Recaps

Longinus learned that Apophis had killed a notorious pirate and provoked Chinjao, then received a Marine distress call and prepared to investigate. He went ahead with Gregory while ordering the rest of the warship to wait for his signal before joining the fight.

• Gregory told Longinus that Apophis had wiped out Buffett’s force, and Abraham explained that the killing had drawn Chinjao back to sea.
• Longinus listened as Gregory mocked Apophis’s masked appearance, then answered an emergency call on a Marine Den Den Mushi.
• A Marine reported that Commodore Morgan was struggling against Scorpion Furman and Sharp Blade Joseph in the Coaster Sea Area.
• Longinus ordered Gregory to take him to the scene first and told the rest of the crew to follow cautiously and attack only on his signal.

Longinus and his trained Marines arrived as Commodore Morgan’s G8 Branch warship was under attack by Foreman and Joseph’s pirate alliance. Longinus defeated Foreman with one punch, and a second Marine warship’s cannon fire broke the pirates’ morale, leaving Joseph stranded amid the retreat.

• Commodore Morgan warned Foreman and Joseph that the Marines would pursue them, but the pirate captains mocked him and announced they planned to enter the New World.
• Longinus spotted the G8 warship and ordered Abraham and the others to attack the pirates while Gregory dove toward the battle with him.
• Longinus evaded Foreman’s Scarlet Poison Needle and punched him through the ship into the sea, where the Devil Fruit user drowned.
• Joseph realized he was outmatched as the G8 soldiers gained the advantage against the pirates.
• A second Marine warship fired on the pirate ranks, prompting many pirates to flee and leaving Joseph furious that they had abandoned him.

After the battle, Commodore Morgan thanked Longinus for saving the G8 Branch and learned that the young Marine was only a major and the highest-ranking officer aboard the warship. Longinus left Morgan and the G8 recruits impressed, and Morgan hoped the two branches would support each other at Headquarters.

• Commodore Morgan met Longinus and was astonished to learn that the young officer was a major and a recruit heading to Headquarters.
• The six G8 recruits despaired at the gulf between their abilities and Longinus's strength, while Gregory and the others enjoyed seeing them humbled.
• Morgan asked to meet the warship's commanding officer, and Longinus revealed that he was in command.
• Morgan asked Longinus to report with him to Admiral Sengoku and to look after the G8 recruits at Headquarters.
• Longinus spoke of mutual exchange and progress, and Morgan praised him as a Marine Hero of the new era.

Longinus reflected on the growing conflict between the World Government, the Marines, and the Revolutionary Army as he arrived at Marine Headquarters with Commodore Morgan. He went with Morgan to report to Sengoku, while the new recruits headed to the training camp and Colonel Hughes reevaluated his own standing.

• Longinus considered how the World Government might seek to curb the Marines’ growing influence and concluded that the era’s unrest had begun two years earlier.
• The damaged G8 warship arrived at Marineford, and Commodore Morgan told the duty colonel he would explain what had happened to Sengoku.
• Morgan asked Colonel Hughes to escort the G2 and G8 recruits to the barracks and warned them that training camp would bring new challenges.
• Hughes was surprised to learn that Longinus was already a major and that several of the recruits held high ranks and had earned substantial military merit.
• Morgan left with Longinus to meet Sengoku, while Hughes led the other recruits toward the training camp and rejected Gregory’s attempts to call him Senior.

Sengoku worried about the growing pirate threat while Garp disrupted his discussion with Tsuru. Longinus arrived at Marine Headquarters after helping defeat the Scorpion Pirates and the Blade Pirates, and Sengoku welcomed him as a promising Marine before Garp boasted about himself.

• Sengoku complained that pirate crews were increasing and that Whitebeard, Kaido, and Big Mom were making dangerous moves, while Garp ignored him and provoked a fight.
• Commodore Morgan brought Longinus to meet Sengoku, then walked in on Sengoku and Garp grappling and pretended they had been training.
• Morgan reported that the Scorpion Pirates and the Blade Pirates had intercepted an escort warship, killing a third of its Marines and three Marine recruits.
• Morgan explained that Major Longinus had arrived in time and eliminated both pirate crews, impressing Sengoku with his ability.
• Longinus entered and saluted Sengoku, while Garp praised Longinus's appearance and urged him to inherit the title of Marine Hero and surpass Sengoku.

