Recaps

Longinus conquered Bika by overwhelming its people with his Aura and left Gan Fall to take over and spread their beliefs. After a fruit search came up empty, Longinus summoned Enel and judged that his Rumble-Rumble Fruit skills made him worth training.

• The bearded God of Bika rejected Gan Fall and the Skandia Chief’s proposal, while Longinus claimed he had come to prevent Bika’s destruction in nine years.
• Urouge struck down the charging Skandia warriors, but Longinus’s Aura forced Bika’s warriors, including Urouge, to their knees.
• Longinus left Gan Fall to take over Bika and ensure its people understood their beliefs.
• Gan Fall reported that the search for the Devil Fruit Longinus wanted had failed and brought Enel to meet him.
• Longinus assessed Enel’s powerful Rumble-Rumble Fruit abilities and considered him worth training, while Enel nervously wondered why he had been summoned.

Longinus confronted Enel about his hatred and claimed he had seen Enel destroy Bika and rule nearby Sky Islands in the future. Rather than punish him for those future crimes, Longinus ordered Enel to study a stack of books, and Enel tearfully agreed.

• Longinus told Enel that he understood his hatred and had seen him destroy Bika and rule surrounding Sky Islands brutally in the future.
• Enel asked whether Longinus intended to punish him, and Longinus said he would make him study and learn reason instead.
• Longinus presented Enel with books on his theories, justice, history, law, and world affairs, and Enel felt overwhelmed when he tried to read them.
• Longinus promised Enel strength and a chance to return triumphantly if he mastered the books, but threatened to destroy him if he failed.
• After struggling with doubts about his intelligence and longing for revenge, Enel fell to his knees and declared that he wanted to study.

Longinus traveled with Vice Admiral Giandor to Elbaf, learning about the island’s harsh seas, its War Trees, and the Giants’ warrior traditions. As the Marine fleet approached, Giants gathered on the shore to welcome Giandor home and wondered whether he had news of the captains Blue Ogre and Red Ogre.

• Longinus began training Enel and Wyper in his Justice theory, then spent two years traveling between Sky Island and the G2 Branch.
• Longinus and Giandor crossed Elbaf’s dangerous surrounding waters, where Longinus asked about the island and the Giants’ way of life.
• Giandor explained that Elbaf traded Sea King goods for iron and that its War Trees were known abroad as Adam Trees.
• Giandor said Elbaf reserved its most powerful Ancient War Tree for a warrior recognized by all Giants, and he welcomed Longinus as a possible recipient.
• Longinus ordered the Marine fleet to signal Elbaf’s warriors and approach the shore slowly.
• Giants gathered on Elbaf’s shore, recognized Giandor, and discussed whether he had brought news of Blue Ogre and Red Ogre.

Longinus and Giandor arrived at Elbaf, where the giants eagerly seized the Marines’ weapons and learned of Longinus’s strength. Giandor tried to recruit them by showing off his sword, but they promptly borrowed it, while Longinus wondered whether the weapons could win the Giant Race’s support and what Prince Loki intended.

• The giants rushed the warship to claim its weapons, trampling Giandor before recognizing him.
• Longinus used Conqueror’s Haki to halt the giants’ charge, and Yuriel challenged him to a duel.
• Yuriel abandoned the challenge when he realized the other giants were fighting over the weapons.
• Giandor praised the Marines’ weapons and showed the giants his expensive giant sword to encourage them to join the Marines.
• The giants took Giandor’s sword to try, and Longinus considered how valuable their support could be and wondered what Prince Loki was thinking.

Longinus defeated the giant Yuriel in an arm-wrestling match and earned his respect. After learning that Elbaf’s Tribal Assembly would begin the day after tomorrow, Longinus and Giandor saw it as a chance to advance their recruitment mission.

• Yuriel challenged Longinus to another contest, and the giants debated which event would be fair before settling on arm wrestling.
• Longinus easily pressed Yuriel’s arm into the ground, winning the match and the giants’ admiration.
• Yuriel invited Longinus to receive honors as a hero at the Tribal Assembly, which would open the day after tomorrow.
• Giandor explained that the assembly gathered major tribes for disputes, athletic contests, and trade, and suggested Longinus win its championship to help recruitment succeed.

