bartolomeo while at the same time, Elizabello II is cornered but is fully prepared to unleash his devastating punch. The audience heard of the fighting king's reputation and proceeds to get out of the way of his punch. When Blue Gilly moves in for the kill, the king delivers the punch at point blank, creating a destructive shockwave throughout the ring. When the smoke cleared, Elizabello II and Bartolomeo were the only ones standing with the latter revealing his Bari-Bari Fruit which allows him to create barriers by crossing his fingers and the former being defeated by that power. Bartolomeo is now the champion of the Block B battle royale. Meanwhile, Franky is informed by Thunder Soldier that he too is part of an operation to destroy the SMILE factory but needs the cyborg's help in rescuing the workers held prisoner there. The toy soldier then prepares to tell Franky the history of Dressrosa.

The episode starts with a previous flashback of the Block B match, depictions including the King Punch and Bartolomeo's victory, much to the resentment of the crowd. Luffy is seen still hanging, and slingshots his way into the building after watching Bartolomeo win. He walks to the main entrance where the injured fighters are being carried off. He converses with an injured Bellamy, who acknowledges Luffy's strength and use of Haki. When he calls Luffy "Straw Hat", Bartolomeo hears this and is shocked. Later, it is announced that the Block C match is about to start. The scene changes to Trafalgar Law and his group, who are about to cross the bridge. They are attacked by a school of Fighting fish but manages to get to Green Bit safely. Law is revealed to have Caesar's heart, the latter who is freed of his bonds for help. They also witness strange voices at a point on the bridge. Green Bit is shown to be a dense jungle. The plot shifts to Sanji's location, where he and Violet arrives at the next town. Sanji attacks some thugs in a warehouse and disposes of them easily. When the two recent lovebirds share a moment, Violet cuffs Sanji and is revealed to know Sanji's true identity as Black Leg, much to Sanji's astonishment.

Upon their arrival to Green Bit, the group discovers a Marine ship that crashed and believed that the Marines had landed on the island. With fourteen minutes left before the exchange, Robin and Usopp begin to scout the island as Law takes Caesar to the meeting point. As they explore, Robin and Usopp discover a squad of Marines who are getting attacked by the forest's inhabitants, losing all of their belongings. As soon as the Marines fled, Robin uses her Devil Fruit power to capture the fast and seemingly invisible thieves. Usopp asks her what she has caught, and she tells him that she believes they are dwarves. Meanwhile at Acacia, Zoro has captured his sword thief, a dwarf named Wicca, who berated herself for being caught and when Zoro calls her a thief she defends herself by explaining that the dwarves take items as presents for nurturing Dressrosa's greenery, though Zoro points out that it's still stealing. Because the fall sprained her ankle, she begged Zoro to take her to the flower field to deliver a report that the Donquixote family is planning to attack the Straw Hats ship. Zoro has no choice but to take her with him due to his horrible sense of direction. With Violet revealing her true self, Sanji was seen beaten and bloodied before Violet who was actually an assassin sent to interrogate him about Law's plan. Her Glare-Glare Fruit power allows her to look into Sanji's mind for the truth, only to recoil from seeing Sanji's perverted mind. Sanji, who was barely conscious, told her that he never doubted her tears, leaving her genuinely shocked, brought to tears by his honesty.

Robin finds herself captured by dwarves after they knocked her and Usopp unconscious. When Robin awakens, she is unable to move due to the dwarf Leo using his Stitch-Stitch powers to sew her to the ground. When she tells them that she will not harm them, the dwarves released her leaving her baffled at them being so trusting. With Sanji, who's barely conscious, tells Violet that he never doubted her tears, leaving her genuinely shocked. Before her subordinates could kill Sanji, she quickly defeated them and proceeded to warn Sanji of the grand deception Doflamingo and the World Government pulled. At the colosseum, the C block battle royale has started, and Luffy is excited to win this for the prize. At the exchange site, Law received a call from Sanji, who attempts to warn Law about something he just heard from Violet.

While evading members of the Donquixote family with Violet, Sanji contacts Law via the Transponder Snail to tell him that Doflamingo didn't resigned from the Warlords and tells Law to leave Green Bit. However, it is too late as the Marines, Fujitora, and Doflamingo get to the exchange point as well. Back at the Colosseum, the next rounds begins but Luffy struggles to hide his powers.

Admiral Fujitora and Donquixote Doflamingo prepare to fight Trafalgar Law, who is trying to stall them long enough for the Straw Hats to accomplish their missions. Fujitora demonstrates his Devil Fruit powers over gravity by summoning a meteor. Violet splits up from Sanji, who reunites with Kin'emon. Franky gets a call from Sanji complaining about letting Luffy enter the Corrida Colosseum tournament. In the Colosseum, Luffy tames the Fighting Bull. Usopp and Robin learn from the dwarves that Montblanc Noland came to their island in the past and is considered a hero by them. Usopp lies to the dwarves that he is a descendant of Noland, only for them to ask for his help in defeating the Donquixote Pirates.

The Straw Hats onboard the Thousand Sunny find themselves in a predicament as they were under attack by the Doflamingo Family led by Giolla who transformed the crew as well as the ship into abstract art with her Art-Art Fruit powers. Giolla reveals that their goal is to capture Momonosuke and since the ship is deformed the Straw Hats have no way of leaving Dressrosa. In the Colosseum, Bellamy receives a second chance to earn Doflamingo's favor by assassinating Luffy. Ricky refuses to be treated with the injured but gives in when he meets Rebecca who he seems to remember as a child. Luffy is becoming a crowd favorite when he tamed Fighting Bull and is riding the beast all around the ring. Unfortunately, they bumped into Hajrudin, a giant from Elbaf who proceeds to crush Lucy as well as the Bull. Though Luffy was unharmed his new friend wasn't and with anger, Luffy delivered a Haki infused punch on the giant's face, knocking him out of the tournament.

The battle royale heats up as more fighters continue to drop one after another and the strongest and most infamous fighters begin to face each other. The standouts among the remaining infamous fighters include "Destruction Cannon" Ideo, Jean "The Bandit" Ango, the Funk Brothers Kelly and Bobby, the Flower Country's Hasshoken masters and naval warriors Chinjao, Sai and Boo, and finally Lucy, who is becoming a popular underdog. The audience and commentator Gatz are a mixture of shock and awe by the power and brutality of each fighter's signature skills and techniques, and the question on everybody's mind is which one of these powerhouses will come out on top and earn the right to challenge the other three champions for the Flame-Flame Fruit.

The competition at Block C of the Corrida Colosseum is winding down as Lucy squares off against Jean the Bandit to get back his helmet, while others like Kelly Funk, Chinjao, and Ideo start to easily take out other competitors. After Jean tries to throw stolen weapons at Lucy, only to hit Chinjao instead, resulting in the latter to knock Jean out. Kelly Funk uses his Jacket-Jacket fruit power to let his brother Booby Funk to wear him, letting Kelly to control Bobby's strength to beat Boo, but is easily defeated by Sai who prepares to face off against Ideo. Outside of Dressrosa, the Straw Hat Pirates are still dealing with Giolla and the Donquixote Pirates and back in the Colosseum, the final two of Block C is revealed to be Lucy and Chinjao, who both clash with Conqueror's Haki.

In the Colosseum, Chinjao told Luffy that the King of the Pirates is one who conquers all the conquerors in the New World. He then started crying over his lack of memories of what Garp did to him and demanded an answer from Luffy who knew nothing about it. Outside in the streets, Sanji and Kin'emon are watching Luffy's fight while observing in disguise the numerous marines surrounding the colosseum waiting to arrest any criminal that exits the stadium. However, not a single loser of the battle royales came out, confusing even the present vice admiral Bastille over what's happening inside. Elsewhere, Thunder Soldier explains that ten years ago when Doflamingo took over the island, he imposed a strict curfew between humans and toys. Confused, Franky asks why would he separate them like that until the toy soldier reveals that every toy in the island were once humans who became forgotten to their loved ones and that Doflamingo brought a Devil Fruit user that caused those transformations. At Green Bit, Trafalgar Law is barely holding his defense against Issho and Doflamingo's assault. Their battle is felt shaking the Tontatta Kingdom while the dwarves believed it to be Usopp's Haki. When Usopp questions their war with Doflamingo, the dwarves thought it was a joke and explains that 500 of their people including their princess are held as slaves in Doflamingo's dark factory and their goal is to rescue them and destroy the factory revealed to be hidden in the Corrida Colosseum basement, right underneath Luffy's feet.

Usopp, Robin and their dwarf allies are preparing for battle with the Donquixote Pirates to rescue their 500 captured comrades. As they leave, Gancho reveals to the two that the dwarves' past with Dressrosa began over 900 years ago. Meanwhile in Dressrosa, there exists a field of sunflowers and below the field, Thunder Soldier and Franky are rallying several toys. It is revealed that they are in an alliance with the dwarves. Franky also discovers that Zoro is there as well and that he is watching the C block battle royale fight between Luffy and Chinjao. Back at the Sunny, Nami is fending off Giolla but finds her Clima-Tact turned into a yet another piece of art as Giolla reveals that she ate the Art-Art Fruit and became an art human. At Green Bit, the fight between Doflamingo and Law is still going on with Law being barely able to keep up with Doflamingo's might. Back at the Corrida Colosseum, Jesus Burgess approaches Bartolomeo and Cavendish, wondering who "the little runt" is.

Luffy's battle with Chinjao rages forward as they both use Busoshoku Haki in the ongoing fight. During the match, Chinjao explains and then occurs a flashback when his head was functioning like a powerful drill. After some time, he lost a duel against Garp and had his drill suppressed in his head, which eventually was the main factor towards losing his fame, money and power. After the flashback, Luffy and Chinjao prepared for their final showdown when the latter mocks Ace's death. At the ending, Luffy delivers a punch imbued with Busoshoku Haki towards Chinjao's head, which brings back his drill-shaped head back. Chinjao falls unconscious and breaks the platform into two as a result of his drill coming back. Lucy is declared as winner of Block C.

As Luffy leaves the ring after winning Block C of the tournament, he is attacked by Cavendish. Bartolomeo reveals he's a big admirer of Luffy ever since the events in Logue Town and have been following the Straw Hats exploits ever since. Meanwhile Chinjao attempts to thank Luffy for restoring his head. Luffy escapes and is found by Rebecca, who buys him food. As they hide, Luffy overhears Jesus Burgess talking to his captain, Blackbeard, and tells the Emperor that he will not let him have Ace's devil fruit. As Rebecca and Luffy talk, she reveals some of her past.

This episode shows the flashback of Rebecca's past of when she was little while she is walking towards the stage of the colosseum for the battle between Block D. Her mother dies when Rebecca says that she is hungry, for not eating for two days because of escaping from the people hunting down for former nobilities. She leaves Rebecca in an area, saying that she will be back with food. Unfortunately, her mother was discovered by the hunters and was killed. The soldier carries her mom back, saying that even though he couldn't protect her mother, he will protect Rebecca forever until he meets his death. The rest of the episode shows how Rebecca is protected for the next few years after her mother's death. At the end, it goes back to the present when Rebecca walks onto the stage and is booed by the audience. Lucy gets angry and says that she is a nice person, and one of the prisoners reply saying that everyone despises her because of her grandfather, the former King who destroyed the country many years ago.

At the Corrida Colosseum, the crowd continues to taunt Rebecca until Cavendish shouts at them to stop their shameful jeers. Rebecca thanks him but he reminds her that in the ring, they are enemies. When the gong rings, the Battle Royale officially starts. Meanwhile, Law continues to struggle with Doflamingo and Fujitora and is swiftly defeated while Doflamingo decides to tell Law more about himself. At the Flower Field secret base, Leo and Thunder Soldier deliver their speech to the assembled army to prepare for the upcoming battle. Meanwhile in Dressrosa, Zoro is trying to find his way to Nami but runs into Kin'emon and Sanji, who were on their way to inform Luffy of the situation. Violet then shows up in disguise and informs them of their ship being already taken towards Green Bit. At the Colosseum, Rebecca is ganged up by five warriors but defeats all of them while tossing them out of the ring declaring she'll win the Flame-Flame Fruit and kill Doflamingo.

At Green Bit, Doflamingo reveals a bit of history that the 19 of the twenty kings who united to form the World Government moved to live in Mariejois with their families, leaving their old countries to elect new royalty. He then reveals to a defeated Law that the royal family that ruled Dressrosa before the Riku family was none other than the Donquixote Family. Meanwhile, Zoro and Kin'emon stand outside the Colosseum, after talking to Sanji and discussing their plan. Sanji decides to go save Nami, gives Kin'emon the map to the toy house, and leaves with Violet to find their ship. Meanwhile, Zoro and Kin'emon are looking for a way to enter the Corrida Colosseum while trying not to draw any attention to themselves. However, they've already been spotted by Bartolomeo, who gushes over seeing one of his idols, Zoro; he goes on to think about the man he considers the first mate of the crew, due to his deeds in Whiskey Peak and Enies Lobby. On the deformed Thousand Sunny, Brook is apparently aiding Giolla in making abstract art whilst subduing Nami, Chopper and Momonosuke. However, Brook tricks Giolla to returning his sword back to normal and swiftly defeats her. With Giolla defeated, her spell is broken and everyone including the ship are returned to normal. However, she transforms herself into art called "Heaven's Door Art" to take them down. However, once Nami uses the Gaon Cannon it defeats her and leaves her incapacitated on the ship after Momonosuke hits her with a bat.

