Recaps

Austin subdued Tesoro on the Gran Tesoro and warned him against building his own faction, while Rayleigh arrived on Dullamos Island and secretly watched Gick teach Luffy Haki. The chapter ended with Gick explaining that Haki developed through life-and-death battles, not slow, gentle training.

• Austin used gold and Conqueror’s Haki to overwhelm Tesoro, incapacitating everyone around them.
• Austin revealed that Tesoro’s hired bodyguards were dead and warned him that he could take back Stella, the Gold-Gold Fruit, his wealth, status, and protection if he disappointed him again.
• Austin spent time in luxury in the Golden City while Rayleigh arrived on Dullamos Island after swimming there when a storm destroyed his ship.
• Rayleigh’s guards recognized him as Austin’s old acquaintance and escorted him to the palace, where he watched Gick teach King Luffy Haki.
• Gick told Luffy that Haki training required repeated life-and-death battles and criticized those who spent years laying a gentle foundation in basic Haki.

Rayleigh and Old Gick argued over how to train King Luffy, then agreed to teach him together. Two years later, Austin inspected Vegapunk’s artificial lifeform modeled on Joy Boy and ordered its release as the Dark Sun God Sade Geou.

• Rayleigh interrupted Old Gick’s lesson and said he had come to help King Luffy grow stronger.
• Old Gick and Rayleigh argued over whether steady Haki training or life-and-death battles would make King Luffy stronger, then decided to teach him together.
• Two years later, Austin visited Vegapunk’s secret experimental base to inspect the artificial lifeform Vegapunk had created from Austin’s design.
• Vegapunk explained that the experiment had powerful Haki, the Dark-Dark Fruit, an unawakened Rubber Fruit, and an Ancient Giant body.
• Austin declined to set the artificial lifeform’s personality, saying its lineage factors and unpredictable nature would make the unknown more interesting.
• Austin told Vegapunk to release the artificial lifeform and named it the Dark Sun God Sade Geou.

The Five Elders reacted to Sade Geou’s wanted poster and ordered a Buster Call against him. As the Straw Hat Pirates began reuniting at Sabaody Archipelago, Austin and Old Gick watched Marines confront Sade.

• The Five Elders discussed filling Shichibukai positions with Buggy and Edward Weevil, then panicked at Sade Geou’s wanted poster and his resemblance to Joy Boy.
• The Five Elders decided not to report Sade Geou to Imu and ordered Fleet Admiral Sakazuki to coordinate a Buster Call against him.
• Zoro arrived first at Shakky’s Bargain Bar as the Straw Hat Pirates began gathering at Sabaody Archipelago.
• King Luffy thanked Old Gick before setting off, and Austin appeared to watch the activity at the archipelago with him.
• Marines surrounded Sade Geou, a young giant who resembled King Luffy and Roger, as he asked why they kept chasing him.

Sade Geou fought off the Marines pursuing him on Sabaody Archipelago, then crossed paths with King Luffy and his companions. The chapter ended as Sade and King Luffy prepared to clash with matching Gomu Gomu attacks.

• Doll led the Marines in an attempt to capture or drive away Sade Geou, but his Gomu Gomu Giant Gun scattered their forces.
• Doll confronted Sade, and the two exchanged attacks before he sent her crashing into the plaza where Sanji, Zoro, and King Luffy had gathered.
• King Luffy reunited with Sanji and Zoro after Marines left to pursue Sade, while guards arrested pirates impersonating the Straw Hat crew.
• Sade emerged and introduced himself as the man who would become the World King, prompting King Luffy to challenge him.
• Sade and King Luffy raised their fists and began matching Gomu Gomu Giant Gun attacks.

Austin stopped King Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Sade from destroying Area 46 of the Sabaody Archipelago and sent them away. Old Gick then wondered whether the enormous Sade was Austin’s son and his own great-grandson, but Austin denied it.

• King Luffy and Sade prepared to clash with giant Armament Haki fists while Zoro and Sanji moved to intervene.
• Austin appeared beneath the fists, stopped the fighters, and sent King Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to the Thousand Sunny.
• Austin told Sade to leave for the New World, and Sade called him Dad before setting off.
• Old Gick remembered Rayleigh saying that Gaban had married a Giant and had a Giant child, then asked Austin if Sade was his great-grandson.
• Austin denied that Sade was his son.