Longinus and Giandor attended Elbaf’s battle festival after two days of waiting, where the Giant King welcomed them and announced the competition. Longinus asked to take part, and the king allowed him to enter despite warning that the contest tested pure physical strength.

• Longinus observed the giants’ brutal wrestling and learned how their customs fostered fierce warriors.
• Giants gathered at the royal court, where Giandor entertained them with stories and Longinus drew attention as a visiting warrior.
• Giant King Olaf led the crowd in repeated toasts before declaring the start of Elbaf’s battle festival.
• Olaf explained that arena champions would compete for the assembly’s highest honor, and Longinus asked to participate.
• Olaf accepted Longinus’s request but warned that the physical contest would place severe restrictions on humans.

Longinus dominated Elbaf’s tournament, defeating every giant who challenged him and earning the crowd’s cheers. After proclaiming himself the strongest warrior on the sea, he drew another giant’s challenge.

• Longinus used Haki to protect Kyle from Arnold’s hammer, then swung Kyle into Arnold and knocked Arnold out of the arena.
• Giants began challenging Longinus, but he sent them flying one after another, including Helding.
• Longinus faced Strongest Warrior N, caught his Wolf Fang Club strike, and hurled him away.
• Longinus declared himself the strongest warrior on the sea, prompting the giants to cheer his title.
• A giant challenged Longinus to a duel, and Longinus accepted.

Longinus continued through the giants’ challenge, defeating Oliver before facing the berserker Basaka. Basaka grew stronger as his injuries mounted, but Longinus drove him into the ground and left him raging with only his head exposed.

• The Giant King refused to stop the contest, saying Loki needed to experience failure and that a warrior’s honor came from within.
• Longinus saw that Loki had won Area One and that Berserker Basaka had defeated Giandor in Area Two.
• Oliver challenged Longinus, but Longinus sent his thrown axe back at him and knocked him unconscious.
• Basaka charged Longinus before Loki could take his turn, and Longinus met his battle axe with a powerful punch.
• Basaka became stronger as he was injured, but Longinus vaulted over him and kicked him into the ground until only his head remained exposed.

Longinus defeated Prince Loki in a head-on duel after Loki unleashed Elbaf’s Spear, Nation’s Wrath. The giants hailed Longinus as a great warrior while the Giant King cheered and dismissed concerns about his injured son.

• Prince Loki challenged Longinus to a duel and traded powerful punches with him using Armament Haki.
• Loki covered his fists with Armament Haki to withstand Longinus’s attacks, but he began falling onto the defensive.
• Loki warned Longinus before unleashing Nation’s Wrath, the mightiest spear of Elbaf’s warriors.
• Longinus detonated the flowing Armament Haki inside his body, then struck Loki beneath his descending fist and sent the giant prince flying.
• The giants cheered Longinus after Loki crashed to the ground, while the Giant King dismissed an old giant’s warning about his son’s injuries.

After winning the giants’ respect, Longinus earned the Giant King’s trust and was offered ten warriors to take back with him. He warned them they might encounter Charlotte Linlin and portrayed her as the murderer of Elder Yoruru, Nun Carmel, and the orphanage children, leaving the giants eager for revenge.

• Longinus defeated the giant contestants without killing them, earning their respect and restoring his title of Great Warrior.
• The Giant King settled Elbaf’s disputes by having rivals fight again and declaring both losers if neither prevailed.
• The Giant King offered Longinus ten willing Royal Court warriors to accompany him.
• Longinus warned the giants that the Big Mom Pirates might threaten their return and named Charlotte Linlin as their leader.
• Longinus claimed Linlin had taken Carmel’s Devil Fruit power after killing her and the orphanage children, and the Giant King and warriors vowed to avenge Yoruru and Carmel.

Longinus persuaded Giant King Olaf to avoid a direct war with Charlotte Linlin and instead use a small group of giants as bait in a trap. He left the palace with Olaf’s permission to take twenty warriors aboard his ship.

