Recaps

Golden Lion tried to recruit Ares as his swordsmanship student, but Ares insisted that building his body was more important. After Golden Lion demonstrated his power by cutting the top off a mountain, Ares decided he wanted to learn how to perform such an attack.

• Golden Lion praised Ares and urged him to learn swordsmanship, but Ares refused, saying he would focus on forging his body.
• Golden Lion took Ares out of the training room, and Ochoku told him about the swordsman Patrick Redfield, known as the Lone Red.
• Golden Lion led Ares and Ochoku to a remote valley and demonstrated his swordsmanship with Withered Tree, slicing the top off a mountain.
• Ares was amazed by the golden slash and declared that he had to learn how to use the same kind of attack.

Ares asked Shiki the Golden Lion to teach him swordsmanship and learned to unleash a Flying Slash within minutes. After seeing Ares rapidly improve, Shiki agreed to train him, and Ares vowed to become the strongest swordsman.

• Ares asked Shiki the Golden Lion to teach him swordsmanship after watching Shiki's slash cut off a mountaintop.
• Ares imitated Shiki's strike and unleashed a Flying Slash within minutes, astonishing Shiki and Ochoku.
• Ares repeatedly practiced with his arm, producing increasingly powerful but explosive slashes that Shiki said lacked sharpness and concentration.
• Ochoku praised Ares's talent, then left so Shiki could teach him.
• Shiki explained the physical and mental benefits of swordsmanship, and Ares vowed to become a swordsman stronger than everyone else.

Golden Lion began teaching Ares swordsmanship, and Ares adapted the basic techniques to his goal of making his body his weapon. After half a day of rapid progress, Ares returned to Skull Castle and devoured dinner while Shakky fumed over his growing appetite.

• Golden Lion offered Ares the sword Sakura Ten, but Ares refused and declared that his body would become his weapon and surpass the Supreme Great Sword.
• Golden Lion warned Ares not to block a great swordsman's slash before his Armament Haki grew strong enough, then began teaching him basic sword techniques.
• Ares practiced the movements with his arms and legs, quickly mastering the fundamentals and adjusting each technique to improve its power.
• Golden Lion praised Ares's talent, ended the training, and returned with him to Skull Castle for dinner.
• Ares ate stacks of food and drank liquor, while Shakky angrily demanded to know how much longer he would keep eating.

Ares ate a huge meal at the Rocks Pirates’ dining hall, then discussed his dream of becoming a Supreme Grade Sword with Golden Lion. The chapter left Ares training with renewed determination while Golden Lion believed Ares could help him surpass Rocks and rule the sea.

• Golden Lion told Shakky that Ares was fourteen or fifteen and still growing, while Shakky worried about how much food he consumed.
• Ares spent nearly an hour eating a mountain of food, then said he planned to eat the delicious cooking every day.
• Golden Lion invited Ares to stand beside him when he achieved his dream, but Ares asked what the dream was and spoke instead about becoming a sword beyond the Supreme Great Swords.
• Golden Lion left with renewed confidence in Ares, while Shakky reconsidered her opinion of the glutton.
• Ares went to the training room and repeatedly hammered his body, gradually toughening his skin and muscles and increasing his resistance to heat.

Ares trained with Golden Lion and Whitebeard, quickly learning a powerful sword slash and beginning Whitebeard’s Body Arts lessons. After days of visible progress, Ochoku took Ares aboard a ship for his first mission, which was expected to last about a month.

• Ares finished training, returned to Skull Castle, and later woke with his memories of the previous day’s combat and lessons sharpened.
• Whitebeard watched Ares cut down a tree with a sword slash and insisted that Ares’s rapid progress came from talent rather than Golden Lion’s teaching.
• Whitebeard began teaching Ares Body Arts, explaining how to control and unify the body’s strength and energy.
• Ares trained for seven or eight days, alternating between swordsmanship, Body Arts, and conditioning.
• Ochoku brought Ares to the port of Hachinosu Island and took him aboard a ship for an easy mission expected to last about a month.
• Ochoku ordered the crew to set sail after the ship’s supplies and preparations were checked.

