Recaps

Kozuki Houka deceived the Five Elders while helping the Rocks Pirates rescue the Great Hammer Warband and planning to find the Pluton Blueprints. At a feast on Elbaf, he revealed that Charlotte Linlin was carrying their son, whom he planned to name Kozuki Charlotte Katakuri.

• Kozuki Houka promised the Five Elders he would find a Road Poneglyph and deliver it to the Red Line, then ended their call after extracting more Devil Fruits.
• Imu and the Four Elders heard the report and hoped Houka and Rocks would eventually turn against each other.
• Houka returned to Elbaf with the Kirin Fruit and helped rescue the Great Hammer Warband, then planned to seek the Pluton Blueprints and use the giant craftsmen to build battleships.
• The giants of Elbaf held a feast for the Rocks Pirates, while Charlotte Linlin chose to give birth there and named possible names for her child with Houka.
• Rocks demanded that Houka reveal what he knew about Pluton, but Houka told the crew to prepare a gift for his unborn son and said he would name him Kozuki Charlotte Katakuri.

Charlotte Linlin gave birth to her first child with Houka, a powerful newborn they named Katakuri. After recognizing his potential to awaken Conqueror’s Haki, Houka left the delivery room eager to show him off to the waiting officers.

• Charlotte Linlin gave birth easily in Elbaf’s Warrior Village, and the newborn stood up, tore off his umbilical cord, and began nursing.
• Charlotte Linlin named her son Katakuri and proudly showed Houka how strong he was.
• Uzumaki Erza reported the birth to Houka, Rocks, Shiki, and the others, who waited outside in shock.
• Houka held Katakuri, sensed his potential to awaken Conqueror’s Haki, and returned him to Charlotte Linlin to eat.
• After Katakuri fell asleep, Houka carried him outside to show off his talent, while Shiki resolved to become his godfather.

Houka celebrated Katakuri’s extraordinary inherited talents while the Rocks Pirates officers competed to become his godfather. Katakuri showed off his monstrous strength by striking Rocks and Whitebeard Newgate, leaving the officers unsure how to greet him safely.

• Houka praised Katakuri’s talents and decided to reconsider which Devil Fruit would best suit him.
• Golden Lion Shiki begged Houka to make him Katakuri’s sole godfather, but Rocks grabbed him and hurled him through a wooden building.
• Rocks praised Gu Yue Shenwei’s potential, while Whitebeard Newgate celebrated Gu Yue Ryuma’s strength as Ryuma played with his hair.
• Katakuri woke in Houka’s arms and punched Rocks in the face, earning Rocks’s approval.
• Katakuri slapped Whitebeard Newgate, who laughed and praised his strength as the other officers worried about taking a hit from the baby.

Katakuri’s first meet-and-greet turned into a clash between Golden Lion Shiki and Silver Axe Xiong, whose Conqueror’s Haki provoked the newborn. Houka encouraged the officers to release their Haki, and Katakuri awakened his own, leaving the pirates amazed by the infant’s power.

• Golden Lion Shiki tried to become Katakuri’s favorite godfather, but the newborn slapped him away, and Silver Axe Xiong photographed him.
• Shiki and Xiong argued and clashed with Conqueror’s Haki, disturbing Katakuri and prompting him to cry out with a powerful sonic wave.
• Shiki and Xiong realized Katakuri’s cry carried signs of Conqueror’s Haki, and Houka encouraged the officers to stimulate the infant’s awakening.
• Eleven people, including Rocks, Newgate, Charlotte Linlin, and Loki, released their Conqueror’s Haki around Katakuri.
• Katakuri stood up in Houka’s arms and unleashed his own Conqueror’s Haki, shocking the gathered pirates and impressing Loki.

Houka revealed that Pluton was hidden beneath Wano Country’s protective waterfall and said the barrier would have to be destroyed to reach it. The leaders gathered in Aurust Castle considered the revelation, and Shimotsuki Furiko hesitated while Fugetsu Kizaburo supported Houka’s decision.

