Recaps

Gray recruited Robin into Fairy Tail and enlisted Baroque Works’ senior agents, revealing himself as their founder and promising to train them. He then assigned them to hunt Crocodile and began leading them toward the fight.

• Gray found Robin in Rainbase and offered her protection, strength, and access to Poneglyphs in exchange for joining Fairy Tail.
• Robin accepted Gray’s offer, and the two planned to use her position in Baroque Works to gather its senior agents.
• Gray revealed himself to the assembled agents as Baroque Works’ founder and explained that Robin had helped build the organization while he remained hidden.
• Gray promised the agents training at Fairy Tail’s headquarters and taught them that Haki could counter Logia users.
• Gray gave the agents their mission: hunt down Crocodile, and announced that the hunt was beginning.

Gray defeated Crocodile, took control of Baroque Works, and brought Robin to translate the Poneglyph in Alabasta. After returning to Sky Island and assigning Robin a Road Poneglyph to translate, Gray called Charlotte Linlin and demanded to speak with her.

• Gray teleported into Crocodile’s room, forced him into a fight, and knocked him unconscious in the desert.
• Gray had Mr. 1 and the others lock Crocodile in Seastone Handcuffs, then took Robin to the Alabasta Kingdom capital to read the Poneglyph.
• Robin translated the Poneglyph and found that it described Pluton’s location, while Gray explained why he had no interest in seeking the ancient battleship.
• Gray arranged for Tesoro to take over Baroque Works and fold it into Fairy Tail’s intelligence network.
• After returning to Sky Island, Gray gave Robin a Road Poneglyph to translate and called the BIG.MM Pirates, telling Charlotte Katakuri to put Charlotte Linlin on the line.

Gray struck a deal with Charlotte Linlin to marry Galette and Pudding in exchange for translated Road Poneglyphs, then traveled to Whole Cake Island with his allies. As his group arrived, Gray unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki to announce their presence.

• Gray offered Charlotte Linlin translated Road Poneglyphs in exchange for marrying Galette and Pudding, and he ended the call when she tried to bargain.
• Charlotte Linlin agreed to the deal but invited Gray to Whole Cake Island so she could test his strength; Gray warned her against involving the World Government.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed the Charlotte Family’s gathering and the Marines’ worsening position amid growing unrest and distrust.
• Gray set out for Totto Land with Hancock, Yamato, Issho, Enel, Kuma, and Viola, while reassuring the women who were unhappy about his proposed marriages.
• Gray’s group entered Totto Land’s waters and headed for Whole Cake Island, where Viola reported Charlotte Linlin’s preparations.
• As the ship descended toward the island, Gray unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and announced their arrival to Big Mom and her family.

Gray and Fairy Tail’s crew arrived on Cake Island, where Gray challenged Charlotte Linlin while his companions fought her children. The battles continued across the island, and Gray asked Linlin why she was not using advanced Conqueror’s Haki.

• Pudding worried with Galette about her arranged marriage before Gray’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out most people on Cake Island and the surrounding fleet.
• Gray told Linlin he was testing himself during his first visit to his mother-in-law, and they clashed their Conqueror’s Haki as their crews gathered.
• Linlin summoned Zeus, Napoleon, and Prometheus, then exchanged attacks with Gray as he met her Elbaf’s Spear with King’s Fist.
• Yamato fought Katakuri, Enel attacked Cracker, Hancock battled Smoothie, and Issho held off Perospero, Snack, Daifuku, Oven, and the other Charlotte siblings.
• Gray weathered Linlin’s and her Homies’ attacks, then asked why she was not using advanced Conqueror’s Haki.

Gray defeated Charlotte Linlin after a fierce battle, then proposed trading translated Road Poneglyphs for a deal that included marrying one of her daughters. With Big Mom’s crew outmatched, Katakuri offered to discuss the marriage terms, and Gray agreed.

