Recaps

Maud and Lafitte discussed pursuing a Shichibukai position and decided to build their strength and fame, starting with the Arlong Pirates. After demolishing Arlong's tower and leaving with their money, Maud revealed his name to the villagers as they realized he was a pirate.

• Maud and Lafitte discussed the difficulty of becoming a Shichibukai, and Maud said they should prioritize strengthening their crew.
• Lafitte suggested defeating the Arlong Pirates to build fame, and Maud agreed after learning the Marines would be occupied by the Reverie.
• Maud packed six to seven hundred million Beli into a sack while Lafitte memorized the sea charts.
• Maud and Lafitte broke out of Arlong's tower, then demolished it as they departed with Beli and the money.
• Maud told the villagers that he was a pirate named Bagard Maud and invited them to give his name to the Marines.
• Nami and the villagers watched Maud and Lafitte leave, astonished that Maud was a pirate.

Maud and Lafitte reached Lonka Island, where they defeated the Marines and escaped aboard a merchant ship. As they sailed toward Syrup Village, Maud spotted a large vessel escorted by warships, while Captain Mouse arrived at the ruined Arlong Pirates' territory.

• Maud and Lafitte loaded their money bag onto a small sailboat and sailed for Lonka Island, where Marines recognized them and opened fire.
• Maud destroyed the Marines on their warship, questioned the surviving lieutenant colonel with Lafitte's help, and then killed him.
• Maud and his crew ate aboard the warship, took an armed merchant ship, and set sail toward Syrup Village, with plans to visit Usopp and bring Jaya aboard from Mongmong Island.
• Beli spotted two warships escorting an imposing ship, and Maud wondered if it was carrying someone to the Reverie.
• Captain Mouse arrived at the ruined Arlong Pirates' territory and asked who had destroyed it.

Captain Mouse discovered that Maud had destroyed Arlong’s territory and fled after learning Maud’s 68-million-berry bounty. Meanwhile, Maud considered Lafitte’s proposed targets aboard two warships, but gunfire prompted him to sense a child with Observation Haki.

• Captain Mouse ordered Marines to search the ruins of Arlong’s territory for the pirates’ assets, but they uncovered only fish-man corpses.
• A-Ken told Captain Mouse that Bagard Maud had destroyed Arlong’s territory.
• An adjutant revealed Maud’s 68-million-berry bounty, and Captain Mouse hurried back to his warship in fear.
• Captain Mouse regretted losing the Arlong Pirates’ bribes and considered cultivating a replacement.
• Lafitte pointed out qualified targets aboard two warships, and Maud hesitated because of the risk.
• After the warships fired several shots toward Maud’s ship, Maud used Observation Haki and sensed a child.

Second Prince Lyle Carnet fired at Maud’s merchant ship for amusement, prompting Maud and Lafitte to attack the escorted royal ship and its Marine warships. Maud shot Lyle dead, leaving the royal ship in chaos and the Marines facing an escalating crisis.

• Lyle Carnet shot at Maud’s merchant ship, while his soldiers falsely praised his marksmanship.
• Bucktooth Brigadier General learned that Lyle had fired at the merchant ship but hesitated to change the escort’s route.
• Maud and Lafitte flew toward the royal ship, and the Marines recognized them as wanted pirates.
• Lyle fired at Maud and Lafitte, and Maud answered by shooting Lyle through the forehead.
• The soldiers realized Lyle was dead, and chaos erupted aboard the Carnet Royal Ship.

Maud and Lafitte attacked the Marines guarding the royal ship, where Maud killed Lyle and then fought through the crew of a warship. The fight continued when Bucktooth Brigadier General arrived and Maud asked whether the king was aboard the ship.

• Maud shot and killed Lyle, causing the soldiers on the royal ship to panic.
• Maud and Lafitte boarded a Marine warship and fought its crew, with Lafitte leaving some survivors for Maud to question later.
• Maud shot down Marines while fending off an afro-haired Marine Colonel who ambushed him with Finger Pistol, then broke the colonel's bones and knocked him unconscious.
• Bucktooth Brigadier General arrived from the other warship and attacked Maud, who asked if the king was aboard the royal ship.

