Recaps

After eating the Dark-Dark Fruit, Noki transferred to Loguetown, trained new Marines, and brought Bartolomeo’s gang into the Navy. He defeated Arlong and Krieg, helped make Loguetown peaceful, and left the Marines uneasy about his ruthless methods.

• Noki took the Dark-Dark Fruit, accepted command of Loguetown, and traveled to the East Blue after testing his powers against Borsalino and training with Bogard.
• Noki took charge of Loguetown, trained Tashigi and Dezaya, recruited Bartolomeo’s gang, and defeated pirates who threatened the town.
• Noki led an expedition against Arlong, destroyed Arlong Park, and killed Colonel Nezumi after exposing his collusion with the pirates.
• Ain transferred to Loguetown, while Nami arrived and agreed to study navigation and help manage Noki’s future ship.
• Noki fought Ace and defeated him repeatedly, then ordered Bartolomeo to compensate a restaurant and undergo intensified training.
• Krieg’s fleet attacked Loguetown, but Noki stopped its bombardment and destroyed the fleet, killing Krieg and Gin.
• Noki comforted Ain after struggling to sleep, donated money for Loguetown’s reconstruction, and bought Ain a fine sword as the town became peaceful.

Noki uncovered his family history, stopped Crocodile’s plot in Alabasta, and became the false-identity Warlord Carl Enel while secretly directing Baroque Works. He then traveled to Impel Down with Ain and Shiryu, where he absorbed the powers of Bondi Waldo and Douglas Bullet.

• Noki left Loguetown for Marine Headquarters, trained under Garp, learned about his father Rogers, and captured the Nine-Tailed Fox, whose new form he named Little Black.
• Noki escorted the Celestial Dragon Anasiah to Krilar, where she revealed that she was his mother and explained her history with Rogers.
• Noki defeated Jesus Burgess and Van Augur, recruited both into the Marines, and learned that Alabasta had requested his help for the Reverie.
• Noki allied with Nico Robin to undermine Crocodile, exposed Crocodile’s role in Alabasta’s unrest, and killed him at the palace.
• Noki and Robin found Pluton’s location on a Poneglyph, then presented Carl Enel as the one who had defeated Crocodile and gained him a place among the Seven Warlords.
• Noki secretly directed Baroque Works to hunt Devil Fruit users and returned to Alabasta, where Robin introduced Vivi to Carl Enel.
• Noki traveled to Impel Down with Ain, learned Shiryu’s Silent Slash, and agreed to help Shiryu leave within two years in exchange for his help obtaining prisoners’ powers.
• Noki absorbed Bondi Waldo and Douglas Bullet, then followed Shiryu to the fifth level, where Shiryu revealed the corpses of prisoners he had killed.