Recaps

Maud pursued Katakuri and Brulee into the Mirror World, where he defeated and killed the badly wounded Katakuri in a direct clash. Brulee escaped to the plaza and announced Katakuri’s death to the Charlotte Family.

• Brulee brought Katakuri into the Mirror World and tried to treat his severe injuries, but Katakuri insisted on returning to the fight.
• Maud entered the Mirror World by switching places with a Shadow Mark, surprising Brulee and Katakuri.
• Maud refused to attack Katakuri from behind and challenged him directly, while Katakuri sent Brulee away and fought with his remaining strength.
• Maud broke through Katakuri’s defense and killed him with a slash, gaining a substantial increase in his physique, Devil Fruit, and Haki abilities.
• Brulee escaped through a mirror and returned to the plaza, where she announced that Bagard. Maud had killed Katakuri.

Maud and Aokiji overwhelmed the Charlotte Family’s forces on Whole Cake Island, defeating Katakuri and taking Brulee captive. After Maud defeated Cracker and secured the Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit, he prepared to withdraw with Aokiji.

• Perospero realized Katakuri had fallen, and Maud knocked Brulee unconscious after she emerged from the Mirror World.
• Aokiji froze Baskardi and defeated Oven while Perospero repeatedly lost focus; Compote warned him that the family would be finished if he made more mistakes.
• The Charlotte Family’s main forces brought down the Smoothie zombie, but Maud unleashed a mass of shadow fists against Monde and the others.
• Maud told Aokiji to withdraw, then threw Brulee to him as Aokiji swept Perospero’s forces aside with a wave of cold air.
• Maud used Shadow Step to reach Cracker, struck him down, and took him away to obtain the Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit.

Maud and the Maud Pirates completed their raid on Whole Cake Island, rescuing Rayleigh and defeating Katakuri and other Charlotte Family members before escaping with Brulee, Cracker, and two Devil Fruits. As Thriller Bark departed, Charlotte Linlin followed Brulee’s dying Vivre Card and pursued Maud.

• Maud flew away from Whole Cake Island with the unconscious Cracker while Aokiji joined him carrying Brulee, and Maud used shadow wings to help Aokiji fly.
• Maud sent Curtain Blades into Cake Island Castle, cutting the landmark into several pieces before he and Aokiji continued toward Thriller Bark.
• Maud and Aokiji reunited with Jaya, Lafitte, Rayleigh, Shakky, and the others, who discussed how their plan had divided and overwhelmed the BIG.MOM Pirates.
• Maud ordered Lafitte and Jaya to steer Thriller Bark away, then had Luo remove Brulee and Cracker’s hearts before harvesting their abilities and storing the Mirror-Mirror Fruit and Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit.
• Charlotte Linlin pursued the departing pirates by following Brulee’s Vivre Card and angrily called out Maud’s name.

After learning that the Marines had used Rayleigh as bait and may have Saul imprisoned in Impel Down, Maud decided to go there and learn Saul’s whereabouts. Before he could make plans, Charlotte Linlin caught up with Thriller Bark, and Maud prepared to face her in the sky.

• Rayleigh told Maud, Jaya, and Shakky that the Marines had arranged his capture by the BIG.MOM Pirates to provoke conflict between pirate forces.
• Maud resolved to go to Impel Down to find out what had happened to Saul, but refused to restore Rayleigh’s limbs at the cost of twenty years of his life.
• Luo advised Maud to keep the rescue of Rayleigh secret from the Marines so they would not anticipate his plans.
• Charlotte Linlin caught up with Thriller Bark aboard Zeus, accompanied by Prometheus, and Maud sensed her approach.
• Maud, Brook, and Luo gathered atop the mast as Charlotte Linlin summoned storm clouds and threatened to kill Maud.

Maud defeated Charlotte Linlin by exploiting Brook’s attack on Zeus, sending her plunging toward the sea. Back aboard Thriller Bark, Maud told Aokiji that their trip to Impel Down might lead to war with Marine Headquarters, and Aokiji chose to fight alongside the crew.

• Charlotte Linlin attacked Maud with Ikoku, but Maud countered it with Hagoku and flew to meet her in battle.
• Maud and Charlotte Linlin clashed with fire and swords until Brook split Zeus in two, leaving Linlin without her footing.
• Maud overpowered Linlin and sent her falling toward the sea, then returned to Thriller Bark with Brook.
• Perona showed Maud footage of the fight, and Maud praised her before ordering the crew back to their posts.
• Maud told Aokiji that the Impel Down mission might bring them into war with Marine Headquarters, and Aokiji chose to stand with the crew.
• Maud told Aokiji to stop holding back and allowed Shiryu to leave no one alive if he lost control at Impel Down.

