Recaps

Doflamingo read the announcement naming the Shichibukai and learned that Modock had joined their ranks. He then called Akainu and falsely claimed that Modock had taken the child from Sakura Island and silenced the pirates involved.

• Doflamingo reviewed intelligence about Modock’s Mercury Fruit, Haki, and likely selection as a Shichibukai.
• A newspaper announced the Shichibukai roster, including Modock, and Doflamingo criticized the claim that they were the sea’s Third Great Power.
• Doflamingo called Akainu to report the announcement as good news.
• Akainu answered Doflamingo’s call while trimming a bonsai at Marineford and asked whether he had found anything on Sakura Island.
• Doflamingo told Akainu that Silver Samurai Modock had taken the child from Sakura Island and silenced everyone involved.

Doflamingo told Sakazuki that a newly appointed Shichibukai might know where the abducted child had been taken, then went to question Modock. Modock seized a country for his Amalgam Pirates, but Doflamingo arrived and promised not to kill him if he answered a few questions.

• Doflamingo told Sakazuki that two men in black had taken the child and that the Shichibukai candidate had likely served as their bodyguard.
• Doflamingo decided to find the newly appointed Shichibukai and question him.
• Modock took over a country near Charlotte Pirates territory and forced its king to fly the Amalgam Pirates' flag.
• Doflamingo arrived at Modock's palace, and Modock recognized him as the Navy officer Steve.
• Doflamingo told Modock he had come to ask questions and would spare him if he answered.

Doflamingo questioned Modock about the kidnapping of a Wyvern Fruit user and learned that CP0 had arranged it for the Celestial Dragons. He spared Modock because the newly established Shichibukai system made killing him politically dangerous, then left, expecting Akainu to finish him off.

• Doflamingo asked Modock which organization had kidnapped the young Wyvern Fruit user, and Modock revealed that CP0 had arranged the capture for the Celestial Dragons.
• Modock said the child had likely become a slave of Balmung Saint Donquixote.
• Doflamingo prepared to leave on Thundercloud Zeus, then unleashed sword qi that killed every pirate in the palace.
• Modock survived the attack and cursed Doflamingo, while the king remained hidden behind a pillar.
• Doflamingo left Modock alive to avoid political repercussions, reasoning that Akainu would likely kill him later.

Doflamingo told Akainu that CP0 had sent Akainu’s son to Mary Geoise as the slave of Balmung Saint Donquixote, provoking Akainu’s fury. Doflamingo planned to reveal his former Celestial Dragon identity and use the World Government’s secrets to help rescue the boy, while keeping Akainu in the Navy.

• Doflamingo told Akainu that CP0 had taken Akainu’s son to Mary Geoise for Balmung Saint Donquixote.
• Akainu destroyed the Den Den Mushi in a burst of rage after realizing his son had become a Celestial Dragon’s slave.
• Akainu weighed whether revealing his identity as an Admiral would free his son but cost him his position and trust with the World Government.
• Doflamingo decided to reveal his disguise and use his former Celestial Dragon status and knowledge of the World Government’s secrets to press for the boy’s rescue.
• Doflamingo considered how the Navy had protected the original Doflamingo from secret World Government assassins.

Doflamingo revealed to Sakazuki that he was a former Celestial Dragon and warned that Sakazuki’s plan to attack Mary Geoise would destroy his work in the Navy without overcoming the World Government. Sakazuki was left to consider Doflamingo’s argument as he prepared to rescue his son, Williams.

• Doflamingo called Sakazuki again, and Sakazuki apologized for losing his temper before admitting that Williams was his son.
• Sakazuki declared that he intended to attack Mary Geoise and kill the Celestial Dragons, even if it meant leaving the Navy.
• Doflamingo told Sakazuki that he had once been a Celestial Dragon named Donquixote Doflamingo, and Sakazuki reacted with shock.
• After Doflamingo explained his past, Sakazuki asked why he had revealed the secret.
• Doflamingo argued that Sakazuki could not defeat Mary Geoise alone and would sacrifice his work for justice without achieving his goal.

