Recaps

Houka escaped the ambush on Ohara after Saint Marcus Mars's dramatic arrival alerted him, but Mars pursued him across the sea. Houka sent Linlin and Stussy toward Red Earth Island and stopped to face Mars alone.

• Houka flew from Ohara with Charlotte Linlin and Stussy as Garling, Mars, and Peitigong gave chase.
• Linlin attacked Mars's monster-bird form with Zeus and Prometheus, while Houka's gravity slowed the pursuit and the group escaped beyond the island.
• Houka identified the monster bird as Marcus Mars, and Stussy realized the Five Elders had come specifically for him.
• Houka ordered Linlin and Stussy to leave and find Rocks, then sent them toward Red Earth Island despite their protests.
• Houka stopped to cover their retreat and attacked Mars with Moon Rising Over the Sea, moonlight weapons, and gravity waves.

Kozuki Houka fled Saint Marcus Mars while trying to exploit Mars’s fear of Imu and tempt him with the possibility of overthrowing Imu. Houka then revealed Saint Saturn’s secret disobedience, and the chase ended with Houka warning Mars that Imu had arrived.

• Saint Marcus Mars used his awakened Mythical Zoan powers to resist Houka’s attacks and pursue him as Houka flew away from Charlotte Linlin and Red Earth Island.
• After two and a half hours of pursuit, Houka asked Mars whether he wanted to escape Imu’s control and become the King of the World, unsettling Mars.
• Houka urged Mars to consider betraying Imu, arguing that the Five Elders would want freedom and might gamble for power.
• Houka revealed that Saint Saturn had disobeyed Imu by secretly preserving the ancient robot Emeth, making Mars question Saturn’s loyalty.
• Houka spotted a rapid current on the sea and warned Mars that Imu was behind him.

Houka escaped Saint Marcus Mars by diving into the sea, while Mars returned to Mary Geoise empty-handed and faced Imu’s anger. Mars arranged a larger hunt for Houka as Figarland Garling and Marcus Peti pursued him separately, while Charlotte Linlin rushed to Red Earth Island to seek Rocks’s help.

• Houka tricked Saint Marcus Mars into turning away, then plunged into the sea and escaped using an oxygen mask and his immunity to seawater.
• Saint Marcus Mars searched for Houka for a day before returning to Mary Geoise and reporting his failure to Imu.
• Imu ordered Mars to increase the forces hunting Houka, and Mars dispatched three Cipher Pol Aigis Zero teams and requested a Marine Admiral.
• Saint Garling and Marcus Peti learned that Houka had vanished into the Rosa Sea and set out separately to pursue him.
• Charlotte Linlin rode Zeus with Stussy toward Red Earth Island to find Rocks and save Houka.

Rocks recruited Patrick Redfield and a powerful butler, unaware that they were Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents, then learned Houka was being hunted by the Five Elders and rushed to Ohara. Left behind on Red Earth Island, the real Patrick discovered the World Government’s crimes and fled, determined to grow strong enough to take revenge and stop the planned Human Purge Competition.

• Rocks defeated the Barorick Family and recruited Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents posing as Patrick Redfield and the family’s butler.
• Stussy told Rocks that Houka was being hunted by the Five Elders, so Rocks took the new recruits and raced toward Ohara.
• The Cipher Pol agents reported their success to Thatchers Maffy, who resolved to hunt the missing Patrick Redfield, while the Celestial Dragons chose Red Earth Island for their next Human Purge Competition.
• Patrick captured a Cipher Pol agent and learned that the World Government had destroyed the Barorick Family to infiltrate the Rocks Pirates.
• Patrick overheard plans to wipe out Red Earth Island’s natives, then fled the island vowing to grow stronger, take revenge, and stop the purge.

After escaping the Five Elders, Houka surfaced near Reverse Mountain and contacted Stussy and Charlotte Linlin to reassure them. He entered the Grand Line alone to search for Devil Fruits, leaving his reunion with the Rocks Pirates uncertain.

