Recaps

Reiner prepared to meet the Marines as their landing force broke through the coastal defenses, while Akainu deployed the Seraphim and Kizaru clashed with Aokiji at the laboratory. As Marines flooded the futuristic city, Reiner summoned a host of powerful undead and declared that the Marines—not his allies—would despair.

• Gion and the Marine commanders fought the modified undead beasts as cannon fire gradually wore down the coastal defenses.
• Reiner warned Vegapunk that Kizaru had infiltrated the laboratory, and Vegapunk sent the awakened Luffy toward the lower level while activating the Dome Boundary and preparing a storm.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to land and deployed S-Bat, S-Croc, and S-Flamingo, who swiftly defeated the remaining beasts and helped clear the coast.
• Kizaru was driven from the laboratory, where he found Aokiji protecting Vegapunk; Aokiji refused to join the Marines and fought Kizaru to keep him away.
• Reiner and his allies watched the Marine force enter the city as Reiner summoned Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, Blackbeard, and other powerful undead to face them.

The Undead devastated the Marines across the city, overwhelming vice admirals and Seraphim until Garp entered the battle and clashed with Reiner. The impact forced Reiner to recall most of his Undead, and Sengoku prepared to join Garp against him.

• Whitebeard Undead, Blackbeard Undead, Azure Dragon, Mage Undead, and Magellan Undead tore through the Marine forces, killing soldiers and badly wounding Strawberry and Onigumo.
• Blackbeard Undead nullified S-Bat's power and knocked him away, while the Undead's attacks overwhelmed the Marines and their Seraphim.
• Garp comforted a frightened Marine before charging into battle and striking at Reiner with Galaxy Impact.
• Reiner met Garp's punch with Nuclear Fist: Extinction Sun, and their collision sent shockwaves across the island and sea.
• Reiner recalled most of the Undead to strengthen his main body, while he and Garp were thrown into separate buildings by the clash.
• Sengoku transformed into his Golden Buddha Form and prepared to fight alongside Garp.

Reiner fought Garp and Sengoku in a devastating battle, using teleportation, bone-shaping, explosive attacks, and the Dark-Dark Fruit to counter their abilities. Though he injured both Navy legends, Sengoku realized Reiner’s many powers made him extremely difficult to defeat and resolved to exploit the weakness shared by Devil Fruit users: Seastone.

• Garp and Sengoku attacked Reiner with powerful Haki and Buddha shockwaves, but Reiner teleported behind Sengoku and kicked him into the ruins.
• Sengoku used Insight Cut to predict Reiner’s teleportation and battered him with his Vajra Hand techniques, though Reiner endured the barrage and learned to resist the Buddha light’s effects with Haki.
• Reiner transformed his arm into a bone dragon, seized Garp, and unleashed a thunder-flame breath that badly injured him and carved a ravine through the island.
• Reiner used the Dark-Dark Fruit to absorb Sengoku’s Buddha shockwave, then shattered his bone dragon into explosive fragments that blasted Sengoku into the ruins.
• Sengoku recovered and concluded that Reiner’s combined abilities were difficult to overcome, then focused on Seastone as a way to suppress him.

The Marines pressed their advantage across Egghead as Akainu joined Sengoku and Garp against Reiner. Luffy arrived to help Reiner, and the fight continued with Akainu attacking him.

• Tokikake blocked Sentomaru while Nami, Sanji, and the others fought Marines across Egghead.
• Tsuru spotted Luffy approaching as Akainu joined Sengoku and Garp in attacking Reiner.
• Reiner countered Akainu's magma attacks, but Sengoku, Garp, and the Seraphim kept him under pressure.
• Luffy struck Garp and landed beside Reiner, declaring he would help defeat the Marines.
• Akainu attacked Luffy with magma, forcing him to retreat with burned, reddened hands.
• Garp emerged from the crater with a bleeding forehead while Sengoku questioned whether he was pretending to be hurt.

Luffy awakened his Nika Form while fighting Garp, then used its reality-bending powers to catch and hurl Akainu’s magma attacks. Vegapunk recognized the form as the legendary Sun God Nika as the battle across the island continued.

