Recaps

Xi Yan openly revealed that he was alive when he left the Straw Hat Pirates to confront a fleet attacking them. He destroyed the fleet with Water Release techniques and addressed Fujitora, leaving his high-profile return impossible to conceal.

• Luffy told Bartolomeo and the others that they could call on the Straw Hat Pirates for help, and Bartolomeo understood that Luffy valued freedom rather than greatness.
• A fleet of pirates attacked the ships, and Xi Yan left the Straw Hat Pirates to deal with them while declaring that he would make his return flashy.
• Xi Yan ran across the sea and sliced apart incoming cannonballs with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Xi Yan split the enemy ship with a Water Release attack, revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, and identified himself as Ōtsutsuki Xi Yan, the Blood-Eyed Ninja.
• Xi Yan summoned Water Dragons and used Water Severing Wave to sink the pirate fleet, then addressed Fujitora and called his attack a gift in return.

Xi Yan revealed himself by using Water Release to destroy a pirate fleet, and Fujitora accepted his help without exposing him to blame. After the Straw Hat Grand Fleet formed around Luffy, Xi Yan began telling its members about his past attack on Mary Geoise, while Bartolomeo repeatedly broke down in tears.

• Xi Yan revealed himself and summoned water dragons to sink the pirate fleet, while Fujitora used his ability to drop the wreckage onto the sunken ships.
• The citizens recognized Xi Yan as the legendary Ōtsutsuki Xi Yan, and he returned to the Straw Hat group as they praised his strength.
• Bartolomeo and six others swore loyalty to Luffy and drank the sake of brotherhood, establishing the Straw Hat Grand Fleet despite Luffy’s confusion.
• The group began a banquet to celebrate the fleet’s founding, but Luffy ran off to eat the Fighting Fish before Lao Cai finished speaking.
• Xi Yan asked the new followers about his past, and Bartolomeo excitedly recalled Xi Yan’s attack on Mary Geoise before collapsing into tears again.

Xi Yan warned the Straw Hat Grand Fleet that the World Government might hunt them because he had faked his death, and he cautioned them about the powerful, nearly immortal God's Knights. The fleet vowed to stay alive and leave those enemies to the Straw Hat Pirates, then the group returned to the feast.

• Xi Yan told the Straw Hat Grand Fleet that the World Government could target them after learning he was alive, but Bartolomeo and the others said they were prepared to face it.
• Xi Yan warned the fleet to flee if they encountered the God's Knights, explaining that they could not be killed without powerful Conqueror's Haki and special techniques.
• Nico Robin said the God's Knights would likely target the Straw Hat Pirates rather than the fleet, while Bartolomeo declared he would protect his seniors.
• Xi Yan urged the fleet to survive and leave the God's Knights to the Straw Hat Pirates, and everyone agreed before returning to the feast.
• Edio and Cavendish asked to join Xi Yan if he ever attacked Mary Geoise again, and Xi Yan warned them that such a mission could be fatal.

The Straw Hat Grand Fleet set sail safely while Marines learned that Ōtsutsuki Xi Yan had survived and recognized him as the Blood-Eyed Ninja. Tsuru decided not to pursue the fleet, and Fujitora thanked them for fixing the World Government’s mess as Sengoku praised Xi Yan.

• Edio and the other representatives affirmed they were willing to risk death, and the Straw Hat Grand Fleet began its voyage with Leo and the Tontatta planning to return to Dressrosa on Yellow Kabu.
• Vice Admiral Bastille learned that the debris had missed the fleet and that water dragons had destroyed another pirate fleet, leading him and Tsuru to identify the Blood-Eyed Ninja as Ōtsutsuki Xi Yan.
• Tsuru told Bastille not to pursue Xi Yan at sea, took responsibility for reporting the incident, and ordered the Marines to bring Doflamingo back to Navy Headquarters.
• Fujitora thanked the departing Straw Hat fleet for cleaning up the World Government’s mess, while Sengoku told Smoker that Xi Yan had also protected him and Issho from accusations of concealing information.

After leaving Dressrosa, Xi Yan spoke with Galette and learned she had reunited with her brother Katakuri. Katakuri recognized Xi Yan, questioned how he had survived, and warned that the World Government would pursue him now that his identity was exposed.

