Recaps

Kin'emon and the others questioned the children about Momonosuke, reunited Kin'emon's separated body parts, and tied up Tea Beard. Tea Beard explained the Worst Generation, Law's role in restoring his legs, and the dragon Vegapunk created, then was shocked when Luffy said the dragon tasted good.

• Kin'emon argued with Tea Beard about whether Momonosuke was on the island, and a child confirmed that an unfamiliar child had been there but did not know where he went.
• Nami suggested asking the children, and Sanji concluded that Momonosuke was likely on the island even though they still had to find him.
• Usopp asked about Kin'emon's talking lower body, and Nami kicked Kin'emon after he demonstrated that it spoke through a fart.
• Brook revealed that Kin'emon's headless upper body had attacked him, and Usopp handed out identity plaques so the group could recognize one another.
• Luffy ordered the others to tie up Tea Beard, who said Law would rescue him and explained that Law had attached his lower body after Basil Hawkins injured him.
• Tea Beard described the Worst Generation and said Vegapunk had created the island's powerful dragon, then stared in shock when Luffy said it tasted good.

The Straw Hat Pirates and the children shared dragon meat while Zoro and Sanji bickered, then Sanji, Brook, Xi Yan, and Zoro went to find the samurai whose body had fallen into the lake. Meanwhile, Caesar received permission from Joker to capture the Straw Hat Pirates for experiments and ordered his subordinates to attack.

• Merry took a huge piece of dragon meat from her pocket, and Zoro sliced it into portions for everyone to eat.
• Zoro and Sanji fought until Sanji learned that Zoro had spent two years with Perona and grew jealous.
• Sanji and Brook set out to find the samurai, and Xi Yan and Zoro joined them after learning the samurai's body had likely fallen into the lake.
• Caesar told his subordinates to capture the Straw Hat Pirates and use poison if they could not take them alive.
• Monet explained that the crew's bounties totaled over one billion Beli, and Caesar ordered his subordinates to begin their attack.

Caesar lured a wounded centaur warrior into a sealed room to test his new Gas Weapon and planned to use the Straw Hat Pirates as test subjects. Meanwhile, Chopper realized the children’s painful episodes were linked to the candy Caesar had given them, leaving the crew horrified by his experiments.

• Caesar promised to rescue Tea Beard, then tricked the centaur warrior into entering a sealed room so he could test his new Gas Weapon on him.
• Caesar told Monet to have his subordinates release someone outside, intending to use the Straw Hat Pirates as test subjects while relying on the children to return for candy.
• Chopper examined the children by collecting their sweat, while Nami reassured Mocha that they would all get home safely.
• The children began collapsing in pain, and Chopper recognized a reaction in his test sample as the crew questioned what was wrong.
• Laide and the other children said they craved Caesar’s candy because it eased their pain, and Chopper and the crew realized the candy was part of Caesar’s experiments.

Chopper discovered that the children had been poisoned with NHC10 and were growing larger because they were being used as experimental subjects. As the children attacked the Straw Hats while craving candy, Usopp put them to sleep, leaving the crew to confront the danger without harming them.

• Chopper found traces of the controlled poison NHC10 in the children and concluded that Caesar's candy was keeping them dependent on more doses.
• Chopper warned Laide not to eat more candy, but Laide struck Luffy and revealed his immense strength as the children began growing giant-sized.
• The children explained that they had grown larger the longer they stayed on the island, leading Chopper to realize they were experimental subjects with abnormal pituitary activity.
• Mocha attacked Nami with an iron pipe, and Perona used her Logia powers to protect her from the blow.
• As the giant children continued attacking, Usopp fired Exploding Sleep Stars and knocked them unconscious.

Luffy’s group split up, with Chopper, Nami, and Perona staying behind to guard the poisoned children while the others went to confront Caesar. As the guards settled into the cave, Scotch and Locke spotted them and prepared to capture the woman their master wanted.