• Reiner intercepted Akainu’s magma attack and took over the fight, while Luffy faced Garp.
• Garp struck Luffy into a crater, but Luffy climbed out and challenged his grandfather to fight in earnest.
• Luffy’s Conqueror’s Haki surged as he transformed into Nika Form, startling Garp, Sengoku, and fighters across the island.
• Luffy turned the ground into a wave and used its elasticity to launch Garp into a building.
• Luffy pulled down a Ferris wheel, caught Akainu’s Meteor Volcano attacks in its net, and hurled the magma toward Sengoku.
• Vegapunk watched Luffy’s transformation on a screen and identified him as Sun God Nika.

The Five Elders watched Luffy awaken as Sun God Nika and decided to go to Egghead to confront him and the Will of D. As Reiner and Luffy fought the Navy’s strongest forces, Reiner battled Garp and ended the chapter blasting him away with a devastating attack.

• The Five Elders saw Nika awaken on Egghead and resolved to meet Im-sama before trying to erase Nika and the Will of D.
• Sengoku bound Luffy with golden chains, but Luffy slipped free and punched Garp into S-Bat and a building.
• Reiner detonated his skeletal palm against Sengoku, then Garp struck Reiner hard enough to shatter more than a dozen of his bones.
• Reiner and Garp exchanged powerful blows, and Garp cut Reiner’s hand into his waist despite dodging his attack.
• Reiner struck the ground with vibration powers, shattering it and sending Garp flying.

As the battle on Egghead turned against the Marines, Sengoku received orders to withdraw lower-ranking troops because the Five Elders were about to arrive. The Marines pulled back, and five ominous auras descended onto the island.

• Akainu attacked Reiner, but Reiner's bone dragon destroyed the magma soldiers with its Thunder Flame Heat Breath.
• Luffy used S-Bat as a projectile to strike Akainu, then clashed with Garp in the sky.
• Sengoku emerged from the ruins badly injured and judged that the battle was turning against the Marines.
• Kaku told Sengoku that the Five Elders had ordered Marines below commodore rank to withdraw and that they were descending on Egghead.
• Sengoku ordered the lower-ranking Marines to retreat while the higher-ranking officers stayed behind.
• After the Marines withdrew, five powerful, ominous auras descended onto Egghead amid violent lightning and a storm.

The Five Elders arrived on Egghead in monstrous awakened forms, but Luffy struck them with a devastating Gear Five attack. As the surviving Elders recovered and targeted Luffy, Reiner appeared to confront the sandworm with his Black Hole ability.

• The Five Elders arrived through teleportation arrays and ordered CP0 to help Saturn take control of the Seraphim and kill Vegapunk and his satellites.
• Luffy descended on the Elders and smashed them with a lightning-charged Gear Five punch, leaving them badly injured and CP0 unconscious.
• After Luffy returned to normal, he told Usopp, Chopper, and Franky that his new form was Gear Five, which he called the Nika form.
• Reiner observed the Elders' rapid recovery and reasoned that Haki could hurt them, while a strange power seemed to restore their bodies.
• The surviving Elders resumed their attack, and the sandworm burst from the ground to swallow Luffy as he tried to escape.
• Reiner appeared in front of the sandworm, pressed a hand to its forehead, and unleashed Black Hole.

Reiner killed Saint Peter and was forced to face Akainu and Sengoku while Luffy fled from Magu and the strange bird. Zoro defeated Fujitora in a decisive clash, leaving the wider battle on the island unresolved.

• Reiner used his darkness power to erase Saint Peter’s abilities, then killed him with a bone blade and an internal shockwave.
• Magu ordered Akainu to kill Reiner and threatened to make him resign if he failed; Sengoku joined the fight, while Magu and the strange bird pursued Luffy.
• Akainu and Sengoku attacked Reiner as Luffy, unable to regain Gear Five, retreated through the city.
• Zoro and Fujitora traded heavy blows along the coastline, each badly wounded as their sword intents clashed.
• Zoro unleashed his Nine-Sword Style and anticipated Fujitora’s final slash, then struck him down with Asura: Inferno.
• Fujitora admitted defeat and closed his eyes, while Zoro noted that Fujitora had spared his arm; the larger battle remained underway.

