Recaps

S-Abel arrived at Fish-Man Island and fought the Straw Hat Pirates, prompting Luffy to transform into Gear Fourth to protect his crew. After S-Abel activated full performance and severely wounded Luffy, the Straw Hats fled while Luffy struggled to delay their pursuer.

• S-Abel reached the Mermaid Cafe, where he attacked Luffy and blocked Brook's sword strike before blasting Brook with a laser.
• Furious at Brook's injury, Luffy entered Gear Fourth: Snake Man and launched a powerful punch that S-Abel dodged.
• Luffy urged his crew to escape, and Sanji, Chopper, Franky, Nami, and Vivi retreated while Sanji stayed behind as rear guard.
• S-Abel assessed Luffy as an A-rank enemy, activated full performance, and adopted a sword stance that reminded Luffy of Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• S-Abel outmaneuvered Luffy and pierced his chest, forcing Luffy to abandon his plan to defeat him quickly and focus on delaying him.

Luffy fought S-Abel in Mermaid Cafe, broke through his limits, and defeated the Seraphim with a powerful Gear Fourth attack. Exhausted but determined to rejoin his crew, Luffy was blasted to the ground by a water shot just as he tried to leave.

• S-Abel ignited his blade and clashed with Luffy’s Gum-Gum Jet Serpent Cannon, unleashing Flame Emperor and causing widespread destruction around Mermaid Cafe.
• Manboshi reported the battle to Jinbe, who rushed toward Mermaid Cafe after sensing the disturbance.
• Luffy and S-Abel were both thrown back by their clash, but Luffy’s Haki was nearly depleted as S-Abel launched Fire Dragon Emperor.
• Luffy shattered S-Abel’s fire dragon with Gum-Gum Spectacles Cobra and struck S-Abel in the chest, knocking him into a crater and causing his brain to enter sleep mode.
• Luffy rested briefly, then headed after Sanji and the other Straw Hat Pirates while Manboshi prepared to act.
• A water shot struck Luffy’s arm and blasted him to the ground as he tried to leave.

After Jinbe overwhelmed Luffy and Sanji with Fish-Man Karate and seawater attacks, Luffy suddenly awakened amid white smoke and a drumlike heartbeat. He rose laughing, leaving Jinbe and Sanji stunned as the battle took an unexpected turn.

• Jinbe arrived and attacked the exhausted Luffy, while the Fish-Man Marines surveyed the casualties and damage left by the fight.
• Sanji returned to protect Luffy after confirming Nami, Vivi, and the others had escaped and Brook had awakened.
• Jinbe attacked Luffy and Sanji with Fish-Man Karate and manipulated seawater, weakening Luffy with a barrage of water bullets.
• Jinbe struck Sanji with Shark Tile Fist, and both Sanji and Luffy fell as Jinbe approached with handcuffs.
• Luffy's body began emitting white smoke as a drumlike heartbeat sounded, and he stood up laughing.

Luffy awakened the Nika Fruit, rescued Sanji, and defeated Jinbe before escaping Fish-Man Island with his companions. Jinbe called headquarters for reinforcements, and Zephyr set out to capture Luffy with Tsugikuni Yoriichi accompanying him.

• Luffy transformed into his white-haired Nika form and flew past Jinbe to hurl Sanji away from the battlefield.
• Luffy swallowed Jinbe's seawater attack, blocked a barrage with rubberized ground, and broke both of Jinbe's arms with Gum-Gum: White Vice.
• Jinbe plunged into the sea and raised a gigantic wave, but Luffy escaped with his companions before it flooded the battlefield.
• Jinbe returned to shore, confirmed the Straw Hat Pirates had escaped, and ordered Manboshi to request headquarters support and track their ship.
• Jinbe reported the defeat to Zephyr, who decided to lead a force to capture Luffy, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi joined him to observe Luffy's Nika power.

