Recaps

The Straw Hat crew entered the Rainbow Mist and found the legendary Lost Island, a land of gold. After Luffy climbed its wall, the crew was confronted by powerful blood servants and Homie soldiers, and Nico Robin recognized their leader as the supposedly dead Captain John.

• The Going Merry entered the gray mist, and Nico Robin identified it as the legendary ship graveyard known as the Eternal Country while Luffy worried about Nami, Sanji, and Chopper.
• Usopp spotted a golden island, and Luffy led Zoro, Usopp, Dr. Henzo, and Nico Robin to climb its walls.
• A talking wall Homie shouted that the island was under attack, drawing the blood servants and Homie soldiers to confront the crew.
• The soldiers sensed the intruders and reported that they had arrived from the outer sea, while Luffy and Zoro felt the danger of their powerful auras.
• Captain John appeared, and Nico Robin recognized the legendary pirate, realizing he was alive on Lost Island.

Luffy and his companions encountered Captain John and Tyrannosaurus Trelek in the Lost World, where they were overwhelmed by the enemies’ strength. Houka recognized them as the Straw Hat Pirates from a parallel world and decided to explore the opportunity their arrival presented.

• Captain John attacked Luffy and his companions, mistaking their names and powers for those of princes from his world.
• Captain John defeated Luffy, and Zoro struggled to free his swords from the enemy’s magnetic power.
• Tyrannosaurus Trelek arrived and knocked Luffy aside, forcing Zoro to carry the others and flee.
• Houka recognized the intruders as the Straw Hat Pirates and concluded that they came from a parallel world.
• Houka sent nine clones through the gray mist, then dismissed his soldiers and asked the group about their encounter with the Rainbow Mist.

Houka rescued the Straw Hat Pirates from the Rainbow Mist and learned that other dimensional spaces were merging with his world, including one connected to the dangerous world of Toriko. He decided to send the crew home and investigate the Rainbow Mist while preparing for the threats ahead.

• Houka healed Luffy and gave the Straw Hat Pirates food, while Nico Robin grew wary when he revealed he knew her name and offered her historical texts.
• Luffy told Houka that the crew had reached Lost Island in less than an hour, surprising Houka because his own search had taken most of the day.
• Houka's returning clones revealed that several dimensional spaces were merging and that one contained Toriko, whose world had far more powerful threats than One Piece.
• Houka concluded that the Toriko and Dragon Ball worlds were more dangerous than One Piece and resolved to strengthen himself and develop his parallel world.
• Houka offered to send the Straw Hat Pirates back so he could investigate the Rainbow Mist and its connection to the parallel world.

Houka brought the Straw Hat Pirates and Dr. Henzo to the Rainbow Mist, revealed that the Going Merry had a ship spirit, and followed them into a passage leading to a parallel spacetime fifty years in the past. He stabilized the Rainbow Gate back to his own world, but the group entered the gray mist before they could discover whether Henzo’s missing companions were there.

• Houka told Dr. Henzo that his missing companions were in a different spacetime and carried everyone back to the Going Merry.
• Houka explained that the Going Merry had a ship spirit named Merry, prompting the crew to search for it and Usopp to apologize for damaging the ship.
• Houka flew the Going Merry to the Rainbow Mist, where the crew saw a dim, ruined sea and a clear blue ocean connected by a passage.
• Whetton led his men through the passage, causing the Rainbow Mist connected to Houka’s world to rapidly dissipate.
• Houka entered the mist after Whetton and the Straw Hat Pirates, then used the Munch-Munch Fruit Ability to stabilize the Rainbow Gate before following them into the parallel spacetime.

Houka followed the Straw Hat Pirates into their world, killed Whetton and his men, and tested how the world’s extreme storm reacted to Luffy. He then swallowed Nico Robin to study how to avoid the will of nature, leaving the Straw Hats horrified and Zoro incapacitated.

• Houka chose to follow the Straw Hat Pirates back to their world instead of traveling fifty years into the past with Rapanui, Longo, and Isoka.
• Houka devoured the fading Rainbow Mist, killed Whetton, Philip, Rake, and Ian, then opened a Rainbow Gate to test travel between the worlds.
• Nico Robin feared that Houka could use the Straw Hats to invade their world, while Rapanui and the other Marines watched in terror.
• An extreme storm gathered over Ruluka Island, and Houka swallowed Luffy and transformed into him; the storm dissipated while Houka controlled Luffy’s body.
• Houka split Luffy back out, swallowed Nico Robin, and used her body to investigate how to avoid the will of nature; he then shocked Zoro when Zoro tried to attack.