Wang Zhi took Ares and his crew on a mission to collect protection fees, while urging Ares and the other pirates not to lose sight of their dreams. On the way to another island, they encountered the Byrnndi World Pirates, and Wang Zhi prepared the crew for battle.

• As the crew sailed from Hachinosu Island, Wang Zhi told Ares and the pirates to pursue their dreams without losing themselves, while Ares continued his punishing training.
• Wang Zhi’s crew spent twelve days collecting protection fees from islands, and Ares ate nearly half the ship’s food supplies.
• When the crew approached their next island, a lookout spotted the Byrnndi World Pirates sailing straight toward them.
• Wang Zhi ordered the helmsman to turn the ship around and the gunners to load ammunition as the pirates prepared for battle.
• Wang Zhi told Ares that Bundy World, the World Destroyer, had a bounty of two hundred million Berries and warned that they were in big trouble.

Bundy World ordered his crew to attack the Rocks Pirates for their supplies and treasure, while Ares swam alone toward the World Pirates’ ship. As Sebastian rushed to intercept him beneath the waves, Ochoku turned the Rocks ship around to fight, leaving the clash poised to begin.

• Bundy World identified the approaching vessel as a Rocks Pirates ship and ordered his officers to defeat its crew within three minutes.
• Ares plunged into the sea and swam toward the World Pirates’ ship, evading cannon fire as he eagerly sought battle.
• Ochoku failed to stop Ares and ordered the Rocks Pirates’ ship turned around and prepared for battle.
• Sebastian dived underwater and charged at Ares, confident that his Fish-Man abilities gave him the advantage.
• Bundy World called off the cannon fire and predicted Sebastian would defeat Ares within ten seconds.

Ares fought Fish-Man Sebastian underwater and used the clash to study Fish-Man swimming and martial arts. After sending Sebastian flying with a powerful punch, Ares surfaced for air and dove back in to keep learning, while Bundy World grew impatient at Sebastian’s delay.

• Sebastian attacked Ares with Fish-Man martial arts, firing water bullets with Great Flying Shark, but Ares dodged by kicking himself forward through the sea.
• Sebastian tried to punch Ares and was surprised when Ares moved quickly enough to evade him; Ares focused on learning Sebastian’s swimming technique and water-based attack.
• Ares and Sebastian’s fists collided evenly, despite the seawater slowing Ares’s punch.
• Sebastian used Fish-Man Karate—Water Shot, but Ares countered with Armament—Shatter Mountain Fist and blasted him backward, drawing blood.
• Ares surfaced for air, then dove back underwater to continue learning from Sebastian, recalling how he had treated the beasts on his home island as toys.
• Bundy World frowned and complained that Sebastian had not defeated Ares despite thirty seconds passing.

Bundy World and Ochoku clashed as their ships approached, while Ares gained the upper hand against Sebastian underwater. The chapter left Sebastian fleeing and Ares pursuing him to study his techniques.

• Binjack urged Bundy World to prepare for battle and check on Sebastian as the ships drew close.
• Bundy World hurled a bomb enlarged by his Munch-Munch Fruit, and Ochoku split it in two with a sword strike.
• Ochoku launched a powerful slash at Bundy World, who countered with an enlarged saber and shattered it.
• Sebastian realized Ares was faster and stronger underwater, then turned and fled from him.
• Ares pursued Sebastian, determined to learn his water-control ability and attack techniques.

Ares fought Sebastian and the Byrnndi World Pirates, learning from their combat techniques while facing Gai Ram’s Cube-Cube Fruit ability. As the pirates prepared to attack him together, one cadre used a secret medicine and announced his move.

• Ares followed Sebastian underwater and climbed aboard the ship after Sebastian failed to defeat him.
• Gai Ram used his Cube-Cube Fruit to turn part of the deck into cubes and hurl them at Ares, who punched them aside.
• Gai Ram compressed air into a cube and threw it at Ares, who countered with a slash from his arm.
• Ares realized how speed and strength could create powerful slashes and thanked the pirates for helping him learn.
• Sebastian and the other pirates grew wary of Ares, and a cadre took powdered medicine and shouted, “Herbal Fist--Secret Medicine--Korean Newcomer!!!”