The Giant Warrior Pirates arrived at Egghead and blasted through the Marine blockade as Kid, Law, Yamato, Marco, and Ace also came to aid their allies. The reinforcements began heading onto the island to join the battle.

• Zoro spotted an enormous ship carrying Dorry and Broggy, chiefs of the Giant Warrior Pirates, as it approached Egghead.
• Dorry and Broggy unleashed Hakoku, destroying at least twenty-five Marine warships and opening a path through the blockade.
• The Giant Warrior Pirates sailed toward the island while their warriors smashed more Marine ships with thrown weapons.
• Kid and Killer approached Egghead, where Law and Bepo had already arrived; Law teleported himself and Bepo ashore, and Kid followed using metal.
• Yamato spotted Ace in Egghead, while Marco offered to scout ahead; Ace flew toward the island using his flames.

Reiner wounded Sengoku and battled Akainu as the Marines' forces began to collapse, while Ace arrived to support the Straw Hat Crew. After Garp knocked Ace down, Ace clashed with Akainu and unleashed a massive fire attack, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Reiner pierced Sengoku with a Bone Sword, but Akainu struck Reiner with magma and melted part of his skull before Reiner teleported away.
• Ace arrived and countered Akainu's Great Eruption with Fire Fist, then headed east to find Luffy.
• Garp intercepted Ace and punched him into a crater, while Akainu prepared to attack him.
• Ace blocked Akainu's magma assault and grew furious when Akainu insulted Whitebeard and questioned Ace's inheritance of Roger's will.
• Ace used Heaven and Earth Flame Ring and Great Sun Annihilation to engulf Akainu in a massive explosion.

Reiner overwhelmed Akainu with a combination of Devil Fruit powers and vibrational attacks, while reinforcements from the Whitebeard Pirates and the giants joined the battle across the island. Luffy remained pursued by Magu as Kid and Law raced to attack the Five Elders, ending with Law cutting Saint Mars in half and Kid firing his Electromagnetic Cannon.

• Reiner froze Akainu briefly, then shattered the ice and repeatedly smashed him into the ground with vibrational punches while restraining his powers with darkness.
• Marco, Yamato, Jozu, and the Whitebeard Pirates arrived and attacked the Marines, while Nami recognized Dorry and Broggy among the approaching giants.
• Marco struck Smoker away from Nami, and Nami welcomed the reinforcements as they spread across the battlefields.
• Luffy fled through a coconut grove while Magu pursued him and a monstrous bird dove after him.
• Kid and Law raced toward the Five Elders, argued over who would attack first, and prepared to fight Magu as well.
• Law used K-ROOM: Amputate to slice Saint Mars in two, and Kid fired his Electromagnetic Cannon through the forest.

Luffy fought the Five Elders on Egghead, using his Nika form to crush Saint Nusjuro and Saint Mars as Law and Kid watched. With the Marines forced to retreat and Reiner allowing Aokiji and Kizaru to withdraw, the battle ended in a decisive victory for the Straw Hat Crew.

• Law and Kid arrived to pursue fame, then joined Luffy as he explained that the Five Elders had Immortal Bodies and transformed into his Nika form.
• Luffy fought Saint Mars and Saint Nusjuro, deflecting their attacks and flattening them between his giant palms.
• Law moved himself and Kid out of danger before Luffy struck the Five Elders with his colossal Kong God Spiral Bullet.
• Dorry and Broggy led the Giant Race warriors onto the island as Garp saw them arrive and Sengoku ordered the Marines to retreat from Egghead.
• Kizaru rescued Akainu from Reiner, and Aokiji persuaded Reiner to spare them; Reiner let the Marines withdraw and considered the war over.

After the battle at Egghead, the Straw Hat Crew and their allies held a beach banquet while Vegapunk planned to join the Revolutionary Army. Luffy learned that Shanks was in Elbaf, where Kid also intended to seek revenge.

