Recaps

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought Kong while Saint Marcus Mars fled with the injured Saint Nasjuro. Kong revealed that he had sided with the Gorosei in hopes of gaining immortality, but Yoriichi survived Kong’s fatal blow through his Mythical Zoan regeneration and killed him.

• Saint Marcus Mars carried Saint Nasjuro into the air, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi watched him while holding off Kong.
• Kong revealed that the Gorosei had lived for eight hundred years and said he wanted to kill Yoriichi to earn immortality.
• Kong struck Yoriichi with a fatal blow, but Yoriichi healed rapidly with Golden Flames and cut off both of Kong’s arms.
• Yoriichi explained that his regeneration came from awakening a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, while Kong realized Yoriichi had baited him.
• Yoriichi killed the disarmed Kong with a swift strike that severed his head.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Kong, drove the Gorosei from the battlefield, and destroyed Saint Nasjuro after capturing him. He headed to speak with Sengoku, while Luffy suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his chest and began crying.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Kong, prompting Saint Saturn and the other Gorosei to retreat as Saint Marcus Mars carried the gravely wounded Saint Nasjuro away.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi caught Saint Nasjuro after Saint Marcus Mars escaped through a teleportation circle, then returned to the Starting Island as the remaining Gorosei abandoned the battlefield.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ended Saint Nasjuro's last breath and burned his body, while asking Kuma to gather the bodies of Kong, Garp, and Rocca for burial.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi led his companions toward the Marines' camp to speak with Sengoku, and Bruglath slipped away from the battlefield.
• At Marineford, Luffy suddenly suffered chest pain and struggled to breathe; after the pain passed, he wept as Ace and Sabo looked after him.

After defeating the Gorosei at Starting Island, Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted Sengoku and demanded Marine Headquarters surrender and sever its ties to the Celestial Dragons. Sengoku refused to openly join him, so Yoriichi declared himself the new Fleet Admiral and ordered the senior officers to accept the change.

• Sengoku learned that the Gorosei had withdrawn and met Yoriichi with Admirals Borsalino and Sakazuki.
• Yoriichi offered to spare Marine Headquarters if it stopped serving the Celestial Dragons, exposed their crimes, and stood for justice, but Sengoku refused to commit while the Gorosei remained a threat.
• Yoriichi announced that he would replace Sengoku as Fleet Admiral and present their alliance as if the Marines and New Marines had always been on the same side.
• Sengoku stepped aside, and Borsalino and Sakazuki silently followed as Yoriichi entered the Marine camp.
• Yoriichi ordered Sengoku to convene a meeting for every rear admiral and higher-ranking officer on the island.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi was accepted as Sengoku’s successor despite Onigumo’s protest, then announced reforms and exposed Marine Headquarters’ role in the God Valley massacre. He challenged the officers to reject the Celestial Dragons’ supposed superiority, leaving them confronted with the idea that Marines themselves upheld justice.

• Sengoku named Tsugikuni Yoriichi as his successor, and Yoriichi used his Conqueror’s Haki to silence Onigumo before Sakazuki and Borsalino acknowledged him as an admiral.
• Yoriichi announced plans to reform Marine Headquarters and redefine its values, purpose, and position.
• Tensei and Issho distributed documents revealing that the Celestial Dragons massacred people and slaves at God Valley, while Marine Headquarters supported them and Garp allied with Roger against the Rocks Pirates.
• Commodore Yuchimura defended the Celestial Dragons, and Yoriichi questioned what they had done for peace while reminding the Marines of their own sacrifices.
• Yoriichi declared that Marines stood behind justice and would judge anyone who opposed it, including the Celestial Dragons.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to Marineford as Fleet Admiral and began reshaping Marine Headquarters, announcing plans to control Heavenly Gold and improve Marines’ pay. Sakazuki realized that Yoriichi’s policy threatened the World Government’s financial lifeline and would provoke the Gorosei.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi traveled toward Marineford with Headquarters officers while New Marines remained on Starting Island and prepared to transfer stranded Marines to the Four Blues.
• Marine Headquarters announced Sengoku’s retirement, Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s appointment as Fleet Admiral, and Issho and Mihawk’s promotions as Admirals.
• Zephyr and Kuzan struggled with Garp’s death and the prospect of facing Tsugikuni Yoriichi when the Dawn arrived at Marineford.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi asked Sakazuki and Borsalino to keep their subordinates in line and accepted Sakazuki’s pledge to obey his decisions.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi announced troop adjustments and plans to collect and redistribute Heavenly Gold for Marine Headquarters and its soldiers.
• Sakazuki recognized that Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s plan would cut off the World Government’s funding and target the World Nobles.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi discussed dividing the seas with Dragon and returned to Marineford as the new Fleet Admiral. His arrival triggered Kuzan, grieving Garp, to attack him, but Issho and Sengoku stopped the assault.