After escaping Whole Cake Island, Maud considered whether to negotiate with the Marines or attack Impel Down to learn Saul’s fate. News of the Maud Pirates’ victory over Big Mom spread worldwide, and Maud wondered how a news agency had obtained such clear photographs, leaving the crew’s next move uncertain.

• Perospero and Snack watched Charlotte Linlin return from the sea, confirming that her pursuit of the Maud Pirates had failed.
• Thriller Bark escaped Whole Cake Island’s territory, and Maud spoke with Jaya about finding Uncle Gaban before Lafitte advised negotiating with the Marines over Saul rather than attacking Impel Down.
• Three days after the raid, a newspaper reported that the Maud Pirates had devastated Big Mom’s territory and killed Katakuri, Cracker, and other officers without suffering any losses.
• Ace burned the newspaper after Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates discussed the report and worried about reclaiming their father’s remains from Maud.
• Maud examined a newspaper aboard a Marine warship he had seized and questioned how the news agency had obtained its information and photographs.

Maud used his Whole Cake Island footage to recruit Morgans’s help before negotiating with Marine Headquarters over the three Celestial Dragons he held. As Morgans’s new headline intensified public attention, the Five Elders learned Maud was also a “D.”

• Maud abandoned the idea of a surprise assault on Impel Down and considered using the three Celestial Dragons as leverage with the Navy.
• Maud told Morgans that Chris had obtained the Whole Cake Island scoop independently, then offered Morgans video footage in exchange for a favor.
• Akainu reaffirmed his intent to eliminate Maud despite the hostage situation, while Vegapunk said the Navy’s unfinished weapons could already be deployed.
• Morgans published a headline calling Maud the Four Emperors’ nemesis and reported that he controlled the lives of three Celestial Dragons.
• The Five Elders discussed Maud’s connection to the initial D. and suspected the report had resulted from Sakazuki’s actions.

After the World Government learned that Maud controlled three Celestial Dragons, the Five Elders considered sacrificing the hostages to regain the initiative and left the decision to Imu. News of Maud’s leverage stirred reactions among Sabo, Tesoro, Hancock, Cavendish, and Kaido, who called Charlotte Linlin to discuss something.

• The Five Elders learned that Sakazuki had sent Saul, Rayleigh, and Gaban to Impel Down as bait, and that Saul had died; they debated killing the three Celestial Dragons Maud held and left the choice to Imu.
• Sabo confirmed Maud’s leverage over the Celestial Dragons to Betty, then ended their call after she asked him to return because something had happened.
• Tesoro celebrated the news that the Celestial Dragons’ lives were no longer their own, while Hancock quietly studied the newspaper about Maud.
• Cavendish decided to stay beside Maud so he could share the headlines, despite being a Shichibukai.
• Kaido called Charlotte Linlin, who said she had something to discuss with him; Kaido had Caesar and Monet beneath his throne.

Kaido agreed to help Charlotte Linlin transport islands after demanding that Caesar restore Smile production within ten days. After the World Government killed the three Celestial Dragons Maud had held as leverage, Maud prepared to gather ammunition and forces before attacking Impel Down, then learned Cavendish had become a Shichibukai.

• Kaido rejected Charlotte Linlin's request to transport islands, then agreed after invoking their shared goals and set a condition for Caesar and Monet to restore Smile production within ten days.
• Akainu learned that Shalria, Saint Rob Chaplin, and Saint Palmer Richard had been found dead, and CP0 delivered the Five Elders' order to take down Maud.
• Maud's crew read the news of the Celestial Dragons' deaths and decided to prepare ammunition and expand their forces before proceeding toward Impel Down.
• Cavendish called Maud to announce his emergency summons, and Maud discovered that Cavendish had become a Shichibukai.

After the Marines summoned the Shichibukai to deal with Bagard. Maud, Mord prepared to strengthen his forces and recruited Cavendish's help. Hancock initially rejected the summons but agreed immediately after learning Maud was the target.

