Recaps

Ares explained that Pure Gold and the Op-Op Fruit’s immortality operation could grant immortality, alarming Olvia and Dr. Kureha with the possibility that the World Government had immortals. He prepared to leave Drum Island with Olvia and Crocus, while continuing to plan for the Land of Wano’s development.

• Ares told Dr. Kureha and Olvia that Pure Gold could extend life and that an Op-Op Fruit user could grant immortality by sacrificing their own life.
• Olvia inferred that the World Government might have one or more immortals, and Dr. Kureha was shaken by the implications of its centuries-long rule.
• Ares warned Olvia to keep the secrets quiet, told her to rest, and said they would set out together the next day.
• Ares returned to training and reflected that the Land of Wano needed development beyond military strength.
• Ares brought Crocus back, and Crocus praised Drum Island’s medical books and hoped to surpass Dr. Kureha.
• Ares said they would copy the books for the Land of Wano, where Dr. Kureha and Crocus could help build a great medical nation.

Ares took Crocus, Olvia, and Dr. Kureha to Little Garden to challenge the powerful giants Blue Ogre Dorry and Red Ogre Brogy. As the giant captains joined forces to attack the shadow overhead, Ares leaped down from the sky to face them.

• Ares used Flame Cloud to carry the group and their luggage, then announced they would visit an island with powerful giants before going to Sky Island.
• Ares brought everyone to Little Garden, where Blue Ogre Dorry and Red Ogre Brogy began their latest duel.
• Dorry and Brogy paused their fight when a massive shadow darkened the sky and prepared to destroy it together.
• Crocus recognized the giants as the captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates, and Dr. Kureha warned Ares that they were dangerous Great Pirates.
• Ares laughed off the warning and leaped down to challenge Blue Ogre Dorry and Red Ogre Brogy.

Ares faced Brogy and Dorry’s combined attack, survived it without injury, and challenged the two giant warriors to a fight. Brogy and Dorry accepted his presence with astonishment, while Ares’s companions remained nearby with Laboon.

• Brogy and Dorry unleashed their combined Hagoku attack, and Ares met it with a Blood-colored Armament punch.
• The collision scattered the clouds and sent violent aftershocks across the sky, injuring Laboon and nearly blowing Olvia off his back.
• Ares crashed onto the island, but Brogy and Dorry found him walking out of the dust unharmed.
• Ares introduced himself, lowered Laboon into the sea, and identified the giants as Red Ogre Brogy and Blue Ogre Dorry.
• Ares excitedly challenged Brogy and Dorry to a satisfying battle.

Ares challenged Dorry and Brogy on Little Garden, insisting they fight him together without weapons. He defeated Dorry in a test of strength and then overwhelmed him with the Giant Tribe technique Ikoku, leaving Brogy shocked by Ares’s mastery.

• Dorry and Brogy argued over which of them would fight Ares, but Ares challenged both giants to attack together.
• Ares shattered Dorry’s shield with a punch, and Dorry and Brogy threw aside their weapons to fight him bare-handed.
• Dorry struck Ares with a powerful punch, but Ares met it head-on and knocked Dorry to the ground.
• Dorry used Hagoku against Ares, who countered with Ikoku, a technique he had secretly learned from BIG.
• Ares’s shock wave broke through Dorry’s attack and blasted him backward, leaving Brogy stunned that Ares had mastered a Giant Tribe technique.

Ares fought Dorry and Brogy, first knocking them down and then challenging them to attack together. He held back to draw out their techniques, but as the fight continued, the giants’ arms grew numb while his punches stayed precise and strong.

• Ares sent Dorry and Brogy flying with powerful punches, while Crocus, Dr. Kureha, and Olvia watched and discussed his strength and training.
• Dorry and Brogy got back up, marveled at Ares’s physical power, and charged him together after he challenged them to a two-on-one fight.
• Ares matched the giants’ strength and exchanged dozens of punches with their four hands, standing firm as the ground cracked beneath him.
• Ares kept fighting to draw out the giants’ combat techniques, trading hundreds of blows with them without ending the battle quickly.
• Brogy noticed that his arm had gone numb and his strength was fading, while Ares’s punches remained fast, precise, and consistent.