Austin set events in motion around Fish-Man Island, where the super-giant Sea Kings mistook Luffy for Joy Boy and plunged the deep sea into chaos. The figure responsible remained unidentified as he wondered whether the deception could fool Imu.

• Nami paid the Sabaody port staff 500 million Beli to reclaim the Thousand Sunny after they threatened to report the crew to Austin.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji fell onto the Sunny and told the crew that Austin had sent them flying, prompting Usopp to urge them to leave Sabaody.
• Sade forced his way onto a pirate ship bound for Fish-Man Island, while Austin watched and wondered whether destiny depended on people or circumstances.
• As the ships approached Fish-Man Island, Luffy heard the super-giant Sea Kings speaking beneath the sea.
• The Sea Kings recognized Luffy's resemblance to Joy Boy and rushed toward Fish-Man Island, stirring violent currents that sent a ship plunging into the depths.
• Austin observed the Sea Kings' reaction and said that Luffy's appearance, Nika Fruit abilities, and inherited lineage factor made him nearly indistinguishable from the real Joy Boy.

Austin visited Shirahoshi and refused Neptune’s request to protect the other half of Fish-Man Island, warning him to reduce casualties. Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Pirates and Sade arrived at Fish-Man Island, where Sade declared it the first stop in his conquest of the world.

• Austin reunited with Shirahoshi at the royal palace, and Neptune called him Fish-Man Island’s hero.
• Neptune explained that the Whitebeard Pirates’ defeat had left the other half of Fish-Man Island vulnerable to pirates and slave-catching crews.
• Austin refused to protect that half, said someone else would come for it, and warned Neptune to reduce casualties.
• The Straw Hat Pirates reached Fish-Man Island, where Hammond confronted them and spoke of Fisher Tiger before Sade’s ship crashed into the scene.
• Sade arrived near the royal palace, took off his straw hat, and announced that Fish-Man Island was the first stop in his conquest of the world.

Austin watched Fish-Man Island’s unrest unfold as Sade, his artificial chosen one, tried to recruit the fish-men to overthrow the World Government. The Sea Kings brought Noah to confront Joy Boy, only to sense both Sade and King Luffy and wonder how there could be two Joy Boys.

• Austin visited Madame Shyarly and watched the growing conflict between the New Fish-Man Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates on Fish-Man Island.
• King Luffy and his companions entered the island and confronted the New Fish-Man Pirates, who vowed to overthrow the Ryugu Kingdom and attack the human kings at the Reverie.
• Sade stood in Ryugu Palace, claimed the fish-men should follow him, and called for them to overthrow the World Government.
• The Sea Kings brought Noah to Fish-Man Island while Queen Otohime tried to calm the rioting fish-men and King Luffy subdued the rebels with Conqueror’s Haki.
• The Sea Kings sensed Sade and King Luffy and asked how there could be two Joy Boys.

Sade tried to take Noah to conquer the world, convincing Neptune and the Sea Kings that he was not Joy Boy. An unseen figure immobilized the Sea Kings with overwhelming Haki and spatial power, and as Sade moved to seize Noah, King Luffy attacked him to protect Shirahoshi and his friends.

• The Sea Kings and Neptune questioned whether Sade was Joy Boy, and Sade declared that he planned to conquer the world and take Noah.
• Neptune and Shirahoshi warned the Sea Kings not to give Noah to Sade, so the Sea Kings began pulling the ship back.
• An unseen figure unleashed Conqueror's Haki and spatial power, paralyzing the Sea Kings until they released Noah's chains in pain.
• Sade charged to take Noah, but King Luffy confronted him after Shirahoshi's tears made him fear for his friend.
• King Luffy used Gear Third and Giant Gun Gatling against Sade, who answered with an ordinary Gatling barrage as a faint tinkling sound rang in Luffy's heart.

King Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates battled Sade, whose overwhelming strength kept Luffy from gaining the upper hand. After Sade unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and clashed with Zoro, Luffy transformed into Gear 4, prompting Sade to eagerly imitate him.

• Sade knocked King Luffy into the ground, and Zoro and Sanji stepped in to attack while the Straw Hat crew prepared to join the fight.
• Neptune called for the battle to stop, but Sade and King Luffy pointed out that the fight had moved beyond the half of Fish-Man Island protected by Austin.
• Sade unleashed overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, and King Luffy met it with his own while the weaker fighters struggled against the pressure.
• Zoro intercepted Sade’s punch and struck him with One Sword Style: Great Shock, forcing Sade back a couple of steps.
• King Luffy activated Gear 4—Boundman, and Sade watched with excitement before saying he would try the same thing.

