Recaps

The Straw Hat crew defeated the Beasts Pirates’ officers, and Lina used his Favor-Favor Fruit ability to make Kizaru retreat before the crew returned to the Going Merry. There, they reunited with Garp, who shared news that the Marines planned to abolish the Seven Warlords system and test the Seraphim against its former members.

• Franky arrived in Kuri’s bamboo forest and helped Chopper defeat Jack, then reunited with the crew in Tudon.
• Kizaru appeared to claim the captured Beasts Pirates, but Lina used his Favor-Favor Fruit ability and forced the admiral to retreat.
• The crew returned to the Going Merry and found Garp there with Luffy, whom Garp had beaten after their chance meeting by the shore.
• Garp told Lina and the crew that the Reverie had approved abolishing the Seven Warlords system and that the Marines planned to target the former warlords with Seraphim.
• Garp said farewell and left the Going Merry after punching Luffy once more.

The Straw Hat Crew left Wano after Hiyori announced she would become shogun, and Franky received a parting gift from his father, Queen. As the Going Merry sailed onward, Fujitora arrived at Crocus Island to arrest Gecko Moria and Dracule Mihawk, who prepared to leave.

• Franky showed Nami the air conditioner he built with Lina, while Nami learned Hiyori had invited the crew to Wano’s Fire Festival.
• Hiyori announced she would inherit the shogun title, then offered herself to Lina, who refused to have a child with her.
• Luffy said goodbye to Tama, and the Straw Hat Crew left Wano aboard the Going Merry.
• Queen caught up with the ship, revealed he was Franky’s biological father, and gave Franky a chest of weapons and technology.
• Fujitora ordered the Marines to arrest Gecko Moria and Dracule Mihawk near Crocus Island, while Mihawk prepared to meet the admiral.

News of Lina defeating Kaido spread as the Navy discussed new bounties and the Cross Guild’s threat. Akainu learned that the Revolutionary Army had attacked Mary Geoise, where more than a dozen floating islands were falling from the sky.

• News of the Shichibukai system’s abolition and Lina’s victory over Kaido spread across the seas, and pirates anticipated the Straw Hat Crew’s new bounties.
• Brannew reported that Mihawk and Moria had escaped capture, joined Buggy on Karai Bari Island, and formed the Cross Guild, which had placed bounties on Marine officers.
• Akainu ordered Smoker to take two Seraphim to Nine Snake Island to capture Boa Hancock.
• Akainu received an urgent call demanding reinforcements for Mary Geoise after the Revolutionary Army attacked.
• More than a dozen floating islands descended from above the clouds toward Mary Geoise.

New wanted posters brought excitement to the Straw Hat Crew’s East Blue hometowns, where old friends and local children reacted to the crew’s soaring bounties. The chapter left the villagers celebrating their heroes while Koushirou despaired over his students copying Zoro and Lina.

• At Isshin Dojo, Koushirou scolded students who imitated Zoro’s Three Sword Style and Lina’s punching as they trained beneath their wanted posters.
• In Syrup Village, the three young boys showed Kaya Usopp’s new poster, and she wondered what adventures he had experienced.
• At Baratie, Patty threw out a customer who wasted shrimp balls and kept his money as compensation.
• Carne returned to the kitchen, where the chefs worked busily beneath Sanji’s wanted poster.

Nojiko teased Arlong about Nami and Lina while Arlong fretted over Nami’s bounty poster, and Iceberg’s crew mistook Franky’s mech for his new body. On the Straw Hats’ ship, Franky celebrated his bounty increase as Sanji’s taunts drove Zoro into a fight.

• Nojiko found Arlong angrily calling Marine branches to protest Nami’s bounty photo and teased him about Lina possibly marrying Nami.
• Arlong erupted at the thought of Lina sweeping Nami away, while Nojiko left him to keep shouting.
• Iceberg and the Galley-La foremen saw Franky’s bounty poster and mistook the giant mech in its photo for Franky himself.
• Franky celebrated his new 1,060,000,000 Beli bounty, and Lina noted that his defeat of Queen explained the increase.
• Sanji taunted Zoro about being ranked number four, and Zoro drew his swords and charged at him.

Lina and the Straw Hat crew relaxed aboard their ship after receiving new bounties, while Uta and Pudding grew closer as fellow interns. The chapter ended with the crew gathering for afternoon tea and Pudding feeling grateful to have joined them.