After Luffy’s battle on Fish-Man Island spread rumors of a New Marine defeat, Jinbe tried to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates despite his badly injured arms. Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned and took charge of the crisis, while Luffy’s appearance in Nika form drew the attention of the Holy Land and Marine Headquarters.

• Rumors about the Straw Hat Pirates spread across Fish-Man Island, prompting the New Marines to impose martial law as pirates began considering a raid.
• Jinbe refused urgent surgery and set out to pursue Luffy, but Zephyr called and ordered him to return for treatment.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi spoke to Jinbe, revealed he was alive, and convinced him to recover while Yoriichi and Zephyr handled the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Morgans publicized Luffy’s Nika form and his new 1 billion Beli bounty, drawing attention across the world.
• A woman in the Holy Land ordered an investigation into the attackers suspended so the authorities could deal with Nika’s appearance.
• Sengoku received an escort order for a ship bound for Fish-Man Island and assigned Admiral Magellan to the mission.

Saint Garling led a Marine Headquarters fleet to Fish-Man Island to subjugate Luffy, while Jinbe prepared to resist what he feared was an attempt to seize the island. As Garling arrived and killed Fish-Man Marines who tried to inspect his ship, Tsugikuni Yoriichi flew toward Fish-Man Island with a warship in tow.

• Sengoku warned Magellan to prioritize his own and his subordinates’ safety while escorting Saint Garling to Fish-Man Island, and Magellan set out with the fleet.
• Jinbe’s subordinates spotted Luffy, Sanji, and Nami in Fish-Man District, and Jinbe ordered them to keep watch while awaiting reinforcements.
• Jinbe learned that Marine Headquarters and World Government ships had arrived, then called Zephyr and Tsugikuni Yoriichi for help.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi urged Jinbe to let King Neptune negotiate, but Jinbe refused to stand by as Fish-Man Island faced possible World Government control.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi transformed into a Golden Phoenix and flew toward Fish-Man Island while carrying a warship.
• Saint Garling killed Fish-Man Marines who boarded his ship for an inspection as his fleet reached Fish-Man Island.

Saint Garling arrived on Fish-Man Island with Marine Admiral Magellan to capture the Straw Hat Pirates, but he attacked Jinbe as soon as the New Marine leader confronted them. Jinbe and the Fish-Man Marines fought back from the sea, and Magellan called for the fighting to stop, insisting they had come only for the Straw Hats.

• Saint Garling left Cipher Pol agents to clean the blood and corpses from his ship after killing Fish-Man Marines, then went ashore with Magellan.
• Magellan directed Saint Garling toward the Fish-Man District after confirming the Straw Hat Pirates' location.
• Jinbe arrived at the harbor with New Marines, and Saint Garling considered exploiting Jinbe's injuries to weaken the New Marines' hold on the island.
• Saint Garling suddenly attacked Jinbe, who evaded the sword strike by breaking through the ground and entering the inner harbor.
• Jinbe launched water attacks from the sea, and Magellan countered the surging currents with venom that poisoned Marines, bystanders, and some Fish-Man Marines.
• Magellan shouted that they had come to capture the Straw Hat Pirates, not fight the New Marines, and Jinbe surfaced to face him.

Jinbe agreed to cooperate with Magellan and Saint Garling after they threatened Fish-Man Island’s civilians, while planning to hold out until reinforcements arrived. Magellan’s group then tracked the Straw Hat Pirates to a casino, where Luffy, Sanji, and Nami were gambling.

• Jinbe learned that Marine Headquarters and the World Government had come to capture the Straw Hat Pirates and declared them prey of the New Marines.
• Magellan pointed out that his poison was harming civilians and Fish-Man Marines, then promised antidotes and a swift departure if Jinbe cooperated.
• Jinbe accepted the deal, ensured civilians received antidotes, and ordered his forces to monitor Magellan’s group from underwater outposts.
• Luffy and Sanji won chips at a casino, while Nami lost her money and prepared to gamble again.
• Magellan entered the casino, and the gamblers fell silent as his presence drew their attention.

