Recaps

Sephiroth ambushed the Five Elders, but they escaped the destruction of their ship and disappeared. He later told Sengoku about the failed assassination, warned him to monitor the allied nations, and took Tyrant Kuma to restore his memories, revealing that Vegapunk had a replacement weapon called Seraphim.

• Sephiroth ordered Marigold to attack the Five Elders’ ship with a whirlpool, a Knock-Up Stream, and lightning, but the Elders escaped.
• Sephiroth and Marigold searched for the Five Elders without success, so Sephiroth began eliminating Cipher Pol agents using Stussy’s intelligence.
• Sephiroth visited Sengoku at Marineford and revealed that the Five Elders were alive and had escaped his assassination attempt.
• Sephiroth asked Sengoku to have Marine intelligence watch for unusual movements by allied nations, and Sengoku agreed.
• Sephiroth took Tyrant Kuma to restore his memories and told Sengoku that Vegapunk’s Seraphim project could replace him.

Sephiroth moved Egghead Island to the New World and used a flying Marine fleet to suppress pirate unrest and take control of twelve nations. Meanwhile, Doflamingo abandoned Wano Country for Hachinosu Island, and Sengoku sent Akainu and Kizaru to curb the growing Blackbeard Pirates.

• Sephiroth returned to Egghead Island, learned Vegapunk had completed the requested machine, and promised to move the island to safety near G-1 Branch.
• Sephiroth used the Float-Float Fruit to carry Egghead Island and a hundred Marine warships through the air to G-1 Branch, where he deployed forces to support the New World.
• After pirates withdrew from the nations they had occupied, Sephiroth captured them and returned them for execution; the Marines brought twelve nations under direct control.
• Drake and more than a dozen Flying Six members escaped prison and reunited with Doflamingo, who realized Sephiroth controlled Wano Country and moved his headquarters to Hachinosu Island, renaming the crew the Donquixote Pirates.
• Sengoku sent Akainu and Kizaru to strike at the Blackbeard Pirates and prevent their fleet from expanding.

Sephiroth helped Vegapunk treat Kuma on Egghead Island, then cooked lunch for Bonney and the others. He later visited Ain at the G-1 Branch, where a meal and a promised chance to relax led to an intimate encounter, leaving her embarrassed and unsteady.

• Sephiroth told Bonney that Kuma's surgery had gone well and that restoring his memories and personality would take three to five days, then used hypnosis to aid the process.
• Vegapunk asked to study Sephiroth, but Sephiroth refused and urged him to focus on improving the Seraphim.
• Bonney's hunger prompted Sephiroth to cook seafood fried rice, which he shared with Bonney, Stussy, York, and Vegapunk.
• At the G-1 Branch, Sephiroth found Ain buried in military paperwork, brought her fried rice, and listened as she explained the workload.
• Sephiroth teased Ain by removing a grain of rice from her mouth, then persuaded her to take a break; three hours later, she left the office disheveled and embarrassed.

Sephiroth visited Stussy to recruit her to help purge CP agents loyal to the Celestial Dragons and Five Elders, offering her a Pure Gold ring that would preserve her youth. Stussy accepted the offer and spent the night with Sephiroth, who left her exhausted by morning.

• Sephiroth asked Stussy to use her CP0 intelligence to help eliminate the CP personnel loyal to the Celestial Dragons and Five Elders, with Steel Bone Kong secretly covering for them.
• Sephiroth gave Stussy a Pure Gold ring and admitted that he also wanted her to remain young because he desired her body.
• Stussy confirmed the ring was genuine and agreed to help Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth and Stussy fought through the night, and Stussy eventually ran out of strength and fell asleep.
• At sunrise, Sephiroth reflected on Stussy's stamina and wondered whether Miss Bakkin had contributed to Whitebeard's weakness in old age.