Longinus recounted how he helped rescue the Marines at the ambush, earning Sengoku’s praise and a Second Class Combat Hero Model Medal. Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru then discussed Longinus’s leadership and ideas about Justice, while Tsuru kept his booklet to use in recruitment promotions.

• Longinus explained that he had gone to the battlefield with a flying companion and coordinated the warship’s soldiers after judging the fight could be salvaged.
• Sengoku awarded Longinus the Second Class Combat Hero Model Medal, gave G2 Branch and G8 Branch collective merits, and cleared Commodore Morgan of punishment.
• Garp urged Longinus to train under him, then fled when Sengoku objected.
• After Longinus and Commodore Morgan left, Vice Admiral Tsuru praised Longinus as a born leader, and Sengoku described his utilitarian Justice.
• Sengoku showed Vice Admiral Tsuru Longinus’s Sayings, and she decided to use some of them in recruitment promotions.

Commodore Morgan showed Longinus around Marineford and explained the three-year recruit training program, including its preparation for Rokushiki and Haki. He left Longinus urging him to take advantage of Admiral Zephyr’s instruction and master both forms of Haki.

• Commodore Morgan described Marineford’s safety, facilities, and training grounds to Longinus.
• Commodore Morgan explained the training camp’s three years of study, assessments, combat practice, and branch-base training, noting that few cadets graduated.
• Longinus said he still had much to learn, and Commodore Morgan praised his humility.
• Commodore Morgan explained that Rokushiki helped draw out Haki and that cadets received Haki instruction in their third year.
• Commodore Morgan encouraged Longinus to learn Two-Color Haki under Admiral Zephyr’s guidance.

Longinus arrived at Marine Headquarters' training camp and met his dormitory roommates, who described the class's top recruits. The chapter left Longinus curious about the two newcomers ranked above him: a swordswoman and a Mythical Zoan user.

• Longinus registered at the training camp, and a ponytailed girl recognized him as the Marine who had saved a ship and escorted him to his dormitory.
• Gregory, Abraham, and T Bone welcomed Longinus and explained the class's divisions and the contempt directed at recruits from different branches.
• Gregory said Headquarters recruits had ranked Longinus third among the class's three monsters and described arguing with them.
• Gregory and Abraham told Longinus that the second-ranked recruit was a beautiful swordswoman with swordsman-level skill.
• Gregory revealed that the recruit ranked first was a Zoan user with a Mythical Zoan, and Longinus took the news seriously.

Gion learned that Longinus’s heroic deeds were real and resolved to apologize for misjudging him. Meanwhile, Algernon warned Longinus’s companions that Gion had come looking for them, and they feared she meant to challenge Longinus’s standing at the training camp.

• Gion read Longinus’s sayings and asked Tsuru whether he was a fictional Navy hero.
• Tsuru explained that Longinus’s recorded deeds were true, and Gion decided to apologize to him for assuming he sought fame.
• Gregory, Abraham, and T Bone discussed their training and heard that Gion had defeated Kaki after he harassed her.
• Algernon rushed in and told the others that Gion had come looking for them.
• Abraham urged everyone to go out and defend Longinus’s reputation even though he was away training.

Gion went to apologize to Longinus, but his men mistook her visit for a challenge and then for an attempt to pursue him. Meanwhile, Longinus met Dragon during deep-sea training and shared his view of Justice, leaving Dragon impressed and Longinus eager to shape his reputation as a Marine Hero.

• Gion arrived at Longinus's barracks to apologize, but Gregory and the others confronted her, believing she had come to challenge their boss.
• Gion clarified that she only wanted to apologize and left; Gregory claimed she was trying to pursue Longinus, while T Bone took his theory seriously.
• Longinus fought a monster in the deep sea, then met Vice Admiral Dragon, who had also been training there.
• Dragon warned Longinus not to accept Garp as a teacher and recommended Teacher Zephyr instead.
• Dragon asked Longinus what Justice meant, and Longinus said Justice was whatever could steadily make the world better.
• Dragon praised Longinus as an outstanding Marine, while Longinus reflected on the uses of his reputation and Dragon's future.