• Sakazuki realized Tsugikuni Yoriichi planned to overthrow the Celestial Dragons without necessarily destroying the wider World Government.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi apologized to Dragon for Garp's death, then asked the Revolutionary Army to consolidate its power in the North Blue and West Blue.
• Dragon agreed to cooperate and asked when Tsugikuni Yoriichi would strike the Holy Land again; Yoriichi said he would bring Dragon along next time.
• Dragon mourned Garp at an unmarked grave in the North Blue after ending the call.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to Marineford, where the Marines saluted him as Fleet Admiral, while Zephyr chose not to meet him.
• Kuzan attacked Tsugikuni Yoriichi in grief over Garp's death, but Issho repelled him with gravity and Sengoku stopped the fight.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated Kuzan after Kuzan attacked him at Marineford, then announced a gathering for the next morning. That night, Yoriichi visited Zephyr, discussed Garp’s burial and his plans for Marine Headquarters, and eased some of the distance between them.

• Sengoku stopped Kuzan from openly challenging Yoriichi, but Kuzan attacked him anyway, and Yoriichi knocked him unconscious before ordering soldiers to take him to the hospital.
• Yoriichi told the Marines to organize their units and rest before an assembly the next morning, while rumors about his actions deepened divisions at Headquarters.
• Yoriichi visited Zephyr, who had shut himself away after the transfer of power, and Zephyr invited him inside.
• Yoriichi told Zephyr that Garp’s remains would be brought from Starting Island to Marineford for burial and that Sengoku and Tsuru could serve as staff advisers.
• Yoriichi said he planned to send Kuzan to the East Blue, Borsalino to the South Blue, and Sakazuki to the Grand Line, and Zephyr recognized the plan as a way to put the admirals to work while delegating authority.
• Yoriichi and Zephyr drank tea together, and the tension between them gradually eased.

After Garp’s funeral, Tsugikuni Yoriichi reorganized Marine forces and challenged the World Government’s control over Heavenly Gold. He gave the grieving Kuzan an East Blue transfer order, and Kuzan discovered that pirates had seized Alabasta and overthrown its royal family.

• Zephyr brought Luffy to Garp’s funeral, where Luffy mourned his grandfather as Sengoku and the others buried him.
• Yoriichi left the cemetery and wondered whether Garp’s death would change Luffy’s path.
• Yoriichi sent Borsalino to the South Blue and Sakazuki to the first half of the Grand Line, then announced that Marine Headquarters would collect Heavenly Gold.
• Saint Saturn rejected Yoriichi’s Fleet Admiral authority and insisted that Cipher Pol would continue collecting Heavenly Gold.
• Yoriichi gave Kuzan East Blue battle reports and a transfer order, urging him to take Zephyr and stop by Alabasta.
• Kuzan returned to the reports and learned that pirates had occupied the Alabasta Kingdom and overthrown its royal family.

Kuzan accepted Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s transfer order and set sail with Zephyr’s group, intending to inspect Alabasta on the way to the East Blue. At Marine Headquarters, Yoriichi explained that he was letting the Revolutionary Army’s advance pressure the World Government’s rulers, leaving Brannew troubled by his strategy.

