Recaps

Sephiroth and Kaido continued their exhausting battle across the ruined Pollock Island, with Sephiroth concealing his strength until he could land a powerful surprise attack. Kaido survived the blow and tried to drink in the Rum Bar, where Sephiroth set his alcohol ablaze, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Sephiroth and Kaido fought through the flames and ruins of Pollock Island after the townspeople had fled.
• Kaido used the smoke to attack Sephiroth with Thunder Bagua, but Sephiroth revealed that he had preserved his strength and struck first with four Haki slashes.
• Kaido crashed into the Rum Bar with a deep wound across his chest, then stood up and acknowledged that he had been caught off guard.
• Sephiroth realized Kaido’s powerful Haki and rapid healing made him difficult to defeat, though he expected the prolonged fight to favor him.
• Kaido tried to drink from a barrel, but Sephiroth blew it up with a flaming slash and joked that he had meant to warm it.

Sephiroth escaped his battle with Kaido after King arrived, then returned to Dressrosa and considered how to defeat Kaido. His private meal was interrupted when Perona and the others came back and caught him.

• Sephiroth fought Kaido in Hallstatt Town and burned the bar’s liquor to stop Kaido from drinking.
• King arrived, making Sephiroth fear an ambush, so Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate and escaped; Kaido and King eventually left Pollock Island.
• Marines arrived hours later to find Pollock Island and Hallstatt Town devastated, with Kaido and Sephiroth gone.
• Sephiroth returned to the Red Rose Hotel in Dressrosa, ordered food and wine, and reflected that defeating Kaido safely might require teaming up against him.
• Perona, Isca, Kuina, Uta, Violet, and Scarlett entered the suite while Sephiroth was eating, surprising him.

After returning to Dressrosa, Sephiroth reassured his companions and contacted Hancock, Black Maria, Shyarly, and Gion after his battle with Kaido made the news. He planned a long journey with the women and decided to report the incident to Sengoku, while Scarlett remained angry with him.

• Sephiroth returned to the Red Rose Hotel, where Perona, Isca, Kuina, and Uta welcomed him, and he admitted that his fight with Kaido had ended in a draw.
• Violet showed Sephiroth a newspaper report about the battle, while Scarlett left without speaking to him, concealing her anger.
• Sephiroth called Hancock, explained the fight and the Beasts Pirates' strength, and said he wanted everyone to prepare for a long journey; he also called Black Maria and Shyarly to reassure them.
• Sephiroth called Gion, but Perona's offer to scrub his back convinced Gion he was with another woman, and she hung up on him.
• Sephiroth decided to call Sengoku and report the previous night's events.

Sengoku learned from Sephiroth that he had escaped Pollock Island after fighting Kaido and King through the night, and ordered him to return to Marine Headquarters within a week. Sephiroth then joined Perona, Violet, Kuina, Isca, and Uta in the bath.

• Sengoku reviewed the World Government's orders to apologize to the Prodence Kingdom, compensate it, and limit the fallout from the Pollock Island incident.
• Sephiroth called Sengoku and reported that King had arrived while he fought Kaido, forcing him to retreat from Pollock Island to recover.
• Sengoku told Sephiroth to return to Marine Headquarters within a week.
• Sephiroth found Perona, Violet, Kuina, Isca, and Uta bathing in the hotel's large bath, and Kuina invited him to join them.

Scarlett confronted Sephiroth over his years of deception but was drawn back into his arms, while Shyarly warned him that Fisher Tiger had died after the Marines captured him. When Shyarly divined Sephiroth’s future again, she saw something that made her furious and drove him out.

• Scarlett learned she had been the other woman and resented Sephiroth for deceiving her, but he entered her bedroom and refused to leave.
• Sephiroth apologized and confessed his love, and Scarlett’s anger gave way to tears before he kissed her.
• The next morning, Scarlett struck Sephiroth with a pillow, but he sweet-talked her and wore down her resolve again.
• At Shyarly’s home on Fish-Man Island, Sephiroth learned from a newspaper that Fisher Tiger had died after being captured by the Marines and denied a blood transfusion.
• Sephiroth asked Shyarly to divine his future again, and she saw something in the crystal ball that enraged her and made her order him out.

