Recaps

Marine Headquarters erupted into factional debate after West announced that the Five Elders had chosen Akainu over Longinus as the next Fleet Admiral. Longinus and Akainu both recognized the decision was meant to inflame existing divisions, but neither would yield on their conflicting ideals, leaving their dispute unavoidable.

• West announced the Five Elders' choice of Akainu, prompting Marines to argue over whether Akainu or Longinus should lead them.
• Mole challenged Doberman and Demon Spider over their support for Akainu, and Longinus defended his refusal to withdraw from the competition.
• Akainu confronted Longinus over their opposing views, but Kizaru's joke and Sengoku's intervention eased the confrontation and ended the meeting.
• West warned Longinus that the Five Elders were trying to provoke conflict between the Marine factions, and Longinus explained that their victory had allowed old tensions to surface.
• Longinus told West that neither he nor Akainu would compromise on their ideals, making their dispute unavoidable.

The Five Elders plotted to provoke Akainu into attacking Longinus’s subordinates by exploiting the weakness of Longinus’s prosthetic limb. At Marine Headquarters, Gregory told recruits about Longinus’s exceptional abilities and his own history with him before sending them back to training.

• West assured the Five Elders that Longinus had shown no resentment toward the Government, and they agreed he remained trustworthy and favored to become Fleet Admiral.
• The curly-haired Five Elder proposed redirecting Marine anger toward Akainu and using Vegapunk’s information about Longinus’s prosthetic limb to give Akainu confidence to act.
• Gregory told Marine recruits that Longinus had been born with Observation Haki and had mastered Shave and Life Return before reaching Marine Headquarters.
• Gregory began to explain that Longinus had saved his life, but the recruits crowded around him for details, so he ordered them back to training.

Kahn confronted Gregory over Calvin and Dylan's expulsion and accused Admiral Shirozou of smearing Admiral Akainu, then attacked Gregory. Gregory killed Kahn, realizing too late that someone had affected his mind, while Kahn died believing Akainu would become Fleet Admiral and destroy the Big Mom Pirates.

• Kahn told Gregory that he had expelled Calvin and Dylan under orders from Admiral Akainu, prompting Gregory to argue that they should not be punished for their fathers' actions.
• Kahn accused Admiral Shirozou of letting the Big Mom Pirates escape and spreading rumors to ruin Akainu's reputation, and Gregory suspected Kahn was trying to provoke him for political reasons.
• Kahn drew his saber and charged Gregory, who transformed into his Golden Eagle Form and fought back.
• Gregory's wing pierced Kahn's chest, and the recruits shouted that Gregory had killed him.
• Gregory realized someone had affected his mind and tried to save Kahn, who agreed that he too had been emotionally influenced before dying while praising Akainu.

Gregory was blamed for killing Kahn as Marines gathered for a confrontation, but Akainu exposed a disguised pirate who had incited the conflict. Akainu still held Gregory responsible for Kahn’s death, and Longinus arrived just as Gregory accepted his fate.

• Gregory sat beside Kahn’s body and told Kizaru that someone had provoked Kahn and sent him there to die.
• Angus and Gary accused Gregory of killing Kahn and slandering Akainu, while Hiyori and other Marines confronted them.
• Akainu arrived, demanded that the real culprit step forward, and identified a hawk-nosed Marine as a disguised pirate.
• The disguised pirate exploded before he could reveal who had sent him, and the Marines praised Akainu for exposing the plot.
• Akainu said Gregory was still responsible for killing Kahn, but Gregory’s boss Longinus arrived and told him he had no permission to die.

Longinus and Akainu staged a public clash over Gregory’s punishment to conceal their opposition to the government’s scheme, then met on Thunder God Island to discuss the plot against them. Akainu revealed that false intelligence about Longinus’s prosthetic limb had helped drive the government’s plan, and asked whether Vegapunk was one of Longinus’s allies.

• Gregory admitted killing Kahn and offered his life, but Longinus argued that Akainu should spare him because he had been manipulated.
• Longinus and Akainu publicly argued over Gregory’s fate and the Marines’ future, each suggesting that the other would lead the organization astray as Fleet Admiral.
• Akainu and Longinus left Marine Headquarters and traveled to Thunder God Island, where they could speak without being overheard.
• Akainu explained that the government had planted a pirate in the Science Unit and leaked false information about Longinus’s prosthetic limb.
• Akainu asked Longinus whether Dr. Vegapunk was also one of his people.

