Recaps

Houka joined Rocks and used his knowledge of the future to help build the Rocks Pirates, recruiting powerful fighters and gaining new abilities. After defeating Silver Axe Xiong in a challenge, the crew left the ruined island together, with its next recruits and Newgate’s pursuit of Murakumogiri still ahead.

• Rocks rescued Houka from the World Government, and Houka revealed his knowledge of the future before becoming Rocks’s first partner.
• Houka and Rocks returned to the Cang Kingdom, where Houka killed the general and king responsible for Kozuki Village’s destruction and gained a gravity ability.
• Rocks and Houka recruited Babel, Sambel, and Newgate, after Rocks defeated Newgate in a Davy Back Fight and accepted him into the crew.
• Houka found the Vampire Fruit in Sleepy Town and gained its Mythical Zoan powers, while Rocks learned of a future scientist who might join them.
• Rocks pursued Shiki and forced him to join the crew, then recruited Xiong, who took the name Silver Axe Xiong.
• The crew plundered a pirate island, and Houka recognized Gier Buster and Bolo Gram as future officers and recommended recruiting them.
• Silver Axe Xiong challenged Houka for the vice-captain title, but Houka defeated him with his sword, gravity, bats, and the Seven-Star Sword’s influence.
• Rocks announced that their wanted posters would be updated and led the Rocks Pirates away from the ruined island with their treasure.

Rocks formed his crew into a growing force, raided Ying Kingdom, and recruited Charlotte Linlin before taking Elysium Island from Ochoku. As the island became the Rocks Pirates’ base and drew new recruits, Houka strengthened his position within the crew and Gier Buster challenged Silver Axe Xiong.

• The World Government named Rocks, Houka, Xiong, Shiki, Babel, Newgate, and Sambel as Rocks Pirates and published their bounties, while Rocks formally launched the crew and led them toward Ying Kingdom.
• Newgate defeated Kusanagi Oda and claimed Murakumogiri during the raid on Ying Kingdom, and the resulting bounties earned Newgate the title Whitebeard and Sambel the title Tidal Knight.
• Rocks and his crew recruited Charlotte Linlin and Streusen after Linlin fought them, and Houka persuaded Linlin to join by promising help finding Mother Carmel.
• Houka turned Streusen into his obedient Vampire Blood Servant, while the Rocks Pirates arrived at Elysium Island and began challenging Ochoku.
• Charlotte Linlin, Shiki, and Newgate successively fought Ochoku before Houka killed him with the Seven-Star Sword and Blood Shadow Bats, then exposed Black Flag Black as a World Government agent.
• Houka and the crew hunted Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents on Elysium Island, while Rocks claimed the island as the Rocks Pirates’ first base and planted their flag there.
• Rocks declared himself Overlord of the New World and drew pirate crews, suppliers, and prospective recruits to Elysium Island, while Houka told Linlin that Carmel was caring for other orphans and became part of her new family.
• Rocks forced Ganzi to join the crew and put him in charge of Elysium Island’s business, while Gier Buster defeated Silver Axe Xiong with Negative Hollows and headed toward Skull Castle.

Houka became the Rocks Pirates’ temporary leader while Rocks returned to his family, and the crew seized Napoleon and recruited Malone. The arc ended with events unfolding elsewhere, including Redfield’s encounter with the Rumbar Pirates and the Shimotsuki clan’s journey toward the East Blue.

• Gier Buster joined the Rocks Pirates after using his Negative Hollow on Silver Axe Xiong, and Houka welcomed him as a new officer.
• Houka tested Buckingham Stussy, approved her entry, and faced Rocks and the crew’s other kings as they competed over who would claim him as vice-captain.
• Rocks forced Houka to awaken Conqueror’s Haki, then set him the challenge of surpassing Newgate, Shiki, and Linlin before he could become first mate.
• Houka recruited Bolo Gram and led the crew from Elysium Island toward the West Blue, where Linlin gained Emperor Sword Napoleon and made it a Homies blade.
• Rocks left the crew to visit his family, appointing Houka to lead in his absence, while the Five Elders ordered Imu’s agents to capture Houka.
• Houka led the Rocks Pirates to Sicily Island, where Bolo Gram defeated Malone and Houka provisionally accepted him into the crew.
• The Five Elders sent Garling to search for Rocks’s family, while Alice read Rocks’s wanted poster and regretted that he had left without her.
• The Rumbar Pirates’ music inspired Patrick Redfield to dream of sailing freely, while Fugetsu Kizaburo crossed the New World alone and the Shimotsuki clan headed for the East Blue.

Houka became vice captain of the Rocks Pirates as the crew recruited Fugetsu Kizaburo and traveled to Ohara and Red Earth Island. The Five Elders sent the Holy Knights after the divided crew, while Houka sensed Figarland Garling’s forces closing in on Ohara.

• Rocks named Houka vice captain, and the crew split up as several officers departed to seek Devil Fruits.
• The Rocks Pirates confronted Fugetsu Kizaburo on Twin Serpent Island, where he lost a dice game to Rocks and joined the crew.
• Houka and the officers learned Ryuo from Kizaburo, and Houka resolved to develop the Seven-Star Sword into a black blade.
• At Ohara, Houka befriended Three Sheep and discovered that his Moonlight Ability could trigger and control the Mink’s Sulong transformation.
• The Five Elders sent Holy Knights and Cipher Pol agents to Ohara and Red Earth Island, acting on Imu’s order to capture Houka.
• The Holy Knights and Cipher Pol agents killed Patrick Redfield’s family, and Redfield escaped, vowing revenge.
• Rocks’s crew reached Red Earth Island as Redfield buried his parents and prepared to grow stronger.
• Figarland Garling arrived at Ohara with Marcus Peitigong, and Houka withdrew from the Tree of Knowledge after sensing their Conqueror’s Haki.