Chapter 1039: Top Billing

Still hauling Onigashima away from the capital, Momonosuke catches a voice somewhere reaching out to him. Down where the duel rages, the Beasts Pirates recoil at the sight of Kid's metal bull goring their captain, while the two rival crews cheer them on. Landing atop the bull, Law accuses Kid of stalling for his finisher only to swoop in and claim the wound; they snipe over who opens for whom, with Kid warning that his true trump would leave nothing of her behind. Rising with a shattered right arm, Big Mom admits Law's power cracked some of her ribs, then mends the bones by gifting them souls.

Her Maser Saber cleaves the bull, but Kid, having welded it from scrap by magnetism, just snaps it back together. He then pins her against the wall: her forehead receives a south pole while the wall behind takes a north pole, dragging her back and locking her in place. Charging once more, the bull is halted by a wall she raises, and she summons Bahoho: Misery, a towering figure of flame and lightning that swats Kid down.

Law warps a spire over her to crush her, sheathes his sword in K-ROOM, and runs her through the chest, this time drawing the blade out so far it spears clean through the floating island and reaches the ground below, a sight Yamato witnesses. As she pounds at him to break free, Law presses deeper and looses Puncture Wille, ripping an opening through both the island and Wano that even Momonosuke notices. When Misery turns on Law, Kid drops in overhead with his real weapon, a railgun of magnetized scrap, and Damned Punk slams her square in the chest while Law declares her reign finished.

Momonosuke keeps dragging Onigashima clear and senses an unknown presence calling him. The tag-team duel against Big Mom presses on: Kid's earlier Punk Corna Dio is shown to have snapped her right arm, which she heals by converting the bones into Homies. She debuts Maser Saber, then raises Misery, a giant female homie of living fire and lightning.

Law's ultimate strike maims her while boring a wide hole through Onigashima and a crater near the capital, and Kid assembles a huge railgun to blast her. The clash between Yamato and Kazenbo continues, momentarily broken up when Law's blade punches through.

The cover is a color spread of the Straw Hats trekking through dense jungle. The chapter forms part of the Wano Country Arc, and its title Otori renders in English as Top Billing.