Recaps

After Maud’s bounty rose to 500 million, the Four Emperors and the other supernovas took notice of him. The supernovas headed for Sabaody, where Cavendish decided to wait for Maud, while Maud remained aboard Thriller Bark and Perona was forced to exercise.

• Kaido remembered Maud as a potential recruit after hearing of his 500-million bounty and victory over Moria.
• Bagard mocked Maud’s bounty, then collapsed after accidentally poisoning himself by licking his sleeve blade.
• Two supernova pirates left Bruno’s bar in Water 7 without paying and headed toward Sabaody, while Bruno hid his anger.
• Cavendish learned Maud’s bounty had reached 500 million, tore up the poster, and refused to leave Sabaody until Maud arrived.
• The other supernovas headed toward Sabaody as Maud stayed aboard Thriller Bark, where Perona complained while exercising with a heavy iron ball.

Perona endured Jim’s punishing training before Maud, Jaya, Lafitte, Brook, and Beli sailed from Thriller Bark toward the Sabaody Archipelago. After arriving, Maud’s group was confronted by slave hunters who recognized his 500-million-bounty name and panicked.

• Jim forced Perona to finish her weight-training repetitions, and Jaya brought her lunch and told her she would be away with Maud.
• Maud set sail with Jaya, Lafitte, Brook, and Beli, leaving Jim and the others at Thriller Bark.
• Maud read about Vivre Cards and considered obtaining them to help navigate Thriller Bark’s fog.
• Ten days later, Maud and his companions moored their ship at Tree Island Number 8 in the Sabaody Archipelago.
• A slave-hunting group arrived to capture the Tile Pirates’ captain, but its leader recognized Maud and the hunters collapsed in fear when Maud approached.

Maud encountered a slave-hunting crew on Sabaody Archipelago, frightened them into surrendering, and enlisted them to guide his group to Shakky's Raftel Bar. When Udil warned that the Celestial Dragons might take an interest in Brook, Maud fell silent.

• Udil and his slave hunters mistook Maud's arrival for a threat and prostrated themselves, throwing down their weapons.
• Maud noticed Udil's concealed flintlock and made the crew surrender their remaining hidden firearms.
• Maud asked Udil to take them to Shakky's Raftel Bar, and Udil agreed while warning him about its powerful regulars.
• Udil reacted with astonishment to Brook and suggested disguising him to avoid attracting slave hunters.
• Udil warned Maud that the Celestial Dragons might take an interest in Brook, and Maud fell silent.

Maud led his crew toward Shakky’s bar while avoiding any unnecessary conflict with the Celestial Dragons. More than a thousand bounty hunters surrounded them, but Maud left them all unconscious in seconds, stunning the witnesses.

• Maud rejected Udil’s suggestion to disguise Brook and continued toward Shakky’s bar, while Brook accepted his decision.
• Udil explained that Shakky’s Raftel Bar was on Tree Island 13 as Maud sensed people watching the group.
• More than a thousand bounty hunters surrounded Maud and his companions, hoping to claim their bounties and capture Brook.
• Maud stepped forward with his twin pistols as Brook prepared to fight, while Lafitte and Jaya stayed back.
• The bounty hunters suddenly collapsed unconscious within three seconds, leaving Udil, his companions, and the onlookers shocked.

Maud and his companions reached Shakky's Bar after a mysterious burst of Conqueror's Haki incapacitated a thousand bounty hunters. Rayleigh greeted them at the bar, confirming Maud's suspicion that he had cleared the way and leaving Udil stunned by Maud's connection to the legendary pirate.

• Maud's Conqueror's Haki—or a powerful aura nearby—knocked out the bounty hunters, and Whitman recognized it as the sign of a king before leaving with his companions.
• Lafitte and Jaya sensed an immense aura near a Yoruean Red Tree root, while Maud guessed that Rayleigh had used Conqueror's Haki to clear the area.
• Maud told Udil to lead the way, bought the treasured wine from a tavern, and continued with his group to Shakky's Bar on Yoruean Tree Island No. 13.
• Rayleigh greeted Maud and his companions from the bar's wooden staircase, and Jaya and Lafitte recognized the Dark King.
• Udil and his men were stunned to see Rayleigh familiar with Maud.

