Recaps

Sengoku resisted the Gorosei’s pressure to attack Tsugikuni Yoriichi, while the Gorosei shifted their focus to the Revolutionary Army and plotted to provoke Yoriichi’s forces. Yoriichi consolidated control of Whole Cake Island and began planning the New Marines’ next stage, including a new flag design.

• Sengoku warned Saint Saturn that attacking Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s forces could destroy the Marines’ front line, then challenged the Gorosei over their conflicting orders and hung up on them.
• The Gorosei decided Sengoku remained useful as long as he followed their policies, identified Monkey D. Dragon and the Revolutionary Army as a greater priority, and planned to attack its East Army Headquarters while stirring up pirates against Yoriichi.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi took control of Whole Cake Island, captured the remaining Big Mom Pirates for bounties, and sent Fish-Man Marines to salvage the sunken ships.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi posted notices, turned former minister residences into Marine branches, and arranged for recruits, headquarters, and the Marine Academy to move to Whole Cake Island.
• Issho suggested changing the New Marines’ grim black-and-red insignia, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi proposed a red flag with gold patterns.

Yoriichi addressed the New Marines’ shortage of administrators and soldiers by introducing new local governance, recruitment, education, and public-service policies on Whole Cake Island. After announcing a worldwide recruitment drive, he drew Whitebeard’s curiosity, and Whitebeard set sail for Whole Cake Island to see what Yoriichi was planning.

• Issho warned Yoriichi that the New Marines lacked enough trusted personnel to govern Whole Cake Island and their expanding territory.
• Yoriichi and Issho discussed appointing island ministers and loosening recruitment standards, while Yoriichi identified talent development and administration as priorities.
• Yoriichi organized Whole Cake Island into cities, towns, villages, and household groups, with elected grassroots leaders and Marine-appointed branch commanders overseeing them.
• Yoriichi introduced compulsory elementary schools, public Marine Hospitals, and plans to move the Marine Academy to Cake Island.
• Yoriichi released a worldwide New Marine recruitment announcement through Morgans’s media network, prompting young people to seek ways to join.
• Whitebeard read the announcement, suspected Yoriichi had a larger purpose, and ordered his crew to sail to Whole Cake Island.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi reviewed the New Marines’ salvage profits and recruitment list while Sengoku secretly planned to send carefully chosen Marine spies into the organization. The chapter ended with Kuma learning that Ginny had disappeared and pleading to return to the Sorbé Kingdom.

• Jinbe reported that the salvage operation had recovered nearly seven hundred billion Beli, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi considered how to turn the wealth into resources for Whole Cake Island.
• Sengoku and Brannew selected potential spies for the New Marines, but Sengoku removed Kujaku from consideration because of her ties to Vice Admiral Tsuru.
• Ace and Sabo read the New Marines’ recruitment announcement, and Ace grew eager to leave Mount Colubo and go to sea.
• Kuma rushed into Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s office in distress, saying that Ginny had disappeared and begging to return to the Sorbé Kingdom.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned that Ginny was now an Eastern Army Captain in the Revolutionary Army.

Kuma learned that Ginny had been captured by the World Government in the Tomi Kingdom, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi arranged for the New Marines to rescue her. Kuma and Mihawk set out for the South Blue while Dragon left the rescue to them.

• Kuma told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that Ginny had disappeared while supporting a revolution in the Tomi Kingdom, and Yoriichi contacted Dragon for details.
• Dragon revealed that Cipher Pol had captured Ginny and that the Revolutionary Army lacked the forces to mount a rescue.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi committed the New Marines to the rescue and asked Dragon to track the World Government vessel carrying Ginny.
• Ivankov urged Dragon to lead a rescue, but Dragon told him to leave the mission to the New Marines.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sent Kuma and Mihawk to the South Blue, advising Kuma to stay calm and trust his companion.

Ginny remained imprisoned in a lightless cell aboard a ship while Saint Harkob Benini tried to break her will and offered her a way out. After Ginny attacked him, he left her with a painful, mineral-like object attached to her cheek.

• Saint Harkob Benini visited Ginny's cell, introduced himself as a Celestial Dragon, and asked whether she wanted to escape.
• Benini ordered Thorne and the CP6 agents to deny Ginny food, water, light, and sound while he pursued his own plan.
• After three days, Benini entered Ginny's cell with water and asked again if she wanted to get out.
• Ginny drank the water, asked what she had to do, then attacked Benini, who kicked her into a Seastone wall.
• Benini taunted Ginny and left her with a hard, sharp object attached to her cheek that she could not remove.

