Recaps

Maud escaped Mary Geoise with Kuma, healed his injuries, and set the Polar Dive toward White Soil Island. The world learned that Maud had killed Fleet Admiral Steel Bone Kong and two Celestial Dragons during the Reverie, leaving everyone stunned.

• Bepo panicked over Maud's severe wounds, but Maud used the Shadow Mending Technique to restore himself as Kuma arrived at the Polar Dive.
• Maud learned that Kuma had sent Sabo and the others to White Soil Island, then removed the weapons lodged in Kuma and bandaged his bleeding wounds.
• Kuma ate salmon sashimi with honey and realized that his journey could continue, while Maud silently welcomed him back.
• Maud failed to contact Luo and Sabo, then arranged for the Polar Dive to travel to White Soil Island and asked Kuma to seek Dragon's permission to land.
• Newspapers reported that Maud had attacked Mary Geoise during the Reverie and killed Steel Bone Kong and two Celestial Dragons, shocking people around the world.

News of Maud’s attack on the Holy Land spread around the world, deepening fear and unrest as people reacted to his apparent injuries and the World Government’s failures. On a New World island, the bandaged Bullet read the report in silence as someone approached and called themself his savior.

• The newspaper’s detailed report on the Reverie attack reached the world, and people feared Maud while the World Government failed to suppress the news.
• Outlaws and pirates discussed Maud’s deeds and the injury shown in his photograph; one pirate shot a man for insulting Maud.
• The report described the world’s rising turmoil as factions watched and ordinary people prayed for what might come next.
• Bullet sat bandaged on a cliff, conflicted as he read about Maud’s attack on the Holy Land.
• Someone approached Bullet and called themself his savior, but Bullet gave no response.

Festa proposed that he and Bullet work together to stage a war that would overturn Roger’s era, offering Bullet a chance to fight powerful opponents. He revealed a Log Pose to Raftel as the key to attracting an audience for the event, and Bullet showed interest if Festa could deliver.

• Festa approached Bullet, who had just thrown away a newspaper, and proposed planning a war to overturn the era Roger created.
• Bullet rejected Festa’s proposal, saying he planned to surpass Roger by defeating top-tier opponents through his own strength.
• Festa offered Bullet a stage where he could fight powerful opponents, which caught Bullet’s attention.
• Festa showed Bullet a Log Pose to Raftel and explained that it would draw an audience to their celebration.
• Bullet said he would consider working with Festa if Festa could make his plan happen.

While the Polar Dive continued toward its destination, Maud reassured his crew about the Holy Land incident and protected them from Sea Kings. Elsewhere, Luo and Sabo traveled through the sky with their companions, and Brook began planning a biography of Maud that could preserve his story far into the future.

• Lafitte called Maud about the newspaper report on the Holy Land attack, and Maud confirmed the report was accurate and said the rescue mission had gone smoothly.
• Maud told Lafitte that construction in their territory was progressing well, then told Perona he would be away for at least another month.
• Three Sea Kings approached the Polar Dive, but Maud drove them away with his Conqueror's Haki.
• Luo traveled through the sky with Molly, who kept crying over Maud's safety, while Luo failed to reach Maud or the other crew by Den Den Mushi.
• Sabo traveled with Brook, who explained that he wanted to write Maud's biography so his story could endure for thousands of years.
• Sabo asked Brook how he and Maud had met, and Brook began recalling the foggy day they first encountered each other.

After returning to White Soil Island, Maud reunited with the Revolutionary Army and described the mysterious enemy who had gravely wounded him at the Holy Land. The next morning, the Revolutionary Army received news that Douglas Bullet possessed a Log Pose pointing toward Raftel.

