Recaps

Roy seized Pluton and brought the Charlotte Family and Giants under his power, then used the coming execution of Ace to set plans for a worldwide war in motion. As the Marines prepared to face Whitebeard, Roy reached Marineford and fought Hawkeye, leaving Sengoku worried about the threat he posed.

• Roy and Big Mom invaded Elbaf, where Loki and the Giants resisted them, but Roy’s side defeated the defenders and Big Mom died fighting Pluton.
• Roy broke through Pluton’s barrier, learned from Loki that Giant royal blood could control the battleship, and claimed its records and power.
• Katakuri pledged the Charlotte Family to Roy, who read the War Tree’s history and learned of the ancient weapons, the World Will, and the imprisoned Lord Heavenly God.
• Roy’s group prepared for a three-front war after learning that the Marines would execute Ace, and Roy offered Pluton and Giant forces to support the assault on the Holy Land.
• Roy subdued Kaido and turned him into a Nightmare, while Blackbeard escaped Marco, Jozu, and Vista after revealing his plan to hand Ace over to the Marines.
• Sengoku announced Ace’s public execution and approved Akainu’s plan to let Nightmare and Whitebeard weaken each other before the Marines attacked.
• At Marineford, Roy shrugged off Hancock’s attacks and nearly killed her with a single strike before Sengoku intervened.
• Roy and Hawkeye fought on an isolated island, where Roy matched him with swordsmanship and Hawkeye said Roy’s example had inspired him to challenge the world’s limits.

Roy escaped Impel Down with a band of powerful prisoners, killed Blackbeard, and joined the Marineford war, where he defeated Whitebeard and revealed an assault on Mary Geoise. The Marines launched a final attack on Roy, but Sea Kings devastated their forces as Drake’s betrayal became clear.

• Roy defeated Hawkeye in their duel, while Hawkeye accepted the loss and vowed to reclaim his title.
• Roy took control of the Level 6 prisoners, escaped Impel Down, and defeated Magellan with Shiryu and the other fugitives.
• Roy ordered CP0’s Bazel to spy on the Five Elders, then killed Blackbeard after rejecting his offer of an alliance.
• Ace regained his memories of Roy at Marineford, and Roy gave Whitebeard S-4 so he could fight at his peak for one hour.
• Whitebeard restored his strength, sent his sons to safety, and battled Roy until Roy cut him in two.
• Roy’s forces surrounded him after Whitebeard’s death, but he revealed that Dragon, Golden Lion, and Pluton were attacking Mary Geoise with Vegapunk’s help.
• Doflamingo, Jinbe, and Moria joined Roy as the Marines launched their final assault, while Hawkeye and Hancock left the battlefield.
• Sea Kings swallowed nearly half the Marine troops, Drake struck Chaton toward Roy, and Roy killed Chaton as Sengoku demanded an explanation for Drake’s betrayal.

Roy defeated the Marines at Marine Headquarters, forced the World Government to surrender a Road Poneglyph rubbing, and later captured Shanks, who revealed the ancient history behind Imu and Uranus. Meanwhile, Luffy reunited with his crew and Sabo in Dream Online, and the Straw Hats entered Dreamland Kingdom to rescue Sanji.

• Roy killed Sengoku, Kizaru, and Garp, while Aokiji froze the sea so the surviving Marines could retreat.
• Roy captured Akainu in his mindless magma form, then confronted the Five Elders and demanded a rubbing of the fourth Road Poneglyph in exchange for letting them leave.
• Roy gave Robin the rubbing, learned that a burst of light had destroyed Mary Geoise and devastated the Revolutionary Army, and suspected Uranus was responsible.
• Two years later, Luffy left Ruskaina and entered Dream Online, where he learned that his companions had been scattered and that Sanji was under house arrest in Dreamland Kingdom.
• Luffy reunited with Sabo at an Anti-Nightmare Alliance meeting, then met Shanks, who sent him away before Roy arrived and captured him.
• Shanks told Roy that the D clan descended from the People Who Embrace the Sun and explained how an ancient ruler took control of Uranus and became Imu.
• Shanks urged Roy to join him against Imu, but Roy rejected the proposal, while Zoro, Nami, and Usopp arrived in Dreamland Kingdom and watched its robots attack Caribou with Seastone missiles.

The Straw Hats and their allies entered Nightmare’s tournament and uncovered a sacrificial ritual beneath the Royal City. Roy and Imu clashed over the Dream Domain, leaving Imu threatening to destroy the continent as their battle continued.

• Luffy reunited with Ace and challenged Dark, while Roy explored Laugh Tale, freed the being sealed in the Poneglyph, and killed him with the Seven Star Sword.
• The tournament’s no-rules Finals erupted into battles across the Royal City, and the ritual beneath it began as the barrier to God’s Temple broke.
• Luffy recognized the masked man as Shanks, while Koala ordered the Revolutionary Army to withdraw after Nightmare’s forces and machines inflicted heavy losses.
• The World Government and Revolutionary Army fought through God’s Temple as Aokiji and Akainu fell in battle against the lava behemoth.
• The Allied Forces entered the temple and found Nightmare awakened, while the Five Elders identified the masked man as Imu before Roy confronted him.
• Roy and Imu’s clash collapsed the underground temple, and Dragon stopped Sabo and Ace from rushing into the deadly battle zone to find Luffy.
• Roy used Ain’s Rewind-Rewind Fruit and the Slow-Slow Fruit against Imu, who revealed his collected Devil Fruit powers and threatened to destroy the continent.