Recaps

Kyros, Issho, and Mihawk landed on Baterilla Island to find Portgas D. Rouge, but CP9’s suspicion and surveillance complicated their search. After slipping away from their watchers, Kyros and Mihawk discovered that CP9 had occupied the public service hall and retreated without finding Rouge’s address.

• Kyros chose to answer CP9’s questions openly and warned the agents that he served under Tsugikuni Yoriichi, persuading them to let the group enter the island while requiring a ship inspection before departure.
• Kyros led Issho and Mihawk into town, where the three found lodging and briefly surveyed the streets as CP9 agents monitored them.
• At midnight, Issho summoned a meteor that drew the attention of a CP9 watcher, allowing Kyros and Mihawk to slip away from the inn.
• Kyros and Mihawk found CP9 agents surrounding the public service hall, which they had hoped to use to locate Portgas D. Rouge’s registered address.
• Unable to identify Rouge’s home among the town’s many red-roofed buildings, Kyros and Mihawk withdrew to plan another approach.

Kyros, Mihawk, and Issho searched Baterilla Island for Portgas D. Rouge, and Kyros found her using Roger’s sword Ace and told her Roger had entrusted her and her unborn child to Tsugikuni Yoriichi. As Roger arrived in Loguetown for his execution, Garp relayed Yoriichi’s message to him, and Roger’s final words launched the search for his treasure.

• Issho summoned another meteor to distract the CP9 agent while Kyros and Mihawk returned without finding Rouge’s address.
• Kyros revealed Roger’s sword Ace and proposed searching for Rouge by her pink hair and flowers while Issho drew CP9’s attention elsewhere.
• Kyros recognized Portgas D. Rouge when she reacted to Ace at the market, followed her home, and told her Roger had entrusted her and her child to Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
• Roger arrived in Loguetown, and Garp told him that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had asked him to accept the execution without worry.
• Roger announced that his treasure was in the Grand Line, inspiring people around the world to seek it.

After Roger’s death prompted the World Government to hunt for his pregnant wife, Baterilla Island was sealed off and Marines began arresting every pregnant woman there for execution. Kyros confronted the Marines and, after learning the reason for the arrests, seized their sergeant and contacted Tsugikuni Yoriichi for help.

• The World Government learned Roger had a wife and child, locked down Baterilla Island, and ordered pregnant women arrested and executed.
• Kyros, Issho, and Mihawk saw Marines take a pregnant woman from her home and blocked the squad from carrying her away.
• A young Marine recognized Issho and Mihawk from a newspaper photograph, and the sergeant ordered his men to lower their guns.
• The sergeant told Kyros that the Marines were executing orders tied to the search for Roger’s wife and child.
• Furious, Kyros grabbed the sergeant, demanded to see the operation’s leader, and contacted Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi sailed for Baterilla Island after learning Marines were secretly rounding up pregnant women, and he ordered Kyros to protect the islanders while Borsalino chose to stand with him. As Marine Headquarters prepared to send Sakazuki to contain the crisis, Borsalino misled Sengoku by saying Yoriichi was training.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi left Dressrosa with Borsalino after suspecting Kyros had encountered trouble in the South Blue.
• Kyros reported that Baterilla Island was sealed and Marines were rounding up pregnant women, so Yoriichi ordered him to take control and prevent any innocent deaths.
• Yoriichi threatened Borsalino with his sword, but Borsalino chose to remain his ally and redirected the warship toward the South Blue.
• Kyros stopped Marines from arresting a pregnant woman, while Issho and Mihawk stood by him on Baterilla Island.
• Sengoku learned that Yoriichi's subordinates had intervened and arranged for Sakazuki to go to the South Blue and restrain them.
• When Sengoku called, Borsalino said Yoriichi was training while Yoriichi sat nearby drinking tea.