Saint Garling and CP0 attacked Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates in a casino on Fish-Man Island, while Magellan joined the assault with poison. Nami drove back Magellan’s poison and unleashed a lightning attack as the battle escalated.

• Marines sealed the casino exits as Saint Garling and Magellan arrived with CP0, and Saint Garling attacked Luffy.
• Luffy blocked Saint Garling’s sword strike, while Sanji, Brook, Usopp, and Franky protected him from the CP0 agents.
• Luffy recognized Saint Garling’s group and Magellan, then told Sanji to protect Nami and Vivi as he considered escaping.
• Saint Garling called on Magellan to help, and Magellan released poisonous mist that made nearby gamblers collapse.
• Nami used her Clima-Tact to blow the poison away and formed a thundercloud, then struck the casino with lightning.

Magellan confronted Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates in the casino, unleashing poisonous attacks while Luffy tried to protect his companions and the civilians nearby. After Luffy struck Magellan hard enough to draw blood, Magellan formed a giant poison soldier and prepared to continue the fight.

• Nami's lightning incapacitated the Marines guarding the casino entrance, and Magellan ordered the CP agents to evacuate the wounded.
• Saint Garling backed Magellan's order, while Luffy told Vivi that the Straw Hats could not escape yet.
• Magellan released purple poison across the casino, and Luffy broke open the walls so his companions could flee before confronting the Poison Dragons.
• Luffy scattered the Poison Dragons with Gear Third, but poisonous rain spread across the casino and affected civilians and rescuers.
• Luffy used Gear Fourth's Snake Man Form to strike Magellan and send him flying, drawing blood.
• Magellan formed a giant of deep crimson-purple venom called Poison Giant Soldier · Judgment of Hell.

Magellan poisoned and defeated Luffy, leaving him helpless as Saint Garling prepared to kill him. A sudden lightning strike disrupted the execution, and Luffy later awoke in the Forest of the Sea beside his brother Sabo.

• Magellan transformed into a Poison Giant Soldier and attacked Luffy, whose Haki did not protect him from the poison mist.
• Luffy chose to fight Magellan and struck him with Gum-Gum King Cobra, breaking Magellan’s arms and knocking him away, but the venom poisoned Luffy.
• Saint Garling approached the incapacitated Luffy and raised his sword to behead him.
• Lightning struck Saint Garling, and when he recovered, Luffy had disappeared from the battlefield.
• Luffy awoke in the Forest of the Sea and recognized Sabo as the person who had saved him.

After Sabo rescued Luffy from Magellan, he urged him to abandon his Pirate King dream but helped him plan a safer route into the New World. Meanwhile, Jinbe ended the New Marines’ cooperation with the World Government over the destruction of Fish-Man Island, and Saint Garling prepared to summon the other Gorosei.

• Luffy reunited with Sabo, explained how the New Marines had cornered his crew, and insisted he would continue toward the New World to become Pirate King.
• Sabo revealed he had secretly followed Magellan to Fish-Man Island to see Luffy and warned that an unknown secret lay behind the attempt on Luffy’s life.
• Sabo gave Luffy an Eternal Pose to Risky Red Island and offered help, though Luffy refused to give up his dream and invited Sabo to meet his companions.
• Jinbe confronted Magellan and Saint Garling over the devastation on Fish-Man Island and ended the New Marines’ cooperation with them.
• Saint Garling decided he could not resolve the matter alone and began summoning the other Gorosei rather than abandon the pursuit of Nika.

Saint Garling summoned the other Gorosei after Jinbe escaped, then led the World Government into Ryugu Palace to seize control of Fish-Man Island. He killed the Left Minister and declared the island’s people slaves, before asking King Neptune to cooperate with the occupiers.