• Nami, Perona, and Chopper urged Luffy to save the abducted children, and Luffy agreed to send them home after confronting Caesar.
• Merry bound the larger children to pillars with chains while Chopper and Nami stayed behind to watch over them.
• Luffy led the others toward the laboratory to find Caesar, while the group acknowledged they could not restore their swapped bodies until they reunited with Trafalgar Law.
• After Luffy’s group left, Nami, Chopper, and Perona entered the cave to wait, leaving the sleeping Tea Beard behind.
• Scotch and Locke watched the cave, confirmed that the woman their master wanted was inside, and prepared to capture her with Sea Stone chains.

Law learned Vergo was hiding in Caesar’s laboratory and left to settle their old grudge, while Caesar and Monet prepared to test a weapon on captured Marines. In the snowy mountains, Xi Yan, Sanji, Zoro, and Brook tracked down the samurai’s location and found an enormous footprint that Brook claimed belonged to a legendary Snowman.

• Law denied calling the Straw Hat Pirates to the laboratory, and Caesar accepted his explanation before revealing that the poisoned children would return for more candy.
• Law left to search for the missing Vice Admiral; Caesar and Monet discussed Vergo’s hiding place, Law’s heart, and their plan to test Caesar’s weapon on Marines.
• Law overheard their conversation and decided to settle his old and new grudges with Vergo.
• Xi Yan sensed the samurai near the central area, and Sanji planned to find him before asking Trafalgar Law to restore their bodies.
• Brook showed Xi Yan, Sanji, and Zoro a huge footprint and declared that it belonged to a legendary Snowman, leaving Xi Yan baffled by their excitement.

Xi Yan received Shakky’s call and learned that Blackbeard had defeated Ochoku to take control of Hachinosu Island and become one of the Four Emperors. He also explained that Punk Hazard’s poison had been purified before Akainu and Aokiji’s duel, leaving the island divided between ice and fire.

• Xi Yan declined to follow the Snowmen’s footprints and answered Shakky’s call using a White Den Den Mushi.
• Shakky told Xi Yan she still had no information about the Magnet-Magnet Fruit, then reported that Blackbeard had killed Ochoku and seized Hachinosu Island.
• Shakky explained that Blackbeard defeated Ochoku, a former member of the Rocks Pirates, to build his reputation, and that he had become one of the Four Emperors.
• Xi Yan told Shakky that Punk Hazard had no poisonous gas and now had an icy side and a fiery side.
• Xi Yan explained that Caesar had purified Punk Hazard before Akainu and Aokiji fought there for ten days and ten nights.

Xi Yan and the others discussed Caesar Clown’s role in purifying Punk Hazard’s poison and learned that Moria might have disappeared after encountering Kaido. Shakky also warned them that the Blackbeard Pirates were hunting Devil Fruit Users and stealing their powers.

• Shakky identified Caesar as the wanted scientist Caesar Clown, a Gas-Gas Fruit user who had worked with Vegapunk, and Xi Yan speculated that Caesar caused the poison leak on Punk Hazard.
• Xi Yan reassured the group that Merry could blow away any poison gas and said they should focus on taking the children away.
• Shakky reported that Kaido had appeared near where Moria disappeared, leading Xi Yan and the others to suspect Kaido had taken Moria; Shakky said Moria might also be dead.
• Xi Yan thanked Shakky for the information and planned to tell Perona that Moria’s disappearance might be connected to Kaido.
• Shakky warned that the Blackbeard Pirates had killed powerful Devil Fruit users on Hachinosu Island and that their abilities had appeared among the crew, prompting the Straw Hats to be cautious.

Xi Yan and his companions learned that Jozu had died and his Devil Fruit had been bought anonymously, while Smoker had grown powerful and was pursuing them. Elsewhere, Doflamingo revealed he planned to use Jozu’s Devil Fruit as bait to capture Ace and bargain with the World Government.

