Recaps

More than half a year after the Marineford War, Reiner and Nami read news about changes in the Marines and Brook’s fame while traveling with Weatheria. They planned to visit Alabasta, find Vivi, and explore the Sandora River.

• Sengoku retired, Akainu defeated Aokiji in a ten-day battle and became Fleet Admiral, and Aokiji left the Marines.
• Akainu’s World Military Draft brought Fujitora and Ryokugyu into the Marines as Admirals, while Marine Headquarters relocated to the New World.
• Nami was surprised to read that Brook had become the famous Soul King, and she and Reiner wondered how their other crewmates were doing.
• Reiner and Nami recalled their travels and training with Weatheria, including Reiner’s growing combat skills and Nami’s progress with Observation Haki and her Devil Fruit.
• Reiner and Nami planned to find Vivi in Alabasta before Reiner explored the Sandora River.

Reiner and Nami accompanied Haredas and the other scientists to Alabasta to study Rainbase and the effects of Dance Powder. After finding no scientific explanation for Rainbase’s unusual rainfall, Reiner proposed searching for the rumored Goddess of Life.

• Reiner left a mahjong game and later woke Nami when Weatheria arrived above Alabasta.
• Nami dressed in an orange-red gown, and Reiner escorted her and the old men to Rainbase.
• The group bought desert supplies and traveled into the desert on a Fast Runner Duck undead, where Reiner cooked a Moving Crab they encountered.
• Haredas and the other old men began investigating Rainbase’s rainfall and the effects of Dance Powder near Alubarna.
• The scientists found Rainbase’s surroundings entirely ordinary and were baffled by the lack of an explanation for its rainfall.
• Reiner suggested changing their research plans to find the Goddess of Life, and Nami teased him about his motives.

Reiner and Nami returned to Alubarna and reunited with Vivi at the royal palace. Vivi welcomed them tearfully, and the three prepared to reconnect over dinner.

• Reiner used his Conqueror’s Haki to stop a Sandora Scorpion from attacking Haredas and the other researchers, but his uncontrolled Haki knocked them unconscious.
• Reiner and Nami left Weatheria and traveled toward Alubarna in their hot-air balloon.
• Vivi spoke with Pell about her memories of Luffy and the others before he left her on the palace balcony.
• Reiner and Nami surprised Vivi at the palace, and she rushed to embrace Nami as they celebrated their reunion.
• Vivi scolded Reiner for calling her a delinquent girl, then agreed to treat them to dinner.

Nami and Reiner reunited with Vivi, Cobra, Pell, and Chaka in Alabasta and recounted their adventures since leaving the kingdom. After Nami asked about the Goddess Nephthys, Cobra revealed that the royal family held detailed records of the ancient legend, leaving them poised to investigate further.

• Nami told Vivi that Robin had joined their crew after they left Alabasta, while Reiner teased Nami about how quickly she warmed to Robin.
• Nami kicked out Reiner’s chair, and Pell awkwardly helped him up before Reiner urged Pell and Chaka to join the meal.
• Cobra invited Pell and Chaka to sit with the guests, and Pell nervously took the seat beside Vivi.
• Reiner and Nami described their travels, including Skypiea, Water 7, Impel Down, and the Marineford War, and Nami explained that she and Reiner were studying weather on Small Skypiea Weatheria.
• Nami asked Vivi about the Goddess of Life legend, and Cobra said the royal family had detailed records about Goddess Nephthys, Set, and Alabasta’s ancient history.

Vivi told the legend of the eastern desert tribes’ war against Giri and how Set ended it. Reiner realized the ancient great rift might now be the Sandora River between Rainbase and Alubarna, and the group prepared to investigate it that night.

• Reiner recognized parts of Vivi’s story, and Vivi recounted how drought united the eastern tribes to cross the desert and wage war on Giri.
• Vivi explained that Set, the God of War and Desert, ended the conflict, though not by conquering Giri as Reiner and Nami had assumed.
• Reiner studied a map and proposed that the ancient great rift was now the Sandora River, with Rainbase and Alubarna on opposite sides.
• Nami and the others considered Reiner’s theory, and Nami noticed how the legend connected to the Sandora River and Rainbase’s name.
• Reiner suggested exploring the river, Vivi asked to join, and Nami agreed to prepare for an adventure that night.

