Recaps

Ron and Whitebeard’s duel escalated after Ron’s attack cut Whitebeard’s mustache, and the Whitebeard Pirates and Marines began exchanging cannon fire. Ron boarded the Moby Dick to stop the pirates’ attack, leaving him and Whitebeard clashing in earnest beside the ship.

• Ron mocked Whitebeard over his shortened mustache, prompting angry pirates to attack him, but Marco, Jozu, and Vista struggled to shield the crew from Ron’s dimensional slashes.
• Whitebeard confronted Ron over injuring his sons, and the two resumed their duel while their crews began firing cannons at each other.
• Vergo ordered the Marines to return fire after the Moby Dick’s guns struck their ship, while Law used his ROOM ability to protect wounded Marines and help treat them.
• Ron spotted the cannon exchange, entered a Spatial Door, and kicked out a pirate loading a cannon aboard the Moby Dick.
• Whitebeard pursued Ron, and the two exchanged another powerful blow that shook the ship as both dropped their playful attitudes.

Ron and Whitebeard fought above the fleet while Whitebeard’s commanders disabled the Marine warships and Ron struggled to protect them. As Whitebeard raised a tsunami to force Ron to choose between fighting and saving his fleet, Borsalino arrived and helped Ron divert the waves.

• Ron and Whitebeard moved their clash above the ships, while Whitebeard warned Ron not to use the Moby Dick as a battlefield.
• Whitebeard’s commanders returned to attack the Marine warships, wrecking their weapons and defenses as Law treated wounded Marines.
• Ron diverted falling debris and confronted Whitebeard about his sons attacking the fleet, but then opened a barrage of spatial slashes over the Moby Dick’s bow.
• Whitebeard raised towering walls of water around the fleet and challenged Ron to choose between continuing their fight and saving his men.
• Borsalino arrived and blasted apart the tsunami’s crests with Yasakani no Magatama, allowing Ron to send the remaining seawater through Spatial Doors.

Borsalino arrived to help Ron confront Whitebeard after the battle devastated both fleets, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to withdraw before the conflict escalated into war. The fleets separated, leaving Ron to reckon with the injuries suffered by his crew and Whitebeard promising he would remember the encounter.

• Borsalino treated Ron's injuries, ordered Vergo to prioritize the wounded, and challenged Whitebeard over the attack on the Marines.
• Borsalino threatened to use his and Ron's abilities against Whitebeard's crew, and Ron joined him in launching a coordinated attack.
• Marco warned Whitebeard that the Moby Dick and its crew could not withstand another major assault, while Ron learned that the Marines had many wounded.
• Sengoku ordered Borsalino to treat the injured and withdraw, and Whitebeard stood down after agreeing that neither side would pursue the other.
• The Marines and Whitebeard Pirates withdrew to their respective ships, and Borsalino reminded Ron to consider the people who could not match his strength.

After his clash with Whitebeard, Ron recovered from a bruised waist, faced angry calls from Corazon and Sakazuki, and got permission from Sengoku to continue patrolling with a smaller ship. As Ron and Law sailed on, Big News Morgans prepared a sensational report claiming Ron had nearly beheaded Whitebeard.

• The Ship's Doctor examined Ron's bruised waist while Kizaru and Law urged him to take care of himself, and Ron joked that Law's first-voyage record was exceptionally impressive.
• Corazon called to check on Law, then angrily confronted Ron for taking him near Whitebeard; Sakazuki also demanded an explanation for the damaged warships and ordered Ron to report to him after returning.
• Ron assessed the damage and injuries aboard the five warships, arranged their repair, and persuaded Sengoku to let him continue a short-term patrol on a small warship.
• Ron and Law departed with a reduced crew, and Law went to check the medical kit after Ron promised they would only seek out ordinary pirates.
• At the World Economy News Paper, Big News Morgans saw a photograph showing Whitebeard's shortened mustache and ordered a headline claiming nineteen-year-old Ron had nearly beheaded him.

