Recaps

Nara Dan and Meru created seven powerful Chimera Ant Guard Squad members to strengthen his forces, while the Vinsmoke siblings advanced their conquest of the North Sea. The chapter ended when an unknown cloaked figure stopped Yonji’s spinning iron gate with one hand.

• Nara Dan had Meru transform human embryos in the Vinsmoke laboratory, and he nourished them with Life Essence until seven Guard Squad members emerged.
• Nara Dan named the most human-looking female Zero and ordered the others to choose numbers for themselves.
• Nara Dan sensed that someone had taken his bait and left with Meru using Flying Thunder God.
• The Vinsmoke siblings prepared to seize the last North Sea country outside World Government territory, while Yonji charged the palace and attacked its defenders with a spinning iron gate.
• A cloaked figure stood in Yonji’s path and stopped the gate with one hand, leaving Yonji stunned and asking who it was.

Monkey D. Dragon confronted the Vinsmokes over their attempt to occupy the North Sea, defeating Yonji and challenging the family to fight him. The Vinsmokes attacked together, but Dragon revealed his Logia transformation and re-formed in the sky as they faced the difficulty of fighting him without Haki.

• Dragon caught the iron gate Yonji threw, and Yonji covered himself in Samehada Chakra before attacking with Winch · Spinning Kill.
• Dragon sent Yonji crashing into the palace floor, and Reiju, Ichiji, and the other Vinsmokes arrived as Yonji warned them that Dragon was their strongest opponent yet.
• Dragon questioned why the Vinsmokes had returned to conquer the North Sea and declared they would have to get past him first.
• Reiju ordered the Vinsmokes to attack, but Dragon used Armament Haki to repel Niji and endured Yonji's restraints, Reiju's poison, and Ichiji's flames before vanishing into the gale.
• Reiju recognized that Dragon had a Logia Devil Fruit, and the Vinsmokes realized their attacks would be difficult to land because they lacked Haki.

Dragon overwhelmed the Vinsmoke brothers in a battle that left them nearly unable to fight. As he confronted them, a mysterious figure plunged from the sky and landed between Dragon and the family.

• Dragon unleashed a wind-made dragon claw, but the Vinsmoke brothers combined their powers and briefly matched its force.
• Dragon used Conqueror’s Coating to smash the brothers into a crater, though all three survived the attack.
• Reiju checked on her brothers, and they said they could hold out for about half an hour; she told them Dan had sent Meru as backup.
• The brothers charged Dragon again, but ten minutes later they lay battered and exhausted after he exploited their lack of Haki.
• A figure dropped from a thousand meters above and landed between Dragon and the Vinsmokes.

Meru fought Dragon and gradually unlocked her immense strength, but he relied on his Logia body to avoid her attacks. The battle shifted when Meru unexpectedly manifested Armament Haki and seized Dragon's real arm.

• Meru arrived and challenged Dragon, who sensed her bloodlust and recognized her as a dangerous opponent.
• Meru and Dragon clashed, with her speed and strength increasing as she grew accustomed to her power.
• Dragon used Kami-e and his Logia intangibility to evade Meru's attacks, while explaining that her lack of Haki left her unable to hurt him.
• Meru unleashed the Chimera · Ten Thousand Jun technique, battering Dragon's air form and devastating the island around them.
• Meru's attacks briefly faltered before she seized Dragon's real arm with an unrefined but powerful coating of Armament Haki.

Meru learned Haki with startling speed and used Future Sight to suppress Dragon’s Observation Haki, gaining the upper hand in their fight. Dragon turned to his Gale-Gale Fruit and unleashed Dragon’s Breath as Meru charged to meet him.

• Meru mastered Haki during her battle with Dragon and called him a weakling reliant on technique.
• Meru used Future Sight to bypass Dragon’s Observation Haki and snapped off his right arm.
• Meru overwhelmed Dragon with close-range attacks while he struggled to predict her movements.
• Dragon summoned a giant Wind Dragon with his Gale-Gale Fruit and launched Dragon’s Breath.
• Meru charged Dragon’s attack with her fist coated in Armament Haki, and their blows collided.

Meru fought the Wind Dragon for five hours before stopping and bringing him to meet Nara Dan. The dragon arrived at the Vinsmoke Family’s royal palace and faced Nara Dan’s overwhelming presence.

