Recaps

Sakazuki survived Fenol’s scythe by reforming his magma body, while Victor and Golden Lion began a devastating battle across the island. Victor revealed his Titan form and Divine Authority, leaving Golden Lion facing the power to control lightning.

• Sakazuki let Fenol’s scythe pass through his magma body, then attacked Fenol and Pas with magma claws.
• Sakazuki re-formed and challenged Fenol and the others to keep fighting.
• Victor and Golden Lion clashed in the air, then crashed into the ground and created a vast crater.
• Golden Lion lifted the terrain into lion-shaped mountains and sent them crushing toward Victor, who shattered them with his punches.
• Victor transformed into a giant Titan and caught a bolt of lightning, forming it into a spear and hurling it at Golden Lion.
• Golden Lion’s sword strike triggered the lightning spear’s explosion, and Victor declared that his power was Divine Authority.

Victor shattered Golden Lion’s colossal floating lion, but Golden Lion used the opening to launch a sword assault that left Victor badly wounded. The chapter ended as Victor opened the Gate of Rest.

• Golden Lion formed a colossal lion from floating earth and sent it crashing toward Victor and the island.
• Victor braced himself beneath the lion and shattered it with his Haki, saving the people below from being crushed.
• Golden Lion attacked from within the collapsing lion and forced Victor to defend against his sword strikes.
• Golden Lion slashed Victor repeatedly, leaving him with deep wounds as Wright, Connor, and the others watched in alarm.
• Victor opened the Six Styles · Eight Inner Gates Formation · Gate of Rest.

Victor used the Open-Close Gates to restore his stamina and turned the fight against Golden Lion into a brutal aerial battle. He continued trading injuries with Golden Lion as the Marines watched from below.

• Victor lured Golden Lion into range and struck him with Titan Burst, badly injuring his chest and sending him crashing through mountains.
• Victor pursued Golden Lion into the sky and drove him back with Titan Horn, while Golden Lion began using aerial combat to wear him down.
• Golden Lion slashed Victor with Lion's Thousand Grain Valley, but Victor endured the attack and pierced Golden Lion several times with Titan Thrust.
• Golden Lion attacked Victor from behind, but Victor disrupted his balance with a gale and landed a series of heavy punches.
• Victor blocked Golden Lion's next sword strike with his Armament-coated arm as the Marines cheered below.

Victor and Golden Lion fought for hours as their injuries mounted, while the Marines gained ground against the Flying Pirates. Victor left Golden Lion badly wounded, then faced three Flying Pirates captains who came to kill him; the chapter ended as Victor sent Vidova’s iron ball crashing into Pluel.

• Victor drove Golden Lion back with a golden fist, then attacked him with a powerful kick as the fight continued.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku worried about Victor’s unauthorized operation, while Garp said Victor and Borsalino were powerful enough to prevail.
• After nearly three hours of battle, Victor released Life Return and took a moment to smoke as Golden Lion trembled and bled from his wounds.
• A Flying Pirates assassin tried to kill Victor, but Victor dodged and killed him with a slam.
• Vidova, Pluel, and Cook confronted Victor, and Victor pinned Vidova’s chain before kicking the iron ball into Pluel.

Victor overwhelmed Golden Lion’s commanders while Akainu battered Angie and the other Flying Pirates. Golden Lion, weakened by blood loss and outmatched by Victor, launched one final attack as Victor rushed toward him.

• Victor shattered Cook’s breastbone, kicked Vidova away, and crushed Pluel’s shoulder.
• Akainu repeatedly sent Angie flying while the Flying Pirates struggled to break through his defenses.
• Golden Lion rose again despite his injuries, and Victor mocked him as he attacked.
• Victor pierced Golden Lion’s left arm and urged him to surrender, but Golden Lion summoned a weakened Lion’s Might · Imperial Mausoleum Scroll.
• As Victor charged at Golden Lion, he shouted, “Titan Burst!”

Victor defeated and captured Golden Lion, but the victory disrupted the World Government’s preferred balance in the New World. The Gorosei began discussing how to handle Victor and the power vacuum left behind.