• Gray and Charlotte Linlin clashed with Advanced Conqueror’s Haki, testing each other’s strength as the fight intensified.
• Issho defeated Perospero and the others while Yamato fought Katakuri, Enel battled Cracker, and Hancock faced Smoothie.
• After half an hour of fighting, Gray used Flash and an Advanced Conqueror’s Haki kick to send Charlotte Linlin crashing through buildings.
• Gray asked Charlotte Linlin whether she wanted to keep fighting, and she recognized that his group had overwhelmed her crew.
• Gray explained that he wanted a deal involving translated Road Poneglyphs and a marriage to one of Charlotte Linlin’s daughters, and Katakuri offered to discuss the proposal.

The Four Elders ordered Uranus to destroy Fairy Tail and Whole Cake Island, while Gray helped the Charlotte Family obtain a translated Road Poneglyph and then prepared to confront the weapon. He remained on the island as bait as Uranus gathered energy overhead, hoping to destroy it and awaken his Devil Fruit.

• The Four Elders overruled Sengoku and agreed to use the National Treasure Uranus to destroy Fairy Tail and the Big Mom Pirates on Whole Cake Island.
• Gray shared a translated Road Poneglyph with Charlotte Linlin, and Robin translated the Charlotte Family's Road Poneglyph from images sent by fax.
• Viola spotted an iron ship approaching from Mary Geoise, so Gray ordered Kuma to evacuate Fairy Tail's fighters and warned the Charlotte Family that Uranus was coming.
• Kuma agreed to repel the Charlotte Family members away from the island, while Gray chose to stay and draw Uranus's attack.
• Charlotte Linlin joined Gray's plan to fight back, then left to find Issho as Gray waited in the plaza for Uranus to arrive.
• Black clouds formed a vortex over Whole Cake Island, and Gray prepared to destroy Uranus and push his Devil Fruit abilities further.

Gray, Issho, Charlotte Linlin, and Kuma attacked Uranus after it fired on Totto Land, drained its remaining energy, and destroyed its systems. They escaped as the Four Elders rushed to retrieve the wreck, leaving the Celestial Dragons without their Ancient Weapon and facing growing unrest.

• Gray reflected Uranus's lasers back toward the flying battleship while its beams devastated Totto Land.
• Issho, Charlotte Linlin, and Kuma found Uranus and attacked its shield as Gray continued striking from below.
• The group overwhelmed Uranus's shield, stopped its escape, and boarded the powerless ship to wreck its circuitry and interior.
• Gray and the others left the wreck sinking into the sea, and Charlotte Linlin flew off to reunite with her children.
• The Four Elders lost contact with Uranus and hurried toward Totto Land, alarmed that the Celestial Dragons had lost one of the pillars of their rule.

After Uranus was destroyed and Totto Land devastated, Charlotte Linlin formed an alliance with Kaido while the World Government planned to replace its lost weapon and punish her family. Gray returned to Fairy Tail’s base, and as his group trained, the World Government expanded the Shichibukai and Marines while Zephyr’s Neo Marines drew away former Marines.

• Kaido read reports of Uranus’s destruction and Totto Land’s devastation, while Dragon and his allies discussed how the loss of Uranus had improved their prospects.
• Charlotte Linlin called Kaido and invoked his debt to her from God Valley until he reluctantly agreed to ally with her against the World Government.
• Charlotte Linlin ordered her family to hide for a week, while the Five Elders discussed recovering the Pluton blueprints, developing an energy source, and making the Charlotte Family the Marines’ top target.
• Gray returned to Green Bit, where Fairy Tail welcomed him and held a banquet with Pudding, Galette, and their companions.
• Fairy Tail kept a low profile and trained on Sky Island as the World Government appointed seven Shichibukai and launched a World Military Draft.
• Zephyr formed the Neo Marines with former Marines and other recruits, while Aramaki joined the Marines as an Admiral.

Over the past year, Gray built Sky Island into a self-sufficient nation while Fairy Tail’s crew grew stronger, and the Navy suffered a defeat after Kaido joined Charlotte Linlin against its attack. Gray then led the crew toward the North Blue to find Trafalgar Law and cure Bonney, but the island’s arrival at sea ended with the crew pausing for a beach barbecue.

