Recaps

In the first year of the Ninja Empire, Uchiha Mai planned the centralized government and a Spring Festival Gala to help unite the former villages. He selected performers and songs for the event, ending with A chosen to sing Bubble after Killer B could not overcome his rap delivery.

• Uchiha Mai had a 330-meter statue of himself carved above Kage Rock and continued working from the old Hokage Office.
• Uchiha Mai decided that former village leaders such as Ōnoki, A, and Rasa should serve in Konoha while mid-level officials remained in the provinces.
• Uchiha Mai planned a grand Spring Festival Gala to soothe citizens and build a sense of unity across the empire.
• Uchiha Mai chose Don't Give Up for Amegakure and Iwagakure, deciding to sing it with Konan because Iwagakure had no suitable partner for her.
• Uchiha Mai assigned BELIEVE IN NEXUS to Yugito Nii and gave Killer B Bubble after Killer B asked for a popular song.
• Killer B's delivery failed during recording, so A sang Bubble instead after outperforming the audition finalists.

After returning from a parallel world, Uchiha Mai spent his Style Points to unlock the One Piece world and decided to bring Kakashi and Might Guy with him. The chapter ended with Might Guy accepting the unusual mission, while Uchiha Mai prepared to send the two men on a new journey.

• Uchiha Mai chose the World Prize Pool over the three-star pool and unlocked access to the One Piece world.
• Uchiha Mai considered whom to take, deciding that Kakashi and Might Guy were better choices than the pregnant Tsunade and Mei Terumi or the younger Shisui and Itachi.
• Uchiha Mai summoned Kakashi and offered him a mission that would keep him away from Hatake Sakumo and his blind dates for at least two years, and Kakashi eagerly accepted.
• Uchiha Mai asked Might Guy to assess Kakashi, and Might Guy pointed out that Kakashi had left home with one sock missing.
• Uchiha Mai selected Might Guy for the mission and prepared to take him and Kakashi to the One Piece world.

Uchiha Mai and his companions traveled through the East Blue, where he sent Kisame to join the Arlong Pirates and later visited Loguetown and Baratie. At Baratie, Hawk-Eye Mihawk challenged Mai to a duel.

• Uchiha Mai sent Kisame to Cocoyasi Village to join the Arlong Pirates and carry out his plan.
• A month later, Mai brought a captured pirate to the Loguetown Marine Base and collected the bounty while arguing with Smoker and Might Guy.
• Smoker ordered Kakashi to arrest Bucky before Buggy the Clown could reach him, and Kakashi reported the assignment to Mai.
• Mai traveled with his companions to Baratie, where they ate under Zeff's hospitality.
• Hawk-Eye Mihawk arrived at Baratie, sensed Mai's swordsman's resolve, and challenged him to a duel.

Uchiha Mai defeated Hawk-Eye Mihawk with a single sword technique and left Baratie with Shizune and Might Guy. News of the defeat shocked the world, and Sengoku sent Garp to the East Blue to learn where the Akatsuki stood and recruit them if possible.

• Mihawk challenged Uchiha Mai to a duel, and they went ashore while the Baratie cooks and diners watched in fear.
• Mihawk charged, but Uchiha Mai defeated him with One-Sword Style: Iai, Lion Song, leaving him bleeding on the ground.
• Mihawk promised to grow stronger and challenge Uchiha Mai again before losing consciousness as Mai and his companions sailed away.
• Nami and Zoro read the news of Mihawk's defeat, while Shanks and Whitebeard also reacted to the report.
• Sengoku ordered Garp to go to the East Blue and ask the Akatsuki to join the Marines or become Warlords.

Uchiha Mai held Akatsuki’s first full assembly, where Kisame reported on Arlong’s crew and Nami’s situation. After assigning Kisame to keep his cover, Mai and his companions got lost at sea and spotted a Marine warship and a pirate ship with a red-nosed flag.

• Uchiha Mai held Akatsuki’s first full assembly beneath his statue of Shinnosuke Nohara, with Guy, Shizune, Kisame, and Kakashi present.
• Kisame reported that he had earned Arlong’s trust, joined his crew as an officer, and learned that Arlong was deceiving Nami about saving Cocoyasi Village.
• Kakashi said he had nothing to report, and Guy challenged him to a New World showdown before his projection vanished.
• Uchiha Mai told Kisame to keep his cover when Nami returned to Cocoyasi Village, possibly with Straw Hat and his crew.
• Uchiha Mai, Guy, and Shizune drifted at sea for several days after getting lost, then spotted a Marine warship and a pirate ship flying a red-nosed flag.