Doflamingo told Sakazuki about the World Government’s centuries-long conspiracy and agreed to sacrifice his Navy future to protect Sakazuki’s position. Sakazuki then told the Five Elders that Vice Admiral Steve might be a former Celestial Dragon, leading them to identify him as Doflamingo and fear what he knew.

• Doflamingo explained that he joined the Navy to overthrow the World Government and offered to risk his career so Sakazuki could remain an Admiral.
• Doflamingo revealed the conspiracy recorded in his family’s Poneglyph, and Sakazuki believed him and vowed that the Navy would eventually overthrow the World Government.
• Doflamingo and Sakazuki planned to create a convincing reason for Doflamingo to make a scene in Mary Geoise without exposing their relationship.
• Sakazuki called the Five Elders and reported finding a Celestial Dragon Crest at Vice Admiral Steve’s residence.
• The Five Elders concluded that Steve was Doflamingo, a member of the Donquixote family, and worried that his Illusion Fruit might let him uncover their secrets.

The Five Elders learned that Doflamingo was a former Celestial Dragon and planned to ambush him without involving the Navy. Sakazuki secretly warned Doflamingo and learned that he intended to face the danger alone.

• A Five Elder explained that Doflamingo could expose the World Government’s secrets and that the next twenty years were critical before Lord Imu awakened.
• The Five Elders decided to test and kill Doflamingo near the Red Line, keeping the Navy uninformed because it might not support them.
• The Five Elders asked Sakazuki who knew Doflamingo’s identity, and Sakazuki promised to keep the information secret.
• After ending the call, Sakazuki privately celebrated the Five Elders’ coming downfall and contacted Doflamingo using an anti-eavesdropping Den Den Mushi.
• Doflamingo assured Sakazuki that he was strong enough to handle the danger and might even defeat him if he fought seriously.

Doflamingo prepared to return to Mary Geoise, expecting the World Government to make its move while Sakazuki worried about the danger. Before leaving, Doflamingo held a farewell feast for the Marines and Kikyo.

• Doflamingo told Sakazuki that he understood the World Government's forces and believed its CP Organization fighters posed little threat to his Illusion Fruit.
• Sakazuki urged Doflamingo to stay alert, and Doflamingo declared he would collect interest from Mary Geoise.
• Three months passed as Doflamingo stayed calm and Akainu grew increasingly anxious about his captured son.
• Doflamingo received orders to return to headquarters and recognized that the timing might signal the World Government's move.
• Doflamingo promised the Marines a feast before departing the next day, then served an elaborate meal that Shinobu and Kikyo eagerly ate.

Doflamingo left the Kozuki clan with resources and traveled alone to the Red Line to face the World Government, bringing Shinobu along. His sudden arrival caught the Five Elders unprepared, with their agents only half assembled.

• Doflamingo let the Kozuki clan take their valuables, arranged a small warship, and offered them access to discounted Marine weapons.
• Doflamingo flew toward the Red Line with Shinobu, leaving his crew behind to protect them from the World Government.
• Shinobu asked Doflamingo to reveal his real appearance, and he changed his face from Steve's disguise.
• Doflamingo used a Den Den Mushi to tell Mary Geoise he had arrived and request a warship.
• The Five Elders learned Doflamingo had arrived far earlier than expected, before their agents had finished assembling.

Doflamingo foiled the Five Elders’ ambush with his Illusion Fruit and sent Sancho and Shinobu toward Mary Geoise to free slaves and seek treasure. The Five Elders realized their Den Den Mushi had also been caught in an illusion and feared that Doflamingo was targeting the Holy Land.

• The Five Elders sent World Government agents disguised as welcoming staff to ambush Doflamingo before he reached Mary Geoise.
• Doflamingo used Observation Haki and illusions to make the agents attack empty ground, then sent them running toward Mary Geoise.
• Doflamingo summoned Sancho and instructed him to follow Shinobu, avoid harming Celestial Dragons, stay away from the central building, and free slaves.
• The Five Elders watched what they believed was Doflamingo being immobilized and discussed imprisoning him permanently.
• Doflamingo revealed that the Den Den Mushi feed was an illusion showing Mary Geoise in ruins and the Five Elders’ severed heads.
• The Five Elders realized the feed had been deceived and concluded that Doflamingo was heading for Mary Geoise.