Kyros persuaded Rear Admiral Cob to halt the Marine operation targeting pregnant women, but CP9 agent Sanjer Motta attacked Cob and Issho subdued him and the agents. When Kyros revealed that Tsugikuni Yoriichi was coming, Cob realized the confrontation could escalate into a major conflict.

• Kyros asked Rear Admiral Cob to stop the islandwide operation, and Cob ordered the Marines to release detainees and withdraw.
• Cob invited Kyros, Issho, and Mihawk aboard his ship, but Sanjer Motta and nearly a hundred CP9 agents blocked their way.
• Sanjer Motta struck Cob and tried to attack Kyros, but Issho blocked him and knocked him unconscious with gravity.
• Issho used gravity to subdue the CP9 agents, leaving only the eight-year-old boy standing.
• Cob urged Kyros to leave and offered to take responsibility, but Kyros said Tsugikuni Yoriichi was on his way and that they would protect the islanders.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Baterilla Island and organized the pregnant women’s evacuation to Dressrosa, refusing Kong’s promotion order to return to headquarters. When Sakazuki attacked the migration fleet with Meteor Volcano, Issho redirected the magma and Yoriichi’s fleet escaped.

• Kong promoted Tsugikuni Yoriichi to Admiral and ordered Sakazuki and Sengoku to escort him back to Marine Headquarters, but Yoriichi continued toward Baterilla Island.
• Yoriichi ordered Kyros to relocate the pregnant women and their families to Dressrosa, and the families began boarding after Yoriichi personally appealed to them.
• Rouge boarded the warship Dawn disguised among the nurses, and the migration fleet departed with the families and supplies.
• Sakazuki launched Meteor Volcano at the migration fleet, but Issho halted the magma with his Gravity-Gravity Fruit ability and redirected it around Sakazuki’s ships after Yoriichi stopped him from striking fellow Marines.
• Yoriichi’s migration fleet used the steam from the magma to escape while Sakazuki and his warships were left behind.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defended his evacuation fleet from Sakazuki, arguing that the Marines had no right to punish Roger’s unborn child for crimes he had not committed. After defeating Sakazuki and sailing away from Baterilla Island, Yoriichi encountered another Marine fleet led by Sengoku.

• Sakazuki attacked Yoriichi’s evacuation fleet with magma, but Issho stopped the strike and dropped it into the sea.
• Yoriichi challenged the Marines’ decision to kill innocent civilians based on the possibility that Roger’s child might become a criminal, then confronted Sakazuki aboard his warship.
• Sakazuki attacked Yoriichi, who blocked his blow and slashed him into the sea; Sakazuki’s adjutant rescued him while Yoriichi returned to his own ship and continued onward.
• Borsalino joined Yoriichi on deck, and they noticed three Marine warships approaching, led by Sengoku’s personal vessel.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi refused his promotion to admiral after Sengoku met him at sea, and he returned toward Dressrosa with the pregnant women from Baterilla Island. Kong then ordered the creation of a new Marine-affiliated unit, The Sword of Dawn, with Yoriichi in command.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered his fleet to continue toward its destination while the Dawn pulled alongside Sengoku's Battleship No. 0.
• Rosinante leaped onto the Dawn to greet Tsugikuni Yoriichi, but Kyros knocked him down during their brief clash.
• Sengoku told Tsugikuni Yoriichi to return to Marine Headquarters and take up his new admiral post, but Yoriichi refused and said he would personally deal with Roger's child if necessary.
• Sengoku left without punishing Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who then sailed back toward Dressrosa with the Dawn.
• Sengoku reported the events to Kong, who ordered the matter sealed and proposed renaming Yoriichi's Dawn Branch The Sword of Dawn, a new unit under Yoriichi's leadership.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi brought the evacuees safely to Dressrosa, where he organized their resettlement and began building schools, hospitals, and civilian housing. At Shimotsuki Koushirou’s wedding, Yoriichi announced a swordsmanship academy and encouraged Kyros to pursue the person he cared about.