• Cavendish told Mord the Marines had issued an emergency summons and agreed to help him if they planned to attack Mord.
• Mord considered seeking support from the Revolutionary Army, Shanks, Fish-Man Island, and his Zombie Army.
• Karas arrived at Thriller Bark to take Sabo back to Revolutionary Army headquarters, and Sabo left after warning Mord to keep Saul's secret from Sunny.
• Weevil, Columbus, and Chinjao received summonses and decided to go to Marine Headquarters, while Hancock rejected hers.
• After a Marine told Hancock the summons concerned dealing with Bagard. Maud, Hancock changed her mind and agreed to attend.

Mihawk traveled to meet Shanks while Maud prepared to attack Impel Down to rescue Saul and find Gaban. After explaining what had happened, Maud asked Shanks for help, and Shanks agreed on the condition that Maud restore his arm.

• Mihawk left Kuraigana Island and sailed to meet Shanks, killing a Sea King along the way.
• Maud left Thriller Bark with Beli after telling the Straw Hat Pirates he would be gone and arranging for Rayleigh to teach Zoro swordsmanship.
• Mihawk arrived at Shanks's island, where Maud also landed and said he had come to restore Shanks's arm and discuss a matter with him.
• Maud told Shanks, Beckman, and Yasopp about Rayleigh, Saul, Gaban, and the Marines' actions, then declared he would attack Impel Down to rescue Saul.
• Shanks agreed to help Maud after asking him to restore his arm, while Mihawk realized the Marines' emergency summons concerned Maud.

Maud restored Shanks's arm and secured the Red-Haired Pirates' aid for the coming attack on Impel Down. As the Shichibukai gathered at Marine Headquarters, Maud reached Fish-Man Island and asked Hachi to assemble the Sun Pirates for a possible rescue of Jinbe.

• Maud restored Shanks's severed arm with his Shadow ability, and Shanks agreed to help him attack Impel Down.
• Hawk Eyes left Shanks's island, and Maud departed after leaving a Vivre Card and setting course for Fish-Man Island.
• The Shichibukai gathered at Marine Headquarters, where Weevil attacked Hancock and Cavendish briefly blocked him before Hancock kicked them both away.
• Maud met Hachi in Fish-Man District and offered a chance to rescue Jinbe if the Sun Pirates could gather enough fighting power.

Maud gathered Fish-Man warriors and allied forces to rescue Jinbe from Impel Down after the prison announced executions in a week. On the eve of the operation, Marine warships surrounded the prison as enormous floating islands appeared in the sky.

• Maud asked Neptune for a Fish-Man army, and Neptune agreed to send troops to support the rescue of Jinbe.
• Hachi gathered more than a thousand Fish-Man warriors, including the Sun Pirates, while Maud left Fish-Man Island and assembled his allies.
• Maud read Impel Down’s announcement that prisoners would be executed in a week and recognized it as a warning from the Marines.
• Maud contacted his allies and Cavendish, who confirmed the Marines were massing forces but vowed to stand with Maud.
• On the eve of the prison operation, Marine warships surrounded Impel Down, and lookouts spotted enormous floating islands approaching through the sky.

The Marines and Shichibukai prepared to defend Impel Down as Maud’s fleet arrived, and Fujitora stopped the five islands Jaya sent crashing toward them. Maud then used his shadow ability to move one island despite Fujitora’s power, sending it plunging toward Impel Down again.

• The Marines sounded the alarm as Maud’s forces approached, and Tsuru, Sengoku, Akainu, Kizaru, and Fujitora prepared to defend Impel Down.
• Maud ordered Jaya to drop the five floating islands, but Fujitora stopped them with his gravity power.
• Maud’s crew considered how to disrupt the Marine fleet, and Luo offered to move an island with his Room at the cost of his stamina and lifespan.
• Maud refused Luo’s offer and descended from Thriller Bark on a staircase of shadows.
• Maud pulled on an island’s shadow, causing the island to move again and plunge toward Impel Down despite Fujitora’s ability.

Maud used his Shadow ability to make five islands fall toward Impel Down and the Marine fleet, overcoming Fujitora’s gravity. The Marines and Shichibukai destroyed the islands together and sent their wreckage toward Maud, who calmly descended to face them.

• Maud sent five shadow-controlled islands crashing toward Impel Down and the nearly hundred warships below.
• Fujitora failed to stop the islands and urged the Marines to destroy them to limit casualties.
• Akainu, Kizaru, Hawk Eyes, Fujitora, the Marines, and the Pacifistas attacked the islands, with Hawk Eyes’s slash cutting one apart first.
• The assembled forces destroyed all five islands and used their attacks to drive the wreckage toward Maud.
• Maud calmly descended through the sky as island fragments rushed toward him.