Ares defeated Sebastian and Gai Ram aboard the Byrnndi World Pirates’ ship, then jumped into the sea after spotting a Marine warship. Nightin learned that Vice Admiral Garp was aboard and ordered the crew to retrieve the fallen commanders and flee.

• Nightin transformed after taking medicine and attacked Ares with poisonous mist, but Ares dodged and broke Sebastian’s hand with a powerful punch, sending him into the sea.
• Gai Ram struck Ares’s head with an iron hammer, but Ares remained unharmed and punched Gai Ram into the sea.
• The pirates were terrified by Ares’s strength, while Nightin backed away in fear.
• A cannonball hit the ship, and the pirates spotted a Marine warship approaching.
• Ares jumped into the sea, eager to face the Marines, while Nightin learned the ship belonged to Vice Admiral Garp and ordered her crew to retrieve Sebastian and Gai Ram and escape.

Ares boarded Vice Admiral Garp’s Marine warship and challenged its strongest fighter, then demonstrated his power by knocking Garp aside and defeating the young Dragon. Garp remained oblivious to the fight, and Dragon was left unconscious after being flung through the ship’s walls.

• Garp stopped thirteen-year-old Dragon from joining the fight against Byrnndi World and Ochoku, then sensed someone approaching the warship.
• Ares climbed aboard and refused Garp’s offer to join the Marines, demanding that the strongest person on the ship fight him.
• The Marines fired their muskets at Ares, but he deflected the bullets with his hardened arm.
• Ares punched the sleeping Garp into a cabin, and Dragon attacked Ares’s leg but burned his hand on it.
• Ares kicked Dragon in the face and sent him crashing through several wooden walls, while Garp emerged and wondered where Dragon had gone.

Garp knocked Ares into the sea with an Armament Haki punch, but Ares resurfaced and returned to the Marine warship. Ares challenged Garp to fight, while Dragon struggled to keep the shoe mark on his face from reddening.

• Garp learned that the pirate he had kicked was his son Dragon, then found him unconscious and handed him to a Marine.
• Garp introduced himself to Ares and struck him in the head with an Armament Haki fist, sending him into the sea.
• Ares surfaced memories of a kindergarten and someone named Li Yang, then swam back to the warship.
• Dragon woke and learned that anger made the shoe-sole mark on his cheek redden, so he tried to control his emotions.
• Garp and the Marines were shocked when Ares climbed onto the deck alive, and Ares challenged Garp to fight.

Ares fought Garp aboard the Marine warship, revealing a strange form of Armament Haki that let him withstand Garp’s blows. Meanwhile, Bundy World defeated Ochoku but ignored Binjack’s warning that Garp was nearby.

• Ares attacked Garp with a barrage of water droplets and a powerful punch, but Garp easily sent him flying.
• Ares hardened his arm with Armament Haki and charged Garp again, managing to withstand their clash without being knocked away.
• Ares struck the deck with his Bear’s Iron Hammer, and Garp dodged before kicking him away.
• A pirate told Ochoku that Ares had boarded Garp’s warship, distracting Ochoku and allowing Bundy World to punch him through his Golden Armor.
• Bundy World boasted after defeating Ochoku, while Binjack urged him to flee before Garp arrived.

Bundy World returned to his ship, learned that Ares had defeated his officers, and flew back to confront him while Binjack worried about his brother. On the Marine warship, Ares kept fighting Garp, whose admiration only made Dragon more uncomfortable.

• Binjack warned Bundy World that Ares might have attacked their ship, so World returned with him and found his officers injured.
• Nightin said Sebastian and Gai Ram were out of danger, while World berated his crew and then flew toward the Marine warship to fight Ares.
• Binjack watched World leave and mourned that illness had kept him from sharing their dream of traveling the world in search of freedom.
• Ochoku recovered from his injuries, ordered his ship to rescue Ares, and decided to retreat with him.
• Dragon counted Ares being knocked away thirty-five times and noticed that he seemed to grow stronger as he fought.
• Garp praised Ares's endurance and told Dragon he wished Ares were his son.

