Recaps

Torres and Bon Clay watched as nobles and officials accused of colluding with pirates were publicly executed, turning the kingdom’s fear and anger into cheers. Bon Clay said Roy’s plan would soon place the country entirely under their control, as the prince who was about to ascend the throne was set to die.

• Nobles and officials were marched to the square, where some protested their innocence while others faced their deaths in silence.
• Soldiers shot the prisoners, and the crowd cheered as the executions continued.
• Torres told Bon Clay that most of the kingdom’s unstable elements had been eliminated and asked about preparations for the next stage.
• Bon Clay reassured Torres that the plan was on track and said the country would soon belong entirely to Roy.
• Bon Clay looked toward the palace, where the prince was about to be killed.

Colonel Borg arrested Mayor Samo on charges of corruption and collusion with pirates as Roy’s campaign against the East Blue’s entrenched interests spread. Roy won greater authority from the World Government by sending confiscated treasure and evidence to Mary Geoise, leaving his forces free to expand their control across the region.

• Colonel Borg led Marines in arresting Mayor Samo and ordered him sent to Enies Lobby for trial.
• Borg reflected on how corruption, pirate alliances, and exploitation had spread throughout the East Blue as Roy’s arrests continued.
• The groups harmed by Roy’s campaign tried bribery, threats, assassinations, and complaints to stop him, but their efforts failed.
• Roy sent confiscated riches and evidence to Mary Geoise, where the Celestial Dragons became angry that officials had hidden so much wealth.
• The World Government gave Roy greater authority, and his forces returned annexed land to commoners while secretly taking control of more regions.

Roy captured Baccarat and ordered Caesar Clown to strengthen her while tracking the Giant Lanternfish, whose pure gold could drastically slow the growth of all things. He planned to use Baccarat’s luck to help him catch something in the New World, leaving Caesar puzzled about Roy’s true goal.

• Roy warned Baccarat that she was his captive, threatened her against contacting Tesoro, and used Reaper's Sound to knock her unconscious.
• Caesar Clown reported that ten thousand criminals were being moved to the New World and that he had prepared a drug to develop the human body's potential.
• Caesar showed Roy evidence that they had found the Giant Lanternfish, and Roy recognized it as the creature carrying pure gold.
• Roy ordered Caesar to track the Lanternfish closely and use every means possible to make Baccarat stronger.
• Roy told Caesar he planned to use Baccarat’s luck to go fishing in the New World, and Caesar left confused about what he intended to catch.

A series of earthquakes and tsunamis in the North Blue led CP6 to suspect Whitebeard and Bullet were behind them, while the World Government began closely monitoring the region. Meanwhile, Burgess reached the West Blue and Jinbe attacked a World Government base in the South Blue, leaving the Government’s leaders to confront the arrival of Great Pirates in the Four Seas.

• A CP6 officer ordered his agents to report their findings and withdraw from the North Blue after concluding that someone was causing its repeated tsunamis.
• Burgess crossed the Calm Belt into the West Blue and announced that the Blackbeard Pirates would wreak havoc there.
• Jinbe destroyed a corrupt World Government military base in the South Blue and warned the Marines not to blame Fish-Man Island.
• The World Government received reports of Great Pirates appearing across three of the Four Seas and recognized that the world’s balance had changed.

After the Summit War and subsequent purges left the Marines and World Government severely understaffed, the Five Elders approved Saturn’s proposal to expand the Grand Recruitment Plan. They also ordered a major campaign against the World Government’s enemies, and their commands began spreading across the Four Seas.

• Saint Warcury angrily questioned how people had reached the Four Seas without the Marines or CP noticing.
• Saturn proposed broadening recruitment, lowering restrictions, and granting status to pirates who submitted to the World Government.
• The Five Elders agreed that Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Dragon, Blackbeard, Bullet, and other threats required special attention.
• The Five Elders unanimously approved the Grand Recruitment Plan and called for Marine Admiral positions to be expanded.
• The World Government sent its recruitment orders across the Four Seas, while the Knights of God and CP0 set out.

