Recaps

Lina and the Straw Hat Crew escaped after Sukuna killed Kurozumi Orochi, while Komurasaki followed them and agreed to serve Lina for protection. As the crew’s actions stirred the capital, Kid, Luo, Bege, and Hawkins prepared to join forces, and Franky suspected Komurasaki was related to Toki.

• Komurasaki tried to flee Kurozumi Orochi, but Lina stopped her; Sukuna then cut down Orochi’s eight heads with one slash.
• Luffy and the others fled the banquet hall, with Luffy carrying food, and Komurasaki and Toko followed them through the window.
• Nami and Robin learned that pirates had supposedly attempted to assassinate the shogun and left with Uta, Brûlée, and Tama.
• Kid and Luo saw the wanted portrait of Luffy; Hawkins joined their planned operation after calculating a 24% chance of final victory.
• Komurasaki told the fleeing crew she had promised to serve Lina, prompting Sanji to confront him.
• Franky wondered whether Komurasaki was related to Toki, and Komurasaki froze in surprise.

Franky revealed that he had met Oden and been invited to join Roger’s crew, while Lina and the others took Komurasaki toward Straw Hat Village. Zoro found Denjiro and brought him to the group, where Denjiro discovered that Kozuki Sukiyaki was alive.

• Franky recalled meeting Oden at Water 7 and turning down an invitation to join Roger’s crew, then recognized Komurasaki as someone who resembled Toki.
• Lina identified the two young apprentices Franky remembered as Shanks and Buggy, and explained their history to the others.
• Komurasaki chose to travel with Lina to Straw Hat Village, and her question about Zoro alerted the group that he was missing.
• Zoro encountered the injured Denjiro in the Flower Capital, agreed to guide him toward Komurasaki, and stumbled through the alleys with him.
• Zoro and Denjiro reached the house in the bamboo grove, where Hiyori welcomed Denjiro and Chopper began treating his wounds.
• Tengu Hitetsu removed his mask and revealed himself to Denjiro as Kozuki Sukiyaki, the former shogun of Wano Country.

Hiyori recounted Oden’s failed rebellion and worried that Momonosuke and the other retainers had not returned, while Luffy’s crew discussed their plan to fight Kaido. Luo and Kid arrived to announce their own alliance and impending clash with Luffy’s group, leaving Hiyori and Denjiro stunned to learn that Lina’s small crew was a Sea Emperor.

• Hiyori and Tengu Hitetsu told Lina’s group how Oden resisted Orochi and Kaido, was executed, and left a prophecy about Wano’s future.
• Hiyori worried that Momonosuke, Kin’emon, and the others had not returned, and questioned whether Luffy’s group was serious about fighting Kaido.
• Luffy said he would fight Kaido because Tama and the others had been left hungry, while Zoro and Sanji argued over how many soldiers they were worth.
• Luo and Kid entered the cabin, revealed they had come to target Kaido, and said Bege, Hawkins, and the Minks from Zou were allied with them.
• Luo warned that the rival crews might become opponents and said Luffy’s arrival had forced them to advance their plans; Kid and Luffy then argued and fought.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki wondered whether Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, and Momonosuke might return, while Hiyori and Denjiro realized Lina’s group was a Sea Emperor crew.

Hiyori and Denjiro set out to recruit Jitenmaru as Wano prepared for battle, while Kaido learned that the Straw Hat Crew had killed Kurozumi Orochi and entered the country. Kaido ordered Momonosuke’s corpse displayed as retaliation, and Holdem’s crew prepared to exhibit a child’s body in the Flower Capital.

• Nami confronted the crew over the assassination, and Lina took the blame before Nami beat him.
• Hiyori and Denjiro decided to seek out Jitenmaru and persuade him to join the fight against Kaido.
• King and Jack reported to Kaido that the Straw Hat Crew had killed Kurozumi Orochi and allied with Oden’s retainers.
• Kaido dismissed Jack’s plan to attack the samurai, then agreed with King to send Momonosuke’s corpse to Wano as a warning.
• King suggested Queen be named shogun, and Kaido planned to announce it during the Fire Festival.
• Holdem’s subordinates tied a little boy’s corpse to an execution frame in the Flower Capital while onlookers watched.

Denjiro rescued Momonosuke’s corpse from Holdem, and Hiyori’s allies learned that Kaido had killed him. Determined to continue the fight and become Wano Country’s shogun, Hiyori won Jitenmaru’s renewed support as a retainer of the Kozuki family.

