Recaps

Bullet continued fighting Charlotte Linlin and her crew alone, convinced that individual strength could surpass Roger. On Thriller Bark, Maud learned that Bullet had attacked Whole Cake Island and that both sides had suffered heavy losses, while Bonney and Luffy protested being listed as Maud’s subordinates in the newspaper.

• Bullet fought Charlotte Linlin’s crew alone, and Linlin declared that he would fall because one person could not dominate the New World without a crew.
• The Maud Pirates read Morgans’ report on the Beasts Pirates’ destruction, which introduced the crew’s main members to the world.
• Bonney confronted Maud over the newspaper listing her as his subordinate, and Maud agreed to speak to Morgans about correcting it.
• Luffy arrived with a newspaper and demanded to know why he and his companions had been listed as Maud’s subordinates.
• Maud read a newer report stating that Bullet had attacked Whole Cake Island and that both sides had suffered heavy losses, then considered how to use the news.

Maud considered using the reported mutual losses between Bullet and the Big Mom Pirates as an opportunity to strike, while Luffy distracted him with talk of dinner. Three days later, the world had heard the news, but Akainu could not act against either target because the Reverie was approaching.

• Maud reviewed intelligence on Bullet’s destruction across the seas and considered the report that Bullet had attacked Whole Cake Island, though he waited for the Revolutionary Army to confirm what happened.
• Luffy interrupted Maud, then forgot about the newspaper as Maud drew him into imagining a meat-filled dinner.
• Bonney complained about Luffy’s gluttony, while Beli glared back at her and Perona silently judged them both.
• Three days passed, and news of the Big Mom Pirates and Bullet suffering mutual losses spread around the world.
• Akainu considered attacking the Big Mom Pirates or Bullet but could not spare enough Marines with the Reverie approaching.

With the Reverie approaching, Maud and Sabo discussed rescuing Kuma from Mary Geoise. Sabo proposed infiltrating the city, but Maud argued that the Marines’ deployment to escort kings would make a frontal assault possible.

• Akainu abandoned plans to attack the weakened Big Mom Pirates and Bullet because the Marines had to prepare for the Reverie.
• Rebecca told Maud that Dressrosa would not attend the Reverie and was moving toward withdrawing from the World Government’s member nations.
• Maud connected the approaching Reverie with an opportunity to rescue Kuma from Mary Geoise.
• Sabo called Maud and proposed infiltrating Mary Geoise with help from his invisibility ability and Morley’s Push-Push ability.
• Maud told Sabo that the Marines would be stretched thin escorting the kings, making a frontal assault on Mary Geoise the better opportunity.

Maud weighed Sabo’s infiltration plan against a frontal assault on Mary Geoise to rescue Kuma during the Reverie, and leaned toward infiltration. Elsewhere, a masked woman reported that Bullet had been rescued before she could reach him.

• Maud chose to prioritize rescuing Kuma at Mary Geoise over attacking the weakened Whole Cake Island Pirates.
• Maud and Sabo debated a frontal assault versus infiltrating Mary Geoise during the Reverie, and Sabo argued that his team’s abilities made infiltration safer.
• Maud asked Sabo to gather with the others and said he would consider the plan, while admitting he was leaning toward infiltration and could postpone a full assault.
• A masked woman told the Striped Mask man that Bullet had been rescued and that she had arrived too late to identify who took him.

As Wano Country began to recover, Hiyori and Yamato decided to pay their respects to Maud, while he planned the design of Sky City. Lafitte told Maud that the Revolutionary Army had arrived and continued to treat him like a future king, but Maud chose to welcome them himself.

• Hiyori watched Wano Country recover and decided she and Yamato should pay their respects to Maud.
• Yamato accepted Hiyori’s approach to Wano Country’s future and agreed to go with her.
• Maud studied a map and planned Sky City, considering suspended islands, defenses, and cloud pathways.
• Lafitte told Maud that the Revolutionary Army had arrived at the harbor and said Sister Ya had gone to welcome them.
• Maud prepared to welcome the Revolutionary Army himself, and Lafitte offered to lead him to the harbor.

Maud and Sabo assembled a team to infiltrate Mary Geoise and rescue Kuma, while Urouge returned with Sky Island Shells. The group departed aboard Luo’s Polar Dive, leaving Lafitte and the others behind.

