Recaps

Luffy and his crew arrived at Marine Headquarters to search for Robin and learned little about the danger surrounding the gathering. Kaido backed down from fighting Red-Haired after Longinus intervened, but the meeting was interrupted by news that Blackbeard had arrived claiming to be the next Pirate King.

• Garp beat Luffy, then admitted he knew nothing about the danger because Longinus had kept him uninformed.
• Kaido picked a fight with Red-Haired, and Chaton tried to make him wait until after the meeting.
• Longinus warned Kaido about the consequences of fighting, and Kaido backed down and demanded that the war begin.
• Red-Haired asked Momonga what Longinus had done to change Kaido, and Momonga claimed Kaido had been converted by the light of Justice.
• A soldier reported to Fleet Admiral Shirozou that Blackbeard had arrived at the port aboard a massive battleship and claimed to be the next Pirate King.

Blackbeard arrived at Crescent Harbor claiming to be Pirate King and demanded a quarter of the world for the pirates, presenting Pluton as proof that he had reached Laugh Tale. When he threatened to demonstrate the ancient weapon, Longinus summoned Poseidon’s power, and giant Sea Kings lifted Pluton out of the sea.

• Blackbeard arrived at Crescent Harbor aboard a massive warship, and Longinus went to meet him as the Marines, pirates, and Revolutionary Army watched.
• Blackbeard told Longinus that he wanted a quarter of the world and proposed dividing the rest between the Marines, pirates, and Revolutionary Army.
• Blackbeard identified his ship as Pluton and claimed it was the One Piece found at Laugh Tale.
• Blackbeard deployed Pluton’s cannons and challenged Longinus to choose where he should demonstrate its power.
• Longinus asked whether Pluton would be difficult to salvage if it sank, then invoked Poseidon’s power.
• Giant Sea Kings emerged, forced open the harbor, and lifted Pluton from the sea.

After Longinus used the Sea Kings to subdue Blackbeard, he announced that he would seal Poseidon and called the war’s participants to an early meeting. In Mary Geoise, the Five Elders discovered that Pluton and Longinus were at Marine Headquarters and realized Marine influence had taken over CP0’s intelligence operations.

• Blackbeard surrendered when the Sea Kings stopped the giant warship, and Longinus told him he would seal Poseidon after the war.
• Neptune and the others were moved by Longinus’s promise to protect Shirahoshi, while Blackbeard secretly continued to covet Poseidon and Pluton.
• Longinus said the World Government could no longer hide the disturbance and called everyone who wanted the truth to a meeting.
• The Five Elders saw giant Sea Kings and the giant warship near Marine Headquarters, then recognized Longinus and suspected the vessel was Pluton.
• A CP0 agent revealed that West and Fujitora had overseen the intelligence report, prompting the Five Elders to realize Marines had taken control of CP0.

The Five Elders learned that the Marines and much of the world had turned against the World Government, and feared Longinus knew about Imu and believed he could defeat him. At Marine Headquarters, Longinus revealed that the Celestial Dragons descended from Space Pirates who seized the world, while Blackbeard questioned why the history mattered to them.

• The Five Elders discovered that West, Fujitora, and Marines had fled the Holy Land and that the government's communications had been cut off, then read a newspaper showing widespread support for Longinus.
• The Five Elders concluded that Longinus might know about Imu and that Pluton and Poseidon could have given him confidence to challenge Imu, so they decided to seek Imu.
• Longinus told the gathering at Marine Headquarters that the Celestial Dragons were descendants of Space Pirates who had seized the world after the twenty kings' victory.
• Longinus explained that the Nefertari royal family had escaped the Space Pirates' takeover and returned to Alabasta, prompting the kings to look at Cobra as the heir of the twenty kings.
• Luffy decided he wanted to become the Space Pirate King, while Blackbeard questioned what the revealed history had to do with them.

Longinus convinced the pirates and kings that the Celestial Dragons were descendants of Space Pirates who had secretly prepared to summon reinforcements from their home planet. After Redfield verified the warning, the assembly united around a plan to eliminate the Celestial Dragons and destroy the World Government.

• Longinus compared the Space Pirates’ view of the people of this world to pirates’ view of island natives, and the pirates realized they might be treated as prey.
• Longinus claimed that the Celestial Dragons had infiltrated the world after an ancient invasion and were now trying to contact their home planet for reinforcements.
• Momonga brought in two alien advance scouts, and Longinus explained that he had captured them and learned about the threat.
• Longinus urged everyone to eliminate the Celestial Dragons before they could transmit the world’s coordinates, and Redfield verified that Longinus was telling the truth.
• The pirates and kings abandoned their doubts and shouted their support for killing the Celestial Dragons and destroying the World Government.

