Recaps

Longinus returned to Marine Headquarters and learned that Marine Captain Barrels had found the Op-Op Fruit while pursuing an undercover operation in the North Blue. Sengoku ordered Longinus to retrieve the fruit and bring back Corazon, who was also Marine Lieutenant Commander Roronoa.

• Longinus reported to Sengoku after returning to Marine Headquarters, and they discussed the danger of capturing Kaido and the ally he had recruited in Wano Country.
• Sengoku explained that Barrels had failed to gain the Donquixote Family's trust and had turned to the North Blue Underworld, where he found the Op-Op Fruit.
• Sengoku told Longinus that the World Government had ordered the Marines to buy the fruit for five billion Beli, unaware that Barrels was a Marine Captain.
• Longinus questioned the World Government's motives and decided to leave immediately to investigate the fruit's significance.
• Sengoku ordered Longinus to bring back Corazon, also known as Marine Headquarters Lieutenant Commander Roronoa.

Rosinante learned that the Ope Ope no Mi deal was taking place on Minion Island and planned to get the fruit to save Law. After Doflamingo arrived searching for the stolen fruit, Vergo warned him that Vice Admiral Longinus was on his way.

• Rosinante asked Sengoku about the Ope Ope no Mi deal, and Sengoku told him Longinus had been sent to Minion Island.
• Rosinante told Law that the fruit could cure his Amber Lead Syndrome and that Longinus had once saved him.
• Rosinante and Law headed to Minion Island, planning to get the fruit before Longinus could stop them.
• A week later, Doflamingo's family confronted Captain Barrels at the pirate stronghold and demanded to know where the stolen fruit had gone.
• Vergo contacted Doflamingo and warned him to leave Minion Island because Longinus was about to arrive.

Doflamingo learned that Longinus was on Minion Island and trapped the island in a Birdcage while searching for the Op-Op Fruit. Rosinante gave the fruit to Law and tried to get him to safety, but Law woke to find Rosinante captured and exposed as a Marine.

• Vergo warned Doflamingo that Longinus was overwhelmingly powerful and said he would avoid joining the operation so his Marine cover would not be exposed.
• Doflamingo refused to flee without the Op-Op Fruit, raised a Birdcage over the island, and ordered Barrels hung from a flagpole as a distraction.
• Rosinante forced Law to eat the Op-Op Fruit, then tried to escape with him after the Birdcage cut off communication with Longinus.
• Rosinante knocked Law unconscious and carried him away, but the Donquixote Family captured him.
• Law woke inside darkness as the family confronted Rosinante, who revealed that he was a Marine infiltrator.

Longinus arrived in time to save Rosinante and Law from Doflamingo, then claimed Law for the Marines and struck Doflamingo. The Donquixote Family was left facing Longinus after he warned Doflamingo to act like a Shichibukai.

• Doflamingo shot Rosinante, but Law emerged from hiding and found him alive.
• The Donquixote Family noticed a distant figure crush the bullet with Conqueror's Haki and leap down from the sky.
• Longinus arrived, praised Rosinante, and rejected Doflamingo's demand to hand Law over.
• Longinus asked Law if he wanted to become a Marine, and Law eagerly agreed.
• Longinus kicked and punched Doflamingo, telling him to focus on suppressing pirates and stop meddling in other people's business.

Longinus explained to Law why rules constrained even powerful people, then confronted Rosinante over secretly giving Law the Op-Op Fruit. He said Law could help reduce Rosinante’s punishment by proving his own value and revealed that Law had already shown exceptional skill with his new ability.

• Longinus let Doflamingo leave, then told Law that rules protected the weak and restrained people’s inner evil.
• Longinus confronted Rosinante for taking the Op-Op Fruit and giving it to Law, while Law tried to take responsibility for the choice.
• Law explained that he had Lead Disease, and Longinus recognized him as a child from Flevance.
• Longinus said Rosinante could face lengthy imprisonment and told Law that demonstrating his value could help reduce the punishment.
• Longinus praised Law’s potential, pointing out that Law had already used his ability soon after eating the fruit.

