Recaps

Charlotte Linlin learned that her children had been kidnapped and sent her homies to search Hachinosu Island, while Ares set out to find Katakuri. CP0 agents hid Katakuri and watched the prison as Shakky investigated it, but the agents then spotted Marines arriving.

• Linlin woke after accidentally knocking Will Vergil unconscious and learned from Streusen that Perospero and her other children had been kidnapped.
• Linlin ordered Zeus, Prometheus, and animated objects to search for her children, while Ares learned Katakuri had been taken and headed for Hachinosu Island.
• CP0 agents Vulture and his partner argued over where to hide Katakuri, then chose Skull Castle and planned a diversion.
• Shakky reported the kidnappings to Rocks and went to inspect the prison, suspecting the World Government was targeting the imprisoned Celestial Dragons.
• Two CP0 agents watching the prison saw Marines arrive and wondered whether they intended to attack it.

Garp and Dragon led the Marines in a prison assault, freeing prisoners while Rocks prepared an ambush and CP0 agents entered to protect their mission involving Shakky. At Hachinosu’s port, Linlin failed to find her children and began to lose control.

• Garp smashed open the prison gate, and Dragon led the Marines inside to free the prisoners.
• Shakky reported the assault to Rocks, who ordered his forces to hold their positions and prepare to capture Garp.
• Two CP0 agents entered the prison to reach Shakky before the Marines could kill her.
• The CP0 agents passed a group of frightened prisoners, who later escaped into the sunlight.
• Linlin searched her ship for her children, and Streusen feared she was about to go berserk.

Linlin rampaged through Hachinosu while searching for her missing children, and Streusen escaped her attacks to find someone who could stop her. Kaido confronted Linlin at the ruined port and struck at her with Thunder Bagua.

• Linlin lost control and attacked Streusen, who fled across the ships and ran to Skull Castle for help.
• Kaido fought opportunistic pirates on the island, then agreed to stop Linlin when Streusen warned him of her rampage.
• Kaido sent Streusen to retrieve seven spiked clubs and headed for the port, eager to test his strength against Linlin.
• Linlin continued destroying ships and killing pirates at the port as she repeatedly asked where her children were.
• Kaido confronted Linlin and brought his spiked club down with Thunder Bagua.

Kaido fought the enraged Linlin at the harbor while Garp and Whitebeard clashed in the prison. As Shakky watched their battle from the monitoring room, a CP0 agent crept up behind her and held her at gunpoint.

• Kaido struck Linlin with Thunder Bagua, but she remained unharmed and attacked him in a furious search for her child.
• Kaido fought Linlin's barrage of punches, eager to grow stronger through battle.
• Garp confronted Whitebeard on the prison's fourth level, and their first clash shook the prison.
• Shakky saw Whitebeard block Garp and believed Newgate would keep the Marines from reaching her.
• A CP0 agent appeared behind Shakky, pressed a gun to her head, and threatened to shoot if she moved.
• Shakky asked whether the agent wanted information about the Celestial Dragons.

Shakky stalled CP0 by claiming she could lead them to the Celestial Dragons, while the agents discovered Dragon freeing prisoners on the sixth floor. As Shiki prepared to wipe out the Marines and Ares arrived in the chaotic town, he asked Ochoku whether he had found Katakuri.

• Shakky pretended she knew where the Celestial Dragons were held and persuaded CP0 not to shoot her by offering to take them there.
• A CP0 agent spotted Dragon on the surveillance footage as he opened cells and freed prisoners on the sixth floor.
• CP0 threatened Shakky and Amazon Lily, then escorted her out of the prison as the situation grew more dangerous.
• Shiki surrounded the prison with pirates and declared that they would wipe out every Marine on the island.
• Ares entered the town, causing the pirates to fall silent, then asked Ochoku if he had found Katakuri.

Ares learned that CP0 had abducted Katakuri and rushed to search for him, while Rocks trapped two infiltrating agents inside Skull Castle. At the harbor, Ares arrived as Kaido and Linlin continued their violent fight, with Linlin still holding the advantage.

