Chapter 975

Chapter 975 is titled "Kin'emon's Clever Trick".

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Short Summary
Although the arrival of the Straw Hat Pirates, Heart Pirates, and Kid Pirates was unexpected, the Beasts Pirates are still confident as they reveal how they prevented the rest of the Kozuki Family's allies from getting to Port Tokage as well as that they had formed an alliance with the Big Mom Pirates.

However, Luffy, Law, and Kid simultaneously attack and destroy one of their ships, and Kyoshiro arrives on his ship. He attacks another enemy ship, revealing his true identity as Denjiro, and he then reveals that Yasuie's altered message actually instructed the Kozuki allies to meet at the wharf by Port Habu. Thus, their allies had been able to reach the wharf before Orochi destroyed the bridges, and Denjiro had freed the Rasetsu Town prisoners after Orochi had left him in charge of the Flower Capital. As he reveals this, the alliance, now numbering 5400, arrives at Port Tokage on a massive fleet. Denjiro commends Kin'emon for cleverly misinforming the other Scabbards to mislead the spy Kanjuro, unaware that Kin'emon had actually misunderstood the message himself.

Long Summary
Although the arrival of the Straw Hat Pirates, Heart Pirates, and Kid Pirates was unexpected, the Beasts Pirates are still confident as they reveal how they prevented the rest of the Kozuki Family's allies from getting to Tokage Port as well as that they had formed an alliance with the Big Mom Pirates. The rookie Pirates are shocked to hear that the two Emperors have decided to ally with one another.

However, Luffy, Law, and Kid then simultaneously attack and destroy one of their ships.

Soon Kyoshiro and his family arrives on his ship. The Beasts Pirates believe he is here to aid them in battle and beg him to sink the enemy ships and he proceeds to attack one of the Beast Pirates ships by cutting it in half. Kyoshiro then addresses the Samurai, as Zoro recognizes him from the town.

Ashura Doji believes Kyoshiro might make a bad enemy. However, to the shock of everyone, Kyoshiro then tells the Samurai that his family will aid them in battle.

Kyoshiro speaks to Kin'emon about the Mountain God incident, in which the Capital was nearly destroyed. This shocks Kin'emon, as only one person was aware of this before he realizes who Kyoshiro is and asks if he is Denjiro. Cutting off his pompadour, Kyoshiro reveals his true identity as Denjiro, as his allies are shocked by his new appearance.

Denjiro then reveals that Yasuie's altered message actually instructed the Kozuki allies to meet at the wharf by Habu Port. Thus, their allies had been able to reach the wharf before Orochi destroyed the bridges, and Denjiro had freed the Rasetsu Town prisoners after Orochi had left him in charge of the Flower Capital. As he reveals this, the alliance, now numbering 5400, arrives at Tokage Port on a massive fleet.

Infuriated that his plans were foiled, Kanjuro curses Kin'emon. Denjiro then commends his friend for fooling the enemy, as Kin'emon takes it in stride, while he internally notes that he had actually misunderstood the message himself.

Chapter Notes

 * Shinobu is left incapacitated by Kanjuro through several snakes binding her down.
 * The Thousand Sunny survived its bombing attempt thanks to the sturdiness of its wood, made from the Treasure Tree Adam.
 * Luffy, Law, and Kid destroy one of the Beasts Pirates' ships.
 * Kid was able to find and retrieve his crew.
 * They also learn about the alliance between Kaido and Big Mom.
 * Denjiro destroys a second ship, revealing his allegiance.
 * Denjiro reveals his identity to the Scabbards and rejoins them.
 * The Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance allies join the fight.
 * The exact numbers of the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance are revealed with more members being added after Denjiro's arrival.
 * 3,500 former prisoners of the Udon mines.
 * 200 Yakuza members.
 * 200 members of the Inuarashi Musketeer Squad.
 * 280 members of the Mt. Atama Thieves.
 * 200 members of the Kyoshiro Family.
 * The 1,000 samurai that were imprisoned at Rasetsu Town, having been freed by Denjiro.
 * The Straw Hat, Heart, and Kid Pirate crews.
 * In total, the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance has about 5,400 men.
 * The allies are revealed to have been waiting at Habu Port's docks and not Tokage Port.
 * It turns out that Kin'emon misread Yasuie's message, meaning that Kanjuro was accidentally misinformed about the alliance's meeting place.

Trivia

 * This chapter shows the entire Straw Hat crew back together again since Chapter 701, 274 chapters ago.