Recaps

Sephiroth and the Dressrosa delegation met Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick to negotiate protection for the kingdom while it remained a World Government member. Whitebeard pressured Scarlett for sending a young princess to negotiate, but she stood her ground and revealed a powerful aura.

• Sephiroth, Scarlett, Kyros, Gild Tesoro, and two Umbrella Corporation employees arrived at Mattathias Island ahead of their meeting with the Whitebeard Pirates.
• The delegation boarded the Moby Dick and met Whitebeard Edward Newgate, who asked whether Dressrosa intended to leave the World Government.
• Scarlett explained that Dressrosa wanted Whitebeard's protection without giving up its status as a member nation.
• Whitebeard questioned Scarlett's authority and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, making the delegation struggle under the pressure.
• Scarlett's unease gave way to resolve as a dark crimson lightning-like aura erupted from her, and she declared herself qualified to negotiate as Dressrosa's princess and future heir.

Scarlett and Gild Tesoro negotiated with Whitebeard to bring Dressrosa under his protection, offering annual payments and discounted weapons from Umbrella Corporation. Whitebeard accepted the deal and gave them his flag, and the group left Mattathias Island with Sephiroth praising Scarlett’s performance.

• Scarlett used Conqueror's Haki aboard the Moby Dick, and Whitebeard laughed before hearing her proposal to pay ten billion Belly annually for Dressrosa’s protection.
• Whitebeard questioned whether the offer was enough, so Gild Tesoro explained that Umbrella Corporation had joined the negotiation and offered discounted weapons.
• Whitebeard demanded ten billion Belly worth of arms each year for free, and Gild Tesoro agreed to the terms.
• Whitebeard ordered Marco to give Gild Tesoro the Whitebeard Pirates’ flag, confirming the agreement.
• The group left Mattathias Island, and Sephiroth praised Scarlett for successfully negotiating with Whitebeard.

Marineford Military Academy’s cadets graduated, with Tokikake, Gion, and Sephiroth receiving promotions for their service. After Sephiroth urged his classmates to hold to their ideals, they celebrated before departing for their new postings.

• Zephyr delivered the graduation speech while Tokikake, Smoker, and Sephiroth discussed their plans to serve at the G-2 Branch, Loguetown, and Sabaody Archipelago, respectively.
• Tokikake and Gion said they planned to serve at the G-1 Branch, and Tokikake teased Gion about being near Sephiroth.
• Zephyr promoted Tokikake and Gion to Major and awarded Sephiroth the rank of Colonel for his actions in Dressrosa.
• Sephiroth gave a brief speech urging the cadets to remember their aspirations and the justice they carried.
• Class One celebrated graduation at a bar, then the cadets boarded warships the next morning and went to their new postings.

Sephiroth arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago Marine base and took command of its Special Mobile Unit. After meeting Brigadier General Kaisa, he tested his two hundred and twenty Marines, found them all weak, and appointed Frank as his adjutant.

• Sephiroth reported to Brigadier General Kaisa, who warned him to act carefully and explained that he would command the base’s Special Mobile Unit.
• Kaisa told Sephiroth that former commander Nick had been demoted after the failed operation against Hawkeye.
• Sephiroth met Private Second Class Frank and ordered him to gather the unit on the parade ground.
• Sephiroth fought all two hundred and twenty Marines while wearing Sea Stone handcuffs and defeated them.
• Sephiroth appointed Frank as his adjutant, then returned to his office to learn the work.

Sephiroth settled into his Marine post on Sabaody, secretly hunting Devil Fruit users and building connections with corrupt officials while avoiding reckless business deals. When pirates began robbing people in Island 45, he headed there alone and ordered Frank to assemble a squad.

• Sephiroth trained with an enormous barbell and reviewed his month of work, including finding four Devil Fruit users and obtaining the Vulture Fruit and Slip-Slip Fruit.
• Sephiroth used Kaisa’s belated birthday as a pretext to give him 200 million Belly, and Kaisa introduced him to corrupt Marine and World Government officials, including Spandam.
• Frank reported that pirates were committing robbery in Island 45, and Sephiroth ordered him to assemble a squad before opening a gateway to the district.
• Frank failed to lift Sephiroth’s barbell and left to gather the soldiers, who had come to trust Sephiroth because he handled missions himself and shared bounty money with them.

Sephiroth killed Walton Quincy and his looting pirates on Sabaody before sending Marines to restore order, then explored the Butcher Blade’s ability to help sustain its Devil Fruit power. He later went to Island 13, where Boa Hancock petrified six men who tried to abduct her.