• Brook began writing Maud's biography while Sabo watched and offered encouragement.
• Sabo, Luo, and the others landed safely on White Soil Island, and Luo began working on his Chimera Research in a laboratory provided by the Revolutionary Army.
• Maud arrived at White Soil Island aboard the Polar Dive, where the Revolutionary Army welcomed Kuma and Maud reunited with his companions.
• Kuma asked Maud to look after Bonney, and Maud agreed as long as Bonney was willing.
• At Dragon's banquet, Maud recounted the Holy Land incident and warned that the unknown person who wounded him might be the Revolutionary Army's true enemy.
• The next morning, the Revolutionary Army received a newspaper report that Douglas Bullet owned a Log Pose pointing toward Raftel.

Maud returned to Thriller Bark as the world focused on Bullet’s claim that he possessed Raftel’s Log Pose, and learned from Rayleigh and Gaban that a Roger Pirate named Festa might have kept the secretly made Log Pose. The chapter ended with Bullet livestreaming an attack on World Government ships carrying Celestial Gold.

• Maud decided to hunt Bullet to raise his ability star ratings, and said he would obtain Raftel’s Log Pose if it proved real because of Brook and Laboon’s promise.
• Maud and his crew left White Soil Island aboard the Polar Dive and reached Thriller Bark ten days later, where their companions welcomed them with a banquet.
• At the banquet, Rayleigh told Maud that a Roger Pirate had secretly made a Log Pose for Raftel, which Roger threw into the sea along with Festa.
• Gaban said Festa might have survived and preserved the Log Pose, leaving open the possibility that it still existed.
• Lafitte showed Maud and the banquet guests Bullet’s live broadcast of him attacking World Government ships carrying Celestial Gold.

Bullet livestreamed his destruction of the Celestial Gold’s escort fleet and seized the treasure, while Festa announced a pirate festival offering the gold and a Log Pose marked Raftel as prizes. Maud decided to add his own spark to the coming conflict and asked Rayleigh and Gaban to grant him a request.

• Bullet destroyed more than a dozen Marine escort ships, then caught up with the ships carrying the Celestial Gold and killed everyone aboard.
• Festa appeared on the livestream with a Log Pose marked Raftel and announced a grand pirate festival offering it and the Celestial Gold as prizes.
• At a banquet, the Charlotte Family watched the broadcast as Charlotte Linlin dismissed Bullet as a lesser threat than Maud and the Red-Haired Pirates.
• The Red-Haired Pirates debated whether the Log Pose was real, and Shanks recalled Festa’s earlier talk of holding a grand festival.
• Maud recognized that the festival could ignite conflicts worldwide and asked Rayleigh and Gaban to agree to a request.

Maud planned to use Rayleigh and Gaban to confirm the Great Treasure and Raftel Log Pose, while Luo reported progress on the Chimera Research. Maud also set terms for Hiyori’s work in Wano, and Tesoro brought news about the Pure Gold’s whereabouts.

• Maud asked Rayleigh and Gaban to publicly confirm that the Great Treasure and Raftel Log Pose were real, and they agreed.
• After the livestream ended, Maud visited Luo, who said the Chimera Research could begin experiments in less than half a month.
• Hiyori told Maud she had organized refugees and reconstruction in Wano, and Maud promised her freedom and protection in exchange for restraint.
• Hiyori told Yamato that Maud had given Wano its freedom rather than intending to govern it.
• Tesoro told Maud that the pirate crew he had hired had found the Pure Gold’s whereabouts.

Maud agreed to let Tesoro search for Pure Gold and considered which Devil Fruits he might eat if Luo's Chimera Research succeeded. The next morning, the crew read the news about Bullet and Festa's festival, and Morgans called Maud to ask when the interview would take place.

• Tesoro told Maud he had found information about Pure Gold, and Maud agreed to send him with Bepo and other Heart Pirates members the next day.
• Maud examined his collection of twenty-four Devil Fruits and weighed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Dark-Dark Fruit, and Yamata no Orochi Fruit as possible second abilities.
• A news coo accused Luo of stealing two newspapers, and the crew teased him until he paid the bird back.
• Maud read the newspaper coverage of Bullet and Festa's livestream and festival, then reflected that Rayleigh and Gaban's upcoming interview would strengthen Festa's claims.
• Morgans called Maud and asked whether he had set a time for the interview.