• The Straw Hat crew celebrated their escape from Dressrosa while Law insisted he would discuss his plans after reaching Zou, and Xi Yan teased him for acting like a tsundere.
• Xi Yan called Galette, who reported that she had met up with Katakuri and his crew.
• Katakuri recognized Xi Yan's voice from two years earlier and demanded to know how he had survived his reported death in Mary Geoise.
• Xi Yan confirmed that his identity would soon reach the World Government and that Marine Admirals might come after him.
• Katakuri warned Xi Yan that his Straw Hat Pirates might not be strong enough to challenge the World Government and urged him to consider the danger.

Xi Yan confirmed Galette was safe, then ended his call with her and Katakuri, angering Katakuri. Katakuri prepared to return to Totto Land and report their failure to Big Mom, while Xi Yan’s crew discussed Katakuri’s likely draw with Ace.

• Xi Yan told Katakuri that the Marines already knew his identity, then hung up after confirming Galette was safe.
• Katakuri released his Conqueror's Haki in anger, then learned Galette had gone to Dressrosa because she suspected Xi Yan was alive.
• Katakuri realized Xi Yan had refused to return to Totto Land and planned to report the situation to Big Mom.
• Katakuri ordered his crew to carry the unconscious pirates aboard and return to Totto Land, warning Galette not to anger Big Mom.
• Xi Yan told Merry he had only called to check on Galette, then guessed Katakuri and Ace had fought to a draw.

After a day-long banquet, the Straw Hat Pirates boarded Bartolomeo’s ship to sail to Zou, while Merry was celebrated and the crew examined the ship’s tributes to them. Law provided a Vivre Card to guide the voyage, and the group set off as Usopp worried about Sanji and the others.

• Xi Yan reassured Merry that she could become a great pirate, and the crew encouraged her.
• Bartolomeo introduced his ship, the Going Luffy-senpai, whose decorations honored the Straw Hat Pirates and Merry.
• Bartolomeo showed the crew Luffy’s Vivre Card, which Sabo had made for him.
• Law urged Bartolomeo to sail to Zou, and Zoro agreed before Bartolomeo admitted he did not know where Zou was.
• Law explained that Zou had no magnetic field and supplied its Vivre Card; Xi Yan handed it to Bartolomeo and promised it would be returned.
• Bartolomeo set course for Zou, while Usopp worried that Sanji and the others might not have arrived safely.

Sengoku, Fujitora, and Smoker discussed pursuing the Straw Hat Pirates and the World Government’s likely response after Doflamingo’s defeat. Doflamingo claimed he had kept the world’s monsters in check, but Tsuru told him the balance had depended on the Four Emperors, the Navy, and the World Government, not him.

• Sengoku urged Fujitora and Smoker to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates together, warning that Xi Yan’s immortal body made him too dangerous to face alone.
• Smoker agreed to consider Sengoku’s warning but insisted he would not abandon the pursuit of the Straw Hat Pirates or risk his subordinates recklessly.
• Sengoku told Fujitora and Smoker that the World Government might soon launch a war to eliminate Xi Yan and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Smoker questioned Sengoku about the Marineford war, and Sengoku tacitly confirmed that the Navy’s objective had been to trade Ace for Whitebeard.
• Doflamingo told Tsuru that his fall would leave the world’s monsters unchecked, but Tsuru said the Four Emperors and the Navy and World Government had maintained the balance.

Tsuru told Doflamingo that Ōtsutsuki Xi Yan, the Blood-Eyed Ninja, had survived his supposed death, leaving Doflamingo shaken as the Navy escorted him toward the Underwater Great Prison. When Jack’s pirates attacked the escort, Smoker flew to meet them.

• Tsuru and Doflamingo discussed the coming struggle for supremacy and the forces that might shape the seas.
• Tsuru revealed that the Sunglasses Man in the Straw Hat Pirates was Ōtsutsuki Xi Yan and had faked his death after the World Government attacked him.
• Doflamingo realized Xi Yan had been alive all along and grew bitter over losing to Straw Hat, while insisting that he would eventually escape and return.
• Explosions interrupted the escort, and Doflamingo guessed that someone had come to rescue him; Tsuru dismissed his hopes of Kaido arriving in person.
• Jack ordered his crew to attack the Navy ships despite Sengoku, Fujitora, and Smoker being aboard, and Smoker charged at the pirate ship with White Snake.

News that Ōtsutsuki Xi Yan, the Blood-Eyed Ninja, was still alive spread across the world, prompting people he had once saved to rally around the Straw Hat Pirates. Big Mom decided to pursue the Vinsmoke Family’s technology and force Xi Yan to marry Galette, leaving Sanji’s fate and Xi Yan’s response unresolved.

