Recaps

Roy fought Whitebeard and Saint Garling at God Valley, overpowering them until they launched a combined attack that he met with his Galaxy Impact. Their battle continued as Rocks, Garp, and Roger clashed nearby, leaving both battles erupting with devastating power.

• Roy challenged Whitebeard and Saint Garling to attack him together, then struck Whitebeard with a punch and sent Saint Garling crashing through a stone wall.
• Whitebeard and Saint Garling joined forces against Roy, but he evaded their attacks and repeatedly struck them with his fists.
• Whitebeard unleashed Heaven Toppling while Saint Garling used Final Blade, and Roy countered their combined assault with Galaxy Impact.
• Rocks noticed Roy fighting Whitebeard and Saint Garling, but Garp and Roger attacked him before he could act on the distraction.
• Rocks met Garp's Meteor and Roger's Divine Departure with his own Conqueror's Haki and blade, causing the two battles to erupt in immense explosions.

Roy defeated young Whitebeard and Saint Garling, then interrupted Rocks, Garp, and Roger’s battle and sent Roger racing west by telling him Shakky was in danger. After Garp pursued Roger, Roy and Rocks prepared to fight one-on-one, with Roy offering to explain how to deal with Imu if Rocks beat him.

• Roy’s shadow power swallowed Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor attack, and Roy punched him into a mountainside before slapping Saint Garling into the rubble.
• Roy vanished from Whitebeard and Garling, while Whitebeard considered retreat and Garling cursed Roy.
• Rocks fought Garp and Roger without being suppressed, and Roy suddenly arrived and attacked him.
• Roy told Roger that Shakky was about to die in the west, prompting Roger to rush off as Garp pursued him.
• Roy cast off his Marine coat and challenged Rocks, promising to tell him how to deal with Imu if Rocks won.
• Rocks and Roy charged at each other, beginning their battle.

Roy and Rocks fought an escalating battle across God Valley, unleashing attacks powerful enough to devastate the island and overwhelm the other combatants. After Roy’s Conqueror’s Haki broke through its limits, Rocks challenged him to prove his newly strengthened power.

• Roy and Rocks clashed with Conqueror’s Haki, clearing a vast area and shocking Whitebeard, Roger, Garp, and Shiki.
• Roy attacked Rocks with darkness, but Rocks used his spatial ability to swap places with a boulder and evade the vortex.
• Rocks trapped the battlefield beneath a huge dome and unleashed spatial slashes, while Roy countered with rapid strikes and Haki.
• Roy and Rocks met each other’s strongest attacks, shattering the dome and sending a shockwave across the sea that pinned down the distant fighters.
• Roy’s Conqueror’s Haki broke through its limits, and Rocks eagerly challenged him to stop his next attack.

Roy and Rocks fought to their limits as Saint Garling ordered a Super Buster Call that destroyed God Valley and seemingly killed them both. The World Government rewrote the battle’s history to credit Garp alone, while Garp later heard a whisper from the sea that made him laugh.

• Shiki fled the island, while Roger rescued the dying Shakky and escaped with his crew as Rayleigh held off Garp.
• Saint Garling ordered a Super Buster Call, and a fleet of more than a hundred warships set sail to bombard God Valley.
• Roy and Rocks exchanged their final attacks as the fleet’s bombardment struck the island, killing Rocks and making Roy disappear.
• The World Government erased Roy and Rocks from its account of the battle and hailed Garp as the sole hero who saved the Celestial Dragons.
• Garp returned to the sea above God Valley’s remains, heard a whisper, and laughed before leaving.

In 1520, Rock’s family awaited Roy’s return while Shanks learned that Marshall D. Teach had been handed to Vegapunk and set out for Punk Hazard. Roy, who had vanished for over a year, woke in a wasteland eight hundred years in the past, healed and ready to move on.

• On Dawn Island, Ace and Luffy chopped firewood while Nami and Nojiko helped Airin prepare a meal for the family.
• Rock and Airin spoke of Roy’s absence and agreed that their home would always wait for him.
• Benn Beckman told Shanks that Roy had disappeared after visiting the Holy Land and revealed that Marshall D. Teach had caused the Whitebeard Pirates’ downfall.
• Beckman said Roy had spared Teach and Marco before delivering Teach to Vegapunk, and Shanks ordered the Red Hair Pirates to head for Punk Hazard.
• Roy woke in a desert wasteland eight hundred years in the past, confirmed the time with the stupid Goddess, and found his injuries healed.

