Recaps

Garen killed Miss Valentine and captured Miss Goldenweek after she tried to escape, while Bon Clay risked himself to protect her. Robin urged Garen to spare the young painter, and he hesitated when Robin reminded him that Miss Goldenweek was still a child.

• Garen killed Miss Valentine, then confronted the injured Bon Clay as Miss Goldenweek paddled away on a broken plank.
• Bon Clay attacked Garen and broke his leg, then urged Miss Goldenweek to keep fleeing because she was only a young painter who had taken the wrong path.
• Garen used Shave and Geppo to catch Miss Goldenweek and bring her back to the ship.
• Robin objected to Garen killing Miss Goldenweek, and Garen questioned whether Robin had noticed the girl escaping.
• Garen set Miss Goldenweek down and asked Robin for a reason to spare her; Robin said she was still just a child, making Garen freeze.

Garen spared Miss Goldenweek and offered her paid work as an artist, but prepared to kill Bon Clay for his crimes. Robin persuaded Garen that Bon Clay could help him take control of Baroque Works, and Bon Clay agreed to serve Garen.

• Robin explained that Miss Goldenweek was a gifted artist forced into Baroque Works, and Garen spared her while hiring her to paint for him without a salary.
• Miss Goldenweek begged Garen to spare Bon Clay, but she could not offer a reason from Bon Clay’s past that justified mercy.
• Garen judged Bon Clay responsible for the many people he had killed as a senior assassin and prepared to execute him.
• Robin stopped Garen and pointed out that Bon Clay’s Mane-Mane Fruit could help Garen take control of Baroque Works.
• Garen reconsidered, imagined using Bon Clay to draw Baroque Works agents to him, and offered Bon Clay a chance to serve him.
• Bon Clay called Garen “Boss.”

Robin reported to Crocodile that Garen wanted Dance Powder, while Crocodile learned Garen had killed nearly all of his senior and mid-level agents. At Nanohana, Garen and Vivi staged a public discovery of Dance Powder so Vivi could condemn its use and begin rebuilding the royal family's standing.

• Robin told Crocodile that Garen had shown interest in Pluton and wanted Dance Powder and its supply channels, and Crocodile ordered her to cooperate.
• Robin revealed that Garen had killed nearly all the senior agents and lured out the mid-level agents, leaving Crocodile furious at the loss of his organization.
• Garen persuaded Vivi to stage a public performance at Nanohana, arguing that guiding public opinion would help calm the rebellion.
• Garen and Vivi arranged for a Dance Powder convoy to overturn at the port, prompting the crowd to blame King Cobra for the drought.
• Vivi publicly promised to demand an explanation from her father, winning the crowd's trust, and the newspapers reported that Cobra had issued an apology.

Vivi and Garen persuaded the rebel army to surrender by using Nami’s carefully controlled Dance Powder to bring rain to Yuba. With the rebellion resolved and Baroque Works largely dismantled, they prepared to confront Crocodile.

• Vivi arrived at the rebel headquarters with Garen and asked Koza to surrender, but Koza insisted that the people needed hope of survival.
• Garen explained that Dance Powder could be used to draw moisture inland and bring rain across Alabasta if deployed precisely.
• Nami’s weather calculations brought a torrential downpour to Yuba, dispelling Koza’s doubts and leading him to accept Vivi’s amnesty terms.
• Vivi left with Garen after Koza signed the surrender document, while Koza felt the distance between them had grown.
• Garen told Nami that the rebels had laid down their weapons and Crocodile was their remaining target, and Nami said she could control Dance Powder well enough to bring rain when needed.

Garen and Robin found the Poneglyph beneath Alabasta’s royal mausoleum, while Garen’s taunts over Robin’s Den Den Mushi provoked Crocodile into attacking. Crocodile’s sandstorm swept toward the Royal Capital as Garen waited for him to reveal himself.

• Garen led Robin into the royal mausoleum, where she uncovered the hidden passage beneath the courtyard.
• Robin and Garen entered the underground palace and found the Poneglyph, fulfilling Robin’s goal of locating it.
• Robin warned Garen that Crocodile had been eavesdropping, and Garen admitted that he wanted Crocodile to come after them.
• Garen loudly mocked Crocodile and claimed he had only survived because Crocodile feared his strength.
• Crocodile overheard Garen, flew into a rage, and unleashed a violent sandstorm over the Royal Capital.