• Jinbe recognized Saint Garling as a Gorosei, fled the New Marines’ base, and triggered the Fish-Man Marines’ evacuation.
• Saint Saturn berated Saint Garling for letting Jinbe escape, while the other Gorosei backed Saturn; Garling persuaded them to join his plan.
• Saint Garling led the Gorosei, an Admiral, Marines, and Cipher Pol agents to Ryugu Palace to search for the Straw Hat Pirates and establish World Government control.
• CP0 killed the palace entrance guards and stormed into the main hall, where King Neptune and his ministers were meeting.
• Saint Garling identified himself, announced that the World Government was taking over Ryugu Palace, and killed the Left Minister with a sword stroke.
• Saint Garling declared Fish-Man Island removed from the list of member nations and its people slaves, then asked King Neptune to cooperate in exchange for a possible chance at membership.

Saint Garling brutalized King Neptune and his family to force Ryugu Palace to cooperate with the Celestial Dragons. Neptune finally agreed, but Garling killed Queen Otohime anyway, leaving him in despair.

• Saint Garling killed a Ryugu Palace minister and demanded that King Neptune cooperate with the Celestial Dragons.
• Neptune attacked Garling, who severed Queen Otohime's arm and shattered Neptune's royal trident before killing the ministers in the hall.
• Prince Hoshi and Prince Tenshi entered with fish-man soldiers, and Garling killed both princes in front of Neptune.
• Garling threatened Neptune's daughter, prompting Neptune to agree to the Celestial Dragons' demands in exchange for his family's safety.
• Garling decapitated the unconscious Queen Otohime and ordered Neptune to submit to the Celestial Dragons.

Saint Garling seized control of Ryugu Palace and used King Neptune to help the World Government hunt the Straw Hat Pirates and crush the New Marines on Fish-Man Island. As Sabo identified the fighting in the Fish-Man District as a war, he left to join the conflict, and Luffy ordered the Straw Hat Pirates to set sail.

• Saint Garling threatened King Neptune with the loss of Shirahoshi, forcing him to obey after the World Government killed Neptune’s family and took over Ryugu Palace.
• Sea Kings gathered around Shirahoshi’s Shell Castle to protect her, though she feared they had come to attack.
• Cipher Pol and Ryugu Palace guards hunted the Straw Hat Pirates and arrested and executed relatives of New Marines, spreading fear across Fish-Man Island.
• New Marines whose families were killed returned to the Fish-Man District and fought the World Government and Ryugu Palace guards, setting the district ablaze.
• Sabo joined the Straw Hat Pirates for a banquet, then used Observation Haki to learn that the New Marines and World Government were at war.
• Sabo left in a flash of lightning, and Luffy told his companions to set sail.

Luffy led the Straw Hat Pirates out of Fish-Man Island while the New Marines and World Government fought, leaving the island in ruins and turmoil. Captured and imprisoned, Jinbe learned the World Government planned to use him as bait, but he believed Tsugikuni Yoriichi could thwart the trap.

• Luffy ordered the Straw Hat Pirates to launch the Thousand Sunny, and Franky used the Wind-to-Cannon to speed away from the other pirate ships.
• Jinbe led the New Marines into battle against the World Government, but Magellan, Saint Garling, and the Celestial Dragons defeated them.
• Shyarly foresaw Fish-Man Island engulfed in flames and ruins and told the mermaids that the island had been destroyed.
• Jinbe woke in a Ryugu Palace dungeon and learned from Magellan that the Gorosei planned to use his capture to lure the New Marines into a trap.
• Jinbe decided he would not die, believing Whole Cake Island had already acted and Tsugikuni Yoriichi could prevent the trap from succeeding.
• Magellan left the dungeon and worried that Jinbe's capture would lead to another battle between Marine Headquarters and the New Marines.

After the World Government seized control of Fish-Man Island and captured Jinbe, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Zephyr set out to confront the Gorosei and rescue him. Yoriichi reached the island alone and located Jinbe, while Zephyr waited outside with the warship.

