Recaps

Anko fought Soi Fon in the seventh match and endured her strongest attacks, forcing Soi Fon to reveal Suzumebachi’s Two-Hit Kill ability. Anko challenged Soi Fon to strike the same spot twice, then suddenly outpaced her and left her stunned.

• Soi Fon attacked Anko with Shunpo, but Anko recovered and countered her kicks.
• Anko released her power and withstood Soi Fon’s attacks, including a Shunkō strike, without injury.
• Soi Fon released Suzumebachi and explained its Two-Hit Kill ability to Anko.
• Anko challenged Soi Fon to hit the same spot twice and then moved so quickly that Soi Fon could barely follow her.

Anko defeated Soi Fon, and Yakushi Kabuto won the eighth match after Kaname Tosen used Bankai. Mei Terumi began the ninth match against Sosuke Aizen, who released Kyoka Suigetsu as her water-based attacks flooded the arena.

• Anko overwhelmed Soi Fon, giving the ninja side a 4–3 lead.
• Shisui encouraged Mei Terumi and arranged for her to face Sosuke Aizen, while Itachi accepted the remaining matchup.
• Yakushi Kabuto defeated Kaname Tosen inside the darkness of his Bankai and healed him afterward.
• Mei Terumi faced Aizen and flooded the arena with her Water Release techniques.
• Aizen released Kyoka Suigetsu as Mei's water dragons approached him.

Sosuke Aizen defeated Mei Terumi in their exchange match while concealing Kyoka Suigetsu’s true ability and reconsidering his plans after sensing an unknown presence. The match ended with Aizen intrigued by the Living World’s emperor and the powerful, unfamiliar world around him.

• Aizen’s Spiritual Pressure disrupted Mei Terumi’s water attacks, but she intensified the arena’s water pressure and used her Sage Engraving against him.
• Aizen emerged unharmed, bound Mei Terumi with two Kidō techniques, and strengthened the restraints until her acidic mist could not corrode them.
• Aizen reflected that he had only pretended to release Kyoka Suigetsu, abandoning his plan to reveal its hypnosis after witnessing the Ten Mianwei and sensing an unknown gaze.
• The judges declared Sosuke Aizen the victor, and Mei Terumi bowed to Dan, who comforted her after her defeat.
• Dan told Aizen he had hoped to see his true strength, and Aizen replied that they would have another opportunity.

Makoto offered to help the Soul Society build a Sunlight Tower for communication, while Yamamoto reserved judgment. In the exchange tournament’s final match, Itachi revealed his Sun Wheel Sword’s abilities against Toshiro Hitsugaya and unleashed a black flame as the battle continued.

• Makoto offered the Soul Society a Sunlight Tower with unnecessary functions removed, and Yamamoto said they could discuss it later.
• Toshiro Hitsugaya and Uchiha Itachi began the tournament’s final match, trading sword strikes as Toshiro recognized Itachi’s weapon as a Sun Wheel Sword.
• Itachi explained that Dark Strike became invisible in sunlight before revealing he carried a second sword, which he did not draw.
• Toshiro released Hyōrinmaru and summoned ice dragons, creating a freezing domain that stopped Itachi’s Great Fireball Technique.
• Itachi transformed Dark Strike into black flames with the release command for Great Sun Spirit.

Itachi fought Toshiro with his black-flame Great Sun Spirit, breaking free of Toshiro’s Bankai despite the extreme cold. Itachi admitted he could not use Bankai, then drew a silver-white blade and released Tsukuyomi, leaving Toshiro dazed.

• Itachi’s black flames burned through Toshiro’s ice dragons and forced Toshiro to discard his burning haori.
• Toshiro unleashed Daiguren Hyōrinmaru and froze Itachi inside a cross-shaped ice flower with Ryūsenka.
• Itachi’s black flames broke through the ice, though he admitted he could not use Bankai.
• Toshiro learned Itachi had possessed his Sun Wheel Sword for less than a month and had not mastered Bankai.
• Itachi sheathed Great Sun Spirit, drew a silver-white blade, and released Tsukuyomi, leaving Toshiro dazed.

After Itachi defeated Toshiro with an illusion, the Two Realms Exchange Meeting ended and the Empire’s guests joined the captains and nobles for a banquet. Shin proposed building a Sunlight Tower in the Seireitei, and support from nobles left Yamamoto concerned as the gathering ended with a toast to peace.

