Recaps

Roy and his companions left Shandora after helping the Shandians and Angel Island residents reclaim their home, taking Enel prisoner aboard their warship. The islanders celebrated their freedom as the ship sailed away, while Roy prepared to teach the imprisoned Enel a lesson.

• The Shandians and Angel Island residents gathered in Shandora, and Gan Fall and Wyper offered Roy gold, but he declined and asked for sky island Dials instead.
• Roy instantly transported everyone back to Angel City, astonishing Gan Fall and Wyper with his strength.
• Roy and his companions prepared to leave the next day, and Roy promised to arrange follow-up help for the new kingdom.
• Roy revealed that he had taken Enel prisoner, prompting the islanders to erupt in cheers of relief.
• The warship departed with Roy, Ace, Luffy, Zoro, Kuina, and Law aboard as they said farewell to the sky island.
• Aboard the ship, Enel proclaimed himself God, and Roy had Law prepare a medical kit and syringe before the others left Enel alone with him.

Roy defeated Enel on a nameless island and forced him to surrender to Marine reeducation before the warship headed back to Marine Headquarters. On the voyage, Zoro decided to create Three-Sword Style, and Roy offered him a chance to earn a great-grade sword by passing Kizaru’s test.

• Roy used his teleportation ability to immobilize Enel, then beat him until Enel agreed to stop calling himself a god and go with the Marines.
• Roy locked Enel in Seastone Handcuffs aboard the warship and ordered the crew back to Marine Headquarters.
• Zoro told Kuina he wanted to create Three-Sword Style but still needed a suitable third sword.
• Roy said he knew of a Twenty-One Great Grade Sword, but Zoro would have to pass Kizaru’s test to get it.
• Zoro vowed to land a hit on Kizaru within six months and prove himself worthy of a third sword.

Roy returned to Marineford with Enel, a powerful Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, and left him in Zephyr’s care for Marine training. Zoro began training with Kizaru to learn how to cut through light.

• Roy brought Enel and the others to the Marine Headquarters Training Ground, where Enel sensed the powerful Marines and lost the rest of his pride.
• Zephyr agreed to train Enel as a Marine recruit, and Enel accepted nervously after hearing that Zephyr’s lessons could be violent.
• Roy reported Enel’s abilities to Sengoku and promised to supervise his reform, while Garp joked that Sakazuki might try to recruit him.
• Zoro asked Kizaru to teach him swordsmanship and followed him to the Rear Mountain trial ground.
• Kizaru demonstrated Ama no Murakumo and explained that Observation Haki sensed possibilities, then challenged Zoro to evade a barrage of light-speed slashes.

After six months of punishing training, Zoro passed Kizaru’s Light Sword Rain trial and demanded to seek his third sword, while Ace, Luffy, Enel, and Kuina showed their progress in training. Sengoku watched the young Marines and wondered whether their brutal upbringing was turning them into monsters.

• Zoro endured Kizaru’s Light Sword Rain, passed the trial, and said he was ready to get his third sword.
• Ace and Luffy attacked Enel together, while Enel’s training and Marine service were described, including his promotion to Rear Admiral and his repeated beatings by Marine Admirals.
• Kuina trained with Gion, displayed her improved swordsmanship, and vowed to defeat her within a year.
• Sengoku questioned Zephyr’s Iron-Blooded Education Method as he watched the young Marines fight, and Garp defended his Iron Fist of Love.

Roy took Law to the newly opened Gran Tesoro, where they found that Gild Tesoro’s gold particles could control the city’s residents. Tesoro welcomed Roy and recognized Law at the Golden Palace.

• Law defeated a 200-million-Beli pirate captain, and Roy praised his progress as Law resolved to grow stronger.
• Roy read that Gild Tesoro had opened Gran Tesoro and decided to take Law there instead of returning to headquarters.
• Roy and Law entered the golden city and learned that its airborne Gold Element could gradually turn people into puppets under Tesoro’s control.
• Mr. Tanaka escorted Roy and Law to the Golden Palace at Tesoro’s invitation.
• Gild Tesoro greeted Roy as an old friend and recognized Trafalgar Law as a young Navy monster.