• Maud welcomed Sabo, Jaya, and Karas, then agreed to Sabo’s plan to infiltrate Mary Geoise and rescue Kuma.
• Maud selected Jim, Brook, and Luo to join the operation, and agreed to bring Bonney after she insisted on taking part.
• Violet reported an approaching submarine, and Maud recognized it as Luo’s Polar Dive returning with Urouge and the Heart Pirates.
• Urouge delivered crates filled with Sky Island Shells that he had collected by buying them on Sky Island.
• Maud, Sabo, Bonney, and the others boarded the Polar Dive and set off for Mary Geoise.

Maud and his team infiltrated Mary Geoise during the days before the Reverie to find and rescue Kuma. After reaching a hidden cavern beneath Pangu City, Brook went scouting while Molly asked Bonney about her relationship with Kuma.

• Maud reviewed the infiltration plan, assigning Bonney to guard the Polar Dive until she insisted on joining the team.
• As the allied kings arrived at the Red Port and rode bubble cable cars up the Red Line, Maud, Sabo, Jim, and the others prepared to infiltrate Mary Geoise.
• Maud and Jim discussed Laboon and Maud’s old joke about smashing the Red Line before Karas’s crows carried the team to the summit.
• Sabo made the team invisible, and they entered Mary Geoise, where Maud sensed slaves powering an automatic walkway beneath Pangu City.
• Saint Ignatius rode a wounded giant toward the Social Plaza as CP0 covertly followed him, while Maud’s team hid in a cavern beneath the city.
• Brook projected his soul to search for Kuma, and Molly asked Bonney what her relationship was with Little Kuma.

Maud and the others reached the social plaza to rescue Kuma and found him being used as a slave by Saint Ignatius. Maud attacked the Celestial Dragon despite CP0’s protection, leaving Saint Ignatius pierced by a Shadow Blade as the plaza fell silent.

• Sabo diverted Marigold from questioning Bonney, and Brook returned to report that Kuma was nearby, badly injured and carrying Saint Ignatius.
• Maud led the group to the surface under Sabo’s transparency ability, while Brook’s ghost flames guided them toward the social plaza.
• Saint Ignatius rode Kuma and stabbed him with a dagger as nobles watched, while Felix arrived on another slave and asked to ride Kuma.
• A gunshot startled the plaza, and CP0 agents appeared to protect Saint Ignatius and Felix; one caught a Shadow Bullet and identified it as Maud’s attack.
• Maud and his companions revealed themselves on a rooftop, and Maud sent a Shadow Blade through Saint Ignatius’s shadow, piercing his chest in front of the crowd.

Maud killed Saint Ignatius and Saint Felix in the Social Plaza, then planted a fragment of Kuma’s consciousness into Kuma’s shadow. With Kuma’s recovery still pending, Maud prepared to leave before Mary Geoise’s forces arrived.

• Saint Ignatius died after Maud’s Shadow Blade pierced his chest, and Brook and Sabo repelled the CP0 members who charged at Maud.
• Maud’s Shadow Blade emerged from the chain’s shadow and killed Saint Felix and the giant slave beneath him.
• Luo used Room and Shambles to teleport the attacking CP0 members away from Maud.
• Bonney, Molly, and the others reached Kuma, and Maud placed a fragment of Kuma’s consciousness into his shadow.
• Maud said Kuma’s consciousness needed time to recover and urged the group to leave before the forces of Mary Geoise gathered.

Maud and his allies tried to escape Mary Geoise, but CP0 used a coordinated assault to bring them back to the plaza and surround them. With the Holy Land’s garrison closing in, Maud still had a possible escape route, while the rest of his group faced being trapped.

• Maud ordered Karas to carry the group into the sky on a swarm of crows, then used a Haoshoku shock wave to drive back pursuing CP0 agents and destroy two Celestial Dragons.
• A Granite Mask CP0 member used the Stone-Stone Fruit to launch the Striped Mask after the crows, and the Striped Mask used the Sand-Sand Fruit to evade Maud’s attack.
• The Granite Mask and Striped Mask combined their powers to form a vast sand cage that engulfed the plaza and stopped Maud’s group.
• The Granite Mask realized Maud’s group had escaped underground, and used the Stone-Stone Fruit to force them back to the surface.
• Sunflower Mask arrived with powerful CP0 agents through an Air Door as the Holy Land’s garrison flooded the plaza, surrounding Maud and his allies.

Maud and his allies were trapped in the Social Plaza by the CP0 Strong Spear team and the Holy Land guards. Maud killed the Sand-Sand Fruit user with one slash, opening the way for Karas’s crows as he turned his attention toward the Celestial Dragons’ residential district.