Sade transformed into Gear 4 Boundman and fought King Luffy, overpowering the Straw Hat Crew until Zoro shielded them and was critically injured. King Luffy then awakened Ryou and prepared to face Sade, who revealed that he could use flowing Armament Haki too.

• Sade transformed into Boundman and clashed fists with King Luffy, then urged him to join in taking over the world; King Luffy refused and declared his dream of becoming Pirate King and the freest man at sea.
• Sanji attacked Sade with Diable Jambe, but Sade blocked the kick with his Armament Haki-coated elbow and cracked Sanji’s leg before slamming King Luffy into the ground.
• Sade unleashed Boundman Gatling at the Straw Hat Crew, and Zoro took the barrage head-on while Chopper’s fur reinforcement protected the others.
• Zoro survived the attack but collapsed in critical condition, vomiting blood, as King Luffy and Sanji cried out for him.
• King Luffy’s anger awakened his Ryou, but Sade revealed that he could also make Armament Haki flow and challenged King Luffy to face the difference in their power.

Sade overwhelmed King Luffy and moved to kill him, but Zoro stood in his way with a powerful Ghost Qi transformation. Zoro struck Sade with his Asura King Draws Sword of the Dead, leaving the clash’s outcome unresolved.

• Sade defeated King Luffy with his Giant Ape Ryou Cannon, sending him crashing through Fish-Man Island before he fell unconscious.
• Sade advanced toward King Luffy to finish him, while Neptune restrained Shirahoshi and Sanji and the others prepared to intervene.
• Zoro rose despite his injuries and ordered Sanji to lead the others to safety while he faced Sade alone.
• Zoro unleashed Ghost Qi Sword Style and transformed into the Nine Sword Style King, forcing Sade back in their clash.
• Zoro landed Asura King Draws Sword of the Dead across Sade’s chest.

Zoro used the power stored in Dark Crow to grievously wound Sade, but he collapsed before Sade was defeated. Sade stopped at Fish-Man Island’s boundary and demanded that Shirahoshi come with him, threatening the residents on the island’s other half unless Neptune lent him the fish-men’s power.

• Zoro’s strike wounded Sade with stored Conqueror’s Haki and Ghost Qi, leaving Zoro exhausted and unconscious.
• Austin realized that Dark Crow held power he had infused into it during his younger days, which had appeared to Sade as a terrifying phantom.
• Robin used her ability to help move Zoro to safety, and Sanji carried him and King Luffy back across the boundary.
• Sade refused to cross Fish-Man Island’s boundary but demanded that Shirahoshi come out to sea with him.
• Neptune refused to give Shirahoshi to Sade, who threatened the residents on the island’s other half and demanded the fish-men’s power.

Sade forced Neptune to surrender Shirahoshi, claiming Fish-Man Island and Poseidon as the first step in his campaign against the World Government. He then challenged Big Mom’s claim to the island by ordering her factory’s representatives to tell her that no other flag could remain there.

• Sade threatened Fish-Man Island with the Dark-Dark Fruit until Shirahoshi agreed to go with him to spare its people.
• Sade claimed Fish-Man Island and Poseidon, then ordered a fish-man to hang his flag at Big Mom’s dessert factory.
• Baccarat and Baron Tamago discussed Big Mom’s factory and Black Spear’s influence as they approached it.
• Sade confronted Baccarat and Baron Tamago and told them to inform Big Mom that the rest of Fish-Man Island belonged to him and would permit no other flags.

Sade took control of the other half of Fish-Man Island and declared that he would become the World King, drawing Big Mom’s interest and the World Government’s attention. As Sade’s arrival became headline news, the Five Elders ordered a Buster Call to ambush him when he left the island.

• Sade answered Big Mom’s call and announced that he had claimed the other half of Fish-Man Island, including its factories, and would remove her flag.
• Big Mom recognized Sade as the Giant known as [Dark Sun] and invited him to Whole Cake Island after he declared his ambition to become the World King.
• Sade accepted Big Mom’s invitation, while Austin secretly listened and remembered their past encounter.
• Sade’s victory over the Straw Hat Crew secured his ownership of the island, and reporters publicized his arrival across the New World.
• The Five Elders ordered a Buster Call against Sade as he left Fish-Man Island, assigning Issho to lead it and coordinate with CP0’s Rob Lucci.