• Sabo stayed hidden on Fish-Man Island to judge how it fared under the World Government's rule, though he disapproved of its collective punishments.
• The Gorosei searched for the Straw Hat Pirates, reinforced the island, and planned Jinbe's live execution to consolidate their control.
• Zephyr feared the danger of confronting the Gorosei on Fish-Man Island, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi insisted because of Poseidon, the Poneglyph, and Jinbe.
• Zephyr ordered the warship to descend toward Fish-Man Island and agreed to wait outside while Yoriichi entered alone.
• Yoriichi landed in the Fish-Man District, surveyed the island with Observation Haki, and called out to Jinbe.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi reached Ryugu Palace after surveying Fish-Man Island and tracking the Gorosei. He arrived just as Saint Saturn tested the Energy Steroids, severed Saturn’s arm, and faced the startled Gorosei.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed that Jinbe was alive, assessed the island and its enemies, and prepared to target the Marines’ antidotes to Magellan’s poison.
• King Neptune offered the Gorosei Ryugu Palace’s Energy Steroids in exchange for their promise not to harm Shirahoshi.
• Saint Saturn made Neptune swallow an Energy Steroid, then took one himself and discovered that it increased his strength and perception.
• Saint Saturn secretly pocketed some of the medicine as Neptune’s drug-fueled aggression faded.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi suddenly appeared in Ryugu Palace and cut off Saint Saturn’s left arm, shocking Neptune and the other Gorosei.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi ambushed the Gorosei at Ryugu Palace and overwhelmed them, killing Saint Saturn while the others fled. He turned his attention to the injured Saint Marcus Mars and vowed to pursue him next.

• Saint Saturn recognized Yoriichi, and the Gorosei reacted with shock as Yoriichi revealed he had survived.
• Yoriichi struck Saint Saturn, cut off his six limbs, and forced the Gorosei to flee the palace without helping him.
• Saint Saturn regenerated and swallowed all his Energy Steroids, but Yoriichi appeared behind him and beheaded him before the drugs could take effect.
• Yoriichi's slash struck Saint Marcus Mars in the air, severing both his legs and sending him crashing to the ground.
• Yoriichi seized Saint Saturn's head and burned it with golden flames, then told Mars that he was next.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Saint Saturn and fought Saint Marcus Mars, breaking through Mars’s black flames and cutting off his head. With Mars about to fall and the other Gorosei still in danger, Saint Topman Warcury and his companions agreed they could not afford to lose another man.

• Saint Marcus Mars fled in his Garuda Bird form while Tsugikuni Yoriichi pursued him, choosing to stop Mars before he could threaten Fish-Man Island’s protective bubbles.
• Mars attacked with sound waves and black flames, briefly slowing Yoriichi, but Yoriichi escaped the flames and left Mars grievously wounded.
• Saint Garling, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, and Saint Topman Warcury began forming a magic circle to escape, but Yoriichi’s Golden Flames interrupted them.
• Yoriichi discarded Saint Saturn’s lifeless, skeletal head, confirming that Saturn had died, then slashed at Mars and severed his head.
• Saint Topman Warcury and the other Gorosei agreed they had to act before they lost another member.

After Saint Saturn's death, the surviving Gorosei joined forces against Tsugikuni Yoriichi, but Garling's attack failed to stop him from capturing and fatally wounding Saint Marcus Mars. The Gorosei tried to use King Neptune as a hostage and activate their escape array, but Yoriichi attacked and dove toward them before it could be completed.