Longinus explained that he had spent years preparing against the Space Pirates and the Celestial Dragons, while clearing Franky’s name and revealing Roger’s role in buying the world time. As Rayleigh, Gaban, and other allies gathered for the final battle, Buggy was mistakenly hailed as a powerful combatant.

• Blackbeard challenged Longinus over why he had waited so long to reveal the danger, and Longinus said Franky’s work on Pluton had given him hope ten years earlier.
• Longinus told Tom that Franky had stolen the Pluton blueprints to protect the world and was safe at a secret base, promising to bring him back after the final battle.
• Longinus admitted that he had created the defective Pluton and the Great Explosion five years earlier, but its limited effect showed that the Celestial Dragons possessed hidden power.
• Longinus said he had yielded to buy the world time and credited Roger’s Great Pirate Era with helping humanity prepare to face the Space Pirates.
• Red-Haired reunited with Rayleigh and Gaban, then revealed that Buggy had been released from Impel Down as a special combatant, leaving Buggy distressed as people praised him.

Longinus rallied Marines, pirates, and the Revolutionary Army to unite against the World Government, then ordered a Buster Call on it. In Mary Geoise, Imu spared the Five Elders and spoke with another voice that came from the same mouth.

• Longinus urged the assembly to fight for the people and things they cherished, prompting Marines and many pirates to join the war while others held back.
• Dragon committed the Revolutionary Army, and Red-Haired and Kaido also agreed to fight alongside Longinus.
• Longinus ordered a Buster Call targeting the World Government, and Robin joined the crowd in cheering.
• The Five Elders reported to Imu that the world's powers had united against them, and Imu spared them after laughing at the news.
• After the Five Elders fled, Imu reflected on former allies becoming enemies, then answered another voice that emerged from the same mouth.

The Five Elders learned that Longinus had declared a Buster Call against the World Government as the Allied Forces attacked Mary Geoise with Pluton and Poseidon. Imu used Uranus to lift Mary Geoise and bring it to the sea, where the opposing forces prepared to enter.

• The Five Elders heard Longinus accuse the World Government of crimes and declare a Buster Call against it.
• Pluton fired at Mary Geoise, but Imu stopped the shot with a force-field barrier while enormous Sea Kings rammed the Red Line.
• Longinus warned the Allied Forces that Imu had multiple abilities, then ordered Admiral Fujitora to use gravity and Bullet to fire Pluton when Mary Geoise began to rise.
• The Allies realized Imu was carrying Mary Geoise toward them rather than escaping, and it settled on the sea.
• Longinus told the Allied Forces to march on Mary Geoise and carry out the Buster Call.

In Mary Geoise, Imu revealed the history of the Lunarians, the Great Kingdom, and the Space Pirates, including how Uranus destroyed the pirates’ main force. Longinus listened while questioning what Uranus’s power meant for the coming battle.

• Longinus and the others met Imu in the Darkless Chamber, where Sakazuki challenged her about the Celestial Dragons’ origins and Imu admitted they were descendants of Space Pirates.
• Imu explained that the Lunarians had come from the moon after exhausting its resources in a war with Space Pirates, and that their civilization had helped form the Great Kingdom.
• Imu recounted how the world united against returning Space Pirates and created Pluton and the Sea Kings, while later turning to Devil Fruits and technology to develop Uranus.
• Imu said she had refused to control Uranus because of its terrible cost but eventually agreed at Joy Boy’s request.
• Imu revealed that she and Uranus destroyed the Space Pirates’ main force in a single attack in outer space, leaving Longinus to wonder whether Uranus’s power depended on fighting there.

Imu revealed her history with Joy Boy and explained how her hatred shaped the World Government, while Longinus uncovered signs that a kinder side of her had preserved weapons and people Joy Boy cared about. As Imu realized Longinus was close to discovering the truth about her, she ended their conversation.