Maud and his companions met Rayleigh and Shakky at the bar, where Udil delivered the wine and gave Maud his contact information. Shakky asked Maud about reports of him injuring Garp, and Maud confirmed it, leaving Rayleigh eager to hear the details.

• Rayleigh invited Maud, Jaya, and their companions into Shakky's bar, while Udil and his men followed with the wine.
• Jaya praised Rayleigh's Conqueror's Haki, and Rayleigh confirmed that he had used it.
• Maud asked Udil to leave his contact information and gave him a gold bracelet as an advance payment for future work.
• Shakky introduced herself to Brook and discussed his Revive-Revive Fruit before showing the group newspapers about Maud.
• Shakky asked whether Maud had injured Garp, and Maud confirmed that he had.

Maud recounted his near-death encounter with Garp to Shakky and Rayleigh, then admitted he had come to Sabaody to claim Moria’s Shichibukai position. Shakky revealed that seven other billion-bounty supernovas were waiting to challenge him, and Maud asked her for information about them.

• Maud told Shakky and Rayleigh how he had used Yasopp’s gun to shoot Garp and said he had once wanted to kill him.
• Rayleigh asked Maud about his Haki, and Brook resolved to learn Haki so he would not become a burden.
• Maud admitted that he had targeted Moria to take his Shichibukai position.
• Shakky told Maud that the other seven billion-bounty supernovas were staying on Sabaody to use him as a stepping stone, and she offered him information about them.
• After hearing Maud had arrived, Cavendish rushed out of a clothing store, while the other supernovas eagerly awaited him.

As the supernovas gathered on Sabaody to make a name for themselves by challenging Maud, Percy and Jeff set out for Tree Island 13. Jeff confronted Maud, who subdued him instantly, leaving Jeff terrified by the overwhelming difference in their strength.

• Fang Sword Percy killed a dark-skinned man and headed toward Tree Island 13 with his companions.
• Jack the Ripper Jeff left a bar after hearing people discuss Maud, and customers followed him toward Tree Island 13.
• Lafitte flew off, while Maud, Jaya, Shakky, Brook, and Rayleigh watched Jeff approach.
• Jeff threatened to take Maud's head, but Maud appeared behind him and immobilized him with one hand on his neck.

Maud killed Jeff and the Jeff Pirates with ease, revealing the power of his newly acquired Shadow-Shadow Fruit to Rayleigh, Shakky, and Brook. As onlookers gathered around the bodies, someone fired a lead bullet at Maud’s temple.

• Maud immobilized Jeff with his shadow and killed him by crushing his neck, then shot a crew member who charged at him.
• Maud used Shadow Step to intercept the fleeing Jeff Pirates and killed the remaining attackers.
• Maud sensed only faint feedback from the pirates, while Brook wondered why Jeff’s high bounty had not matched his strength and Shakky explained his bounty reflected his crimes.
• Rayleigh recognized Maud’s Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability as onlookers gathered and reacted to the dead pirates.
• Someone in the crowd fired a lead bullet at Maud’s temple.

Maud foiled Supernova sniper Spencer Oliver’s ambush and killed him by using his Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability to make a bullet bend in midair. Rayleigh and Shakky watched Maud’s unusual shot and recognized how he had done it.

• Oliver fired at Maud from Tree Island, but Maud dodged the shot and identified the sniper using Shakky’s information.
• Maud fired back with Beli transformed into a sniper rifle, but Oliver used his keen eyes and Observation Haki to evade the shots.
• Maud infused a strand of shadow into a bullet and fired at Oliver’s heart.
• Oliver dodged, but the bullet bent in midair and struck his chest, killing him.
• Rayleigh and Shakky watched the shot, and Rayleigh inferred how Maud had used his Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability.

Maud used the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to bend a bullet’s trajectory and kill Oliver, shocking the pirates watching nearby. As more Super Rookies arrived hoping to make a name by defeating Maud, the spectators anticipated the coming clashes.