• Sephiroth cut down Walton Quincy’s pirates and beheaded Quincy after asking what kind of king he wanted to become.
• Sephiroth returned to the Marines base and sent twenty-one Marines through the Spatial Gate to clean up the scene and reassure civilians.
• Sephiroth discovered that the Butcher Blade could draw life force and had begun constructing a small, unstable space through its own instincts.
• Shakky advised Boa Hancock to wear a mask while they stayed in Sabaody’s lawless zone, and Boa Hancock accepted one from a shopkeeper.
• Six men rushed Boa Hancock to abduct her, but she used Mero Mero Mellow to turn them into stone.

Sephiroth reunited with Hancock and the others on Sabaody, then accompanied them to meet Silvers Rayleigh and asked to learn Conqueror’s Haki. Rayleigh agreed to teach him everything he knew after Sephiroth offered two billion Belly, though mastering the techniques would depend on Sephiroth’s talent.

• Sephiroth appeared on Sabaody Island 13 and reunited with Boa Hancock, Boa Sandersonia, and Boa Marigold.
• Shakky explained that she had brought Hancock to meet Rayleigh, who could teach her to use Conqueror’s Haki.
• The group went to Rayleigh’s home, where he agreed to train Hancock after learning she had awakened Conqueror’s Haki.
• Sephiroth introduced himself and asked Rayleigh to teach him Conqueror’s Haki as well.
• Rayleigh initially resisted teaching a Marine, but agreed to teach Sephiroth everything he knew after he offered two billion Belly.

Sephiroth paid Rayleigh two billion Belly to train him in Conqueror’s Haki, and Rayleigh began teaching him and Hancock how to control its release. The chapter ended with Rayleigh agreeing to train the Boa sisters in Observation Haki as Sephiroth returned to his Marine duties.

• Sephiroth used Spatial Gates to retrieve twenty suitcases filled with two billion Belly and brought them to Rayleigh’s house.
• Rayleigh accepted the payment and immediately tested Sephiroth and Hancock by targeting them with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Rayleigh explained how to control and focus Conqueror’s Haki, but said Conqueror’s Haki Infusion had to be mastered through strength and combat experience.
• Rayleigh agreed to train Sandersonia, Marigold, and Hancock in Observation Haki, while scheduling two daily Conqueror’s Haki lessons for Sephiroth.
• The group ate lunch on Island 13, and the Boa sisters began training that afternoon as Sephiroth returned to the Marine base.

Sephiroth brought the Boa sisters home for dinner and gave Sandersonia the Slip-Slip Fruit she had wanted to improve her appearance. After eating it, Sandersonia transformed into a strikingly beautiful woman with exceptionally smooth skin.

• Rayleigh tested the blindfolded Boa sisters, and Hancock dodged his strike by using Paper Arts to sense changes in the airflow.
• Sephiroth arrived through a Spatial Gate and invited Rayleigh and Shakky to dinner, but Rayleigh declined because they had other plans.
• Sephiroth brought a wooden box to dinner and revealed that it contained the Slip-Slip Fruit for Sandersonia.
• Sandersonia thanked Sephiroth with a kiss, then ate the fruit despite its terrible taste.
• The Slip-Slip Fruit transformed Sandersonia, making her features more refined and her skin soft, fair, and smooth.

Sephiroth reassured Marigold that he would find her a Devil Fruit and began considering which one would suit her. He decided to visit Sky Island in three days to see whether Enel had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, then spent the evening with the Boa sisters at the villa.

• Marigold pouted because she was the only Boa sister who had not received a Devil Fruit, and Sephiroth promised to find one for her in the future.
• Sephiroth rejected the Bubble-Bubble Fruit, the Paste-Paste Fruit, and the Vulture-form Bird-Bird Fruit as unsuitable gifts for Marigold.
• Sephiroth wondered whether Enel had already eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and decided to visit Sky Island on his next day off.
• After dinner, Hancock helped Sephiroth wash the dishes while Marigold and Sandersonia played with the Vampire Bat.
• That night, Marigold and Sandersonia relaxed in the bath as Sephiroth looked out at the moonlit sea.

Sephiroth promised Gild Tesoro and Stella a big score to replenish Umbrella Corporation’s tight funds, while Scarlett continued improving Dressrosa with her Stone-Stone Fruit. The chapter ended with Sephiroth taking Gild Tesoro and Stella to Sabaody to prepare for their trip the next day.