• The World Economy News Paper reported that Xi Yan was alive, and people he had once saved left to support him and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Capone Bege, Pekoms, and Baron Tamago learned that the sunglasses-wearing man they had met on Fish-Man Island was Xi Yan and discussed what his return meant for their plans to take Sanji.
• Pekoms told Big Mom that they had taken Sanji, and Big Mom ordered them to bring him back for his wedding to Pudding.
• Charlotte Montd'Or and Pekoms informed Big Mom that the Blood-Eyed Ninja was alive, and Big Mom dismissed their concerns about changing the plan to seize the Vinsmoke Family’s technology.
• Big Mom ordered her crew to make Xi Yan marry Galette on the same day as Sanji and Pudding’s wedding, threatening to kill the people he cared about if he refused.

Big Mom planned to recruit Xi Yan, the Blood-Eyed Ninja, while Kaido grieved Doflamingo’s capture and learned Jack had survived his defeat. Queen then revealed that Xi Yan was still alive, shocking Kaido and King.

• Big Mom discussed recruiting Xi Yan and decided to send Galette to approach him, with Katakuri and Smoothie handling any trouble.
• Montd'Or reported that Katakuri and Galette had failed to obtain the Diamond Fruit after Katakuri was stopped by Ace.
• Kaido learned Jack’s ship had been sunk by Fujitora, Sengoku, and Smoker, but Jack had survived because he was part Fish-Man.
• King concluded that the Marines had likely imprisoned Doflamingo and that the Beast Pirates could no longer obtain Artificial Devil Fruits from him.
• Queen arrived with a newspaper and told Kaido and King that Xi Yan, whom they believed dead, was still alive.

After learning that Xi Yan had survived, Kaido decided to recruit him and considered how to win his sincere loyalty through Straw Hat. Kaido flew out to search for the Straw Hat Pirates, while King and Queen stayed behind and started fighting.

• King and Queen read that Xi Yan was still alive, and Kaido declared that he would claim the Blood-Eyed Ninja for the Beast Pirates.
• King warned that Xi Yan's Admiral-level strength and hypnosis could make him dangerous unless he joined willingly, so the three discussed winning him over through Straw Hat.
• King and Queen argued that recruiting Straw Hat could help secure Xi Yan, and Kaido wondered whether Straw Hat was Joy Boy before ordering his men to find the crew.
• Kaido transformed into a dragon and flew away to search for the Straw Hat Pirates, while King told Queen to spend less time in the pleasure district.
• Queen called King an old virgin, prompting King to attack him; the two fought as nearby pirates stayed out of their way.

The Five Elders reacted to Morgans publishing that the Blood-Eyed Ninja was alive and planned to eliminate him by trapping the Straw Hat Pirates, whom they believed he would protect. They left unresolved whether Smoker and Fujitora had known the Ninja's identity in Dressrosa and whether Smoker could be trusted.

• Saint Nusjuro angrily condemned Morgans for publishing the Blood-Eyed Ninja's survival, and Saint Saturn redirected the Elders toward finding a solution.
• Saint Mars and Saint Saturn discussed the Ninja's immortal body and the need for sufficiently powerful Conqueror's Haki; Im promised to act personally if the Elders failed.
• Saint Nusjuro proposed trapping the Straw Hat Pirates on an island so the Ninja would stay to protect them, and the other Elders agreed to eliminate the crew.
• Saint Saturn suggested the Ninja exposed himself in Dressrosa because Sengoku and Tsuru might have recognized him, while the Elders wondered why Fujitora and the Marines had not stopped him.
• Saint Vowchuri suggested Smoker may have recognized the Ninja through Observation Haki, and Saint Nusjuro warned that Smoker might be disobedient if he had concealed what he knew.

The Five Elders decided to move toward abolishing the Shichibukai and planned how to capture the Blood-Eyed Ninja and exploit his abilities. They left the chapter preparing a campaign against the Straw Hat Pirates and considering Stussy’s role in luring the Ninja.

• The Five Elders dismissed Smoker’s defiance but agreed to keep a close watch on Fujitora after he pushed to abolish the Shichibukai.
• They agreed to decide before the Reverie to abolish the Shichibukai, citing their disobedience, the damage caused by Crocodile and Doflamingo, and the Seraphim as replacements.
• Saint Saturn proposed cloning the Blood-Eyed Ninja from his tissue, while the Elders discussed capturing him, feeding him a Devil Fruit, and destroying his eyes to prevent escape.
• Saint Saturn said he would negotiate with the Blood-Eyed Ninja if captured and otherwise force him to provide his abilities and help produce more Ninja.
• The Elders planned to have CP0 locate the Straw Hat Pirates, use the Seraphim to help capture them, and prepare an island ambush.
• Saint Nusjuro proposed sending Stussy to gather intelligence and using her subordinates to try to keep the Blood-Eyed Ninja from leaving.

