Recaps

Sephiroth defeated and killed Moria after Moria empowered himself with stolen shadows, then claimed Black Blade Shusui and the Shadow-Shadow Fruit. He left with the spoils, intending to save the fruit for a suitable candidate.

• Moria used Shadow's Asgard to absorb the shadows of more than twenty zombies and greatly increase his size and strength.
• Sephiroth picked up Black Blade Shusui from Sword God Ryuma's corpse, forced Haki into it, and attacked Moria with the blade.
• Sephiroth transformed and fought Moria, then used a rapid two-sword assault to create an opening and coordinated with the Bat Clone to bypass Moria's body-swapping defense.
• Sephiroth struck Moria with Two-Sword Style · Demon Flash, then cut off Moria's head when he survived the wounds.
• Sephiroth took Shusui and found the Shadow-Shadow Fruit in the Black Cloth Bag, deciding to keep the fruit for a suitable candidate.

Sephiroth attended a Marine meeting where the officers discussed the growing threat posed by Boa Hancock and her sisters. He later arranged for the corrupt Marine faction to offer Hancock a Shichibukai invitation, and she accepted after reaching an agreement with the Marines.

• Sephiroth left Perona sleeping at home and arrived at the Marine base in time for the regular meeting.
• Commodore Kaisa and Kaman briefed the officers on Boa Hancock, Boa Marigold, and Boa Sandersonia, their recent victories, and their new bounties.
• Kaisa warned the officers not to confront the three Kuja Pirates recklessly and to request Headquarters support if they encountered them.
• Sephiroth accepted 100 million Belly from Kaisa as his share of their earlier warship arrangement.
• Five days later, Sephiroth spent 2 billion Belly to have the corrupt Marine faction secure Hancock a Shichibukai invitation, and Hancock accepted after reaching an agreement with the Marines.

Sephiroth went to Asuka Island to find the Seven-Star Sword and took Maya’s three jewels before entering the ruins. He accidentally destroyed the sealed sword, then left with its fragments to study while Maya was left wondering whether she still needed to perform her rituals.

• Sephiroth found Maya at the altar and used Blood Recall while drinking her blood to learn where the Seven-Star Sword was hidden.
• Sephiroth took the three jewels and entered the ruins through a Spatial Gate, with Maya following him to the secret chamber.
• Sephiroth sent a Bat Clone to retrieve the Seven-Star Sword, whose corruption made the clone attack him.
• Sephiroth’s Butcher Blade cut through the Seven-Star Sword and destroyed the Bat Clone, eliminating the sword’s sinister power.
• Sephiroth returned the jewels to Maya, picked up the broken sword for research, and left through a Spatial Gate.

Sephiroth visited Shimotsuki Kozaburo and offered to restore his youth in exchange for a Famous Blade no weaker than Enma. Kozaburo accepted, regained his youthful body, and examined Sephiroth’s Butcher Blade.

• Sephiroth met Shimotsuki Kozaburo at the shore and asked him to forge a Famous Blade to replace Black Blade Shusui.
• Kozaburo said his frail condition prevented him from forging a blade of Enma’s caliber, so Sephiroth offered to restore his youth.
• Kozaburo agreed to forge the blade if Sephiroth made him young again.
• Sephiroth infused Kozaburo with forty years of life force, transforming him into a strong, black-haired young man.
• Kozaburo examined the Butcher Blade, felt it drain his life force, and praised its design.

Sephiroth visited the Shimotsuki Dojo with Shimotsuki Kozaburo, met his family, and examined Kuina’s Wado Ichimonji. After promising to teach Kuina Armament Haki when she was older, he discussed commissioning a Supreme Grade Blade with Kozaburo, who estimated the forging could take from six months to five years.

• Shimotsuki Kozaburo revealed his youthful appearance to Shimotsuki Koushirou, who accepted that the young man was his father after hearing private details from his childhood.
• Sephiroth met Kuina in the courtyard and examined her Wado Ichimonji, coating it in Armament Haki and frightening her before showing that the blade was unharmed.
• Sephiroth explained Armament Haki to Kuina and promised to teach her when she was older.
• Shimotsuki Kozaburo told Sephiroth that he would need to provide the materials for a Famous Blade, and Sephiroth said he wanted a Supreme Grade Blade.
• Shimotsuki Kozaburo estimated that forging the blade could take as little as six months to a year or as long as three to five years, depending on the materials and requirements.