In the Corrida Colosseum, Block D is continuing as Cavendish fights against Gardoa and defeats him. Meanwhile, Mummy, Orlumbus, Cavendish, Meadows, Fighting Lion, Damask, Rolling Logan, Acilia, and Suleiman are introduced as they fight while Rebecca is being ganged up by various other fighters. At Green Bit, Doflamingo confirms his status as a former World Noble, having ceased being one a long time ago. Law manages to escape Fujitora's gravity and makes a run for it with Caesar, with a plan of sending him to the Straw Hat Pirates' ship and stalling Doflamingo on the bridge to Dressrosa. Doflamingo, however, sees through his plan and moves to attack the ship, but Sanji intercepts him at the last minute.

Sanji put up a valiant fight but was ultimately defeated by Doflamingo. Before Doflamingo could deliver the killing blow, Sanji was saved by Law who teleported themselves back to the Thousand Sunny. With Caesar Clown back in their control, Law ordered the Straw Hats to head to Zou immediately. Though the Straw Hats were reluctant in leaving their remaining friends behind, they were forced to agree when they were assaulted by a flying Marine battleship, courtesy of Fujitora, and another one of Doflamingo's string whips, but not before Sanji questions Law on why he's so fixated on Doflamingo when their true objective is to defeat Kaido. Law reveals that Doflamingo cannot pursue them in cloudless areas with his String-String Fruit and advises them to find one fast. Once the Straw Hats escaped with Caesar Clown and the Marines heading to Dressrosa, the two Warlords have a showdown on the iron bridge. Law told his former leader that he is ending the alliance with the Straw Hats because once they stop the production of SMILE, Kaido will wipe out Doflamingo. Law also reveals his goal was to make Doflamingo pay for what he did 13 years ago, even if it cost him his life.

Trafalgar Law and Donquixote Doflamingo begin their duel with a bang on the iron bridge while the fleeing Straw Hats are already on their way to Zou. On the ship, Momonosuke talks about how he was traumatized by Doflamingo's cruelty and was afraid of what he might do to Kanjuro. Meanwhile on Dressrosa, Violet is seen heading towards the palace on her toy steed. Zoro and Kin'emon are with Bartolomeo who agrees to find Luffy for them only if Zoro gives him an autograph. At the battle royale, Rebecca is knocking out fighters by tripping them out of the ring without injuring a single one until Rolling Logan confronts her.

Bartolomeo searches for Luffy while he stumbles upon the infirmary with the losers of Block C. Inside the Colosseum, Sai is being treated along with all of the other injured fighters who never knew Sai was secretly dropped into an underground chamber where all the tournament dropouts and "diseased" toys were thrown. Everyone there has no clue what Doflamingo plans on doing with them. In the Corrida Colosseum, the crowd accuses Rebecca of running around and avoiding the fight, while Rolling Logan is chasing her, knocking out other contestants in the process. Rebecca is fighting Rolling Logan while the latter tries to break her bones. He eventually grabs her and starts to squeeze her till Acilia shows up to save her and Rebecca manages to overpower Logan and has him fall out of the ring. Acilia then teams up with Rebecca to ensure her chance to reach the finals. Meanwhile, Luffy tries to get a better view of the screen while discussing the dark nature of Dressrosa with the prisoner-gladiators, when all of a sudden he encounters Bartolomeo.

After some conversation, Ricky reveals himself to be Riku Dold III, the former king of Dressrosa and Rebecca's grandfather. Many of the fighters in the holding cell show their respect to the former king, and Doflamingo's role as an agitator and arms dealer in inter-kingdom conflict is discussed. Suddenly, a thread of goo from the ceiling snares Sai and drags him up a tunnel, where Trébol, by unseen means, turns him into a toy and releases him out into the public. In the Flower Fields, Gancho reveals to Usopp, Robin, and Franky the cruelty of the Donquixote Family from 900 years ago, and how the Dwarves were slaved up until the rise of the Riku Family. The dwarfs all agree that Doflamingo's presence is a terrible thing for the country, and that an incident framed King Doldo III as a villain so he is undeservedly hated by Dressrosa today. Finally, the Thunder Soldier reveals that he is Rebecca's father.

While the fight for block D continues, Thunder Soldier explains to the Straw Hat Pirates how King Riku lost the throne and respect of Dressrosa. Ten years ago Doflamingo appeared in the king's chambers, asking for a 10 billion Beli ransom, in order to leave the country alone. Riku sent his soldiers to ask of the citizens' money, but while they were willingly trying to help their king, Doflamingo controlled Riku and his soldiers with his ability, and made them attack their own people against their will. In the shadows, Doflamingo and his crew are waiting for the right moment to interfere and act as a saving hero in the eyes of Dressrosa's confused citizens.

While Doflamingo continues to control Riku Dold III, his subordinates manage to take control of the castle with the help of Monet, who was at the time undercover as a servant and also took princess Viola hostage. With the people's trust in him in tatters, and his spirit broken, King Riku begs for death. Then, Doflamingo appears with his strongest subordinates and defeats the king and his army, setting the grounds for his takeover of the island. After telling the Straw Hat Pirates of the tragedies of the past, Thunder Soldier explains that the king is still alive since Viola pledged her service to Doflamingo in exchange for the King's life. He, also, explained that although the toys of Dressrosa were once people who despised Doflamingo, they still remember who they were, but not each other and that the drive for revolution is still in them. Thunder Soldier also explains that the reason for their rebellion was the news of Doflamingo resignation was false, shocking Usopp, Robin and Franky, who realize they unintentionally caused the rebellion. In the underground chamber, almost all of the fighters were transformed except for Riku and Chinjao, with the latter having mysteriously forgotten that he had grandchildren. In the colosseum, Luffy meets up with Zoro and Kin'emon with the help of Bartolomeo, although he was nowhere to be seen.

As Luffy talks with Zoro and Kinemon, Bellamy begins approaching Luffy, saying he finally found him. Bellamy is about to attack Luffy but begins having second thoughts. Just then, Dellinger interrupts him, claiming he has orders from Doflamingo to dispose of him, since Bellamy is considered a nuisance. At the iron bridge, Law and Doflamingo continue their fight, with the latter having the upper hand. Diamante calls to inform his captain about Violet's betrayal, which Doflamingo had already figured out. He orders Diamante to send Lao G at the entrance of the factory to prevent the Straw Hat Pirates from destroying it, and handle the crowd's entertainment by himself. The Marines see through Zoro's disguise and suspect that Lucy is in fact Straw-Hat Luffy. However, they seem to have no memory of the fighters that have been turned into toys. The Straw Hat Pirates have a meeting via the Transponder Snail and share their knowledge so far. Sanji and his team decide to head back to Dressrosa and Franky asks permission to assist the Riku army's revolution, to which Luffy urges him to go all out. While Admiral Fujitora arrives at the shores of Dressrosa, there is a big ruckus in the city, with explosions and buildings being cut in half. Doflamingo has Law beaten on the ground in front of the Colosseum. He then takes out a pistol and shoots Law three times.

Doflamingo lies to the shocked citizens that witnessed him shooting Law, telling them that Law was actually responsible for the morning's fake news about Doflamingo leaving the throne. When asked by Luffy what he is doing with his ally, Doflamingo responds that Law was originally his subordinate and that it was his responsibility to "educate" him. Zoro and Kin'emon attempt to save Law but, before the Marines make a move to stop them, Admiral Fujitora appears, blocks Zoro's sword and sends him underground, using his ability. Luffy tries to help, but is blocked by the Colosseum's bars, which are made of Sea Prism Stone. The rest of the crew, who were listening to the events, are shocked to learn that Doflamingo has an admiral on his side. Fujitora and Doflamingo pick up Law and head for the palace, in order to finish their conversation. Zoro tells Luffy to find a way out, as they try to outrun the Marines. At that point, Sanji's group is attacked by what appears to be a singing ship, which belongs to Big Mom. On the ship are Tamago and Pekoms, who reveal that their goal is Caesar Clown. Caesar believes they want to kill him because he stole research funds from Big Mom. The Straw Hats realize they have to keep their new enemies away from Dressrosa if they want to destroy the factory. Luffy gives the order for the Sunny to head to Zou, Sanji asks permission to return fire to the Emperor's ship with Luffy granting it as he already picked a fight with her, and Franky leads the way for the factory destruction team. Finally, Luffy states in anger that they will head to the palace to save Law and defeat Doflamingo. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure enters the Colosseum.

Dellinger continues attacking Bellamy until Bartolomeo saves him, before Dellinger is called by Diamante to guard the Toy House. Thunder Soldier explains "Operation: SOP", and how there's an underground trading port where Sugar (the one who makes people into toys with her Hobby-Hobby Fruit powers) is hiding. As Luffy is looking for the colosseum's exit, he runs into Bartolomeo and Bellamy, and are shortly approached by a mysterious figure. The figure claims he will be the one to eat the Flame-Flame Fruit. Luffy is then seen shock and then tearfully hugs the figure and agrees to let him have Ace's fruit. The figure dons Luffys disguise so the latter may fight in the colosseum. Bellamy leads Luffy to an exit as Luffy, Kin'emon, and Zoro head to the Flower Field in disguises.

At the Flower Field, the dwarf army and the Straw Hats begin to move out, with Franky taking the front entrance via the toy house while the rest of the army take the secret tunnel that leads to the harbor. Franky, remembering Luffy's orders to go all out went and created a huge ruckus in front of the toy house grabbing the attention of every officer in the Donquixote Pirates. In the ensuing chaos, Senor Pink who was guarding the entrance prepares to face Franky. In the tunnel, the dwarves explain to Usopp the size of the Donquixote Family and the identities and strengths of the officers who are running the operations. As they reach the end of the tunnel, the army find themselves directly underneath the palace plateau where the huge harbor is located. Unnoticed by anyone, the army prepares to find their target, Sugar who is guarded by Trébol himself.

The colosseum D block battle is almost over with nearly 30 fighters remaining with Rebecca among them. At the Hidden Harbor, Usopp learned from the dwarves that Thunder Soldier left the group in order to assassinate Doflamingo at his palace, leaving Usopp in command of the army much to his disbelief. Though they were nearly caught by some soldiers the dwarves easily subdued them and their clothes were given to Usopp and Robin for disguise. Near the Harbor elevator, many soldiers were rushing towards the elevator to see the battle between Franky and Senor Pink, unaware that Thunder Soldier and a few dwarves were hiding inside a crate in the lift. Seeing no other way, Thunder Soldier assaults the soldiers in order to hijack the lift. During battle, he recalls his training of Rebecca to teach her battle instinct. He then declares his goal to restore Dressrosa to King Riku's rule. At the colosseum, an unexplained event caused every fighter in the arena to fall unconscious one after another. Before anyone could speculate what happened, an unidentified fighter is seen getting up in the arena.

As the dust clears, the last fighter standing turns out to be Rebecca making her the winner much to the dissatisfaction of the announcer and the crowd. Speculations of Rebecca cheating were thrown throughout the crowd, but Rebecca was the only one who saw what really happened. During the fight, Rebecca saw Cavendish fall asleep in the middle of the battle. Before the other fighters would capitalize on their sleeping target, Cavendish promptly woke up with a sinister face that promised torment for his enemies. In that instant, Cavendish moved like the wind, cutting down every fighter in his way. Rebecca however saw this and barely manages to avoid a fatal strike from Cavendish, who then fell asleep again. Outside, Vice Admiral Bastille finished explaining to an officer about what happened in the colosseum as this was the work of not Cavendish, but his alter ego Hakuba, a dangerous man who eluded the marines years ago for his dangerous technique. At the Palace, Doflamingo is standing before King Riku who is chained up. Doflamingo gloated that Viola's hope of the Straw Hats defeating him and freeing Law is worthless, as he had full confidence that his men will prevent them from breaching his operations and believes that Luffy is still trapped in the colosseum. At that moment, Robin and Usopp have successfully infiltrated the basement harbor, and Luffy's group ran into Viola who wants to help them in entering the palace.

In the Colosseum, Rebecca finds Lucy to tell him she is in the finals too, but notices that Lucy is different than she remembers. Diamante is also announced to be fighting in the next match. Meanwhile, at the palace, Viola shows Luffy's group a secret emergency lift that was kept hidden even from Doflamingo. Though stairs were also available, the group prefer to take the lift up with Luffy acting as counterweight. The battle at the Toy House rages on as Franky launches rockets at Senor Pink who, instead of using his Swim-Swim Fruit power which allows him to swim through the floor and walls, he takes a missile on the face, in order to protect Machvise who was unable to move. He then gets up and tries to flatten Franky with a body slam but misses. Before the fight could continue, the Marines show up surrounding the Toy House with the intent to arrest Franky. In the Palace, Fujitora reveals that his intention is to abolish the Warlord system. Doflamingo takes this as a threat and attacks him, but Fujitora says that his orders in defending the country from the Straw Hats still stand and once he deals with them, he will turn his attention towards Doflamingo. Back to the Colosseum, the final battle for the Flame-Flame Fruit is about to begin with a new battle platform and the first to step out is Lucy.