• Shakky told Xi Yan that the Blackbeard Pirates were hunting Devil Fruit users and that Jozu had died, though no one knew who killed him.
• Shakky explained that Jozu’s Devil Fruit had been sold at an underground auction and that Ace and Marco were searching for the anonymous buyer.
• Shakky told the crew that Smoker had become extraordinarily strong and was likely pursuing them in the New World, and Xi Yan said he would face him if necessary.
• Xi Yan learned that the Devil Fruits he had given Shakky had sold and said Hancock could collect the money; Zoro and Sanji then started fighting in the snow.
• A bounty hunter entered Shakky’s bar and demanded that she drink with him, so Shakky decided to claim his 50 million Beli bounty.
• Doflamingo revealed that he would use Jozu’s Devil Fruit as bait to capture Ace and exchange him with the World Government for benefits.

After Perona was abducted in Nami’s body, Luffy set out to rescue her with Merry and Franky. Franky swallowed Chopper’s Rumble Ball too soon, went berserk, and chased Luffy and Merry away from the group.

• Nami explained that two beastmen had captured Perona with Sea Stone chains, while Chopper said they had targeted the children and killed Tea Beard.
• Luffy decided to pursue Perona alone, but Nami arranged for Merry and Franky to accompany him while the others guarded the children.
• Franky asked Chopper for a Rumble Ball, and Chopper warned him that it could make him lose control and that its monster form lasted three minutes.
• Franky ate the Rumble Ball before leaving the cave and immediately transformed into a berserk monster.
• Franky attacked Luffy and Merry with a boulder, so Merry used her wind to carry Luffy away as Franky chased them.
• Chopper told the group that Franky’s rampage would end after three minutes, leaving Usopp exasperated about the trouble Franky had caused.

Perona was held as bait by the Snowman Brothers, Locke and Scotch, while Luffy, Merry, and the berserk Franky came to rescue her. Luffy and Merry fought back, but Franky continued attacking them, leaving Perona baffled by their worsening predicament.

• Locke and Scotch revealed that they had captured Perona to lure the Straw Hat Pirates into a trap and planned to use Nami's Logia body for experiments.
• Luffy and Merry followed the Snowman Brothers' enormous footprints and found Perona bound partway down a cliff.
• Franky, enlarged by Giantification and still berserk, crashed into Luffy and Merry, sending them toward an ice-spike trap that Luffy destroyed with Armament Haki.
• Scotch and Locke attacked Luffy and Merry with their cannon-like Flintlocks, but Merry used wind to deflect their shots.
• Locke vanished into the snow, but Luffy located him with Observation Haki, and Merry blasted him with his own cannonballs.
• Franky got back up and resumed chasing Luffy and Merry, leaving Perona stunned that he was attacking his own companions.

Luffy and his allies defeated Locke and Scotch, then joined Trafalgar Law in an alliance to bring down Kaido. The group prepared to return, with Luffy also hoping to help Perona find Moria.

• Franky hurled a falling iceberg at Locke, knocking him unconscious, then Luffy stopped Franky's rampage with an Elephant Gun.
• Scotch fled with Perona, but Law cut him apart and killed him with Heart Shock.
• Merry freed Perona from her Sea Stone chains while Law told Luffy that the island held a key that could throw the New World into chaos.
• Law proposed an alliance to defeat a Four Emperor, and Luffy agreed after learning that Law meant Kaido.
• Luffy told Perona that they could search for Moria as well, then the group set off to return.

Luffy agreed to an alliance with Law and the Heart Pirates despite his crew’s concerns, and Law restored the Straw Hats’ bodies. After Perona revealed that they planned to face Kaido of the Beasts to find Moria, the Straw Hats promised to help her, though they had no way to track him without his Vivre Card.

• Luffy accepted Law’s proposal for an alliance, trusting Law’s promise not to betray the Straw Hats.
• Law used ROOM and Shambles to return everyone to their original bodies, but Franky remained in Sanji’s body because Sanji and the others were away.
• Perona revealed that Kaido of the Beasts was their target and that she had come to the New World to find Moria, whom she suspected was with Kaido.
• Nami, Usopp, Merry, and Franky reassured Perona that they would help her find Moria and face Kaido.
• Law asked whether Perona had Moria’s Vivre Card, and Nami pointed out that she would not have needed to search if she had it.