Sephiroth found the Flame-Flame Fruit inside a monstrous bird on Sicsis Island and killed the creature after retrieving it. He reflected on the fruit’s limits and concluded that Haki mattered more than Devil Fruit advantages.

• Sephiroth flew to Sicsis Island and used the Black Bats’ Observation Haki to locate a cave in the central mountain.
• A giant strange bird attacked Sephiroth, who knocked it unconscious without killing it.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate into the bird’s stomach and searched through its contents until he found the Flame-Flame Fruit.
• After retrieving the fruit, Sephiroth killed the bird and considered how Haki could overcome the difference between the Flame-Flame Fruit and the Magma-Magma Fruit.

Hancock and her sisters entered Sephiroth’s villa hoping to surprise him with a feast, but Perona mistook them for burglars and defeated them with her Negative Hollows. Sephiroth returned from his laboratory to find the Boa sisters incapacitated and Perona proudly asking for praise.

• Hancock brought ingredients to Sephiroth’s villa and insisted she would cook for him, despite Sandersonia and Marigold warning her against it.
• The Boa sisters entered the villa and encountered Perona, who accused them of breaking in and attacked them with a Giant Negative Hollow.
• Marigold split the giant ghost with a lightning sword, but Perona unleashed a swarm of tiny Sad Hollows that overwhelmed the sisters and left them wallowing in despair.
• Perona returned to her bedroom and woke the Crimson Bat to tell Sephiroth that burglars had broken into the house.
• Sephiroth left his mouse experiment in the underground laboratory and used a spatial doorway to return to the villa.
• Sephiroth found the three Boa sisters still incapacitated while Perona asked him to praise her.

Sephiroth dealt with a misunderstanding between Perona and the Boa sisters, then shared lunch with them. After turning down Hancock’s invitation to bathe together until that evening, he left the villa to handle his afternoon work.

• The Boa sisters pinched Perona’s cheeks after a misunderstanding, and Sephiroth persuaded them to stop.
• Hancock asked to take Perona to Nine Serpent Island for training, but Sephiroth said Perona should grow up freely.
• Hancock learned that pirates had killed Perona’s parents and townspeople, and her displeasure toward the girl faded.
• Sephiroth cooked a lavish lunch, and Perona worried that eating too much would make her fat and send her to Nine Serpent Island.
• Hancock invited Sephiroth to bathe with her after lunch, but he declined because he had work and promised to spend time with her that night.
• Sephiroth left the villa after lunch to handle his afternoon work.

Sephiroth reviewed affairs on Upper Yard, accepted Laki and Conis as his God Servants, and traveled to Birka to advise Enel on handling resistance to Umbrella Corporation. After giving Enel a Vulture Zoan Devil Fruit, Sephiroth returned to the Blue Sea with the Wind Dials Enel had collected.

• The Shandia Chieftain and Gan Fall reported on Sky Island's farms and settlement, then arranged for Laki and Conis to serve Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth transported two supply ships through the Spatial Gate to Birka, where Enel reported that some residents resented Umbrella Corporation.
• Sephiroth instructed Enel to expose and punish the priests opposing the company while reassuring Birka's residents with promises of future benefits.
• Sephiroth gave Enel the Vulture-form Bird-Bird Fruit, and Enel ate it to gain the ability to transform and fly.
• After advising Enel on Birka's affairs, Sephiroth took 230 Wind Dials and returned to the Blue Sea.

Sephiroth asked Tom to design an airship capable of reaching the moon, with Marigold’s lightning powering it and Jet Dials providing temporary thrust. After returning to Sabaody, he shared dinner and bedtime with his household before slipping into bed with the Boa sisters.