• Kuzan boarded the ship with Zephyr, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo, and tried to encourage Luffy after Garp’s death.
• Kuzan told Zephyr he was heading to Alabasta because pirates had occupied the kingdom and Sakazuki was too busy to respond.
• Zephyr revealed that Alabasta’s Nefelt royal family descended from the twenty founding kings and was known as the Nefelt D clan, making Kuzan suspect his mission had another purpose.
• Brannew reported that Marine transfers were complete but the headquarters lacked ships and resources to respond to growing crises in the North Blue and West Blue.
• Yoriichi said he would let the Revolutionary Army’s gains pressure the World Government’s rulers and directed Brannew to publicize their victories.
• Brannew objected that civilians would suffer, but Yoriichi argued that the conflict belonged to the opposing sides and that the Marines should follow their own principles.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi began consolidating Marine power and planned to blockade key routes to isolate the Celestial Dragons and contain piracy. Meanwhile, Kuzan approached Alabasta to rescue its royal family from Crocodile, then set off across the sea on his bicycle with Luffy, Ace, and Sabo.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered Fujitora to seize control of Enies Lobby, bring its court to Marine Headquarters, and leave Mihawk in command there.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi assigned Fujitora to control Sabaody and described a plan to blockade key islands and tighten control over Loguetown.
• Brannew recognized that Yoriichi intended to suppress piracy despite the Celestial Dragons' reliance on pirates, while Yoriichi counted on Devil Fruits and Dr. Vegapunk to sustain Marine power and development.
• Kuzan stopped outside Alabasta and explained that he suspected Crocodile had taken the royal family hostage, warning Ace and Sabo that the Logia user had survived a confrontation with Whitebeard.
• After Luffy urged him to stop observing from the ship, Kuzan made an ice road and rode toward Alabasta with Luffy, Ace, and Sabo riding along.

Kuzan brought Ace, Sabo, and Luffy to Alabasta, where the group explored a town and attracted the attention of robbers. The robbers surrounded them in an alley, and Kuzan let the children handle the fight as Luffy began an attack.

• Ace used a burst of fire to propel Kuzan’s overloaded bicycle toward Alabasta, where it crashed on the beach and buried Luffy’s head in the sand.
• Kuzan led the children into a coastal town, bought them food and toys, and quietly observed life in Alabasta under pirate control.
• Sabo sensed a man watching them, and Kuzan led the children away from the crowds while the man followed.
• Kuzan confronted the man in an empty alley, where the man summoned seven or eight robbers to surround them.
• Kuzan realized the robbers intended to capture them for the slave trade and told Ace not to kill them as Luffy began his attack.

Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Kuzan confronted bandits in Alabasta and learned that Crocodile's B.W organization had taken control of the kingdom. Kuzan set out for the royal capital to check on King Cobra, while Crocodile received a World Government offer of Shichibukai status and learned that Aokiji and Zephyr were coming for him.

• Luffy and Ace defeated the bandits, while Kuzan blocked their escape and questioned them about Crocodile.
• The bandits described Crocodile's B.W organization and its takeover of Alabasta, prompting Kuzan to weigh how to dismantle its entrenched power.
• Sabo advised Kuzan to arrest Crocodile first, and Kuzan decided to check whether King Cobra was alive and protect the kingdom's heir if necessary.
• Kuzan reported to Zephyr and traveled toward the royal capital with Ace and the other children.
• Crocodile spoke with a World Government representative, who offered him Shichibukai status and warned that Aokiji and Zephyr were targeting him.

Crocodile weighed the Gorosei’s offer of the Shichibukai title and decided to test himself against Aokiji before agreeing to cooperate. As Aokiji led Luffy, Ace, and Sabo across Alabasta’s desert, Crocodile ambushed them, leaving Aokiji to suspect someone at Marine Headquarters had revealed his arrival.