• Ochoku told Ares that CP0 had abducted Katakuri, and Ares ordered him to keep searching while he went to check on Kaido.
• Ochoku's subordinate reported that Linlin had lost control and was fighting Kaido, who had already been injured.
• Two CP0 agents searched Skull Castle for clues about the imprisoned Celestial Dragons, but Rocks trapped them in his room and planned to interrogate them.
• At the harbor, Kaido attacked Linlin with eight spiked clubs, but she repeatedly struck him and suffered no effective damage.
• Ares reached the harbor and saw Kaido and Linlin fighting, noting that both had grown stronger.

Ares watched Kaido and Linlin’s battle, studying their strengths and reflecting on the training and battles that had shaped him. When Kaido fell behind, Ares took over the fight against Linlin and sent Kaido to help Ochoku find Katakuri, leaving Kaido determined to grow stronger alongside him.

• Ares observed Kaido and Linlin fight, judging Kaido’s new Devil Fruit abilities and Linlin’s powerful combat skills.
• Ares reflected on how his childhood body training and battles had built his strength, and resolved to keep tempering himself beyond the limits of a Supreme Grade Sword.
• Linlin overwhelmed Kaido at the harbor while fighting on instinct, and Ares stepped in after Kaido was sent flying.
• Ares told Kaido to help Ochoku find Katakuri and reassured him that he could surpass Linlin after mastering his Devil Fruit.
• Kaido accepted Ares’s encouragement and reaffirmed his dream of reaching the top of the world with him.

Ares fought the reasonless Linlin to protect his partners, knocking her flying with two powerful punches until her eyes cleared. Streusen explained that doctors had been unable to cure Linlin’s Food Craving Syndrome, but Linlin opened her eyes again, still furious.

• Ares sent Kaido to find Katakuri and promised to make whoever harmed their partner pay.
• Ares struck the charging Linlin with his Blood-colored Armament—Wolverine Fist, sending her flying without pursuing her.
• Linlin attacked again with stronger strength and Haki, and Ares countered with his Blood-colored Armament—Great Ape King Fist.
• Ares’s punch sent Linlin plowing hundreds of meters through the ground and cleared the scarlet color from her eyes, leaving the watching pirates and Streusen stunned.
• Ares asked about Linlin’s recurring condition, and Streusen explained that doctors had been unable to treat her Food Craving Syndrome.
• Linlin opened her eyes again, her scarlet gaze gone but furious flames still burning within them.

Ares fought Linlin, then set off with her and Streusen to find Katakuri. Meanwhile, Dragon freed powerful prisoners, and two CP0 agents tried to escape with Shakky as Kaido appeared to confront them.

• Ares subdued Linlin’s challenge and agreed to settle their score after they found Katakuri.
• Commander Cloud planned to use information about the World Government’s trap to lure Rocks into a confrontation.
• Dragon released the prisoners from the prison’s bottom two floors and vanished to find Pops.
• Two CP0 agents recognized the escaped prisoners and used their charge at Golden Lion Shiki to break away with the unconscious Shakky.
• Golden Lion’s men and the CP0 agents fought fiercely until Kaido appeared and drew the pirates’ attention.

Kaido fought off a CP0 agent while Rocks learned the suspected location of a Devil Fruit the World Government had long sought. Meanwhile, MISS. Bakin decided to flee with Shiki's and Newgate's genes after her experiments repeatedly failed.

• One CP0 agent carried the unconscious Shakky away while the other attacked Kaido, but Kaido's body withstood his kick and he drove the agent back with his club.
• Golden Lion watched Kaido fight, then killed a pirate who tried to sneak up on him.
• Rocks learned from CP0 the exact location of the Devil Fruit and resolved to find it, though he worried the information might be a trap.
• MISS. Bakin despaired after hundreds of failed experiments combining Newgate's and Shiki's genes, then decided to escape with the genes and seek a skilled genetic scientist.

Miss Bakin tried to sell her laboratory equipment but grew suspicious when the man posing as Victor refused to buy it. Earlier, Dragon had freed the prisoners on Levels 5 and 6, creating an opening for the Marines to escape while Whitebeard and Shiki dealt with the breakout.

