Recaps

Tot Musica emerged in Uta’s mental world and transformed into its complete form as Uta was forced to sing. Rosinante’s Calm-Calm Fruit silenced the real-world concert and shattered the dream, leaving the venue muted.

• Tot Musica appeared in Uta’s mental world, and Shanks recognized it as the demon god that destroyed Elegia.
• Tot Musica forced Uta to sing its second and third movements, draining her life as it transformed into its complete form.
• Shanks’s Divine Departure struck Tot Musica, but the demon casually shattered the slash.
• Rosinante’s voice reached Law from the void, and his intervention caused the dream space to collapse.
• The group’s consciousness returned to the Sabaody concert venue, where Rosinante used his Calm-Calm Fruit to silence all sound.

Rosinante used the Calm-Calm Fruit to erase Tot Musica and stop Uta’s destructive song, then Shanks tried to kill Luffy to conceal what had happened. Law and Nami obscured the stage, and the Navy’s official story hid the truth from the audience.

• Rosinante opened a domain of silence that suppressed Tot Musica’s song and erased its lingering shadow.
• Uta remained unconscious but alive after the silence faded, and Rosinante told Shanks that only two minutes had passed in the real world.
• Rosinante warned Shanks that Morgans would handle the live footage and that he needed to manage the situation.
• Shanks charged at Luffy, but Nami covered the stage in mist while Law warped the area with ROOM, and an explosion shook Sabaody Archipelago.
• Usopp and Sanji told the crowd the Navy had subdued an attacker, and the Navy later announced that Uta’s concert had been postponed after an infiltrator attacked.

Morgans concealed the concert incident from the World Government and rewrote the news to hide the danger Uta had caused. In the Sabaody concert rest room, Law treated Uta as Shanks and the Marines clashed over her fate, until an unexpected voice behind Shanks stopped the confrontation.

• Morgans obeyed a mysterious caller's warning about the concert, then told the World Government that an unknown power had disrupted the live broadcast.
• Morgans changed his headline to claim Uta had survived an assassination attempt and that Marines had subdued the culprit.
• Law cleared the Sleepless Mushroom toxins from Uta and warned Shanks that the Marines would not let him take her away.
• Gordon defended Uta as a kind but inexperienced child, while Rosinante challenged Shanks to guarantee she would not endanger the world again.
• Shanks reached for Griffon as Luffy, Sanji, and Law prepared to fight, but a mocking voice behind him made him freeze.

Roy removed Tot Musica from Uta and ordered her to spend a year under Marine instruction. Uta reconciled with Shanks before falling asleep again, and Shanks met Roy outside the concert venue to ask what Roy wanted from him.

• Roy tore Tot Musica's lingering shadow from Uta and declared that she had to spend a year under the Marines' instruction.
• Uta woke and told Shanks she remembered causing the island's destruction and had long been burdened by anger and guilt.
• Shanks comforted Uta and affirmed that he would always be her father, and she embraced him and called him Father before falling asleep.
• Shanks asked Gordon to take care of Uta, then left the venue and found Roy waiting outside.
• Shanks asked Roy what he needed him to do, and Roy asked why Shanks thought he had spared him.

Roy revealed that Dragon saved Shanks at God Valley after Saint Garling attacked Shanks’ mother, while Shanks’ older brother was taken by the Celestial Dragons. Shanks recovered from the shock, agreed to act for Roy, and was told to return to the Holy Land.

• Roy showed Shanks a photograph of him as a baby and asked whether he wanted to know how he survived God Valley.
• Roy told Shanks that Dragon had hidden him in a treasure chest, and explained that Saint Garling killed Shanks’ mother and the Celestial Dragons took his older brother.
• Shanks broke down over the revelations, but Roy rebuked him and said Dragon had chosen him as salvation.
• Shanks drew strength from memories of his companions and Uta, then agreed to do what Roy wanted while insisting their grudge remained unsettled.
• Roy told Shanks to return to the Holy Land and said the task would give him an opportunity to transform.

Roy sent Shanks back to the Holy Land to rejoin the Holy Knights and urged him to grow stronger, while revealing to Dragon his intention to overturn the world. Shanks returned to Mary Geoise unharmed and was summoned before the Five Elders, where Saint Figarland Garling suspected something was wrong.

