Chapter 1026

Chapter 1026 is titled "The Pivotal Clash".

Cover Page
Cover Page Request: "Nami and Leo" fashioning cute clothes for a lion cub" by PN Ebi.

The design of the shirts is the same as the shirt Bell-mère made Nami in Chapter 77.

Chapter Notes

 * Unknown to the citizens at the Fire Festival, Onigashima is nearing the Flower Capital.
 * There is a flashback between Tenguyama and Tama.
 * A Mary on the roof of the Skull Dome reports about the fight.
 * Luffy and Momonosuke attack Kaidou.
 * Kaidou returns to his Hybrid form.
 * Luffy tells Momonosuke to fly and stop Onigashima.
 * The message broadcast across Onigashima causes the people inside to learn that Luffy is back in action and the mysterious new dragon is Momonosuke.
 * Luffy and Kaidou clash with Haoshoku Haki, splitting the skies.
 * The Mary faints after the clash.
 * The fights of Inuarashi against Jack and Nekomamushi against Perospero are shown.
 * Both minks are badly wounded, and reverted back from their Sulong forms due to clouds covering the moon.
 * The clouds are moved after Luffy and Kaidou's clash of Haki, allowing the minks to return to their Sulong forms.
 * Inuarashi and Nekomamushi attack Jack and Perospero respectively, defeating them.
 * It is revealed that Orochi is still alive.
 * He watched the fight between Inuarashi and Jack.

Trivia

 * The cover feature another installment of the Sunflower-Lion running gag of series, which started in Chapter 77 during Nami's flashback, and continued with the Thousand Sunny's figure head in Chapter 436 and Chapter 439, and the cover of Chapter 568.