• Longinus warned the giants that Charlotte Linlin had become stronger than him and that a revenge campaign could be difficult.
• Giant King Olaf declared that Elbaf would break its old promise and seek revenge for the Nun.
• Longinus argued that a prolonged pursuit could worsen the giants’ food shortages and proposed using warriors aboard his ship as bait.
• Longinus explained that Linlin wanted giants for her nation and that he would leak their whereabouts to lure her into an ambush.
• Helding, Yuriel, Oliver, and other giants volunteered to join the dangerous mission, while Olaf authorized Longinus to take as many warriors as he wished.
• Longinus limited the group to twenty warriors, and Olaf praised him as a good friend of the Giant Race.

Longinus refused Sakazuki’s plan to sacrifice the giants and blame Big Mom, choosing instead to protect Elbaf’s forces while drawing Big Mom’s attention. He privately admitted that he was also serving as bait and decided he would have to find a way to kill Big Mom first.

• Longinus reported to Sakazuki that his mission in Elbaf had succeeded and that he had secured twenty giants, including the Giant King’s son.
• Sakazuki proposed killing the giants and blaming Big Mom to provoke Elbaf into attacking the Big Mom Pirates.
• Longinus rejected the plan, arguing that the Marines should preserve the giants as a potential ally and that he would try to hold Big Mom back.
• Sakazuki agreed to follow the original plan but warned Longinus to prioritize his own survival if the situation became hopeless.
• After ending the call, Longinus revealed that Big Mom had pursued him for years and concluded that he needed to find a way to kill her first.

Big Mom learned that her target had left Elbaf aboard a ship carrying twenty giants, including a prince, and rushed to pursue him. In Dressrosa, Doflamingo began manipulating a confrontation between King Riku and pirates to undermine the royal family and reclaim the kingdom.

• Big Mom struck Perospero with lightning for failing to find her target, then ordered Katakuri to locate him.
• Katakuri reported that the target had left Elbaf with twenty giants, including a prince, and Big Mom set out to fulfill her dream.
• Doflamingo explained that he had coached a pirate captain to expose the Riku Royal Family's alleged incompetence and stir up support for the Donquixote family.
• The pirate captain demanded ten billion Beli from King Riku and threatened to make war on Dressrosa if he refused.
• King Riku said he could not produce the money quickly and asked for time to convert the royal palace; the pirate captain gave him three days.

Kyros returned to protect King Riku and Violet from Doflamingo’s pirates, then fought through the attackers with overwhelming skill. When Kyros was about to defeat Captain Joseph, Joseph’s body moved against his will, letting him counterattack and leave Kyros badly wounded.

• Doflamingo and his officers mocked King Riku and discussed recruiting the renowned Kyros.
• Kyros arrived with Violet and urged King Riku not to accept the pirate captain’s demand.
• King Riku trusted Kyros, who ordered Repent to protect the king and princess while he confronted the pirates.
• Kyros charged into the pirate force and quickly killed many attackers, alarming Captain Joseph.
• Joseph swung his giant hammer at Kyros, but Kyros dodged until he found an opening to strike.
• Joseph’s body was suddenly manipulated into using Snake-skin Movement, and he struck Kyros with his hammer despite suffering severe pain.

Kyros struggled to protect King Riku and Violet after Joseph badly wounded him, until Longinus arrived with twenty giants and stopped Joseph’s hammer with one finger. Longinus then detected Doflamingo manipulating events from the shadows and struck toward him.

• Kyros coughed up blood and collapsed while trying to defend King Riku and Violet from Joseph.
• A rumble announced the arrival of twenty giants, and Doflamingo recognized them as being from Elbaf and identified Longinus among them.
• Doflamingo forced Joseph to attack Longinus, who stopped the giant hammer with one finger.
• Longinus sensed Doflamingo hiding nearby, destroyed the bar with a punch, and called out the hidden manipulator.

Longinus confronted Doflamingo after Doflamingo tried to attack him, easily overpowering him despite Doflamingo’s tricks and awakened ability. The chapter left Doflamingo bound in midair as Longinus continued beating him.