Roy used Alabasta and Nanohana as a base to prepare loyal recruits for the Marines, aiming to infiltrate and influence the forces that would later support the East Blue. After learning that the World Government and Marines had begun a massive recruitment drive, he ordered his East Blue plans accelerated.

• Roy’s forces selected more than a thousand loyal elites in Nanohana to enter the Marines under false identities.
• Edwards reported the preparations to Roy, who told him to build ties with Alabasta’s royal family and stockpile supplies.
• Roy’s recruits were secretly placed across remote East Blue islands, where his forces would help them earn merit and rise quickly.
• News spread that the World Government and Marines had begun recruiting across the world.
• Roy learned of the recruitment drive and decided to speed up his plans in the East Blue.

Zephyr escaped the Marines after battling his former student Aokiji and decided to cooperate with Roy’s Wings of Freedom. Roy welcomed his agreement, seeing Zephyr’s knowledge of the Marines as a major advantage against the World Government.

• Zephyr shattered Aokiji’s ice and fought him while Ain and the crew escaped in their submarines.
• Aokiji let Zephyr go after questioning whether the Marines’ and World Government’s justice was worth protecting.
• Zephyr returned to the submarine injured, treated his wounds, and renewed his resolve after remembering his family and students killed by pirates.
• Zephyr contacted Roy through the Den Den Mushi and agreed to cooperate with Wings of Freedom.
• Roy celebrated Zephyr’s agreement and considered how the former admiral could reveal the Marines’ weaknesses and connections.

Zephyr embraced Roy’s ideas of freedom and equality, then spread them across the Grand Line, where they ignited a revolt against the World Government’s established order. As kingdoms and the World Government cracked down, Zephyr’s movement expanded and began shaking the foundations of their rule.

• After reading Roy’s ideology and evidence of the Celestial Dragons’ crimes, Zephyr abandoned his original plan and resolved to overthrow their rule.
• Roy told Caesar Clown that equality was impossible in the Pirate World and that the strong devouring the weak was its true law, and Caesar burned the book.
• With Roy’s supplies and intelligence support, Zephyr spread his ideals of freedom and equality throughout the Grand Line.
• Kingdoms and the World Government censored the ideology and launched violent campaigns against Zephyr and his forces.
• Zephyr led his forces to conquer a remote World Government member state, triggering a war that spread toward the Four Seas and weakened the World Government’s foundations.

The Five Elders discussed Zephyr’s campaign for freedom and equality and feared he had influenced the Navy through his students. They approved replacing Navy defenses with other World Government forces, secretly investigating the Navy, and replacing Sengoku with Sakazuki as Fleet Admiral.

• The Five Elders reacted with fury to reports that Zephyr was spreading ideas of freedom and equality across the seas.
• Saint Saturn and Saint Maz speculated that Zephyr had learned about the Void Century through Ohara and its remnants.
• Saint Peter warned that Zephyr might have spread his ideas through the Navy Elite Training Camp and questioned whether he had helped Dragon found the Revolutionary Army.
• Nusjuro proposed deploying World Government forces other than the Navy to key bases, ordering CP0 to investigate the Navy secretly, and replacing Sengoku as Fleet Admiral.
• Saint Saturn, Saint Maz, and the other Elders supported Nusjuro’s plan and backed Sakazuki as the next Fleet Admiral.

Roy oversaw the destruction of the Kingdom of Blor for failing to pay Celestial Gold, then planned to absorb its land and people while consolidating his growing power in the East Blue. The Five Elders contacted him and asked him to secretly help purge the East Blue Navy, giving him an unexpected opening for his next move.

• Roy ordered Blor III taken away and executed after the Kingdom of Blor failed to pay its Celestial Gold.
• Spandam and the World Government forces purged the kingdom while Roy arranged to seize its wealth, land, and population rather than wipe out its citizens.
• Roy calculated that his subordinates controlled five member nations and that Blor would bring his holdings to six, so he planned to consolidate before expanding further.
• Roy decided to target the East Blue Navy and World Government fortresses over the next half year.
• The Five Elders called Roy and asked him to secretly help purge the Navy in the East Blue.

Kaku assassinated a Marine branch commander in the East Blue as part of a staged attack meant to help Roy’s agents rise through the ranks. Lucci told Kaku to return and join Roy’s guard unit, which would cooperate with the World Government while secretly purging East Blue Marines, as upheaval spread through the town and the wider world.