Houka tested why nature's will was targeting him and absorbed the Going Merry's ship spirit to quiet the storm. He joined the Straw Hats, claimed that Luffy and Zoro were his sons in another timeline, and stunned the crew with stories of his connections to their world.

• Houka struck down Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy when they confronted him, while Robin questioned why nature's will was targeting him.
• Houka separated from Robin, then absorbed Merry and took on the ship spirit's aura, causing the extreme weather to dissipate.
• Houka told Usopp and Luffy that Merry's spirit may have been born from the ship's damage and their care, then challenged them to train if they wanted to take Merry back.
• Houka said he would stay aboard the Going Merry and claimed that Luffy and Zoro were his sons in another timeline, confusing the Straw Hats.
• Houka revealed that he had known Nico Olvia, Kureha, Koshiro, and Vinsmoke Judge, leaving the crew stunned.

Houka explained his parallel-world origins to the Straw Hats and set a course for Jaya while trying to avoid attracting the world’s will. Nami embraced him as a father after learning about his treasures, and Zoro offered to become his godson when Houka revealed dozens of powerful swords.

• Robin explained to Nami that Houka came from a parallel world, and Houka dismissed Usopp’s request to see Merry.
• Houka told Zoro that Koshiro was probably over ten years old in the other spacetime and identified Sanji as Vinsmoke Judge’s third son.
• Houka ordered the crew to set sail for Jaya, but Luffy and Zoro argued over whether Houka was their father until Nami knocked them down.
• Nami learned Houka possessed the golden city of Shandora and Davy Jones’s treasure, declared him the crew’s father, and accepted gold he placed on the Going Merry.
• Houka showed Zoro dozens of Great Grade and Supreme Grade Swords, prompting Zoro to ask Houka to accept him as his godson.

Houka sailed with the Straw Hat Pirates after defeating the Whetton Pirates, while Sanji and Zoro eagerly sought gifts from his collection. He refused to take the crew to his world, then provoked Luffy and Zoro by boasting that he could defeat Mihawk and Shanks with ease, prompting them to challenge him.

• Sanji begged Houka to be his father in hopes of learning where to find the Clear-Clear Fruit, while Zoro chose one red alloy blade as a spare and regretted leaving the other swords behind.
• The Straw Hat Pirates set sail after Dr. Henzo left and the Marines had no reason to assist them, while the Whetton Pirates had been wiped out.
• Luffy, Nami, and Nico Robin asked Houka to take them to his world, but he refused and claimed its nature would curse them with deadly weather.
• Houka considered testing how Devil Fruit powers from the two worlds interacted, possibly using the Rumble-Rumble Fruit on Skypiea.
• Zoro asked Houka to spar, and Houka boasted that Mihawk and Shanks would have little chance against his swordsmanship.
• Luffy and Zoro challenged Houka to fight, while Robin recalled how easily he had subdued three of them.

Houka lent Nami the Vampire and Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers, letting her defeat Zoro and then force Luffy to surrender. The powers returned to Houka afterward, and he told Nami she would need to raise her affection score to earn another trial pass.

• Houka bestowed the Vampire Ability and Rumble-Rumble Fruit power on Nami, then sent her to fight Luffy and Zoro.
• Nami’s lightning knocked Zoro out, and she used her new powers and conjured weapons to keep Luffy on the defensive.
• Nico Robin questioned whether Houka was a god, and Houka said he had killed many Celestial Dragons.
• Luffy surrendered after Nami’s attacks left him covered in cuts and unable to land a hit.
• The two powers returned to Houka, who safely lowered Nami to the ground and refused her request for another turn until she raised her affection score.

Houka investigated the extreme weather and suspected the Rain God Splash had appeared, then left the Straw Hat Pirates to reach Sky Island and claim its treasure. The crew headed for Jaya after he told them to meet him there, while Nico Robin worried about his ambitions and the coming war with the World Government.

• Houka experimented with extreme weather and speculated that the Rain God Splash and the Four Gods could appear in this world.
• The Straw Hat Pirates panicked at enormous Shandia shadows in the clouds until Houka explained they were projections and said he needed to visit Sky Island.
• Houka refused to take Luffy and Nami to Sky Island, saying he would claim its treasure himself, and flew away as lightning.
• Houka planned to take Shandora's treasure, defeat Enel, and experiment with bringing Rocks and the others over.
• Zoro urged the Straw Hat Pirates to go to Jaya, and Nami and Luffy hurried to pursue the Sky Island treasure.
• Nico Robin wondered whether Houka would return and feared that his plans would lead to war between the two worlds and the World Government.

