Recaps

Yota devastated Kumogakure, then seized power and resources in Kirigakure while expanding his abilities and influence. He returned to Konoha with Hiashi to remove the Hyuga Branch Family’s curse marks, as the village’s leaders and Uchiha weighed their next moves against him.

• Yota took Kumogakure’s inheritance scrolls, restored Hinata’s Byakugan, and defeated the Raikage, Killer B, and the village’s forces until Dodai surrendered and Kamui returned Hinata’s eye.
• Yota negotiated Akatsuki’s compensation from Konoha, joined Orochimaru and Sasori on their journey to Kirigakure, and gained the Kaguya Clan’s Shikotsumyaku after attacking its settlement.
• Yota defeated Mei Terumī and Kirigakure’s other ninja, then helped Mei challenge the Fourth Mizukage by defeating the Mizukage and Three-Tails and capturing Obito Uchiha.
• Yota strengthened Mei with Hashirama Cells and Sage Mode, collected Haku’s blood and Utakata’s Six-Tails Chakra with their cooperation, and returned to study medical, body-modification, and sealing techniques.
• Hiashi asked Yota to remove the Hyuga Branch Family’s Caged Bird Curse Mark, and Yota went to Konoha with him after discovering that Hizashi was impersonating him there.
• Yota removed the curse marks for gathered Branch Family members, prompting the remaining members to demand the same treatment in daylight while the elders backed down.
• Yota searched the Hyuga clan’s secret chamber for information about the moon and the Ōtsutsuki, while Danzo considered Shisui’s plan to use Kotoamatsukami against him and Tsunade defended Yota’s power and vision to Jiraiya.

Yota created the Genjutsu Space and brought the shinobi world under Akatsuki’s influence, while preparing for the Ōtsutsuki threat. He then left the Whitebeard Pirates for Wano, where he and his companions found Tama with Kozuki Hiyori.

• Yota defeated Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, took his Mangekyo Sharingan, and forced the Third Hokage to declare Danzo a rogue ninja.
• Yota and Hizashi reached the Moon, where Yota devoured the Giant Tenseigan and learned from Hamura that the lunar clan had misunderstood its purpose.
• Yota worked with Hamura and Red Queen to create the Genjutsu Space, then required Kage-level shinobi to join Akatsuki and use it.
• Yota and the Sage of Six Paths agreed to connect the Pure Land to the Genjutsu Space, while Yota left its leadership to Mei Terumī and Akatsuki’s core members.
• Yota left the Whitebeard Pirates and set out for Wano with Ace and Yamato after Whitebeard agreed to let them go under Yota’s direction.
• Yota, Ace, and Yamato reached Wano, learned Tama was in the Flower Capital, and rejected Tenguyama Hitetsu’s warning to wait for the prophecy.
• Yota used genjutsu to help the group enter the Flower Capital, where they spotted Tama beside Komurasaki, whom Yota recognized as Kozuki Hiyori.

Yota defeated Kaido, freed Wano, and left to explore with Queen, Page One, and Ulti. In Dressrosa, Doflamingo mistook Queen’s arrival and tried to capture Yota, who was buried underground by Pica.

• Yota captured Orochi, took control of Wano’s forces, and led them against the Beasts Pirates, absorbing Oni Island before facing Kaido.
• Yota survived Kaido’s Flame Bagua, opened the Eight Gates, and defeated him, then spared Kaido and took the Devil Fruits of those Beasts Pirates who refused to surrender.
• Yota helped restore Wano, gave Ancient Zoan fruits to Denjiro, Kawamatsu, and Asura Doji, and left the country as an azure dragon.
• Yota returned to the Whitebeard Pirates, revealed his alien origins, and tested his strength against Whitebeard before healing him and departing.
• Yota left Devil Fruits aboard the Moby Dick, met Queen, Page One, and Ulti, and set course for Punk Hazard before Ulti went ashore in Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo learned that Queen was in Dressrosa and mistakenly believed he had come to capture Yota, then planned to turn Yota into a toy.
• Yota sensed that Doflamingo’s forces were following him, resisted Doflamingo’s strings, and was swallowed and buried underground by Pica.
• After Pica exhausted himself burying Yota, Yota calmly announced that it was his turn.

Yota took control of the Donquixote Family, made deals with Dressrosa’s rulers and the Tontatta, and defeated Zephyr’s force before setting out for Big Mom’s territory. On Cake Island, he recruited Pudding and stole Brulee’s power, then watched Big Mom expose Stussy as a suspected spy at the birthday tea party.

• Yota defeated Doflamingo and the Donquixote officers, then left Doflamingo brain-dead under Red Queen’s control and brought the family under his command.
• Yota controlled Sugar and Monet, secured Violet’s cooperation, and negotiated with King Riku, Kyros, Rebecca, and the Tontatta while arranging to free Dressrosa’s toy victims.
• Yota took Caesar’s Gas Fruit and subdued Zephyr’s Marines, then confiscated their ships and weapons before leaving Dressrosa with Violet, Kyros, Ulti, and Page One.
• Yota infiltrated Cake Island aboard Charlotte Compote’s ship and gave Violet a Byakugan, which she used to locate Pudding and Brulee.
• Yota recruited Pudding, enhanced her third eye with Sharingan, and stole Brulee’s Mirror-Mirror Fruit before attending Big Mom’s birthday tea party in disguise.
• Big Mom ordered Pudding to inspect the guests’ memories, and Katakuri forced Kiberson to surrender half his fortune after Pudding found his secrets.
• Stussy tried to escape after Katakuri warned Pudding, but Big Mom caught her and began drawing out her soul.