• Imu said Joy Boy revived her with the Op-Op Fruit's Ultimate Surgery after she died, but she resented that he had died and gone to Shiratsuyu's world.
• Imu admitted she had arranged for the Celestial Dragons to become fools and for the Twenty Kings to die under the banner of justice.
• Imu removed her helmet and revealed that she was Nefertari Imu, an ancestor of Vivi and the Nefertari royal family.
• Imu explained that Joy Boy had sealed Pluton on Laugh Tale and left guidance about it in Alabasta, and she had kept Pluton as a memento of him.
• Longinus suspected that Imu had a kind personality that preserved Pluton and Fish-Man Island, and considered how Luffy might awaken it.
• Imu sensed Longinus had discovered something important and said their conversation could not continue.

Imu battled Kaido and the gathered fighters, displaying instant-death beams and the ability to teleport past their attacks. Longinus urged everyone to attack him along with Imu, leaving the fighters stunned by his apparent willingness to sacrifice himself.

• Imu slapped Kaido away, then fired white beams at him that Longinus warned could trigger instant death.
• Imu recognized Longinus’s enhanced luck and evaded a coordinated assault by the assembled fighters before teleporting around the battlefield and striking Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Garp.
• Imu remarked that the current era had produced many powerful fighters, while Sakazuki dodged her beams and Longinus prepared to engage her.
• Longinus charged Imu and told the others to focus on attacking, even if their attacks hit him too.
• Gion and Drake tried to stop Longinus, but he insisted they fight as though it were their last battle and called for them to fire at him.
• Luffy and Zoro admired Longinus as the fighters looked on in astonishment.

Longinus revealed how he had used Observation Haki to develop his Brain Domain and fought Imu while Blackbeard prepared a countermeasure. Blackbeard’s darkness stopped Imu from teleporting, letting Longinus strike her, but Imu healed herself and the fight continued.

• Imu dodged Longinus’s punch and learned he had developed his Brain Domain through Observation Haki.
• Longinus explained that Haki could help the mind and body grow, and Imu admitted she believed he would surpass her in her position.
• Longinus asked Blackbeard if he had finished preparing, and Blackbeard said he had used the time Longinus bought him.
• Blackbeard’s darkness surrounded Imu and prevented her from teleporting, allowing Longinus to punch her and send her crashing to the ground.
• Imu healed her injuries with a milky-white radiance, then teleported into the darkness again as Longinus called for everyone to destroy it with all their strength.

Longinus fought Imu inside Blackbeard’s darkness and defeated her without suffering serious injuries, revealing that his pure heart made him immune to her instant-kill ability. After Imu died and the Marines and pirates celebrated victory, Longinus suspected the final battle was not over because the final boss could have a second phase.

• Blackbeard blocked everyone’s senses with darkness, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to fire into it to help Longinus defeat Imu.
• Longinus used his combat experience and observations from outside to navigate the darkness and gain the upper hand over Imu.
• A violent energy storm dispersed the darkness, revealing Imu bloodied and near collapse while Longinus remained almost unharmed.
• Longinus explained that Imu’s power killed those with evil thoughts, and the onlookers concluded that his pure heart had made him immune.
• Imu recognized Longinus as someone like Joy Boy, then collapsed and died with a hole where her heart should have been.
• The Marines and pirates cheered their apparent victory, but Longinus suspected Imu’s death would lead to a second phase.

A second Imu emerged, revealing that she had escaped her old body and become Uranus, a weapon made from the world’s magnetic poles. She explained that Uranus caused the Grand Line’s dangerous conditions and mutations, leaving the assembled fighters to face a foe whose full power remained unknown.

• A second Imu rose from beneath Mary Geoise and revealed that her former body had died, while Dragon and Ivankov recognized her voice as Kuma’s.
• Longinus deduced that Imu had used Vegapunk’s research to separate herself from her old body and break free of Uranus, and Imu confirmed that the defeated Imu was her self from eight hundred years ago.
• Imu explained that Uranus was the world’s extracted magnetic poles, which had created the Grand Line’s chaotic magnetic fields and shielded the planet from cosmic radiation.
• Imu revealed that her people had spread the Grand Line’s reputation and placed Sea King nests in the Calm Belt to keep people away, intending the region’s mutations to serve as revenge against the world.
• Imu said the Grand Line’s inhabitants had adapted to the mutations and grown stronger instead of dying, making her responsible for the monsters they had become.

Imu revealed that her geomagnetic power had caused the world's suffering, then fought Longinus, whose Armament Haki let him resist her control over blood. Imu showed she could still use another ability and struck down Ivankov and Yasopp, leaving the battle in turmoil.

