Chapter 975

Even with the rookie crews arriving, the Beasts Pirates stay confident, boasting that they cut off the rest of the Kouzuki allies and forged a pact with the Big Mom Pirates. Luffy, Law, and Kid wreck one enemy ship in unison, and Kyoshiro sails in to split another in two, revealing himself as Denjiro. He explains that Yasuie's altered message in fact told the allies to gather at the wharf by Habu Port, letting them reach it before Orochi destroyed the bridges, and that he freed the Rasetsu Town prisoners once Orochi left him in charge of the capital. As the 5,400-strong alliance arrives, Denjiro praises Kin'emon's cunning, unaware Kin'emon had simply misread the message.

The rookie pirates reel at news that two Emperors have joined forces. Mistaking Kyoshiro for an ally, the Beasts Pirates beg him to sink the enemy, only for him to cleave their own ship. Ashura suspects he would make a dangerous foe, but Kyoshiro instead pledges his family to the samurai's side. He raises the Mountain God incident, a secret only one man should know, prompting Kin'emon to recognize Denjiro. Cutting off his pompadour, Denjiro confirms his identity to his stunned comrades and rejoins them.

The Thousand Sunny endured its bombing thanks to wood from the Treasure Tree Adam. The alliance tally is laid out: 3,500 freed Udon miners, 200 yakuza, 200 Inuarashi Musketeers, 280 Mt. Atama Thieves, 200 Kyoshiro Family, the thousand samurai Denjiro released from Rasetsu Town, and the three rookie crews, totaling roughly 5,400. Yasuie's note had shifted the rendezvous from the port to the nearby wharf rather than to a different port entirely, and Kin'emon's misreading meant Kanjuro was fed wrong information by accident. The chapter marks the full Straw Hat crew reunited for the first time since Chapter 701.