Maud fought the Bucktooth Brigadier General aboard a Navy ship while using the clash to improve his swordsmanship. After Lafitte finished defeating the sailors, Maud refused his help and left him to keep the approaching warship’s reinforcements away.

• Maud blocked the Bucktooth Brigadier General’s Hidden Blade with Chidori after using Observation Haki to spot the real sword, then knocked him through the deck with Geppo.
• Maud shot two sailors and later anticipated the Bucktooth Brigadier General’s return through the hole, opening a sword fight between them.
• The Bucktooth Brigadier General recognized that Maud’s Observation Haki was thwarting his counters, while Maud treated their exchange as swordsmanship practice.
• Lafitte defeated the remaining sailors and selected twenty-four heads, then moved to help Maud before Maud told him not to.
• Lafitte agreed and turned toward the approaching warship, intent on stopping its crew from interrupting Maud.

Maud and Lafitte defeated the Marines aboard both warships, with Maud crippling the Bucktooth Brigadier General after using the fight to hone his swordsmanship. Lafitte began extracting information from the surviving Marines while Maud watched the Carnet Royal Ship flee.

• Lafitte attacked the Marines on the other warship and killed several despite their coordinated defense.
• Maud fought the Bucktooth Brigadier General through more than a thousand clashes, studying his swordsmanship while sustaining minor wounds.
• Maud blocked Fang Pierce with his Haki-coated palm and chest, then severed both of the Bucktooth Brigadier General's arms and broke his legs.
• Maud reflected on how real combat helped him master the power gained through Hunter's Notebook.
• Lafitte finished his fight and prepared to extract information from the surviving Marines as Maud watched the Carnet Royal Ship retreat.

Maud and Lafitte killed the Marines aboard a warship, and the gains raised Maud’s physique and swordsmanship while healing his injuries. Maud tested the Bucktooth Brigadier General’s Hidden Blade Style, then pursued the fleeing King Ship with Lafitte.

• Lafitte hypnotized the Bucktooth Brigadier General, and Maud recorded the Marines’ information before killing them.
• Maud killed the Bucktooth Brigadier General and the explosive-haired colonel, pushing his experience past its limit.
• Maud’s physique rose to four stars, his swordsmanship to two stars, and his Haki condensed another Star Frame; his injuries stopped bleeding.
• Maud tested the Bucktooth Brigadier General’s Hidden Blade Style by cutting down the warship’s mast.
• Maud decided to pursue the King Ship and used Geppo to chase it with Lafitte following.

Maud and Lafitte defeated the soldiers aboard King Rowell’s ship and entered its cabin, where they discovered prisoners being tortured and enslaved. Maud killed one suffering woman but ignored the others, then found someone hiding beneath a table.

• King Rowell ordered Felton to investigate Maud and Lafitte’s approach, then fled into the cabin and told Felton to kill them.
• Maud and Lafitte landed on the royal ship and fought through its soldiers, killing Felton after the battle.
• Maud and Lafitte entered the cabin and sensed that hundreds of people remained aboard, including a large group in one room.
• Maud found slaves imprisoned and bound to crosses, including a woman with dozens of sleeve arrows in her body.
• Maud ended the woman’s suffering, ignored the pleas of the others, and uncovered a terrified person hiding beneath a table.

Maud and Lafitte swept through the nobles’ ship, freeing slaves and killing the nobles they found. In a torture room, Maud encountered a severely wounded man who asked whose blood covered him.

• Maud learned that the nobles used slaves as targets in a shooting game, then freed the captives bound to crosses and in cells.
• Maud and Lafitte left the room after the fat noble’s scream, and Maud refused Lafitte’s suggestion to kill everyone aboard, including the slaves.
• Maud and Lafitte searched the ship, killed the hiding male nobles, and gathered jewelry as they witnessed the slaves’ suffering.
• Maud split up from Lafitte to search faster and found a muscular man chained to a torture rack.
• The wounded man stared at the blood on Maud and asked, “Whose blood?”

