Recaps

Gecko Moria defeated Yamato and Boa Hancock and prepared to take them away, but Doflamingo intervened and used his illusion ability to bring Moria and Sand Crocodile under his control. Hancock and Yamato remained unconscious with severe injuries, while Doflamingo’s group secured the two Great Pirates.

• Yamato and Hancock fought Moria, but he badly wounded Yamato and eventually knocked Hancock unconscious.
• Moria seized the two unconscious women, intending to take their shadows for his zombie army.
• Doflamingo revealed himself with Kyros and Shimotsuki Ushimaru, while Sand Crocodile stood beside him under the influence of Doflamingo’s illusion.
• Moria recognized Doflamingo’s trick too late and was hypnotized, joining Sand Crocodile as one of Doflamingo’s obedient guards.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru worried about the danger of Doflamingo’s mind-control ability as the group left Hancock and Yamato alive but severely injured.

Doflamingo used Izanagi to undo much of the damage Hancock and Yamato had suffered, then explained how the ability worked. He offered to take Yamato as his student, and she eagerly accepted, hoping to learn how to defeat Kaido.

• Doflamingo activated Izanagi, restoring more than half of Hancock and Yamato’s injuries.
• Hancock explained that Izanagi turned injuries suffered after a marked illusion into an illusion, but could not save someone who was already injured or dead before the mark was placed.
• Doflamingo asked Yamato about her goal of defeating Kaido, and she described the potential of Hiyori and Clown Buggy as well.
• Doflamingo offered to train Yamato because Wano Country was wasting her potential, and Shimotsuki Ushimaru approved of the idea.
• Yamato eagerly accepted Doflamingo as her teacher, and he told her she might be able to defeat Kaido after about ten years of training.

Doflamingo brought his crew and Violet to Green Bit Island to meet the Tontatta Tribe and discuss opening a harbor for them. The group reached the tribe’s underground kingdom, where Yamato’s curiosity immediately caused a stir.

• Yamato and Violet said farewell to their families before Doflamingo’s crew sailed for Green Bit Island.
• The crew landed on the island, and Bege let them out of his body while Yamato marveled at him.
• Violet led Doflamingo’s group to two Tontatta guards, Ed and Ganli, who agreed to take them to their chief.
• Doflamingo and his companions entered the Tontatta’s underground kingdom as Yamato explored and greeted the residents.
• A Tontatta corrected Yamato when she called them little people, and Yamato mistook him for a talking rhinoceros beetle.

Doflamingo asked the Tontatta Tribe to grow special plants in exchange for supplies, using the Shove-Shove Fruit as a deposit. He revealed his Donquixote name, but the tribe barely remembered its ancient feud with his clan.

• Hancock punched Yamato after she mistook a Tontatta for a different Devil Fruit user, while Doflamingo explained that certain fruits had been passed down through ancient kingdoms.
• Gancho greeted the visitors and mistakenly assumed Bege was the important guest before Violet corrected him.
• Doflamingo offered the Tontatta Tribe patterned seeds and the Shove-Shove Fruit to help cultivate special plants.
• Gancho agreed to grow the plants after Doflamingo offered supplies worth one million Beli for each fruit.
• Doflamingo disclosed that he belonged to the Donquixote Clan, but Gancho and the Tontatta Tribe could barely recall their ancestors' feud with the clan.

Doflamingo began training Yamato and Violet aboard the ship as he traveled toward the Future Kingdom to recruit scientists. Yamato fought an illusion of Kaido while Hancock continued absorbing Chun-Li’s Talent Pearl, and the chapter left her close to finishing it.

• After settling matters with the Tontatta Tribe, Doflamingo sailed deeper into the New World toward the Future Kingdom to recruit scientists.
• Doflamingo pulled the crew into his Illusion Space and set Yamato against an illusion of Kaido.
• Yamato repeatedly attacked Kaido and was beaten down, while Hancock watched and questioned Doflamingo’s training method.
• Hancock teased Violet about getting a similarly punishing teacher, but Doflamingo reassured her that Yamato’s training was not suitable for ordinary people.
• Hancock used her training session to absorb more of Chun-Li’s Talent Pearl, which had helped her learn Hyakuretsukyaku and Spinning Bird Kick.