The Straw Hat Pirates decided to save the drug-dependent children on Punk Hazard, and Law agreed to help investigate their medicine while carrying Chopper to Caesar’s laboratory. Law warned Luffy that capturing Caesar would set a larger plan for chaos in motion, but Luffy confirmed the alliance; Law left to continue the investigation.

• Chopper explained that the children could be freed from the drugs over time, and the crew resolved to save them after Law warned them about the World Government’s long-running giantification research.
• Nami and Luffy committed to helping the children and returning them home, while Luffy told Law that allies should be like friends and insisted Law help with their plans.
• Law agreed to investigate the children’s medicine and took the immobile Chopper with him after Usopp tied Chopper to Law’s head and Law moved him onto his scabbard.
• Law explained that Caesar was a wanted Gas Fruit user who would keep attacking to silence them, and warned that only fighters who could use Haki should approach him.
• Law said the alliance’s goal was chaos and warned Luffy that capturing Caesar would leave no chance to turn back; Luffy accepted, and Law left for the laboratory with Chopper.

Sanji, Xi Yan, Zoro, and Brook found Kin'emon frozen on Punk Hazard and realized seawater had left him powerless, so they set out to retrieve his missing upper body. As Tea Beard's centaurs fled toward the research facility, the group spotted a gigantic, writhing creature across the water that Xi Yan suspected was poisonous.

• Xi Yan found Kin'emon encased in ice, and Sanji freed him with a kick before questioning whether Aokiji had frozen him.
• Xi Yan reasoned that Kin'emon had fallen into the seawater and lost his strength, leaving his upper body in the lake; the group agreed to help retrieve it.
• Sanji promised to help Kin'emon and challenged him to a duel once his body was restored, and Kin'emon thanked him.
• Brook spotted Tea Beard's centaurs fleeing toward the research facility, and they ran past the group while warning about a terrifying pursuer.
• The group saw a mountain-sized creature wriggling across the water, and Xi Yan identified it as alive and suspected it was poisonous.

Sanji jumped into the poisonous lake to retrieve Kin'emon's body while Xi Yan and the others faced merging, seemingly unkillable slimes on shore. Kin'emon's upper body was attacked underwater, and the chapter left Sanji searching for it as Xi Yan watched for danger.

• Sanji carried Kin'emon to the lake and jumped into the poisonous water to retrieve his body, while Xi Yan watched the venom and Zoro reassured the others that Sanji could swim.
• The slimes fired venom at the group, merged into larger creatures, and released poisonous gas when Zoro cut them apart.
• Xi Yan could find no core to destroy and warned that the spreading venom left Sanji little time to return.
• Kin'emon cried out in pain as something attacked his upper body, but Xi Yan sensed that Sanji was unharmed and guessed that a shark had bitten Kin'emon.

Sanji rescued Kin'emon from the venomous water, and Xi Yan’s Wood Dragon brought them safely ashore. After Kin'emon reunited with his body, he used his Foxfire Style to clear a path through the slimes, then set out with Zoro and the others for the laboratory to rescue Momonosuke; the giant slime began transforming as they prepared to leave.

• Sanji knocked a shark off Kin'emon and recovered the last piece of his body, but the spreading venom trapped him until Xi Yan rescued him inside a Wood Dragon.
• Kin'emon reunited with his body, thanked Sanji, and made him a set of cotton clothes.
• Surrounded by giant slimes, the group watched Kin'emon use Foxfire Style to ignite and cut through them, clearing a path.
• Kin'emon headed toward the laboratory to rescue Momonosuke, and Zoro offered to accompany him in exchange for a spar after the rescue.
• Sanji and the others decided to go with Zoro and Kin'emon, while the giant slime across the river roared and began to transform.