• Miss Bakin locked her laboratory and went to find Victor, the island’s biggest secondhand dealer, to sell her equipment.
• Dragon told Garp that he had freed the prisoners on the two lower levels, but Garp wanted to keep fighting Whitebeard.
• The prisoners on Levels 5 and 6 broke out, prompting Whitebeard to charge at them while Garp and Dragon withdrew with the Marines.
• The escaping prisoners surrounded Shiki outside the prison, giving the Marines time to flee as Shiki cursed the missing Rocks.
• Miss Bakin found a man claiming to be Victor, but he declined to buy her equipment because the island was in turmoil.
• Miss Bakin recalled Victor’s unusual behavior and suspected that the impostor was a Marine or someone from the World Government.

Cloud coordinated a World Government operation to locate the Celestial Dragons and plant false information, while Rocks realized the Devil Fruit rumor was bait. After Bakin told Ares where Katakuri was being held, Ares rushed toward Victor’s warehouse, with Ochoku following.

• Cloud confirmed that an agent had taken Victor’s identity and sent CP0 to reinforce a team that had captured its target.
• A CP0 agent reported that the Celestial Dragons were imprisoned in a guarded room inside Skull Castle and that information about the Devil Fruit had been planted there.
• Rocks concluded that the World Government had used the Devil Fruit rumor to lure him into a trap and proposed leaving Hachinosu Island.
• Bakin tried to leave Hachinosu Island, but Ares stopped her and demanded to know what she was carrying.
• Bakin told Ares that Katakuri was in Victor’s warehouse for sorting secondhand goods, and Ares hurried there.
• Ochoku suspected Ares had found news about Katakuri and followed him to prevent the captors from harming the hostages.

The Five Elders discussed their plans to rescue Egbert’s family and destroy the Rocks Pirates while Ares freed the Charlotte children from a container on Hachinosu Island. He learned CP0 had taken Katakuri, and Whitebeard fought off attackers in the prison as chaos allowed prisoners to escape.

• Saint Warcury told the Five Elders that Cloud had leaked information about a Devil Fruit to Rocks to lure him into a trap, while Saint Maz emphasized rescuing Egbert’s family.
• Ares found the Charlotte children bound inside a container, but Perospero told him CP0 had taken Katakuri about ten minutes earlier.
• Ares freed Perospero and vowed to search all of Hachinosu Island for Katakuri, while Ochoku offered to send men to search through the night.
• Whitebeard defeated the attackers in the prison, realized many prisoners had escaped, and suspected Dragon had released those on the lower levels.
• A pirate brought Whitebeard a small flask of liquor and said he had news to report.

Whitebeard learned that Bakin had been conducting experiments related to the hereditary genes of their offspring, and he broke down over her apparent deception. Meanwhile, CP0 took Shakky away to find the Celestial Dragons, and Ares received a mysterious letter that led him to seek out Rocks.

• A pirate told Whitebeard that Bakin had disappeared and that her laboratory contained equipment for studying hereditary genes in offspring.
• Whitebeard realized Bakin might have been interested in his genes, raged over feeling used, and left vowing to find her.
• CP0 reported Shakky's claim that the Celestial Dragons were being held off Hachinosu Island, and Cloud ordered CP0 to follow her lead.
• CP0 carried the unconscious Shakky away from Hachinosu Island on a dark cloud.
• Ares received a letter from an unknown person, decided Katakuri was still his partner, and went to speak with Rocks.

Ares demanded that Rocks hand over a Celestial Dragon so he could exchange him for Katakuri, but Rocks refused, arguing that the trade would undermine his plans against the World Government. Their disagreement escalated into a clash of Haki, and Rocks used Dark Pull to attack Ares.

• Ares told Rocks that CP0 had offered to exchange Katakuri for a Celestial Dragon and asked him to accept.
• Rocks warned Ares that CP0 could not be trusted and refused to hand over a Celestial Dragon, citing the consequences for the Rocks Pirates and his larger plan.
• Ares insisted that he would save Katakuri, his partner, regardless of Rocks's goals or orders.
• Rocks asserted his authority as captain and explained that his plan aimed to weaken the World Government and rally pirates against it.
• Rocks unleashed Dark Pull, drawing Ares toward him with a powerful attraction.

Ares fought Rocks after Rocks sealed the power of Ares's Azure Dragon Fruit and struck him with a devastating punch. Rocks summoned a black dragon, and their battle continued as Ares's toughness and combat skill challenged Rocks's dark powers.

