Recaps

After Maud’s four abilities reached nine stars, the Hunter’s Notebook gained the ability to display the highest-rated ability and star count above people’s heads. Having captured Shiryu and Ulti, Maud weighed whether to kill them, while Lafitte kept Maud’s source of power secret from the others.

• Maud’s uncontrolled Conqueror’s Haki knocked out weaker crewmen, and Jaya and Aokiji went to the castle to investigate.
• Shakky guessed Maud’s aura had changed because he had refined the Shadow-Shadow Fruit’s power, while Lafitte privately guarded the truth that Maud grew stronger by hunting powerful opponents.
• Maud saw that all four of his abilities had reached nine stars and noticed the Hunter’s Notebook glowing orange.
• Maud discovered star ratings above Shiryu and Ulti, then tested the new ability on Luo and learned that it displayed only a target’s highest-rated ability.
• Luo used his power to torment Shiryu and Ulti until Maud ordered him to stop, and Maud considered whether to kill them or let them live.

Maud forced Ulti to endure a brutal demonstration of his control over her shadow and body, then accepted Shiryu’s surrender. After having Luo scan the unconscious Blackbeard, Maud learned that Blackbeard’s unusual physique was related to a chimera.

• Maud taunted Ulti about Kaido and exposed her to sunlight, then kicked away half her head before restoring her body with her shadow.
• Maud had Luo cut Ulti into sixteen pieces and placed her shadow in Catarina Devon’s corpse, which rose and complained about its body.
• Shiryu chose to submit to Maud and was sent to the first-floor hall, where Aokiji, Jaya, Shakky, and Lafitte confronted him.
• Maud examined Blackbeard’s nine-star physique and asked Luo to scan his body.
• Luo told Maud that Blackbeard was a living chimera, and Maud asked whether the Op-Op Fruit could turn someone into one.

Maud and Luo tested whether a chimera could survive multiple Devil Fruit abilities by feeding Blackbeard the Munch-Munch Fruit, then killing him and obtaining both it and the Dark-Dark Fruit. Maud gained fewer experience rewards than he had hoped, and he left Shiryu as a trainee crew member of the group.

• Maud proposed that chimera surgery might let a person withstand multiple Devil Fruit abilities, and Luo agreed to investigate the theory.
• Maud fed Blackbeard the Munch-Munch Fruit, waited to confirm he survived, and had Luo place a second fruit in the membrane around Blackbeard's heart.
• Maud killed Blackbeard with Shusui, but the experience gained was insufficient to condense his tenth physical Star Frame.
• After Blackbeard died, his Devil Soul transformed the fruits in the membrane into the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Munch-Munch Fruit, which Luo collected.
• Maud told Luo to rest before repairing Blackbeard and Jack's corpses, then declared Shiryu a trainee crew member and warned the others to report poor performance.

Maud assigned Shiryu to build a prison and used a Shadow Clone to handle the work of turning captives into labor zombies, while World Economic News prepared a special edition about his victories and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. On Sabaody, Garp reunited with Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul, but their gathering was interrupted by a powerful man whose Conqueror’s Haki knocked out the Marines.

• Maud tasked Shiryu with building a prison aboard the ship, then sent a Shadow Clone to turn the captives into labor zombies.
• Morgans ordered the next morning’s World Economic News to devote both sides of its front page to reports about Maud.
• Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul arrived at Tree Island 13 and joked with the Marines about borrowing money for drinks.
• Garp arrived and traded barbs with Saul before newspapers revealed Maud’s victories and his possession of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• A powerful man released Conqueror’s Haki that knocked out the Marines, then greeted Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul.

Bullet appeared before Garp, Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul after spotting their presence on the coast, and challenged them to fight before pursuing Maud. He overpowered the one-armed Garp in a direct clash and sent him crashing through the Yoruean Red Trees.

• Bullet arrived and identified Garp, Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul as the figures he had sensed along the coast.
• Bullet found Maud's photograph in a newspaper and decided to fight Maud after facing the older men.
• Garp stepped forward to arrest Bullet, but Bullet demanded that Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul join the fight.
• Garp attacked Bullet with a Haki-coated punch, and Bullet caught it before striking Garp in the abdomen.
• Garp broke free with a headbutt, but Bullet seized his wrist again and punched him through several Yoruean Red Trees.

Bullet fought Rayleigh, Gaban, Saul, and Garp on Sabaody Archipelago, defeating the old-era fighters and leaving most of the islands destroyed. He left for the New World to continue pursuing his goal of becoming the strongest, while Marine reinforcements arrived to find the devastation.

