Recaps

Sengoku considered the World Government’s decision to make Doflamingo a Shichibukai while discussing Law’s recovery and Rosinante’s work. He then read Karl D. Sephiroth’s resignation application and decided to summon him for an explanation.

• Sengoku read a newspaper report about Doflamingo becoming a Shichibukai and suspected he had made a secret deal with a Celestial Dragon.
• Rosinante delivered documents and told Sengoku that Law’s Lead Poisoning Disease was improving after treatment with the Life Enhancement Potion.
• Rosinante questioned whether the Marines’ efforts against Doflamingo had been wasted, and Sengoku explained that Doflamingo had been barred from rebuilding his influence in the North Blue.
• Sengoku read Karl D. Sephiroth’s resignation application, which gave the reason, “The world is so big. I want to see it!”
• Sengoku decided to call Sephiroth and ask why he wanted to resign.

Sephiroth met Gion for lunch on Pollock Island and told her he planned to resign from the Marines, but Sengoku delayed his application. Steel Bone Kong then offered to let Sephiroth leave only if he surrendered Butcher Blade, leaving Sephiroth weighing whether to negotiate or defect.

• Gion complained that Sephiroth never visited her, and he explained how busy he was while declining her invitation to stay overnight.
• Sengoku called about Sephiroth's resignation application, tried to persuade him to remain in the Marines, and said he would not approve it yet.
• Sephiroth told Gion he was leaving because the Marines were restrictive and he was tired of serving; she left the restaurant after hearing the news.
• Doflamingo and Vergo arrived with the Donquixote Family while Sephiroth remained at the restaurant.
• Steel Bone Kong told Sephiroth he could resign only if he handed over Butcher Blade, and Sephiroth considered negotiating rather than defecting impulsively.

Doflamingo hunted down Chuck and the Sabertooth Pirates to reclaim the Mammoth Fruit, but Kaido arrived and revealed that Chuck had just joined his crew. Doflamingo and Kaido clashed with Conqueror’s Haki, and after Doflamingo’s attack failed to injure Kaido, Kaido launched Thunder Bagua.

• Doflamingo offered to help Sephiroth leave the Marines, but Sephiroth refused and left the restaurant.
• Chuck planned to give Kaido the Mammoth Fruit in exchange for joining the Beasts Pirates, while Doflamingo’s officers began attacking the Sabertooth Pirates under his control.
• Doflamingo and his officers stormed Chuck’s castle, where Doflamingo killed Chuck with his awakened String-String Fruit.
• Kaido crashed down outside the castle and confronted Doflamingo, declaring that Chuck was his newly recruited underling.
• Doflamingo and Kaido released their Conqueror’s Haki, then Doflamingo ordered his officers to attack Kaido and struck him with Godly Execution.
• Kaido tore free of Doflamingo’s threads unharmed and launched Thunder Bagua at him.

After Kaido defeated Doflamingo, he and the surviving Donquixote Family members were forced to toil in Udon Quarry. As Pica chose to join Kaido, Diamante began considering abandoning Doflamingo too, while Doflamingo clung to hopes of reclaiming his power.

• Doflamingo and eight injured Family members struggled to haul stones in Udon Quarry while Sea Stone shackles weakened them.
• Doflamingo recalled Kaido's overwhelming victory and the Family members who had surrendered after seeing the difference in their strength.
• Pica blamed Doflamingo for denying him a Devil Fruit and announced that he would submit to Kaido; Doflamingo let him leave.
• Doflamingo remembered why he had given the Mammoth Fruit to Vergo instead of Pica, then continued working and vowed to rise again.
• Diamante watched Pica depart and considered joining the Beasts Pirates to regain his freedom, power, money, and status.

In Udon's quarry, Doflamingo learned about Ryou from Hyogoro while watching his subordinates lose faith in him. He chose to feign loyalty to Kaido, and the chapter ended with Kaido having Vivre Cards made to track the Donquixote Family officers.

• Doflamingo exchanged his work vouchers for rice cakes and offered half his food to Hyogoro in return for an explanation of Ryou.
• Hyogoro demonstrated how Ryou could strike a rock wall without touching it, and Doflamingo resolved to learn the technique.
• Diamante decided to submit to Kaido, prompting Doflamingo to worry that his other officers would betray him and to plan a false surrender.
• Doflamingo and the other eight Donquixote Family officers swore loyalty to Kaido at Onigashima.
• Kaido ordered Queen to collect hair or nails from the nine officers and make Vivre Cards so the Beasts Pirates could track them.