• Rocks and the Sword of Xebec crew rowed frantically while worrying that the Five Elders had captured Houka.
• Houka emerged from an ocean current near Reverse Mountain and decided to search the Grand Line for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the Munch-Munch Fruit, and Byrnndi World.
• Houka called Stussy and Charlotte Linlin, confirmed they were safe, and told them not to rush after him while he searched for Devil Fruits.
• Stussy and Charlotte Linlin insisted they would come find Houka after meeting Rocks, but Houka ended the call and flew up the Reverse Current.
• Houka considered flying toward Wano Country and Elbaf to seek Mythical Zoan Fruits, but chose to enter the Grand Line instead.

Houka flew to Twin Cape to obtain navigation poses and encountered the young Crocus, then set off for Drum Island in search of the Munch-Munch Fruit and the Walder Pirates. He left Crocus encouraged to pursue medicine and planned to let Rocks meet Dorry and Brogy before visiting Little Garden himself.

• Houka considered how the Kurozumi siblings had obtained the Yamata no Orochi fruit and decided to check whether Shiki had contacted them.
• Houka arrived at Twin Cape, where Crocus mistook him for a threat before recognizing the notorious pirate.
• Houka bought two Eternal Poses for Drum Island and two Log Poses from Crocus, then encouraged him to become the finest doctor in the world.
• Crocus felt relieved after Houka left and became more resolved to study medicine.
• Houka flew toward Drum Island, leaving Little Garden for later so Rocks could meet Dorry and Brogy first.

Rocks learned that Houka had escaped the Five Elders and entered the Grand Line, while two undercover Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents aboard the Sword of Xebec worried that Houka might expose them. After reuniting with Charlotte Linlin and Stussy, the Rocks Pirates headed toward Reverse Mountain as Houka searched Drum Island for the Munch-Munch Fruit.

• Rocks and his crew celebrated Houka's escape, then planned to reunite with Charlotte Linlin and Stussy before looking for him.
• The disguised Patrick Redfield questioned Rocks about Houka's ability to predict Devil Fruit locations, while Rocks told him he would learn more when he met Houka.
• Babel nearly revealed a secret about Redfield, but Rocks stopped him and said he wanted to see Houka and Redfield fight.
• The two Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents feared Houka would recognize their disguise and resolved to send intelligence back before he returned to the Sword of Xebec.
• Two days later, Charlotte Linlin and Stussy reunited with the Rocks Pirates, who set course for Reverse Mountain.
• Houka reached Drum Island in disguise and flew toward the royal palace to search for the Munch-Munch Fruit.

Houka controlled the King of Drum and the royal guards, took the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit and submarine battleship blueprints from the royal treasury, then began searching a snowy forest for Devil Fruits. When Rocks called, Houka sent the Rocks Pirates to Little Garden to meet Dorry and Brogy while he continued searching alone.

• Houka used the Seven-Star Sword to control the King of Drum and his guards, then learned that the royal treasury held the dangerous Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit.
• The King of Drum led Houka to the treasury, where Houka took the fruit, several pieces of jewelry, and submarine battleship blueprints.
• Houka flew to the royal family's snowy hunting forest to search for the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit and other Devil Fruits.
• Rocks called Houka and asked which island he had reached, but Houka said he was searching for a Devil Fruit.
• Houka told the Rocks Pirates to go to Little Garden and befriend Dorry and Brogy while he continued searching alone.

Rocks called Houka to verify the identities of Patrick Redfield and a Barorick butler he had recruited, and Houka exposed Redfield as an impostor during their conversation. The Cipher Pol agents remained undercover aboard the Rocks Pirates, with the butler still watching for a chance to escape.

• Rocks told Houka that he had recruited Patrick Redfield and a Barorick butler, but Houka questioned whether Redfield was genuine because he had not displayed his heart-reading Observation Haki.
• Houka asked Rocks to put Redfield on the Den Den Mushi, while Rocks warned that he would kill the newcomers if they were CP agents.
• Redfield calmly answered Houka’s question about the Rumbar Pirates, claiming to remember the food Brook had prepared on Red Earth Island.
• Houka realized Redfield was fake because Brook was a musician, not a cook, and then tested him by criticizing Rocks and mentioning Golden Lion Shiki’s ambitions.
• Redfield claimed he had joined the Rocks Pirates to become as powerful as Rocks, and Houka told Rocks to take good care of him.
• Redfield believed he had passed the test, while the Barorick butler relaxed and continued to consider jumping overboard if their cover was exposed.