Longinus and Akainu fought a brutal battle, each relying on overwhelming Haki, physical strength, and magma attacks. Their clash continued with neither giving ground.

• Longinus explained that the doctor had made a bargain with him to keep dangerous research secret, and Akainu dismissed the matter and demanded they begin fighting.
• Longinus and Akainu exchanged powerful blows that shattered the surrounding mountains, and Longinus used Observation Haki to dodge Akainu’s magma attacks before striking his chest.
• Akainu engulfed Longinus in a magma world and formed a Molten Beast, which slammed Longinus through more than a thousand meters of earth.
• Longinus burst back to the surface and battled Akainu’s Molten Beast with powerful kicks and punches, while Akainu unleashed Dog Biting Crimson Lotus.
• Longinus and Akainu repeatedly knocked each other backward and charged back into the fight, attacking relentlessly without trying to defend or retreat.

Longinus defeated Akainu after awakening King's Domain, a supreme form of Conqueror's Haki that let him command the sea against Akainu's magma. Longinus became Fleet Admiral, while Akainu left the Marines to form the New Marines, and the Marines began rebuilding as the world entered a new era.

• Longinus overwhelmed Akainu's Molten Beast and survived the eruption of an undersea volcano as Akainu drew magma from the island and seafloor.
• Longinus unleashed King's Domain, summoning a vast downpour that subdued Akainu's magma.
• Longinus and Akainu clashed for three days and nights, shattering Thunder God Island before Longinus emerged the victor.
• Longinus returned to Marine Headquarters as the new Fleet Admiral, while Akainu defected and founded the New Marines with more than half of the hawkish Marines.
• Longinus began another World Military Draft, and Fujitora Issho was promoted as the New World regained a balance between three Marine Admirals and the Four Emperors.

Two years after the Summit War, the Marines had flourished under Fleet Admiral Longinus as the New Marines and Revolutionary Army also grew stronger, bringing the world toward another era of change. At Marineford, Longinus welcomed new recruits and pledged that he and Marine Headquarters would support them as they risked their lives to protect the world.

• Pirates failed to claim the Whitebeard Pirates’ former territories, while the Blackbeard Pirates were destroyed again by the New Marines.
• Longinus’s reforms and reputation strengthened Marine Headquarters, while Akainu’s New Marines and the Revolutionary Army expanded their influence.
• The World Government ordered the Marines to halt their campaign against pirates and focus on fighting the Revolutionary Army.
• Jess remembered how Longinus had rescued him as a child and joined the Marines to follow his example.
• Longinus told the recruits that Marine service meant hardship and possible death, but said the world needed heroes to defend it.
• Longinus thanked the recruits and promised that he and Marine Headquarters would stand behind them, prompting the crowd to cheer for Justice and Longinus.

Longinus met new Marine recruits and discussed Morgans’s war correspondent plans as the Marines prepared to attack the exposed Revolutionary Army headquarters. Morgans revealed that Blackbeard had exposed the headquarters to distract the Marines and government while pursuing Rocks’s treasure, and that a former Marine Admiral planned to destroy the Blackbeard Pirates.

• Longinus greeted the new recruits personally, remembered their names, and spoke with Morgans about the Hero Series Reports project.
• Morgans explained that the government had forced him to shut down Garp’s popular “Nonsense” column after Garp insulted the Celestial Dragons.
• Morgans told Longinus that he wanted to open a war correspondent column covering the Marines’ planned war against the Revolutionary Army.
• Longinus agreed to Morgans’s plan on the condition that the government release the footage Morgans captured.
• Morgans revealed that Blackbeard had exposed the Revolutionary Army’s headquarters to divert attention while pursuing Rocks’s treasure, and that a former Marine Admiral planned to destroy the Blackbeard Pirates.

Longinus learned that Akainu had taken much of the World Government’s Dyna Stone and ordered Kizaru and Aokiji to prepare to move against the Revolutionary Army. Dragon’s forces left Peach Blossom Island and split into three groups to seek new bases.

• Longinus learned that Akainu was pursuing Blackbeard and that more than half the World Government’s stored Dyna Stone had disappeared after Akainu left.
• Longinus explained to Hina that Akainu’s control of the Dyna Stone made the World Government wary of moving against him, then ordered her to notify Kizaru and Aokiji to set out.
• Dragon apologized to Ivankov for bringing danger to Peach Blossom Island, and the Revolutionary Army prepared to evacuate.
• Dragon considered relocating to the Devil Triangle Sea Area or Fish-Man Island; Karas warned against trusting Vegapunk, while Victor supported Fish-Man Island and Fisher Tiger agreed to go.
• Dragon decided to divide the Revolutionary Army into three groups, sending them to the Devil Triangle Sea Area, Fish-Man Island, and Number Five Base.

