Recaps

Tsugikuni Yoriichi questioned the evidence against Issho after Kyros found that the witnesses’ identical accounts and the Emerald Peak Duchy’s early investigation seemed suspicious. Issho prepared to leave rather than burden the civilians, but Yoriichi ordered Kyros to investigate the duchy’s officials and Viscount Wenbulai’s past, leaving Issho curious about the Marine commander.

• Kyros reported that all the witnesses gave nearly identical accounts and that Emerald Peak Duchy investigators had arrived before him.
• Kyros explained that Viscount Wenbulai was the Duchess’s younger brother and asked how the Marines should proceed with Issho accused of murder.
• Issho said he would not surrender because he had not lied, but accepted the accusation rather than add to the civilians’ troubles.
• Yoriichi praised Issho’s gentleness and ordered Kyros to investigate the duchy’s investigators and Wenbulai’s past, using underworld contacts for information.
• Issho said he wanted to learn what kind of person Yoriichi was, and Yoriichi invited him to stay and continue talking.

After investigating Viscount Wenbulai and clearing Issho of wrongdoing, Tsugikuni Yoriichi persuaded Issho to join the Marines. As Yoriichi and his crew left the Emerald Peak Duchy, a meteor destroyed the palace and killed the Duchess; the chapter ended with Garp and Zephyr arriving at Marine G-10 Branch.

• Kyros investigated Viscount Wenbulai, his sister, and Duke Mis, then reported that the viscount and his sister had committed serious crimes while the duke had long been stripped of power.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi declared Issho innocent of killing Viscount Wenbulai and invited him to join the Marines.
• Issho accepted Yoriichi's invitation and agreed to bear justice as a Marine.
• A meteor struck the palace after Yoriichi's warship left the island, and a rumor spread that the Duchess had died in the impact.
• Yoriichi and his group arrived at Marine G-10 Branch, where Major General Rocca welcomed them.
• Garp and Zephyr arrived at the branch aboard a dog-head warship and spotted Yoriichi's ship in the harbor.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Marine G-10 Branch and learned Headquarters would send someone to escort him to Marineford. Zephyr arrived with Garp, tested Yoriichi by attacking him, and Issho blocked the blow, impressing the senior Marines.

• Major General Rocca welcomed Yoriichi and praised his victory against pirates, then asked about Issho and Kyros.
• Yoriichi introduced Issho as his recently recruited right-hand man and Kyros as a captain from Dressrosa.
• Rocca told Yoriichi to rest at G-10 Branch until Headquarters sent an escort to Marineford.
• Zephyr suddenly charged at Yoriichi, but Issho stepped in and blocked his punch with his sword and Gravity Blade.
• Yoriichi recognized Zephyr as his teacher, and Garp entered and praised Issho after hearing that he had blocked Zephyr's attack.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to Marine Headquarters with Garp and met Fleet Admiral Kong, who offered him the choice of establishing a New World Marine Branch or serving as a Headquarters Vice Admiral. Yoriichi chose to establish a branch at Dressrosa and asked Headquarters for sufficient support.

• Zephyr praised Issho as a suitable right-hand man for Yoriichi, and Yoriichi introduced Issho to Zephyr and Garp.
• Garp explained that Headquarters had sent him to bring Yoriichi back, and the group left G-10 aboard Garp’s Dog-head Warship.
• Issho learned from Kyros that Yoriichi had offended the World Government, which increased Issho’s admiration for him.
• Yoriichi arrived at Marineford to a crowd of curious Marines, then went with Garp to meet Fleet Admiral Kong.
• Kong offered Yoriichi a New World branch or a Headquarters Vice Admiral post, and Yoriichi chose Dressrosa as the branch’s location.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi secured approval to establish a Marine branch in Dressrosa, naming it Dawn, and received limited funding, a warship, and the Smoke-Smoke Fruit for a future subordinate. After his promotion to Vice Admiral, he departed Headquarters with Garp, Issho, and Kyros, but Garp secretly steered the ship toward a place where they could obtain better warships.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi chose Dressrosa for the new branch, and Kong approved the plan after Sengoku and Tsuru supported it.
• Kong granted Yoriichi several experienced officers, one warship, and one billion Beli, and Yoriichi named the branch Dawn.
• Yoriichi encouraged Rosinante to become a Marine officer and join him in the New World someday.
• Zephyr gave Yoriichi the Smoke-Smoke Fruit, explaining that Sakazuki had obtained it for the branch.
• Yoriichi received his Vice Admiral promotion and left Headquarters aboard Garp's Dog-head Warship with Issho and Kyros.
• Garp revealed that he was taking them to a place where they could have better warships built instead of heading directly to the New World.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Garp visited Water Seven to hire Tom to build a warship for Yoriichi’s journey into the New World. Tom suspected the Marines had come for the Pluton blueprints, and he grew more alarmed when Yoriichi’s group decided to remain on the island for three months.