• Itachi trapped Toshiro in an illusion, and Toshiro conceded after believing he had been killed.
• The sparring matches ended, and Shin offered the Ninja Guild’s help to Shinigami visiting the Living World while inviting them to Konoha.
• At the banquet, the captains learned about the Ten Mianwei’s abilities, including Kamado’s Byakugan and Shisui’s Sharingan, while Shisui said Might Guy was the strongest among them.
• Shin described the Sunlight Tower’s functions and proposed providing the technology for a Seireitei installation.
• Several nobles supported building the tower and suggested Mayuri Kurotsuchi oversee it, causing Yamamoto to worry that they were backing the proposal without proper deliberation.
• Shin raised a cup to friendship and world stability, and the gathered guests toasted to peace.

After the exchange meeting, Shin’s allies prepared to influence Central 46 while the Soul Society’s leaders grew wary of his power. Naruto Tsunade remained anxious that Shin would punish her for losing, though she refused to seek him out and ask what he intended.

• Shisui told Shin that he had engraved Transcription Seals on the nobles he controlled, and Yamamoto was summoned to a Central 46 meeting about the Sun Empire.
• Shin praised the Ten Mianwei, reassured Kamado about his loss to Shunsui Kyoraku, and sent them away while Samui arranged for Yugito and Mabui to visit him.
• Retsu Unohana wondered whether Shin was stronger than Yamamoto and warned Isane Kotetsu that the emperor’s power might be beyond their understanding.
• Tsunade drank with Shizune, Rin, Kurenai Yuhi, and Anko, while Rin privately worried about her relationship with Shin.
• Naruto Tsunade returned from training and asked Tsunade whether Shin had commented on her defeat; Tsunade said he had not, and Naruto Tsunade decided she would not approach him first.

Kakashi and Kamado tried to recruit Whitebeard to lead the Empire’s Maritime Guild, but he rejected their offer and threatened war. Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Pirates arrived in the Empire’s territory, where Robin realized they had reached a strange world with unfamiliar customs and currency.

• Kakashi and Kamado met Whitebeard at sea and offered him leadership of a Maritime Guild that would bring pirates under the Empire’s laws.
• Whitebeard refused the offer, and Kakashi and Kamado left without fighting, deciding to seek Red-Haired Shanks next.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates landed at a town in Water Province and were chased by law enforcers after Luffy admitted they were pirates.
• The Straw Hat Pirates disguised themselves and split up to gather supplies and information.
• Robin found that the locals used taels instead of Berries and read newspaper stories about the Two Realms Exchange Meeting and the Sunlight Tower, realizing the crew had reached an unfamiliar place.

Shisui arrived in Water Mist City to oversee the Sunlight Tower project, while the Straw Hat Pirates investigated the unfamiliar country and were captured by its authorities. They ended up imprisoned among pirates, including Crocodile, and Luffy called for Zoro to rescue them.

• Shisui told Hyuga Kiyotaka that the Empire had begun addressing the pirate threat in Water Province and recruited ninja to help build the twenty-third Sunlight Tower.
• Robin investigated Water Mist City with the Straw Hat Pirates, and they learned that Uchiha Shisui had arrived at the Ninja Guild.
• After Robin spotted Shisui, the group left the crowd but was immobilized by a purple Binding Light and taken to a prison.
• Luffy and the others broke out of their cell, discovered a vast prison arena filled with captured pirates, and recognized Crocodile among the inmates.
• Karatachi Yagura used the Binding Light to recapture the Straw Hat Pirates, who were chained and returned to their cell.
• Luffy shouted for Zoro to come save them.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates escaped their cells with Crocodile’s help, triggering a riot that destroyed the Sunlight Tower and led to the theft of the Tenseigan Weapon. Shin arrived in the Water Province and ordered the officials to take him to the captured Luffy.

• Robin suggested asking Crocodile to help free the prisoners, and Luffy went to negotiate with him.
• Crocodile agreed to open the cells if Luffy attacked the warden, while warning him about the Sunlight Tower’s Binding Light and explaining that the world had changed.
• Luffy attacked the warden, Crocodile turned the prison’s iron barriers to sand, and the released pirates rioted as the Sunlight Tower’s beam froze them.
• The Sunlight Tower collapsed, the Tenseigan Weapon was stolen, and Zoro heard the city’s emergency alert while still searching for the prison.
• Shin learned that the captured pirate was Monkey D. Luffy, flew to the Water Province, questioned Shisui and Hyuga Kiyotaka, and asked to see Luffy.

Makoto questioned Luffy, restored the Sunlight Tower, and sent Shisui after Crocodile, who had stolen its weapon. Meanwhile, the Straw Hats rushed to rescue Luffy but were lured into a prison ambush, where Makoto ordered the ninjas to test their strength.