Xi Yan and the others fled from a salamander-like slime that spat venom while Luffy and the Straw Hat crew confronted Caesar Clown at the Punk Hazard battlefield. Luffy grabbed Caesar, but Caesar trapped him in a toxic gas lasso and prepared to poison him.

• Xi Yan identified the transformed slime as a salamander, and the creature attacked the group with a glob of venom that they dodged before fleeing.
• Luffy and his companions encountered Caesar Clown, who revealed his plan to unleash the island-destroying weapon he called Death Country.
• Robin inferred that Caesar had caused the earlier chemical explosion and deceived the survivors by returning as their supposed savior.
• Luffy grabbed Caesar while Franky, Robin, and Perona fought off Caesar’s soldiers and centaur allies.
• Caesar dodged Luffy’s Gum-Gum Bell by dispersing his body, then wrapped Luffy’s head in a toxic gas lasso and threatened to poison him.

Luffy and Perona fought Caesar on Punk Hazard, surviving his poison and explosive attacks before Luffy defeated him. The group searched for a way to restrain the Logia user, while Perona considered asking Law or Xi Yan for help.

• Perona sent a Negative Ghost at Caesar, but Luffy inhaled Caesar’s poison and expelled it through his ears, revealing his resistance to poison from Magellan’s toxins.
• Perona’s Negative Ghost made Caesar collapse in despair, and Luffy punched him after Caesar tried to attack her.
• Caesar used his Aeration Soundboard to detonate gas and ordered SMILIs to bind Luffy, but Luffy escaped the explosions and Perona emerged unharmed.
• Luffy activated Second Gear, struck Caesar with Gum-Gum Jet Stamp, and knocked aside the centaurs who charged to protect their master.
• Luffy asked Franky and the others how they could restrain Caesar, and Perona suggested finding Sea Stone chains or asking Law or Xi Yan for help.

Caesar used the Gas-Gas Fruit to suffocate Luffy, Robin, Franky, Perona, and the G5 Branch Navy, then captured Perona with a Sea Stone Net. He ordered his men to take the pirates away as experimental subjects and dismissed the Marines, saying they would not live much longer.

• Franky went to search a wrecked warship for something to restrain Caesar while Perona blocked the G5 Branch Navy from taking him.
• Caesar removed the air around Luffy, and Franky and Robin collapsed while trying to carry him away.
• Perona discovered that her Ghost State let her survive without air, but Caesar realized she was stalling and threatened Luffy and the others.
• Perona rushed to protect her companions, but Caesar's men struck her with a Sea Stone Net, and Caesar took away the air until she lost consciousness.
• Caesar ordered his men to bind the captured pirates with Sea Stone chains and said the G5 Branch Navy would not live much longer.

Xi Yan and the others fled across Snow Mountain as a giant salamander pursued them, while Shakky revealed that Caesar was broadcasting an island-destroying weapon test. The group kept running to escape the creature, and Shakky worried about the Straw Hat Pirates as Rayleigh returned to her.

• Xi Yan and the others spotted Caesar's workers delivering candy to a giant gelatinous creature, but their dragon sleigh broke down and the workers ran toward the research facility without their Protective suits.
• Caesar ended the call with his workers and began broadcasting the creature's movements through an Image Den Den Mushi.
• Shakky called Xi Yan and explained that Caesar had announced a weapon test powerful enough to destroy an island, leading Xi Yan to suspect the pursuing creature was the weapon.
• Shakky warned the group to escape, and Kin'emon charged ahead while the others continued running from the salamander.
• Shakky ended the call and hoped Xi Yan and the Straw Hat Pirates would survive, then Rayleigh returned after running out of money for alcohol.

Caesar unleashed the lethal Poisonous Gas weapon Death Country, forcing Xi Yan and the others to flee while Luffy and his companions remained trapped in the laboratory. Xi Yan summoned a Wood Dragon to carry his group away from the spreading gas, while Law and Nico Robin secretly waited for a chance to act.