• Katakuri awakened Conqueror’s Haki, then fell asleep as Houka played with his sons Gu Yue Shenwei and Ancient Moon Ryuma and the Rocks Pirates argued over who would be Katakuri’s godfather.
• Houka and the leaders of the Rocks Pirates and Elbaf gathered at a banquet in Aurust Castle to hear his news about Pluton.
• Houka explained that Joy Boy had most likely hidden Pluton in Wano Country and that the protective waterfall had to be destroyed to retrieve it.
• Golden Lion Shiki accused Houka of possibly finding Pluton during his previous trip to Wano Country, but Houka denied having seen it.
• Shimotsuki Furiko questioned whether Wano Country should lose its natural barrier, while Fugetsu Kizaburo urged her to trust Houka and Wano Country’s great families.

Rocks and Houka’s alliance prepared to travel to Wano Country to retrieve Pluton, while the World Government grew frustrated that Houka had not delivered the Road Poneglyph. Tsuru sought a way to contact Houka, and a green-haired figure appeared near Wano Country, wondering what year it was.

• Redfield and Rocks questioned whether Pluton could be raised without breaking Wano Country’s protective walls, and Houka agreed they needed an on-site inspection.
• Rocks rallied the Giants and the Great Hammer Warband to help retrieve Pluton, promising Harald that the alliance would target the Celestial Dragons and spare allied nations and civilians.
• The Rocks Pirates and Giants celebrated and agreed to set out for Wano Country the next day.
• Imu and the Four Elders discussed Houka’s delays and considered having Marine forces provoke a confrontation with the Rocks Pirates.
• Tsuru despaired over Garp and Sengoku’s changed personalities and tried to contact Houka for help.
• A slender green-haired figure appeared on an island near Wano Country and asked what year it was.

Amatsuki Toki struggled to identify the era she had reached while carrying her clan’s prophecies toward Wano Country. Tsuru departed to command G-14, and a massive Giant fleet headed for Wano as Rocks urged Harald to attack the Celestial Dragons.

• Amatsuki Toki, exhausted after traveling through time, climbed a tree to sleep and dreamed of the future warrior of liberation who would bring hope to Wano Country.
• Tsuru received command of the G-14 Branch after Kong approved her transfer, and she left G-1 determined to find a way to bring Garp and Sengoku back.
• Golden Lion Shiki lifted a fleet carrying the Great Hammer Warband, the Giant Warrior Pirates, Aurust Castle guards, and hundreds of Giants toward Wano Country.
• Rocks celebrated the Giant army’s strength and urged Harald to join the Rocks Pirates in crushing the Celestial Dragons, while Harald insisted the Marines were not their enemy.

Kozuki Houka’s fleet sailed toward Wano as the Rocks Pirates’ Davy D. Presley and Davy D. Tina Jet struggled to keep up with the powerful fighters around them. Frustrated with Rocks’s harsh training and tempted by Houka’s skill and resources, the siblings considered joining his crew.

• Kozuki Houka’s luxurious ship sailed alongside the Sword of Xebec, with Golden Lion Shiki’s Lion King and a flying fleet following toward Wano.
• Presley and Tina Jet watched Houka’s powerful subordinates and felt jealous and pressured by their strength.
• Rocks’s family members and the Davy siblings killed many Celestial Dragons but failed to awaken Conqueror’s Haki, so Rocks stopped their plan to kill the remaining captives.
• Presley suggested that Houka might help them awaken Conqueror’s Haki and proposed joining Houka’s crew if Rocks had no place for them.
• Tina Jet agreed that Houka seemed better able to teach them and considered going aboard the Great Love Immortal Venerable.

Houka reunited with the Shimotsuki family, gifted Kozaburo’s wife and son two heirloom blades, and brought his fleet to Onigashima to recover Pluton. Meanwhile, young Kozuki Oden continued challenging Shimotsuki Ushimaru as he dreamed of leaving Wano.

