Recaps

Garen defeated Kamaitachi after the killer emerged from Cavendish, then joined Onigumo against Rayleigh. Rayleigh badly wounded Onigumo but appeared to go easy on Garen, exchanging evenly matched strikes with him.

• Garen taunted Kamaitachi for having left his rapier in Garen’s chest, then subdued him with his greatsword until Cavendish fell unconscious.
• Onigumo called Garen to help fight Rayleigh, and Garen reluctantly leaped into the battle as the Marines and rescued civilians watched.
• Rayleigh suddenly accelerated and cut through Onigumo’s eight-sword defense, sending the badly wounded Marine crashing into the sea.
• Garen tried to flee from Rayleigh but was caught and met his Black Blade with his greatsword and Spirit Turtle Stance shield.
• Rayleigh exchanged a second apparently even strike with Garen, leaving the watching Marines stunned.

Garen fought Rayleigh to a standstill while Rayleigh questioned his idea of justice and his willingness to kill. Rayleigh then staged his own defeat, knocked out the Marines with Conqueror's Haki, and gave Garen Black Blade Shusui as spoils of war.

• Onigumo watched in shock as Garen exchanged dozens of sword strikes with Rayleigh without falling behind.
• Rayleigh tested Garen’s strength and questioned why he killed people while claiming to be a Knight of Justice; Garen admitted he judged justice for himself and might kill the wrong person.
• Rayleigh acknowledged Garen’s honesty and said he would leave the rest to him, then deliberately let Garen send him crashing onto the warship.
• Rayleigh released Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out the Marines and rescued civilians, while the already wounded Onigumo collapsed into a coma.
• Rayleigh explained that he had to keep Garen from becoming his pirate accomplice, then handed him Black Blade Shusui as his spoils of war.

Rayleigh spared Perona and took her with him while Garen prepared to execute Moria. Before leaving, Rayleigh asked about Faruru, and Perona used her ghosts to search the ship, where a frightened white horse appeared.

• Rayleigh confronted Moria over his crimes, and Moria accepted his death while asking Rayleigh to spare Perona.
• Rayleigh agreed to protect Perona, but Garen persuaded him to let Garen execute Moria for the prisoners’ suffering.
• Perona clung to Rayleigh and claimed she was still a child, so Rayleigh took her with him.
• Rayleigh asked Garen and Moria about Faruru, the boy Cavendish wanted to recover, and Perona said she could find him if her Seastone Handcuffs were removed.
• Garen freed Perona, who sent ghosts throughout the ship, and a frightened white horse ran out of the cabin.

Onigumo woke to find Garen holding Dark King Rayleigh’s Black Blade Shusui and assumed Rayleigh had given it to him after their battle. Before leaving the Marines, Garen tested his new Ultimate Flash skill by destroying the abandoned ghost ship with a powerful beam, then departed through the sky.

• Onigumo woke and found Garen holding Shusui, then concluded that Garen had driven off Rayleigh and received the sword from him.
• Garen changed the subject, and Onigumo woke the Marine soldiers, who finished cleaning the battlefield and settling the rescued prisoners.
• Garen prepared to leave but stopped when he noticed the corpse-filled ghost ship and decided to test his new skill.
• Garen charged his greatsword with golden-white light and fired a beam he called Excalibur, obliterating the ship.
• The Marines marveled at Garen’s attack as he used Geppo to depart.

Sengoku learned that Garen had fought on equal terms with Dark King Rayleigh and decided the Marines should use the news to strengthen their prestige. As Garen faced reporters, an old rumor that he was a Celestial Dragon resurfaced, and the Five Elders ordered CP9 to let it spread.

• Onigumo reported that Garen had defeated Dark King Rayleigh, and Sengoku resolved to publicize the incident as a Marine victory.
• Garen told reporters he had killed Gecko Moria for his evil deeds and said he had given Black Blade Shusui to a young Marine he admired.
• Garen explained that Rayleigh had given him Black Blade Shusui and that he had sent it to East Blue for Tashigi.
• A reporter asked whether Garen was a Celestial Dragon traveling incognito, and Garen denied the rumor while warning the press not to spread it.
• Spandam reported the rumor to the Five Elders, and Gorbachev ordered him to let it spread and secretly fan the flames.