Reiner, Nami, Vivi, Pell, and Chaka explored the bottom of the Sandora River in search of the tomb of Set and Nefertari. After Reiner killed a giant catfish and Nami led the group through the depths, they found a stone avenue bearing carvings from the Burial Temple, and Nami agreed to investigate the tomb when Reiner suggested it might contain treasure.

• Vivi told Reiner and Nami the legend of Set, a misfortune-marked child who became a powerful ruler and married Nefertari, whose tomb was built in the central rift.
• Reiner, Nami, Vivi, Pell, and Chaka used Single-Person Film Bubbles to descend into the Sandora River, where Reiner killed a Sandora Catfish with his Shattering Strike Punch: Pierce.
• Nami guided the group through the dark river and used lightning to defeat dangerous fish as they descended several thousand meters.
• At the riverbed, Nami sensed a large obstruction and led the group to rows of ancient stone pillars covered in carvings like those in the Burial Temple.
• Nami tried to leave when the group realized the pillars might lead to a tomb, but Reiner persuaded her to continue by suggesting it could hold gold and jewels.

Reiner and his companions explored a sealed underground palace, survived its traps and beetles, and encountered a powerful cobra chained by a barbed collar. After the cobra fled from Reiner, he chased it, intent on making it his pet and training partner.

• Reiner found a sluice-gate passage into the palace and led Nami, Vivi, Pell, and Chaka through it.
• The group found skeletons and triggered a spiked boulder trap, which Reiner shattered with a punch.
• Pointed-Foot Sacred Scarabs swarmed the passage, and the group fled before Reiner collapsed the route behind them.
• The group entered a chamber covered in connected murals and spotted a large black-and-gold cobra.
• The cobra struck Pell with its tail, and Vivi identified it as a legendary Desert Lord Apis; Reiner noticed a barbed collar embedded in its flesh.
• Reiner fought off the cobra and challenged it to withstand a hundred punches, but it fled, so Reiner chased after it to make it his pet.

Reiner captured and tamed the chained cobra, which Nami named Piss, then led the group to the royal mausoleum’s burial chamber. After discovering tens of thousands of buried workers and an enormous treasure hoard, Reiner copied the stele’s inscription and negotiated a share of the treasure, leaving the coffins unopened.

• Reiner beat the cobra into submission, offered it food and lodging, and tested its tricks before Nami named it Piss.
• Piss swallowed the food Vivi offered, then carried Nami and Vivi deeper into the underground palace toward the burial chamber.
• Reiner, Pell, and Chaka flew to the altar and found three coffins beside a stele covered in writing none of them could read.
• Pell and Chaka stopped Reiner from opening the coffins, and Reiner proposed that Nico Robin translate a copy of the stele.
• Reiner agreed to take thirty percent of the gold and jewels, leaving the rest for Alabasta.

Reiner recovered treasure and copied ancient writing from an underwater palace, then returned to Alabasta with Nami and Vivi. After Weatheria helped bring rain to the drought-stricken kingdom, Reiner and Nami said goodbye to Vivi and continued their journey.

• Reiner had his undead gather the treasure, copied the ancient text, and left the underwater palace with Nami and Vivi.
• Nami revealed her relationship with Reiner to Vivi, who was happy for them and invited Nami to stay with her.
• Reiner brought the treasure to Cobra, and Weatheria's elders later used stored rain clouds to bring rainfall to several Alabasta cities.
• Reiner and Nami saw Vivi off from Weatheria after exchanging gifts and promising to visit each other again.
• After Vivi left with Pell, Reiner took Nami's hand and offered to buy her ice cream.

Two years after the Marineford War, Usopp trained on the Boin Archipelago while preparing to leave for Sabaody, and Nami and Reiner read news of the Whitebeard Pirates’ rise. The chapter ended as Reiner noticed that the Pirates’ new Second Division captain had helped Ace reclaim the title of Emperor of the Sea.

• Usopp used Haki and a POP GREEN seed to bring down a Sea Beast, then discussed his progress and departure plans with Hercules.
• Usopp marked another day on a tree and wondered whether the Straw Hat Crew had already set out.
• Nami read that Portgas D. Ace had become the new leader of the Whitebeard Pirates and a Fifth Emperor of the Sea.
• Reiner recognized Jinbe among the Whitebeard Pirates’ allies and lamented that he had joined them.
• Reiner noticed another surprising new member in the newspaper and focused on the identity of the new Second Division captain.