Doflamingo’s attack plunged Mary Geoise into chaos, while Sancho flew through the city and raided Celestial Dragon estates for treasure. The Five Elders struggled to respond as communications failed and Sancho ignored the fleeing slaves except to free a few along the way.

• The Five Elders learned that CP0 agents had rebelled, and a masked agent reported that all Den Den Mushi had stopped working.
• The Five Elders realized Doflamingo had disabled the city’s communications and debated whether he would attack the Celestial Dragons directly.
• Sancho flew into Mary Geoise, where several Celestial Dragons demanded that their Bodyguards capture him as a mount.
• Sancho tore into a luxurious estate and carried off a huge pile of treasure, blocking a CP0 agent’s Haki-coated punch before burning him to ashes.
• Sancho continued raiding Celestial Dragon homes and struggled to choose which treasure to take, occasionally removing slaves’ chains as he searched.

Doflamingo triggered a slave revolt in Mary Geoise, where hypnotized CP0 agents attacked the Celestial Dragons and slaves began escaping. Fisher Tiger organized the freed slaves, while Kong and the army arrived to stabilize the chaos, and Sancho fled with treasure.

• Doflamingo's hypnotized CP0 agents stormed Mary Geoise, beat the Celestial Dragons, and freed slaves as the Holy Land descended into chaos.
• Doflamingo used his Observation Haki and illusionary power to help willing slaves escape and gather into a large crowd.
• Doflamingo found Fisher Tiger leading slaves in freeing others and organizing their escape.
• Kong intervened as the army arrived, stabilizing the situation in Mary Geoise.
• Sancho chose valuable treasure and flew away to hide it, trusting Doflamingo to handle the revolt.

Doflamingo confronted Commander-in-Chief Kong in Mary Geoise, where their clash revealed that Doflamingo was the Navy Vice Admiral Steve. The CP agents regained their memories of attacking Celestial Dragons and escaped through the Army.

• Kong leaped into the charging slaves and blasted them back, then challenged Doflamingo over disturbing the peace of Mary Geoise.
• Doflamingo mocked Kong’s claims of justice, and Kong answered with a powerful strike that Doflamingo deflected with Narikitsune.
• Kong recognized Doflamingo as Steve after noticing his weapon and Thundercloud Zeus, and demanded to know why a Navy Vice Admiral had committed treason.
• Doflamingo blamed the World Government agents for starting the conflict and released them from his illusion while leaving their memories intact.
• The agents realized what they had done to the Celestial Dragons, then fought through the Army and fled.

Doflamingo turned the guards of Mary Geoise against the Celestial Dragons, giving Tiger and the other slaves a chance to escape. He revealed his identity and motives to Kong, then used Observation Haki to guide the remaining slaves while avoiding interference near Pangea Castle.

• Doflamingo used an illusion to make the Celestial Dragons’ Bodyguards, CP0 Special Agents, and army soldiers hold their weapons against the Celestial Dragons.
• Doflamingo ordered Tiger to rescue the remaining slaves, and Kong stopped resisting as the guards turned against the Celestial Dragons.
• Doflamingo told Kong that the World Government was likely trying to silence him because he knew secrets, then revealed his name was Donquixote Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo explained that he had wanted to become Navy Fleet Admiral and believed the Navy would eventually clash with the World Government, while Kong dismissed the matter as Sengoku’s concern.
• Doflamingo rode Thundercloud Zeus, spoke with Kong, and used Observation Haki to guide more slaves toward escape before withdrawing it near Pangea Castle.

Doflamingo left Mary Geoise after helping the slaves escape, warning Fisher Tiger that the World Government would likely blame him for the riot. At the Red Line, Shinobu revealed that she had stolen more than a dozen valuable Devil Fruits from CP0’s stores.

• Fisher Tiger reflected on his enslavement and marveled at Doflamingo’s power to hypnotize an entire city.
• Doflamingo told Kong to warn the Five Elders not to target his crew, then departed on Zeus.
• Doflamingo found Shinobu, Sancho, and Fisher Tiger near the Red Line, where Sancho carried a huge load of treasure.
• Fisher Tiger thanked Doflamingo, and Doflamingo warned him that the World Government would probably pin most of the blame for the slave escape on him.
• Shinobu showed Doflamingo more than a dozen Devil Fruits she had stolen from CP0 headquarters during the riot.

