Recaps

Garen and Smoker intervened as Mohmoo charged the Marines’ warship, while Captain Nezumi’s subordinates turned on him and exposed his crimes. After Garen struck Mohmoo, he realized the sea cow did not want to fight and suggested it pretend to faint, leaving it plunging toward the sea.

• Captain Nezumi’s subordinates refused his order to fire and accused him of corruption, bribery, and collusion with pirates.
• Nezumi’s adjutant held him at knifepoint and reported his crimes to Smoker as Mohmoo bore down on the warship.
• Smoker flew Garen to Mohmoo and restrained the sea cow with smoke vines before it could ram the ship.
• Garen struck Mohmoo’s head with his greatsword, badly injuring it and drenching himself in blood.
• Garen heard the fish-men urging Mohmoo to fight and suggested it pretend to faint, after which the sea cow began plunging toward the sea.

Garen defeated the fish-men who attacked him at sea, while Smoker prepared the Marines to land at Arlong Park. Captain Nezumi was brought forward as the Marines exposed his corruption, though his accusers denied sharing in his bribes.

• Mohmoo sank into the sea after Garen slashed it, and Garen swam toward the fish-men who had gathered nearby.
• Kuroobi urged the fish-men to drag Garen underwater, but they were horrified when he spoke beneath the sea.
• Garen used Judgment to cut apart the fish-men clinging to him, prompting Kuroobi and Hachi to retreat and seek Arlong.
• Garen returned to the Marine warship, where Nami expressed concern and Smoker ordered a beach landing at Arlong Park.
• Smoker had Captain Nezumi brought forward, and the branch Marines accused him of protecting Arlong while denying that they had shared his bribes.

Smoker forced Captain Nezumi to confess to aiding the Arlong Pirates, then killed him on the spot. As Arlong prepared to face the approaching Marine warships, his subordinate Chu attacked and was killed by the Marines.

• Smoker silenced the Marines who were exposing Captain Nezumi and demanded that Nezumi explain his presence.
• Captain Nezumi confessed to shielding the Arlong Pirates, and Smoker killed him, declaring that he had resisted arrest.
• On the beach, Hachi and Kuroobi told Arlong that a Marine had fought them underwater, killed several fish-men, and defeated Mohmoo.
• Chu argued with Kuroobi, then led fish-man fighters toward the warships to attack.
• Two fish-man underlings returned and reported that the Marines had killed Chu.

Garen and the Marines defeated the Fish-Men’s attack and approached Arlong’s territory, where Nami’s presence and the Marines’ formidable fighters sent Arlong’s crew into panic. After boasting that they would not retreat, Arlong turned to flee when his subordinates revealed that Garen could go fifty-fifty with Garp.

• Garen killed the Fish-Man who fired high-speed water bullets while the Headquarters Marines shot the captured survivors and sailed toward the shore.
• Tashigi ordered the Marines to prepare for battle as Arlong urged his Fish-Men to stand and fight.
• Arlong recognized Smoker as a Logia user and learned from Hachi that a heavily armored knight had driven back their fighters underwater.
• The Fish-Men spotted Nami aboard the warship and trembled with fear, while Arlong realized they had exaggerated their claims about her strength.
• Arlong tried to leave, and a subordinate explained that they were fleeing because Garen could go fifty-fifty with Garp.

Arlong fled toward Cocoyasi Village while his underlings were pursued by the Marines, and Kuroobi stayed behind to hold them off. Kuroobi unleashed a breakthrough Fish-Man Karate punch, but Garen's smoke clone took the hit and Garen struck Kuroobi from behind, leaving him defeated.

• Arlong outran his fish-man underlings as Marines chased them, and two fleeing fish-men were shot.
• Kuroobi stopped to hold off the Marines while Hachi led the remaining fish-men away.
• Kuroobi recalled his past and resolved to reclaim the spirit of Fish-Man Karate with one final strike.
• Kuroobi unleashed Thousand Tile True Punch, sending Garen's smoke double flying and carving a trench in the ground.
• Garen struck the bewildered Kuroobi from behind with his greatsword, and Kuroobi collapsed in pain and anger.
• Garen dismissed Kuroobi's complaint about his tactics and prepared to finish him off.

