Recaps

Smoker and Tashigi stopped at Fish-Man Island on their way to G-5, where Tashigi learned that Hody Jones’s New Fish-Man Pirates idolized Arlong. After Tashigi revealed that she and Smoker had killed Arlong, Fish-Man District extremists confronted them, then messengers reported that Navy soldiers were attacking Ryugu Palace.

• Smoker and Tashigi arrived at Fish-Man Island aboard their Sea Stone Warship for a bubble-coating inspection.
• Tashigi questioned a Ryugu Palace official about the hostile fish-men, who explained that Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates ruled Fish-Man District and worshiped Arlong.
• Tashigi revealed that she and Smoker had been the Navy officers who defeated the Arlong Pirates in the East Blue.
• Fish-Man District extremists confronted Tashigi, and Smoker stepped in to protect her as Ryugu Palace guards moved between them.
• Ryugu Palace messengers arrived and announced that Navy soldiers were attacking the palace.

Shiliew of the Rain and a band of escaped Level Six prisoners went to Fish-Man Island’s Sea Forest to steal a Poneglyph and offer it to Kaido and Big Mom. After killing the Ryugu Palace patrol that discovered them, Shiliew agreed to join Fix in attacking Ryugu Palace, leaving the fugitives poised to escalate their violence.

• Shiliew led Fix and the other escaped prisoners to the Sea Forest, where Fix guided them to the Poneglyph he knew was hidden there.
• Shiliew explained that he wanted the Poneglyph as a gift to win protection from Kaido and Big Mom while the Marines pursued them.
• The prisoners took the Poneglyph toward their stolen warship, but a Ryugu Palace patrol recognized Fix and discovered their theft.
• Shiliew killed the patrol leader and slaughtered the remaining soldiers before Fix urged him to attack Ryugu Palace for revenge against Neptune.
• Shiliew rejected Fix’s provocation but agreed to kill more people, and the group set out aboard their warship to give the Marines trouble as well.

Neptune’s fears about the navy reaching Fish-Man Island came true when Fix and Shiliew of the Rain led an attack on Ryugu Palace, leaving Neptune’s older sons defeated and a riot spreading across the island. Neptune sent Fukaboshi to rescue Shirahoshi, who eagerly agreed to leave the Hard-Shell Tower with him.

• Neptune worried that Fish-Man Island was too weak to withstand the navy and considered strengthening the royal family by taking in a son-in-law.
• Fukaboshi reported that a navy warship had destroyed the Sea Forest patrol and was advancing on Ryugu Palace.
• Neptune and Fukaboshi found the warship at the palace gates, where Fix arrived with Sharks and Ryuboshi captured and unconscious.
• Shiliew of the Rain revealed that the attackers were not marines, while the false navy attack sparked a riot between fish-men and humans across the island.
• Neptune ordered Fukaboshi to take Shirahoshi to safety, and Fukaboshi reached the Hard-Shell Tower and invited her to go swimming in the deep sea.

Fix captured Neptune and two of his sons and pursued Shirahoshi and Fukaboshi into the deep sea. Garen, trying to reach Fish-Man Island to answer Tashigi’s distress call, followed Nami’s directions but crashed into a huge, soft object and got stuck.

• Shiliew’s prisoners defeated Neptune’s guards, and Fix chained Neptune, Sharks, and Ryuboshi while the others went to take Ryugu Palace’s treasure.
• Fix learned that Shirahoshi and Fukaboshi had gone to Hard-Shell Tower, then dragged his captives after them and threatened Neptune’s children.
• Fukaboshi led Shirahoshi away from Fish-Man Island into the dark deep sea, refusing to explain and urging her to swim faster.
• Garen struggled to find Fish-Man Island underwater and used Golden Lion to relay directions from Nami.
• Following Nami’s directions toward an undersea pit, Garen plunged down and became stuck in a huge, soft object.

Garen encountered Princess Shirahoshi and Fukaboshi fleeing through the deep sea, learned Ryugu Palace was likely caught up in Fish-Man Island’s unrest, and offered to help them. Their pursuer Fix arrived with Neptune and another merfolk captive in chains, and Garen faced him.

• Garen used Golden Lion to relay a misleading description of Shirahoshi to Nami, who became worried for his safety.
• Garen recognized Shirahoshi and Fukaboshi, learned they were fleeing trouble, and offered to guide them to Fish-Man Island and help resolve the unrest.
• Garen introduced himself as a knight who protected princesses, prompting Shirahoshi to recognize the kind of knight from fairy tales.
• Fix caught up with the siblings while dragging Neptune and another merfolk in chains, challenged Garen, and was stunned when Garen waved at him.