Garen exposed Robin’s plan to flee, handcuffed her with Seastone, and left her to decipher the Poneglyph while he went to confront Crocodile. Crocodile unleashed a massive sandstorm at the royal tomb, and Garen called out for Nami to make it rain.

• Garen recognized that Robin had planned to record the Poneglyph and escape during his fight with Crocodile, so he restrained her with Seastone Handcuffs.
• Garen searched Robin and found her ink brush, rubbing cloth, camera, and other hidden items before leaving her in the chamber with the Poneglyph.
• Robin realized Garen had taken care to cushion the cold stone floor and wondered whether working for him might not be so bad.
• Garen left the chamber and confronted Crocodile in the royal tomb courtyard, pretending to be frightened.
• Crocodile unleashed his Sand-Sand Fruit power, engulfing the royal tomb in a destructive sandstorm, and Garen called for Nami to make it rain.

Garen lured Crocodile into battle before Nami’s Dance Powder could bring rain, then survived Crocodile’s attacks and revealed abilities that could seal Crocodile’s Devil Fruit and harm his sand body. After a prolonged fight, Garen fled into the air with Geppo, leaving Crocodile in pursuit.

• Crocodile unleashed Giant Sandstorm, destroying the royal tomb courtyard, but Garen survived by jumping into the underground passage.
• Crocodile attacked with Crescent Sand Dune, but Garen used a clone and invisibility to wound him and temporarily disable his Sand-Sand Fruit Ability.
• Garen struck Crocodile with Demacian Justice, badly burning him, and then fought his sand form with holy flames from Justice Rage.
• Crocodile realized Garen could be hurt despite appearing nearly invulnerable, while Garen repeatedly took damage without showing injury.
• Garen abruptly fled and used Geppo to escape into the sky, while Crocodile pursued him and shouted for him to stop.

Garen lured Crocodile into the desert, where Nami’s rain neutralized the Sand-Sand Fruit, and defeated him after a final clash. Crocodile revealed that he had pursued the Ancient Weapon to become Pirate King, and Garen prepared to kill him.

• Garen led Crocodile out of the Royal Capital and revealed that Dance Powder had gathered rain clouds over the desert.
• As Nami’s torrential rain began, Crocodile refused to flee and unleashed a gigantic Desert Spada at Garen.
• Garen used Laurent's Eye of the Mind to withstand the sand blade, while the rain soaked Crocodile and rendered his Devil Fruit Ability unusable.
• Crocodile charged Garen barehanded, but Garen defeated him in their final physical clash.
• Crocodile admitted he had sought the Ancient Weapon to become the Pirate King, and Garen raised his blade to Crocodile’s throat.

After defeating Crocodile, Garen gained Spirit Turtle Stance and tested its healing shield before returning to Robin in the royal tomb. He claimed to know how to read Poneglyphs and left Robin stunned by naming Ohara’s lost great Kingdom as Demacia.

• Garen reached level ten after defeating Crocodile and received the Spirit Turtle Stance skill.
• Garen activated Spirit Turtle Stance, saw its conspicuous turtle and green shield effects, and decided to use it sparingly.
• Garen found Robin struggling against her Seastone Handcuffs beside the Poneglyph and freed her after she agreed to leave with him.
• Robin said she had deciphered the Poneglyph, but Garen dismissed its contents and claimed he could decipher Poneglyphs too.
• Garen recited an account of the great Kingdom known to Ohara’s scholars and revealed its name as Demacia.

Garen recruited Robin by explaining that he wanted to use her reputation as an archaeologist to support his fabricated history against the World Government. Robin accepted a place on his crew, and Garen ended their conversation with a story about sparing a tiger because it was pretty.