• Sephiroth visited Tom’s Workshop with Marigold and asked Tom to design an airship that could fly to the moon.
• Marigold demonstrated her Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers, and Tom agreed that lightning and Jet Dials could power the craft.
• Sephiroth returned to Sabaody with Marigold and reflected that he still had not found Pluton’s blueprints in Tom’s Workshop.
• Hancock served Sephiroth her unusual fried rice, while Perona and the Boa sisters struggled through the meal.
• Perona asked Sephiroth for horror stories, and he read to her until she fell asleep.
• Sephiroth found the Boa sisters asleep, then slipped into bed beside them, where Sandersonia climbed onto him at Hancock’s request.

Sephiroth gathered rare materials for Kozaburo to forge a blade and watched the master smith begin his work. After spotting Monkey D. Dragon leaving the Shimotsuki Dojo, Sephiroth followed him and asked to discuss the Revolutionary Army.

• Sephiroth visited Kuina at the Shimotsuki Dojo and encouraged her to pursue her goal of becoming the world's greatest swordsman.
• Sephiroth brought Kozaburo the ores he had collected, along with Jim Alloy, and watched as Kozaburo began smelting the materials and taught him forging techniques.
• Sephiroth noticed a green-cloaked man leaving the dojo while Koshiro remained in the reception room.
• Sephiroth followed the man through a Spatial Gate and introduced himself to Monkey D. Dragon, saying he was interested in the Revolutionary Army and wanted to talk.

Sephiroth advised Dragon on building the Revolutionary Army, then offered discounted arms from Umbrella Corporation instead of joining. After a Supernova pirate raided Sabaody Archipelago, Sephiroth killed nearly a thousand pirates, earning the name “Throat Cutter” and making other pirates wary of staying there.

• Sephiroth discussed revolutionary ideas with Dragon and offered the Revolutionary Army a forty percent discount on Umbrella Corporation arms.
• Sephiroth completed his Haki training and went to bed while Perona slept in his room.
• Perona woke Sephiroth the next morning and asked him to make breakfast.
• Sephiroth responded to a raid on Island 45 and killed the Supernova pirate and nearly a thousand of his men.
• The World Economic Journal reported the massacre, and pirates began leaving Sabaody Archipelago quickly as Sephiroth became known as “Throat Cutter.”

Sephiroth encouraged Kuina to pursue her dream of becoming the world's greatest Great Swordsman, then helped Kozaburo forge a sword. After discussing Kuina's future with Koshiro, Sephiroth was pulled into reviewing Dragon's revolutionary manifesto.

• Sephiroth comforted Kuina and argued that talent and perseverance, not gender, determined whether someone could become the world's greatest Great Swordsman.
• Kuina asked Koshiro whether he could defeat Charlotte Linlin, and he admitted he could not refute her argument that women could become the world's greatest Great Swordsman.
• Sephiroth helped Kozaburo hammer a red-hot iron bar and learned that forging a fire-attributed Great Grade Sword required attention to the Flame Stone components and other conditions.
• Koshiro told Sephiroth he had discouraged Kuina because he feared the violent path she wanted to follow, and Sephiroth urged him to support her choice.
• Dragon brought Sephiroth a draft revolutionary manifesto and asked him to revise it, so Sephiroth began reading and offering suggestions.

After three years of building Umbrella Corporation’s influence, Sephiroth became commander-in-chief of the Sabaody Archipelago Marine Base while keeping his business and Marine roles balanced. He recognized Vergo as a Donquixote Family spy and assigned him to clean toilets, then used a Bat Clone to handle his Marine duties while he returned to his research.

• Sephiroth reflected on his promotion and Umbrella Corporation’s growth, including its arms trade, Stella’s rule in Salto Kingdom, and Hancock’s leadership of Amazon Lily.
• Sephiroth reviewed the new Marine recruits’ files and identified Vergo as a powerful recruit whose loyalty to Doflamingo made him impossible to recruit.
• After Mike proposed giving Vergo special training, Sephiroth ordered him assigned to the Logistics Department to clean the base’s toilets.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate to his laboratory, made a Bat Clone, and sent it to take his place at the Marine Base while he continued researching.

Sephiroth and Gion sparred at the Marine base, then went out to celebrate his promotion. As they walked through Sabaody, Sephiroth sensed a Celestial Dragon approaching and pulled Gion into an alternate space to avoid it.