Garen confronted Fix in the deep sea and rescued Shirahoshi from his attack, then badly burned Fix with a golden beam. As Fix held Neptune hostage and Shirahoshi began to cry, Garen picked up a spell fragment that changed his Skill Bar to Ancient Weapon · Sea King.

• Shirahoshi found Neptune and her brothers chained and gravely injured, while Fix recognized Garen and questioned why he was there.
• Fix swung Neptune and his sons at Garen like a flail, but Garen transformed into a giant, rescued Shirahoshi, and moved her out of danger.
• Garen struck Fix with a giant sword and a golden beam, leaving him severely burned.
• Fix seized Neptune as a hostage and threatened to kill him, while Shirahoshi cried beside Garen.
• Garen picked up a glowing spell fragment that fell from Shirahoshi, and his Skill Bar changed to Ancient Weapon · Sea King.

Garen rescued Neptune and his sons from Fix, then revealed a temporary Sea King power that let him command the summoned Sea Kings. Neptune was left demanding to know who Garen was after seeing him order a Sea King to perform a flip.

• Garen used Taunting Shout to make Fix release Neptune, then shielded Shirahoshi from Fix's Fish-Man Karate attack.
• Garen repeatedly struck Fix with his greatsword until Fix's bones and tendons were shattered and he died.
• Shirahoshi freed Neptune and her brothers as five enormous Sea Kings arrived in response to her summons.
• The Sea Kings recognized both Shirahoshi and Garen as Sea Kings, and Garen ordered them to leave.
• Garen demonstrated his command by telling a Sea King to do a flip, shocking Neptune, who demanded to know who Garen was.

Garen convinced Neptune that he was the legendary Promised One destined to be linked with Shirahoshi, and they hurried back toward Fish-Man Island. Along the way, Vander Decken attacked Shirahoshi, and the chapter ended with her asking Garen whether being his Promised One meant they were already married.

• Garen told Neptune that he was Shirahoshi’s Promised One, and Neptune warmly accepted him as a friend of the royal family.
• Garen and Neptune’s group swam toward Fish-Man Island, while Shirahoshi caught up with Garen and asked what the Promised One meant.
• Garen cut an axe thrown at Shirahoshi and recognized Vander Decken as the attacker pursuing her.
• Vander Decken appeared with Mami, threatened Shirahoshi into marrying him, and became enraged when she refused and called Garen her Promised One.
• Shirahoshi shyly asked Garen whether being his Promised One meant they were already married.

Garen protected Shirahoshi from Vander Decken’s attacks, defeated his giant subordinate Mami, and killed Vander Decken by destroying the Flying Dutchman and striking him with Ultimate Flash. With Shirahoshi free from danger, Neptune thanked Garen and approved of him as her Promised One, while Shirahoshi grew bashful and affectionate toward him.

• Garen stopped Shirahoshi from hearing his explanation of the Promised One when Vander Decken hurled giant axes at them, then shielded her and cut the axes apart.
• Vander Decken sent Mami to crush Garen and Shirahoshi, but Garen stopped Mami’s fist, and the injured giant fled.
• Vander Decken used his Mark-Mark Fruit Ability to send the Flying Dutchman crashing toward Garen and Shirahoshi, but Garen split the ship with Justice Rage Slash.
• Garen killed Vander Decken with Ultimate Flash, freeing Shirahoshi from the threat that had kept her inside the Hard-Shell Tower.
• Neptune thanked Garen for protecting Shirahoshi and approved of him as her Promised One, making Shirahoshi blush.

Hody Jones seized Fish-Man Island and used captured Marines to inflame hatred toward humans, preparing to execute them in a public broadcast. Just as he raised a blade over Smoker, a giant in magnificent armor appeared with a surge of sword energy.

• Smoker, Tashigi, and their Marines were overwhelmed by the New Fish-Man Pirates and captured.
• Hody Jones broadcast the prisoners' capture and claimed Neptune and his family had been taken by human Marines.
• Hody Jones urged Fish-Man Island's citizens to reject coexistence with humans and follow him in a war against humanity.
• Hody Jones ordered Smoker and the other Marines executed to bind Fish-Man Island to his cause.
• Tashigi told Smoker she had called Garen for help, but Smoker feared no one would arrive in time.
• A giant in magnificent armor appeared as Hody Jones raised his blade over Smoker.