• The CP0 Strong Spear team blocked the group’s escape with a sandstorm, rising rock, and surrounding forces, while Sabo identified them as the team that had defeated the Revolutionary Army’s main force.
• Sabo revealed that the black Striped Mask used the Glitter-Glitter Fruit, and Luo’s attack exposed the black Striped Mask’s diamond defense and the Serpent Mask’s Slicing-Slicing Fruit while cutting the Granite Mask in half without injuring him.
• The Granite Mask sent waves of rock toward Maud’s group as Sabo, Jim, Brook, Molly, and Bonney prepared to fight and protect the unconscious Kuma.
• Maud redirected his bullets with shadow manipulation, appeared beside the earth-colored striped mask, and killed him with a single slash despite his Armament Haki.
• The guards and CP0 agents stared in shock as the earth-colored striped mask fell, and Maud looked toward the Celestial Dragons’ residential district.

Maud helped Sabo's group escape pursuit from Mary Geoise's guards, using Shusui's newly acquired Azure Dragon powers to strike down more than a thousand pursuers with lightning. Shusui soon exhausted herself, leaving Maud to face the remaining CP0 elites without her support.

• The red-robed queen and other allied kings coveted Maud's strength, while Vivi recalled her father's words about the Clan of D being the gods' natural enemy.
• Karas summoned a flock of crows, and Luo used Room and Shambles to bring Sabo, Brook, Maud, Jim, and Bonney aboard before the group took flight.
• Hundreds and thousands of Holy Land guards pursued the flock with Geppo, so Maud unleashed Thunderous Might from Shusui and sent over a thousand guards crashing down.
• The surviving CP0 elites continued their pursuit, but Maud's attack bought the flock enough time to reach a safer position.
• Maud tried to use Shusui's Azure Dragon powers against the CP0 elites, but Shusui had exhausted herself and returned to her normal form to rest.

Maud used Conqueror and Shadow Kingdom to hold off the CP0 elites and Holy Land garrison while Sabo and the others escaped. Kizaru arrived and destroyed the flock of crows carrying them, leaving their escape in immediate danger.

• Maud repeatedly swung Conqueror to slow the CP0 elites, then used Shadow Kingdom to block their attempt to bypass him and chase Sabo's group.
• The Holy Land garrison joined the fight, and Maud's shadow tentacles kept both forces from advancing through the air.
• Maud heard Kizaru approaching and realized they had to escape the Holy Land before Uncle Issho arrived.
• Kizaru caught up with Sabo and the others, transformed from a streak of light, and fired Yasakani no Magatama, annihilating the flock of crows.

Kizaru disrupted Sabo and the others’ escape from the Holy Land, forcing Maud to intervene and confront him. Maud caught the falling group, then hurled Shusui toward the Celestial Dragons’ mansions while Kizaru realized the danger.

• Kizaru destroyed Karas’s crows with Yasakani no Magatama, sending Sabo and the others tumbling from the sky.
• Luo tried to reach the falling group while Jim attacked Kizaru, but Kizaru knocked Jim out of the air and pressured Luo.
• Maud abandoned his fight with the CP0 elites and pierced Kizaru with Shusui, then caught the falling group with his shadows.
• Kizaru warned Maud that the Holy Land’s defenders could overwhelm his allies as more forces gathered.
• Maud threw Shusui toward the Celestial Dragons’ mansions and taunted Kizaru to protect his masters.

Maud diverted Kizaru and the CP0 elites by threatening the Celestial Dragons, giving Molly and the others a chance to escape underground. He stayed behind to face the Holy Land troops and ended the chapter by cutting down the soldiers surrounding him.

• Maud rushed toward the Celestial Dragons' residence, prompting Kizaru and the CP0 elites to leave the battlefield and race to protect them.
• Maud used Shadow Shift to return to Sabo and the others, forcing Kizaru and CP0 to choose between guarding the Celestial Dragons and returning to the social plaza.
• Maud told Molly to lead the group underground while he stayed behind to hold off the Holy Land troops.
• Maud unleashed Shadow Ring. Severance, cutting through the charging troops and leaving the social plaza silent.

Maud slaughtered the Holy Land guards at the social plaza, while the kings watching him began considering him a threat to the world. Sabo and the others were forced out of the tunnel by Kuma, who had been remotely turned against them, leaving Maud to decide how to handle the escalating crisis.

