Recaps

Uchiha Mai took control of the Sabaody auction after kicking Kizaru away and having Enel kill Saint Charlos. He forced the auction to continue, antagonized the World Government, and ended the chapter with Rayleigh at his side as Enel warned him to mind his place.

• Kizaru tried to calm Uchiha Mai, but Mai kicked him through the auction house wall and sent him flying off Island One.
• Enel appeared beside Saint Charlos and punched through his heart while the CP0 agent fled to report the killing.
• Uchiha Mai refused to leave and ordered the manager to continue the auction, bidding extravagantly against his own companions.
• The CP0 agent informed the World Government, and the Five Elders pressured Sengoku to respond; Sengoku reluctantly chose Marines to send to Island One.
• Uchiha Mai bid on several slaves and demanded the promised Devil Fruit when the auction ran out of lots.
• Rayleigh joked about Mai's twisted sense of humor, and Enel kicked him, telling him to mind his place as a slave.

Uchiha Mai exposed Silvers Rayleigh’s identity at the auction and decided to frame him as the Akatsuki’s former leader. He won the Electro-Electro Fruit and left with Rayleigh, putting the auction’s enormous bill on Doflamingo’s tab.

• Uchiha Mai revealed that the man Enel had kicked was Silvers Rayleigh, Roger’s former first mate, and Rayleigh removed his explosive collar.
• Uchiha Mai called Rayleigh the Akatsuki’s second leader and planned to tie him to the Akatsuki, while Konan warned the auction house manager to keep quiet.
• Monet won an undocumented Zoan Devil Fruit for ten billion Beli after bidding against Uchiha Mai.
• Uchiha Mai bought the Electro-Electro Fruit for one hundred billion Beli and left the auction with Silvers Rayleigh.
• The manager told Uchiha Mai that he and Monet owed 121 billion Beli, and Uchiha Mai put the bill on his tab with Doflamingo.

Uchiha Mai recruited Rayleigh and Shakky to help coat a ship and rescue Portgas D. Ace, while using threats to keep them from interfering with his plans. He also ordered Enel to capture Boa Hancock, leaving Rayleigh and Shakky trapped in his scheme.

• After leaving the auction house, Rayleigh asked Uchiha Mai why he wanted him as the Akatsuki's Second, and Mai revealed that the Navy was moving against Portgas D. Ace.
• At Shakky's Rip-off Bar, Mai threatened Amazon Lily to force Rayleigh and Shakky to join the rescue mission, and Rayleigh agreed to help coat a ship.
• Mai contacted Hatake Sakumo and instructed him to bring Fish-Man Island's princess along after entering Fish-Man Island.
• When Shakky tried to use a Den Den Mushi, Mai knocked it from her hand and ordered Enel to return to Sky Island and capture Boa Hancock with Senju Tobirama.

Uchiha Mai forced Rayleigh and Shakky into Akatsuki and said the group would later rescue Portgas D. Ace. While Rayleigh trained Hatake Sakumo in Haki, Enel and Tobirama abducted Boa Hancock, whom Uchiha Mai blamed for Shakky’s debt.

• Rayleigh accepted the role of Akatsuki’s second leader, and Uchiha Mai described the organization as dedicated to peace and justice.
• Shakky accepted that she and Rayleigh had been forced into service, and Uchiha Mai said they would wait for the Marines to publicly execute Portgas D. Ace before rescuing him.
• Rayleigh coated Hatake Sakumo’s ship and trained him in Haki, finding that Sakumo improved quickly and fought with great tactical skill.
• Enel and Tobirama captured Boa Hancock using Seastone cuffs and brought her to Shakky’s bar.
• Uchiha Mai removed Boa Hancock’s cuffs and told her to repay Shakky’s debt because Shakky had provoked him.

Uchiha Mai stopped Hancock and Monet’s fight, then comforted Hancock after learning about her enslavement by the Celestial Dragons and removed her brand. He promised to protect Amazon Lily by making the island fly, leaving the plan’s feasibility uncertain.

