Recaps

Ares fought Linlin and revealed that his strength, durability, and Haki had grown dramatically. Rocks decided to let the battle continue so Ares could prove himself as a potential captain of the Rocks Pirates.

• Linlin attacked Ares with Napoleon, but he blocked her slash with Blood-colored Armament and met her strikes with overwhelming strength.
• Linlin summoned Zeus to strike Ares with lightning, but Ares destroyed the bolt with his Sword of Hades technique.
• Linlin engulfed Ares in Prometheus's flames, but he stood unharmed, astonishing Katakuri, Perospero, and Captain John.
• Rocks watched Ares fight and judged that he had grown strong enough to stand alongside the Rocks Pirates' top combatants.
• Captain John urged Rocks to stop the fight, but Rocks refused, saying Ares needed to prove himself through strength.

Ares fought Linlin to demonstrate his strength to the Rocks Pirates, blasting her away with a flaming punch and blocking her Elbaf Spear without injury. Ochoku wondered how far Ares had developed his unusual Armament Haki, while Katakuri decided to ask Ares to train him so he could protect his siblings.

• Rocks said Ares could become an officer if he earned the other pirates' recognition through his strength.
• Ares used Soru to land a flaming punch that sent Linlin crashing through buildings hundreds of meters away.
• Katakuri told Perospero he would ask Ares to take him as a disciple so he could grow strong enough to protect his younger siblings.
• Linlin fired an Elbaf Spear at Ares from the dust, and he chose to face it head-on with his blood-red Armament Haki.
• Ares emerged unharmed after blocking the attack without using his Devil Fruit, and Ochoku wondered what other techniques he had developed.

Ares and Linlin exchanged devastating attacks after he declared his slashes stronger, and Ares defeated her by smashing into her with his body. Linlin rose and explained her desire to create a giant family, while Ares insisted that no one could force Kaido to do anything.

• Ares claimed his slashes were several times stronger than Linlin’s and prepared to attack.
• Linlin combined Zeus, Prometheus, and her sword to unleash Maser Saber as Ares charged with his Swordless Style—Drawing Slash.
• Ares endured Linlin’s attack and crashed into her, sending her flying nearly two thousand meters before both fighters landed.
• Ares declared that no one could bully or force his younger brother Kaido to do anything.
• Linlin revealed that she wanted a huge family of giants because her own family had abandoned her, and said she would make everyone in the world gigantic.

Ares fought Linlin after she went berserk, while Kaido blamed himself for being too weak to help and vowed to protect Ares. Rocks stopped the battle and promoted Ares to captain of the Rocks Pirates’ 16th Division.

• Linlin fired a high-speed Resonance Light Cannon that blasted Ares into the ground, but he quickly recovered and charged back into the fight.
• Kaido felt guilty watching Ares fight for him, and Ochoku encouraged him to protect Ares whenever he was vulnerable.
• Kaido vowed to protect Ares, whom he regarded as his only family, as pirates gathered to watch Ares and Linlin’s destructive battle.
• Ares relished the direct combat and grew more formidable as Linlin struggled against his strength, toughness, and regeneration.
• Rocks and Captain John arrived and stopped the fight, and Rocks announced Ares’s promotion to captain of the 16th Division.

Rocks made Ares a captain of the Rocks Pirates’ Sixteenth Division after no one dared challenge him, and Ares asked Rocks to teach him how to use Conqueror’s Haki. Rocks explained its techniques and said even he had not reached the limit of his body’s development.

• Captain John supported Rocks’s decision and invited the pirates to challenge Ares for the officer position, but nobody stepped forward.
• Rocks named Ares captain of the Sixteenth Division, and Linlin agreed to end her conflict with Ares after Rocks offered her other people instead of Kaido.
• Ochoku, Kaido, and Silver Axe congratulated Ares, and Kaido and the others went to prepare a celebratory banquet as Ares headed to Skull Castle.
• Ares asked Rocks about Conqueror’s Haki, and Rocks explained how to use it to overwhelm enemies or coat the body and weapons.
• Rocks told Ares that Conqueror’s Haki grew with strength and spirit, and admitted he had not fully developed his own body’s potential.