• Maud used a spring-like shadow to redirect his bullet and fatally shot Oliver, who died unable to understand how it had happened.
• House and Gant of the White Whale Pirates watched Oliver fall and decided to wait for other challengers to trouble Maud before making their move.
• Maud lowered his gun and counted Oliver as his second prey, while onlookers with telescopes and sniper goggles realized he had killed Sharp-Eyed Oliver.
• Spectators learned that Fang Sword Percy was approaching with his crew, intending to challenge Maud and gain fame.
• Noble Cavendish arrived on horseback, and the spectators watched as more Super Rookies gathered around Maud.

Maud faced the supernovas Fang Sword Percy and Cavendish, who had both come to challenge him. He blasted Cavendish off his horse with a single Haki-coated bullet, leaving Cavendish’s clothes and pride in tatters as he silently stared at his reflection.

• Maud noticed Percy and Cavendish arriving and saw their heads as a chance to strengthen his bid for a Shichibukai position.
• Percy spotted Jack the Ripper Jeff’s corpse and slowed down, hoping Cavendish would attack Maud first.
• Cavendish rode up on Faruru, declared that Maud had stolen his limelight, and challenged him to a duel.
• Maud asked what he had stolen from Cavendish, then shot an Armament Haki bullet that sent Cavendish and Faruru tumbling.
• Cavendish checked that Faruru was safe, saw his fine clothes ruined and his face covered in dust, and fell into a mental breakdown under the onlookers’ stares.

Maud overwhelmed Cavendish in their duel, turning aside his swordsmanship with gunfire before using his shadow ability to land a powerful blow. Cavendish was left badly injured and barely conscious as the onlookers witnessed the gap between them.

• Cavendish attacked Maud with Beautiful Sword: Azure Bird, but Maud blocked the thrust with Shusui.
• Maud fired repeatedly, forcing Cavendish to retreat while the onlookers praised Maud's combined gun-and-sword style.
• Maud fired an Armament Haki bullet that sent Cavendish skidding backward.
• Maud used Shadow Step and Silent Step to appear behind Cavendish and attack with both blades.
• Cavendish countered Maud's crossed blades with Beautiful Sword: Round Table, but the impact made him spit blood and nearly collapse.

Maud defeated Cavendish, but Cavendish’s murderous alter ego emerged and slaughtered Fang Sword Percy’s subordinates. Maud intervened in the fight, killed Fang Sword Percy, and pinned Cavendish’s sword beneath his foot, leaving Cavendish shaken by the threat Maud posed.

• Maud overwhelmed Cavendish in a close fight and prepared to kill him, but Cavendish vanished as his murderous alter ego took control.
• Cavendish’s alter ego attacked Fang Sword Percy and killed all of Percy’s subordinates with rapid, invisible slashes.
• Fang Sword Percy fought back but suffered multiple wounds as Cavendish’s attacks began to overwhelm his defense.
• Maud stopped Cavendish from striking Fang Sword Percy, then stabbed Percy through the chest while declaring that Percy was his prey.
• Maud pinned Cavendish’s sword to the ground, and Cavendish failed to move it as he sensed an unprecedented threat from Maud.

Maud defeated Cavendish’s alter ego after effortlessly blocking his swift sword attacks and pinning Durandal beneath his foot twice. He carried the unconscious Cavendish away, then flew toward House and Gant, whose White Whale Pirates opened fire on him.

• Cavendish’s alter ego coated Durandal with Armament Haki, broke Maud’s hold, and launched a rapid assault.
• Maud blocked Cavendish’s barrage until the alter ego grew agitated and Maud pinned his sword to the ground again.
• Cavendish’s alter ego realized he feared Maud and returned control to the unconscious main personality, who collapsed.
• Maud carried Cavendish to Rayleigh and the others, while House and Gant abandoned their plans to challenge him and considered fleeing.
• Maud used Geppo to approach House and Gant at Tree Root 15, and House ordered the White Whale Pirates to shoot him down.

Maud attacked the White Whale Pirates from the air, using Beli as a pair of pistols and then a rifle to decimate their crew. Rayleigh watched Maud’s curving shots and called his style “Ghost Gun.”