Roy encountered Nefertari Lily in the desert, while Smoker learned that the Effort Pirates had escaped East Blue and set out to pursue them. The Red Force then appeared off the coast of Punk Hazard.

• Roy sensed someone ahead and met a blue-haired woman who introduced herself as Nefertari Lily.
• Ace, Luffy, Nami, and Nojiko stopped at Loguetown and found Smoker furious that the Effort Pirates had escaped East Blue.
• Smoker read a report saying the Effort Pirates had injured guards in the White Healing Kingdom and were suspected of contacting Crocodile.
• Smoker commandeered the warship to pursue the pirates, while Tsuru told Nojiko that Headquarters would send someone to Loguetown soon.
• The Red Force appeared through the fog near Punk Hazard.

Red-Hair Shanks raided Punk Hazard and fought Sentomaru and Kizaru while demanding to see Vegapunk. As Beckman joined Shanks against Kizaru, Yasopp led officers toward the research institute to extract Vegapunk.

• Vegapunk spotted the Red Force approaching and ordered Sentomaru to intercept Shanks with the Pacifistas while he called Kizaru.
• Shanks destroyed the Pacifistas with one Divine Departure, then defeated Sentomaru’s Giant Stone Soldier and demanded to see Vegapunk.
• Kizaru arrived and fought Shanks at the port, trading blows as the Red Force reached the island.
• Beckman joined Shanks and attacked Kizaru with his rifle, then the two fought together to keep Kizaru occupied.
• Yasopp led several core officers toward the research institute to get Vegapunk out.

Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates stormed the Punk Hazard institute and rescued Marshall D. Teach, while Kizaru tried to stop them. The crew escaped to a deserted island, where Shanks asked Teach if he still wanted revenge, as news of the raid spread across the world.

• Shanks held off Kizaru while Yasopp and the Red Hair Pirates forced their way into the institute.
• Issho and Law arrived to find Vegapunk, Kizaru, and Sentomaru alive; Vegapunk revealed that the pirates had taken Marshall D. Teach, whom Roy had delivered to him as a research subject.
• Vegapunk told Kizaru that he had neutralized Teach’s threat and intended to use him to monitor and influence the Red Hair Pirates.
• On a deserted island, the wounded Red Hair Pirates watched over a silent Teach, and Shanks asked him whether he still wanted revenge.
• Newspapers reported that the Red Hair Pirates had stormed Punk Hazard and plundered the World Government’s highest secrets, causing a worldwide shock.

Roy learned that nineteen kingdoms had joined forces and invited Lily to discuss a campaign against Joy Boy. Meanwhile, Ace, Luffy, Nami, and Nojiko visited Alabasta, where Smoker pursued the Effort Pirates, and the chapter ended as Crocodile's power stirred up a sandstorm.

• A messenger told Lily that the other nineteen kingdoms had sent out their armies and invited her to discuss a campaign against Joy Boy.
• Smoker arrived in Nanohana searching for the Effort Pirates, then learned they had caused trouble in Rainbase and raced there.
• Ace, Luffy, Nami, and Nojiko explored Nanohana, and Ace recalled that Roy had once beaten Crocodile.
• As the group ate at an outdoor restaurant, a crash shook the city and a sandstorm rose beside white smoke.
• Ace recognized the sandstorm as Crocodile's power.

Nico Robin, Sabo, and Koala arrived in Alabasta and hurried toward Rainbase after spotting Crocodile fighting Smoker. Meanwhile, Ace, Luffy, Nami, and Nojiko subdued Baroque Works agents, as Nojiko watched the battle and realized its destructive scale.

• Nico Robin arrived in Alabasta with Sabo and Koala, and the three headed toward the city center.
• Sabo, Robin, and Koala spotted a sandstorm and smoke raging over Rainbase and flew there to investigate.
• Smoker demanded that Crocodile hand over the Effort Pirates, and the two clashed with powerful smoke and sand attacks.
• Ace's group defeated Baroque Works agents, while Nami slapped Bentham for impersonating her and using seduction.
• Nojiko watched Crocodile and Smoker's battle shake Rainbase and wondered at the power of Devil Fruit users.

Crocodile explained that the Effort Pirates had repeatedly challenged him before leaving Alabasta, while Smoker questioned him about their whereabouts. Nojiko raised the possibility that someone had helped them escape prison, and Smoker left after warning Crocodile not to shelter them.

