Recaps

Doflamingo took Foz-Fu’s Soul Fragment and the Gum-Gum Fruit, then traveled toward Windmill Village, wondering how to give the fruit to Luffy. Meanwhile, Ace and Sabo spotted a pirate crew recruiting at Uncertainty Terminal and went to investigate.

• Doflamingo implanted a Soul Fragment in Foz-Fu, who woke to find the Gum-Gum Fruit gone and feared punishment from the World Government.
• Doflamingo headed for Windmill Village with the Gum-Gum Fruit and considered how Luffy’s brothers might influence his future.
• At Uncertainty Terminal, Ace and Sabo counted their earnings and learned that a pirate ship had arrived.
• Ace and Sabo decided to approach the ship, whose unknown crew had come to recruit members.

Hisoka recruited forty survivors from Uncertainty Terminal for his pirate crew and promised to enhance them. Meanwhile, Ace and Sabo sneaked aboard to seize the ship, only to find a trembling figure beneath a blanket in the Captain’s cabin.

• Hisoka ordered Cabaji to recruit fighters in Uncertainty Terminal while he amused himself by throwing knives at Richie.
• Cabaji selected forty survivors through brutal team fights, and Hisoka invited them aboard for enhancements.
• After seeing the corpses left on the shore, Sabo hesitated about the plan, but Ace urged him to sneak aboard and take the ship.
• Ace and Sabo found the pirate ship eerily quiet and entered the Captain’s unlocked cabin.
• Ace and Sabo discovered a large, blanket-covered figure curled up and trembling on the bed.

Ace and Sabo discovered Lion Richie hiding beneath a blanket in the captain’s cabin and forced him to guide them through the strangely silent Pirate ship. Richie led them to the bottom hold, where he refused to go any farther, leaving them facing whatever had terrified him.

• Ace and Sabo found a bald-furred lion trembling under the captain’s bedcovers and subdued him after a fierce fight.
• Ace threatened to roast Lion Richie, and Sabo persuaded the lion to lead them to the ship’s dining hall.
• When Ace ordered Richie to take them to the captain, the lion grew more frightened and struggled to walk.
• Ace and Sabo forced Richie deeper into the ship until they reached the bottom hold, where he stopped in terror.

Ace and Sabo investigated the strange sounds in the pirates’ lower hold and encountered the Great Pirate Clown Buggy, who revealed his identity after frightening them. The brothers wondered why Buggy had come to the East Blue, and Sabo suspected he was there for Ace.

• Ace and Sabo decided to investigate the lower hold because they feared the pirates might threaten Uncertainty Terminal and Foosha Village.
• Lion Richie startled the brothers, then tumbled down the stairs and frightened them with his severed head.
• A pair of severed hands knocked Ace and Sabo’s heads from their bodies, but they discovered they were still alive.
• The man holding their heads claimed to be Ace’s uncle, said he had once been pursued by Garp, and revealed himself as Clown Buggy.
• Buggy reattached Ace and Sabo’s heads and restored his face, while Sabo asked whether he had come to find Ace.

Ace and Sabo discovered that Clown Buggy had turned people into Joker Party members and fled after he attacked them with a devastating blast of air. They escaped, but could not figure out how to contact Vice Admiral Garp, while the ship’s crew realized their Captain Hisoka had a terrifying hidden identity.

• Clown Buggy revealed that he had experimented on his crew with Joker Virus No. 3, turning them into members of the Joker Party.
• Ace attacked Clown Buggy with a knife and urged Sabo to run, but Joker Party members chased them off the ship.
• Ace and Sabo escaped to land, where Clown Buggy struck them with a blast of air that threw them dozens of meters.
• Ace and Sabo decided they might need to notify Vice Admiral Garp, then realized they had no way to find or contact him.
• The original crew members trembled as they recognized their Captain Hisoka as Clown Buggy and recalled the disappearances and madness aboard the ship.