• Roy told Shanks to return to the Holy Land and rejoin the Holy Knights, saying he could become their supreme commander, and said someone else would deal with the people from 'Flame'.
• Shanks recalled his losses and vowed not to back down again, even if Roy was using him, and to become stronger.
• Roy called Monkey D. Dragon, dismissed his offer of help, and declared that he intended to overturn the world if he could protect everyone.
• Dragon recalled the formidable Haki of Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr and said that they might be able to turn the Holy Land upside down.
• The next day, Shanks returned to Mary Geoise unharmed and was summoned before the Five Elders, while Saint Figarland Garling wondered how Roy had let him go.

Shanks returned to Mary Geoise and agreed to accept that lord’s power again, then reunited with Uta and sent her to Marineford to study under Tsuru. At Marineford, Roy and the others prepared for the arrival of Roy’s parents, Rock and Airin.

• Shanks told the Five Elders that Roy had allowed him to return and declared that he would accept that lord’s power again.
• Shanks reunited with Uta at Sabaody, showed her his restored arm, and asked Gordon to take her to Marineford to study with Tsuru.
• Uta agreed to go with Gordon and vowed to become someone her father could be proud of while waiting for his return.
• Roy told Sengoku and Law that Garp had gone to bring Roy’s parents to Marineford without letting Roy pick them up.
• Ace and Luffy hurried to put on their Marine uniforms so they would look presentable when Rock and Airin arrived.

Roy welcomed his parents, Rock and Airin, to Marineford alongside Garp, Zephyr, and the new generation of Marines. The reunion ended with Rock and Airin expressing pride in Roy and his grandsons as the Marines hailed them.

• Roy and the new generation assembled at Marineford to welcome Garp, Zephyr, Rock, and Airin.
• Garp and Zephyr arrived by warship with Rock and Airin, and thousands of Marines greeted the visitors.
• Airin embraced Roy, while Rock proudly struck his son's arm and praised him as the Navy War God.
• Luffy and Ace rushed to greet their grandparents, and Airin embraced them and praised them as Marines.
• Rock and Airin told Roy they were proud of him as the Marines cheered for the family.

Roy reunited with his parents at Marineford and brought them to his home for a lively family gathering with his companions. As the day ended, Roy was surrounded by the warmth of family rather than the responsibilities of his rank.

• Garp, Zephyr, and Sengoku watched Roy reunite with his parents, then Garp teased Sengoku until they nearly came to blows and Zephyr tried to stop them.
• Rock and Airin were surprised by the Marines’ bickering veterans, and Roy reassured them before leading them and the new generation away from the harbor.
• Tsuru arrived with a stack of documents and went to intervene in the veterans’ quarrel.
• At Roy’s residence, Meierbeier, Sanji, and Baby 5 prepared a feast while Roy’s companions arranged the dining room and stole food.
• Airin fussed over Roy and Rock reminded him that he was their son, while the family and companions shared stories, food, and laughter through the night.

Roy’s family reunion in Marineford was interrupted by no conflict, while Teach followed an inexplicable pull to Zou and landed the Blackbeard Adventure Group on Zunesha. Zunesha sensed that Teach resembled someone familiar but felt incompatible, and remained uncertain what his arrival meant.

• Airin asked Roy whether he had feelings for someone, and the family teased him when he tried to change the subject.
• Teach arrived near the Mokomo Dukedom aboard the Blackbeard Adventure Group’s ship, drawn there by a mysterious power that had awakened after he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit.
• Teach and his officers spotted Zunesha, and Zunesha sensed a presence in Teach that resembled His but was incompatible.
• A Knock Up Stream launched the ship into the sky, and Teach used the Swamp-Swamp Fruit to cushion its landing on Zunesha’s back.
• The Blackbeard Adventure Group celebrated reaching Zunesha as Zunesha wondered whether Teach’s presence signaled calamity or a new future.

Blackbeard and his crew arrived at the Mokomo Dukedom, where Cat Viper confronted them after they attacked his scouts. Their clash escalated into a battle between the Mink Tribe and Teach’s group, and two years later the story shifted to Roy working at Marine Headquarters.