• Crocodile confronted Smoker, Ace, and Luffy, demanding to know why they had come to fight him.
• Smoker asked Crocodile where the Effort Pirates had gone, and Crocodile admitted they had visited Alabasta three times and challenged him each time.
• Crocodile said he had imprisoned the Effort Pirates on their second visit, but they later escaped and challenged him again before leaving Alabasta.
• Nojiko asked whether someone had deliberately helped the Effort Pirates escape, and Crocodile denied that anyone from his crew had done so.
• Smoker said he would let the matter go but warned Crocodile not to shelter the pirates, and Crocodile drove him and the others away with a sandstorm.

Smoker left Crocodile behind and took Ace, Luffy, Nami, and Nojiko away, while Crocodile kept the red figure he had seen in mind. Luffy and Ace reunited with Sabo, who had arrived with Robin and Koala, and the group set off to find somewhere to talk and eat.

• Nami threatened Bentham for impersonating her, and Smoker led Ace, Luffy, Nami, and Nojiko away from Crocodile.
• Crocodile recalled seeing a red shadow during the Effort Pirates’ escape and chose not to tell the Navy about his suspicions.
• Smoker left to explain the incident to Nefertari Cobra and told the others not to cause trouble.
• Three figures descended near Luffy and Ace, and Luffy clashed with one before recognizing Sabo.
• Luffy embraced Sabo, and Ace greeted him with a fist bump as the three brothers reunited.
• Sabo, Robin, Koala, Ace, Luffy, Nami, and Nojiko headed into the city to catch up over food.

Roy joined the Twenty Countries’ council to take part in their campaign against Joy Boy, but his sudden display of speed left Imu wary. Meanwhile, Ace, Luffy, Sabo, and their companions discussed Roy’s year-long disappearance and learned that the Red Hair Pirates had taken something from Vegapunk.

• Lily introduced Roy to the council as a powerful ally who wanted to help hunt down Joy Boy.
• Imu suspected Roy of being Joy Boy’s spy, so Roy appeared in front of him before Imu could react and revealed Imu’s transformed wings and tail.
• Lily stepped between Roy and Imu, defended Roy’s intentions, and urged the council to accept his help.
• At a restaurant in Alabasta, Sabo, Ace, and Luffy caught up, while Robin told Nami and Nojiko that Roy had saved her and helped reunite her with Jaguar D. Saul.
• Sabo asked whether Roy had been missing for over a year, and Ace and Luffy confirmed that he had disappeared.
• Nojiko shared intelligence that the Red Hair Pirates had taken an unknown item from Vegapunk, alarming Sabo, Robin, and Koala.

After reuniting in Alabasta, Ace, Luffy, and their companions learned that pirate supernovas were gathering at the Sabaody Archipelago and set out with Smoker and Tashigi to guard it. Meanwhile, in the Florian Triangle, Brook faced an odd crew trying to recruit him.

• Sabo and Robin discussed the attack on Vegapunk's laboratory, Crocodile's suspected schemes, and the Revolutionary Army's wish to meet King Nefertari Cobra.
• Ace, Luffy, Nami, and Nojiko said goodbye to Sabo, Robin, and Koala at Alabasta's port.
• Smoker and Tashigi briefed Ace and the others on their assignment to guard Sabaody, where several supernovas had gathered.
• The group sailed toward Sabaody as Smoker warned that the supernovas could make the route to the New World more chaotic.
• In the Florian Triangle, Brook listened as the Effort Pirates asked him to join their crew.

Brook turned down the Effort Pirates, but they mistook his story for a plea to rescue him and headed for Ghost Island to challenge Gecko Moria. Meanwhile, Moria prepared to capture the intruders, while Smoker and his crew arrived at Sabaody Archipelago to hunt the supernova pirates.

• Brook told the Effort Pirates that Gecko Moria had stolen his shadow and refused to join them, though he knew his shadow had already returned.
• The Effort Pirates vowed to defeat Moria and sailed toward Ghost Island, leaving Brook alone with his memories of his former crewmates.
• On Ghost Island, Moria and his allies discussed finding a shadow for Oars when Gero, Nin, and Bao warned that pirates were attacking the zombies.
• Moria ordered his forces to capture the invading pirates, and Absalom went to confront them.
• Smoker arrived at Sabaody Archipelago with Ace, Luffy, Nami, and Nojiko and announced their mission to round up the supernova pirates before they entered the New World.