Tesoro revealed his long-standing alliance with Roy and told him the World Government wanted to grant Gran Tesoro special political status. He also revealed that he had found one of the two Devil Fruits Roy had secretly asked him to search for, leaving Roy and Law confronted with its eerie presence.

• Tesoro dismissed the attendants and showed deference to Roy, revealing that he considered Gran Tesoro and its resources to belong to him.
• Tesoro explained that the World Government had offered to designate Gran Tesoro an independent nation and demilitarized neutral zone, and Roy supported his decision on whether to accept.
• Tesoro told Roy he had found one of the two Devil Fruits Roy had been searching for and presented it in a gold box.
• Roy opened the box to reveal a deep-purple Devil Fruit with a strange, apparently conscious aura, and Law reacted with shock.

Roy revealed the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, vampire form, and implied that the second fruit he sought might reveal itself in time. After Roy and Law left Gran Tesoro, Tesoro recalled Roy’s promise that he would help shatter a nightmare, then Roy and Law sailed back toward headquarters.

• Roy told Law and Tesoro that the Vampire Fruit granted powers including flight, control over darkness, and life-draining bloodsucking.
• Tesoro said his people were still searching for the second fruit, and Roy said they could wait for it to appear on its own.
• When Law asked who would receive the Vampire Fruit, Roy said he would find out when they returned.
• Roy told Tesoro that, on the day they shattered the nightmare, Tesoro would personally hand over the first torch.
• Tesoro bowed in the empty hall, affirmed that he believed, and whispered Stella’s name.
• Roy and Law sailed toward headquarters, and Roy told Law to enjoy their remaining peace before the coming storm.

Zoro defeated Kuina again, exposing how her stamina limited her swordsmanship. Roy presented Zephyr and Garp with a Mythical Zoan Vampire Fruit, and Zephyr refused it so it could go to Kuina.

• Kuina beat Zoro for the 2,314th time, but struggled to keep fighting as her stamina failed her.
• Roy and Law returned to Marineford, where Roy and Garp recognized that Kuina’s physical limits were troubling her.
• Roy showed Zephyr and Garp the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire Form, and explained its abilities.
• Zephyr considered the fruit’s power to restore his youthful peak but refused it, saying Kuina needed it more.
• Roy indicated that he intended the fruit for Kuina, the swordswoman whose stamina had left her lost.

Roy sent Zoro and Enel to the Florian Triangle to claim Shusui by defeating Ryuma’s sword soul, while asking Enel to investigate Moria’s abductions. At Marineford, Roy offered Kuina a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit to overcome her stamina limits, leaving her to decide whether accepting its power would betray her identity as a swordswoman.

• Roy told Zoro that Shusui belonged to the zombie of Shimotsuki Ryuma and made defeating Ryuma’s sword soul his trial for the third sword.
• Roy assigned Enel to accompany Zoro to the Florian Triangle and secretly asked him to investigate Moria’s capture of civilians and theft of their shadows.
• Kuina fought Gion in the dojo, and Gion praised her swordsmanship while pointing out that stamina remained her bottleneck.
• Roy presented Kuina with the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Model: Vampire, explaining that it would grant her exceptional strength, recovery, and stamina.
• Kuina hesitated to eat the fruit, wondering whether gaining power through a Devil Fruit would compromise her conviction as a swordswoman.

Kuina accepted Roy’s offer and ate the Vampire Fruit, believing it would let her compete fairly without compromising her swordsmanship. Newly empowered, she challenged Gion to another match.

• Roy explained that the Vampire Fruit would strengthen Kuina’s body but would not improve her swordsmanship or win fights for her.
• Kuina decided the fruit would give her the chance to keep fighting and accepted it.
• Kuina ate the Vampire Fruit, and its power transformed her eyes and increased her vitality without overwhelming her will.
• Gion relaxed her grip on Kompira after seeing Kuina remain in control of herself.
• Kuina challenged Gion to another match, and the two crossed swords again.

At Marineford, Kuina continued her sword training while Roy trained Ace, Luffy, and Law. At Thriller Bark, Enel and Zoro confronted Moria and faced Shimotsuki Ryuma, whose sword Shusui drew Zoro into a duel.

