Recaps

Roy ended the fighting in Wano and returned to Marineford, where his clash with Imu followed the Navy’s defeat of the Holy Knights. He later gave Ace and Teach new powers before the group tried to stop Uta from trapping the world in an endless dream, leaving her song still holding the collapsing dream world together.

• Roy freed Yamato, brought Momonosuke and the Kozuki retainers back to Wano, and refused to choose the country’s ruler as Orochi killed Momonosuke and Sukiyaki before Roy killed Orochi.
• Yamato rejected her Oden persona and vowed to protect Wano as herself while Roy left her to keep order and headed for Marineford.
• Sengoku defeated Saint Saturn, but Saint Garling and Saint Shamrock arrived with the Holy Knights, and Roy intervened before the Marines could clash with them.
• Roy confronted Saint Garling over the attack on his family, but Imu took control of Princess Gunko, overwhelmed the battlefield with Haki, and killed Saturn and Sommers.
• After the Navy restored Marineford, Roy visited Shanks in prison and told him he knew the truth about Elegia before Uta’s concert in Sabaody.
• Roy gave Sengoku the More-More Fruit, gave Ace a ring that intensified his flames, and then gave Teach the Swamp-Swamp Fruit and Gum-Gum Fruit as Teach declared his ambition to become King of the World.
• Uta used her Sing-Sing Fruit to draw concertgoers and people around the world into her dream, while Shanks and Luffy disagreed over whether to stop her.
• Law cut Uta and the space she controlled, breaking apart the dream world, but Uta began humming and pulled the fragments together as Shanks begged her to stop.

Roy’s choices reshaped the Marines and the Holy Knights while Teach built his power and reclaimed Hachinosu. Two years later, Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina attacked Teach, whose awakened Nika Form turned their battle into a struggle against his growing darkness.

• Rosinante silenced Tot Musica at Sabaody, and Roy removed its lingering shadow from Uta before she reconciled with Shanks and agreed to study with Tsuru.
• Roy revealed Shanks’s origins and sent him back to the Holy Land, where Shanks rejoined the Holy Knights and later reunited with Uta.
• Roy welcomed Rock and Airin to Marineford, where his family and companions celebrated together.
• Teach reached Zunesha, fought the Mink Tribe, and later reclaimed Hachinosu while enforcing rules against harming the public welfare project.
• Shanks dueled Mihawk at Kuraigana Island, while Shamrock failed to recruit Loki to the Holy Knights and stirred tensions in Elbaf.
• Roy left Marineford to pursue Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina as they sailed to Hachinosu to confront Teach.
• Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina fought Teach and his officers across Hachinosu, defeating several of them as Ace blasted Teach into a burning crater.
• Teach emerged in awakened Nika Form, overwhelmed Luffy and the others, then rose again after their combined attack and unleashed a powerful aura of darkness.

Roy revealed Vegapunk’s Three Emperors Seraphim while the Marines confronted a new pirate alliance and the World Government. After a clash at Mary Geoise, Roy identified a possible way to counter Imu’s power, and Imu ordered the Five Elders to retrieve Vegapunk’s invention.

• Roy knocked Teach unconscious after Ace, Luffy, Zoro, and Kuina failed to keep him down, then stopped Ace from killing him.
• Roy and Vegapunk revealed the Three Emperors Seraphim, and Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr fought the replicas on Punk Hazard.
• Drake and the Blade Squad confronted a planned pirate alliance in Flower Country, and Sakazuki and Enel overwhelmed its members.
• Enel and Sakazuki intervened when Guernica tried to take Drake and the Blade Squad to Mary Geoise for questioning.
• The Five Elders ordered Sakazuki and Kuzan to compete for the Fleet Admiral position, and the two Admirals devastated Mary Geoise in their fight.
• Roy and Borsalino joined Sakazuki and Kuzan against the Five Elders, and Shanks persuaded both sides to accept a temporary truce.
• Roy rescued Sakazuki and Kuzan from Saint Garling’s Black Turn Domination and said he had an idea for countering its mental influence.
• Imu ordered the Five Elders to retrieve Vegapunk’s invention and convene the Reverie early.

Roy, Garp, and their allies fought Imu and the World Government after Garp destroyed Mary Geoise, while the Marines mobilized and the Revolutionary Army joined the battle. The fight remained unresolved as Lucci threatened Roy’s parents, but Rock used the Haki Roy had stored in his pipe to drive Lucci back.

• Sakazuki became Fleet Admiral as York entered the Mother Flame research area to steal an unstable energy body, and Roy and Vegapunk chose to watch her without exposing her yet.
• The rulers gathered for an early Reverie, where Saint Mjosgard protected Shirahoshi from Saint Charlos and later faced execution for his actions.
• Garp, Ace, and Luffy rallied to rescue Mjosgard, and Roy evacuated the civilians before Garp’s attack destroyed Mary Geoise.
• Roy and Sabo attacked Pangaea Castle, then Imu and the Holy Knights emerged to face Roy, Garp, Ace, Luffy, and Sabo as Marine reinforcements arrived.
• Dragon, Kuma’s allies, Tesoro, and other fighters joined the battle, while the Marines organized defenses and Dragon destroyed Maffey and her immortal core.
• Roy confronted Imu, rejected her demands, and fought her in the sky as their clashes shook the world.
• Lucci attacked Roy’s parents at Marine Headquarters, distracting Roy long enough for Imu to pierce him with a shadow arrow that began consuming his Haki.
• Rock refused Lucci’s demand to go with him and unleashed the Conqueror’s Haki Roy had stored in his pipe, hurling Lucci through stone walls before Lucci returned in his awakened leopard form.