• Kaido aided Charlotte Linlin against the Navy, and Sengoku ordered a retreat after Garp’s reinforcements helped prevent a worse defeat.
• Gray expanded Sky Island, established strength-based advancement, and trained Fairy Tail’s members over the past year.
• Gray set out for the North Blue with the crew to find the Op-Op Fruit User who could cure Bonney, whose illness had resisted other treatments.
• Green Bit descended to the sea, and Yamato ran across the water with Bonney while Kuma watched over them.
• Gray invited the crew to hold a beach barbecue, and Kizaru avoided provoking Hancock as the others agreed to celebrate.

Gray recruited Basil Hawkins into Fairy Tail after testing his divination, then led the crew toward Swallow Island to find Trafalgar Law. Their arrival in the North Blue reached the Five Elders, whose ranks had been restored with Saint Fado as the new member, while Shanks remained their hoped-for future commander of the God's Knights.

• Gray and the Fairy Tail crew entered the North Blue and visited Hawkins, a fortune-teller Gray had learned about through Tesoro.
• Hawkins used his Tarot Cards to determine that Gray had come for him and that accepting or refusing the offer carried equal odds of life and death.
• Gray invited Hawkins to join Fairy Tail, and Hawkins accepted, packed his belongings, and left the island with the crew.
• Gray and the others sailed Green Bit toward Swallow Island, where Trafalgar Law was located.
• The World Government learned of Fairy Tail's arrival in the North Blue, and the Five Elders discussed Saint Fado's appointment and Shanks's intended role as commander of the God's Knights.

The World Government mobilized the Five Elders, Admirals, Garp, and elite forces to destroy Fairy Tail in the North Blue, while Gray gathered intelligence and prepared to meet them. Gray committed to fighting strategically so the guild could grow stronger without needless losses, and began contacting allies to restrain the enemy.

• Saint Nusjuro decided that four of the Five Elders, CP0, CP9, the Three Admirals, Garp, and elite Marines would attack Fairy Tail, while Saint Peter stayed behind and Sengoku guarded the New World's entrance.
• Doflamingo warned Gray that the Marines were massing forces and heading for the North Blue, and Gray learned from Tesoro that the Admirals had entered the Calm Belt with elite troops.
• Gray told Tesoro to remain Fairy Tail's covert intelligence asset, and Tesoro ordered Tanaka to raise the Golden City's alert, send intelligence operatives to the North Blue, and dispatch Bon Clay and others to support Gray if needed.
• Gray told Fairy Tail's gathered members that the World Government was coming and urged them to prepare carefully, emphasizing that he would not accept pointless sacrifices.
• After the meeting, Gray decided to use the coming war to test Fairy Tail's strength and advance his own, then began contacting allies who could tie down the enemy.

Gray arranged for Kaido and Charlotte Linlin to attack Sengoku in the New World, offering the location of a Road Poneglyph and Pluton in exchange. He then contacted Dragon to draw him into the North Blue conflict, leaving several major forces poised to move against the Marines and World Government.

• Gray called Charlotte Linlin and persuaded her to contact Kaido so the three of them could discuss his offer.
• Gray promised Kaido and Charlotte Linlin the location of the third Road Poneglyph and Pluton if they killed Sengoku, and explained that he would keep the Marines occupied in the North Blue.
• Charlotte Linlin and Kaido agreed to attack Sengoku and ordered Katakuri and King to gather their crews.
• Gray decided that Sengoku's death could lead to Kuzan leaving the Marines, and planned to recruit him into Fairy Tail.
• Gray called Dragon and told him that Monkey D. Garp was among the forces headed to the North Blue, prompting Dragon to go there to stop his father.
• Gray suggested that Dragon use the Marines' distraction to raid Mary Geoise or Marine Headquarters and gather resources for the Revolutionary Army.

Gray invited Morgans to broadcast his coming battle with the World Government, while Golden Lion Shiki moved to seize the Empty Throne by recruiting prisoners from Impel Down. On Swallow Island, Gray recruited Luo and had Pudding erase Luo’s memories of Corazon, leaving Luo confused about why he had passed out.