The Five Elders ordered Stussy to find and approach the Blood-Eyed Ninja while planning to use the Marines, Admirals, and Seraphim against the Straw Hat Pirates. Sakazuki received the order to search for the crew and cooperate in an attack, though he worried about the soldiers who would face the Blood-Eyed Ninja.

• The Five Elders agreed to have Stussy locate the Blood-Eyed Ninja and try to win him over or obtain his bloodline, even allowing her to serve as a bargaining chip.
• The Five Elders discussed sending Kizaru and another Admiral after the Straw Hat Pirates, weighing Fujitora’s obedience against Ryokugyu’s reliability and the need to defend the Holy Land.
• Saint Vowchuri proposed relying on the Five Elders, Kizaru, and the Seraphim rather than depending on Fujitora, while Saint Mars said another Admiral would make the operation safer.
• Saint Nusjuro ordered Sakazuki to have the Marines search for the Straw Hat Pirates and prepare to encircle and eliminate them.
• Sakazuki worried that the Blood-Eyed Ninja’s clones could cost the Marines many lives, and Borsalino reminded him that he could not change the World Government’s orders.

Sakazuki and Borsalino discussed the World Government’s planned operation against the Blood-Eyed Ninja, weighing his immortality, growth, and strange attacks. Meanwhile, Morgans celebrated his newspaper’s success and learned that the World Government had destroyed several of his branches.

• Borsalino told Sakazuki he would help the Marines and warned that the Blood-Eyed Ninja might have become much stronger during two years of training.
• Sakazuki and Borsalino discussed how the Blood-Eyed Ninja’s immortality and golden Arrow Feather could make the operation costly, and Borsalino shared his guess that the Arrow Feather needed to hit its target before tracking attacks.
• Sakazuki said the Five Elders would handle Morgans, while Borsalino joked about the World Government’s plans to intimidate him.
• Morgans celebrated the newspaper’s sales and dismissed his deputy’s concerns about retaliation.
• Morgans learned that the World Government had destroyed several branches and ordered his staff to evacuate and leave the money behind.

The Straw Hat Pirates gathered to see their latest Wanted Orders and discovered their bounties had risen after Dressrosa. Merry was devastated to learn the Marines had listed her as a mascot with a bounty of only 200 Beli, and vowed to make them pay.

• Usopp worried that the World Government might attack, but Xi Yan said he would handle anyone who came after them.
• Bartolomeo showed the crew their new Wanted Orders, revealing Luffy had a 920 million Beli bounty and Xi Yan had a 900 million Beli bounty.
• Bartolomeo announced the crew's new bounties, including Zoro at 350 million, Robin and Usopp at 200 million each, Franky at 100 million, Sanji at 210 million, Nami at 80 million, Perona at 110 million, Chopper at 100 Beli, and Brook at 93 million.
• Merry learned her bounty was only 200 Beli and that the Marines had called her the Straw Hat Pirates' mascot.
• Merry cried over the insult, calmed down when Perona comforted her, and vowed to make the Marines pay.

Xi Yan and the Straw Hat Crew examined the crew’s new wanted posters before a sudden hailstorm battered Bartolomeo’s ship. After Merry protected them and Xi Yan used a water dragon to carry the ship toward Law’s Vivre Card, the crew braced for a fast journey through the storm.

• Xi Yan suspected the Marines had deliberately assigned insulting bounties to Merry and Chopper, while Bartolomeo said his crew’s bounties had risen by fifty million and Sanji’s poster now said “Only alive.”
• Bartolomeo served the Straw Hat Crew a meal, but strange dark clouds soon approached and enormous hailstones began striking the ship.
• Luffy punched away hailstones as the crew discovered Bartolomeo’s pirates had no navigator and relied on Granny for advice, prompting Usopp to complain about their useless tips.
• Merry flew above the ship and created a Wind Barrier that blocked the hail, while Xi Yan used Law’s Vivre Card to choose their direction.
• Xi Yan summoned a giant water dragon beneath Bartolomeo’s ship and told everyone to hold on as he prepared to carry them quickly through the storm.