The contenders of the final round, Burgess, Bartolomeo, Lucy, Rebecca, and Diamante make their way in the colosseum. When some of the losers from Block D attempts to attack Rebecca, Diamante stops them while demonstrating his Ripple-Ripple Fruit powers, which allows him to make his body and objects flutter like a flag, allowing him to reshape them. The final round begins as Lucy tries to find the Fighting Fish with the Flame-Flame Fruit. Meanwhile, Luffy, Zoro, Kin'emon, and Viola try to sneak into the Rampart Tower, in which Luffy merely breaks the front gates open and charges through many guards. After hearing the report that Straw Hat and his allies were in the tower, Doflamingo questions why Luffy is there when he should be in the colosseum.

Luffy, Zoro, and Viola make their way up the castle, while Kin'emon and Wicca go down to the Toy House. The three encounter Pica, who fights them using his Stone-Stone powers to assimilate into the palace. At the Toy House, the Marines keep trying to attack Franky, who still prevails in the fight. Cavendish is dropped into the trading port where he's immobilized by slime made Trebol's Sticky-Sticky Fruit power and changed into a toy by Sugar. Usopp, Robin, and the dwarves make it to Sugar's chamber as Leo reveals his Tatababasco fruit, which they'll use to poison and knout out Sugar. Leo makes his speech about how all the toys will turn back to normal after she's defeated, the dwarves cheering in excitement as Usopp tries to silence them.

Leo prepares to plant the Tatababasco grape in Sugar's bowl but is stopped by Robin after she sees how dangerous Trébol is. In the Colosseum, Jesus Burgess earned the ire of the audience when he indiscriminately attacked the crowd while fighting the boss fighting fish. The fighting fish with the prize tried to attack Rebecca but missed and Lucy managed to get on top of the beast. Diamante moved to attack Lucy but broke his sword against the latter's pipe in the process. Jesus tried his turn to attack but Lucy intercepted and destroyed his elbow guard, with Diamante noticing the change in Lucy's fighting style. Inside the harbor lift, Lao G has stumbled upon Thunder Soldier's squad and proceeds to prevent them from reaching Doflamingo. Inside the palace Kin'emon decides to disguise himself to elude the Donquixote Family members while Zoro has Luffy and Viola move on while he fights Pica.

Zoro's battle with Pica continues as Luffy and Viola move forward. Meanwhile, the tower elevator makes it to the palace first floor as Lao G continues to attack Thunder Soldier. After Robin lures Trebol out of the Officer Tower, Leo runs in and throws the Tatababasco in Sugar's bowl, only for her to see through its trick and toss it away. The dwarves charge in attempt to attack her, but she transforms them into toys. Sugar then calls Trebol and warns him of the attack, so Trebol catches a ship with his powers and tosses it to break open the tower.

The destruction caused by Trébol was enough to bring the attempted attack on Sugar to a stop as the dwarves were rounded up and interrogated. The dwarves however were betrayed by their naivety and revealed Usoland to them, allowing Trébol to ignite the slime they were caught in. Leo survives and lands near Usopp and Robin who evaded capture. Leo weakly told Usopp that their plan must succeed for the sake of their captain. At the Palace, Thunder Soldier was brutally kicked out of the lift by Lao G and has a flashback of his fight with Rebecca over the false news of Doflamingo's resignation. At the Colosseum, Rebecca lies beaten by Diamante who taunts her over the death of her mother. Seeing this, Lucy tells Bartolomeo to protect Rebecca. Thunder Soldier was later saved by his dwarf squad from Lao G, and the survivors told him that he must press on. Usopp was skeptical that they would put all their faith on a simple toy soldier, but Leo reveals that Thunder Soldier was the first to be turned into a toy and not given a contract. It is why he leads the resistance and that his human identity was the legendary gladiator, Kyros.

While Thunder Soldier, Cub, and Rampo progress through the castle, they encounter and battle Gladius. When Soldier attempts to get away, Gladius catches and prepares to blow him up with his Pop-Pop fruit powers, but Soldier is rescued by Luffy. Luffy, Viola, and Soldier run away and make it to the Suit Chamber, watching Doflamingo demand information from Law. In the trading port, Leo and his dwarves try once again to poison Sugar, but Trebol stops them, and Sugar has her toys attack them further. Robin subdues the two so Leo can poison Sugar, but Sugar turns Robin into a toy by touching the latter's arm.

Usopp attempts to escape from the trading port after the dwarves' defeat. Leo and his comrades keep trying to tell Trebol that Usoland will save them, their speech transmitted across the port via Transponder Snail. Trebol merely mocks the dwarves and begins stomping them, but eventually, Usopp returns and yells at the dwarves. He tells them he's no hero and he really was lying, for he's the sniper of the Straw Hats, Usopp. He finally decides to fight for them as he launches a Shuriken Star that cuts Trebol to pieces.

While Usopp faces Trebol, the Thunder Soldier recalls his time as Kyros. He was arrested after killing some thugs who murdered his best friend. After much time as a gladiator, Kyros chooses to stay even after winning his freedom, due to the citizens' hatred of him and the traumatic guilt of his act of murder, until his 3000th fight against a disguised King Riku who convinces him to be free. Kyros manages to become King Riku's captain of his guard despite objections from the latter eldest daughter Scarlett, who at first isn't fond of Kryos but falls in love with him after he saves her from pirates. Kyros and Scarlett later marry after her family helps her fake her death (as to avoid a scandal of a princess marrying a former criminal) and together conceive Rebecca. As they have a happy life together as a family, Doflamingo ruins it as he attempts to take over Dressrosa that night 10 years ago.

Ten years ago, when Dressrosa is attacked by the Donquixote Pirates, Kyros rushes to the palace to see what's happening. He is ambushed by the pirates and chained to the ground by his left leg as Doflamingo presents himself, showing King Riku's beaten body. Furious, Kyros cuts his own leg off to attack Doflamingo, until Sugar transforms him to a toy. Kyros escapes, rescuing Riku in the process, but the king does not remember him. Days later, Kyros witnesses Diamante murdering his wife, Scarlett, leaving him to bring the food to and care for his daughter, Rebecca. In the underground trade port, Usopp attempts to fight Trebol, but is easily defeated and glued to the ground. Sugar proceeds to feed him the Tatababasco berry, but Usopp unleashes a great flame as his eyes pop out, scaring Sugar unconscious.

As an unconscious Sugar falls to the ground, the toys in Dressrosa begin reverting to their human forms, to the shock of the humans around them. The Tontatta proclaimed Operation SOP was a success as the freed men and women, enraged at Doflamingo for turning them into toys, begin attacking his soldiers and burning down his flags around Dressrosa. Meanwhile, Kyros, now remembered by his friends and family, finishes what he started 10 years ago by decapitating Doflamingo's.

The final Colosseum round continues as Rebecca finally remembers her father. Lucy destroys the Colosseum with his Dragon Claw Fists: Dragon's Breath before leaping at the Fighting Fish baring the Flame-Flame Fruit and claims it. Gaining Ace's former powers, he takes off his disguise and Diamante recognizes him as a revolutionary, who then uses Ace's Fire Fist technique to burn a hole directly through the bottom of the Colosseum. Down in the trade port, Hajrudin picks up the barely conscious Usopp and presents him to all the former toys, proclaiming he is their savior. The hole created by Lucy is seen breaking on the port's ceiling as the remaining fighters fall in. As the light shines upon Usopp, the warriors believe he is a god. Asking what to do next, Usopp tells them to destroy the factory behind him.

Koala, Lucy, Rebecca, and Bartolomeo go down to the trade port, where Lucy finally reveals himself to be Luffy's and Ace's long thought dead brother, Sabo, who is now the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army, and is working alongside both Hack and Koala, now an assistant Fish-Man Karate Instructor for the revolutionaries. They explain that the Revolutionary Army is there to stop the distributing of weapons to warring countries, but the many Revolutionaries who were sent to Dresrosa were turned into toys. In the royal palace, Kyros takes down Buffalo and Baby 5, and when Luffy is about to unlock Law's Sea Prism Cuffs, Doflamingo reveals to be alive. With no other option, he is going to use the Birdcage, much to Law's horror.

Doflamingo reveals that what Kyros decapitated was only a clone made of string and orders Pica to push Luffy and the others off of the palace. Doflamingo then unleashes his Birdcage, sealing the entire island in strings. The strings then latch onto people and take control of them, forcing them to attack each other. Pica then rearranges the whole island, levitating areas such as the palace and the Flower Field. Doflamingo announces a game to kill him to break the cage, unless they kill all of the people he is about to name.

As citizens and Marines are forced to attack each other in the streets of Dressrosa, leading the citizens that King Riku's rampage ten years ago was due to Doflamingo's manipulation, Doflamingo reveals to the island a hit list, which includes the Straw Hat Pirates and King Riku's Family, with Usopp having the highest reward. Robin, Usopp, Sabo, Koala, and Hack head for the SMILE Factory while Bartolomeo holds off the freed toys, and Kin'emon leaves to look for Kanjuro. Franky leaves the Toy House and goes to destroy the factory while Trebol and Diamante regroup at the palace. At the palace plateau, Kyros abandons the group to go after Doflamingo. Rebecca contacts Luffy, asking about her father, and Luffy states that he promised to end this game and beat up Doflamingo.

Sabo and Koala separate from Robin's group and head in separate directions as Robin decides to move toward the palace plateau. As Law and Luffy argue over what to do next, Koala investigates the underground trading port, and the Marines attempt to restrain the people being controlled by Parasite. Doflamingo meets with his top executives, where he reveals that the Marines will not hinder them in their activities for now. Luffy, Zoro, and Law land near several Marines and Donquixote underlings and are confronted by Fujitora.

Luffy and Zoro face off against Fujitora to get to Doflamingo. At the palace, Pica expresses his desire to take the Donquixote enemies out alone, and it is revealed that he is easily offended by reaction to his high-pitched voice. Robin's group continues to run away from the former toy slaves and try to make their way to the royal plateau. The fight with Fujitora ends as Pica emerges from the ground as a huge golem. When Pica speaks, Luffy bursts into hysterical laughter which offends Pica who throws a punch at Luffy. The punch causes a large shockwave, sending Zoro flying and leaving Luffy's fate unknown.

Zoro emerges from the rubble, finding Luffy and Law unharmed by the punch. Cavendish comes in and shows gratitude to the Straw Hats for saving him but talks about how he will kill Doflamingo. Luffy's group walks away and gets chased by the bounty hunters, and Chinjao catches up to Luffy to thank him. Most of the other strong Colosseum competitors find Luffy's group and argue over who will kill Doflamingo. Their fight against Pica begins as Luffy tries to run away from the rest of the Colosseum competitors. Pica sees Luffy and throws a punch with his huge stone arm, but Chinjao and Elizabello II respond by using "Drill Dragon Nail" and "King Punch" respectively to destroy Pica's arm.

After Pica's arm was destroyed by Chinjao and Elizabello II, the Colosseum fighters proceed to decimate the Doflamingo soldiers. However, Pica attacked again with his remaining arm, throwing the fighters in disarray. The Colosseum fighters then noticed that Luffy is missing and one of them sees Luffy riding Ucy the Bull while climbing the colossal arm toward the giant's head. Pica noticed this and grew his arm back, before going to strike his attacker, but Luffy was ready and breaks the giant's head off with a Grizzly Magnum. Meanwhile, Robin's group reaches the top of the plaza and manages to elude their pursuers. Pica is then revealed to be controlling the colossus from within. He prepares to cut Luffy down with a huge sword, but Zoro intercepts it and stays behind to duel Pica while Luffy races toward Doflamingo's palace.

While the fighters march forward after climbing over Pica's body, Law, who was still with Luffy, makes a decision to fight Doflamingo directly, revealing that thirteen years ago, Corazon, Law's benefactor, a top executive of the Donquixote Family as well as Doflamingo's biological brother, was killed by Doflamingo. Robin's group reaches Viola and Dold's location and plan to follow Luffy's group to hand over the key to Law's handcuffs. Rebecca and Bartolomeo offer to give Law's handcuffs key to Luffy, but Doldo is still hesitant to trust the pirates. However, with Viola's and Leo's confidence that the Straw Hat pirates can save them, as opposed the Government's indifference and indulgence to Doflamingo, Doldo realizes that the people have unintentionally looked to the Straw Hats for hope. Meanwhile, as Franky tries to destroy the factory, he is interrupted by Señor Pink and they engage in another battle.

Luffy's group reaches the first level of the castle while the Marines and Fujitora are held off by Sabo. Bastille warns his men to back off as he faces Sabo, whose superior fighting skills defeat the marines and the Vice-Admiral quickly. Issho forgets about the birdcage and calls down a meteorite, resulting in damage that was wider than expected. Sabo remains unharmed and walks out of the fire, having defeated Bastille. As Sabo and Fujitora prepare to fight, Sabo reveals to the marines that he, Ace, and Luffy are sworn brothers, and that no matter where he is in the world, Sabo will be there if ever Luffy calls for his help.