Ares studied Brogy and Dorry’s combination attack, Hagoku, and decided to recreate its power alone using his Devil Fruit and Life Return. He prepared to test the technique against the giants, who realized its potential could be terrifying.

• Dorry and Brogy admitted that their combat experience and familiar fighting styles were not enough to defeat Ares, so they joined forces and used Hagoku.
• Ares deliberately took the giants’ shockwave attack so he could study Hagoku and compare it with Linlin’s Ikoku.
• Brogy and Dorry were astonished when Ares emerged from the dust unharmed and transformed into a larger, scaled form.
• Ares used Life Return to control his dragon tail and raised it like a blade while preparing to perform Hagoku alone.
• Brogy and Dorry watched tensely as Ares gathered strength, recognizing that his solo combination attack could be terrifying.

Ares copied Dorry and Brogy’s combined technique, Conqueror’s Sea, during their fight, though he remained dissatisfied with his execution. He challenged the giants to fight again with their weapons, eager to see their strongest technique.

• Olvia, Kureha, and Crocus recognized Ares’s exceptional talent, persistence, and ability to learn as they watched him fight.
• Ares used his own imperfect version of Conqueror’s Sea against Dorry and Brogy’s combined attack, and the collision devastated the battlefield and wounded the giants.
• Ares criticized his technique for scattering its power, while Dorry and Brogy acknowledged how quickly he had learned something that took their people decades to master.
• Ares told Dorry and Brogy to retrieve their weapons and fight him again, insisting that their unarmed strength could not satisfy him.
• Dorry and Brogy retrieved their sword and axe from the volcano, and Ares challenged them to show him their strongest technique.

Ares watched Brogy and Dorry prepare and unleash their weapon-based 'Hakoku' so he could learn the Giants' authentic technique. The chapter ended as he recognized the red and blue energy shockwaves as attacks resembling sword qi.

• Ares focused on memorizing Brogy and Dorry's movements as they prepared to use 'Hakoku'.
• Dorry and Brogy warned Ares that their weapon-based attack was much stronger than their unarmed version, but he refused to back down.
• Brogy and Dorry charged their sword and axe with momentum and Armament Haki.
• Brogy and Dorry swung their weapons and released red and blue energy shockwaves with 'Hakoku'.
• Ares compared the shockwaves to sword qi and Kaido's 'Club Aura'.

Ares deliberately took Brogy and Dorry’s combined Hakai head-on to experience its power and strengthen his body. The attack swallowed him, leaving Olvia, Crocus, Dr. Kureha, and the two giants fearing he was dead.

• Brogy and Dorry fused their red and blue sword energy into a powerful combined Hakai, astonishing Ares.
• Ares chose not to defend himself, hoping the attack would help him understand Hakai and grow stronger.
• Brogy and Dorry urged Ares to block the attack, while Laboon, Crocus, Olvia, and Dr. Kureha watched in alarm.
• Hakai struck Ares in the chest and engulfed him in its radiance.
• Olvia demanded that Crocus and Dr. Kureha treat Ares, and both doctors hurried toward the island.
• Brogy and Dorry lamented that Ares had seemingly died before they could have a proper fight with him.

Ares endured Brogy and Dorry’s devastating “Hakai” without Armament Haki to learn the Giants’ combined technique, but his depleted stamina and the shock wave’s destruction left him on the verge of unconsciousness and death. He struggled to shield his vital organs with Advanced Armament Haki as he forced himself to stay awake.

• Ares willingly let “Hakai” engulf him, using Life Return to regenerate his body while studying the attack’s power.
• The shock wave tore away Ares’s flesh and ground his bones down as his regeneration consumed his remaining stamina.
• Ares realized he had exhausted himself by eating little and training without rest, leaving too little strength to use Armament Haki.
• As his body and consciousness weakened, Ares tried to use Advanced Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki to protect his vital organs.
• Ares rejected the thought that he had been overconfident and urged himself to stay awake so he could grow strong enough to oppose the World Government and Imu.

Crocus and Dr. Kureha raced across Little Garden to reach Ares after the Giants' attack, while Brogy and Dorry went to bury him. They found Ares barely alive after he unleashed Conqueror's Haki, and Crocus and Dr. Kureha began assessing his terrible injuries.