Doflamingo trained Hancock, Yamato, and Violet in the Illusion Space, tailoring their challenges to their abilities while training himself. After twelve hours, Violet emerged exhausted and shaken by the pain, Yamato fell asleep, and Hancock showed only mild fatigue.

• Hancock fought randomized opponents in the Illusion Space, while Yamato trained against a replica of Kaido with her health locked.
• Doflamingo planned to develop Violet’s Observation Haki by cutting off her five senses and making her dodge hazards, then intended to train her as a sniper.
• Doflamingo placed Violet in a shifting plum blossom stake formation, where she dodged weapons and killer bees using Observation Haki alone.
• Violet was repeatedly stung, pierced, and dropped onto blades, then returned to the formation to continue training through the pain.
• Doflamingo trained alongside the others, and after twelve hours the group left the Illusion Space; Violet collapsed, Yamato fell asleep, and Hancock appeared only slightly tired.

Violet, Yamato, and Hancock continued training, while Violet spotted a massive Navy fleet led by Borsalino, Gion, and Tokikake. Doflamingo suspected the Navy had come to attack Byrnndi World's crew.

• Violet and Yamato made rapid gains through training in Doflamingo's Illusion Space, and Yamato learned to use Conqueror's Haki Infusion inconsistently.
• Yamato and Hancock fought in the real world until both passed out, and Doflamingo used Izanagi to heal them.
• Violet spotted a Navy fleet, prompting Doflamingo to extend his Observation Haki and identify Borsalino, Gion, and Tokikake among its leaders.
• Doflamingo recalled how the Navy had devastated Byrnndi World's hastily assembled crew after World claimed responsibility for the bombing of Mary Geoise.

Doflamingo met Kizaru’s Navy fleet while pursuing World and asked Kizaru to spar with him. He reunited with Tokikake and Gion, and their old camaraderie returned.

• Doflamingo redirected his ship toward the Navy fleet after reasoning that Kizaru was a strong candidate to fight World.
• Kizaru recognized the approaching Dragon Hunting Pirates and learned that Doflamingo had come aboard.
• Doflamingo asked Kizaru to spar, and Kizaru agreed after Doflamingo offered three lavish meals.
• Tokikake and Gion joined them, and Doflamingo teased Tokikake about his repeated rejected confessions to Gion.
• Doflamingo, Tokikake, and Gion put aside their unfamiliarity and resumed the easy friendship they had shared in the Navy Training Camp.

Doflamingo explained why he had concealed his identity and warned that the World Government’s secrets were dangerous even for high-ranking Navy officers. He then challenged Borsalino, Gion, and Tokikake to fight him together on a deserted island.

• Doflamingo told Tokikake and Gion that his former name, appearance, and Devil Fruit ability had been disguised to avoid being silenced by the World Government.
• Borsalino dismissed the danger of learning the Government’s secrets, and Tokikake stopped Gion from pressing Doflamingo for details.
• Gion agreed to fight, and Doflamingo took the group to a deserted island aboard Zeus.
• Doflamingo proposed fighting Borsalino, Gion, and Tokikake at once, and Tokikake questioned whether he was serious.
• Doflamingo argued that the three Navy officers were not stronger together than Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, while the officers weighed their understanding of the two pirates and Doflamingo’s strength.

Doflamingo sparred against Gion and Tokikake, revealing that his swordsmanship, Haki, and physical strength had grown to Admiral level. After Gion and Tokikake struggled to keep up, Borsalino joined them and warned that Doflamingo had yet to use his strongest ability.

• Gion attacked Doflamingo with her sword, but he blocked her strikes and wounded her shoulder with a counterattack.
• Gion called Tokikake to help, and Doflamingo repelled him with a punch and a Flying Finger Pistol.
• Doflamingo overpowered Gion, launched her into the air with a Rising Dragon Fist, and mocked her assumptions about his swordsmanship.
• Gion used Tokikake's face to propel herself back into the fight, but Doflamingo blocked her attacks and wounded her leg.
• Borsalino joined the spar and urged Gion and Tokikake to face Doflamingo together, noting that he had not yet used his Devil Fruit ability.

Doflamingo fought Borsalino, Gion, and Tokikake on a deserted island, holding his own with Haki and future sight before using the Illusion Fruit to turn the Marines against each other. The battle stopped with Borsalino injured and Gion and Tokikake unsure whether they could trust their senses.