• Monet blocked Hancock’s attack on Uchiha Mai, and the two women fought until Uchiha Mai restrained Hancock and carried her into Shakky’s room.
• Uchiha Mai immobilized Shakky with a shadow technique and teased Hancock, who revealed that the Celestial Dragons had enslaved her and her sisters.
• After learning Uchiha Mai had killed a Celestial Dragon, Hancock fell in love with him, and the two became intimate.
• Uchiha Mai removed Hancock’s Celestial Dragon Brand, and Hancock thanked him and agreed to trust him to protect Amazon Lily.
• Uchiha Mai told Shakky and Hancock that he would make Amazon Lily fly, and he considered how to lift the island on powerful clouds.

Uchiha Mai brought Rayleigh and Shakky to Amazon Lily, then used his precise swordsmanship and cloud manipulation to lift the island into the sky. Amazon Lily settled safely on the clouds, leaving its residents astonished.

• Konan told Uchiha Mai that Hatake Sakumo had gone to Fish-Man Island, and Rayleigh later reported that Sakumo had awakened Conqueror's Haki.
• Uchiha Mai took Rayleigh, Shakky, Hancock, and the others to Sky Island, where Shakky learned she would return to Amazon Lily as queen.
• After half a month, Uchiha Mai's group reached Amazon Lily, and Uchiha Mai examined the island's connection to the seabed.
• Uchiha Mai used Izumi Kanesada to sever Amazon Lily from the seabed without damaging it.
• Uchiha Mai lifted Amazon Lily onto a massive bank of clouds, where the island settled safely as the Kuja watched in amazement.

Uchiha Mai brought Hancock and his companions to Amazon Lily, then claimed Shirahoshi as his pet and took her to the Sky Island near Dressrosa. After seeing photos of Hatake Sakumo kissing Perona, Hatake Kakashi wondered whether his father was about to give him a stepmother.

• Hancock welcomed Uchiha Mai to Amazon Lily, kicked Gloriosa away, and invited him to her bedchamber.
• Uchiha Mai reunited with Hatake Sakumo and took Shirahoshi after frightening off the Sea Kings drawn by her distress.
• Uchiha Mai spared Perona after she kissed Hatake Sakumo for a photograph, then brought Shirahoshi to the Sky Island.
• Uchiha Mai let Shirahoshi call Hampton, who accepted that she would stay with Uchiha Mai after learning his identity.
• Hatake Sakumo left for Wano Country with Perona, while Uchiha Mai showed Hatake Kakashi photos of the pair kissing.
• Hatake Kakashi suspected Hatake Sakumo might take Perona as his new wife and felt relieved that his father might stop pressuring him to marry.

Kakashi trained at Marine Headquarters and learned from Orochimaru that his research using Kaido’s remains and Devil Fruits had produced a living weapon. Orochimaru then revealed to Uchiha Mai that the weapon also contained Logia and Paramecia abilities, leaving Mai eager to see what it could do.

• Kakashi tested a technique that combined Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and Iron Body, making his clones durable enough to withstand kunai strikes.
• Kakashi read that Donquixote Doflamingo had taken in Hatake Sakumo and realized Uchiha Mai was likely using Doflamingo as a pawn.
• Kakashi contacted Orochimaru, who showed him Azure Dragon Kusanagi, a living weapon made from Kaido’s bones, a military dog’s soul, Hashirama Cells, and Devil Fruit abilities.
• Orochimaru explained that Azure Dragon Kusanagi could use two Artificial Devil Fruit powers and grow on its own.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Mai that the weapon also held the powers of an inferior Rumble-Rumble Fruit and a Paramecia fruit, exciting Mai about its potential.

Uchiha Mai received Orochimaru’s new weapons, modified one to make it safe for Shizune, and sent another to Kakashi. Donquixote Doflamingo’s forces crushed most of Kaido’s remaining forces, and Doflamingo declared himself one of the Four Emperors.

