Recaps

Dawn arrived after Katakuri’s group escaped an ambush, healed his injured allies, and learned how the Charlotte Family was using the mirror world to rescue survivors. Katakuri accepted that the Big Mom Pirates were doomed and continued gathering people, while Dawn abandoned his hope of obtaining Charlotte Brulee’s fruit for now.

• Katakuri used his awakened mochi powers to hold off Shiryu of the Rain, Hina, and the others, then escaped with rescued pirates into the ruined town.
• Dawn arrived, confirmed his allies were safe, healed their injuries, and asked Shiryu of the Rain whether he was satisfied with the fight.
• Sola explained the encounter, and Dawn learned that Katakuri had been rescuing pirates through Charlotte Brulee’s mirrors.
• Katakuri accepted that he could not save Big Mom and began gathering the Charlotte Family’s remaining forces and survivors.
• Dawn regretted losing the chance to obtain Charlotte Brulee’s Mirror-Mirror Fruit but prioritized killing Big Mom.

Luffy invited Charlotte Pudding aboard the Sunny after reuniting her with Sanji, while the Marines completed their defeat of the Big Mom Pirates across Cake Island and the surrounding territory. After the battle, Dawn and the Marine leaders discussed what to do with the vast lands they had captured.

• Luffy invited Charlotte Pudding to join the Straw Hat Pirates, and the crew celebrated aboard the Sunny with a banquet.
• Dawn and Ouroboros continued crushing pirates across Cake Island as Kizaru feigned pursuit of Katakuri and the Vinsmoke Family escaped.
• The Marines wiped out the Big Mom Pirates' remaining forces and began taking control of the islands around Whole Cake Island.
• Dawn treated the wounded after the battle, then joined Sakazuki, Kizaru, and Fujitora around a bonfire.
• Sakazuki praised Dawn for helping secure victory, and Dawn asked what the Marines planned to do with their newly captured territory.

Dawn proposed that the Marines take over Whole Cake Island and revealed he could repair and rearrange its shattered islands. He urged the Marines to develop the territory into a nation-backed power independent of the World Government, leaving Sakazuki and the Admirals to confront the implications.

• Sakazuki, Fujitora, and Kizaru discussed whether the Marines should move their headquarters to Whole Cake Island and worried about the costs and the other Emperors’ reactions.
• Dawn offered to repair Cake Island and move Marine Headquarters there using abilities similar to Golden Lion’s.
• Dawn enclosed himself, Sakazuki, Fujitora, and Kizaru in a soundproof space before proposing that the Marines take over and develop the territory.
• Dawn said the Marines could piece the islands together and build their own power with a nation behind it, prompting Sakazuki to demand to know what he was trying to do.

Dawn negotiated with Sakazuki over the Navy's future, pushing for a stronger voice and development on Whole Cake Island without openly seeking independence. After Sakazuki left, Dawn explained to Fujitora how he had used provocation and compromise to win support for the plan, which would give the Navy a vast New World territory to develop.

• Dawn challenged Sakazuki to give the Navy confidence and a voice, then proposed developing Whole Cake Island while preserving its islands and dessert factories.
• Sakazuki agreed to consider Dawn's proposal and ended the discussion, warning the others not to spread rumors about it.
• Sakazuki and Kizaru left, while Dawn stayed with Fujitora and shared more grilled sea beast meat.
• Dawn told Fujitora that he had deliberately presented an extreme goal so Sakazuki would accept the more moderate proposal.
• Dawn reflected that the Navy's control of Whole Cake Island's thirty-four islands and Cake Island would give it land, population, wealth, and military strength for major development.

After Big Mom's death, the Navy claimed victory and prepared to occupy Whole Cake Island as its new base. Dawn anticipated that the Navy's growing power would eventually bring it into conflict with the World Government and force Sakazuki to choose a side.

• News of Big Mom's death spread worldwide, and people reacted with celebration, disbelief, or ambitions to claim her place.
• Enel heard of Big Mom's death and taunted Kaido, who angrily pursued him as their battle resumed.
• Dawn and Ouroboros used the Float-Float Fruit to repair the shattered Cake Island.
• Sakazuki told Dawn that the Five Elders had approved the Navy's plan to station itself in Whole Cake Island's waters.
• Dawn expected the Navy's growing strength and Sakazuki's choices to lead to a future struggle with the World Government.