Houka traveled to a parallel One Piece world, defeated and killed Enel, and absorbed his Rumble-Rumble Fruit power, gaining a foothold in that world. After collecting gold, he returned to the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire and told Rocks and Newgate about the timeline, leaving them interested in visiting it.

• Houka appeared before Enel, knocked him unconscious with an Advanced Conqueror’s Haki-infused punch, and killed him while suppressing the Four High Priests and Divine Soldiers.
• Houka’s Rumble-Rumble Soul Fire devoured and fused with Enel’s lightning ability, and he tested how it helped him blend into the world.
• Houka declared himself the new god, ordered the priests and Divine Soldiers to collect gold, and discovered purple lightning within his power.
• Houka returned to the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire, summoned Rocks and Newgate, and described a parallel timeline where Rocks had died and an elderly Newgate was terminally ill.
• Houka explained that extreme storms targeted outsiders entering the parallel world and warned Rocks and Newgate that its Teach might betray them for their powers.

Houka took Rocks and Newgate through the Rainbow Gate to a parallel world, where they planned to confront Teach and possibly Imu. They arrived above Jaya just as the Straw Hat Pirates encountered Teach, and Teach fled after recognizing Newgate.

• Rocks and Newgate agreed to travel with Houka despite his threats to leave them behind if they pried into parallel-world Linlin.
• Rocks and Alice explained they were going on a mission, while Newgate left Shiki's flying escort before the three crossed into the parallel world.
• Houka merged Rocks and Newgate with divine warriors in Skypiea, and Rocks urged him to make a dramatic broadcast before they went after Teach.
• Houka piloted the Ark Maxim down toward Jaya while Rocks and Newgate joined him aboard the ship.
• In Mock Town, Teach shouted that people's dreams would never end as Bellamy mocked Luffy's dream and Luffy and Zoro were beaten.
• Nami spotted the golden flying ship descending, and Teach ran when he saw Newgate's familiar crescent-shaped face.

Houka, Rocks, and Newgate confronted Blackbeard Teach and his crew, while Rocks was disgusted by Teach’s weakness and attacked him. Newgate then met Luffy and Zoro, revealed that their counterparts in another world were Houka’s sons, and left Robin wondering how powerful Houka really was.

• Houka arrived aboard the golden ship, and Nami excitedly called him her father while Newgate questioned their relationship.
• Rocks recognized Teach as a supposed son from another world, but Teach fled and Rocks angrily confronted him.
• Teach wondered whether Rocks was truly his father before Rocks struck him and complained about his weakness.
• Burgess attacked Rocks and Van Augur shot at him, but Rocks easily defeated them and Teach’s other crewmates.
• Newgate asked Luffy about his straw hat, then explained that Luffy and Zoro were Houka’s biological sons in another world.
• Robin recognized Newgate as Whitebeard and wondered why he seemed to follow Houka.

Rocks and Newgate confronted Blackbeard Teach, who had fused with his younger sisters Tina and Tilly. Unable to separate them and unwilling to harm his daughters, Rocks spared Teach and decided to go beat up Imu with Houka.

• The pirates in Mock Town recognized the blond Newgate as Whitebeard, while Nico Robin wondered how strong Houka was.
• The Bellamy Pirates learned that Luffy had a 100 million Beli bounty, leaving Bellamy worried about the consequences of beating him.
• Rocks denied being Teach’s father and considered taking Teach’s Dark-Dark Fruit ability, but Teach revealed that Tina and Tilly were fused inside him.
• Tina and Tilly emerged as a stronger, fully toothed Teach, and Rocks realized he could not bring himself to attack his daughters.
• Houka said he could not separate them, so Rocks spared Teach and asked Houka to go beat up Imu with him.

Houka explained that the newcomers needed local Devil Fruit abilities to establish legal identities and use their full strength, then marked Blackbeard Teach and his officers as prey. The group prepared to test their weapons before pursuing their plans, while Houka set out to reclaim the abilities he needed.

• Houka killed a pirate with lightning after he began sharing information about Charlotte Linlin, then destroyed the corpse while the others watched in fear.
• Newgate and Rocks begged Houka not to send them back, and Rocks returned to the Ark Maxim without attacking Blackbeard Teach.
• Houka explained that fusing with a local version of the same Devil Fruit ability would let newcomers wield their strength legally in this world.
• Rocks suggested bringing Harald and Loki, but Houka asked how anyone could be strong enough to let him unleash his full power.
• Houka released his Conqueror's Haki across Jaya, knocking everyone unconscious, then marked Blackbeard Teach and the four officers of the Blackbeard Pirates with Flying Thunder God Marks.