Maud freed the tortured slave Mars Jim, who joined Maud and Lafitte after killing King Rowell. Seven days later, Sabo and Koala visited Mongmong Island to invite Sunny to join the Revolutionary Army, while Sunny and Jaya read reports about Maud’s recent attacks.

• Maud cut Jim free from his chains and left him to decide what to do, and Jim removed his slave brand before following him.
• Lafitte offered the slaves gold and silver for killing Rowell, and Jim crushed the king’s neck before Maud invited him aboard their ship.
• Maud, Lafitte, and Jim returned to their ship, where Jim treated his wounds and Lafitte considered whether he could serve as helmsman.
• Seven days later, Sabo and Koala arrived at Mongmong Island and reunited with Sunny and Jaya.
• Sunny read reports about Maud destroying the Arlong Pirates and attacking the Carnet Royal Ship, and Jaya was left uncertain about his actions.

Jaya reconsidered her understanding of pirates after reading about Maud, while Sunny left Mongmong Island to join the Revolutionary Army. The chapter ended in the East Blue, where Maud’s new 100 million bounty stunned a tavern full of patrons.

• Jaya read the newspaper report about Maud and was shaken by its contents, while Sunny prepared to leave Mongmong Island.
• Saul and Gaban read about Maud’s actions and discussed the risks of attacking royalty.
• Sunny departed with Koala and the Revolutionary Army, leaving Saul, Gaban, and Jaya watching from the beach.
• Saul hid his sadness over Sunny’s departure, then walked back toward the valley settlement with Gaban and Jaya.
• In an East Blue tavern, the bartender posted Maud’s new 100 million bounty, astonishing the patrons.

After Maud’s bounty spread across the East Blue, Marines and familiar figures reacted to his arrival. Maud reached Syrup Village, where Usopp tried to scam him into buying a meal but fled after noticing his weapons; Maud appeared in his path before he could escape.

• Smoker and Tashigi discussed Maud’s bounty in Loguetown, and Smoker resolved to capture him if he came through town.
• A green-haired bounty hunter studied Maud’s poster, while Baratie’s chefs discussed the danger of a pirate with a bounty over one hundred million.
• Usopp ran through Syrup Village, warning of a pirate attack, and collided with Maud.
• Usopp pretended he had fractured his hip and demanded Maud buy him a meal, then panicked when he saw Maud’s sword and pistol.
• Maud appeared in front of Usopp after he fled, leaving Usopp stunned and calling him a ghost.

Maud met Usopp and told him about his father, Yasopp, before demonstrating Observation Haki. Usopp, proud to learn how powerful his father was, became eager when Maud offered to teach him.

• Usopp pretended to faint when Maud suddenly appeared, but followed him into the forest after Maud said he knew Yasopp.
• Maud explained that Yasopp had once saved him and showed Usopp a bounty poster, first by mistake and then his own, which carried a hundred-million bounty.
• Maud told Usopp that Yasopp was an exceptional sniper whose bounty was likely at least a billion.
• Usopp admitted that he had once resented Yasopp for not returning while his mother was sick, but did not hate him because she had been proud of him.
• Maud used a stone to knock a rabbit out of the bushes and explained that Observation Haki could sharpen the senses.
• Usopp marveled at the ability, and Maud asked whether he wanted to learn.

Maud planned to spend his time in Syrup Village teaching Usopp while preparing to deal with Captain Kuro. After Kuro came out to confront him, he recognized that his identity and scheme had been exposed and attacked Maud.