Doflamingo recognized that Miyamoto Musashi was Marine Commodore Sephiroth and decided to expose him to Kaido. Sephiroth chose not to fight Doflamingo and the others, instead ordering a withdrawal from Wano Country while leaving some spies and loyalists behind.

• Doflamingo spotted Sephiroth on the passing sailboat and realized his Miyamoto Musashi disguise concealed the Marine Commodore.
• Doflamingo decided to tell Kaido Sephiroth's identity to gain Kaido's trust and move closer to independence.
• Sephiroth sensed Doflamingo's hostility but held back from attacking after remembering Shyarly's prophecy.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate to the Pleasure Quarter and ordered his lieutenants to gather their people, excluding several minor leaders and their men.
• Sephiroth ordered the Miyamoto Family to assemble at Ebisu Village and prepared to withdraw from Wano Country.

Kaido ordered Kurozumi Orochi to kill the Marine spy Sephiroth after Doflamingo reported his suspected identity, while Sephiroth evacuated the Miyamoto Family’s subordinates and their relatives from Wano to Sky Island. The evacuation was underway when Sephiroth sensed eleven fast-moving presences approaching Ebisu Village.

• Queen reported that Doflamingo had conscripted more than a thousand villagers from Mita Village, and Doflamingo proposed using Sugar’s Devil Fruit to turn Wano’s people into tireless laborers.
• Doflamingo showed Kaido photographs linking Sephiroth to the Marine spy disguised as Miyamoto Musashi, and Kaido ordered Queen to tell Kurozumi Orochi to kill him.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate at his estate in Ebisu Village and began evacuating his loyal subordinates and their families to Sky Island.
• Gan Fall brought livestock to Angel Island so Sephiroth could absorb their life force and keep the Spatial Gate open long enough for thousands of people to pass through.
• Sephiroth sensed eleven rapidly moving presences heading toward Ebisu Village.

Sephiroth drove the Orochi Oniwabanshu away from Ebisu Village and escaped Kaido’s attack after the villagers reached the Sky Island. He then found Yamato on Onigashima, broke her explosive shackles, and opened a gate to take her to Angel Island.

• Sephiroth attacked the Orochi Oniwabanshu with fiery sword techniques, forcing them to retreat from Ebisu Village.
• Kaido arrived in dragon form and attacked Sephiroth, who countered his Heat Breath and evaded his assault after everyone had evacuated through the Spatial Gate.
• Kaido vaporized the residence with another Heat Breath, believed Sephiroth was dead, and flew back toward Onigashima.
• Sephiroth found Yamato practicing Observation Haki and broke her shackles, which exploded after he threw them into the forest.
• Yamato cursed Kaido and agreed to leave with Sephiroth, who opened a Spatial Gate to Angel Island and watched her rush through.

Sephiroth brought Yamato to Sky Island, where he revealed that Miyamoto Musashi was an alias and explained his revenge-driven infiltration of Wano Country. Yamato left to see the Golden Bell, while Sephiroth, Black Maria, and Kozuki Hiyori bathed together before Yamato returned and joined them.

• Sephiroth brought Yamato, Black Maria, and Kozuki Hiyori to his villa after arranging aid for the people relocated from Wano Country.
• Sephiroth warned Yamato about the dangers of riding a Waver and offered her a place to stay at the villa.
• Sephiroth revealed his real name and explained that he had infiltrated Wano Country to take revenge on Kaido after the Beast Pirates killed his family.
• Yamato heard the Golden Bell toll and ran to see it, while Sephiroth told his subordinates not to stop her.
• Black Maria and Kozuki Hiyori joined Sephiroth in the bath, and Yamato returned and asked him to wash her too.

Kuina defeated Isca in a sparring match, and Isca twisted her ankle when she fell. Sephiroth treated her injuries with Life Reversal, then agreed to give her an injection for another condition she reported.