• Longinus revealed that he had no intention of capturing Doflamingo at first, but decided to punish him for ordering an attack.
• Longinus shattered Joseph’s steel hammer with one finger, then handed the frightened pirate to Vice Admiral Giandor.
• Doflamingo controlled two giants into attacking Longinus, but Longinus caught their blows and told the giants not to interfere.
• Longinus vanished and punched Doflamingo into the burning bar, then bound him with invisible Armament Haki.
• Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit and sent sixteen waves of strings surging toward the flames, but Longinus remained in control and continued punching him while he hung bound in midair.

Longinus defeated Doflamingo and his officers, then earned Dressrosa’s gratitude by apologizing for the Marines’ shortcomings and arranging to buy grain. Violet used her ability to look into Longinus’s heart and found it perfectly pure, while Longinus secretly switched the soul controlling his body.

• Longinus overwhelmed Doflamingo, and when Diamante and the other officers tried to rescue him, Longinus knocked them aside with a Tempest Kick.
• Longinus apologized to King Riku for the Marines’ inability to protect the New World, winning the king and Kyros’s admiration.
• Longinus explained that his Marines had come to Dressrosa to buy food, then offered to pay a ten percent premium for the grain.
• King Riku agreed to sell the grain and invited Longinus and the Marines to a banquet.
• Violet used her ability to inspect Longinus’s heart and told Kyros that it was completely pure.
• Longinus silently switched the soul controlling his body as he followed King Riku toward the Royal Highlands.

At Dressrosa's royal banquet, Longinus described Elbaf and the giants affirmed their respect for his strength. When Big Mom arrived, Longinus and the giants vowed to hold her off while King Riku evacuated the people.

• Longinus told Kyros and King Riku that the giants came from Elbaf and described the legendary kingdom.
• Yuriel explained that giants respected powerful warriors, and the giants praised Longinus for defeating them.
• Doflamingo revealed that he had plans involving Apophis and the World Government if Longinus proved difficult to overcome.
• Repent warned King Riku that Big Mom and her pirates had arrived in Dressrosa.
• Longinus urged King Riku to get the people to safety and volunteered to face Big Mom, while the giants also pledged to fight.

Longinus visited Doflamingo in the underground prison and offered to make him a Shichibukai in exchange for helping deal with Big Mom. Doflamingo agreed under pressure, and Longinus freed and equipped him and his men, leaving them poised to join the coming battle.

• Doflamingo warned Diamante, Pica, and the other prisoner that Longinus might kill them before the battle with Big Mom began.
• Longinus entered the prison and proposed that Doflamingo become a Shichibukai so he could help deal with Big Mom.
• Doflamingo tried to negotiate for better terms, but Longinus beat him until Diamante and the others begged him to stop and said Doflamingo had agreed.
• Longinus gave the four collars and turtleneck sweaters to conceal them, then removed their Seastone chains and provided healing syringes.
• Doflamingo questioned whether Big Mom's people had found Longinus by accident, and Longinus warned him not to speculate carelessly.

Longinus and the giants temporarily set aside their feud with Doflamingo to fight Big Mom and the Charlotte Family. Longinus resisted Big Mom’s elemental attacks and struck her, while Katakuri recognized that his unusual resistance made him a dangerous opponent.

• Longinus ordered Doflamingo and the giants to hold off Katakuri and the Charlotte commanders while he faced Big Mom.
• Helding charged Big Mom, who recognized him as a childhood companion and pulled him into an embrace; Longinus stopped the other giants from attacking with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Longinus clashed Conqueror’s Haki with Big Mom’s, then charged through her lightning and flames and punched her away.
• Katakuri realized Zeus’s lightning and Prometheus’s flames had little effect on Longinus, whose years of training had given him resistance to elemental attacks.
• Longinus judged that Big Mom’s soul and elemental abilities were poorly suited to harming him, though her body remained hard enough to hurt his fingers.

Longinus fought Big Mom through her storm of attacks and gained the upper hand with his speed, Observation Haki, and powerful blows. As Big Mom fell into a deep abyss, Katakuri prepared the Charlotte Family to confront Doflamingo’s group, who had sided with the Marines.

