Recaps

Gawain helped Yoriichi defeat Kokushibo and Muzan, then prepared his forces for a war against the Pirate Emperors over the Reverse Mountain blockade. After rejecting Whitebeard’s plan to attack Mary Geoise together, Gawain learned Shanks’s crew had stolen Dyna Stone and chose to keep the battlefield near the Red Line.

• Gawain helped Yoriichi face his brother Kokushibo, who died after Yoriichi defeated him and mourned him as Michikatsu Tsugikuni.
• Gawain rallied Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Demon Slayer Corps, then used his clones to find Muzan and bring him to Yoriichi, who killed him.
• Luffy joined the battle at Reverse Mountain, while Gawain prepared for a larger conflict as the Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Red-Haired Pirates gathered.
• Gawain recruited Bullet from Impel Down, defeated him in a battle on the Red Line, and let him fight the pirates at Reverse Mountain.
• Gawain welcomed Aramaki into his alliance as Whitebeard, Shanks, and Big Mom arrived to discuss the coming war and the future of piracy.
• Shanks revealed that his crew and Big Mom’s had stolen Dyna Stone and asked Gawain to open a discreet route for pirates through the New World.
• Whitebeard proposed that Gawain join him and Shanks in using Dyna Stone to destroy Mary Geoise, but Gawain rejected the plan.
• Sakazuki reported that Shanks’s crew had stolen Dyna Stone, and Gawain refused to move the battlefield away from the Red Line, hoping the weapon would be used.

Gawain and the Marines fought Shanks, Whitebeard, Big Mom, and their allies in a massive battle, while Gawain and Shanks made a pact concerning the pirates and the coming fight against the God's Knights. The God's Knights secretly transported Gawain and Whitebeard to Mary Geoise, where their standoff with the Five Elders began.

• Gawain and Whitebeard led their forces into battle, and Gawain summoned a colossal Buddha that Whitebeard countered by splitting the sea.
• Shanks and his crew pressured Gawain, while the pirates and Marines fought across the battlefield and suffered heavy losses.
• Garp fought Whitebeard as Weevil joined the battle, and Miss Bakkin claimed that Weevil was Whitebeard’s son.
• Sakazuki and Big Mom clashed, while Ace and Teach fought and Borsalino attacked Rowan and the pirate ranks.
• Gawain and Shanks agreed that Shanks would put down the Dyna Stone and Gawain would not pursue the pirates on a massive scale if they lost, saving their remaining pact for a future fight against the God's Knights and Imu.
• After Teach was defeated by Ace, he attacked Gawain, and Sengoku struck him down as Whitebeard’s crew tried to help him escape.
• Whitebeard fought Garp and tried to protect Teach, while Gawain eventually stepped in and Whitebeard asked him to take his title and life in service of a peaceful age.
• Gelinggu secretly transported Gawain and Whitebeard to Mary Geoise, where the Five Elders confronted him for acting without consulting them and he insisted that God's Knights controlled the trial and execution.

Gawain ended the war by killing Whitebeard, then learned that awakening the Voice of All Things was rapidly killing him. With Marco’s flames buying him time, Gawain joined Vegapunk’s brain to the Thunder Throne and prepared to extend his will across the world.

• Gawain and Whitebeard returned to the battlefield and fought for two days while the war claimed many lives, including Big Mom’s and numerous Marines and pirates.
• Gawain killed Whitebeard, who charged him with helping create a future without war, then declared the battle over and drove the remaining pirate forces away.
• Gawain used the Golden Throne and Sea Train network to hear voices across the world, but Eve warned him to stay hidden and the overwhelming voices left him severely ill.
• Crocus and Kureha determined that Gawain had awakened the Voice of All Things and was suffering the same fatal condition as Roger, prompting him to seek Vegapunk’s help.
• Madame Shyarly foresaw Gawain alive in the future, and Gawain revealed his condition and the Voice of All Things to his companions.
• Kuma and Issho obtained a portion of Vegapunk’s brain, while Marco used his Phoenix flames to stop Gawain’s bleeding and sustain him for two or three months.
• Franky and Vegapunk completed the Thunder Throne, and Gawain sat upon it as Franky connected Vegapunk’s brain to the platform.
• Gawain rejected being called a god, declared that everyone should call him Emperor, and asked Franky and Shaka to check whether his will could reach every place touched by thunder.

Gawain brought Anteiku and Aogiri Tree under his control, challenged the CCG, and began reshaping relations between humans and ghouls. After revealing Eto’s identity and confronting the Washuu Clan’s role in the conflict, he set out with Eto and Arima to kill the Director.

• Gawain confronted Imu, declared them enemies, and decided to strengthen his territory while waiting for Luffy to mature.
• Gawain reshaped Xianyang Palace into a joyful sea for the dead and promised Whitebeard he would seek out people for future adventures and wars.
• Gawain entered Anteiku, overwhelmed the ghouls, and offered to employ them, then unleashed lightning across Tokyo and killed thousands of ghouls.
• Gawain defeated CCG investigators Mado Kureo and Shinohara Yukinori, brought Ayato to Aogiri Tree, and discovered Eto was Sen Takatsuki and Yoshimura Kuzen’s daughter.
• Gawain persuaded Eto to expose the Washuu Clan and unite Aogiri Tree with Anteiku, then ordered the ghouls to prepare for war and investigate powerful allies of the CCG.
• Gawain walked into CCG headquarters with Touka and defeated Arima Kishou, then brought Arima to Anteiku as the ghouls openly took control of the 20th Ward.
• Gawain renamed Suzuya Rei as Juuzou, spared Arima, welcomed Hinami and her parents to Anteiku, and asked Arima to help improve relations between ghouls and humans.
• Gawain stopped Mado Kureo from striking Eto, revealed to reporters that Eto was the One-Eyed Owl, and set out with Eto and Arima to kill the Washuu Director.