• Maud used Shadow Ring Severance to kill about a thousand more Holy Land guards, bringing the dead across the plaza to more than two thousand.
• The nobles fled, and the kings of the affiliated countries decided to make eliminating Maud a priority at the Reverie if it began as scheduled.
• Jim and Bonney flew out of the tunnel, followed by Sabo and the others, and Kuma knocked Maud to the ground as they emerged.
• Maud recognized the red glow in Kuma's mechanical eye as a sign that the Pacifista enemy-detection function had activated, likely through a remote order from the World Government.
• Maud concluded Kuma's implanted consciousness seed was beginning to take root because Kuma had restrained his strength while attacking Sabo and the others.
• Luo asked what they should do, and Maud told them to hold Kuma off until his consciousness returned while he considered taking Celestial Dragons hostage.

Maud used two Celestial Dragons as hostages to stop Kizaru and the CP0 from interfering with the escape plan in the Holy Land. As Marines and CP0 gathered, Maud decided he needed to capture more Celestial Dragons.

• After Kuma disrupted the escape plan again, Maud left Sabo and the others to handle him and went to the Celestial Dragons' residence, where Shusui had reduced the area to ruins.
• Maud dodged Kizaru's attempt to stop him, found Saint Glindon Temple and Palace Anastasia, knocked them unconscious, and subdued their bodyguards with Conqueror's Haki.
• Maud bound the two Celestial Dragons and broke Saint Glindon Temple's limbs while Kizaru tried to speak, prompting Palace Anastasia to yell at Kizaru to shut up before Maud injured her too.
• Maud used the screaming hostages to warn Kizaru and the arriving CP0 elites not to interfere, while the CP0 members hesitated to act.
• Maud decided that two Celestial Dragons were not enough as bargaining chips and resolved to capture at least five; Marine Headquarters elites rushed toward the Holy Land.

Maud used Celestial Dragon hostages and a Shadow Clone to keep Kizaru and CP0 at bay while his allies fought the Holy Land’s defenders. Sengoku confronted the Shadow Clone, and a sudden gravity sphere appeared over the Social Plaza as the battle there grew more dangerous.

• Marine reinforcements rushed from the Red Port toward the Holy Land, while Sabo and his allies struggled against the defenders at the Social Plaza and Kuma.
• Maud threatened the CP0 elites with Saint Glindon Temple and Palace Anastasia, then sent a Shadow Clone to capture more Celestial Dragons.
• Sengoku confronted Maud’s Shadow Clone and attacked it, intending to kill Maud through the damage transferred to his original body.
• Luo asked Bonney why she did not use her power on Kuma, and she explained that most of Kuma’s body had been turned into machinery.
• A sphere of gravity suddenly appeared over the Social Plaza, startling Sabo and his allies.

Fujitora’s gravity field trapped Sabo and the others at the social plaza while Maud faced Kong in the Celestial Dragon residence district. As Luo was about to be killed, Kuma rescued him and appeared to have regained consciousness, greeting Sabo and the others with a familiar question.

• Fujitora arrived above the social plaza and used gravity to suppress Sabo and the others while Marines and temple guards joined the attack.
• Maud switched places with his Shadow Clone to confront Kong, who revealed a Zoan transformation and prepared to fight him.
• Fujitora tightened the gravity field as Brook, Luo, and the others struggled against the overwhelming forces surrounding them.
• A Marine Vice Admiral wounded Luo and moved to strike his vital point, but Kuma used the Paw-Paw Fruit to send Luo away.
• Kuma smiled at Sabo, Morley, Karas, and Bonney and asked where they would like to travel.

Kuma regained consciousness and used his Paw-Paw Fruit to send Bonney, Sabo, and the others away before Fujitora and the surrounding forces could stop him. Meanwhile, Maud faced Steel Bone Kong, who acknowledged that Maud’s blade had pierced his defense; the chapter ended with the author discussing how combat strength works in One Piece.

• Kuma regained consciousness and saved Luo from Finger Pistol.
• Kuma sent Bonney away, then used his Paw-Paw Fruit to send Sabo, Karas, Molly, Brook, and Jim away despite Sabo’s protests.
• Fujitora restrained Kuma with gravity as Holy Land guards and Marines attacked him.
• Kuma escaped the attack and headed toward the Celestial Dragon residence, intending to find and send Maud away.
• Steel Bone Kong emerged from the dust with a bleeding chest and told Maud that he understood why Kaido had lost to his blade.
• Maud readied Shusui as the author discussed the limits of individual combat strength in One Piece.

Maud fought Steel Bone Kong, whose Mythical Zoan Great Ape Form and Conqueror's Haki made him a formidable opponent despite his age. Maud gained the upper hand and sent Steel Bone Kong crashing in front of Kizaru and the CP0 elites.

