Recaps

The Straw Hat Pirates discovered that Maud had left Alubarna after giving Zoro two excellent swords and a message for Usopp that Zoro forgot. A Navy call revealed the World Government planned to credit Maud and the Marines with resolving the Alabasta crisis, and Maud wondered how they would react when he refused to accept its false account.

• The Straw Hat Pirates learned Maud had departed, and Bartholomew wept because he had missed his chance to ask Maud to take him along.
• Luffy grabbed Chidori and Kashu, and Zoro explained that Maud had given him the swords before leaving.
• Bon Clay identified Kashu as one of the Fifty Great Swords, while Zoro admitted he had forgotten Maud's message for Usopp.
• Luffy answered a Navy Den Den Mushi he had found, introduced himself as the future One Piece, and prompted the caller to hang up.
• A Navy communications officer told Smoker that Maud and the Marines would receive credit for defeating Crocodile and ordered him to capture Nico Robin and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Smoker angrily rejected the World Government's account, while Maud said he would refuse to treat its final verdict as truth.

Maud watched the Marines try to capture the Straw Hat Pirates while the World Government prepared to take credit for stopping Crocodile. The Straw Hats escaped Hina’s Black Spear Formation with help from Bartholomew’s Barrier-Barrier Fruit, and Robin and Bon Clay joined the Going Merry while Vivi stayed behind.

• Maud rejected the World Government’s attempt to control the story of Crocodile’s defeat, while Smoker stopped Hina from confronting him.
• Thirty Marine warships arrived, and Hina’s fleet set out to block the Straw Hat Pirates’ escape routes.
• Maud examined the Straw Hats’ new bounty posters, including Luffy’s increased 150 million Beli bounty, and tested a Devil Fruit stored in his Shadow Box.
• The Straw Hat Pirates sailed into Hina’s Black Spear Formation, but Bartholomew’s Barrier-Barrier Fruit blocked the fleet’s black spears.
• Vivi stayed behind, while Robin and Bon Clay became passengers aboard the Going Merry.

Maud traveled aboard Hina’s warship toward Marineford, but a diversion to defend Dali Island gave him a chance to demonstrate his extraordinary marksmanship against the Pirate Alliance. After Maud helped save the island’s civilians, Hina began plotting a way to make him pay for being in a hurry.

• The World Government’s revised news report credited Maud with stopping Crocodile, but Straw Hat Luffy’s soaring bounty led many people to believe Luffy had defeated Crocodile.
• Smoker questioned Maud about the news, but Maud ignored him as the warship continued toward Marineford.
• Hina received orders to reinforce Dali Island, where a Pirate Alliance had overwhelmed the defending Marines and begun attacking the town.
• Maud fired accurately from the warship, killing pirates across the island and rescuing civilians from the attack.
• Hina decided to use Maud’s desire to save time against him, then hid her sly smile when he noticed her.

Maud routed the pirates attacking Dali Town, then searched their abandoned ship for treasure. In the captain’s safe, he found a letter bearing the name Golden Lion, leaving him with an unexpected lead.

• Maud killed pirates from the warship until the survivors fled toward the island’s interior.
• Hina ordered the Marines to pursue the fleeing pirates, while Smoker and Hina left the warship ahead of the others.
• Maud went to the largest pirate ship and searched the captain’s quarters for a hidden stash.
• Maud cut open a safe and found gold, jewels, a Log Pose marked Vermieu, and a letter.
• Maud unfolded the letter and saw the name Golden Lion.

Maud discovered invitations and Log Poses linked to Golden Lion Shiki and informed Hina and Smoker, who sent the intelligence to Marine Headquarters for verification. He offered to assist the Marines if they needed help confronting Shiki, leaving his offer under consideration.

• Maud recognized Shiki's invitation as a recruitment order and realized Shiki planned to attack Marine Headquarters to announce his return.
• Maud plundered the valuable goods and found two more invitations and Log Poses on the other pirate ships.
• Hina and Smoker returned to Daly Town after defeating the fleeing pirates, while Hina decided the Marines would stay until reinforcements arrived.
• At dinner, Maud showed Hina and Smoker the invitations, and Hina sent the intelligence to Marine Headquarters.
• Maud offered to provide combat assistance against Shiki, and Hina, Smoker, and Tashigi fell silent at his claim that he was a competent Shichibukai.