• Kong ordered the Dawn Marine Branch reformed and canceled Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s admiral promotion while the World Government quietly abandoned its search on Baterilla Island.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s group crossed the Calm Belt aboard a merchant ship lifted by Issho’s gravity powers, with Borsalino and Mihawk protecting it from Sea Kings.
• King Riku and Scarlet helped Kyros organize civilian housing, schools, and hospitals in Dressrosa, while Yoriichi arranged support and training courses for the pregnant evacuees.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi assessed Shimotsuki Koushirou as the first of his subordinates to reach his limits and decided to reassign him to lead a new Marine Swordsmanship Academy.
• At Koushirou’s wedding, Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Kyros that Marines could choose different paths and urged him to pursue the person he cared about.

Shimotsuki Koushirou accepted his reassignment and helped Tsugikuni Yoriichi establish a Marine Swordsmanship Academy in Dressrosa. After Borsalino delivered intelligence about the Big Mom Pirates and Yoriichi began preparations for a response, Portgas D. Ace was born, and Rouge received Roger’s final letter and a sword.

• Shimotsuki Koushirou accepted the transfer order to help establish the Marine Swordsmanship Academy, and Kyros learned that Koushirou supported Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s plans.
• Koushirou reported that more than 1,100 teenagers had registered, so Yoriichi arranged for available Marines to teach swordsmanship and physical training gradually.
• Borsalino gave Yoriichi detailed intelligence on the Big Mom Pirates, and Yoriichi recognized that destroying their territory could endanger its civilians and agreed only to begin preparations.
• In May of Marineford Era 1501, Rouge safely gave birth to Portgas D. Ace, and Yoriichi disappeared after hearing the newborn cry.
• One week later, Rouge found a sword and Roger’s final letter, read his words about their child, and broke down in tears.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned that the ICE Branch in Water Seven had lost contact, then reached Kuzan as the exhausted Marines prepared to withdraw from the Beasts Pirates. Kaido arrived, killed the citizens’ spokesman, and claimed Water Seven for his crew.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sparred with Mihawk and Issho, displaying his superior swordsmanship, until Kyros reported that contact with Water Seven had been lost.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi reached Kuzan by Den Den Mushi and heard that the Beasts Pirates had attacked the ICE Branch and were returning.
• Kuzan ordered the surviving Marines to evacuate with the wounded, leaving Water Seven’s citizens behind so the Marines could survive and later rescue them.
• The citizens welcomed Kaido with baskets of food and drink, hoping the pirates would spare them after the Marines fled.
• Kaido killed the citizens’ spokesman, declared Water Seven the Beasts Pirates’ territory, and let his crew plunder the shore and head toward town.

After Kuzan’s exhausted survivors reached Migo Town following the Beasts Pirates’ destruction of the ICE Branch, Tsugikuni Yoriichi sailed from Dressrosa to assist them. Sengoku ordered the Marines to abandon Water Seven, but Yoriichi warned that the Beasts Pirates would soon threaten Migo Town and changed course to meet Kuzan.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered Kyros to prepare supplies and sailed for Water Seven with Issho, Mihawk, and Kyros, leaving Borsalino in charge of the Dressrosa base.
• Marco reported Yoriichi’s deployment to Whitebeard and proposed following him, but Whitebeard forbade his crew from contacting Yoriichi privately.
• Kuzan’s twenty-three surviving Marines reached Migo Town, where civilians helped carry the wounded to a hospital and Kuzan collapsed from exhaustion.
• A Marine officer reported the ICE Branch’s destruction to Sengoku, who ordered the survivors to withdraw and abandon Water Seven.
• Yoriichi told Sengoku he believed the Beasts Pirates intended to search Water Seven for a route to Laugh Tale and warned that they might attack Migo Town for supplies.
• Yoriichi redirected the Dawn toward Migo Town to meet Kuzan and his survivors.

After recovering from the defeat at Water Seven, Kuzan decided to keep the surviving Marines in Migo Town and protect its residents until Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived. Kaido sent the Beasts Pirates to attack Migo Town, where Kuzan blocked their bombardment before King confronted him.