Ginny resisted Jakob Benin’s attempts to break her will until he used news about Kuma to make her kiss his boot, but an attack on the ship interrupted him. Kuma and Mihawk found the vessel, and Jakob emerged claiming Ginny was dead before Kuma struck back in fury.

• Jakob Benin offered Ginny information about Kuma if she fulfilled a request, and Ginny agreed to kiss his boot to learn what had happened to him.
• An explosion shook the ship, and CP6 agents warned Jakob Benin that enemies were attacking.
• Kuma and Mihawk boarded the ship, with Kuma demanding to know where Ginny was while Mihawk watched from the bow.
• Jakob Benin burst onto the deck and shouted that Ginny was dead before attacking Kuma with a pink crystal spear.
• Kuma blocked Jakob Benin’s spear, appeared behind him, and brought his paw-like hand down to strike.

Kuma and Mihawk attacked the World Government ship to rescue Ginny, and Mihawk killed Saint Harkob Benini with a single slash. Kuma found Ginny in the prison and brought her home to the Sorbé Kingdom, where she woke to his welcome.

• Kuma shattered Saint Harkob Benini, who reformed as pink crystal and ordered the CP6 agents to get Seastone weapons.
• Saint Harkob Benini lied that Ginny had killed herself, but Mihawk reminded Kuma that she had never left the ship and urged him to find her.
• Saint Harkob Benini attacked Mihawk, who cut him in half with one slash, leaving the CP6 agents panicked and Thorne hiding in the bridge.
• Kuma broke through the prison corridor and found Ginny, who recognized him before collapsing unconscious.
• Ginny woke in her old room at the church in the Sorbé Kingdom, and Kuma welcomed her home.

Kuma comforted Ginny after rescuing her, while Sengoku learned that the World Government had ordered a Buster Call on the Sorbé Kingdom, where Kuma and Mihawk might be hiding. Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned of the Marine deployment and went to the shore, where he noticed a green-haired child practicing with a wooden sword.

• Ginny embraced Kuma, and he comforted her while Mihawk quietly left them alone.
• Brannew reported that Dracule Mihawk had killed a Celestial Dragon, and Sengoku read Tensei's report connecting the incident to Ginny and Kuma.
• Spandine delivered the Gorosei's order to launch a Buster Call on the Sorbé Kingdom and strip Kuma of his Shichibukai title, and Sengoku handed over the Golden Den Den Mushi.
• Sengoku suspected Kuma and Mihawk were in the Sorbé Kingdom, while Tensei watched Marine warships assemble and memorized their unit designations.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned of the Marine deployment, reflected on fighting former comrades, and spotted a green-haired child practicing swordsmanship on the beach.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi found young Roronoa Zoro training dangerously on Cake Island and offered to teach him after hearing about his goal to surpass Kuina and become the world’s greatest Great Swordsman. The chapter ended as Zoro charged at Yoriichi for a lesson in swordsmanship.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi approached Roronoa Zoro as he practiced with a wooden sword amid waves on the shore.
• Zoro introduced himself as a disciple of Shimotsuki Koushirou and explained that he had come to train while the dojo was closed.
• Zoro told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that he wanted to surpass Kuina and become the world’s greatest Great Swordsman.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi warned Zoro that excessive training could stunt his growth and said that perception and the mind raised a swordsman’s limits.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi offered to teach Zoro without making him change masters, then invited him to attack.
• Zoro charged at Tsugikuni Yoriichi as Yoriichi told him to watch and learn.

Yoriichi taught Zoro to think beyond conventional swordsmanship, then promised to train him each morning. As a Marine Buster Call fleet approached Sorbé Kingdom and most residents dismissed Kuma’s warning, Zoro returned with two wooden swords, and Yoriichi agreed to teach him the Two-Sword Style.

• Yoriichi sparred with Zoro, teaching him to use every means available to land an attack and to stay alert until a fight was decided.
• After more than an hour of training, Yoriichi ended the session and offered to guide Zoro for an hour each morning; Zoro eagerly accepted.
• Yoriichi told Kuma and Mihawk about the planned Buster Call and suggested evacuating Sorbé Kingdom’s people to Bean Island, while expressing trust in their decisions.
• Kuma spread the warning, but most residents did not believe him; he used his power to send a small number of people away as the Marine fleet neared the island.
• Zoro arrived for morning training carrying two wooden swords, explained his reasoning, and Yoriichi agreed to teach him the Two-Sword Style.

Kuma defended the Sorbé Kingdom from a Buster Call by unleashing a massive tsunami that annihilated the Marine fleet, while Mihawk witnessed the attack and left. Later, at Isshin Dojo, Zoro challenged Kuina again, insisting his two-sword style would let him defeat her.