• Kaku killed the Marine branch commander in the street, triggering panic and a Marine lockdown of the town.
• Kaku contacted Lucci and reported that the mission was complete and that he had given information about local gangs and lawbreakers to 0078 and 0108.
• Lucci told Kaku to return because Roy had assigned them a new mission and they no longer needed to hide in the shadows.
• Lucci explained that Trafalgar Law would change their appearances and that Roy’s guard unit would secretly purge Marines in the East Blue while cooperating with the World Government.
• An explosion interrupted Kaku’s thoughts as conflict broke out below, and he vanished from the clock tower while the Marines began uprooting the town’s criminal networks.

Momonga fought Burgess in the West Blue, but Burgess escaped before Navy reinforcements arrived. A call from Marine Headquarters reported Sengoku’s resignation, Sakazuki’s appointment as Fleet Admiral, and Kuzan’s dissatisfaction, prompting Momonga to urge a return to Marineford.

• Momonga battled Burgess at sea, but Burgess changed his attack and escaped underwater.
• Momonga received news that Sengoku had resigned and Sakazuki had been appointed the new Fleet Admiral.
• A Navy officer told Momonga that Kuzan was dissatisfied with the higher-ups’ order and that Strawberry wanted him back at Marineford.
• Momonga told the officer to ask Strawberry to contact Garp, believing Garp and Sengoku might prevent a clash between Sakazuki and Kuzan.
• Momonga wondered whether Kuzan’s dissatisfaction stemmed from conflicting ideals or from Zephyr.

Zephyr's growing influence and the arrival of powerful allies brought the Navy close to splitting, while the World Government raised his bounty to five billion Beli. In the East Blue, Roy welcomed the chaos, hoping the rival forces would keep the World Government occupied as he strengthened his own forces.

• Zephyr's ideals and revelations about the World Government deepened divisions between the Navy's Hawk Faction and Marines led by Aokiji and Smoker, while some of his supporters defected to join him.
• Fujitora joined Zephyr's ranks and frightened Navy and World Government pursuers by summoning meteors, displaying strength comparable to a Marine Admiral.
• Zephyr called on Marines to join him, reportedly made contact with the Revolutionary Army, and saw his bounty rise to five billion Beli.
• Roy was pleased that Zephyr and the other major forces were drawing the World Government's attention away from his efforts in the East Blue.

Roy discovered that Spandine was conspiring with underground powers and Impel Down prisoners to seize more power, and decided to use the plan to destabilize the World Government. He ordered Caesar Clown to accelerate Dyna Stone experiments and Rob Lucci to secretly assist Spandine, leaving Lucci shaken by how much Roy had surpassed him.

• Roy reviewed intelligence showing that Spandine had allied with underworld organizations and prisoners on Impel Down’s sixth level.
• Roy decided to secretly support Spandine’s plan so an Impel Down rebellion would strain the World Government and Marines.
• Roy told Caesar Clown to accelerate the Dyna Stone compression project and prepare to demonstrate its power in Impel Down.
• Roy ordered Rob Lucci to help Spandine overcome obstacles and avoid attacking him until the plan succeeded.
• Rob Lucci accepted Roy’s orders and realized that the gap between them had grown vast.

Roy decided to launch a full-scale assault on Kaido’s Beasts Pirates to seize Wano Country’s Seastone supplies and Pluton, and potentially eliminate Kaido and his All-Stars. He mobilized his forces and ordered them to prepare for the operation in the New World.

• Roy assessed his growing forces and supplies and concluded that he could take more decisive action against the World Government’s allies and hidden resources.
• Roy focused on Wano Country, weighing its connection to Pluton and its role as the main source of Seastone against Kaido’s strength.
• Roy decided that his assembled forces—including Whitebeard, Enel, Jinbe, and Caesar Clown—could overpower the Beasts Pirates while other threats distracted the World Government.
• Roy called his commanders and allies across the seas and ordered them to assemble for the Wano operation.
• Caesar Clown received Roy’s order to deploy Dyna Stone, while Trafalgar Law, Albert, Belo Betty, Gorilla, and Roy’s former CP-agent guards received orders to join the mobilization.