• Crocus and Dr. Kureha struggled across Little Garden, fighting island creatures and exhausting themselves as they hurried toward Ares.
• Dr. Kureha proposed finding Brogy and Dorry so the Giants could carry them to Ares, and they climbed onto Dorry's shoe when their shouts went unheard.
• Brogy and Dorry spotted black-and-red lightning in the sky and recognized Ares's Conqueror's Haki, then ran toward him with Crocus and Dr. Kureha on Dorry's shoe.
• Brogy and Dorry found Ares standing bloodied at the island's edge and realized he had survived their combined attack but was close to death.
• Crocus opened his medical kit while Dr. Kureha criticized Ares's reckless training, and they prepared to treat him.

After surviving Brogy and Dorry’s combined Ikoku Sovereignty, Ares refused to leave for medicine and focused on recovering through food while studying their attack. He tried holding Dorry’s sword and considered how wielding weapons might help him develop a sharper fighting style of his own.

• Ares demanded meat to replenish his energy, while Dorry and Brogy went hunting for a dinosaur.
• Crocus and Dr. Kureha treated Ares’s wounds, but Ares declined Crocus’s suggestion to travel for more medicine.
• Ares used his memories to study Brogy and Dorry’s Ikoku Sovereignty and planned to practice it after recovering.
• Brogy and Dorry returned with dinosaur meat and told Ares they had thought he was dead.
• Ares took Dorry’s longsword, considered learning to wield weapons, and bit into the partly cooked dinosaur meat.

Ares recovered from his injuries on Little Garden and tried to recruit Brogy and Dorry, then revealed that he was the shogun of the Land of Wano. He failed to persuade the Giants to join his crew, but proposed that young Giants visit Wano to gain experience and join his forces.

• Ares ate dinosaur meat to heal, asked Crocus and Dr. Kureha how to strengthen his recovery, and learned that medicinal herbs might help stimulate his cells.
• Brogy and Dorry said the island's food supply was running out and they were ready to leave Little Garden, so Ares invited them to join his pirate crew.
• After Brogy rejected the invitation, Ares proposed that young members of the Giant Tribe travel to the Land of Wano to gain experience, revealing that he was its shogun.
• Dr. Kureha asked for generous medical fees and benefits, while Ares promised wealth if they made Wano's medical science the world's foremost.
• Crocus realized Ares had brought Olvia partly to help govern Wano, and Ares said he also planned to have her study administration.

Ares made a pact with Dorry and Brogy to welcome Giant Tribe youngsters to the Land of Wano, then departed Little Garden with Crocus, Dr. Kureha, and Olvia. After discovering that his Log Pose had been destroyed, he decided to keep sailing toward Skypiea, where he hoped to find the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

• Ares invited Giant Tribe youngsters to gain experience in the Land of Wano, and Brogy and Dorry agreed to visit when the country opened its borders.
• Ares said farewell to Brogy and Dorry, who promised to fight him again in the New World.
• Olvia worried about Ares, but Crocus and Dr. Kureha assured her that he had recovered from his injuries.
• Ares discovered that the Log Pose had been destroyed during his battle with Dorry and Brogy.
• Ares and his companions decided to seek a new Log Pose and continue toward Skypiea, where Ares hoped to obtain the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Ares planned to secure the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and bring the Sky Island under his command to strengthen the Land of Wano. After studying Alabasta’s port operations, Olvia joined Ares and the others as they reached the Sky Island safely.

• Ares considered the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s potential and planned to make the Sky Island part of his territory.
• Olvia spent half a month studying Nanohana’s port operations, then showed Ares her detailed notes, earning his praise and a renewed promise to help her study the Poneglyphs.
• Ares planned to reveal information about the red Poneglyphs and use the resulting competition among Rocks, Roger, Golden Lion, World, and others to find them.
• Olvia used the Log Pose to guide the group to the waters above Upper Yard, where they witnessed the Knock Up Stream erupt.
• Ares carried the group and Laboon upward on Flame Clouds, blasted through the White Sea with a Heat Breath, and reached the cloud ocean of the Sky Island.