Arlong fled to Cocoyasi Village and took Nojiko hostage as Marines and Garen closed in. Garen challenged him to fight, and Arlong released Nojiko and charged forward despite himself.

• Arlong reached Cocoyasi Village and seized Nojiko, while Akin tried to intervene.
• Hachi arrived and told Arlong that the Marines had killed most of his crew, including Kuroobi.
• Smoker, Garen, Tashigi, Nami, and over a hundred Marines surrounded Arlong and his remaining fish-men.
• Nami demanded that Arlong release Nojiko, but Arlong threatened to kill her unless he was allowed to escape.
• Garen mocked Arlong and challenged him to fight, promising to let him go if he won.
• Garen's words compelled Arlong to release Nojiko and charge at him, astonishing his fish-man subordinates.

Garen fought Arlong in Cocoyasi Village, using his skills and durability to withstand the fish-man’s powerful blows. When Arlong proved too strong to defeat alone, Garen called Smoker over to join the fight, enraging Arlong.

• Arlong charged Garen, but Garen appeared to be knocked away before striking Arlong from behind with a surprise greatsword attack.
• Arlong complained that the newspaper had misrepresented Garen’s strength, then attacked him in a rage as reporter Wallace defended his reporting.
• Garen blocked Arlong’s punch with Courage and judged that Arlong was stronger than Commander Hammer and had formidable recovery.
• Arlong charged through Garen’s Judgment and repeatedly sent him flying, but Garen kept getting back up without visible injury.
• Garen pretended to reveal a trump card, then called Smoker to help fight Arlong.
• Arlong protested that Garen had promised to let him go if he won, while Garen claimed Arlong had refused the offer.

Garen and Smoker defeated Arlong after Smoker’s smoke powers helped restrain him. Nami nearly killed Arlong in revenge for Bell-mère, but Garen stopped her and declared that he would kill him instead.

• Arlong tried to flee toward the sea, but Garen’s taunt drew him back into the fight as Smoker attacked with smoke fists and bindings.
• Garen and Smoker wounded Arlong repeatedly until he collapsed, then Smoker prepared to take him into Marine custody.
• Garen argued that Arlong deserved death, and the Cocoyasi villagers joined him in demanding it.
• Nami took a Marine’s musket and aimed it at Arlong, recalling how he had pointed a gun at Bell-mère.
• Garen stopped Nami from pulling the trigger, and she dropped the musket and broke down crying in his arms.
• Garen warned Arlong not to feel lucky, saying Nami was not the kind of person who would kill him, but he was.

Garen killed Arlong and comforted Nami, then reached level six and gained Demacian Justice, a skill that dealt more damage to eviler targets. After Nami identified a murderous fishman among the captured survivors, Garen prepared to test his new skill on him.

• Garen killed Arlong, and Nami wept in his arms after escaping her nightmare.
• Garen reached level six, gained Demacian Justice, and learned that its damage increased according to a target's evil.
• Nami struck Garen and demanded to be released from his embrace as the onlookers watched.
• Garen asked Nami which captured fishmen deserved death, and she identified one who had tortured and killed villagers.
• Garen raised his Greatsword and prepared to use Demacian Justice on the fishman.

Garen tested his Demacian Justice skill on the fish-men, Nami, Smoker, and Tashigi to learn how evil level affected its damage amplification. The chapter ended with Garen discovering that Tashigi’s evil level was zero percent.

• Garen killed one fish-man with a beam of justice that amplified his attack by roughly 80%, then used weaker beams to test the remaining fish-men without killing them.
• Garen estimated that the fish-men’s damage amplification ranged from about 50% to above 60%, with Hachi the Octopus having the lowest level.
• Nami volunteered for the test, and Garen measured her evil level at 15%; she protested and teased Smoker about his own dark history.
• Smoker tried the test and received an evil level of 10%, which left him dissatisfied.
• Tashigi eagerly asked Garen to test her, and he announced with disbelief that her evil level was zero.