• Garp explained Water Seven’s shipbuilding reputation and brought Yoriichi, Issho, and the others to Dock 1 to find Tom.
• Tom mistook Garp’s visit for an arrest over his past work for Roger, but Garp told him the Marines wanted to hire him to build a warship for 300 million Beli.
• Yoriichi listed ambitious requirements for a mobile fortress, and Tom suspected the Marines were probing him for the Pluton blueprints.
• Tom said he could complete the ship in three months, and Yoriichi agreed to wait on Water Seven while Garp arranged Marines to join his New World voyage.
• Yoriichi asked Garp to send the Marines from the ICE Branch to Kuzan, while Tom privately concluded the group planned to stay on the island to pursue Pluton’s blueprints.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Marines left Tom to design their ship and traveled with Garp to the East Blue. Yoriichi sensed that Tom was being watched, while the group headed for Shimotsuki Village to find Dragon.

• Tom told Tsugikuni Yoriichi that the ship blueprints would be ready in half a month and asked the Marines not to disturb him.
• Garp invited Yoriichi to visit the East Blue, and Issho and Kyros chose to go with them.
• Yoriichi gave Tom a Den Den Mushi and offered to help if he ran into trouble.
• Issho sensed Tom's tension and said someone was watching the shipyard; Yoriichi suspected the World Government was surveilling Tom.
• Garp's Dog-head Warship reached the East Blue, and he took Yoriichi, Issho, and Kyros toward Shimotsuki Village, where Dragon was living in seclusion.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Marines arrived at Shimotsuki Village, where Yoriichi recognized the owner of Isshin Dojo, Shimotsuki Koushirou. Yoriichi offered Koushirou a position teaching practical swordsmanship aboard the Dawn, and Koushirou reacted with surprise when he noticed Yoriichi's sword.

• Shimotsuki Koushirou sensed a powerful Marine ship approaching Shimotsuki Village and watched it reach shore.
• Garp led Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Issho, and Kyros into the village while he headed to visit Dragon and his wife.
• Yoriichi stopped at Isshin Dojo and told Garp he had business there.
• Shimotsuki Koushirou greeted the Marines at the dojo, and Yoriichi invited him to join the Marines as a swordsmanship instructor aboard the Dawn.
• Koushirou stared at Yoriichi's sword and abruptly narrowed his eyes.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arranged a spar between Kyros and Shimotsuki Koushirou in exchange for letting Koushirou inspect Enma and Ama no Habakiri. After their first exchange, Yoriichi assessed Koushirou's swordsmanship and wondered whether he had mastered Haki.

• Shimotsuki Koushirou recognized Enma and Ama no Habakiri at Yoriichi's waist and asked to inspect the famed blades.
• Yoriichi said the swords had been taken as spoils of war and offered Koushirou a chance to inspect them if he sparred with Kyros.
• Koushirou accepted and guided Yoriichi, Kyros, and Issho into Isshin Dojo.
• Kyros and Koushirou began their spar with bamboo swords, and Koushirou deflected Kyros's thrust before counterattacking.
• Kyros dodged Koushirou's counter, and Yoriichi judged Koushirou's trained swordsmanship while wondering whether he had mastered Haki.

Kyros and Shimotsuki Koushirou tested their strength, then Koushirou examined Enma and was nearly drained by the Demon Blade until Tsugikuni Yoriichi took control of it. Koushirou’s father arrived, recognized Enma and Dawn as Demon Blades, and asked Yoriichi his name.