• Maud told Usopp he had talent for Observation Haki and promised to begin training him the next morning.
• Usopp recognized that the wanted poster resembled Klahadore, and Maud confirmed that Klahadore was Captain Kuro and said he would deal with him that day.
• Merry told Klahadore that a young man calling himself Black Cat wanted to see him, and Kuro collected his Ten Blade Cat Claws.
• Kuro met Maud at the mansion gate, where Maud called him Captain Kuro and revealed that he knew about his plan.
• Kuro put on his cat-claw gloves and slashed at Maud through the iron gate.

Maud killed Kuro after observing and analyzing his Silent Step, then told Kaya's family that Kuro had been a pirate in disguise. He left with Usopp and planned to teach him the footwork while practicing it himself before his time there ran out.

• Kuro attacked Maud with Cat Claw, but Maud used Observation Haki to evade his Silent Step and study his movements.
• Maud allowed Kuro to attack repeatedly, commenting on how his speed affected the sound and strength of the footwork.
• Maud caught Kuro by the neck with an Armament Haki-coated hand and twisted it, killing him.
• Maud showed Kaya's father Kuro's Bounty Poster and identified himself as Marine Colonel Wolf Rat, then left with Kuro's body.
• Usopp met Maud by the roadside, and Maud explained that Kuro's footwork could be learned and said he would teach him while practicing it himself.

Maud finished training Usopp and set sail with Lafitte, Jim, Jaya, and Beli, leaving Usopp with money and Yasopp’s machine core. Ten days later, Momousagi arrived in Loguetown to pursue Maud, who had already crossed Reverse Mountain.

• Maud continued training Usopp while practicing Silent Step, and Lafitte, Jim, and Jaya finally arrived with Beli.
• Maud decided the crew would leave the next day and avoid resupplying in Loguetown because the Marines could ambush them there.
• Maud gave Usopp ten million Beli and Yasopp’s machine core as a necklace before sailing away with his companions.
• Maud demonstrated Silent Step aboard the mast ship, lost control, and fell into the sea before Jim carried him back.
• Momousagi arrived in Loguetown with Smoker and a group of Marines, while Maud and his crew crossed Reverse Mountain.

Maud and his crew crossed Reverse Mountain and met Crocas at Twin Cape, where they named their crew the Maud Pirates and made a pirate flag. Crocas gave them a Log Pose, and Maud began planning a route to Leviathan Island to replace their ship.

• Maud's crew safely crossed Reverse Mountain and reached Twin Cape, where Crocas recognized Maud from the newspaper and welcomed the crew after hearing they knew Saul and Gaban.
• Maud agreed with Lafitte that the crew needed a name and proposed the Maud Pirates after several rejected raven-themed suggestions.
• Crocas supplied materials for a pirate flag, and Jim impressed everyone by painting a polished design that Lafitte hung from the ship's flagpole.
• Maud asked Crocas for a Log Pose, and Crocas gave him one he no longer needed.
• Crocas recommended Thomas Shipyard on Leviathan Island, and Maud and Lafitte considered taking that route to find a reliable replacement ship.

Maud chose the route to Leviathen Island to find a sturdier ship and set sail for Twin Island with his crew. After surviving a dangerous Grand Line storm, they spotted their destination ahead.

• Maud chose the route to Leviathen Island, and Crocas told him about the Ironhead Fish shoals along the way.
• Crocas gave Maud a chart and Log Pose for Twin Island, and Maud's crew set sail after the Log Pose recorded the route.
• Laboon rammed the Red Line, and Crocas went to swim toward the whale as Maud's ship departed.
• The crew encountered a severe storm, but Lafitte retracted the sails in time and the ship survived.
• Maud and Jaya saw Twin Island in the distance and discussed its spring and winter climates.

After surviving a perilous voyage, Maud and his crew reached Twin Island, a strange pair of islands split between spring and winter. A group of pirates mistook their ship for easy prey and opened fire, only to realize Maud was aboard as he confronted them.