Rocks explained to Ares how to combine Conqueror’s Haki with Armament Haki, while admitting that Ares gave him more confidence against the World Government. After her defeat, Linlin resolved to become stronger and asked Streusen to teach her swordsmanship, leaving them ready to begin training.

• Rocks taught Ares to use Armament Haki to bind and release Conqueror’s Haki, and Ares thanked him for the lesson.
• Rocks said Ares gave him more confidence in opposing the World Government.
• After losing to Ares, Linlin rejected Streusen’s advice to let the conflict go and vowed to become stronger.
• Linlin asked Streusen to teach her every sword technique he knew, and he agreed eagerly.
• Linlin said that gaining absolute strength would let her make anyone she wanted bear her children, then told Streusen to start training her immediately.

Ares’s new 2.2 billion Berries bounty spread across the seas, revealing that he had returned after a year. Whitebeard Newgate and Golden Lion Shiki eagerly set their sights on seeing him again, while Douglas Bullet heard of Ares and resolved to go to sea once he gained his freedom.

• A wanted poster announced that Blood Hand - Ares had received a 2.2 billion Berries bounty, the second-highest on the seas.
• Whitebeard Newgate saw Ares’s poster, celebrated his return, and ordered his crew to sail to Hachinosu Island for a banquet.
• Golden Lion Shiki spared an enemy after spotting Ares’s face in a newspaper and decided to return to Hachinosu Island to see him.
• Douglas Bullet heard children discuss Ares’s bounty and silently resolved to go to sea and learn how powerful such pirates were once he was free.

The Roger Pirates learned that Ares had stolen the Heavenly Gold and killed a Celestial Dragon, while Rayleigh resolved to face him again after a year of training. On Hachinosu Island, Ares agreed to let young Katakuri train alongside him, leaving Katakuri determined to grow stronger.

• Garp told Roger that Ares had stolen the Heavenly Gold and killed a Celestial Dragon, then Prodi scolded Garp for revealing classified information.
• Roger and Rayleigh discussed meeting Ares again, and Rayleigh vowed not to disappoint him in their next battle.
• On Hachinosu Island, Katakuri asked Ares to teach him how to become stronger, but Ares said he had no time to teach him.
• Katakuri asked to train alongside Ares, and Ares allowed it while telling him to learn through his own efforts.
• Kaido mocked Katakuri's ambition, but Katakuri insisted that hard work would make him stronger.

Kaido and Katakuri argued about who would be stronger, then Katakuri set out to earn Ares's recognition by training beside him. After witnessing Ares's extreme flame training and joining Kaido in self-conditioning, Ares began working on a way to contain his Conqueror's Haki with Blood-colored Armament.

• Kaido and Katakuri traded boasts about their future strength, while Ares watched their quarrel with amusement.
• Katakuri woke before dawn and waited outside Ares's room for hours before learning that Ares had gone to train in the mountains.
• Katakuri followed the sound of Ares's training and found him exercising inside scorching flames, but Kaido carried him away before the heat could badly dehydrate him.
• Kaido told Katakuri to train from a safer distance, then struck his own body with an iron club as Katakuri imitated him with a branch despite the pain.
• Ares finished his flame training and considered how to project his Blood-colored Armament so he could use it to contain the power of Conqueror's Haki.

Ares practiced releasing Armament Haki while Kaido stopped Katakuri from injuring himself with excessive training and explained how Ares had built his strength. After Kaido carried Katakuri into town, pirates eager to join Ares’s Division challenged Kaido, and Zhīyīn Kūn stepped forward to fight him.