• Gion and Tokikake attacked Doflamingo alongside Borsalino, but Doflamingo countered their blows and struck Borsalino with an Haki-reinforced headbutt.
• Borsalino drew Ama no Murakumo and exchanged dozens of sword strikes with Doflamingo, realizing that Doflamingo's future sight was countering his speed.
• Gion and Tokikake joined Borsalino, and the three Marines pressed Doflamingo back during a fierce battle that lasted more than half an hour.
• Gion wounded Doflamingo, but Doflamingo used his Illusion Fruit to make Gion and Tokikake attack Borsalino instead.
• Borsalino recognized the illusion, and the fighters stopped as Gion and Tokikake questioned whether their senses had been deceived.

Doflamingo prepared a lavish Soul Food feast for Gion, Tokikake, Borsalino, Hancock, Violet, and Yamato, and the meal left everyone stuffed and stronger. After Borsalino praised Doflamingo’s ability, he warned that the World Government was far more terrifying than Doflamingo imagined.

• After the sparring match, Tokikake and Borsalino demanded that Doflamingo fulfill his promise of three lavish meals, and he began cooking with the food they had gathered.
• Hancock, Violet, and Yamato eagerly anticipated the banquet, while Gion struggled to understand everyone’s excitement until Doflamingo’s cooking filled the air with an irresistible fragrance.
• Doflamingo served glowing Soul Food dishes, and Yamato, Tokikake, Borsalino, Gion, Violet, and Hancock eagerly ate until they were stuffed.
• Doflamingo explained that Soul Food took a great deal of energy to make, while Borsalino marveled at the strength it gave them and asked how far Doflamingo had developed his Devil Fruit.
• Borsalino warned Doflamingo that the World Government was more terrifying than he imagined, and Doflamingo realized he was referring to the mysterious figure behind the destruction at Mary Geoise.

Doflamingo warned Borsalino that the World Government could not easily use its trump card, then sailed on with the Navy before parting ways. The Navy prepared to confront World’s pirates, while Doflamingo learned that World had gathered reinforcements from several Great Pirate crews.

• Doflamingo and Borsalino briefly discussed the limits of the World Government’s mysterious trump card, and Gion told Doflamingo that Kikyo had joined Tsuru’s warship.
• Doflamingo’s ship traveled alongside the Navy fleet for two days, and his meals strengthened Borsalino, Tokikake, and Gion before the ships parted.
• Borsalino and Tokikake decided to pursue World, and Borsalino said they expected to encounter the Bond Pirates within two days.
• Violet reported that the Navy fleet would reach the Bond Pirates the next afternoon and that World had several Great Pirate crews as reinforcements.
• Doflamingo explained that the New World’s Great Pirates were backing World because his survival kept the Navy focused away from them.

Doflamingo decided that World’s Pirate Crew had become an obstacle and continued toward the Future Kingdom, while Joker arranged for World to be betrayed by officers working with CP0. Joker then left the Clown Pirates to Shimotsuki Ushimaru and set out with Kanjuro to find a worthy archenemy.

• Doflamingo decided World should be captured and continued his journey to the Future Kingdom.
• Joker told Shimotsuki Ushimaru that he had turned World’s officers against him and arranged for them to cooperate with CP0.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru questioned the betrayal, and Joker admitted Wano Country was right to remain wary of him.
• Joker announced that he would find a true archenemy and left the Clown Pirates in Shimotsuki Ushimaru’s care.
• Kanjuro shed his disguise, drew a gigantic crane, and prepared to depart with Joker.

After leaving Shimotsuki Ushimaru behind, Joker headed to meet Shanks while World prepared to fight an approaching Marine fleet. The chapter ended as World fired his giant cannon at the Marines.

• Joker left the Arkham with Kanjuro and followed a Vivre Card toward his old friend Shanks.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru decided to take his Pirate Crew back to Wano Country and discuss the situation there.
• World considered taking control of Wano Country because he wanted its swordsmen to strengthen his forces.
• World learned that a Marine fleet was approaching and gathered his forces, which included more than a hundred ships and around eighteen thousand men.
• World approached the Marines with his giant main cannon and unleashed its 100x Cannon attack.