The Marines found Peach Blossom Island empty and split up to search for the Revolutionary Army. After escaping Akainu’s attack with a fraction of his fleet, Blackbeard abandoned his plan to claim Rocks’ legacy and sought a Devil Fruit to strengthen himself, only to encounter Dragon and the Revolutionary Army.

• Longinus divided the Marine forces, sending himself and Aokiji and Kizaru along separate routes to search for the Revolutionary Army.
• Blackbeard and Shiryu surfaced with the remnants of their fleet after escaping Akainu, and Blackbeard swore revenge on the New Marines.
• Blackbeard decided to delay seeking Rocks’ legacy until he could gain enough power to contend with the Four Emperors, hoping first to obtain the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Blackbeard ordered his pirates to seize women from a merchant convoy, and the crew fired on its ships when the passengers refused.
• Dragon revealed himself aboard the convoy, and Revolutionary Army soldiers emerged, leaving Blackbeard horrified.

Blackbeard’s pirates confronted Dragon and the Revolutionary Army, who were fleeing the Navy’s pursuit. Dragon attacked Blackbeard, and after Shiryu interrupted him, Sabo struck Blackbeard when he tried to seize a Revolutionary Army member.

• Blackbeard killed a subordinate and offered his head as an apology, but Dragon refused to settle the matter peacefully.
• Dragon revealed that he intended to kill the pirates quickly, then struck Blackbeard with a Dragon Claw.
• Dragon tore through Blackbeard’s darkness attack, but Shiryu stopped his next blow with a slash.
• Blackbeard charged toward the Revolutionary Army’s ship and grabbed for its youngest member, but Sabo hit him with a Dragon Claw.
• Shiryu realized that Blackbeard had chosen the strongest Revolutionary Army member to target.

Blackbeard and Dragon fought while their crews clashed, until the Marines arrived and forced the survivors to reconsider the battle. Dragon sent Sabo toward Fish-Man Island and stayed behind to face Longinus’s fleet.

• Dragon dispersed Blackbeard’s darkness with a wind attack, then overpowered both Blackbeard and Shiryu in close combat.
• Blackbeard considered escaping into the sea, but returned to the deck when he heard that the Marines had arrived.
• Dragon and Blackbeard agreed to stop fighting, but Blackbeard discovered that his fleet had been wiped out, leaving only him and Shiryu.
• Dragon told Sabo to lead the Revolutionary Army onward to Fish-Man Island while he stayed behind to speak with an old friend.
• Sabo warned Dragon that Longinus was leading the Marines, but Dragon firmly ordered him to take responsibility and go.

Longinus confronted Dragon as the Revolutionary Army fled, and Dragon offered him leadership of the Revolutionary Army before they fought. Their battle began with Longinus blasting Dragon away with a powerful punch.

• Longinus sent Drake and Law after the fleeing Revolutionary Army while Dragon restrained him with towering columns of water.
• Longinus overwhelmed Dragon’s water barrier with his aura, and the warships sailed away under Drake’s command as Dragon bought time for Sabo’s escape.
• Dragon asked Longinus to join the Revolutionary Army and offered him its leadership, but Longinus refused to abandon his convictions.
• Dragon and Longinus charged at each other and exchanged devastating blows that sent the warships drifting away.
• Dragon attacked with his Hurricane Dragon King Fist, but Longinus countered with a punch that blasted Dragon flying.

Longinus and Dragon continued their battle until Dragon’s wind vortex summoned a spacetime passage, which Longinus destroyed. Among the ancient wreckage, Longinus found a scrap bearing Ancient Script, but their fight was interrupted by news of a monster attacking the Devil Triangle Sea Area.

• Dragon charged Longinus repeatedly, but Longinus’s Iron Fist sent him flying each time.
• Dragon’s wind vortex drew a White Dragon from the sea, and Longinus smashed it apart, releasing ghost ships and ancient hulls.
• Longinus found a scrap of cloth bearing Ancient Script that read, “Only justice can defeat the gods!” and passed it to Dragon.
• Dragon prepared to resume the battle with Longinus, but a report arrived that a monster was attacking the Devil Triangle Sea Area and had severely injured nearby Revolutionary Army and navy forces.

