Recaps

Nereus forced the Five Elders to recognize Ryugu Kingdom’s rights, ban Fish-Man and Merfolk slavery, and grant him access to the next Reverie. He began establishing Ryugu Kingdom’s presence in Sabaody, while Tom delivered Pluto’s blueprints and Rachel reported the arrival of one of Amphitrite’s relatives.

• Garp refused promotion to Admiral as news of Nereus’s attack on Mary Geoise spread, stirring pirates and former Rocks Pirates to action.
• Nereus brought the freed slaves to Delta Island, then arranged for former Celestial Dragon slaves who were pirates to join Dragon’s uprising.
• Nereus confronted Zephyr and challenged the Navy’s role in protecting the Celestial Dragons, prompting Zephyr to investigate the God Valley incident.
• Nereus attacked the Five Elders at Mary Geoise and negotiated Fish-Man Island’s recognition, a ban on Fish-Man and Merfolk slavery, tax exemption, Reverie access, and the removal of his Bounty.
• Nusjuro stopped Kong from attacking Nereus, and the Five Elders ordered the Marines to accept the agreement.
• Nereus planned to train Amphitrite, Nanamo, and the next generation in Sabaody, while Babel claimed part of the Lawless Area and began protecting Ryugu Kingdom’s interests there.
• Tom gave Nereus Pluto’s blueprints and learned that the warship was beneath Wano Country, then returned to Water 7 and recommended Den to teach ship-disabling techniques.
• Nereus’s fifty-seven recruits began rigorous training, and Rachel told him that a relative of Amphitrite had arrived.

Nereus searched Wano Country for Kawamatsu, met Kozuki Oden, and arranged a secret survey of Wano’s Seastone deposits. After Harding kidnapped Una, Nereus closed Fish-Man Island’s waters until Harding was killed, leaving the Underworld wary of harming Ryugu Kingdom citizens.

• Alber joined Nereus on Fish-Man Island, while Sebastian met Dragon and Zephyr, who refused to join Dragon’s resistance but said he might recommend someone later.
• Nereus learned Kawamatsu and his mother had disappeared, then traveled to Wano Country, rescued Kawamatsu, and met Inuarashi and Nekomamushi.
• Nanamo defeated Kozuki Oden in a fight, and Nereus asked Oden to translate his Poneglyph notes while Big Pan surveyed Wano’s Seastone deposits.
• Nereus brought Inuarashi and Nekomamushi to Delta Island, where Luna recognized them, as Babel discovered that Harding had abducted Una and rescued her from his ship.
• Nereus canceled the Neptune Army’s leave and announced a blockade of Fish-Man Island until Harding’s head was delivered, offering a one-hundred-million-Beli reward.
• The blockade stranded ships and devastated trade, so Pirates, bounty hunters, assassins, and the Big Mom Pirates pursued Harding while he escaped their attacks.
• Harding reached Red Port, but Cipher Pol agents captured him with Seastone cuffs and sold him out rather than risk provoking Nereus.
• An Underworld broker delivered Harding’s corpse, ending the blockade, and Underworld members agreed to punish anyone who harmed a Fish-Man or Mermaid.

Nereus brought Fish-Man Island to the Reverie, confronted the Dole Kingdom’s enslavement of its people, and led a campaign that freed them. After leaving Tiger to help establish a new government, Nereus returned to family matters and transformed the Poneglyphs into a living weapon.

• Nereus attended the Reverie, confronted King Chaplin over Harding’s attack on a Ryugu Kingdom soldier, and challenged the Dole Kingdom after Chaplin refused to apologize.
• Nereus and Zephyr secretly entered the Dole Kingdom, where they saw slaves forced to work beneath the roads, and Zephyr freed prisoners after witnessing their treatment.
• Nereus’s eight hundred Neptune Army soldiers attacked the Dole Kingdom while Zephyr confronted Chaplin and struck him down, helping end the kingdom’s slave system.
• After the former Royal Army was disbanded, Nereus left Tiger to help organize a new order, and the Dole Kingdom later developed with Ryugu Kingdom assistance.
• Crocus joined Roger’s voyage to search for the Rumbar Pirates and visit Nereus, while Nereus cared for Chloe as her Lunarian traits emerged.
• Arlong’s classmates found him caring for baby Shyarly, and he eventually placed her in one of Nereus’s childcare institutions.
• Nereus used the Turtle-Turtle Fruit, Model: Xuanwu, to transform the red and gray Poneglyphs into a stone turtle and scarlet serpent, then subdued the weapon with his Haki.

Nereus defended Fish-Man Island from a pirate fleet, while Roger pursued the final Poneglyph and Charlotte Linlin tried to enlist Nereus against him. The Roger Pirates headed back to Fish-Man Island as Nereus learned from Wobigon about Vegapunk’s secret operative.

• Nereus tested the transformed Poneglyph’s ability to reflect attacks, then ordered Tiger to find Noland’s descendants and bring them back if they were willing.
• Roger’s crew reached Fish-Man Island, where Bullet challenged Nereus and fought Nanamo before Roger and Nereus discussed Shanks and the Celestial Dragons.
• Cricket joined Tiger but chose to seek the City of Gold with the Tontatta Dwarves, while Luna’s crew spotted a pirate fleet gathering against Nereus.
• Sebastian led the Neptune Army in a whirlpool ambush that wrecked the pirate fleet, and Nereus used the Red Snake and Black Tortoise to help defeat the survivors.
• Ochoku brought treasure to Fish-Man Island to avert war, and Nereus accepted his explanation and let him return to Hachinosu.
• Charlotte Linlin asked Nereus to sink Roger, but he refused, and Roger realized Nereus knew where the last Poneglyph was located.
• The Roger Pirates set sail for Fish-Man Island as Wobigon arrived with his son Zeo and privately told Nereus that Vegapunk had placed Stussy in Cipher Pol as a hidden operative.