Recaps

In 1508, Ron escorted the Sea Train’s maiden voyage from Water 7 and met its builder, Tom. After Ron stopped two pirate ships from attacking the train, the voyage succeeded, but Cipher Pol No. 5 began investigating Tom over suspected Ancient Weapon blueprints, threatening his pardon.

• Ron received a modified Den Den Mushi from Borsalino and called Harald, who told him about Shanks’s possible rise in the God's Knights and his sons Hajrudin and Loki.
• Sengoku assigned Ron to escort the Sea Train’s maiden voyage in Water 7, where he met Tom, Iceburg, Cutty Flam, Kokoro, and Yokozuna.
• Ron defended Tom’s right not to be punished for building Roger’s ship, and Cutty Flam struggled to lift Ron’s sword, Zhenyuan.
• The Puffing Tom began its maiden voyage as Water 7’s residents cheered, but two pirate ships moved to attack it.
• Ron redirected a cannonball through a space door to disable one pirate ship and cut the other into pieces with Zhenyuan, allowing the train to continue safely.
• Cipher Pol No. 5 received a report that the voyage had succeeded and Tom’s pardon was nearing completion, then raised suspicions that Tom possessed Ancient Weapon blueprints.

Ron stayed in Water 7 to see the Sea Train revive the city, then intervened when Spandam pressured Tom over the Pluton blueprints. After Ron forced Spandam to abandon his search, Spandam spotted Cutty Flam’s battleships and began plotting another way to target Tom.

• Ron watched merchants, workers, and residents return to business in Water 7 after the Sea Train’s maiden voyage, then bought gifts for Hibari and Sakazuki’s three-year-old daughter.
• Spandam confronted Tom at the workshop and demanded the Pluton blueprints, but Tom denied having them.
• Tom secretly entrusted the Pluton blueprints to Iceburg and warned him to keep them away from anyone who would use them to kill.
• Spandam returned with Cipher Pol No. 5 agents to search the workshop, but Ron emerged through a door in the air and made them leave without searching.
• Ron ordered Vergo to monitor the workshop and government ship’s berth, while Spandam noticed the battleships built by Cutty Flam and devised a new plan against Tom.

Spandam arranged for Cipher Pol No. 5 agents to use Franky's battle ship to attack the Judicial Ship and frame Tom's Workers, leading to Tom's arrest and Franky’s assault on Spandam. As Spandam tried to force Tom to reveal the Pluton Blueprints, an Air Door opened above him and someone stepped through.

• Ron left Vergo in charge of security at Tom's Workers and went to inspect the Sea Train tracks.
• Spandam ordered Cipher Pol No. 5 agents to fire on the Judicial Ship from Franky's battle ship, while Visual Den Den Mushi recorded the attack and Spandam's orders.
• Vergo watched the recordings and called Ron as Judicial Personnel arrested Tom, Iceburg, and Franky.
• Tom insisted that he had built the ships but did not know who attacked the Judicial Ship, and he asked the Judicial Officer to release Iceburg and Franky.
• Franky struck Spandam with a musket and attacked him after Spandam threatened Tom and demanded the Pluton Blueprints.
• An Air Door opened above Spandam, and a black military boot stepped through.

Ron exposed Spandam’s scheme to frame Tom’s Workers, clearing Tom, Iceburg, and Franky of the attack on the judicial ship. Spandam was suspended pending investigation, and Ron left Water 7 after warning Tom to protect himself and his apprentices; he then returned to Marineford and reunited with Hibari.

• Ron used Visual Den Den Mushi footage to show that Spandam and Cipher Pol No. 5 agents had staged the attack on the judicial ship and framed Franky’s shipyard.
• The judicial officer ordered Spandam and the agents detained, and Tom’s apprentices were cleared of suspicion.
• The World Government classified the attack as an unauthorized operation, disciplined the agents, and temporarily removed Spandam from his post; Tom’s pardon took effect.
• Ron encouraged Franky to reclaim any ship stolen from him and warned Tom not to shoulder future dangers alone, mentioning Fisher Tiger’s Sun Pirates as a possible refuge.
• Ron returned to Marineford, where Hibari greeted him and Sakazuki warned that he would deal with Ron if he had forgotten her present.

Ron investigated a kingdom where the royal family’s taxes had left people starving, then fought Revolutionary Army officer Kuma without arresting the escaping civilians. After Kuma reported Ron’s unusual door ability to Dragon, the Revolutionary Army decided to avoid making him an enemy and consider friendship if possible.