• Gild Tesoro told Sephiroth that Umbrella Corporation’s industrial park was progressing, but urgent arms orders had tightened the company’s cash flow.
• Sephiroth promised Gild Tesoro and Stella that he would take them on a trip the next day to secure new funding.
• Scarlett rode a rock giant through Sebio and reflected on Whitebeard’s protection of Dressrosa and Fish-Man Island, as well as her ongoing swordsmanship training.
• Scarlett told Sephiroth that she was using the rock giant to pave a road between Varasin and Sebio, and he recalled her plans to build a defensive wall along Dressrosa’s coast.
• Sephiroth spent the morning with Scarlett, then took Gild Tesoro and Stella through a spatial passage to Sabaody and told them to prepare for their departure.

Sephiroth and Gild Tesoro sailed from Sabaody Archipelago toward Jaya Island while Sephiroth used Spatial Gates to shorten their journey. After replenishing his stored lifespan with the life force of the ship’s goats, he reached the half-destroyed house he had been seeking.

• Sephiroth asked Gild Tesoro about the search for Gekko Moria, then ordered him to investigate rumors of grave robbers and zombies in West Blue.
• Sephiroth opened Spatial Gates to move the ship from Sabaody Archipelago through the waters near the City of Water and onward toward Jaya Island.
• Sephiroth explained his improved gate-opening method to Gild Tesoro and continued transferring the ship across the sea.
• Sephiroth used a Vampire Bat and drained the life force of nineteen white goats to replenish his stored lifespan.
• Gild Tesoro reported seeing a house cut apart with only half remaining, and Sephiroth went to the deck and spotted it on the shore.

Sephiroth used Butcher Blade’s Door-Door Fruit powers to bring his crew to Sky Island Skypiea, where he explained the history of Shandora and the conflict surrounding its gold. After exploring Upper Yard, he found the Golden City preserved and discovered something even more interesting.

• Sephiroth traveled through a Spatial Gate to Sky Island Skypiea and returned to his ship on the Blue Sea.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate and sailed the crew into the white sea of clouds, surprising Tesoro and Stella with the sight of the sky islands.
• Sephiroth told Tesoro that the Golden City of Shandora existed on Upper Yard and explained its history and the ongoing war between Skypiea's people and the Shandia.
• Sephiroth said he wanted to avoid bloodshed and explore opportunities for the Umbrella Corporation to expand into Skypiea's shell culture.
• Sephiroth and the crew landed on Upper Yard, where he sent Black Bats across the island and discovered the well-preserved Golden City along with something else that interested him.

Sephiroth interrupted a standoff between Gan Fall’s priests and Ziegel’s Shandia guerrillas, declaring that he would become the new God of Sky Island. After his Conqueror’s Haki knocked out the assembled fighters, Gild Tesoro and Stella defeated Gan Fall and Ziegel.

• Gan Fall refused Ziegel’s demand that the Sky Islanders leave Upper Yard, and both sides prepared to fight over the Shandia homeland.
• Sephiroth arrived with Gild Tesoro and Stella and announced that he would become the new God of Sky Island.
• Sephiroth unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out nearly everyone present except Gan Fall and Ziegel.
• Sephiroth ordered Gild Tesoro and Stella to defeat Gan Fall and Ziegel without killing them.
• Stella extinguished Ziegel’s cannon fire with a blizzard and trapped Gan Fall in a snow dome, while Gild Tesoro used his golden armor to overpower Ziegel.
• Gild Tesoro knocked Ziegel unconscious, and Stella defeated Gan Fall, leaving both leaders down.

Sephiroth captured the Sky Island priests and Shandia guerrillas, then offered both sides peace and a place under his rule. Gan Fall surrendered, while Ziegel left to consult his tribe’s chief as Sephiroth promised to relight the Lights of Shandora; Gild Tesoro returned with a fortune in gold.

• Sephiroth’s men bound and disarmed more than six hundred priests and guerrillas while Gild Tesoro stripped the gold from Shandora’s buildings.
• Sephiroth offered Gan Fall and Ziegel rule under him, protection for Sky Island’s residents, and the chance to restore the Lights of Shandora.
• Gan Fall accepted Sephiroth as Sky Island’s new god and asked him to spare the God’s Squad.
• Ziegel said the Shandia chief had to decide, so Sephiroth freed him to bring the chief for negotiations.
• Sephiroth told Gan Fall that the Lights of Shandora were the legendary Song of the Island, and Gan Fall hoped they could end the long war.
• Gild Tesoro returned in a giant golden form and told Sephiroth the gold could bring in thirty to forty billion Belly.

