Recaps

Luffy reunited with Sabo, who had lost his memories, and learned that he and Koala were Revolutionary Army members. After Sabo left, Luffy decided to risk returning for Jinbe to help his brother, while Longinus drew a crowd of admirers at the Marine Shopping Center.

• Robin deduced that Sabo and Koala were Revolutionary Army members, and reassured them that the Straw Hat Pirates meant them no harm.
• Sabo gave Luffy a note and warned the group to leave Fish-Man Island because Longinus made it too dangerous.
• Luffy decided to return to rescue Jinbe so he could help the Revolutionary Army, and Robin asked whether he was prepared for the crew to fail or die.
• Luffy declared that he would continue despite the danger, and the crew agreed to follow their captain.
• Longinus struggled to escape a crowd of mermaid girls offering him gifts while Gion teased him.

At the Sea Forest, Longinus and Gion discussed Joy Boy’s apology and the choices behind their ideals, while Gion promised to support Longinus. At Shirahoshi’s coming-of-age celebration, Brook emerged from a mirror and terrified her.

• Gion asked Longinus about Joy Boy’s apology to the Mermaid Princess, and Longinus said it was addressed to the princess of that era.
• Gion told Longinus she understood his hidden ambitions and would support him, then asked what he would choose between her and the world.
• Longinus told Gion that the world mattered more to him than she did, but that she mattered more than his life.
• Minister Right interrupted them and summoned them to Dragon Palace Castle for Shirahoshi’s coming-of-age ceremony.
• Neptune welcomed the guests as merchants and nobles presented gifts and discussed the ceremony’s attendees.
• Brook emerged from Shirahoshi’s mirror and asked to see her panties, causing her to faint in fright.

Brook’s scare of Shirahoshi gave Caribou a chance to abduct her and her maids, but the Super Giant Sea Kings’ attack forced Longinus to intervene. Longinus drove most of them away by speaking, then defeated the two holdouts and left Fish-Man Island’s fate unresolved.

• Brook startled Shirahoshi into fainting and escaped as her maids rushed in; Caribou then captured all five with his swamp body.
• Caribou saw the Super Giant Sea Kings gathering above Fish-Man Island and realized they were staring at him.
• Neptune learned Shirahoshi had fainted, while the Sea Kings began destroying the island and cracking its protective bubble.
• Longinus arrived, ordered Neptune to make bubbles and Gion to protect the people, then spoke to the Sea Kings until most retreated.
• Longinus charged into the deep sea after the two remaining Sea Kings, which soon cried out and fled with swollen heads.

Longinus defeated the Super Giant Sea Kings and learned that Shirahoshi was missing, while the Straw Hat Pirates tried to escape Fish-Man Island. Their escape was interrupted when Luffy ran into Caribou, who offered to lead them to the island’s treasure.

• Longinus apologized to Neptune for letting the criminals escape, then said he would rescue Shirahoshi after sensing her near Coral Hill.
• The Straw Hat Pirates watched Longinus defeat the Sea Kings and worried that his Observation Haki could detect them across the island.
• Luffy punched Caribou, recognizing him as the man who had tricked the crew with a fake treasure story.
• Caribou claimed he knew where Fish-Man Island’s treasure was and offered to take the crew to it.
• Robin persuaded Nami to bring Caribou along and leave Fish-Man Island before returning for the treasure later.

Longinus confronted Luffy's group on Fish-Man Island after mistaking them for Caribou's accomplices, then rescued the Mermaid Princess and killed Caribou. The Straw Hats attacked him, but he overwhelmed them with ease.

• Longinus blocked Luffy's group from leaving, and Luffy mistakenly thought Jinbe in the sack was the Mermaid Princess.
• Robin realized Caribou had captured the Mermaid Princess, and Longinus freed her and her four attendants before crushing Caribou.
• Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Brook, Robin, and Nami attacked Longinus together, but their coordinated assault could not harm him.
• Longinus slammed Sanji into the ground, punched Luffy away, and kicked Zoro through coral reefs and shell houses.
• Robin shielded Nami and the others with a web of arms, but Longinus shattered it and blasted them into the ground.

Sabo recovered his memories of Luffy and joined the battle against Longinus, revealing the Revolutionary Army’s involvement on Fish-Man Island. Longinus overwhelmed the fighters with his powerful Aura, leaving Luffy and Sabo defeated and the battle still in his control.