• Ron found that the kingdom had seized food and property to pay the Heavenly Tribute, ordered Vergo to investigate the tax records and forced laborers, and went after the Revolutionary Army.
• Ron and Kuma fought in an abandoned quarry, where Ron used doors to evade Kuma’s attacks and land blows, while Kuma wounded his shoulder with a spatial slash.
• Ron let Kuma and the grain carts leave, explaining that the civilians had committed no wrongdoing and that he had fought Kuma out of curiosity about his ability.
• Ginny returned and confronted Ron over Kuma’s injury, and Ron advised Kuma to cherish the person in front of him.
• Kuma told Dragon, Ivankov, and Ginny that Ron could return through a door after being sent to a distant island, and Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to avoid unnecessary conflict with him.

Ginny was ambushed by government forces, and Kuma rescued her before finally accepting her love. The Revolutionary Army branded Kuma a tyrant, while Shanks and Uta arrived in Foosha Village in 1509.

• Ginny insisted on joining Kuma's mission and promised to pursue him until he answered her marriage proposal.
• Cipher Pol agents and government troops ambushed Ginny's team, and Kuma rushed to her after hearing the attack over the Den Den Mushi.
• Kuma defeated the attackers, rescued Ginny and her wounded comrades, and destroyed the government artillery with Ursus Shock.
• The government blamed the Revolutionary Army for the attack, and Kuma received the title Tyrant on his new wanted poster.
• After Ginny awoke and asked how much longer he would make her wait, Kuma held her hand and did not let go.
• In 1509, Shanks sailed to Foosha Village with his crew, and Uta rushed ashore as Shanks complained she would keep him busy.

Ron accompanied Garp to Foosha Village, where Garp discovered that his grandson Luffy wanted to become a pirate after spending time with Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates. The chapter ended with Garp attacking Shanks while Ron watched over Luffy and looked forward to winning their bet.

• Garp brought Ron to Foosha Village to prove that Luffy would want to become a Marine, while Ron bet that he would not.
• Mayor Woop Slap and Makino told Garp that Luffy had been visiting the Red Hair Pirates, and Garp stormed toward the tavern.
• Luffy declared that he wanted to be a pirate and threatened to prove his bravery with a knife, but Garp arrived and crushed the blade.
• Garp hit Luffy with a Fist of Love, learned that Shanks had encouraged his pirate ambitions, and handed Luffy to Ron.
• Garp struck Shanks and sent him flying from the tavern, while Ron sat Luffy on a stool and watched the fight.

Garp attacked Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates in Foosha Village while Ron protected the tavern and warned Garp against exposing Luffy’s identity. Shanks and his crew escaped by sea, and Garp resumed disciplining Luffy, leaving Ron to question his idea of loving education.

• Garp beat back Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates, while Ron used Air Doors to divert Garp’s attacks away from the village and tavern.
• Shanks unleashed Divine Departure, but Garp smashed the attack apart and continued overpowering him.
• Benn Beckman ordered the crew to retreat, and Ron warned Garp that capturing Shanks could lead the Holy Land to investigate Luffy’s identity.
• Garp changed his punch at the last moment and struck the sea, sending the Red Force out of the harbor, while Ron returned Uta safely to the ship.
• Luffy shouted that he would become a pirate, so Garp gave him another Fist of Love, and Ron questioned Garp’s loving discipline.

Garp brought Luffy to Mount Colubo and left him with Dadan, insisting that the bandits raise him into a marine. When Ace, Sabo, and Luffy all declared they wanted to become pirates, Garp kicked them into the forest to hunt wild boars as training.

• After Luffy said he wanted to be a pirate, Garp took him and Ron to Mount Colubo instead of returning to Foosha Village.
• Garp forced Dadan to raise Luffy alongside Ace by threatening to expose her bandit activities.
• Ace returned from hunting and met Luffy and Ron, while Ron praised Ace's catch and offered him rice crackers.
• Sabo arrived, tried to flee from Ron, and was repeatedly sent through Ron's mysterious doors until he realized Ron was responsible.
• Luffy joined Ace and Sabo in declaring that he wanted to become a pirate, enraging Garp.
• Garp kicked Ace, Sabo, and Luffy into the forest and ordered them to catch three wild boars before dinner.

Ace, Sabo, and Luffy hunted a wild boar during training, while Ron secretly watched and later produced an enormous boar for their feast. Garp caught Ron taking his boar, forcing all four to flee through an Air Door and abandon the roasting meat.