• Maud, Jaya, Lafitte, Jim, and Beli reached Twin Island after nearly running out of supplies and marveled at its contrasting climates and giant bridge-like tree.
• Maud's crew sailed toward Spring Child Island, where pirates led by Diyur targeted their ship after Emmy failed to match its flag to a Bounty Poster.
• Emmy recognized Maud too late, after Diyur's men had already fired on the ship.
• Maud descended through the air and landed before the stunned pirates, while Red-Haired and his group fled after learning who he was.

Maud defeated Diyur’s group and stopped Turkey Dada as he fled, prompting Turkey to declare Maud his idol to save himself. Maud agreed to join Turkey Dada for a meal, while his arrival drew attention across town.

• Turkey Dada fled with his gang, then looked back and saw Diyur’s group dead and Maud gone.
• Maud appeared beside Turkey Dada and stopped him, casually asking him to chat.
• Turkey Dada praised Maud as his lifelong idol and ordered his gang to lower their weapons; they obeyed and knelt in repentance.
• Maud reassured Turkey Dada that he only wanted to talk, and Turkey Dada invited him to a restaurant for a meal.
• Maud accepted the invitation and looked toward the approaching ship, while Jaya, Lafitte, and others heard Turkey Dada’s speech and people in town turned toward its source.

Maud's crew arrived at Spring Child Island, where Dada's obsequiousness and self-written book, The Way of Survival, caught Maud's attention. Maud urged Dada to publish it, while a newspaper reporter secretly considered approaching him about serialization.

• Pirates on Spring Child Island heard Maud was arriving and began plotting to claim his high bounty by joining forces.
• Dada recognized Lafitte and fawned over Maud's crew as their ship reached shore.
• Beli grew angry when Dada ignored him, then headbutted Dada and the Turkey Gang brothers.
• Jaya found Dada's handwritten book, The Way of Survival, and Maud praised it and urged Dada to publish it.
• A reporter secretly watched Maud praise the book and considered contacting Dada about serializing it in the newspaper.

Dale watched Maud from afar, hoping to report on the rising pirate, while Maud and his companions traveled into Spring Child Island’s town to resupply. At Tree Bridge, Maud killed a gunman who had threatened them, and the fleeing boy continued toward Winter Child Island.

• Dale recognized Maud as a promising Supernova candidate and planned to photograph and report on him to President Morgans.
• Maud chose Lafitte to guard the ship, while Dada left five of his brothers behind and guided the others toward town.
• Maud and his companions saw the contrasting spring and winter climates and learned that the giant tree bridge was called Tree Bridge.
• A frostbitten boy fled across the tree-root bridge after stealing from a burly man, who then pointed his gun at Maud and the others.
• Maud restrained the burly man and snapped his neck, prompting the boy to hurry toward Winter Child Island.

Maud entered the pirate town on Spring Child Island and learned that pirates had forced most residents to live on the freezing Winter Child Island. When a large group came after his bounty, Jim, Jaya, and Beli attacked while Maud watched, leaving the crowd stunned by their strength.

• Maud killed a burly man who confronted him outside the town and kicked the corpse into a canal.
• Dada told Maud that pirates had driven Spring Child Island residents to Winter Child Island to make room for themselves.
• More than a hundred pirates charged Maud for his bounty while other pirates watched from the roadside.
• Jim, Jaya, and Beli went to fight the attackers, and Maud told them to finish quickly before mealtime.
• Jim knocked down dozens of pirates with one punch, Jaya cut down armed men with her axe, and Beli killed a burly pirate with a Rocket Headbutt.

Maud’s crew slaughtered 150 pirates who challenged them on Spring Child Island, establishing their strength and earning the town’s wary attention. As they headed toward the center of town, Yatali, Paik, and Hobson agreed to join forces against the newcomers.

• Jim and Jaya killed the pirates who attacked, while Beli joined the fight with his Rocket Headbutt.
• Dada announced the crew’s name as the Maud Pirates and dared anyone else to challenge them; the crowd stayed silent.
• Maud led his group toward the town center, intending to hunt down the island’s powerful pirates.
• Yatali met with Paik in an alley, and Hobson arrived to agree to join their alliance against the newcomers.