Uchiha Mai and his companions returned to Loguetown with the Marines, where Vice Admiral Garp arrived and agreed to train Might Guy in the Marine Six Powers. The training was interrupted when Buggy the Clown and his crew escaped, prompting Garp to leave and pursue the matter.

• Uchiha Mai reunited with Kakashi and brought his group back to Loguetown aboard the Marine ships.
• Vice Admiral Garp arrived in Loguetown, met Uchiha Mai and Kakashi, and invited Might Guy to join the Marines.
• Uchiha Mai asked Garp to train Might Guy, and Garp began teaching him the Marine Six Powers the next day.
• A Marine reported that Buggy the Clown and his crew had escaped after a merchant ship collided with the warship holding them.
• Garp apologized to Might Guy and left with Bogard to deal with Buggy's escape.

Guy defeated Smoker in Loguetown, and Uchiha Mai’s crew set sail without finding a navigator. At the Arlong Empire, Luffy destroyed Arlong’s stronghold and reaffirmed that Nami was his crewmate, but Kisame arrived as Arlong called out to him.

• Smoker challenged Guy over his Marine cape, but Guy used Shave and Armament Haki to defeat him with a Leaf Whirlwind.
• Smoker accepted his defeat and returned to the Marine Base with Tashigi, while Kakashi left separately.
• After failing to recruit a navigator in Loguetown, Uchiha Mai left with Guy and Shizune, and Tashigi said goodbye to them.
• Uchiha Mai read newspaper reports about Buggy, Big Mom’s tea party, and the disappearance of Commodore Brin Brin, then wondered about Cocoyasi Village.
• Luffy tore apart the Arlong Empire, declared that Nami was his crewmate, and made her cry with relief.
• Kisame appeared at the ruined Arlong Empire, and Arlong cried out to him.

Kisame revealed he had only been staying with Arlong’s gang temporarily and attacked Luffy and Sanji after demanding the Straw Hat crew help him find his final moment. As Zoro confronted Kisame, the crew and Cocoyasi villagers faced the threat of another fight.

• Kisame swept Arlong and his gang away with a massive Water Dragon Bullet Technique, then told Nami he was not Arlong’s comrade.
• Kisame demanded that Luffy’s crew help him find his final moment by killing him or being killed by him.
• Sanji attacked Kisame, who crushed his foot and tossed him aside, prompting Luffy to launch a Gum-Gum Rocket.
• Kisame blocked Luffy’s attack with Samehada, kicked him into a crater, and warned that Luffy would soon die.
• Usopp stood up to Kisame, then Zoro woke, learned Kisame had hurt Luffy and Sanji, and drew all three swords to face him.

Kisame turned on the Straw Hat Crew despite his promise to Mr. Wu, crushing Zoro’s swords and striking him down before overpowering Usopp, Luffy, and Sanji. He held the crew at his mercy as Nami pleaded for an explanation, then asked whether she wanted her friends to die.

• Kisame decided to break his promise not to kill the Straw Hat Crew, and Zoro charged him with Three-Sword Style: Tornado.
• Kisame blocked Zoro’s attack, shattered two of his swords, and struck him through the ruined wall, though he sensed Zoro was still alive.
• Usopp fired a Gunpowder Star at Kisame, who retaliated by smashing him through several houses.
• Luffy climbed from the crater to stop Kisame, but Kisame pinned him down and held Samehada to his neck.
• Sanji rushed Kisame to defend Nami, but Kisame caught him by the neck while keeping Luffy pinned.
• Nami asked Kisame why he was doing this, and Kisame asked whether she wanted her friends to die.

Uchiha Dumbledore Mai rescued the Straw Hat Crew from Kisame Hoshigaki and healed their injuries. After showing Kisame his past in an illusion, Mai proposed that Kisame join Luffy’s crew to find meaning in life, and Luffy agreed.

• Nami, Nojiko, and Zoro offered to die in place of the others as Kisame prepared to attack everyone.
• Uchiha Dumbledore Mai disarmed Kisame with magic and petrified his legs, then healed the injured Straw Hat Crew.
• Mai introduced himself as Professor Dumbledore, and Nami struck Luffy for calling him Grandpa.
• Kisame emerged from an illusion of his past and told Mai that he wanted to find meaning in his life.
• Luffy agreed to let Kisame adventure with the crew, while Usopp objected and Sanji and Zoro accepted Luffy’s decision.

After Arlong’s defeat, Cocoyasi Village celebrated its freedom with the Straw Hat crew and Kisame. When the crew prepared to leave, Uchiha Dumbledore Mai offered to train them with a peerless manual.