• Kuina trained with Wado Ichimonji as Zephyr praised her dedication, while Roy pushed Ace, Luffy, and Law to coordinate and corrected Luffy’s attempted sneak attack.
• Enel and Zoro arrived at Thriller Bark and encountered Moria, who backed down after learning Roy had sent them.
• Moria ordered his subordinates to take Enel and Zoro to the zombie swordsman and asked them not to damage his ship.
• Zoro recognized Shusui in Shimotsuki Ryuma’s hands and challenged him to a fight.
• Zoro and Ryuma clashed their swords in the castle, shaking the hall and carving a deep gash into the floor.

Zoro defeated Shimotsuki Ryuma and received Shusui, while Ryuma’s soul was freed and Brook’s shadow returned. Enel confronted Moria, Absalom, and Hogback over their capture of civilians, then prepared to attack them.

• Zoro fought Shimotsuki Ryuma, endured his rapid sword strikes, and defeated him with One Sword Style: Flying Dragon Blaze.
• Ryuma gave Shusui to Zoro before his body burned away and his soul departed, returning Brook’s shadow.
• Zoro claimed Shusui as his third sword while Enel watched the aftermath.
• Moria, Absalom, and Hogback argued about Ryuma’s strength as Enel approached and questioned Moria about capturing civilians for their shadows.
• Absalom identified Enel as the Marine rear admiral Thunder God, and Moria recoiled in fear.
• Enel summoned lightning and challenged the value of Moria’s Shichibukai status.

Enel defeated Moria and his subordinates at Thriller Bark, then delivered Roy’s warning about experimenting on civilians. As Enel and Zoro sailed back toward Marineford, Zoro thanked him and acknowledged Roy’s role in arranging the help.

• Moria unleashed his Shadow Horn Spears, but Enel destroyed them with El Thor and struck down Absalom when he tried to attack invisibly.
• Moria transformed into a giant with Shadow’s Asgard, and Enel overwhelmed him with Raigo, then delivered Roy’s warning and knocked him unconscious.
• Enel and Zoro left Moria alive because Roy had ordered them to give him a warning, while Hogback’s remaining zombies carried Moria and Absalom through the ruined castle.
• On the warship home, Zoro thanked Enel for helping him obtain Shusui, and Enel told him to thank Roy instead.

Roy, Garp, and Kuzan discussed the World Government’s limits on Marine strength and the coming upheaval of the era. Roy wanted the young Marines to be able to protect themselves, while Garp renewed his fighting spirit and chased Roy around the office.

• Roy told Garp that Zoro should be happy to have Shusui, and Garp joked about Zoro’s ambition to master Three-Sword Style.
• Garp warned Roy that his powerful Devil Fruits for Luffy, Kuina, and Ace made his plans for the Marines too obvious, and Roy explained why he had not given Zephyr the Vampire Fruit.
• Kuzan agreed that the World Government would not tolerate the Marines gaining too much top-tier power and warned Roy that they had already noticed him.
• Roy predicted that a fourth Emperor and a wave of rookies and other forces would soon transform the seas, and Garp told him to proceed while the older Marines remained ready to hold the line.
• Roy said he wanted Luffy, Ace, Kuina, and Law to be able to protect themselves, and Garp revealed that Zephyr had been stirred by the fruit Roy offered.
• Roy teased Garp with the idea of a fruit that could make his Fist Bone a hundred times stronger, and Garp denied being tempted before chasing him around the office.

Zoro challenged Kuina at Marineford and lost again, then learned she had eaten a Devil Fruit. He accepted her choice and vowed to defeat her at her strongest, leaving them with a renewed promise to keep competing.

• Zoro arrived at Marineford and challenged Kuina, but she defeated him for the 2,315th time.
• Kuina took Zoro to a quiet grove and confessed that she had eaten a Devil Fruit.
• Zoro understood that Kuina had sought the power to overcome the immense strength she had witnessed among the Marines.
• Zoro declared that Kuina's new strength only made him more eager to beat her, and Kuina accepted his challenge.
• Roy and Enel watched the two renew their promise, and Roy remarked that Zoro understood despair while believing in possibility.