• Isca attacked first, but Kuina used her Observation Haki to anticipate her moves and gain the advantage.
• Isca fell after stepping on a stone and twisted her ankle, so Sephiroth treated it with Life Reversal.
• Isca asked Sephiroth to treat her sore tailbone in her bedroom, and his treatment relieved the pain.
• Isca then asked Sephiroth to treat an area below her lower abdomen, and he decided she needed an injection.
• Sephiroth inserted the needle while Isca braced herself for the pain.

Sephiroth found Vaflorode, the island where the Breath of the Gods was buried, but its defenses destroyed his attempts to approach. He redirected the G-5 Branch warship toward Beasts Pirates territory and decided to train his Observation Haki so he could teleport past the island’s warning range.

• Sephiroth arrived aboard the G-5 Branch warship and identified the drifting island as Vaflorode, where the Breath of the Gods was buried and World Government ships kept watch.
• When the Breath of the Gods triggered storms and whirlpools as the warship neared Vaflorode, Sephiroth ordered the ship to turn away and changed its target to Hanasu Island in Beasts Pirates territory.
• Sephiroth sent a Crimson Bat through a Spatial Gate toward Vaflorode, but a lightning bolt killed it before it could reach the island.
• Sephiroth controlled a Black Bat toward Vaflorode, but lightning and a Knock-Up Stream destroyed it as the island’s defenses blocked its approach.
• Sephiroth concluded that he needed to extend his Observation Haki’s range so he could teleport directly past the Breath of the Gods’ warning range.

On Hanasu Island, Sugar was forced to turn hundreds of slave miners into toys while Monet pleaded with Queen to let her rest. When a Marine G-5 warship attacked the Beasts Pirates’ work site, Queen transformed into his Brachiosaurus form and went to meet it.

• Sugar turned hundreds of slave miners into metal toys, and Monet asked Queen to let her younger sister rest.
• Queen refused to show sympathy, citing the more than a thousand people still waiting to be transformed.
• A Marine warship opened fire on Hanasu Island, scattering the miners and alarming the Beasts Pirates.
• A lookout identified the attackers as Marines from G-5, and Queen ordered his men to prepare a counterattack.
• Queen transformed into a Brachiosaurus man and headed to the shore, where he saw the warship.

Sephiroth destroyed five Beasts Pirates ships and confronted Queen, severely wounding him before Queen counterattacked with lasers. The battle between them remained unresolved as Queen fired at Sephiroth.

• Sephiroth ordered Frank to bombard Hanasu Island's buildings, then used a wall of fire to stop a salvo from five Beasts Pirates ships.
• Sephiroth cut through all five ships with one sword slash and spotted Queen among the pirates.
• Sephiroth opened a gateway to Hanasu Island, knocked out Queen's followers with Conqueror's Haki, and attacked Queen with Two-Sword Style: Ghost Flash.
• Queen's special-alloy endoskeleton and Ancient Zoan regeneration kept Sephiroth's strike from seriously injuring him, despite leaving a deep wound.
• Queen activated laser emitters in his tail, braid, arm, and eyes and fired explosive beams at Sephiroth.

Sephiroth killed Queen after overcoming his alloy defenses with a massive, Haki-infused assault. Afterward, he found Monet and Sugar hiding nearby, and Sugar rushed to him, believing the Marines had come to rescue them.

• Sephiroth evaded Queen’s relentless laser barrage and discovered that his blades could barely penetrate Queen’s alloy skeleton.
• Sephiroth cut off Queen’s genitals, enraging him, then transformed into a towering, muscle-bound form to fight with his fists.
• Sephiroth pinned Queen down and pummeled him, unleashing Conqueror’s Haki in a final blow that killed him.
• Sephiroth emerged from the crater, restored his clothes with his Devil Fruit ability, and spotted Monet and Sugar trying to sneak away.
• Sugar ran to Sephiroth, cried that the Marines had arrived to save them, and touched his pant leg.

After Queen was killed by Karl D. Sephiroth, Kaido flew into a rage and left Onigashima to make the Marines pay. King followed Kaido with his Vivre Card, trying to learn where he was headed.

• Kaido recalled his childhood as a child soldier in the Voka Kingdom, his escape from the Marines, and his early years with the Rocks Pirates.
• Kaido discovered that Queen’s Vivre Card was burning and ordered a subordinate to investigate.
• A Beast Pirates member reported that Karl D. Sephiroth had killed Queen on Hanasu Island.
• Kaido vowed revenge on the Marines and left the pavilion in a furious rage.
• King learned of Queen’s death, followed Kaido’s Vivre Card away from Onigashima, and wondered where Kaido was going.