At the palace hills, Luffy is still riding Ucy towards the palace but was dejected to see that the rest of the colosseum fighters are ahead of him in the race to fight Doflamingo. After a little help from the Funk brothers pointing out a short cut, Luffy and Ucy enter a tunnel. While inside, Law warns Luffy that facing Doflamingo while he is still handcuffed will be suicide. A call from Robin solves that issue as she is sending Leo, Rebecca and Bartolomeo to deliver the cuff keys to them. At the plateau, Bartolomeo, Robin and Rebecca are taking an unorthodox method of traveling to the palace hills flower field by "jumping" through the use of the beetles provided by Leo. Back in the tunnel, the two captains find themselves in a dead end and are surprised to see Doflamingo waiting for them there.

Doflamingo's ambush for Luffy and Law is cut short when he is skewered by Abdullah and Jeet only to be exposed as another string clone. The two captains then learn how Kelly Funk betrayed them only to be betrayed by Doflamingo in return. Luffy then decides to make his own shortcut by punching a hole in the roof and carrying Law while leaving Ucy with the two bounty hunters. At the SMILE Factory, the dwarves can help Franky in opening the doors but first he has to deal with Senor Pink. Sabo is locked in a struggle with Issho. Bellamy, who's in the Flower Field , heads towards the palace. Doflamingo, still at the top of the palace, talks with Diamante and Trebol reminiscing when they first met Law when he was a child, who wanted to join his crew to destroy everything in sight because he doesn't have much time to live.

While Bellamy confronts Doflamingo regarding the assassination attempt, in the palace's plateau, the Donquixote Pirates' officers have now joined the fight against the colosseum fighters, who struggle against the officer's might, with Suleiman being defeated by Dellinger. A group citizens discover Usopp's and King Riku's location and head out to apprehend them hopping to end Doflamingo's game. In the meantime, the Pink Bee Squad informs the dwarves slaves in the SMILE Factory that they have been tricked, and the enslaved dwarves are now fighting against their overseers. Meanwhile, the colosseum fighters are struggling against the officers while Cavendish offers Luffy and Law a ride to the palace. Kyros joins Luffy's party, and they arrive at the battle taking place in the palace's plateau. Realizing they have no chance against Doflamingo themselves if they can't even easily beat the officers, they put aside their pride and allow Luffy and co. to move forward, while improving their progress in the fight by working together.

At the new palace tower, the colosseum fighters are still clashing with the Donquixote Pirates allowing Luffy, Law, Kyros and Cavendish to escape towards the third level in order to reach level four, though Dagama is beaten by Dellinger. Kin'emon has finally found Kanjuro who was hiding in the walls of the scrap heap. After a brief reunion, Kanjuro uses his ability to create a poorly drawn sparrow to fly them out to the surface, but the trapped Dressrosa citizens and soldiers begged to be taken along as well to which Kanjuro makes rather crude ladders for them to clime out. Back at the palace tower Blue Gilly and Boo are defeated by Dellinger and Machvise respectively. Once Luffy and co reached the third level, the group ran into several giant puppet soldiers blocking their path to the fourth level.

On the Pica statue, the duel between Pica and Zoro was interrupted by the arrival of Robin's group who asked him to defeat Pica so that they can meet Luffy at the fourth level. Pica then disappears only to reappear at the neck of the statue and controlling the arm into smashing Robin, Rebecca, Bartolomeo and Leo, but Zoro quickly sends a powerful attack at Pica, wounding him, also declaring that he will become the greatest swordsman in the world. At the SMILE factory, the dwarves continue their revolt and are trying to unlock the door before the factory manager Kyuin stops them. But Franky manages to open the door after lying to Senor Pink of an old lady in distress, distracting him.

Franky manages to open the door after lying to Senor Pink of an old lady in distress, distracting him. Franky then grabs Kyuin and uses her to headbutt Senor Pink, stunning him. Angry at being used like a hammer, Kyuin rants about torturing Franky, who walks up to her and kisses her, shocking the dwarves and herself. Senor Pink recovers and tells Kyuin to shut up as her rants are interrupting their man's fight, which promptly resumes. Zoro is still fighting Pica after helping Robin's group move past them. Leo, who is with Rebecca, gets a call from Maujii, the dwarf princess' aide who informs Leo that princess Mansherry is not in the factory and could be in the palace. Leo then relays the info to Viola and Usopp who was getting agitated at the citizens coming after them, but Viola tells him that the citizens will not harm them. While Viola is looking for the princess' whereabouts, Kin'emon and Kanjuro arrive at the plateau, though Usopp is shocked and enraged when he learns Kanjuro (not knowing the situation they're in) made a net for the citizens to reach the plateau. King Riku then comments that Doflamingo will not kill Mansherry since he needs her ability just as much as they do. At the Royal Palace, a guard is seen feeding food to Mansherry who is kept in a room crying her eyes out for Leo to save her.

Viola discovered Mansherry's cell and sends the info to Leo, who remembers that room from when Scarlett was alive. Meanwhile, Luffy's group is now fighting against the giant nutcrackers as Faurl is injured in the process as they can't defeat the nutcrackers. Usopp then hears from Viola that Sugar has revived and his friends are in trouble. Sugar, who is now scared of anyone long nosed, swears revenge against Usopp and his friends. Usopp was horrified by the fact that he forgot about Robin when she was turned into a toy and asks for Viola and Kanjuro's help in sniping at her. Once reaching the third level, Robin's group is attacked by Gladius. He causes Robin and Bartolomeo to plummet downward while Rebecca presses forward. She lands at Luffy's groups location. Law wants the key to his handcuffs so he can join the fight, but Robin says it is with Rebecca. She tells Luffy and company to keep going towards the next level while she and Bartolomeo prepare to fight Gladius and the giant toys.

Now that Rebecca has reached the flower field, Leo leaves with Kabu to rescue Mansherry. Rebecca stays to waits for Luffy, but her brief respite turns to horror when she sees her mother's killer, Diamante, standing before her. Gladius first attacks with multiple rupture balls sent at Luffy, but Bartolomeo blocks them with a large barrier, which he then converts into a long staircase towards the 4th level. Sabo's fight with Fujitora continues as the Admiral creates a horizontal gravity force that pushes Sabo back. Sabo on the other hand wonders if the Admiral is hiding something. As Luffy climbs the stairs, Gladius attacks him again, but Bartolomeo takes it head on, leaving him injured. Robin thanks him for helping Luffy since the Straw Hats always knew Luffy as their winning trump card. Cavendish remains behind to stall the nutcrackers while Kyros moves ahead to the 4th level.

Diamante easily overwhelms Rebecca. Before he can kill her, however, Kyros intercepts him, and the two battle. Luffy and Law reach the Flower Field while being chased by a nutcracker, and Rebecca gives Luffy the key to Law's handcuffs, allowing Law to destroy the nutcracker. After meeting with Rebecca, Luffy and Law head for the palace, and Diamante fails to stop them. However, Sugar is heading for them, eager to turn the two into toys and gain revenge.

Kanjuro finishes his artwork and Usopp uses it as ammo to snipe at Sugar. He has Viola use her ability while Doldo, Hack, Tank, Kin'emon, and Kanjuro hold the citizens off as long as they can. Scared that he will lose his captain and friend, Usopp will attempt an impossible shot at Sugar from the plateau before the citizens stops him. With Viola's insight, he prepares to fire the special shot prepared with Kanjuro's help but at the last moment, Usopp awakens his Observation Haki, and sees Luffy's aura and fires before the Dressrosa citizens caught him and everyone else with him. Viola watches as the shot successfully reaches Sugar where it takes the shape of Usopp's face which first defeated Sugar, scaring her again into unconsciousness. With the last obstacle gone, Luffy and Law finally reached Doflamingo himself.

The battle between Robin's group and the nutcracker army comes to a stop as the toys revert into their human selves due to Sugar being knocked unconscious again. At the palace, Doflamingo questions Luffy's decision to help a former enemy like Bellamy, but Luffy tells him that past is behind him. Doflamingo then berates Bellamy calling him a lowlife. Angered, Luffy tries to kick Doflamingo but hits Bellamy instead when the Warlord uses him like a shield. Law admonishes Luffy to not get angry since Doflamingo likes to provoke his enemies. Doflamingo then tells the duo that he is sick of them ruining his plans and that they remind him of the anger he experienced 13 years ago. Law says if it weren't for that time, he wouldn't be standing here, but Doflamingo retorts that if he didn't do it, Law would have been the "third Corazon" and then attacks Law with a string clone. All the while, Luffy fights a controlled Bellamy. Mad at the Warlord for sitting through the fight, Luffy tells Law that he's gonna take down Doflamingo and readies an attack on Law. Law then creates a ROOM and switches with Doflamingo, causing him to be struck by Luffy's Red Hawk. Trebol is shocked by this surprise, before being incapacitated by Law's Radio Knife. Law tells Luffy that he's the worst but Luffy remarks that he is also part of the same generation.

Doflamingo recovers from Luffy's Red Hawk and continues his fight with him and Law. On the streets of Dressrosa, Sabo is being scolded by Koala for fighting a Marine Admiral since it will attract unwanted attention to the Revolutionaries. Usopp and the others at the Plateau are released by the citizens since the people are confused at all of the chaos. They beg to their former king for help, but Riku tells them to trust Luffy to overthrow Doflamingo. Admiral Fujitora also declares his trust in Luffy. Trebol is having difficulty in reforming himself after being cut to pieces by Law. Before Law can attack him again, Doflamingo stops and brutally skewers Law with strings. Luffy tries to fight, but Doflamingo overcomes him and binds him, leaving him at the mercy of the controlled Bellamy. Doflamingo tells them that he hates people looking down at him and reveals he was once a Celestial Dragon as well as his family's past, of how his father made the family leave the life of luxury and how his mother died of illness because of their fallen status. Doflamingo held his father with disdain and killed him, hoping to return to the life of a World Noble but was rejected by them, leaving him to swear to destroy the entire world ruled by them.

The Marines are having difficulty maintaining order in the streets of Dressrosa as they deal with rampaging animals and pillaging pirates as well as the absence of Admiral Fujitora. Luffy is struggling against a Doflamingo clone and a controlled Bellamy while Law questions Doflamingo's feat in manipulating CP-0 and the World Government. Doflamingo explains that he learned of a national treasure that the World Nobles would not want revealed and used the knowledge to blackmail them into granting him their power. He also reveals the full potential of Law's Op-Op Fruit with its power to give eternal life at the cost of the user's own life, but Law is not interested in using it and states that it was thanks to Corazon that he has the power to defeat Doflamingo. Law then remembers his time in the Donquixote Pirates 16 years ago when he discovered that he had little over three years to live, which fueled his desire to destroy everything. He was part of the new recruits that recently joined the crew and was met Corazon, a clumsy but talented officer of Doflamingo's crew. Law also learned the hard way that Corazon hates children when he was thrown out the window.

At dinner, Doflamingo discusses their next target who has been allying with other groups as Law walks in. Machvise points out a white patch on Law's chest and Giolla recognizes it as Amber Lead Syndrome, but Doflamingo angrily tells her not to spread rumors, explaining how it's caused by poisoning. When asked how he escaped Flevance, Law reveals that he hid under a mountain of corpses. Doflamingo asks Law who he holds a grudge against, prompting Law to claim he wants to destroy everything and telling Corazon that he will get his revenge at any cost. The next day, the Donquixote Pirates executives attack a pirate hideout and take their treasure. Baby 5 asks what Flevance was like and learn how it is a white city caused by the Amber Lead and used to create different types of goods. But, it would poison and erode the body if dug up and handled, something the World Government and Flevance royalty kept secret because of the fortune it would bring. It also consequentially shortens the lifespan by about 20 more years each generation, effectively killing the kids before adulthood. People eventually began to collapse at the same time due to the buildup of Amber Lead in their bodies and began to die with immense pain flooding their bodies. Surrounding countries placed a quarantine on Flevance because they thought it was contagious and the royalty escaped with the help of the World Government. However, Flevance wouldn't remain quiet as war broke out with neighboring countries showing no mercy. In the past, Flevance citizens were killed as soldiers gun down anyone they find. A nun tries to get Law to come with her and the other children after some soldiers promised to let them escape, but Law stays because his sister is dying. The nun promises to come back on the next ship to get Law and tells him that there is always hope and that a loving hand will one day reach out to him. Law's father tries to get help from other doctors but none will come, afraid of becoming infected. Elsewhere, Law stands next to his sister, Lami, who tells him that her body hurts and is turning more white every day. Law holds her hand and promises that their father will find a cure because he is the greatest doctor in the country. As soldiers gun down civilians outside, Lami asks Law why it is so noisy, prompting Law to lie about there being a festival going on because Flevance is always prosperous. Soldiers enter the hospital to kill anybody they find and Law hides Lami in a closet, but finds his parents killed and screams in grief. Law leaps through a window as the soldiers fire at him and runs away in tears as they pursue him. He hides under a bridge and finds the children and nun lying dead, causing him to fall into tears while remembering the nun's words about hope. He returns to the hospital but finds it burning and suffers a complete mental breakdown screaming Lami's name. In the present, Senor Pink reveals that Flevance perished as the Donquixote Pirates finish off the pirates and notes that any 10-year-old who experienced that would have their personality screwed up. Law walks through the garbage dump and sees Corazon reading a newspaper. Law notes that his family and everyone from Flevance died while Corazon lived claiming it's not fair. Holding a dagger, Law lunges toward Corazon and stabs in the back but gets caught by Buffalo who exclaims that he must inform Doflamingo.