Roy faced Joy Boy and his overwhelming army as the Twenty Countries’ forces faltered, while separate scenes showed Moria effortlessly defeating the Effort Pirates and Eustass Kid and Scratchmen Apoo clashing in Sabaody. Marine Rear Admiral Ace arrived to confront the Supernovas, leaving the street on the brink of a fight.

• Joy Boy unleashed overwhelming Haki against the allied forces of the Twenty Countries, then singled out Roy and asked who he was.
• The Effort Pirates were imprisoned after Moria defeated them, while three hidden figures questioned whether they had mistaken the crew for the hope they had awaited.
• Moria dismissed the Effort Pirates as weak and boasted that he would become the Pirate King.
• Eustass Kid and Scratchmen Apoo provoked each other in Restaurant No. 21 and took their crews into the street to fight.
• Marine Rear Admiral Ace appeared before Kid and Apoo, called them lowly pirates, and unleashed his flames.

Capone Bege and Urouge fought after a clash in an upscale Sabaody Archipelago restaurant, turning the street into a battlefield. As Marine forces struggled to control the chaos, Commodore Monkey D. Luffy arrived with Nami.

• Capone Bege killed a subordinate who warned him against provoking Urouge, and Urouge challenged him over his ruthlessness.
• Bege shot Urouge, who grew larger and struck Bege through a wall and into a shop across the street.
• Bege transformed into Castle Tank and opened fire as Urouge enlarged himself again and charged into the cannon barrage.
• The fight sent crowds fleeing while Marine soldiers called for reinforcements.
• Monkey D. Luffy arrived on a white cloud, and Nami descended beside him as the Marines cheered.

Ace confronted Kid, Scratchmen Apoo, and Killer on Sabaody Archipelago and quickly defeated all three Supernovas. He captured Kid with seastone handcuffs and pursued Apoo and Killer when they fled.

• Kid, Scratchmen Apoo, and Killer reacted angrily when Ace called them lowly pirates, and Kid attacked him with a giant mechanical arm.
• Ace revealed his Logia flames, melted Kid’s attack, and defeated Kid, Apoo, and Killer in rapid succession.
• Kid assembled a towering Magnetic Demon and tried to crush Ace, but Ace burst through it with flames and knocked him down again.
• Ace restrained Kid with seastone handcuffs and ordered Apoo and Killer to surrender.
• Apoo and Killer fled, so Ace transformed into a streak of flame and chased after them.

Luffy and Nami defeated the Supernovas Urouge and Bege amid the ruins of Sabaody Archipelago’s commercial street. With Marine troops arriving, they left the prisoners behind and went to meet Uncle Smoker.

• Urouge battered Bege’s tank form, but Luffy arrived and sent Urouge flying with a punch before challenging him to fight again.
• Nami struck Bege with lightning, then used wind blades to tear apart his armor as he unleashed his giant Castle: Big Father form.
• Luffy knocked the unconscious Urouge into Bege’s giant fist, staggering the castle-sized pirate.
• Nami overwhelmed Bege with Cloud-Cloud: Calamity Prison, reducing his giant form to rubble and leaving him badly injured.
• Luffy confirmed Bege was alive, and he and Nami left the defeated pirates behind as Marine troops arrived to meet Uncle Smoker.

Smoker defeated Basil Hawkins by trapping him in a suffocating coffin, while Roy returned from the ancient battlefield with stronger Conqueror's Haki. In Elbaf’s Underworld, Roy encountered a colossal figure bound beneath Treasure Tree Adam, who sensed a familiar aura in him.

• Smoker tracked down Hawkins in an abandoned warehouse and fought him while Hawkins used his Straw-Straw Fruit powers to transfer damage to nearby marines.
• Tashigi identified that Hawkins could not transfer suffocation, allowing Smoker to trap him in a white mist coffin and make him lose consciousness.
• Roy emerged from a space-time rift in Elbaf’s Underworld, battered but pleased that his Conqueror’s Haki had reached the top of the first tier after fighting Joy Boy and Imu.
• A colossal figure bound in Seastone chains beneath Treasure Tree Adam sensed a familiar aura about Roy.