• The villagers held a three-day banquet, and Uchiha Dumbledore Mai encouraged Kisame to join the Straw Hat crew and embrace his new companions.
• Nami punched Captain Nezumi, and Luffy’s crew defeated him, with Kisame using the Great Waterfall Technique.
• Johnny and Yosaku stayed behind as Luffy and the others boarded their ship and departed Cocoyasi Village.
• Nami ran to the ship after stealing the villagers’ wallets, then waved goodbye as the village receded behind them.
• Sanji asked Uchiha Dumbledore Mai where he was headed, and Mai invited the crew to become his students and learn his training manual.

Uchiha Dumbledore Mai gave the Straw Hats gifts and prepared to train them in magic and combat. Nami received a wand that chose her and a spellbook, but found that it contained only the Lighting Spell.

• Uchiha Dumbledore Mai promised to train the Straw Hats and gave Zoro a Zanpakutō.
• Uchiha Dumbledore Mai made Usopp a three-form weapon with unlimited ammunition, which Kisame test-fired and Usopp claimed for himself.
• Uchiha Dumbledore Mai gave Sanji an invisibility cloak, and Luffy tried it on and disappeared from sight.
• Uchiha Dumbledore Mai measured Nami, found a wand suited to her, and gave her a spellbook.
• Nami read the spellbook and asked why it contained only the Lighting Spell.

Uchiha Dumbledore Mai gave Nami a modified Sorting Hat that could store items and gave Luffy a Digimon egg and Digivice. After Captain Nezumi reported the Straw Hat Crew, Marine Headquarters mistook Kisame Hoshigaki for a Logia user and ordered reinforcements to stop the crew from reaching the Grand Line.

• Uchiha Dumbledore Mai placed the Sorting Hat on Nami, modified it after it rambled about her, and showed her that she could store and retrieve items from it.
• Nami pulled a sword from the hat, while Uchiha Mai explained that her magic and Zoro's Zanpakutō were weakened creations based on his understanding of other power systems.
• Uchiha Dumbledore Mai gave Luffy a Digimon egg and Digivice, but Luffy put the egg in his mouth until Nami punched him and rescued it.
• Captain Nezumi asked Marine Headquarters to issue bounties for Luffy's crew, reporting that they had defeated Arlong and Kisame Hoshigaki had joined them.
• Lieutenant Commander Brannew presented the report to Marine Headquarters, where the officers concluded that Kisame was likely a Logia Devil Fruit user who could control water.
• Vice Admiral Hōshō and the Marine officers approved large bounties and ordered reinforcements to join Captain Smoker in Loguetown and stop the Straw Hat Crew from entering the Grand Line.

The Marines publicized wanted posters for Luffy and Kisame, and news of Luffy’s first bounty spread around the world. His friends and family celebrated or reacted to the posters, while Shanks and Mihawk discussed Luffy’s journey.

• Marine Headquarters agreed to act against the pirates in the East Blue, and Morgans prepared a newspaper edition featuring the wanted posters.
• Ace showed Luffy’s wanted poster to Whitebeard, who called for a feast to celebrate his little brother.
• Hawk-Eye Mihawk visited Shanks and told him he had met Luffy; Shanks recognized that the time had come and called for a feast.
• The village chief and Makino celebrated Luffy’s poster in Foosha Village, while Kaya recognized Usopp in the newspaper photograph.
• Genzo complained about Nami’s poster, and Nojiko understood that Nami was finally free to pursue her dream.

Garp learned that Luffy had become a pirate and proudly celebrated his grandson’s bounty, while Uchiha Dumbledore Mai trained the Straw Hat crew in Observation Haki. The chapter ended with Mai laughing at Kisame’s new bounty poster, which labeled him a fish-man traitor.

• Bogard showed Garp a newspaper reporting Luffy’s piracy and bounty, and Garp blamed Red-Hair for turning another grandson into a pirate before proudly praising Luffy.
• Nami, Sanji, and Usopp asked Uchiha Dumbledore Mai to skip training, but he gave them a break from strenuous exercises and taught the crew about Haki.
• Luffy questioned why Kisame was training if Haki was a power humans possessed, prompting Nami to insist that Kisame was not a fish-man.
• Uchiha Dumbledore Mai had the crew practice Observation Haki by dodging attacks while blindfolded, as News Coo delivered a newspaper with new bounty posters.
• Mai saw Luffy’s 50 million Beli bounty and Kisame’s 120 million Beli bounty, which called Kisame a fish-man traitor, and laughed at the label.

The Straw Hat crew reacted to their new bounties and the Marines’ attention, while Uchiha Mai returned to his ship and considered how to make their future battles more exciting. Shizune then questioned the Marines’ conduct after seeing them attack merchant ships alongside pirates.

