Recaps

Carlos defeated Bartholomew Bear by catching him with a Sharingan illusion and restraining him with Susanoo, then released him and invited him to a banquet. As Bear and Carlos became acquainted, Bear suggested the name Divine Eye Pirates, which Carlos accepted if his crew became pirates.

• Carlos used a Sharingan illusion to freeze Bear briefly, then trapped him in Susanoo’s grasp and overpowered his attempts to escape.
• Carlos placed Bear on the ground and released him, and Bear apologized for attacking him impulsively.
• Carlos introduced his crewmates Olsen and O'Neal and ordered them to prepare a banquet for Bear.
• Bear introduced himself as Bartholomew Bear and asked whether Carlos and his crew were pirates.
• Bear suggested the name Divine Eye Pirates, and Carlos agreed to use it if his crew became pirates.

Carlos learned that Crocodile was attacking Kelly, Susanna, and Dolores, so he gathered his crew and rushed to their aid. Shiryu arrived first and began cutting down Crocodile’s men while Dolores continued to hold Crocodile back.

• Carlos invited Bear to a banquet, but Kelly called to report that she and Susanna had clashed with a group of Pirates led by the sand-controlling Crocodile.
• Carlos called the rest of his crew and headed southeast with Bear to support Kelly, Susanna, and Dolores.
• Crocodile attacked Dolores with a sandstorm, but Dolores split it with a sword strike.
• Shiryu arrived, saw that Dolores was holding her own, and ambushed Crocodile’s Pirates, killing four of them.

Carlos joined Martin and Dolores against Crocodile after Shiryu’s attack overwhelmed Crocodile’s recruited Pirates. He began fighting Crocodile himself, opening with a laser attack that Crocodile survived by turning into sand.

• Shiryu ambushed Crocodile’s recruited Pirates, and Martin, Riley, and Sholmer arrived to support Dolores, Kelly, and the others.
• Carlos arrived, saw that Crocodile’s Logia ability let him hold his own against Martin and Dolores, and decided to intervene.
• Carlos told Martin and Dolores to withdraw, then introduced himself to Crocodile as the captain of the Divine Eye Pirates.
• Carlos fired a red laser from his eyes at Crocodile’s head, but Crocodile transformed into sand and quickly re-formed.
• Carlos called the laser attack a joke, while Crocodile inwardly cursed him and remained wary.

Carlos fought Crocodile, using his Haki and physical strength to break through Crocodile’s sand-based attacks and overwhelm him in close combat. Crocodile ended the chapter badly injured and unable to escape Carlos’s relentless blows.

• Crocodile expanded the desert with Erosion Reincarnation, while Carlos let him prepare the battlefield and taunted him.
• Crocodile sent sand tornadoes and other obstacles at Carlos, but Carlos broke through them with Susanoo and powerful physical attacks.
• Carlos dodged Crocodile’s Crescent Sand Dune and snapped the Scorpion Needle with Sky Eagle Claw.
• Carlos pierced Crocodile’s fist with Void Piercing Finger, wounding him before launching a relentless barrage of Haki-coated punches.
• Crocodile tried to transform into sand, but Carlos’s Armament Haki struck his physical body and left him bruised and furious.

Carlos wore Crocodile down with attacks and relentless taunts until Crocodile abandoned his escape attempts and surrendered. Carlos then recorded Crocodile’s battered, humiliating appearance as leverage for their future cooperation.

• Crocodile escaped underground after Carlos’s Hurricane Fists, but Carlos evaded his sand attacks and mocked him while the Divine Eye Pirates surrounded the desert.
• Carlos told Crocodile he wanted a cooperative relationship and warned that continued resistance could leave him suffocating underground.
• Crocodile tried to flee but failed to break through Shiryu and Bear, who wounded him while stopping his escape.
• Exhausted and injured, Crocodile surfaced and lay down, choosing to give up rather than keep fighting.
• Carlos photographed and filmed Crocodile in humiliating poses, threatening to spread the images if Crocodile did not cooperate in the future.

Carlos humiliated Crocodile, hosted Bear aboard the Nethermoon, and then sailed away from Whiskey Peak. As the ship entered a storm, Carlos enjoyed the rain while his Crewmates ignored his attempts to make them join him.