At Marine Headquarters, Sephiroth negotiated with Sengoku after his clash with Kaido and the resulting complaint from Prodence Kingdom. He agreed to remain in the Marines, accepting a transfer to the East Blue 16th Branch and three months of leave.

• Sephiroth waited outside Sengoku's office while Sengoku and Akainu argued over the Marines' response to Kaido.
• Sengoku warned Sephiroth that Prodence Kingdom had complained and said he had prevented Sephiroth from being sent to Impel Down.
• Sephiroth demanded permission to leave the Marines, arguing that the Marines' restrictions kept him from avenging his father's death by fighting Kaido.
• Sengoku promised that the Marines would eventually take action against Kaido, and Sephiroth agreed to stay for the time being.
• Sengoku transferred Sephiroth to command the East Blue 16th Branch while keeping his rank unchanged.
• Sephiroth requested and received three months of leave after Sengoku warned him not to cause more trouble.

Sephiroth brought Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold to Sky Island, where Hancock toured the restored city of Shandora. Their outing turned awkward when Yamato and Kozuki Hiyori approached and Hiyori clung to Sephiroth, prompting Hancock to demand that he explain who she was to him.

• Sephiroth arrived at the shrine with Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold, and Launch and Conis were captivated by Hancock.
• Hancock teased Sephiroth about finding her younger sisters, then pinched him and accused him of flirting with too many women.
• Sephiroth left the shrine with the three women and showed Hancock the restored city of Shandora.
• Yamato ran up to Sephiroth with grilled meat and invited him to ride Wavers, while Kozuki Hiyori approached behind her.
• Kozuki Hiyori wrapped herself around Sephiroth's arm, and Hancock asked him to say who she was to him.

Sephiroth showed Hancock, Yamato, Hiyori, and the Boa sisters the completed Interstellar Ark, which was equipped for space travel and powered by Marigold’s lightning. After declaring Hancock his principal wife in front of the women at the villa, he departed with Hancock, the Boa sisters, and Yamato aboard the Ark, leaving the Sky Islands behind.

• Sephiroth introduced the six-year, thirty-billion-Belly Interstellar Ark and explained how Marigold’s lightning powered it.
• Marigold tested the Ark’s golden helmet and expanded her Observation Haki’s range tenfold.
• Sephiroth agreed to take Yamato to the moon but refused Hiyori because she could not survive the journey.
• At the villa, Sephiroth introduced Hancock as Big Sister, and Black Maria served her tea obediently.
• After Yamato packed and Marigold charged the Ark, Sephiroth and his companions launched it from the Sky Islands.

Sephiroth intercepted a spaceship crewed by space pirates and learned they had discovered an ancient city on the moon. After easily defeating the crew, he fed on Charl to extract memories about controlling the ship, while Captain Nick prepared a sneak attack.

• Marigold detected a spaceship leaving the moon and steered the Interstellar Ark after it.
• Sephiroth opened a spatial doorway into the spaceship’s cockpit, where Captain Nick and five other space pirates discussed robbing an ancient city’s ruins.
• The six pirates aimed their weapons at Sephiroth, but he struck them down in a flash and asked how to control the ship.
• Sephiroth grabbed Charl and drank his blood, using his memories and hypnosis to learn what he wanted.
• Captain Nick watched Sephiroth and quietly reached for his cannon tube to attack him.

Sephiroth seized a spacecraft, learned its systems by drinking the crew’s blood, and brought it to the Interstellar Ark. After discovering that Dyna Stone powered interstellar travel, he planned to acquire it and develop spacecraft technology for Umbrella Corporation.

• Sephiroth knocked out the spacecraft crew with Conqueror’s Haki, drained Charl and the mechanic to learn their memories, then piloted the ship toward the Interstellar Ark.
• Sephiroth decided the surviving space pirates were too dangerous to recruit, killed them, and threw their corpses into space.
• Sephiroth landed the spacecraft on the Interstellar Ark, where Yamato and the Boa sisters explored it with him.
• Sephiroth explained that Dyna Stone could cause enormous explosions when exposed to air and that the spacecraft used it as fuel.
• Sephiroth resolved to collect Birka’s technological legacy in Moonlight City, then have Umbrella Corporation research spacecraft technology and seek Dyna Stone on Jewel Island.