• Kuzan awoke in a hospital in Migo Town, learned that the surviving Marines had been ordered to return to Marineford, and chose to stay and protect the town.
• Kaido recalled how the Beasts Pirates had driven the Marines from Water Seven and ordered King to lead a raid on Migo Town for supplies.
• The Beasts Pirates spent three days preparing, then sailed from Water Seven and left its civilians mourning their losses.
• The Beasts Pirates bombarded Migo Town, and Kuzan raised an Ice Wall to shield the harbor while freezing the surrounding sea.
• Kaido sent King to fight Kuzan, and King flew to the shore and clashed with him, asking why the Marines had not left.

King and Kuzan fought fiercely at Migo Town, with King breaking free from Kuzan’s ice and revealing his extraordinary speed and durability. Kaido arrived above the harbor and unleashed a Bolo Breath toward Kuzan and the civilians, but the blast met a mysterious defense that filled the docks with steam.

• Kuzan attacked King with ice, froze him inside a massive sphere, and watched as King burst free in flames.
• King and Kuzan exchanged attacks; King’s speed surged when the flames on his back went out, and he kicked Kuzan through a house before charging after him.
• Kuzan countered with a storm of ice needles, but King emerged unharmed, while Kuzan also showed no visible injuries.
• Kaido appeared above Migo Town in his azure dragon form and criticized King for being too slow.
• Kaido fired a Bolo Breath at the harbor, but instead of burning the docks, the blast produced a sizzling sound and a vast cloud of steam.

Kaido overwhelmed Kuzan in their battle at Migo Town, but a powerful Conqueror's Haki swept in from the distant sea just as Kaido prepared to finish him. Kaido and King turned toward the unseen arrival, recognizing a formidable enemy.

• Kuzan protected Migo Town's civilians beneath an ice dome, but Kaido shattered it with Thunder Bagua and wounded him in their exchange.
• Kaido smashed the dock away from the island, freed the pirate ships from the ice, and struck Kuzan through several walls before breaking the sea ice with another blow.
• Despite his severe injuries, Kuzan rose and told Kaido he had to answer the civilians' prayers, prompting Kaido to prepare a finishing strike.
• A surge of waves and powerful Conqueror's Haki swept across the sea, knocking out several pirates and drawing Kaido and King toward the distant horizon.

Kuzan froze King while Kaido was distracted, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived with Issho, Mihawk, and Kyros aboard a flying Marine warship. After the Marines destroyed most of Kaido’s fleet and challenged the Beasts Pirates, Kaido and King began escaping, leaving Issho to answer Yoriichi’s command to bring them down.

• Kuzan ambushed King and froze him, but Kaido blocked a powerful slash that arrived from across the sea.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived with Issho, Mihawk, and Kyros aboard the flying warship Dawn, and the Marines cut apart the Beasts Pirates’ ships.
• Kaido confronted the four Marines as King broke free of Kuzan’s ice, and Yoriichi asked Mihawk to fight King.
• Kaido blocked Mihawk’s slash and transformed into a dragon while Yoriichi attacked him, and King fought Mihawk.
• Kaido used flame clouds to carry King and the surviving pirates away on floating ice, but Yoriichi ordered Issho to bring them down.

Issho and Tsugikuni Yoriichi attacked Kaido and King, but the two Beasts Pirates escaped after surviving a meteor shower and Yoriichi’s slashes. After apologizing to Kuzan for failing to avenge his branch, Yoriichi ordered him to recover and prepared to go to Water Seven the next morning.