Longinus encouraged Law to pursue the Op-Op Fruit’s ultimate ability, exposed Vergo as Doflamingo’s Marine spy, and explained how he controlled the information reaching Doflamingo. Meanwhile, Apophis tested the Fear-Fear and Shadow-Shadow Fruits, successfully using a second body and its shadow as he prepared to restore his swordsmanship.

• Longinus told Law that his resolve could let him develop the Op-Op Fruit to its ultimate potential, and Law vowed to prove his worth.
• Minos brought Barrels back, and Barrels revealed that a Donquixote Family spy within the Marines had leaked Longinus’s whereabouts.
• Longinus identified Vergo as Doflamingo’s undercover agent and explained that he fed Vergo false intelligence to manipulate Doflamingo.
• Three days later, Vinsmoke Judge gave Apophis sealed Fear-Fear and Shadow-Shadow Fruits in the North Blue.
• Apophis tested the Fear-Fear Fruit on pirates, then used the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to place a severed shadow in a second body and confirmed he could control both bodies and stand in sunlight.
• Apophis declared that he needed a body capable of bearing his swordsmanship before the name Apophis could resound across the sea again.

Longinus learned that Arlong’s Fish-Man pirates were terrorizing Cocoyasi Village and decided to go to the East Blue himself. While Arlong discovered Bellemere’s home, Longinus met Nami and Nojiko on the beach.

• Strawberry reported that Arlong and former Sun Pirates had occupied an island in the East Blue and were abusing its residents.
• Longinus rejected Strawberry’s offer to capture the pirates and chose to handle the matter himself, citing both the threat to peace and a powerful man possibly heading to the East Blue.
• Arlong collected money from Cocoyasi Village residents and set out toward Bellemere’s house after spotting smoke from its chimney.
• The villagers worried that Bellemere could not pay the demanded 200,000 Beli and urged Nami and Nojiko to stay away from home.
• Longinus considered how to earn promotion to admiral before Nami and Nojiko approached him and argued over whether the creature they had seen was a bird or a lion.

Longinus met Nami and Nojiko, reassured them that Bellemere wanted them in her life, and learned that the Arlong Pirates had arrived to extort their village. He carried the girls toward home so he could confront the Fish-Men before it was too late.

• Longinus explained that Minos was a griffin he had rescued, and told Nami and Nojiko that Bellemere treasured her Marine coat because it represented her convictions.
• Nami admitted she thought she and Nojiko were burdens to Bellemere, and Longinus warned that leaving might plunge Bellemere into despair.
• Sack told the girls that Arlong's crew was demanding one hundred thousand Beli per adult and fifty thousand per child, and urged them to stay away from home.
• Nojiko and Nami feared Bellemere was fighting the Fish-Men and hurried back, while Longinus offered to take them to the village.
• Longinus tucked one girl under each arm and raced toward home as Nami and Nojiko struggled against the wind.

Bellemere confronted Arlong to protect Cocoyasi Village and secure her daughters’ lives, but Arlong overpowered her. Longinus arrived with Nami and Nojiko, leaving Bellemere astonished to recognize the Marine Vice Admiral.

• Bellemere threatened Arlong with a spear and demanded that he and his men leave the village, but Arlong bit through the spear and threw her down.
• Gen pleaded with Arlong to honor his offer to let villagers buy their lives, and Arlong demanded one hundred thousand Beli for Bellemere.
• Bellemere offered the money to buy Nami and Nojiko’s lives instead of her own, angering Arlong.
• A powerful figure arrived with Nami and Nojiko, and Arlong’s Fish-Man crew trembled when they recognized the newcomer’s voice.
• Longinus stepped out of the dust, and Bellemere recognized him as Vice Admiral Longinus, the Holy Spear, before reporting as an Ensign.

Longinus defeated Arlong and forced him to apologize to Bellemere, then killed him after a prolonged beating. With Arlong dead and the Fish-Man pirates scattered, Bellemere recovered with Longinus’s medicine.

• Arlong attacked Longinus, who crushed his knees and forced him to kneel before Bellemere and apologize.
• Longinus battered Arlong while Nami, Nojiko, Bellemere, and the villagers watched, then struck a shock wave that sent fleeing Fish-Men flying.
• Longinus returned to Arlong and continued punishing him until Arlong died, which Longinus attributed to excessive guilt.
• Bellemere praised Longinus’s fists as the Fist of Justice, and Nami worried that he might punish her for stealing.
• Longinus checked on Bellemere, who said she was nearly recovered, and told her the medicine was not wasted if it saved someone.