• Carlos photographed and recorded Crocodile in humiliating poses before leaving him behind with Bear and his Crewmates.
• Carlos showed Bear around the Nethermoon, and the crew held a banquet and played cards together.
• Bear said farewell after lunch the next day, and Carlos's crew sailed away from Whiskey Peak.
• Three days after the Nethermoon departed, surviving fleet members returned to Whiskey Peak with news of Carlos's group.
• As a storm struck the Nethermoon, Carlos set up his enormous umbrella and settled in to enjoy the rain while his Crewmates ignored him.

Carlos finalized a new flag for the Divine Eye Pirates and set course for Little Garden. Elsewhere, Vice Admiral Borsalino led eight Marine warships in pursuit of the Pleasure Pirates, whose remaining three ships fled through a storm.

• Carlos designed a flag featuring a silver-white moon and golden sun within a vertical eye, then gave it to Susanna and the other women to make.
• Carlos relaxed aboard the Nether Moon as it sailed toward Ancient Island Little Garden using its Eternal Pose.
• The Marines pursued the Pleasure Pirates after the crew had caused a disturbance at Sabaody Archipelago and injured World Government officials.
• Vice Admiral Borsalino ordered the Marine fleet to pursue the pirates at full speed and warned that he would intervene if they were not defeated within fifteen minutes.
• Marine cannonfire struck the rearmost pirate ship and slowed it down.

Carlos's ship, the Underworld Moon, encountered the Pleasure Pirates fleeing Marines led by Kizaru. After the pirates tried to draw his crew into the chase, Carlos sank one of their ships and killed their captain, then returned to face the Marines.

• Olsen spotted two pirate ships approaching, and Carlos used his Byakugan to recognize the Marines pursuing them, including Kizaru.
• The Pleasure Pirates tried to pull the Underworld Moon into the chase, so Carlos ordered O'Neal to fire and then told Riley to ram one of their ships.
• Riley steered the Underworld Moon into the pirate ship, capsizing it and throwing its crew into the stormy sea.
• Kizaru ordered the Marines to encircle the Underworld Moon and wipe it out.
• Carlos teleported onto the Pleasure Pirates' ship, killed their captain with Kamui, and slaughtered the pirates aboard.
• Carlos returned to the Underworld Moon, leaving the Marines as the remaining major problem.

Carlos returned to the Nethermoon under bombardment from eight Marine warships and approached Kizaru’s flagship to demand an end to the attacks. After Kizaru fired on him and the Marines attacked, Carlos identified himself as Lucifer Carlos and argued that he was an adventurer, not a Pirate; the chapter ended as Kizaru suddenly appeared and swung a kick at his head.

• Carlos returned to the Nethermoon, found it under fire from eight Marine warships, and ordered his crew before heading toward Kizaru’s flagship.
• Kizaru recognized the Nethermoon’s flag, fired a Laser Beam at Carlos, and the Marines joined the attack as Carlos dodged their barrage.
• Carlos landed on the flagship’s bow and told Kizaru he was Lucifer Carlos, the godfather who had unified the West Blue Mafia.
• Carlos denied being a Pirate, claimed he had come to explore, and threatened to disrupt the West Sea if the Marines continued attacking him.
• Kizaru began to respond, vanished, and appeared before Carlos with a fast kick aimed at his head.

Carlos’s clash with Kizaru escalated into a fight aboard the Marine warship, where Carlos used his phasing ability and powerful attacks to withstand the Marines’ assault. Kizaru sent the Marines to attack Carlos’s crewmates, leaving the two men alone at the bow as they prepared to fight.

• Kizaru kicked Carlos, but the blow passed through him, and Carlos struck back with Heartbreak Palm, injuring Kizaru’s left arm.
• Kizaru ordered the Marines to fire; Carlos let the bullets pass through him, then charged among the soldiers and sent several flying.
• Carlos dodged Kizaru’s Laser Beams and countered another with Void Piercing Finger, while a Marine officer’s saber passed through his neck before Carlos struck the officer into the sea.
• The Marines attacked Carlos with Sword Qi, finger force, and energy blasts, but his phasing ability let them pass through him and damage the warship instead.
• Kizaru ordered the Marines to destroy Carlos’s pirate ship and capture his crewmates, then faced Carlos alone at the warship’s bow.
• As a storm raged around them, Carlos and Kizaru rushed toward each other.