• Cat Viper sent Blackback and Rody with the Musketeer Squad to investigate the crash, but they did not return.
• Teach arrived with Lafitte, Van Augur, Jesus Burgess, and Doc Q, and admitted he had attacked Blackback and Rody.
• Cat Viper stabbed Teach, but Teach’s body became a dark mire and healed, revealing his Devil Fruit power.
• Teach invited the Mink Tribe to join him, and Cat Viper refused, saying they were waiting for someone else.
• Cat Viper transformed into Sulong and fought Teach as the Mink Tribe and the Blackbeard Adventure Group clashed across Zunesha’s back.
• Two years later, Roy reviewed documents in his Marine Headquarters office at Marineford.

Two years after pirates nearly vanished, Roy and Law discussed the rise of armed adventure groups and growing tensions with the World Government. Ace and Luffy headed for Hachinosu to confront Teach, who was furious that one of his men had attacked a Marine-supported Sea Train.

• Law told Roy that pirates had nearly disappeared, but the Blackbeard Adventure Group and other armed forces were expanding while countries turned toward the Marines instead of paying Heavenly Tribute.
• Roy noted that Shanks had become Commander of the Holy Knights and learned that Saint Shamrock had secretly gone to Elbaf; he said Elbaf's new king would not indulge him.
• Ace told Luffy that Teach had reclaimed Hachinosu and planned to use it as a base, and that Zoro and Kuina were joining their trip to confront him.
• Teach seized and beat a squad leader for attacking a Sea Train cargo ship, warning his followers that the Marines would treat them like pirates if they harmed the public welfare project.

Teach warned his officers against arrogance and ordered Van Augur to increase patrols, fearing the Navy would target them. On Kuraigana Island, Mihawk sensed a newcomer and went to the harbor, where he recognized a swordsman and greeted him after years apart.

• Lafitte and the other officers debated the Navy's response to Teach's attack on a civilian cargo ship, while Teach threatened to bury anyone who disobeyed his rules.
• After the officers left, Teach told Van Augur that his crew had grown arrogant and ordered increased patrols around the island.
• Mihawk and Perona recalled how Zoro and Kuina had trained and fought on Kuraigana Island for the past two years.
• Mihawk sensed a familiar presence arriving on the island, grabbed Yoru, and headed for the harbor with Perona following.
• At the harbor, Mihawk and Perona saw a two-handed swordsman holding a longsword, and Mihawk greeted him with, “It's been a long time.”

Saint Figarland Shanks reunited with Mihawk on Kuraigana Island, and the two fought a devastating duel before sharing wine at the castle. Shanks warned that the seas were heading toward chaos and hinted that a new flag might rise after the Seven Warlords of the Sea system collapsed, leaving Mihawk's response unstated.

• Shanks arrived at Kuraigana Island, and Mihawk drew Yoru and challenged him to fight.
• Mihawk and Shanks clashed in a fierce duel that devastated the harbor and sent enormous waves toward nearby ships.
• At the castle, Perona complained about the harbor's destruction while Shanks promised to have it repaired.
• Mihawk asked why Shanks had come, and Shanks warned that the seas were approaching chaos and asked what Mihawk would do.
• Mihawk said he would not be troubled by the possible abolition of the Seven Warlords of the Sea system and remained committed to pursuing swordsmanship.
• Shanks suggested that a new flag might be pieced together from the ruins after the system collapsed, and Mihawk gave no answer.

Mihawk sent Perona back to warn Moria to stay out of trouble, while Loki confronted Saint Figarland Shamrock and Maffey in Elbaf. Shamrock withdrew after their auras clashed, leaving Loki eager for a fight.

• Mihawk told Perona to return to the Florian Triangle and warn Moria not to wander into danger.
• Perona recalled how Kuma had flattened Moria and Oars during their shadow-fusion experiment, then sent her to the ghost island.
• Shamrock offered Loki everything he wanted if he joined the Holy Knights, but Loki rejected him and provoked him by asking about Shanks.
• Loki and Shamrock's auras collided, alerting Gaban and making Jaguar D. Saul warn that a storm might be coming to Elbaf.
• Shamrock withdrew with a warning, and Loki complained that he still had not gotten to raise hell.

Roy learned that Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina had reached the waters near Hachinosu to attack Blackbeard, and he set out after them in case their fight escalated. The four reunited aboard a small warship and prepared to head for Hachinosu.