Ares arrived at Angel Island with his companions aboard the colossal Laboon and demanded to meet its ruler, Gan Fall. As Gan Fall approached, the winged horse recoiled from Ares’s overwhelming presence.

• A creature from the sea of clouds fled after seeing Laboon, and Olvia marveled at the wonders of the sky island.
• Ares used Observation Haki to search for the Shandia settlement but failed, so he directed Laboon toward Angel Island.
• Laboon reached Angel Island, where its residents panicked at the sight of the enormous whale.
• Ares and his companions went ashore, and Ares told the island’s soldiers he wanted to see their God.
• Gan Fall arrived on a winged horse, but the horse stopped at a distance, frightened by Ares’s aura.

Ares confronted Gan Fall on Sky Island and declared his intention to conquer Angel Island and subjugate the Shandia. He left Gan Fall frozen in terror and warned him that he was too weak to be worth fighting.

• Gan Fall overcame Pierre's attempts to stop him and went to face Ares on the beach.
• Ares told Gan Fall that Upper Yard belonged to the Shandia and claimed it for himself.
• Ares declared that he would conquer Angel Island and make both its people and the Shandia his subjects.
• Gan Fall vowed to defend Upper Yard, but Ares's gaze left him unable to move.
• Ares told Gan Fall that he was too weak to interest him and demanded that he understand the difference between them.

Ares used his Haki to subdue Gan Fall and Angel Island’s residents, then explained that he wanted to connect Sky Island with the Blue Sea for trade rather than send its people to war. Gan Fall accepted Ares’s rule, and Ares appointed him lord of Angel Island with Olvia as his assistant before heading to Apaya Island.

• Ares unleashed his Haki, knocking out everyone nearby and leaving Gan Fall unable to move.
• Olvia accused Ares of selfishly dragging Angel Island into war, but Ares explained his plan to expand trade between Sky Island and the Blue Sea.
• Ares said Angel Island’s people were too weak to serve as soldiers, and Olvia apologized for misunderstanding his intentions.
• Gan Fall agreed to accept Ares’s rule as long as Ares did not force the residents into war.
• Ares declared Angel Island his territory, appointed Gan Fall its lord, and assigned Olvia to assist him.
• Gan Fall offered to guide Ares and the others to Apaya Island.

Ares claimed Upper Yard and searched it for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit while planning to develop the island with the Shandia and Angel Island residents. He told Olvia that he intended to move Angel Island to the New World above Wano, though he had never tried moving an island of that size.

• Ares refused Gan Fall’s offer and said he would have the Shandia and Angel Island residents develop Upper Yard together.
• Ares left Crocus, Olvia, and the others on Angel Island under Laboon’s protection, then flew to Upper Yard to search for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Ares used Observation Haki to search Upper Yard while training, found no Rumble-Rumble Fruit by nightfall, and returned with gold.
• Olvia told Ares that Angel Island’s residents had calmed down, and he entrusted her with the gold and discussed development plans, including selling Sky Island Shells.
• Ares told Olvia he planned to move Angel Island above Wano in the New World, and she questioned whether he could move an island so large.

Ares learned that Bika Island still existed and asked Olvia to investigate it, then experimented with using lightning to create radio waves that could strengthen his Observation Haki. He left the search for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit for later and returned to Angel Island, planning to continue training the next day.

• Olvia told Ares that Bika Island was under Gan Fall’s jurisdiction, and Ares asked her to learn more about it and investigate in person.
• Olvia said she would speak with Gan Fall about easing the residents’ concerns over moving Angel Island and Bika Island.
• Ares searched Apaya Island for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, then began testing whether he could use lightning to form radio waves and improve his Observation Haki.
• Ares spent the day controlling charged particles but could not yet figure out how to receive information gathered by the radio waves.
• Ares decided to combine the radio waves with Observation Haki and returned to Angel Island, thinking of Kaido, Slada, and the others in Wano.

Ares found the Golden Bell and the Poneglyph beneath it on Apaya Island, then rang the bell to draw the Shandia people out. Its chimes reached the Sky Islanders and Jaya Island, leaving Mont Blanc Cricket’s father convinced that their ancestor had told the truth about the Golden Land.