• Kyros used Soru to attack Shimotsuki Koushirou, who blocked the strike and countered with Armament Haki, knocking Kyros down despite his Tekkai.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi stopped the duel, praised Shimotsuki Koushirou, and handed him Enma and Ama no Habakiri to examine.
• Enma absorbed Shimotsuki Koushirou’s Armament Haki and weakened him until he collapsed and released the sword.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi took Enma from Shimotsuki Koushirou, and the blade became docile in his hand.
• Shimotsuki Koushirou’s father arrived, recognized Enma and Dawn as Demon Blades, and asked Tsugikuni Yoriichi his name.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned from Shimotsuki Koushirou that famous blades can kill wielders they deem unworthy, and that his blade Dawn had not yet been sharpened in the blood-forging sense. Before leaving, Yoriichi invited Shimotsuki Koshiro to join the Marines, while Shimotsuki Koushirou wondered how much the Marine knew about Wano Country.

• Shimotsuki Koushirou explained that famous blades choose their masters and that Demon Blades can kill wielders they consider unworthy.
• Shimotsuki Koushirou scolded Shimotsuki Koshiro for recklessly using Wado Ichimonji, which he had kept from his son because it might kill him.
• Yoriichi asked about Dawn, and Shimotsuki Koushirou told him the blade had not been sharpened and that weapons meant for killing were sharpened with blood.
• Yoriichi invited Shimotsuki Koshiro to join the Marines and said he would remain at the harbor for one day.
• After Yoriichi, Kyros, and Issho left, Shimotsuki Koushirou muttered that the Marine knew a great deal about Wano Country.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kyros waited at a tavern while Issho joined a dice game and clashed with Bellemere. When Bellemere shot a gambler, the dealer transformed into a beast and Marines rushed in to arrest him, just as Yoriichi sensed someone extraordinary arriving.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Kyros that the commotion outside was a friendly exchange between father and son, then took him and Issho to the village tavern.
• Issho sat down to gamble despite Bellemere's protests, and the fat gambler tried to draw a weapon.
• Bellemere shot the fat gambler dead, prompting the tavern crowd to flee.
• The dealer transformed into a tusked, bristly beast and crushed Bellemere's gun as she escaped the table.
• Eight Marines entered and called on the transformed dealer, Sheep Herder Kappei, to surrender.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed someone extraordinary at the entrance and put his hand on his sword.

Bellemere’s planned arrest of Sheep Herder Kappei collapsed when Issho disrupted the timing, but Kyros killed Kappei and rescued her. A young swordsman then entered the tavern, challenged Issho, and left the Marines facing a new confrontation.

• Kappei knocked away a Marine with a gambling table, while Bellemere’s dagger failed to pierce his transformed hide.
• Kappei grabbed Bellemere and began choking her as the Marines surrounded him.
• Kyros cut off Kappei’s arm and killed him with a sword thrust to the chest.
• Kyros checked on Bellemere, who realized that he and the other Marines were likely from outside the East Blue.
• A young swordsman entered the tavern, fixed his gaze on Issho, and declared that Issho would be his opponent.

Dracule Mihawk entered the tavern and challenged Issho to a duel, but withdrew after realizing Issho was not the swordsman he sought. As Mihawk tried to leave, a red-haired Marine confronted him for attacking his subordinate.

• Mihawk launched a flying slash at Kyros, and Issho stepped in to block it.
• Mihawk introduced himself and challenged Issho, then attacked him with Black Blade Night.
• Issho used his Gravity-Gravity Fruit to force Mihawk into the ground, and Mihawk escaped before conceding that Issho was not the person he sought.
• Mihawk turned to leave the tavern, but a red-haired Marine appeared behind him and blocked his blade.
• The red-haired Marine rebuked Mihawk for attacking his subordinate and trying to leave.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted the young Dracule Mihawk and decisively overpowered him in their sword fight. After Mihawk fell, Yoriichi held a blade to his neck and arrested him.

• Mihawk attacked Yoriichi, who deflected his thrust and struck him through a tavern doorway.
• Yoriichi assessed Mihawk's strength as far below his own, while Mihawk rose and demanded to know the Marine's name.
• Yoriichi identified himself as Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Tsugikuni Yoriichi and resumed the fight.
• Yoriichi switched his sword between hands to break Mihawk's defense and send him flying down the street.
• Yoriichi appeared behind Mihawk, placed his blade against his neck, and declared him under arrest.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defeated Dracule Mihawk and turned his surrender into an order to serve aboard the Marines’ ship until he could surpass Yoriichi. Mihawk embraced the challenge and followed him, while Bellemere declined Yoriichi’s invitation to join his unit.

