Recaps

After learning that Roger had become the Pirate King, Garp set out to capture him and asked Austin to help find him. Austin concealed what he knew about Roger’s whereabouts and left to pursue him alone, intending to meet him before deciding how to handle the capture.

• Garp lamented Roger’s rise as Pirate King and vowed to capture him, asking Austin to join the pursuit.
• Garp assumed Austin could locate the Roger Pirates through his intuition, but Austin denied knowing where they were.
• Austin kept Roger’s destination in Baterilla Island secret because he wanted to leave Roger time with his family.
• Austin considered capturing Roger himself as a way to spare Garp and Roger the burden of facing each other under difficult circumstances.
• Austin left Garp’s ship to pursue Roger separately and promised to call Garp if he found him.

Austin led his fleet toward the South Blue while considering how to strengthen himself for future battles. He rejected the More-More Fruit to avoid taking it from his future child and decided to target Tesoro for the Lucky-Lucky Fruit, leaving the fleet unaware that he had chosen a new path.

• Austin ordered his fleet to leave the New World and sail toward the South Blue, while Garp continued searching the New World for Roger.
• Austin reflected on his soldiers’ trust in him and on the powerful enemies he expected to face, including Garp and Kong Ao.
• Austin considered the More-More Fruit but rejected it because he wanted his future child to have it.
• Austin ruled out other Devil Fruit options and seriously considered the Lucky-Lucky Fruit as a way to improve his chances in battle.
• Austin decided that he would intercept Tesoro when he appeared, while his soldiers continued toward the Red Line without knowing his plans.

Vice Admiral Austin brought his warship to Baterilla Island and confronted the nobles gathered at the harbor. He left the Navy soldiers stunned by openly assaulting a royal and insisting that the Navy should not be bullied by the people it protected.

• Austin sailed through the Red Line and arrived at Baterilla Island in South Blue, where he considered staying to spar with Roger.
• Austin docked his warship in the central berth despite his soldiers' concerns and marched ashore with two squads.
• The nobles and royals protested Austin's rude conduct and threatened to report him, but he slapped a kingdom noble and ground his face into the dirt.
• Austin mocked the noble's threats to contact the World Government, leaving the royal fearful and the Navy soldiers astonished.
• Austin told the soldiers that the Navy should not be bullied by those it protected and ordered them to stand up rather than kneel.

Austin used his authority to end a dispute with a royal and gave his soldiers time off on a South Blue island. He found Roger and Rouge, reassured the pregnant Rouge, and Roger asked him to protect his wife and child before his death.

• The Five Elders backed Austin and threatened to expel the royal's country from the World Government, so Austin walked away from the frightened royal.
• Austin dismissed his soldiers to explore the island and used Observation Haki to search for Roger and Rouge.
• Roger told Rouge that Marines had arrived, then reassured her that Austin was an old acquaintance who would not harm them.
• Austin met Roger and Rouge, promised he was not there to arrest them, and joined Roger for a drink.
• Roger told Austin he was going to die and entrusted Rouge and their child to him, but Austin refused.

Roger asked Austin to help care for Rouge and their unborn child, but Austin resisted and teased Roger about his secret. Roger accepted that his child might choose to become a Marine, leaving Austin to consider whether he would take responsibility for the family.

• Austin questioned why he should help Roger raise a child and suggested leaving Rouge and the baby with Rayleigh and the others, but Roger said they had their own missions.
• Austin asked Roger what was on Final Island, then used Future Sight to glimpse Roger's answer and refused to agree to his condition.
• Roger realized Austin had cheated by looking into the future, and the two bickered until Rouge tearfully said she wished their child could play with Roger.
• Roger embraced Rouge and apologized for leaving her and their child behind.
• Austin asked whether Roger was comfortable entrusting his child to a Marine who might guide him toward that life, and Roger said he would not stop his child from following his own dream.

Austin convinced Roger to hide Rouge at Marine Headquarters, and Roger entrusted his family to him. As Roger prepared to turn himself in and launch a new era, Austin offered to capture him, leaving them to set off together.

• Austin proposed hiding Rouge at Marine Headquarters, and Roger agreed to trust him with her and their unborn child.
• Roger spent his final happy days with Rouge and Austin, reflecting on the people he treasured and the hope of future liberation.
• Austin refused Marine Headquarters' calls while pursuing Roger, then decided it was time to leave.
• Roger told Austin he planned to turn himself in, and Austin offered to capture him instead.
• Roger accepted Austin's offer and called him the hope of the future.

Austin captured Pirate King Roger and took him, Rouge, and the Marines to Dullamos Island instead of returning to Marineford. Old Gick mistook Rouge’s pregnancy for Austin’s, but Austin clarified that the child was not his.