Rocks exposed two Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents impersonating Redfield and Butler Patrick after Houka identified inconsistencies over the Den Den Mushi. The agents revealed that the Barorick clan had been wiped out, leaving Houka to regret that his information had helped alter Redfield’s fate.

• Charlotte Linlin demanded the Den Den Mushi, but Redfield handed it to Rocks in obedience to Houka’s order.
• After Houka told Rocks to handle the matter himself, Rocks saw Butler Patrick prepare to escape and seized him while ordering the crew to attack Redfield.
• Fugetsu Kizaburo and Charlotte Linlin attacked Redfield, and Rocks announced that Houka had identified the pair as fakes.
• Houka explained that the real Redfield was a musician with innate Observation Haki and asked what the agents had done to him.
• The agents confessed that the Barorick clan had been wiped out, and Rocks wounded the fake Redfield with a slash.
• Linlin took the Den Den Mushi and asked when Houka would return, while Houka regretted that the real Redfield might have died because of his actions.

Houka searched Drum Island for a Devil Fruit while Rocks tried to befriend Dorry and Brogy on Little Garden. Houka found and absorbed the Munch-Munch Fruit, gaining its ability to devour and transform into what he ate.

• Gier Buster found special Den Den Mushi on the captured Cipher Pol agents, but Malone explained that passwords prevented them from sending false information, and Stussy offered to interrogate the agents with Houka's Seven-Star Sword.
• Rocks left for Little Garden with his crew to recruit Dorry and Brogy, while Houka searched Drum Island's snowy forest for the Munch-Munch Fruit and Dr. Kureha repeatedly spotted his swift passage.
• After five days of searching, Houka still had not found a Devil Fruit, while Rocks tried to befriend Dorry and Brogy and trained his newcomers to master both types of Haki.
• On the twenty-fifth day, Houka sensed Devil Fruit energy in a herd of snow hippos' territory and used Conqueror's Haki to drive off the animals.
• Houka found a purple-black Devil Fruit resembling a mouth full of sharp teeth, and his Soul Fire absorbed it, confirming it was the Munch-Munch Fruit.
• Houka tested the fruit by eating a tree branch and turning his body into wood, then suggested that the Seven-Star Sword could take on a cooler appearance.

Houka experimented with the Munch-Munch Fruit, discovering it could fuse creatures and let him use their abilities, before leaving the snow hippos’ territory. Meanwhile, Cipher Pol worried about its silent infiltrators, and the Holy Knights debated their missions and competition to become commander.

• Houka tested the Munch-Munch Fruit by transforming himself and fusing hippos, then realized he could suppress living creatures and use their abilities.
• Houka speculated that a three-headed hippo might help explain Blackbeard Teach’s abnormal body, but dismissed the idea and decided this spacetime’s future was his to shape.
• After a day of experimentation, Houka left the snow hippos’ territory and abandoned his search for the Human-Human Fruit and Ox-Ox Fruit.
• Cipher Pol agents in Mary Geoise worried because their two CP0 infiltrators had sent no messages, though the agents’ Vivre Cards showed they were still alive.
• Shepherd Ju Sommers, Saint Manmaiya Fusi, and another Holy Knight discussed Garling and Maffy’s missions and the contest to succeed the late commander.
• Sommers said he had found information about Buccaneer Tribe remnants in the South Blue but planned to wait for more intelligence before acting.

Kozuki Houka finally found the Munch-Munch Fruit, but Saint Figarland Garling ambushed him while he was speaking with the Rocks Pirates. Badly wounded, Houka escaped Garling and vanished into the sky.