• Dorry and Broggy brought enormous prey ashore, and Sanji began cooking for the banquet.
• Reiner used Vegapunk's sunscreen invention to let Nami and Robin swim, then Nami punched him into the sea after he praised Robin's figure.
• Vegapunk decided to organize and move Punk Records and Egghead's research before joining the Revolutionary Army, while he kept York deactivated and took control of the Seraphim.
• Marco and Ace tried to recruit Sanji to the Whitebeard Pirates' Fourth Division, but Luffy kicked them away and Sanji chose to stay with the Straw Hat Crew.
• Marco told Luffy that Shanks was in Elbaf, prompting Luffy, Usopp, and Kid to react with surprise.
• Dorry told Kid that he could challenge Shanks in a duel at Elbaf, and Kid vowed to get revenge for Benn Beckman breaking his arm.

Marco told Reiner about Roger’s journey to Laugh Tale, the lost Poneglyph rubbings, and the possibility that Douglas Bullet would challenge him. He revealed that Whitebeard’s crew and Ace had been defeated at Elbaf, where Shanks, Buggy, and Cross Guild were also waiting, while Zoro renewed his resolve to become the World’s Greatest Swordsman.

• Marco told Reiner that the final Road Poneglyph had no known location and that rumors linked it to the World Government or a man covered in burn scars.
• Marco recounted how Roger reached Laugh Tale, discarded an Eternal Pose pointing to it, and left behind rubbings of all four Poneglyphs; he said Douglas Bullet might seek out Reiner to challenge the world’s strongest man.
• Reiner guessed that Roger had chosen Shanks and Buggy to inherit his path, and Marco confirmed that they were at Elbaf with Cross Guild.
• Marco revealed that he, Ace, and Whitebeard’s crew had been completely defeated at Elbaf by an immensely powerful opponent.
• Reiner anticipated Luffy and his crew’s journey to Elbaf, where the future Pirate King, the World’s Greatest Swordsman, Usopp’s father, and Robin’s reunion with Saul awaited.
• Zoro recalled his childhood promise to Kuina and resolved that he would not lose again on his path to becoming the World’s Greatest Swordsman.

Reiner proposed founding a large trading company, arguing that safer, broader trade could bring enormous profits and help Amazon Lily escape its reliance on piracy. The crew prepared to sail for Elbaf while Bonney and Pudding stayed with Vegapunk to pursue a way to restore Kuma, and Hancock considered Reiner’s proposal for her country.

• Reiner suggested replicating Pudding’s Memory-Memory Fruit ability with Green Blood so Kuma’s memories could eventually be restored without delaying the crew’s departure.
• Pudding agreed to go with Lilith to the laboratory, while Bonney stayed with Vegapunk and the crew prepared to sail for Elbaf.
• Hancock said she planned to return to Amazon Lily, but accepted Nami and Robin’s invitation to travel with them after they discussed the country’s vulnerability without the Shichibukai system.
• Luffy suggested lending Amazon Lily the crew’s flag, but Reiner warned that temporary protection would not solve the country’s dependence on plunder.
• Reiner explained that Amazon Lily needed a broader transformation and proposed establishing a large trading company to expand commerce across the sea.

Reiner outlined the Black Snake Trading Company, a platform for nations to trade safely across the Grand Line, and recruited Vegapunk and Hancock to help build it. With the company’s first members and projects settled, Luffy led the crew toward Elbaf.

• Reiner explained that the Black Snake Trading Company would connect nations, provide secure routes and compensation, and eventually earn money through commissions and services.
• Reiner invited Hancock to join, offering help obtaining Seastone and ships through Wano Country and Water 7; Hancock agreed to establish a Kuja merchant caravan.
• Vegapunk asked to work for Reiner for twenty billion beli in annual research funding, and Reiner agreed, promising him one-third of the company’s profits for research.
• Reiner assigned Vegapunk to study improvements to the Sea Train and develop a plan to extend it throughout the Grand Line.
• Reiner called for the crew to set sail, and Luffy announced that their destination was Elbaf.