After Luffy woke, Neptune revealed that Sade had left Fish-Man Island aboard Noah with Shirahoshi and the Fish-Man warriors, while the World Government launched a Buster Call against them. At the New World’s entrance, Fujitora sensed something enormous approaching the Marine fleet.

• Luffy woke and learned from Neptune that Sade had taken Shirahoshi and Fish-Man warriors aboard Noah and departed for the New World.
• Otohime explained that Shirahoshi was Poseidon and could command the Sea Kings that pulled Noah away.
• Otohime revealed that the World Government had launched a Buster Call against Sade and his group, alarming Luffy and Robin.
• Robin described the Buster Call’s destructive force, while Neptune and Robin trusted that Austin’s strength would protect Sade’s journey.
• At the New World’s entrance, Fujitora drew his cane sword and sensed something enormous coming toward the Marine fleet.

Fujitora led the Marine forces to the Shattered Islands for a Buster Call against Dark Sun, but questioned why the World Government had ordered such an overwhelming deployment. Rob Lucci refused to explain and revealed that the archipelago had been created by a battle between Black Spear and Whitebeard in their youth.

• Fujitora reassured a nervous Marine recruit as the fleet entered the operational zone.
• Rob Lucci told Fujitora that CP0 and a large force of intelligence agents had joined the operation to capture Dark Sun.
• Fujitora asked why the World Government had mobilized such a force, but Lucci said he had no right to know.
• Fujitora and Lucci landed on the archipelago, where Fujitora sensed that its formation was unnatural.
• Lucci explained that Black Spear and Whitebeard had shattered the former supermassive island in their youth.

The Marines prepared to intercept Sade Geou, but his enormous ship Noah emerged from the sea and confronted their fleet. Fujitora summoned a meteor to attack, and Shirahoshi began opening a colossal mouth from the ocean toward the sky.

• Fujitora and Lucci learned that the devastation around the islands had been caused by the Warp Fruit and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, then led the Marines in preparing an ambush for Sade.
• On the third day, Fujitora sensed something approaching and warned the fleet as the sea began to tremble and rise into a tsunami.
• Fujitora used his Gravity Sword: Reversal to send the tsunami back into the sea, revealing the enormous ship Noah beneath its coating.
• Sade appeared at Noah's bow and mocked the Marines, while Lucci declared that he and Fujitora would kill Sade and his fish-man crew.
• Fujitora summoned a meteor from space, and Sade called on Shirahoshi, who began praying as a gigantic mouth opened from the sea toward the sky.

Austin flew to Punk Hazard to retrieve Vegapunk’s artificial pink dragon Devil Fruit, believing Momonosuke would soon arrive. There, he unexpectedly met Kuina, who had come to grow stronger through battles, and asked whether she wanted to become stronger.

• Austin read that Sade had received a 1.6 billion Beli bounty after the Black and White Island War, then worried that Shirahoshi might be caught up in his troublemaking.
• Austin suspected Kuzan had thrown his fight with Sakazuki and might be hiding in the New World to thwart his plans.
• Austin landed on Punk Hazard, intending to take the pink dragon Mythical Zoan Fruit before Momonosuke could eat it.
• Austin encountered Kuina, gave her a cloak to protect her from the cold, and learned she had come to seek strength through battles with powerful opponents.
• Austin asked Kuina whether she wanted to become stronger.

Austin explained that Kuina’s weak physique was the main obstacle keeping her from matching Zoro and suggested a Zoan Devil Fruit could help her grow stronger. As the Straw Hat Crew, Smoker, and Trafalgar Law converged on Punk Hazard, Law’s body-swapping attack struck just as Austin and Kuina appeared, leaving Kuina intrigued by her new body.

• Austin asked Kuina why she thought she fell behind Zoro, and she guessed that her gender was the reason.
• Austin told Kuina that her body was too weak but said a Zoan Devil Fruit might strengthen her; Kuina accepted the possibility of becoming monstrous if it helped her improve.
• Austin and Kuina headed toward the laboratory while the Straw Hat Crew investigated Punk Hazard and helped the kidnapped children escape.
• Smoker confronted Trafalgar Law, who expanded his Room and used his power to swap the bodies of Sanji and the others.
• Austin and Kuina appeared between the two sides as the attack took effect, and Kuina examined her unfamiliar body and called the swap interesting.