• Orochimaru showed Uchiha Mai weapons made with Devil Fruit powers, Hashirama Cells, and souls, and Uchiha Mai named one Raimei Ittōmonji.
• Uchiha Mai sent a weapon to Kakashi, altered Daz Bones’s memories inside Raimei Ittōmonji, and gave it to Shizune.
• Hatake Sakumo told Uchiha Mai that Donquixote Doflamingo was preparing to attack Kaido’s remaining forces, and Uchiha Mai ordered him to help without weakening Doflamingo’s group too much.
• Donquixote Doflamingo used allied pirate crews and people from Wano Country to wear down Kaido’s forces before fighting King and Jack.
• Jack held Donquixote Doflamingo back so King could escape, while Hatake Sakumo and the Donquixote Family defeated the remaining enemies.
• Donquixote Doflamingo announced that he had left the Seven Warlords and proclaimed himself one of the Four Emperors, with the Marines and World Government tacitly accepting his claim.

Uchiha Mai arranged for Might Guy to become a Seven Warlord and accepted Sengoku’s invitation to Marine Headquarters. After destroying a Big Mom Pirates ship and seizing the Celestial Tribute as his own vessel, he arrived at Marineford with Akatsuki and began talks with the Marines.

• Uchiha Mai proposed Might Guy for the vacant Seven Warlords position, and Sengoku agreed to meet him before deciding.
• Uchiha Mai accepted Sengoku’s invitation but flew off to find a ship, refusing Big Mom’s tea-party invitation and sinking the ship carrying Charlotte Oven and his crew.
• Uchiha Mai seized an ordinary ship, returned to Dressrosa, and set out for Marineford with Sugar, Monet, Konan, Shizune, Enel, Might Guy, and Senju Tobirama.
• Uchiha Mai arrived aboard the hijacked Celestial Tribute, mocked Kakashi, and teased the Marines by putting an arm around Hina.
• Sengoku welcomed Uchiha Mai and Might Guy, then asked Uchiha Mai whether he would stop opposing the Marines; Uchiha Mai said he would try.

Uchiha Mai refused to return the Celestial Tribute but negotiated for Might Guy to join the Seven Warlords, and the Marines canceled Akatsuki’s bounties. On Banaro Island, Ace confronted Blackbeard over killing a crewmate, but their fight was interrupted by the newly appointed Seven Warlord Kakuzu.

• Uchiha Mai refused to return the Celestial Tribute and secured a Seven Warlord position for Might Guy in negotiations with Sengoku and Tsuru.
• The Marines canceled Akatsuki’s bounties, while news of Might Guy’s appointment reached pirates across the seas.
• Ace reached Banaro Island while pursuing Blackbeard, and the two argued over Blackbeard’s murder of a Whitebeard Pirate to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Ace and Blackbeard’s crews clashed, and Ace’s fire attacks forced Blackbeard’s group to flee before Ace caught up and set Blackbeard ablaze.
• Kakuzu arrived as Ace and Blackbeard prepared to fight, leaving both sides shocked at the new Seven Warlord’s appearance.

Kakuzu and Ace fought Blackbeard's crew, after which Kakuzu captured Ace and agreed to deliver him to the Marines in exchange for a bounty and a loan to Blackbeard. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku learned Ace was supposedly Roger's son and considered how Blackbeard might obtain a Seven Warlords position.

• Blackbeard and Kakuzu joined forces against Ace, but Ace's firefly attack knocked Blackbeard and his crew unconscious while Kakuzu avoided the blast.
• Kakuzu subdued Ace with Seastone handcuffs and agreed to take him to the Marines after Blackbeard promised him another 500 million Beli, borrowed at twenty percent annual interest.
• Blackbeard tried to recruit Kakuzu during their journey to Marine Headquarters, but Kakuzu refused and warned that he would collect the debt.
• At Marine Headquarters, Kakuzu demanded Ace's bounty while Blackbeard told Sengoku that Ace was Roger's son and offered him in exchange for a Seven Warlords position.
• Sengoku said the Seven Warlords positions were full and considered Bartholomew Kuma's position the easiest to vacate, while worrying about the consequences of challenging the other members.

