Recaps

Arthur awakened Conqueror’s Haki while clashing with Whitebeard, then unleashed Excalibur against the enraged Emperor. After Whitebeard’s tremor-powered strike battered him and exhausted his magic, Arthur called out to Dong Stallion.

• Moria mocked Arthur and wondered whether the Marines would save him from Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard attacked Arthur, who met his blow with Excalibur and awakened Conqueror’s Haki.
• Arthur and Whitebeard’s clash of Haki knocked out weaker fighters across the battlefield.
• Arthur released two of Excalibur’s seals and unleashed a golden attack, but Whitebeard’s tremor power shattered the surrounding ice and overwhelmed it.
• Arthur emerged battered and drained as Whitebeard approached through the smoke, and Arthur shouted for Dong Stallion.

Arthur rode the King's Horse into the sky and drew Marco into battle, while Whitebeard's rage triggered a devastating attack on Marineford. Sengoku and the Marines began their counterplan as the Whitebeard Pirates charged to rescue Ace.

• Arthur avoided a prolonged fight with Whitebeard and challenged Marco from the sky with the Holy Lance.
• Whitebeard shattered the atmosphere with a quake that tore through Marineford, forcing the Three Admirals to stop its blast.
• Doflamingo and Mihawk joined the battle, while Whitebeard rallied his crew to rescue Ace and attack the Marines.
• Luffy questioned the sudden turn of events, and Zoro watched Arthur fight Marco with renewed determination to grow stronger.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to begin their plan, and steel walls rose around the inner bay, though Little Oars Jr. blocked one section.
• Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcano, launching magma into the sky to rain down across the battlefield.

Arthur and Marco continued fighting above Marineford as Whitebeard led his forces through the plaza and fought off the Admirals. The Admirals coordinated another attack, but Marco and an unidentified swordsman intervened to protect Whitebeard.

• Marco spotted a gap near Oars and warned Whitebeard, who struck the seastone-lined steel wall but failed to break it.
• Arthur taunted Marco as they continued their aerial battle, with Arthur’s wind slash colliding with Marco’s blue flames.
• Whitebeard led the Whitebeard Pirates across Little Oars Jr.’s body into the plaza, then used his power to scatter navy soldiers and repel Kizaru and Akainu.
• Akainu and Kizaru attacked Whitebeard again while Aokiji launched ice spears, hoping to exhaust him and trigger his hidden ailments.
• Marco flew in front of Whitebeard and took Kizaru’s barrage, while a swordsman’s slash shattered Aokiji’s ice spears.

Arthur stepped away from the main battle, protected Franky from a Marine Rear Admiral, and learned how the Straw Hat Pirates reached Marineford. Franky revealed that Blackbeard’s group had overwhelmed Impel Down after Luffy and his crew were captured there.

• Arthur dismissed Doflamingo’s offer to join him and agreed to Mihawk’s challenge if they met in the New World.
• Arthur used his Haki to stop a pirate from attacking him, then went to help Franky when a Marine Rear Admiral threatened him.
• Arthur drove off the Rear Admiral and asked Franky how he had joined the Straw Hat Pirates and arrived at Marineford.
• Franky explained that Luffy’s crew had entered Impel Down to rescue Ace, with Silvers Rayleigh helping them reach the prison before leaving.
• Franky told Arthur that Blackbeard and his group had defeated the Jailer Beasts, the Chief Warden, and the deputy warden after the Straw Hats were captured.

Luffy reached the Execution Platform and rescued Ace after Sengoku’s attack shattered it and Mr. 3 secretly made a key for Ace’s shackles. Ace and Luffy joined the battle against the Marines, where Ace held off Aokiji’s ice attack with his flames.

• Luffy reached the Execution Platform with help from Ivankov, Jinbe, and Inazuma, then knocked Garp aside to get to Ace.
• Sengoku revealed that Luffy was Dragon’s son and Ace’s sworn brother before transforming into a giant golden Buddha and attacking them.
• Sengoku’s blow toppled the Execution Platform, and Mr. 3 used his wax power to make a key while the Marines fired cannons at the fallen group.
• Ace emerged from the smoke carrying Luffy, and the Whitebeard Pirates celebrated his rescue.
• Aokiji attacked the brothers with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak, but Ace countered with Mirror Flame and stopped the ice bird in a stalemate.

Arthur fought Ace after Ace tried to avenge Jozu, but their duel was interrupted when Akainu attacked Ace and Whitebeard struck at Akainu. Arthur blocked Whitebeard’s blow to protect Akainu, then joined him in confronting Whitebeard and Ace as the battle intensified.