• Rocks pulled Ares close, suppressed his Devil Fruit power, and punched him through a castle wall.
• Ares emerged from the smoke and demanded that Rocks return his companions, but Rocks refused and summoned a colossal black dragon.
• Ares's Red Dragon Fierce Strike was weakened by the dragon's strange power, and the dragon bit his shoulder.
• Ares grabbed the dragon by the neck and resisted its thrashing tail while Rocks rushed in with his dark devouring power.
• Ares swung the dragon at Rocks, then kicked out a Flying Slash; Rocks blocked the attack with an Armament Haki-coated fist.

Ares challenged Rocks and fought him with Hasshoken and Blood-colored Armament, while Rocks revealed his Dark-Dark Fruit powers. Rocks forbade the other pirates from interfering and vowed to show Ares who ruled Hachinosu.

• Ares countered Rocks's attack with Blood-colored Armament—Hasshoken, and the two fighters' forces shook the island.
• Rocks praised Ares's growth, then unleashed the Dark-Dark Fruit's Black Whirlpool and tried to pull him into the black smoke.
• Ares recognized Rocks's power as the Logia Dark-Dark Fruit and evaded its devouring force by using the Six Styles.
• Rocks created giant weapons from swallowed rubble and fired them at Ares, who smashed them apart with Blood-colored Armament—Lightning Barrage.
• Captain John and the other Rocks Pirates gathered to watch, but Rocks ordered them not to interfere and declared he would establish his authority over Hachinosu.

Ares fought Rocks as Rocks unleashed Dark Storm, a series of tornadoes that absorbed and crushed attacks while closing in from every direction. Facing the threat of being trapped and worn down, Ares transformed into an Azure Dragon and launched a barrage of powerful attacks.

• Captain John recalled how Rocks had defeated the other pirates when founding the Rocks Pirates and realized Rocks intended to use Ares to reassert his authority.
• Rocks unleashed Dark Storm, and its black tornadoes pulled in clouds while drawing closer to Ares.
• Ares's Pluto's Sword slash was swallowed by a tornado, so he fired dozens of Flying Slashes that lit up the sky but failed to stop the storm from converging.
• Rocks explained that Dark Storm would trap Ares and exhaust him as the tornadoes closed in from all sides.
• Ares transformed into a blue Divine Dragon and struck a tornado with Dragon-Breath, creating a sea of fire.
• Ares followed with Crimson Sword and Azure Dragon Claw—Wave Cutter, attacking the dark tornadoes with his full strength.

CP0 Chief Cloud watched Ares battle Rocks while holding Katakuri hostage, and Katakuri realized his captain was fighting for him. As Rocks’s Dark Storms grew stronger, Ares studied their rotation and considered adapting the principle to strengthen his own attacks.

• Cloud told Katakuri that Ares was fighting Rocks because CP0 had demanded Katakuri as a hostage, and Katakuri was moved by his captain’s actions.
• Cloud hoped Shakky would bring good news while John watched Ares and Rocks’s destructive battle unfold in the sky.
• Ares recognized that Rocks’s Dark Storms drew power from both Rocks’s strength and their rapid rotation, then remembered Chinjao’s rotating Hasshoken and considered trying the same principle.

Ares studied Rocks’s Dark Storm and used the Azure Dragon Fruit to create a tornado that stopped its gravitational field, then unleashed rotating flames that Rocks absorbed with the Dark-Dark Fruit. Ares realized he needed a way around Rocks’s ability as the battle continued.

• Ares recognized that he had neglected developing his Devil Fruit and studied the formation of Rocks’s Dark Storm.
• Ares spun his coiled dragon body to create a massive tornado that destroyed the Dark Storm’s gravitational field.
• Captain John and Cloud watched in astonishment as Ares blocked Rocks’s attack, and Rocks said the battle was truly beginning.
• Ares fused the tornado’s rotation into his Dragon-Breath flames, but Rocks absorbed them with a black hole.
• Ares wondered whether Rocks could absorb energy without limit and how he could counter the Dark-Dark Fruit.

Ares studied Rocks's Dark-Dark Fruit and met his attacks with a powerful dragon-tail slash and a punch of his own. He blocked Rocks's Conqueror's Haki-coated fist, surprising Rocks and the watching pirates.