• Holdem displayed Momonosuke’s body to the crowd, and Denjiro cut down pirates and escaped with it.
• At Tsuru’s teahouse, Hiyori and Kiku learned that Kin’emon and the others had gone to Zou and that allies were heading to Wano Country.
• Denjiro brought Momonosuke’s corpse to the teahouse and told Hiyori, Kiku, and Jitenmaru that Kaido had killed him.
• After burying Momonosuke, Hiyori planned a raid to rescue Kin’emon and declared that she would become Wano Country’s shogun.
• Jitenmaru accepted Hiyori’s leadership and knelt to become a retainer of the Kozuki family again.

Lina agreed to help Hiyori rescue Kin'emon from the quarry at Tudon and sent Sukuna with her. As Hiyori prepared for the raid and Lina returned to the newly rebuilt home, Kaido rejected Blackbeard Teach's offer to team up and set out to confront the approaching pirates himself.

• Hiyori asked Lina when the alliance planned to attack and explained that her samurai intended to raid the quarry at Tudon to rescue Kin'emon.
• Lina lent Hiyori Sukuna, then used Linlin to give Sukuna a soul so he could act independently.
• Hiyori left with Sukuna to prepare for the raid, while Lina returned to Straw Hat Village and helped Tama settle into Franky's newly built home.
• Blackbeard Teach called Kaido and proposed joining forces against the Straw Hat Crew, Luo, and Kid, asking Kaido to hand the survivors over afterward.
• Kaido accused Teach of seeking Devil Fruits, rejected his offer, and transformed into a dragon to fly across Wano in search of his enemies.

Sukuna confronted Kaido at the Tudon quarry, revealed himself as the legendary Wano swordsman Shimotsuki Ryoma, and repeatedly wounded the dragon in battle. Kaido survived Sukuna’s powerful final slash and eagerly continued the fight as King arrived.

• As Kaido approached Wano, Luffy sensed his strength, while a samurai riot broke out at Tudon’s quarry and Babanuki ordered Dopon to seek reinforcements.
• Kaido unleashed Blast Breath at the quarry, but Sukuna cut the attack in two and gave Hiyori and Kikunojo time to free the prisoners.
• Sukuna introduced himself to Kaido as Shimotsuki Ryoma and declared that he specialized in cutting down dragons.
• Luo and Kid left Bege to coordinate their forces and headed toward the fighting while Hawkins watched the Beasts Pirates.
• Sukuna evaded Kaido’s attacks and wounded him with a flurry of slashes, then struck again with Dragon-Slaying Technique: Yin-Yang Draw and sent the dragon crashing to the ground.
• King arrived, but Kaido ordered him not to interfere and challenged Sukuna to finish him with one stroke.

Kaido defeated Sukuna’s puppet and challenged Black Snake Lina, but Luffy arrived first and clashed with Kaido in a Haki-powered blow that split the sky. Lina sent Zoro and Sanji into the fight, then intercepted Luo and Kid as they charged toward the quarry.

• Sukuna healed from Kaido’s attacks, and Kaido recognized him as Lina’s powerful puppet before demanding that Lina face him.
• Luffy arrived and struck Kaido with a flaming Elephant Gun, but Kaido overpowered him and sent him crashing through stone pillars.
• Lina kicked Zoro and Sanji off the falcon toward Kaido, while Chopper and Usopp stayed behind.
• Lina spotted Luo and Kid approaching the quarry and leaped down to confront them.
• Lina formed a giant axe from Azure Flame and declared that he would smash Luo and Kid’s pirate dreams.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji fought Kaido, who overwhelmed them despite their powerful attacks. King contacted Queen to send reinforcements to Wano Country as Kaido committed to fighting the Straw Hat Crew.

• Zoro and Luffy attacked Kaido, but his scales endured their blows, and he mocked Zoro’s swordsmanship.
• Sanji struck Kaido with a powerful vibrating kick, but Kaido grabbed him and blasted him with fire, leaving Sanji badly injured.
• Sanji stood back up and resolved to use the fight as practice.
• King warned Kaido that the battle could destroy Wano Country’s factories, but Kaido refused to stop fighting.
• King called Queen and ordered him to gather troops and send reinforcements to Wano Country for war against the Straw Hat Crew.

Lina fought Trafalgar Law and Kid in the quarry, overwhelming them despite their combined attacks. He defeated both pirates, but Law’s Gamma Knife temporarily disabled Lina’s arm before Law was knocked unconscious.