Carlos and Kizaru fought to a stalemate as the Marines surrounded the Nethermoon and launched a boarding assault. The crew held off the attackers, but Marine reinforcements were sent after the boarding force suffered heavy losses.

• Carlos gained the advantage over Kizaru in close combat, but Kizaru summoned Ama no Murakumo and restored the balance.
• Six Marine warships rammed the Nethermoon, and Susanna steered the ship through their attempted encirclement.
• Shiryu, Martin, Riley, Dolores, and the rest of Carlos's Crew defended the Nethermoon as Marines climbed aboard from every side.
• The crew killed many Marine officers, but the growing number of attackers overwhelmed their ability to stop the boarding.
• A Marine officer requested reinforcements, and Rear Admiral Warren and Rear Admiral Jeffs agreed to lead them personally.

Shiryu and the other fighters counterattacked the Marines aboard their warships while Carlos battled Kizaru. Carlos declared his group the Divine Eye Pirates and unleashed Complete Body Susanoo, but Kizaru evaded its attacks as the fight continued.

• Shiryu slaughtered Marines aboard the Mingyue, then leaped onto a warship and attacked its crew with Sword Qi.
• Martin, Dolores, and Riley cleared their positions and boarded separate warships, where they fought Marines alongside Shiryu.
• Carlos and Kizaru paused their fierce battle to trade accusations and recover, and Carlos announced that his Adventure Group would become the Divine Eye Pirates.
• Carlos manifested his more than one-hundred-meter-tall Complete Body Susanoo and leaped from the battered warship.
• Kizaru attacked Susanoo with Laser Beams, while Carlos swung a massive energy sword that split Kizaru's warship in half.

Carlos crippled three Marine warships while evading Kizaru’s attacks, then confronted the furious Vice Admiral to keep him from targeting the Dark Moon and his crewmates. Carlos changed his Mangekyō Sharingan and prepared to use its power against Kizaru.

• Carlos used Kamui Shuriken to tear apart two Marine warships, leaving their crews scrambling to escape.
• Kizaru unleashed Yasakani no Magatama, but Carlos dismissed Susanoo and used Phasing to avoid the barrage.
• Carlos decided to draw Kizaru’s anger away from the Dark Moon and landed on the warship where Martin was fighting.
• Carlos sent Martin and the Marines away, then taunted Kizaru about his ability and apologized for destroying the warships.
• Carlos changed his Mangekyō Sharingan to Shisui Uchiha’s pattern and prepared to use short-term Kotoamatsukami against Kizaru.

Carlos used his Haki and Mangekyō Sharingan to injure Kizaru during their battle aboard the warship. After Kizaru learned to avoid the mind-affecting attack, Carlos called off the fight and left the Navy unable to arrest his crew.

• Carlos covered his body in blood-red Armament Haki and fought Kizaru with a relentless barrage of punches.
• Carlos used Kotoamatsukami to slow Kizaru's reactions, then struck him and forced him to retreat into the warship's cabin.
• Carlos formed an initial Susanoo to withstand Kizaru's laser barrage, then clashed with him using Overlord Elbow.
• Carlos caught Kizaru with another mind-affecting attack and used Heartbreak Palm to damage his internal organs.
• Kizaru closed his eyes and relied on Observation Haki to avoid Carlos's gaze-based attack, while Carlos said neither side could win and proposed ending the battle.

After a costly battle, Carlos and Kizaru agreed to withdraw, and the Divine Eye Pirates treated their wounded aboard the Underworld Moon. Kizaru reported Carlos’s strength to Kong and Sengoku, putting the Divine Eye Pirates under the Navy’s close attention.

• Kizaru called off the fighting, and both sides recovered their dead before the Underworld Moon departed.
• Carlos and his crew treated their injuries, then Carlos rested and reflected on the battle as the weather cleared.
• Kizaru returned to Navy Headquarters and told Kong and Sengoku that Carlos had powerful Devil Fruit abilities, Body Techniques, and Haki.
• Kizaru urged the Navy to take Carlos seriously, and Kong and Sengoku listened as he detailed the battle.