• Makoto freed Luffy after questioning him, then ordered Shisui to pursue Crocodile and capture the pirates who had stolen the Tenseigan Weapon.
• Makoto restored the Sunlight Tower and removed Hyuga Kiyotaka from his position as Water Province Ninja Guild branch president.
• Shisui found Crocodile and his crew with the stolen weapon, knocked out Mr. 1 Daz Bones and the other pirates, and confronted Crocodile.
• Zoro and the others learned that pirates from the prison riot would be publicly executed and hurried to rescue Luffy, but did not find him among the prisoners.
• A disguised ninja posing as Luffy led the Straw Hats toward Pirate Prison and grabbed Chopper, but Zoro recognized the deception.
• Makoto revealed the trap inside Pirate Prison and ordered the surrounding ninjas to test the Straw Hats' strength.

Kakashi and Kamado’s attempt to negotiate with Shanks ended without an agreement, and Zhen offered Crocodile leadership of a new Maritime Guild meant to govern pirates. Crocodile had yet to accept, while Zhen made clear that pirates who refused to obey would be killed.

• Kakashi and Shanks fought until the Emperor recalled Kakashi and Kamado, and Shanks decided to explore the changed world on land.
• Zoro and Sanji defeated two Jonin at the Pirate Prison, but Shisui disarmed Zoro and brought the unconscious Crocodile before Zhen.
• Crocodile tried to flee after waking, but Zhen restrained him and learned that he had planned the Sunlight Tower theft in advance.
• Zhen offered Crocodile the presidency of a Maritime Guild that would govern pirates, and Crocodile questioned whether pirates would obey its rules.
• Zhen declared that pirates who refused to obey would die.

Shinichi used Crocodile to announce that anyone seeking information about One Piece should gather at a marked island in one month, drawing pirates across the sea. Back in Konoha, Natsu told Shinichi she wanted a child, and he promised to consider it after Neji and the others grew older before inviting her to visit him that night.

• Shinichi brought Crocodile and the Straw Hat Pirates to Konoha, where the Empire registered them and allowed them to move freely.
• Shinichi tasked Crocodile with commanding the Four Emperors and announcing that he had information about One Piece.
• Crocodile projected his announcement across the sea and revealed the location of an island where pirates could gather in one month, while Shanks and Beckman suspected the spectacle was deliberate.
• Kabuto showed Shinichi the first mass-produced Dark Strikes, and Shinichi learned that research into suppressing Devil Fruit powers had made no progress.
• Natsu told Shinichi she felt left out because she had no child, and he agreed to consider having one after Neji and the others grew older.
• After Ayari caught Shinichi and Natsu together, Shinichi invited Natsu to join him in the master bedroom that night, leaving her embarrassed and unsure whether to accept.

Sunlight Tower was completed in Seireitei as the pirate fleets gathered on Cursor Island for Crocodile’s planned meeting about One Piece. By dawn, all the major figures had arrived, and the silver Cursor disappeared as the gathering was about to begin.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi installed the Living World’s signal base station atop Sunlight Tower under Yamamoto’s supervision.
• Uchiha Shisui, Crocodile, Mei Terumi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and the Straw Hat Pirates waited at the Empire outpost while pirate crews gathered on Cursor Island.
• Kaido’s Beasts Pirates and Charlotte Linlin’s Big Mom Pirates arrived and remained aboard their ships.
• Whitebeard arrived with his crew, and he and Crocodile acknowledged their past acquaintance without explaining it.
• Kaido went ashore and shared liquor with Whitebeard, while Hawkeye and Shanks later arrived on Cursor Island.
• As daylight rose, all the expected major figures had gathered, and the silver Cursor vanished.

Shisui presented the Empire’s plan to establish a Maritime Guild, but Kaido challenged the Empire’s authority and fought the Cruiser Destroyer. The mech defeated and pinned Kaido to the island, leaving the pirates to answer whether they would accept the guild.

• Kakashi arrived, and Shisui led the Empire’s delegation to the pirate gathering on Cursor Island.
• Shisui proposed a Maritime Guild that would offer pirates legal work if they obeyed the Empire’s laws and protected its citizens.
• Jack the Drought challenged Shisui, then suddenly dropped to his knees in terror as Kaido unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki.
• The Cruiser Destroyer arrived, and Shisui asked Kaido whether he still considered him arrogant.
• Kaido transformed into an azure dragon and fought the Cruiser Destroyer in the sky, but the mech defeated him and pinned him to the island with a giant blade.
• Shisui asked the gathered pirates once more who agreed to the Maritime Guild and who objected.