After Longinus defeated the Arlong Pirates, he reassured the villagers that the Marines would take the captured Fish-Men to Impel Down. When Rat Lieutenant Commander tried to claim credit for the victory, he learned Longinus was a Vice Admiral and quickly changed his tune.

• Longinus told Gen that Marines from the East Blue would take the captured Fish-Men to Impel Down, and Bellemere thanked him for saving Nami and Nojiko.
• Rat Lieutenant Commander arrived with Marines from the 16th Branch and dismissed a villager's account of the battle as a lie.
• After seeing the captured Fish-Men, Rat Lieutenant Commander offered to report that he had invited Longinus to help, so he could share credit for defeating Arlong.
• Longinus agreed, then revealed that he was the G2 Branch base commander, and Nami announced that he was a Vice Admiral.
• Rat Lieutenant Commander fainted, woke after a Marine's attempted artificial respiration, and tearfully claimed he was happy to give Longinus the credit.

Longinus exposed Rat Lieutenant Commander to an investigation and placed him under Smoker’s authority to help uncover corruption in the 16th Branch. He entrusted Smoker with transporting the Fish-Men and left Bellemere and the two girls behind as he departed.

• Longinus told Rat Lieutenant Commander that he would investigate the 16th Branch and document his record, making Rat Lieutenant Commander panic and cry.
• Smoker arrived with more than a hundred Marines, apologized to Longinus for failing to uncover the Arlong Pirates, and vowed to find the person who intercepted intelligence.
• Longinus assigned Rat Lieutenant Commander to help Smoker find traitors in the 16th Branch, and Rat Lieutenant Commander fainted.
• Longinus entrusted Smoker with transporting the Fish-Men and ordered him to deal with the people at the 16th Branch before leaving the East Blue.
• Longinus offered Bellemere a chance to return to the Marines; she declined, and he encouraged the two girls to grow up brave and kind before departing.

Zoro encountered a masked swordsman before the stranger reached Isshin Dojo, where Koshiro mourned beside a coffin and explained how his past failures and Yoko’s death broke his sword heart. The chapter ended with Koshiro beginning to recount how Kuina’s death further compounded his grief.

• Zoro grieved Kuina while training in the rain, then briefly met a tall man wearing a Ghoul Mask.
• Kamen and Aya warned Zoro about the masked man and said he was heading toward Isshin Dojo, so Zoro ran to save Teacher Koshiro.
• The masked man found Koshiro kneeling before a coffin and challenged him, but Koshiro said he could no longer cut anything.
• Koshiro explained that he had served Shimotsuki Yasuie, fled Wano Country with Yoko, and learned she had been sent by Kurozumi Orochi to approach him.
• Koshiro said Yoko killed herself to make him reclaim his former courage, but her death shattered his sword heart.

Apophis revealed that Kuina was alive but trapped in a state of suspended death, then used his strange sword to reunite her soul with her body. He forced Koshiro to fight him to protect Kuina, setting the battle in the woods behind the dojo under a rule that neither could let their attacks affect the outside world.

• Apophis kicked open Kuina's coffin and examined her body, prompting Koshiro to attack him before Apophis knocked him into a wall.
• Apophis told Koshiro that Kuina had not died from her fall but was in a state of suspended death, and Koshiro blamed himself for discouraging her.
• Apophis drew a scarlet ancient sword from his palm, thrust it into Kuina, and restored her breathing by reuniting her soul with her body.
• Apophis threatened Kuina and demanded that Koshiro fight him with all his strength, and Koshiro agreed to kill him.
• Apophis and Koshiro chose the woods behind the dojo as their battleground and agreed that any attack affecting the outside world would count as a loss.

Apophis fought Koshiro in a ruined grove, testing the swordsman’s strength and resolving to take control of his will. Elsewhere, Lin En sparred with Yamato and took heart from their shared ambition to turn the world upside down.