• Victor blasted Golden Lion down and confirmed that he was badly injured, while the marines celebrated and the Flying Pirates began to flee.
• Victor and Akainu fought the Flying Pirates’ powerful fighters as their scattered officers escaped the marines’ pursuit.
• Victor told Akainu he would be promoted to rear admiral, and Akainu offered to help him if another opportunity arose.
• Kong received word that Victor had captured Golden Lion, then discussed the political consequences with Sengoku and Tsuru.
• The Gorosei met in the Chamber of Authority to discuss Victor, the New World’s broken balance, and who would replace Golden Lion as its overlord.

After Victor captured the Golden Lion, the Gorosei decided to promote him to admiral while transferring him away from the New World, and Victor rewarded the Marines who had fought under him. News of his victory spread worldwide and alarmed the major pirate forces, before a second bombshell was announced.

• The Gorosei debated how to handle Victor and decided to make him an admiral and transfer him away from the New World.
• Victor distributed money, pensions, and medals to his Marines, while Akainu admired his commitment to justice.
• Members of the Blue Sea Society rallied the crowd to praise Victor.
• Ten days later, newspapers reported that Victor had captured the Golden Lion, prompting concern among Roger's crew and the major pirate forces.
• Three days after the news broke, another bombshell was announced.

Victor was promoted to admiral and returned to Marineford, where Kong assigned him the codename Black Horse and discussed his upcoming stationing in Mary Geoise. Before leaving Branch G1, Victor arranged recommendations, promotions, and new assignments for his subordinates.

• The World Government announced Victor's promotion to admiral, and newspapers publicized his record of capturing powerful pirates and defeating the Flying Pirates.
• Victor recommended Akainu to command the Special Operations Unit, Onigumo and Dogman for advancement, and Nunn for the Science Unit.
• Victor promoted Branch G1's Marines and arranged Headquarters logistics assignments for disabled officers and other personnel before handing the branch over to Vice Admiral Paris.
• Victor met Kong in Marineford and learned that his promotion ceremony would take place in a month, after which he would be stationed in Mary Geoise under the codename Black Horse.
• Kong told Victor he could choose his subordinates for Mary Geoise, and Victor said he would submit his list after organizing it.

After becoming a Marine Admiral, Victor returned to South Blue and received an extravagant welcome from his former subordinates and local elites. He accepted gifts, recruited Major General Morgan into the Blue Sea Society, and left Oren as its effective leader in South Blue.

• Oren and Mata rallied South Blue Marines to prepare a grand welcome for Victor, ordering Port Leinster’s residents to line up as well.
• Victor arrived at Port Leinster, greeted the assembled Marines with the Blue Sea Society’s gesture, and inspected their forces.
• Morgan and officers from the Sixth Fleet traveled to Branch 191 to meet Victor, while local nobles and merchants brought him gifts.
• Victor accepted Duke Richard’s donations and Morgan’s cash-filled dessert boxes, then promised Morgan a chance at promotion if he joined the Blue Sea Society and performed well.
• Victor told Morgan to seek guidance from Oren, effectively putting Oren in charge of the Blue Sea Society in South Blue.

Victor returned to Marineford after strengthening Oren’s position in the South Blue, then received an emergency order to rescue Saint Angellati from a Sea King on Grove Island. Saint Angellati remained trapped as the Navy had not yet arrived, and he shot an agent who tried to reassure him.

• Victor returned to Marineford and spent several days at the military academy answering the junior students’ questions.
• Victor read news about Douglas Bullet before Kong ordered him to rescue Saint Angellati, whose ship had run aground on Grove Island.
• Saint Angellati’s guards and agents attacked the gigantic Sea Frog, but it killed their captain and forced the survivors to flee with him toward a cave.
• Saint Angellati blamed his predicament on his habit of firing cannons at fish, then demanded to know why the Navy had not arrived.
• Saint Angellati shot an agent who told him the cave was temporarily safe and the Navy would come soon.

Saint Angellati’s guards and agents were overwhelmed as the Sea Frog attacked Grove Island, while Victor arrived and decided to use Saint Angellati to get closer to Imu’s secrets. Just as the Sea Frog caught Saint Angellati and an agent, a crescent-shaped slash cut off its tongue.