• Sabo remembered that Luffy was his little brother and rushed to attack Longinus, while Koala followed him into the fight.
• Luffy and Sabo attacked Longinus together, but he knocked Luffy away, threw Sabo to the ground, and Robin pulled Sabo to safety.
• Longinus questioned Sabo about the Revolutionary Army’s connection to Fish-Man Island, and Sabo admitted that King Neptune had arranged their lodging.
• Longinus demanded that Dragon appear, but Sabo said the leader was absent and only their group stood against him.
• Longinus unleashed his Aura, and Luffy, Sabo, Zoro, Sanji, and Brook struggled under its pressure.
• Luffy and Sabo’s Conqueror’s Haki met Longinus’s, but he intensified his Aura and blasted both brothers into the ground.

Longinus overwhelmed Luffy and the others, surviving their combined attacks and devastating a section of Fish-Man Island with a massive Haki blast. He left Sanji gravely injured and dismissed Luffy’s hope of exploiting his supposedly depleted Haki.

• Longinus launched thousands of rocks at Luffy and the others, and Robin, Luffy, Sabo, Zoro, and Sanji combined their abilities to block them.
• Robin spotted Longinus in the sky gathering a huge sphere of energy after he had moved Jinbe, Shirahoshi, and the merfolk attendants to safety.
• Longinus hurled the energy sphere into a limited area, causing a tremendous blast that devastated the attack zone and shook Fish-Man Island.
• Luffy, Sabo, and Zoro remained standing, while Sanji lay gravely injured after dragging Nami out of the blast zone.
• Luffy stood up to challenge Longinus, who revealed that his attack had left him with 97% of his Armament Haki and said they had no chance.

Longinus revealed that he had fought the Straw Hat Pirates using only thirty percent of his strength, while Dragon arrived to confront him and ordered Sabo to get the others to safety. Sabo agreed to leave, while Dragon remained behind to face Longinus deep beneath the sea.

• After Luffy refused to surrender, Nami, Zoro, and the others recovered their resolve, and Dragon arrived to support them.
• Robin told Luffy that Dragon was his father, and Luffy awkwardly asked whether Dragon was like his grandfather.
• Longinus revealed that he had held back seventy percent of his strength against Dragon’s surprise attack and had overwhelmed the others with the remaining thirty percent.
• Dragon ordered Sabo to take the injured group away, explaining that they would only hinder him in a fight against Longinus.
• Longinus pointed out that Dragon, a Devil Fruit user, would struggle to escape Fish-Man Island’s deep-sea depths, but Dragon told Sabo he would find a way to escape.
• Sabo reluctantly agreed to lead the others away while Dragon stayed behind.

Dragon confronted Longinus in the deep sea to learn the truth of the world, questioning his motives, Sakazuki’s supposed betrayal, and the fear behind his actions. Longinus invited Dragon to experience the truth firsthand, and Dragon attacked with hurricanes that drew down the ocean’s crushing pressure.

• Sabo dragged the heavily wounded men away as the battlefield quieted.
• Dragon asked Longinus why he had tried to kill him, whether Sakazuki had betrayed the Marines, and what he feared.
• Longinus explained that Sakazuki had left because of a conflict of ideals, while Dragon suspected the Marine split was meant to preserve a spark.
• Dragon revealed that Longinus’s hesitation in their last battle had exposed his fear of the world’s decaying regime.
• Longinus told Dragon to experience the truth for himself, and Dragon summoned hurricanes that pulled seawater and deep-sea pressure toward him.

Longinus and Dragon fought a destructive battle in the contracting whirlpool Death Circle beneath Fish-Man Island. Longinus endured the pressure and emerged from their final clash dragging a badly injured Dragon, while the island suffered severe damage.

• Longinus used Future Sight and powerful attacks to pressure Dragon, who surrounded them with seawater-filled whirlpools that formed a contracting Death Circle.
• Longinus recognized that the circle would eventually trap him and charged Dragon as it narrowed, enduring numerous high-pressure water jets.
• Longinus unleashed Judgment Fist, and Dragon countered with Dragon King's Breath in a clash that shook the seabed and sent Sea Kings fleeing.
• The clash caused Fish-Man Island to collapse more than ten meters, and Longinus emerged from the abyss with blood spraying from his body as he dragged out an even more badly injured Dragon.