• Lina basked in the sun while Nami rested her head on his lap, and the crew's new bounties were noted, including Uta and Pudding's first posters at 60 million berries each.
• Uta reported from the crow's nest to Commander Chopper, then chased him around while he tried to escape her attention.
• Pudding brought mousse cakes to the crew, and Sanji served coffee and tea as everyone gathered for afternoon tea.
• Uta and Pudding prepared more desserts together, and Pudding reflected on how welcome and loved she felt aboard the ship.
• Uta teased Pudding about crying, then ran outside with cream puffs and a picnic blanket as Pudding blushed.

Nami and the Straw Hat Crew learned that Buggy’s Cross Guild had become one of the Four Emperors before the Going Merry sailed into a blizzard near Egghead. Elsewhere, Blackbeard returned to the New World with Hancock frozen and several of his officers petrified; the Straw Hats emerged from the storm and spotted an island.

• Nami read that Buggy led the Cross Guild alongside Mihawk, Crocodile, and Moria, and the crew discussed its members, bounties, and threats against the Marines.
• Nami sensed danger as the Going Merry entered a blizzard near Winter Island, and a Marine officer reported that the Straw Hats were approaching the Egghead Sea Area.
• Blackbeard returned to the New World with Hancock frozen by Kuzan and Vasco Shot, Catarina Devon, and Laffitte turned to stone after their defeat on Nine Snake Island.
• Blackbeard decided to head back toward Hachinosu, while Van Augur took over navigation with Kuzan’s help.
• The Going Merry was pulled through the blizzard by an Express Shrimp, emerged into warm, calm weather, and Luffy spotted an island.

The Straw Hat Crew reached a futuristic island guarded by weaponized sea beasts, where they met Vegapunk satellites Lilith and Shaka. Shaka invited the crew to meet Vegapunk and revealed that he knew Luffy’s father, Monkey D. Dragon, because Dragon had once invited him to join the Revolutionary Army.

• The sea beasts attacked the Going Merry with rockets and lasers, but Lina protected Brook and Franky launched the ship over them with Coup de-Burst.
• Lilith stopped the attack after Shaka told her the Straw Hat Crew had been invited to meet Vegapunk, then introduced herself as Vegapunk No. 2.
• Luffy, Chopper, Usopp, Uta, Nami, Sanji, and Franky explored the futuristic city while Zoro and Brook stayed behind to guard the Going Merry and fell asleep.
• Luffy kicked an automatic cooking machine until it dispensed food, and Sanji paid for another serving after realizing the machine had a coin slot.
• Shaka introduced himself as Vegapunk No. 1 and told the crew that Vegapunk wanted to see Luffy.
• Shaka said he knew Monkey D. Dragon and had nearly joined the Revolutionary Army at Dragon’s invitation, but Dragon and his people were too poor.

Vegapunk welcomed the Straw Hat Crew and showed them discarded inventions, explaining that an ancient robot and the advanced civilization behind it dated back to the Void Century. Robin confronted the truth that Ohara’s scholars had been seeking, while Vegapunk sent the crew inside to meet his original self.

• Shaka explained that he had once known Dragon and described Dragon’s time in the Marines, while Vegapunk revealed his connections to several Straw Hats’ fathers.
• Vegapunk led the crew through the scrapyard, where Luffy found a laser sword and Shaka discovered that the wall was a hologram.
• Vegapunk showed the crew an enormous ancient robot and said that its technology came from an advanced civilization that existed eight hundred years earlier.
• Vegapunk told Robin that the World Government had erased that civilization and that the scholars of Ohara had uncovered evidence of it.
• Robin entered through the holographic wall to meet Vegapunk’s original self, and Shaka returned to the research level.

Lina and the others arrived at Egghead Island, met Lilith, and learned about the Seraphim and Hancock’s capture during a clash involving Whitebeard and Aokiji. After learning Hancock might still be alive, Luffy and his friends prepared to head for Hachinosu to rescue her.

• Lilith welcomed Lina, Zoro, and Brook to Egghead Island and showed them the futuristic outfits and flying DOM Shoes.
• Lina and the others met Usopp, Wuhai, and the rest of the group at the research layer, where Lilith introduced Vegapunk's satellite robots.
• Lilith explained that Whitebeard Teach and former Admiral Aokiji had fought during the operation to capture Hancock, and that S-Hawk and S-Snake had been badly injured.
• Lina explained that Hancock was probably still alive and that Whitebeard might not yet have returned to Hachinosu.
• Luffy and the others decided to fly to Hachinosu without the Going Merry and prepare to rescue Hancock.