• At Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s signal, Issho sent a massive meteor shower at Kaido, King, and the Beasts Pirates, destroying their ice block and scattering the survivors into the sea.
• Kaido and King climbed out of the meteor shower until Issho used gravity to drag them down, while the final meteors threatened them.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi attacked Kaido from above, but King intercepted him, giving Kaido time to escape; Kaido then blocked another slash with his claw before fleeing with King.
• Yoriichi returned to shore and apologized to Kuzan for failing to help him avenge his branch, while Kuzan said he had been prepared for the outcome.
• After Kuzan’s injuries flared up, Yoriichi ordered Kyros to take him to the hospital, told Issho to salvage the pirate ships, and said he would go to Water Seven at dawn.

After Kaido and King fled Migo Town, they returned to Water Seven and found that hunger and violence had devastated the town before setting off for Risky Red Island to recruit allies. Two days later, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Marines arrived to find Water Seven nearly deserted, and Yoriichi wondered whether anyone had survived.

• Kaido told King they would recruit powerful subordinates and seek revenge, then the two flew to Water Seven.
• Starving pirates entered Water Seven, where a desperate boy bit one of them and the town’s starving residents later devoured his corpse.
• Kaido found his remaining ship empty of crew and food, chose Risky Red Island as the starting point for building a new force, and left with King.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Water Seven with the Marines, killed a bloodied man who approached him, and found no apparent survivors in the ruined town.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi buried the dead in Water Seven and arranged for Issho to join Kuzan’s ICE Branch as his adjutant, hoping Issho could rise beyond Dawn Sword’s rank limits. After the Marines left Migo Town, Marco arrived and claimed it for the Whitebeard Pirates.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told the Marines Water Seven had no survivors, and Issho buried the town beneath a mound of earth as a tomb for its dead.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi visited the recovering Kuzan and learned that Headquarters planned to summon him back, leaving the ICE Branch without its leader.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi offered Issho to Kuzan as an adjutant so Issho could advance in the Marines, and Issho agreed to obey the transfer.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Dawn Sword Marines left Migo Town, followed about ten days later by Kuzan and the remaining ICE Branch Marines.
• Marco arrived with the Whitebeard Pirates, claimed Migo Town as their territory, and gave a young man a Den Den Mushi to report trouble.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi developed a way to fly by using Conqueror’s Haki and celebrated the New Year with the Marines at the Dawn Sword Marine Branch. Meanwhile, Vice Admiral Gwar Saron arrested Nicole Olivia and received orders to join a Buster Call against Ohara.

• Whitebeard and Marco finished claiming Migo Town for the Whitebeard Pirates, then set sail for Wano Country to visit Kozuki Oden.
• Marine Headquarters rewarded Kyros, Mihawk, and the other subordinates of Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and sent one hundred recruits, a warship, and patrol boats to the Dawn Sword Marine Branch.
• Kyros and Mihawk watched Tsugikuni Yoriichi fly using his newly developed Sky Dance Technique, which drew on Conqueror’s Haki.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi asked Kyros to prepare a New Year’s banquet, and the Marines celebrated as fireworks lit up Dressrosa.
• Vice Admiral Gwar Saron arrested Nicole Olivia in West Blue and was ordered to join the other vice admirals in carrying out a Buster Call on Ohara.

Kong ordered Saron, Kuzan, Issho, Sakazuki, Kashi, and Stroberi to take part in the Buster Call on Ohara, while secretly hoping Saron and Kuzan would complicate the operation. After a storm wrecked Saron’s ship, Ohara’s people rescued him, and he learned why the island was targeted; he vowed to protect its inhabitants and help them escape.

• Kong ordered Saron to carry out the Buster Call on Ohara without explaining that the Gorosei had demanded it, then assigned Kuzan and three Hawk Faction Vice Admirals to the operation.
• Kuzan told Issho they were changing course for Ohara, while Saron’s warship was overturned by a storm and Saron freed Nicole Olivia before it sank.
• Saron washed ashore on Ohara, where Robin and Professor Clover welcomed him and thanked him for bringing Olivia back.
• After settling on the island, Saron observed its people and found no sign that they deserved to be attacked.
• Olivia told Professor Clover that the Marines planned a Buster Call, and Clover explained to Saron that the scholars’ research into the Void Century had drawn the World Government’s wrath.
• Saron agreed to help evacuate Ohara’s ordinary citizens and protect Robin, declaring that the Buster Call was not the justice he sought.