World’s cannon exploded during the attack, and his subordinates’ betrayal left him gravely wounded and poisoned. After Kizaru stopped his escape, Chapon and Momousagi joined the fight, and World charged at the three Navy officers.

• World’s main cannon exploded aboard his warship, injuring him and destroying ships across the fleet.
• World discovered that his three strongest subordinates had anticipated the blast, while the wounded octopus man revealed he had poisoned him with the Taipan Snake Fruit.
• World cut off his poisoned arm and fled, as the remaining traitorous subordinates revealed their ties to CP0 and the World Government.
• Kizaru kicked World back onto a warship before he could escape.
• Chapon and Momousagi arrived with Kizaru to surround World, who charged at them in a final stand.

After World was captured, Doflamingo traveled to the Future Kingdom to recruit scientists and investigate Vegapunk’s abandoned laboratory. He found Dr. Tsukimi’s home and recognized Lieutenant Spacey, recalling the doctor’s inventions and their connection to the moon.

• World was defeated by Kizaru, two Admiral Candidates, and his traitorous subordinates, then taken to Impel Down in Sea Stone handcuffs.
• Doflamingo arrived in Baldimore with Hancock and Yamato to recruit scientists, focusing on Dr. Tsukimi and Vegapunk’s abandoned laboratory.
• Doflamingo distributed scientist profiles to his associates and headed with Hancock and Yamato to the Tsukimi Residence.
• Yamato mistook Lieutenant Spacey for a Tontatta, but Doflamingo recognized him as one of Dr. Tsukimi’s robots.
• Doflamingo recalled Dr. Tsukimi’s artificial-intelligence robots, his death after choking while watching an explosion on the moon, and the robots’ journey there.

Doflamingo and his companions met Dr. Tsukimi and his four small robots, then Doflamingo asked the doctor to assist with scientific research. Dr. Tsukimi hinted that he would refuse, but Doflamingo drew his attention by connecting the doctor’s robot-making to Lunarian technology.

• Yamato mistook Lieutenant Spacey for a member of a strange tribe and lifted him, prompting Spacey to reveal that he was a robot made by Dr. Tsukimi.
• Three more robots came outside and surrounded Yamato, who apologized after Hancock made her bow.
• Dr. Tsukimi welcomed Doflamingo, Hancock, and Yamato into his home and offered them Tsukimi Dango.
• Doflamingo asked Dr. Tsukimi to help with research, and the doctor recounted how Vegapunk had created the framework for robot intelligence before burning his research materials.
• Dr. Tsukimi said he had stopped making robots after creating Spacey and the others, but Doflamingo suggested his work drew on Lunarian technology.

Doflamingo persuaded Dr. Tsukimi to join his expedition to study the preserved cities on the moon. With the Ark Maxim already built and tests showing that air filled the route from Blue Star to the moon, Doflamingo prepared to make the journey.

• Doflamingo showed Dr. Tsukimi documents about lunar ruins, and Dr. Tsukimi choked on a Tsukimi Dango in shock.
• Dr. Tsukimi asked whether lost cities remained on the moon, and Doflamingo explained that the Lunarians had left them behind when they departed during an energy crisis.
• Doflamingo told Dr. Tsukimi that he had already built a spaceship and used the opportunity to recruit him to examine the Lunarian cities.
• Dr. Tsukimi agreed to join Doflamingo's research expedition after learning he could focus on Lunarian technology.
• Doflamingo reflected that he had built a copper Ark Maxim using Birka's blueprints and found that air filled the route between Blue Star and the moon, making the trip easier than expected.

Doflamingo copied the blueprints from Vegapunk’s abandoned laboratory and returned to the Dragon Hunting Pirate Ship with Dr. Tsukimi and recruited scientists. Elsewhere in the New World, Shanks and his crew joked aboard the Red Force until a Sea King pulled Shanks into the water, where he killed it and hauled its stinking remains aboard.

• Doflamingo used an illusion to enter Vegapunk’s abandoned laboratory and copied all the blueprints inside.
• Doflamingo wondered why Vegapunk had joined the World Government and considered the scientist’s potential strength.
• Doflamingo returned to Bege’s castle with the blueprints, recruited scientists, and Dr. Tsukimi, then prepared to sail back to Alabasta.
• Lucky Roux complained that the Red Force was running low on food, while Ben Beckman and Yasopp teased Shanks and his crew laughed together.
• A Sea King pulled Shanks off the Red Force while he was fishing, and Shanks split it in two with his sword.
• Shanks dragged half of the Sea King aboard, then grimaced when Ben Beckman pointed out its stench.

