Chapter 1088

Chapter 1088 is titled "Final Lesson".

Cover Page
Color Spread: The first five Straw Hats and the major characters who will appear in the live-action television series.

Long Summary
In the past, Monkey D. Garp asks a class of Marine recruits what they would do if they were riding in a boat and could only bring either a baby or an old man onboard. Koby says he will let both of them ride in the boat while he gets off, but Garp throws a marker at him and tells him that answer is wrong. Garp says that the baby should be saved because the old man doesn’t have much time left. He says that the most important thing that the Marines should be trying to save is the future of the people, so by that logic, babies and young people like Koby have more of a future than some old man. Later, he gets scolded for his lecture as he is told that all lives are equal, but Garp insists that the future of the young people is limitless.

Several weeks ago on Amazon Lily, Blackbeard ended up abducting 800 Marine soldiers and stealing one battleship. Koby, however, approached Blackbeard with a proposition: he will give himself up in exchange for the soldiers and the ship, which Blackbeard ultimately accepted. In the present, all of the Marines on Garp’s ship are freaking out because of Avalo Pizarro attempting to crush them with a giant hand made from the island. None of the cannons work against it, so Tashigi tells everyone to abandon ship and protect the civilians.

On the island, Koby is still panicking over Pizarro’s threat, but Garp tells him, Prince Grus, and Helmeppo that the three of them can save their allies together. Garp explains that he will provide an opening, Koby will destroy Pizarro’s hand, Grus will protect the ship from the debris of the resulting destruction, and Helmeppo must make sure no one interferes with the first two. Just as Koby is about to tell him that they can’t do something like this, Garp stops him and tells him that they need to be able to make decisions like this in a snap. Immediately, all three of them move with the other pirates chasing after them. Grus asks Koby what he will do to stop Pizarro, to which Koby says he’ll come up with something.

Helmeppo uses himself as a shield to keep Koby and Grus from getting hit by the pirate’s cannonfire while Garp stands back up. Kuzan asks him where he plans on going with injuries like that, but Garp merely calls them flesh wounds as he runs down his former pupil and heads all the way to the large skull rock Pizarro was looking through. Pizarro tries to intimidate Garp into standing down but he fails, as Garp uses a powerful attack called Galaxy Divide to split the rock formation down the middle, while also simultaneously damaging Pizarro’s main body. Thanks to that though, Koby gets the opening he was promised after Pizarro raises his hand and he jumps into the air.

Back with Garp, he thinks back to a conversation he had with Helmeppo where tells him that Koby has been improving, yet he always has bandages wrapped around his hands. Helmeppo explains he was asked by Koby to keep quiet, but he ultimately reveals to Garp that he had been training intensely in private so he can be one of the best Marines there is. He even went as far as to use Garp’s battleship bags to hone his strength. In the present, Koby comes face-to-face with Pizarro’s hand as all of his friends beg him to escape with them, but in a shocking turn of events, Koby unleashes a punch so powerful he splits Pizarro’s hand in half, a move Koby calls Honesty Impact.

While Pizarro recoils from the pain, everyone reacts with awe over Koby’s incredible feat. Helmeppo catches him while Grus uses Clay Nest to create a clay spider web to catch the debris. The three of them get on board the ship and the Marines celebrate just as Garp calls them to report that the mission was a success. When Tashigi asks him to come back quickly, Garp tells everyone to leave him behind, assuring them that he can save himself. He also tells them that this event will become known as a threat to all pirates as he calls them the “future of the Marines”. Koby immediately wants to go back for him, but Grus refuses to disobey Garp's order.

As for Garp, he has finally been beaten by Kuzan, who has impaled him with a sword of ice that is also freezing him, but he laughs as the other Blackbeard Pirates watch him. The narration then reveals that in tomorrow’s newspaper, the major events published will be Koby’s rescue, Garp’s unknown status, and Monkey D. Luffy barricading himself on Egghead Island, the latter of which sees the fleet of Marines finally reach the island.

Chapter Notes

 * Part of Koby's training is shown.
 * He, Helmeppo and Prince Grus sat in lectures taught by Garp.
 * Koby has secretly trained further by punching a decommissioned warship.
 * The circumstances behind Koby's kidnapping on Amazon Lily are shown.
 * It is revealed that Koby traded himself for 800 Marine soldiers that Blackbeard intended to take hostage.
 * The battle on Hachinosu is resolved.
 * The four Marines on Hachinosu stopped Avalo Pizarro's attack.
 * Garp attacked Pizarro's manifested face.
 * It is shown damage is transferred to the Shima Shima no Mi user's body.
 * Koby destroyed the giant stone hand.
 * Prince Grus caught the rubble with a net made of clay.
 * Helmeppo protected Koby and Grus from the pirates' attacks.
 * Koby, Helmeppo, and Grus made it back to Garp's ship, which successfully escaped Hachinosu.
 * Garp stayed on Hachinosu and was stabbed through the chest by Kuzan while being surrounded by the Blackbeard Pirates.
 * Sanjuan Wolf is back on land.
 * The result of the battle has declared Garp missing in action.
 * The scene then returns to Egghead, which is surrounded by several ships.