• Rayleigh and Gaban joined Saul in facing Bullet after he overpowered Garp, and Bullet challenged them to attack together.
• Rayleigh and Gaban struck Bullet from both sides, but he blocked their attacks with his Haki-coated elbows and judged them weakened by age.
• Saul fired an Armament Haki-coated bullet, but Bullet caught it in his teeth before covering his body in Haki and charging at the group.
• After an hour-long battle, Bullet defeated Rayleigh, Gaban, Saul, and Garp, while fewer than thirty of Sabaody Archipelago's seventy-nine Tree Islands remained.
• Bullet left Sabaody Archipelago for the New World, determined to defeat powerful fighters and become the strongest.
• Marine Headquarters' reinforcements arrived a little over an hour later and were stunned by the destruction.

The world reacted to Bagard Maud declaring war on BIG.MOM and Beasts Kaido, while Marines learned that Douglas Bullet had defeated Garp and several former Roger Pirates on Sabaody. Shanks confirmed that Maud could restore his arm as storm clouds gathered on the horizon.

• Marine Vice Admirals found Garp, Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul gravely injured on Sabaody and learned that Douglas Bullet had fought them.
• Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru discussed Maud’s declaration of war when an officer reported that Garp had run into trouble.
• Pirates in a New World bar reacted with shock to the news that Maud had challenged BIG.MOM and Beasts Kaido after defeating their top officers.
• Cavendish tore up the newspaper in jealousy, then struggled to carve statues without making them resemble Maud.
• Shanks told Hawk Eyes that Maud could restore his arm as storm clouds appeared over the distant sea.

After the Dressrosa incident, Shanks weighed the upheaval Maud had caused before setting his worries aside to drink with Hawk Eyes. The Big Mom Pirates and Beasts Pirates reeled from their losses, the Marines prepared to revise bounties, and Maud’s crew read news confirming the world knew they had the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

• Shanks considered whether to prepare for the new era Maud had disrupted, then invited Hawk Eyes to drink with him for three days and three nights.
• The Big Mom Pirates officers watched Charlotte Linlin’s fury batter Cake Island and worried about the consequences of Maud’s actions.
• Kaido raged above Onigashima and fired a Heat Breath into the sea, while X Drake eyed the vacancy among the Three Disasters and Page One mourned Ulti’s capture.
• Akainu reviewed Maud’s bounty and planned reassessments for Maud, his crew, and Bullet as the Marines hoped the pirate crews would fight one another.
• Maud and Luo read Morgans’s report aboard Thriller Bark, and Luo realized the whole world now knew the Maud Pirates had the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

After the Dressrosa incident, the Maud Pirates held a banquet where Jaya spoke with Aokiji about his reasons for joining and the crew’s distrust of him. Days later, a News Coo brought updated Bounty Posters, and the crew saw that Maud’s bounty had risen to 229.8 million.

• Luo worried about the danger facing the Maud Pirates and resolved to improve his stamina so he could support Maud in battle.
• Aokiji decorated the banquet area with ice sculptures, and Beli accidentally smashed one before Aokiji replaced it with a sculpture resembling Beli.
• At the banquet, Jaya questioned Aokiji about his loyalty, and Aokiji explained why he had left Marine Headquarters and joined the Maud Pirates.
• Jaya said Maud had never questioned Aokiji’s motives, and Brook’s song helped the banquet’s cheerful mood return.
• Days later, Maud bought a newspaper from a News Coo, and the crew discovered that his new bounty was 229.8 million.
• Jim pulled a large stack of updated Bounty Posters from the News Coo’s bag.

The Maud Pirates examined their new bounty posters and discussed Maud’s chances of becoming one of the Four Emperors, though he had never declared such an ambition. At Marine Headquarters, officers reviewed the unprecedented bounties and viewed the Maud Pirates as a major threat and likely successors to the Whitebeard Pirates.

• Jim dumped the news coo’s bag of newspapers and bounty posters, and Perona gave the bird money while Beli mocked her misunderstanding of its thanks.
• Lafitte regretted that Maud’s bounty had not reached four billion, and the crew discussed how that figure was associated with the Four Emperors.
• Shakky said Maud was the strongest contender for a Four Emperors position after the Blackbeard and Whitebeard Pirates had been defeated, while Luo noted Maud had never expressed interest in it.
• Maud laughed and patted Aokiji’s shoulder as Aokiji stared at his bounty poster with a strange expression.
• At Marine Headquarters, a green-haired officer presented the new bounty posters, including Aokiji’s unprecedented first bounty of 2.68 billion Beli.
• Marine officers concluded that the Maud Pirates had become a Ten Billion Bounty force and were likely to replace the Whitebeard Pirates among the Four Emperors.