Kuma woke on Egghead Island with his memories and personality restored and reunited with Bonney, then spoke with Sephiroth about returning to the Revolutionary Army. Sephiroth hinted that the Celestial Dragons’ era had ended and that he wanted to discuss the future with Dragon.

• Kuma woke restrained in Vegapunk’s operating room and chose not to escape because the World Government threatened Bonney and the people of the Sorbet Kingdom.
• Bonney arrived and told Kuma that Sephiroth and Vegapunk had restored his memories and personality, though he could not remember the period after his modifications were completed.
• Kuma apologized to Bonney for failing as a father, and she reassured him that he was the best father in the world.
• Sephiroth arrived and spoke with Kuma about his influence on Dragon and the Revolutionary Army’s progress.
• Kuma said he had promised Dragon he would return to the Revolutionary Army if Bonney’s illness was cured, and Sephiroth said serving as a Shichibukai did not necessarily conflict with that.
• Sephiroth said most Celestial Dragons were already dead and that he wanted to meet Dragon to discuss matters concerning the future.

Dragon welcomed Sephiroth and Kuma to Revolutionary Army headquarters, where Kuma reunited emotionally with his former comrades. Dragon expected Sephiroth to collect the Revolutionary Army’s enormous debt, but Sephiroth discussed other matters with him privately, leaving Dragon deep in thought.

• Dragon prepared an extravagant banquet for Sephiroth and Kuma, telling Koala and Betty to treat Sephiroth carefully because the Revolutionary Army owed him three or four trillion Belly.
• Sephiroth and Kuma arrived at the headquarters, where the Revolutionary Army soldiers cheered for Kuma and Dragon embraced him.
• Dragon welcomed Sephiroth into the fortress, where Betty lit his cigar and Koala poured him wine before the banquet began.
• Kuma led the guests in the Nika dance, and the group enjoyed the banquet without Dragon mentioning the debt.
• Sephiroth asked to speak privately with Dragon, who expected him to demand repayment, but Sephiroth discussed other matters with him for several hours.
• Dragon saw Sephiroth off and then shut himself in his room, appearing weighed down by their conversation.

The Straw Hat Pirates arrived in Dressrosa to buy Adam Treasure Tree wood and build a new ship, while Luffy wandered off alone. After eating at a couples’ restaurant without money, Luffy was confronted by Captain Kyros and had to decide whether to run or cooperate.

• The Straw Hat Pirates landed in Dressrosa, where Usopp warned Luffy that pirates who caused trouble faced execution.
• Franky explained that they needed Adam Treasure Tree wood for a new ship, and the crew divided up their plans while Zoro and Chopper stayed behind to guard the boat.
• Chopper noticed that Luffy had already disappeared, and Luffy went to a couples’ restaurant on Lovers Avenue and ate fifty servings of meat.
• The restaurant waiter presented Luffy with a bill of 389,000 Beli, but Luffy had no money and offered to fetch his companions.
• Kyros and a squad of soldiers arrived to take Luffy in for dining and dashing, and Luffy hesitated over whether to run away or cooperate.

Sephiroth offered Luffy a way to save Garp from his life sentence by becoming a Shichibukai. After Garp beat Luffy and explained the choice, Luffy reluctantly agreed, leaving his pirate king ambitions intact.

• Sephiroth, Kuina, and Garp arrived through a Spatial Gate while Luffy was struggling over an unpaid bill.
• Garp broke his shackles and gave Luffy a severe beating before asking whether he would enter Impel Down or become a Shichibukai to secure Garp’s pardon.
• Sephiroth explained that Garp’s life sentence followed his killing of two CP0 agents and that Luffy’s Shichibukai status could obtain Garp’s release.
• Garp agreed to the plan, accepting that he would retire from the Marines and provide Sephiroth with a Lineage Factor sample for Seraphim research.
• Sephiroth persuaded Luffy that he could become a Shichibukai first and pursue becoming Pirate King later, and Luffy agreed to the temporary arrangement.

