Recaps

After the Land of Grass’s clash with the Navy, the kingdom expanded while the World Government and Navy maneuvered against it. Kuzan accepted a covert mission to infiltrate the Land of Grass, but the king hired him immediately.

• Kusana killed Saint Rosward after the Navy rejected negotiations, then stopped fighting when Sengoku received a confidential call and agreed to talk.
• The Gorosei decided to investigate the Land of Grass, suppress news of the Mary Geoise attack, and turn it against the Four Emperors, while Morgans defied their demand to limit coverage.
• Kusana grew the Land of Grass and welcomed Garp, who saw Luffy honored as a hardworking employee, while Luffy trained and Zoro joined him at the construction site.
• Aokiji traveled to the Land of Grass, where Kusana showed him its development and Robin offered him the Talent Introduction notice, but Aokiji refused to betray the Marines.
• Sengoku asked Kuzan to pretend to defect and infiltrate the Land of Grass, and Kuzan retrieved the discarded Talent Introduction notice.
• Sengoku announced that Sakazuki would become Fleet Admiral, and Kuzan resolved to earn the Land of Grass’s trust.
• Kusana welcomed Kuzan and hired him at once, stunning him.

Kusana built up the Land of Grass Navy under Kuzan while Sengoku and Danzō plotted to turn it against the pirates. After the navy’s tactics sparked a conflict with the Donquixote Family, Law arrived seeking an alliance, and Danzō sailed toward the New World with a plan to provoke the Beasts Pirates.

• Kuzan joined the Land of Grass as its first Fleet Admiral, then secretly told Sengoku that the King had appointed him immediately.
• The World Government launched its World Conscription as the Land of Grass announced its navy, while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu joined the Navy under Sengoku.
• Kusana sent the four elders on a mission at sea and built the Grass Navy with Kuzan, Issho, and Black Zetsu, while Sengoku recruited Danzō into a secret task force against the Land of Grass.
• Kusana rejected Kuzan’s call to halt training and took the navy to search for Sky Island, where its soldiers captured pirates using tactics they credited to the Spirit of Grass.
• Kusana’s group reached Sky Island, defeated Enel, secured the Ark Maxim and gold, and placed Gan Fall in charge under the Land of Grass.
• After Grass Navy soldiers killed a Donquixote Family officer and seized its plunder, Doflamingo sealed off Dressrosa, while Law arrived to offer help against the family.
• A Grass ninja dismissed Law and sent him toward the East Blue for reform, as Kuzan warned Kusana about Doflamingo and Danzō proposed provoking the Beasts Pirates by making them believe the Land of Grass had killed Doflamingo.
• Danzō and three companions sailed from Marineford toward the New World after Sengoku left the decision about Doflamingo to the World Government.

Kusana and the Land of Grass toppled Doflamingo and defeated Kaido’s Beasts Pirates, then took control of Wano and began rebuilding it. As the Land of Grass prepared to leave Wano, Kusana visited the newly awakened Zephyr and invited him to join.

• Doflamingo lost Caesar and Vigo, tried to secure money and protection from Kaido, and plotted against the Land of Grass with Danzo while Danzo secretly worked against him.
• Kusana’s forces reached Dressrosa, freed the people transformed into toys, captured Doflamingo and the Navy Rear Admirals, and secured thirty billion from Sengoku for their release.
• The Land of Grass killed Doflamingo, then Hashirama and Madara fought Kaido as the Beasts Pirates fleet clashed with Grass forces.
• The Land of Grass defeated Kaido and the Beasts Pirates, while news of the victory spread and the Navy approved Danzo’s proposal to create Root.
• The Land of Grass took control of Wano, executed Orochi and other criminals, and began rebuilding the country while recruiting workers and operating its Seastone mines.
• Kusana learned that Wano’s reconstruction was progressing, ordered preparations to leave, and decided not to pursue Buggy unless they encountered him.
• After Robin reported that Zephyr had awakened, Kusana visited him and offered him a place in the Land of Grass.

Zephyr abandoned his plan to destroy the New World and joined the Land of Grass, while Danzo’s campaign against suspected Navy spies drove Garp to the Land of Grass. Garp reunited with Luffy and learned he planned to train before setting sail, though a generous construction offer gave Garp second thoughts about supporting his pirate dream.

• Zephyr chose to spare the New World for the sake of his students, and Kusana welcomed him and his fleet to the Land of Grass.
• Sengoku refused Danzo’s demands to kill Zephyr, while Shanks’s crew faced trouble in the East Blue and the Land of Grass’s safe routes and flourishing towns impressed Zephyr’s group.
• Zephyr returned to the Land of Grass Navy after Orochimaru restored his missing arm, while Kabuto reported that Hiruzen, Homura, and Koharu were considering defecting.
• Danzo and the three former Konoha leaders began arresting Marines they suspected of ties to the Land of Grass, but Garp left Navy Headquarters and was escorted to the Land of Grass.
• Garp admitted to Zephyr and Kuzan that Sengoku had sent him to act as a spy, then drank and danced in Whirlpool City instead of immediately visiting Luffy.
• The Gorosei accepted Sengoku’s plan to use Garp, Zephyr, and Kuzan to gain influence in the Land of Grass Navy, while Garp’s drunken calls undermined his supposed undercover role.
• Garp finally found Luffy training with Might Guy and learned that Luffy planned to defeat Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju before setting sail.
• Garp accepted Luffy’s resolve to pursue his dream, but reconsidered after hearing about a well-paid construction job and its settlement allowance.