• After losing to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Dracule Mihawk demanded death, but Yoriichi sentenced him to labor reform aboard the Marines’ ship.
• Yoriichi learned that Mihawk dreamed of becoming the world’s greatest Great Swordsman and promised to release him once he surpassed Yoriichi.
• Mihawk recovered his resolve, vowed to defeat Yoriichi, and agreed to follow him with Issho and Kyros.
• Yoriichi paid a Marine to compensate civilians for battle damage and told him to take credit for capturing Mihawk.
• Yoriichi invited Bellemere to join his unit, but she refused and thanked him for saving her and the other Marines.
• Mihawk followed Yoriichi from the tavern, calling him an arrogant swordsman.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi brought Dracule Mihawk aboard and welcomed Shimotsuki Koushirou into the Marines, then sparred with Mihawk while the new recruits met. The group set sail for Water Seven with Garp, where Tom was preparing designs for Yoriichi’s warship.

• Yoriichi learned that Mihawk had only been recorded as a bounty hunter and planned to make him a Marine.
• Shimotsuki Koushirou left his father and joined the Marines, saying he wanted to see the sea and someday return to Wano Country.
• Yoriichi sparred with Mihawk, disarmed him, and accidentally knocked him into the sea, where Kyros rescued him.
• Yoriichi apologized to Koushirou for pressuring him and welcomed him after Koushirou confirmed he had joined willingly.
• Garp returned to the warship, met Mihawk and Koushirou, and ordered the crew to head back to Water Seven to see Tom’s warship blueprints.

Garp’s fleet crossed Reverse Mountain on its way from the East Blue to the Grand Line while Tsugikuni Yoriichi admired the ascending current. In Water Seven, Gol D. Roger secretly visited Tom and asked him to build a boat for one final trip to the New World.

• Garp changed course so his fleet would enter the Grand Line through Reverse Mountain, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the others marveled at the rising seawater.
• Garp ordered the marines to prepare, and the Dog-head Warship rode the Knock Up Stream up Reverse Mountain.
• Tom returned home in Water Seven and found Gol D. Roger waiting for him with a bottle of wine.
• Tom checked that no one was watching and confronted Roger about risking a visit while the World Government was hunting him.
• Roger told Tom that he had a terminal illness and asked him to build a small boat so he could visit old friends in the New World before returning to the South Blue to die.

Roger reunited with Tom and revealed that he had a terminal illness, then urged him to use the Oro Jackson’s Adam Tree keel for Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s warship. Roger trusted that Tsugikuni and Garp were not after Pluton and left Tom convinced the young Marine would change the world.

• Roger told Tom he had only a little over a year to live, and Tom tried to take him to a doctor.
• Tom explained that Vice Admiral Garp had brought Tsugikuni Yoriichi to Water Seven to commission a personal warship.
• Tom worried that the Marines might be after Pluton, but Roger assured him they had come only for a ship and said the World Government would not get its way.
• Roger ordered Tom to dismantle the Oro Jackson and use its Adam Tree keel for Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s warship.
• Roger explained that his crew had disbanded and the Oro Jackson would attract the Marines, then declared that Tsugikuni would change the world.

After Roger left Water Seven, Tom began designing a warship for Tsugikuni Yoriichi, using the Adam Tree keel from the Oro Jackson. CP9 moved to seize the keel and arrest the shipwrights, but Yoriichi and his Marines arrived and attacked the agents.

• Roger said goodbye to Tom and sailed for the New World after the Oro Jackson was dismantled and its Adam Tree keel was taken to Water Seven.
• Tom began designing Yoriichi’s warship and added a Cannon Linkage System based on technology from Pluton’s blueprints.
• CP9 agents arrived at Dock 1, accused the shipwrights of colluding with pirates, and ordered them arrested while taking control of the dockyard.
• Tom invoked Yoriichi’s warship contract to resist CP9, but the agents killed Borton after he resisted arrest.
• Iceburg confronted CP9 over Borton’s death, and Tom shielded him from an attack until Kyros intervened and severed the attacker’s foot.
• Yoriichi arrived with Issho and the other Marines; Issho crushed the CP9 agents with gravity after Yoriichi ordered him to leave them alive.

Yoriichi and Issho intervened when CP9 killed a shipwright at Tom’s shipyard, and Iceburg exposed the agents’ abuse of authority. Yoriichi ordered the surviving CP9 agents arrested and their case taken over by the Marines, then left the shipyard to consider the consequences.