Marine Headquarters officers discussed the growing threat posed by the Maud Pirates, Bullet, and Aokiji while reviewing the crew’s updated bounties. Akainu opened the meeting by asking how the Marines should deal with Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul, prompting Tsuru and Sengoku to suspect he had a larger purpose in mind.

• Marine officers discussed Bullet’s escape, Aokiji’s decision to join the Maud Pirates, and the crew’s rising strength.
• The green-haired man reviewed the Maud Pirates’ updated bounty posters with Vice Admiral Tsuru, who questioned Shiryu’s allegiance and asked about Lafitte and Brook’s bounty increases.
• Sengoku arrived, noticed Aokiji’s bounty photograph, and heard the green-haired man explain how it had been chosen.
• Akainu began the meeting and set aside the bounty discussion to ask for opinions on dealing with Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru and Sengoku sensed that Akainu intended to use the matter of Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul to achieve a specific purpose.

Marine Headquarters debated how to deal with Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul without provoking Maud and the Red-Haired Pirates. Vice Admiral Tsuru proposed secretly imprisoning them while announcing that Bullet had killed them, leaving the plan under consideration because Maud might react violently and Vivre Cards could expose the lie.

• Sengoku urged Marine Headquarters to imprison Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul secretly rather than make their capture public.
• Marine officers split into aggressive and cautious factions as they argued over whether to announce the prisoners' capture.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru reminded the officers that Maud held three Celestial Dragons hostage, and Akainu argued that each side would try to make the other lose its composure first.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru proposed secretly imprisoning Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul while announcing that they had died after losing to Bullet.
• Sengoku considered how the false death report could redirect Maud's hostility toward Bullet and let the Marines exploit conflict among their enemies, but noted that Vivre Cards could undermine the plan.

The Marines debated using Rayleigh, Saul, and Gaban to provoke a war that would destroy the Maud Pirates, but Tsuru warned that Vivre Cards could expose their plan. Akainu chose to report the three pirates dead, and Rayleigh, Saul, and Gaban were taken to Impel Down, where they encountered Jinbe.

• Sengoku and the Marine officers discussed using Bullet's defeat of Rayleigh, Saul, and Gaban to help eliminate the Maud Pirates.
• Tsuru warned that Vivre Cards belonging to the three pirates could reveal that they were alive and undermine the plan.
• Akainu decided that the Navy could declare Rayleigh, Saul, and Gaban dead and refused to let the World Government exchange them for the Celestial Dragons' lifelines.
• Guards escorted the injured Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul to a cell on Impel Down's Sixth Floor.
• Jinbe recognized Rayleigh and reacted in shock to his arrival.

Jinbe met Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul in prison as Saul resigned himself to execution. Meanwhile, Maud chose to take Thriller Bark to the nearby treasure-map destination before pursuing gold on a sky island or from Gild Tesoro.

• Jinbe learned that Saul blamed himself for the capture, while Gaban and Rayleigh tried to reassure him as he expected the Navy to execute him.
• Luo continued examining Blackbeard’s corpse for the chimera experiment, while Maud considered how the surgery could strengthen him.
• Maud watched Jim and Ulti fight, and Jim endured Ulti’s attacks with his Ancient Zoan stamina and defenses.
• Lafitte presented Maud with a treasure map, two Log Poses, and information about Gild Tesoro and his gold ship, Grand Tesoro.
• Maud chose to visit the treasure-map location first, and Lafitte prepared to guide Thriller Bark there.

Maud and Luo reached the treasure island, where they found gold and jewelry in a cave. As Luo searched the chamber, Maud discovered a square stone that Luo suspected was a Poneglyph.

• Thriller Bark reached the island surrounded by whirlpools after five days of travel.
• Maud flew down to the island, and Luo followed him using Room.
• Maud and Luo found a cave entrance, and Luo teleported away the bushes and rocks blocking it.
• Maud and Luo entered the cave and found gold coins, jewelry, and a decayed weapon rack.
• Luo noticed Maud standing before a square stone and wondered if it was a Poneglyph.

Maud and his crew discovered a Poneglyph among the treasure and explored the cave’s riches. Maud invited Aokiji to accompany him to find someone who could decipher it, revealing that he had tracked a fool with a Shadow Mark.