Neptune and Otohime discussed Shirahoshi’s power and concluded that Longinus might be the destined guide who could help her control it. Before they could approach him, a pillar of light appeared offshore and Fish-Man Island began collapsing.

• Neptune sent Shark Star, Emperor Star, and Capsize Star to assist with disaster relief while worrying about Shirahoshi.
• Minister Right reported that Longinus had rescued Shirahoshi, Jinbe, and Doff, then punished the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Neptune ordered Shirahoshi and Jinbe taken to rest and directed doctors toward injured civilians.
• Otohime decided to tell Longinus that Shirahoshi was Poseidon, and she and Neptune believed the legend identified him as Shirahoshi’s destined guide.
• A blazing-white pillar of light shot into the deep sea, and Fish-Man Island began collapsing downward.

After capturing Dragon, Longinus returned to Fish-Man Island severely wounded and arranged for the government to send disaster relief before leaving for the Holy Land. The Five Elders learned of Dragon’s capture, praised Longinus, and ordered an honored welcome and aid for Fish-Man Island.

• Longinus emerged from the destruction on Fish-Man Island carrying the badly injured Dragon, whom Neptune and Otohime recognized as the Revolutionary Army leader.
• Longinus apologized for the damage and promised to request government relief, but said he had to take Dragon to the Holy Land to prevent a rescue attempt.
• Neptune and Otohime agreed to handle the island’s disaster response while Longinus departed for his warship.
• A CP0 agent reported Fish-Man Island’s heavy losses to the Five Elders, who initially dismissed the island’s request for help.
• A second report revealed that Longinus had captured Dragon, prompting the Five Elders to praise Longinus and arrange a grand welcome.
• The Five Elders ordered the highest standard of relief for Fish-Man Island in Longinus’s honor.

Longinus brought the gravely wounded Dragon to Mary Geoise, where the Five Elders praised him and took Dragon into government custody. After the news spread, the Revolutionary Army debated how to rescue Dragon before his expected public execution.

• Longinus told the Five Elders that Dragon was near death and undergoing emergency treatment, and they arranged to take custody of him.
• The Five Elders confirmed Dragon’s condition and planned to keep him alive for a public execution that could also draw out Revolutionary Army leaders.
• News of Dragon’s capture reached the Revolutionary Army’s main base, where Ivankov, Karas, Betty, Victor, Lindbergh, and Sabo discussed the threat and a rescue plan.
• Sabo blamed himself for Dragon’s defeat, but Ivankov struck him and urged him to focus on rescuing his teacher.
• Sabo regained his resolve and promised to rescue Dragon, while the Revolutionary Army continued arguing over what to do.

The Whitebeard Pirates, Kaido, and Red-Haired reacted to Dragon’s capture, while Benson approached Sivis in Mary Geoise to secure help reaching Dragon’s prison. Sivis agreed to consider letting Benson pass, reassured that Longinus could recapture Dragon if he escaped.

• Marco, Jozu, and Lao G agreed the Whitebeard Pirates should focus on Blackbeard while they had a chance to defeat him.
• Kaido dismissed Dragon as a coward who could not match Longinus, then welcomed the prospect of attending Dragon’s public execution.
• Red-Haired, Beckman, and Yasopp discussed Dragon’s importance and anticipated a less peaceful world.
• Benson told Sivis he belonged to the Revolutionary Army’s faction and revealed that Julius had recruited him, though the Revolutionary Army did not know he existed.
• Benson asked Sivis for tacit approval to pass the checkpoint under his control on the way to Dragon.
• Sivis worried that Dragon’s escape could undermine his ambitions, but Benson argued Longinus could capture Dragon again.

News spread that Apophis and Hawk Eyes would duel on the Red Line, drawing swordsmen and their supporters toward the coming battle. On Onigashima, Longinus prepared Kuina to impersonate him, while the World Government tried to contain the situation without appearing afraid.

• News of the duel between Apophis and Hawk Eyes sent swordsmen across the sea into a frenzy, and two Great Swordsmen postponed their own fight to witness it.
• On Cyprus Island, Doflamingo reassured Monet that Apophis could defeat Hawk Eyes and offered to take her to the Red Line.
• On Daughter Island, Hancock declared that she would go to the Red Line to support Apophis, while Marigold asked whether they should visit Krakai Island first.
• On Onigashima, Longinus asked Kuina to impersonate him during the duel, and she agreed despite doubting she could match his martial arts.
• Longinus explained that the World Government had urged him to keep the situation under control and avoid a major war, though it was afraid of appearing intimidated.

