Chapter 652

Chapter 652 is called "Grim Premonitions".

Cover Page
From the Decks of the World Vol. 34 - "Shift Station - Station Captain Chimney, The Sunday Spectacle".

Short Summary
Jinbe and Neptune have a discussion at the Ryugu Palace about cutting off their connections to Big Mom and Neptune has found the flag he would wish to use to defend his island in case he loses Big Mom's, the flag of the Straw Hat Pirates. The Minister of the Right comes and alerts Neptune that an explosion cause by a bomb inside of the tamatebako will occur when it is opened. Luffy returns to the palace and tells everyone that he gave all the treasure he had to Big Mom and that he'd fight her. In consequence, everyone is shocked and Luffy, Zoro and Sanji get beaten up by Nami. Caribou wakes up and tries to find the treasure he stole. He sees that Pekoms has it and tries fighting him only to be defeated by one punch. In the New World, the pirates that just escaped from Hody's slave army are attacked by the Marines. On a marine battleship, Smoker is interrogating some captured pirates who tell him that the one who saved them was Luffy.

Chapter Notes

 * Chimney, Gonbe, Tashigi and Smoker are shown for the first time since the timeskip.
 * Chimney has become a station captain.
 * It is revealed that the Tamatebako has a bomb in it.
 * All the treasures Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji acquired from Caribou has been given to Big Mom.
 * Pekoms is confirmed to be a Zoan Devil Fruit user, being able to transform into a turtle, and has a bounty of 330,000,000. He seems to be able to use Busoshoku Haki as he is able to defeat Caribou.
 * Smoker is revealed to have been promoted to vice admiral and Tashigi is now a captain.
 * The other members of the Sun Pirates are currently serving Big Mom.