Dawn moved Marine Headquarters to Whole Cake Island and received an invitation to attend the Reverie, while the news of Big Mom’s death brought the war between Enel and Kaido’s forces to a halt. As Enel withdrew, Byrnndi World fired an amplified electromagnetic cannon at Kaido, leaving him eager to use the weapon against the World Government.

• Dawn relocated Marine Headquarters to the center of Whole Cake Island, where the Marines began building strongholds, and received advance notice to attend the Reverie.
• The World Government intended to present Dawn as a Marine Hero at the Reverie, while he understood its gesture of goodwill over the North Sea kings’ protests.
• After Big Mom’s death became known, Enel and Kaido’s forces reduced their fighting and pulled back, leaving their top officers to continue the clash.
• Enel called off his battle with Kaido to avoid leaving both sides vulnerable, but Kaido pursued him.
• Byrnndi World fired a Super Electromagnetic Cannon from a flying warship, striking Kaido and then clashing with his flame attack.
• Byrnndi World celebrated the cannon’s power and declared that it could help him take revenge on the World Government.

Byrnndi World tested the Thunder God Pirates' electromagnetic cannon as Enel promised an even more powerful weapon. In the Mirror World, Katakuri rejected revenge and chose to protect his surviving family, after which the Charlotte remnants gradually disappeared from the seas.

• Byrnndi World tested the electromagnetic cannon, whose blast gained immense power when amplified by his More-More Fruit.
• Enel told Byrnndi World to keep training so he could withstand amplifying the pirates' unfinished secret weapon.
• Mondol informed Katakuri's group that Abraham Dawn had moved the Marines' New World headquarters beside Cake Island.
• Katakuri told the surviving Charlotte family that survival mattered more than revenge and that they would live for themselves.
• Brulee supported Katakuri, while Pekoms later left to return to his hometown.
• The Charlotte remnants led by Katakuri gradually faded from news across the seas.

Two months after Big Mom's defeat, Dawn was summoned to Marine Headquarters, where Sakazuki and the senior Marines briefed him on Douglas Bullet's escape from Impel Down. The Marines knew Bullet was behind the Pirate Expo, and Dawn suspected Big Mom's death had pushed the event ahead of schedule.

• Pirates who sought to claim Big Mom's place as a Four Emperor turned away from Whole Cake Island after rumors spread about Dawn's power.
• Ouroboros flew the half-asleep Dawn from an outlying island to Marine Headquarters.
• Dawn met Sakazuki, Tsuru, Sengoku, and Garp in a conference room.
• Garp and Sengoku told Dawn that Blackbeard's crew had freed many Level Six prisoners and that Douglas Bullet, the Pirate King's former crew member, had escaped.
• Dawn was surprised the Marines already knew Bullet was behind the Pirate Expo and wondered whether Big Mom's death had forced the event to begin early.

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku briefed Dawn on Douglas Bullet’s brutal childhood, rise as a child soldier, time with the Roger Pirates, and imprisonment in Impel Down. After learning Bullet had become a monstrous opponent bent on surpassing Roger, Dawn volunteered to fight him alone.

• Sengoku gave Dawn and the others a briefing on Bullet’s origins and history.
• Dawn read records describing how Bullet was betrayed as a child soldier, ate the Fusion-Fusion Fruit, and destroyed his own nation after General Douglas betrayed him.
• The records revealed that Bullet joined the Roger Pirates as a challenger, left after Roger became terminally ill, and was later defeated and imprisoned in Impel Down.
• Dawn learned that Bullet had spent more than twenty years in prison planning to surpass Roger by killing the world’s strongest fighters.
• Dawn told the others he wanted to face Bullet alone, and Garp laughed and said Dawn might be strong enough to defeat him.

Dawn arrived at the island hosting the Pirate Expo, intending to defeat Douglas Bullet and recruit him. After warning Capone Bege about the Marines’ knowledge of the event, Dawn watched the Expo begin and saw Roger’s treasure challenge set the island in motion.