Newspapers exaggerated Ron’s clash with Whitebeard, while Ron continued his patrol and helped Law gain combat and medical experience. After spotting an announcement for a concert on Elegia, Ron decided to take Law there, suspecting the island’s name was connected to Uta and a disaster.

• Morgans’s headline claimed Ron nearly beheaded Whitebeard, prompting reactions from Kaido, Whitebeard’s crew, and the officials in Mary Geoise, who began assessing Ron for promotion to Vice Admiral.
• Ron mocked the newspaper’s exaggeration, then spent the following months patrolling with Law, inspecting ships, escorting merchants, and fighting pirates.
• Law used ROOM to save a wounded Marine, then later rushed a pirate officer and was rescued by Vergo; Ron corrected him and sent him back to training.
• Law steadily improved his ROOM and combat awareness while continuing his medical studies, and Vergo discarded a secret request for Ron’s sailing location.
• After reading that Elegia would host a musical performance, Ron recalled Uta and the kingdom’s disaster and decided to take Law to the island.

Ron brought Rosinante to Elegia for a concert after suspecting that dangerous ancient sheet music was sealed beneath the island. When Uta sang the first note from the music, a silent rift opened above the stage and a huge black claw began to emerge.

• Ron returned to Marineford, evaded Sengoku and Sakazuki, and recruited Rosinante for a temporary mission to investigate the suspected dangerous music on Elegia.
• Rosinante reunited with Law aboard Ron's warship and encountered Vergo, whom Ron said was under his supervision.
• On Elegia, Ron and his companions met Shanks, Uta, and Gordon, while Rosinante used his Calm-Calm Fruit to silence Uta's singing as a joke.
• Ron asked Gordon about sealed sheet music in the Underground Ancient Music Archive, then warned Rosinante to watch Uta during the concert.
• During Uta's performance, the underground seal broke and the ancient sheet music floated onto the stage; Uta sang a note before Rosinante silenced her.
• A silent fluctuation from the sheet music opened a black rift above the stage, and Ron prepared to confront the enormous claw emerging from it.

Tot Musica emerged from the rift during Uta’s concert, forcing Shanks, Ron, and the others to fight it while the audience was evacuated. After learning it had cores in both the real world and the Sing-Sing World, Ron opened a door into the other realm and went to attack its core as Shanks held off the real-world body.

• Tot Musica emerged from the rift and attacked the audience, while Shanks blocked its claw and Ron moved debris away from the exits.
• Rosinante silenced Uta, but the audience members who had fallen asleep remained unconscious, and Tot Musica continued attacking.
• Ron and Shanks drove Tot Musica out of the city and into a wasteland, where it repeatedly regenerated despite their attacks.
• Gordon found records explaining that Tot Musica had cores in both the real world and the Sing-Sing World, and both had to be struck at once to destroy it.
• Ron opened an Air Door to the Sing-Sing World and stepped through, while Shanks stayed behind to occupy Tot Musica’s real-world body.

Ron and Shanks destroyed Tot Musica by striking its linked cores in both worlds, saving Elegia and its people. Uta stayed behind to study music with Gordon as the Red Hair Pirates sailed away, while Ron prepared to return to Marineford with his group.

• Ron and Shanks coordinated their attacks across the Sing-Sing World and the real world, destroying Tot Musica's cores and ending the threat.
• Ron, Shanks, and Rosinante reunited with Uta and Gordon, and Gordon sealed away the sheet music before Ron had it destroyed.
• Ron and Shanks helped Elegia's residents recover, and Rosinante urged Shanks to let Uta choose whether to stay and study.
• Shanks promised Uta he would return, and Uta agreed to study with Gordon before saying goodbye to the Red Hair Pirates at the port.
• Law complained that he had not heard a full song, and Ron sent Rosinante through an Air Door to Marineford before he could sing.

Ron made Law train his abilities while fighting pirates alongside Vergo, teaching him to coordinate with his allies. Meanwhile, Shanks stole the Gum-Gum Fruit from a government transport ship and set course for Foosha Village after the fruit brought the village to mind.