The Marines decided to monitor the Divine Eye Pirates and assigned high bounties to Carlos and his crew rather than launch an immediate attack. As their bounty notices spread across the Grand Line, the crew gained fame and drew the attention of pirates and bounty hunters.

• Kong and Sengoku decided to place the Divine Eye Pirates on the Marines' list of key targets and wait for a chance to destroy them.
• Kong ordered Carlos's bounty set at 100 million Berries, Shiryu's at 80 million, and the rest of the crew's at no less than 20 million.
• Carlos found the bounty posters aboard the Dark Moon and saw that the crew's total bounties exceeded 600 million Berries.
• Carlos read the newspaper, then continued his daily training without reacting to the crew's sudden fame.
• News of the Divine Eye Pirates' bounties spread through the Grand Line, attracting attention from pirates and bounty hunters looking to challenge them.

Carlos trained intensely as the Divine Eye Pirates sailed toward Little Garden, while Shiryu slaughtered two groups of pirates they encountered. The crew reached Primordial Island, where an enormous goldfish suddenly leaped from the sea and lunged at the Dark Moon.

• Carlos focused on grueling physical training and developing his Pupil Power as the Dark Moon sailed toward Little Garden.
• A hailstorm struck the ship, and Carlos shared shaved ice and fruit with the crew.
• Shiryu killed the crews of three pirate ships that attacked the Dark Moon and took their supplies.
• The Divine Eye Pirates reached Primordial Island and heard strange sounds from its mist-shrouded interior.
• A gigantic goldfish emerged from the sea and opened its mouth to bite the Dark Moon.

Carlos and the Mingyue crew reached Primordial Island, where Carlos demonstrated his power and cleared nearby threats. They ended the day with a grilled fish feast, preparing to explore the dangerous island the next morning.

• Carlos punched a giant goldfish into the sky, and Shiryu split it in two with a powerful sword strike.
• Carlos praised Shiryu's swordsmanship and urged the crew to grow stronger before entering the New World.
• The Mingyue sailed up Primordial Island's river, where Carlos used Conqueror's Haki to knock out aquatic predators.
• After docking, Carlos used Byakugan and Void Piercing Finger to kill hidden predators within three hundred meters and warned the crew to stay alert.
• Carlos assigned Shiryu and Dolores to prepare the goldfish while the crew set up camp and cooked dinner.
• The crew held a lively grilled fish feast beside the river, with fires and attacks keeping dangerous creatures away.

Carlos led the crew into Primordial Island after arranging for a controlled saber-toothed tiger to guard the Mingyue. While exploring the island and riding a controlled tyrannosaurus rex, they witnessed Dorry and Brogy fighting near an erupting volcano.

• Susanna worried about leaving the Mingyue unguarded, so Carlos had O'Neal capture a white-furred saber-toothed tiger and used his Pupil Power to make it guard the ship.
• Carlos led the crew into Primordial Island in a guarded formation and warned them about poisonous creatures and ancient diseases.
• Carlos and the crew explored the island, collecting or killing unusual wildlife while Kelly and Sholmer studied its plants and animals.
• Carlos controlled a young tyrannosaurus rex, and the crew rode it as it rampaged through the island.
• The crew saw a volcano erupt and spotted Dorry and Brogy battling with their sword and axe.

Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates watched Dorry and Brogy fight on Elbaf while Riley asked to challenge them and learn their combat style. After the giants stopped fighting and approached the group, Riley enlarged himself to their size and stepped forward to face them.

• Carlos agreed that Riley could challenge the giants after their duel, and Riley said he would focus on hand-to-hand combat.
• Carlos led the crew to the field where Dorry and Brogy were fighting, then killed the tyrannosaurus rex and had the crew roast it while they watched.
• Dorry and Brogy grew displeased at being treated as entertainment, stopped their duel, and walked toward Carlos and the crew.
• Carlos told Riley to challenge the giants, and Riley expanded his body until he was roughly their size.

Riley challenged the giants Dorry and Brogy to hand-to-hand fights on Primordial Island and repeatedly trained against them while recovering from defeats. After three or four months, he could last much longer in a brawl, and the Divine Eye Pirates remained on the island at the beginning of Oceanic Era 1501.