• After speaking with the Gorosei, Crocodile decided to face Aokiji before deciding whether to accept the Shichibukai title, hoping to improve his bargaining position.
• Luffy struggled with the desert heat, and Kuzan built an ice shelter while Ace encouraged Luffy to keep going for Garp’s sake.
• A sandstorm struck the shelter, and hidden sand blades attacked the children; Kuzan saved Luffy and Ace, while Sabo survived by transforming into lightning and reforming.
• Crocodile appeared with three companions and confronted Kuzan, who recognized him and shielded the children.
• As their auras clashed, Kuzan suspected Crocodile had learned of his arrival through someone at Marine Headquarters.

Kuzan confronted Crocodile and his Baroque Works subordinates in the desert while protecting Ace, Sabo, and Luffy. The fight turned against Crocodile when Ace and Sabo quickly defeated the subordinates sent after them, and Crocodile retreated from Kuzan.

• Kuzan rejected Crocodile’s claim that his prospective Shichibukai status made them allies and attacked him with ice spears.
• Crocodile blocked Kuzan’s attack with a sand wall while Bon Clay and Mr. 3 struck from behind it, and Kuzan defended himself without leaving the children’s side.
• Crocodile ordered Daz Bones and Bon Clay to attack Ace and Sabo while he and Mr. 3 engaged Kuzan.
• Ace blasted Daz Bones with Fire Fist, while Sabo struck Bon Clay with a lightning-fast kick.
• Kuzan praised the children as Marine Headquarters’ elite comrades, and Crocodile withdrew from their clash.

Kuzan, Ace, and Sabo defeated Crocodile and his officers in the Alabasta Kingdom, then arrested Crocodile. After hearing reports about the kingdom, Tsugikuni Yoriichi decided to visit and consider whether Crocodile could serve his plans.

• Ace and Sabo revealed their Logia powers, and Sabo knocked Bon Clay unconscious while Ace fought Daz Bones.
• Crocodile sent a Sandstorm at the group, but Ace destroyed it with Great Fire Ring.
• Crocodile used the shifting sand to try to escape, but Kuzan froze Daz Bones and the ground, then struck Crocodile down.
• Ace and Sabo restrained Crocodile, and Kuzan arrested him after finding Galdino and other officers incapacitated.
• Zephyr reported Crocodile's capture and the changes in the Alabasta Kingdom to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who decided to visit and assess Crocodile's potential use.

Kuzan rescued King Cobra and Vivi, arrested Crocodile, and began restoring Marine control in Alabasta. Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived and planned to decide Crocodile’s fate while considering Alabasta as a weapons supplier for Marine Headquarters.

• Zephyr brought his warship to Alabasta and ordered his Marines to stay aboard except for a supply party, while underworld factions watched them closely.
• Kuzan froze the royal palace, then had Ace, Sabo, and Luffy search for Cobra and Vivi while he waited with Crocodile and other prisoners.
• Cobra and Vivi were freed, and Kuzan explained that the Marines had come to rescue them; Crocodile argued that the kingdom’s entrenched interests would resist Cobra’s return.
• Kuzan arrested nearly a hundred pirates and arranged to hold them in Alabasta’s prison while waiting for an escort from Marine Headquarters.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived with Momonga, decided to visit Crocodile himself, and considered using Alabasta to supply weapons to the Marines.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived in Alabasta to collect Crocodile and other prisoners before continuing to Enies Lobby, while the Gorosei chose to use their remaining Ancient Weapon strike against him. As Yoriichi met King Cobra, a terrifying presence appeared above Alabasta, and Yoriichi and Kuzan rushed to confront it.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi docked the Dawn in Alabasta and ordered Momonga to prepare supplies and receive the prisoners before they continued to Enies Lobby.
• At Mary Geoise, Saint Marcus Mars, Saint Topman Warcury, and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter persuaded Saint Saturn to spend the Ancient Weapon's last remaining fuel to kill Yoriichi in Alabasta.
• Yoriichi crossed the island and reached King Cobra's palace, where Haisha admitted him after confirming his identity.
• Dark storm clouds gathered over Alabasta, and Yoriichi felt an unexplained unease as Haisha escorted him into the palace.
• Cobra greeted Yoriichi in the palace hall, but Yoriichi and Kuzan sensed a terrifying presence above Alabasta and rushed outside to look up at the sky.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi sent Kuzan, Cobra, and the children away from Alabasta as a red force gathered in the sky, then stayed behind to protect the kingdom. The attack obliterated most of Alabasta, and Kuzan and Zephyr feared Yoriichi had died.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed danger in the cloud eye and ordered Kuzan to evacuate everyone aboard an ice shuttle.
• After launching the shuttle to safety, Tsugikuni Yoriichi stayed behind and slashed at the clouds, but the gathered energy continued to grow.
• A red laser struck Alabasta, destroying most of the kingdom and swallowing Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• Kuzan froze a massive wave, then saw that Alabasta had become a vast crater and feared Tsugikuni Yoriichi was dead.
• Cobra identified the attack as an Ancient Weapon and mourned his people, while Kuzan returned to the crater and sensed powerful Haki that was not Tsugikuni Yoriichi's.
• Zephyr arrived and learned that the children were safe but Tsugikuni Yoriichi had stayed behind.