• Lina entered the quarry after smashing through its wall and taunted the battered Trafalgar Law and Kid.
• Kid gathered the quarry’s metal weapons into a giant mechanical arm and trapped Lina in a steel cube, but Lina broke free and destroyed the arm with his axe.
• Law used Room to teleport around Lina and pierced Lina’s arm with Gamma Knife, weakening it before Lina stopped the ability with Haki.
• Lina struck Law with a powerful punch that sent him crashing through buildings and into a prison cell.
• Lina pulled Law’s sword from his arm as the pirates and samurai watched in fear.

The Beasts Pirates and Capone Bege's fleet clashed at sea while Queen led several top officers toward Wano Country. At Marine Headquarters, the officers discussed the escalating conflicts and planned to join CP0 in Wano after the fighting, prompting Kizaru to warn that people would die.

• Beasts Pirates ships came under a surprise cannon attack from Capone Bege's fleet and returned fire.
• Queen ordered Jack to split the fleet and sent Drake and Sasaki to command the ships engaging Bege, while he and other officers sailed toward Wano Country.
• Drake returned to the cabin and took out a Den Den Mushi after the fleets separated.
• Bege ordered his men to spend their cannonballs and fight with all their strength, risking the Capone Family's resources in the battle.
• Brand reported to Marine Headquarters that Wano had become a melee, the Whitebeard, Red-Haired, and Blackbeard Pirates had clashed near Elbaf, and Ace was heading for Wano.
• Akainu told Kizaru that the Marines would wait for the fighting to end before joining CP0 to eliminate the losing side, and Kizaru warned that people would die.

Lina fought Kid and Luo, overpowering their awakened abilities with her strength and the Guardian Evil God shield. After Kid’s final electromagnetic attack failed, he collapsed, and Lina turned toward the greater battle involving Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Kaido.

• Kid used his awakened magnetism to hurl Lina toward a mountainside, but Lina split the mountain apart and broke free of the magnetic pull.
• Luo emerged from the rubble and attacked Lina with his awakened blade, while Kid trapped her with the Magnetism Demon; Lina endured their attacks and destroyed the machine.
• Luo struck Lina with K-Room: Impact Wave, but Lina countered Kid’s drills and cannonball with the Guardian Evil God shield, then smashed the Magnetism Demon and battered Kid into the ground.
• Luo rescued Kid and struck Lina with K: Shock Wille, but Lina shattered his Antibacterial Curtain and buried him beneath a collapsing mountainside.
• Lina turned toward the distant auras of Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Kaido as Kid prepared his strongest electromagnetic attack.
• Kid fired his electromagnetic cannon at the Guardian Evil God shield, but it withstood the blast; exhausted and defeated, Kid collapsed as Lina walked away.

Lina fought Kid and Luo, overpowering their awakened abilities and surviving their strongest attacks. After Kid collapsed, Lina left to join the battle against Kaido and the others.

• Kid used his awakened magnetism to hurl rocks and restrain Lina while Luo emerged from the ruins and attacked with his awakened sword.
• Lina broke Kid's Magnetism Demon, battered Kid and Luo, and endured Luo's Impact Wave and Kid's attacks with his shield.
• Luo was buried beneath a collapsing mountainside, while Kid gathered his strength for a final electromagnetic cannon attack.
• Lina turned away from Kid and walked toward Luffy and the others, leaving the Guardian Evil God to block Kid's beam.
• Kid's cannon scorched Lina's shield but barely damaged it, and Kid collapsed from exhaustion.

Franky’s crew confronted the Beasts Pirates near the quarry, and the Straw Hats fought Queen’s forces while Franky recognized Queen’s hidden identity. The chapter ended with Queen realizing Franky was connected to his past and crying out his former name, “Katy Flam.”

• Queen and Caesar led a force of Beasts Pirates across the wasteland toward the quarry, where the Straw Hat Crew’s falcon spotted them and dodged Queen’s laser.
• Franky called the Going Merry, and a mech launched from the ship toward the battlefield.
• Robin and Chopper attacked the Beasts Pirates, while Jack confronted Chopper and the other fighters engaged Ulti, Page One, and the Gifters.
• Usopp struck Caesar with a Seastone bullet, handcuffed him, and left him for the others to handle.
• Who's-Who challenged Nami, while Franky confronted Queen and recognized him as Katy Seimei.
• Queen realized Franky was connected to his old name, Katy Flam, and Franky punched him.