Sephiroth stopped Sugar from turning him into a toy, recruited her and Monet, and brought them to his villa on Angel Island. After Sugar freed those enslaved by her power, Sephiroth replenished his vitality and returned to Hanasu Island.

• Sugar tried to use her Hobby-Hobby Fruit on Sephiroth, but his Armament Haki blocked the ability.
• Sephiroth questioned Sugar and Monet, learned how they had joined the Beasts Pirates, and recruited them as his subordinates.
• Sephiroth brought Sugar and Monet to Angel Island, where Black Maria welcomed them and he checked on Yamato's Waver lessons.
• Sephiroth had Sugar lift her curse and free the people she had turned into toys.
• Sephiroth replenished his stored vitality at the livestock farm and returned to Hanasu Island.

Sephiroth killed Queen and escaped with his body aboard the G-5 Branch warship, then returned to Pollock Island. Back home, he prepared a celebratory feast and asked Uta, Perona, Isca, and Kuina what they wanted to eat.

• Frank recognized Queen’s corpse and warned Sephiroth that Kaido would retaliate for the All-Star’s death.
• Sephiroth ordered Frank to sail back to the G-5 Branch with Queen’s body, then cut off Queen’s mechanical arm and stored it in his Personal Space.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate and flew ahead toward Pollock Island while the warship headed back to the G-5 Branch.
• After returning home, Sephiroth showered and began cooking, telling Uta that something good had happened and offering to make everyone a feast.
• Uta asked for grilled flatbread, and Perona rattled off a long list of dishes before Sephiroth stopped her.

Sephiroth hosted a lavish dinner at his villa while Kuina struggled with jealousy over Isca. At the Marine G-5 Base, Kaido launched a sudden attack and devastated the base with a single barrage of wind blades.

• Sephiroth served more than twenty dishes to Perona, Isca, Uta, and Kuina, who grew jealous when she suspected Isca had become closer to him.
• Arlinsky hosted a bonfire party at Marine G-5, where rogue Marines prepared to burn captured pirates while Frank watched uneasily.
• Dark clouds gathered over the base, and Kaido appeared in the sky in his dragon form.
• Frank fled the base and called Sephiroth as the rogue soldiers scattered in fear.
• Vice Admiral William saw Kaido and prepared to contact Marine Headquarters, but Kaido's Wind Scythes destroyed the base and buried William beneath rubble.

Kaido attacked Marine G-5 Base to draw out Sephiroth, who protected the women at Hallstatt Town by sending them to Dressrosa before returning to confront him. The chapter ended as Kaido charged Sephiroth with Thunder Bagua.

• Frank called Sephiroth to report that Kaido was attacking G-5 Base, and Sephiroth created a powerful Bat Clone to fight in his place.
• Sephiroth took Perona and the other girls through a Spatial Gate to an Umbrella Corporation hotel in Dressrosa, then replenished his life force at a ranch.
• Kaido overheard Frank speaking with Sephiroth and confronted him at the ruined base, demanding to know where Sephiroth was.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate, appeared before Kaido, and admitted that he had killed Queen.
• Kaido roared and charged Sephiroth with Thunder Bagua.

Kaido attacked Marine G-5 Base and fought Sephiroth after learning he had killed Queen. Sengoku chose to withdraw the Marines rather than risk a war with Kaido, abandoning Sephiroth as the battle turned against him.

• Kaido attacked Sephiroth at the destroyed G-5 Base while Vice Admiral William watched from the rubble.
• William called Sengoku and reported Kaido's attack and his fight with Sephiroth over Queen's death.
• Sengoku considered Sephiroth's strength and wondered whether he possessed Conqueror's Haki, recalling Steel Bone Kong's warning not to force him against the Marines.
• William reported that Sephiroth had been defeated, and Sengoku ordered the remaining Marines to withdraw without confronting Kaido.
• Sengoku hung up and decided to abandon Sephiroth rather than risk starting a war with Kaido.

Kaido defeated Sephiroth’s Bat Clone on Pollock Island, while the real Sephiroth used the apparent death and broken weapons to plan his departure from the Marines without returning Butcher Blade. After Sengoku ordered a retreat, Kaido attacked Vice Admiral William, leaving him unconscious.