As Xi Yan and Merry sailed toward Zou, Shakky told him that Big Mom had threatened him into marrying Charlotte Galette, or she would harm everyone he cared about. Xi Yan refused to yield and left the response to himself and the Straw Hat Pirates, while Rayleigh and Shakky offered support.

• Merry asked Xi Yan how much longer it would take to reach Zou, and he took her into the air to answer Shakky’s private call.
• Shakky told Xi Yan that Big Mom had ordered him to marry Charlotte Galette and threatened his loved ones if he refused.
• Xi Yan rejected Big Mom’s demand, and Shakky and Rayleigh agreed that he and the Straw Hat Pirates did not need to fear the Four Emperors.
• Rayleigh drank the liquor Xi Yan had sent Shakky, while Merry turned away after Rayleigh mentioned her increased bounty.
• Xi Yan said he would handle Big Mom’s threat himself and that the Straw Hat Pirates would face the Four Emperors together when the time came.

Xi Yan learned that Big Mom wanted him to marry Galette, but he persuaded Luffy to focus on their planned trip to Wano Country and deal with Kaido first. In the thick fog, the crew spotted a vast moving shadow that Law identified as Zou, where his crewmates were waiting.

• Shakky told Xi Yan that the Magnet-Magnet Fruit had not appeared, then took the increasingly flushed Rayleigh away with her.
• Xi Yan told Luffy and the others that Big Mom wanted him to marry Galette and become her subordinate, and Luffy agreed to postpone confronting her until after Kaido.
• Xi Yan warned Bartolomeo not to attack the Big Mom Pirates, while the crew discovered that Bartolomeo's men were seasick.
• The lookout spotted a huge moving shadow in the fog, and Law identified it as Zou and explained that his Vivre Card pointed toward his crewmates there.
• Franky ordered Bartolomeo to take in the sails so the ship could coast toward Zou through the fog.

Luffy and his companions reached Zou, the living elephant island, and found the Thousand Sunny but not their missing friends. As Merry lifted their ship toward Zou, Bartolomeo and his crew departed, resolved to grow stronger for the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.

• Law confirmed that Zou was an island on Zunesha's back and explained that it moved constantly, while the Mink Tribe had reportedly lived there for a thousand years.
• Merry shared food with Bartolomeo's crew, and Xi Yan and the others headed toward Zunesha after spotting the Thousand Sunny.
• Luffy searched the Thousand Sunny but found no sign of Nami, Sanji, Chopper, Brook, or Caesar.
• Zunesha moved the Thousand Sunny away, so Merry used the Power of Wind to bring Xi Yan and the others alongside it and then lift their ship toward Zou.
• Luffy thanked Bartolomeo, who was overjoyed that Luffy remembered him and called him by name.
• Bartolomeo and his crew set sail, promising to work harder and become strong enough to support the Straw Hat Pirates.

The Straw Hat Pirates reached Zou on Zunesha’s back, and Merry sealed the Thousand Sunny inside a scroll before they explored. At Zou’s unguarded national gate, the group sensed that something had happened to the country and worried about Nami and the others.

• Usopp tried to avoid visiting Zou, while Kin'emon and Kanjuro told the group their companion Raizo was a ninja who used scrolls for some of his abilities.
• Merry used a Sealing Technique to store the Thousand Sunny in a scroll, surprising Kanjuro and Kin'emon.
• The group set off into Zou, with Luffy walking ahead despite Zoro’s warning to stay cautious.
• At Zou’s national gate, the group found no guards and noticed the area was unusually quiet.
• Xi Yan explained that Nami’s Cloud Cloud Fruit could create disasters powerful enough to destroy a country, and Law worried that Bepo and the others might not have been able to stop her group from clashing with the Minks.

Xi Yan and the Straw Hats entered Zou, where they found signs of a recent battle and searched for Nami and the others. As they moved through the ruined town, Carrot ambushed Zoro and attacked him with her claws.

• Luffy climbed to the Crow's Nest, and Xi Yan used a wall-walking ability to take Usopp up to view Zou.
• Xi Yan spotted damage throughout the town and concluded that a battle had recently taken place; Perona confirmed the gate had been smashed from outside.
• The group entered the town, found it badly devastated, and detected faint smells of gunpowder and gas that Xi Yan and Perona associated with Caesar.
• Luffy called out for Sanji, Nami, Chopper, and Brook, but nobody answered.
• Carrot charged at Zoro and struck with her claws, but Zoro blocked her attack.