The Five Elders discussed the navy’s promising young generation and decided to monitor them without intervening as long as Roy stayed in line. Roy took Ace and Luffy to Baratie, where they met Sanji and Zeff before Don Krieg’s fleet arrived to rob the restaurant.

• The Five Elders assessed Law, Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina, and agreed to keep watch without acting against Roy or the younger navy members.
• Roy brought Ace and Luffy to Baratie, where the boys rushed inside in search of meat and Roy apologized to Sanji for their rowdy entrance.
• Roy ordered meals from Zeff and asked about his past as captain of the Cook Pirates, and Zeff said some things mattered more than ambition.
• Don Krieg and his fleet surrounded Baratie and announced they would take the restaurant ship and seize its food and treasure.
• Sanji stood up angrily as the restaurant’s guests and staff panicked over the approaching pirates.

Roy, Ace, and Luffy confronted Don Krieg’s pirate fleet after Gin defeated Sanji and Krieg threatened to destroy Baratie. Ace set Krieg’s flagship ablaze, while Luffy struck Gin, leaving both pirates’ forces reeling.

• Don Krieg surrounded Baratie with more than thirty ships and demanded that Zeff surrender the restaurant.
• Sanji fought Gin, but Gin overpowered him and injured his knee.
• Zeff intervened and refused to hand over Baratie, and Sanji tackled him out of the way of Krieg’s gunshot.
• Don Krieg ordered the fleet to fire on Baratie, but Roy led Ace and Luffy out to confront the pirates.
• Ace’s Fire Fist damaged Krieg’s flagship, and Luffy’s Iron Fist Cannon sent Gin crashing onto the deck.

Roy, Ace, and Luffy annihilated Don Krieg’s fleet at Baratie, and Ace burned Don Krieg to death to protect Dawn Island. Ace then asked Gin how he wanted to die.

• Don Krieg ordered his fleet to fire on Baratie, but Roy teleported the cannonballs onto the pirate ships, destroying many of them.
• Ace and Luffy attacked the remaining fleet, sinking the ships and defeating Iron Wall Balu.
• Luffy brought Don Krieg back to Baratie, where Roy decided he could not be left alive near Dawn Island.
• Ace burned Don Krieg and his Golden Armor to ashes while the cooks, customers, and Gin watched in fear.
• Ace approached Gin and asked him how he wanted to die.

After defeating Don Krieg's fleet, Roy offers Gin a chance to join the Marines after he serves his sentence, while he encourages Sanji to consider joining so he can pursue his dream of finding All Blue. Sanji agrees to think it over, and Zeff is left wondering about Sanji's mysterious identity.

• Gin surrenders to Ace and tells Roy he wants to join the Marines, explaining that he wants to live by his own will and grow stronger.
• Roy tells Gin to turn himself in at Loguetown, stand trial, and seek him out after serving his sentence if he still means to join.
• Luffy and Ace invite Sanji to join the Marines, and Zeff recalls their shared experience of starvation and urges Sanji to take the next step.
• Roy explains that the Marines' reach and resources could help Sanji find All Blue, and Sanji agrees to think about joining.
• As Roy, Ace, and Luffy leave, Roy secretly tells Zeff that Sanji's identity is no simple matter, leaving Zeff to wonder about his future.

Nico Robin sailed toward Reverse Mountain to search for the truth of history while Roy, Ace, and Luffy intercepted and destroyed the Black Cat Pirates in the East Blue. The chapter ended with Kuro and his crew wiped out and the warship continuing on.

• Nico Robin approached Reverse Mountain aboard a merchant ship and vowed to uncover the truth of history.
• Roy identified the fleeing ship as the Black Cat Pirates and ordered Ace and Luffy to leave none alive.
• Ace struck the pirate ship with flames while Luffy, in Hybrid Dragon Form, smashed into its deck and killed Buchi and Samu.
• Ace knocked Jango into the sea, and the Black Cat Pirates' ship burned as Kuro cowered on the deck.
• Luffy used Dragon Breath to incinerate Kuro and the remaining ship, erasing the Black Cat Pirates from the East Blue.

Roy brought Ace and Luffy to Syrup Village to judge whether Usopp was worth something, then confronted the boy after hearing him boast about being a brave warrior of the sea. The chapter ended with Roy asking Usopp what it meant to be a real pirate.