Roy arrived on Pikru Island, where Whitebeard had been waiting and teasing Edwards by asking him to become his son. Roy proposed that they go after Kaido immediately, as Trafalgar Law and the others arrived by boat.

• Whitebeard complained that Roy was late and offered Edwards a place as his son.
• Edwards refused Whitebeard’s offer, saying he could not leave Roy, and Whitebeard pressured him with his aura.
• Roy arrived, steadied Edwards, and joined Whitebeard for liquor and roasted meat.
• Whitebeard asked Roy when they would go after Kaido, and Roy suggested going now.
• Trafalgar Law, the former members of CP9, Albert, Belo Betty, and the pink-haired Gorilla arrived from a small boat.

Roy assembled his forces and set the Sky City in motion to invade Wano Country and capture Kaido. After learning that two elite Beasts Pirates fleets had departed, Roy ordered the assault to begin.

• Roy gathered new recruits and war slaves, assigning Sea Knight Jinbe to lead the vanguard into Wano Country and draw out the Beasts Pirates' All-Stars.
• Roy mobilized his forces, while Edwards ordered his fleet to depart for Wano Country and join Jinbe.
• Roy's forces boarded the Sky City, whose troops included tamed giant beasts commanded by Rob Lucci and the former CP9 members.
• The Sky City traveled toward Wano Country and joined up with Edwards's fleet, while Jinbe prepared carp and ropes to haul the vanguard up the cliffs.
• Roy learned that two elite Beasts Pirates fleets had left Wano Country, then told his forces to begin the plan.

Roy launched a diversion against Wano Country, sending Jinbe and a cannon-fodder fleet to draw the Beasts Pirates away from Onigashima. After King rushed to meet the fleet, Roy led Sky City's elites toward Onigashima to attack Kaido's forces.

• Jinbe and Edwards led the fleet toward Wano Country while fish-men attacked a Beasts Pirates outpost.
• The fleet charged toward the waterfall, and alarms alerted Onigashima to the invasion.
• King flew toward the outer waters, and a Den Den Mushi announcement identified the invader as former Shichibukai Jinbe.
• Enel reported King's departure to Roy, who sent Sky City and its strongest fighters toward Onigashima.
• Roy's plan projected that Sky City would reach above the Flower Capital half an hour after arriving at Onigashima.

Roy brought his forces toward Onigashima while they concealed their auras, and Whitebeard struggled to contain his rage over Kaido’s murder of Oden’s family. After Caesar Clown confirmed the compressed Dyna Stone was ready, Roy triggered it to begin a massive attack on the island.

• Roy guided the cloud island toward Onigashima while his forces hid their auras from Kaido.
• Whitebeard recalled Oden’s family and the Whitebeard Pirates’ decision not to invade Wano Country after learning of their deaths.
• Roy ordered Whitebeard to control his emotions and promised the Beasts Pirates would be destroyed that day.
• Roy asked Caesar Clown whether the compressed Dyna Stone was ready, and Caesar confirmed it was.
• Roy pressed the bomb’s red button, and the clouds beneath it dispersed.

Roy’s forces devastated Onigashima with a Concentrated Explosive Rock attack, leaving Kaido badly wounded and the Beasts Pirates with heavy casualties. Roy then ordered Caesar Clown to release neurotoxin bombs, while Queen rushed to give the injured Kaido restorative medicine.

• Kaido awakened to a deadly threat, transformed into a flaming dragon, and warned the Beasts Pirates to take cover.
• Kaido tried to intercept the falling gas cylinder, but the Concentrated Explosive Rock detonated and devastated Onigashima.
• Trafalgar Law, Whitebeard, and Roy’s allies witnessed the blast, while the surviving Beasts Pirates awaited Roy’s next order.
• Roy ordered Caesar Clown to drop two neurotoxin bombs into the burning island and distribute antidotes to their allies.
• Kaido returned to the ruined island badly injured, and Queen injected him with restorative medicine.