• Sephiroth and Gion sparred with bamboo swords, and Sephiroth reflected that his regeneration gave him an advantage in a life-or-death fight.
• Gion teased Sephiroth about his promotion and demanded dinner, then made him agree to take her to a restaurant.
• Sephiroth considered his complicated feelings about Gion as they walked through the streets of the 71st Island.
• Sephiroth sensed something disgusting approaching, opened a spatial doorway, and pulled Gion into an alternate space.
• Sephiroth and Gion watched from the alternate space as pedestrians cleared the street for approaching Celestial Dragons, whom Gion remembered from past encounters.

Charloss Saint claimed a red-dressed woman as his wife and killed her husband when he objected. Gion struggled with her anger at the Celestial Dragons, while Sephiroth explained his numbness and followed her to a bar.

• Charloss Saint spotted a red-dressed woman among the kneeling crowd and declared that he would make her his wife.
• When the woman's husband protested, Charloss Saint shot and killed him, then ordered his men to take her away.
• Gion watched from the inner world and restrained herself from attacking Charloss Saint, knowing the consequences of harming a Celestial Dragon.
• After Charloss Saint had left, Sephiroth opened a door and told Gion it was time to eat.
• Sephiroth said that seeing Celestial Dragons' cruelty for three years had made him numb, and Gion took him to a bar for drinks instead.

After witnessing Gion’s despair over the Celestial Dragons’ cruelty, Sephiroth helped her drink at a Sabaody bar, killed a harassing bounty hunter, and took her to a hotel. Gion asked whether he liked her and began teasing him, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Gion drank heavily at Simon's Bar and sobbed into her Justice cloak while Sephiroth comforted her.
• Bald Johnson harassed Gion, and Sephiroth killed him with Butcher Blade after offering him a drink.
• Sephiroth paid the bill and carried the drunken Gion to an upscale hotel, bringing her Meito Konpira and Justice cloak.
• At the hotel, Gion grabbed Sephiroth’s wrist, asked whether he liked her, and began teasing him when he tried to leave.

Sephiroth and Gion confronted their tangled feelings in a hotel suite on Sabaody Archipelago, where Sephiroth finally admitted that he liked her. The chapter left them together after Gion welcomed his confession.

• Sephiroth watched the lights of Sabaody Archipelago from a hotel window with Gion beside him.
• Gion, drunk and frustrated, challenged Sephiroth to stop avoiding her feelings.
• Sephiroth recalled how their relationship had remained tangled despite his complicated ties and dangerous identity.
• Gion demanded to know whether Sephiroth liked her and why she had waited for him for so long.
• Sephiroth admitted that he liked Gion, and she smiled happily at his confession.

After spending the night with Gion, Sephiroth returned to his Marine office and later went home to cook lunch for Perona. He left Perona eating hot pot and wondering whether she would train or help with his company affairs.

• Sephiroth woke to find Gion gone, along with a note and 50,000 Belly, and recalled how she had confronted him about his other lovers.
• Sephiroth used a Spatial Gate to return to the Marine base commander's office and review documents.
• Perona called Sephiroth to complain that she was hungry, so he went back to their villa and made hot pot for lunch.
• While Perona ate, Sephiroth asked whether she would train or help manage the company, but she refused both.

Sephiroth and Perona were caught in an intimate moment when Hancock and her sisters returned to the villa. Hancock confronted Sephiroth, who admitted their relationship had begun three years earlier, and she left angry but not furious.

• Perona sat on Sephiroth's lap and shared hot pot with him before Hancock and her sisters returned home.
• Sephiroth greeted Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold, kissed them, and prepared the ingredients they had brought.
• Hancock found a bloodstained tissue on Sephiroth's chair and suspected that he and Perona had been intimate.
• Hancock confronted Sephiroth in the kitchen, and he admitted their relationship had started three years earlier while asking her not to blame Perona.
• Hancock asked whom Sephiroth would save if she and Perona fell into the sea, then warned him not to bring home more unfamiliar women and stomped on his foot.