• House ordered the White Whale Pirates to fire on Maud, but Maud dodged the barrage and used Beli to return fire.
• Maud’s gunfire killed most of the White Whale Pirates, while House and Gant blocked the shots aimed at them.
• Maud switched Beli into a white rifle and used Shadow Stream Bullets to kill crew members even after they dodged the shots.
• Gant threw hand axes at Maud, but Maud caught and crushed them, leaving the White Whale Pirates unable to reach him.
• Maud’s Shadow Stream Bullets broke the White Whale Pirates’ resistance, and Rayleigh watched and named his fighting style “Ghost Gun.”

Maud defeated the remaining White Whale Pirates, killing House after cutting down Gant and evading House’s attack. As spectators watched, Maud’s reputation and strength made potential bounty hunters reconsider going after him.

• Maud stopped firing at House and Gant, descended from the air, and drew Shusui as they charged him.
• Maud dodged Gant’s hand axes and slashed a deep wound across his chest.
• Maud used Shadow Clone to evade House’s punch, then stabbed him through the back and killed him.
• Maud pulled Shusui from House and said he had only been playing around.
• Spectators reflected on the deaths of the supernovas, while those considering Maud’s bounty grew hesitant.

Maud defeated five Supernovas, captured Cavendish, and considered whether a hooded woman was Nico Robin before arranging to collect bounties for the fallen pirates. He left the bodies with Shakky to handle, while Cavendish woke and realized Maud planned to profit from their defeat.

• Maud searched the crowd for the last Supernova, noticed a woman in a green robe who might have been Nico Robin, and chose not to approach her.
• Maud collected House and Gant’s bodies, then found Oliver’s head had already been taken.
• Maud carried Jeff, Oliver, House, and Gant’s bodies to Shakky’s bar and asked her to arrange a bounty exchange.
• Shakky warned that the Marines might reject the claim and that the payout would be reduced to about thirty percent, but Maud agreed to try.
• Cavendish woke, accused Maud of selling their heads, and fell silent when Maud asked why he had come after him.

Maud confronted Cavendish, who blamed him for ruining his debut and challenged him again. When Cavendish summoned his other personality, Rommel's Weasel, it saw Maud and fled in fear, leaving Cavendish and his crew stunned.

• Maud warned Cavendish to stop resisting, but Cavendish insisted Maud had stolen his spotlight and declared himself the year's super rookie.
• Shakky revealed Cavendish burned newspapers and Bounty Posters about Maud wherever he went, and Cavendish admitted he did it because Maud stole his attention.
• Faruru brought the Beautiful Pirates to Cavendish, who warned them away and fell asleep to summon Rommel's Weasel.
• Rommel's Weasel saw Maud, trembled, and fled, causing Cavendish's body to collapse as his crew watched in disbelief.
• Cavendish woke and saw Maud unharmed, then noticed his crew's shocked expressions.

Maud subdued Cavendish and discussed how defeating Moria and seeking the Shichibukai position could help the World Government protect its reputation. As four Shichibukai headed to Marine Headquarters for the meeting, Gion asked Sengoku for permission to go to Sabaody.

• Cavendish repeatedly failed to awaken his other personality, so Maud knocked him unconscious.
• Maud restrained Cavendish's crew at Shakky's bar and discussed the Shichibukai position with Shakky, Rayleigh, and Brook.
• Shakky explained that Maud's offer to replace Moria would give the World Government a way to restore its reputation after Moria's defeat became public.
• Cavendish realized Maud had surpassed him in strength, goals, and insight, and admitted defeat.
• Sengoku learned that Crocodile, Donquixote Doflamingo, and Bartholomew Kuma had arrived for the Shichibukai meeting, while Jinbe was on his way.
• Gion entered Sengoku's office and asked to go to the Sabaody Archipelago.

Momousagi Gion received Sengoku’s approval to lead a mission to Sabaody Archipelago and defeat Maud, then set sail with Chaton and Sentomaru following along. Meanwhile, Garp, Tsuru, and Aokiji learned that Maud had already slaughtered five Supernovas.