• Roy discussed Elbaf's new king Loki with Law and said even the Five Elders would have trouble taking on the giant kingdom.
• Law told Roy that Ace and Luffy had recruited Zoro and Kuina to attack Blackbeard and had reached Hachinosu Waters.
• Roy entrusted Marine affairs to Law and vanished to go after the four, worried that their fight might bring out the Drums of Liberation.
• Zoro and Kuina waited near Hachinosu when Ace and Luffy arrived aboard a flaming boat.
• Ace told Zoro and Kuina that Blackbeard's people had crossed a line, and the four turned toward Hachinosu with their fighting spirit raised.

Van Augur spotted a Marine warship approaching Hachinosu and shared his vision with Teach, who ordered the Blackbeard crew to prepare. Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina arrived at the harbor, and Ace confronted Teach over what his people had done.

• Van Augur used the Vision-Vision Fruit to detect the approaching warship and showed Teach the four Marines aboard.
• Teach recognized Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina and ordered the Blackbeard crew to go on guard.
• Ace and the others sensed Van Augur watching them and unleashed their powers, cutting off his gaze.
• Teach and his officers gathered at the harbor as the warship arrived, while some of the newer recruits mocked the four Marines.
• Teach greeted Ace, and Ace demanded that he answer for what his people had done.

Ace confronted Teach at Hachinosu over an attack on a civilian cargo ship, accusing him of treating his comrades as disposable tools. When a drunken villain insulted Roy, Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina unleashed their power, plunging the port into silence and terror.

• Teach presented the dying squad leader who had attacked the cargo ship and claimed he had punished him, taunting Ace about whether the Marines were satisfied.
• Ace mocked Teach for breaking the rules in the Whitebeard Pirates and reminded him of Thatch's death, while Teach asserted his authority as leader of the Blackbeard Alliance.
• Ace told Teach he hated him for treating his brothers and comrades as tools, and named Roy, Luffy, Sabo, and Nami as his own beloved family.
• Teach dismissed the Marines' complaint as an excuse to start a war, and his men jeered at Ace and the others.
• A drunken villain insulted Roy, and Teach struck him too late to stop the insult from provoking Ace and his companions.
• Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina released a storm of flames, sword qi, Conqueror's Haki, and mythical-beast power that shook Hachinosu.

Luffy, Ace, Kuina, and Zoro launched a full assault on Teach and the Blackbeard Alliance at Hachinosu. The harbor was devastated as the battle spread across the island, with both sides engaged in combat.

• Luffy killed the thug who insulted Roy and shattered the harbor with Dragon Bone: Undersea Drop, while Teach blocked the strike with Swamp Barrier.
• Teach ordered Burgess to move the weaker fighters inland, and Burgess used his Island-Island Fruit to evacuate them through underground passages.
• Ace attacked Teach with Flame Dragon, and Teach countered with Swamp: Devouring Abyss, destroying the harbor defenses in their clash.
• Burgess attacked Luffy as an island giant, but Luffy smashed his massive fist apart with Dragon Bone: Heaven-Shattering Strike.
• Kuina cut down Van Augur's bullet and dispersed Doc Q's plague flies with Shimotsuki Style: Blood Cry.
• Zoro fought Lafitte, Cat Viper, and Inuarashi as the battle erupted across Hachinosu.

Zoro defeated Inuarashi, Cat Viper, and Lafitte with his Demon Aura: Nine-Sword Style, Asura: Ichibugin. As Doc Q and Van Augur attacked Kuina, she vanished and appeared behind Van Augur.

• Zoro taunted Inuarashi and Cat Viper over Oden’s swords and their reluctance to seek revenge against Roy.
• Inuarashi, Cat Viper, and Lafitte attacked Zoro together, but he unleashed Asura: Ichibugin and cut them down.
• Doc Q used his Plague Domain on Kuina while Van Augur fired three shots at her.
• Kuina’s body vanished into blood-red fragments, evading the bullets and Van Augur’s search.
• Kuina appeared behind Van Augur and asked if he was looking for her.

Kuina crippled Van Augur and Doc Q with a devastating sword attack as they tried to escape, while Luffy unleashed Galaxy Impact against Burgess’s Island-Island giant. The punch destroyed the giant and blasted Burgess into the sea, leaving Hachinosu’s harbor devastated.