• Apophis gave Koshiro Nidai Kitetsu and challenged him to a sword fight in the grove.
• Koshiro wounded Apophis with his One-Heart Swordsmanship, but Apophis’s greater Haki, Observation, and experience gave him the advantage.
• Koshiro launched Moon Shadow · Flowing Frost, and Apophis countered with Crimson Mist, blasting Koshiro away.
• Koshiro continued attacking with Secret Sword · Swallow Return, while he wondered whether Apophis could foresee his movements.
• Lin En and Yamato clashed in a sparring match, and Yamato praised his rapid improvement.
• Lin En felt reassured by Yamato’s confidence and agreed that they would turn the world upside down together.

Koshiro fought Apophis, trying to grasp the Breath of Time so he could protect Kuina, but he was repeatedly overwhelmed. Kuina woke in a coffin at Isshin Dojo and reunited with Zoro, while Koshiro and Apophis continued their battle nearby.

• Koshiro tried to surpass time with new sword attacks, but Apophis defeated him repeatedly.
• Koshiro struggled to understand the Breath of Time and renewed his vow to protect Kuina when he heard a faint voice.
• Kuina woke in a coffin at Isshin Dojo and thought she had died.
• Zoro mistook Kuina for a corpse, and she slapped him when he touched her.
• Zoro told Kuina that a dangerous fighter had challenged Koshiro, and they heard a clash outside.

Apophis defeated Koshiro, who died after unleashing his full potential, then revived and reshaped Koshiro’s corpse as a new vessel. At the same time, Kuina and Zoro reached the devastated back mountain and saw the destruction left by the fight.

• Koshiro asked Apophis to spare Kuina, and Apophis promised he would not kill her before Koshiro died.
• Apophis revealed that he had moved his heart to avoid Koshiro’s fatal strike and said Koshiro had lost after seeing only one fragment of the future.
• Apophis explained that he had pushed Koshiro to surpass his limits to test hidden potential and obtain a powerful body, then revived Koshiro and used Shadow Revolution to make the corpse resemble him.
• Apophis noted the new body’s limits and said he would begin the third stage of his plan after dealing with matters in East Blue.
• Kuina recognized Koshiro’s voice and, unable to walk, let Zoro carry her to the back mountain.
• Kuina and Zoro found the forest reduced to ruins and realized Koshiro’s battle had caused the devastation.

Apophis defeated Koshiro and confronted Kuina and Zoro, but Longinus arrived before Apophis could kill them. Apophis revealed that Koshiro had badly injured him and warned the children that Longinus was a formidable opponent, setting the stage for their confrontation.

• Apophis told Kuina and Zoro that Koshiro was dead, then effortlessly knocked them aside when they attacked him.
• Zoro charged at Apophis again, and Apophis raised Nidai Kitetsu to strike before Longinus intervened from the sky.
• Longinus rescued Zoro and asked the children what had happened, but Zoro and Kuina kept silent about Koshiro's death.
• Kuina and Zoro warned Longinus about Apophis, who revealed that Longinus was one of the world's strongest figures and that Koshiro's final slash had seriously injured him.

Longinus fought Apophis, who escaped after their battle destroyed the back mountain, and explained that defeating him would require becoming the world's strongest Great Swordsman. Kuina chose to join the Marines, while Zoro remained behind and vowed to grow stronger.

• Longinus and Apophis clashed, and Minos protected Zoro and Kuina from the sandstorm as they watched the fight.
• Minos carried Zoro and Kuina away as a blade of light shattered the mountaintop, and Longinus revealed that Apophis had escaped after being injured.
• Longinus told Zoro and Kuina that Apophis was on par with Hawk Eyes Mihawk and advised them to join the Marines if they wanted a chance at revenge.
• Zoro refused to join the Marines, but Kuina decided to go with Longinus, leaving Wado Ichimonji with Zoro as a memento.

Longinus arrived at the bar in Windmill Village while Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates were worried about facing the powerful Marine Vice Admiral with Shanks injured. The chapter ended with Longinus confronting Shanks over his claim that a Sea King had bitten off his arm.

• Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates teased each other about Shanks losing an arm, while Luffy blamed himself for the injury.
• Shanks told Luffy that pirates could lose anything except their partners and that one person alone could never become the Pirate King.
• Hartz reported that Vice Admiral Longinus had arrived with only a little girl, prompting the pirates to prepare for a dangerous confrontation.
• Shanks warned Luffy and Makino that Longinus was powerful and had cut off his own hand.
• Longinus entered the bar and questioned Shanks's story that a Sea King had bitten off his arm.