• Gion went to Sengoku and secured approval to take a team to Sabaody Archipelago to deal with Maud.
• Gion hurried to the dock, declined Chaton and Sentomaru’s offers to help, but both men followed her onto the departing warship.
• Garp asked Aokiji whether he wanted to join Gion’s mission, but Aokiji declined because his attitude toward Maud had changed.
• Tsuru received a fax reporting that Maud had arrived at Sabaody Archipelago and slaughtered five Supernovas, and Garp shared the news with Aokiji.

After Maud killed five supernovas on Sabaody and reportedly captured Cavendish, the Marines prepared for a Shichibukai meeting at Mary Geoise. The meeting began with Garp stopping Doflamingo from making Vice Admirals Mozambia and Stiles fight, and Hawk Eyes arrived just as Sengoku was ready to start.

• Maud killed Sharp-Eyed Oliver, Flying Axe Gant, Jack the Ripper Jeff, White Fist House, and Fang Sword Percy after reaching Sabaody, and Cavendish was suspected of being captured.
• Crocodile, Donquixote Doflamingo, and Bartholomew Kuma arrived at Mary Geoise for the Shichibukai meeting, where Doflamingo used Parasite Thread to make Mozambia attack Stiles.
• Garp entered with Vice Admiral Tsuru and snapped Doflamingo’s thread with a booger, stopping the fight between Mozambia and Stiles.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku arrived and began the meeting after Jinbe joined them from the balcony and took a seat.
• Hawk Eyes arrived at the last moment with Yoru, surprising the attendees and prompting Doflamingo to remark on the unusual day.

Five Shichibukai attended the meeting about Maud killing Gecko Moria, while Lafitte arrived unseen and asked to join. He recommended his captain, Bagard. Maud, to take Gecko Moria’s vacant Shichibukai seat, prompting Doflamingo to rise with killing intent.

• Hawk Eyes Mihawk attended the meeting, and Jinbe said he had come because of his history with Bagard. Maud.
• Doflamingo provoked Jinbe by bringing up the fish-men Maud had killed and hinted that he, too, had history with Maud.
• Lafitte appeared on a windowsill without anyone noticing and asked Sengoku to let him attend the meeting.
• Doflamingo attacked Lafitte with an Armament Haki-coated line, but Lafitte blocked it with his cane sword.
• Lafitte announced that he had come to recommend Bagard. Maud as Gecko Moria’s replacement, and Doflamingo rose with murderous intent.

Lafitte endured Doflamingo’s attack without retreating, protecting Maud’s dignity as he pressed the Marines to consider Maud for the Shichibukai position. Sengoku added Maud to the list of candidates, leaving Lafitte confident that his captain’s appointment was all but assured.

• Doflamingo attacked Lafitte with Armament Haki-coated thread spears, but Lafitte transformed into his Mythical Zoan beast form and blocked them with his wings without stepping back.
• Tsuru identified Lafitte’s Devil Fruit as a Mythical Zoan Siren with hypnosis, and Lafitte continued to wait for Sengoku’s answer about Maud.
• Sengoku said Maud qualified to succeed to the Shichibukai position based on his strength and reputation, despite Doflamingo’s objections.
• Sengoku wrote Maud’s name among the candidates, and Garp said he had no objections to Maud succeeding Moria.
• Jinbe hoped Maud’s appointment would make it easier to speak with him, while Lafitte became confident the mission would succeed.

The Five Elders approved Maud as Moria’s successor in the Shichibukai, and Lafitte reported the decision to him. While Maud visited a slave auction house on Sabaody, news of his defeat of five Supernovas spread, giving reporter Dada another headline to write.

• The Marines recommended Maud for the vacant Shichibukai position, and the Five Elders approved him as Moria’s successor.
• Sengoku asked Lafitte to let him speak with Maud, but Maud gave Lafitte full authority and ended the call before speaking with him.
• Maud visited a slave auction house on Tree Island 18 to choose pirate captain slaves and gain experience.
• Newspapers spread the headline about Maud defeating five Supernovas, and the auction house owner feared him after seeing the report.
• Dale brought Dada a new assignment, and Dada became ecstatic when he learned it concerned Maud.