After the Arlong Pirates were defeated, Tashigi mistook Garen’s words and gestures for profound swordsmanship instruction and resolved to look beyond famous blades. Smoker prepared to leave and pursue corruption in the East Blue Marines, while Nami offered him oranges as thanks.

• Tashigi emerged from her meditation and asked Garen to teach her the secret art of Ichi Style.
• Tashigi interpreted Garen’s silence and dropped Greatsword as lessons about insight and conviction, and Garen let her believe she had understood him.
• Akin accused Garen of flirting with Tashigi, while Nami insisted that Garen was not her boyfriend.
• Smoker announced that his Marines would leave to investigate corruption in the sixteen East Blue branches he had uncovered.
• Nami thanked Smoker and offered to bring him oranges from her home before he departed.

After Smoker’s Marines departed Cocoyasi Village, Garen and Wallace discussed the Knight of Justice image Wallace planned to build around him. Nami realized Arlong’s stolen money was still in his base, while Smoker quietly made sure it would be left for the villagers.

• Smoker told Garen he doubted the idea of a power of justice but acknowledged Garen’s actions and urged him not to lose his way.
• Tashigi thanked Garen for his swordsmanship guidance, and Garen praised her while Wallace recorded an embellished account of their exchange.
• Wallace explained that he wanted to portray Garen as a Knight of Justice, and Garen agreed to keep playing the role.
• As Nami returned home with Garen, she realized Arlong’s stolen money was still inside Arlong Park.
• A former adjutant told Smoker about the money, but Smoker rejected his attempt to claim it, and Tashigi noted that it belonged to the villagers.

Garen, Nami, and Wallace searched Arlong Park after the Marines destroyed it, and Cocoyasi Village’s residents reclaimed Arlong’s stolen wealth. Nami confronted the maps she had been forced to draw, but Wallace revealed their value, so she decided to keep them instead of burning them.

• Nami gathered Cocoyasi Village’s residents to recover Arlong’s treasure, and they inventoried it to divide among all the villages he had robbed.
• Garen criticized the villagers for relying on Nami, and Nami explained that they had fought the fish-men to rescue her and that the stolen money belonged to them.
• Nami led Garen and Wallace to the room filled with maps she had drawn under Arlong’s threats, and Garen offered to burn them to spare her pain.
• Wallace examined the maps and praised their detailed nautical information, then offered to connect Nami with people who could use them to support a shipping company.
• Nami changed her mind about destroying the maps and stepped in front of them as Garen returned with a torch.

Garen and Wallace prepared to leave Cocoyasi Village, and Nami joined them after challenging Garen to explain his dream. As their boat sailed into the open sea, Garen said their next destination was to cut down a man with five thousand experience points under his command.

• Garen told Nami it was time to leave, but she questioned whether she had officially joined his crew and asked him what his dream was.
• Garen admitted he had no dream and asked Nami to sail with him because he did not know how to sail.
• Garen waited at the dock with Wallace, and the boat drifted out when a strong gust tore its mooring rope.
• Nami arrived with her luggage, and the wind blew Garen's boat back toward the dock before she boarded and took charge of the sails.
• As the boat left Cocoyasi Village, Garen told Nami he wanted to cut down a man with five thousand experience points under his command.

Garen decided to challenge Krieg and asked Nami to navigate for him, while news of the East Blue Knight drew the attention of Shanks, Mihawk, and Baroque Works. Vivi was sent to complete a mission alone in the East Blue, where she wondered what would happen if she met Garen.