Longinus spoke with Kuina about her role and the approaching moment when she could return to the sunlight, while Apophis’s fleet sailed through the New World and pursued information tied to his plans. Apophis prepared to obtain bait for a final trial and ordered his crew to make the Space Pirates more fearsome.

• Longinus reassured Kuina that he would speak up when the time came, and Kuina resolved to follow his orders despite worrying about his reputation.
• Apophis’s fleet destroyed ships in its path, and Zoro watched Enel’s power while resolving to witness the swordsmen’s feast atop the Red Line.
• Enel told Apophis that Luffyield had withheld black-market transaction records, so Tesoro had killed him; Apophis asked for the records to be brought back.
• Apophis said he would obtain bait to lure a disobedient pirate into his final trial and discipline him.
• Apophis asked about the Space Pirates, and Enel explained that ten years of mining had strengthened their bodies but numbed their spirits; Apophis ordered that they be made vicious and ferocious.

CP0’s factions clashed over whether to send reinforcements to the Red Line, until Director Sebastian ordered ten combatants to assist Longinus. As pirates climbed the Red Line, the Army abandoned its fortresses, and Vista realized the World Government was letting the duel proceed on the Rennk Plateau.

• Sivis and West’s factions argued over CP0’s loyalties and whether to send agents to the Rennk Plateau.
• Sebastian ordered ten CP0 combatants of squad commander rank or higher to assist Longinus and preserve the government’s authority.
• Army soldiers warned the pirates climbing the Red Line, then fled when more pirates arrived from the New World.
• Vista saw that the Army had abandoned its fortress and concluded the World Government did not intend to stop the duel.

Swordsmen gathered at Rennk Plateau for the duel between Apophis and Hawk Eyes, while Vista explained to Zoro why Apophis’s full strength and Demon Sword were feared. Apophis arrived aboard a giant, eight-legged ship, and Hawk Eyes appeared moments later, trading barbs with him.

• Vista told Zoro that Apophis had been far more dangerous with his Demon Sword and that the weapon might surpass the Supreme Great Swords.
• Zoro spotted Apophis and struggled to contain his anger, but calmed down after Vista warned him not to challenge an opponent far beyond his strength.
• Apophis arrived at Rennk Plateau aboard a giant ship that climbed the Red Line, accompanied by notorious Great Pirates.
• Apophis asked whether Hawk Eyes had arrived and joked that he would have to paddle his little boat with Black Blade 'Night'.
• Hawk Eyes flew in on a ferocious bird and challenged Apophis’s teasing remark.

Benson infiltrated Dragon’s prison and freed him, claiming to serve Julius and passing along a warning from a mysterious benefactor. Benson killed himself to protect Dragon’s escape, while Dragon left the prison and prepared to investigate the secrets beneath the Holy Land.

• Benson passed the prison checkpoints after the guards let him through, unaware that the monitoring room had been hypnotized.
• Benson told Dragon he was Julius’s subordinate and had come to rescue him, then unlocked his Seastone chains and gave him a Life Potion.
• Dragon accepted the potion, regained his strength, and learned that a mysterious benefactor had warned him not to use his true body to explore the hidden domain.
• Benson refused to escape with Dragon and died by biting poison concealed beneath his tongue.
• Dragon created two duplicate bodies, then turned his true body into a breeze and silently left to investigate what lay beneath the Holy Land.

On the Rennk Plateau, Apophis revealed his Seven Star Sword and fought Hawk Eyes to test its power against the world’s strongest Black Blade. Apophis suppressed part of his strength but still gained the upper hand, and he declared the clash had only been a warm-up.

• Hawk Eyes demanded to see Apophis’s Demon Sword, and Apophis summoned the terrifying Seven Star Sword from his palm.
• The blade’s killing intent overwhelmed the watching pirates, while Zoro and the others wondered whether its power surpassed that of Supreme Great Swords.
• Hawk Eyes and Apophis clashed, shattering the plateau and forcing onlookers to flee from flying rocks and shockwaves.
• Apophis restrained his strength and dispelled his Iron Body, yet his weapon advantage let him suppress Hawk Eyes during their rapid exchange.
• Apophis said the battle had only been a warm-up, and Zoro called out to buy one of the Visual Den Den Mushi.