After the Egghead War, the World Government spun the outcome in its newspapers while Morgans rushed the Straw Hat Crew’s new bounties into circulation. Kaku and Blueno reached Hachinosu and decided to return to Water 7, while the Straw Hats learned that Luffy and Reiner had received bounties above five billion Beli.

• Camie found the newspaper at Sabaody and celebrated that Luffy and the others had escaped, while the article presented the Marines’ withdrawal as a failed arrest attempt.
• Kaku and Blueno reached Hachinosu with the unconscious Kalifa, and Kaku decided to return to Water 7 to see his former shipyard coworkers again.
• Pirates at a Hachinosu tavern argued over the strengths of the rising Emperors until new bounty posters arrived, revealing Luffy’s Nika form and a 5.2 billion Beli bounty.
• Usopp showed the Straw Hats their new bounty posters, and Chopper celebrated his 324 million Beli bounty and new title as ship doctor.
• The crew saw that Luffy’s bounty was 5.232 billion Beli and Reiner’s was 5.646 billion Beli.

The Straw Hat Crew celebrated their enormous new bounties as they reached Elbaf, where Luffy and several others chose to explore the harsh Underworld instead of taking the Rainbow Bridge. Scopper Gaban watched their arrival from a snowy mountain and set out to see whether Luffy would usher in the New Era.

• Reiner and Luffy examined their new bounties, while Zoro and Sanji argued over their rankings and the crew celebrated its record-breaking total bounty.
• The Going Merry and the Giant Warrior Pirates' ships entered the mist around Elbaf and saw Treasure Tree Adam towering above the sea.
• Dorry and Broggy explained Elbaf's three levels, and Nami tried to persuade them to give her Treasure Tree Adam.
• Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, Zoro, and Sanji decided to land in the Underworld and make their way toward the Sunny World, while Reiner stayed aboard with Nami.
• The crew landed near Maddos Tavern, which Dorry said Shanks and his crew often visited.
• Scopper Gaban watched the Straw Hat Crew arrive, recognized Luffy's Nika wanted poster, and leaped from his mountain to investigate who would usher in the New Era.

Luffy challenged Coron to a duel, then outwitted him with a cup-and-coin trick and reflected on his own childhood longing to sail with Shanks. As the group traveled toward Sunny World by ship and on foot, Luffy and Zoro sensed a formidable straw-hatted figure approaching through the forest.

• Coron challenged Luffy to a duel so he could prove himself and earn a chance to go to sea, but Luffy turned the contest into a cup-and-coin trick and won.
• Luffy remembered being a child who wanted to join Shanks, then toasted freedom with Reiner and the others in the tavern.
• After hearing the Rainbow Bridge was ready, Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, and Chopper set out through the snowy forest while Reiner, the Giant Warrior Pirates, and Kid's group sailed up the rainbow toward Sunny World.
• The ships rode the Rainbow Bridge into the sky, and Uta admired the view while resolving to beat up Shanks when they reunited.
• Zoro killed several giant Snow Wolves, then he and Luffy sensed a powerful presence approaching through the forest.
• A figure wearing a straw hat emerged from the pine forest and greeted Luffy as Straw Hat Boy.

Reiner and the others arrived in Elbaf’s Sunny World as Kid headed straight for Red-Haired Shanks to settle their old score. Shanks left the tavern to meet Kid, while the Straw Hat Crew and Cross Guild’s conflicts also threatened to erupt.

• Reiner arrived in the Sunny World aboard the Great Erick and set aside his worries about a future catastrophe.
• Kid led Killer and his crew toward Red-Haired Shanks, while Dorry and Broggy approved of their planned duel.
• Shanks, Buggy, the Red-Haired Pirates, and Cross Guild gathered in a tavern, and the arrival of the Straw Hat Crew and Kid’s crew stirred excitement and old grudges.
• Buggy stopped Shanks to insist that he wanted to settle his own score with the Straw Hat Crew, while Hawkeye and the others prepared to leave.
• Kid and his crew confronted Shanks outside the village, and Shanks warned Kid to fight somewhere other than among the homes.