• Maud and Luo found a Poneglyph beside the treasure and discussed their limited interest in history.
• Lafitte and the others entered the cave, where Bepo, Perona, and the crew examined the gold, jewelry, weapons, and books.
• Brook found a remarkably well-preserved rapier, named it the Soul Reaping Sword, and accidentally cut his cane sword’s scabbard in half with it.
• Aokiji joined Maud at the Poneglyph, and Maud invited him to visit a friend who could decipher it.
• Maud told Aokiji that he knew where the person was because he had placed a Shadow Mark on a fool who had not noticed it.

Maud tested a Poneglyph as a training target, then departed with his crew and investigated Brook’s unusual Soul Reaping Sword. Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Pirates trained under Sabo until Maud suddenly appeared beside Luffy, leaving Chopper unconscious from fright.

• Maud tested the Poneglyph’s durability with Shusui, made it a training dummy for Armament Haki, and watched Luo cut off one corner using his Room.
• Maud discussed the island’s potential as a base and festival site with Lafitte, then left to visit an old friend.
• Maud gave Lafitte a shadow-made Log Pose that pointed toward a Shadow Mark and was unaffected by magnetism.
• Maud discovered that Brook’s Soul Reaping Sword caused him pain and appeared to guide Brook’s Revive-Revive Fruit abilities.
• Sabo trained the Straw Hat Pirates in Haki while Luffy reflected on his need to grow stronger and Chopper came to tell him about Usopp’s new weapon.
• Maud appeared beside Luffy without warning, and Chopper rolled his eyes back and fainted.

Maud visited the island and found Luffy, who challenged him with his newly developed Gear Fourth and was instantly defeated. After Luffy recovered and the Straw Hats learned Maud had tracked them with a Shadow Mark, Aokiji arrived, alarming the group and especially Robin.

• Chopper fainted at the sight of Maud, and Maud restrained Luffy by stepping on his shadow while explaining he had come to find Robin and the Poneglyph reader.
• Luffy activated Gear Fourth and attacked Maud with Rhino Cannon, but Maud took the blow without injury and knocked Luffy unconscious with a slash from the back of his blade.
• Sabo, Sanji, and Zoro checked on Luffy, and Maud explained that he had used a Shadow Mark on Luffy to locate the island.
• Chopper examined Luffy, and Nami and the others arrived; Luffy woke, learned he had lost, and admitted he had mistaken the Shadow Mark for a mole.
• Aokiji arrived in a swirl of ice crystals, and the Straw Hats reacted with alarm while Robin went pale.

Maud arrived with the Maud Pirates and shocked the Straw Hat Pirates by revealing that Aokiji had joined his crew. He recognized Usopp’s new weapon, Black Pouch, and demonstrated its potential, leaving Usopp with a goal to pursue as the Straw Hats prepared to grow stronger.

• Maud explained that Aokiji had left the Marines and joined the Maud Pirates, though Aokiji warned that he might still attack pirates he hated.
• Thriller Bark descended beside the island, and Brook met the Straw Hat Pirates while the Maud Pirates gathered around Maud.
• Jaya went to prepare dinner, while Maud asked Usopp about the weapon he had made after giving up firearms.
• Usopp showed Maud Black Pouch, a slingshot-like weapon fitted with Sky Island Shells, and Maud praised its design.
• Maud used Black Pouch to launch an Armament Haki-coated rock that shattered more than half a distant mountaintop.
• Usopp resolved to reach Maud’s level, encouraged by his master’s demonstration.

Maud had Robin decipher a Poneglyph that revealed the World Government destroyed the ancient great kingdom and drove the surviving Clan of D. into hiding. After a feast introduced the Straw Hat Pirates to nutritional cuisine, Shakky brought Maud Rayleigh’s shattered Vivre Card, leaving him fearing Rayleigh had been gravely injured.

• Maud returned Usopp’s Black Pouch and advised him to focus on developing its ammunition rather than modifying its Adam Wood construction.
• Maud brought out a Poneglyph and asked Robin to decipher it, revealing that the World Government destroyed the ancient great kingdom and that surviving members of the Clan of D. concealed their name.
• Robin’s account moved Luo and Aokiji, while Sabo listened solemnly and Luffy showed little interest.
• Jaya served the Straw Hat Pirates a rhino-meat feast that eased their fatigue, and Sanji decided he would learn nutritional cuisine from Jaya.
• Shakky showed Maud Rayleigh’s Vivre Card torn into pieces and said Rayleigh was still alive but likely had all four limbs torn off; Maud feared for him and asked whether Shakky had Saul’s Vivre Card.

Maud discovered that Rayleigh’s Vivre Card had broken apart and prepared to sail with Shakky and Jaya to find him. While questioning the imprisoned Ulti, he made her scream, waking the Straw Hat Pirates, just as a giant blue dragon appeared and attacked them with lightning.