Maud arranged a live interview with Rayleigh and Gaban to lend credibility to the Log Pose leading to Raftel and the existence of the great treasure, stirring the world into a frenzy. Ten days later, Luo’s research was ready for experiments that could let Maud consume a second Devil Fruit.

• Maud arranged for Morgans to interview Rayleigh and Gaban, and the two former Roger Pirates appeared live before the world.
• Maud spoke with Shakky while the interview continued, and she agreed to gather intelligence on underworld forces that might attend the festival.
• Morgans left Thriller Bark after the interview, while Dada advised Brook on writing a biography praising Maud.
• Festa worried over Maud’s motives but decided to press ahead with the festival and build its stage as quickly as possible.
• Rayleigh and Gaban’s appearance confirmed the Log Pose’s authenticity and the great treasure’s existence, prompting people across the world to flock toward it.
• Ten days passed without news from Tesoro, while Luo’s research advanced to the experimental stage for Maud’s potential second Devil Fruit.

Luo’s Chimera Research succeeded, allowing a test subject to use two Devil Fruit abilities without dying. As the Maud Pirates began a weeklong observation period and Maud considered which second fruit to eat, Bullet and Festa announced a festival that demanded a Marine Colonel’s head as its admission ticket.

• Luo performed an exhausting modification surgery on a prisoner, and Maud reassured him that the cost of failure would not stop the experiment.
• After Luo recovered enough to reassemble the prisoner, Maud had Arthur control him into eating the Munch-Munch Fruit and the Cream-Cream Fruit eleven seconds apart.
• Lafitte hypnotized the prisoner and ordered him to use both powers at once, confirming that Luo’s chimera experiment had succeeded.
• Luo planned to study a lifespan-consuming enhancement drug, while the crew began a one-week observation period and Maud considered his second Devil Fruit.
• Bullet and Festa forced a newspaper agency to announce their festival, whose admission ticket was the head of a Marine Colonel or higher-ranking officer.

After Festa announced that Marine officers’ heads could be exchanged for celebration tickets, pirates and Marines plunged into bloody conflict. Maud bypassed the rules, obtained a Log Pose pointing to Water Seven Island, and set sail for the gathering place and the route to Raftel.

• Maud and his crew discussed Festa’s ticket rules, and Maud said they would get a ticket without following them.
• Akainu ordered Fujitora to take the operation seriously, then confronted three CP0 agents and warned them not to interfere.
• Pirates attacked Marine bases and warships as forces across the underground world watched the escalating bloodshed.
• Hawk Eyes split a pirate ship in two to take a ticket for himself.
• Maud stole a treasure map from a Hider, followed it to a deserted island, and found a Log Pose marked Water Seven Island.
• Maud concluded that Festa had planned the celebration there long in advance and ordered the Netherworld to set sail for Water Seven Island.

Festa began broadcasting the Raftel Log Pose festival on Water Seven Island to the entire world as pirate ships gathered along its shores. Kid arrived and fought for weapons, while the Big Mom Pirates appeared at sea, signaling the arrival of a Four Emperor crew.

• Festa explained why Water Seven Island was the festival site and told Bullet he would be the last one standing.
• Festa arranged a live worldwide broadcast and began airing footage as pirate ships arrived at Water Seven Island.
• Pirates watching the broadcast saw more than a hundred ships gather, while Bullet dismissed the arriving crews as unworthy opponents.
• Kid landed with the Kid Pirates and defeated nearly a hundred pirates to gather their weapons.
• Killer spotted a massive red ship approaching, and Kid recognized it as the Big Mom Pirates' vessel.