• Malone struggled against Captain John, whose Magnet-Magnet Fruit countered his Cannon-Cannon Fruit, and relied on a combined technique with Ganzi to retain his officer position.
• Houka discovered that Shimotsuki Kozaburo had married Reina and had a son named Shimotsuki Koshiro.
• Houka gave Kozaburo and Reina two alloy Great Grade Blades, which Kozaburo named Shimotsuki's Heart and Shimotsuki's Grace.
• Kozaburo gave Reina Wado Ichimonji, and Houka left the couple to visit his own wives.
• Houka's flying fleet entered Wano and headed to Onigashima, where he planned to salvage and restore Pluton with the Great Hammer Warband.
• Ten-year-old Kozuki Oden made his 101st challenge to Shimotsuki Ushimaru and remained determined to sail away from Wano.

Kozuki Oden and Shimotsuki Ushimaru learned that Houka’s airborne fleet had arrived in Wano, while Kozuki Sukiyaki feared the Pluton secret had been exposed. Above Onigashima, Houka, Rocks, and their allies examined the enormous skull-shaped island and prepared to search for Pluton beneath the inner sea.

• Kozuki Oden complained that sparring with Shimotsuki Ushimaru was too easy and demanded to know when Ushimaru’s brother-in-law Houka would come to Wano.
• A samurai reported that Houka’s airborne fleet had entered Wano, and Kozuki Oden and Shimotsuki Ushimaru hurried to Shimotsuki Arashi’s administrative hall.
• Shimotsuki Arashi warned Kozuki Oden that the fleet included dangerous fighters, but Oden eagerly welcomed the chance to face them.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki received news of the fleet and feared that the Kozuki family’s Pluton warship and Road Poneglyph were at risk.
• Houka, Rocks, Harald, and the Rocks Pirates inspected Onigashima’s skull-like shape, and Rocks eagerly anticipated finding Pluton beneath the inner sea.

Houka’s crew and the giants investigated a colossal skull, then searched Wano’s inner sea and found Pluton. Kozuki Sukiyaki gave up on resisting the outsiders, while Kozuki Oden and Shimotsuki Ushimaru traveled toward Hakumai.

• Houka and Stussy’s tests confirmed the enormous double-horned skull was biological bone, and Elder Jarul suggested it belonged to the legendary Ancient Giant Demon Race.
• Kalleras, Eisen D. Oars JS, Rocks, and Sambel’s Fish-Man troops entered the inner sea to search for Pluton as Kozuki Sukiyaki despaired over the invasion and abandoned plans to summon Wano’s daimyo.
• Kozuki Oden and Shimotsuki Ushimaru left Ringo for Hakumai, where Shimotsuki Arashi brought three Devil Fruits to reassure the regional daimyo.
• Rocks and the Great Hammer Warband found Pluton on the seabed within two and a half hours, and Golden Lion Shiki eagerly imagined gaining control of the warship.

Houka learned that Shimotsuki Arashi had collected three Devil Fruits and persuaded Rocks to take Kozuki Oden, a young Conqueror's Haki swordsman, as his disciple. As the Rocks Pirates headed to Hakumai to meet Arashi and retrieve the fruits, Rocks prepared to test Oden with the same brutal strength he used on Loki.

• Houka learned that Shimotsuki Arashi had collected the Ripe-Ripe, Scroll-Scroll, and Garb-Garb Fruits, and considered their abilities and potential uses.
• Shimotsuki Furiko told Houka that Kozuki Oden was traveling with the group and asked him to protect the Kozuki family's sole descendant.
• Houka offered Rocks a ten-year-old swordsmanship genius who had awakened Conqueror's Haki, and Rocks agreed to train Kozuki Oden.
• Houka brought Rocks and the other officers toward Hakumai to meet Shimotsuki Arashi and collect the three Devil Fruits, while the officers anticipated watching Rocks test Oden.
• Kozuki Oden hurried to the Daimyo Mansion with Enma and Ame no Habakiri, eager to meet Houka and the powerful pirate he had heard about.
• Rocks decided to test Oden using the strength he had used against Loki, including Cannon Hammer Sword Qi and Advanced Conqueror's Haki.

At Hakumai, Shimotsuki Kenge and Yasuie met the powerful outsiders while Furiko reassured them and Kozaburo defended her from Shiki’s remarks. Elsewhere, Amatsuki Toki learned that the Moon Empire ruled Wano and its neighboring kingdoms, prompting her to pause her time travels and investigate what had happened to the Amatsuki Family.