Maud used his shadow powers to turn the Navy’s barrage of island debris against nearly a hundred warships, then moved to Impel Down’s entrance to face the assembled Marine and Shichibukai forces. The chapter ends with Maud arriving alone within arm’s reach of the fortress’s defenders.

• Aokiji prepared to help Maud, but Maud signaled him to stop and froze the incoming island remnants with his Shadow Kingdom.
• Maud dragged the suspended debris toward the Navy fleet, crushing more than half its warships and causing heavy casualties.
• The Marines broke holes through Maud’s shadow barrier to rescue those in the sea while a fish-man army waited below to attack them.
• Maud flew toward Impel Down aboard Thriller Bark, fired shadow bullets through the entrance, and exchanged places with one to reach the gate.
• Maud appeared alone before Akainu, the Shichibukai, and the elite vice admirals, who stared at him in shock.

Maud arrived at Impel Down’s main gate and faced the assembled Marine forces and Shichibukai. He evaded their coordinated attack, wounded Kizaru, and remained poised in the sky above the prison.

• Maud teleported to the entrance, drawing the attention of the assembled forces, while Weevil threatened him and Hancock kicked Weevil away.
• Sentomaru ordered the twenty Pacifista to target Maud, and Kizaru attacked him with a light-speed kick.
• Maud caught Kizaru’s kick, crushed the light around his foot, and marked Kizaru with a shadow before kicking him into the sky.
• Fujitora used Gravity Ring to pin Maud as Garp and Akainu launched attacks, but Maud escaped with Shadow Shift.
• Maud exchanged places with his Shadow Mark on Kizaru, struck him in the back, and sent him crashing into the forest.

Maud fought off Weevil while Marines and his allies converged around Impel Down. The Red-Haired Pirates arrived by coated ship, leaving Akainu facing another major threat.

• Weevil charged Maud to avenge Whitebeard, but Maud blocked his sword with Beli and slashed him down onto an island fragment.
• Fujitora's gravity field forced Maud to the ground as Marines aimed more than a hundred cannons at him.
• Lafitte and the others attacked the Marine formation, while Aokiji froze several ships and faced his former comrades.
• Aokiji sensed the Red-Haired Pirates approaching, and their coated ship surfaced before the stunned Marines.
• Akainu grimly watched Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates arrive, while Rayleigh looked on from Thriller Bark.

As the Red-Haired Pirates arrived, the Marines advanced while Maud used his Shadow ability to block their cannon fire. Before he could head for Impel Down, Maud defeated Weevil with a shadow-based slash that resembled Roger’s Divine Departure, leaving Garp, Rayleigh, and Shanks stunned.

• The Red-Haired Pirates’ arrival prompted Akainu to order the Marines to stop them without abandoning their goal of eliminating the Maud Pirates and the summoned Shichibukai.
• Garp led the Marines’ top fighters toward Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates, while the Marines continued their attack on Maud.
• Maud raised the Shadow Screen to catch and detonate the Marines’ cannonballs, allowing trapped swimmers to surface as Fish-Men attacked the Marines underwater.
• Maud prepared to head for Impel Down and leave the advancing Marine forces to Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Weevil charged Maud, but Maud used Shadow Evasion to send a crescent-shaped shadow slash through Weevil’s sword and crash him through Impel Down’s walls.
• Garp, Rayleigh, and Shanks recognized how closely Maud’s technique resembled Roger’s Divine Departure.

Maud vanished from the battlefield after drawing the Marines’ cannon fire and reappeared inside Impel Down, while Aokiji openly turned against the Marines to delay the advancing fighters. The chapter left Aokiji facing Akainu as Maud began his search on Crimson Hell.

• Maud sheathed Shusui, turned his back to the cannons, and signaled Shanks before the Marines blasted him with over a hundred shells.
• Maud disappeared from the battlefield and reappeared inside Impel Down’s first underground level, Crimson Hell.
• Kizaru, Fujitora, and Garp sensed Maud inside the prison, while the Marines prepared to execute the Maud Pirates after his search failed.
• Aokiji raised an enormous ice wall to block the Marines’ view of Impel Down and refused to yield to Smoker’s accusations.
• Kizaru shot Aokiji, but Aokiji regenerated; Akainu then attacked with Great Eruption, and Aokiji moved to hold him back.
• Maud arrived on Crimson Hell’s stone floor beside a bullet hole containing a Shadow Mark.