As Doflamingo sleeps, he starts dreaming about his past when people talk about how they should kill the Donquixote Family because they are former World Nobles who will not be saved by the Marines, Doflamingo begins to sweat and grind his teeth in agitation. In the past, Doflamingo, Rosinante, and Homing were hung from the windows of their burning house by ropes around their arms and blindfolded. A mob of commoners desired revenge for the suffering the Celestial Dragons had inflicted on them and debated how they should kill them, but keep them alive so they could suffer. The citizens recount the sufferings caused by the World Nobles, who had hurt them, their relatives, and their countries whenever they felt like it. Doflamingo screams in terror as a man demanded to know if they ever felt any kind of pain before waking up in a cold sweat as the Transponder Snail rings. After putting on his sunglasses and drinking alcohol, Doflamingo picks it up and is informed that Law did something. Seventeen years ago in Mariejois, several World Nobles expressed their shock at Homing and his family giving up their status to become normal humans. This prompted Homing to claim they had been human ever since they was born, offending the World Nobles. Soon after, they were taking to a non-member island in the North Blue with a house and assets prepared for them. Homing then handed over his family's World Noble identification chips and told his family that they would lead a humble life there. But, after Homing revealed that they moved from Mariejois, the people burned their house downed searching for them. The Donquixote Family watched in terror from the forest nearby and ran through a rainy forest to a run-down shack in a garbage dump where they took shelter. Then, they found shelter in a small village, and Homing contacted the World Nobles for help, however they refused and told him to never call again. Soon after, Doflamingo and Rosinante were caught stealing bread and were beat up as punishment and ate from a garbage pile before bringing their mother some food, only to find her sick. Eventually, she dies leaving Rosinante crying as Doflamingo blamed Homing for her death. the angry mob then finds them and Homing begs them to pardon his sons as Doflamingo cursed his father for bringing them to ruin. In the present, Giolla and Machvise bring Law to Doflamingo as Giolla reveals that they found him trying to escape. As Buffalo and Baby 5 watch, with Buffalo noting that they will torture Law for stabbing Corazon, Law notices Corazon is present and wonders if he will die. However, Doflamingo reveals that he called Law to welcome him to the Donquixote Pirates. Doflamingo explains how Law has a certain quality in his eyes after experiencing such a horrible past, while Law wonders why Corazon has not yet told Doflamingo what happened. When Law points out that he is going to die in three years regardless, but Doflamingo claims that this depends on his luck before explaining how they specialize the black market and handle Devil Fruits, which means there could be a fruit that can cure him. Doflamingo states that he will train Law to become his right-hand man in ten years. Corazon begins coughing and reveals the wound on his abdomen, prompting Doflamingo to ask what happened. However, Corazon communicates that an enemy caused it and he finished him off, prompting Doflamingo to tell him to get his wound treated as a shocked Law wonders if Corazon covered up for him. Later, Doflamingo informs his crew that they will be moving their base toward Reverse Mountain while expanding their business. As they were moving across the sea, they engaged in combat with the Marines and pulled bank heists. At one point, Law and Baby 5 were attacked by a pirate named Wellington, but were saved by Doflamingo and his executives. Law began studying under Doflamingo, training with firearms under Gladius, learning martial arts with Lao G, and practicing swordsmanship with Diamante. Two years later, Baby 5 and Buffalo tell Law their real names, but he initially refuses to tell them his. However, Buffalo claims that he will tell Doflamingo of Law stabbing Corazon two years ago if he does not reveal his true name, prompting Law to reveal his full name is Trafalgar D. Water Law, which alerts Corazon. Law admits that he should not be telling them this because his family has kept the initial D. a secret for many generations, and is irritated when Baby 5 and Buffalo complain about it not being interesting. However, Law is suddenly grabbed by the collar and hauled away by Corazon. After being thrown into an alley, Corazon asks Law if what he said before is true. A surprised Law finds out Corazon can speak and Corazon tells him to get away because he should not be around Doflamingo with the initial D. in his name.

Corazon talks to Law about the name "D" and states that they are considered troublesome by most and this who fear those who bear the name "D" refer to them as "the sworn enemies of the gods". He also tells Law about his ulterior motives without exposing his relation to the marines, as well as the fact he ate the Calm-Calm Fruit which allows him to nullify sounds. Law threatens Corazon stating that he will tell Doflamingo about his motives and that he could talk. However, Law then changes his mind for Corazon not telling Doflamingo about the stabbing two years ago. As a result, Rosinante takes Law to multiple hospitals in an attempt to save him from the White Lead disease but all the attempts fail. Six months later, Law's disease has worsened and they camp out near the ocean. Corazon stands over Law, who he thinks is asleep, and expresses his regret that Law has to relive the pain he felt in Flevance. Corazon begins crying and states that the pain felt when Law stabbed him was nothing compared to the pain Law must be feeling before walking off. Law, however, was awake and heard everything, and begins crying as well. The next morning, Law wakes Corazon up for breakfast, calling him "Cora-san" to his astonishment. Back in the present, Law presses on his attack on Doflamingo as he swears to himself never to forget the tears Corazon had that night. Inside the palace, Luffy continues dodging Bellamy's strikes when he realizes the Doflamingo clone is behind him. The Doflamingo clone flies toward Luffy as he screams out.

Under attack from Doflamingo's string clone and a controlled Bellamy, Luffy blocks the string clone's Goshikito with a Haki-covered leg before being sent flying into a wall by a slash from Bellamy, only to get up and note the attack did not cut the strings binding his hands. Hearing a rumble from above, Luffy realizes Law is in trouble and uses Gear Third to pump up both his forearms before coating them in Armament Haki and tearing the strings apart, to the string clone's surprise. Meanwhile, on the roof above, Law gets up while bleeding and glares at Doflamingo, who laughs, and Law recalls events from 13 years ago. In the past, Corazon learns of his brother's intentions of stealing the Op-Op Fruit and having him eat it. He resolves to steal it from the pirate planning to sell to the navy, Diaz Barrels, himself in order to have Law cure himself. Meanwhile, Doflamingo asks Trebol, Pica, and Diamante if they have noticed how the Marines have stop chasing them since Corazon left. Diamante asks Doflamingo if he believes Corazon had been tipping off the Marines before this and notes that it could just be a coincidence, prompting Doflamingo to claim that he hopes it is because Corazon is his biological brother. Three days before the fruit is scheduled to be traded to the Marines, Rosinante infiltrates the hideout of the Barrels Pirates and successfully steals the fruit, but is caught and attacked.

Corazon force-feeds Law the Op-Op Fruit and has him deliver an important message to the Marines about Doflamingo's plan to takeover Dressrosa, but Law unknowingly gives the message to a Donquixote pirate, Vergo, who brutally beats him and Corazon before informing Doflamingo of Rosinante's treachery. The Donquixote Pirates arrive on Minion Island, and Doflamingo traps the remaining pirates in his Birdcage as Corazon resolves to have Law survive and remember his smile.

After killing Barrels and recalling how he killed his father and met his executives as a child, Doflamingo confronts his brother, Corazon, over the latter's betrayal of his crew. Corazon having place Law in a chest and uses his Calm-Calm powers to keep him silent. After learning that Law has eaten the Op-Op Fruit and being tricked into believing that he has already left the island when they hear that the Navy took a young boy into custody, unaware that it's actually Barrels' son, the young X Drake, Doflamingo shoots his brother and unknowingly has his crew transport Law to safety. Corazon wills himself to stay alive to maintain his powers effects on Law long enough for approaching Marine battleships to attack, allowing the cannon fire to drown out the grieving Law's cries.

Law clashes with Doflamingo, and asks him about Luffy and the name D. Doflamingo dismisses the legends surrounding the name as mere superstition. Law then reveals to Doflamingo that he is a D. as well, leading Doflamingo to cause major damage to the palace roof. Elsewhere, Viola keeps an eye on all the battles that are going on, most of which are causing a lot of injuries. In Kyros' battle against Diamante, Diamante causes the ground to shake, and Leo is hot on the trail of Princess Mansherry. The Corrida Colosseum combatants have trouble fighting off the officers of the Donquixote Pirates. Enraged at Law for being a D., Doflamingo gets up close to attack him. Too late, Law uses Injection Shot on him, piercing him through the midsection. Law states that he has come to pull the trigger that Corazon could not on that fateful day.

Law and Doflamingo fight, with Law swearing to avenge Corazon. However, Doflamingo gets the upper hand. Meanwhile, Zoro and Pica continue fighting, with Pica continuing to get larger. Some of Pica's soldiers attempt to stop Zoro, but they are defeated by Orlumbus. Pica then inhabits the entire King's Plateau and laughs at Zoro, which causes the latter to make fun of him again. This causes Pica to get enraged and raise large spikes from the ground. Doflamingo mocks Law for letting his emotions cloud his judgment and on how his mistake with Corazon's message allowed Dessrosa's takeover, though Law states it wouldn't have even mattered. Doflamingo agrees, stating that even if the message was delivered, he would have taken the throne one way or another and cuts off Law's right arm. Doflamingo says he'll "forgive" Law in the same way he forgave his father and brother, by killing them. Luffy continues to struggle against Doflamingo's clone and Bellamy. Eventually, he gets by Bellamy and defeats the string clone, sending him back to Doflamingo and saving Law from getting killed.

Luffy, who is still fighting Bellamy, tells Doflamingo to release Bellamy and he obliges. Bellamy starts to reminisce about his past, including asking to join Doflamingo, fighting Luffy in Mock Town, and meeting him again in the Colosseum. Luffy promises to beat up Doflamingo and Trebol for him, but Bellamy stops him. Bellamy uses Spring Hopper and darts around the room preparing to fight Luffy. Pica's habitation of the King's Plateau causes him to interrupt the fight between the Colosseum combatants and the Donquixote executives. Ideo lands a hit on Dellinger while Sai is confused with Baby 5's actions, who mistakes his intentions as romantic advances. Hajrudin is beaten down Machvise who repeatedly uses his Devil Fruit powers to increase his weight by tens of tons to crush him. When Machvise tries to attack Zoro, Hajrudin, determined to repay his debt to the Straw Hats, wills himself up. Machvise increases his weight to ten-thousand tons to finish him but Hajrudin counters with a powerful punch and manages to send Machvise flying into the Birdcage, shredding him. Victorious, Hajrudin collapses from his injuries with Zoro promising that the Birdcage will be gone when he wakes up.

Luffy and Bellamy continue their confrontation. Meanwhile, Baby 5 mistakes Sai's words as a proposal, while Chinjao struggles against Lao G's Geo-Fist techniques. Hearing Sai's and Baby 5's conversation Chinjao, also misunderstanding, reminds Sai he's arranged to be married to the daughter of the Niho Navy's leader to form an alliance. When Baby 5 asks Sai how to be of use to him he jokingly tells her to die, which she responds by happily preparing to commit suicide. In a flashback, it's revealed that as a young child, Baby 5 was abandoned by her mother who called her useless and unwanted, which is why she is willing to do whatever's asked of her as a way to feel needed. Not wanting to win this way, Sai tries to stop her, but Chinjao attacks him for trying to help an enemy. Sai counters resulting in Chinjao's head drill getting bent, before slapping Baby 5 and telling her to value her life more. Chinjao awakens and instead of being angry, is proud of Sai for surpassing him and officially dubs him the head of the Happo Navy, promises to break off Sai's engagement and bestows his technique on Sai's leg, before being struck down by Lao G, who had used a technique to restore his body to its prime. In retaliation, Sai challenges Lao G. Sai declares to take Baby 5 as his wife before defeating Lao G with his grandfather's "Drill Dragon Nail" technique.