Sephiroth and his companions discovered Moonlight City Birka and revived thousands of its dormant robots, with Marigold posing as their Divine One. After two days of gathering ancient technology and relics, they left with two thousand robots and an ark full of salvaged items.

• Marigold revived Number 156002 with lightning, and Sephiroth persuaded her to pose as its Divine One and command it.
• Number 156002 guided Sephiroth and the others to the ruins of Birka and led them to an underground city sealed behind a circular metal door.
• Sephiroth opened the door, and Marigold restored power, awakening thousands of white-robed robots who hailed her as the Divine One.
• Sephiroth ordered the robots to collect Birka's books, storage furnishings, and mechanical samples for the Interstellar Ark.
• Sephiroth took two thousand robots aboard the loaded ark, left nearly three thousand in dormancy to guard Birka, and returned to Pirate King Planet.

Sephiroth visited Scarlett in Dressrosa and learned that the World Government had taken control of Jewel Island after a pirate attack, blocking his plan to obtain Dyna Stone. He decided to seek another route, including recruiting Isaac, while keeping his options open for stealing the Marines’ supply.

• Sephiroth greeted King Riku, who ignored him because he resented Sephiroth’s relationships with his daughters.
• Sephiroth found Scarlett planning a decade-long expansion and redesign of Dressrosa.
• Sephiroth asked Scarlett to negotiate for Dyna Stone from Jewel Island, but she explained that the World Government and Marines had taken control of the island after its leader was killed in a pirate attack.
• Sephiroth concluded that the World Government had staged the attack and considered stealing the Marines’ Dyna Stone, though he did not know where it was stored.
• Sephiroth planned to have Tesoro tell Isaac the truth about the attack and recruit him, leaving Isaac’s desire for revenge to determine whether the plan succeeded.

Sephiroth asked Kozaburo to forge an imitation of the Butcher Blade so he could satisfy Steel Bone Kong’s demand without surrendering his sword, but Kozaburo refused. At Isshin Dojo, Kuina defeated Zoro again and reunited with Sephiroth, whose affectionate gesture drew Koshiro’s hostile attention.

• Sephiroth asked Kozaburo to forge a Supreme Grade imitation of the Butcher Blade, explaining that Steel Bone Kong would not let him leave the Marines without the original.
• Kozaburo refused to reproduce the Butcher Blade’s power and told Sephiroth to work harder if he wanted to forge top-tier swords.
• Kuina used Paper Arts to evade Zoro’s attack and struck him across the face, defeating him once again.
• Kuina took Sephiroth’s hand and showed off her Paper Arts, while Sephiroth warned her that it would be ineffective against Observation Haki.
• Koshiro glared at Sephiroth, who quickly left and told Kuina to spend more time with her father and grandfather.

Sephiroth moved into a villa in Koz Port Town with Uta, Isca, and Perona before reporting for duty at Marine 16th Branch. At a restaurant, they witnessed Marines extorting the owner, and Sephiroth learned that Major Mouse had taken over the corrupt security-fee scheme.

• Sephiroth brought Uta, Isca, and Perona through a Spatial Gate to their new villa in Koz Port Town.
• Sephiroth took the girls to Child of the Sea Restaurant, where three Marines demanded an increased security fee from the owner.
• Uta complained about the Marines, and Isca questioned whether they were truly Marines; Sephiroth called them trash.
• Perona hit the bearded Marine with a Negative Hollow, and the other two fled with him.
• The restaurant owner explained that Major Mouse had raised the monthly security fees after Colonel Cartman died, while Sephiroth stayed to order food.

Sephiroth confronted Major Mouse after the Marine officer surrounded the restaurant and threatened him at gunpoint. Once Major Mouse realized Sephiroth was his superior, he and the bearded soldier knelt in fear while Sephiroth calmly continued his meal.

• Perona enjoyed a rainbow ice cream cake while Sephiroth read the newspaper at the Child of the Sea Restaurant.
• Major Mouse arrived with over a hundred armed Marines and accused Sephiroth and the girls of insulting and attacking Marines.
• Major Mouse pressed a pistol to Sephiroth’s head, then fell to his knees when he recognized the Rear Admiral and commander of Marine 16th Branch.
• The bearded soldier also knelt and apologized after learning Sephiroth’s identity.
• Sephiroth told the restaurant guests they could eat or leave, and Major Mouse agreed before Sephiroth ordered him back onto his knees.
• Sephiroth and the three girls ate their feast while Major Mouse and the bearded soldier remained kneeling, and townspeople gathered to watch.