• Ron ordered Vergo to take Law into battle, then supervised as Law stumbled through his first fight against pirates and nearly got in Vergo's way.
• Law learned to wait for Vergo to create openings and used his ROOM abilities to help defeat another pirate captain.
• For the next half month, Law practiced his powers and completed demanding exercises set by Ron and the ship's doctor.
• Who's-Who discovered that Red-Haired Shanks had intercepted the government ship carrying the Gum-Gum Fruit, but Shanks defeated him and took the fruit.
• After seeing Foosha Village in a flash of memory when he touched the fruit, Shanks told Benn Beckman to change course for the East Blue.

In Foosha Village, Shanks saved Luffy from Higuma and the Lord of the Coast, losing his left arm before entrusting Luffy with his straw hat. Days later, Ron returned to Marineford and learned from Garp that Luffy had eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit and Shanks had sacrificed his arm to save him.

• Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates returned to Foosha Village, where Luffy learned Uta was away studying singing.
• Higuma insulted Shanks and threatened Luffy, but Shanks drove him off with his Conqueror’s Haki; Luffy then ate the Devil Fruit and discovered his body could stretch.
• Higuma ambushed Luffy and took him to sea, where he threw him overboard before the Lord of the Coast swallowed him and his boat.
• Shanks rescued Luffy from the sea beast, which bit off Shanks’s left arm before his Haki drove it away.
• Shanks gave Luffy his straw hat and accepted his promise to become a great pirate; Luffy declared he would become Pirate King.
• Ron returned to Marineford with Law and Vergo, then learned from Garp that Shanks had lost his arm saving Luffy after Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit.

Ron learned that Shanks had still lost his arm saving Luffy, then received reports that Fisher Tiger was bringing Koala home to Foolshout Island, where the villagers planned to alert the Marines. Ron took charge of the response and set out alone, leaving it uncertain whether he would arrest Fisher Tiger.

• Ron reflected on how Shanks had still lost his arm saving Luffy despite the changes to their plans, then reported to Sengoku.
• On Mount Colubo, Luffy told Ace and Sabo that Shanks had lost an arm saving him, discovered he could stretch, and accidentally crashed into Dadan's cabin.
• Kuma carefully held baby Bonney while Ginny laughed, and Gild Tesoro stole the Gold-Gold Fruit from an auction backed by the Donquixote Family, prompting Doflamingo to order its recovery.
• Fisher Tiger and the Sun Pirates took Koala aboard, covered her slave brand with the Sun Brand, and cared for her until they found an Eternal Pose to Foolshout Island.
• Foolshout Island's leaders decided to report Fisher Tiger to the Marines, while Koala's mother, Muti, waited anxiously for her daughter's return.
• Ron took charge of the Marine mission to Foolshout Island, secured Sengoku's approval to coordinate with the local branch, and told Vergo he would go alone.

Ron arrived at Foolshout Island to oversee Fisher Tiger’s capture while protecting Koala and the villagers, as Tiger returned Koala to her mother and learned the village had informed the Marines. The chapter ended with Tiger fighting Strawberry on the road to the coast as Jinbe and the Sun Pirates rushed to help.

• Ron ordered Strawberry not to place artillery near the village and showed him Sengoku’s document protecting Koala and the residents from punishment.
• Tiger brought Koala home, where she reunited with her mother, Muti, and joyfully told her about the Sun Pirates.
• Muti warned Tiger that villagers had tipped off the Marines, and Tiger hurried to alert his crew without telling Koala.
• Ron assured the villagers that Koala could stay and that they would not be arrested for failing to report Tiger, then headed toward the coast.
• Strawberry and the Marines blocked Tiger’s way back to the ship, and Tiger charged into battle rather than surrender.
• Jinbe heard the fighting and led Arlong, Hachi, and the other Sun Pirates toward the village.

Fisher Tiger and Jinbe fought Strawberry’s Marines while trying to reach the coast, but Ron arrived and stopped Arlong from attacking a wounded Marine. Fisher Tiger recognized Ron as the Marine who had defeated him in Mary Geoise three years earlier and secretly helped him escape.