Lina and the Straw Hat Crew launched a raid on Hachinosu to rescue Boa Hancock, arriving on an undead dragon and drawing the island’s pirates into battle. The crew began fighting Franky and the other commanders while Teach and Aokiji remained away, and the clash was still underway.

• Vegapunk stored the Going Merry, and Lina’s group prepared to leave Egghead for Hachinosu with Nami’s Eternal Poses.
• Lina and the crew arrived above Hachinosu on an undead dragon, where the pirates recognized Straw Hat Luffy and surged out to attack.
• The crew discussed rescuing Hancock and the danger that Whitebeard might use her as a hostage, while Franky and the commanders tried to stall them.
• Nami repelled cannonballs with her Electromagnetic Cube as Lina, Luffy, and the others struck the island and its gathered pirates with powerful attacks.
• Franky confronted Lina with a massive rocky arm, while the other Straw Hat crew members descended into battle and the fight continued.

The Straw Hat Crew battled the Blackbeard Pirates on Hachinosu as Luffy demanded that Pizarro release Hancock. Zoro fought Shiryu, who used his invisibility to gain the advantage, but Zoro blindfolded himself and struck him down with a new technique.

• Luffy attacked Pizarro and demanded that he hand over Hancock, while Pizarro canceled his island transformation and tried to flee.
• Lina tracked Pizarro with Observation Haki and blasted him with the Azure Dragon’s Bolo Breath as the Straw Hat Crew overwhelmed Hachinosu’s defenders.
• Zoro and Shiryu clashed, and Shiryu wounded Zoro after revealing his invisibility ability.
• Zoro covered his eyes and waited for Shiryu’s attack, then evaded the blade and unleashed Three Sword Style: Slow Sword Snail Step.
• Shiryu collapsed with bloody gashes across his body and crashed into a house.

Luffy fought Shiryu on Hachinosu and awakened the ability to release Conqueror’s Haki, using it to break through Shiryu’s blood-red tornado and defeat him. The battle ended with Shiryu unconscious, while Lina brought Pizarro back and the crew continued securing hostages for the exchange.

• Pirates watching Luffy overpower Shiryu marveled at his swordsmanship, while Yu Zheng explained that Luffy was beginning to use Conqueror’s Haki.
• Shiryu used his invisibility and blood-red tornado to weaken Luffy with repeated cuts, forcing Luffy to rely on his other senses and Observation Haki.
• Luffy awakened and released Conqueror’s Haki, coating his eight blades with it as he launched a powerful counterattack.
• Luffy’s slash shattered Shiryu’s sword and knocked him unconscious, though Shiryu had badly wounded Luffy.
• Lina arrived with the bound Pizarro, and she and Luffy discussed his first use of Conqueror’s Haki as their crew continued capturing the officers needed for the hostage exchange.

Teach learned that Lina had raided Hachinosu and captured several of his commanders, forcing him to consider a prisoner exchange while Hancock remained frozen aboard his ship. The chapter left Teach cornered and furious, while Aokiji stayed relaxed and contemplated his options.

• Teach answered Luffy's call and taunted him about Hancock, whom Aokiji had kept frozen.
• Lina took over the call and revealed that she was on Hachinosu, where she had captured Pizarro.
• Pizarro told Teach to return and save him, and Teach realized Lina had raided his base.
• Lina said she had also captured Shiryu of the Rain, Frost Giant Jaeger, and Evil Dog Jesus, then implied that Teach would not want to lose them.
• Teach suppressed his anger and asked whether Lina wanted a prisoner exchange.
• Aokiji remarked that Teach had made too many enemies, then relaxed and considered what he might do if the Blackbeard Pirates fell apart.

On Hachinosu, Lina and the Straw Hats prepared for Blackbeard and Aokiji to return, then Vegapunk contacted Luffy to ask for help before CP0 assassins reached him. The chapter ended with the crew learning that Vegapunk expected to be killed the next morning.

• Lina warned the group to prepare for a fight with Blackbeard and Aokiji, and he assigned Luffy and Sanji to help him fight Aokiji while Zoro and one of Lina's clones faced Blackbeard.
• Vegapunk called through a Den Den Mushi and reassured Usopp that the Going Merry was safe for the moment.
• Vegapunk asked Luffy to come save him, explaining that the World Government planned to erase him because of his research into history.
• Vegapunk said CP0 assassins were already on their way and would probably arrive the next morning.

Luffy’s group confronted Teach and Aokiji on Hachinosu and exchanged Hancock and the captured Blackbeard pirates. Teach launched a surprise attack as soon as the exchange ended, and Zoro struck him with a sword technique.