As some of the Donquixote Pirates' underlings exclaim that Lao G has been defeated, Zoro looks over the enormous rift in the ground created by Sai before deciding to keep Sai and his fleet in mind due to how powerful they are. Meanwhile, Sai runs up to the battered Chinjao and begs him to not die as Baby 5 states that she will make preparations for two ceremonies, a wedding and a funeral, which prompts both Sai and Chinajo to angrily proclaim that the latter is not dead yet. Above them, Zoro continues dodging Pica's stone spikes as Pica laughs at him. When an irritated Zoro tells him to stop laughing because it is annoying, Pica becomes angered and uses Charlestone once more, which sends several of his subordinates flying. Managing to dodge the spikes, Zoro runs along one of them and cuts Pica's stone face to pieces, only for Pica to escape. Elizabello II offers to assist Zoro, but Zoro states that he will be the one to defeat him before telling Elizabello to save his King Punch. Meanwhile, on Flower Hill, the ground flaps up and down like a flag, causing Kyros to lose his balance and forced to lean on his sword for support. Realizing that the toy soldier who was crying and screaming when he killed Scarlet was actually Kyros, Diamante notes that there is nothing but hatred between them. Kyros agrees and leaps into the air before proclaiming that this is why he came here as he attacks Diamante, who blocks with his steel cape before attacking Rebecca. However, Kyros manages to block the attack, prompting Diamante to run toward him and seemingly attack him only to redirect the attack toward Rebecca at the last second. After Kyros blocks this attack as well, Rebecca realizes that Diamante is targeting her and tells Kyros she will fight as well, prompting Diamante to proclaim he will kill her as well before attacking her once more. As Kyros protects Rebecca again, Diamante states that he wants to see him lose both his wife and daughter as Kyros tells Rebecca he will fight because he wants to avenge Scarlett and compensate for teaching her how to fight before proclaiming that he will no longer let his daughter swing a sword now that he is human once more. Elsewhere in Dressrosa, Sabo saves a mother and her daughter from a burning building as parts of the flaming ceiling fall down around them. After getting the mother and daughter outside, Sabo offers them cups of water before hearing a soldier shouting that his friends are stuck in a cage at the colosseum. When Sabo tells him to take him there, the soldier agrees and runs off, leaving Sabo to look up at the palace where Luffy is fighting before running after him. Luffy continues to fight Bellamy, whom he unsuccessfully tries to convince to stop attacking him and pushing himself closer to death. Meanwhile, Doflamingo and Trebol defeat Law while Gladius inflates the ground to create a large explosion to kill Cavendish, who furiously demands Bartolomeo to let him into his barrier.

With Bartolomeo's help, Cavendish survives Gladius' attack though the two start to argue. Gladius' attempt to attack Robin but is blocked by Bartolomeo's barriers. Gladius' subordinates are knocked out by Bartolomeo's Barrier Bulls, with Cavendish and Gladius running from it as well due to Bartolomeo's overexcitement at getting winked at by Robin. Despite being critically injured, Ideo continues to fight Dellinger hoping to buy time for Luffy to beat Doflamingo, revealing he's a member of the Longarm Tribe, having concealed his extra joints in his shoulders. In response, Dellinger reveals he's half-fighting fish fish-man before sprouting fangs and savagely biting into Ideo, defeating him. Dellinger reaches the third level to aid Gladius, but is swiftly and brutally defeated by Hakuba. Bartolomeo tries to make sense of the situation and realizes the incident in Block D of the tournament was Hakuba's doing. Hakuba then attacks Bartolomeo, who remains unharmed thanks to his barrier. Hakuba then proceeds to attack Robin, but she restricts him with several arms sprouting from his body.

While being restrained by Robin, Cavendish struggles to regain control of his body from Hakuba. Gladius attempts to blow up both Robin and Cavendish by rupturing the cliffside they are on. When Bartolomeo tries to stop him, Gladius shoots him with his paralytic-coated needle-like hair, before inflating himself, threatening to injure Robin if he ruptures. Seeing no other option Bartolomeo traps both himself and Gladius in a barrier before stabbing him causing Gladius to explode. Though injured by the explosion, Bartolomeo is able to contain the blast. Galdius, having only been stabbed in the shoulder, survives and ruptures the cliffside, but Cavendish manages to carry Robin to safety using Hakuba's speed while also keeping Hakuba from hurting her. Enraged at being unable to protect Robin, Bartolomeo forms a barrier around his fist and vows to grow stronger as to be someone who can properly help Luffy before defeating Gladius with an homage to Luffy. While Bartolomeo proclaims to never work with someone as troublesome as Cavendish again, Robin arrives at the Flower Hill just in time to protect Rebecca from Diamante's attack.

On Flower Hill, Robin protects Rebecca allowing Kyros to continue battling Diamante. Meanwhile, the fallen Donquixote Pirates executives are brought to Giolla, and she attempts to revive them with Mansherry's Heal-Heal Fruit powers, (as she did with Sugar before) but Mansherry refuses to help them. Upon realizing that Marnsherry's tears have healing properties Giolla begins to callously beat her to make her cry just as Leo and Kabu arrive. Kabu is able to knock the executives out of the way before the tears can revive them. Leo proceeds to stitch the executives and subordinates to Giolla before smashing them into her, defeating her. Meanwhile, Luffy continues to fight Bellamy.

Luffy continues his fight with Bellamy while continuing to try to convince the latter to stop fighting. Leo, Mansherry, and Kabu escape the palace, while Kabu mentally derides Leo for his obliviousness towards Mansherry's crush on him. Giolla tries, and fails, to inform Doflamingo that Mansherry has been taken, making their back up plan, of using her power to rebuild the SMILE Factory if it is destroyed, invalid. Meanwhile, Franky and Señor Pink continue their brutal battle, with neither dodging attack out of their respect for each other. Senor Pink grabs Franky while swimming at high-speed, saying if Franky still stands afterwards, he will win, before swimming up the side of a building and launching into the air, finishing with a devastating suplex. Franky still stands, and attacks Señor Pink with a flurry of punches. Señor Pink then remembers how he met his wife Russian. He lied to her about being a banker due to her hatred of pirates. They'd eventually married and had a son, Gimlet, all the while Señor Pink continued secretly working for the Donquixote Family. One day, when returning home from a mission he learns that Gimlet died from a fever. Russian confronts him, having learned he never worked for the bank, before running off into a storm where she got caught in a landslide. Though she survived, she was left in a vegetative state. Señor Pink continually visited her and after jokingly putting on the same kind of bonnet their son wore, was shocked to see her smile.

Señor Pink continues to remember of when he started to dress like a baby, despite being mocked and ridiculed by everyone, as it was the only thing that made Russian smile, before he is defeated by Franky, who wipes the tears from the defeated Señor Pink's eyes and tells him if they ever meet again that they should have a drink together and he can tell him about the woman Russian. Franky leads the dwarves to attack the SMILE Factory before collapsing. Meanwhile, Kyros continues to battle Diamante who use his ultimate technique, Death Enjambre, to fire confetti into the air before changing them back into spiked iron balls that rain down from the sky while protecting himself under an iron umbrella. Robin creates an umbrella made of flowers to protect her and Rebecca, while Kyros skillfully repels the assault until Diamante shoots him in the leg. Despite being injured, Kyros continues to endure while convincing Rebecca to not shed blood with her innocent hands.

Even in the iron rain, Kyros continues his grueling battle with Diamante. As the spiked iron balls stop falling, Kyros stumbles due to his shot leg with Diamante preparing to finish him while constantly taunting him about Scarlett's death. Kyros regains his footing before landing a powerful rage-filled strike to Diamante finally defeating him. With the battle over Kyros and share a quiet moment in front of Scarlett's grave as Viola delivers the news of Kyros' victory. As the citizens celebrate, Riku decides to go down to help those in town, with Tank and the citizens following soon after. Meanwhile, Pica abandons his fight with Zoro to confront Kyros.

Luffy fights with Bellamy, with Luffy still refusing to strike back. At the fourth level, Pica then asks Kyros and Rebecca what exactly King Riku is to them. Kyros explains that he is family as well as his savior when he was a monster and that the country is hoping for the day King Riku takes up his throne again. With this new information, Pica disappears. Pica then descends to the lower level and begins attacking the injured fighters, much to Zoro's fury, before remerging with his giant stone body and advances toward the King's Plateau to kill King Riku, causing mass destruction with each step. Zoro is force to come up with a plan to stop him. His first plan is a long-distance slash, but Zoro notes that it would travel too far and thus be too weak. His second plan is jumping on top of Pica, but Zoro quickly realizes that it would be impossible to jump so high. His third plan is to warn Usopp and the others, but Zoro notes that they would not hear him from this distance. His fourth plan is to call Usopp on the Transponder Snail and tell him to run, but Zoro finds that he does not have it with him after reaching into his jacket. As Pica continues moving toward the plateau, Zoro notes that there is not enough time for Usopp and the others to flee anyway. Zoro meets up with Sai, Chinjou, Baby 5, Orlumbus and Elizabello. Getting an idea, Zoro asks Elizabello for two minutes and decides to go with his fifth plan: flying into the sky and cutting up Pica.

Pica reaches the King's Plateau and begins mocking Riku's failure to protect Dressrosa because of his lack of military strength and inability to defeat his enemies. Riku admits that Pica is right and claims that he will never take the throne again before proclaiming that he tried his best to be a good man. As Pica prepares to attack, Zoro has Orlumbus throw him at high speed toward Pica. Flying through the air Zoro imbues his swords with Armament Haki before delivering a powerful attack, horizontally slicing Pica's stone body in two, shocking all observing. Upon seeing Pica's eyes reappear, Zoro leaps off the plateau while noting that Pica escaped into the upper half of his body before slicing that half in two vertically. As the two halves fall apart, Zoro notes that Pica's body will not be able to separate into different parts of the stone before cutting off the arm of the left half where Pica is residing. Upon seeing the fingers of the stone hand twitching, Zoro notes that Pica cannot escape into the ground while in midair before cutting off the fingers of the stone hand and demanding that Pica come out. When Pica does not respond, Zoro cuts the rest of the arm into five sections. Pica emerges and clads his whole body with Armament Haki and leaps forward in a final attempt to kill Zoro, only for Zoro to cut him down with his Three Thousand World. As the ruble from Pica's stone body begins to fall toward the plateau, Elizabello uses his King Punch to blow it away before expressing irritation at Zoro for making him use his punch to blow away stones as Zoro commends him for doing a good job.

Citizens and fighters around the country react to Pica's defeat as Mansherry meets Kyros, who tells her to use her healing powers on those who need it more than he does. The SMILE Factory is destroyed by the dwarves, and Sabo prepares to meet Luffy at the palace. Bellamy continues his assault against Luffy, still trying to convince Luffy to fight back reminiscing about how he came to respect him after their first meeting, before deciding to end their fight, while silently thanking Luffy for calling him a friend. Luffy defeats Bellamy with one hit again and then he screams out Doflamingo's name in anguish. Doflamingo, however, has a shock in store for him.

As Doflamingo calls Luffy to the rooftop, it is shown what happened a few minutes earlier. Trebol used Sticky Launcher to send Law sprawling at the edge of the roof, and he and Doflamingo stood over the severely injured Warlord. Trebol expressed his surprise that Law was still alive, mockingly suggesting that he give up. Doflamingo echoed his executive's thoughts, telling Law he pitied how escaping the White City, meeting Corazon, working for 13 years to depose Doflamingo, and his alliance with Luffy had been worthless. As he pointed his gun at Law's chest, Doflamingo offered him a chance to make the rest of Law's short life meaningful by performing the Perennial Youth Operation on him. In exchange, Doflamingo offered to make any wish of Law's come true. Law appeared to accept at first, but then requested that Doflamingo bring his dead brother Corazon back to life and submit himself to all the citizens of Dressrosa. Law laughed that Doflamingo's life was the pitiful one, saying that the Straw Hats can cause miracles. Doflamingo shot Law eight times in various places, mocking the word "Corazon" on Law's jacket. He furiously yelled that despite all Law's efforts to imitate Corazon, the Heart legacy will end. Across the island, Tank Lepanto and the crowd of citizens on the King's Plateau decide to climb down to the city in order to assist their former king Riku. Viola confirms to Zoro and Usopp that of the opposing forces, only Doflamingo and Trebol remain standing, but their own forces have also taken a hit. Meanwhile, Luffy breaks through the palace roof, eager to fight Doflamingo. The Warlord taunts him about Bellamy and blocks a Gear Third punch with Spider's Web. Luffy leaps over the web and uses Hawk Gatling to attack Doflamingo from above, but Doflamingo uses Break White to surround Luffy in a mass of strings. Luffy breaks out of Doflamingo's trap but steps on a pool of blood. Looking around, he sees Law lying on the ground. In confusion, Luffy asks Law what has happened, but he remains unresponsive. Doflamingo tells Luffy that Law is dead, shocking the pirate. As the citizens of Dressrosa realize that the Birdcage is shrinking, Doflamingo mocks Law's last words and states that it is time for the game to end. Luffy prepares to fight but faintly hears Law's voice telling him to listen closely.

Doflamingo shrinks the Birdcage, causing the citizens of Dressrosa to run away in panic. Luffy fights Doflamingo, but Law switches places with him in order to land his land his strongest attack, Gamma Knife, on Doflamingo, destroying his body from the inside and forcing the Warlord to his knees. Doflamingo attempts to retaliate but is knocked back by Luffy. Law explains that after he got shot the first, he reduced his lifespan to create a ROOM so large its boundaries couldn't be seen and swap places with one of Doflamingo underlings and swap back after Doflamingo stop shooting. Law stops Luffy from attacking, insisting he needs to be the one to end it before preparing to finish Doflamingo off and avenge Corazon.

Law stands over the wounded Doflamingo. He performs Counter Shock to finish Doflamingo off before collapsing from his injuries. However, Doflamingo uses his powers to revive himself, sticking up his injured organs and prepares to kill the weakened Law. Luffy stops Doflamingo, and the two clash using Haoshoku Haki, knocking Law and Trebol away. During the battle, Trebol remembers how he found a young Doflamingo and gave him the power to kill anyone he wanted. Though Luffy manages to get a few hits in, Doflamingo is able to knock him back with a powerful kick.