Maud reached Marineford after Hina repeatedly delayed the voyage, and learned that Golden Lion had returned, Ace had been captured, and Blackbeard would become a Shichibukai. He met Fujitora, then returned to the Sabaody Archipelago, where Luo challenged him to test the Op-Op Fruit’s abilities.

• Hina repeatedly diverted her warship with reinforcement orders and pirate pursuits to delay Maud’s return, but Maud eagerly helped the Marines and won their admiration.
• The Marines confirmed Golden Lion’s return, the Red-Haired and Whitebeard Pirates’ contact, the Straw Hat Pirates’ capture of Enies Lobby, and Blackbeard Teach’s appointment as a Shichibukai.
• Maud reached Marineford and met Issho, who told him he had joined the Marines and invited him to eat noodles; Aokiji later identified Issho as Fujitora and said he was about as strong as an Admiral.
• Maud considered how Golden Lion might affect the coming Summit War but did not discuss his concerns with Fujitora, then left Marineford after their meal.
• Maud returned to the Sabaody Archipelago, where Luo had waited for more than half a month, and Luo offered to let Maud test his Op-Op Fruit abilities.

Luo challenged Maud to a spar outside Shakky’s bar, hoping to prove his growth and readiness for an upcoming opportunity. Their standoff drew four of this year’s supernovas, while Shakky worried about Shiki’s rumored return and the turmoil it might bring.

• Luo challenged Maud to a spar, and the Heart Pirates feared their captain was about to be badly beaten.
• Maud accepted Luo’s challenge, and Perona urged him to defeat Luo because Luo had taken her heart.
• Shakky noted that five supernovas with bounties over a hundred million Beli had reached Sabaody and wondered what Shiki’s return would bring.
• Maud and Luo faced each other outside Shakky’s bar as the Heart Pirates watched.
• Basil Hawkins, Apoo, Urouge, and Jewelry Bonney arrived nearby and eagerly watched the standoff.

Maud’s confrontation with Luo drew the attention of several Supernovas, while Hawkins’s divinations warned him that he had no chance of surviving or escaping Maud. Hawkins left, and the chapter ended as Luo launched his first attack.

• Hawkins divined that his battle, defense, survival, escape, and avoidance failure rates against Maud were all 100%.
• Hawkins concluded that Maud could bypass his Voodoo Doll, then abandoned his attempt to watch the confrontation and left with his crew.
• Apu, Urouge, and Bonney watched Maud from nearby and reacted to his fearsome reputation.
• Luo opened a vast Room, revealing his Op-Op Fruit ability to the three Supernovas.

Luo tested his greatly improved Op-Op Fruit abilities against Maud, but Maud effortlessly avoided his attacks and countered his strongest strike. The spar ended with Tree Island 14 split in half, leaving the watching supernovas stunned by Luo’s strength.

• Luo opened his domain at maximum range and sent an invisible slash toward Maud, but Maud teleported away using a Shadow Mark.
• Maud fired shadow bullets at Luo, forcing him to repeatedly use Shambles and drain his stamina as he advanced.
• Luo used Silent Step to close the distance, then opened his domain around Maud and attacked from behind.
• Maud blocked Luo’s slash with Shusui and silently cut several tears into Luo’s clothes, showing how easily he could have wounded him.
• The residual force of their clash cleaved Tree Island 14 in half, stunning the supernovas watching the spar.

Maud defeated Luo in a brief clash, leaving a Shadow Mark on him and sending him to deal with the falling Yarukiman Mangrove. Maud then appeared before Urouge and stopped the monk’s full-force attack with one finger, leaving the nearby Supernovas stunned.