Shanks and his crew encountered Buggy and Kanjuro after Shanks accidentally destroyed their giant bird mount. The old friends reunited on the Red Hair Pirates’ ship, where Buggy boasted about his crew’s reputation and his 150 million bounty.

• Shanks’s crew complained about the foul stench from the Sea King he had caught, then Yasopp shot down a giant bird from the sky.
• Shanks leaped toward the bird, which turned into black ink and splashed over him, before an unseen attacker kicked him into the sea.
• Shanks recognized Buggy, who angrily accused him of destroying his mount, while Kanjuro held Buggy back.
• Ben Beckman identified Buggy as the Captain of the Clown Pirates and noted his 150 million bounty.
• Shanks greeted Buggy and praised the Clown Pirates, and Buggy proudly declared himself a Great Pirate.

Buggy reunited with Shanks and fought him, revealing that his awakened Chop-Chop Fruit could split apart Haki. After Shanks defeated him, he asked why Buggy had come to find him, leaving Buggy’s purpose unanswered.

• Shanks provoked Buggy by mentioning his higher bounty, and Kanjuro released Buggy so he could charge at Shanks.
• Buggy struck Shanks with his awakened Chop-Chop Fruit, splitting apart some of Shanks’s Haki and forcing him back.
• Shanks used Conqueror’s Haki Infusion to beat Buggy, who complained about his injuries and the loss of his supposed mount.
• Ben Beckman noticed Buggy carrying Shanks’s Vivre Card, and Shanks teased Buggy for keeping it until Buggy attacked him in anger.
• After they calmed down, Shanks asked Buggy why he had come to find him, but Buggy had not yet answered.

Buggy reluctantly invited Shanks to Wano Country under Joker’s threat, and Shanks agreed while suspecting the invitation concealed something. Elsewhere, Doflamingo released Gecko Moria and Sand Crocodile, and Sancho slept in Tesorro’s prosperous Golden City in Alabasta.

• Kanjuro revealed that the World Government would kill them if the truth came out, so Buggy invited Shanks to Wano Country under Joker’s threat.
• Shanks accepted Buggy’s invitation, while Ben Beckman and Shanks noticed that Buggy’s behavior seemed suspicious.
• Doflamingo released Gecko Moria and Sand Crocodile after leaving the New World, allowing them to gather forces and form Pirate Crews.
• Sancho slept in Las Vegas, the Golden City built by Tesorro in Alabasta, under their agreement to repay Sancho’s loan with double the treasure.

Sancho complained about the food in the Golden City while arguing with Zango, who eventually fell asleep. Doflamingo returned to Alabasta and brought Bege and the scientists through a door to his Sky Island research base, where they began adjusting to the high altitude.

• Sancho complained to Zango that the Golden City’s chefs were poor and mocked Zango’s dancing career.
• Zango defended his reputation as the Golden City’s Dance Emperor, then lay down and fell asleep.
• Doflamingo returned to Alabasta after sailing from his New World base without going through Mary Geoise or Fish-Man Island.
• Doflamingo called the Door-Door Fruit user and led Bege and the scientists through a door to the Sky Island research center.
• The scientists received oxygen tanks and began adapting to the Sky Island’s altitude and air pressure.

Doflamingo returned to Alabasta with Hancock and Yamato, where Yamato’s odd ideas repeatedly irritated Hancock. The group reached the desert and prepared to cross it by camel, though Yamato questioned why they needed mounts.

• Doflamingo returned to Alabasta with Hancock and the others after settling the scientists on Sky Island.
• Hancock reunited with her sisters and became jealous when the crowd praised Shinobu’s beauty.
• Doflamingo introduced Yamato to Shinobu, who joked about cooking her, and Yamato mistook the joke for a threat.
• Hancock argued with Yamato over her admiration for Oden, while Shinobu chose not to make trouble for Kaido’s daughter.
• At the edge of the desert, Yamato drooled over the camels and suggested eating them before Hancock explained they would ride them across the sand.