Vivi and Nami confronted Garen with rumors claiming he was a Celestial Dragon, while a malicious booklet portrayed Sterry as a hero who resisted the Celestial Dragons. After reading it, Boa Hancock mistook Sterry’s fate for a reason to seek revenge on Garen, but Gloriosa stopped her.

• Vivi questioned Garen about the rumors and noted that his past could only be traced back to Samwell Island, and Garen admitted his life in this world began when he met Nami.
• Nami brought Garen a booklet portraying Autluk Sterry as a heroic opponent of the Celestial Dragons, then struck Garen after he told her to buy clothes with pockets.
• Gloriosa brought news of Garen to Hancock, who reacted with pain and anger when she read that he was supposedly a Celestial Dragon.
• Hancock read the booklet’s account of Sterry’s resistance and decided to avenge him by confronting Garen.
• Gloriosa restrained Hancock and warned her she could not defeat Garen, so Hancock stayed behind and vowed to find him someday.

Ace learned that the Autluk Family had been wiped out and wondered whether the story fit his childhood brother Sabo. After the booklet awakened Sabo’s lost memories, he set out for Water 7 to find Ace, while Hatchan and Koala joined him.

• Ace read about the Autluk Family’s destruction and told Teach that Sabo had been his childhood brother.
• Teach offered to help Ace take revenge, but Ace questioned the account and refocused on buying warships at Water 7.
• Sabo woke after a day unconscious and told Koala and Hatchan that he remembered his identity and the Autluk Family.
• Sabo explained that Sterry was his younger brother but said he needed to find Ace rather than discuss revenge.
• Hatchan agreed to take Koala and Sabo to Water 7, and Sabo set out to change their ship’s course.

Sabo reluctantly explored Water 7 with Koala, who became separated from him after speeding through the canals and accidentally splashing Nami. Koala and Nami befriended each other, and Nami offered to enlist a friend to help Sabo avenge his family.

• Sabo agreed to accompany Koala around Water 7 after Hatchan encouraged him to clear his head.
• Koala raced ahead on a Yagara Bull, lost Sabo in the crowded canals, and stopped her descent with a Fish-Man Karate strike.
• Koala's wave soaked Nami at a café, but Nami soon forgave her and invited her to tea while she waited for Sabo.
• Koala told Nami that Sabo had recovered his memories only to learn his family had been killed by a powerful enemy.
• Nami promised Koala that her friend would stand up to the person responsible.

Nami introduced Garen to Koala, who recognized him as the man who had destroyed Sabo’s family and attacked him. After Sabo confronted Garen, Garen called the tragedy a misunderstanding and asked them to talk because he was Luffy’s friend; Sabo immediately agreed to sit down.

• Nami told Koala that Garen was her friend, then introduced them when he arrived carrying her purchases.
• Koala recognized Garen as the Celestial Dragon who had destroyed Sabo’s family and struck him with Fish-Man Karate.
• Garen caught Koala’s wrist after his armor withstood her attack, and Nami demanded to know why she had attacked him.
• Sabo arrived and hit Garen with Dragon Claw, but Garen blocked the blow with his greatsword.
• Garen acknowledged that he had killed Sabo’s family, called it a misunderstanding, and asked them to talk for Luffy’s sake.
• Koala objected, but Sabo loosened his fists and eagerly sat down.

Garen told Sabo and Koala about the downfall of the Autluk Family and the changes in Goa Kingdom, then used a video call with King Wallace to show them the housing project in Uncertainty Terminal. The call ended with a straw-hatted Luffy appearing after eating through the workers’ food.

• Garen reassured Sabo that Luffy, Ace, Dadan's family, and Miss Makino were doing well, and Sabo became emotional hearing about them.
• Garen showed Koala a newspaper article detailing the Autluk Family's crimes, and Sabo confirmed that its account was mostly true.
• Garen described how he had executed Goa Kingdom's nobles, torn down the walls separating Uncertainty Terminal, and helped its people; Koala approved but questioned whether he was telling the truth.
• Garen called King Wallace by video, and Wallace explained that he was supervising housing construction for Uncertainty Terminal's residents.
• Wallace said a strong volunteer was helping with construction but eating too much, and Luffy appeared on camera complaining that there was not enough food.

Hatchan arranged for Galley-La to repair the battle-damaged ship before the group sailed to the New World. Sabo and Koala returned from meeting Garen full of admiration for him, while Hatchan grew alarmed at their claims and ended the chapter convinced they had been brainwashed.