• Austin told Roger that he wanted to become happy, free, and able to do whatever he pleased, and Roger laughed at how much his younger self that sounded like.
• The Marines were shocked to see that Austin had captured Roger, while Roger praised Austin’s strength and Rouge silently wept.
• Austin ordered the warship to sail to Dullamos Island and let Roger move about freely, confident Roger would not escape.
• Roger spent the voyage with Rouge and their unborn child as Austin occasionally removed his shackles.
• Old Gick saw Rouge’s pregnancy and assumed Austin was about to make him a great-grandfather, but Austin said the child was not his.

Austin persuaded Old Gick to shelter Rouge and her unborn child, while Roger prepared to face his impending death. Austin offered Roger a way to survive with Pure Gold, but Roger refused and accepted the path he had chosen.

• Old Gick grew alarmed when Austin suggested Roger's child might need to be raised by someone else, then angrily confronted Roger when he arrived.
• Austin explained the situation, and Old Gick hesitated until Austin pointed out that Roger's child could become a monster and that accepting him as a grandson would make Roger Old Gick's son.
• Old Gick agreed to care for Rouge, and Austin decided she would stay there until the birth, with a move to Marineford if anything happened.
• Roger asked Austin why Old Gick had changed his mind, and Austin explained the grandson-and-son implication, leaving Roger dismayed.
• Roger asked if it was time to leave, and Austin offered to use Pure Gold to preserve his life.
• Roger refused the offer and told Austin that the New Era was coming.

After Austin returned with Roger captured, the Marines and the wider world reacted to the unprecedented feat, while Garp left to visit his old rival in Impel Down. Austin reflected on Zephyr’s role in training him and headed to see the conversation between Garp and Roger.

• Big News Morgans spread news across the world that Austin had captured the Pirate King Roger.
• Garp struggled to believe Austin had captured Roger and left for Impel Down to see his old rival.
• Zephyr congratulated Austin on his achievement and praised his training and dedication.
• Austin reminded Zephyr to have his child keep the black cube with him and told Zephyr that Kuzan had frozen rum in his office.
• Austin headed out to visit Impel Down, curious about what Garp and Roger would say to each other.

Austin arrived at Impel Down and joined Garp and Roger in Infinite Hell, where Roger revealed that a terminal illness had led him to let Austin capture him. Roger then asked Garp to care for his child, leaving Garp furious and flustered.

• Austin reached Impel Down after Garp and learned that Garp had gone to visit Roger on the sixth floor.
• Hannyabal guided Austin through the prison, where Austin's Conqueror's Haki overwhelmed the prisoners on the upper levels.
• Austin found Garp speaking with Roger outside his cell and sat beside Garp.
• Roger told Garp that he had a terminal illness and had chosen to let Austin capture him rather than Garp.
• Roger revealed that he had left behind a child and asked Garp to take care of him, while Garp angrily protested.

Austin joined the Marines at Loguetown for Roger’s execution and encountered Shanks and Buggy on their way to see their captain. He let them go for the occasion, but warned that he might pursue them at sea in the future.

• Garp struggled with Roger’s request that he care for his child, but Austin persuaded him to consider raising the child as a Marine and defeating Roger that way.
• Austin arrived in Loguetown for the execution and sent his soldiers to patrol the town while he headed for the execution platform alone.
• Austin encountered Shanks and Buggy sneaking toward the platform to see Roger one last time.
• Buggy explained their purpose, while Shanks prepared to fight, and Austin decided not to arrest them before the execution.
• Austin warned Shanks and Buggy that he might come after them once they were out at sea.

Austin met Dragon and challenged the foundations of his revolutionary ideals, warning that the Revolutionary Army could become another World Government. He proposed that lasting peace might be possible under one powerful leader, then asked Dragon what would happen if that leader changed his mind.

• Austin told Shanks and Buggy he was not going to capture them and walked toward the execution platform.
• Austin greeted Dragon and mentioned that Garp and Gick still asked about him.
• Austin argued that the Revolutionary Army could become as oppressive as the World Government, despite starting with noble intentions.
• Austin said a strongest leader with immortal followers might achieve peace, and claimed he could become that leader.
• Austin pointed out the plan’s fatal weakness: he might change his mind.

Austin told Dragon that he no longer wanted to become a pirate and instead intended to bring down and reform the World Government, while warning that his own power could eventually make him a threat. As Roger was escorted to his execution, Austin reflected that only he might be able to stop himself.