• Gray asked Morgans to broadcast his coming battle, intending to use Uta’s ability as part of his plans.
• Golden Lion Shiki resolved to pursue the Empty Throne and sent his floating islands toward Impel Down to recruit powerful subordinates.
• Gray found Luo on Swallow Island and asked him to join Fairy Tail, citing his talent and the Op-Op Fruit.
• Gray knocked Luo unconscious, and Pudding extracted and erased his memories related to Corazon.
• Luo woke with a headache beside Bepo, Penguin, and Shachi, and Gray criticized him for being too weak to withstand Conqueror’s Haki.

Gray arranged a spar between Luo and baby-5 to test Luo, and baby-5 defeated him decisively. Luo accepted Gray’s invitation to join Fairy Tail, and Gray offered membership and training to Luo’s friends as well.

• Luo accepted baby-5’s challenge and used his Op-Op Fruit ability, but she blocked his slashes with Armament Haki and kept him under pressure with Observation Haki and gunfire.
• Luo closed in, only for baby-5 to reveal her strength and speed, overpower him with Haki-coated attacks, and defeat him.
• Gray encouraged Luo and invited him to join Fairy Tail; Luo accepted and agreed to pursue strength with the guild.
• Gray gave Luo a healing dandelion, which quickly healed his injuries, and told him that Bepo, Penguin, and Shachi could join and train too.

Gray recruited Kizaru into Fairy Tail and declared war on the World Government, while the Marines and the Beasts and Big Mom alliances assembled for battle. The fighting began at G-5 Base, where Kaido and Charlotte Linlin’s combined attack tested the Marine defenses.

• Gray removed Kizaru’s shackles, promised to return his heart after the Celestial Dragons were eliminated, and welcomed him into Fairy Tail.
• Gray gathered Fairy Tail on a deserted island and used Morgans’s worldwide broadcast to declare all-out war on the World Government.
• The Five Elders resolved to destroy Fairy Tail, while Garp diverted his Marine ship to confront Dragon and Bogard waited aboard.
• Sengoku, Kong, Tsuru, Tensei, the Marines, and the Shichibukai prepared to defend G-5 Base as Kaido and Charlotte Linlin arrived with their forces.
• Kong blocked Kaido’s Bolo Breath, then he and Tensei combined their attacks to withstand Kaido and Linlin’s Hakai.
• The Beasts and Big Mom pirates advanced as both sides opened fire, and Linlin’s Homie cannonballs targeted the Marine artillery.

Kaido and Charlotte Linlin led the assault on the Marines, splitting the battlefield among their fighters and the Shichibukai. Meanwhile, Shiki invaded Impel Down, freed prisoners on the sixth level, and recruited Shiryu of the Rain, leaving with a new crew member.

• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin attacked Sengoku, while Kong and Kuro-Uma Tensei moved to stop them and King and Katakuri intercepted the defenders.
• Sengoku ordered the Shichibukai to fight as clashes spread across the battlefield, including Kong against Charlotte Linlin, Kaido against Sengoku, and Mihawk against King.
• Moria fought Queen, Jinbe countered Cracker’s biscuit soldiers, Jack clashed with Weevil, and Ulti and Page One faced the last Shichibukai.
• The Tobi Roppo, Gifters, and Big Mom Pirates charged the Marines as Fuzefor and Hanafusa also began fighting.
• Shiki destroyed Impel Down’s gate, blasted through its floors, and reached the sixth level, where he freed prisoners and recruited them into the Flying Pirates.
• Shiki found Shiryu of the Rain in a cell and welcomed him into the Flying Pirates.

Shiki freed several powerful prisoners from Impel Down and battled Magellan while the World Government struggled to find reinforcements. In the New World, Tsuru redirected Zephyr’s Neo Marines from helping Sengoku to containing the prison escape.