• Luo’s slash cleaved the Yarukiman Mangrove in two, astonishing Urouge, Bonney, and Apu.
• Maud countered Luo’s attack, shredded his clothes, and revealed that he had placed a Shadow Mark on him.
• Maud told Luo to handle the falling Yarukiman Mangrove, then vanished before Luo could question him further.
• Urouge and the other Supernovas watched Maud and Luo, then Urouge led his crew away from the scene.
• Maud suddenly appeared before Urouge and stopped the monk’s powerful swing with one finger, shocking Urouge’s crew, Bonney, and Apu.

Maud overpowered Urouge, then sent him crashing into Bonney before Urouge enlarged himself to fight back. Maud matched Urouge’s growth and towered over him as the confrontation continued.

• Maud stopped Urouge’s iron pillar with one finger, revealing an overwhelming gap in strength.
• Urouge dropped the pillar and punched Maud, but Maud stood unmoved and struck Urouge with an uppercut.
• Urouge flew into Bonney and sent her crashing into a house, burying her beneath the ruins.
• Urouge recovered and enlarged his body, declaring that he would return Maud’s attack with interest.
• Maud enlarged himself as well, growing taller than Urouge.

Maud defeated Urouge with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused slash, and Urouge submitted to him before losing consciousness. Maud then turned his attention to Sea Roar Apu as Bonney rose from the wreckage.

• Maud used Shadow Condensation to enlarge his body and match Urouge’s size.
• Urouge attacked Maud head-on with Karma Retribution, and Maud countered with a Haoku slash that knocked him down and stunned nearby Strange Monk Pirates.
• Maud’s slash pierced the Yoruean Red Tree that Luo had just repaired, prompting Luo to glare at him.
• Urouge declared that he was willing to serve beneath Maud’s flag, and Maud accepted before Urouge passed out.
• Maud turned his gaze toward Sea Roar Apu, while Bonney emerged from the ruins, covered in dust.

Bonney survived Maud’s attack and tried to leave, while Maud pursued Apoo and the Broadcast Pirates. After Apoo’s sound-based attacks appeared to kill Maud, Maud emerged behind him, crippled him, and slaughtered his crew.

• Bonney found her pizza ruined, but her crew restrained her from confronting Maud and warned her that he had defeated Urouge.
• Maud pursued Apoo and the Broadcast Pirates as Bonney’s crew prepared to flee.
• Apoo turned and attacked Maud with sound waves, then appeared to split him in two with a slash.
• Maud’s body transformed into shadow, and he appeared behind Apoo before breaking his spine and limbs.
• Maud used a Soaring Slash to kill the Broadcast Pirates who tried to defend Apoo.

Maud defeated Apu and Bonney’s crew, then restrained Bonney before Kuma intervened and sent her flying. Kuma told Maud he had come to keep their appointment, and Maud turned to deal with Apu and Urouge first.

• Maud knocked Apu unconscious after rejecting his offer to submit.
• Maud killed Bonney’s crew members as they tried to buy time for her escape.
• Maud bound Bonney with Shadow Bind and prepared to cut off her hand.
• Kuma blocked Maud’s strike, then sent Bonney flying with his paw.
• Kuma told Maud he had come to keep their appointment, and Maud headed toward Apu and Urouge.

Maud defeated Apu and Urouge, then spoke privately with Kuma about the ten days remaining before Kuma's consciousness vanished. Maud promised he would not become an enemy of the Revolutionary Army and asked Kuma for one last favor.

• Maud carried the unconscious Apu and Urouge to Shakky's bar after defeating them, while Kuma followed him.
• Luo repaired the hole Maud had blasted into the Yoruean Red Tree and went to the bar, where Perona struck him with a Negativity Ghost when he asked where Maud was.
• Shakky told Luo that Maud and Kuma had gone to the top of the tree and asked him to treat Urouge's injuries.
• Maud learned that Kuma had ten days, four hours, and fifty-two seconds until the final modification erased his consciousness, and said he hoped to fulfill their agreement.
• Kuma asked Maud about his position and whether he would join the Revolutionary Army for Sunny; Maud said he had no position but would agree if she asked.
• Maud asked Kuma to do one last favor, and Kuma agreed without asking what it was.