• Marine Vice Admiral Doberman rallied the Marines, who resumed their attack on the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Ace asked Vista, Jinbe, and Emporio Ivankov to protect Luffy and his companions, then charged at Arthur to avenge Jozu.
• Arthur split Ace’s Flame Emperor with Excalibur’s golden light and told him he was no match for him.
• Akainu struck Ace with Great Eruption, and Whitebeard attacked Akainu in retaliation.
• Arthur released two seals and blocked Whitebeard’s punch, explaining to Akainu that he did not like owing favors.
• Akainu and Arthur prepared to attack Ace together, with Akainu declaring that Ace had to be eliminated because he carried the Pirate King’s blood.

Akainu wounded Ace, then provoked him by insulting Whitebeard and severed his right arm in their next fight. Luffy and Emporio Ivankov reached Ace, but Akainu attacked them, and Ace rose to intercept Kizaru’s light barrage as Whitebeard and Sengoku clashed nearby.

• Akainu’s magma overwhelmed Ace’s fire and wounded him, but Whitebeard struck Akainu and sent him crashing through the battlefield.
• Whitebeard and Sengoku traded powerful blows while Akainu taunted Ace about Whitebeard, drawing an angry response from Ace.
• Akainu shattered Ace’s Flame Emperor, rushed him with Hell Hound, and severed his right arm.
• Luffy and Emporio Ivankov arrived, and Ivankov blocked Akainu from attacking Ace and Luffy.
• Kizaru fired Yasakani no Magatama at Ace, Luffy, and Ivankov, and Ace rose into the air to block the barrage with flames.

Arthur defeated Doma the Knight, reached sixty consecutive victories, and raised his Swordsmanship to A+ before Whitebeard ordered the pirates to retreat after Ace’s rescue. As the evacuation began, Whitebeard stayed behind to face Akainu, while Arthur anticipated Blackbeard’s possible appearance and Kizaru was struck as he tried to intercept the escaping group.

• Arthur defeated Doma the Knight with a powerful wave of sword pressure, reaching sixty consecutive victories and bringing his Swordsmanship to A+.
• Arthur watched Whitebeard shake Marineford and order the Whitebeard Pirates to retreat after Ace had been rescued.
• Arthur sensed the Blackbeard Pirates hiding behind Marine Headquarters and considered how the changed events might affect their plans.
• The Whitebeard Pirates began evacuating, with stronger fighters covering the retreat and weaker crew members boarding ships first.
• Whitebeard told Marco to take Ace and Luffy away, then turned to face Akainu himself.
• Kizaru began forming Yata no Kagami to pursue the escaping group, but an unseen attacker knocked him to the ground.

Marco rescued Ace and Luffy and brought them to the Thousand Sunny, but Ace chose to return to the battlefield rather than leave the Whitebeard Pirates behind. As Akainu attacked Ace and Marco, Sengoku signaled Aokiji to end his fight and get serious.

• Kizaru attacked Whitebeard with Yasakani no Magatama while Marco flew Ace and Luffy toward the Thousand Sunny.
• Marco told Franky to take Ace and Luffy away, and the Thousand Sunny escaped with Coup de Burst as Ace thanked Luffy before secretly leaping back to the battlefield.
• Ace explained that he could not abandon Whitebeard and his companions, and Akainu vowed to kill him rather than let him escape again.
• Marco blocked Akainu's attack on Ace but was blasted away, and Ace's Divine Fire: Shiranui failed to injure Akainu.
• Sengoku watched the Whitebeard Pirates retreat and told Aokiji to get serious against Vista and Jinbe.

Shanks arrived with the Red Hair Pirates and declared that he had come to end the war, angering Whitebeard, who saw the intervention as an insult. Shanks calmed him by pointing out that the conflict could let the traitor Teach benefit, while Arthur recognized Shanks’s ability as Conqueror’s Domain.

• Shanks blocked Akainu’s attack on Ace, then declared that he had come to end the war.
• Whitebeard confronted Shanks and attacked him, and the clash split the sky with a vast fissure.
• Shanks asked whether Whitebeard would cripple both sides and let the traitor who started the war benefit.
• Whitebeard demanded to know where Teach was, prompting the Whitebeard Pirates to roar for the traitor to appear.
• Arthur heard Shanks speak and reflected that Shanks had unlocked Conqueror’s Domain.