• Dawn sailed toward the Pirate Expo island, planning to defeat Bullet and persuade him to serve under him.
• Dawn arrived at the island, met Capone Bege, and warned him to leave after learning the Expo would begin the next day.
• Dawn visited Hachi and Camie’s takoyaki stall before following the pirates to the island’s central bay.
• The host announced the Expo’s rules and revealed that Gol D. Roger had buried treasure on the island and left a cryptic challenge.
• A whirlpool and towering current lifted the island inside an enormous bubble, and Dawn prepared a surprise for Bullet.

The pirates raced up the soaring current to the island inside a giant bubble, where they fought one another for the treasure aboard an old galleon. As Clown Buggy grabbed the old chest, an unknown man appeared behind him and took it.

• The Straw Hat Pirates launched the Thousand Sunny into first place using Franky's Coup de Burst and Nami's steering.
• The pirates reached the island and spotted a dilapidated galleon piled with treasure, including an old chest Nami suspected was Roger's treasure.
• Zoro fought Killer while Luffy, Scratchman Apoo, Eustass Kid, X Drake, and Urouge battled and raced toward the galleon.
• Dawn shot toward the island as Clown Buggy flew to the treasure and seized the old chest.
• An unknown man took the chest from Clown Buggy, who turned furiously to confront the thief.

Dawn confronted Buggy on the sky island, then faced Douglas Bullet, who had seized the treasure chest and overwhelmed the Worst Generation. The battle left Bullet dominating the island while Dawn stood against him.

• Buggy recognized Dawn and shouted his name as Dawn declared that the pirate banquet was over.
• Dawn called out Douglas Bullet, and a ship exploded, shattering the sky island and sending it falling into the inland sea.
• Bullet appeared with the treasure chest and grabbed Usopp, but he tossed Usopp aside and knocked Luffy away.
• Dawn revealed that Bullet had leaked information to lure the Marines, and the two men clashed with Conqueror's Haki.
• Bullet attacked Luffy, Kid, Killer, X Drake, Urouge, and Apoo, defeating them despite their combined efforts.

Dawn and Bullet fought after effortlessly defeating the Worst Generation, escalating their clash into a battle between colossal forms. The Worst Generation began retreating while Dawn and Bullet continued exchanging devastating blows.

• Dawn used Ouroboros to create a gigantic fist that shattered Kid’s iron arm and knocked him into the ground.
• Bullet knocked Luffy out of Gear Fourth, then clashed with Dawn and was blasted away by Dawn’s superior strength.
• Dawn chased Bullet and hammered him with a barrage of Haki-coated punches before forcing him to dig trenches into the ground to stop himself.
• Bullet revealed the Catapult and used the Fusion-Fusion Fruit to transform himself and his ship into a colossal robot.
• Dawn formed a crimson giant, and the two giants collided as the Worst Generation retreated with Killer carrying Kid.
• Dawn attacked Bullet’s robot with a forty-meter-long black blade, and Bullet met the strike with a Haki-coated iron fist.

Dawn fought Burter's giant machine and pressured him until Burter awakened his Devil Fruit, engulfing the island in purple material and forming a colossal demon god. After Bullet's immense attacks nearly crushed him, Dawn combined his compressed armor, living cloak, and Armament Haki into a new form, Calamity God - Mad Demon Song.

• Dawn's greatsword drove Burter backward, and he taunted Burter as the island was devastated by their clashes.
• Burter awakened his Devil Fruit, spreading purple material across the island and absorbing it and his machine into a colossal demon god.
• Bullet's demon god struck Dawn's crimson giant and sent it crashing through the island's mountains.
• Dawn escaped Bullet's crushing attack and compressed his crimson giant into armor.
• Dawn's living cloak merged with the armor and his Armament Haki, creating Calamity God - Mad Demon Song.

Dawn explained how the God of Calamity controlled his three-part defensive armor, then fought Bullet in his Berserk Song state. Dawn shattered Bullet’s massive fist, revealing that his strength had surpassed Bullet’s despite their enormous difference in size.

• Dawn explained that the God of Calamity controlled armor combining Armament Haki, Blood Song Aura, and compressed atmosphere.
• Dawn told Bullet that his attempt to surpass Roger was misguided, but Bullet rejected his words and attacked with a mountain-sized fist.
• Dawn charged into Bullet’s punch and remained suspended in midair after their fists collided.
• Dawn’s greater strength cracked and shattered Bullet’s enormous fist.