• Meru and the Wind Dragon fought across the island city for five hours, while the Vinsmoke siblings watched in awe.
• The dragon began to tire as Meru’s immense stamina let her keep up her relentless attacks.
• Meru stopped fighting and told the dragon that Nara Dan wanted him brought back, offering to beat him half to death if he refused.
• The dragon agreed to meet Nara Dan, and Meru transported them to the Vinsmoke Family’s royal palace.
• Nara Dan addressed Monkey D. Dragon, who felt overwhelmed by the presence radiating from him.

Dragon joined Nara Dan to oppose the World Government after learning that Nara Dan could stand against Pluton. Nara Dan set the Revolutionary Army to work under a new Constitutional Monarchy program and named their organization the Divine Court.

• Dragon asked Nara Dan about Pluton, then knelt and asked to follow him in bringing down the World Government.
• Dragon revealed that Pluton had once defeated him and explained why he feared the World Government would use it to cleanse the world.
• Nara Dan ordered Dragon to bring Revolutionary Army leaders over, take control of occupied Non-Member States, redistribute resources, and promote Constitutional Monarchy.
• Nara Dan explained Constitutional Monarchy to Dragon, who came to believe the system could win widespread support.
• Nara Dan named the new organization the Divine Court and appointed Dragon captain of its First Division.

Nara Dan consolidated his power in the North Sea as the Five Elders debated the Vinsmoke Family and Revolutionary Army’s growing challenge to World Government rule. They ordered an all-out campaign to retake the occupied territory and sent Borsalino to hunt Meru.

• Nara Dan directed the Revolutionary Army to move into the North Sea and govern the Non-Member States while his forces expanded their ideology and combat strength.
• The Five Elders learned that the Revolutionary Army had joined forces with the Vinsmoke Family and occupied Non-Member State territory.
• The Five Elders discussed the unknown strength of Meru, who had fought Monkey D. Dragon in the Mahas Kingdom, and learned that the Vinsmokes had prevented her bounty from spreading through the Underworld.
• The Five Elders removed the Vinsmoke Family from the World Government’s list of Member States, ordered bounties on its members, and commanded the Navy to retake the occupied territory.
• The Five Elders ordered Borsalino to pursue Meru, deciding his Glint-Glint Fruit would let him escape even if he could not defeat her.

The Vinsmokes and Sabo encountered a Marine fleet led by Admiral Borsalino after the World Government declared the family criminals. As Borsalino attacked and Drake fought Reiju, Nara Dan was alerted, while the battle remained unresolved.

• Ichiji complained that pirate-clearing missions were boring and resented the Revolutionary Army, while Reiju explained that the work prepared them to rule their territories.
• Sabo joined the Vinsmokes in the North Blue, and the group spotted a Marine fleet approaching under Admiral Borsalino.
• Reiju used Samehada to alert Nara Dan, while Sabo offered to hold Borsalino off for ten minutes.
• Borsalino appeared above the Snail Ship and evaded attacks from Ichiji and Sabo using his Glint-Glint Fruit and Observation Haki.
• Drake confronted Reiju and urged her to surrender, but she rejected his warning, and their battle began as the fleets engaged.
• Reiju dodged Drake's attacks and sent him flying into the sea with a powerful kick, leaving him stunned by her strength.

Reiju defeated Drake by using poison gas infused with Samehada’s Chakra to corrode him until he fell into the sea. Meanwhile, Kizaru continued overwhelming Ichiji and Sade, leaving Sade questioning whether he could last until the tenth minute.

• Drake charged Reiju through her poison gas, but the gas weakened him and began corroding his flesh from the outside.
• Reiju’s poison took effect all at once, and Drake fell into the sea as Marines rushed to save him.
• Kizaru struck Ichiji with a light-speed kick, sending him skimming across the sea and breaking his ribs while damaging his organs.
• Kizaru knocked Sabo and Sade down during their fight, and Sade noted that the battle had reached its seventh minute.
• Sade wondered whether he had overestimated himself after failing to hold out against Kizaru as long as he had promised.

Kizaru attacked Ichiji and Sabo with Yasaka Magatama, but Dragon arrived and stopped the assault. Dragon then summoned Meru to meet Kizaru, who realized she was the mission’s main target and grew wary of her.