Joker completed Joker Virus No. 3 and turned Uncertainty Terminal into a more dangerous testing ground for Ace and Sabo, while planning to make it the Joker Party’s base. Doflamingo arrived in East Blue and headed for Windmill Village after learning of Joker’s plans.

• Joker tested Joker Virus No. 3 on people in Uncertainty Terminal, turning them into physically enhanced, rational lunatics who appeared increasingly normal.
• Joker let Ace and Sabo escape and assigned his new subordinate to recruit more members, while planning to make Uncertainty Terminal the Joker Party’s base.
• Joker realized that Doflamingo had also come to East Blue.
• Doflamingo worried Joker’s harsher trials could kill the protagonists and rejected his plans to expand the Joker Party in Uncertainty Terminal.
• Doflamingo rode Sancho in dragon form toward Windmill Village, where Garp’s presence kept the town peaceful and protected.

Doflamingo and Sancho arrived in Foosha Village, where Luffy eagerly met Sancho in her dragon form and watched her transform into a woman. After teasing Luffy, they asked him to take them to a restaurant.

• The villagers panicked when Sancho descended on Foosha Village as a giant dragon, while Luffy ran up excitedly to inspect her.
• Sancho transformed into a woman, and Luffy searched for the vanished dragon before she revealed that she was a dragon who had eaten a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.
• Sancho scared Luffy by pretending she ate children and singed his hair with a burst of fire, but Luffy remained curious and unafraid.
• Luffy punched Sancho's thigh after she threatened to eat him, then hurt his fist against her tough body.
• Doflamingo told Luffy that Sancho had been lying and identified him as Vice Admiral Garp's grandson.
• Sancho asked Luffy to take them to a restaurant because she was hungry after flying.

Doflamingo and Sancho visited Foosha Village's tavern, where Sancho ate while telling Fongino exaggerated stories about her adventures. Doflamingo took Luffy to the shore to catch the Lord of the Coast, leaving Fongino stunned by his flight.

• Doflamingo, Sancho, and Luffy arrived at Foosha Village's cramped tavern, where Sancho sat outside and accepted a barrel of rum.
• Sancho told the proprietress, Fongino, about her Devil Fruit and boasted of defeating powerful pirates while she ate a huge wok of seafood fried rice.
• Doflamingo realized Sancho's appetite would overwhelm Fongino and offered to catch the Lord of the Coast for food.
• Fongino said the sea beast had overturned fishing boats for years, and Doflamingo concluded Garp likely had never heard about it.
• Doflamingo grabbed Luffy and flew toward the shore to go fishing, leaving Fongino amazed.

Doflamingo killed the Lord of the Coast and brought it back to Windmill Village so Makino could prepare a feast, then offered to cook it himself. As Makino went to buy seasonings and alcohol, Doflamingo wondered why Shanks had risked his arm over Luffy and the Gum-Gum Fruit.

• Doflamingo used a Flying Slash to kill the Lord of the Coast while Luffy watched from the sky.
• Doflamingo hauled the Lord of the Coast back to Makino's tavern, where Luffy eagerly demanded a feast.
• Makino said the Sea King was too large and tough for her to prepare with the tavern's kitchen tools.
• Doflamingo pondered Shanks's lost arm and suspected the Gum-Gum Fruit had played a major role in his choice to protect Luffy.
• Doflamingo offered to prepare the Lord of the Coast and gave Makino Beli to buy seasonings and more alcohol.

Doflamingo prepared a feast from the Lord of the Coast, drawing the residents of Foosha Village out to meet him and Sancho. The meal eased the villagers’ fears of the Dragon Hunting Pirates and brought them together over food.

• Doflamingo butchered the Lord of the Coast and cooked its meat into several dishes.
• The smell of the cooking drew Foosha Village’s residents outside, where they recognized Doflamingo as the Shichibukai leading the Dragon Hunting Pirates.
• Luffy asked Doflamingo and Sancho whether they were pirates, and Doflamingo sent him rolling away when he got in the way.
• Doflamingo served the feast, and Luffy and Sancho eagerly began eating.
• After Doflamingo invited the villagers to join them, they overcame their hesitation and shared the meal with the pirates.