• Nami read the newspaper announcing Luffy’s 50 million Beli bounty and Kisame Hoshigaki’s 120 million Beli bounty, and warned the crew to strengthen themselves before meeting the Marines.
• Usopp fainted from fear, while Zoro and Sanji began training and Luffy celebrated the crew’s notoriety.
• Uchiha Dumbledore Mai told the Straw Hats they would meet again on the Grand Line, then left by walking through the air.
• Uchiha Mai returned to his ship, where Shizune prepared tea and Might Guy continued training beside a Sea King’s corpse.
• Uchiha Mai reflected on using the Straw Hats to increase his Style Points and make the Summit War more entertaining.
• Shizune watched Marines fire on merchant ships while pursuing pirates and asked Uchiha Mai why they attacked civilians.

Uchiha Mai confronted Marine Admiral Akainu after Akainu’s attack stained his clothes, and overwhelmed the Admiral with ice powers. The Marines’ warship was surrounded, and Akainu tried to escape as ice spread across his elemental body.

• Shizune questioned the Marines’ willingness to sacrifice civilians, while Uchiha Mai said he did not care about their justice.
• Akainu’s explosion spilled Uchiha Mai’s cappuccino, so Mai threw his cup at the Admiral.
• Akainu attacked the Akatsuki ship with Great Eruption, but Uchiha Mai formed ice pillars that canceled the lava and surrounded the warship.
• Uchiha Mai demanded compensation for his stained clothes, and Akainu launched Dogtooth Red Lotus at him.
• Uchiha Mai countered with Diamond Dust Punch, freezing Akainu’s lava attack and forcing the Admiral to abandon it and flee.

Uchiha Mai defeated Akainu and took control of the Marine warship, then let a few Marines leave with the injured admiral. The remaining group departed aboard a smaller ship while Might Guy tearfully said goodbye to their old vessel.

• Akainu fled Uchiha Mai’s snowflakes, exhausted himself trying to evade them, and realized Mai had held back.
• Uchiha Mai boarded the Marine warship with Might Guy and Shizune, then ordered Shizune to take Akainu’s cloak and put it on himself.
• A Marine fired at Uchiha Mai, and Might Guy kicked the bullet back, killing the attacker; Mai then froze two Marines who challenged him.
• Uchiha Mai learned that Akainu had been heading to Loguetown to deal with the Straw Hat crew and ordered a few Marines to take Akainu to Marine Headquarters.
• Uchiha Mai kept the warship and sent the remaining Marines away on their smaller ship, where Might Guy tearfully bid farewell to its mast.

Uchiha Mai sailed toward Jaya Island with the captured warship’s crew, while the injured Akainu and his Marines struggled to escape pursuing pirates. Akainu washed ashore in Alabasta with T-Bone, cut off from Marine reinforcements and wary of seeking help.

• Uchiha Mai set course for Jaya Island, planning to use the rising current to reach Sky Island, while the Marines aboard his ship quietly discussed resisting him.
• Akainu insisted his replacement ship fly the Marine flag, drawing pirates who attacked and pursued him and his subordinates.
• Akainu ordered T-Bone to contact Marine Headquarters for reinforcements as their ship came under bombardment.
• The ship broke apart, and Akainu lost consciousness after falling into the seawater.
• T-Bone revived Akainu at Tamalis in Alabasta, where they discovered their Den Den Mushi was lost and Akainu ordered food instead of seeking help from the royal family or Crocodile.

Crocodile arranged for pirates to attack the badly injured Akainu while Marine ships searched Alabasta for him. Aboard the commandeered warship, Uchiha Mai sent the Marines responsible for sabotaging its propulsion to their deaths, despite pretending to spare them.

• Crocodile learned Akainu was injured in Tamalis and spread word among pirates so they would attack him instead of Baroque Works.
• Akainu fled with T-Bone as pirates pursued him, while Vice Admiral Dalmatian agreed to take his search party to Tamalis.
• Uchiha Mai questioned the Marines who had sabotaged his ship, and one Marine named Korick was identified as the ringleader before another Marine killed the informer.
• Uchiha Mai told the remaining Marines they could escape in lifeboats, then a whirlpool swallowed all five boats as Might Guy watched.

Uchiha Mai intercepted Vice Admiral Dalmatian and Colonel Hina’s Marine warships while traveling aboard Akainu’s stolen vessel. After Hina attacked and Dalmatian insulted him, Mai wounded Dalmatian and took another ship, leaving Akainu to withdraw with the injured Vice Admiral.