• Austin explained that his convictions had changed and that he wanted to reform the World Government rather than become a pirate.
• Austin warned Dragon that even a peaceful world under his rule could become a terrifying machine of power over time.
• Dragon vowed to stop Austin if he ever became a threat, but Austin said Dragon alone could not do it and suggested only he himself might stop him.
• Austin remembered the smiling man with the Black Spear as footsteps approached and the guards escorted Roger toward the platform.
• Austin watched Roger ascend the platform as a man in the crowd shouted questions about the Pirate King's treasure.

After Gol D. Roger was executed, Austin let the crowd’s excitement spread and handed Roger’s body to a straw-hatted figure. He then unleashed a storm over Loguetown, where a colossal dragon began to emerge from the clouds.

• Roger announced that his treasure lay at the end of the sea before the executioners killed him.
• Austin ignored Sengoku’s furious call, said he would deal with the pirates present, and gave Roger’s corpse to a figure wearing a straw hat.
• As pirates prepared to sail for the Grand Line, Austin disappeared and a torrential storm swept across Loguetown.
• Dragon and several pirates sensed the storm’s danger as a massive creature appeared in the clouds.
• A black claw and a dragon’s head emerged overhead, gathering power for a devastating attack.

Austin descended over Loguetown as a gigantic Black Dragon and destroyed the pirate ships offshore with his King's Heat Breath. He trapped several future Shichibukai in a ring of flame clouds and declared that the winner determined justice.

• Austin unleashed his King's Heat Breath over the sea, evaporating the water and destroying nearly every pirate ship near Loguetown.
• Mihawk struck Austin with a Flying Slash, leaving only a shallow crack in his scales, and Austin recognized him as the former Marine Hunter.
• Austin spotted the future big shots in Loguetown and told Mihawk he would not let him sail out to sea.
• Doflamingo protested that he had not offended Austin, but Austin insisted that capturing pirates was a Marine's duty.
• Austin circled the future Shichibukai with flame clouds, kept civilians outside, and declared that the winner was justice.

Austin confronted Doflamingo, Crocodile, Mihawk, and Moria, overwhelming Moria and stopping Crocodile’s sandstorm attack. Impressed by Crocodile’s ability, he tried to recruit her into the Marines, but she refused, so Austin prepared to fight.

• Austin transformed into a dragon-man and challenged Doflamingo, Crocodile, Mihawk, and Moria to defeat or kill him.
• Moria charged Austin, but Austin blocked his blade with a horn and slammed him into the ground.
• Doflamingo recalled Austin’s reputation and admitted that even powerful monsters seemed like nothing before him.
• Crocodile unleashed a massive sandstorm at Austin, but he crossed the distance in a flash and appeared before her.
• Austin praised Crocodile’s ability and invited her to join the Marines, but she refused, prompting him to prepare to fight.

Austin overwhelmed Crocodile and the other future Shichibukai with his power, but Crocodile survived his devastating throw. Mihawk then stepped forward to challenge Austin, who prepared to show him the full strength of his fists.

• Austin grabbed Crocodile and hurled her into the ground with Fist Bone: Seabed Drop, fracturing Loguetown and shaking the surrounding sea.
• Shanks and Buggy felt the ground split as they searched for a way to escape to sea.
• The future Shichibukai watched the impact site, and Crocodile emerged alive but badly injured.
• Moria considered taking Crocodile's shadow, but Crocodile threatened him and focused on Austin.
• Mihawk raised his sword and declared that his path of the sword would not end there.
• Austin accepted Mihawk's challenge and prepared to finish him with his World's Strongest fists.

Austin challenged the young Mihawk to a sword fight, claiming he had only studied swordsmanship for a few days. After blocking Mihawk’s attacks with brute force and Haki, Austin prepared to unleash his own technique, Divine Departure.

• Austin invited Mihawk to attack, and Mihawk drew his blade despite sensing Austin’s deadly strength.
• Austin summoned a black blade from the sky and coated it in black-and-red Conqueror’s Haki.
• Austin taunted Mihawk by saying he had studied swordsmanship for only a few days and wanted to defeat him at his own specialty.
• Mihawk attacked with Black Blade Yoru, but Austin blocked his strikes with precise, forceful counters.
• Mihawk realized Austin was using his sword more like a club than practicing refined swordsmanship.
• Austin gathered strength and announced Divine Departure.

Austin revealed his formidable swordsmanship by overwhelming Mihawk, then confronted Little Mingo after defeating the other rookie pirates. Little Mingo tried to invoke the World Government’s protection, but Austin caught his hidden counterattack before he could use it.

• Austin quickly learned swordsmanship and demonstrated a devastating slash infused with Conqueror's Haki.
• Mihawk tried to counter Austin's slash with a flood of jade-green attacks, but was driven through buildings and left injured outside the city.
• Mihawk smiled despite his defeat, believing Austin could be the mountain he needed to surpass.
• Austin turned to Little Mingo, who claimed the World Government would prevent Austin from detaining him.
• Little Mingo prepared a Parasite String for a counterattack, but Austin caught it in his hand.