• Ares repeatedly practiced releasing his blood-colored Armament Haki, learning to keep it condensed before trying to project it outward.
• Kaido stopped Katakuri’s brutal self-training and told him to build his body gradually using basic exercises and methods Ares had used.
• Katakuri asked about Ares’s training, then fainted from blood loss, so Kaido carried him to town.
• Pirates surrounded Kaido and clamored to join Ares’s Division after hearing about Ares’s victory over Charlotte Linlin and promotion to Captain of the 16th Division.
• Kaido challenged the pirates to prove themselves by beating him and punched one who insulted him.
• Zhīyīn Kūn transformed into a large black rooster and challenged Kaido, hoping to join Ares’s Division.

Kaido tested pirates seeking to join Ares’s crew and accepted Katakuri into the training group. Whitebeard reunited with Ares on Hachinosu, and after they discussed family, Captain John arrived to tell Rocks that something had happened.

• Kaido defeated Zhīyīn Kūn and warned the pirates that anyone seeking to join Ares’s crew had to get past him.
• Kaido took Katakuri to a doctor, then recognized his courage and endurance and admitted him to the training group.
• Whitebeard returned to Hachinosu and clashed fists with Ares, praising how much he had improved.
• Ares asked Whitebeard what he wanted most, and Whitebeard said he had always wanted a family.
• Captain John hurried to Rocks’s room in Skull Castle and reported that something had happened.

Rocks learned that the World Government had sent Ares a message about a Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit and arranged for Ares to join Captain John’s treasure mission. Meanwhile, Fleet Admiral Kong ordered a Marine operation to capture several Rocks Pirates officers, including Ares, shocking Garp.

• Captain John told Rocks that the World Government’s intercepted message named Ares and revealed a Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit.
• Rocks rejected the idea of questioning Ares and assigned Captain John to retrieve the treasure, ordering him to take Ares and watch for misunderstandings.
• Rocks wondered whether the World Government had offered Ares help with his dream and thought the coming mission might reveal the truth.
• Fleet Admiral Kong summoned Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr and announced a plan to capture Captain John, Ochoku, Silver Axe, and Ares during a covert mission.
• Garp froze when Kong named Ares and learned that he had become an officer of the Rocks Pirates.

The Marines sent Garp and Sengoku after Ares, while Captain John’s crew entered the Sea of Death in search of treasure. Ares rescued the ship from ocean whirlpools, but a swarm of sea tornadoes appeared ahead.

• Kong warned Garp that Ares had become a Rocks Pirates officer and gave Sengoku a vivre card to guide them to their target.
• Captain John studied the treasure map and nautical charts, then realized the crew was entering the Sea of Death.
• Ocean whirlpools and towering waves battered the ship, and a pirate was swept overboard.
• Ares transformed into a blue dragon and used Flame Cloud to lift the ship clear of the whirlpools.
• Ares spotted numerous moving sea tornadoes ahead as the crew braced for another natural disaster.

Ares destroyed the sea tornadoes and helped Captain John’s crew cross the Sea of Death, while Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp entered the deadly waters in pursuit. When John’s crew reached the location on his treasure map, they found no island and John insisted the map could not be wrong.

• Ares discovered that Dragon Flame attacks aimed at the sea vortices could destroy the sea tornadoes, clearing a path for Captain John’s ship.
• Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp entered the Sea of Death to pursue the Rocks Pirates, with Garp smashing waves and Zephyr steering the Marine warship away from vortices.
• Ares protected the pirates through hail and thunderclouds, then rested and ate as Kaido brought him food.
• Captain John announced that the crew was about two hours from their destination, and the pirates pressed on through the dangerous sea.
• At the marked location, Captain John found no island, while Ochoku and the other pirates angrily questioned him; John insisted the treasure map was correct.

Captain John dived to investigate the missing island while the crew waited aboard the ship, and Kaido went underwater after a disturbance erupted at the surface. Kaido found John battling a powerful lantern-headed sea creature wielding a stone trident, which unleashed a current attack and vowed to bury the treasure seekers.