• Saint Angellati lost control and attacked his own guards as the Sea Frog hunted everyone on the island.
• Victor flew to Grove Island in Titan form, found Saint Angellati, and considered earning his trust to learn about Imu.
• The Sea Frog battered the cave where Saint Angellati and the survivors were hiding, and it swallowed guards and agents who tried to draw it away.
• An agent carried Saint Angellati out of the cave, but the Sea Frog caught them both with its tongue.
• A crescent-shaped white slash severed the Sea Frog’s tongue just as it was about to swallow Saint Angellati and the agent.

Victor rescued Saint Angellati by killing the Sea Frog, then returned to Marineford for his public commissioning as the youngest admiral in Navy history. The ceremony ended with Victor raising his sword and declaring, “Justice will prevail!”

• Victor defeated the Sea Frog with overwhelming strength and rescued Saint Angellati and the other agents.
• Saint Angellati offered Victor a reward, and Victor said he hoped to gain Saint Angellati’s trust.
• Victor escorted Saint Angellati safely to Mary Geoise, then returned to Marineford to await his commissioning ceremony.
• The World Government broadcast Victor’s commissioning ceremony to crowds gathered in Sabaody Archipelago and viewers around the world.
• Kong commissioned Victor as an admiral by giving him the shoulder insignia, medal, and sword.
• Victor raised his sword before the assembled Marines and cameras and shouted, “Justice will prevail!”

After becoming an admiral, Victor built influence within the Marines by supporting Blue Sea Society members while serving at Mary Geoise. He greeted Saint Angellati and watched him leave with newly purchased slaves, including the singer Thea, as Light and Connor reflected on how accustomed they had become to the brutality around them.

• Victor assigned Blue Sea Society members to posts in the G-2 and G-3 Branches and kept Light and Connor near him to handle Mary Geoise patrols.
• Victor read and answered letters from Blue Sea Society members, advising them, adjusting their positions, and providing financial assistance.
• Marines announced Saint Angellati's return, and Victor greeted him as he arrived riding on a slave's back with other newly purchased slaves.
• Saint Angellati whipped Thea, a singer he had bought for fifty million Berries, and told Victor he wished he could have an admiral escort him around the world.
• After Saint Angellati left, Light identified Thea and Connor agreed that her fate was a shame, while both reflected on becoming used to slavery and its violence.

Wright and Connor caught Thea and three other escaped slaves, but Victor told them to help the slaves find release, showing them how to act justly within their limits. The next morning, Victor read news of Bullet and Crocodile fighting to a draw and Roger escaping the Marines, then reflected on Roger's coming meeting with Whitebeard.

• Thea and three other slaves disguised as guards tried to cross the Marines' camp, but Wright stopped them after smelling blood.
• The leader attacked Wright, who defeated him by breaking his sword with an Armament Haki-coated saber.
• Thea pleaded for the slaves' freedom, but Wright and Connor ordered them returned to their masters.
• Victor told Wright and Connor to help the slaves find release, and Wright understood that justice had to stay within their abilities.
• Victor tempered a knife into a Black Blade and planned to give such weapons to outstanding Blue Sea Society members.
• The next morning, Victor read that Bullet and Crocodile had fought to a draw and Roger had escaped the Marines in Alabasta.

After the Roger Pirates gained Oden Kozuki’s help to reach Laugh Tale, the Gorosei ordered Victor to capture Roger and sent Sengoku to guard Mary Geoise. The Gorosei planned to use the mission to set Victor and Sengoku against each other over command of the Marines.

• After three days of fighting, Roger asked Whitebeard to let Oden Kozuki join his voyage for one year, and Oden agreed before boarding Roger’s ship with Toki Kozuki and the others.
• The Gorosei summoned Victor and ordered him to capture Roger, assigning CP0 to assist him.
• The Gorosei ordered Sengoku to replace Victor as guard of Mary Geoise, and Sengoku warned Victor to watch out for dangerous weather and terrain.
• As Victor left, Sengoku worried that the Gorosei intended to replace him with Victor as a future Marine leader.
• The Gorosei discussed Victor and Sengoku’s suitability to command the Marines and planned to make them compete so both would rely on the Gorosei.

Victor took command of the Marine pursuit of Roger, summoned Headquarters officers to demand harsher action against Roger and his crew, and established his authority as Admiral. When a CP0 agent provoked him, Victor seized him and threatened to take his head to Saint Angellati for identification.