As Luffy is knocked back, he is caught and immobilized by Trebol. Luffy attempt to fight back using Armament Haki, but his punches go right though him, much to Luffy's confusion, as Trebol question Luffy's assumption of his Devil Fruit being a Logia. Law tells Luffy that fighting Trebol is futile, while revealing Trebol's slime is in fact mucas, before he begins to insult Trebol and the other executives. The infuriated Trebol proceeds to immobilize Law as well and explains how he and the other three Donquixote executives found Doflamingo and raised him into the man he is today. However, Law continues mocks Trebol, saying that he's only Doflamingo's puppet, causing the executive to attack him in anger. As Law forms a ROOM as Trebol ignored Doflamingo warnings, believing Law is helpless, before attempting to kill Law. However, Law, stating he would never be able to face his crew if he left Trebol and Doflamingo to Luffy alone, levitates his severed arm holding his sword to vertically slash Trebol across the chest, defeating him. Trebol's mucus covering has slipped off, revealing him to be incredibly skinny, leading Luffy to realize way is attacks didn't work. Further enraged Trebol causes a large explosion as a last resort. Luffy, Law, and Doflamingo manage to escape and fly toward the Flower Field, and Luffy gives Law to Robin, but Doflamingo attacks her.

Cavendish shows up just in time to stop Doflamingo's attack from hitting Robin, allowing Luffy to focus on fighting Doflamingo. Luffy tells Cavendish to flee the plateau with everybody, which he obliges. As Bartolemeo makes a barrier staircase for everyone to descend on, Law wakes up and begs to stay and watch the fight between Luffy and Doflamingo. tells them that he got Luffy into this fight and that it was his duty to be there during Luffy's victory or die with him in his defeat. Robin tells Law that Luffy did not fight unless it was for personal reasons, but Law insists on staying. Cavendish and the dwarves decide to stay with Law as Robin, Rebecca and Kyros leave using stairs made by Bartolameo. During their fight Doflamingo tells Luffy that, he's aware of Luffy being the one who defeated Crocodile, having kept an eye on him and his crew since then, while also remembering his shock upon seeing the D. in Luffy's name. Meanwhile, the Birdcage is closing in, and Luffy notices this during the fight. Many attacks are exchanged, but Doflamingo gains the upper hand. Luffy struggles to get up as Doflamingo asks him if he can win before the Birdcage closes. Even though the Birdcage will close in one hour, its effects will happen before that. People unable to run effectively could possibly be caught in 30 minutes, and in 40 minutes they would be able to hear screams. In 50 minutes, Dressrosa would be caked in blood. Doflamingo proceeds to state that the island would still be at peace if Luffy never set foot on the island. However, Luffy, remembering how Doflamingo had treated the toys and the prisoner gladiators, retorts saying there was no peace in the first place, before raising his arm and preparing to activate Fourth Gear.

As the Birdcage closes in on Dressrosa, Marines and pirates alike assist the handicapped. Sai then orders the Corrida Colosseum gladiators who are still standing to rescue the fallen and take them out of the plateau. Meanwhile, Viola, Usopp, and Hack climb down the King's Plateau, and Viola notices that the center of the Birdcage is shifting toward Doflamingo's location, meaning even the King's Plateau will be sliced apart. At the Flower Field, Leo and Mansherry use their abilities to reattach Law's severed arm, while Cavendish tells Law that defeating Doflamingo would cause ripples all over the world, and Law replies that that is what they were after. Back at the palace, Luffy activates Gear Fourth, which causes his torso to balloon and forces him to constantly bounce, while also covering his arms legs and upper torso in Armament Haki. Doflamingo laughs at this new form, but Luffy retracts his fist into his arm and punches him, blowing him into the city far below. Luffy follows using elastic foce from his legs to fly and lands more large blows on Doflamingo as the Warlord struggles to keep on even footing. However, Luffy is able to absorb Doflamingo's attacks due to his body being rubbery despite being armored and continuously stretching his arms while also changing the direction of his punches.

As Law and Cavendish watch Luffy's and Doflamingo's battle from the Flower Field, Law notes that Luffy is overusing his Haki. On the palace rooftop, Jesus Burgess searches for Luffy and sees him bouncing through the town. Koala, who hides behind a pile of rubble, wonders what he wants with Luffy. As Franky and the dwarves evacuate the SMILE Factory, they realize that the Birdcage is not cutting it up, which Franky realizes is because of it being made of Seastone. Zoro, Kin'emon, and Kanjuro end up running into the group and explain to them their intention to stop the Birdcage before departing while Franky gets an idea. Luffy continues battling Doflamingo, however the Warlord reveals that his Devil Fruit has achieved a state known as Awakening, and he overwhelms Luffy by turning the surrounding area into string. Meanwhile, the people on Dressrosa continue running from the Birdcage, but start losing hope. However, Riku galvanizes them by revealing that only Doflamingo remained standing and that Luffy would free them.

Luffy and Doflamingo continue their battle, and Luffy manages to hit Doflamingo with a powerful attack, sending him crashing into the palace plateau. Believing Doflamingo has been defeated, the citizens begin to celebrate Gatz upon seeing Luffy realizes he's Lucy, while the citizens are confused on Luffy's identity due to his Fourth Gear form looking different then his picture in the newspaper as well as his constant bouncing. However, Luffy and Law notice the Birdcage is still up, meaning Doflamingo is still conscious, and Fourth Gear runs out before Luffy can deal the final blow. Seeing this, Jesus Burgess leaps down towards the town intending to steal the Gum-Gum Fruit form Luffy. As Luffy is lying on the ground and barely able to move, the citizens debate on if they can trust him due to him being a pirate. Suddenly, the ground around Doflamingo begins to crack as the citizens realize that the Warlord is still conscious, and they run in fear. Luffy attempts to stand and face Doflamingo, but falls to the ground again as Doflamingo sees his fallen opponent and smiles in delight.

Luffy is left lying helpless on the ground after Gear Fourth wears off, and Doflamingo makes his way toward his fallen opponent. However, Gatz and the Corrida Colosseum gladiators who had originally gone after Doflamingo's bounties arrive to help Luffy, who needs ten minutes to regain his Haki. Gatz's group is ambushed by Jesus Burgess, who is after Luffy's Devil Fruit, but Sabo arrives and battles the pirate, while also revealing his relationship with Luffy and Ace to Burgess. Sabo then combine his new powers with his fighting style to blast him with Burning Dragon Claw Fist: Flame Dragon King. Some of the gladiators go to stall Doflamingo, but the Warlord easily overwhelms them.

At the edge of the Birdcage, Zoro imbues his swords with Armament Haki trying to push the Birdcage back with Kin'emon and Kanjuro joining him as well. By the SMILE Factory, Franky tells the dwarves to push against the factory, as it would not be destroyed due to being made of Seastone, and the dwarves compile, but Doflamingo speeds it up in order to lure Luffy out. Mansherry flies over Dressrosa and uses her powers to temporarily heal the gladiators and citizens. At the south side of the palace plateau, in order to try to stop the Birdcage as well, Bartolomeo creates a barrier with Robin, Kyros, Leo and the revived colosseum fights push against, though Leo tells them that Mansherry's healing ability will only last a few minutes. Law teleports in front of Gatz to help protect Luffy. However, Luffy has four minutes before he regains his Haki, and the Birdcage will fully close in three.

While Usopp instruct several citizens to aid his allies in trying to halt the Birdcage, Doflamingo finishes off the last of the colosseum fighters. Rebecca advice others to head to the New King's Plateau, but fearing the efforts of trying to stop the Birdcage might be in vain, she takes a sword and plans to face Doflamingo himself, only to find he's already being confronted by Viola. Viola tells Rebecca to not to interfere before attacking Doflamingo with a knife, but he effortlessly dodges her and kicks her to the ground. Meanwhile, Fujitora appears behind Zoro and the samurai and imbues his blade in Haki and begins to push the Birdcage along with them with several Marines going so as well, while those who can't use Haki go to aid Franky at the SMILE Factory. As the Marines come to help Franky, several citizens come to aid not only them, but also Robin, Kyros, Leo and the colosseum fighters. Eventually, their titanic effort causes the cage to briefly come to a standstill. However, it quickly starts moving again, and they resume pushing. Riku Doldo III and Tank Lepanto join the effort at the SMILE Factory, with the former king praising the citizens' efforts. Viola gets back up and attacks Doflamingo again, but he easily overpowers and immobilizes her. Doflamingo then takes control of Rebecca and forces her to attack her aunt, as sixty seconds remain before the Birdcage completely closes, as well as how long until Luffy regains his Haki.

Gyatz broadcasts himself to everyone on Dressrosa in order to tell them that the gladiator Lucy is in fact Luffy, and that will return and defeat Doflamingo with one blow. Gyatz acknowledges that the country may not be so quick to trust a pirate after what happened with Doflamingo, but assures them that Luffy is not like Doflamingo. He says that Luffy was called their hope by Riku Doldo III and earlier fought Doflamingo to within an inch of defeat, which causes some of the citizens to place their hope and trust in Luffy. Gyatz them turns to Doflamingo and start condemning him for his actions and proclaiming that this is where he will meet his punishment, hoping to avert Doflamingo's attention away from Viola and Rebecca. Meanwhile, Mansherry's powers begin to wear off and those revived begin collapsing. An angered Doflamingo impales Gyats and then forces Rebecca to attack Viola. However, Luffy having regained his Haki, with Law's help, switches places with Viola and blocks Rebecca's attack as he confronts Doflamingo again.

As the people of Dressrosa cheer for Luffy's return, Doflamingo note that Luffy is at his limit, though Luffy states that he is as well, before being knock down by pillars of string. Doflamingo then attacks Rebecca, but she's teleported away by Law. As their battle resumes, Doflamingo relentlessly attacks Luffy with string and takes control of him. Luffy starts to remember that during his training with Rayleigh, he fought an opponent too big for the Kong Gun to work on, and Rayleigh told him that he needed to come up with something else. Luffy realizes that his Kong Gun isn't enough to beat Doflamingo. Doflamingo tells Luffy that they should have all just stayed in his cage and submitted to his manipulation, saying that humans should only live when a divine being like him manipulates them. He says that he would not have had to carry out this massacre if they had not cut their puppet strings, but Luffy has had enough with his talk. Luffy breaks free by activating Fourth Gear and flies into the air, where he declares his disgust to Doflamingo on how he manipulates everyone and makes it feel like he's suffocating, and the Warlord says that the people here were born as trash and are meant to be manipulated. Luffy tells him to be quiet as he retracts his forearm, and Doflamingo creates a web to protect himself. Luffy then blows air into his other arm, making the retracted arm even bigger, as he remembers sharing his idea for an improved Kong Gun with Rayleigh, as he prepares to deliver the final blow. Doflamingo creates sixteen string spears imbued with Armament Haki for a final attack of his own. Doflamingo uses his God Thread technique and Luffy unleashes his Gum-Gum King Kong Gun. The clash between Luffy and the strings is powerful enough to cause ripples in the water and be felt by the citizens below, and everyone on Dressrosa cheers Luffy on as he breaks through Doflamingo's attack and defense before hitting Doflamingo himself. The force of the punch sends Doflamingo flying into the ground, with the impact tearing apart the city, and Doflamingo falls down into the underground harbor. Law looks up at Luffy and remembers how Corazon once told him in some countries, there are people who call those with the name of "D.", the sworn enemy of the gods as Doflamingo's shattered glasses fall away and Luffy hovers in the air victorious.

Everyone on Dressrosa rejoices at Doflamingo's defeat as the Birdcage disappears. As Luffy loses consciousness, the people remember their suffering at the hands of Doflamingo, and Kyros sheds human tears for the first time in ten years.

Sabo walks away from a defeated Burgess, but Burgess riles him up by talking about Ace, causing Sabo to severely burn him with Ace's Fire Fist technique. Meanwhile, the Marines arrest all of the Donquixote Pirates except for Viola, Baby 5, and Bellamy. Maynard broadcasts the destruction on Dressrosa to three neighboring islands, and as this occurs, the people of Dressrosa beg Riku to return to the throne. Riku keeps refusing until Elizabello II backs up the citizens' plea, and Fujitora then arrives with a platoon of Marines. As multitudes of people watch, Fujitora and the Marines fall prostrate before Riku in apology for the World Government allowing Doflamingo to rule over Dressrosa. The record of this is kept, and soon news of Doflamingo's defeat at the hand of Luffy and Law's alliance is spread all over the world.