Doflamingo gave Tiger a Devil Fruit and helped the escaped slaves descend from the Red Line. He then learned Gild Tesoro’s name and took the dying Stella and a doctor back to Mary Geoise to find medicine.

• Doflamingo urged Tiger to take one of the Devil Fruits and said he expected Tiger to help him oppose the Celestial Dragons and the World Government.
• Tiger chose and ate the Ancient Zoan Pachycephalosaurus Fruit, despite not knowing what it was.
• Doflamingo and the others used Devil Fruit abilities and captured warships to help the escaped slaves descend from the Red Line.
• Doflamingo noticed Stella near death and learned that the man pleading for her was Gild Tesoro.
• Doflamingo took Stella and a doctor aboard Thundercloud Zeus and headed back to Mary Geoise to find medicine.

Doflamingo rescued Stella in Mary Geoise and returned her to Tesorro, whose gratitude led him to accept Doflamingo’s offer. Doflamingo gave Tesorro the Gold-Gold Fruit, and Tesorro discovered he could turn his hand into gold and control the metal.

• Doflamingo used an illusion to move through Mary Geoise, obtained medicine, and brought Stella back in just over ten minutes.
• A doctor treated Stella, and her condition quickly stabilized; Tesorro tearfully thanked Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo asked Tesorro to become his subordinate, and Tesorro eagerly agreed.
• Doflamingo gave Tesorro the Gold-Gold Fruit, which Tesorro ate in full.
• Tesorro turned his hand into gold, and Doflamingo explained the fruit’s powers and how gold dust could be used in battle.

Doflamingo found a stalled elevator on the Red Line and discovered a Celestial Dragon torturing three enslaved sisters inside. After breaking in, he recognized them as the young Boa Hancock and her sisters, leaving their fate in his hands.

• Tesorro and the rescued slaves boarded the golden ship, while Doflamingo flew off to retrieve the last group.
• Doflamingo spotted the stalled elevator and decided to investigate, then sensed a Celestial Dragon inside.
• The Celestial Dragon whipped a branded slave girl while her two younger sisters lay badly injured nearby.
• Doflamingo cut open the elevator roof, ignored the Celestial Dragon’s gunfire, and confronted him.
• Doflamingo recognized the three girls as Boa Hancock and her sisters.

Doflamingo rescued the Hancock sisters from Mary Geoise and branded a Celestial Dragon with the heated Celestial Dragon Crest. He brought the injured girls and the remaining freed slaves to the Golden Ship, where the group faced the challenge of getting everyone home while anticipating the Navy’s response.

• Doflamingo recognized Hancock’s sisters, controlled the bodyguards, and took the Celestial Dragon Crest from the restrained Celestial Dragon.
• Doflamingo heated the Crest with Zeus’s lightning and branded the Celestial Dragon with it, while Hancock watched him beg for mercy.
• Doflamingo carried the unconscious Hancock sisters away on Zeus and left the punished Celestial Dragon behind.
• Doflamingo brought the sisters and the last group of slaves to the Golden Ship, treated their injuries, and reunited with Tesorro and Tiger.
• Doflamingo, Tesorro, and Tiger discussed how to return the freed slaves to their homes and considered the possibility of the Navy arriving.

Doflamingo arranged for Dragon and the Revolutionary Army to take in the escaped slaves, while Tiger planned to gather the fish-men and form their own Pirate Crew. Dragon arrived aboard a storm and revealed that his army had already overthrown three countries, leaving the slaves poised to join or return home.

• Tiger asked Doflamingo what the escaped slaves should do, and Doflamingo said someone was coming to receive them.
• Tiger said he planned to gather the fish-man slaves into a fish-man Pirate Crew and send some companions away.
• Dragon arrived atop the golden ship in a storm, and Doflamingo mocked his facial tattoo.
• Dragon told Doflamingo that the Revolutionary Army had overthrown three countries and would welcome the several thousand slaves.
• Doflamingo suspected Dragon possessed the Wind-Wind Fruit and considered the slaves valuable recruits for the Revolutionary Army.