• Big Mom destroyed the Royal Highlands in a rage, but Longinus ran through her storms and struck her repeatedly.
• Big Mom fought Longinus with her fists and giant sword, while he used his speed and future sight to dodge her attacks.
• Longinus wounded Big Mom with an Armament Iron Fist and then drove her into an abyss with Rokuogan—Maximum Wheel.
• Smoothie was shocked that Big Mom was being suppressed, while Katakuri said Longinus would eventually run out of stamina.
• Katakuri learned that the Donquixote Family was working for the World Government and ordered his family to avoid the main battle and defeat them.

Katakuri and Doflamingo clashed while the other fighters struggled to keep pace with the battle between Longinus and Big Mom. Longinus tricked Big Mom into closing her eyes, but his attack failed to injure her, and her counterattack sent him plunging into the abyss.

• Katakuri awakened his Devil Fruit and attacked Doflamingo, who answered with his own awakening and turned the battlefield into tangled mochi and strings.
• Katakuri rejected Doflamingo’s suggestion to stop fighting and unleashed Nine Head Mochi against him.
• Big Mom’s anger caused the ground to collapse, sending several giants and Charlotte Family members into the abyss as she emerged atop Onix.
• Longinus and Big Mom resumed their fight, and Longinus baited her into closing her eyes with a Finger Pistol barrage.
• Longinus struck at Big Mom’s eyes, but his fist was trapped between her eyelids, and her furious counterattack sent him into the abyss.

Longinus battled BIG, surviving her blows with the aid of the Seven Star Sword’s Life Force and a medicine he injected, while trying to understand her Steel Balloon defense. The fight continued with both sides trading devastating attacks, and Longinus ended the chapter wondering whether he could obtain BIG’s innate talent.

• Longinus healed himself after BIG’s punch and returned to the fight, while Katakuri warned the Charlotte Family that he was still alive.
• Longinus and BIG collided again, and Longinus noticed that her strength had increased in her furious state; Doflamingo became interested in Longinus’s healing medicine.
• Longinus kicked BIG’s knee, spun her through the air, and slammed her into the ground before she retaliated with Elbaf’s Spear: Ikoku and blasted him through the rock.
• Longinus healed himself again and theorized that BIG’s Steel Balloon was an innate Armament Haki talent that disappeared when she lost consciousness.
• Longinus wondered whether there was a way to obtain the Steel Balloon talent.

Longinus fought Big Mom beneath Dressrosa and flooded the underground passages, but she escaped on Perospero’s candy waves. Katakuri foresaw Marine reinforcements arriving soon and began organizing the Charlotte Family’s retreat, while Longinus realized Doflamingo had hidden himself in a cocoon.

• Longinus and Big Mom clashed deep underground, and their blows shook Dressrosa as they neared the planet’s core.
• Longinus broke through a rock wall and unleashed seawater, forcing Big Mom to flee toward the surface.
• Longinus struck Big Mom into the sea, but Perospero caught her on waves made of candy.
• Big Mom resumed fighting Longinus, while Katakuri sensed that the battle was going wrong and foresaw Marine reinforcements arriving.
• Katakuri ordered Brulee to take the Charlotte Family into her Mirror World and went to find those trapped in the collapse and convince Big Mom to retreat.
• Longinus discovered that Doflamingo had hidden inside a cocoon with an extremely faint aura.

Longinus provoked Big Mom with the truth about Mother Carmel and unleashed his Brilliant Strike as she faltered. The attack pierced Big Mom, while Katakuri and the other Charlotte family members tried to escape.

• Longinus’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked Brulee unconscious, so Katakuri told the Charlotte family to scatter and flee Dressrosa.
• Longinus and Big Mom’s battle carved an inland lake into Dressrosa’s Royal Highlands as Katakuri urged his mother to escape before Sakazuki and Borsalino arrived.
• Katakuri distracted Big Mom by reminding her of the plan to turn people into giants, but Longinus claimed the Government had abandoned the experiment.
• Longinus provoked Big Mom by revealing that Mother Carmel had intended to sell her to the Government, then hinted at the secret behind Carmel’s disappearance.
• Longinus unleashed the Brilliant Strike after telling Big Mom that she had eaten Mother Carmel and the children, and the strike pierced her body.