One Piece · Story arc
Wano Country
In the secluded country of Wano the grand alliance — crew, Kozuki samurai, minks and Heart Pirates — storms Onigashima to overthrow shogun Orochi and the Emperor Kaido. Amid Oden's legacy and the Nine Red Scabbards, Luffy strikes down Kaido and becomes one of the new Emperors.
In the secluded country of Wano, under shogun Orochi and the Emperor Kaido, the crew gathers the grand alliance: Kozuki samurai, minks, Heart Pirates and Oden's Nine Red Scabbards. A long flashback reveals the life and execution of Kozuki Oden. After the failed Udon raid and Luffy's Haki training, the alliance storms Onigashima during the fire festival. Atop the fortress five captains face Kaido and Big Mom; Luffy falls again and again but rises by awakening his fruit as Gear 5 — Nika. With Kaido beaten, Wano is free, Momonosuke becomes shogun and the world proclaims Luffy one of the new Four Emperors.
- Position
- Arc 29 of 31
- Saga
- Wano Saga
- Period
- New World · Wano
- Canon status
- Canon
- Manga
- 909-1057
- Anime
- 890-1085
Arc events(24)
- Oden vs KaidoBackstory · WanoTwenty years earlier, daimyo Kozuki Oden challenges Emperor Kaido to free Wano from his tyranny.
- Luffy & Zoro vs HoldemNew World · WanoIn Bakura Town, Luffy and Zoro overrun the Headliner Holdem to save Otama.
- Act 1: the samurai and the Kuri uprisingNew World · WanoLanding in Wano in disguise, the crew reunites with Kinemon and the Kozuki samurai, sees the misery under Orochi and Kaido, and takes up the clan's legacy to prepare the Onigashima plot.
- Sanji vs Page OneNew World · WanoTo protect Otama and Komurasaki, Sanji faces the Tobiroppo Page One and his spinosaurus Zoan in the Flower Capital.
- Toki's prophecy and the leap to the futureBackstory · WanoWith her Time Fruit, Kozuki Toki sends her son Momonosuke and the Scabbards twenty years into the future, prophesying the dawn that will break Wano.
- Kozuki Oden's legacyBackstory · WanoThe Wano flashback reveals the life of Kozuki Oden: his voyages with Whitebeard and Roger to Laugh Tale, his return to a country fallen to Orochi and Kaido, and his execution, which lit the vow of vengeance of the Nine Red Scabbards.
- The Onigashima warNew World · OnigashimaThe ninja-pirate-mink-samurai alliance storms Onigashima during the fire festival. Atop the island, five captains face the two Emperors Kaido and Big Mom in the decisive clash for the future of Wano and the world.
- The Nine Red Scabbards vs KaidoNew World · OnigashimaOden's samurai keep their twenty-year vow and assault the Emperor Kaido together.
- Yamato vs KaidoNew World · OnigashimaAs Oden's declared heir, Yamato faces her father Kaido to stop him from completing his plan for Wano.
- Marco vs King and QueenNew World · OnigashimaMarco the Phoenix single-handedly holds off both Calamities King and Queen to protect the Onigashima roof.
- Jinbe vs Who's WhoNew World · OnigashimaHelmsman Jinbe faces the Tobiroppo Who's Who, a former CP9, in a duel of fish-man and tiger.
- Franky vs SasakiNew World · OnigashimaCyborg shipwright Franky faces the Tobiroppo Sasaki, user of the triceratops Zoan, in a clash of machines.
- Robin vs Black MariaNew World · OnigashimaLured into Black Maria's trap, Nico Robin fights back and fells the giant spider-courtesan.
- Kiku vs KanjuroNew World · OnigashimaThe samurai Kiku faces the traitor Kanjuro to protect Momonosuke at Onigashima.
- Usopp & Nami vs Ulti & Page OneNew World · OnigashimaWith the help of Tama and Zeus, Nami and Usopp blast the Tobiroppo Ulti and Page One at Onigashima.
- Chopper vs Queen's Ice OniNew World · OnigashimaAs Queen unleashes the Ice Oni virus, doctor Chopper races to synthesize the antidote at Onigashima.
- Sanji vs QueenNew World · OnigashimaSanji faces the Calamity-scientist Queen, amid cyborgs and flames, donning the Raid Suit.
- Zoro vs KingNew World · OnigashimaZoro faces King 'the Wildfire', Kaido's right hand and the last Lunarian, in a swordsmen's duel.
- Kid and Law vs Big MomNew World · OnigashimaTwo Supernovas join forces to bring down Empress Big Mom in the bowels of Onigashima.
- The rooftop clash: five against two EmperorsNew World · OnigashimaAtop the dome of Onigashima, the alliance's five captains — Luffy, Law, Kid, Zoro and Killer — together face the Emperors Kaido and Big Mom in the duel that will decide Wano.
- Luffy vs Kaido: Gear 5New World · OnigashimaThe decisive clash for Wano: Luffy faces Kaido again and again until he awakens Gear 5 and fells him.
- The awakening: Gear 5 (Nika)New World · OnigashimaSeemingly killed by Kaido, Luffy rises again: his fruit awakens, revealed as the Hito Hito no Mi Model Nika, the 'Sun God'. In Gear 5 he bends reality and turns the fight with the Emperor around.
- Kaido's fallNew World · WanoAwakening Gear 5, Luffy strikes down the Emperor Kaido and frees Wano. Momonosuke becomes shogun and the world recognises Luffy as one of the new Four Emperors.
- The rebirth of WanoNew World · WanoWith Kaido and Orochi fallen, Kozuki Momonosuke becomes shogun and Wano celebrates its liberation, as the question of finally opening its borders is raised.