Fleet Admiral Zephyr explained that the two-week break had tested the trainees’ self-discipline, then revealed rankings comparing their abilities with third-year graduates. After Longinus stood out as the top-ranked recruit, Kaki challenged him.

• Zephyr told the trainees that their persistence during the two weeks revealed their character and that true strength began with mastering themselves.
• Zephyr’s instructors distributed a ranking based on the trainees’ performance, placing Longinus first, Gion second, Kaki third, and Lono fourth.
• Zephyr explained that the rankings used third-year graduate standards, with S marking the pinnacle, and the recruits reacted to how far Longinus and the other top trainees surpassed them.
• Gion became eager to test herself against Longinus after seeing his ranking and his S-level Observation Haki.
• Kaki interrupted Gion and challenged Longinus.

Longinus accepted Kaki’s challenge and overwhelmed him despite Kaki’s Mythical Zoan strength and durability. The fight ended with Longinus binding Kaki’s face with his hair after Kaki refused to use his full ability.

• Kaki challenged Longinus, and Dragon predicted that Longinus would defeat him by overwhelming force.
• Longinus dodged Kaki’s charge and kicked him out of the training field into a mountain.
• Kaki returned in hybrid form and charged again, but Longinus struck him with hundreds of punches and sent him flying once more.
• Kaki kept fighting through his Zoan recovery, while Longinus held back and the battle dragged on.
• Longinus declared the fight pointless because Kaki refused to use his ability, then wrapped his hair around Kaki’s face and bound him.

Longinus impressed Admiral Zephyr by independently comprehending Life Return, then faced Kaki’s Mythical Zoan nightmare powers in their fight. Kaki unleashed countless nightmares, but Longinus remained unaffected and revealed that he had already overcome years of torment from a nightmare.

• Admiral Zephyr explained that Longinus had comprehended Life Return on his own and praised his potential to inherit Zephyr’s ideals.
• Zephyr stopped the instructors from interrupting Longinus’s fight with Kaki, saying Longinus was forcing Kaki to reveal his full power.
• Kaki unleashed a soul wave and transformed into a Dream-Eating Tapir, admitting that he disliked his beast form.
• Longinus criticized Kaki for refusing to face himself, prompting Kaki to attack with Nightmare Syndrome.
• Kaki’s materialized nightmares failed to affect Longinus, who said he had overcome a nightmare that tormented him for three years.

Longinus defeated Kaki and used a fabricated story about surviving three years of nightmares to reach him and restore his resolve. Kaki apologized to the crowd, while Longinus’s performance convinced those watching that he had endured a tragic past.

• Zephyr ordered Garp barred from the training camp and warned Dragon not to tell his father what had happened.
• Longinus kicked Kaki down, and Kaki lay on the ground, devastated that his Devil Fruit ability had failed to hurt Longinus.
• Longinus rebuked Kaki for abandoning his duty as a Marine and urged him to remember the suffering caused by pirates.
• Kaki challenged Longinus to understand his pain, and Longinus claimed that pirates had slaughtered his village when he was nine and that nightmares had tormented him for three years.
• Kaki regained his composure, stood up after recovering, and apologized to the onlookers with a dogeza.

After Kaki’s defeat, Gion apologized to Longinus and challenged him to test the strength of his convictions. Longinus fought her without holding back and sent her flying, leaving the recruits to call him a Steel Straight Man.

• After watching Longinus defeat Kaki, the crowd noticed that every G2 Branch member ranked within the top one hundred and wondered whether Longinus had caused the branch’s rise.
• Gion apologized to Longinus for judging him based on a collection of quotations, then asked him to let her experience the power of his convictions in battle.
• Longinus accepted Gion’s challenge and warned her that he would not hold back; Gion prepared to fight with her famed sword, Golden Konpira.
• Gion attacked with an Iaido Slash and Death Sonata, but Longinus evaded her strikes while her stamina rapidly dwindled.
• When Gion lost focus and asked how he could read her attacks, Longinus rammed her with his shoulder and sent her flying hundreds of meters.
• The recruits called Longinus a Steel Straight Man for showing no mercy to Gion and secretly celebrated their strongest competitor’s loss.