• Ace and Sabo tried to leave Luffy behind, but Luffy stubbornly chased after them through Mount Colubo.
• Sabo and Ace planned to trap an adult wild boar, but Luffy startled it; the three worked together to lure it into a gully and bring it down.
• Ron appeared at their camp and opened an Air Door to produce a Giant Wild Boar that Garp had knocked unconscious, then helped prepare the feast.
• Garp arrived, recognized his fist mark on the boar's head, and accused Ron of stealing it; Ron opened an Air Door and the four escaped without the roast meat.
• The four tumbled into a hidden cave, where Luffy realized they had left the food behind and cried out for his meat.

Ron trained with Garp, Ace, Sabo, and Luffy on Mount Colubo, then left after encouraging Ace and warning the boys about their choices. He arrived at Shimotsuki Village and met young Zoro and Kuina at Isshin Dojo.

• Garp put Ace, Sabo, and Luffy through climbing, bear-fighting, and boxing training while Ron helped keep them safe.
• Ron discovered Ace and Sabo had taken money and jewelry from bullies and petty pirates, returned it, and warned them not to harm innocent people.
• Ron reassured Ace that he was not responsible for his father's deeds and that Ron would judge him by his own actions.
• Ace, Sabo, and Luffy declared their dreams of becoming pirates, and Ron left them an emergency contact Den Den Mushi before departing through an Air Door.
• Ron reached Isshin Dojo, where Kuina defeated Zoro, and teased the green-haired boy about practicing swordsmanship.

Ron trained Zoro and Kuina at Koshiro's dojo, teaching them swordsmanship and testing their skills. After a sparring match with Koshiro, Ron heard Koshiro say it was a pity Kuina was a girl, and Kuina overheard him.

• Zoro challenged Ron, but Ron repeatedly defeated him and explained that his footwork revealed his attacks.
• Kuina sparred with Ron, who corrected her stance and taught her to coordinate her sword with her whole body.
• Zoro and Kuina attacked Ron together, but he outmaneuvered them both and ended the lesson.
• Koshiro demonstrated his precise swordsmanship, then sparred with Ron, and the two exchanged lessons.
• Koshiro praised Zoro's talent but said it was a pity Kuina was a girl, and Kuina overheard him while carrying tea.

Kuina doubted she could become the World's Greatest Swordsman after hearing Koshiro say women would eventually be weaker, but Zoro, Ron, and Koshiro helped her reclaim her determination. She and Zoro renewed their promise to compete, while Koshiro vowed to keep teaching her; Ron ended the chapter wondering whether to leave Shimotsuki Village to escape their challenges.

• Kuina told Zoro she expected to lose to him someday because she was a girl, and Zoro angrily rejected the idea that such a victory would mean anything.
• Kuina used Ron's advice on shifting her center of gravity to defeat Zoro in a nighttime sword match, and they promised that one of them would become the world's greatest.
• Ron challenged Koshiro for discouraging Kuina's dream, then told him that Kuina had overheard his earlier remark about wishing she were a boy.
• Koshiro apologized to Kuina and promised to teach her until she no longer needed him, and Kuina declared she would become the World's Greatest Swordsman.
• Zoro and Kuina rushed to Ron to demand another fight, leaving Ron wondering if he should leave Shimotsuki Village.

Ron saved Kuina from a potentially fatal fall at the Isshin Dojo, prompting her and Koshiro to take greater care as she pursued her dream. Meanwhile, Boa Hancock became Kuja’s new emperor and reorganized the tribe as the Kuja Adventure Group, which began earning its living without raiding.

• Kuina slipped on rain-wet stairs while carrying a whetstone, but Ron used an Air Door to catch her before she struck her head.
• Ron found the loose window that had wet the stairs, secured it temporarily, and urged Koshiro to reinforce the staircase.
• The next morning, Kuina and Zoro resumed arguing and preparing for their swordsmanship challenge while Koshiro watched them with relief.
• After her coronation, Boa Hancock announced that Kuja would stop raiding civilians and reorganize as the Kuja Adventure Group.
• Boa Hancock and the Kuja warriors rescued a merchant ship from pirates, returned identifiable loot, and began buying supplies and helping affected villages.

Boa Hancock rejected the World Government’s Shichibukai offer unless it came with genuine guarantees, then remembered Ron and the advice that had changed how Kuja lived. Before leaving Shimotsuki Village, Ron trained Zoro and Kuina and demonstrated his Spatial Swordsmanship, but an emergency call from Rosinante interrupted him.