• Garen described plans to forge Poneglyphs and spread false claims about the Great Kingdom and the Celestial Dragons.
• Robin stopped Garen's increasingly absurd theories and asked why he wanted to recruit her if he did not need her archaeological expertise.
• Garen said he intended to oppose the World Government and wanted Robin to lend credibility to his propaganda, while also warning her that he had spared her after she attacked him.
• Robin agreed to join Garen's pirate ship and shook his hand.
• Robin asked what other reason Garen had for sparing her, and he told her he had spared a tiger because big tigers were pretty.

After Crocodile’s death, Garen and King Cobra planned to reveal Crocodile’s plot to seize Alabasta, and Cobra granted Garen the title of Count and Rainbase as his fief. Cobra then praised Garen for refusing Vivi’s marriage proposal, unaware of Garen’s relationship with Nami, and the chapter ended with Garen and Vivi both trying to explain themselves to Nami.

• Garen persuaded King Cobra to expose Crocodile as the usurper behind Alabasta’s turmoil and blame him for the rebellion.
• Cobra asked Garen where he would go next, and Garen said he probably would not stay long.
• Cobra granted Garen the title of Count of Alabasta and made Rainbase his fief.
• Garen asked whether Cobra feared he might become another Crocodile, and Cobra said he trusted him and approved of him marrying Vivi.
• Cobra’s marriage talk shocked Nami, while Vivi and Garen grew uneasy; they turned to Nami and said, “Let me explain.”

Rayleigh defeated Moria, freed the stolen shadows, and sank Thriller Bark. Moria survived by floating at sea with Perona, Hogback, and Absalom on his belly, and Perona urged him to paddle toward shore.

• Rayleigh returned the shadows Moria had stolen and arranged for the victims to leave Thriller Bark.
• Brook recovered his shadow, reunited with Crocus, and agreed to return to Twin Cape Lighthouse to see Laboon.
• Rayleigh slashed the sea beneath Thriller Bark, sinking the massive ship while sparing Moria.
• Perona woke on Moria's floating body beside the unconscious Hogback and Absalom, then learned that Thriller Bark had sunk.
• Moria recalled saving his three subordinates instead of taking the lifeboat, and Perona persuaded him to swim faster toward shore.

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku weighed the consequences of Crocodile’s death and Gecko Moria’s disappearance while Garp dismissed his concerns. As Sengoku struggled to find replacements for the vacant Shichibukai positions, he noticed a newspaper article about Garen that caught his attention.

• Sengoku discussed Crocodile’s death, Gecko Moria’s disappearance, and Rayleigh’s return with Garp, who argued that Garen had acted justly in Alabasta.
• Sengoku acknowledged that Garen had publicly explained Crocodile’s plot and shaped the news coverage so widely that the Marines could not reasonably punish him.
• Sengoku worried that losing Crocodile and Moria would undermine the Shichibukai system, while Garp openly condemned the system as a disgrace.
• Sengoku considered potential Shichibukai replacements but could not identify anyone willing or suitable to serve the World Government.
• Garp asked Sengoku for newspapers, and Sengoku spotted King Wallace’s article titled “Law-Abiding Citizen Garen: Fight to the End Against Pirates Who Plot to Undermine the World Government’s Ruling Order.”

Garen handled press questions about becoming Rainbase’s lord while Robin managed his response to hostile coverage and a call from Marine Headquarters. Garp then told Garen that the Marines and World Government had decided he would become a Shichibukai.

• Garen told reporters that he was a law-abiding citizen who had killed Crocodile to defend Alabasta and the World Government’s order.
• Nami confronted Garen about staying in Rainbase, and he insisted that his decision was for work and praised the city’s revenue.
• Garen told Robin to counter a hostile reporter with payments and positive coverage rather than blacklist him.
• Robin answered Garp’s call from Marine Headquarters and passed the Den Den Mushi to Garen.
• Garp told Garen that he would take over as a Shichibukai.

Garen accepted the offer to become a Shichibukai after Garp explained the appointment process and praised his work in the East Blue. He then established a floating technology institute in Rainbase, where Kentucky’s helium research suggested an airship was possible but required specialists Garen did not know how to find.