• The giant salamander transformed into poisonous gas that immobilized and poisoned the Taxi Soldiers, and Caesar celebrated the weapon’s power through a broadcast.
• Caesar revealed that he had never trusted Law, while Vergo and Monet explained that they knew Law’s plans and had been working for Doflamingo.
• Caesar ordered Monet to send Luffy, Robin, Law, and the others outside to face Death Country, but Law and Robin quietly prepared to act once their surroundings were secure.
• As the gas closed in, Zoro suggested catching the fast-moving dragon, but Xi Yan summoned a Wood Dragon to carry his group away.
• Kin'emon mistook Xi Yan’s ability for a Devil Fruit power, and Xi Yan urged everyone to hold on as the Wood Dragon sped away from the poisonous gas.

Caesar, Vergo, and Monet dismissed Xi Yan as a minor threat while monitoring Punk Hazard’s broadcast. Xi Yan reunited with Nami, Usopp, and the others, learned Caesar had taken the children, and agreed with Luffy’s alliance with Law because Moria was likely in Kaido’s hands; the group headed toward the laboratory as Kin’emon held back what he knew about Kaido until Momonosuke was rescued.

• Monet identified Xi Yan as the Moku Moku no Mi user called Sunglasses Man, and Caesar and Vergo dismissed his 100-million-beli bounty as insignificant.
• Nami, Usopp, and Merry spotted Xi Yan’s Wood Dragon carrying Zoro, Sanji, Brook, and Kin’emon, and Xi Yan brought them aboard.
• Xi Yan asked what had happened, and Nami explained that Caesar had defeated them and taken the children while Luffy and the others were away helping Law.
• Nami explained that Luffy had allied with Law to oppose Kaido, and Xi Yan revealed that Moria was likely taken by Kaido, prompting the group to agree they needed to go there.
• Kin’emon considered telling the Straw Hats what he knew about Kaido but decided to wait until they rescued Momonosuke.

Xi Yan confirmed Kin'emon's hatred of Kaido was genuine and accepted Tea Beard as an ally after learning Caesar had betrayed him. He explained how Caesar's vacuum-like ability had disabled Merry's wind, then urged Usopp to test whether the More-More Fruit could amplify Haki.

• Sanji asked Kin'emon what he wanted to tell them, but Kin'emon said he would explain after rescuing his son; Xi Yan checked that he was not one of Kaido's men, and Kin'emon angrily denied it.
• Usopp and Nami explained that Tea Beard hated Caesar for using and discarding him, and Xi Yan spared Tea Beard after confirming he would keep Law's secrets.
• Merry told Xi Yan that Caesar's domain had stopped her from creating wind, and Xi Yan explained that Caesar had likely removed the air and caused the crew to lose consciousness.
• Xi Yan reassured Merry that Caesar's vacuum-like domain had limits, but said Haki would be needed to defeat a Logia user like him.
• Xi Yan suggested Usopp might be able to amplify Haki with the More-More Fruit, and Usopp imagined firing an enormous Haki-coated projectile at his enemies.

Xi Yan's group raced toward the research facility while Luffy, Law, and the others escaped their restraints and prepared to infiltrate it. Law's careful plan unraveled when Luffy rushed ahead, and Caesar remained unaware that the prisoners had escaped.

• Usopp admired the potential of his More-More Fruit, while Xi Yan pointed out that his strength still mattered; Nami explained that Caesar had knocked her unconscious by depriving her of air.
• Xi Yan's group hurried toward the research facility as Sanji revealed Caesar's 300-million-Beli bounty, surprising Tea Beard.
• Robin used her ability to find cannonballs and ignite the warship wreckage, creating smoke that distracted the Marines and covered the prisoners' escape.
• Law revealed that he and Robin had been wearing ordinary chains, then used his ROOM ability to remove the Sea Stone chains from the others.
• Luffy charged out before Law could finish explaining the plan, and Law followed him before using Shambles to enter the research facility with the group.
• Monet, Vergo, and Caesar assumed the prisoners remained restrained and discussed using their corpses or other island inhabitants to demonstrate Caesar's Poisonous Gas.