• Shimotsuki Kenge and Yasuie trembled before the outsiders, and Furiko tried to calm them.
• Shiki called Kenge and Yasuie weak, Kozaburo rebuked him for involving Furiko, and Silver Axe Xiong mocked Shiki until he fell silent.
• Houka and Furiko did not take Shiki’s remarks seriously, though Houka agreed that Kenge and Yasuie lacked strength.
• Amatsuki Toki learned that the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire ruled Wano and that the Shimotsuki, Fugetsu, and Ugetsu kingdoms served Kozuki Houka.
• Toki halted her plans to travel to another era and began seeking the truth about the Amatsuki Family, fearing her family might have perished.

Amatsuki Toki traveled toward the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire, while Vice Admiral Tsuru planned to secretly contact Kozuki Houka to rescue Garp and Sengoku. In Wano Country, Kozuki Oden charged at Rocks and was overwhelmed by his attack.

• Amatsuki Toki learned about flying fleets and bought a ticket to the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire to investigate Kozuki Houka and the Amatsuki Family.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru arrived at G-14, learned the Rocks Pirates had gone to Wano Country, and began planning a masked identity to approach Kozuki Houka in secret.
• Kozuki Oden broke away from his companions in Hakumai and raced toward the Daimyo Mansion to challenge the outsiders.
• Rocks went out to meet Kozuki Oden while Houka reassured Shimotsuki Furiko that Rocks would show restraint.
• Kozuki Oden attacked Rocks with Paradise Totsuka, but Rocks countered with Hell: Demon Avoidance and engulfed him in violent power.

Rocks knocked Kozuki Oden unconscious while testing his potential, and Houka stabilized him before Shimotsuki Arashi and Shimotsuki Ushimaru could take him away. After the group discussed three Devil Fruits, Rocks and Houka decided to test the Ripe-Ripe Fruit’s effects on Oden to see whether it could accelerate growth.

• Rocks sent Kozuki Oden flying through more than twenty buildings, leaving him gravely injured but alive.
• Houka used Healing Holy Light to stabilize Oden, easing Shimotsuki Arashi and Shimotsuki Ushimaru’s fears.
• Houka introduced Shimotsuki Arashi and Shimotsuki Ushimaru to the Rocks Pirates, and Rocks praised Ushimaru’s swordsmanship.
• The group learned that Shimotsuki Arashi would give Houka the Ripe-Ripe Fruit, Scroll-Scroll Fruit, and Garb-Garb Fruit.
• Rocks proposed using the Ripe-Ripe Fruit to accelerate Oden’s growth, and Houka gave the fruit to a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero blood servant to develop its ability.

Houka recruited the Davy Clan siblings Presley and Tina Jet and decided to train them to awaken Conqueror's Haki. As he developed a plan to push them toward a breakthrough, Kozuki Sukiyaki headed to Udon to check on Oden and the Pluton salvage.

• Gell Arthur ate the Ripe-Ripe Fruit, while Houka gave Gis Joseph the Scroll-Scroll Fruit and began guiding both blood servants in developing their abilities.
• The Rocks Pirates returned to Onigashima to oversee the Pluton salvage, while Houka went to Udon to collect the Ugetsu Family's seastone and left Oden recovering aboard his ship.
• Shimotsuki Arashi and Shimotsuki Kenge cared for Oden and urged Shimotsuki Ushimaru and Shimotsuki Yasuie to marry and have children before seeking adventure at sea.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki learned that Oden had been badly injured and decided to travel to Udon to visit him and observe the outsiders salvaging Pluton.
• Presley and Tina Jet left the Sword of Xebec and begged Houka to take them in, and Houka accepted the Davy siblings as his subordinates.
• Houka examined the siblings' strong physiques and began devising a plan to awaken their Conqueror's Haki by exploiting their values and personal attachments.

Houka gathered Udon’s Seastone and prepared to meet Shogun Sukiyaki, then used Kozuki Oden to test the Ripe-Ripe Fruit’s power. Oden eagerly accepted being aged up and emerged ten years older, leaving the effects of the transformation yet to be seen.