• Shiryu escaped his cell to retrieve his sword and antidotes while Shiki freed Redfield in exchange for a future fight.
• Shiki challenged Douglas Bullet, then secured his promise of a favor and led the prisoners toward the sea.
• Shiki ordered his followers to free surviving prisoners and fought Magellan, using his Float-Float Fruit to keep the venom at bay and press the attack.
• Saint Peter learned that Shiki had raided Impel Down but chose to wait for the World Government’s forces to defeat Fairy Tail rather than send reinforcements.
• Zephyr told Gion that the Neo Marines were heading to help Sengoku against the Beasts Alliance, but Tsuru called and ordered them to Impel Down to stop the escaped prisoners.

Gray and Fairy Tail launched their planned attack on the approaching World Government fleet, using ranged strikes, Uta’s song, and Hancock’s ability to weaken its forces. The main fighters charged toward their assigned opponents as the battle began.

• Morgans began broadcasting the battlefield worldwide while Gray assigned Fairy Tail members to confront the Admirals, Five Elders, and CP0 agents.
• Gray, Issho, and the others opened fire on the fleet, and Yamato and Hancock’s combined Hakoku shattered Aramaki’s Wood Giant and damaged a ship.
• Kuzan froze the sea, after which Uta sang and incapacitated some soldiers while Hancock petrified many others with Mero Mero Mellow.
• Saint Nusjuro charged toward Gray, and Gray and Fairy Tail’s strongest fighters rushed forward to meet their assigned opponents.
• Saint Wally ordered the World Government forces to attack, and Saints Marcus and Fado transformed and joined the charge.

Fairy Tail’s allies clashed with the World Government’s forces as Gray, Hancock, Yamato, Kizaru, and Enel each faced powerful opponents. The battle continued with Kizaru keeping Saint Nusjuro occupied and Enel beginning a fight with Aokiji.

• Fujitora intercepted Saint Marcus, while Gray struck Saint Nusjuro and sent him skidding backward before Saint Wally blocked Gray’s advance.
• Gray wounded Saint Wally, but the boar quickly healed, and Hancock and Yamato joined forces to attack him.
• Hancock pressed Saint Wally with kicks and heart-shaped arrows while Yamato attacked with her kanabo, but Saint Wally resisted their blows and invoked Judgment of God.
• Kizaru rejected Saint Nusjuro’s offer to return to the World Government and fought him with light-speed attacks and swordsmanship.
• Kizaru kept Saint Nusjuro at bay from the sky with repeated light attacks, while Enel intercepted Aokiji and challenged him to fight.
• Aokiji countered Enel’s 30 Million Volts: Thunder Beast with Pheasant Beak, and Enel followed with 50 Million Volts: Thunderbird.

Aokiji and Enel traded attacks while the wider battle favored Fairy Tail, and Kuma confronted Saint Fado. Gray overwhelmed Akainu and Aramaki, leaving Aramaki grievously injured as the fight continued.

• Aokiji cut through Enel's lightning attacks, and the two continued exchanging attacks while Enel stayed airborne to keep the Admiral occupied.
• Aokiji saw that Fairy Tail held a slight advantage across the battlefield but did not want the Navy's fighters killed.
• Kuma attacked Saint Fado with Ursus Shock, then fought him in dragon and beast-human forms using shockwave attacks.
• Gray struck Akainu and Aramaki with King Punch, sending both flying and fracturing Akainu's arm.
• Gray knocked Akainu away with Hellhound and a punch, then battered Aramaki until his skull and face were badly deformed.

Gray defeated Akainu and joined Kuma’s battle against Saint Fado, then overwhelmed the new Five Elder. Saint Fado’s desperate survival instinct kept driving him toward other battlefields as Gray pursued him.

• Akainu returned and attacked Gray with magma, but Gray struck him into the sea and left him alive for the World Government to rescue.
• Gray brought the weakened Aramaki to Kuma, sent Kuma to aid Monet and the others, and turned to face Saint Fado.
• Saint Fado unleashed a Demon Dragon’s Roar, but Gray broke through the attack and pursued him as he fled.
• Gray broke Saint Fado’s knee and struck him repeatedly, but Saint Fado stayed silent and escaped toward Issho and Saint Marcus’s battle.