Reiner read about the Whitebeard Pirates becoming the Fifth Emperor and discussed the crew’s training and upcoming reunion with Nami. As the Straw Hat Crew’s return stirred chaos on Sabaody Archipelago, Brook waited to reunite with them, while Fujitora arrived looking for a casino.

• Reiner reacted to news that Yamato, Jinbe, and Ace had joined the Whitebeard Pirates, who had become the Fifth Emperor after fighting the Beast Pirates in Wano Country.
• Reiner and Nami discussed the crew’s training, their fighters’ goals, and the possibility that Nami had become one of the crew’s main fighters.
• Reiner noted that Aokiji had joined the Blackbeard Pirates, then told Nami they would prepare to leave for Sabaody Archipelago.
• Brook arrived on Sabaody Archipelago and returned to hiding after Longarm Tribe members told him it was not time to show himself.
• Rumors that the Straw Hat Crew had returned from the dead drew pirates and Bounty Hunters to Sabaody, while a Pacifista unit led by Sentomaru headed there.
• Fujitora asked a passerby for directions to a nearby casino and walked toward it with his blind cane.

After leaving Weatheria, Reiner and Nami arrived at Sabaody Archipelago as the Straw Hat crew began reuniting after two years apart. Zoro, Chopper, Usopp, Franky, Robin, and Sanji returned to the island, while Luffy prepared to leave with Rayleigh to meet his friends.

• Reiner and Nami said goodbye to Haredas and the elders before flying from Weatheria, and Haredas found Reiner's note asking him to leave the house to him in his will.
• A cloaked Zoro defended Roronoa's potential to become the World's Greatest Swordsman, then knocked down the tavern patrons who mocked him.
• Chopper recognized Zoro and Sanji on Sabaody, but they mistook him for a talking tanuki.
• A shop owner spotted Marines and Pacifistas, then Usopp ran into her while spying on them; Franky and Robin soon reunited with Usopp.
• Sanji left the okama ship in tears and rushed onto the island, while Luffy thanked Rayleigh and said he missed everyone.

Reiner and Nami gambled alongside the blind Marine Admiral Fujitora, who defeated a fake Straw Hat Crew after they threatened him. The chapter leaves Fujitora recognizing Reiner when Chopper arrives and reveals the real crew has gathered.

• Nami celebrated another roulette win with Fujitora while Reiner watched, and a fake Straw Hat Crew tried to recruit the admiral.
• Nami defended Fujitora, and the fake crew's blond man falsely claimed to be Black Snake Reiner before their captain claimed to be Luffy.
• Fujitora drew his blade and blasted the fake crew into a crater, then put on his Justice coat and asked Reiner and Nami about their purpose.
• Fujitora started to leave, but Chopper arrived and called out to Reiner and Nami, mentioning Zoro and Sanji and asking where Luffy and Usopp were.
• Fujitora turned back after hearing Chopper and addressed Reiner by name, while Reiner and Nami joked about making him into soup and Chopper stopped in confusion.

Reiner fought Admiral Fujitora while Nami and Chopper escaped the collapsing casino. After Fujitora learned that Luffy had been spotted, he requested reinforcements, leaving Reiner to face the prospect of two admirals.

• Fujitora attacked Reiner after Chopper exposed the group, and Nami and Chopper fled when Reiner broke his gravity suppression.
• Fujitora struck Reiner with Gravity Blade: Fierce Tiger, but Reiner emerged from the rubble and continued fighting.
• Fujitora countered Reiner’s Shadow Coffin, but Reiner’s Shattering Kill Punch wounded him and forced him back.
• Sentomaru called Fujitora to report that Straw Hat Boy had been spotted on Island Forty-Six, and Fujitora requested reinforcements from headquarters.

Reiner and Zoro fought Fujitora while a massive meteor threatened the island. Zoro split the meteor with a sword strike, but Reiner shattered its halves before they hit the ground, leaving Zoro furious at his taunts.

• Fujitora summoned a meteor and attacked Reiner, who countered with shadow-based techniques.
• Zoro arrived, challenged Fujitora, and agreed to take him on while Reiner handled the meteor.
• Zoro charged the meteor and split it in two with his Great Thousand Worlds technique.
• The meteor halves kept falling, but Reiner shattered them with his giant axe.
• Reiner mocked Zoro for his long incantation, and Zoro threatened to tear his mouth apart.

Luffy fought Sentomaru and the Pacifistas on Grove 46, showing how much stronger he had become during the past two years. After defeating Sentomaru, Luffy sensed the voices of his reunited crew and looked forward to sailing with them again.