• Kozuki Houka told the Rocks Pirates that he had found a powerful Devil Fruit after searching Drum Island's snowy forest for more than twenty days.
• Saint Figarland Garling surprised Houka from behind and stabbed through his chest, interrupting the call and knocking out the Den Den Mushi.
• Houka used his Gravity Ability and Conqueror's Haki to blast Garling away, then transformed into Blood Shadow Bats and fled while his Vampire Ability healed him.
• Garling pursued Houka, intending to capture him alone and claim credit, while Houka recognized him and vowed to remember the attack.
• Houka unleashed Disorder Space to hurl trees, earth, and rocks at Garling, then escaped into the sky despite his severe injuries.

After Figarland Garling wounded Houka on Drum Island, the Rocks Pirates rushed to find him and threatened the World Government. Houka followed a Log Pose to Ruluka Island, where he discovered the Rainbow Tower and heard legends of the Rainbow Mist.

• The Rocks Pirates lost contact with Houka, saw that his Vivre Card showed he was injured, and hurriedly left Little Garden to search for him.
• Houka flew away from Drum Island with a chest wound, resolved to keep the scar as a warning, and followed his Log Pose toward the next island.
• The Rocks Pirates destroyed a Marine branch base and threatened to kill one hundred Celestial Dragons if anything happened to Kozuki Houka.
• Houka arrived on Ruluka Island, learned about its ancient Rainbow Tower and Rainbow Mist legends, and wondered how the strange phenomenon could exist.

Houka pursued the Rainbow Mist, hoping to absorb its time-altering Lost World into his Munch-Munch Fruit, and began researching the Rainbow Tower while keeping watch for the mist. Meanwhile, the Rocks Pirates retaliated against the World Government and Marines, spreading disorder across the seas as Houka remained away from the crew.

• Houka recalled the Rainbow Mist’s Lost World and its strange time distortions, then decided to try fusing the alternate dimension with his Munch-Munch Fruit.
• Houka investigated the nearby Whetton Pirates, bought supplies for travel between Alabasta and Jaya, and began studying the Rainbow Tower to make the Rainbow Mist appear sooner.
• Houka reported that he was safe to the Rocks Pirates but refused to return, claiming he needed time to recover; Rocks, Charlotte Linlin, Newgate, and Stussy grew angry and vowed to punish him when he came back.
• The Rocks Pirates retaliated against the World Government and Marine Headquarters, attacking Marine bases and warships as Fugetsu Kizaburo and Malone gained notoriety.
• Cipher Pol and the World Government questioned whether Patrick Redfield and Butler Patrick had been exposed, while Figarland Garling abandoned his pursuit of Houka and resented Saint Saturn.
• Shiki, Silver Axe, and others stirred up trouble in the North Blue as Houka continued researching and watching for the Rainbow Mist.

Houka devoured the Rainbow Mist that appeared over Ruluka Island and used its power to create a Rainbow Space-Time Gate leading to the Lost World. He explored the pocket dimension, then returned to find that time outside had passed at the same rate and flew back to the Rainbow Tower.

• Houka activated the Rainbow Tower and used his full-moon-enhanced powers, Swallow-Swallow ability, and Gravity Ability to draw in and devour the Rainbow Mist.
• Ruluka Island's residents, the Pumpkin Pirates, and Houka's apprentices watched in alarm as he swallowed the mist and vanished through a rainbow gateway.
• Houka explored the Lost World, found a dilapidated island, and decided to make it the pocket dimension's headquarters.
• Houka returned to Ruluka Island, discovered that outside time had passed normally, and flew back to the Rainbow Tower while his apprentices discussed dividing his belongings.

Houka tested the Lost World’s time rules, learned he could not use its time difference to accelerate his own training, and turned the realm into a place to store treasure and imprison enemies. He left Ruluka Island for Jaya, where he planned to gather Sky Island’s gold and valuables, and reconnected with the Rocks Pirates, whose members had grown stronger and gained higher bounties.