• Houka collected Udon’s Seastone and told the daimyos he had no interest in Sukiyaki’s shogun position as long as Sukiyaki did not provoke him.
• Houka healed Kozuki Oden and intimidated him with Conqueror’s Haki before offering to make him grow up quickly.
• Oden eagerly agreed to be aged permanently, while the daimyos voiced concerns about possible side effects.
• Houka ordered Gell Arthur to age Oden by ten years, and Oden grew into a muscular figure 3.8 meters tall.

Kozuki Oden grew ten years older through the Ripe-Ripe Fruit but remained childish, and Houka knocked him down again when he challenged him. Meanwhile, Loki became determined to grow stronger, Amatsuki Toki traveled toward the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire to investigate Houka, and Tsuru approached the empire in disguise, hoping Houka could remove her control.

• Kozuki Oden celebrated his growth and demanded that Houka teach him the swordsmanship that had defeated him.
• Houka explained that Rocks had used Conqueror's Haki Infusion, then struck Oden down with the Seven-Star Sword when Oden challenged him.
• Rocks worked with the Giants and Fish-Man Race to salvage Pluton, while Loki learned about the Ripe-Ripe Fruit and resolved to grow up quickly.
• Amatsuki Toki heard stories about Houka and the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire while traveling there, and wondered whether Houka could be the prophesied savior.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru traveled toward the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire disguised as the masked swordswoman Kujaku and hoped Houka could remove her control.

Kozuki Sukiyaki met Houka and the New World Alliance, learned their plans to take the Pluton warship and Road Poneglyph, and agreed to join their fight against the World Government. The chapter ended with Sukiyaki promising to bring out the Road Poneglyph while Oden eagerly prepared to go to sea and train under Rocks.

• Kozuki Sukiyaki arrived at Udon's Daimyo Mansion, met the grown-up Oden, and learned that Oden was not in mortal danger.
• Houka revealed the New World Alliance's plans to take the Pluton warship and Road Poneglyph and showed Sukiyaki Poneglyphs and a Harley illustration.
• Houka explained that Rocks and the David siblings belonged to the D Clan, and Oden declared that the Kozuki Family would join the alliance.
• Kozuki Sukiyaki agreed to let Oden go to sea if he married, had children, and sent them back to Wano Country; Houka stunned Oden with lightning when he shouted excitedly.
• Houka told Sukiyaki to bring the Road Poneglyph out of the Flower Capital, and Sukiyaki agreed.

Houka negotiated with Imu and the Four Elders to trade Wano's Road Poneglyph for Devil Fruits, while each side tried to manipulate the other. He rejected their offer and left the negotiations unresolved, intending to wait for them to raise the price.

• Houka told the Four Elders he had secretly found a Road Poneglyph in Wano and demanded the Paw-Paw Fruit and three Mythical Zoan Fruits.
• The Four Elders reported Houka's offer to Imu, who agreed to the fruits only if Houka personally delivered the Poneglyph to Mary Geoise and was appointed one of the Five Elders.
• Imu offered Houka two Mythical Zoan Fruits for the Poneglyph if he refused to come to Mary Geoise.
• The Four Elders told Houka he could receive the Paw-Paw Fruit, three Mythical Zoans, and a seat among the Five Elders if he brought the Poneglyph to the Holy Land.
• Houka rejected the terms by hanging up the Den Den Mushi, deciding to prolong the negotiations until Imu and the Four Elders offered more.

After Houka ended negotiations with the Four Elders over the Road Poneglyph, he refused their callback and left the Flower Capital to witness Pluton’s emergence. Aboard the Sacred Ancient Moon’s flagship, Kozuki Oden challenged the David siblings while Shimotsuki Ushimaru joined the voyage to pursue his ambitions as a swordsman.

• The Four Elders worried that Houka’s refusal to negotiate might provoke him and reported the situation to Lord Imu.
• Houka declined Saint Warcury’s callback, left the Flower Capital with his men, and headed to see Pluton emerge.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru earned permission to sail by promising Kozuki Sukiyaki he would marry and have children within two years.
• Kozuki Oden challenged Presley and Tina Jet on Onigashima, hoping to regain confidence after his defeats by Rocks and Houka.
• Fugetsu Kizaburo encouraged Shimotsuki Ushimaru to show his swordsmanship and pursue the legacy of Shimotsuki Ryuma.