Blackbeard and his crew appeared at Marineford, but Whitebeard’s attack and the Red Hair Pirates’ intervention forced them to flee. Shanks then called for the war to end, while Whitebeard and Sengoku considered his proposal.

• Whitebeard destroyed the Marine Headquarters fortress, revealing Sanjuan Wolf and Blackbeard with the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Shiryu of the Rain told Sengoku that he had joined Blackbeard and refused to explain what had happened at Impel Down.
• Whitebeard attacked Teach over Thatch’s murder, and Blackbeard demonstrated the Dark-Dark Fruit while Ace warned the others about its powers.
• Blackbeard used Black Hole and Lataib to scatter debris across the battlefield, then escaped with his crew while Whitebeard countered the attack.
• Shanks stepped between Whitebeard and Sengoku and urged them to stop the war, offering the Red Hair Pirates as their opponents if they continued fighting.

After the Paramount War ended with the Marines defeated and Ace and Whitebeard alive, Arthur returned to Water 7 and reunited with Nami and Robin. He gave Nami an unknown Devil Fruit, which she ate and discovered could make her hand pass through Arthur.

• Shanks's arrival ended the war, leaving the Marines with few casualties and the Whitebeard Pirates victorious at heavy cost.
• Arthur left Marineford for Water 7 with King's Horse, an unknown Devil Fruit, and several black boxes.
• Arthur reunited with Nami and Robin at their villa in Water 7, where Nami eagerly embraced and kissed him.
• Arthur presented Nami with the silver-white Devil Fruit, and she ate a bite despite its terrible taste.
• Nami discovered the fruit's power and demonstrated it by reaching through Arthur as if her hand were insubstantial.

Nami revealed that the Space-Space Fruit let her merge herself and others into an alternate space, making them intangible and allowing her to store objects. After Arthur and Robin entered her space, newspapers spread reports from the Paramount War and crowned Arthur the King of Knights, making him a worldwide idol.

• Nami demonstrated that Armament Haki could not touch her while she was merged into her alternate space, and she explained her Space-Space Fruit ability to Arthur and Robin.
• Nami revealed that she could store objects in her space and make people she touched intangible, though she could not attack while they were in that state.
• Arthur recognized the ability’s defensive potential and asked Nami to take him and Robin into her alternate space; the three vanished from the villa.
• News Coos distributed newspapers worldwide, carrying three major front-page stories about the Paramount War, the Red Hair Pirates’ intervention, and Arthur’s achievements.
• Morgans named Arthur the King of Knights, and people across the seas began admiring him and imitating his white knight uniform.

After the Paramount War, Arthur and his crew traveled to Sabaody to coat the Don Stallion before descending toward Fish-Man Island. As they discussed Nami’s alternate-space Devil Fruit underwater, Arthur explained how it might protect her from attacks and the sea.

• Arthur reflected on the chaos after the Paramount War, including the Whitebeard Pirates’ weakened state, Sengoku’s resignation, and the mass escape from Impel Down.
• Arthur considered Nami’s newly gained Space-Space Fruit ability and accepted that she had chosen to become stronger.
• At Sabaody Archipelago, Nami and Robin returned from shopping, and Nami showed off how conveniently she could store purchases in her alternate space.
• Arthur, Nami, and Robin boarded the coated Don Stallion and began their underwater journey toward Fish-Man Island to see its sights and find its Poneglyph.
• As Sea Kings passed the ship, Nami worried that seawater might affect her ability, and Arthur explained that she could be nearly invulnerable while merged into her alternate space.

Arthur brought Nami and Robin to Fish-Man Island, where he planned to help Robin find a Poneglyph and decided to visit Princess Shirahoshi after witnessing her fear of Vander Decken IX. The chapter ended as the three appeared in Shirahoshi’s bedroom and met the startled mermaid princess.

• Arthur guided the Don Stallion through the deep sea, using Conqueror’s Haki to knock out attacking Sea Kings before reaching Fish-Man Island.
• Arthur explained the island’s sunlight and took Nami and Robin through its visitor port, then promised to show Robin its Poneglyph.
• Neptune learned that Arthur had arrived and chose to avoid confronting him to protect Fish-Man Island.
• Arthur, Nami, and Robin explored the island, shopped at the Marin Shopping Center, and returned to their villa in Fishverly Hills.
• Arthur saw Vander Decken IX’s axe frighten Shirahoshi and decided to visit her with Nami and Robin.
• Arthur brought Nami and Robin into Shirahoshi’s bedroom, where they saw the princess and startled her.

