Recaps

Maud’s crew grew in strength as the Marines moved against Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul, and Maud found the Straw Hat Pirates through a Shadow Mark. After Kaido attacked them, Maud and his allies fought the Emperor, but Kaido broke free of their combined assault and Maud prepared to end the battle another way.

• Maud used Blackbeard’s corpse to test whether chimera surgery could allow someone to withstand multiple Devil Fruit powers, then recruited Shiryu as a trainee and set him to work building a prison.
• Bullet defeated Garp, Rayleigh, Gaban, and Saul on Sabaody Archipelago, while the Marines later imprisoned the three injured pirates and planned to report that they had died.
• Maud’s crew visited a treasure island, where Maud found a Poneglyph and brought Brook a rapier that appeared to guide his Revive-Revive Fruit abilities.
• Maud located Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates through a Shadow Mark, defeated Luffy, and asked Robin to decipher the Poneglyph, which described the ancient kingdom and the Clan of D.
• After seeing Rayleigh’s damaged Vivre Card, Maud prepared to sail, but Kaido attacked the Straw Hat Pirates, severely wounded Zoro, and forced Maud to confront him.
• Maud and his allies battled Kaido with shadow attacks, ice, and poison, but Kaido broke free of their combined assault and Maud decided to end the battle by other means.

After defeating Kaido, Maud restored Zoro’s arms and struck a deal with Franky to upgrade Thriller Bark and strengthen the Straw Hat Pirates. He invaded Totto Land to rescue Rayleigh, battled Katakuri, and ended by declaring he wanted the Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit and the Mirror-Mirror Fruit.

• Maud sent Kaido flying into the sea, then returned to Thriller Bark and offered to restore Zoro’s severed arms in exchange for ten years of his lifespan.
• Maud restored Zoro’s arms, refused to teach him swordsmanship, and agreed with Franky to obtain Pluton technology while helping the Straw Hat Pirates grow stronger.
• Maud gave Devil Fruits to Usopp and Sanji while Nami claimed she had already eaten hers, and news spread that he had defeated Kaido.
• After learning that BIGMOM had captured Rayleigh, Maud declared war and led the Maud Pirates through Totto Land, conquering islands while keeping Thriller Bark and the islands hidden.
• Aokiji freed Rayleigh from Mont Dor’s Book World and fought his way out of Cake Castle, but the Charlotte Family surrounded him and Rayleigh.
• Maud arrived beside Aokiji, incapacitated most of the surrounding forces with Conqueror’s Haki, sent Rayleigh back to Thriller Bark, and confronted Katakuri.
• Maud used captured shadows to disrupt Katakuri’s Observation Haki and battled him while Aokiji fought the other BIGMOM Pirates.
• Maud wounded Katakuri with Shusui, but Brulee pulled Katakuri into the mirror world before Maud’s shadow beam shattered the mirror, and Maud declared he wanted the Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit and the Mirror-Mirror Fruit.

After learning that the Marines had used Saul, Rayleigh, and Gaban as bait and that Saul had died, Maud gathered allies and launched an attack on Impel Down. He broke through the Navy’s defenses and freed Jinbe, who relayed Saul’s final message while Saul remained missing.

• Maud defeated Katakuri, Cracker, and other Charlotte Family forces, then escaped Whole Cake Island as Charlotte Linlin pursued him.
• Maud learned that the Marines had sent Saul, Rayleigh, and Gaban to Impel Down as bait, and that Saul had died, so he resolved to rescue him.
• Maud used his control over three Celestial Dragons to pressure the Navy, while the Marines summoned the Shichibukai and prepared to eliminate him.
• Maud restored Shanks’s arm and secured his help, then gathered Fish-Men and other allies for the assault on Impel Down.
• Maud’s shadow-controlled islands crashed into the Marine fleet, and he fought through the defenders as Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates arrived.
• Maud entered Impel Down and fought through its first level while Aokiji held off Akainu and Shiryu battled Sengoku outside.
• Maud freed Buggy and reached Jinbe’s cell, where he learned Saul had been taken away and heard Saul’s message not to seek revenge but to get even for him.

Maud rescued Saul’s body from Impel Down and returned to the battlefield, where he overwhelmed Marines and tried to protect his allies. The arc left Maud locked in a deadly fight with Sengoku after Sengoku nearly killed Hancock.

• Maud found Saul’s frozen corpse in Impel Down, killed Hannibal, and gathered prisoner shadows before escaping with Jinbe, Buggy, and Hancock.
• Maud joined the battle, rescued Luo from Kizaru, and unleashed Hakoku: Barrier Breaker, badly injuring Kizaru and shocking both sides.
• Hancock defended Maud while his Shadow Clone helped Jaya escape, and Maud used hundreds of shadows to keep Kizaru occupied.
• Tsuru pursued Jaya, but the Straw Hat Pirates intervened before Maud arrived and struck Tsuru down, and Maud later killed her and regained his strength.
• Maud saved Jim and Philo from the Marines, killed Stokaberry and Stussy, and harvested Momonga’s shadow while Cavendish held off Kizaru.
• Marine infiltrators killed prisoners whose shadows Maud had taken, so Maud destroyed the infiltrators’ shadows and continued fighting Kizaru alongside his Shadow Clone.
• Buggy interrupted Sengoku’s assault on Hancock but was gravely wounded, and Sengoku broke Hancock’s leg as she neared defeat.
• Maud blocked Sengoku’s final punch with Shusui and met his full-power attack with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused slash, beginning a fight to the death.