• Strawberry blocked Fisher Tiger’s path to the coast and exchanged sword strikes with him while the Marines held their formation.
• Jinbe arrived with Arlong, Hachi, and the Sun Pirates, then used Fish-Man Karate to strike the Marines’ flank as Arlong charged ahead despite Jinbe’s order to retreat.
• Strawberry countered Fisher Tiger and Jinbe’s attacks, then fell back to protect his wounded soldiers.
• Arlong knocked down a Marine captain and tried to strike him, but Ron emerged through an Air Door, seized Arlong, and kicked him into a boulder.
• Ron ordered the Marines to carry their wounded to treatment, while Arlong struggled to rise and Fisher Tiger recognized Ron from their encounter in Mary Geoise.

Rear Admiral Ron confronted Fisher Tiger and secretly helped the Fish-Men escape without further bloodshed. Fisher Tiger and his crew reached deep water, while Ron ordered the Marines to stop pursuing and care for their wounded.

• Ron arrived and took over from Strawberry, then fought Fisher Tiger while using an Air Door to speak with him privately.
• Ron told Fisher Tiger to keep his crew from killing Marines and let them escape by sea, and Fisher Tiger acknowledged that he owed Ron again.
• Ron used a forceful clash to send Fisher Tiger toward the shore, and Jinbe raised a wave to help the Fish-Men reach the water.
• Fisher Tiger stopped Arlong from counterattacking and led the crew into the sea, while Jinbe used an ocean current to scatter the pursuing Navy boats.
• Ron redirected a current that threatened a Marine boat, then ordered the Navy to withdraw and treat its wounded.
• Jinbe wondered whether Ron had intended to let them go, and Fisher Tiger said he would explain after they reached the eastern reefs.

Fisher Tiger’s crew escaped the Marines and brought the wounded Hachi to a port for treatment, while Ron recorded both the Sun Pirates’ good deeds and their resistance in his report. At the clinic, Tiger agreed to have his blood tested as a possible donor for Hachi, despite Arlong’s objection to using human blood.

• Fisher Tiger led Jinbe and the Sun Pirates to their ship after they escaped the Marine fleet, and the crew confirmed that everyone had returned safely.
• Aladdin treated Hachi’s shoulder wound, but warned that Hachi had lost too much blood and needed a proper examination.
• Ron reviewed the Sun Pirates’ records, documented their rescue and relief work alongside their attack on the Marines, and declined to pursue them at sea to avoid risking more soldiers.
• The Sun Pirates reached a small port, where a local doctor offered to treat Hachi and explained that he had heard about the crew’s good deeds from sailors.
• When the doctor proposed testing donors for a possible transfusion, Arlong objected to Hachi receiving human blood, but Fisher Tiger told the doctor to test him.

Hachi recovered after a human doctor gave him a blood transfusion, prompting Fisher Tiger to reveal to Jinbe that Ron had once let him escape. After Ron left Foolshout Island, Shanks reunited with Rayleigh and explained that he had lost his arm betting on Luffy, Garp's grandson, and had recently met Ron.

• The doctor transfused his blood into Hachi after Arlong objected, and Fisher Tiger thanked him for saving Hachi.
• The doctor examined Arlong, while Hachi teased him about not trusting humans.
• Fisher Tiger told Jinbe that Ron had spared him in Mary Geoise three years earlier and asked Jinbe not to tell Arlong.
• Ron confirmed that the village chief had signed the relocation documents, answered Koala's questions about the Sun Pirates, and left through an Air Door.
• Shanks visited Rayleigh at Shakky's bar, revealed that he had lost his left arm after meeting Luffy, and said he had bet it on the new era.
• Rayleigh reacted with alarm when Shanks revealed that Luffy was Garp's grandson, then asked about Shanks's encounter with Marine Rear Admiral Ron.

Fisher Tiger set the Sun Pirates on a path of helping people, and Arlong unexpectedly rescued a human sailor. Ron explained why he let Tiger escape, then recognized Hawk-Eyes approaching aboard a coffin-shaped boat.