• Marines, pirates, bounty hunters, and civilians gathered on Grove 46 as Usopp, Franky, and Robin fought their way toward Luffy.
• Luffy swiftly destroyed several Pacifistas, leaving Sentomaru shocked by his strength.
• Luffy fought Sentomaru, evaded his attacks, and hurled him into several Pacifistas with Gomu Gomu no Super Pinwheel.
• Luffy defeated Sentomaru with Gomu Gomu no Jet Fire Pistol, knocking him unconscious.
• Luffy heard the voices of Reiner, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook, then declared that they had set sail again.

Usopp, Robin, Franky, Brook, Sanji, Nami, and Chopper reunited with Luffy and helped defeat the Pacifista army at Grove 46. Reiner and Zoro withdrew from their fight with Fujitora after Rayleigh arrived to hold him off, and they headed to Peninsula 46 to rejoin the others.

• Franky, Robin, and Usopp fought the Pacifistas and learned that most of the Straw Hat Crew's bounties had increased by about one hundred million Berries.
• Luffy spotted Usopp, Robin, and Franky, and the crew members greeted one another as they battled the Pacifistas.
• Brook and Sanji joined the fight, and Sanji swiftly destroyed several Pacifistas with powerful kicks.
• Nami and Chopper joined the group, and the crew planned to prank Reiner after learning he had told everyone they were his most promising fighters.
• Sanji and Luffy helped wipe out the Pacifista army while Reiner and Zoro fought Fujitora and decided to retreat before more Marines arrived.
• Rayleigh arrived to face Fujitora, allowing Reiner and Zoro to leave for Peninsula 46, where the others had gathered.

Reiner and Zoro returned to Sabaody, where Zoro accepted Shusui as a replacement sword and vowed to become the World's Strongest Swordsman. Aboard the Going Merry, the crew checked their new bounties, while Chopper’s remained at 50 Beli; at Marine Headquarters, Nio of the Wavy Hair admired Chopper’s poster.

• Reiner told Zoro to keep Shusui, and Zoro decided to master the sword and pursue the title of World's Strongest Swordsman.
• Reiner and Zoro arrived at Grove 46, where the Going Merry was coated and Luffy and the others prepared to depart.
• Luffy spread out the crew’s new wanted posters, revealing that his bounty was 850 million Beli and Reiner’s was 820 million Beli.
• The crew found that everyone’s bounty had risen by 100 million Beli except Chopper’s, which stayed at 50 Beli.
• Nio of the Wavy Hair looked at Chopper’s wanted poster at Marine Headquarters and gushed over how cute he was.

After two years apart, Reiner and Zoro rejoined the Straw Hat Crew at Sabaody, and Luffy led them toward the New World. Meanwhile, Ace, Yamato, and Marco traveled with the Whitebeard Pirates as Ace looked forward to meeting Luffy again.

• Reiner and Zoro returned to the Going Merry, where the crew welcomed them and caught up after two years apart.
• Reiner introduced Piss, the cobra he and Nami had raised after catching it in Alabasta.
• Luffy declared the New World their destination, and the Going Merry began diving beneath the sea from Sabaody.
• A Marine surveillance unit spotted the Whitebeard Pirates’ Moby Dick, but Jinbe drove the scouting ships away.
• Ace discussed Luffy’s coming arrival in the New World, while Yamato eagerly anticipated meeting him and fighting other pirates.
• Marco reflected that Ace had recovered and grown into a strong leader after his trip to the East Blue.

The Straw Hats shared their two years of experiences aboard the Going Merry as it descended beneath the sea. Sanji kicked Reiner through the ship’s coating in revenge for the Okama Island incident, and after Piss rescued him, Reiner tricked Usopp and Chopper into eating food laced with mustard and then handed them boiling water.

• Sanji confronted Reiner over being sent to Okama Island and demanded one kick to settle the score.
• Sanji struck Reiner with his Devil God Wind Leg from hell, sending him through the Going Merry’s coating and into an undersea volcano wall.
• Nami sent Piss to retrieve Reiner, who returned to the ship and acknowledged Sanji’s kick as the strongest.
• At dinner, Reiner switched his food with the mustard-laced portions meant for him, causing Usopp and Chopper to breathe fire.
• Reiner gave Usopp and Chopper boiling water, making them spit it out and angrily accuse him of trying to kill them.