• Captain John insisted the treasure map was genuine, handed it to Ochoku, and dived into the sea to search for the vanished island.
• Silver Axe urged the crew to turn back, but Ochoku told them to wait for John's return.
• A towering column of seawater erupted, and Ochoku sent Kaido underwater to find John.
• Kaido found John fighting a muscular, lantern-headed sea creature with a fish tail and stone trident.
• The creature attacked Kaido with a powerful current and declared that everyone seeking the treasure would be buried in the sea.

Kaido and Captain John fought the monster lantern fishman in the deep sea, but the enemy’s strength and water-control abilities overwhelmed them. Captain John expected reinforcements to arrive soon while worrying about Kaido’s fate.

• Kaido’s underwater punch lost much of its force, and he struggled to dodge the monster lantern fishman’s trident.
• Captain John attacked with a syringe but was cut at the waist, then signaled Kaido to flee and call for reinforcements.
• The monster lantern fishman hurled hardened water at Kaido and pursued him, claiming his body had grown rock-hard after centuries in the deep ocean.
• Kaido met the fishman’s punch with one of his own but was badly defeated and sent flying through the water.
• Captain John learned the monster had lived for over two hundred years and guessed that Ochoku and the others would soon send support.

Captain John fought the Sea Demon Slada underwater, but Slada's strength and the harsh conditions pushed him to the brink of death. As Slada drove him into the depths, a gigantic creature arrived, giving John hope of rescue.

• John discovered that the Lantern Fishman was a Sea Demon named Slada, a member of a supposedly near-extinct race.
• Slada attacked John with a massive water vortex, and John drank his medicinal wine before countering with his dual blades and Armament Haki.
• Slada shattered John's sword attack and overpowered him, despite John's enhanced strength as the vice-captain of the Rocks Pirates.
• Slada forced John deeper underwater, and John's waist wound reopened as the trident neared his face.
• John spotted a gigantic creature swimming toward them and realized that his savior had arrived.

Ares reached Captain John in the deep sea, rescued him, and faced the Sea Demon Slada, who attacked after accusing outsiders of destroying his tribe to seize its treasure. Their battle began with Ares countering Slada’s trident and launching powerful attacks of his own, leaving Slada shocked by Ares’s control of seawater.

• Ares arrived underwater and coiled his tail around Captain John, who then swam back toward the ship.
• Ares questioned whether Slada was a fish-man, and Slada identified himself as a survivor of the Sea Demon Tribe.
• Slada accused treasure seekers of destroying his people and attacked Ares with his trident.
• Ares caught Slada’s trident between his dragon teeth and struck back with a tail sweep.
• Slada manipulated seawater into a massive water attack, while Ares countered with claw slashes and a barrage of water bullets.
• Slada was astonished that Ares could manipulate seawater and that his attacks were even stronger than his own.

Ares battled Sea Demon Slada underwater, overpowering him with his strength and developing new techniques that turned seawater into weapons. Slada fled into the depths as Ares pursued him, determined to keep fighting and learn from his opponent.

• Sea Demon Slada charged Ares with his trident, but Ares met the attack head-on and overpowered him despite Slada's Armament Haki.
• Ares battered Slada with his dragon tail and a sphere of seawater, forcing him to dodge and fall onto the defensive.
• Ares imitated the Six Powers' Tempest Kick underwater and created a massive seawater slash called Swordless Style—Sea Kick.
• After refining the technique during their fight, Ares launched a sharper second slash, and Slada fled toward the depths of the sea.
• Ares pursued Slada and used Finger Pistol—Sea Spear Rain to fire high-speed seawater bullets at him.

Ares pursued the Sea Demon Slada underwater and experimented with adapting the Six Powers to the sea. Meanwhile, John and Ochoku learned that Ares might be in danger and dove in to help, unaware that he and Slada were already far from the ship.

• Ares fired water bullets at Slada, then began trying to use his dragon tail to imitate Soru as Slada fled.
• John surfaced with the unconscious Kaido and told Ochoku and Silver Axe that a powerful Sea Demon had defeated Kaido underwater.
• Ochoku recognized the Sea Demon as a survivor of the supposedly extinct Sea Demon Tribe, and Kaido regained consciousness.
• John warned that Ares might be in danger and dove underwater with Ochoku, while ordering Silver Axe to guard the ship and Kaido to stay behind.
• Silver Axe asked the pirates on deck whether anyone had heard of the Sea Demon Tribe.