• Fisher Tiger told the Sun Pirates to seek out people in need and help them, regardless of whether they were human or Fish-Man.
• Arlong reluctantly agreed not to attack humans who had done them no harm, then dived into the sea to save a drowning merchant.
• The Sun Pirates helped repair the merchant ship and shared supplies before sailing on, while Tiger decided he would speak with Queen Otohime when they returned to Fish-Man Island.
• Strawberry questioned Ron about letting Tiger escape, and Ron said he wanted to see whether the Sun Pirates could help people without plundering.
• Sengoku challenged Ron over the failed capture, but Ron explained the risks of pursuing Fish-Men underwater and Sengoku acknowledged the Sun Pirates' record of good deeds.
• A Marine reported a strange coffin-shaped boat approaching, and Ron recognized its passenger, Hawk-Eyes, as the two exchanged smiles.

Ron and Dracule Mihawk crossed swords on a deserted island, where Mihawk won their first duel by exploiting the limits of Ron’s swordsmanship. After recognizing Ron’s unusual fighting habits, Mihawk challenged him to fight without holding back, and Ron prepared to use his Door-Door Fruit.

• Mihawk attacked Ron’s Marine ship with a sword slash, and Ron blocked it before agreeing to duel him on a deserted island.
• Ron and Mihawk fought with swords alone, but Mihawk stopped Ron with his blade an inch from his neck and won the round.
• On Mount Colubo, Outlook III forced Sabo to return home by threatening Ace and Luffy, and Sabo left without looking back.
• Mihawk asked Ron to use everything he had, and Ron began warping the air with his Door-Door Fruit as they prepared to fight again.

Ron and Mihawk fought another fierce duel, with Ron using Spatial Doors to redirect his sword and evade Mihawk’s attacks. Ron won the round by trapping Mihawk’s Black Blade and stopping Zhenyuan at his throat, then called his technique new era swordsmanship.

• Mihawk opened the duel with a powerful slash, and he and Ron exchanged blows across the island as Ron attacked through Spatial Doors.
• Mihawk read Ron’s habits and wounded his shoulder, but Ron answered with Rift-Cleaver, leaving Mihawk bleeding beneath his collarbone.
• Ron used Empty Gate: Phantom Body to hide parts of his body in another space, though Mihawk quickly adapted and cut Ron’s shoulder again.
• Ron unleashed Dimension Slash: Rain, then used a door behind Mihawk to create an opening and stopped Zhenyuan half an inch from Mihawk’s throat.
• Mihawk conceded the round and admitted he had misjudged Ron’s final move; Ron described his fighting style as new era swordsmanship, and Mihawk promised to cut through his doors next time.

Sabo learned that the Goa Kingdom planned to burn the garbage mountain before the Celestial Dragons arrived, while Kuma and Ginny faced renewed government scrutiny of his Buccaneer Tribe bloodline. Ron proposed that Kuma become a Shichibukai to protect his family, then agreed to Mihawk’s condition for a future duel in exchange for a condition of his own.

• Outlook III forced Sabo to say that Ace and Luffy had urged him to run away, and Sabo learned that the garbage mountain would be burned in a week.
• Kuma told Ginny that the World Government was investigating Buccaneer Tribe bloodlines again, and they agreed to face the threat together for Bonney’s sake.
• After fighting Mihawk, Ron spoke with Sengoku and then met Kuma at a resupply port, where Kuma showed him the government’s investigation list.
• Ron suggested that Kuma become a Shichibukai and promised to speak on his behalf, telling him to discuss the idea with Ginny first.
• Sengoku reported that Mihawk had accepted the Shichibukai invitation on the condition that the Navy not interfere in a future sword fight with Ron, and Ron agreed while adding a condition of his own.

Ron negotiated with the government to nominate Kuma for the Shichibukai while seeking special authority to coordinate joint missions, then learned the government planned to burn Gray Terminal. Sabo escaped his guarded home and discovered the plan, leaving him racing to warn Ace and Luffy.