After Kaido’s defeat, the Four Emperors rallied the pirates against the Empire, but Kamado arrived with the Emperor’s new plan. Roger and Rocks emerged from a spatial rift, and Roger urged the pirates to join the Maritime Guild and explore the new world, leaving the sea’s allegiance uncertain.

• Kaido stood despite his grievous wound, and Whitebeard rallied the pirates against the Empire by declaring that One Piece was real.
• Shisui and Kakashi recognized that force alone would not make the Four Emperors submit, and Kamado arrived with new orders from His Majesty.
• A spatial rift opened, and Gol D. Roger and Rocks D. Xebec emerged, stunning the pirates and their leaders.
• Shisui used his ocular technique to control Rayleigh, who confirmed that Roger was truly his captain.
• Roger explained that the Empire would let the pirates sail freely if they joined the Maritime Guild and respected civilians.
• Roger called on the pirates to explore the new seas and compete to become the new King of the Sea.

The Sun Empire established the Maritime Guild and compelled the Four Emperors to accept its rules after Shin demonstrated his overwhelming power. Shin then offered the Shichibukai positions in the Empire, and all but Boa Hancock knelt in loyalty as she remained standing.

• Shanks, Kaido, Big Mom, and Whitebeard agreed to join the Maritime Guild, and thousands of pirates prepared to register with the Empire.
• Shin forced Kaido, Whitebeard, and Big Mom to sit, then expelled the Four Emperors' souls from their bodies briefly to make them accept his rules against invading land, harming citizens, or fighting one another.
• Shin sent the Four Emperors away and met the Shichibukai, while Hawkeye Mihawk asked Itachi about his swords and learned about Kakashi Hatake and the swordsmen of Iron Blade City.
• Shin offered the Shichibukai authority and status if they pledged loyalty to the Empire, and Doflamingo, Jinbe, Moria, Kuma, and Mihawk knelt.
• Boa Hancock alone remained standing, and Shin asked whether she was unwilling to serve the Empire.

Boa Hancock reluctantly agreed to serve Hyuga Shin after he exposed and removed the slave brand on her back. Samui took her around Konoha and arranged a quiet private residence, while Hancock wondered whether she could reunite with her crew and regain her freedom.

• Boa Hancock hesitated to submit before Hyuga Shin, so he dismissed the other Shichibukai and summoned her upstairs with Samui.
• Hancock offered to serve the empire as a fighter or ruler, but Shin insisted that she stay by his side as a servant.
• Shin revealed he knew Hancock had been enslaved, exposed her back, and erased the Celestial Dragon brand; Hancock then agreed to serve him.
• Shin promised the empire would care for Hancock's former crew, and Samui led her through Konoha while explaining life under the empire.
• Hancock asked whether she could see and bring her crew sisters to Konoha, and Samui said she could have what she wanted by winning Shin's favor.
• Samui moved Hancock from a luxurious home in the wealthy district to a quiet detached courtyard near her own residence.

Samui helped Hancock adjust to life as His Majesty’s servant, and Shinichi brought Hancock to question Robin. He offered to release the other Straw Hat Pirates if Robin and Nami stayed in the empire, leaving Robin to decide how to tell Nami.

• Hancock visited Samui’s home for food, and Samui later taught her basic etiquette and household duties.
• Shinichi met Hancock the next day and took her to question Robin, who was being held under house arrest with the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Shinichi offered to release Robin’s companions if Robin stayed, then revealed that Nami had to stay as well.
• Shinichi warned Robin to persuade her companions and conceal that she had been forced to remain, lest Luffy and the others act recklessly.
• Robin returned to the group, withdrew to her room, then came back and asked Nami to speak with her privately.

Robin told the Straw Hats she wanted to leave the ship and settle in Konoha, while Nami remained uncertain about her own choice. At the Imperial Palace, Hancock adjusted to serving Shin, and Rin confronted Shin about his new maid before leaving with him.

• Robin privately told Nami she wanted a stable life in Konoha, and Nami asked if there was another way to avoid their predicament.
• Robin told the Straw Hats she wanted to leave the ship, explaining that her old dream no longer existed and asking Luffy to let her go.
• Chopper and Sanji tried to get Robin to reconsider, but she returned to her room without changing her decision.
• Nami said she had not decided whether she wanted Robin to leave, then went back to her room.
• Hancock washed grapes while Samui explained that she would eventually meet another woman around His Majesty.
• Rin accused Shin of keeping a new maid, then invited him to the rooftop, and Shin carried her away with the Body Flicker Technique.