Sephiroth forced the Shandia Tribe and Skypiea’s leaders to negotiate Umbrella Corporation’s rule and development plans, offering the Shandia a return to Upper Yard and help lighting Shandora’s Light. The leaders accepted a tripartite administration, while Sephiroth warned them to resolve future disputes peacefully or face his force.

• Ziegel returned to the Shandia Tribe and told the Chieftain that their captured warriors were alive and their captors had offered terms.
• Ziegel explained that Gan Fall had also been captured and that Sephiroth’s group had proposed letting the Shandia settle in Upper Yard and help light Shandora’s Light in exchange for submission.
• Gan Fall showed Gild Tesoro a Wind Dial, and Sephiroth learned that Birka produced larger versions that could power Wavers.
• The Chieftain traveled with Ziegel to meet Sephiroth and accepted his proposal to negotiate.
• Gild Tesoro outlined Umbrella Corporation’s plans for shellfish farms, trade, and tripartite administration of Skypiea.
• Sephiroth said Umbrella Corporation would enforce peace and warned Gan Fall and the Chieftain that future conflicts must be settled through negotiation.

After revealing the Golden Bell to the Shandia and moving it to his temple, Sephiroth flew to Birka and found Enel being abused by priests. He offered to help Enel take revenge in exchange for becoming his subordinate, and Enel accepted.

• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate to the Golden Bell Tower, where the Shandia Chieftain and the others saw the Golden Bell and its Poneglyph.
• Sephiroth concealed the meaning of Roger's message on the golden base, then helped move the Golden Bell to his temple, where the Shandia Chieftain rang it across Sky Island.
• Sephiroth left Gild Tesoro to handle the negotiations and flew to Birka, sending Black Bats across the island.
• Five priests demanded extra offerings from Enel and beat him when he could not pay.
• Sephiroth approached Enel and asked about the fruit worshipped in Birka's temple, learning that Enel despised the priests who used it to extort the islanders.
• Sephiroth offered to help Enel take revenge if he became his subordinate, and Enel agreed.

Sephiroth took Enel to Birca’s temple, seized the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and defeated the island’s priests. After Enel took revenge on five men who had bullied him, Sephiroth arranged for Gild Tesoro to train him and returned to Sabaody, leaving Birca’s occupation to his allies.

• Sephiroth entered Birca’s temple with Enel, knocked down its guards, and took the Rumble-Rumble Fruit from the altar.
• Sephiroth fought through the arriving priests, defeating more than two hundred of them before leading Enel down from the temple.
• Sephiroth found the five men who had bullied Enel and handed him a revolver; Enel shot them in the arms and legs.
• Sephiroth opened a gate to the Apaido Temple, where Gan Fall and the Shandia Chieftain sent three hundred people to bind the defeated priests.
• Sephiroth introduced Enel to Gild Tesoro and told him to train Enel in the Six Powers and Haki.
• Sephiroth explained the plan for Birca to Gild Tesoro and returned to the Sabaody Archipelago through a Spatial Gate.

Sephiroth used a Bat Clone to prepare lunch, then gave Marigold the Rumble-Rumble Fruit because he trusted her more than Enel. Marigold ate it, and Rayleigh reminded everyone that Haki and physical training remained essential alongside Devil Fruit powers.

• Sephiroth created a Bat Clone to help him cook twelve dishes and soup for lunch.
• Sandersonia, Hancock, and Marigold passed through Sephiroth's Spatial Gate, and Rayleigh and Shakky joined them for the meal.
• Sephiroth explained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's powers and gave it to Marigold, choosing her over Enel because he did not trust Enel with it.
• Marigold kissed Sephiroth and ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit despite its awful taste.
• Rayleigh warned that powerful Haki could overcome most Devil Fruit abilities, and Sephiroth agreed that fruit users should keep training their physical prowess.

After bidding farewell to Hancock and her sisters, Sephiroth returned to his Marine duties while struggling to control his blood-hungry Bat Clone. Brigadier General Kaisa then invited him into a scheme to embezzle funds by falsifying warship damage, and Sephiroth agreed.

• Sephiroth helped the Kuja Pirates load money and weapons onto the Perfume Yuda, then watched Hancock and her sisters sail away.
• Shakky explained that Hancock would lead the Kuja Pirates while the three sisters proved their strength, and Sephiroth reflected on their Haki and Devil Fruit abilities.
• Sephiroth returned to the Marine base and continued his routine work and Lineage Factor research, while keeping his Bat Clone from hunting Marines.
• Frank summoned Sephiroth to Brigadier General Kaisa's office, and Sephiroth learned that Kaisa wanted to replace his supposedly damaged warships.
• Sephiroth recognized Kaisa's plan to falsify losses and embezzle public funds, then agreed to join the scheme.