• Uchiha Mai steered his ship toward two nearby Marine warships, while Dalmatian and Hina ordered their crews to fire on the approaching vessel.
• The cannonballs failed to hit Mai’s ship, and Akainu recognized his former flagship and ordered the Marines to stop firing.
• Mai introduced himself and his companions as Akatsuki, but Hina attacked and Mai restrained her with Seastone handcuffs.
• Mai reminded Akainu that Marines had damaged the ship’s power system and said he would requisition one of the two warships.
• When Dalmatian insulted Mai, Mai severed one of his arms, then boarded a warship with his companions as Akainu helped Dalmatian retreat.

Uchiha Mai captured Hina and forced her Marines to sail with Akatsuki, while revealing a plan to use Doflamingo to learn about the Celestial Dragons and their secrets. At Marineford, Akainu returned wounded and told Sengoku that Akatsuki’s leader, Uchiha Mai, had attacked him.

• Akainu abandoned Hina and the Marines on Uchiha Mai’s ship, while Hina urged her subordinates to flee.
• Uchiha Mai kept Hina and the Marines captive, and Hina abandoned thoughts of escape after seeing him raise the sea to destroy pirates.
• Uchiha Mai told Hina that Akatsuki sought Sky Island and let slip that they were acting for Doffy, prompting Hina to listen for more intelligence.
• Uchiha Mai decided to use Donquixote Doflamingo to uncover secrets about the Celestial Dragons and their ultimate weapon.
• Akainu returned to Marineford, where Garp mocked his condition and Sengoku asked what had happened.
• Akainu told Sengoku that Uchiha Mai and Akatsuki had attacked him while he pursued pirates before reaching Loguetown.

After Akainu reported his defeat by Uchiha Mai, the Marines prepared to hunt the Akatsuki as news of the group spread across the world. In Loguetown, Smoker confronted the Straw Hat Crew, and Kisame Hoshigaki unleashed a flood to help them escape.

• Akainu told Sengoku that Uchiha Mai had overwhelmed him with ice and snow, and Sengoku decided the Marines would issue bounties and seek an opportunity to destroy the Akatsuki.
• The news and bounty posters reached Mihawk, Shanks, Whitebeard, and Smoker, who was shocked that Uchiha Mai had defeated Akainu.
• The Straw Hat Crew read the report in Loguetown, and Zoro resolved to challenge Uchiha Mai after becoming a stronger swordsman.
• Smoker led Marines to arrest Luffy and his crew at a restaurant, while Kisame Hoshigaki offered to cover their escape.
• Smoker charged the Straw Hat Crew, and Kisame Hoshigaki used Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave to flood the restaurant and engulf the Marines.

Sengoku learned that Kisame Hoshigaki had defeated Smoker in Loguetown and that Uchiha Mai’s three-billion-Beli bounty had stirred up the seas. Near Jaya Island, Mai unleashed a massive wave to destroy attacking pirate ships, leaving Hina devastated as the tsunami swallowed ships and islands.

• Sengoku ordered Smoker to hold Loguetown, then learned Smoker and Tashigi had already pursued the Straw Hat crew into the Grand Line.
• Sengoku explained that the Marines had placed a three-billion-Beli bounty on Uchiha Mai after the Akatsuki wore stolen Marine coats and injured Akainu.
• Hina commanded the Marines to defend their warship from pirates attacking Uchiha Mai’s group near Jaya Island.
• After learning the next Knock-Up Stream would arrive in two days, Uchiha Mai created a towering wave despite Hina’s warning that it could hit distant islands.
• Uchiha Mai sent the wave crashing into the pirate ships, and Hina collapsed in tears as the tsunami swallowed ships and islands.

Hina reported Uchiha Mai’s immense power and suspected connection to Donquixote Doflamingo, leaving Sengoku unsure how the Marines should respond. Mai prepared to travel to Sky Island, then returned to Konoha to recruit subordinates while Tsunade stayed behind with their young son.

• Hina reported that Mai had created a towering wave and mentioned his connection to Donquixote Doflamingo, so Sengoku ordered her to remain undercover and gather intelligence.
• Sengoku updated the Straw Hat Crew’s bounties, promoted Hatake Kakashi, and weighed the risks of confronting the Akatsuki.
• Mai sent Marines ashore for supplies and prepared to ride the Knock-Up Stream toward Sky Island.
• Mai read the newspaper, saw the Straw Hat Crew’s new bounties and reports of the Red Force entering Whitebeard’s territory, and decided to recruit help from Konoha.
• Mai reunited with Tsunade, who refused to leave their son Ikki, then gave an Anbu a list of potential recruits to check for availability.