• Vice Admiral Mike reported that Roger’s group might have gone to Fish-Man Island, but Victor dismissed him after hearing that no informants had spotted them.
• Victor called a strategy meeting and urged Marine officers to capture Roger or cripple his crew, threatening to transfer combat forces who let them escape again.
• Kong listened to Victor’s speech through the operations room surveillance and recognized that Victor intended to push Marine reforms.
• Commander Glenn summoned Kong to Mary Geoise, and Kong left Marineford to meet him.
• A CP0 agent mocked the Marines and provoked Victor, who grabbed the agent by the neck and threatened to take him to Saint Angellati for verification.

Victor ordered a Buster Call on the Sabaody Archipelago after Gerard reported that Roger’s crew might be hiding there, alarming Kong and the Gorosei. The Gorosei made Victor cancel the attack but allowed him three days to search the archipelago for Roger.

• Victor learned from Gerard that Roger’s crew might be in the Sabaody Archipelago and ordered a Buster Call for twenty-four hours later.
• Marine forces mobilized, and Tsuru warned Kong that Victor had targeted the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Gerard informed the Gorosei, who feared the destruction and political fallout of attacking the densely populated archipelago.
• Kong ordered Victor to cancel the Buster Call, but Victor refused until the Gorosei called him directly.
• Victor agreed to cancel the attack, and the Gorosei granted him three days to search the Sabaody Archipelago for Roger.

Victor imposed a three-day crackdown across the Sabaody Archipelago, sealing its ports and ordering Marines to arrest criminals and anyone who resisted. As the arrests overwhelmed his forces and ships tried to flee, Shakky suspected the Marines were searching for Roger and Rayleigh, while Victor called for judicial ships to take the detainees to Enies Lobby.

• Victor ordered the Sabaody Archipelago sealed and directed Marines to arrest people throughout its districts, sending wanted criminals to Enies Lobby for trial.
• CP0 recalled the Celestial Dragons from the archipelago, while Victor deployed nearly thirty thousand Marines and ordered the fleet to sink ships attempting to leave.
• Marines swept through the archipelago and arrested casino customers; Brigadier General Torres led the garrison as Shakky watched from hiding and wondered whether they were searching for Roger and Rayleigh.
• Victor received reports that Torres, Eric, and Kennard lacked enough men to handle the arrests as a ship caught trying to escape was sunk and fires broke out in the hotel district.
• Victor told Connor to contact Enies Lobby and request judicial ships to transport suspicious detainees.

The Navy, led by Victor, swept through the Sabaody Archipelago, arresting people and imposing a curfew as Roger’s crew hid with Shakky’s help. Victor used the operation to build his reputation and seize a fortune, while Shakky realized how dangerous he was.

• Marines arrested Hughes and the human auction house staff, while Blue Sea Society troops searched for suspicious people.
• Ron counted 3.5 billion Beli from the auction house and set aside 500 million for his subordinates before handing the rest to Victor.
• Shakky sheltered Roger and his crew in an abandoned shipyard and told them the Navy’s operation would last three days.
• Frank warned Shakky that the Navy planned a curfew and residential searches, and broadcasts ordered everyone to stay inside or be arrested.
• Victor appeared on a cleared street as arrested people were sent to judicial ships bound for Enies Lobby.
• Victor noticed Shakky watching from an attic but chose not to arrest her, using the crackdown to bolster his reputation and gain wealth.

Victor continued toward Soap Bubble Park while Blue Sea Society officers hunted down pirates across the area. Rodney captured Roel and killed Shandy along with the hostages, while Felix blocked Bazel’s fish-men from escaping toward the sea.

• Victor ignored the explosion near the hospital and continued toward Soap Bubble Park to prepare the second stage.
• Rodney confronted the injured Roel, defeated him, and had Marines pin him down.
• Shandy threatened hostages with explosives, so Rodney shot him; the explosion killed Shandy and the hostages and injured nearby Marines.
• Bazel led a group of fish-men toward the shoreline, but Felix and hundreds of Marines ambushed them and opened fire.
• Bazel attacked Felix with Karakusa Tile Fist, but Felix struck him first with Tempest Kick.

The Marines hunted criminals across Sabaody Archipelago while Victor waited at Soap Bubble Park, where Lawson and three powerful former pirates gathered to join forces. The park’s lights suddenly came on, leaving their plan facing an unknown threat.