Gion continued fighting Longinus despite her injured shoulder, but he defeated her and carried her to the infirmary. Later, Vice Admiral Tsuru checked on Gion and listened as she praised Longinus, prompting Tsuru to wonder whether Gion had developed a certain syndrome.

• Gion asked Longinus to continue their fight, saying her swordsmanship relied on technique and speed rather than strength.
• Gion attacked with Death Waltz and Death Moonlight Sonata, but Longinus dodged her concealed strikes and endured her sword beams.
• Longinus ended the battle with Falling Star, breaking Gion's sword and sending her into the mountainside.
• Longinus rescued Gion from the rubble and carried her to the infirmary, reassuring the recruits that her injuries were not serious.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru visited Gion half a day later, and Gion reflected on what she had learned from fighting Longinus.
• After Gion repeatedly praised Longinus, Vice Admiral Tsuru wondered whether she had developed that S-something Syndrome.

Dragon put the recruits through an extreme run and judged their perseverance, then announced that their next task was eating nutritious meals to restore their strength. He considered advancing Longinus, Kaki, and Gion to Rokushiki training ahead of schedule.

• Dragon ordered the recruits to sprint at their limits for ten minutes, and only a little over one hundred of the four hundred recruits persisted to the end.
• Longinus ran toward the group carrying a small mountain, and Dragon decided he was ready for the next stage of training.
• Dragon and his adjutant discussed sending Longinus, Kaki, and Gion to Admiral Zephyr early to learn Rokushiki.
• The adjutant praised G2 Branch for completing the run, and Gregory and the other recruits felt vindicated beside the exhausted Headquarters recruits.
• Dragon announced that the next task was eating Sea King and rare-beast meat until the recruits felt like throwing up.

Longinus and the G2 Marines impressed recruits with their endurance, prompting Gregory to recruit them into Longinus’s special training. At breakfast, Kuzan revealed that Vice Admiral Dragon had been called a monster alongside Sakazuki and Borsalino in the first training camp.

• Vice Admiral Dragon admired Longinus’s discipline after the exhausted Marines returned to Marineford.
• Gregory invited curious recruits to join the G2 Branch’s special training, drawing a crowd eager to learn from Longinus.
• Vice Admiral Dragon decided to let the G2 Marines continue recruiting recruits after seeing their performance.
• Longinus steadily ate the large breakfast ration, while the recruits struggled to finish their meals.
• Kuzan joined Vice Admiral Dragon and Longinus for breakfast and explained that Dragon had been considered a monster alongside Sakazuki and Borsalino in the first training camp.

Kuzan questioned Longinus about a Devil Fruit-using girl who escaped from the Black-Clothed Pirate Group, while Longinus concealed what he knew about Robin. Later, Zephyr advanced Longinus, Gion, and Kaki to Rokushiki training and urged Longinus to master all six techniques.

• Kuzan praised Longinus and asked about the little girl with a Devil Fruit ability who had escaped after Longinus rescued the slaves.
• Longinus claimed the girl had fled before he could investigate, and Kuzan said she was lucky while Dragon urged everyone to eat.
• Zephyr praised Longinus for completing the first year’s extreme training in three days and said he could begin the next phase early.
• Zephyr assigned Kaki Iron Body, Finger Pistol, and Life Return, while recommending Geppo, Shave, and Paper Art for Gion.
• Zephyr explained Rokushiki’s potential and challenged Longinus to master all six techniques, then encouraged Gion and Kaki to try as well.

Zephyr brought Longinus, Gion, and Kaki to the advanced training ground to demonstrate the Rokushiki in combat. Longinus quickly adapted Kami-e into a new technique and struck Zephyr, while the lesson continued with Geppo and Tempest Kick.

• Zephyr instructed Longinus, Gion, and Kaki to attack him so they could experience the Rokushiki firsthand.
• Zephyr used Iron Body, Shave, and Finger Pistol to block their attacks and blast all three away.
• Longinus recovered immediately, used Shave to attack Zephyr, and learned Kami-e well enough to create Kami-e: Martial Body and send Zephyr flying.
• Zephyr praised Longinus and demonstrated Geppo by walking through the air, explaining its connection to Shave and Kami-e.
• Zephyr launched a Tempest Kick slashing wave from midair, sending Longinus, Gion, and Kaki flying.