• Ron asked Sengoku to nominate Kuma for the Shichibukai and to let Ron coordinate joint missions involving them.
• Ron accepted Mihawk's challenge condition and asked the government to consider Kuma while protecting Kuma's family and opposing the investigation order and forced experimentation.
• Ron told Kuma he had submitted the proposals and urged him to discuss them with Ginny before agreeing.
• Sabo escaped his guarded home and overheard Bluejam Pirates and kingdom soldiers preparing to burn Gray Terminal before the Celestial Dragons arrived.
• Sabo returned toward the gates to warn Ace and Luffy, but guards were being posted and the curfew had begun early.

Ron secured Kuma's freedom to choose whether to become a Shichibukai and negotiated independent protection for Ginny and Bonney, while Kuma accepted the offer after discussing it with Ginny. Ron's warning helped Dragon prepare to rescue the people of the Gray Terminal, and Hancock learned that Ron was proposed to command a joint Shichibukai mission.

• Saint Saturn agreed to recruit Kuma and ordered officials to investigate his family without alerting him.
• Ron rejected the government's initial family-protection terms, and the government approved safeguards that would remain in force after Kuma's Shichibukai tenure ended.
• Kuma and Ginny agreed that he would accept the position, and Kuma told Ron that Dragon was near the Goa Kingdom.
• Ron warned Kuma to have Dragon check for a planned fire, so Dragon arranged evacuation ships and led the Revolutionary Army in rescuing people from the burning Gray Terminal.
• Hancock learned that Ron had been proposed as commander of a joint Shichibukai mission and demanded the document.

Boa Hancock secured government guarantees before accepting the Shichibukai position, while Sabo escaped Goa only to be shot down by Saint Charlos and rescued by Dragon with his memory damaged. The new Shichibukai and Three Admirals were announced, Ron was promoted to Vice Admiral, and he began considering recruiting the man behind the lightning.

• Boa Hancock called Ron and agreed to accept the Shichibukai appointment once the government approved her demands and stamped the documents.
• Sabo fled Goa by boat, but Saint Charlos ordered his ship to fire on him; Dragon's Revolutionary Army rescued the unconscious boy, who could no longer remember his home.
• Kuma passed his ability assessment, and the government confirmed Boa Hancock's conditions before announcing Dracule Mihawk, Bartholomew Kuma, and Boa Hancock as the new Shichibukai.
• Sengoku promoted Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan to Admirals and promoted Ron to Vice Admiral and Shichibukai Special Operations Commander.
• Ron received a challenge letter from Mihawk and learned he would oversee contact with the new Shichibukai; after seeing lightning in the distance, he thought of a man he wanted to bring down from the sky.

Ron and Law trained with Mihawk, while several pirates accepted the World Government’s invitations to become Shichibukai for their own purposes. Ron and Law then sailed toward Jaya Island, where Ron revealed they were searching for a place in the sky.

• Ron and Mihawk fought for hours as Law watched, and Mihawk urged Law to master his sword technique instead of relying on his Devil Fruit.
• Doflamingo pressured Caesar for usable artificial Devil Fruits, then secured a Shichibukai seat by agreeing to stop raiding the Heavenly Tribute.
• Moria, Crocodile, and Hanafuda each accepted a Shichibukai invitation, hoping the title would help them pursue their personal goals.
• A World Government official worried about keeping the new Shichibukai in line, and a colleague pointed out that Ron would coordinate them.
• Ron and Law sailed toward Jaya Island in civilian clothes, and Ron explained that their destination was in the sky.

Ron brought Law to Mock Town and ordered him to eliminate every pirate while sparing the town’s ordinary residents. After Law wiped out the pirates and passed Ron’s test, they set their course for Sky Island, where Ron planned to recruit a self-proclaimed god.

• Ron told Law to hunt down every pirate in Mock Town and leave the merchants and residents unharmed.
• Law fought through the docks, taverns, and casinos, using his Devil Fruit powers and swordsmanship to defeat the pirates.
• Law killed Bloodfang after learning that the pirate had stolen a merchant ship’s emblem and thrown its crew into the sea.
• Law pursued and destroyed the remaining pirate ships trying to escape the harbor.
• Ron told Law he had passed the test, then revealed they were heading to Sky Island to find and recruit a man who called himself a god.
• Lightning flashed through the clouds as Ron and Law discussed their destination.