Arthur and his companions helped Shirahoshi visit the Sea Forest, where Robin saw the Poneglyph, and secretly dealt with Vander Decken IX. After spending several days with Shirahoshi as her friends, they left Fish-Man Island for the New World.

• Arthur promised Shirahoshi that he would help her visit the Sea Forest and secretly transported her there with Nami and Robin.
• Arthur used Excalibur to illuminate the Sea Forest while Robin examined the Poneglyph and Shirahoshi paid her respects to her mother.
• Arthur and his companions returned Shirahoshi to her bedchamber, promised to visit again, and comforted her as they said goodbye.
• Arthur revealed that he had sent the King's Horse to defeat Vander Decken IX, and he disposed of the body without telling Neptune.
• Arthur and his companions spent seven days exploring Fish-Man Island and visiting Shirahoshi before their silver-white ship departed for the New World.

Arthur destroyed an alliance of more than a dozen ships with his 200 Million Volt Thunder Lance after entering the New World. News of his arrival spread, and the Whitebeard Pirates learned he had arrived and prepared to pursue him.

• Arthur hurled the 200 Million Volt Thunder Lance at the alliance, wiping out its ships and roughly five hundred people.
• Nami and Robin reacted to the attack’s force, and Arthur apologized for nearly capsizing the Don Stallion.
• News of the alliance’s destruction spread through the New World, making Arthur a target for many factions.
• Marco told Whitebeard that the bounty hunter who killed Jozu had entered the New World.
• Whitebeard opened his eyes and said he would go after Arthur himself.

Whitebeard sent Marco to confront Arthur while his crew helped Ace overcome his guilt over Jozu’s death. On Bill Island, Blackbeard tried to recruit Arthur, then attacked after Arthur refused; as the fight began, Arthur revealed his lightning power.

• Whitebeard refused Marco’s offer to handle Arthur himself, while Marco and the crew told Ace they did not blame him for their losses.
• Ace apologized to the Whitebeard Pirates and resolved to stop acting recklessly.
• Blackbeard and his crew agreed to approach Arthur, hoping to ally against Whitebeard and claim Arthur’s sword.
• After facing repeated attacks in the New World, Arthur arrived at a burned town on Bill Island and sent Nami and Robin into the alternate space.
• Blackbeard offered to join forces with Arthur, but Arthur refused, prompting Blackbeard’s crew to prepare to kill him.
• Shiryu of the Rain, Van Augur, and Jesus Burgess attacked Arthur, who revealed his lightning power as thunder struck the town.

Arthur revealed his Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers and fought the Blackbeard Pirates on Bill Island as they tried to seize his treasures. After enduring their coordinated assault, he struck Shiryu of the Rain with a lightning-empowered sword wave and sent him flying.

• Arthur caught a bullet and flicked it back as an electrically charged beam, forcing Shiryu of the Rain and the other Blackbeard Pirates to dodge.
• Arthur exposed his Rumble-Rumble Fruit and launched a lightning-enhanced sword wave at Shiryu, who deflected it with Armament Haki.
• Blackbeard tried to pull Arthur in with Dark Water, but Arthur abandoned his charged attack and sent another sword wave toward him, which Catarina Devon intercepted.
• Arthur summoned a massive lightning strike that blasted a crater into the ground, and Blackbeard urged his crew to attack for a chance at Arthur’s sword or Devil Fruit.
• The Blackbeard Pirates surrounded Arthur with close-range attacks, gunfire, and cannon fire, but Arthur’s lightning discharge blocked their assault.
• Arthur used the opening to hit Shiryu with a powerful golden sword wave infused with lightning, blasting him hundreds of meters away.

Arthur fought Blackbeard and the Blackbeard Pirates on Bill Island, countering their attacks with lightning before meeting Blackbeard’s island-devouring power with a massive Thunder Spear. After the clash devastated the island, Arthur prepared to attack again, leaving the pirates alarmed at his strength.

• Shiryu of the Rain blocked Arthur’s sword pressure, while Blackbeard used Dark Water to pull Arthur toward him and Catarina Devon tried to ambush him.
• Arthur broke Catarina Devon’s spear and struck Blackbeard with a 60-million-volt thunder dragon, but Blackbeard endured the hit with the Dark-Dark Fruit’s resilience.
• Blackbeard spread Black Hole across the town and swallowed Arthur’s thunder dragon, but Arthur summoned the King’s Horse and charged a 200-million-volt Thunder Spear.
• Blackbeard devoured the surface of Bill Island and launched it as a dark sun against Arthur’s Thunder Spear, causing a huge explosion that devastated the island and sent the pirates flying.
• Arthur formed the Holy Lance again and began charging another Thunder Spear, making Blackbeard and the other pirates fear that he could repeat the attack.