Silver Axe and the pirates were lured away from the ship by a mysterious song, while Captain John and Ochoku returned from the depths to find the ship gone. Ares pursued Slada underwater and finally learned to use Soru in the seawater.

• Kaido described the deep-blue, powerful Sea Demon he had fought, then an enchanting song entranced the pirates and made them sail toward its source.
• Captain John and Ochoku found no sign of Ares or Slada at the underwater battlefield and searched the dark depths before returning to the surface.
• Captain John and Ochoku discovered that Silver Axe and the ship had sailed away, so John went to search for them while Ochoku stayed behind for Ares.
• Ares struggled to catch Slada and repeatedly refined his use of the Six Powers underwater.
• Ares successfully used Soru in the seawater and surged forward several dozen meters.

Ares caught up with the sea wraith Slada and challenged him to fight at full strength after taking away his speed advantage. Slada unleashed his escalating Destructive Tides, and Ares met the waves with powerful water-blade slashes as the battle continued.

• Ares used Shave through the seawater to catch Slada and wound his chest with a dragon claw.
• Ares admitted that he had learned to move quickly underwater and urged Slada to use his strongest attacks.
• Slada attacked with Sea God—Spinning Spear, but Ares crushed the whirlpool with his Iron Body—Golden Dragon Claw.
• Slada covered himself in Armament Haki and unleashed Sea God Poseidon—Destructive Tides, sending successive waves at Ares.
• Ares countered the first two tides with Swordless Style—Water Wave Sonic Slash, while Slada declared the waves would grow stronger until he ran out of strength.

Ares countered Sea Demon Slada’s increasingly powerful waves with his blood-red Crimson Sword technique and closed in on him. Instead of striking the defeated Slada, Ares offered him a chance to follow him and see the outside world.

• Slada launched a series of waves, and Ares initially held them back with an Armament Haki barrier.
• After the barrier shattered, Ares transformed into a blood-red dragon and used Swordless Style—Crimson Sword.
• Ares spun through the waves, disrupting Slada’s technique and reaching him before he could unleash more waves.
• Slada accepted his defeat and closed his eyes as Ares approached.
• Ares asked Slada to follow him and explore the outside world, where he could grow stronger.

Ares spared Sea Demon Slada and invited him to join his crew, but Slada revealed that the treasure included a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit. Meanwhile, Silver Axe and Kaido realized a mysterious singer had lured their ship toward an ambush, and the song suddenly changed as they tried to turn back.

• Ares told Slada he had no interest in the treasure and invited him to join his crew.
• Slada revealed that a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit was among the Sea Demon Tribe’s treasure and that the princess had eaten the other one.
• A woman riding a gigantic Sea King used her singing to steer the pirate ship toward an ambush.
• Silver Axe noticed the crew had been entranced by the song for nearly an hour and woke Kaido.
• Kaido and Silver Axe tried to turn the ship around and wake the other pirates, but the singing abruptly became urgent and battle-like.

Silver Axe and Kaido’s ship was surrounded by deep-sea Sea Kings drawn into a frenzy by a song that also made the pirates fight one another. As the ship was battered by the creatures, Silver Axe left to find the woman producing the song and stop it.

• Kaido and Silver Axe watched dozens of Sea Kings surface around the ship as the song changed into a battle anthem.
• Silver Axe ordered Kaido to work the sails and steered toward a gap while the song-controlled pirates fought on deck.
• Kaido suggested finding the woman singing, and Silver Axe realized the Sea Kings might leave if the song stopped.
• Silver Axe wounded a Sea King's tentacle, but its blood drove the Sea Kings into a rampage that battered the ship.
• Silver Axe told Kaido to prepare to abandon ship, then leaped onto a Sea King and searched for the song's source.