Sephiroth exposed Major Mouse and Lieutenant Buck’s protection racket and corruption, then punished Major Mouse and took the case to the Marine 16th Branch. After hypnotizing the branch’s officers into confessing their crimes, he decided the corrupt branch had to be destroyed.

• Sephiroth recorded Major Mouse’s interrogation, and Major Mouse shot his own right palm to appease him.
• Sephiroth hypnotized Major Mouse and Lieutenant Buck, who revealed that the Marine 16th Branch’s officers took protection money and engaged in corruption.
• Sephiroth severed Major Mouse’s right arm and ordered Lieutenant Buck to take him back to the Marine base for trial.
• Sephiroth showed his appointment documents to the branch officers, hypnotized them into writing confessions, and reviewed their records of abuse and corruption.
• Sephiroth concluded that the Marine 16th Branch was rotten to the core and resolved to destroy it.

Sephiroth visited Cocoyashi Village, where he bought Bell-mère’s oranges and gave Nami navigation books after hearing about her dream. He left planning to ignite a world-spanning war so he could seize control of the Pirate King world.

• Sephiroth arrived at Bell-mère’s orange grove and found her scolding Nami for stealing a navigation book while Nojiko watched.
• Bell-mère praised the map Nami had drawn, and Sephiroth agreed to buy a large quantity of oranges for the Marine base.
• Nami told Sephiroth she wanted to master navigation and sail the seas to make her own charts.
• Sephiroth gave Nami five navigation books from his Personal Space and arranged for Marines to collect the oranges in three days.
• Sephiroth left Cocoyashi Village aboard his warship, intending to reshape the world through a massive war and become King of the World.

Kuro and the Black Cat Pirates tried to seize a Marine warship by pretending to need help, but Commodore Sephiroth saw through their ruse and instantly defeated Kuro. Kuro gave his name after Sephiroth asked who had attacked him.

• Kuro told Buchi, Sham, and Jango to disguise their boat as an ordinary fishing vessel and planned to capture a Marine warship.
• Sephiroth ordered his Marines to rescue the fishing boat’s apparently unconscious passenger.
• Kuro and the cat brothers brought Jango aboard the warship, but Sephiroth recognized that Jango was healthy and ready to fight.
• Kuro attacked Sephiroth, who struck him down before the Marines could fire.
• Sephiroth asked Kuro for his name, and Kuro identified himself.

Sephiroth forced Kuro and his companions to play Russian roulette, then recruited Kuro as his subordinate after winning. He had rigged the final shot with future sight and saw Kuro as a capable replacement for his promoted former adjutant, Frank.

• Sephiroth checked the bounty posters and learned that Kuro, Jango, and the Catman Brothers had no bounties.
• Sephiroth challenged Kuro to Russian roulette, offering to free all four pirates if Kuro won and kill them if he lost.
• After four blank shots, Sephiroth offered Kuro a chance to live as his subordinate, and Kuro accepted.
• Sephiroth fired the fifth blank shot, then shot a seagull to prove the revolver had been loaded; Kuro acknowledged him as his boss.
• Sephiroth revealed that he had used future sight to ensure the sixth shot held the bullet and explained that he wanted Kuro to take over the paperwork Frank had left behind after being promoted and transferred to Staff Headquarters.

Sephiroth caught up with his old classmate Smoker in Loguetown and explained that he planned to leave the Marines. Sengoku confronted him over imprisoning the officers at Marine 16th Branch, while Zephyr argued that Sephiroth’s purge helped the Marines and reflected his idea of “Flexible Justice.”

• Sephiroth visited Smoker in Loguetown, teased him about neglecting his training, and said he wanted to leave the Marines and become a big boss.
• Smoker recalled that their former classmate Daddy Masterson had also quit the Marines, and suspected Sephiroth was hiding his real plans.
• Sengoku called Sephiroth to demand an explanation for imprisoning every officer at Marine 16th Branch, and Sephiroth defended the arrests as a purge of corruption before hanging up.
• Sengoku told Zephyr about Sephiroth’s actions and wondered whether he truly believed in justice.
• Zephyr said Sephiroth’s actions benefited the Marines and compared his flexible methods to Sengoku’s Justice That Rules the World.