Dragon oversaw the recruits’ melee, then took them to watch Zephyr train Longinus, Gion, and Kaki in the Six Powers. Garp praised Longinus’s fearlessness and claimed he admired Garp, then decided Zephyr should not ruin the promising young recruit.

• Dragon watched Gregory win the recruits’ melee by hiding and making alliances, and accepted the result despite deciding to adjust the rules next time.
• Dragon told the recruits they would observe Zephyr training Longinus, Gion, and Kaki, whose injuries showed how brutally the exercise was going.
• Garp arrived and explained that fighting Zephyr could teach the Six Powers more effectively than studying them alone, while Gion and Kaki were still holding back.
• Dragon said Longinus was fearless, and Garp boasted that Longinus had copied his own attitude and heroism.
• Garp decided that Zephyr should not ruin Longinus, whom he considered a promising admirer.

Longinus fought Zephyr in the training arena, using each attack to deepen his understanding of Rokushiki despite his worsening injuries. Zephyr ended the lesson with Rokuogan, leaving Longinus embedded in a mountainside but alive and eager to train further.

• Dragon warned Garp not to provoke Zephyr, then explained that Longinus’s painful past had shaped him without making him lose his principles.
• Longinus copied Zephyr’s Rokushiki techniques and endured their attacks, reaching about eighty percent comprehension during the fight.
• Dragon praised Longinus’s potential to unite the Marines, while Gion and Kaki admitted they had learned far less than he had.
• Zephyr announced that the remaining Rokushiki skills required repeated practice and prepared to finish the lesson with his final technique.
• Zephyr struck Longinus with Rokuogan, blasting him into a mountainside and severely injuring him.
• Longinus survived the blow and marveled at the power of a Marine Admiral.

Longinus defeated Gion and Kaki in training, then was ambushed by Garp, who revealed that Zephyr had arranged special training for him. The chapter ended with Garp inviting Longinus to train with him, and Longinus realizing he could no longer refuse.

• Longinus dodged Gion and Kaki's combined attack with Paper Art, then sent them flying with Finger Pistol: Iron Body Jade.
• Gion accepted Longinus's coat after he noticed her clothes were soaked, while Kaki thanked him for helping him master Iron Body.
• Longinus returned to Marine Headquarters after a year had passed, but Garp suddenly struck him and sent him crashing through the mountainside.
• Longinus recognized Garp's Fist of Love and explained that its force was powered by conviction while causing pain without much injury.
• Garp told Longinus that Zephyr had asked him to provide special training, and Longinus reconsidered his refusal.

Garp taught Longinus that the true power of his Iron Fist came from unwavering conviction, then urged him to channel his own beliefs into a punch. Longinus embraced his identity as Justice and struck at Garp with a fist glowing with holy light.

• Garp explained that conviction gave the Iron Fist its strength and that Haki awakened the power within a person's heart.
• Garp described how firm beliefs could be made tangible, while Longinus reflected on how this related to swordsmen and Sword Intent.
• Garp told Longinus to pour his conviction into his fist and raised his own fist to motivate him.
• Longinus declared that his will was Justice and named his technique the Fist of Justice.
• Longinus's glowing punch shot toward Garp's face, stunning him.

Zephyr and Sengoku discussed Golden Lion Shiki’s escape and sent Garp with Dragon and Kuzan to investigate his movements near Whitebeard. At Beast Island, the first-year assessment ended with Gion in first place, and Zephyr revealed that Longinus had been assigned a mission at Impel Down.

• Garp, Zephyr, Sengoku, and Tsuru discussed Shiki’s escape and the need to capture him before he could threaten the balance of the seas.
• Sengoku sent Garp to the New World with Dragon and Kuzan to find Shiki, while he assigned Longinus a separate mission.
• Zephyr watched the recruits finish their Beast Island assessment and considered how Longinus had influenced the class.
• Instructor Jess announced Gion as the top-ranked recruit, prompting her to question how she could have beaten Longinus.
• Zephyr told the recruits that Longinus had not taken part in the assessment and had likely already reached Impel Down.