Dawn overwhelmed Bullet, shattering his awakened giant form and taunting him about the gulf between his strength and the Pirate King’s. After Dawn claimed the victory proved he might equal or surpass Roger, Bullet attacked again, and Dawn caught his arm.

• Dawn caught Bullet’s punch and shattered his awakened fist, then told him he was not the person destined to surpass Roger.
• Dawn cut off one of Bullet’s giant arms with Oto and Conqueror’s Haki.
• Dawn battered Bullet’s other arm and chest until the giant form fell and shattered under his full-power punch.
• Dawn taunted the fallen Bullet, suggesting his victory meant he had reached or surpassed Roger’s strength.
• Bullet swept an arm at Dawn, and Dawn caught it while challenging Bullet to reconsider his confidence in his own strength.

Dawn continued fighting Bullet, overpowering him with his strength, Haki, and Calamity God's flawless defense. Bullet refused to yield and launched a desperate close-range attack, bringing the clash to a cliffhanger.

• Bullet transformed with Ghost Qi, Conqueror's Haki, and Armament Haki, then charged Dawn.
• Dawn and Bullet exchanged more than a thousand blows in midair before Dawn struck Bullet away and declared himself superior to the Pirate King.
• Bullet charged again, and Dawn used Observation Haki: Time Slow to deflect his punches and kick him in the abdomen.
• Bullet endured the kick, grabbed Dawn at close range, and brought his Haki-coated head down toward him.
• Dawn smiled as Bullet launched his desperate attack.

Dawn and Ouroboros fought Bullet, using their coordinated abilities to counter his brutal attacks and force him to spend Haki. Bullet adapted by abandoning defense and trading injuries, keeping the clash dangerous as both fighters charged into another exchange.

• Dawn predicted Bullet’s charge, seized his wrists, and struck his chest before Bullet slammed him toward the ground.
• Dawn escaped Bullet’s grip and kicked him away while Ouroboros trapped Bullet in a tornado of wind blades that drained his Armament Haki.
• Bullet shattered the ground beneath the tornado and lunged at Dawn, who used a kick, leg armor, and a blow to Bullet’s arm to avoid being seized.
• Bullet recognized that Dawn’s speed and reactions gave him an edge, so he gave up defending and fought by trading injuries.
• Dawn and Bullet charged together again, and Dawn caught Bullet’s arms and threw him backward.

Dawn defeated Bullet, captured him with Seastone, and sank the island fragment to conceal the evidence. Kizaru remained focused on containing the fleeing pirates as Dawn returned from the destruction.

• Dawn used Time Slow and a series of attacks to break Bullet’s arm, slash his chest, and knock him unconscious.
• Dawn bound Bullet with Seastone, and Ouroboros swallowed him into Fortress Space.
• Dawn rose into the sky and bombarded the island fragment with white-flame spears, forcing Sabo, Luffy, Lucci, and the Worst Generation pirates to flee.
• The island fragment broke apart and sank, leaving a massive whirlpool as the Marines and pirates clashed around the perimeter.
• Kizaru told Dawn he had sunk an entire island, then flew away as Dawn said Bullet would sink with it.

After defeating Bullet, Dawn rested aboard the warship while the Marines pursued the fleeing pirates and searched for Bullet’s body. He reported the victory to Marine Headquarters, and his growing reputation as a new Marine Hero spread while Bullet remained imprisoned in secret.

• Kizaru searched the waters around the battlefield for Bullet, but found no body, and Dawn teased Momotaro about diving into the dangerous sea to look for him.
• After the sea calmed, Kizaru searched again and joined the Vice Admirals in pursuing the remaining pirates while Dawn rested and recovered from his injuries.
• Ouroboros kept Bullet restrained in a prepared room inside the fortress space and treated his broken bones without giving him access to Dawn’s healing aura.
• Dawn reported his victory over Bullet to Marine Headquarters, and Sengoku and Sakazuki agreed to continue searching for Bullet.
• Dawn’s defeat of Bullet spread through the Marines and among the escaped pirates, strengthening his reputation as a new Marine Hero.
• Dawn secretly began coaxing the powerful enemy he had just fought.

