Recaps

Maud won the Coliseum’s Devil Fruit amid a bloody battle, killed Lao G, and escaped Leviathan Island aboard the Netherworld. He formed an alliance with Luo to pursue Baby-5’s Weapon-Weapon Fruit, while Marineford learned more about Maud’s crew and his rising bounty.

• Maud competed in the Coliseum, won money through Beli’s fights, and arranged to buy Adam Wood and build a new ship.
• Maud named the completed ship Netherworld, then seized the Devil Fruit during the Coliseum’s chaotic explosion and killed Buffalo, Baby-5, Conan, Botran, and other attackers.
• Jim ate the Devil Fruit, and Maud helped the Aha Kingdom’s army defeat the pirates before escaping the arena with his crew.
• Maud killed Lao G, stopped the pursuing soldiers, and carried Luo upward to gather Hanging Lantern Vine roots while Gion chased them.
• Maud escaped Gion and Wolf Rat with Luo, took King Digal hostage, then killed him and fled aboard the Netherworld as Jaya blocked Gion’s attack.
• Maud offered Luo an alliance against Doflamingo in exchange for help obtaining Baby-5’s Weapon-Weapon Fruit, and Luo agreed to cooperate.
• Dada’s glowing report on Maud reached Marineford, where Garp and Tsuru discussed Maud’s new bounty and Jaya’s resemblance to Gaban.

Maud’s crew treated Lor Island’s plague while Fujitora, Doflamingo, Kuma, and Aokiji became involved in their affairs. After the plague was eradicated, Maud left the island with Luo and Lafitte to pursue a destination tied to the Shichibukai position and test whether Luo could transfer Baby-5’s Devil Fruit power into a pineapple.

• The Marines raised Maud’s bounty to 360 million Beli, and Maud’s crew went to plague-stricken Lor Island, where Luo began treating patients and Maud rescued Philo from a village mob.
• Maud’s crew treated villages across the island, but Fujitora confronted them, and he stopped Doflamingo from killing Maud and later fought Doflamingo while Maud wounded him as he fled.
• Fujitora and Commodore Serves learned that Maud’s crew was helping the islanders, so they allowed the treatment to continue, while Kuma arrived to observe the plague work.
• Maud and Lafitte used Fujitora’s protection to hunt bounty seekers, and Maud defeated Vice Admiral Momonga before Aokiji arrived and ordered the Marines to leave the crew alone.
• Aokiji joined Maud’s feast with the Heart Pirates, questioned him about his future, and left without confronting the Marines nearby.
• Maud asked Kuma to help remove the virus, and the plague was eradicated within days.
• Maud left Lor Island aboard the Netherworld with Luo and Lafitte, then prepared to test whether Luo could transfer Baby-5’s Weapon-Weapon Fruit power into a pineapple.

Maud defeated Gecko Moria, claimed the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, and recruited Brook while sparing Perona under his control. As Maud pursued Moria’s Shichibukai seat, the Marines and other Shichibukai prepared to meet and consider his rise.

• Luo created the Weapon-Weapon Fruit from Baby-5’s heart and a pineapple, and Maud invited him to join the crew heading to Thriller Bark.
• Maud arrived at Thriller Bark, killed Abrosam and Hogback, freed Cindry, defeated Ryuma, and took Shusui.
• Lafitte captured Perona, while Maud fought Moria, exploited his shadows’ weakness to Haki, and severed both his arms.
• Maud knocked out and killed Moria, ate the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, and staged a photograph to support his bid to become a Shichibukai.
• Brook accepted Maud’s invitation to join the crew after explaining his promise to meet Laboon again, and Maud spared Perona while keeping her heart as leverage.
• Maud sent Luo away to meet him at Sabaody Archipelago in a year and asked Lafitte to recommend him as Moria’s successor at the Shichibukai meeting.
• Hawk Eyes and Crocodile decided to attend the meeting after seeing Maud’s new 500 million bounty poster, while Doflamingo and Aokiji also turned their attention to it.

Maud arrived at Sabaody, defeated several Supernovas, and pursued Moria’s vacant Shichibukai position. The World Government approved him as Moria’s successor while Maud continued his work on the archipelago.

• Maud reached Sabaody with Jaya, Lafitte, Brook, and Beli, and Rayleigh welcomed them to Shakky’s bar after his Haki knocked out a crowd of bounty hunters.
• Maud killed Jeff and Oliver, then defeated Cavendish and Percy before killing House and Gant, leaving the other Supernovas unwilling to challenge him.
• Maud took the defeated Cavendish to Shakky’s bar and discussed replacing Moria as a Shichibukai, while Cavendish admitted Maud had surpassed him.
• Gion set out for Sabaody with Chaton and Sentomaru following, while Garp told Aokiji that Maud had killed five Supernovas.
• At the Shichibukai meeting, Lafitte recommended Maud as Moria’s successor, and Sengoku and Garp supported his candidacy despite Doflamingo’s objections.
• The Five Elders approved Maud for the vacant Shichibukai position, but Maud gave Lafitte authority to speak for him and ended Sengoku’s call without taking it.
• Maud visited a slave auction house on Tree Island 18 to choose pirate captain slaves, while newspapers reported his victory over five Supernovas and Dada received a new assignment concerning him.