Hancock met Tsunade at the Imperial Palace and learned that Hyuga Shin had five wives, while Shin ordered Kabuto to mass-produce controllable Zoan Devil Fruits. Meanwhile, Kamado delivered appliances to Soul Society and asked Shunsui Kyoraku to help find a deceased acquaintance; Mei Terumi later asked Pakura if she could accompany her to the Ninja Academy.

• Hancock met Tsunade, learned she was His Majesty's assistant, and discovered that Shin had five wives.
• Shunsui Kyoraku welcomed Kamado and a shipment of appliances at the Senkaimon, then offered to find the soul of Kamado's deceased acquaintance.
• Kabuto told Shin that cloned Zoan Devil Fruits could give ordinary people strength above a Chunin's, and Shin ordered him to mass-produce fruits that Sunlight Tower could control.
• Shin returned to the Imperial Palace, where Tsunade massaged his legs, Samui brought him documents, and Hancock hurried to prepare refreshments.
• Mei Terumi spoke with her neighbor Konan, then visited Pakura and asked to join her at the Ninja Academy.

Robin and Nami moved into Hancock’s home after Kei ordered them to live together, while Kei considered new mech research and investigated how people had crossed between worlds. He told Rukia that Hisana had been her older sister, then revealed that Shisui had prepared a Kotoamatsukami seal for her to activate on a designated target.

• Kei ordered Hancock to house Robin and Nami, and Samui brought them to Hancock’s courtyard.
• Robin and Nami discussed planting an orange tree and offered to cook, while Hancock reluctantly permitted them to stay and expected them to handle household chores.
• At the Mechanical Science Research Institute, Kei directed researchers to develop a high-output mech powered by the Nine-Tails’ core and reviewed other projects.
• Kei considered visiting a parallel Naruto world to find computer technology, but feared his travel might bring dangerous people from another world, so he abandoned the trip.
• Kei questioned Rukia about her unusual arrival in Konoha, then told her that Hisana had been her older sister.
• After Rukia left, Shisui told Kei that he had placed a Transcription Seal on her, which would trigger Kotoamatsukami when she saw the designated target.

After Hancock knocked Nami unconscious with her Conqueror’s Haki, Samui made Hancock accept responsibility for the household chores and apologize. Robin and Nami then welcomed Hancock into their household, and the two friends went shopping for their new home, hoping to build a peaceful life together.

• Hancock used her Haki on Nami after Nami refused to make breakfast and challenged her demand that they serve her, leaving Nami unconscious and Robin in pain.
• Shisui and Samui arrived, and Samui ordered Hancock to apologize, take over the household chores, and stop relying on Mabui to cook for her.
• Nami woke, and Robin offered Hancock breakfast; Hancock apologized to Nami, who accepted, and agreed to learn how to help around the house.
• Hancock went to see the emperor while Robin and Nami shopped for household necessities, clothes, and food, then returned home together.

Robin and Nami settled into their new home, but Robin grew anxious about the emperor’s intentions after discovering Samui, Mabui, and Yugito’s relationship with him. Zhen came to Robin late at night, and after she hesitated, she undressed and let him approach her.

• Nami admired the newly planted orange tree with Robin and Hancock, and Robin later took hometown pastries to Samui’s home.
• Robin overheard Samui, Mabui, and Yugito with Zhen, then returned later and delivered the pastries to Samui and Mabui.
• Over the following week, Robin worried that Zhen had not summoned her or Nami, and she told Nami what she had overheard at Samui’s home.
• Zhen arrived at Robin’s home late at night and carried her to her bedroom.
• When Robin hesitated, Zhen said he would go to Nami instead, and Robin began undressing; Zhen then pulled away her blanket.

Shin learned that Naruto Tsunade had pushed the Body Forging Pod beyond its intended limits and watched her test her strength against Guy. Naruto Tsunade proved powerful but still far from her goal, and Shin offered to help her grow stronger, leaving her wondering what he wanted in return.

• Robin told Nami that the Emperor had visited her room during the night, leaving Nami to wonder whether she would be next.
• Shin ordered the Biological Science Research Institute to double its production of cloned Animal-type Devil Fruits and learned that Naruto Tsunade had been using the Body Forging Pod every two days.
• Naruto Tsunade attacked Shin, but he stopped her and arranged a sparring match with Guy at the first training ground.
• Naruto Tsunade overwhelmed Guy in the Sixth Gate of Joy, but Guy defeated her with his Seventh Gate of Shock: God Killing Stance.
• Shin said Naruto Tsunade ranked among the Ten Mianwei's top five, and she admitted she still wanted to grow stronger.
• Shin offered to keep giving Naruto Tsunade strength and hinted that he had devised the Body Forging Pod, prompting her to wonder what he wanted from her.