Garen rescued Smoker, Tashigi, and the other prisoners from Hody Jones’s execution platform, then faced Hody’s hundred-thousand-strong army as Neptune and Shirahoshi tried to stop the fighting. Shirahoshi defended Garen as a friend of Fish-Man Island, but she had yet to explain why.

• Garen overtook and shattered his own falling sword energy, freed Smoker and Tashigi, and helped them release the other prisoners.
• Hody Jones recognized Garen as the man Whitebeard kept his distance from, but rejected retreat and rallied his followers to attack him.
• Neptune and Shirahoshi arrived and urged the fish-men to stop fighting, exposing Hody’s lies about the royal family being captured by the Marines.
• Hody accused Neptune of submitting to humans and insisted that humans and fish-men could never be friends.
• Shirahoshi declared that Garen was a friend of Fish-Man Island, then blushed as she began to explain why.

Garen supported Shirahoshi after Hody Jones taunted her about Queen Otohime’s murder, then vowed to bring fish-men into the sunlight and enforce peace between humans and fish-men. The chapter ended with Garen asking Hody whether he understood his reasoning after silencing opposition with violence.

• Shirahoshi announced to the plaza that she had married Garen, and Fish-Man Island’s residents celebrated while Hody Jones and his followers objected.
• Hody Jones mocked Shirahoshi over her mother’s death, and Garen comforted her before promising to handle the rest.
• Garen swore on his B. F. Sword to bring fish-men onto land and said mutual understanding between humans and fish-men would begin with his promise.
• When Hody challenged the possibility of understanding, Garen killed a fish-man officer who spoke against it, and the crowd fell silent.
• Garen warned that he would punish humans and fish-men who preyed on or oppressed one another, then asked Hody whether he understood his reasoning.

Garen confronted Hody Jones before the people of Fish-Man Island, who had gathered to witness the battle. After Hody admitted to killing Queen Otohime and was defeated, Garen subdued the rebels and killed the senior officers involved in her murder, leaving Shirahoshi weeping in his arms.

• Hody Jones swallowed handfuls of ES Drugs, transforming his body and losing control of himself.
• Hody revealed that he had assassinated Queen Otohime, shocking the people of Fish-Man Island.
• Hody attacked Garen, but Garen seized him and crushed his body as the drugs drained away his life force.
• Garen ordered the seventy thousand rebels to surrender and told them to keep away from Hody's senior officers.
• Garen killed the senior officers who had helped murder Queen Otohime.
• Shirahoshi admitted that killing was wrong but thanked Garen as she sobbed in his arms.

Garen accompanied Shirahoshi to visit her mother's grave, then confronted human traffickers discovered among the released captives. He declared Fish-Man Island his territory, ordered the traffickers punished, and told Doflamingo that he would kill him.

• Garen comforted Shirahoshi as she visited her mother's grave and told her mother that she had married him.
• Nami contacted Garen through Golden Lion to check on him, and Garen said he had subdued the unknown creature.
• A Ryugu Palace messenger told Garen that released captives had included human traffickers who had kidnapped fish-men and young mermaids.
• Garen ordered the confirmed traffickers drained, salted, and displayed at the docks, rejecting Shirahoshi's concern that the punishment was too cruel.
• The traffickers' leader called Doflamingo for help, but Garen told Doflamingo that Fish-Man Island was his territory and threatened to kill him.

Garen declared war on Doflamingo, then left Fish-Man Island aboard a Marine warship with Smoker and Tashigi. He revealed that Vergo was a Donquixote Family undercover agent and planned to expose him at Punk Hazard.

• Garen had the slave traders arrested and told Shirahoshi he would leave Fish-Man Island to fight Doflamingo, postponing their wedding.
• The next day, Garen departed with Smoker and Tashigi after promising Shirahoshi and Neptune he would return once Doflamingo was defeated.
• Tashigi confronted Garen about marrying Shirahoshi and suspected his sword gifts had improper motives, but Garen persuaded her otherwise.
• Smoker asked why Garen was traveling with the Marines, and Garen explained that Vergo was a Donquixote Family officer who had infiltrated the Navy.
• Garen told Smoker he had a witness and would use Punk Hazard to expose Vergo.