Maud returned to Shakky’s bar, accepted Urouge’s allegiance, and killed Apu, securing his Devil Fruit. He then revealed to Luo a plan to force Whitebeard and the Golden Lion into a war with Marine Headquarters by exposing Ace’s capture and lineage.

• Kuma left after Maud reserved Plane Tickets and took a portion of Kuma’s shadow to awaken him in the future.
• Urouge swore allegiance to Maud, and Beli dubbed him Jim the Second.
• News spread that Maud had returned to Sabaody and quickly defeated a Supernova.
• Maud showed Luo Apu’s Devil Fruit and stored it in the Shadow Box beside another fruit.
• Maud told Luo he planned to publicize Ace’s capture and his One Piece bloodline to provoke Whitebeard and the Golden Lion into attacking Marine Headquarters.

Maud killed Sea Roar Apu, collected his bounty, and requested information on the other supernovas on Sabaody. Meanwhile, Sengoku prepared for the execution of Fire Fist Ace as the Marines faced the return of Golden Lion, but an alarm and explosion shook Marine Headquarters.

• Luo recalled Maud’s warning about dealing with Doflamingo during the coming war and resolved to act.
• Maud delivered Sea Roar Apu’s corpse to the Sabaody Marine branch, collected his bounty, and demanded information on the supernovas.
• Maud learned that the Straw Hat Pirates were the next supernovas likely to reach Sabaody and thought that they would meet again.
• Sengoku confronted his intelligence officer over the leaked news of Fire Fist Ace’s capture and identity, then decided to execute Ace ahead of schedule.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru advised Sengoku to summon the Shichibukai, and an alarm and explosion shook Marine Headquarters.

Golden Lion Shiki returned to Marineford and attacked the Marines with nine falling warships. Fujitora stopped them, and Shiki recognized him as a possible destined rival.

• Golden Lion Shiki appeared above Marineford with nine warships and an island ship, shocking the Marines and Garp, Sengoku, and Vice Admiral Tsuru.
• Garp asked Shiki whether he had returned to take revenge, and Shiki dropped the nine warships toward Marineford as a reunion gift.
• Fujitora used the Press-Press Fruit to suspend the warships and save the Marines below.
• Shiki stared at Fujitora in surprise and wondered when the Marines had gained someone like him.

Golden Lion Shiki attacked Marine Headquarters, where Fujitora tried to stop him before Shiki escaped. Days later, Maud received an apparent emergency summons for the Shichibukai, then went to meet a guest as the Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Sabaody and Luffy read a newspaper.

• Fujitora held a warship aloft and summoned a meteor at Shiki, but Shiki split the meteor with a sword wave.
• Shiki flipped nine Marine warships into the air, then crushed them into a lion-shaped mass and sent a storm of blades toward Marine Headquarters.
• Fujitora and the Marines blocked the blades with few casualties, while Shiki escaped aboard his floating mountain ship.
• Newspapers reported Shiki's attack on Marine Headquarters, and Maud received a Marine letter that Shakky suspected was an emergency summons for the Shichibukai.
• Maud said he was going to receive a guest and left Shakky's Bar; the Thousand Sunny docked at Sabaody, where Luffy caught a newspaper and froze after reading it.

After learning that the Marines planned to execute Ace, Luffy decided to change course and rescue his brother, and the Straw Hat Pirates stood by him. Maud challenged their ability to face Marine Headquarters, and his Conqueror’s Haki knocked Chopper unconscious as the confrontation began.

• Luffy read that the Marines would publicly execute Ace and told his companions he would go to Marine Headquarters to save him.
• The Straw Hat Pirates supported Luffy’s decision, and Nami began thinking about navigating to Marine Headquarters while Chopper planned medical preparations.
• Maud appeared and warned Luffy that the crew was too weak to rescue Ace and would die if they tried.
• Zoro attacked Maud with his three swords, but Maud blocked the strike with Shusui and forced Zoro back.
• Luffy prepared to fight Maud to prove the crew’s strength, but Maud released his Conqueror’s Haki and knocked Chopper unconscious.