• Garen agreed to become a Shichibukai after Garp explained that a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral would visit to confirm his intentions and sign the agreement.
• Garp told Garen that he and Sengoku appreciated his efforts in the East Blue, then urged him to carry his justice through as a Shichibukai.
• Garen left Princess Vivi’s former duties to Robin and established the Rainbase Floating Technology Research Institute, staffed entirely by Kentucky.
• Garen berated Kentucky for producing only helium balloons, and Kentucky explained that industrial helium production and airship design required more work and expertise.
• Kentucky said he could eventually produce enough helium for one airship, but Garen learned that he needed specialists for its design and wondered where to find them.

Moria and his subordinates drifted at sea after losing their ship, then learned Crocodile had been killed and spotted a pirate ship approaching. Moria planned to let the crew rescue them before attacking and taking their shadows.

• Perona and Absalom fed Moria raw fish while Doctor Hogback struggled to catch enough food for them.
• Perona read a newspaper announcing that Crocodile had been killed and Moria had gone missing, prompting Moria to covet Crocodile's corpse for a zombie.
• Perona spotted a pirate ship approaching their raft, and Moria ordered his subordinates to pretend to be helpless survivors.
• Moria told Perona and Absalom to prepare to attack the rescuers after they hauled him aboard.

Moria and his crew sailed toward Alabasta while being pursued by Cavendish, whose strength had grown with each encounter. When an armored knight attacked Moria’s flagship, he identified himself as Garen, Lord of Rainbase, and claimed the surrounding waters for his family.

• Absalom and Perona discussed how Moria had seized a pirate crew’s ship and taken their shadows, while Cavendish continued pursuing them to rescue his companions.
• Moria erupted in anger at the idea of protecting companions, then reflected on Cavendish’s rapid growth and resolved to become stronger by gathering more shadows.
• A lookout spotted an unidentified ship flying a golden greatsword flag, and Moria prepared to take its crew as prey.
• An armored knight launched a flaming sword slash at Moria’s flagship, and Moria used Shadow Avatar to block the attack.
• The knight boarded the ship and declared that pirates could not pass through the waters, introducing himself as Garen, Lord of Rainbase, and claiming the sea belonged to his family.

Cavendish encountered Silvers Rayleigh while pursuing Gecko Moria to rescue his closest friend, Faruru. After learning that Moria had also captured a ten-year-old child, Rayleigh agreed to help and declared that Moria would die.

• Cavendish rowed toward an elderly man drifting at sea, then discovered he was asleep and brought him aboard his boat.
• The old man introduced himself as Silvers Rayleigh and revealed that he carried Black Blade Shusui to deliver to a swordsman.
• Cavendish told Rayleigh how Gecko Moria had captured Faruru and pleaded for help rescuing his friend.
• Rayleigh learned that Faruru was only ten years old and reacted with killing intent toward Gecko Moria.
• Rayleigh promised to help Cavendish and declared that Moria was dead this time.

Garen battled Gecko Moria and quickly crippled him with a sword strike and Demacian Justice, but Moria escaped using his shadow ability. When a Marine warship arrived, Moria and his crew invoked their status as legal pirates, prompting Garen to recognize Absalom and turn his killing intent toward him.

• Garen confronted Moria over his attacks on ships and struck his knee with Fatal Strike, then overwhelmed him with Demacian Justice.
• Moria's Devil Fruit Ability failed during the attack, and Perona and Absalom froze as they watched him suffer.
• Moria used Shadow Doppelganger to escape Garen's next attack, but Garen cornered him at the stern of the ship.
• Moria, Perona, and Absalom claimed the Marines would protect them because Moria was a Shichibukai and they were legal pirates.
• Garen recognized Absalom as the user of the Suke Suke no Mi and declared that he would kill him.

Garen cornered and mortally wounded Absalom, but Moria intervened and chose to protect him, even summoning Marine aid. Garen then faced Moria and prepared to use Spirit Turtle Stance as their fight began.

• Garen used his flames to clear the deck, then tracked invisible Absalom by sound and pinned him with his thrown greatsword.
• As Garen prepared to kill Absalom, Moria shielded him with bats and ordered Perona to seek help from the Marines in his name as a Shichibukai.
• Moria told Perona he had rescued them so they would not die, and she left for the lifeboats while Moria stood between Garen and Absalom.
• Moria used his shadows to protect Absalom and confronted Garen, who activated Spirit Turtle Stance.