Arthur destroyed Bill Island and defeated nine members of the Blackbeard Pirates, gaining nine consecutive enhancements before Sanjuan Wolf escaped with the crew. Afterward, Nami and Robin appeared beside Arthur at sea, and he caught them before they fell into the water.

• Arthur hurled Thunder Spears at Bill Island and the surrounding sea, destroying the island and earning nine consecutive victories against Blackbeard's crew.
• Sanjuan Wolf swallowed the Blackbeard Pirates and escaped underwater, surviving Arthur's attacks.
• Arthur's nine enhancements raised his attributes and improved his Spear Technique and Swordsmanship.
• Nami and Robin appeared in the air above the sea and fell toward the water.
• Arthur caught Nami and Robin, who clung to him and asked what had happened.

Arthur and Nami sailed toward Gran Tesoro, the world’s largest entertainment city, while the relationship among Arthur, Nami, and Robin grew more complicated. As the Don Stallion neared Gran Tesoro’s entrance, Arthur prepared to take the crew into alternate space, and Robin suspected the city was less safe than it looked.

• After Nami exposed Robin’s feelings, Arthur punished Nami, and Arthur and Robin remained awkward around each other for several days.
• Arthur told Nami they were heading to Gran Tesoro, delighting her with the prospect of visiting the famous entertainment city.
• Arthur explained that he had bought a Vivre Card for Gran Tesoro on Risky Red Island, while Nami resumed her flirtation with him.
• Nami spotted Gran Tesoro’s enormous golden island ship approaching across the sea as the Don Stallion neared its entrance.
• Arthur told Nami to use her ability to bring them into alternate space when they entered the tunnel and beckoned Robin to join them.

Arthur and Robin explored Gran Tesoro after arriving, while Gild Tesoro learned that Arthur had entered the city and placed him on the VIP list. Robin then drew closer to Arthur during an outing, and he told her she no longer needed to hide her face with a veil.

• Arthur, Nami, and Robin entered Gran Tesoro while Nami's ability made them intangible and protected them from Gild Tesoro's gold dust.
• Arthur and his companions met receptionist Nala, who took them to a hotel and reported their arrival to Baccarat.
• Gild Tesoro told Baccarat to treat Arthur as a VIP guest because of his reputation as the World's Greatest Bounty Hunter and the King of Knights.
• Robin asked Arthur to accompany her shopping after Nami left to explore the city's facilities on her own.
• Arthur and Robin changed clothes, and Arthur stopped Robin from putting her veil back on, telling her she would no longer need it.

Arthur accepted Robin’s feelings, and Nami’s encouragement brought the three of them together as a family. After a month of enjoying Gran Tesoro, they left with Gild Tesoro’s money, prompting him to put a five-billion-Beli bounty on Arthur.

• Arthur accepted Robin’s confession, and she happily embraced him.
• Nami welcomed Arthur and Robin back, then revealed role-playing costumes and proposed that all three be together.
• Arthur, Nami, and Robin spent a month enjoying Gran Tesoro as a couple and extending their stay into a honeymoon.
• The Don Stallion left Gran Tesoro, and Baccarat told Gild Tesoro that Arthur had taken 36,578,950,000 Beli from the casino.
• Gild Tesoro ordered Baccarat to anonymously offer five billion Beli for Arthur’s death and spread the news of his winnings.

Arthur, Nami, and Robin left Gran Tesoro with billions in winnings, and the black-market bounty on Arthur rose to five billion Beli. Their voyage brought them face-to-face with Kaido, whose passage sent a massive tsunami crashing toward the Don Stallion.

• Arthur, Nami, and Robin sailed away from Gran Tesoro after winning more than thirty billion Beli, while Arthur predicted Gild Tesoro would place a bounty on him.
• Arthur teased Nami aboard the Don Stallion, and news spread that his bounty had reached five billion Beli, drawing pirates and bounty hunters eager for his fortune.
• Marco told Whitebeard that Arthur had left Gran Tesoro, and Whitebeard said the crew would avenge Jozu after rebuilding its strength.
• Nami spotted a huge tsunami approaching the Don Stallion, and Arthur identified Kaido as the one swimming toward them.
• Nami used her ability to help Arthur and Robin escape into the alternate space as Kaido and the tsunami passed through their ship's location.