• Roy anchored his warship off Syrup Village and explained to Ace that he had come to see whether a certain person was worth it.
• Usopp entertained Pepper Head, Carrot Head, and Onion Head with an exaggerated story about defeating Marines single-handedly.
• Roy, Ace, and Luffy watched Usopp, and Roy recognized him as Yasopp's son and reflected on his lonely childhood.
• Usopp panicked when he noticed Roy behind him and repeatedly pleaded that he was not a pirate.
• Roy reassured Usopp that he was a brave kid who had not learned to tell the truth, then asked him what being a real pirate meant.

Roy challenged Usopp’s ideal of becoming a pirate by confronting him with how Yasopp’s absence hurt his family, prompting Usopp to declare that he would protect those he cared about rather than abandon them. Roy urged him to consider joining the Marines, then left him questioning whether he could ever face his father as an enemy.

• Roy asked Usopp whether piracy meant murder, plunder, betrayal, and abandoning responsibility, and challenged him to consider what Yasopp’s choices had done to his family.
• Usopp broke down as he recalled his dying mother waiting for Yasopp and admitted that his lies had helped him feel less alone.
• Usopp declared that he would protect the people he cared about and would rather remain a lying boy than become someone who abandoned them.
• Roy told Usopp to join the Marines if he ever went to sea, then asked whether he would shoot Yasopp if they met on opposing sides.
• Kaya watched Usopp crying from her estate, while he wondered whether he would be able to shoot his father.

Sabo returned to the outskirts of the Goa Kingdom with Koala and rescued Rock and Airin from the Sapphire Pirates. He accepted their invitation to Dawn Village, but sensed a hidden observer and suspected the elderly couple had more to them than they showed.

• Sabo looked toward the Goa Kingdom’s walls and reflected on how little his hometown had changed, while Koala offered to leave if he wanted.
• Rock and Airin’s wagon, carrying meat for their grandsons Ace, Luffy, and Roy, was stopped by the Sapphire Pirates led by Bluejam.
• Sabo charged down the hillside and defeated Bluejam, Porchemy, and the rest of the pirates with his water pipe and Dragon Claw Fist.
• Rock and Airin thanked Sabo and invited him and Koala to share dinner in Dawn Village, and Koala accepted before Sabo did.
• As the wagon headed toward the village, Sabo sensed a brief killing intent from a nearby grove and wondered whether Rock and Airin were truly ordinary.

Roy returned to Rock and Airin’s home on Dawn Island with Ace and Luffy, where they met Sabo and Koala during a chaotic reunion and feast. As the family and guests shared dinner, Sabo recalled how Roy had once shaped his ideas and helped inspire the Revolutionary Army; the chapter ended with everyone laughing together over the food.

• Roy sensed guests at his family home and led Ace and Luffy there.
• Rock and Airin prepared a huge feast with help from Sabo and Koala while they waited for Roy’s grandsons.
• Ace and Luffy rushed into the courtyard, collided with Sabo, and met him before Roy greeted Sabo as an old acquaintance.
• Ace and Luffy devoured the feast, astonishing Sabo and Koala, while Roy thanked Sabo for his help that day.
• Sabo remembered meeting Roy at Revolutionary Army headquarters two years earlier, learning from his ideas, and losing to him in a brief challenge.
• Luffy tried to take the meat from Sabo’s plate, and Sabo protected it, making the courtyard erupt in laughter.

Roy reunited with Sabo, who discussed the Revolutionary Army and the state of the world with him before Ace challenged him to a spar. Ace and Sabo fought fiercely on a secluded island, then called their evenly matched battle a draw and clasped hands.

• Roy used his ability to clear the courtyard while he, Sabo, and Koala talked over tea.
• Sabo asked Roy for advice about the World Government, the New World, and the Revolutionary Army.
• Ace challenged Sabo to a spar, and Luffy eagerly asked to join before Roy transported them to an isolated island.
• Sabo and Ace exchanged powerful Dragon Claw and flame attacks while Roy held Luffy back and told him to watch and learn.
• After their final clash, Sabo admitted he had lost, but Ace called the match a draw, and the two clasped hands.