Bullet attacked the Kid Pirates as a warm-up while Charlotte Linlin led the Big Mom Pirates toward him in search of the Log Pose to Raftel. After Bullet overwhelmed Kid’s crew, Charlotte Linlin arrived and confronted him, leaving Kid caught between the two powerful fighters.

• The pirates on Water Seven Island fled the coast when Charlotte Linlin’s ship arrived, while Kid led his crew inland and prepared to seek revenge on Bullet.
• Charlotte Linlin landed and headed toward Mount Olympus, where Bullet was, while Perospero ordered the Big Mom Pirates to protect her until they found the Log Pose to Raftel.
• Festa saw that Bullet was heading for the Kid Pirates, and Kid ordered his crew to prepare for battle.
• Bullet shattered Kid’s mechanical attack, knocked Killer away, and used Conqueror’s Haki to incapacitate Kid’s crew before allowing Kid to assemble a larger Magnetic Demon.
• Charlotte Linlin arrived with hundreds of fleeing pirates behind her as Kid prepared to attack Bullet, and Bullet and Charlotte Linlin met each other’s gaze.

Bullet and Charlotte Linlin resumed their fierce battle while Kid tried to intervene and was quickly defeated. As the fight continued, an unknown figure appeared beside a blade that had knocked both monsters away, leaving the broadcast audience stunned.

• Bullet tore off part of Kid's Magnetic Demon and hurled it at Charlotte Linlin, then clashed with her in midair with Conqueror's Haki.
• Kid enlarged the Magnetic Demon using nearby weapons and charged into the battle despite attacks from Perospero and other Charlotte Family members.
• Kid trapped Bullet and Charlotte Linlin between the Magnetic Demon's fists, but they remained unmoved and quickly destroyed the giant, leaving Kid badly injured.
• Festa saw Kid's defeat on the broadcast and remarked that he was not Baijia.D. Maud.
• A black-and-red streak struck between Bullet and Charlotte Linlin, sending both monsters flying; an unknown figure appeared beside the blade embedded in the ground.

Maud arrived at Water Seven and challenged Charlotte Linlin and Bullet to fight him together. As the three faced off, the wounded Kid watched Maud’s overwhelming strength and collapsed under the pressure of his injuries and shaken pride.

• Maud’s sudden appearance stunned people watching the live broadcast around the world.
• Maud drew Shusui and reflected on how his Devil Fruit’s speed boost had improved his attack.
• Charlotte Linlin and Bullet rose unharmed, and Maud told them to come at him together.
• Charlotte Linlin and Bullet unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki, but Maud remained calm while the aura overwhelmed the wounded Kid.
• Kid compared himself to Maud, spat blood, and collapsed as he realized they were no longer on the same level.

Maud challenged Charlotte Linlin and Bullet to attack him together, then used Shusui and Beli’s Multiply Fruit-powered gunfire to suppress them both. He revealed how Beli’s new ability amplified his weapons as stunned family members and viewers watched.

• Maud ignored the defeated Kid and challenged Charlotte Linlin and Bullet to fight him together.
• Charlotte Linlin attacked with Thunder Flame, but Maud’s Shadow. Dragon Cry pierced her attack and forced her to block with Napoleon.
• Maud aimed Beli at Bullet, used Observation Haki to track him, and fired a bullet that grew a hundredfold and drove Bullet backward.
• Maud fired a barrage of enlarged bullets, blasting Bullet away before explaining that Beli’s Multiply Fruit amplified his firepower.
• Charlotte Linlin’s family and the live broadcast viewers watched in shock as Maud held off both opponents.

Maud’s arrival at Water Seven Island forced Charlotte Linlin and Bullet back, while viewers across the world watched the clash and weighed their chances of claiming Raftel’s Log Pose. As the Marines, Whitebeard Pirates, Vinsmoke Family, and others monitored the battle, Imu showed a newly renewed interest in Maud, and Hawk Eyes approached the island seeking a fight.