Houka left Rocks on Jaya to teach Blackbeard Teach a lesson, then brought Linlin and Loki to Whole Cake Island to confront their counterparts. The Straw Hat Pirates began their Skypiea adventure, while Rocks beat Teach unconscious and sailed away with the Blackbeard Pirates.

• Houka left Rocks with Blackbeard Teach on Jaya and sent the Straw Hat Pirates to Skypiea with notes about the Sky Lord and hidden gold.
• Houka brought Linlin and Loki from another world to join him on his way to Whole Cake Island, where they planned to kill their counterparts.
• The Straw Hat Pirates woke on Skypiea, and Nami ordered the crew to find the Sky Lord and its golden treasure.
• Rocks took Blackbeard Teach aboard the Sword of Xebec, berated him over the raft-like ship, and beat him and his three consciousnesses unconscious.
• Rocks sailed away from Jaya with the Blackbeard Pirates as reports spread that a young Whitebeard had appeared there.

Whitebeard and the Marines investigated reports of younger versions of Whitebeard and Rocks, while Houka and his allies conquered Whole Cake Island and traveled to Elbaf. Loki confronted his bound counterpart, and Houka destroyed this world's Tirei and fused the two Ratatoskrs.

• Whitebeard Newgate ordered the Whitebeard Pirates to investigate the appearance of his younger self and Rocks, while Sengoku the Buddha sent Garp the Fist to Jaya.
• Houka defeated and killed the Four Emperor Big Mom, devoured her power and Haki, and helped Charlotte Linlin merge with this world's Soul-Soul Fruit Ability.
• Charlotte Linlin took command of the Big Mom Pirates, renamed them the Empress Pirates, and accepted Houka's plan to make them her foundation in this world.
• Houka, Loki, and Newgate traveled to Elbaf, where Loki confronted his chained counterpart and declared that he would take his power and avenge Father.
• Houka destroyed this world's Tirei as it rushed to protect the bound Loki, then fused the two Mythical Zoan Ice Squirrel Ratatoskrs.

Houka, Loki, and Newgate arrived in this timeline’s Elbaf, where Houka killed Gaban and Loki demanded that Elder Jarul reveal the truth behind Harald’s death. Jarul cleared Loki’s name and declared him the new king of Elbaf, though Loki intended to make the world his hunting ground.

• Gaban confronted the newly empowered Loki and the young Newgate, while Loki declared that he would conquer the world and kill Imu.
• Houka attacked Gaban, pierced his chest, and devoured his life force and Haki.
• Loki demanded that Elder Jarul reveal how he had taken the blame for Harald’s death, and threatened to sever ties with Elbaf if Jarul refused.
• Elder Jarul explained that Loki had taken the blame to protect Harald’s reputation and declared Loki innocent and the new king of Elbaf.
• The giants largely accepted Jarul’s announcement, while Gaban’s disappearance went unnoticed.

Houka brought Newgate to meet the ailing Whitebeard and left him with the Whitebeard Pirates. After Newgate protected the crew from Houka’s enormous lightning attack, Whitebeard and his pirates recognized his strength, while Houka departed.

• Houka and Newgate traveled to the Moby Dick after learning the Whitebeard Pirates’ location through Linlin’s intelligence network.
• Newgate met the elderly Whitebeard, who asked whether he could stay and protect the crew, and Houka said the decision was his.
• Houka left Newgate with the Whitebeard Pirates and summoned a massive sphere of lightning over the ship.
• Whitebeard and his crew prepared to face the attack, but Newgate shattered the lightning with a punch.
• The Whitebeard Pirates recognized Newgate’s power, and Whitebeard became determined to keep him as their protector.

Houka intercepted the Red Hair Pirates and attacked them to devour their Haki and grow stronger. After Houka destroyed the Red Force and injured the crew, Shanks demanded to know why he had attacked them.

• Shanks sailed to meet Whitebeard, hoping to persuade him to recall Ace before Ace confronted Blackbeard.
• Yasopp spotted Houka approaching and warned the Red Hair Pirates, while Beckman judged him an overwhelming threat.
• Houka sensed Shanks's powerful Conqueror's Haki and decided that devouring him would bring Houka closer to God-level Conqueror's Haki.
• Shanks asked Houka what he wanted, and Houka answered that he wanted their lives before unleashing his Haki.
• Shanks used Divine Departure as Beckman, Yasopp, and the other officers fought back, but Houka's attack destroyed the Red Force and left Rockstar unconscious.
• Shanks asked why Houka had attacked them, and Houka said he intended to eat them.

Kozuki Houka destroyed the Red Force and slaughtered most of Shanks’s crew, then killed Shanks and pursued the last survivors into the sea. Beckman and Yasopp escaped underwater, but Houka followed them to finish the promised wipeout.