Kuina defeated Zoro in their long-awaited duel at the Dressrosa Colosseum, then asked Sephiroth to make her a vampire so she could grow stronger and help him. The chapter ended with the postwar world’s power reshaped by the World Government’s paralysis, Blackbeard’s rise, and a new Four Emperors order.

• Sephiroth brought Kuina and Zoro to the Dressrosa Colosseum for their promised duel, where Kuina used her speed and Observation Haki to suppress him.
• Zoro tried to exploit Kuina’s apparent exhaustion, but she evaded his attacks and placed Wado Ichimonji against his neck, forcing him to admit defeat.
• Kuina told Sephiroth that she believed her strength had reached its limit and asked him to turn her into a vampire; he confirmed her resolve and performed The Embrace.
• After the Summit War, Sephiroth and Steel Bone Kong’s purges helped cripple the World Government, while Marine fleets inflicted heavy losses on Blackbeard’s forces.
• Blackbeard Teach relocated his surviving forces to the New World, gained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power, and established a base near West Blue.
• Red-Haired Shanks, Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, Demon Yaksha Doflamingo, and Blackbeard Teach became the new Four Emperors as the New World Marines seized former Kaido and Whitebeard territories.

Sephiroth joined Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru as Sengoku announced a contest to choose his successor as Fleet Admiral. Kizaru abstained before Sengoku could draw the matchups.

• Sephiroth entered Sengoku's office and sat beside Kizaru with Akainu and Aokiji already present.
• Sengoku announced that he planned to step down and select a successor through duels among the four Admirals.
• The chapter revealed that Sengoku and Sephiroth had privately agreed a year earlier that Sephiroth would succeed him, and that the Marines' dependence on Umbrella Corporation's funding helped make him the preferred choice.
• The Marines and World Government had withheld aid and intervention as rebellions and wars spread, leaving the World Government with just over forty member nations.
• Kizaru raised his hand and said he abstained from competing for Fleet Admiral.

Sephiroth challenged Sakazuki and Kuzan to fight him together for the position of Marine Admiral, then opened a Spatial Gate to the Red Line for their duel. After Sakazuki attacked, Sephiroth countered with overwhelming speed and Haki, punching him into a mountain.

• Kizaru withdrew from the competition, and Sephiroth proposed fighting both Sakazuki and Kuzan for the Marine Admiral position.
• Sakazuki and Kuzan accepted Sephiroth's challenge, and Sengoku agreed to the duel.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate to the Red Line, where he and the two Admirals took their positions.
• Sephiroth transformed into his vampire Zoan form and invited Sakazuki and Kuzan to attack without drawing his sword.
• Sakazuki launched a magma attack, but Sephiroth smashed through it, suppressed Sakazuki's elementalization with Conqueror's Haki, and punched him into a mountain.

Sephiroth overwhelmed Aokiji and then confronted Akainu as the magma admiral returned to the fight. The battle escalated when Sephiroth seized control of Akainu’s magma and struck him with his own Meteor Volcano.

• Sephiroth struck Akainu into the rubble, then challenged Aokiji to attack.
• Aokiji hit Sephiroth with an ice-assisted punch, but Sephiroth endured it, seized his arm, and riddled him with Finger Pistol: Madara.
• Sephiroth slammed the badly wounded Aokiji into the ground as Akainu emerged from the ruins surrounded by magma.
• Akainu attacked Sephiroth with magma hounds, but Sephiroth pulled them back into the molten ground and took control of Akainu’s magma.
• Sephiroth used the stolen magma to launch Meteor Volcano at Akainu, humiliating him with his own attack.

Sephiroth defeated Akainu and Aokiji in their fight for the position of Marine Admiral Sengoku, then brought them to Marineford for emergency treatment. News of the battle spread through Marine Headquarters, where everyone wondered how powerful Sephiroth was.