• Kuma recognized the approaching Marine fleet and deflected its test cannonball back at a warship.
• John Giant ordered the fleet to bombard the Sorbé Kingdom, and Kuma intercepted shells aimed at the island’s people.
• Kuma unleashed a vast tsunami with the Paw-Paw Fruit, which swept away the Marine fleet as Spandine and the vice admirals watched helplessly.
• Mihawk witnessed the fleet’s destruction and disappeared into the rain, while Kuma stood grieving on the shore.
• At Isshin Dojo, Kuina warned Zoro that using two swords might hold him back, but Zoro charged at her and declared he would win.

Zoro surprised Kuina with a new two-sword attack but still lost when she knocked his weapons away. Upset and confused, he went to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who explained that hard work alone could not erase differences in physical development and urged him to build his strength step by step.

• Zoro used a series of coordinated two-sword attacks to land a hit on Kuina, astonishing the dojo students and Shimotsuki Koushirou.
• Kuina demanded another match, then overpowered Zoro and knocked both his wooden swords from his hands before Shimotsuki Koushirou stopped the spar.
• Zoro left the dojo frustrated, while Kuina went home heartbroken over her belief that she could not become the world's strongest swordsman as a woman.
• Zoro visited Tsugikuni Yoriichi's office after training, and Yoriichi prepared noodles before asking why he was upset.
• Zoro told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that he had lost to Kuina despite working hard, and Yoriichi told him to focus on steady progress, sensible planning, and building a strong foundation.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi taught Zoro Breathing Techniques while the New Marines expanded their island routes and mourned a disastrous Marine loss. The Whitebeard Pirates arrived at Milk Island, where Major Terry Black prepared to respond, and a New Marine officer attacked Marco as he left a shop.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi taught Zoro to coordinate his breathing with sword forms and expected him to master Life Return within two years.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi read that nearly three thousand Marines had died in a tsunami, while the Marine Headquarters report concealed the incident’s full details.
• Whitebeard and the Whitebeard Pirates arrived at Milk Island, prompting civilians to flee and Major Terry Black to alert headquarters and ready his forces.
• Marco visited a shop and took its supply of milk tablets without paying after the frightened shopkeeper offered them freely.
• A young man in a New Marine uniform leaped from a rooftop and kicked at Marco’s head as Marco left the shop.

Marco fought New Marines Major Terry Black after Terry accused him of taking milk tablets without paying, though Marco believed the shopkeeper had given them to him. After Marco returned to the ship, Satch listened to his account and remarked that Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s New Marines were different.

• Terry Black attacked Marco for what he believed was the exploitation of civilians, but Marco shrugged off the blows and counterattacked with his phoenix powers.
• Marco explained that the shopkeeper had told him he did not need to pay, while Terry Black’s memories of his family’s ruin under protection rackets fueled his anger.
• Terry Black charged again despite his injuries, and Marco knocked him unconscious before leaving with the milk tablets.
• Marco returned to the ship troubled by an unfamiliar feeling, and Satch listened as he recounted the encounter.
• Satch said Terry Black’s actions were unexpected and observed that Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s New Marines were different.

Marco reflected on why Terry Black had hated him, while Satch explained how Marco’s use of his status had looked like plunder to a local New Marine. As the Whitebeard Pirates began terrorizing a tavern in Cheese Town, Tsugikuni Yoriichi flew to meet them, and a red-haired swordsman appeared behind Blamenco to intervene.

• Satch explained that Marco had received goods without paying because people feared the Whitebeard Pirates, and that Whole Cake Island was unlike Whitebeard’s protected home of Sphinx Island.
• Terry Black’s subordinates found him unconscious in Cheese Town, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered the New Marines to avoid contact with the Whitebeard Pirates and assembled his forces.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned that Terry Black had been severely injured, then flew toward the Whitebeard Pirates at increased speed.
• Blamenco smashed into a tavern, intimidated its owners, and demanded that the owner’s wife pour his drink while threatening her husband.
• A red-haired young man appeared behind Blamenco, rested a hand on his shoulder, and reached for the bottle as he offered to pour the drink himself.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Blamenco and the pirates in a tavern, then headed toward the harbor to confront the Whitebeard Pirates. Whitebeard sensed Yoriichi’s Conqueror’s Haki and attacked him, and their clash devastated the surrounding street.

