Egghead Arc

The Egghead Arc is the thirty-second story arc in the series and the first in the Final Saga of One Piece, continuing from the Wano Country Arc and Saga.

Story Impact

 * Several characters make their first appearances in the manga after the timeskip. The characters (in the order they were reintroduced) are: Daz Bonez, Vasco Shot
 * Every Straw Hat's bounty is raised after Kaidou and Big Mom's defeat. Chopper is now recognized as the crew's doctor, as well as its pet. Franky's bounty poster now depicts the Thousand Sunny's figurehead.
 * Luffy's current nine members are now referred to as "Nine Senior Officers" of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.
 * Crocodile and Dracule Mihawk are on Karai Bari Island and have Buggy under their power due to him being recognized by the public as the president of Cross Guild. They then let Buggy remain as president in order to have him attract all the unwanted attention.
 * Galdino reveals he never joined the Buggy Pirates officially and returns to work under Crocodile.
 * The formation of Cross Guild is shown.
 * Crocodile contacted Mihawk in order to form the Cross Guild after the dissolution of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. After that, he and Daz Bonez then attack the Marine Ships that were heading to capture Buggy. Buggy had borrowed some money from Crocodile, but since he could not pay his debt to him, he allowed Crocodile take over his organization. Due to his subordinates' love for him, however, Buggy was advertised as the Cross Guild's leader, leading to the Marines recognizing him as such as well as giving him the status of an Emperor of the Sea.
 * The Revolutionary Army commanders have arrived at Momoiro Island with Kuma. Dragon questions Kuma about what he witnessed at Mary Geoise.
 * The Marines wiretap a Revolutionary Den Den Mushi call from Sabo to Koala.
 * Sabo is revealed to have been in the Lulusia Kingdom.
 * King Seki and Princess Komane were imprisoned by their constituents as consequence of the Eight-Nation Revolution.
 * Sabo reports to the Revolutionary Army about having seen someone sitting on the Empty Throne.
 * He also confirms he had no involvement in Cobra's murder.
 * As Im crosses out Lulusia from a map, a strange flying entity shows up in Lulusia's skies. It then rains down a massive light blast onto the country, wiping it out nearly instantly.
 * While Lulusia's destruction is ongoing, the Five Elders order the Marines to cease intercepting the call and pretend that Lulusia had never existed to begin with.
 * A flashback of the moment after Ryokugyu left Wano Country is shown.
 * Yamato explains to Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Jinbe that Ryokugyu's attack made him realize that more powerful people will try to invade Wano, which is the reason Yamato decided to remain in the country for now. Shortly afterwards, Marco arrived to see Luffy before leaving Wano. Luffy thanked Marco for everything he did during the Summit War of Marineford.
 * Marco returns to Sphinx with the help of the Red Hair Pirates. Shanks offers Marco to join his crew, but he refuses.
 * The aftermath of the siege on Amazon Lily is shown.
 * During the attack, the Marines' forces included two young Lunarian-like Pacifistas called Seraphim. They both resemble Boa Hancock and Mihawk in their youth.
 * Due to the Mihawk-looking Seraphim's attack, the mountain in the Kuja's capital has been cleaved nearly in half.
 * It is revealed that while the Marines attacked the island, the Blackbeard Pirates also invaded in the middle of the battle, their target being Hancock to steal her power.
 * This also revealed that Hancock is the "certain someone" who Blackbeard wanted to capture before the Marines as stated in a previous chapter during the Wano Country Arc.
 * Hancock overwhelmed the invading forces, using her power to turn the vast majority of them to stone. However, Blackbeard managed to grab Hancock, nullifying her power. Hancock revealed that even if she dies, it won't undone the stone petrification and the next person who gains her power will not be able to undo it.
 * Blackbeard reveals more details about the Rocky Port Incident.
 * Koby's involvement in the incident somehow allowed Blackbeard to topple Ochoku, a former member of the Rocks Pirates and conquer Hachinosu.
 * Rayleigh showed up in Amazon Lily to end the conflict and told Hancock to undo all petrification, and afterwards he and Shakuyaku stayed on the island.
 * Shakuyaku is revealed to be a former Empress of the Kuja tribe and the former captain of the Kuja Pirates from two generations ago.
 * With the Marines targeting her only, Hancock declares her intention of leaving Amazon Lily to protect her people and reunite with Luffy.
 * A newspaper reports about Koby being captured by the Blackbeard Pirates.
 * The Straw Hat Pirates learn about the Levely incidents regarding Sabo, Vivi and Cobra, as well as the abolishment of the Warlords system.
 * Luffy tells his crew mates that becoming Pirate King is just a means to an end, the ultimate goal of his dream is something else. His true dream was not revealed, but it was stated to be something impossible, though Luffy believes that becoming Pirate King might make it achievable. The only other people Luffy have talked about his true dream to were Shanks, Ace, and Sabo.
 * The Straw Hats spots someone inside a waterspout and Zoro frees that person, who turns out to be Jewelry Bonney.
 * Bonney identifies the location they are at is Egghead, which houses Vegapunk's research lab.
 * Bonney reveals that she came to the New World alone and that the shark ate her ship.
 * The rest of the Straw Hats are saved from the shark by a giant robot piloted by a young woman claiming to be Vegapunk.
 * The Marine Base G-14 and Vice Admiral Doll are introduced.
 * Tashigi and the children from Punk Hazard are at the base. The children are revealed to have been regularly taking medicine which has been slowly helping them shrink down to normal size.
 * Helmeppo and Hibari are seen with the Marine group who tried to capture Chiffon.
 * Helmeppo, Hibari, and the aforementioned Marine group's leader, Prince Grus, are confirmed to be part of SWORD.