Vice Admiral Kashi returned an evacuation ship to Ohara and ordered civilians screened while Kuzan struggled with his doubts about the coming Buster Call. During his visits to the island, Kuzan befriended Nico Robin, but the arrival of the Buster Call fleet left him facing the attack’s imminent start.

• Vice Admiral Kashi intercepted an evacuation ship, detained its captain and sailors, and ordered the civilians sent back to Ohara for screening.
• Commodore Kruger used gunfire to restore order at Ohara’s docks as civilians crowded to board, while Kuzan and Yoru watched from their warship.
• Kuzan wandered through Ohara at night and met Nico Robin beneath a tree, warning her not to reveal that she was a scholar.
• Kuzan repeatedly visited Ohara and grew close to Robin, who found companionship in the Marine uncle who treated her like an ordinary child.
• Sakazuki arrived with the Buster Call fleet and ordered the ships to prepare to attack Ohara at dawn.

As the Marines prepared to destroy Ohara, Saron tried to take Robin to safety, and Kuzan chose to help them escape. The Buster Call began the next morning, but Kuzan and Issho intervened when Sakazuki ordered the evacuation ship attacked, leaving Kuzan confronting Sakazuki atop his frozen cannon.

• The scholars worked through the night to save books, and Professor Clover entrusted Robin to Saron so he could take her away from Ohara.
• Kuzan intercepted Saron, froze his arm to stop him, then agreed to protect Robin and led them aboard his warship with Issho.
• The next morning, the Marine fleet began shelling the Tree of Knowledge, while Kuzan's warship held fire under the excuse that its shells were damp.
• Sakazuki ordered his ships to fire on the evacuation ship, claiming scholars might be among the civilians.
• Issho used his Gravity Blade to redirect the incoming shells into the sky, and Kuzan froze and cracked Sakazuki's cannon before confronting him.

Kuzan stopped Sakazuki from attacking Ohara’s evacuation ship, and the two Vice Admirals fought over whether suspected scholars justified killing civilians. Issho joined Kuzan, forcing Sakazuki to withdraw, while Kuzan affirmed his resolve to pursue justice with Issho and Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

• Kuzan froze Sakazuki’s main cannon and challenged his order to fire on the evacuation ship carrying Ohara’s civilians.
• Sakazuki insisted that destroying the ship would prevent any scholars from escaping, while Kuzan froze the warship and fought him with ice and Haki.
• Kuzan gained an opening to strike Sakazuki but stopped, and Sakazuki escaped through the warship and launched a magma attack at the evacuation ship.
• Issho used gravity to knock Sakazuki away from the ship, then stood beside Kuzan and asked him to spare the civilians.
• Sakazuki abandoned his attack, warned Kuzan and Issho that their choices could bring disaster, and left Ohara to report the matter to Sengoku.
• Kuzan said he would not regret his decision and vowed to pursue Pure Justice alongside Issho and Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

After Ohara was destroyed, Kuzan and Issho protected the traumatized Nico Robin and arranged for her to be taken to Dressrosa. Mihawk arrived to bring Robin to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, leaving her stunned when he used his sword to row the boat.

• Kuzan and Issho watched the Buster Call devastate Ohara, while Issho accepted responsibility for his actions and Kuzan protected him from blame.
• CP9 searched the ruins and screened the refugees, causing more than half of the civilians who escaped Ohara to die.
• Issho comforted Robin aboard Kuzan's warship, and Kuzan arranged for her to stay with Issho in the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Kuzan returned to Marine Headquarters, where Sengoku punished him and Sakazuki equally and then let their conflict pass.
• Mihawk arrived at Sabaody to take Robin to Dressrosa, and Robin watched in shock as he used Black Blade Night as a paddle.