• Kizaru killed Bazel before Bazel could attack Felix, then watched Felix leave without appreciating the rescue.
• Connor reported the Marines’ captures to Victor, who ordered the search to continue despite no sign of Roger’s group.
• Lawson used hostages to deter the Marines, but his men shot a Marine when the searchers entered the house.
• Lawson fled toward Soap Bubble Park as Eric, Kennard, Rodney, and the other Marines fought his remaining men.
• At the empty park, Lawson joined forces with Sharpe, Zakley, and Gore, and the streetlights suddenly came on.

Victor used a Marine livestream to confront the wanted criminals trapped in Soap Bubble Park and crushed their resistance with overwhelming force. After killing Gore, Sharp, and many others, he left Lawrence and the remaining fugitives unable to escape.

• Victor announced that the criminals in Soap Bubble Park were surrounded while Connor broadcast the confrontation across Sabaody Archipelago.
• Lawrence, Sharp, Zakley, Gore, and the other fugitives chose to fight rather than surrender, and Victor transformed into a golden Titan and blasted them with a devastating punch.
• Gore charged Victor with his Naginata, but Victor struck him and sent him crashing through civilian houses, shattering his bones.
• Sharp attacked Victor with a Haki-coated sword, but Victor blocked it and killed Sharp with a slap.
• Lawrence and the others fled, but Victor’s next gigantic golden punch destroyed the red tree and shattered Lawrence’s internal organs.

After his Sabaody Archipelago crackdown, Victor established the SS special task force and promoted Blue Sea Society members into its ranks. He gave Felix the Cat-Cat Fruit: Lynx Form, while reviewing the members’ backgrounds to ensure the unit’s loyalty.

• Kong questioned Victor about the complaints arising from the Sabaody arrests, and Victor said he would search Fish-Man Island if evidence placed Roger there.
• Victor returned to his office, saw the newspaper photographs of his actions on Sabaody, and reaffirmed his goal of surpassing Garp and Sengoku.
• Victor appointed Rodney commander of the SS Special Operations Team and acknowledged Rodney’s brother as a hero.
• Victor promoted officers from the Blue Sea Society into SS positions, then assigned Felix as a company commander and gave him the Cat-Cat Fruit: Lynx Form.
• Victor told Felix to write to his family, then examined the Blue Sea Society members’ records to check their loyalty and backgrounds.

Roger and his crew reached Fish-Man Island, where they found the Poneglyph bearing Joy Boy’s apology and a Road Poneglyph. Victor sent Garp and other Marines to pursue them, while Tsuru warned Garp that his disrespect for Victor could divide the Marines.

• Roger’s crew boarded the Oro Jackson and submerged toward Fish-Man Island after evading the Marines at Sabaody.
• Roger sensed watchers at Fish-Man Island and knocked several agents unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki before leading his crew to the Sea Forest.
• Roger and his crew found Joy Boy’s apology on a Poneglyph and a Road Poneglyph.
• After the Fish-Man Island agent failed to report in, Victor organized a Marine deployment and assigned Garp to lead the pursuit.
• Tsuru cautioned Garp that his casual treatment of Victor could alienate Victor’s followers and cause conflict within the Marines.

Roger planned a solo infiltration of Whole Cake Island to copy Charlotte Linlin’s Road Poneglyph while the Marines tracked his crew. As Sengoku took command from Victor and chose to focus on Roger, Roger escaped with the rubbing, leaving Charlotte Linlin furious.

• Roger told Rayleigh, Gaban, Buggy, and Shanks he would sneak into Whole Cake Island alone to make a rubbing while the others drew attention away.
• A CP0 agent warned Charlotte Linlin that Roger would pass through her territory, and she ordered Perospero to strengthen patrols and report the Roger Pirates.
• Kong ordered Victor to return to Mary Geoise and hand command to Sengoku, prompting Victor’s young officers to voice their dissatisfaction.
• Sengoku arrived at Branch G1 and focused the Marines’ pursuit on the Roger Pirates, leaving Charlotte Linlin and other pirate crews alone for the time being.
• Roger used the Voice of All Things to infiltrate Cake Castle and copy the second Road Poneglyph from Charlotte Linlin’s treasury.
• Charlotte Linlin pursued the Roger Pirates after patrols spotted the Oro Jackson, but Roger’s crew had already escaped.