Uchiha Mai turned Gild Tesoro into a toy and seized the gold aboard Gran Tesoro, then the Straw Hat crew reached Enies Lobby to rescue Nico Robin. Hatake Kakashi arrived to challenge them, unaware of the important lineages among the crew.

• Uchiha Mai learned that Ace had been captured and decided to take Tesoro's gold before giving the Straw Hat crew a push toward saving Ace.
• Uchiha Mai brought Sugar and Senju Tobirama to Gran Tesoro, where he immobilized Tesoro and had Sugar turn him into a toy.
• Gran Tesoro's guests forgot Tesoro and fought over the gold, so Uchiha Mai knocked them unconscious and ordered Senju Tobirama to throw them into the sea.
• Uchiha Mai sent the ship's gold flowing to Dressrosa, delighting its residents and nearly making Enel faint at the prospect of powering so much more gold.
• At Enies Lobby, Usopp shot down the flag as Luffy urged Nico Robin to say she wanted to live, and Robin tearfully agreed.
• Hatake Kakashi arrived to confront the Straw Hat crew, intending to make their rescue harder despite Uchiha Mai's instruction to let them go.

Kakashi captured the exhausted Straw Hat crew after Enies Lobby, then offered to let them go if Luffy could defeat him. After fighting and sparing Luffy, Kakashi stayed with the crew and hinted that he was trying to change someone's fate.

• Kakashi ambushed the weakened Straw Hat crew aboard the Merry and tied them up.
• Kakashi revealed Luffy's family connections and told the crew that Portgas D. Ace would be publicly executed.
• Kakashi took the crew to a nearby island, fed Luffy, and challenged him to a fight for their freedom.
• Kakashi defeated Luffy with a Haki-coated punch, but Sanji found him asleep and Kakashi released the crew.
• During dinner, Kakashi said he was helping them because of Garp, then hinted to Zoro that he might be trying to change someone's fate.

The Straw Hat crew celebrated their new, inflated bounties while people across the seas reacted to the news, and Uchiha Mai decided to recruit the disgraced Cipher Pol 9 agents. After learning that Monet’s Logia Devil Fruit had awakened, he went to investigate her new powers, which she had only begun to understand.

• The Straw Hat crew received their new bounties, celebrated, and Zoro vowed to keep training until he could defeat Kakashi.
• Villagers and allies celebrated or reacted to the posters, while Garp laughed at Luffy’s bounty and Doflamingo considered recruiting the crew.
• Uchiha Mai questioned the Marines’ false report blaming the Straw Hat crew for Enies Lobby and ordered Tobirama Senju to find and bring back the Cipher Pol 9 agents alive.
• Konan told Uchiha Mai that Monet’s Devil Fruit had awakened, and he hurried with her to the training ground.
• Monet told Uchiha Mai that her control and range had greatly improved, and he suspected her awakening had powers she had not yet discovered.

Monet awakened her Snow-Snow Fruit and briefly brought snowmen to life, while Uchiha Mai reassured her and told Orochimaru about the discovery. Meanwhile, Tobirama Senju captured the stranded Cipher Pol 9 agents, who feared the World Government would execute them for being branded traitors.

• Uchiha Mai realized Monet had awakened her Devil Fruit after noticing living beings in her frozen training ground.
• Monet summoned snowmen that acted independently for about half an hour before losing their life force and melting back into snow.
• Uchiha Mai comforted Monet, then told Orochimaru about her awakening; Orochimaru began seeking an orphan to recruit and use in his own Devil Fruit experiment.
• Uchiha Mai began researching whether he could have children with women from the Pirate World or whether traveling through the spacetime gate had affected his body.
• Tobirama Senju captured the fleeing Cipher Pol 9 members at the Sabaody Archipelago and restrained them with Seastone Handcuffs.
• Kalifa, Rob Lucci, and Kaku discussed their capture and feared the World Government would punish them for being declared traitors.