Sephiroth trained at the Marine base and sparred with Gion, who revealed she had begun to develop future sight. After two hours of fighting, Sephiroth had overcome her mental fatigue and invited her to the base cafeteria for an all-you-can-eat meal.

• Sephiroth realized his strength had outgrown ordinary training and that he would need life-or-death battles to break through his limits.
• Gion visited Sephiroth and challenged him to a sword match after returning from missions in the New World.
• Sephiroth and Gion sparred in a private dojo, where he noticed she seemed to anticipate his attacks and learned she could briefly see the future.
• Gion used future sight to dominate their first hour of sparring, but Sephiroth gained the advantage as her concentration and stamina faded.
• Gion asked Sephiroth to treat her to dinner, and he offered to take her to the Marine base cafeteria instead.

Sephiroth learned that Gekko Moria was digging up famous graves in West Blue and decided to seek him out later. In Waldley Town, he found the starving, hunted Nico Robin and offered her food, then revealed that he sometimes hunted wanted criminals.

• Gild Tesoro gave Sephiroth reports showing Gekko Moria digging up graves in West Blue, and Sephiroth asked for contacts in the region’s Underground World.
• Three days later, Nico Robin tried to buy bread in Waldley Town, but the baker drove her away after recognizing her as the Devil Child.
• Nico Robin escaped the gathering crowd and collapsed in an alley, hungry and alone.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate and invited Nico Robin to eat in his hotel suite, and she accepted the food.
• When Nico Robin told Sephiroth she had a 79 million Belly bounty, he said he sometimes worked as a bounty hunter and had killed criminals with higher bounties, startling her into dropping her milk.

Sephiroth gave Nico Robin money, a mask, and intensive survival training while refusing to take her in because he would not risk opposing the World Government. After nine days together, he told her he was leaving.

• Sephiroth assured Nico Robin he would not turn her over, gave her fifty million Beli and a mask, and advised her to hide her identity.
• Nico Robin asked Sephiroth to take her in, but he refused unless she abandoned Ohara's will and stopped researching the Void Century; she rejected those conditions.
• Sephiroth offered to teach Nico Robin survival skills, introduced himself as Karl D. Sephiroth, and suggested she use the alias Amunet.
• For nine days, Sephiroth taught Nico Robin disguises, assassination, tracking, wilderness survival, Devil Fruit development, Haki, and the Six Powers.
• On the tenth morning, Sephiroth read that the World Government had established the Shichibukai system, then told Nico Robin he had to leave.

Sephiroth left Nico Robin in Pike Town with advice and a mask, then rescued the orphaned Perona from the ruins of Rosanna Town. After feeding her and buying her clothes, he took her back to his hotel.

• Sephiroth left Nico Robin near Pike Town, gave her a half-mask, and urged her to survive until the truth of Ohara became known.
• Perona wandered through Rosanna Town after her parents were killed, having escaped the woods with ghostly powers from a strange fruit.
• Sephiroth found Perona and offered to care for her, and she agreed after asking whether she would have enough to eat.
• Sephiroth took Perona through a Spatial Gate to Bristol, where he bought her bagel sandwiches and hot cocoa.
• Sephiroth bought Perona several Gothic Lolita outfits and brought her back to his hotel.

Gekko Moria ordered his zombies to dig up a mass grave for laborers to help build a ship, then faced Sephiroth, who had come to kill him. Sephiroth killed Ryuma’s zombie and gained the upper hand against Moria, while their shadows fought separately.

• Gekko Moria ordered his zombies to dig up the graves, explaining that he needed workers to turn a small island into a three-masted sailing ship.
• Sephiroth confronted Gekko Moria and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out every zombie except Ryuma’s mummy.
• Gekko Moria charged Sephiroth with his twin blades as Ryuma’s mummy drew Black Blade Shusui to support him.
• Sephiroth dodged Moria and decapitated Ryuma’s mummy with the Haki-coated Butcher Blade before clashing blades with Moria.
• Gekko Moria sent his Shadow Doppelganger to attack Sephiroth, but Sephiroth’s Bat Clone intercepted it and kept it from interfering.
• Sephiroth pressed his attack and gradually overwhelmed Moria, whose battle instincts had declined during his long period of idleness.