• Akainu and Aokiji attacked Sephiroth together, but he overwhelmed them and unleashed a sword-energy domain that left both badly wounded.
• Sephiroth used Bat Clones to keep Aokiji occupied while he defeated Akainu with Fierce Dragon Sky-Breaking Slash, then used the same attack to knock Aokiji unconscious.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate to the Marine medical department and ordered doctors to treat the unconscious Akainu and Aokiji.
• News of the fight spread through Marine Headquarters, where Marines discussed Sengoku's possible retirement and Sephiroth's strength.

Karl D. Sephiroth was appointed Marine Admiral and vowed to lead the Marines in ending the world’s conflicts. The Five Elders and Imu watched the ceremony and resolved to wait for their secretly developed Seraphim to be ready before launching a counterattack.

• Steel Bone Kong appointed Karl D. Sephiroth Marine Admiral at a ceremony in Marineford, where Gion and Tokikake watched alongside other Marines.
• Sephiroth delivered a speech promising to end the era’s conflicts, and the Marines in Oris Plaza chanted that justice and the Marines would prevail.
• The Five Elders discussed Sephiroth’s strength, their failed plan to draw Blackbeard Teach into fighting him, and whether they could threaten him through his many women.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn told Imu that the Five Elders had secretly used Vegapunk’s production data to create Seraphim and were waiting for them to be calibrated before counterattacking.

Momonosuke and the retainers arrived twenty years in the future to find Wano Country renamed Inazuma, and Hiyori told them to abandon their plan to reclaim it. When Momonosuke vowed to restore the Kozuki Family, Hiyori killed him and the four retainers to protect Sephiroth’s plans.

• Momonosuke, Kin'emon, Raizo, Kankuro, and Kikunojo traveled twenty years forward and found their own weathered graves among Oden Castle’s ruins.
• Hiyori appeared and explained that Wano Country had become Inazuma, while the people had moved to a new settlement because pollution had ruined the old land.
• Hiyori urged the group to hide their identities and live peacefully, but Momonosuke vowed to reclaim Wano Country and the retainers pledged to follow him.
• Hiyori transformed and killed Momonosuke, then beheaded Kankuro as Kin'emon realized she had become their enemy.
• Kin'emon, Raizo, and Kikunojo attacked Hiyori, but she killed them and buried them in the graves prepared for them.

Sephiroth completed the Perennial Youth Operation on himself, gaining inexhaustible life force, then used the Float-Float Fruit to remove Reverse Mountain and connect the Four Seas. The chapter ended with the seas open to free passage.

• Sephiroth used Seraphim Hogback No. 118, implanted with data from 117 failed operations, to perform the Perennial Youth Operation on him.
• After the operation left Seraphim Hogback dying, Sephiroth recovered the Op-Op Fruit by transforming a prepared apple with its blood.
• At Twin Capes, Sephiroth warned Crocus to flee and began using the Float-Float Fruit to assimilate Reverse Mountain.
• Crocus escaped by boat as Sephiroth made Reverse Mountain rise from the Red Line and float over the sea.
• Sephiroth moved Reverse Mountain away and released his hold, allowing the Four Seas to flow into the newly opened passage.

Sephiroth reviewed a plan to deploy mass-produced robots in the Marines and learned that the Revolutionary Army-backed nations were applying to rejoin the World Government. After hearing about a coming Pirate Expo, he ordered the Marines to amplify rumors about its prize and prepare a force to draw in powerful pirates.

• Sephiroth read Kuro's proposal for integrating lunar and war robots into Marine combat and logistics units.
• Ain delivered the newspaper and documents, and Sephiroth read a report about seventy-five Revolutionary Army-backed kingdoms seeking to rejoin the World Government.
• Sephiroth explained that Dragon had agreed to the applications after observing reforms and improved living conditions under the World Government.
• Ain reported that pirates were organizing a Pirate Expo and that its prize might be linked to Roger's treasure.
• Sephiroth ordered the intelligence department to spread exaggerated claims about the prize and told Ain to gather ten or twenty thousand Marines to fish for bigger targets.

