Chapter 975

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

Cover Page
"Gang" Bege's Oh My Family Vol. 23:

Gotti realized the woman he saved is in fact Lola.

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 then simultaneously attack and destroy one of their ships, and Kyoshiro then 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.

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.
 * Franky and Usopp have repaired all the damage the Sunny accumulated while escaping from Totto Land.
 * Luffy, Law, and Kid destroy one of the Beasts Pirates' ships.
 * They also learn about the alliance between Kaido and Big Mom.
 * Denjiro sinks 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.
 * In total, along with the Straw Hat Pirates, Heart Pirates, and the Scabbards, the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance have over 5,420 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.