• Kuina ambushed Van Augur, severing his arm and sniper rifle as he fell from the sky.
• Doc Q caught Van Augur with his sickly Pegasus, then released poison mist to cover their escape from Kuina.
• Kuina unleashed Frostblood: Thousand-Wing Slash, cutting through the plague mist and striking Doc Q and Van Augur after the Pegasus was destroyed.
• Burgess rebuilt the giant hand of his Island-Island form and sent its massive palms down at Luffy, despite suffering the damage himself.
• Luffy used Dragon Bone: Galaxy Impact, shattering the skull-headed giant and tearing away part of Hachinosu.
• Burgess fell into the sea, badly torn apart, while Luffy remained hovering over the devastated battlefield.

Ace and Teach fought across Hachinosu, escalating their clash with the Heat-Heat Fruit and Teach’s fused Swamp-Swamp and Gum-Gum powers. As Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina watched the battlefield collapse, a mysterious figure appeared above and wondered whether Teach could awaken.

• Teach attacked Ace with waves of corrosive swamp, and Ace answered with a barrage of fire fists and Flame Emperor.
• Ace and Teach exchanged close-range blows as their powers repeatedly collided and devastated Hachinosu’s harbor.
• Ace activated the Heat-Heat Fruit Release, transforming his flames into platinum-white energy.
• Teach revealed a fused Swamp-Swamp and Gum-Gum form that could absorb and bounce back flames, then met Ace’s attacks with a spiral punch and black hammer.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina paused to watch as Ace and Teach’s clash collapsed the center of Hachinosu.
• A blurred figure appeared high in the sky and asked whether Teach could awaken.

Ace defeated Teach with Flame Fury: Pierce and obliterated the center of Hachinosu, but a strange heartbeat and dense black energy rose from the crater, suggesting Teach or another ancient power was awakening. Luffy, Zoro, Kuina, and Ace watched as an unidentified figure looked down from above.

• Teach fought Ace in Pumping State, using his merged rubber and swamp powers to absorb impacts and counter Ace’s flames.
• Teach sensed that Lafitte, Van Augur, Doc Q, and Jesus Burgess had been defeated and briefly lost focus.
• Ace pierced Teach’s chest with Flame Fury: Pierce, then detonated the attack beneath the ground and blasted Hachinosu into a burning crater.
• Ace regrouped with Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina, and they wondered whether Teach had survived the explosion.
• A rhythmic heartbeat sounded from beneath the crater as dense black energy rose, while an unidentified figure watched from above and began to speak.

Teach awakened the Nika Form and used its rubberized power to turn his enemies’ attacks back against them. After Teach struck Luffy into the ground while Luffy protected Ace, the battle continued with Teach still standing in the air.

• A mysterious drumbeat erupted from beneath Hachinosu, and Teach burst from the crater in his awakened Nika Form, unharmed.
• Teach told Ace that the Gum-Gum Fruit’s awakened power let him bear and devour attacks and bounce back nature itself.
• Zoro and Kuina launched a pair of flying slashes, but Teach caught their sword energy and hurled it back at Ace.
• Ace attacked Teach with Flame Emperor: Firefly Spiral, but Teach scattered the flames and countered with a powerful stretching punch.
• Luffy shoved Ace aside and took Teach’s punch, which sent him crashing into the ground.
• Teach announced that the battle had only just begun as Ace, Zoro, and Kuina reacted to Luffy being struck.

Luffy, Ace, Zoro, and Kuina attacked Teach in his Nika Form, and Ace’s spear strike sent him crashing into a crater. Teach survived and awakened a sinister power as the mysterious drumming resonated through Cat Viper and Inuarashi.

• Luffy emerged from the ruins and launched Dragon Breath at Teach as Ace, Zoro, and Kuina joined the attack.
• Teach dodged Luffy’s blast and the twin slashes from Zoro and Kuina by stretching away with his rubber powers.
• Ace hurled his Flaming Spear at Teach, and their clash wounded Teach and sent him crashing into a deep crater.
• Cat Viper and Inuarashi awoke to the drumming from beneath the earth and sensed it calling to them.
• Teach rose from the crater as black swamp spread beneath him, then announced he was done playing and unleashed an overwhelming aura of darkness.