• Issho used his gravity powers to subdue the CP9 agents and killed their leader, Furu.
• Yoriichi confronted the subdued agents, and one claimed they had been investigating shipwrights for colluding with pirates.
• Iceburg accused CP9 of detaining the shipwrights without cause and killing a young man, and Yoriichi believed his account.
• Yoriichi ordered Issho to release the agents from the gravity restraint but had Kyros bind and arrest them for Marine investigation.
• Yoriichi told Tom he would return after handling the matter, then left the shipyard with his group.

After Yoriichi documented the CP9 agents’ plan to seize Tom’s Adam Tree, Garp rushed back to Water Seven and confronted him. Yoriichi explained that his confidence came from justice and prepared to show Garp the confessions and interrogation recording.

• After Kyros reported the killing of the CP9 leader, Garp turned his warship around and headed for Water Seven.
• Yoriichi and his companions interrogated the CP9 agents, who admitted they had targeted Tom’s Adam Tree for the Celestial Dragons.
• Yoriichi recorded the agents’ statements, obtained their signed confessions, and secretly filmed the interrogation.
• Garp arrived at the Marine base and attacked Yoriichi, who blocked him with a bamboo sword as their Haki collided.
• Garp used Conqueror’s Coating and shattered the ground with a punch, then asked Yoriichi whether his strength gave him confidence.
• Yoriichi said his confidence came from justice and asked Koshiro to bring Garp the confessions and Video Den Den Mushi.

After Garp confronted Yoriichi over killing CP9 agents in Water Seven, Yoriichi argued that the Marines had done the right thing and asked Garp to publicize it. Garp took the agents away and reported the incident to Morgans, whose explosive headline spread the story worldwide.

• Garp warned Yoriichi that killing CP9 agents could provoke the World Government and undo the protection he had gained after killing CP0 agents.
• Yoriichi calmly defended his actions as justice and asked Garp to contact Morgans to report how the Marines had corrected CP9's mistakes.
• Garp told Yoriichi to stay on the island until his warship was finished, promised to report the matter to Sengoku, and took the CP9 agents away.
• Garp asked Issho to keep Yoriichi from acting recklessly, and Issho agreed without revealing that he had carried out Yoriichi's order to kill the agents.
• Yoriichi and his companions repaired their base's damaged clearing after Garp left Water Seven with the CP9 agents.
• Within three days, Morgans published a sensational front-page story praising the Marines, spreading news of the Water Seven incident around the world.

After the Water Seven incident became public, Garp helped Yoriichi conceal the details while Kong and Sengoku confronted the fallout from the newspaper report. Yoriichi then reviewed Tom’s completed warship design, which Tom named the Dawn Ship.

• Yoriichi arranged compensation for Bolton’s family, and Garp agreed to keep the Water Seven events quiet for the time being.
• A newspaper report praised Yoriichi’s deeds and exposed the conflict with CP9, drawing Kong’s anger and making Yoriichi the center of public attention.
• Garp called Sengoku and defended Yoriichi while criticizing CP9, then hung up before Sengoku and Kong could question him.
• Tom invited Yoriichi and his companions to inspect the completed warship blueprints and described its advanced systems and capabilities.
• Tom named Yoriichi’s warship the Dawn Ship.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s warship Dawn was completed, and after brief sea trials and a visit to Marine Headquarters, his crew set course for the New World. The chapter ended with Mihawk cutting apart a pirate ship as Dawn sailed into the New World.

• Tom and the seven Water Seven shipyards built Dawn, incorporating Yoriichi’s gym, dojo, and library into its design.
• Yoriichi noticed a newspaper report that the World Government had burned down one of Morgans’s offices, while Marine Headquarters remained quiet about his team killing CP9.
• Tom launched Dawn, and Yoriichi departed Water Seven with his crew after thanking Tom and accepting his advice to conduct sea trials.
• Yoriichi visited Alabasta but did not encounter Crocodile, and Kong ordered him to stop wandering the first half of the Grand Line and head for the New World.
• Yoriichi visited Zephyr at Marine Headquarters and asked him to write “Pure Justice” for his office before Kong sent the crew onward.
• Mihawk sliced a pirate ship in half as Dawn entered the New World, and Yoriichi noted that they did not know the pirates’ identities to report the victory.