• Festa urged Bullet to join forces with Charlotte Linlin against Maud, while pirates watching the broadcast welcomed the monsters’ clash as a chance to seize the Log Pose.
• Kizaru, Fujitora, and the Marine officers watched from the Calm Belt and planned to intervene after the fighters had worn one another down; Sentomaru accidentally revealed his thoughts about Kizaru and the New Pacifistas.
• Ace and Marco watched Maud’s strength surpass their memories of him, and Ace resolved to reclaim Whitebeard’s remains from Maud.
• Caesar and Judge watched the battle from the Vinsmoke ship, with Caesar frightened and Judge relying on his artificial-soldier army despite his dread of Maud.
• Jaya, Rayleigh, Gaban, Bonney, and the Straw Hat Pirates watched from Thriller Bark, where Rayleigh judged that Maud had held a slight advantage over Bullet and Charlotte Linlin.
• Imu studied Maud’s bounty poster with cold intent, while Hawk Eyes continued toward Water Seven Island to cross blades with the strong.

Maud overwhelmed Charlotte Linlin and Bullet in their battle on Water Seven Island, combining his sword, gun, Haki, and shadow abilities. After his enormous shock wave blasted a tunnel through the island’s navigational mountain, he faced the two injured monsters and asked them to give him some pressure.

• The Charlotte Family worried about Charlotte Linlin as pirates searched Water Seven Island for the Raftel Log Pose and Festa watched the fight.
• Bullet returned Maud’s projectile, but Maud cut it apart, wounded Bullet with a Haki-coated bullet, and struck him with lightning and a shadow slash.
• Charlotte Linlin ambushed Maud, but he evaded with his Shadow Mark and traded sword blows with her before sending her flying with Shadow Evasion.
• Bullet charged at Maud while Charlotte Linlin recovered, and Maud’s Hagoku: Barrier Breaker hit Bullet and forced Zeus to carry Charlotte Linlin clear.
• Maud’s shock wave blasted a tunnel through the navigational mountain, leaving Bullet injured but standing, and Maud challenged him and Charlotte Linlin to give him pressure.

Maud faced Bullet and Charlotte Linlin, showing that his strength exceeded Bullet’s even before he used his full power. After Maud activated his shadow armor and unleashed Shock Slash, he shattered Bullet’s robot form and sent Bullet crashing to the ground, leaving Charlotte Linlin and viewers around the world stunned.

• Bullet attacked Maud with his Strongest Punch, but Maud’s Shadow Slash overpowered him and wounded his fist.
• Maud told Bullet and Charlotte Linlin that he still did not feel pressured enough to fight seriously, provoking Bullet to use his Combine-Combine Fruit ability.
• Bullet merged with a submarine to form a robot and launched a stronger Strongest Punch at Maud.
• Maud covered himself in shadows with Shadow Flow: Twin Fish Flow and met Bullet’s attack with a powerful slash.
• Maud’s Shock Slash split space and shattered Bullet’s robot, sending Bullet crashing to the ground and leaving Charlotte Linlin shocked by what appeared to be the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power.

Mord used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to overwhelm Bullet and Charlotte Linlin, shocking the world with his apparent ability to wield multiple Devil Fruits. As the Maud Pirates arrived to block the Charlotte Family, Bullet acknowledged Mord as the strongest and vowed to surpass him.

• Mord shattered Bullet's submarine robot with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, revealing a second Devil Fruit power and stunning viewers around the world.
• Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates recognized the power as Pops' ability, while Ace grew furious that Mord had taken Whitebeard's corpse and power.
• Mord blocked Charlotte Linlin's Ikoku with a shockwave infused with Conqueror's Haki and sent her flying.
• Perospero led the Charlotte Family elites to help Mama, but Aokiji stopped them with an ice wall and the Maud Pirates arrived to face them.
• Bullet got back up, acknowledged Mord as the strongest, and declared that defeating him would prove Bullet had surpassed him.

