Recaps

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his allies defied orders to save civilians on Baterilla and Migo Town, then Kuzan and Issho resisted the Buster Call’s attack on Ohara. The arc ended with Robin leaving Sabaody for Dressrosa with Mihawk.

• Kyros found Rouge and told her that Tsugikuni Yoriichi would protect her and her child, while Roger announced that his treasure lay in the Grand Line.
• When Marines rounded up pregnant women on Baterilla, Yoriichi ordered Kyros to protect the islanders and evacuated them to Dressrosa despite Sakazuki’s attack.
• Yoriichi led the Dawn to Migo Town, where he and his allies fought Kaido and King after Kuzan defended the town from the Beasts Pirates.
• Yoriichi found Water Seven abandoned and destroyed, then transferred Issho to Kuzan’s command as the Marine forces withdrew.
• Saron helped Robin and Ohara’s civilians prepare to escape, but Sakazuki’s fleet began the Buster Call and targeted their evacuation ship.
• Kuzan and Issho stopped Sakazuki from attacking the ship, and Kuzan vowed to pursue Pure Justice alongside Issho and Yoriichi.
• CP9 screened the refugees after Ohara’s destruction, while Kuzan arranged for Robin to stay with Issho in Sabaody.
• Mihawk arrived at Sabaody and took Robin to Dressrosa aboard his sword, Black Blade Night.

Yoriichi recruited Fisher Tiger and other Fish-Men before leading the Marines against Kaido’s forces on Risky Red Island. After a clash involving Whitebeard ended with Kaido carried away and King captured, Yoriichi’s possible appointment as Fleet Admiral faced opposition from the Gorosei.

• Yoriichi brought Robin to Dressrosa as her guardian, then recruited Fisher Tiger to lead a new Fish-Man Marine unit.
• At Sabaody, Mihawk killed five CP9 agents who tried to seize Fisher Tiger, and Kong tasked Yoriichi with attacking the Beasts Pirates on Risky Red Island.
• Yoriichi and Tiger reached Fish-Man Island, where Jinbe and Aladdin joined the Marines after Mjosgard’s arrival created a crisis that Otohime helped defuse.
• The Marines attacked Risky Red Island, captured King, and announced his execution to draw Kaido out while trying to avoid harming the island’s civilians.
• Yoriichi fought Kaido through the Marines’ assault, but Whitebeard intervened and clashed with Yoriichi before allowing him to leave with Kaido.
• Kaido returned for King, and Yoriichi struck him down before falling into the sea, and Whitebeard stopped the resulting tsunami and carried Kaido away, while Yoriichi survived and helped defeat the remaining pirates.
• Kong told the Gorosei that Yoriichi had taken King to Dressrosa and nominated Yoriichi as his Fleet Admiral candidate, but Saint Marcus Mars rejected the recommendation.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi defied the World Government to help Dragon free the slaves, then separated Dawn Sword from Marine Headquarters and made it independent. The arc ended as CP0 pressured Dressrosa over Heavenly Gold while Sengoku faced growing unrest and attacks on Marine branches.

• Kong secured Sengoku’s appointment as Fleet Admiral and Yoriichi’s promotion to Admiral, while Yoriichi continued returning fallen comrades to their families.
• Yoriichi organized Dawn Sword’s New World bases, explored Holy Spirit Island, and brought Irene into the Marines as a trainee.
• After Jinbe reported that freed slaves included a boy branded with the Celestial Dragon’s Mark, Yoriichi defied Sengoku’s order to stand down and sailed toward the slave fleet.
• Yoriichi fought the Holy Knights and Saint Jaygarcia Saturn while Dragon’s allies freed the slaves, then escaped the sinking warship after battling Saturn and Garling.
• Yoriichi returned to Headquarters, where Sengoku severed Dawn Sword’s ties to Headquarters, and most of Yoriichi’s New World Marines chose to remain with him.
• Yoriichi attended Kyros and Scarlet’s wedding with his allies, and Rouge introduced him to her son Ace.
• CP0 commander Ulysses Goodrian presented Kyros and Scarlet with an Inu Inu no Mi, Wolf Form, and discussed Heavenly Gold with King Riku.
• Yoriichi warned his Marines that the Celestial Dragons were testing them, while Sengoku received reports of attacks on Marine branches, kingdom unrest, and Freedom Army activity.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi expanded Dawn Sword’s influence while pursuing the Nika Fruit, exposing abuses and confronting threats linked to the World Government. The arc left him aboard the Red Force with Shanks under pressure to help the Kingdom of Goa, while a new investigation into Flevance’s White Lead Ore began.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi took Dressrosa’s Heavenly Gold as overdue military funding and agreed to pursue peace in the Four Blues against the Revolutionary Army.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted Kuma in the Sorbé Kingdom, then made the kingdom a Dawn Sword base and enlisted Kuma to help it grow.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi traveled to the East Blue after the Nika Fruit was sighted, exposed the Kingdom of Mole’s slave trade, and ordered its royal and noble leaders executed.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi built an orphanage and continued searching the East Blue before exploring Sky Island, where he found the Goro Goro no Mi and chose not to eat it.
• Fisher Tiger investigated a suspicious World Government ship, but CP0 Chief Jink framed the Marines for an attack and the resulting outrage threatened Dawn Sword.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi reached the Kingdom of Goa, where he recognized Shanks as a Celestial Dragon and pressured him to help change the treatment of the poor.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi stayed aboard the Red Force, met Uta and the Red-Haired Pirates, and urged Jesus Burgess to abandon piracy while Ben Beckman defended his freedom.
• Tensei received orders to investigate White Lead Ore from Flevance, and warned Commodore Shipley against pursuing petty schemes.