• Houka sent an apprentice into the Lost World and tested how its time difference worked, discovering that he could not use it to gain time for himself.
• Houka brought his apprentices into the Lost World, salvaged wreckage, gathered treasures, and used his abilities to organize the island and build houses.
• Houka left the apprentices behind in the Lost World, departed Ruluka Island for Jaya, and called Rocks to tell him where to meet.
• Rocks and the other Rocks Pirates reacted to Houka’s return, while Whitebeard Newgate and Charlotte Linlin revealed that their bounties had surpassed Houka’s.

Houka reached the Sky Islands, plundered the gold of Shandora, and rang the Golden Bell before flying to Birka. There, he found and claimed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, preparing to greatly increase his power.

• Houka told Rocks he had obtained a separate alternate space, then flew toward Jaya as the Sword of Xebec set sail to meet him.
• Houka raided Upper Yard, threatened its god into gathering the island’s gold, and stored Shandora’s golden structures in the Lost World.
• Houka rang the Golden Bell, devoured the Poneglyph inside it, and took the bell into the Lost World; the Shandia heard it and celebrated their ancestors’ wish being fulfilled.
• After learning Birka’s location from the Sky Islands’ god, Houka flew there and knocked out its inhabitants with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Houka found the sacred Rumble-Rumble Fruit in a temple and sent a Soul Fire into it, claiming its power.

Houka discovered the Ark Maxim blueprints and expanded his abilities on a Sky Island before the Rocks Pirates arrived to meet him. After seeing Houka wield the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the crew reacted to his new power and Whitebeard Newgate challenged him to a fight.

• Houka used his electromagnetic waves and Observation Haki to detect meteors in space and realized he could unlock Meteor Descent.
• Houka found the Ark Maxim blueprints in Birka’s temple and moved the entire temple into an island within the Lost World.
• Rocks called Houka, learned he was on a Sky Island, and set off with the crew while Charlotte Linlin flew ahead on Zeus.
• Houka returned to the Sky Island, where Gier Buster, Malone, Stussy, Babel, and the others divided the gathered gold.
• Charlotte Linlin rushed to Houka as he appeared in lightning, and Rocks recognized his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability.
• Whitebeard Newgate declared that he wanted to fight Houka, whom he recognized as a powerful Logia user.

Houka reunited with the Rocks Pirates after obtaining the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, shared a vast cache of gold, and revealed his Lost World extradimensional space. The crew decided to rest and train on the sky island, where Rocks looked forward to settling his score with Houka and Stussy pursued him.

• Houka reunited with the Rocks Pirates, showed off his Devil Fruit abilities, and clarified that his spatial ability came from another source.
• Houka let the crew divide the gold and advised Newgate not to keep supporting his hometown without limits.
• Stussy gave her share of the gold to Houka, who revealed the Lost World's rainbow gate and explained its time difference and storage uses.
• Houka invited the crew to rest, train, and collect Sky Shells on the sky island.
• Rocks proposed resuming their special training, while Stussy set her sights on Houka.

After months of training and rebuilding the Sword of Xebec, Houka and Rocks prepared to lead the Rocks Pirates back to the seas. Meanwhile, Shimotsuki Kozaburo and Shimotsuki Furiko worried about Fugetsu Kizaburo after seeing his bounty poster.

• Charlotte Linlin confronted Stussy over Houka, then burst into Houka's room and was thrown outside by him.
• Houka revealed the fully upgraded Sword of Xebec, which could transform into a submarine and used technology from the Ark Maxim, a submarine warship, and Drum Island.
• Rocks praised Houka's work and decided the crew would leave the sky island the next day to return to the New World.
• Rocks discussed the growing reputations of the World Destroyer and the jewel collector, while the absent officers debated whether to eat the Dice-Dice Fruit.
• Shimotsuki Kozaburo worried over Fugetsu Kizaburo's 533-million-Beli bounty poster, and Shimotsuki Furiko suggested it might be his way of showing he was alive.
• Shimotsuki Kozaburo and Shimotsuki Furiko continued their journey after growing stronger, with Wado Ichimonji and Autumn Rain earning renown.