Roy met the imprisoned Loki beneath Treasure Tree Adam and invited him to fight their way out of the Underworld, while Smoker and Ace took the defeated Supernovas toward Marine Headquarters. On Sabaody, a Celestial Dragon arrived and announced he would choose a new wife.

• Roy found Loki bound in seastone chains and revealed that he had fought and defeated Rocks.
• Roy unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, impressing Loki, then asked whether he wanted to escape the Underworld and fight their way upward; Loki agreed that the idea was interesting.
• Ace and Luffy mocked the defeated Supernovas, while Smoker explained that they and the others had fought in the New World since childhood and faced the Four Emperors.
• Smoker and Ace prepared to leave for Marine Headquarters, while Nami agreed to keep Luffy occupied around Sabaody.
• A Celestial Dragon arrived on Island 1 riding a battered slave, and declared that he would choose a new wife.

Luffy and Nami witnessed Saint Charlos murder a doctor and try to take a nurse as his wife, then secretly rescued the nurse, her child, and her fiancé. Nami warned that their attack could bring an Admiral and trouble for the Fleet Admiral, but suggested they could act in secret.

• Luffy and Nami ate at a restaurant until Saint Charlos rode through the street on a dying slave.
• Saint Charlos shot a doctor who had stopped to treat an injured child, and Luffy tried to rush outside before Nami restrained him.
• Saint Charlos tried to claim a young nurse as his thirteenth wife, and her fiancé stepped in front of her.
• A crimson, dragon-scaled hand crushed Charlos's bullet, and mist filled the street as Luffy and Nami rescued the nurse, child, fiancé, and nearby civilians.
• Luffy told the rescued people they were Marines, while Nami told them to forget what had happened.
• Nami warned Luffy that attacking a Celestial Dragon could bring an Admiral, then suggested they could do more in secret.

Nami and Luffy used mist to free the slaves at the Sabaody Archipelago auction house and beat Saint Charlos before escaping. Kizaru arrived afterward, killed a pirate, and claimed he had dealt with the attacker.

• Saint Charlos demanded that the Marines send an Admiral after he was attacked, and Sengoku sent Kizaru to the Sabaody Archipelago after suspecting Nami was involved.
• Nami and Luffy planned to rescue the auction house slaves, beat Saint Charlos, and hide their identities.
• Nami blanketed the auction house in mist while Luffy smashed Saint Charlos and tore open the slaves’ cages.
• Nami called Luffy away, and he landed one more kick on Saint Charlos before escaping with her as the slaves fled.
• Kizaru fought in the mist, emerged with a dead pirate, and told the guards he had killed the attacker.
• Kizaru’s account satisfied the guards while Luffy and Nami escaped through a distant alley.

After receiving a letter saying Germa would use Zeff to force him into a marriage alliance with Totto Land, Sanji left for the North Blue alone. Usopp told Ace, Law, and Enel what happened, and Zephyr agreed to request a patrol mission so they could follow Sanji openly.

• Nami realized Admiral Kizaru had covered Luffy and her tracks and had left a mission assistance voucher for Roy.
• Sanji opened a letter from Germa demanding his return and threatening Zeff over a planned marriage alliance with Totto Land.
• Sanji thanked Usopp and secretly sailed from Marineford toward the North Blue.
• Zephyr noticed Sanji was absent and questioned Usopp, who revealed the letter and Sanji's departure.
• Law explained that Sanji was Vinsmoke Sanji, Judge's third son, and warned that the alliance could involve a conspiracy.
• Ace, Law, Enel, and Usopp decided to help Sanji, and Zephyr agreed to request a North Blue patrol mission.

Roy ate at Baratie and confronted Charlotte Daifuku, who had come to take Zeff to Totto Land and use him as leverage over Sanji. Roy left with Daifuku, assuring Zeff that the Big Mom Pirates could not harm Sanji.

• Roy returned to Baratie and greeted Zeff while devouring a meal.
• Charlotte Daifuku burst into the restaurant and demanded that Zeff come to Totto Land as Big Mom's guest.
• Daifuku struck Roy's shoulder, recognized him, and fell to his knees before Roy knocked him down with an invisible slap.
• Roy learned that Daifuku had targeted Zeff as insurance after Sanji was called back, and Zeff discovered Sanji was a prince of the Germa Kingdom.
• Roy promised to protect Sanji, then left Baratie with Daifuku and put his meal and takeaway food on Sanji's tab.
• Zeff watched the sea and hoped Sanji would stay safe.