• The World Government envoy offered Boa Hancock recognition and protection in exchange for becoming a Shichibukai, but she refused to accept without sincere guarantees and ordered him out.
• Boa Hancock revisited an old newspaper featuring Ron and reflected that Kuja had begun protecting its own people rather than treating others’ suffering as spoils of war.
• Before leaving Shimotsuki Village, Ron took Zoro and Kuina to the coast and taught them swordsmanship, Armament Haki, and Observation Haki.
• Ron used Dimension Slash to split the sea, inspiring Zoro and Kuina to vow to surpass his attack with their own swordsmanship.
• Ron received an emergency Den Den Mushi call from Rosinante and answered, saying, “Big brother?!”

Ron received a silent call from Law and traced it to Rosinante’s spatial marker, learning that Rosinante had given Law the Op-Op Fruit and was facing Doflamingo’s officers on Minion Island. Ron opened a Spatial Door from Shimotsuki Village and went to rescue his brother.

• Years earlier, Rosinante took Law from hospital to hospital in search of a cure for his illness, then learned that the Op-Op Fruit was being sold on Minion Island.
• Rosinante stole the fruit and gave it to Law, who ate it, but Doflamingo and his officers cornered them as they tried to escape.
• Rosinante hid Law in a crate, gave him a Den Den Mushi for his younger brother Ron, and drew the pursuers away; his silence field prevented Law’s desperate call from being heard.
• On the coast of Shimotsuki Village, Ron locked onto the call’s spatial imprint and opened a Spatial Door, leaving Zoro and Kuina behind as he crossed through.

Doflamingo confronted Rosinante over stealing the Op-Op Fruit and helping Law escape, then attacked him when he learned the fruit was gone. Ron appeared through a Spatial Door, revealed his bond with Rosinante, and stopped Doflamingo as Rosinante admitted he was a Marine.

• Doflamingo confronted Rosinante and demanded to know why he would risk his life for Law.
• Rosinante told Doflamingo that Law had eaten the Op-Op Fruit and had escaped.
• Doflamingo beat Rosinante and demanded to know where Law was while Law silently watched from inside a crate.
• Ron stepped through a Spatial Door, grabbed Doflamingo, and called Rosinante his brother.
• Rosinante revealed he was a Marine, and Ron slammed Doflamingo's head into the snow as he tried to attack Rosinante.

Ron defeated Doflamingo and his officers, even after Doflamingo awakened the String-String Fruit. Rosinante stopped Ron from finishing Doflamingo and urged him to help Law, who had just eaten the Op-Op Fruit.

• Ron used Spatial Doors to defeat Gladius, Trebol, Pica, and Jora while Law watched from the warehouse.
• Ron protected Rosinante and confronted Doflamingo, redirecting his string attacks and wounding him with Zhenyuan.
• Doflamingo awakened the String-String Fruit and flooded the street with strings, but Ron redirected the attacks and cut through his techniques.
• Ron broke Doflamingo's arm and chest, struck him down, and prepared to finish him.
• Rosinante asked Ron to leave Doflamingo alive and help Law, whose condition after eating the Op-Op Fruit had not stabilized.

Ron rescued Rosinante and Law from Minion Island, then brought them to Marineford for treatment. As Rosinante recovered, Vergo learned Ron knew he was a Donquixote Family spy and reluctantly decided to remain in the Marines.

• Ron spared Doflamingo at Rosinante's request, rescued Law, and used a Spatial Door to bring both of them to a Marine warship.
• Buffalo found Doflamingo and the badly injured Donquixote officers, while Tsuru's Marines rescued the abused X Drake.
• A military doctor stabilized Rosinante and assessed Law's Amber Lead Syndrome, and Ron chose not to pursue Doflamingo.
• At Marineford, Sengoku embraced the recovering Rosinante, relieved that he had returned alive.
• Vergo learned Ron knew about his undercover identity, but after Ron praised him and left him a promotion form, Vergo decided to stay with the Marines for now.

Rosinante returned openly to the Marines while Law confronted the truth about Flevance and began to imagine a future helping others. After witnessing Marines save civilians, Law chose to study medicine and become a Marine, then asked Ron to take him as his disciple.

• Sengoku ended Rosinante’s undercover mission, assigned him to North Blue intelligence work, and gave him a Justice Coat.
• Rosinante showed Law records proving that Flevance’s leaders had concealed Amber Lead’s dangers and that officials had knowingly enforced the deadly blockade.
• Ron urged Law to distinguish those responsible for his family’s deaths from everyone else in uniform.
• After seeing an injured Marine give his stretcher to an elderly fisherman, Law helped the hospital staff organize medical supplies.
• Law told Rosinante he wanted to study medicine and become a Marine, and Rosinante supported his choice.
• Law asked Rear Admiral Ron to take him as a disciple so he could grow stronger and save people.