Garen took Smoker and Tashigi aboard his flying warship to investigate Punk Hazard, then reunited with Nami aboard the airship. When News Birds brought a newspaper revealing Garen’s supposed marriage to Shirahoshi, he tried to hide the story from Nami and trained Enel to drive away the incoming birds without hurting them.

• Garen explained that Vergo was covering up Caesar Clown’s criminal activity on Punk Hazard, and Smoker agreed to go investigate with him.
• Golden Lion secretly carried Smoker’s warship into the sky while Garen pretended to lift it with his own ability.
• Garen reunited with Nami and concealed Tashigi’s unease by blaming it on trauma from the Fish-Man Island riot.
• Garen intercepted a News Bird carrying a paper about his supposed marriage to Shirahoshi, bought its newspapers, and burned them before Nami could see them.
• When a flock of News Birds pursued the airship, Garen told Enel to use electricity to drive them away without harming them.

Doflamingo sought Kaido’s protection from Garen by promising a shipment of artificial Devil Fruits within twenty days, while Caesar and Vergo rushed to fulfill their linked production and experimental-subject obligations. Caesar went to meet what he assumed was Vergo’s delivery after hearing that a Marine warship had appeared off Punk Hazard.

• Doflamingo secured Kaido’s conditional support, but Kaido demanded the first artificial Devil Fruits within twenty days.
• Doflamingo pressed Caesar Clown to ship the production materials to Dressrosa as soon as possible, and Caesar insisted he would follow the schedule.
• Caesar demanded the human experimental subjects Doflamingo had promised, and Doflamingo told him Vergo would arrange them.
• Caesar called Vergo, who said the subjects were already at sea and that he was escorting them to Punk Hazard.
• A subordinate reported a Marine warship near Punk Hazard, and Caesar assumed Vergo had arrived and flew toward the docks.

Garen captured Caesar and learned that Vergo would soon arrive with kidnapped children, so he and the others waited to ambush him. When Garen and Smoker confronted the approaching Marine warship, they discovered that Akainu and Blue Pheasant were aboard and had come to settle their own dispute.

• Garen attacked Caesar, and Luo removed Caesar's heart while Enel shocked it until Caesar agreed to confess.
• Caesar revealed his crimes and told Garen that Vergo would soon arrive with kidnapped children aboard a Marine warship.
• Garen and the others set an ambush by the shore to catch Vergo and use the children as evidence.
• Smoker flew toward the approaching warship, and Garen followed before slashing the sea to stop it.
• Garen and Smoker found Akainu and Blue Pheasant aboard the warship, and both sides asked why the others were at Punk Hazard.

Garen, Akainu, and Kuzan captured Vergo and rescued the children he had been transporting. After the Admirals defeated him, Garen killed Vergo before Luo could strike the final blow, claiming he would bear Luo’s hatred for him.

• Vergo arrived near Punk Hazard, but Garen froze the sea and ship before he could escape.
• Kuzan searched the ship and rescued the imprisoned children, exposing Vergo’s crimes.
• Vergo admitted he had always served Doflamingo and fought back, but Akainu, Kuzan, and Garen overwhelmed him.
• Garen stopped Akainu from killing Vergo and called Luo over to face his enemy.
• As Luo prepared to avenge Corazon, Garen used Demacia to kill Vergo himself and told Luo he would bear the hatred for him.

After reaching level 16, Garen tested the Demacian Standard and discovered it gave attack speed bonuses to allies and could be planted repeatedly. He left Smoker’s ship and headed back to Punk Hazard to give Kuzan a secret gift before Kuzan and Akainu’s duel.

• Garen reached level 16 and gained the Demacian Standard, which increased attack speed for nearby allies.
• Kuzan and Akainu told Garen to leave Punk Hazard before their dangerous duel, so Garen took the rescued children aboard Smoker’s warship.
• Garen summoned a Demacian Standard and found that Luo and Enel’s attacks became faster, while Smoker initially received no bonus.
• Garen realized the standard could also empower people he personally acknowledged as allies, and Smoker then received the attack speed bonus.
• Garen discovered that Demacian Standards persisted and could be summoned repeatedly, then returned to Punk Hazard to give Kuzan a gift.

As Blue Pheasant and Akainu began their duel on Punk Hazard, they clashed over their opposing ideas of justice and the World Government. Underground, Garen planted Demacian Standards and took Caesar's artificial Azure Dragon Fruit; on the surface, Kuzan felt his conviction make him stronger as he struck at Akainu.