• Garen told Nami he intended to take on Krieg and persuaded her to navigate for him by arguing that Krieg's five thousand men threatened far more people than Arlong's crew had.
• Wallace read a newspaper report celebrating Garen's defeat of the Arlong Pirates and his growing reputation as the Knight of Justice.
• Shanks recognized Buggy in a newspaper article and told Mihawk that Buggy had been his friend and fellow apprentice under Captain Roger.
• Mihawk took interest in Garen's reputation as an Ippon Ken Dou Swordsman and said he might seek him out someday.
• Vivi admired a report about Garen, but Miss Doublefinger and Mr. 1 told her she would have to complete Baroque Works' East Blue mission alone.
• Vivi accepted the assignment and wondered what might happen if she met the Knight of Justice.

Garen and Nami entered the Krieg Pirates’ territory, where they rescued fishermen whose boat had been attacked by a Terror Sea Beast. The beast surfaced beside them, and Garen recognized its upper half as a big dairy cow.

• Nami calculated their position and warned Garen that they had entered the Krieg Pirates’ territory.
• Garen and Nami encountered a damaged fishing boat carrying frightened fishermen, and its captain, Dexter, asked them for help towing it to port.
• Dexter explained that the fishermen worked for Krieg and had been attacked by a Terror Sea Beast while fishing.
• The sea beast appeared beside the boats, and Garen transformed into armor and prepared to fight it.
• The Terror Sea Beast surfaced and turned out to have the upper half of a big dairy cow, whom Garen recognized.

Garen encountered Mohmoo at sea, then learned that Krieg’s civilian laborers were exploited and agreed to take down Krieg. The fishermen led him to Krieg’s main island, where they immediately reported him to Iron Wall Palu.

• Mohmoo recognized Garen and fled back beneath the water, leaving the fishermen relieved.
• The fishermen explained that Krieg’s laborers had no wages or freedom, and Garen promised to deal with the Krieg Pirates.
• Old Dexter warned Garen that Krieg was stronger than his bounty suggested, but the other fishermen insisted on guiding Garen to the main island.
• Garen arrived at the island’s dock and faced Iron Wall Palu, captain of the Krieg Pirates’ Second Combat Division.
• The fishermen ran to Palu and reported Garen as a Pirate Hunter who had snuck in.

Garen confronted the Krieg Pirates’ forces on the island and killed Iron Wall Palu with a thrown Greatsword. When the pirates recognized him as the Knight of Justice, they fled, leaving Garen chasing after them.

• Garen asked Dexter why he had not tried to earn a place among the Krieg Pirates’ professional combatants, and Dexter revealed that he had once served as mayor and believed Garen had driven away the Terror Sea Beast.
• Iron Wall Palu advanced on Garen after Garen told him to stop interrupting their conversation.
• Garen hurled his Greatsword through Palu’s shields and body, killing him, then called the weapon back to his hand.
• A pirate tried to rally the crowd by pointing out that hundreds of them faced one man, but the pirates recognized Garen as the Knight of Justice and ran.
• Garen chased after the fleeing pirates, protesting that he was not the swordsman they claimed he was.

Garen drove off the pirates at the dock and executed the young fishermen who had lured him into a trap. Inspired by his fight against Krieg, the dockworkers and other civilians armed themselves and followed him, turning his lone advance into a growing Iron Legion.

• The fleeing pirates spread exaggerated rumors about Garen, while many were trampled in the stampede.
• Garen confronted and killed the young fishermen who had helped the Krieg Pirates, rejecting their pleas that poverty had forced them to act.
• The dockworkers celebrated Garen as a Pirate Hunter, and he vowed to eliminate the Krieg Pirates before setting off to confront Krieg.
• A laborer opened crates of rifles and urged the dockworkers to fight rather than leave Garen to face Krieg alone.
• Laborers and other civilians joined Garen as he advanced, forming an Iron Legion that left him surprised.

Vivi completed an arms deal with Krieg at his residence, but a vast, angry crowd suddenly surged toward the palace. Krieg recognized the approaching rioters as his own men.

• Vivi confronted Krieg and bluffed that Baroque Works would punish him if the deal went wrong.
• Krieg accepted the payment terms, and Vivi inspected the money and lifted both heavy suitcases with ease.
• Krieg stopped Vivi from leaving until his men inspected the goods at the dock.
• A growing tremor and roar interrupted the negotiation, and Krieg and Vivi hurried outside.
• A huge armed crowd charged toward Krieg's residence, and Krieg revealed that they were his own men.