• Imu used her magnetic power to drag Blackbeard into her fist and then made blood burst from his body.
• Longinus ordered fighters who could not fully harden themselves with Armament Haki to retreat, then charged Imu.
• Longinus struck Imu and realized she had become physically stronger, while Imu recognized that his Haki let him control his blood flow.
• Longinus and Imu exchanged attacks amid flying rubble as their clash shook the sky and sea.
• The crowd concluded Imu could no longer teleport and rushed to join the fight, but Imu fired white beams that killed several people, including Ivankov and Yasopp.

Imu attacked the allied forces with her world-spanning magnetism and revealed her Archangel form, while Garp drew her attention. A barrage aimed at Garp instead struck someone whose position Luo had swapped with him, leaving the battle still raging.

• Imu used magnetism and her Death Finger against Dragon and Red-Haired, but Issho saved them by increasing gravity around them.
• Imu revealed that she was a devil fruit item and transformed with the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Archangel Form.
• Sengoku punched Garp to save him from Imu’s attack, and Imu then charged at Garp.
• Longinus urged the Marines to surround Imu, and they mistakenly opened fire on Garp while believing he was sacrificing himself.
• Luo revealed that his teacher had swapped Garp’s position, and the barrage struck the other figure instead.

Longinus and the assembled fighters attacked Imu together, but she killed Charlotte Linlin and impaled Garp. Garp restrained Imu as Longinus’s hidden gambit began when a ghost emerged from a mirror and passed through her.

• Longinus revealed that Imu’s electromagnetic field had weakened his attacks, and Kaido ambushed her while the other fighters joined the battle.
• The fighters coordinated their strongest attacks and wounded Imu, driving her into the ruins.
• Imu killed Charlotte Linlin with a beam of light, then pierced Garp’s chest and tried to throw him aside.
• Garp grabbed Imu’s wrist and urged the others to fire at her while she remained restrained.
• Imu noticed a mirror at Garp’s chest and realized Longinus may have arranged their earlier switch as a ghost emerged and passed through her.

Longinus used Sugar’s toy-making ability and a mirror passage to try to turn Imu into a toy, but Imu recovered before he could finish the plan. As Imu prepared to destroy everyone, Longinus held steady and considered his next contingency.

• Katakuri realized Longinus had used Brulee’s mirror ability to bring Sugar to Imu while the Negativity Ghost briefly dazed her.
• Sugar turned Imu into a toy, erasing everyone’s memories of her, but she fainted when Imu unleashed her Conqueror’s Haki and Imu returned to normal.
• Garp blamed Sengoku for the wound in his chest, while Longinus realized Sugar had been the key to his failed plan.
• Imu mocked Longinus for his plan’s failure and announced she would quickly finish everyone off.
• Longinus declared his commitment to justice, provoking Imu to threaten the world he wanted to protect.

Im used Mary Geoise and more than a hundred islands as weapons, but the gathered fighters worked together to stop her assault. While they were distracted, she killed several allies, and Longinus realized her life was nearing its end.

• Im flipped Mary Geoise into the sky and hurled it down, but Shirozou struck it apart and Fujitora slowed the falling debris.
• Im raised more than a hundred islands and sent them crashing down at full speed.
• Fujitora, Rayleigh, Gaban, Kaido, Sakazuki, Sabo, Ace, and Luffy joined forces to stop the falling islands.
• Im attacked during the chaos and killed Gaban, Demon Spider, and other allies, including Huo Shaoshan, Lucky Roux, Karas, and Nekomamushi.
• Longinus studied Im’s growing emotions and concluded that her life was counting down.

Longinus rallied the fighters against Imu, but she broke through their attacks and killed two of their allies. As the group struggled to stop her, Doflamingo revealed his knowledge of Imu’s plans and provoked her, while Longinus secretly hoped Doflamingo would die so Monet’s matter could not be used against him.

• Longinus convinced the fighters that Imu could be injured, and she attacked them before he knocked her away.
• Imu charged at Red-Haired, but his resistance bought time for Rayleigh, Kaido, Sakazuki, Katakuri, and Dragon to attack her.
• Imu escaped the encirclement, killed Vice Admiral Dalmatia and Lindbergh, and Blackbeard excused his retreat by claiming her ability countered him.
• Doflamingo accused Imu of using the Op-Op Fruit’s promise of control over Uranus to make its user a puppet and escape her restraints.
• Doflamingo called Imu an old hag, and Longinus privately hoped she would kill him before Monet’s matter became a weakness.