• Kizaru unleashed Yasaka Magatama, forcing Sabo and Ichiji to dive underwater to evade his lasers.
• Dragon appeared and caught the suspended beams in a whirlwind, then detonated them before Kizaru could hit Sabo and Ichiji.
• Dragon and Kizaru exchanged greetings, and Kizaru asked Dragon to surrender, but Dragon refused and summoned a massive storm.
• Dragon told Kizaru that someone wanted to see him, while the storm disrupted the Marine fleet and surveillance.
• Meru appeared beside Dragon, and Kizaru recognized her as the Five Elders’ target and tried to conceal his concern by commenting on her age.

Nara Dan overpowered Admiral Borsalino, spared him, and sent him away with a warning for Sengoku about the coming war. He then strengthened Sabo and urged the Revolutionary Army and the Vinsmokes to prepare as they occupied the North Sea.

• Nara Dan appeared behind Borsalino, grabbed him despite his Logia transformation, and endured his point-blank laser.
• Dragon confirmed that Borsalino was a genuine Marine Admiral, and Nara Dan told him to deliver a message to Sengoku before throwing him several kilometers away.
• Dragon introduced Sabo as the Revolutionary Army's chief of staff and his disciple, and Nara Dan gave Sabo power that would strengthen him.
• Nara Dan urged Sabo, Ichiji, and Reiju to grow stronger and ordered Dragon to gather the Revolutionary Army's officers and prepare for the World Government's retaliation.
• Borsalino reflected on Nara Dan's overwhelming strength and the attack on the Holy Land, then decided to report the encounter to Fleet Admiral Sengoku.

Sengoku agreed to conceal Nara Dan’s existence and warning from the Five Elders, while the World Government planned a major campaign against Vinsmoke, the Revolutionary Army, and Meru. The chapter ended when the Five Elders learned that war had begun in the North Sea.

• Sengoku realized Nara Dan was powerful enough to challenge the World Government and told Kizaru to hide his warning and existence from the Five Elders.
• Kizaru agreed to keep quiet and left Sengoku’s office, asking for twice as much vacation.
• The Five Elders discussed the threat from Meru, Vinsmoke, and the Revolutionary Army and planned a large military operation.
• The Five Elders decided to leave the injured Kizaru behind and send Gion and an Admiral Candidate to join the operation.
• A Den Den Mushi interrupted the meeting, and the Curly-Haired Elder announced that the war in the North Sea had begun.

The Five Elders learned that Vinsmoke’s Artificial Human Soldiers had invaded every World Government Member State in the North Sea and ordered Sengoku to mobilize the Marines. Nara Dan’s Flying Thunder God Formation enabled the invasion, and he awaited victory while anticipating a larger war against Marine Headquarters and Imu.

• The Five Elders debated how Vinsmoke’s forces had attacked the North Sea simultaneously, then decided to send Sengoku and the Marines to confront them.
• Judge and Dragon watched the Flying Thunder God Formation transport waves of Artificial Human Soldiers across the North Sea.
• Dragon concluded that the formation could help establish centralized rule and enforce laws throughout the world.
• Nara Dan asked Meru whether she wanted to join the campaign, but she chose to stay with him and save her interest for stronger opponents.
• Nara Dan waited for news of victory and thought ahead to the coming war against Imu.

Drake fought the Artificial Human Soldiers at the North Sea Marine Branch and confronted Zero, a guard serving Father God. After Zero said the missing Vice Admiral was probably dead or eaten, Drake lost control and charged her; the chapter left both of them buried in the ruins.

• Drake recovered from his injuries and helped the Marines cut through the Artificial Human Soldiers, wondering why Vinsmoke had occupied the base and where the Vice Admiral was.
• Zero appeared, stopped Drake’s attack on the Artificial Humans, and identified herself as a guard under Father God.
• Zero told Drake that her companion had reached the Vice Admiral first and that he was probably dead or eaten.
• Drake transformed into his Allosaurus hybrid form, covered himself in Armament Haki, and attacked Zero with Finger Pistol: Claw.
• Drake followed up with Iron Body: Dragon Charge, driving Zero into the ruins and collapsing the crater over them both.

Zero overwhelmed Commodore Drake, copying the Six Powers and Haki after seeing them in action. She left Drake skewered and reflected that Nara Dan had been right about human wisdom.