• Yoriichi confronted Blamenco in the tavern and killed him with a single sword strike.
• Yoriichi cut down the fleeing pirates and burned away their corpses with Golden Flames, sparing the tavern itself.
• Whitebeard sensed Yoriichi’s Conqueror’s Haki and ordered Marco to recall the crew before rushing toward the source of the slash.
• Whitebeard found Yoriichi in the street and demanded to know what he had done to his son.
• Yoriichi said he had sent Whitebeard’s son where he belonged and met Whitebeard’s attack head-on, unleashing a clash that destroyed the nearby buildings.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought Whitebeard on Milk Island, diverting a golden fireball toward the Moby Dick before returning to ambush and badly wound him. As Yoriichi pressed the attack, Whitebeard’s Fifth Division captain Vista arrived to help.

• Whitebeard mistook Yoriichi’s words for a confession that he had captured one of Whitebeard’s sons and attacked him with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but Yoriichi took the blow rather than let it devastate the civilians behind him.
• Yoriichi sent a mass of Golden Flames toward the Moby Dick, where Marco tried and failed to stop it before Whitebeard returned and shattered the fireball with a punch.
• Yoriichi appeared behind Whitebeard and stabbed through his back and chest, narrowly missing his heart.
• Whitebeard demanded to know why Yoriichi had attacked his sons, and Yoriichi said he was hunting pirates and asked whether Whitebeard needed to hear what Blamenco had done.
• Whitebeard declared Yoriichi his enemy for killing Blamenco and fought back, using rapid vibrations to disrupt Yoriichi’s sword as Yoriichi attacked.
• Vista arrived from above and ambushed Yoriichi as Whitebeard’s reinforcements reached the fight.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought off several Whitebeard Pirates commanders after injuring Whitebeard, while the crew rallied around their wounded captain. He demanded that Whitebeard leave Whole Cake Island or face the destruction of his crew, and Whitebeard answered by preparing to fight.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi knocked Vista back with a powerful slash as Whitebeard's commanders gathered around their injured captain.
• Whitebeard ordered his sons to return to the ship, but Vista, Jozu, and Satch persuaded him to let them face Yoriichi while he watched over them.
• Namul attacked Yoriichi with a sea dragon, and Vista and Jozu joined the assault while Marco examined Whitebeard's wound.
• Yoriichi kicked Jozu away, countered Vista, and avoided further attacks from Lacroix and Namul as the commanders surrounded him.
• Whitebeard accused Yoriichi of starting a war by killing Blamenco, and Yoriichi demanded that the Whitebeard Pirates leave Whole Cake Island or none of them would escape.
• Yoriichi ignited golden flames across his body and blade as Whitebeard planted Murakumogiri in the beach and made the ground shake.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi attacked Whitebeard and his crew, targeting them while trying to limit the danger to Cheese Town. Whitebeard defended his sons from the assault and leaped to meet Yoriichi’s golden Phoenix, leaving their clash poised to erupt.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi decided to confront Whitebeard, then broke through the division commanders’ encirclement and attacked him with Golden Rockets.
• Whitebeard shattered the fiery barrage with his Tremor-Tremor Fruit, while Yoriichi vanished from sight and moved toward the harbor.
• Yoriichi unleashed a massive black slash at the ships, killing Namul and nearby pirates and carving a trench through the sea.
• Yoriichi transformed into a golden Phoenix and sent a rain of fireballs toward the harbor, but Whitebeard’s vibrations deflected them away from the ships.
• Whitebeard threw Marco and Satch toward the Moby Dick, then leaped at the diving Phoenix with Conqueror’s Haki gathering around Murakumogiri.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi overwhelmed Whitebeard in their clash on Whole Cake Island, but Whitebeard protected his sons and ordered them to escape to Wano Country. As the Moby Dick sailed away, Yoriichi and Whitebeard continued fighting on the shore.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi struck Whitebeard from the sky and sent him crashing onto the shore, then threatened Marco and the other commanders.
• Whitebeard intercepted Yoriichi’s attack, shielded his sons, and ordered them to leave Whole Cake Island for Wano Country.
• Marco, Jozu, Vista, and the other commanders boarded the Moby Dick and sailed away while Yoriichi let them go.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Whitebeard resumed their duel on the shore as the departing Marco cried out to his father.
• Whitebeard dodged a strike from Yoriichi that grazed his cheek and left a shallow cut.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought Whitebeard through the day and night, gradually wearing him down until Whitebeard could no longer stand. As Yoriichi held a blade to his throat, Whitebeard revealed that he had held some strength in reserve and offered to trade the release of their people.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Whitebeard fought at close quarters, and Yoriichi pierced Whitebeard's shoulder while enduring a blow from the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Whitebeard charged again, but Yoriichi evaded his attacks as their battle continued into the night.
• Issho and Abel led the New Marines fleet to surround Milk Island, while Issho ordered the fleet to stay back and maintain the blockade.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi kicked Whitebeard down, and Whitebeard was unable to rise as Yoriichi pressed his blade to his throat.
• Whitebeard laughed at his defeat, then told Tsugikuni Yoriichi he had saved some strength to negotiate a deal: their people would be released in exchange for Yoriichi releasing Whitebeard's crew.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi captured Whitebeard but chose not to kill him, then sent him toward Marine Headquarters while using the capture to influence the Gorosei and the balance of power. When the news reached the Whitebeard Pirates, Marco and the crew resolved to seek Kozuki Oden’s help to rescue Whitebeard.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi lowered his blade and spared Whitebeard, who lost consciousness after insisting his sons would shape their own futures.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered the New Marines to cuff Whitebeard with Seastone, treat his wounds, and hold him for transfer to Marine Headquarters, explaining that Whitebeard’s capture had already secured their reputation.
• The New Marines publicized Whitebeard’s capture, prompting urgent meetings at Marine Headquarters and among the Gorosei, who feared the New Marines’ growing power and the turmoil ahead.
• Marco read the news aboard the Moby Dick and tried to leave to rescue Whitebeard, but Satch and the others stopped him.
• Satch urged Marco and the crew to go to Wano Country and enlist Kozuki Oden, giving the Whitebeard Pirates hope of rescuing their captain.