• Kaku inspected the ship and told Hatchan it needed at least three days of repairs, so Hatchan agreed to keep the group in Water 7.
• Koala and Sabo returned with tearful eyes, and Sabo said he was happy after reuniting with Luffy through Garen's Den Den Mushi.
• Koala told Hatchan they had met Garen, and Sabo claimed Garen was a good comrade of the Revolutionary Army rather than a Celestial Dragon.
• Koala said Garen knew secrets about the Revolutionary Army and had helped her understand its true mission, alarming Hatchan.
• Hatchan asked Sabo whether Garen had killed his family, and Sabo confirmed that he had, leaving Hatchan sure that the pair had been brainwashed.

Garen went to the Franky Family to recruit Franky to build an airship, revealing that he knew Franky’s connection to Tom and the Pluton blueprints. Franky refused, so Garen threatened to expose him to undercover World Government agents unless he agreed.

• Garen and Nami arrived at the Franky Family’s ship dismantling yard, and Garen silenced the gangsters’ music with a flying sword slash.
• Franky confronted Garen, but put on pants when Garen threatened him and then dismissed his subordinates to speak privately.
• Garen revealed that he wanted Franky to build an airship and acknowledged that Franky was Tom’s apprentice.
• Franky refused because he had sworn never to build another ship after Tom’s execution over the armed vessels Franky had made.
• Garen warned Franky that Spandam’s agents were undercover in Water 7, searching for the Pluton blueprints, and said he knew their identities.
• When Franky still resisted, Garen threatened to report his possession of the Pluton blueprints unless he built the ship.

Kaku and Kalifa learned that Revolutionary Army officer Fish-Man Hatchan was in Water 7 and received orders from Spandam to keep him there while CP9 reinforcements arrived. They left their secret meeting after Pauli stumbled upon them, apparently misunderstanding what he had witnessed.

• Kaku told Kalifa that he had identified Fish-Man Hatchan’s ship at the docks.
• Kalifa and Kaku reported Hatchan’s presence to Spandam, who ordered them to keep him in Water 7 and said reinforcements would arrive by Sea Train.
• Spandam told the four undercover agents to stay hidden unless they had to intervene, despite Kalifa’s concern that the incoming CP9 members could not capture Hatchan without Rob Lucci.
• Kaku and Kalifa opened the storage-room door and found Pauli outside.
• Kalifa and Kaku restrained Pauli, but he insisted he had heard nothing and left in tears after apparently misreading their situation.

Teach and Ace agreed to help the Franky Family against Garen, while Garen persuaded Franky to build an airship in Alabasta and considered hiring Franky's men. The two groups met at Franky's shipyard, where Teach identified himself to Garen.

• Teach and Ace heard the Franky Family lackeys describe how their boss had stayed behind to face a dangerous enemy, and they agreed to help him.
• Teach invoked the Whitebeard Pirates, winning the lackeys' trust as they revealed their enemy was Garen.
• Franky agreed to go to Alabasta and build Garen's airship after Garen offered him safety, housing, land, and a large salary.
• Garen suggested recruiting Franky's men too, then walked out to confront the men and their two helpers when they arrived at the shipyard.
• Teach stepped forward and introduced himself to Garen as Marshall D. Teach.

Ace confronted Garen over Franky, but Franky said he had chosen to work for Garen. After Garen sealed Ace’s Devil Fruit Ability, Teach recognized the power he had sought for decades and attacked him, while Ace mistook Teach’s rage for an act of friendship.

• Teach tried to avoid getting involved after learning that the man facing him was Garen, but followed Ace to uphold his image as a trustworthy brother.
• Ace demanded that Garen release Franky, but Franky said he had agreed to work for Garen and told his underlings not to interfere.
• Ace attacked Garen with his flames, but Garen emerged unharmed and then sealed Ace’s Devil Fruit Ability with his greatsword.
• Teach recognized Garen’s power as resembling the Dark-Dark Fruit and, overcome with rage, punched Garen away.
• Ace watched Teach attack and believed he had unleashed his strength to protect his captain out of friendship.

Garen fought Teach, using his skills to wound him before Teach pretended to be defeated so Ace would not suspect his true strength. Ace prepared to fight Garen, but a distant shout about Luffy and Sabo being friends stopped him.

