Recaps

Bright built the Seven-Corner Alliance by winning the support of Zou and Elbaf, then helped launch Tesoro’s worldwide talent selection. The auditions brought Otohime and Uta into the spotlight, while Shanks arrived to meet Tesoro.

• Bright recruited the Longarm, Longleg, and Snakeneck Tribes, then gained Nekomamushi and Inuarashi’s support for an alliance against Kaido and the Beasts Pirates.
• Bright and Tesoro discovered the Road Poneglyph on Zou, and Charlotte Linlin later asked Bright to bring Katakuri to Elbaf and help mend her conflict with the giants.
• Bright stopped Charlotte Linlin’s rampage, then urged Katakuri to overcome his fear and become a better protector of his family.
• Bright defeated the Giant King in a challenge and persuaded him to join the alliance, which Bright established as the Seven-Corner Alliance with the other leaders.
• Morgans publicized the alliance worldwide, while the Five Elders and the Emperors reacted to Bright’s growing influence.
• Tesoro opened registrations for the talent selection, and Otohime entered Fish-Man Island’s auditions while Uta captivated audiences with her singing and dream of a peaceful New Genesis.
• Auditions spread across the races, and Tesoro vowed to make Uta the world’s number one singer as Luffy and Shanks learned of her success.
• After the selection drew growing crowds, Red-Haired Shanks arrived at Tesoro’s office seeking a meeting.

Bright helped form Tesoro’s All Stars, then escorted Neptune to the Reverie, where the World Government moved against Fish-Man Island. Bright escaped Mary Geoise with Neptune and used the Dyna Stone to force the Five Elders to leave the island alone, while Im ordered them to bring it to the surface.

• Tesoro agreed to raise Uta into a world-famous superstar, and Red-Hair entrusted her to Tesoro and Bright before leaving Dressrosa.
• Otohime won Fish-Man Island’s talent championship and joined Tesoro’s All Stars, where she connected with Uta through song despite Uta rejecting her concern.
• Bright and Neptune attended the Reverie, where Bright challenged the World Government’s claims of equality and resisted Wapol’s attempt to strike the Little Princess.
• Pirates attacked Fish-Man Island while Jinbe defended its mine, arsenal, and Sea Forest, and the Five Elders learned that Bright was hiding Tom and guarding valuable Seastone deposits.
• Mjosgard warned Bright and Neptune that the Five Elders planned to target them, so they tried to leave Mary Geoise with their guards.
• The Admirals and the Strongest Shield blocked Bright’s escape, but Bright used a Dyna Stone threat, transformed into an Azure Dragon, and carried Neptune’s delegation away from the Red Line.
• Bright warned the Five Elders not to impose harsh sanctions on Fish-Man Island, and Im ordered them to bring the island to the surface.
• Vegapunk revealed that Bright’s powers came from an artificial Azure Dragon fruit he had thought was a failure, while the Five Elders ordered him to improve the Fishman Potion.

Bright strengthened Fish-Man Island, recruited Zephyr, and united him with Dragon against the World Government. The new alliance celebrated as Mansherry cured Zephyr’s asthma and Franky gave him a Seastone prosthetic arm.

• Bright captured Wapol and persuaded him to help Tom build Pluto, then established Spider Web to counter government agents on Fish-Man Island.
• Tesoro brought Uta and his company to Fish-Man Island, where the group performed for a worldwide audience as the Five Elders sought new Shichibukai.
• After the government appointed Whitey Bay Jr. as a Shichibukai, Zephyr rejected the decision, defected with his followers, and formed the NEO Marines.
• Bright rescued Zephyr from Kizaru and Aokiji at Sabaody, then persuaded him to join the fight against the World Government.
• Bright brought Zephyr to Fish-Man Island, where he and Dragon agreed to unite their forces with Bright’s people.
• Bright, Dragon, and Zephyr formed an alliance and discussed gathering strength, recruiting Marine officers, protecting New World nations, and shaping public opinion.
• At the alliance’s banquet, Mansherry healed Zephyr’s asthma and Franky presented him with a Seastone prosthetic arm.

Bright helped Zephyr reclaim Wano from Orochi, then defeated Kaido and led the NEO Marines against the Navy’s fleets. After capturing Akainu, Aokiji, and the senior officers, Zephyr began negotiating with the World Government over a new Navy and the prisoners’ release.

• Bright supplied Zephyr with Seastone weapons, then redirected his advance toward Kaido’s territory as the World Government tried to unite Kaido and Big Mom against him.
• Bright returned to Wano, reunited with Kawamatsu, Hyogoro, and Yamato, and helped them kill Orochi before confronting Kaido at Onigashima.
• Bright gravely wounded Kaido with a powerful King’s Punch, then returned to Zephyr and helped the NEO Marines defeat Aokiji’s fleet and capture Aokiji, Ochoku, and Weevil.
• Bright and Zephyr attacked Akainu and Kizaru’s fleet, captured Akainu and most of the Navy forces, and left Kizaru as the only major participant to escape.
• After news of the Navy’s defeat spread, Zephyr explained to Akainu and Aokiji that he intended to form a new Navy allied with non-member nations.
• Bright and Zephyr agreed to negotiate with the World Government, and Zephyr refused Sengoku’s demand to release all the prisoners.
• Zephyr offered to free lower-ranking officers and ordinary Marines, then demanded fifty Buster Call-level warships and ten billion berries as Tsuru countered that Vice Admirals must also be released.