Morgans reported that an enormous monster had attacked the Marines and Revolutionary Army in the Devil Triangle Sea Area, prompting Dragon and Longinus to postpone their battle and investigate. The monster broke free of repeated restraints and revealed a laser-like attack, leaving Kizaru, Aokiji, and Victor unsure of its nature or how to stop it.

• Morgans told Dragon and Longinus that a giant monster had swallowed two warships and a disguised battleship, and they postponed their battle to fly to the Devil Triangle Sea Area.
• Aokiji froze the enormous monster and the surrounding sea, but it broke free while Marines and Revolutionary Army soldiers watched in terror.
• Kizaru, Aokiji, and Victor discussed the monster's strange resistance and searched for a way to restrain it before it escaped the area.
• The monster broke its restraints and blasted Kizaru with an energy beam, but Kizaru reformed from photons and survived.
• Aokiji recognized that the beam resembled a Pacifista attack, while Kizaru admitted it had been his Laser Beam and Victor urged them to seal the monster again.

Kizaru, Victor, and Aokiji restrained a seemingly unstoppable giant beast until Longinus and Dragon arrived and cleared the fog, revealing it was Vegapunk’s living Undersea Science Base. As the base broke free and attacked, Longinus identified its control room as the likely core and said he knew where to find it.

• Kizaru drew the giant beast’s attention while Victor bound it with vines and Aokiji froze it, but they could only restrain it briefly.
• Longinus and Dragon arrived, and Dragon used his power to blow away the fog covering the sea.
• The group discovered that the monster was the ruined Undersea Science Base that Dr. Vegapunk had given life to.
• The living base broke free of the ice and attacked everyone with metal tentacles and laser cannons.
• Longinus explained that Vegapunk had continued his research on the entire base and identified its control room as the likely core, saying he knew its location.

Longinus led Dragon, Aokiji, Kizaru, and Victor in restraining the Base Lifeform so he could enter it and rescue the trapped Science Unit and warship crews. He found the survivors aboard a Revolutionary Army warship and carried them toward safety, leaving both Marine and Revolutionary Army fighters stunned by his strength.

• Longinus sensed faint signs of life inside the Base Lifeform and explained that steel from the swallowed warships might be its food.
• Longinus ordered the others to restrain the Base Lifeform while he went inside to rescue the people, and Kizaru served as bait.
• Aokiji, Dragon, and Victor attacked the Base Lifeform as Kizaru drew its Laser Beams, giving Longinus a chance to enter it.
• Longinus followed the resonance of his mind to a plaza where Marine soldiers and Revolutionary Army fighters were sheltering aboard a Revolutionary Army warship amid the Base Lifeform's corrosive, electrified interior.
• Longinus lifted the warship with one hand and flew with it, astonishing the Marines and putting the Revolutionary Army fighters on alert.

Longinus rescued the Marines and Revolutionary Army from the undersea base, then fought through the base’s defenses to reach its control room. He freed the captured Science Unit and scientists, destroyed the control panel and room, and left wondering what Vegapunk intended to do.

• Kazley reported seventeen seriously wounded and no deaths, and Longinus decided to take the Revolutionary Army with them while claiming responsibility himself.
• As the base unleashed a thunderstorm, Longinus accelerated the warship, smashed through the sealed passages, and reached the control room.
• Longinus found Sentomaru and the scientists bound and unconscious, freed them, and learned Sentomaru did not know where Dr. Vegapunk had gone.
• Longinus destroyed the control panel to stop the hypnotic gas, then punched through the ceiling and flooded the control room.
• Longinus wondered whether Dr. Vegapunk was pursuing a particular object and pulled the warship into the deep sea.

Longinus and the Navy and Revolutionary Army destroyed the revived mechanical monster, but its consciousness survived in scattered fragments. They agreed to secure every fragment while Dr. Vegapunk remained missing.

• Longinus told Aokiji that Dr. Vegapunk was missing and suspected he had set the monster to keep it trapped in the Devil Triangle Sea Area.
• The monster revived and attacked Aokiji, so Longinus called for its complete destruction.
• Longinus promised the Navy would not attack the Revolutionary Army, and Dragon made the same promise in return.
• The Navy and Revolutionary Army combined their powers and shattered the monster's Alloy Shell and body.
• Longinus discovered that the monster's consciousness had survived in writhing fragments scattered across the sea and ordered the fragments secured.

Blackbeard decided to seek a second Devil Fruit after his crew’s destruction went largely unnoticed. At Marine Headquarters, Longinus encouraged two struggling recruits and learned that the Five Elders had summoned him to the Holy Land, while King Neptune invited him to Princess Shirahoshi’s coming-of-age ceremony.