At Elbaf’s Sacred Arena, Red-Haired Shanks challenged Kid to a duel with the Straw Hat crew, Reiner, and others watching. Shanks gained the upper hand, but Kid revealed that he could use Conqueror’s Haki Infusion and remained standing as the fight continued.

• Reiner arrived with the Straw Hat crew and the Giant Warrior Pirates, drawing Buggy’s attention and reuniting Nami and Robin with Perona.
• Shanks demanded that the loser surrender their pirate flag, and Kid accepted the duel and attacked with his Magnet-Magnet Fruit.
• Shanks evaded Kid’s flying weapons, severed his mechanical arm, and avoided Kid’s counterattack.
• Shanks cut through Kid’s metal defense and pierced his shoulder, but Kid repelled the blade and struck Shanks with Conqueror’s Haki Infusion.
• Reiner concluded that Kid had no clear chance of winning, while Shanks and Kid recovered from their clash and faced each other again.

Luffy and his companions crossed the bridge toward Treasure Tree Adam while Kid fought Red-Haired Shanks in Elbaf’s arena. Shanks overwhelmed Kid and severed his right arm, but stopped the duel when their attacks set the tree ablaze; Reiner instead realized he could use the Woods-Woods Fruit to repeatedly regrow and harvest its branches.

• Gaban told Zoro that Shanks was fighting someone, and Luffy hurried ahead, eager to see him.
• Kid overcame his hesitation and summoned a metallic storm, then assembled a mechanical Demon Dragon to attack Shanks.
• Shanks tore apart Kid’s constructs, dodged his attacks, and slashed him across the body before cutting off his right arm.
• Kid’s cannon attack set Treasure Tree Adam ablaze, and Reiner privately showed Nami how he could regrow the tree’s branches for repeated harvesting.
• Shanks ended the duel temporarily to protect Treasure Tree Adam, promised to accept Kid’s next challenge, and called his crew to help extinguish the fire.

Uta reunited with Shanks after the fire at Treasure Tree Adam, and the pirates celebrated together while discussing the Revolutionary Army's assault on Mary Geoise and Reiner's vision of change through technology. When Shanks sensed that more guests had arrived, the revelers armed themselves, and Reiner led his group toward the southwest coast to meet them.

• Elbaf's firefighters helped extinguish the blaze, and Reiner restored the burned parts of Treasure Tree Adam with his Woods-Woods Fruit.
• Uta reunited with Shanks and sobbed in his embrace while the Red-Haired Pirates and Reiner's group watched.
• Kid left Elbaf with his subordinates, while the others returned to the tavern for a feast where Uta sang.
• Reiner asked Shanks about the Road Poneglyph and guessed that Shanks was heading to Mary Geoise; they discussed the Revolutionary Army's assault and Reiner's belief that technology could change the world.
• Shanks sensed that more guests had arrived, prompting the pirates to arm themselves, and Reiner took his group toward the southwest coast to find Luffy and the others.

Luffy and his crew reached the Orsuto Castle Ruins, where Gaban explained Loki’s rebellion and Luffy recalled his promise to return Shanks’s straw hat after surpassing him. Shanks and his crew arrived, and the rivals began their long-awaited battles.

• Gaban told Luffy and the others that Loki had killed King Harald, stolen the Giant Race’s legendary Devil Fruit, and been imprisoned after Shanks helped the giants defeat him.
• Nami reunited with Luffy and questioned why Shanks had seemed ready to fight him, prompting Luffy to recall Shanks entrusting him with the straw hat and asking him to return it once he had surpassed the Red-Haired Pirates.
• Shanks’s Conqueror’s Haki swept over the ruins, and Luffy met it with his own, splitting the clouds and shaking the sea around Elbaf before both crews faced each other.
• Shanks greeted Luffy and reminded him of their promise, while Usopp reunited with his father Yasopp.
• Hawkeye challenged Zoro, Yasopp prepared to fight Usopp, and Buggy ordered his men to attack before Crocodile kicked him aside and confronted Reiner.
• Reiner summoned the undead Warden Magellan to face Crocodile, while Luffy and Shanks charged at each other.