Apophis and Hawk Eyes fought a devastating sword battle that tore apart the Red Line at Rennk Plateau. Both were badly injured but continued fighting, with Apophis declaring he would defeat Hawk Eyes before challenging the world’s strongest.

• Apophis entered Blood Asura Mode and attacked Hawk Eyes with a relentless series of slashes that shattered the plateau.
• Hawk Eyes countered with Night God Slash, but Apophis charged through the blade light and struck him into the sea.
• Their collision destroyed the remaining plateau, leaving the Red Line severed at Rennk Plateau, while both swordsmen suffered serious injuries.
• Hawk Eyes emerged from the sea and exchanged taunts with Apophis before preparing to fight again.
• Apophis and Hawk Eyes launched another clash, each sending powerful sword light toward the other.

Apophis and Hawk Eyes fought a devastating duel over the title of the world's greatest swordsman while CP0 arrived and watched in awe. Longinus warned them that Apophis had not used his Devil Fruit, then the disguised Longinus worried that her imitation of her teacher's presence might not be convincing.

• Apophis and Hawk Eyes clashed across the shattered plateau, sea, and sky, unleashing slashes that ravaged the terrain.
• CP0 agents arrived, were shocked to see the Red Line split, and feared they could not contribute to the battle.
• A CP0 agent recognized Longinus and apologized for speaking disrespectfully, while Longinus scolded the agents for arriving late.
• Rhine asked whether Longinus could easily defeat Apophis, and Longinus warned that Apophis's spatial Devil Fruit could make him the strongest Emperor after the duel.
• Longinus's disguise privately worried that she had praised herself while speaking as her teacher and wondered if her imitation of his aura had given her away.

Dragon sent two wind clones through Pangaea Castle to carry out his operation while Apophis and Hawk Eyes fought a brutal duel at Renk Canyon. As their battle continued, the Red Line suddenly began shaking violently.

• Dragon sent his two wind clones out through the passage after leaving three guards unconscious and badly injured.
• At Renk Canyon, Vista and Zoro watched Apophis and Hawk Eyes fight, while CP0 discussed recruiting Hawk Eyes with fine wine and baboons.
• Apophis and Hawk Eyes exchanged attacks, each pushing through serious injuries as their duel intensified.
• Apophis judged that Hawk Eyes surpassed him in sword technique, while his own physical strength gave him an advantage.
• The Red Line began shaking violently during Apophis and Hawk Eyes's battle.

Apophis and Hawk Eyes pushed their duel to a decisive final strike while an explosion rocked Mary Geoise. Apophis defeated Hawk Eyes and claimed the title of the World's Greatest Swordsman.

• An enormous explosion shook the Red Line, and witnesses feared that the Revolutionary Army had attacked Mary Geoise.
• Apophis and Hawk Eyes continued their duel, with Apophis’s speed and strength surging as he fought.
• Their clashes became too fast for Vista to follow, and stray sword energy killed or injured more than a hundred onlookers.
• Apophis and Hawk Eyes staked everything on their named finishing attacks and collided in a devastating strike.
• Hawk Eyes admitted defeat and fell into the sea, while Apophis declared that he was taking the title of the World's Greatest Swordsman.

Apophis defeated Hawk Eyes and claimed the title of the world's greatest swordsman, while Dragon rejoined the Revolutionary Army after escaping Mary Geoise. The revolutionaries learned Dragon had triggered the Dyna Stone explosion and decided not to attack again while Longinus remained nearby.

• Apophis defeated Hawk Eyes, declared himself the world's greatest swordsman, and left with Enel and his followers.
• Longinus sent Rhine back to the Holy Land while he stayed behind to assess the situation, and Zoro joined the swordsmen searching the sea for Hawk Eyes' Supreme Great Sword.
• Dragon appeared before Mori, Ivankov, Sabo, and Victor, claiming that Julius had sacrificed himself to help him escape.
• Dragon said he had found Dyna Stone in Mary Geoise and used it to cause the Great Explosion.
• Dragon stopped Ivankov from proposing an attack on Mary Geoise, warning that Longinus was nearby and too dangerous to confront.