Austin’s capture of several pirate rookies made him a sensation among the Marines, while Sengoku worried that public claims about him would stir trouble. Austin’s warship sailed toward Marine Headquarters with the defeated pirates imprisoned below deck, as his crew celebrated his success.

• Austin defeated Little Mingo, captured him and the other Shichibukai, and became the subject of sensational Loguetown newspaper reports.
• Marines at Marineford praised Austin, while Sengoku worried that the newspapers’ claims could make him seem like a future Rocks.
• Tsuru, Garp, and Zephyr argued that Austin’s will would not be swayed by the reports, and Zephyr said he trusted him.
• Austin’s Marines celebrated aboard their warship, and Austin answered their cheers by saying, “Long live the Navy.”
• Doflamingo, Crocodile, Moria, and Mihawk sat imprisoned aboard the ship as it headed toward Marine Headquarters.

Austin told Sengoku he planned to reform captured pirates rather than send them to Impel Down, while Kuzan mistakenly concluded that Austin had found a strange new form of justice. Austin then visited the imprisoned Crocodile and prepared to use a sex-changing drug on her.

• Sengoku reprimanded Austin over his newspaper comments and asked why he was keeping captured pirates, and Austin said he wanted to reform them rather than waste their potential.
• Austin explained that he shared most seized treasure with soldiers who needed it, earning their loyalty.
• Kuzan confronted Austin about his prisoner experiment, then wondered whether Austin's justice was to train pirates.
• Austin visited Crocodile in the prison holding area and said he would not kill her but would make her contribute to the Marines.
• Austin opened Crocodile's cell and told her she would wake up as a girl after taking a drug developed by the Marine Science Unit.

Austin intimidated Crocodile with a fake sex reassignment surgery, then demanded that she work for him in a special organization. Crocodile reluctantly agreed to submit for now, while promising to settle the score later.

• Austin used the threat of turning Crocodile into a woman to frighten her into submission.
• Austin had staged doctors and equipment ready, and Crocodile panicked as they appeared to begin the supposed surgery.
• Crocodile realized Austin was pressuring her to make a demand and asked him to state it.
• Austin asked Crocodile to work for him in a special organization that would follow his commands.
• Crocodile reluctantly agreed to cooperate for now and vowed to settle the score with Austin someday.

Austin named his organization the Animal Protection Association and tried to recruit Moria by confronting him with his weakness and threatening the fate of his surviving crew. Moria agreed to work for Austin in exchange for his companions’ safety.

• Austin named his organization the Animal Protection Association despite Crocodile’s objections, and she remained at his side as Sand Crocodile.
• Austin and Crocodile went to Moria’s cell, where Moria angrily accused Austin of killing his crew.
• Austin told Moria that he was too weak to lead his crew through the New World, shattering Moria’s confidence.
• Austin offered to spare Moria’s surviving companions if Moria worked for him.
• Moria agreed to work for Austin and begged him to spare his companions.

Austin recruited Moria as the second member of his Animal Protection Association, then confronted Doflamingo and made him his next contracted subordinate. Doflamingo accepted that Austin had the power to keep him imprisoned and saw promise in following him.

• Austin tossed Moria the key to his Seastone shackles after Moria knelt to protect his crew, recruiting him as Shadow Bat.
• Austin went to Doflamingo’s cell, where a newspaper had appeared from nowhere, and questioned the guards about it.
• Doflamingo assumed Austin had come to free him, but Austin said no one had contacted him and declared that nobody could take Doflamingo away.
• Austin made Doflamingo his contracted beast, and Doflamingo teased him about the Animal Protection Association before deciding that following Austin could be advantageous.

Austin established the Animal Protection Association and gave its new members guidance on how to operate as Great Pirates. He encouraged Doflamingo and Crocnar to target wealthy nobles instead of poor civilians, then hinted that the Marines would help them evade the World Government.

• Austin said Mihawk had joined after Austin challenged him to surpass him in swordsmanship.
• Austin gathered the four members for theoretical training and told them that their new status made robbing commoners beneath them.
• Austin called Doflamingo and Crocnar dangerous criminals and urged them to target nobles and royalty for wealth instead of civilians.
• Doflamingo and Crocnar worried that attacking nobles would draw the World Government's wrath, but Austin assured them the Marines would not catch them.
• Moria taunted Doflamingo and Crocnar, provoking threats and talk of fighting within the Association, while Mihawk watched silently.
• Austin looked out at a passing seagull and declared that the New Era was coming.