Maud challenged the Straw Hat Pirates to fight his Shadow Clone, and it effortlessly stopped Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji’s combined attack. He sent the three flying while calmly drinking tea, leaving the crew stunned by the gap in strength.

• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji prepared to fight Maud, while Nami carried the unconscious Chopper away and the others joined or watched.
• Maud created a Shadow Clone identical to himself and told the Straw Hat Pirates to defeat it first.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji ignored Maud’s challenge and attacked his real body together, but the Shadow Clone blocked their strikes with ease.
• Maud moved to the upper deck and poured himself tea as the Shadow Clone threw Luffy, kicked Sanji, and slashed Zoro toward shore.
• Maud said the trio could not even injure his shadow, leaving the Straw Hat Pirates shocked by their defeat.

Maud tested Luffy and the others against his Shadow Clone, which defeated them with ease. He warned Robin and Nami that he would fight for the Marines during the war to rescue Ace, while Robin secured his promise to help if the Marines turned against her and the crew.

• Maud's Shadow Clone fought Luffy and the others while Robin and Nami watched from the ship.
• Maud warned Robin that the Straw Hat Pirates could not withstand the Marines at Marine Headquarters and said he would assist the Marines as a Shichibukai.
• Robin showed Maud the Shadow Mark gecko and asked whether he would protect her if the Marines attacked; Maud promised he would.
• Maud observed that Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji had mastered Armament Haki, while Usopp and Bartholomew had developed Observation Haki.
• The Shadow Clone swiftly defeated Luffy and the others, leaving them beaten but with only superficial injuries.

Maud defeated the Straw Hat Pirates on Tree Island 20, then left them to recover while bounty hunters and slave traders tried to take advantage of their injuries. The Supernovas converged on Sabaody, where Kid challenged Maud’s crew, unaware that Maud had gone to Mary Geoise.

• Maud knocked out Luffy and Zoro, told the Straw Hat Pirates they might meet again at Marineford, and left for Tree Island 13.
• Bartholomew reflected on Maud’s attack and concluded that his role was to protect his companions and support their attacks.
• The injured Straw Hat Pirates repelled slave traders and bounty hunters, while Hawkins watched events and continued consulting his divination cards.
• Kid and Killer arrived at Sabaody, and Kid decided to challenge Maud after hearing that Maud had defeated other Supernovas.
• Kid’s crew reached Tree Island 13, where Trafalgar Luo confronted them and Urouge went out to respond to Kid’s challenge.
• Drake observed that Maud had gone to Mary Geoise, while Shakky remarked that reckless fools seemed to have excellent luck.

Maud arrived at Marineford early to obtain intelligence ahead of the coming war against Whitebeard. He told Vice Admiral Tsuru that information about Impel Down prisoners mattered because he could turn them into a formidable fighting force.

• Maud reached Marineford and requested intelligence on Whitebeard's affiliated fleet.
• Maud encountered Sentomaru leading PX-1, PX-2, and PX-3, and learned they were headed to the Sabaody Archipelago to test the Pacifista against the supernovas.
• Maud went to the Intelligence Department and asked for whatever information was ready, including intelligence on major Impel Down prisoners.
• The braided woman questioned how Impel Down intelligence related to the public execution, and Tsuru arrived and asked Maud to explain.
• Maud told Tsuru that he could turn prisoners into a formidable fighting force.

Maud proposed using prisoners’ shadows to strengthen the Marines, and Tsuru considered the plan while withholding approval for now. Maud left confident the Marines would eventually accept, while Fujitora joined him for drinks and a warship carrying three Pacifista arrived at Sabaody Archipelago.

• Maud explained to Tsuru that intelligence would let him preserve the most useful combat memories and abilities in prisoners’ shadows.
• Tsuru acknowledged the proposal’s value but said the Marines did not currently need the extra fighting force.
• Maud advised the Marines to prepare intelligence in advance, then left the Intelligence Department.
• Maud reflected that shadow-linked fighters could generate experience returns for Hunter’s Notebook and that a Zombie Army would best serve his plans.
• Maud invited Fujitora for drinks in town, while a warship carrying three Pacifista arrived at Sabaody Archipelago.