Maud fought Bullet with strength and Tremor-Tremor Fruit mastery that surpassed Whitebeard’s, then used his awakened Shadow-Shadow Fruit to trap Bullet and blast him through Aokiji’s ice wall. As Maud struck away Charlotte Linlin’s renewed sneak attack, witnesses around the world saw him as an even more imposing figure than Whitebeard.

• Maud abandoned his hope that Bullet and Charlotte Linlin would team up and focused on avenging Saul, while Bullet vowed to defeat him and claim the title of World’s Strongest.
• Bullet attacked Maud with Demon Form, Geppo, and Strongest Punch, but Maud blocked the blow and forced Bullet to retreat from a precise Tremor-Tremor counterattack.
• Aokiji watched the fight and marveled that Maud had mastered the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to Whitebeard’s level in less than twenty days.
• Maud surrounded Bullet with his Shadow Domain and sealed him inside Black Coffin, then shattered it with a Tremor Slash empowered by Hagoku and Conqueror’s Haki.
• The blast sent Bullet through Aokiji’s ice wall, and Maud repelled Charlotte Linlin’s sneak attack with a tremor-charged punch.
• People watching around the world sensed Maud’s overwhelming presence and judged him even more intimidating than Whitebeard.

Festa declared Maud the target of the Expo celebration, promising the Log Pose to Raftel to whoever killed him. Maud remained unfazed, while Bullet attacked Charlotte Linlin to remove her from the fight and face Maud alone.

• Festa panicked as Maud overwhelmed Bullet and Charlotte Linlin, then used the broadcast to announce the celebration’s prize and rules.
• Festa revealed that he had created the Log Pose to Raftel and promised to disclose its location to whoever obtained Maud’s head.
• Maud stayed calm as pirates across the world learned that killing him was the sole condition for claiming the Log Pose.
• Charlotte Linlin welcomed the chance to pursue the great treasure, while Maud reminded her and Bullet that neither had managed to make him move.
• Bullet attacked Charlotte Linlin with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated punch, sending her flying, then turned back toward Maud.

Maud defeated and killed Charlotte Linlin after Bullet refused to join forces with her and chose to wait for his own fight. The reward from her defeat restored Maud’s strength and raised his Haki to ten stars, leaving Bullet and Aokiji stunned by his overwhelming aura.

• Bullet refused to team up with Charlotte Linlin and withdrew from the battlefield, telling Maud he would wait for him.
• Maud and Charlotte Linlin clashed with their blades, and Maud overwhelmed her power, shattered her weapons, and restrained her with Grasping Touch.
• Maud used Soul Requiem to slash Charlotte Linlin repeatedly, killing her as Bullet and Aokiji watched.
• Hunter’s Notebook rewarded Maud for the victory, restoring his stamina and Haki and raising his Haki rating to ten stars.
• Maud’s newly surging aura swept across Water Seven, terrifying everyone on the island except the Maud Pirates.

After Maud defeated Charlotte Linlin, the Charlotte Family’s forces lost heart, and Maud’s crew prepared to face the next challengers. Dracule Mihawk arrived seeking a fight with Maud, but Shiryu, Cavendish, Brook, and Lafitte all tried to claim the chance to face him, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Maud’s defeat of Charlotte Linlin demoralized the Charlotte Family, and Lafitte cut down Perospero when he tried to attack Maud.
• Killer carried the badly injured Kid out of the fighting, while Kid accepted that he had no chance against Maud.
• Bullet started toward Maud, but Dracule Mihawk arrived and directed his challenge at Maud, prompting Bullet to block him.
• Zoro watched Mihawk arrive on the broadcast and regretted missing the celebration, while the Straw Hat Pirates remained stunned by Linlin’s defeat.
• Shiryu stepped in to challenge Mihawk before Bullet could fight Maud, but Cavendish, Brook, and Lafitte each interrupted to claim the fight.
• Mihawk watched the crew’s argument, while Luo called their behavior stupid and Hawkins privately noted that Luo had acted similarly before.