Luffy repeatedly asked Doflamingo to take him out to sea, but Doflamingo warned that he was too weak and would need his family’s permission. Luffy fled at the mention of his family and returned the next morning, still eager to become a pirate.

• Luffy begged Doflamingo to take him in, and Doflamingo teased him by saying he would need to discuss it with his family.
• Luffy panicked at the thought of telling his family and ran from the tavern while Makino watched Doflamingo amusedly.
• Doflamingo taught Makino how to make borscht as Sancho rested in the forest and grumbled about being bored.
• Luffy returned the next morning and asked Doflamingo to take him to sea so he could become the One Piece.
• Doflamingo told Luffy he was too weak to sail and said he should become strong enough to beat his grandfather, but Luffy shuddered at the thought.

Doflamingo took Luffy into the forest, demonstrated his swordsmanship and the Navy Six Styles, and offered to train him so he could go to sea. Luffy eagerly agreed, but Doflamingo said he first had to pass a test by eating the Gum-Gum Fruit.

• Doflamingo brought Luffy to a hill in the forest and split it in half with a powerful slash from Narikitsune.
• Luffy still declared that he would become the Pirate King despite being stunned by Doflamingo's strength.
• Doflamingo demonstrated the Navy Six Styles by smashing a boulder into dust and told Luffy to reach that level before going to sea.
• Luffy asked Doflamingo to teach him, and Doflamingo agreed to put him through devilish training.
• Doflamingo presented the Gum-Gum Fruit and told Luffy that eating it was his first test.

Doflamingo taught Luffy about the Gum-Gum Fruit and prepared to put him through training. Meanwhile, Ace and Sabo decided to avoid Uncertainty Terminal as the Joker Party tightened its grip there.

• Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, and Doflamingo explained its value and revealed that it had made Luffy a rubber man.
• Doflamingo demonstrated Luffy’s stretching and resistance to blunt impacts, then explained how to develop Devil Fruit abilities.
• Luffy eagerly agreed to Doflamingo’s harsh training, and Doflamingo decided to help him adjust to his new abilities.
• Sabo told Ace they should stop visiting Uncertainty Terminal because the Joker Party had taken control of it.
• Ace and Sabo discussed how the Goa Kingdom’s nobles ignored their warnings, while Joker Party members had grown strong enough to threaten them.

Ace and Sabo followed a massive slash through the forest and found Doflamingo training Luffy. They mistook the training for a brutal beating and rushed in to stop him.

• Ace and Sabo agreed that the Joker Party’s threat might force them to avoid Uncertainty Terminal.
• A flying slash tore through the forest near Ace and Sabo, leaving a canyon in its wake.
• Ace and Sabo followed the canyon and found a hill split cleanly in half.
• Ace and Sabo saw Doflamingo beating Luffy and jumped out to stop him.
• Doflamingo recognized Ace and Sabo while Luffy yelled beneath his foot.

Doflamingo turned Ace and Sabo’s attempt to defend Luffy into a beating that became part of their training, and the three boys quickly bonded. After they hunted and ate a giant bear together, Ace and Sabo agreed to join Doflamingo’s special training.

• Doflamingo beat Luffy until Ace and Sabo rushed in to defend him, then beat them too.
• Luffy explained his rubber body, and he, Ace, and Sabo laughed and wrestled together.
• Doflamingo sent the hungry boys to hunt, and they returned with a giant bear.
• Doflamingo cooked honey-steamed bear paws, and the four of them devoured the bear.
• Doflamingo asked Ace and Sabo to join Luffy’s special training, and both boys agreed.

Doflamingo praised Ace, Sabo, and Luffy’s strength and promised to teach them proper training methods, then accompanied them to Dadan’s hideout. Dadan, who had been anxiously waiting for Ace after an earthquake damaged the hideout, was about to scold him when Doflamingo’s imposing presence silenced her.