• Blackbeard tore up a newspaper over the lack of attention given to the Blackbeard Pirates’ destruction, then resolved to search for his second Devil Fruit immediately.
• At Marine Headquarters, Callisto and Maine demonstrated Iron Body against each other, and Longinus praised their earnest effort despite the recruits’ laughter.
• Longinus and Zephyr discussed the government’s reaction to Longinus’s actions and Zephyr promised to support him.
• Gion brought Longinus King Neptune’s invitation to Princess Shirahoshi’s coming-of-age ceremony, and Longinus invited her to accompany him.
• Gion told Longinus that the Five Elders had summoned him to the Holy Land, and he expected them to use the meeting to negotiate with him.

Longinus met with West before facing the Five Elders, who criticized the Navy’s handling of the Revolutionary Army and pressed him for the Core Fragment. He agreed to let the government research Mechanical Reincarnation, leaving the Five Elders pleased and CP0 astonished by their warm escort of him.

• West told Longinus that Sivis had persuaded the Celestial Dragons to visit Sabaody and delayed CP0’s reinforcements after Senior Asa’s death.
• The Five Elders reproached Longinus for not destroying the Revolutionary Army and for reaching an agreement with them.
• Longinus argued that the Navy could not have seriously harmed the Revolutionary Army and accused the Five Elders of using his alleged mistakes as leverage for the Core Fragment.
• Longinus agreed to hand over the Core Fragment for research into Mechanical Reincarnation, provided it was kept secure.
• The Five Elders revealed they wanted an immortal solution for the World Nobles and promised Longinus the option of becoming Mechanical Life.
• The Five Elders escorted Longinus out, shocking the CP0 agents waiting outside.

The Five Elders discussed Longinus and ordered Vegapunk captured, while West decided to side with the faction opposing Longinus. Two weeks later, Longinus arrived at Fish-Man Island for Princess Shirahoshi’s coming-of-age ceremony, where the island’s people eagerly welcomed him as their Guardian Deity.

• The Five Elders said Longinus had not fully understood their intentions and ordered Vegapunk captured for Lord Imu, setting his bounty at one billion Belly.
• Longinus wondered whether Vegapunk’s true goal would keep them from meeting again, while West resolved to support the rival faction and pursue the director-general’s position.
• Two weeks later, Fish-Men and merfolk gathered at Fish-Man Island’s harbor to welcome Longinus, and many aspiring Fish-Man Guerrilla Force recruits competed to show him their muscles.
• A pirate recognized Longinus as Fleet Admiral Shirozou Longinus and fled in terror, prompting nearby pirates to run as well.
• Longinus told Gion they would let the pirates go if they caused no trouble, then warned her not to overestimate some pirates’ intelligence.

Luffy decided to recruit Jinbe, and Robin devised a plan to remove him from Hard Shell Tower by creating a distraction at Princess Shirahoshi’s coming-of-age ceremony. Their preparations were interrupted when a pirate reported that Fleet Admiral Longinus had appeared on Fish-Man Island.

• Luffy announced that he would take Jinbe aboard, and Nami scolded him for drawing attention to the imprisoned Shichibukai.
• Robin agreed to help Luffy and proposed knocking Jinbe out and carrying him away if he refused to join them.
• Robin planned to have Brook frighten Princess Shirahoshi during her coming-of-age ceremony so Dragon Palace Castle would fall into chaos.
• Nami and Robin urged Brook to carry out the plan, while Sanji revived at the mention of the Mermaid Princess.
• A subordinate burst into the cafe and warned his captain that Fleet Admiral Longinus had appeared on Fish-Man Island.

The Straw Hat Pirates learned that Fleet Admiral Longinus had arrived on Fish-Man Island and encountered Sabo and Koala. Luffy recognized Sabo as his brother, but Sabo had no memory of him, leaving the reunion unresolved.

• Pirates panicked and fled after hearing that Fleet Admiral Longinus was on Fish-Man Island.
• Robin and the Straw Hat Pirates discussed Longinus's strength and considered avoiding their search for Jinbe.
• Koala and Sabo worried that Longinus might discover their base inside Noah's Ark and decided to keep away from it.
• Sabo struck Luffy when Luffy rushed up to greet him, mistaking him for a threat.
• Luffy identified Sabo as his brother, but Sabo said he did not know him, and Koala explained that Sabo had lost his memory.