Dragon vowed to grow stronger after Garp reprimanded him, while Bundy World attacked the Marines and clashed with Garp. Ares studied Garp’s explosive power, tried to imitate it, and launched himself through the warship before crashing back into its cabin.

• Garp urged Dragon to train like Ares, and Dragon vowed to become strong enough to protect people and pursue his own justice.
• Bundy World landed on Garp’s warship, used his power to enlarge musket bullets, and blasted Marines before Garp attacked him.
• Ares reviewed his fight with Garp and realized that instantaneous explosive power could increase his speed.
• Ares launched himself through the warship’s ceiling, then fell back into the cabin as Ochoku watched in disbelief.

After Ares fought Garp and survived the battle, Ochoku pulled him out of danger and rebuked him for risking the crew. Ares learned about Garp and his injuries forced him to stop physical training, so he turned to mental training instead.

• Ochoku carried Ares back to the pirate ship, ordered a retreat, and scolded him for endangering everyone.
• Ares defended his recklessness as part of pursuing his dream, then realized he had failed to consider the crew and resolved to be more careful.
• Ochoku arranged for the ship's doctor to treat Ares while the crew cleaned up the damage from the battle.
• The ship's doctor told Ares that Garp was one of the strongest Marines and explained that his injuries could take ten days to two months to heal.
• Ares accepted that he could not resume physical training until he recovered and began his special training in his mind.

Ares reviewed his fight with Garp and studied the combat insights he had gained while recovering aboard the Rocks Pirates’ ship. At Marineford, Kong and Sengoku discussed Ares as a rising threat among the Rocks Pirates, while Garp decided to strengthen his fists.

• Ares replayed his battles in his mind and studied how Gai Ram used air and how Garp controlled explosive power.
• Ochoku warned Ares not to risk dying for his dreams and told him to seek Captain John’s help with his injuries after returning to Hachinosu Island.
• Ares insisted that he would eventually surpass Garp, then continued studying his battle memories while recovering.
• After two days at sea, a field officer reported Ares’s fight with Garp to Kong and other Marine leaders at Marineford.
• Sengoku assessed Ares as a young, powerful recruit with great potential, and Kong voiced concern about the Rocks Pirates’ growing strength.
• Garp announced that he would train by using two mountains as targets to make his fists stronger.

After Garp left Marine headquarters to train, Ares learned that the Marines had given him a forty-million-Berry bounty and returned to Hachinosu Island with Ochoku. He asked Captain John to treat his lingering injuries and explain how to improve his recovery, leaving John examining him and preparing medicine.

• Garp ignored Kong’s attempt to keep him in the meeting and left to practice his punches.
• Ochoku showed Ares a newspaper report about Redfield and revealed Ares’s forty-million-Berry bounty as Bloodhand—Ares.
• Ares and Ochoku returned to Hachinosu Island after completing only half their mission and unloading the supplies.
• Ares went to Skull Castle and asked Captain John to help his injuries heal faster and improve his recovery ability.
• Captain John examined Ares’s injuries, recognized that Garp had wounded him, and fetched medicine and bandages.

After recovering from his injuries, Ares trained on Hachinosu Island and learned to unleash a Flying Slash with his arm. Golden Lion returned and praised Ares for his progress, calling him a man born for the sword.

• Captain John treated Ares and explained that Zoan Devil Fruits could improve recovery, while warning that Devil Fruit users lost their ability to swim.
• Four or five days later, Ares recovered and began training slashes, speed, Body Arts, and physical strength on Hachinosu Island.
• Ares corrected his technique through repeated practice and eventually produced a powerful slash that cut a deep mark in the ground.
• Golden Lion returned, saw Ares's Flying Slash, and praised his talent and rapid progress.