• Doflamingo told Ace and Sabo their forest training was crude and promised to teach all three boys a proper foundation for training.
• Ace worried about training that night and going to Dadan’s, but Doflamingo said he would take Luffy along and dismissed Ace’s concern about the bandits.
• Ace and Sabo realized their guest was the Shichibukai Doflamingo.
• Dadan waited anxiously for Ace after an earthquake damaged the hideout, unable to send her subordinates out to search while they handled the damage.
• Ace returned with Sabo and Luffy, and Dadan prepared to beat him for staying away.
• Doflamingo stepped out from the trees, and his imposing presence made Dadan fall silent.

Doflamingo introduced himself to Dadan and took Ace, Luffy, and Sabo to his Illusion Space to begin training them. He explained that the boys were still too young for advanced techniques and started correcting their basic exercises.

• Dadan questioned Ace about bringing Doflamingo to the Dadan Family hideout, then recognized the Shichibukai and hurriedly changed her tune.
• Doflamingo brought Ace, Luffy, and Sabo into his expanded Illusion Space and reshaped its terrain to resemble Mount Colubo.
• Doflamingo explained that the Illusion Space could help with training, but the boys were not yet physically ready for the Navy Six Styles or Haki.
• Doflamingo corrected Ace's exercise form and asked whether Garp had taught the brothers proper training methods.
• Ace complained that Garp's training was dangerous, and Doflamingo suspected Garp had learned to train through similarly unorthodox methods.

Doflamingo refused Sabo’s request to clear out the Joker Party, telling him and Ace to handle the problem themselves. Meanwhile, Garp arrived in the East Blue, eager to train his grandsons and determined to steer them toward the Navy.

• After the three boys finished training, Sabo asked Doflamingo to help clear the Joker Party from Uncertainty Terminal.
• Doflamingo refused, citing his history with Buggy and arguing that the Joker Party gave the terminal’s residents a better life than they had before.
• Sabo accepted that he would have to find another way to deal with the Joker Party himself.
• Garp arrived in the East Blue aboard his dog-headed warship and looked forward to seeing his grandsons.
• Bogart offered to train Garp’s grandsons, but Garp refused and said he would use his iron fists to make them join the Navy.

Bogart spotted Sancho flying toward the Goa Kingdom and rushed the Marines after her, while Garp swam ahead to Foosha Village. Garp found Sancho and Doflamingo preparing a feast, and the villagers quietly made room for him.

• Bogart recognized Sancho in the sky and ordered the Marines to hurry toward the Goa Kingdom.
• Garp swam at high speed after Sancho, laughing that he wanted to ride her.
• Sancho arrived at Foosha Village with a huge beast, and the villagers welcomed her eagerly.
• Garp reached the village and headed to Makino's tavern, where Doflamingo was butchering the beast for a feast.
• The villagers recognized Garp, and they covered their mouths when he signaled them to stay quiet.

Doflamingo hosted a feast in Foosha Village, where Garp and Sancho fought over the food before Garp asked Doflamingo to return to the Navy. Their talk about Roger troubled Ace, so Doflamingo reassured him that a person's path did not depend on their origins, while Garp and Luffy argued over whether Luffy would become a Marine.

• Sancho charged for Doflamingo's food, but Garp kicked her aside and started eating, sparking a chaotic food fight with Sancho, Luffy, and the others.
• Doflamingo used his Illusion Fruit ability to keep the brawlers away from the food in front of him, and the group eventually ate all the prey.
• Garp praised Doflamingo's cooking and asked him to leave the Shichibukai and return to the Navy, but Doflamingo doubted the World Government would allow it.
• Garp's remarks about Gol D. Roger upset Ace, and Doflamingo told Ace that his origins did not determine his path.
• Luffy declared that he wanted to become the Pirate King, so Garp hit him and insisted that he would become a Marine instead.