Onigumo’s Marine unit watched Garen nearly kill Gecko Moria, then intervened when Perona sought help. Onigumo recognized Garen as both the man who killed Crocodile and the newly appointed Shichibukai he had been sent to meet.

• Onigumo spotted the golden light over the sea and identified Moria’s pirate ship as the source of the battle.
• Onigumo refused to intervene until Moria was dead, but ordered his ship to rescue him after Perona arrived seeking help.
• Onigumo saw Garen overpowering the badly wounded Moria and joined the fight, separating the two with a sword strike.
• Onigumo recognized Garen as the man who killed Crocodile and told him he was the target of his mission.
• Onigumo identified Garen as the newly appointed Shichibukai, while Moria considered joining forces with the Marines to kill him and take his corpse.

Garen and Vice Admiral Onigumo clashed over whether the Marines should protect Gecko Moria, whose subordinate Absalom had died from Garen’s injuries. Onigumo agreed to leave the two Shichibukai to settle their conflict after he completed the agreement, and Garen cooperated so Onigumo could finish quickly.

• Onigumo said he had to protect Moria because the World Government recognized him as a Shichibukai, while Garen condemned Moria and the Shichibukai’s right to plunder.
• Moria discovered that Absalom had died from his injuries and threatened to kill Garen, but Onigumo warned that the Marines would not protect him if he attacked another Shichibukai.
• Moria realized he could not defeat Garen and collapsed, while Onigumo said he would stop interfering once he left.
• Garen agreed to spare Moria for the moment and urged Onigumo to sign the Shichibukai agreement quickly so he could depart.

Rayleigh taught Cavendish how rowing with a sword could train his swordsmanship as they raced toward Moria’s ship. They found Moria with Marine vice admiral Onigumo and Garen, and Cavendish and Rayleigh prepared to fight to rescue the child.

• Rayleigh rowed the boat with Black Blade Shusui and explained how the technique trained a swordsman’s qi and strength.
• Rayleigh and Cavendish caught up with Cavendish’s captured ship, where Moria was with Onigumo and Garen.
• Rayleigh recognized Garen and told Cavendish that Garen’s strength might rival the Pirate King in his youth.
• Cavendish declared that he would not retreat while the child remained unrescued, and Rayleigh agreed to join him in battle.
• Cavendish asked Rayleigh to explain the third benefit of sword-rowing, and Rayleigh said it got them there fast.

Garen and Onigumo raided Gecko Moria's ship, discovered prisoners and corpses, and dealt with Moria's accomplices before completing Garen's Shichibukai appointment. The chapter ended when Dark King Rayleigh suddenly appeared on deck after Garen promised to help the World Government.

• Garen and Onigumo found wounded prisoners and a corpse-modification laboratory aboard Moria's ship.
• Hogback admitted the laboratory was his, and Garen killed him; Moria claimed responsibility for the crimes and begged Garen to spare Perona.
• Garen spared Perona from execution and left her in Marine custody, while Onigumo arranged a report stating that Moria had died in a later battle.
• Garen signed the Shichibukai appointment document and posed for an official photograph with Onigumo.
• Garen pledged to help the World Government, but Dark King Rayleigh suddenly appeared on deck.

Rayleigh arrived with Cavendish intending to kill Gecko Moria, but Garen had already subdued Moria. As Onigumo fought Rayleigh, Cavendish attacked Garen, who knocked him unconscious—only for Cavendish to rise again under the influence of his murderous second personality.

• Onigumo identified Cavendish as the Moonlit Murderer, and Cavendish denied that he had committed the crimes himself.
• Rayleigh announced that he had come to kill Moria, but Garen pointed out that Moria was already bound and nearly dead.
• Onigumo challenged Rayleigh to defend Moria as a Shichibukai and attacked him with his eight-bladed Life Return technique.
• Cavendish thrust his rapier through Garen, but Garen's defenses absorbed the attack and he seized Cavendish.
• Garen struck Cavendish with Demacian Justice, knocking him unconscious, then realized Cavendish's second personality had taken over when he stood back up.