Doflamingo trapped Imu in a Birdcage and sacrificed his life to hold her in place as Pluton’s nuclear main cannon struck them both. The blast devastated the battlefield, but a weak voice revealed that Imu had survived, leaving the gathered forces facing her again.

• Imu overpowered Doflamingo until he used his life force to trap them both inside his Birdcage.
• Longinus foresaw the danger and ordered everyone to evacuate the combat zone.
• Bullet fired Pluton’s nuclear main cannon at Imu and Doflamingo, killing Doflamingo and devastating the surrounding forces.
• Dragon and Red-Haired confronted Blackbeard over the cannon shot, while Blackbeard claimed it had been a decisive move against their common enemy.
• Imu spoke from the blast site, saying she had nearly been killed by them all.

Imu survived a second massive explosion and overwhelmed the alliance, while Longinus uncovered how her power worked and prepared a hidden contingency. The chapter ended with Longinus telling Imu that her confidence had left her most vulnerable.

• Imu regenerated after surviving the first explosion, and Longinus concluded that she could be defeated only by completely destroying her on the material level.
• Imu grew stronger through Magnetic Reconnection, struck Olaf and wounded Rayleigh, while Longinus realized her ability had helped her withstand the nuclear blast.
• Rayleigh, Zephyr, Red-Haired, Kizaru, and the other fighters were forced out of battle, leaving Longinus to face Imu alone.
• After five minutes, Imu knocked Longinus down and declared victory, but a second Pluton barrage struck the battlefield.
• Imu emerged unharmed and mocked the alliance for believing Longinus’s ten-minute claim, but Longinus insisted she had lost because she was now too relaxed.

Longinus revealed that Dr. Vegapunk had secretly transferred his consciousness into Uranus and was weakening Imu’s control from within. The Allies gained the advantage as Vegapunk confronted the false Imu and hinted that the real Imu was also involved, leaving the battle close to ending.

• Longinus called on Dr. Vegapunk, whose voice emerged from Imu and revealed that he had hidden his consciousness in Uranus.
• Vegapunk explained that he had become mechanical life and had been concealed in Uranus since Imu began researching the Spark Fragment.
• Longinus and Vegapunk revealed that their plan had targeted Uranus, while Imu accused them of plotting against her.
• Vegapunk called the Imu controlling Uranus a malformed product of tragedy and said the real Imu had hidden him.
• Imu grew furious as Vegapunk’s interference further weakened her control of Uranus, and the Allies realized the situation had shifted in their favor.
• Kizaru expressed relief that the battle was nearly over, while Red-Haired suggested celebrating with Hawk Eyes.

After losing control of Uranus, Imu revealed that she had redirected a catastrophic solar flare toward the world. With the solar storm due to arrive in fifty seconds and Vegapunk unable to stop it, the others faced imminent destruction.

• Imu admitted defeat and said Vegapunk would soon erase her consciousness, but warned that she would take the world down with her.
• Imu explained that she had triggered a solar flare and was using her Devil Fruit ability to guide it toward the world.
• Vegapunk revealed that the flare's power exceeded Pluto's main cannon by hundreds of billions or trillions of times, and Imu said a previous flare had destroyed over ninety-eight percent of the Space Pirates.
• Sakazuki suggested killing Imu, but the exhausted fighters doubted they could defeat her in time, while Dragon learned Bullet needed two more minutes to finish charging.
• Vegapunk said the solar storm would arrive in fifty seconds and admitted that he could not interfere with Imu's Devil Fruit ability.

Longinus gathered the strength of the crowd and used the Spear of Judgment to pierce Imu, causing the Solar Storm to disperse and an aurora to appear across the world. Longinus then fell lifeless, though Bullet and Redfield revealed that his apparent death had been planned.

• Longinus summoned the Spear of Longinus and had the crowd lend it their strength, enduring the pain as their power accumulated.
• With five seconds left, Longinus concentrated the crowd’s strength and Haki into the spear despite the damage to his body.
• Longinus distracted Imu by beginning to reveal the truth, then pierced her with the Spear of Judgment.
• Imu fell into the sea, and the Solar Storm broke apart, producing an aurora that people around the world saw.
• A Marine noticed that Longinus’s life force had disappeared, and his body fell as though dead.
• Bullet and Redfield exchanged a glance, revealing that Longinus’s apparent death had gone according to plan.