Shimotsuki Ushimaru studied the Famous Weapons Catalog and Houka’s unfinished Strongest Ranking, learning how the world’s blades and fighters were ranked. He left determined to grow stronger, while Shimotsuki Furiko warned him to flee from enemies beyond his current ability.

• Shimotsuki Ushimaru read the Famous Weapons Catalog and learned that many Supreme Grade Swords belonged to powerful Rocks Pirates, while Golden Lion Shiki was angered that Oto and Kogarashi ranked only as Great Grade Swords.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru reviewed the catalog’s standards for famous blades, including their ability to endure powerful attacks, and learned how Wano’s swordsmiths judged top-tier swords.
• Shimotsuki Furiko showed Shimotsuki Ushimaru Houka’s unfinished Strongest Ranking, which placed Rocks D. Zebek and Harald at King Level and Houka, Edward Newgate, and other top fighters at Admiral-Yonko Level.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru was shocked that Fugetsu Kizaburo ranked only in the Yonko Commander Level tier, and Shimotsuki Furiko warned him that even Marine Vice Admirals were dangerous to him.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru promised to become a powerhouse like Kozaburo and Kizaburo and aimed to reach Yonko Commander Level.

Houka oversaw the recovery of the Pluton warship as the Giants and Rocks Pirates began hauling it from the seabed. He used Onigashima’s floating skull to tow the ship safely, while Loki asked him to transform into Sun God Nika again.

• Kozuki Oden marveled at the Giants, and Houka arranged mining and agricultural work for Wano Country while the Moon Families quietly began shifting toward independence from the Kozuki Family.
• The Giant craftsmen forged four massive chains, and Rocks, Harald, and hundreds of Giants started pulling the Pluton warship from the seabed.
• Houka stopped the brute-force effort and told Golden Lion Shiki to use Onigashima’s skull as a tow.
• Houka applied reverse gravity to the floating skull and steadily pulled the Pluton warship upward without risking damage to the ship or chains.
• Loki asked Houka to turn into Sun God Nika again, eager to grow stronger and fight alongside him and the others.

Houka revealed his golden Ancient God Form and used it to haul the nearly freed Pluton Battleship out of the sea. After Shiki helped make the battleship float, Houka returned to human form and named his manifestation the Houka Form, inspiring Loki to imagine becoming Sun God Loki.

• Houka refused Loki's request to transform into Sun God Nika and unleashed his golden Ancient God Form before the people of Wano and the World Government agents offshore.
• Houka lifted Onigashima's skull and pulled Pluton out of the sea as Loki, Jarul, Rocks, Whitebeard Newgate, and the others watched in shock.
• Shiki flew over to help, and Houka used his Gravity Ability to support Pluton while Shiki made the battleship float.
• Houka shed his Ancient God Form and told Loki that he called the manifestation the Houka Form, not the Earth God or another ancient deity.
• Loki embraced Houka's example and decided he could become Sun God Loki, a Black Dragon associated with war and destruction.

After Shiki transformed the Pluton Battleship, Houka returned to his family and delighted his wives with his display of power. In Mary Geoise, the Four Elders and Imu learned of the golden giant and sought to reopen negotiations with Houka for information.

• The giant craftsmen boarded the Pluton Battleship to inspect and repair it while the Rocks Pirates' officers cleaned it, and Houka flew back to his wives and children.
• Erza, Stussy, Linlin, and Furiko praised Houka and expressed their desire to have more children with him.
• The Four Elders examined photographs of the golden giant in Wano and worried that its appearance was connected to Houka and the failed negotiations.
• Imu recognized the giant as an unknown power, ordered the Four Elders to investigate it, and regretted refusing Houka the Paw-Paw Fruit.
• Imu instructed the Four Elders to contact Houka again, offering a Road Poneglyph and Devil Fruits in exchange for information about the golden giant.