• Kaido overwhelmed Sephiroth with Thunder Bagua, broke his twin blades, and confirmed that his opponent appeared dead.
• At a ranch in Dressrosa, the real Sephiroth learned that Kaido had killed the Crimson Bat controlling his clone and decided to use the clone’s apparent death and broken blades as an excuse to leave the Marines without returning Butcher Blade.
• Sephiroth made the Bat Clone stop its heartbeat and mimic a corpse after Kaido struck it again.
• Vice Admiral William reported Sephiroth’s defeat to Sengoku, who ordered the Marines to retreat and avoid further conflict with Kaido.
• As William hid beneath the ruins, Kaido hit him with Heat Breath, burning him and knocking him unconscious.

Sephiroth returned from Dressrosa after Kaido defeated his decoy, then resumed their battle at the ruined G-5 Base. As the two unleashed their strongest attacks, Photo King spotted the sky splitting and hurried toward the Marine base to investigate.

• Frank fired a rocket at Kaido to avenge Sephiroth, but Kaido emerged unscathed and struck at Frank.
• Sephiroth's Demonic Sword opened a spatial gateway, allowing him to arrive from Dressrosa as his remaining Black Bats returned their life force.
• Sephiroth rebuked Frank for interfering, and Kaido transformed into a half-dragon to face him again.
• Sephiroth transformed and clashed with Kaido using Ghost Flash against Thunder Bagua, leveling the ruined Marine base and tearing open the clouds.
• At Rum Bar, Photo King saw the sky split, took a photograph, and rushed toward the Marine base to investigate the story.

While the women in Dressrosa worried over Sephiroth, Sengoku mistakenly believed he had died fighting Kaido and planned to contain the news. A call from G-5 revealed Sephiroth was alive, prompting Sengoku to order a withdrawal and send reinforcements.

• In Dressrosa, Isca, Kuina, Perona, and Uta worried about Sephiroth, and Uta's song eventually lulled them to sleep.
• Sengoku told Zephyr and Tsuru that Sephiroth had died in action after Kaido attacked Marine G-5, and Zephyr reacted with shock.
• Tsuru questioned the report, but Sengoku recounted Vice Admiral William's account and proposed downplaying Sephiroth's death.
• Major Frank called to report that Sephiroth was fighting Kaido and had used a clone to deceive him, while William was unconscious from severe burns.
• Sengoku ordered the G-5 soldiers to withdraw to G-1 and announced that Kizaru, Momonga, and Aokiji would be sent as reinforcements.

Sephiroth fought Kaido at the ruins of the Marine G-5 Base, learned to use Conqueror's Haki Infusion defensively, and continued battling at a disadvantage. Photo King reported the fight to Morgans, who decided to make it the World Economic Journal's front-page headline.

• Kaido used Thunder Bagua to smash Sephiroth into a mountain, but Sephiroth recovered with the Vampire Fruit's Super-Speed Regeneration.
• Sephiroth realized he could combine Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki to strengthen his defense as well as his attacks.
• Kaido offered Sephiroth a place in his crew, but Sephiroth invited Kaido to join his instead, and they resumed fighting.
• Kaido used Flame Clouds and future-sight Observation Haki to exploit Sephiroth's disadvantage in aerial combat and repeatedly injure him.
• Photo King fled toward Hallstatt Town and called Morgans, who chose Kaido's battle with the young Marine as the next day's front-page headline.

Perona, Kuina, Isca, and Uta waited anxiously for Sephiroth, then met Scarlett while sightseeing in Dressrosa. Violet arrived with alarming news about Sephiroth, and the women discovered their shared connection to him, leaving Scarlett asking about his other relationships.

• Perona called Sephiroth, but he did not answer, so the girls went sightseeing after breakfast.
• Gan Qiao gave Scarlett a Beetle Fruit collected by the Tontatta Tribe, and she accepted it.
• Perona, Kuina, Isca, and Uta met Scarlett in the Sunflower Field and joined her for tea.
• Violet rushed over with a newspaper and began to tell Scarlett that something had happened to Sephiroth.
• Scarlett and the four girls realized they all knew Sephiroth, and they described their relationships with him.
• Scarlett acknowledged that she was part of Sephiroth's harem and asked the girls how many women he had.