• Usopp spotted Teach, Aokiji, and Van Augur approaching Hachinosu, and Luffy’s group went to meet them with captured Shiryu and the others.
• Teach brought out the frozen Hancock and petrified Laffitte, Chinjao, and Devon, while Lina presented the wounded Pizarro as a hostage.
• Teach demanded that Hancock undo the petrification before he would exchange prisoners, and Hancock restored Laffitte, Chinjao, and Devon.
• Lina and Aokiji exchanged Hancock for Shiryu and the other captured pirates after a tense argument over who would release their hostages first.
• Teach used Dark Water as Van Augur and Usopp fired; Lina shielded Hancock and struck Aokiji back, while Zoro rushed Teach and cut a bloody gash across his chest.

Lina and the Straw Hats fought Teach’s crew while Chopper prepared to operate on the gravely injured Hancock. Luffy, Sanji, and Lina chased Aokiji through the buildings, while Franky defeated Jot and Usopp remained locked in a stalemate with Van Augur.

• Lina’s attack made Teach collapse in agony, and Luffy and Sanji launched an assault on Aokiji.
• Chopper found Hancock’s internal organs failing, but Lina provided wraith abilities and equipment to make surgery possible, so Chopper carried Hancock away with Nami guarding them.
• Luffy and Sanji pressured Aokiji with powerful attacks, and Lina joined them in chasing him through the island’s buildings.
• Franky countered Jot’s alcohol-fueled flames, exploded his sake gourd, and struck him with repeated lasers.
• Usopp trapped Van Augur within his War Grassland, but Van Augur’s teleportation and Usopp’s dwindling supplies left them at a stalemate.

Lina and the Straw Hats fought Aokiji and Luffy across the shattered island, while Zoro struggled against Luffy’s freezing Logia abilities. After the battle’s chaos subsided, Luffy emerged from the ruins and confronted Zoro and the others again.

• Lina clashed with Aokiji, breaking his ice glove with Haki and driving him through several buildings, while Sanji recognized that Aokiji’s earlier fight with him had been serious.
• Zoro attacked Luffy with a barrage of Haki-coated punches, but Luffy evaded by turning into ice and countered with freezing techniques that injured Zoro.
• Lina and Sanji joined the fight against Luffy, who spread an icy realm across much of the island and sea before the fighting briefly died down.
• Luffy emerged from the ruins and charged at Zoro and the others through concealing freezing mist.
• Luffy raised a spiked prison of ice pillars around himself as Zoro’s group prepared to face him.

Lina confronted Sanji over his doubts about the Navy, the World Government, and the Egghe incident while Luffy and Robin fought to survive Aokiji’s attacks. The battle left Sanji battered and the island in ruins, as Lina invited him to join them in going to Vegapunk.

• Aokiji froze Sanji, Luffy, and Robin and summoned a massive glacier over the island.
• Luffy and Robin broke free, and Robin fought through rising ice blades while trying to protect Luffy from the falling glacier.
• Lina challenged Sanji about the Egghe incident and revealed that the World Government had targeted Ohara after its scholars preserved Vegapunk’s research.
• Sanji attacked Lina, but Lina overwhelmed him with a barrage of flaming punches and destroyed his ice-coffin defense.
• Lina asked whether Sanji wanted to go with them to Vegapunk, while Sanji reflected on his loyalties and the Straw Hat Crew.

Teach badly wounded Zoro as nearby pirates called for revenge, while other characters faced confrontations and made preparations elsewhere. Mingyue was left uneasy by He Zhizhou's strange behavior despite his having saved her.

• Teach badly wounded Zoro after Zoro had cut down Shiryu of the Rain, and the watching pirates urged Teach to kill him.
• Inspectors examined the contestants' bracelets and displayed their data on the magical projection behind the arena.
• Amaterasu Omikami drew her sword, transformed into a blazing sun, and slashed at Gale.
• Ling Xuan'er saw Lan Weixun facing the Snow Wolf King and became worried.
• The Navy installed a dynamic sea chart on the Pirate Corps' ship, while the Dragon Gate used its own chart to monitor the Pirate Corps.
• Mingyue felt uneasy when He Zhizhou treated her coldly and made snide remarks after saving her.

Lina and the Straw Hats fought Teach, whose Corrosion-Corrosion Fruit and Dark-Dark Fruit made him a dangerous opponent. After Lina’s self-detonation badly wounded Teach, Van Augur teleported him away, but Teach lured Van Augur to an icy street and attacked him to steal his teleportation ability.