Uchiha Mai recruited the captured Cipher Pol 9 agents into Akatsuki and kept Kalifa as his secretary, while the news heightened tensions with the World Government and worried Donquixote Doflamingo. On Nameless Island, Kakashi continued training Luffy, who finally managed to dodge one of his attacks.

• Uchiha Mai defeated Rob Lucci and Kaku, then offered the Cipher Pol 9 agents a place in Akatsuki, which Lucci accepted for the group.
• Uchiha Mai ordered the agents to settle in Dressrosa and train, while Kalifa stayed behind to serve as his secretary.
• Uchiha Mai publicized Cipher Pol 9's defection, prompting Donquixote Doflamingo to plan further recruitment and Fleet Admiral Sengoku to discuss Akatsuki's power with Vice Admiral Tsuru.
• Kakashi saw the news on Nameless Island and intensified the Straw Hat crew's training, making Luffy fight him with Third Gear.
• Luffy dodged Kakashi's sword strike for the first time and excitedly declared the operation a success.

Kakashi defeated Luffy in a spar by exploiting his Devil Fruit weakness to water, while Uchiha Mai prepared for the Summit War and traveled to find Luffy. Mai arrived with the Akatsuki and tossed Luffy into the sky, leaving the Straw Hat crew terrified as Luffy laughed.

• Kakashi used his Water Style: Water Finger Gun to weaken Luffy and win their spar, then told him to learn how to face water-based attacks.
• Hatake Sakumo told Uchiha Mai he could not infiltrate the Red-Haired Pirates without exposing the Transformation Technique, so Mai abandoned the plan and focused on monitoring Donquixote Doflamingo.
• Uchiha Mai considered using the Third's identity to turn the Summit War into a battle among multiple factions and worried that he lacked enough powerful subordinates.
• Uchiha Mai, Might Guy, Monet, Konan, and Enel flew to the island where Luffy and the others were staying.
• After Nami recognized Uchiha Mai as the Akatsuki leader with a 5.5-billion-Beli bounty, Mai promised to teach Luffy to fly and tossed him into the sky.

Uchiha Mai confronted the Straw Hat crew, revealed the hidden identities he knew about them, and took Luffy away to teach him a lesson. He easily countered Luffy’s attacks and blasted him away with Shinra Tensei.

• Nami asked Uchiha Mai what he wanted, and he listed the crew’s notable identities, including Nami’s connection to Kaido and Sanji’s lineage.
• Nami said she had no reason to avenge Kaido, whom she had never met, and thanked Uchiha Mai for telling her about him.
• Uchiha Mai ordered Might Guy to hold off the crew while he took Luffy aside, and the others clashed with Guy, Konan, Enel, and Monet.
• Uchiha Mai hurled Luffy into a mountainside, then watched him recover and use Third Gear, which consumed his life force.
• Luffy attacked with Gum-Gum Giant Pistol and Gum-Gum Giant Axe, but Uchiha Mai evaded both and repelled him with Shinra Tensei.

Uchiha Mai tested Luffy’s resilience, fought off the Straw Hat crew, and stopped Might Guy from using the Eighth Gate against Kakashi. Back on Sky Island, Mai concluded that Joy Boy was a Giant and likely a member of the Clan of D, and that Luffy’s straw hat connected him to Joy Boy.

• Uchiha Mai battered Luffy with lightning until Luffy’s heart began beating violently, confirming that the Gum-Gum Fruit’s user would not die easily.
• Uchiha Mai rescued Monet from the Straw Hat crew, immobilized the crew, and left with his allies after telling them Luffy was dead.
• Kakashi and Might Guy fought using Observation Haki, ninjutsu, and the Eight Inner Gates, until Uchiha Mai knocked Might Guy unconscious before he could continue using the Gate of Death.
• The Straw Hat crew found Luffy alive and recovering, and Kakashi realized that Uchiha Mai’s true target had been Luffy.
• Uchiha Mai returned to Sky Island and reasoned that Joy Boy was a Giant and a member of the Clan of D, with Luffy’s straw hat linking him to Joy Boy.