Austin and Kuina had their bodies switched by Luo’s Op-Op Fruit power, and Kuina discovered the overwhelming strength of Austin’s body. The chapter left Austin preparing to test that body’s limits by confronting Luo and the Marines.

• Austin teleported with Kuina into the laboratory, where Luo’s Op-Op Fruit power exchanged their bodies and those of the Straw Hat Crew.
• Sanji, Nami, and the others realized they had switched bodies, while Luo panicked after finding himself in Austin’s body.
• Kuina tested Austin’s strength and unleashed Armament Haki powerful enough to make Punk Hazard and the surrounding sea shake.
• Austin explained that Conqueror’s Haki could not be used after the body swap, then told Kuina to leave with him.
• Kuina drew Wado Ichimonji and confronted Luo, Smoker, Tashigi, and the other Marines to test Austin’s body.

Luo revealed that Austin had swapped consciousness with Kuina, prompting Smoker to attack what he thought was a rare chance to capture the legendary pirate. Austin fought Smoker and Luo in Kuina’s weaker body, then unleashed a devastating slash before their consciousnesses returned to their original bodies.

• Luo explained that his Devil Fruit had swapped Austin’s consciousness into the swordswoman’s body and asked Smoker to join forces.
• Smoker recognized a chance to capture Austin and attacked him despite Luo’s objections.
• Austin parried Smoker’s attacks with Wado Ichimonji and wounded him with Cherry Blossom End: Black Light.
• Luo trapped Austin in Room and tried to strike him, but Austin shattered the sphere with a powerful slash.
• Kuina awoke in her own body to find a canyon that had cut through half of Punk Hazard.

Austin returned to his own body after releasing stored Haki, then continued exploring Punk Hazard with Kuina. Caesar and Monet learned of his arrival, and Caesar mistook the Seagull King’s presence for support for his weapons experiment.

• Austin’s Haki broke Luo’s Room and reversed the body swap, while Luo realized Austin had stayed in control and had prepared enough Haki to end the effect safely.
• Austin told Luo he had come to relax, then left with Kuina as Smoker warned Tashigi that Punk Hazard might be more dangerous than they had expected.
• Caesar and Monet heard that Austin was on the island; Caesar panicked at first, then decided Austin had come to see his experiment succeed.
• Austin passed on a question to Caesar without asking it, and the Seagull King appeared; Monet identified the bird, while Caesar assumed it had come to help and called Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo was bewildered to hear that Austin had arrived on Punk Hazard.

Austin gave Kuina Vegapunk’s artificial Pink Dragon Fruit, and she became a powerful dragon-human. Meanwhile, Vergo overwhelmed Smoker while holding Luo’s heart, and revealed that Austin had taught him Haki.

• Austin took Kuina to Vegapunk’s old laboratory and gave her the artificial Pink Dragon Fruit.
• Kuina ate the fruit and transformed into a nearly three-meter-tall pink dragon-human, gaining vastly greater strength.
• Austin told Kuina that her remaining gaps were Haki and swordsmanship, then urged her to test her new strength against Zoro.
• The Straw Hat Crew and Luo formed an alliance to defeat Caesar and the Donquixote Family officers and destroy SAD.
• Vergo seized Luo’s heart, while Luo declared that he would stop Doflamingo in the name of Corazon.
• Smoker attacked Vergo but was badly beaten, and Vergo revealed that Austin had taught him his powerful Armament Haki.

Luo defeated Vergo after using a technique inspired by Austin’s ability and the Op-Op Fruit’s awakening. Austin appeared afterward, restored Vergo’s head, and told him he had not lost unfairly.

• Vergo overwhelmed Smoker with his Armament Haki, and Smoker returned Luo’s heart before collapsing.
• Luo confronted Doflamingo over Vergo and SAD, but Vergo blocked Luo’s Room attack and badly injured him.
• Luo used “Room: Teleportation: Don’t Move” to freeze Vergo briefly, then cut him apart and defeated him.
• Doflamingo mourned Vergo over the Den Den Mushi before ending the call, and Luo split Vergo’s remaining head in two.
• Austin arrived, pressed Vergo’s severed head back together, and praised his Haki while explaining how Luo had exploited his ability and psychological warfare.