• Luffy misunderstood Zoro’s report about Teach’s Corrosion-Corrosion Fruit, while Zoro warned the crew not to touch its strange energy.
• Teach pulled Sanji toward him with Dark Water, but Sanji countered with Sky Shock - Hell's Wind Leg.
• Lina struck Teach with Hell Snake, then detonated his body with 100,000 Ton Yield - Destruction Blast, leaving Teach badly wounded.
• Van Augur teleported Teach away from the blast, and Luffy, Sanji, and Lina pursued them toward the eastern shore.
• Teach ordered Van Augur to teleport them to the icy street where Kuzan lay, then used Dark Water to pull Van Augur close and attacked him so he could take his teleportation ability.

The Marines prepared a full-scale operation to eliminate Vegapunk and confront the Straw Hat Crew at Egghead, while the Five Elders hoped Blackbeard would draw the pirates into conflict first. Dragon learned that Bear’s sealed memories might restore him, but postponed investigating until after the Revolutionary Army’s planned offensive.

• Sakazuki received authorization from the Five Elders to deploy Marine forces freely and began planning an operation centered on Vegapunk’s execution.
• Brannew briefed Marine officers that the Straw Hat Crew might rescue Vegapunk, and Sakazuki announced that headquarters would send more than half its elite forces and all its top combat personnel.
• Sakazuki sent a vast Marine fleet toward Egghead and planned to attack Hachinosu if Blackbeard defeated the Straw Hat Crew there.
• Lindbergh told Dragon and Sabo that Bear had lost his sense of self, and Dragon suspected Bear had sealed away his memories using his ability.
• Dragon said Vegapunk might have Bear’s memories, but refused Sabo’s suggestion to intervene and ordered Ivankov to assemble the Grand Line Army for their operation.

Luffy, Sanji, and Lina fought Teach after he killed Van Augur and stole his Devil Fruit, forcing them to contend with Teach’s teleportation, power-nullifying darkness, and corrosive attacks. Lina repeatedly blasted Teach with lightning, refusing to stop until he was certainly dead.

• Teach extracted Van Augur’s Devil Fruit and killed him, then challenged Luffy and Sanji with his new abilities.
• Luffy evaded Teach’s teleportation and corrosive attacks and kicked him into a crater.
• Teach drained Sanji’s Devil Fruit powers and counterattacked, but Luffy struck him while Lina’s shadow attack pinned his arm.
• Lina charged Teach, but Teach teleported behind Luffy and tried to grab him; Lina’s lightning struck both of them, leaving Luffy unharmed and Teach badly burned.
• Lina unleashed repeated lightning attacks on Teach and Luffy, while Sanji watched from the sidelines.

Lina, Luffy, and Sanji fought Teach after he returned from apparent death and attacked Lina. Teach then unleashed Dark Star to suppress Devil Fruit abilities, leaving the battle poised to become a contest of physical strength and Haki.

• Lina confirmed Teach appeared dead, but Teach revived and grabbed Lina with the power of darkness, sealing his abilities.
• Lina broke free with a powerful punch, and Luffy and Sanji struck Teach with a combined attack that sent him crashing into a mountainside.
• Lina and Sanji suspected Teach had lost the Corrosion-Corrosion Fruit's power, and Lina prepared a wide-area lightning attack against Teach's Teleport ability.
• Teach created the Darkness Realm and Dark Star, suppressing the abilities of everyone nearby, including himself, Lina, and Luffy.
• Lina and Luffy prepared to fight Teach with their bodies and Haki, while Teach realized he faced formidable opponents in hand-to-hand combat.

Luffy used Gear Second and Lina joined him in defeating Teach, destroying the black mist and the black hole above the island. Luffy collapsed from Gear Second's strain, while Lina pinned the barely conscious Teach to the ground.

• Luffy activated Gear Second despite his sealed powers and used Jet Pistol and Jet Whip to batter Teach.
• Lina struck Teach with Breaking Charge Punch, sending him crashing through buildings.
• Teach revealed steel claws coated in Armament Haki and charged at Luffy and Lina.
• Luffy countered Teach's attacks with a series of Jet techniques and Conqueror's Haki, driving him into a crater and leaving him barely conscious.
• The black mist and the black hole dissipated, but Luffy collapsed in pain and exhaustion from Gear Second.
• Lina checked on Luffy, then pinned Teach to the ground with bone swords through his limbs.