Sephiroth continued forging a blade under Kozaburo’s guidance and learned about the risks of blood-sacrifice forging. After returning to Marine 16th Branch, he met Garp, who had brought prisoners and a list of incoming officers, and asked to spar with him, but Garp fell asleep.

• Kozaburo taught Sephiroth a secret forging method that used blood and Ryou to temper a blade’s will, warning that it could produce cursed blades and harm the smith.
• Sephiroth received word that the warship escorting Major Mouse and the other prisoners had entered the naval harbor.
• Kuro struggled to process the Marine 16th Branch’s paperwork while waiting for headquarters to send officers to fill vacant posts.
• Garp arrived at the branch with a list of officers for Sephiroth and explained that he had come to visit his grandson, Luffy.
• Sephiroth asked Garp to spar, but Garp fell asleep before they could fight.

Sephiroth accompanied Garp to Windmill Village, where Garp visited his grandson Luffy at Makino’s bar. After meeting Luffy and flirting with Makino, Sephiroth left but continued visiting the village to see her.

• Garp and Sephiroth arrived at Windmill Village, and Mayor Woop directed Garp to Party's Bar, where Luffy was eating.
• Garp greeted Luffy, scolded him for his attitude, and repeatedly punched him while urging him to become a Marine.
• Sephiroth introduced himself to Makino, asked whether she had a boyfriend, and flirted with her.
• Luffy said he wanted to live freely and would rather become a pirate than a Marine, prompting another blow from Garp.
• Sephiroth left Windmill Village and returned every few days to drink and court Makino, while only briefly greeting Luffy.

Sephiroth visited Makino’s bar in Windmill Village, where he spoke with Shanks and drove off Higuma’s bandits. While the bar reacted to the incident, Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, gaining a rubber body and losing the ability to swim; Sephiroth left after paying for his drink.

• Sephiroth entered the bar, reassured the Red Hair Pirates that he was off duty, and told Shanks that Uta was doing well.
• Higuma and his bandits barged in demanding liquor, and Shanks offered Higuma an unopened bottle to defuse the confrontation.
• Higuma smashed the bottle over Shanks, but Sephiroth’s killing intent frightened the bandits into leaving.
• Luffy rebuked Shanks and the others for laughing instead of fighting Higuma, while Shanks calmly wiped his treasured straw hat.
• Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit from the wooden box, and Shanks explained its powers and the loss of Luffy’s ability to swim.
• Sephiroth paid for his Sherry and left the bar.

Sephiroth told Isaac that Umbrella Corporation would oppose the World Government because it stood in the way of his plans to explore the stars. Isaac committed himself to Sephiroth, and the chapter ended with him eating a Beetle Fruit to gain more power.

• Isaac explained that he had joined Umbrella Corporation after learning the World Government arranged his mother's murder, and he asked Sephiroth about the company's ultimate goal.
• Sephiroth described his changing ambitions, from gaining power to protect himself to building an empire and preparing for interstellar exploration, and said the World Government was in his way.
• Isaac pledged to give his life for Sephiroth as long as he was willing to oppose the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
• A caller told Sephiroth that his left arm was broken, and Sephiroth hinted that a gambler had wagered the arm he used to hold a blade.
• Sephiroth offered Isaac a Beetle Fruit, and Isaac ate it to gain strength for his revenge.

Sephiroth arrived at Marine Headquarters with Kuro, Jango, and the Nyaban Brothers, and offered Kuro a place at the military academy. In Oris Plaza, Hina used Sephiroth to repel Rear Admiral Kadaru’s unwanted advances, leaving Kadaru intimidated by Sephiroth’s Killing Intent Illusion.

• Sephiroth offered to recommend Kuro for the Marineford Military Academy, but Kuro chose to remain at Sephiroth’s side.
• Sephiroth and his companions came across Hina rejecting Rear Admiral Kadaru’s proposal in Oris Plaza.
• Hina linked arms with Sephiroth and claimed she did not want Kadaru to misunderstand their relationship.
• Sephiroth told Kadaru to stop pursuing Hina and used Killing Intent Illusion to frighten him into silence.