• Teach attacked Garen with a barrage of punches, but Garen blocked them and wounded Teach with his sword-wave skill.
• Garen tried to flee, then blasted Teach with Excalibur and followed with Twilight of the Gods and Demacian Justice.
• Teach appeared battered but remained strong, and he pretended to collapse so Ace would believe he had been defeated.
• Ace rushed to Teach, called him a brother, and vowed to settle Teach's score with Garen.
• Ace ignited flames in his hands, but a distant voice shouted that Luffy and Sabo were also friends, and Ace's flames went out.

Kalifa and Blueno reported Ace and Garen's arrival in Water 7 to Spandam, who gave them evasive instructions about approaching Garen respectfully. After Blueno left through a wall, Kalifa ran into Pauli, who misunderstood what he had seen and asked her to contact him next time.

• Blueno told Kalifa that Ace and Garen had arrived in Water 7 and that the Whitebeard Pirates intended to confront Garen.
• Kalifa called Spandam to ask whether Garen was a Celestial Dragon, but Spandam avoided answering and told her to treat him as a Shichibukai while showing him respect.
• Kalifa told Blueno to leave through the wall rather than use a door, and they emerged in the alley behind Galley-La Company.
• Pauli saw Blueno leave the alley and then encountered Kalifa, mistakenly connecting the scene to his earlier suspicion about her and Kaku.
• Kalifa warned Pauli not to reveal what he had seen, and Pauli asked her to contact him next time.

CP9 debated how to capture Hatchan without provoking Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates, and decided to seek Garen’s help. At a banquet, Garen made peace with Teach and persuaded Ace, Sabo, and Koala that his service to the World Government was a compromise made to protect people, winning their admiration and Teach’s sympathy.

• Lucci concluded CP9 risked drawing the Whitebeard Pirates into a fight and agreed to request Garen’s help on the World Government’s behalf.
• Garen and Teach exchanged insincere praise and declared themselves friends after their earlier fight, while Ace reunited with Sabo and became close to Garen.
• Ace asked why Garen served the World Government, and Garen said he did so to pursue his dream of becoming an ally of justice.
• Garen explained that compromise let him protect more than a million people, and Koala challenged him with his own teachings about violent revolution.
• Garen claimed he lacked the strength to defy the World Government and endured humiliation for the people he protected, moving Ace and Teach.

Garen visited Water 7 under the pretext of discussing business with the Galley-La Company and proposed building Sea Trains in the East Blue. After Nami and Iceberg began negotiating the project, Garen wandered through the factory and accepted Kalifa’s invitation to talk alone when he learned Nami would be occupied for several hours.

• Garen met Iceberg and Kalifa at the Galley-La Company, while Nami complained about Kalifa’s behavior.
• Garen proposed hiring Galley-La’s staff to build Sea Trains for Demacia Company in the East Blue, and Iceberg offered the company’s expertise and workers.
• Garen insisted he would fund the railway project despite its high cost, and Iceberg pledged to help realize Master Tom’s dream.
• Garen left Nami to negotiate the project’s finances with Iceberg and the company’s staff while he toured the shipbuilding facilities.
• Kalifa invited Garen to her private lounge, and after learning Nami would be busy for several hours, Garen asked where she wanted to take him.

Kalifa mistook Garen’s request to chat privately for a demand for intimacy and submitted to him, but Garen clarified that he only wanted to speak before realizing she had come to discuss CP9 business. Kalifa revealed her identity as a CP9 agent and produced a Den Den Mushi so Chief Spandam could talk to Garen.

• Kalifa nervously followed Garen to her private lounge, believing he might expect her to submit to him.
• Kalifa undid her hair and clothes, then threw herself into Garen’s arms, but Garen asked why she was making a move when they were supposed to chat.
• Kalifa learned that Garen had hurried because he feared Nami would discover him chatting alone with another woman.
• Garen realized Kalifa might not have come only to chat and asked whether she had another purpose.
• Kalifa confirmed that she was a secret CP9 agent and revealed a Den Den Mushi, explaining that Chief Spandam wanted to speak with Garen.

Nami discovered the Sea Train budget far exceeded the original estimate and went looking for Garen, who was with Kalifa. Garen then assembled CP9 agents for an operation against Revolutionary Army rebels and convinced Rob Lucci to join by warning of the powerful Marshall D. Teach.