Sephiroth visited Red-Haired Shanks to demand the territory under his command, warning that the Marines planned to surround the Four Emperors and end the Great Pirate Era. Shanks accepted a duel to decide the matter, lost to Sephiroth, and claimed twenty more jugs of wine as his condition.

• Beckman told Red-Haired Shanks that the Pirate Expo had drawn Blackbeard Teach and Demon Yaksha Doflamingo into the search for Captain Roger's Great Treasure.
• Sephiroth arrived through a Spatial Gate with wine and demanded that Shanks hand over his territory, explaining the Marines' plans to establish bases in Wano Country and on the Red Line.
• Shanks refused to sell his territory and proposed a duel: Sephiroth would claim it if he won, but would forfeit his life if he lost.
• Shanks sent his crew away except for Beckman, and he and Sephiroth clashed with Haki and swordsmanship before Sephiroth awakened the Vampire Fruit and overwhelmed him.
• Sephiroth held the Butcher Blade to Shanks's neck, and Shanks conceded the territory after signaling Beckman to lower his rifle.
• Sephiroth offered to meet reasonable conditions, and Shanks asked for twenty jugs of wine for his crew, which Sephiroth agreed to provide.

The Straw Hat crew arrived at the Pirate Expo on Delta Island as Marines prepared to act, while Ace stayed to confront Blackbeard Teach. Imu and the Five Elders also came to seize Roger’s Great Treasure, and Imu resolved to kill Luffy and Sephiroth.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat crew sailed to the Pirate Expo, where Sephiroth explained that the Marines had arranged their attendance and reassured Luffy that he had not snitched.
• Ace told Sephiroth he intended to settle his grudge with Blackbeard Teach if Teach appeared at the festival.
• After the Thousand Sunny docked, Luffy ran off to explore the festival, while Sephiroth told Zoro the Marines had made their preparations and would respond as events unfolded.
• Imu and the Five Elders spotted Luffy and discussed the Marines, Teach, and Doflamingo gathering near Delta Island as they pursued Roger’s Great Treasure.
• Imu vowed to kill Sephiroth and Straw Hat Luffy.

Doflamingo joined Blackbeard Teach to discuss their planned ambush of the Marines and Sephiroth, while Bullet prepared to use the Pirate Expo to start a massive war. Sephiroth learned that the Blackbeard and Donquixote Pirates had arrived and monitored the Marine deployments as he waited to see whether Big Mom would intervene.

• Doflamingo asked Blackbeard Teach how confident he was about ambushing the Marines and what plan he had to defeat Sephiroth, and Teach said a third powerful force had joined them.
• Buena Festa told Bullet that the Pirate Expo was a stage for him to demonstrate his strength and ignite a huge war, and Bullet vowed to kill anyone who stood in his way.
• Gion informed Sephiroth that the Blackbeard and Donquixote Pirates had arrived with one ship each and reported the Marines' eastern, southern, and western deployments.
• Sephiroth ordered Gion to avoid exposing her unit and to alert him if she found the Big Mom Pirates.
• Sephiroth recalled offering Big Mom a place as a hereditary constitutional royal family under the World Government and resolved to imprison her if she rejected the deal and meddled.

Donner Modirat revealed the staged treasure hunt at Pirate Expo, and the Knock-Up Stream lifted an island from Delta Island’s central lake. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates raced toward it alongside Kuma and Bonney, while Sephiroth spotted Captain Kidd among the competitors.

• Donner Modirat announced Roger’s riddle, and a whirlpool and Knock-Up Stream raised a small island into the sky.
• Luffy led the Straw Hat Pirates aboard the Thousand Sunny toward the stream, hoping to claim Roger’s treasure.
• Sephiroth spotted Captain Kidd and decided he would not let Kidd’s Magnet-Magnet Fruit threaten the Marines’ WM Robots.
• Bonney persuaded Kuma to join the treasure hunt, and Kuma used his Paw-Paw Fruit to swat away cannonballs as they sailed upward.
• Franky launched the Thousand Sunny with Coup de Burst, bringing it level with Kuma’s ship in the Knock-Up Stream.