Shimotsuki Furiko and Kozaburo chose to seek an official safe route to the East Blue, while several others set out on journeys that would bring them to the Grand Line. After the Rocks Pirates returned from the sky, Houka persuaded Rocks to make Enies Lobby their target, and the crew headed there.

• Shimotsuki Furiko and Kozaburo agreed to apply for the official route to the East Blue rather than risk crossing the Calm Belt.
• Yorki led the Rumbar Pirates and Laboon toward Reverse Mountain to begin their voyage around the world.
• Redfield evaded the World Government's pursuers, seized a ship, and entered the Grand Line to seek the Rocks Pirates' help saving Red Earth Island.
• Roger invited Rayleigh to join him, and the two set sail from Loguetown as the Roger Pirates.
• Rocks brought the Sword of Xebec back from the sky, and Houka convinced him to attack Enies Lobby instead of the G-8 base.

Aboard the Sword of Xebec, Houka helped the Rocks Pirates use pet fusions to gain extra abilities while wondering whether Redfield had survived. The crew stopped near Enies Lobby after Fugetsu Kizaburo’s snail bug picked up a signal from his Wano Country clansmen.

• Stussy used her fusion with a Sky Fox and its Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit to create mushroom clones and bind Gier Buster’s dog, then freed it when Gier Buster objected.
• Houka fused Streusen with his pet bat after Streusen repeatedly asked for wings, and Streusen flew off to prepare a feast.
• Houka concluded Redfield was alive after learning the World Government had never confirmed his death, and sent the two discredited Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents into the Lost World.
• Houka planned to watch for Redfield and the Roger Pirates, hoping to recruit Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban for the Rocks Pirates.
• Fugetsu Kizaburo detected a signal from nearby Wano Country clansmen, so Houka stopped the Sword of Xebec to investigate.

Shimotsuki Kozaburo and Shimotsuki Furiko tried to avoid the Rocks Pirates as they searched for a safe route to the East Blue, while Houka located their warship with his expanded Observation Haki. The Sword of Xebec pursued them to reunite Fugetsu Kizaburo with his family.

• Shimotsuki Kozaburo ordered the warship to speed up after the Transponder Snail signaled, fearing the Rocks Pirates would endanger Shimotsuki Furiko and their clansmen.
• Shimotsuki Furiko agreed that they should avoid meeting Fugetsu Kizaburo for now and continue seeking a safe passage through the Calm Belt.
• Houka used his electromagnetic Observation Haki to locate the Shimotsuki warship before Rocks could find it.
• Rocks, Newgate, Linlin, and the others were shocked by Houka's vast sensing range, and Houka clarified that it had not given him the ability to foresee the future.
• Houka steered the Sword of Xebec after the warship as Fugetsu Kizaburo thanked him and boasted that he surpassed Shimotsuki Kozaburo in swordsmanship and swordsmithing.

Houka proposed mass-producing Supreme Grade Weapons with Fugetsu Kizaburo, then examined famous blades while the Rocks Pirates reached the Shimotsuki family’s warship. He revealed the Shimotsuki clan’s history and warned Kozaburo and Furiko that they needed a new leader, presenting himself as Kozuki Houka.

• Houka told Fugetsu Kizaburo they would forge ninety-nine Supreme Grade Weapons, and explained that his Munch-Munch Fruit could mass-produce blades from a forged template.
• Rocks struck at Houka, who dodged; the crew protested when Houka said he no longer felt like making their weapons, and Rocks threatened to train them.
• Houka borrowed Fugetsu Kizaburo’s Extreme Path Fireline, Newgate’s Murakumogiri, and Rocks’s Sword of Xebec to study their metal compositions as the warship caught up with the Shimotsuki family’s vessel.
• Shimotsuki Kozaburo and Shimotsuki Furiko feared the Rocks Pirates, but Fugetsu Kizaburo called out to them from above.
• Houka addressed the Shimotsuki family in Moon God form, recounted their ancestors’ connection to Sun God Nika and Wano Country, and declared that the fallen Kozuki family needed a new leader.