Gray defeated Saint Fado and brought him to Kuma, then left Enel and Kuma to fight Aokiji while he surveyed the remaining battlefields. He judged Fairy Tail’s forces to be winning most fights and flew to help Issho against Saint Marcus.

• Gray blocked Aokiji from rescuing Saint Fado, whom Kuma then dealt with, and left Enel and Kuma to keep Aokiji occupied.
• Gray surveyed the battlefields and found Hancock and Yamato battered but holding out, while Kizaru, Monet, Sugar, Baby 5, Wiper, Kyros, and Fairy Tail’s lower ranks had varying advantages.
• Gray noted that Hawkins was being beaten by Kaku and Mr. 1 while Urouge was gaining strength against Onigumo, and that Fairy Tail held the advantage in most mid-tier fights.
• Gray decided the other battles should be finished quickly so their winners could reinforce the mid-tier fighters, then head to the New World after confirming Sengoku’s death.
• Gray flew to Issho’s battlefield, where Saint Marcus had driven Issho back with Advanced Conqueror’s Haki, and Issho counterattacked using gravity and his sword.

Fairy Tail forced the World Government forces to retreat after Gray and his allies turned the battle into a decisive defeat, then celebrated their victory. Elsewhere, Shiki defeated Magellan and led the escaped prisoners out of Impel Down, where Zephyr confronted them.

• Gray struck Saint Marcus, who fled after seeing the World Government forces lose ground and ordered everyone to retreat.
• The World Government fighters withdrew to their fleet, and Gray let them escape rather than risk his allies; Fairy Tail celebrated winning the war.
• Garp battered Dragon while demanding he return to see Luffy, and Dragon said he would leave his son in Garp’s care.
• Shiki defeated Magellan despite being poisoned, and Shiryu gave him an antidote before Shiki offered to train his crew.
• Shiki and the escaped prisoners emerged from Impel Down and found Zephyr and the Neo Marines waiting to stop them.

Zephyr and the Neo Marines fought Shiki’s escaped prisoners at Impel Down, where Zephyr’s allies struggled against powerful opponents. After resting, Gray decided to head to the New World battlefield and recruit Vegapunk, while also arranging to remove the World Government from Vegapunk’s hometown.

• Zephyr, Gion, Tokikake, Smoker, and the other Neo Marines engaged Shiki, Redfield, Bullet, Shiryu, and the escaped prisoners at Impel Down.
• Bullet and Shiki unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out allies and enemies, while Redfield overwhelmed Gion and Bullet pressured Tokikake.
• Shiryu damaged Smoker’s weapon, but Smoker sent Tashigi away and tried to hold Shiryu off; Ain, Binz, and the other marines also struggled against their opponents.
• After considering the World Government’s reinforcements, Gray decided to visit the New World battlefield and seek out Vegapunk at Punk Hazard.
• Gray instructed Monet to take the Fairy Tail members and Green Bit somewhere remote, and sent A Smile to clear the World Government’s forces from Baldimore and move the island to Sky Island.
• Gray explained that the World Government used Vegapunk’s hometown to keep him under its control, and said he would try to recruit Vegapunk and remove that leverage.

Gray ended the Beasts Alliance’s battle with the Marines, then traveled to Punk Hazard and confronted Dr. Vegapunk and Caesar. He explained the catastrophic consequences of the coming flood, leaving Vegapunk speechless.

• Gray arrived at the battlefield and used his Conqueror’s Haki to pressure the Marines into stopping their assault on the Beasts Alliance.
• Saint Marcus ordered Sengoku and the Marines to let the Beasts Alliance retreat, and Gray later reminded Charlotte Linlin and Kaido that they had to fulfill his conditions to receive information about Pluton.
• Akainu and Saint Peter reinforced Impel Down, forcing Shiki to escape, while the Revolutionary Army attacked Mary Geoise and Crow glimpsed Imu before fleeing injured.
• Gray reached Punk Hazard, blocked Den Den Mushi transmissions, raised the island, and defeated the CP Agents at Vegapunk’s research base.
• Gray told Vegapunk and Caesar he meant them no harm for now, then explained that rising sea levels would destroy farmland and leave survivors facing starvation.