Longinus confronted Red-Haired in Windmill Village, then revealed he had come to draw out Apophis, the Crimson Swordsman. Apophis arrived and challenged Longinus to resume their unfinished battle, while Red-Haired was left out of their confrontation.

• Longinus joked with Red-Haired and Luffy at Makino's bar, then explained he had come to keep Red-Haired from causing trouble.
• Longinus told Red-Haired he was pursuing a troublesome man and had come to wait for him to appear.
• Apophis entered the bar, and the pirates recognized him as the Crimson Swordsman and a feared great swordsman.
• Apophis said he had sought Red-Haired but changed his mind because Red-Haired had lost an arm, then challenged Longinus to continue their unfinished battle.
• Longinus accepted the challenge, leaving Red-Haired bewildered as the two prepared to fight.

Longinus arranged for himself and Apophis to fight in front of the Red Hair Pirates, hoping to make their separate identities unmistakable while witnessing Red-Haired’s advanced Conqueror’s Haki. The clash left Longinus impressed by Red-Haired’s power as Red-Haired and Apophis continued fighting.

• Longinus watched the Red Hair Pirates gather as he and Apophis fought across the sea, while Red-Haired complained about being ignored.
• Red-Haired charged into the battle, but Longinus and Apophis struck him together and sent him flying.
• Apophis called Red-Haired a cripple, provoking him to attack with Griffin as Apophis countered with a blood-red slash and a storm of starlight-like blades.
• Red-Haired unleashed advanced Conqueror’s Haki, shattering Apophis’s attack and briefly disrupting him before their swords clashed.
• Longinus observed Red-Haired’s Haki and recognized it as the overwhelming power that had helped him rise among the emperors.

Longinus joined Apophis and Red-Haired in a fierce three-way battle, struggling against Shanks’s Haki while demonstrating overwhelming strength despite his injuries. After three days and nights, the fight ended without a victor, and Longinus prepared to leave with Minos and a young girl.

• Longinus charged into the fight, and his punch pierced Red-Haired’s King’s Domain and sent him flying.
• Red-Haired urged Apophis to cut off his left hand, but Apophis refused and joined Longinus and Red-Haired in the battle.
• Red-Haired’s Conqueror’s Haki briefly stalled Longinus’s Iron Body, allowing Griffin to pierce his chest before Longinus struck back.
• The three fought across the sky and sea for three days and nights while the pirates and villagers held a beach feast.
• Red-Haired said the battle had no result, and Longinus summoned Minos with a young girl aboard to leave.

After the battle with Shanks, Longinus left with Minos and learned that the clash had drawn attention across the sea. He received a new assignment to find a missing Celestial Dragon, Donquixote Mjosgard.

• Shanks told Beckman that Longinus was exceptionally strong and that Apophis seemed to be holding back, while Beckman resolved to gather more information about Apophis.
• Longinus made calls from Minos's back as Kuina trained and explained that she never wanted to feel powerless again.
• Longinus reassured Kuina that she could not have changed what happened and said her father would be proud of her determination.
• An Elder told Longinus that a Celestial Dragon had gone missing after an attack in the Silona Sea and ordered him to search for him.
• Longinus learned that the missing Celestial Dragon was Donquixote Mjosgard and agreed to do his best to find him.

Hody Jones plotted to provoke a riot on Fish-Man Island so his men could steal the Rage Drug, but his plan was interrupted by a gigantic Sea King outside the island’s bubble shield. The Sea King opened its mouth toward the shield, and the Fish-Men spotted someone inside.

• Hody Jones revealed that he planned to stage an attack on a Celestial Dragon and manipulate the resulting confrontation to discredit Otohime or kill her.
• Hody Jones explained that the ensuing riot would draw Neptune’s army away, giving his men a chance to steal the Rage Drug from the royal palace.
• Hody Jones and the Fish-Men heard an uproar outside and saw a gigantic Sea King looming beyond Fish-Man Island’s bubble shield.
• The Sea King opened its mouth as if to bite through the shield, and the Fish-Men saw someone inside its mouth.