Dawn visited the defeated Bullet in his prison cell and tried to recruit him by arguing that surpassing Roger required accomplishing what Roger could not. He left Bullet fixated on Dawn’s proposal to become an enemy of the Creator through “God Slaying.”

• Dawn decided that recruiting Bullet would be more valuable than killing him for a boost to his physical strength.
• Dawn found Bullet awake but withdrawn in his cell, and Bullet reluctantly responded to him.
• Dawn argued that strength alone could not surpass Roger and that Bullet had chosen the wrong path.
• Dawn told Bullet that he could surpass Roger by accomplishing what Roger had failed to do.
• Dawn declared that the impossible achievement was becoming an enemy of the Creator through God Slaying.

Dawn explained to Bullet that he intended to overthrow the World Government by reforming the Marines and continuing Roger’s pursuit of the truth. Convinced that Dawn’s enemies offered the ultimate challenge, Bullet agreed to join him.

• Dawn freed Bullet and argued that overthrowing the World Government would surpass Roger’s achievement.
• Dawn explained his belief that Roger’s death had ignited a search for the Void Century’s truth that would eventually bring down the World Government.
• Bullet asked why Dawn had led the campaign against Big Mom, and Dawn said he needed to secure the Marines and defeat external threats before confronting the World Government.
• Bullet realized that Dawn’s plan matched his own desire to challenge the world and agreed to join him.
• Bullet declared that defeating the Four Emperors, Admirals, and the World Government’s hidden forces would be the greatest goal for surpassing Roger.

Bullet joined Dawn’s forces through the Contract, and Dawn revealed plans to strike at Kaido’s Beasts Pirates. On Thunder God Island, Enel’s officers prepared to intercept Jack as he invaded Zou, following a mission Dawn had revised based on Catarina Devon’s intelligence.

• Bullet welcomed Dawn’s plan, signed the Contract, and joined his forces.
• Enel reviewed news of the Marines defeating the Devil’s Heir and gathered the Thunder God Pirates’ officers for a meeting.
• Enel explained that Catarina Devon had infiltrated the Beasts Pirates and learned Jack was leading men to Zou to capture Raizo.
• Dawn changed the plan and ordered the Thunder God Pirates to use the opportunity to intercept Jack while he was on his way to Zou.
• Chloe assigned Wapol to guide the group to Zou, and Wapol vowed to defend his homeland.
• Moria declared that he would kill Jack and use his corpse to begin his revenge against the Beasts Pirates.

Enel and the others assigned forces to rescue Zou and attack Wano Country, then welcomed Ace and Marco to finalize an alliance with the Whitebeard Pirates. Ace agreed to join the campaign against Kaido to free Wano Country and reclaim territory for his crew.

• Enel assigned Moria, Chloe, and Wapol to save Zou and kill Jack, while Trick agreed to lead the mission to Wano Country.
• Tiger worried that splitting their forces would leave the crew vulnerable, but Trick and Enel reassured him that their reserves and Enel's battlefield support would be enough.
• Marco and Ace arrived at the Lightning Tower, and Ace confirmed the Whitebeard Pirates' agreement with Enel.
• Ace considered Tama's hardship in Wano Country and decided to join the war rather than take her away.
• Enel promised the Whitebeard Pirates territory in return for helping defeat Kaido, and Ace agreed to liberate Wano Country and fly the Whitebeard Pirates' flag there.

Jack attacked Zou and captured Momonosuke, Kin'emon, Raizo, and the others after the Minks and samurai resisted him. The poison gas overwhelmed Zou’s defenders, leaving the island under Jack’s control.

• Marco asked who would join the expedition to Wano Country, and Trick volunteered to help ensure the plan succeeded.
• Jack’s men infiltrated Zou and captured Momonosuke, prompting Kin'emon, Duke Inuarashi, and Master Nekomamushi to fight Jack.
• Jack used Momonosuke as a hostage to demand the samurai’s surrender while battling them through the day and night.
• Jack ordered his men to release poison gas after Kin'emon and the others refused to surrender.
• The gas weakened Zou’s defenders, and Jack’s forces captured Kin'emon, Raizo, Kanjuro, and the others before taking control of Zou.