• Drake's attacks failed to hurt Zero, who restrained him with her tail and nearly pierced his neck.
• Drake escaped with Kami-e and fired Rankyaku slashes, but Zero copied the technique and blasted him into the forest.
• Zero used Shave to close the distance and skewered Drake with her tail when Kami-e could not evade her spike.
• Zero demonstrated Kami-e, Finger Pistol, Iron Body, and Haki, explaining that Father God had told her and her companions to learn useful techniques.
• Zero considered the potential of Haki and Rankyaku as Drake watched in shock.

Zero warned One to develop his strength and obey the Divine Court’s orders as the Vinsmoke family and Revolutionaries completed their rapid invasion of the North Sea in the Divine Court’s name. News of the new faction spread, drawing reactions from Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido, who flew toward the coming war.

• Zero dragged the unconscious Drake away and warned One that Father God might discard him if he neglected his strength and the coming war.
• The Vinsmoke family and Revolutionaries conquered most of the North Sea in a day and a night, while the Chimera Ant Guard Squad helped defeat their opponents.
• Morgans’ newspapers announced the Divine Court’s invasion and introduced its leading figures, including Dragon, Zero, Vinsmoke Gaji, and Meru.
• Whitebeard studied the Divine Court’s leaders but dismissed its ambitions as unrelated to him and his sons.
• Charlotte Linlin scorned the Divine Court’s open challenge to the World Government, while Kaido excitedly decided to fly to the North Sea himself.
• King ordered a ship prepared to follow Kaido, worried he might later have to search for him across the sea.

The Navy mobilized its full strength for a campaign against Divine Court in the North Sea, while the Five Elders trusted that the Navy and Imu could contain the threat. Sengoku and the Divine Court’s leaders then brought their fleets together for a decisive battle, and Sengoku ordered the Navy into attack formation.

• Sengoku ordered tens of thousands of Navy soldiers and its strongest fighters to sail for the North Sea, bringing Garp along because of Dragon.
• The Five Elders discussed Divine Court, Imu’s promise to intervene if needed, and the risk that Kaido or other Four Emperors might affect the war.
• Aboard the advancing Navy fleet, Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp discussed Divine Court’s fighters and planned matchups, with Garp expected to face Dragon.
• A messenger reported enemy ships, and Sengoku spotted the Vinsmoke Family’s Snail Ships before seeing Divine Court’s fleet assembled in comparable numbers.
• Sengoku saw Dragon, Meru, and the leading figures of Divine Court, concluded they intended to settle the conflict in one battle, and ordered the Navy into attack formation.

The Divine Court and the Navy began their live-broadcast battle in the North Sea, trading cannon fire and powerful attacks. After Aokiji froze the sea and shattered the resulting ice wall, the armies clashed while the battle’s outcome remained dependent on their stronger fighters.

• Meru told Gaji to keep Father God's battle broadcast running worldwide, while Dragon took charge of the Divine Court's forces.
• The Navy and Divine Court opened fire, and Gion destroyed incoming shells with Golden Thousand Blades while Dragon diverted others with Great Storm.
• Akainu attacked with Meteor Volcano, but Ichiji and the Vinsmokes combined Samehada's power to raise a water wall and send a colossal wave toward the Navy.
• Aokiji froze the wave and the surrounding sea, then shattered the towering ice wall with Armament Haki.
• The Navy and Divine Court soldiers charged across the ice and suffered heavy casualties as their weapons clashed.

Onigumo fought Zero across the frozen battlefield, while Meru overwhelmed Akainu and Aokiji with her immense strength and newly mastered Conqueror’s Coating. The Admirals managed to halt Meru’s devastating punch, but the clash shattered the ice and left the Navy struggling to hold its ground.

• Onigumo attacked Zero with his eight-sword techniques, but she dodged his slashes, endured his sword web, and quickly healed her wounds.
• Akainu attacked Meru with Great Eruption, but she punched through his magma and sent him flying into the Navy ranks.
• Sengoku recognized the Conqueror’s Coating surrounding Meru’s raised fist and called for Aokiji to stop her.
• Meru unleashed Ant God Conqueror’s Coating, and her punch shattered the ice ahead and swept Marines away with its shockwave.
• Akainu and Aokiji combined Hellhound and Ice Time Capsule to stop Meru’s attack, while Aokiji froze the ocean again to steady the Marines.

Meru held off Akainu and Aokiji while Sengoku considered the threat of Limit Break fighters and waited for the Divine Court's leader to act. On the battlefield, Zero explained that she had been studying Onigumo's swordsmanship, prompting him to unleash his strongest technique.