• Steel Bone Kong attacked Maud with Golden Eye, and Maud deflected the golden beams with Shusui.
• Maud charged Steel Bone Kong, and the two clashed at close range with Conqueror's Haki coating.
• Steel Bone Kong was astonished by Maud's mastery of Haki and realized he was losing their contest of strength.
• Steel Bone Kong used his Simulated Bone tail to attack Maud, but Maud's Shadow Blades blocked it and struck back.
• Maud's Shadow Blades sent Steel Bone Kong flying through buildings until he crashed near Kizaru and the CP0 elites.

Maud raced to defeat Steel Bone Kong before time ran out, while Kuma endured attacks at the social plaza and trusted Maud to keep his word. The battle remained unresolved as Maud continued his assault and Kuma waited for the promised rescue.

• Steel Bone Kong recovered from Maud’s attacks, but Maud vanished from his Observation Haki and struck him again with Shusui, sending him flying through the ruins.
• Maud pursued Steel Bone Kong, determined to end the fight quickly so he could save Kuma, and acknowledged that time favored Steel Bone Kong unless he survived Maud’s assault.
• Steel Bone Kong relied on his awakened Great Ape Form and Haki to defend against Maud’s accelerating attacks, believing he could win by keeping Maud occupied.
• At the social plaza, Kuma drove back the elite Marines with a paw-shaped shockwave despite his wounds and damaged mechanical body.
• Kuma told his attackers that time would give them the answer and insisted that Maud had always kept his word, while Fujitora turned toward the direction of the ongoing battle.

Maud fought Steel Bone Kong in a relentless clash, aiming to create an opening before Kuma could be overwhelmed. He mortally wounded Kong and prepared to claim his experience points, hoping to restore his depleted strength and help them escape.

• Maud increased the pace of his attacks while Steel Bone Kong blocked them, and the Marines learned that the two were fighting.
• Steel Bone Kong realized Maud’s assault was draining them both but could not escape the relentless exchange.
• Maud finally broke through Kong’s defense with a slash, then stabbed him through the chest.
• Kong collapsed as Maud thanked him, saying their escape would be thanks to him.
• Maud raised a notebook to claim Kong’s experience points despite his depleted stamina and Haki.

Maud defeated Steel Bone Kong and used him and two Celestial Dragons as hostages to get Kuma out of the encirclement. After Kuma escaped, Maud killed his hostages, reached ten-star physique, and fought off the Marines while a mysterious golden-eyed figure arrived before the Empty Throne.

• Maud defeated Steel Bone Kong, recorded his abilities in Hunter's Notebook, and carried him to the social plaza where Fujitora's forces were surrounding Kuma.
• Maud demanded that the Marines and Holy Land guards let him and Kuma leave, using Steel Bone Kong and two Celestial Dragons as hostages.
• Maud led Kuma out of the encirclement and gave him Bepo's Vivre Card so he could find the Polar Dive.
• As Kuma escaped with the Paw-Paw Fruit, Maud killed Steel Bone Kong and gained enough experience to raise his physique beyond ten stars.
• Kizaru tried to rescue the Celestial Dragons, but Maud's shadows killed them; Maud and his Shadow Clone then held off Fujitora and Kizaru as Maud's Conqueror's Haki knocked out the surrounding forces.
• A golden-eyed figure arrived in the Hall of Oaths and gazed at the twenty rust-covered weapons before the Empty Throne.

Lord Imu drew the Nefertari Family’s ancient sword and intervened in the battle outside Pangu City as Maud held back the Holy Land’s forces to help Kuma escape. After Lord Imu’s slash gravely wounded Maud, he fled to the Polar Dive, while the Five Elders knelt before Lord Imu.

• Lord Imu swallowed five pills, gained two extra irises, and drew the Nefertari Family’s eight-hundred-year-old knight’s sword from the Hall of Oaths.
• Maud sent Fujitora and Kizaru flying, then used a Shadow Screen, sword strikes, and Conqueror’s Haki to hold back the pursuing forces while Kuma escaped.
• Fujitora and Kizaru returned to the battlefield, but a powerful slash from Pangu City pierced Maud’s defenses and tore away much of his waist and abdomen.
• Maud used Shadow Shift to escape the CP0 elites and appeared inside the Polar Dive, where Bepo was shocked by his injuries.
• Lord Imu’s sword crumbled to dust, and the Five Elders knelt before her to apologize for requiring her intervention.