Queen used healing medicine to treat Kaido after the Dyna Stone explosion devastated Onigashima. As Page One, Jack, and Ulti searched for Kaido, Whitebeard emerged from a crater, leaving them stunned that he was alive.

• Queen injected Kaido with healing medicine and treated his severe injuries, but ran out before he could finish.
• Page One crawled from the rubble, searched for Kaido and Ulti, and broke down in fear for his sister.
• Jack found Page One and reassured him that Kaido had survived the blast, then began searching for him.
• Ulti reunited with Page One, and the siblings joined Jack as they sensed something huge falling from the smoke-filled sky.
• A massive figure crashed into the ruins and emerged from a crater carrying a naginata.
• Jack, Page One, and Ulti recognized Whitebeard and questioned how he could still be alive and why he had attacked.

Whitebeard attacked Onigashima to avenge Oden, and Jack, Page One, and Ulti tried to stop him. After Whitebeard unleashed his tremors and injured them, Kaido arrived and confronted him in a fury.

• Whitebeard emerged from the smoke and prepared to unleash the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power against Onigashima.
• Jack charged Whitebeard, and Page One and Ulti transformed to join the fight.
• Roy watched from above and told his allies to get ready for their turn once Whitebeard made his move.
• Kaido sensed Whitebeard, ordered Queen to inject him with his strongest medicine, and told the surviving Beasts Pirates to evacuate Wano.
• Whitebeard blasted Jack, Page One, and Ulti away, then began shaking the sea and Onigashima with his tremors.
• Kaido arrived, cut off Whitebeard's Dragon Breath with Murakumogiri, and vowed that Whitebeard was courting death.

Whitebeard and Kaido fought above the collapsing Onigashima while Roy’s forces carried out their planned assault on the island and Wano Country. Roy left Sky City to wage its first independent campaign under Albert, Torres, and Bruno, with the outcome set to determine whether he would overhaul the city’s war-making capabilities.

• Whitebeard and Kaido traded powerful Haki attacks as acid rain fell and Onigashima crumbled beneath them.
• Kaido fought to delay Whitebeard and give his elite subordinates time to escape, while Whitebeard vowed to avenge Oden and sink him.
• Enel moved to handle the Six Flying Brothers and Jack, while Trafalgar Law was assigned to face Yamato and Caesar Clown spread neurotoxic gas across Onigashima.
• Roy kept Albert, Belo Betty, and others in Sky City to conquer Wano Country, where Orochi’s forces, resources, and Pluton remained.
• Roy left Sky City’s campaign under Albert, Torres, and Bruno, with Bruno’s Door-Door Fruit and a Compressed Explosive Rock Bomb as contingencies if the city could not win alone.

Roy’s forces overwhelmed the Beasts Pirates on the collapsing Onigashima while Whitebeard and Kaido clashed overhead. Roy cornered the wounded Jack, Page One, and Ulti and trapped them in a sea of Seastone-laced clouds.

• Roy watched the Beasts Pirates flee as Whitebeard’s powers threatened to bring a tsunami down on Onigashima.
• Enel attacked Queen and Black Maria while Caesar Clown’s poison gas and the former CP9 members weakened and killed the Beasts Pirates.
• Roy spotted Wano Country samurai emerging from the ruins but decided they were not worth recruiting.
• Roy found Jack, Page One, and unconscious Ulti beneath rubble and launched a cloud-and-sword attack against them.
• Roy flooded the battlefield around the wounded trio with Seastone-laced sea clouds, cutting off their escape.

Roy captured Jack, Page One, and Ulti while Enel fought Queen and Whitebeard and Kaido continued their battle. As a tsunami threatened Onigashima, Roy spotted King returning and prepared to trap him.

• Roy used Seastone-laden clouds and Meteor Noise to overwhelm Jack, Page One, and Ulti, then fired Seastone bullets into them and announced their capture.
• Jabra and Owl accelerated their search for targets after hearing Roy’s report.
• Queen attacked Enel while he was distracted, but Enel used his Logia powers to avoid the blow and struck back with a massive lightning attack.
• Whitebeard and Kaido clashed in the sky as a tsunami approached Onigashima and terrified the surviving pirates.
• Roy concealed his presence and used the Echo Map to spot King flying back toward Onigashima.