After an Ancient Weapon destroyed Alabasta, Zephyr and the Marines feared Tsugikuni Yoriichi had died and prepared to withdraw the New Marines from Marineford. The Gorosei believed the weapon had killed Yoriichi, but on Holy Spirit Island a withered Devil Fruit tree began to revive.

• Zephyr learned that Yoriichi had been in Alabasta when an Ancient Weapon destroyed the kingdom, and Kuzan leaped into the pit to search for him.
• Zephyr ordered Issho to withdraw the New Marines from Marineford and return to the New World, then took command of the Dawn and imposed radio silence.
• Momonga and the Dawn's crew saw that Alabasta had become a vast pit, and Zephyr ordered them to search for survivors and gather supplies.
• Issho began contacting the New Marines at Marineford and prepared to evacuate them in case Yoriichi was truly dead.
• Saint Saturn insisted that the Ancient Weapon had killed Yoriichi, while Saint Shepherd Ju Peter anxiously asked whether they would win.
• On Holy Spirit Island, the withered tree that had once borne a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit sprouted new buds as vegetation spread across the scorched crater.

Five years after Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s death, Ace and Sabo headed to Loguetown to take command while Yoriichi was reborn on Holy Spirit Island through his Devil Fruit’s awakening. Yoriichi recognized his Nirvana ability and, with his Golden Flames, renewed the island’s life.

• Five years after Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s death, Zephyr led the New Marines to establish control across the New World while the World Government focused on the Four Blues.
• Sengoku appointed Ace and Sabo lieutenant commanders and sent them to Loguetown, where they traveled by small boat to take up their posts.
• As Ace approached Loguetown, he thought about his mother on Whole Cake Island and resolved to become a righteous Marine and capture pirates.
• On Holy Spirit Island, a huge golden fruit split open, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi emerged from it in a new body.
• Yoriichi realized he had been reborn through the awakening of his Nirvana Devil Fruit and sensed the creatures and places on the island.
• Yoriichi’s Golden Flames consumed the crater’s ancient forest, nourishing the land as vegetation across Holy Spirit Island rapidly flourished.

Ace and Sabo arrived in Loguetown, learned that Colonel Biliqi and the Marine Branch officers were running corrupt businesses, and resolved to stop Biliqi’s promotion. Meanwhile, Zephyr pursued an alliance between the New Marines and Red-Haired Shanks, who arrived at Whole Cake Island and demonstrated his strength.