• Ares found the Golden Bell and a Poneglyph beneath its base while searching Upper Yard Island for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Ares struck the Golden Bell, realizing its sound could help him explore ways to detect his surroundings.
• Olvia and Gan Fall heard the chimes, and Gan Fall rode Pierre toward Apaya Island to investigate.
• The Shandia people heard the Golden Bell and followed their Chieftain toward Apaya Island to reclaim it.
• On Jaya Island, Mont Blanc Cricket’s father heard the bell and declared that Mont Blanc Noland had not lied about the Golden Land.

Ares rang the Golden Bell in Upper Yard, confirming that the island had once belonged to the Shandia people, while continuing to search for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. When the Shandia warriors arrived, Ares declared himself master of Upper Yard, Angel Island, and Birka, leaving Gan Fall alarmed by the possibility that Ares planned to move the sky island to the New World.

• Ares rang the Golden Bell, and Gan Fall arrived, recognizing the bell as evidence that Upper Yard had belonged to the Shandia people.
• Ares kept his search for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit secret and resolved to continue looking for it.
• Sky Lord Nola emerged from the forest, but Ares's presence frightened the enormous python into obeying him.
• Ares sensed the approaching Shandia warriors, who gathered around the Golden Bell and Nola.
• Ares introduced himself as the master of Upper Yard, and Gan Fall confirmed that he also ruled Angel Island and Birka.
• Gan Fall recalled Olvia's warning that Ares planned to move the sky island to the New World.

Ares overwhelmed the Shandia Warriors who attacked him and refused to return the Golden Bell. He offered the Shandia people a chance to return to Upper Yard if they swore unconditional allegiance to him.

• Gan Fall doubted Ares could move Upper Yard until Olvia explained that Ares had brought Laboon to the sky with his Devil Fruit ability.
• Shandia Warriors declared Upper Yard their homeland and fired Flame Cannons at Ares, but his Armament Haki blocked every shot.
• Ares struck the Shandia Warriors who had attacked him with red lightning and Conqueror's Haki, leaving them grievously injured or unconscious.
• The Shandia Chieftain asked what it would take for Ares to return the Golden Bell, and Ares said he would not hand it over.
• Ares offered the Shandia people a chance to return to Upper Yard if they swore unconditional allegiance to him.

Ares secured the Shandia people's allegiance by granting them permission to settle on Upper Yard, while Gan Fall and Olvia organized their resettlement. He continued searching Sky Island for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and the chapter ended with Olvia asking when the migration would begin.

• Ares demanded the Shandia Chieftain swear allegiance and promised the Shandia people could live on Upper Yard; the Chieftain agreed, and Ares ordered them to call him King.
• Ares assigned Gan Fall to arrange housing for the Shandia people and spared Nola, asking it to carry the Golden Bell instead.
• Gan Fall and Olvia helped the Shandia people rebuild on Upper Yard, while Ares continued searching for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Ares worried that the fruit might fall into someone else's hands or reach Enel, then searched every remaining part of Sky Island, including Birka.
• Olvia told Ares that construction was progressing smoothly and that only a few hundred Shandia people remained; Ares urged her to preserve Ohara's books and train capable people.
• Olvia asked Ares when he planned to begin the migration to Upper Yard.

Ares searched Birka for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit but found nothing, then ordered the residents to prepare for the Upper Yard’s relocation. The next day, he transformed into a massive azure dragon before the stunned islanders, and Olvia identified his power as a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.

• Ares confirmed that Olvia had made and secured rubbings of the Golden Bell’s Poneglyph, then urged her to learn its writing in Wano.
• Ares searched Birka for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit for several days but failed to find it, and he considered keeping an eye on Enel instead.
• Crocus became Dr. Kureha’s disciple and began improving his medical skills under her guidance.
• Ares told Gan Fall, the Shandia Chieftain, and Olvia to prepare for his attempt to move the Upper Yard, while Laboon would be responsible for Angel Island.
• Ares transformed into a gigantic azure dragon, stunning Gan Fall, the Shandia Chieftain, and the islanders, and Olvia explained that he possessed a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.