After capturing Whitebeard, Tsugikuni Yoriichi kept him aboard the Dawn and arranged to hand him over to Sengoku, setting up a confrontation that threatened the Whitebeard Pirates and strained Marine Headquarters’ ties with the World Government. Meanwhile, the Moby Dick reached Wano Country, where Kozuki Oden realized something had happened to Whitebeard.

• After Whitebeard’s capture, the Whitebeard Pirates gathered their scattered forces while other pirates began attacking their former territories.
• Whitebeard woke in a Seastone prison aboard the Dawn, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi explained that he intended to exchange him with Marine Headquarters for his bounty.
• Whitebeard recognized that Yoriichi’s plan could draw his sons into a disastrous conflict, but he was powerless to warn them.
• Sengoku agreed to take custody of Whitebeard, and news coverage implying close ties between the New Marines and Marine Headquarters prompted suspicion from the Gorosei.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sailed toward Marineford with Whitebeard as Mihawk and Kuma headed there to join him, while the New Marines placed Whole Cake Island under martial law.
• The Moby Dick reached Wano Country, and Kozuki Oden saw the grieving commanders aboard and realized Whitebeard was missing.

Kozuki Oden agreed to join the Whitebeard Pirates in rescuing Whitebeard, left Wano with his father's swords, and entrusted his family to Kin'emon. Meanwhile, Edward Weevil defended Whitebeard's hometown from attacking pirates, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Marineford, where he greeted Fleet Admiral Sengoku.

• Kozuki Oden agreed to help Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates rescue Whitebeard, despite Kin'emon's objections, and entrusted him with protecting Kuri, Momonosuke, and Hiyori.
• Sukiyaki gave Kozuki Oden the swords Second Generation Kitetsu and Oden Mitsuyo, and Oden promised to return to Wano after rescuing Whitebeard.
• Edward Weevil killed the pirates attacking Sphinx Island, while Buckingham Stussy told him he was Whitebeard's son and should inherit his estate.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Marineford aboard the Dawn warship and greeted Fleet Admiral Sengoku as Garp, Zephyr, and the headquarters Marines watched.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to Marine Headquarters with Whitebeard, handed the prisoner over, and negotiated to stay until his subordinates arrived. Zephyr later brought Yoriichi to the Marine Academy, where he met its finest student, Akin, and recognized a familiar figure in the youth.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Marine Headquarters with Whitebeard, and Sengoku’s Marines took custody of the pirate.
• Garp and Whitebeard exchanged thoughts about their uncertain futures and agreed to share a proper drink before Whitebeard’s execution.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi asked Sengoku to let his crew remain at the harbor while he awaited two subordinates, and Sengoku assigned Kuzan to supervise him.
• Kuzan supplied Yoriichi’s crew and accompanied him as he caught up with Zephyr and Garp.
• Zephyr took Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kuzan to the Marine Academy, where Zephyr asked Yoriichi to guide the cadets.
• Zephyr called out Akin, the class’s finest student, and asked Yoriichi to give him a thorough lesson; Yoriichi recognized a familiar figure in the youth.