• Riley provoked Dorry and Brogy into accepting a warrior's challenge and fought Dorry first.
• Dorry overpowered Riley in a half-hour fistfight, and Martin conceded for him before Sholmer treated his injuries.
• Riley recovered and challenged Brogy, then continued alternating fights with both giants, earning their recognition as the group explored and trained on Primordial Island.
• Carlos practiced controlling wild animals with his Mangekyō Sharingan and refining his Conqueror's Haki while occasionally checking on the West Sea through a Den Den Mushi.
• After three or four months on Primordial Island, Riley could hold out much longer against Dorry and Brogy in hand-to-hand combat, though he still could not match them in a direct brawl.

Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates stayed on Primordial Island to train, while Carlos focused on increasing his Pupil Power until he could unlock the Rinnegan. After mastering its abilities, he marked powerful island creatures for future summoning and continued to aim for even fiercer beasts elsewhere.

• Carlos and his crew continued training on Primordial Island, each pursuing their own combat or professional skills while Marine intelligence lost track of them.
• After another month of cultivation, Carlos awakened the Rinnegan and tested its gravitational powers by attracting and shattering a boulder.
• Carlos studied the Rinnegan until he mastered its conventional abilities a week later.
• Carlos secretly marked several fierce creatures on Primordial Island so he could summon them through the Rinnegan's Animal Path.
• Carlos considered the island's creatures temporary targets and planned to replace them with stronger beasts from the island Riley had once visited with Luffy.

Carlos sailed from Primordial Island toward Drum Island, planning to send Sholmer there to study and considering how to create the Six Paths of Pain. The Dark Moon then encountered a sea battle between eight pirate ships and a merchant vessel with four escorts.

• The Dark Moon left Primordial Island after Riley and the crew improved their strength, and Riley waved goodbye to Dorry and Brogy.
• Carlos chose Drum Island as the next destination and planned to arrange medical training there for Sholmer.
• Carlos considered selecting fresh, powerful corpses to create the Six Paths of Pain, while ruling out Roger’s remains and treating Impel Down prisoners as a last resort.
• Olsen spotted gunfire ahead, and Carlos used his Byakugan to see eight pirate ships attacking a merchant ship and its four escort ships.
• Carlos wondered whether the merchant ship carried valuable cargo or an important passenger.

Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates attacked the Pirates surrounding a merchant ship, overwhelming the crews sent to stop them. After the remaining Pirate Ships abandoned their prey, Carlos and his crew continued toward the merchant ship.

• Carlos decided to join the naval battle and ordered Susanna and Sholmer to remain aboard the Dark Moon.
• Two Pirate Ships attacked the Dark Moon, but Carlos shot down their cannonballs while Shiryu, Martin, and Dolores boarded and defeated their crews.
• Carlos blasted holes in the Pirate Ships and destroyed their masts as Shiryu, Martin, and Dolores chased down the fleeing Pirates.
• The crew looted the two ships and charged onward, prompting the Pirate captains to send two more ships with stronger crews.
• Shiryu and Dolores cut one Pirate Ship into pieces, while Martin and Riley crushed the other.
• The four remaining Pirate Ships gave up their attack on the merchant ship and fled from the Divine Eye Pirates.

Carlos’s Divine Eye Pirates intercepted a merchant ship carrying medical supplies bound for Drum Kingdom and seized the cargo. He sent the ship’s captain to demand safe entry into Drum Kingdom and advanced medical studies for Sholmer, leaving the kingdom’s response—and Carlos’s hopes of a confrontation—pending.

• Carlos ordered the Dark Moon to chase down the merchant ship, and Shiryu forced it to stop with a Sword Qi strike.
• Shiryu’s group took control of the merchant ship, and Sholmer discovered its cargo included medical supplies ordered by Drum Kingdom.
• Carlos ordered Sholmer to demand open, protected entry into Drum Kingdom and top-level medical training in exchange for the supplies.
• Carlos’s crew transferred the medical supplies to the Dark Moon and let the merchant ship’s captain sail away with their demands.
• Carlos followed toward Drum Island and hoped Drum Kingdom would send troops with the Navy to reclaim the cargo.