As Fujitora apologizes, King Riku tells him to raise his head, but the Admiral says that it is important for the world to see his actions, as he reveals his reason for not attacking Doflamingo himself early on. He didn't want the Navy to appear to be heroes as they were the ones who allowed Doflamingo to do what he pleased in the first place and that he left the Straw Hats to do everything in hopes that they would succeed. Knowing the Navy may want to save face Riku orders Tank to take the Straw Hat and their allies as well as any homeless civilians to the palace. The Straw Hats reunite after the battle on Dressrosa, and Kyros disbands the Tontatta army. In Mariejois, Sakazuki meets with the Gorosei, angry about Doflamingo's deception earlier in the day. He and the Gorosei are then told about Doflamingo's defeat, shocking them. As the news about Doflamingo's defeat is carried all over the world, people that relied on Doflamingo's Underworld brokering lose their resources, and some get angry at Luffy and Law. Jewelry Bonney and the alliance of Eustass Kid, Killer, Scratchmen Apoo, and Basil Hawkins read the news, and the alliance is glad that Luffy and Law are after Kaido and not their target, Shanks. Capone Bege comments on the news, saying his friends are doing well, and orders his men to retrieve Caesar Clown, as Big Mom's flag is seen behind him. On a sky island, Urouge recovers from his wounds, when he is approached by a mysterious man. On another island, X Drake tells his crew that his father was killed by Doflamingo, but he doesn't hold a grudge about it anymore. However, his comrades are more concerned about the news, and scramble to tell Kaidou that Doflamingo has been defeated and his supply of "Smiles" has been lost. On Dressrosa, Fujitora and Sakazuki get into an argument over the Transponder Snail over Fujitora telling the world about Doflamingo's defeat so quickly. At sea, Smoker expresses relief that Fujitora got the truth out unlike he did during Crocodile's defeat, as he, Tashigi and the children from Punk Hazard are on their way to see Vegapunk. At Dressrosa, Sakazuki admits there were many ways he could have covered this up. Fujitora states that he does not want to be made into a hero for something he did not do, and that the World Government needs to take responsibility for their actions. Sakazuki shouts that it is a matter of credibility and trust, but Fujitora responds that if such meaningless trust is important, it would be better not to have any. Sakazuki tells Fujitora that he can never set foot in a Marine base until he captures Luffy and Law, which Fujitora agrees to.

The Straw Hats along with Law, Bellamy, Kin'emon and Kanjuro retreat to Kyros's house to rest and recover. Sabo arrives soon after to see Luffy and everyone except Robin are shocked to know he is Luffy's brother. Sabo reveals CP-0 is searching for the revolutionaries and they have to leave soon, advising the Straw Hats to also leave soon. Sabo then tells the crew of his past with Luffy and Ace and also what happened to him after he was presumed dead. He recalls the time he first met Dragon, and how he felt trapped by the nobility system on Goa Kingdom, and his disgust towards them for when they burned down Grey Terminal. Feeling trapped, Sabo decided to set out to sea, but encountered a ship much larger than his small vessel. The large ship contained the World Noble Jalmack, who shot Sabo's ship with a bazooka due to it crossing his path. He was rescued by Dragon, who brought him to his ship for medical treatment. When Sabo awoke he'd lost all of his memories, only knowing his name due to it being on his possessions. When the revolutionaries suggest taking him back to his family, Sabo refuses, having a bad feeling about his family despite not remembering them. Sabo joined the Revolutionary Army, and though he couldn't remember his past Sabo had a lot of fighting experience which his body still remembered and eventually raised up the ranks. The Dressrosa palace has begun repair works and the Corrida Colosseum fighters are resting there. Bartolomeo then locks up Cavendish in a chain, telling everyone they will see a monster if they don't lock him up. After telling the crew his story, Franky asks how he get back his memories to which Sabo replies Ace's death awakened his memory.

Sabo tells Zoro, Robin, Franky, Kin'emon, and Kanjuro about how he regained his memories. Two years ago, Sabo and Koala returned to the Revolutionary Army's headquarters in Baltigo from a mission right after the Summit War of Marineford ended. While Dragon confirmed to his subordinates that Luffy was indeed his son, Sabo began sweating as he read the news report about Ace's death and begins crying and bending over in shock. He begins to remember his time with Ace and Luffy and their sworn brotherhood and begins convulsing. Sabo finally let out a large scream as he regained his memories and realized who Ace truly was, and collapsed in the process. Awaking three days later, Sabo revealed that he indeed regained his memories, and Koala asked if he would quit the Revolutionary Army. Sabo denied this, bu asked to speak with Dragon. Two years later, he visited Ace's grave and got permission to participate in the match for the Flame-Flame Fruit, where he reunited with Luffy. Sabo then gives a Vivre Card of Luffy to the Straw Hats, though keeps a piece for himself. He then leaves on a flock of birds, excited to get back to Baltigo and talk to Dragon about Luffy and happy that he got to meet Luffy. Meanwhile, Fujitora decides on a dice roll that he will not arrest the Straw Hats tonight, and at the palace, Riku tells Rebecca that when he becomes king she will be a princess.

Kyros wakes up and he shares a drink with Zoro as he states his gratefulness to the Straw Hats for freeing everyone on Dressrosa. Meanwhile, the crew on the Thousand Sunny arrives at a mysterious island. Sanji forces Caesar Clown to help a group of people as Nami, Brook, and Momonosuke battle against the pirates Sheepshead and Ginrummy. Suddenly, water erupts from a mountainous object, causing the island to become flooded, forcing Nami to save Brook and Momonosuke from drowning. Sheephead and Ginrummy catch up riding a crocodile-like steed with the former attempting to attack Nami from behind, but is stopped by Brook. Sheepshead then retaliates, revealing he has a strange Devil Fruit ability that lets him turn his arms into sheep horns, though Brook once again blocks him while also freezing Sheepshead's arm. Sanji appears and swiftly defeats Sheepshead with Diable Jambe, and Sheepshead's allies decide to call off their mission to find a samurai and leave the island. Meanwhile, a mysterious person lands on the Kid Pirates' base after having jumped off the Sky Island Urouge was moments before. A narration explains the man is a pirate that had been defeated seven times, captured by his enemies 18 times, and was set to be executed 40 times. However, all the execution weapons failed, and the man lived life as a criminal, sinking nine large prison ships at one point, as no one could kill him, not even himself. The person rises from the crater and is revealed to be Kaido, who faces Kid's alliance and declares that he wants to start a massive war.

Tsuru and Sengoku, who is now an Inspector General and has become more cheerful while also taken many of Garp's mannerisms, arrive on Dressrosa three days after the battle and meet up with Fujitora. Mansherry arrives at the Marine encampment, wanting to help heal the injured citizens. The Marines are easily swayed by her and donate energy to create healing flowers. Meanwhile, the people of Dressrosa prepare to celebrate Riku Dold III's return to the throne and Rebecca becoming the crown princess. However, Kyros starts a rumor that she is the daughter of a faraway prince who died in a war, in order to prevent her from being associated with him and his checkered past. Tsuru rolls a six on Fujitora's die, allowing the Marines to go after the Straw Hats and their allies. Luffy wakes up after being asleep for three days and isn't happy about Kyros' decision. Suddenly Bartolomeo enters Kyros' house to reveal that the Marines are coming for them. The pirates prepare to escape the island.

The Marines swarm Kyros' house, and the Straw Hats, Law, Bartolomeo, and Bellamy escape from it. However, Luffy departs from the group, saying he needed to do something. Marines occupy the entirety of Dressrosa, but the Corrida Colosseum gladiators take them out in order to clear the way for the Straw Hats. After fighting through hordes of Marines, Luffy reaches the Royal Palace and speaks to Rebecca through the window, asking her if she is fine with Kyros' decision to exit her life. Rebecca confesses that she is not, and Luffy breaks her out of the palace, outraging both the Marines and the citizens of Dressrosa.

After evading the citizens as well as Marines armed with Seastone nets. Luffy brings Rebecca to Kyros' house, where she confronts her father about abandoning her. Rebecca tells Kyros that she wants to be with him regardless of his past, and the two reconcile. At the Royal Palace, Viola approaches Riku Doldo III, revealing that Rebecca had asked her to become crown princess in her stead, much like Scarlett had done years ago. Meanwhile, Fujitora approaches the Straw Hats and the Colosseum gladiators as they wait for Luffy to return. At the Marine camp, Bastille receives reports that Marine troops all across the island have lost their weapons and their battleships have been stitched together. Unbeknownst to them, their weapons were stolen by the dwarves, and Leo had sewn their ships together, while those who donated energy to Mansherry become paralyzed. Law goes to talk to Sengoku about Donquixote Rosinante, with Sengoku talking about how he raised Rosinante as a son and Law revealing that he was the boy Rosinante died for.

Law finishes talking with Sengoku, who refuses to discuss the D. in the former's name and says that Rosinante also had no idea and telling Law to not go looking for reasons for Rosinante's love for him before telling him the best way to honor Rosinante's memory is to keep living. At the eastern port, Fujitora lifts all the rubble on Dressrosa high into the air, intending to drop it on the pirates and gladiators. Suddenly, Luffy arrives and attacks Fujitora, not intending to run away from admirals anymore. As they battle, however, Luffy calls out what his next attack will be before performing it. Fujitora wonders why Luffy is announcing his attacks, questioning angrily if it were to give him a handicap because he's blind. Luffy replies that it is because he likes Fujitora, which causes the admiral to laugh, and his laughing angers Luffy as they exchange blows again. Eventually, Fujitora overpowers Luffy and sends him crashing into Dressrosa's coastline.

Hajrudin catches Luffy, the Straw Hats, samurai, and Corrida Colosseum gladiators escape from Admiral Fujitora and run to their ships. As Fujitora prepares to crush them with his floating rubble, he begins reflecting, knowing that the Straw Hats and their allies will soon perish. However, even if they somehow managed to escape, they would be targeted by the Four Emperors. Fujitora notes Luffy's sympathy for his blindness, but reveals that he blinded himself because he had seen many things he did not want to. Suddenly, the citizens of Dressrosa chase after the criminals with the apparent intention of taking down the Straw Hats themselves due to Luffy kidnapping Rebecca. As the citizens run past Fujitora, he hears one of them ask why they are doing this, as Rebecca was really with Kyros as they always knew about Kyros' and Scarlett's marriage. Another citizen replies that they knew this, as well as who the fairies really were. As such, the citizens are only putting on a facade, shouting threats with smiles on their faces and stopping at the edge of the coast to cheer on the Straw Hats. Fujitora reflects that everyone really does want to help Luffy and begins wondering what Luffy looks like, as he regrets blinding himself. The Straw Hats are awestruck when they reach the enormous flagship Yonta Maria, and Bartolomeo promises to show them his ship later. Hajrudin reveals that he and four other giants are going to reform the Giant Warrior Pirates, and Orlumbus says that his fleet of 56 ships should also help them, which confused the Straw Hats. Leo says that he and the Tonta Corps were given permission to help as well, Ideo reveals that he has formed an alliance with Blue Gilly, Abdullah, and Jeet, and Suleiman reveals that he has joined Cavendish. Luffy gets confused at the sudden onslaught of news, and they reveal that they had planned this while staying at the palace for two days. Bartolomeo then steps forward and requests Luffy to allow the seven crews present to serve under him.

Somewhere at sea, a group of pirates form an alliance to take revenge on Luffy for taking down Doflamingo's market, which they had relied on. They also plan to ransack Dressrosa if Riku has become king again. Luffy initially refuses his allies' request to serve under him, tell them that he does not want control over them because it would not let him sail freely and become Pirate King like he wanted to. Luffy tells the captains that they already had a bond after they worked together to defeat Doflamingo, and he would come help any of them if they came calling. Suddenly, they come under attack by the pirate alliance, but Fujitora destroys the alliance by dropping his rubble on their ships, saying its a parting gift for Luffy. In response to Luffy's reasoning Cavendish, Bartolomeo, Sai, Ideo, Leo, Hajrudin, and Orlumbus pledge their allegiance to him anyway, forming a one-sided alliance where they will help him whenever he needs. Fujitora thanks Luffy for cleaning up the World Government's messes, but is shocked when Sengoku overhears it from behind. On the Flower Field, Rebecca and Kyros watch the Straw Hats depart as they hold each other's bare hands for the first time in ten years. The newly formed Straw Hat Grand Fleet celebrates their formation as it is hinted that they will play a role in a pivotal event in the future.

On the Yonta Maria, the Straw Hat Grand Fleet's party continues. Law stands abovedeck looking at the sea, and Robin approaches him and asks what he will do next. However, Law leaves and tells her to leave him alone. Rob Lucci and Spandam, now CP-0 agents, search Dressrosa for weapons, but find none. The people of Dressrosa celebrate a new era in their history, as the existence of the dwarves is revealed to the humans and they begin fully coexisting, and Leo has the humans build statues of Luffy, Kyros, and Usopp, as Riku Doldo III prepares for Reverie. Out at sea, an imprisoned Doflamingo wonders who will gain power over the entire world. Meanwhile, the pirate Jack prepares to attack the Marine convoy transporting Doflamingo. Elsewhere, the Straw Hats are shocked to see Bartolomeo's ship, the Going Luffy-senpai. The entire ship pays homage to the Straw Hats, as the masthead is a giant Luffy statue, a wall in the middle is a large replica of the Going Merry's head, there is a giant Chopper figurehead in the stern, and they also have tangerine groves like Nami's. Franky compliments the design, and everyone in the Barto Club is dazzled to hear this. Bartolomeo points to their most important edition, the newly acquired vivre card that Sabo gave to Luffy. Back on the Yonta Maria some time ago, Luffy had given pieces of the vivre card to Bellamy, who decided to go on his own path, as well as all the Grand Fleet crews as they departed. As the group starts hearing to Zou, Bartolomeo shows them their updated bounties and wanted posters, although notably Sanji is wanted only alive. Meanwhile, a man eats a lump of coal, causing his skin to glow red.