• Blue Pheasant and Akainu argued over the Ohara Incident and whether justice meant protecting civilians or preserving the World Government's stability.
• Garen returned to Punk Hazard with Caesar, entered the underground experimental base, and planted Demacian Standards to cover the island.
• Caesar showed Garen the artificial Azure Dragon Fruit and claimed credit for improving Vegapunk's technology, but Garen dismissed his artificial Devil Fruits.
• Garen decided to take the Azure Dragon Fruit before leaving the base.
• Kuzan fought Akainu and noticed that his fist had become faster, wondering if his conviction had made him stronger.

Blue Pheasant and Akainu continued their cataclysmic duel on Punk Hazard while Garen escaped with Caesar and returned to the warship. After parting ways with Smoker and Tashigi, Garen flew off with Nami and the others, leaving Smoker to suspect they would need his help again.

• Blue Pheasant and Akainu resumed their fight, unleashing Meteor Volcano and Ice Age as their battle further ravaged Punk Hazard.
• Garen returned to the warship with Caesar and told the stunned Marines and rescued children that the duel might last five or six days.
• Smoker told Garen that he and Tashigi would escort the children home and then report to G-5 Base without Garen's protection.
• Smoker vowed to work hard to catch up to Garen, and Garen accepted his decision to part ways.
• Garen reminded Tashigi to call him if she ran into trouble, then transformed into a giant and flew away with Nami and the others.
• Smoker watched Garen leave and told Tashigi he suspected they would have to call him again.

Garen planned to head for Dressrosa after declaring war on Doflamingo, but Judge called Reiju and proposed an alliance with him. Judge mistakenly believed Garen was building a power base through marriage alliances, leaving Nami suspicious and wondering who the princess of Fish-Man Island was.

• Golden Lion learned from the newspapers about Garen’s declaration against Doflamingo and teased him about his relationships, inspiring Garen to consider Big Mom’s example.
• Garen told Nami he might go to Dressrosa, then admitted he had publicly declared his intention to kill Doflamingo after catching his human traffickers on Fish-Man Island.
• Reiju answered Judge’s call, falsely saying Yonji remained unconscious and telling her father she would reach the New World in three or four days.
• Judge ordered Reiju to go to Fish-Man Island and seek an alliance with Garen against Doflamingo, then warned her that Garen might be gathering powerful women and their nations into his faction.
• Judge suggested a marriage alliance between Germa 66 and Garen, while Nami confronted Garen about his supposed grand scheme and asked who the princess of Fish-Man Island was.

Nami learned from the newspaper that Garen had been involved with Princess Shirahoshi, while Golden Lion enjoyed exposing him. Five days later, Judge welcomed Garen to Germa 66 and saw him as a powerful prospective son-in-law and ally for his plans to unify the North Blue.

• Nami confronted Garen about Shirahoshi, but he distracted her with an affectionate gesture before Golden Lion interrupted them.
• Golden Lion told Nami to read the newspaper, which reported that Garen had married the Fish-Man Island princess, and Nami punched Garen after he admitted the story was about him.
• Reiju called Garen a monster after seeing him get hurt, and Golden Lion said only one person in the world could hurt him.
• Judge prepared a formal welcome for Garen near Dressrosa, believing Garen's strength and political marriages made him a suitable ally and son-in-law for Germa 66.
• Garen arrived aboard a giant snail carried by an island-sized boulder, and Judge eagerly considered the military uses of his mobility before welcoming him.

Garen visited Germa to discuss an alliance against Doflamingo, while Judge weighed whether to marry Reiju off to him. After Garen dismissed Judge’s battle plans and claimed the war was already certain to be won, Niji challenged him to prove his strength, and Nami urged Garen to accept.

• Reiju brought the unconscious Yonji to Germa’s floating city, and Judge ordered her to dress up and attend the banquet.
• Judge welcomed Garen and his companions, introduced Ichiji and Niji, and treated Nami as one of Garen’s many wives.
• At the banquet, Judge presented Reiju and a crowd of maids for Garen, but Garen asked him to dismiss them so they could discuss Doflamingo’s confidential matter.
• Judge gave Garen Germa’s detailed battle plans, but Garen said he did not need them because the war was already certain to end in victory.
• Niji challenged Garen to spar after questioning his strength, and Judge considered testing him while Nami eagerly urged Garen to fight.