• Akainu and Aokiji joined forces against Meru's overwhelming aura, while Sengoku judged that her strength alone could not contend with Pluton.
• The battle split across three fronts, with Meru facing the Admirals, soldiers fighting across the main battlefield, and Zero dueling Onigumo.
• Onigumo questioned why Zero had kept defending instead of defeating him, and Zero said she wanted to learn human combat techniques from his swordsmanship.
• Onigumo grew furious, pushed his body beyond its limits, and entered the Iron-Cutting Realm.
• Onigumo launched Cocoon Break, combining his Eight-Sword Style into a single powerful slash.

Zero defeated Onigumo with a Swordsmanship slash, while Dragon judged that Onigumo had no chance of winning. As Navy Vice Admirals rushed to avenge him, Zero unleashed a massive Flying Slash, and a tall figure stepped forward to face it.

• Onigumo attacked Zero with a desperate sword strike as Sengoku hoped the battle might push him toward the Great Swordsman's realm, but Dragon predicted that Onigumo would lose.
• Dragon reflected on Zero's formidable Haki, strength, and eagerness to learn, then said the real war was about to begin.
• Zero and Onigumo clashed; Zero's technique broke Onigumo's blades and left an X-shaped sword wound across his chest.
• Navy Vice Admirals charged at Zero to avenge Onigumo, but she swung her tail and released a Flying Slash nearly a thousand meters long.
• The Vice Admirals recognized Zero as a Great Swordsman and prepared to block her attack together, when a tall figure appeared before the slash and drew his sword slightly.

Zero fought Admiral Candidate Gion as the battle between the Navy and Divine Court intensified, while Sengoku weighed the forces still available and Garp confronted his son Dragon. The chapter left the father and son exchanging blows above the battlefield as other powerful fighters continued their clashes.

• Gion shattered Zero's enormous Flying Slash with a short draw of Kompira, then ordered the Vice Admirals to stand down and took Zero on herself.
• Zero and Gion fought at close range until Zero revealed her tail's superior strength and coated it with Haki.
• A Chimera Ant Guard Squad member called Number Three fought Momonga, while Number One engaged Admiral Candidate Chaton and raced at him.
• Sengoku assessed the prolonged battle and the World Government's reserves, and Garp launched himself toward Divine Court to confront Dragon.
• Dragon met Garp in midair, and the two clashed with Iron Fist: Bone and Dragon Claw as the watching Marines realized they were father and son.

The Five Elders debated the risks and benefits of the D. Clan and the threat posed by the powerful Otherworlders, while preparing CP0 to enter the war. Hidden near the battlefield, Nara Dan watched Imu and began manipulating spacetime to escalate the conflict and draw Imu out.

• The Five Elders argued that the D. Clan’s exceptional strength made its members valuable to the Navy, but their devotion to freedom made them difficult to control.
• The Curly-Haired Elder redirected the discussion to the Divine Court and the Otherworlders, while the Five Elders considered capturing them and exploiting their strength.
• The sword-bearing Elder asked about CP0, and the Curly-Haired Elder said the agents were waiting near the battlefield and would arrive within half an hour.
• Nara Dan watched the battle from between spacetime and the Void Realm Sea, confirming that Imu was secretly observing it too.
• Nara Dan reflected that his apparent death gave him an information advantage, but Imu’s access to Pluton and World Origin Power remained dangerous.
• Nara Dan decided the battle was not intense enough and swept his hand through the air, causing spacetime to ripple.

Samehada appeared on the Marineford battlefield and used its water-control powers to devastate the Marines, forcing Sengoku to confront it. As Akainu occupied Meru, Aokiji finally broke away and headed toward the main battlefield, where Samehada threatened to overwhelm the Marines.

• Samehada transformed into a gigantic creature and unleashed water sharks that injured and killed Marines, while the Five Elders considered the possibility of using Pluton if the war turned against them.
• Sengoku attacked Samehada with golden Shockwaves, but its endless seawater forced him to retreat and left him wishing Aokiji were there.
• Aokiji tried to leave his battle with Meru, but Meru used her future sight and close-range attacks to keep him trapped.
• Akainu transformed into a giant magma Cerberus and ordered Aokiji to go support the main battlefield.
• Meru smashed the Cerberus apart, but let Aokiji escape as Akainu reformed and continued fighting her.