Maud entered Impel Down’s first level using Shadow Shift and fought his way toward the elevator to reach Saul on the Sixth Floor. He encountered Buggy in a cell, where Buggy begged him for help.

• Maud used a Shadow Mark and Shadow Shift to arrive on Impel Down’s first underground level, then set out to find the elevator to the Sixth Floor.
• The prisoners watched Maud pass, while Buggy recognized him and wondered why he was in Impel Down.
• Blue Gorillas attacked Maud, but he dodged their axes and pierced them with shadow spikes.
• Buggy shouted for Maud, who flashed to his cell and asked why he was there.
• Buggy grabbed Maud’s thigh through the bars and begged him to save him.

Maud broke into Impel Down to rescue Saul, freed Buggy from his cell, and headed for the Sixth Floor while the prison staff watched him advance. The chapter ended with Jinbe sensing the battle’s tremors in Infinite Hell and recalling his conversation with Saul.

• Buggy remembered rejecting Maud’s offer to join him and asked to join now, but Maud cut open Buggy’s cell bars instead.
• When the freed prisoners rushed out, Maud killed them with black spikes and ordered Buggy to lead him to the elevator.
• Hannibal, Tomino, and Sadie monitored Maud’s progress and chose to delay him rather than send jailers to their deaths.
• Buggy learned that Maud had come to rescue Saul and offered to accompany him, while Maud found the elevator sabotaged and jumped down its shaft.
• Jinbe felt the tremors from his cell in Infinite Hell and wondered whether a fierce battle had erupted outside.

Saul told Jinbe how Maud had transformed his life and warned that Maud would come to Impel Down if he learned Saul was imprisoned there. After Saul was taken away, Jinbe felt the effects of a battle aboveground and suspected Maud had arrived.

• Saul recounted how Maud quickly mastered Armament Haki, injured Garp, and became famous, saying meeting him had made Saul reluctant to die.
• Saul told Jinbe he expected to die and feared Maud would attack Impel Down to rescue him, asking Jinbe to deliver a message if he escaped.
• Jinbe promised to pass Saul’s message on.
• Several days later, jailers took Saul away, and Jinbe remembered Saul’s relieved expression as the cell door closed.
• Jinbe felt battle tremors and wondered if Maud had come while Sengoku confronted Shiryu aboveground.
• Shiryu struck Sengoku’s Buddha-form fist with the Rainstorm Saber, and the clash shook the ground.

Shiryu fought Sengoku at the entrance to Impel Down so he could reach Maud, while the Maud Pirates battled the vastly larger Navy force. Hancock ignored the Navy’s orders and entered Impel Down herself, leaving Shiryu frustrated as their fight continued.

• Shiryu charged through the Navy’s formation toward Impel Down, but Sengoku blasted him away with a shockwave.
• Shiryu engulfed Sengoku in venom, but Sengoku’s Great Buddha form kept the poison from penetrating his skin.
• Shiryu and Sengoku resumed their fierce battle, with Shiryu planning to cut into Sengoku’s body to let the venom reach him.
• Hancock turned a Navy officer to stone when he tried to stop her, then headed for Impel Down.
• Hancock told Sengoku that the target was inside Impel Down and entered, while Shiryu was left unable to go in first.

Maud fought his way through Impel Down’s Sixth Floor while Hancock and Weevil entered the prison separately. After finding Jinbe instead of Saul, Maud learned Saul had been taken away and heard his final message, which ended with a plea for Maud to avenge him.

• Hancock charged into Impel Down, while Weevil crushed through the first floor’s Needle Forest and jumped toward the lower levels.
• Hannibal monitored Maud and Hancock through the surveillance system, claiming he needed to watch Hancock to protect the prisoners while secretly admiring her.
• Maud controlled Buggy with Shadow Puppet Play, killed five attackers in a cell, and defeated nearly a hundred prisoners wearing explosive collars without killing them.
• Maud reached a cell and found Jinbe, then cut through the bars to free him after confirming Saul was not there.
• Jinbe told Maud that Saul had been taken away and recited Saul’s message: he urged Maud not to seek revenge, then told him to get even for him.