Golden Lion Shiki tested Ares in swordsmanship training and was astonished by his talent and rapid progress. Rocks, Newgate, and Ochoku watched the fight, and Rocks praised Ares’s fearless approach to battle.

• Shiki praised Ares’s swordsmanship and talent, while Ares declared that he wanted to surpass the Supreme Great Sword and become the strongest and hardest.
• Shiki attacked Ares with Armament Haki-coated sheathed swords, and Ares blocked his blows with his hardened Blood Hand.
• Ares and Shiki fought fiercely, their clashes tearing through the surrounding earth and trees.
• Rocks, Newgate, and Ochoku watched from a distance as Rocks remarked on Ares’s rapid growth and Newgate agreed that Ares learned exceptionally quickly.
• Ochoku recalled Ares charging alone at the World Destroyer Pirates and Vice Admiral Garp, while Rocks defended Ares’s recklessness and praised him as a true warrior.

Ares continued battling Shiki the Golden Lion as Rocks, Whitebeard, and Ochoku watched his strength and unusual Armament Haki. Whitebeard then rushed into the arena to take Shiki’s place and spar with Ares.

• Rocks told Ochoku that his cautious nature had kept him from reaching the strength of Shiki and Whitebeard, while Ochoku said he was content to leave powerful opponents to them.
• Ares fought Shiki for nearly half an hour without tiring and steadily improved his slashes and combat skills.
• Shiki blocked Ares’s attacks with Armament Haki and reflected on how Ares’s unique Haki strained other people’s bodies.
• Whitebeard explained that years of harsh training had made Ares’s body unusual, and Rocks asked Ochoku to guide the young pirate.
• Whitebeard planted Cloud Piercer in the ground, charged into the arena, and called on Shiki to move aside so he could spar with Ares.

Whitebeard ignored his agreement with Golden Lion and sparred with Ares for hours, impressed by Ares’s rapid growth. The crew returned to Skull Castle for a banquet, where Shakky complained that Ares’s appetite had grown again.

• Whitebeard charged into Golden Lion’s scheduled spar with Ares, and Golden Lion accused him of cheating.
• Ares and Whitebeard exchanged punches and kicks for several hours while Rocks and Ochoku watched.
• Ares collapsed from exhaustion, and Whitebeard praised his progress while telling him he still had far to go.
• Golden Lion confronted Whitebeard over taking his turn, but Rocks stopped their argument and led the crew back to Skull Castle.
• The Rocks Pirates held a banquet, and Shakky complained that Ares had become an even bigger eater.

At the Rocks Pirates’ banquet, Whitebeard and Golden Lion protected Ares from Linlin’s advances, and the officers helped defuse the confrontation. Captain Rocks and Captain John arrived, and the banquet began.

• Shakky angrily chopped ingredients while Ares joined Whitebeard and Golden Lion in the officers’ room, drawing attention from the other pirates.
• Kaido watched Ares with envy and vowed to train harder, master Armament Haki, and become an officer.
• Linlin flirted with Ares and offered gifts for the chance to have children with him, but Whitebeard threatened her and pointed Cloud Piercer at her.
• Streusen and Silver Axe urged everyone to calm down, and Ares said he wanted to eat and drink.
• Rocks and John arrived, and the banquet officially began.

Rocks assigned Whitebeard to attack the Byrnndi World Pirates and sent Shiki and Ochoku to approach the Roger Pirates, while Ares looked forward to the voyage. After mastering Armament Haki, Kaido set out to challenge Ares, with Streusen following to watch their clash.

• Linlin ate cake while fantasizing about eventually tasting Ares.
• Rocks announced that Whitebeard would deal with the Byrnndi World Pirates and ordered Shiki and Ochoku to recruit the Roger Pirates or kill them if they refused.
• Ares welcomed the coming voyage, hoping to find a Devil Fruit and fight powerful opponents, while the crew prepared to sail in a month.
• Twenty-seven days later, Kaido had mastered Armament Haki and declared that he would defeat Ares.
• Kaido headed to challenge Ares, and Streusen followed, eager to witness the fight.