Krieg stopped the panicked pirates from overrunning his estate by killing several of them, then faced Garen and the armed laborers. After learning Garen was the Knight of Justice who had stood against Garp, Krieg hid his fear and ordered his pirates to attack as Garen charged alone.

• A crowd of fleeing Krieg Pirates surged toward Krieg's estate, spreading rumors that Krieg had been slain by Garen.
• Krieg hurled his Great Battle Spear into the mob and killed several pirates, forcing the crowd to calm down.
• Krieg confronted Garen and the disciplined rebels, recognizing that his labor assets had joined the uprising.
• A pirate lackey warned Krieg that Garen was the Knight of Justice who had stood his ground against Garp, frightening Krieg.
• Krieg urged his pirates to rush Garen, while Garen told the laborers to wait and then charged into the pirate formation alone.

Garen cut through Krieg’s pirate forces with his spinning greatsword and a lingering tornado, while Krieg waited for him to tire before attacking. Krieg and Gin launched a coordinated assault, but Gin’s close-range strike failed to hurt Garen, who prepared to free his sword-locked hand.

• Garen tore through the pirates with Judgment, then sent its lingering tornado crashing into the enemy ranks with a slash.
• Garen kept fighting to gain experience, while the laborers obeyed his order to stay back and Krieg decided to let his subordinates wear him down.
• Gin urged Krieg to act after the pirates suffered heavy losses, and Krieg agreed to use his hidden weapons.
• Krieg hurled his Great Battle Spear at Garen, but Garen knocked it aside with his thrown greatsword and sent the sword into Krieg’s shield.
• Gin seized Garen while he was unarmed and struck his neck with a tonfa, but Garen remained unharmed and told Gin to release the hand meant to hold a sword.

Garen defeated Gin and cornered Krieg after Krieg released poison gas to cover his escape. Protected from the gas but rapidly losing health, Garen raised his greatsword to finish the fight quickly.

• Garen used his returning greatsword to pierce Gin, then charged at the stunned Krieg.
• Garen struck Krieg's shield, and Krieg punched him away before Garen reappeared and attacked around the damaged shield.
• Krieg released M·5 poison gas, discovered his gas mask was broken, and took Gin's intact mask, leaving Gin exposed to the gas.
• Krieg tried to flee, but Garen emerged from the poisonous smoke and confronted him, explaining that the gas was rapidly draining his health.
• Garen raised his greatsword and prepared to attack Krieg without wasting time.

Garen killed Krieg, cleared the battlefield’s poisonous gas, and condemned Gin for his blind loyalty to the pirate leader. After realizing the poison had robbed him of experience from the pirates it killed, Garen returned to give the dying Gin a quick death.

• Garen killed Krieg with Demacian Justice, then used Judgment to gather the poisonous fog into a tornado and send it into the pirate grunts.
• Garen questioned Gin’s loyalty to Krieg, condemned his role in the crew’s crimes, and left him to die in regret.
• Garen checked his experience and realized the pirates killed by the poison tornado had not earned him any experience.
• Garen wondered whether Gin would die from his wounds or the poison, then returned and decided to give him a quick death.

After killing Gin, Garen stopped the remaining Krieg Pirates from fleeing and accepted their surrender, refusing to kill the disarmed rank and file just to gain experience. He then called the pirate officers forward for a fair judgment, but raised his sword against one of them, leaving the others facing his verdict.

• Garen killed Gin as the laborers cheered and began chanting his name.
• The remaining pirates surrendered, and Garen ordered them to lay down their weapons and guard their heads.
• Dexter organized the laborers to collect weapons and watch prisoners, while Nami led a search for Krieg Pirates’ assets.
• Garen realized the surrender had left him short of reaching level seven and called the Krieg Pirates’ officers to step forward.
• The pirates pushed dozens of officers out of the crowd, and Garen selected one and raised his greatsword to judge him.