Dressrosa Arc

The Dressrosa Arc is the twenty-seventh story arc in the series and the second and final arc in the Dressrosa Saga of One Piece, continuing from the Punk Hazard Arc. The Straw Hats and Trafalgar Law, having formed an alliance, travel with Kin'emon to Dressrosa; there, in the second stage of their plan, they aim to take down the nation's king, the Shichibukai Donquixote Doflamingo. However, they soon set into motion a series of world-changing events, as their actions interact unexpectedly with those of larger forces at play. Dressrosa is the second island the Straw Hats encounter in the New World. As the news of Doflamingo's resigning and the Pirate Alliances spreaded, chaos ensued. In war zones, armies were desperate to get in contact with the former Shichibukai in order to get new supplies of weapons, while pirates everywhere started panicking about the alliances reported by Absa. Meanwhile, Doflamingo received the promised call from Law, with some of the Straw Hats on the other end seemingly surprised that the former Shichibukai actually picked it up. Luffy returned Doflamingo's greeting by shouting his declaration to be Pirate King, followed by angrily threatening Doflamingo that he was willing to return Caesar, but if he found they were repeating the same actions as they did on Punk Hazard, he was going to beat the former Shichibukai up. Doflamingo simply chuckled, asking where Luffy had been and stating that he wanted to meet the Straw Hat, claiming that he has something that Luffy would do anything to get. As Luffy started envisioning meat, Usopp dragged his Captain away from the Den Den Mushi, with Law picking up the receiver to start negotiations.

After Doflamingo made sure that Caesar was all right, Law told his old boss the time and place of the pickup. Luffy then abruptly hung up on the Shichibukai before he got caught up in Doflamingo's pace again. Sanji then asked if it would not have been better for them to limit the forces present for the pick up, but Law refuted this, stating that their real objective was to find the hidden SMILE factory and destroy it. Luffy started getting excited about this adventure and his next in which he plans on going to the Wano Country. They decided to have breakfast, during which Kin'emon briefly explained the events leading to him and Momonosuke ending up on Punk Hazard. When Law heard that the samurai were heading to Zou, he stated that he was also planning on heading there after destroying the factory to join his crew. When Kin'emon finished telling his tale, Franky, Chopper, and Luffy then get carried away, saying that they will help the samurai's friend, Kanjuro as well, much to Law's annoyance. At the new Marine Headquarters, a debriefing was taking place about Doflamingo's abdication, Law's alliance, and the Shichibukai as a whole, which now included Buggy and another unnamed pirate. In response to this, Fleet Admiral Sakazuki stated he sent Fujitora to Dressrosa to investigate. At Dressrosa, Baby 5 went looking for Trebol, who suddenly appeared in front of her. Baby 5 told him that Doflamingo is looking for him, and to bring 'it'. After Trebol teased her about her captain's constant execution of all her previous boyfriends, he then went to meet the former Shichibukai. While there, it was revealed that the object requested by Doflamingo was in fact the Mera Mera no Mi, Ace's Devil Fruit prior to his death. Doflamingo entrusted the fruit to another of his subordinates, Diamante, while commenting that Luffy will come running to him because he would not want anyone else to have Ace's Devil Fruit. Elsewhere, the Straw Hats and Law soon sight Dressrosa.