After Doflamingo escaped Mary Geoise, the Five Elders struggled to get the Navy to pursue him and decided to enlist powerful pirates instead. They planned to offer Charlotte Linlin and Kaido research on artificial Devil Fruits and human gigantification to persuade them to attack him.

• Kong told the Five Elders that Doflamingo had beaten the Celestial Dragons but had not killed any, then deflected their questions about capturing him.
• The Five Elders called Sengoku and explained that Doflamingo had revealed his identity and helped slaves and CP agents escape Mary Geoise.
• Sengoku recognized that the World Government had tried to silence Doflamingo and angrily rebuked the Five Elders before ending the call.
• The Five Elders concluded that the Navy and CP Organization were unlikely to capture Doflamingo and discussed using pirates against him.
• The Five Elders agreed to offer Charlotte Linlin and Kaido research on artificial Devil Fruits and human gigantification in exchange for their help.

After the Celestial Dragons demanded action against Doflamingo, Sengoku sent Akainu to intercept him while keeping Aokiji away from the politically dangerous mission. Meanwhile, Hancock awoke in a golden room to find that her festering wounds had been treated.

• Sengoku told Kizaru, Akainu, and Aokiji that Steve was Doflamingo and had freed slaves and beaten the Celestial Dragons at Mary Geoise.
• Aokiji and Akainu both volunteered to go after Doflamingo, but Sengoku chose Akainu to avoid drawing Aokiji and Rosinante into suspicion.
• Akainu prepared to intercept Doflamingo, while Kizaru stayed behind and enjoyed his tea.
• Hancock woke to find her wounds treated and the smell of decay gone, then realized the room was made entirely of gold.

Hancock woke aboard Doflamingo’s golden ship and met Sancho, Tiger, and Doflamingo, who served her nourishing congee. Her sisters and the other two recovering companions also woke, leaving everyone gathered in the kitchen area.

• Hancock got out of bed and discovered that the entire ship was made of gold.
• Sancho approached Hancock, then ran toward the kitchen after smelling Doflamingo’s cooking and was thrown through the golden cabin when she tried to steal food.
• Hancock met Tiger and then followed Doflamingo’s invitation to eat Yang-Nourishing Congee.
• Hancock ate a bowl of congee, felt her strength return, and thanked Doflamingo.
• Sandersonia and Marigold emerged, and a blonde woman and an ordinary-looking man joined them as Doflamingo asked Tesorro to repair the hole Sancho had made.

Doflamingo fed the rescued women and repaired the ship, then frightened Hancock and her sisters by revealing he had once been a Celestial Dragon before reassuring them that his family opposed slavery. After learning the sisters planned to return to Amazon Lily, he comforted Hancock and encouraged her to face the world with an open heart.

• Tesorro used his Devil Fruit to repair the ship while Doflamingo served food to the rescued women and the healthy crew.
• Hancock asked Doflamingo his name, and he revealed that he had once been a Celestial Dragon, terrifying the three sisters.
• Doflamingo reassured Hancock that he had left Mary Geoise because his family opposed slavery, then asked what the sisters planned to do.
• Hancock said the sisters would probably return to Amazon Lily, feeling unqualified as warriors after their capture and enslavement.
• Doflamingo used Inspiration Art to ease Hancock's despair and told her that a true warrior should accept whatever the seas brought.

Doflamingo flew to meet Sakazuki and found the Navy fleet incapacitated by his illusion. The two discussed the rescued boy’s future, with Sakazuki planning to take him back to the Navy despite the risk of angering the Celestial Dragons.

• Doflamingo detected Sakazuki’s Navy fleet and rode Thundercloud Zeus toward it, while Tiger asked what had happened.
• Dragon appeared and offered to accompany Doflamingo, but Doflamingo told him to stay hidden.
• Doflamingo reached the Navy fleet and used an illusion that incapacitated most of the Marines while leaving them operating the ships like puppets.
• Sakazuki met Doflamingo on deck and asked whether he had rescued the boy.
• Doflamingo said the boy had bonded with Tiger’s slaves and might join the Sun Pirates, but Sakazuki planned to bring him back to the Navy.