Ron accepted Law as his disciple and arranged for his treatment, medical education, and secret training after learning Law had eaten the Op-Op Fruit. A little over a month later, Law had begun controlling his ROOM with precision and declared he would become a great doctor.

• Ron agreed to train Law, setting rules for his medical studies, ability practice, and health.
• Ron and Rosinante persuaded Sengoku to conceal Law's identity as the Op-Op Fruit user and arranged his treatment and special training.
• Ron began teaching Law to control his ROOM precisely, emphasizing that he would need the skill to treat patients safely.
• Law followed a schedule of medical study, treatment, and supervised fruit training while Rosinante helped him with his lessons.
• Ron asked Vergo to teach Law how to organize public navigation materials, and Law recognized Vergo from his connection to the Donquixote Family.
• A little over a month later, Law successfully swapped several objects inside his ROOM without disturbing a cup, and Sengoku praised his progress.

Doflamingo began moving the Donquixote Family into the Underworld and recruited Caesar Clown to develop Artificial Devil Fruits, while Sanji escaped Germa and Law joined Ron’s fleet for his first New World mission. The fleet encountered Whitebeard and the Moby Dick, leaving Ron ready to face the World's Strongest Man.

• Doflamingo decided to establish the family in the Underworld, funded Caesar Clown’s research, and planned to sell weapons through JOKER before pursuing Artificial Devil Fruits.
• Reiju freed Sanji from his cell during Germa 66’s attack, and Sanji left the Vinsmoke family aboard the Orbit with a cookbook about All Blue.
• Law demonstrated improved control of ROOM, and Ron decided to take him on a New World mission despite Rosinante’s concerns.
• Ron’s fleet sailed through the New World, where he instructed Law to stay with the medical team and learn to treat patients.
• The fleet spotted the Moby Dick, and Ron recognized Whitebeard as Law wondered whether they could practice on the pirates.
• Edward Newgate recognized Ron, and Ron drew Zhenyuan as the two crews faced each other.

Ron confronted Whitebeard after their ships met in the New World, sent the other Marine warships away, and called Borsalino for backup. He challenged Whitebeard with Conqueror’s Haki, and Whitebeard answered in kind as their clash began.

• Ron ordered the other warships to retreat, kept his flagship in place, and called Borsalino to report that he had encountered Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard’s crew recognized Ron as a Marine rear admiral and discussed his swordsmanship and spatial abilities while Teach took interest in his power.
• Law tried to stop Ron from facing Whitebeard, but Ron told him that fear should not prevent him from moving forward and sent Vergo to keep him safe.
• Ron raised Zhenyuan and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking several young members of Whitebeard’s crew unconscious.
• Whitebeard released his own Conqueror’s Haki and invited Ron to show what he could do.

Ron challenged Whitebeard and used Spatial Slash: Dark Sea to divide the ocean, but Whitebeard countered with a Shockwave Slash. Ron then faced Whitebeard in a clash of Haki and weapons above the Moby Dick, with neither gaining the advantage.

• Whitebeard and Ron's Conqueror's Haki collided, overwhelming weaker crew members on both ships.
• Ron used Spatial Slash: Dark Sea to open a trench through the sea and send a chain of Spatial Doors toward the Moby Dick.
• Whitebeard countered with Shockwave Slash, shattering the Spatial Doors and sending water crashing back toward Ron's warship, where Ron caught a wave with an Air Door.
• Ron teleported through a Spatial Door and attacked Whitebeard in midair, while Whitebeard met his strike with Murakumogiri and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Ron and Whitebeard's weapons clashed amid black-and-red Haki, splitting the clouds as neither man yielded.

Ron fought Whitebeard at sea, using his Spatial Doors and swordsmanship to keep pace with the pirate. Whitebeard struck Ron hard, but Ron retaliated by slicing off a piece of Whitebeard’s mustache, leaving the Moby Dick’s crew stunned.

• Ron and Whitebeard clashed with their Haki and weapons, then Ron attacked from multiple Spatial Doors with Dimension Slash techniques.
• Whitebeard used Air Quake and his Observation Haki to disrupt Ron’s attacks and countered him with a Shockwave Slash.
• Whitebeard raised the sea into enormous waves, but Ron opened layers of doors to slice through them before the two resumed their close-range clash.
• Whitebeard feinted an opening and punched Ron with a vibration-coated fist, sending him flying toward the sea.
• Ron escaped through a door, then used Dimension Slash: Instant to slice off the end of Whitebeard’s mustache.