• Ace and Sabo visited Roger’s execution platform, then asked local guide Jack about renting a home near the Marine Branch.
• Jack explained that Colonel Biliqi had taken control of nearby properties and that officers throughout the branch profited from businesses, prompting Ace and Sabo to investigate the corruption and oppose Biliqi’s promotion.
• Zephyr chose to seek an alliance with Shanks and the Iron Wall Pirates to strengthen the New Marines amid the rising powers of the New World.
• Shanks arrived at Biscuit Island on a crimson ship and knocked out many waiting New Marines with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Mihawk and Aramaki remained standing as Mihawk welcomed Shanks and met his display of force with evident fighting spirit.

Mihawk tested Shanks's strength before letting the Red-Haired Pirates enter Biscuit Island for negotiations, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to the world and discovered the hidden island of Pluto. The chapter left Yoriichi wandering Pluto Town, mistaken for an inexperienced young hunter by a kindly peddler.

• Mihawk and Shanks clashed their Conqueror's Haki at Biscuit Island's harbor, overwhelming the weaker people nearby.
• Mihawk attacked Shanks with a slash, and Shanks countered with Divine Departure, impressing Mihawk with his strength and control.
• Mihawk acknowledged Shanks's worth and led the Red-Haired Pirates onto the island to discuss cooperation.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to the world, flew across the sea, and found the hidden island of Pluto.
• Yoriichi disguised himself in animal hide and entered Pluto Town to seek information and a Log Pose.
• An old peddler mistook Yoriichi for a poor young hunter and gave him loquats while warning him away from a tavern.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi entered a tavern to ask where he was, but the locals panicked when they learned he was a Marine and attacked him. Their leader revealed that the island held Pluto and accused Yoriichi of coming to seize it.

• Yoriichi realized his remade youthful appearance made the loquat seller mistake him for a boy, then entered the tavern to gather information.
• When Yoriichi identified himself as a stranded Marine, the patrons fled and the tavern owner, Tanaka, aimed a gun at him.
• Tanaka shot Yoriichi, but Yoriichi melted the first bullet with golden flames and shrugged off the next with Armament Haki.
• Yoriichi questioned the locals about their hatred of Marines and surrounded the armed youths with golden flames to make them answer.
• Tanaka revealed that the island was Pluto and accused Yoriichi of coming to take it; Yoriichi asked if he meant Pluton.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi discovered that five years had passed since his apparent death and learned how the New Marines and Marine Headquarters had changed. On Pluto, Mayor Eikobair Augury revealed that his clan commanded Pluton and respected Yoriichi as the hero who stormed the Holy Land.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi introduced himself as a New Marine after the islanders reacted with hostility to his mention of Pluton.
• The bar owner challenged Yoriichi’s identity, but an old newspaper’s photograph convinced him that Yoriichi was real.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi read newspapers dated five years after his disappearance and learned how the New Marines, Marine Headquarters, and their members had changed.
• Mayor Eikobair Augury arrived with his grandson Eikobair Oliva, recognized Yoriichi, and apologized for the residents’ behavior.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi asked Augury about the islanders’ hatred of Marines and their connection to Pluton.
• Augury revealed that the Eikobair clan commanded Pluton and had long been persecuted by the World Government, but honored Yoriichi for storming the Holy Land.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned the Eikobair Clan’s account of Joy Boy, the Ancient Weapons, and Uranus’s destruction of Alabasta. He accepted Pluton’s Remnant and agreed to take Eikobair Oliva to the New Marines, while suspecting the pair had ulterior motives.

• Eikobair Augury explained that Joy Boy created Pluton, Uranus, and Poseidon, and that Uranus’s test shot carved a passage through the Red Line and raised the sea level.
• Yoriichi concluded that the Red Strait was created by Uranus and asked whether Pluton was hidden on the island.
• Eikobair Augury revealed that the cane he carried was a remnant from Pluton’s keel and offered it to Yoriichi.
• Eikobair Augury asked Yoriichi to take his grandson, Eikobair Oliva, to the New Marines, and Oliva bowed with expectation.
• Yoriichi accepted the cane and agreed to take Oliva, considering the islanders a valuable source of recruits.