• Ares recalled his battle with Rocks and resolved to learn the Dark-Dark Fruit's weaknesses through continued fighting.
• Ares struck at Rocks with a sword-like slash from his dragon tail, but Rocks shattered the Sword Qi with one punch.
• Rocks challenged Ares to face his Conqueror's Haki-coated punch and charged at him with black-red lightning around his fist.
• Ares transformed into his human-beast form and countered with his Red Dragon Fierce Strike.
• Their fists collided, knocking nearby pirates unconscious and cracking Skull Castle's walls.
• Captain John saw that Ares had blocked Rocks's punch, and Rocks recognized Ares's Punch Wave technique.

Ares copied Rocks's use of Advanced Armament Haki and launched a powerful Conqueror's Haki punch, but Rocks won their clash and sent him crashing to the ground. Rocks pressed the attack, intending to break Ares's spirit and keep his Conqueror's Haki from ever matching his own.

• Rocks recognized Ares's mastery of Punch Wave and decided to use more of his strength to defeat him.
• Ares studied Rocks's Advanced Armament Haki and attacked with Conqueror—Great Ape King Fist.
• Captain John and the Rocks Pirates used Armament Haki emission to shield themselves and Skull Castle from the clash's destructive aftermath.
• Ochoku and Shiki the Golden Lion noticed the battle; Shiki turned his attention back to the prisoners and unleashed Lion's Might—Ground Roll.
• Rocks struck Ares down and declared that he would beat him until he submitted, while Captain John called Rocks an insurmountable mountain.

Ares studied Rocks’s Advanced Armament Haki and used what he learned to improve his attacks, but Rocks dominated the fight with his future sight. Ares then unleashed a Conqueror’s Haki domain that disrupted Rocks’s Observation Haki and let him land a series of heavy punches, leaving Rocks shocked by Ares’s Observation Kill.

• Ares analyzed Rocks’s punches while recovering, then emerged to meet Rocks’s next attack with a stronger Conqueror’s Haki-coated punch.
• Rocks sent Ares flying through several mountains and taunted him, claiming Ares would lose once his Conqueror’s Haki ran out.
• Rocks dodged Ares’s barrage with future sight and declared himself a monster superior to the other Rocks Pirates.
• Ares recognized Rocks’s future sight and spread his Conqueror’s Haki into a domain that blocked Rocks’s perception of the future.
• Ares struck Rocks repeatedly, sending him flying and prompting Rocks to identify the technique as Observation Kill.

Ares used Observation Kill to injure Rocks, then kept up a relentless assault as Rocks fought more cautiously. As Captain John blocked Slada from joining the battle, Ares and Rocks continued fighting with the outcome unresolved.

• Rocks realized he had underestimated Ares after Ares's punches sent him flying and left him injured.
• Ares attacked Rocks with a rapid barrage of punches, kicks, and slashes, while Rocks defended carefully and tried to counter.
• The arriving Rocks Pirates watched in shock, and Captain John noticed blood at the corner of Rocks's mouth.
• Slada rushed to help Ares, but Captain John stopped him and warned that interfering would mean death.
• Slada declared that he followed only Ares and threatened to attack Captain John if he did not move.

Captain John fought Slada while Ares battled Rocks and rapidly improved his Advanced Armament Haki. After Cloud learned that the Roger Pirates had rescued Shakky and killed his agent, he decided to free Katakuri, while Rocks prepared a powerful attack against Ares.

• Captain John blocked Slada’s trident and counterattacked with his Two Sword Style, but Slada stopped his Sword Qi with Armament Haki.
• Rocks knocked Ares away, then realized that Ares’s Advanced Armament Haki was growing stronger as he learned from their fight.
• Cloud learned that the mission to capture the Celestial Dragons had failed because the Roger Pirates rescued Shakky, and an agent was killed during the call.
• Cloud told Katakuri that Ares had fought Rocks for his sake and decided to release him after the battle; Katakuri wept and blamed himself for being too weak to protect his siblings.
• Rocks pulled away from Ares and formed a huge sphere of black smoke with his Dark Star technique, making Ares sense imminent danger.