• Houka defeated Howling Gab and Lucky Roux, then blocked Shanks’s attack and cracked Gryphon with his bare hand.
• Houka wounded Shanks and used clones and iron pellets to overwhelm the Red Hair Pirates as Shanks ordered his crew to flee.
• Houka told Shanks that Figarland Garling had stabbed him in another world, then pierced Shanks’s heart and devoured his life force and Haki.
• Houka’s clones killed Howling Gab, Rockstar, Bonk Punch, Monster, Hongo, Building Snake, and Limejuice, while Beckman and Yasopp escaped into the sea.
• Houka devoured three wounded crewmen and pursued Beckman and Yasopp underwater, despite their hope that the sea would stop him.

Houka wiped out the Red Hair Pirates and headed toward Wano Country to hunt Kaido, while reports of young versions of powerful pirates threw the World Government and Marines into alarm. Doflamingo prepared for worldwide turmoil, and Garp ignored Sengoku’s warning as he continued searching for Rocks.

• On Skypiea, Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and Nico Robin collected treasure and discussed Houka’s mission to mediate the Shandia and angel tribe conflict.
• Houka devoured Yasopp, Ben Beckman, and the rest of the Red Hair Pirates, then set his sights on Kaido of the Beasts.
• Houka teleported to Dressrosa and hurried toward Slepy Island to claim his second ability.
• Trebol told Doflamingo that Charlotte Linlin had been killed and that a young Big Mom, a young Whitebeard, Loki, and a mysterious young man had appeared on Whole Cake Island.
• Doflamingo ordered his people to investigate and prepare for worldwide turmoil as the Five Elders and Marine leaders reacted to the returning young monsters.
• Sengoku called Garp back from investigating, but Garp refused and eagerly continued searching for Rocks.

Houka obtained the Mythical Zoan Vampire Fruit and headed for Gran Tesoro to seize it and collect Baccarat’s ability. Meanwhile, Rocks continued beating Blackbeard until Ace found Teach on Banaro Island, where their fight drew a Marine warship.

• Kuzan abandoned his plan to intercept Nico Robin and Luffy and rode to meet Garp under Sengoku’s orders.
• Houka fused the Mythical Zoan Vampire Fruit with his vampire Soul Fire, then set off for Gran Tesoro after Linlin revealed its location.
• Rocks berated and beat Blackbeard, who privately decided to pursue his plan to become a Shichibukai.
• Ace found Blackbeard on Banaro Island and demanded that he return to face punishment for killing Thatch.
• Van Augur shot at Ace, and Ace fought back with flames as Blackbeard used the Dark-Dark Fruit to gain the advantage.
• Rocks watched Ace and Blackbeard’s battle, which attracted a Dog-Head Warship.

Rocks battled Garp, Kuzan, and the Marines on the ruined Banaro Island while Blackbeard Teach escaped with Fire Fist Ace. Garp ordered the others to retreat and prepared to face Rocks alone, but Rocks mocked his challenge.

• Garp arrived aboard the dog-headed warship and attacked Rocks and the Blackbeard Pirates with Galaxy Impact.
• Rocks met Garp's attack with Cannon Hammer Sword Qi, then broke free after Kuzan froze him.
• Blackbeard Teach seized the defeated Fire Fist Ace and fled while Rocks was occupied fighting Garp and the Marines.
• Kuzan and Garp worked together to freeze Rocks and strike him, but Rocks blocked Garp's punch with his face and knocked out several of Garp's teeth.
• Rocks used darkness to force Kuzan out of hiding, and Kuzan proposed retreating while Garp ordered him and Bogard to leave.
• Garp declared that he would settle things with Rocks once and for all, and Rocks dismissed his challenge.

Rocks defeated Garp on Banaro Island, but Kuzan and the Marines escaped, and Teach got away. Houka killed four Celestial Dragons aboard Gran Tesoro and told reporters to make him look handsome, while Rocks waited for Houka to collect him.

• Rocks overpowered Garp, who repeatedly attacked him to give Kuzan, Bogard, and the other Marines time to flee on an ice sled.
• Rocks failed to catch the escaping Marines, then captured Garp and called Houka to ask for a pickup.
• Rocks told Houka that Teach had escaped and that he had caught Garp, while an approaching extreme storm threatened Banaro Island.
• Houka severely injured Gild Tesoro and publicly executed four Celestial Dragons aboard Gran Tesoro.
• Houka ordered reporters to photograph him handsomely and identify him as Kozuki Houka, with the title Supreme Succubus.