• Nami realized the Sea Train required far more money than planned and demanded to know where Garen was.
• Pauli told Nami that Garen had gone to the company dormitory with Kalifa, and Nami rushed there.
• Garen gathered CP9 agents at Blueno's bar and praised them before discussing the operation against Revolutionary Army rebels.
• Lucci said he and the other undercover agents could not risk exposing their identities, but Garen insisted Lucci accompany him.
• Garen claimed that Marshall D. Teach was powerful enough to threaten even him, and Lucci agreed to join the mission.
• Lucci told Kalifa to report the intelligence about Teach to their superiors.

Garen accompanied Rob Lucci and CP9 to raid the inn where Hatchan and Revolutionary Army members were staying, while pretending to flirt with Kalifa. On the second-floor corridor, Garen confronted Lucci about his past and called for Captain Ace as the ambush began.

• Lucci and Kalifa discussed the Revolutionary Army's evacuation of the inn and identified Hatchan and other leaders as targets.
• Garen flirted with Kalifa in front of CP9, leading Lucci to assume she had persuaded Garen to help through intimacy.
• Lucci ordered Garen to attack the second floor with him while the other five CP9 agents targeted the Revolutionary Army crew on the third floor.
• Garen sent Kalifa away from the operation, then entered the inn with Lucci and the agents.
• On the second-floor corridor, Garen questioned Lucci about killing five hundred hostages during a past mission, then shouted, "Captain Ace! I brought the cops!"

Garen and his allies cornered Rob Lucci in Water 7, but Lucci tried to expose Garen’s secret alliances by collapsing the inn and drawing witnesses. Garen wounded Lucci with his flaming sword, yet his allies refused to join the fight, leaving Garen and Teach to face him as other CP9 agents approached.

• Sabo, Hatchan, Ace, Teach, and Garen surrounded Lucci and revealed their identities, leaving him stunned by Garen’s apparent ties to the Revolutionary Army and pirates.
• Lucci transformed and unleashed Six King Gun, destroying the inn and making enough noise to attract the city’s residents and the other CP9 agents.
• Garen realized Lucci wanted witnesses to expose him and charged, severing Lucci’s left arm with his flaming sword.
• Lucci cut off the rest of his burning arm and stopped the bleeding, while Ace, Sabo, and Hatchan refused to interfere in the duel.
• Garen urged his allies to help before the other CP9 agents arrived, but Teach alone joined him in attacking Lucci.

Garen, Teach, Ace, and Sabo defeated Rob Lucci before he could expose them to the approaching CP9 agents. They staged a fight for the witnesses, leaving their true identities and alliance concealed.

• Teach struck Lucci with a devastating punch, and Garen slashed Lucci's other arm, leaving him badly injured and ablaze.
• Lucci spotted Kalifa, Kaku, and Blueno approaching and tried to reveal the attackers, but Ace raised a vast curtain of fire that blocked their view.
• Sabo joined Garen and Teach, and Lucci charged them before Garen finished him with Demacian Justice.
• Sabo and Hatchan thanked Garen, and Garen stopped the others from leaving openly because CP9 and nearby citizens were watching.
• Garen, Ace, and Sabo agreed to stage a fight; the fire curtain fell, and Garen attacked Ace and Sabo as Teach stood beside them.

Garen staged a battle with Teach that made spectators believe Teach was a peerless powerhouse, then blamed the mission’s failure on Teach and reported the deaths of Lucci and five other CP9 agents. Kalifa grieved for her comrades as Garen urged her to report Teach’s strength to the World Government.

• Garen fought Teach and deliberately made their clash look evenly matched, then fired Excalibur past Teach so the spectators thought he had survived the attack unharmed.
• Garen let Teach knock him more than a hundred meters away, where he pretended to be too badly wounded to rise, while Ace dragged Teach away and Sabo and Hatchan slipped off into the darkness.
• Kalifa, Kaku, and Blueno approached Garen, who claimed Teach had defeated him and pointed out Lucci’s charred corpse as proof of the mission’s losses.
• Garen told Kalifa that five more agents had died beneath the rubble, and the agents mourned Lucci and their fallen comrades.
• Garen comforted the grieving Kalifa and urged her to report Teach’s terrifying strength to the World Government.