Pirates raced toward the treasure on Delta Island while Sephiroth secretly switched the Eternal Pose in the treasure chest, sending the one for Laugh Tale to Marine Headquarters. Bullet destroyed the island and seized the chest, then challenged Sephiroth after the Marine Admiral revealed himself, only to discover the chest pointed to Marineford.

• Luffy and the other pirates headed for the treasure, while Sephiroth took the Laugh Tale Eternal Pose from the chest and replaced it with one for Marineford.
• Bullet hurled a ship into the island above the lake, shattering it and sending Luffy and other pirates tumbling into the water.
• Zoro and Sanji jumped into the lake to retrieve Luffy, while Bullet found and took the treasure chest from the wreckage.
• Sephiroth revealed himself as a Marine Admiral, frightening the pirates in the stands and sending them fleeing.
• Bullet opened the chest and found an Eternal Pose marked Marineford instead of the expected treasure clue.

Sephiroth confronted Bullet over the supposed Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale, then overwhelmed Bullet’s Conqueror’s Haki. As Bullet began merging with his submarine battleship, Sephiroth struck first and sent him crashing into a mountain.

• Bullet claimed the Eternal Pose in his chest pointed to Laugh Tale, despite suspecting it was fake, and challenged Sephiroth to a duel.
• Bullet unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, but Sephiroth’s stronger Haki suppressed it and knocked most of the pirates unconscious.
• Kuma carried the unconscious Bonney away, while Zoro, Sanji, Marco, and Franky gathered with Luffy and Ace near the lake.
• Bullet summoned the Catabolt submarine battleship and began merging with it using his Devil Fruit ability.
• Sephiroth dived at Bullet and slashed him before he could finish fusing, sending him crashing into a distant mountain.

Blackbeard Teach and Doflamingo prepared to confront Sephiroth on Delta Island, with Redfield joining them in hopes of obtaining the Vampire Fruit. Redfield and the Blackbeard Pirates reached the island, while the Donquixote Pirates were also driven offshore by Sephiroth’s Haki.

• Sephiroth’s Conqueror’s Haki stirred the sea around Delta Island and forced the Donquixote and Blackbeard Pirates’ ships away.
• Doflamingo urged Blackbeard Teach to act, warning that Marine bases at Reverse Mountain and Wano Country threatened the pirates’ hold on the New World.
• Blackbeard Teach enlisted Redfield, who wanted Sephiroth’s Vampire Fruit, and the two relied on Redfield’s agreement with Blackbeard to cooperate against him.
• Redfield used Pato’s ability to create a Van Auger duplicate, which warped Redfield, Pato, and himself to Delta Island’s shore.
• Van Auger transported Blackbeard Teach and the rest of the Blackbeard Pirates to the island.

Sephiroth overwhelmed Bullet after he transformed with his awakened Combination Fruit, then Blackbeard Teach and Doflamingo arrived and proposed joining forces against him. Jinbe and Hawkeye Mihawk joined Sephiroth as the confrontation expanded.

• Sephiroth let Bullet fuse the Catabolt submarine and surrounding matter into a gigantic beast, while Ace and Marco commented on Bullet’s anger.
• Bullet’s awakened Combination Fruit created a black beast over a thousand meters tall, but Sephiroth cut through its arm with Dimension Shattering Slash.
• Bullet canceled his transformation to escape Sephiroth’s slash and was mocked by Sephiroth.
• Blackbeard Teach and Doflamingo arrived with their crews and urged Bullet to join them against Sephiroth.
• Jinbe and Hawkeye Mihawk leaped from the spectator stands to stand beside Sephiroth.