Queen recognized Franky as his son, and the two exchanged blows while discussing Franky’s childhood and the family he found with Tom. Queen transformed into a mechanized Brachiosaurus, and Franky unveiled his giant mech, Franky's Assault Freedom.

• Queen recognized Franky and revealed to the watching pirates that Franky was his son.
• Queen explained that he had left Franky behind because the World Government was watching him, while Franky said he was grateful because it led him to Tom and his found family.
• Franky and Queen fought, and Queen revealed his mechanical arm and transformed into a mechanized Brachiosaurus.
• Queen struck Franky hard enough to bend his steel arm, then challenged him to respond.
• Franky called down a giant mech from the sky and climbed into its cockpit, astonishing Chopper and Usopp.

Franky battled Queen with Assault Freedom, a powerful mech built from Diamond Jozu’s corpse, as Queen unleashed repeated laser attacks. Franky retaliated with railguns and a six-beam laser cannon, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Queen attacked Assault Freedom with a Brachiosaurus Bomb, but the mech’s diamond-coated head struck him down and left him nearly unconscious.
• Queen slashed at the mech with his blade, but its hardened-steel body broke the weapon.
• Queen fired lasers from his mouth and mechanical limbs, forcing Franky to use the mech’s diamond transformation and propulsion system to survive.
• Queen’s laser barrage pierced the mech’s abdomen, but he paused to cool his barrels after Franky landed safely.
• Franky fired two railgun slugs that wrecked Queen’s segmented tail and then unleashed six beams from Assault Freedom’s laser cannon.

Franky battled Queen, who used Germa stealth technology and his Brachiosaurus abilities to gain the upper hand, but Franky escaped his grip and defeated him with a concentrated laser. Queen lay defeated as Franky left, demanding Queen’s technology as his spoils of war.

• Franky's Assault Freedom mech blasted Queen, but Queen turned invisible, damaged the mech, and tore off one of its arms.
• Franky used sonar radar to locate Queen and slammed him into the ground before attacking with a laser sword.
• Queen survived the sword strike and transformed into a serpent that coiled around the mech, trapping it as he prepared to fire.
• Franky escaped the cockpit and blasted Queen with a concentrated laser, leaving him unconscious and defeated.
• Franky demanded Queen hand over his technology, then drove away while Queen privately refused to give it up without being called Dad.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji fought Kaido together but were defeated by his overwhelming attack. Lina arrived and prepared to face Kaido herself, claiming she would take his title as the Strongest Creature in Sea, Land, and Air.

• Zoro split Kaido's Boro Breath, while Luffy and Sanji struck him and Zoro wounded him with a sword attack.
• Kaido blasted Zoro and Sanji away, then overwhelmed Luffy with a lightning-charged kanabo strike.
• Kaido unleashed Great Wisdom: Thunder Bagua, leaving Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji unconscious in the ruins.
• Lina checked on Luffy, carried him away with Zoro and Sanji, and turned to face Kaido.
• Lina declared that she would claim Kaido's title after their fight.

Lina and Kaido fought fiercely in the stone forest, trading blows with their weapons, powers, and Haki. They eventually knocked each other unconscious with repeated headbutts, then both recovered enough to sit or stand again.

• Kaido challenged Lina and clashed with his Tremor-Tremor battle-axe, then struck him with his tail and Thunder Bagua.
• Lina blocked Kaido’s attack with a heavy shield and hurled his battle-axe, while Kaido answered with Blast Breath: Thunderflame Tornado.
• Lina emerged unharmed behind his shield and taunted Kaido, who charged him with Subduing the Three Worlds: In'naraka.
• Kaido seized Lina’s shield and axe, and the two traded headbutts until they both collapsed from their injuries.
• Lina sat up after recovering, while Kaido used a stone pillar to stagger back to his feet and mock him.

Lina and Kaido continued their brutal fight, trading powerful blows across Wano. Meanwhile, Kizaru, Fujitora, and Garp arrived by warship, with Kizaru ordered to attack whichever side lost and Garp making his presence a complication.

• Lina recovered from Kaido’s attacks and charged back into the fight, blocking Kaido’s Roaring Thunder Bagua and throwing him into a crater.
• Lina pinned Kaido down and battered his face with vibration- and Haki-powered punches, but Kaido wrapped his tail around Lina’s neck and counterattacked.
• Kaido smashed Lina into the ground and blasted him through several hills, but Lina escaped the ruins and met Kaido’s Thunder Bagua with a Breaking Charge Punch.
• Kizaru’s fleet reached the waters off Wano, and Kizaru sensed the clash between Lina’s and Kaido’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kizaru discussed the battle and the recent abolition of the Shichibukai with Fujitora and Garp, revealing Sakazuki’s order to attack whichever side was defeated.