• The surviving Gorosei united after Saint Saturn's death, and Saint Garling attacked Tsugikuni Yoriichi with a powerful slash that Yoriichi effortlessly deflected.
• While Saint Garling was stunned by the gap in their strength, Tsugikuni Yoriichi seized Saint Marcus Mars's head and silenced his cries by stabbing his throat with his sword.
• Saint Garling, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, and Saint Topman Warcury threatened Yoriichi with unconscious King Neptune while tracing a black array to escape.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi rejected the threat and sent a Golden Streamer toward the Gorosei, avoiding Neptune as they moved to block it.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi dove toward the Gorosei before they could complete their escape array.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi rescued King Neptune while covertly damaging the Gorosei’s teleportation array, and Neptune pleaded with him to avenge his murdered family. After the Gorosei repaired the array, Yoriichi attacked Saint Topman Warcury as he prepared to escape.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi slipped through the flames, rescued King Neptune, and secretly erased part of the teleportation array with his Golden Flames.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi healed Neptune, who awoke and begged him to avenge Otohime, Prince Hoshi, and Prince Tenshi.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Neptune he had not come to save him and accepted responsibility for the New Marines’ failure to protect Fish-Man Island, moving Neptune to tears.
• Saint Garling discovered the damaged array and repaired it while Tsugikuni Yoriichi destroyed Saint Marcus Mars’s drained skull.
• Saint Topman Warcury announced the array was ready, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi appeared above him and brought down a lightning-wreathed slash.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi decapitated Saint Topman Warcury and drained his vitality while Saint Garling and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter realized Yoriichi’s lethal attacks required him to hold a Gorosei’s head. As Garling escaped through a teleportation circle, Yoriichi killed Peter, whose headless body vanished through another circle.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi severed Saint Topman Warcury’s head and used Golden Flames and his left hand to drain Warcury’s vitality.
• Saint Topman Warcury briefly resisted the Golden Flames with black flames, while Saint Garling and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter concluded Yoriichi needed a target’s head to kill them completely.
• Saint Garling and Saint Peter split up and began forming teleportation circles, and Yoriichi pursued Saint Peter while striking at Garling.
• Saint Peter shed his vengeful-spirit body to escape Yoriichi’s attack, while Saint Garling took a slash and entered his completed teleportation circle.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi caught Saint Peter’s true body and severed his head, but Peter’s headless body entered the teleportation circle before it closed.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated the Gorosei at Ryugu Palace, captured Saint Peter’s head, and ordered Magellan’s Marines to leave Fish-Man Island. Saint Peter was killed by Imu’s black flames, and Sabo arrived to take Magellan away as Yoriichi headed to free Jinbe.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi picked up Saint Peter’s head after the Gorosei escaped through the teleportation array and scattered Saint Topman Warcury’s ashes.
• Magellan arrived with Marines and Cipher Pol agents, recognized Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and asked what had happened at Ryugu Palace.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Magellan to take his people and leave Fish-Man Island, but Magellan asked about Figarland Garling.
• Saint Peter awoke and was consumed by black flames sent by Imu, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi tried to counter them with golden flames.
• Sabo emerged from lightning, took Magellan aside, and promised to explain what had happened.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi left Magellan and Sabo and headed toward the dungeon where Jinbe was held.

After Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated the Gorosei and left Fish-Man Island, Sabo told Magellan that all but Saint Garling had died, prompting Magellan to make sure the news reached Marine Headquarters. Yoriichi then freed and healed Jinbe, who blamed himself for failing to protect Fish-Man Island, and reassured him that he had done well.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi left the battlefield, and Magellan questioned Sabo about why he had come to Fish-Man Island.
• Sabo explained that he had sensed the battle with Mantra and revealed that Saint Garling had escaped while Yoriichi had killed the other Gorosei.
• Magellan's exclamation exposed the Gorosei's deaths to the gathered Marines and Cipher Pol agents, and he ordered them to keep the news secret.
• Magellan and Sabo set out for Marine Headquarters to report Yoriichi's return and the Gorosei's deaths, while Sabo recounted how Yoriichi had crushed all five opponents.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi found Jinbe imprisoned in a dungeon, melted his cell door and chains, and healed his wounds with Golden Flames.
• Jinbe apologized for failing to protect Fish-Man Island, but Yoriichi reassured him that he had done well and that Yoriichi himself had arrived too late.