Doflamingo and Garp argued over how to train Ace, Luffy, and Sabo, and Doflamingo revealed that Luffy’s father was Monkey D. Dragon, leader of the Revolutionary Army. The dispute ended with Garp proposing a fight to decide who would teach the boys, while forbidding Doflamingo from using his Devil Fruit.

• Doflamingo criticized Garp’s brutal training methods after watching the boys practice, and Garp defended throwing trainees into danger.
• Garp told Luffy that his father was a leader of the Revolutionary Army, and Doflamingo clarified that Monkey D. Dragon had once been a Marine and now opposed the Marines and World Government.
• Luffy joked that Dragon had rebelled to escape Garp’s training, so Garp hit him and chased him.
• Doflamingo offered to let the three boys choose their teacher, but Garp refused and challenged Doflamingo to fight for the right to train them.
• Garp insisted that Doflamingo could not use his Devil Fruit ability in the fight.

Garp challenged Doflamingo to a fight, arguing that seawater and Sea Stone could counter his Illusion Fruit. Doflamingo accepted, eager to test his physical strength and Haki against Garp.

• Doflamingo mocked Garp for his plan, and Garp asked whether he would accept the challenge.
• Garp reconsidered Doflamingo's strength after realizing his illusion ability had made everyone forget him while he ate.
• Garp explained that Devil Fruit abilities had limits and that physical combat and Haki were the foundation of top fighters.
• Doflamingo saw Garp as the ideal opponent to measure his physique and Haki, then accepted the invitation to fight.

Doflamingo fought Garp in the hills and forest beyond Foosha Village, where Garp’s overwhelming strength and Haki pushed him to his limits. The battle continued as Garp praised Doflamingo’s Armament Haki, which he said could rank among the Marines’ top three.

• Doflamingo and Garp began sparring, and Garp’s first blow sent Doflamingo flying and knocked the children and Makino down with its shockwave.
• Doflamingo and Garp moved away from Foosha Village while fighting, and Ace, Sabo, and Luffy followed until they narrowly avoided a Flying Slash and a massive fist strike.
• The three boys realized that Garp had held back when he trained them and retreated to a safer distance as the fight moved into the forest.
• Doflamingo struggled against Garp’s powerful physical defense and his ability to shift Armament Haki between hardening, emission, and internal destruction.
• Garp praised Doflamingo’s Armament Haki, saying it could rank among the Marines’ top three.

Doflamingo fought Garp and used Inspiration Art to strengthen his Haki enough to land a serious blow, but Garp recovered and unleashed a devastating barrage. The battle continued with Doflamingo unable to block all of Garp’s attacks.

• Doflamingo recognized that Garp’s Haki surpassed Zephyr’s and realized he would likely lose if the fight continued unchanged.
• Doflamingo used Inspiration Art to heighten his confidence and fighting spirit, strengthening his Haki.
• Doflamingo struck Garp across the chest with Narikitsune, and Garp was stunned after recognizing the move as Roger’s Divine Departure.
• Garp declared that he was getting serious and attacked with Iron Bone—Meteor Fist.
• Doflamingo countered with Sword Qi Rolling Dragon Wall, but Garp’s barrage broke through and sent him flying after landing more than a dozen punches.

Doflamingo and Garp fought for several days, their battle devastating the forest near Foosha Village and repeatedly frightening Dadan. Exhausted, they agreed to decide the victor with one final attack, and Doflamingo met Garp’s punch with a sword strike.

• Doflamingo and Garp charged at each other again after recovering from their initial exchange.
• Dadan watched their battle’s shockwaves destroy the Dadan Family hideout and decided to wait until the fight ended before leaving.
• Doflamingo and Garp continued fighting for several days, destroying nearly half the forest behind Foosha Village and shaving two mountaintops flat.
• Doflamingo used Inspiration Art to stand despite exhaustion, and he and Garp agreed to settle the battle with one move each.
• Garp threw a powerful punch, and Doflamingo swung Narikitsune to meet it with a flawless sword light.