Lina and Kaido resumed their duel to determine who would become the strongest, while Sanji and Zoro intercepted the wounded Kid and Luo. The chapter ended with Lina ready to continue fighting Kaido as Luffy remained out of sight, recovering from Kaido’s attack.

• Kaido asked Lina what he was fighting for, and Lina said he wanted to defeat Kaido and become the next strongest in the world.
• Kaido launched an attack with Ten Thousand Thunders, and Lina grabbed his fangs, slammed him into the ground, and punched him before surviving Kaido’s point-blank heat breath.
• Kid and Luo rushed back into the fight, but Sanji challenged Kid and destroyed his mechanical arm while Zoro blocked Luo.
• Lina noticed Luffy was missing and guessed he had gone to recover after taking Kaido’s ultimate attack.
• Lina faced Kaido again and declared that their fight to the death would continue.

Lina and Kaido resumed their deadly duel over the title of World's Strongest while Sanji and Zoro intercepted the wounded Kid and Luo. The battle continued with Luffy missing, possibly searching for food as he recovered from his injuries.

• Kaido challenged Lina to explain what he was fighting for, and Lina said he wanted to defeat Kaido and become the next World's Strongest.
• Kaido attacked Lina with Ten Thousand Thunders, and Lina caught his fangs, slammed him into the ground, and struck his head with a vibration-coated fist.
• Kaido unleashed Bolo Breath and Wind Scythes, but Lina defended against the flames and evaded the blades.
• Kid and Luo charged back into the fight, so Sanji intercepted Kid and Zoro blocked Luo while Lina prepared to face Kaido again.
• Lina noticed Luffy was missing, then challenged Kaido to continue their death match for the title of strongest.

Lina fought Kaido across Wano, revealing an undead form that let him ignore pain and rapidly heal as they exchanged increasingly devastating attacks. Lina defeated Kaido with a lightning blast, a bone-blade strike, and a final vibration attack, claiming the title of strongest.

• Kaido struck Lina with Thunder Bagua, but Lina's shield absorbed much of the blow before breaking.
• Lina transformed into a skeletal undead form, and Kaido realized he could keep fighting without feeling pain and heal his injuries with blue flames.
• Kaido identified Haki and stamina as possible limits to Lina's recovery, but Lina declared the fight decided and attacked with a lightning beam.
• Lina dislocated and tore off Kaido's arm, then pierced his chest with a bone hand blade and unleashed God Killer Fist Pulse.
• Kaido fell motionless, and Lina officially took the title of strongest.

Lina defeated Kaido, who died after asking whether Lina would change the world, while King carried Kaido’s body away. Kizaru reported Kaido’s death to Sakazuki and warned that the Marines would need overwhelming force to fight the Straw Hat Crew.

• Lina reflected on how his Beast Form combined the power of the undead and used Sukuna’s swordsmanship to pierce Kaido’s defenses.
• Kaido asked Lina whether he would change the world, and Lina replied that changing it did not require being Joy Boy before walking away.
• Kaido died, and King arrived, carried his body away, and mourned the man who had changed his world.
• Kizaru told Sakazuki that Kaido was dead and that the Straw Hat Crew was too powerful to ambush.
• Sakazuki ordered Kizaru to arrest the Beasts Pirates’ remnants and prepare for the purge of the Shichibukai, while Kizaru quietly murmured, “Joy Boy...”

Kizaru destroyed the fleets of Bege and the Beasts Pirates, while Lina’s group survived Fujitora’s meteor attack. After the battle, Lina took Kid and Luo’s templates and Kikoku, cut off their arms, and declared them members of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet’s Third Division, leaving them to protest as he revealed his allies.

• Kizaru bombarded the fleets of Bege and the Beasts Pirates, leaving Drake aboard the only warship still afloat.
• Fujitora sent molten meteorites toward the exhausted Zoro, Luo, Kid, and Sanji, but Lina arrived on a blue dragon and destroyed them.
• Lina collected Kid and Luo’s templates, took Kikoku, and cut off both pirates’ arms instead of killing them.
• Lina declared Kid and Luo members of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet’s Third Division, while they protested that they had never agreed to join.
• Lina told Zoro and Sanji that the crew had allies and that Marco and Katakuri could be contacted through Den Den Mushi.