After Reiner and Nami spent time together in her chart room, the Going Merry entered the deep-sea passage to Fish-Man Island. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji prepared to fight the Kraken, but Nami stopped them from endangering the ship’s coating, and a fish-man intervened.

• Reiner and Zoro finished training, and Reiner told Nami her chart room had been cleaned before carrying her upstairs.
• Reiner and Nami went to the chart room, where Nami later changed clothes and left while Reiner cleaned up.
• The Going Merry sailed through the passage beneath the Red Line with fish-man Undead guiding it around dangers.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji prepared to attack the approaching Kraken, but Nami knocked them down and warned them not to risk the ship’s coating.
• A blue fish-man struck Kraken’s tentacle aside and told it to leave because the crew were his friends.

Jinbe told Reiner and the Straw Hat Crew that Hody Jones had revolted on Fish-Man Island and asked for their help before Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates could arrive. The crew agreed to help, and Jinbe began explaining the history behind the conflict as the Going Merry sailed toward the island.

• Jinbe arrived aboard the Going Merry and explained that Hody Jones had captured Ryugu Palace, imprisoned resisters, and surrounded Shirahoshi’s Hard-Shell Tower.
• Luffy offered to help Jinbe, and the Straw Hat Crew agreed despite Jinbe’s warning that the rebellion had deep-rooted causes.
• The crew worried about Camie’s safety, and Luffy named their mission Operation Mermaid, Fish-Man, and Meat.
• Jinbe began telling the crew about Hody, the Sun Pirates, Fisher Tiger, and Arlong, then apologized to Nami for Arlong’s actions.
• Nami told Jinbe she did not blame him for what happened to her hometown.

The Straw Hats reached Fish-Man Island, where Jinbe tried to negotiate with Hody but was refused entry for the crew. Reiner proposed using the crisis to inspire fish-men to rethink their views of humans, and Jinbe chose to continue toward that difficult goal.

• The Going Merry reached Fish-Man Island, and Jinbe swam ahead to negotiate with the fish-men guarding its entrance.
• Reiner gave the crew Bubble Corals and helped them prepare to fight underwater while Nami suggested rescuing the hostages during the battle.
• Jinbe returned and said Hody would meet only with him, while the guards refused to let the Straw Hats enter.
• Reiner urged Jinbe not to fight if negotiations failed and suggested that his apparent defeat could make Hody's threat clear to the island's citizens.
• Jinbe recalled Fisher Tiger's final words and accepted Reiner's argument that the crisis could help future generations move beyond hatred.
• Jinbe decided to take the first step toward reconciliation, echoing Queen Otohime's belief that waiting would never bring change.

Hody rejected negotiations and attacked the Straw Hat Crew, but Zoro and Sanji quickly defeated his fish-men and Sea Beasts. As the crew planned their next move, Luffy disappeared and plunged toward Fish-Man Island on his own.

• Hody declared that Jinbe must join the New Fish-Man Pirates or die alongside King Neptune, and Zoro ended the call.
• Hammond ordered the fish-men and Sea Beasts to attack the ship, so Zoro fought the fish-men underwater while Sanji took on the Sea Beasts.
• Zoro defeated Hammond and the other fish-men with his Three-Sword Style, and Sanji knocked out all three Sea Beasts with kicks.
• Sanji proposed an infiltration group, but Nami assigned Reiner to steer while the others faced the enemy head-on.
• The crew realized Luffy had vanished, and Reiner sensed him plunging through the layers of the bubble surrounding Fish-Man Island.

Reiner and the Straw Hat Crew reached Mermaid Cove, where Reiner defeated ten thousand fish-men with a tsunami. As Jinbe rallied prisoners with news of the Straw Hat Crew, Hody learned that his forces had been wiped out and Shirahoshi had disappeared, and he blamed the Straw Hats.

• Reiner used his battle axe to unleash a tsunami that swept away the fish-men attacking the Going Merry and wrecked part of Coral Hill.
• Reiner and his companions questioned a fish-man and learned that Hody had gathered the island's citizens at the plaza.
• Mushi and Zeo imprisoned Jinbe, who told the other prisoners that the Straw Hat Crew had come to help defeat Hody.
• Camie recognized that Luffy and his crew had arrived and angrily defended them when the prisoners doubted their strength.
• Hody learned that Reiner had wiped out ten thousand troops at Mermaid Cove, then discovered Shirahoshi was missing and vowed to kill the Straw Hat Crew.