After a night with Hancock, Sephiroth visited Shimotsuki Dojo, sparred with Kuina, and continued forging his blade, which he named Netherflame. Dragon then asked him to supply weapons on credit for a Revolutionary Army uprising in West Blue, and Sephiroth agreed on the condition that Umbrella Corporation be repaid with interest after the revolution succeeded.

• Hancock drove Sephiroth from the bed after five hours, sending him to sleep in Perona's room.
• Sephiroth arrived at Shimotsuki Dojo and watched Kuina defeat the adult student Jack before agreeing to their 101st sparring match.
• Sephiroth transformed into a child-sized body and used their spar to teach Kuina swordsmanship and Observation Haki.
• Sephiroth forged iron with Kozaburo and named his nearly finished blade Netherflame.
• Dragon asked Sephiroth to supply weapons on credit for a Revolutionary Army uprising in West Blue, and Sephiroth agreed to repayment with interest after the army seized the country.

Four months later, Sephiroth returned to Marine Headquarters and attended a conference where Steel Bone Kong planned to delegate Fleet Admiral duties to Sengoku. He met with Rear Admiral Mozambia before the meeting began, while Akainu’s unexplained hostility toward him remained unresolved.

• Sephiroth arrived at Marineford and noticed Akainu give him a hostile look and a cold snort.
• Sephiroth sent three field-grade officers to deliver ledgers to the Logistics Department while he went to the conference.
• Sephiroth recalled that Steel Bone Kong intended to delegate Fleet Admiral authority to Sengoku, who was favored to succeed him over Zephyr.
• Sephiroth took his seat beside Mozambia, a Rear Admiral connected to the corrupt Marine faction.
• Mozambia offered Sephiroth a cigar, and Sephiroth lit it with a flame made using several Six Powers techniques.

Steel Bone Kong announced that Sengoku would act as Marine Admiral, and Sengoku declared an internal corruption investigation led by Akainu. Sephiroth suspected the purge was political maneuvering and feared he would be singled out as a scapegoat, putting Umbrella Corporation at risk.

• Steel Bone Kong announced that Sengoku would act on behalf of the Marine Admiral.
• Sengoku condemned corruption in the Marines and appointed Akainu to lead an investigation task force reporting directly to him.
• Sephiroth reasoned that Kong was using the purge to gain political support and that Sengoku was serving as the scapegoat.
• Sephiroth suspected Sengoku and Akainu planned to use him as a low-level example and worried the investigation would damage Umbrella Corporation.
• Sengoku invited corrupt officers to surrender, and Kong adjourned the meeting.

Sephiroth provoked Akainu into a fight at Marineford’s coastal beach, hoping to demonstrate his true strength and make Sengoku reconsider how to deal with him. Akainu charged at him with a magma-coated fist as the battle began.

• Sephiroth blocked Akainu in the Marine Headquarters corridor and taunted him after Akainu ordered him to move.
• Akainu accused Sephiroth of picking a fight, and the two exchanged threats as nearby officers watched.
• Sephiroth opened a spatial doorway to a beach, and Akainu followed him there to fight.
• Sephiroth drew Shusui and Butcher Blade, intending to prove his Admiral-level strength and protect his value to the Marines.
• Akainu dismissed the gap between them as obvious and lunged at Sephiroth with a magma-coated fist.

Sephiroth and Akainu fought a destructive battle on a Marineford beach after clashing over the purge operation and the Marines’ justice. As Zephyr and Sengoku headed toward the shore, Akainu forced Sephiroth into direct clashes to drain his Haki, but Sephiroth spotted a momentary lapse and unleashed a charged strike.

• Sephiroth transformed, increased his speed with Life Return, and traded attacks with Akainu while taunting him about his justice and ambitions.
• Akainu launched a massive lava fist, which Sephiroth dodged before the attack flattened a distant hill.
• Akainu pressed Sephiroth with relentless magma-enhanced blows as their battle shook Marineford.
• Zephyr sensed Sephiroth and Akainu fighting and rushed toward the shore, followed by several officers.
• Sengoku wondered how the two had reached the distant beach and whether Akainu had targeted Sephiroth, then went to investigate.
• Akainu used his swordsmanship and strength to force Sephiroth into draining head-on clashes, but Sephiroth noticed Akainu lose focus and swung a long-charged strike.