• Maud examined Rayleigh’s shattered Vivre Card, ordered his crew to prepare to sail, and planned to seek help from Sabo and Shakky’s contacts.
• Maud went to the prison with Lafitte and used Ulti’s heart-shadow to force her to scream.
• Sanji, Zoro, and the others awoke and headed toward Thriller Bark, with Zoro repeatedly getting lost along the way.
• A giant blue dragon appeared above the Straw Hat Pirates and summoned a storm.
• The dragon struck Luffy and the others with purple lightning, and Zoro drew his sword as he watched the attack.

Kaido overwhelmed the Straw Hat Pirates, leaving Zoro grievously wounded and Luffy unconscious after defeating him in Gear Fourth. Maud intervened to block Kaido's lightning and then struck the dragon with Hakoku, beginning their confrontation.

• Zoro attacked Kaido with Great Dragon Twister, but Kaido’s Kazeblades severed Zoro’s arms and left him near death.
• Kaido’s purple lightning incapacitated the Straw Hat Pirates, while Luffy and Sabo survived; Sabo used Divine Concealment to move the injured crew to safety.
• Luffy attacked Kaido in Gear Fourth but failed to hurt him, and Kaido’s Kazeblades knocked Luffy unconscious.
• Sabo caught Luffy, and Maud appeared to block Kaido’s purple lightning as Sanji found the injured crew and Luo, Philo, and Arthur began treating Zoro.
• Maud confronted Kaido and struck him beneath the chin with Hakoku, sending the dragon’s upper body tumbling backward.

Maud unleashed a series of attacks on Kaido, then used a Haki-coated sniper shot to teleport into a devastating sword strike that knocked Kaido from the sky. As his crew gathered and tended to the unconscious Zoro, Kaido returned to human form and prepared to fight Maud, who began powering up for their next clash.

• Maud sent Kaido tumbling through the sky with repeated Ikoku blasts, then asked Aokiji to watch for reinforcements while he fired a Haki-coated bullet at Kaido.
• Maud used the shadow left by the shattered bullet to reach Kaido’s head and strike him with a strengthened Ikoku, Dragon Slash, driving him into the ground.
• Zoro lost consciousness from his injuries, and Philo treated him while assuring Sanji that he would survive.
• Lafitte, Jaya, Shiryu, Brook, Jim, Hawkins, and Urouge arrived, and several of them voiced their desire to fight alongside Maud against Kaido.
• Kaido returned to human form, took up his Wolf Fang Mace, and faced Maud as Maud released his shadows and began transforming for the battle.

Maud fought Kaido alone to measure the gap between them, landing several shallow cuts before calling for an all-out assault. He unleashed Black Shadow Empire as Aokiji froze Kaido from behind, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Kaido overwhelmed Maud with Thunder Bagua, but Maud used Shadow Shift to redirect the impact and cut Kaido’s chest with Dragon Slash.
• Maud rejected Kaido’s offer to join his crew, and Kaido attacked him again with Thunder Bagua.
• Maud repeatedly used his shadow abilities to attack Kaido, landing several shallow wounds before Kaido knocked him away.
• Maud ended the duel and unleashed Black Shadow Empire, covering half the island in towering shadows.
• Aokiji attacked from behind with Frozen Moment and encased Kaido in ice.

Maud and his allies attacked Kaido with ice, shadows, poison, and coordinated strikes, but Kaido’s defense and endurance made him nearly impossible to defeat. After Kaido countered their assault, Maud decided to end the battle by other means so he could find Rayleigh as soon as possible.

• Aokiji froze Kaido and launched Ice Thorn Spears, but Kaido melted the ice and destroyed the spears with flame clouds.
• Maud battered Kaido with Raging Bullet: Shadow Kill, while Jaya’s Observation Haki showed that Kaido’s aura barely changed.
• Maud told his allies that Kaido’s Thunder Bagua could seriously injure them and ordered them to help Shiryu poison Kaido; Shakky reminded Maud not to let his concerns dictate his choices.
• Maud’s Curtain Blade and Aokiji’s Ice Age drove Kaido underground, but Kaido broke free in his Azure Dragon Form and summoned three lightning-wrapped tornadoes.
• Aokiji froze the tornadoes, and Maud dragged Kaido down with a shadow net so Brook, Jaya, Jim, Lafitte, Urouge, and Hawkins could attack him.
• Kaido repelled Shiryu’s venom slash, injured Shiryu with a lightning roar, and broke free of the shadow net; Luo rescued the others with Shambles, and Maud decided to end the battle by other means.