Recaps

Leo revealed that he had been a trusted steward of a Celestial Dragon family and claimed to know the world's secrets. He asked whether Boa Hancock had accepted the Shichibukai position, and her unfamiliarity with the term showed him that his plan could proceed.

• An Amazon warrior told Boa Hancock that the shipwreck survivor claimed to have secrets and would speak only to her, and Gloriosa urged Hancock to meet him.
• Hancock summoned Sandersonia and Marigold to join the audience with the survivor.
• The man introduced himself as Leo, thanked Sandersonia and Marigold for saving him, and revealed the Celestial Dragons' hoofprint branded on his back.
• Leo said he had been a trusted steward of the Chateau Saint Family and asked whether the current Empress had accepted the Shichibukai position.
• Boa Hancock asked what a Shichibukai was, and Leo smiled as he prepared to deceive her.

A black-haired former slave told the Empress how the Celestial Dragons had favored him before he lost their trust and escaped. He explained the World Government’s Shichibukai proposal and warned that Marine Warships able to cross the Calm Belt could threaten Amazon Lily.

• The black-haired man described himself as a petty bourgeois and explained that the Celestial Dragons had treated him as a favored slave.
• He admitted that he had once accepted life as a favored retainer, but losing the Celestial Dragons’ trust drove him to escape and become resolute.
• The man told the Empress that the World Government planned to recruit powerful pirates as Shichibukai to fight other pirates.
• He explained that Shichibukai could gain bounty exemptions, legal pillaging, and protection for their territories, but the Empress dismissed the offer as useless to Amazon Lily.
• The man warned that the World Government had developed Warships capable of crossing the Calm Belt, leaving the Empress to consider the threat to Nine Snake Island.

Leo revealed his ambitions to Boa Hancock and Gloriosa, declaring that he wanted to destroy the Celestial Dragons, World Government, and Marines and establish a new country. He rejected the idea that he wanted to become Pirate King, then scoffed at Gloriosa’s suggestion that he planned to usurp a kingdom.

• Gloriosa appeared and demanded to know how Leo knew secrets about the World Government.
• Leo introduced himself as a former butler to the Chateau Saint Family and explained that his position had given him access to their secrets.
• Leo told Gloriosa and Boa Hancock that he sought the Celestial Dragons’ downfall, the World Government’s dissolution, the Marines’ collapse, and the founding of a new country.
• Gloriosa mistook Leo’s ambition for a desire to become Pirate King, but Leo laughed and argued that the title represented no real power.
• Gloriosa suggested that Leo meant to seize a World Government member kingdom, and Leo responded with disdain.

Leo argued that the World Government, the Marines, and the Four Emperors all relied on protection money, and that the Emperors’ rule could not create lasting change. He left the Empress and Gloriosa questioning his views while secretly pursuing his goal of persuading the Empress to help overthrow the World Government.

• Leo compared the Heavenly Gold paid to the Celestial Dragons with the protection money demanded by the Four Emperors, prompting the Empress to suggest that an Emperor could bring peace and prosperity to their territory.
• Leo argued that an Emperor’s policies depended on one person and would die with them, leaving the Empress dissatisfied despite recognizing his point.
• Gloriosa challenged Leo’s contempt for pirates by citing Whitebeard, but Leo said Whitebeard wanted a family rather than the title of Pirate King.
• Gloriosa brought up Big Mom and her children, and Leo called them weak because their unity concealed fear and unfulfilled desires.
• Leo reflected on the dangers of facing powerful Devil Fruit users and concluded that he needed to stay close to the Empress until he grew stronger.
• Leo revealed to himself that he had been trying to make the Empress agree with him so he could persuade her to abandon Amazon Lily and join him in overthrowing the World Government.

Leo explained to the Empress and Gloriosa how the World Government maintained power by exploiting kingdoms and using pirates to unite people against an outside threat. He argued that defeating the World Government was the only way to free ordinary people, then asked the Empress to join him.

• Leo described the World Government’s control over kings, sea routes, nations, and intelligence.
• Leo explained to the Empress and Gloriosa how people tolerated exploitation by their rulers but joined them against pirates.
• Gloriosa recognized how pirates, kings, and commoners sustained a cycle of exploitation that strengthened the Marines’ influence.
• Leo argued that pirates became exploiters themselves and that the World Government avoided responsibility for abuses within kingdoms.
• Leo said the World Government had to be defeated to liberate ordinary people and asked the Empress to join him.

Leo urged the Empress to leave Amazon Lily and help oppose the World Government, but she dismissed him before giving him a clear answer. As he was escorted out, Leo abandoned hope of recruiting her and eyed the other Amazon warrior women.

• The Empress challenged Leo to explain why she should risk Amazon Lily’s safety to fight for people beyond the island.
• Leo recounted how he had stayed silent as a slave and steward until the Celestial Dragons planned to abandon him, then warned that people would suffer if no one spoke up for them.
• Leo admitted he lacked the strength to oppose the World Government alone and asked the Empress to lend her top-tier combat power to his cause.
• The Empress declared that she was tired and ordered Leo to leave without revealing whether she accepted his appeal.
• Gloriosa drove Leo from the Empress’s bedchamber, and the Amazon warrior women escorted him into the common areas of the kingdom.
• Leo gave up on recruiting the Empress for now and turned his attention to the other Amazon warrior women.

After Leo left the Empress’s bedchamber, Gloriosa saw that he had deeply shaken the Empress and arranged for her sisters to return while keeping him under watch. Leo explored Nine Snake Island with Ran and tried to learn its location, but his question made her shut down.

• Gloriosa found the Empress tearful and ordered Sandersonia and Marigold to return so they could discuss the situation.
• Gloriosa learned that Leo was giving a speech and worried he might persuade the island’s warriors or influence the Empress to leave with him.
• Leo asked Ran to let him look around Nine Snake Island, and she agreed to guide him.
• Leo introduced himself to Ran, who said she was a Kuja Pirates combatant and asked how he knew the Empress.
• Leo asked which sea bordered Amazon Lily’s location in the Calm Belt, and Ran recognized the question as a threat to the island’s secrecy and stopped talking.

Leo toured Nine Snake Island with Ran, observed its Amazon warriors and civilians, and stopped at a restaurant where the women crowded around him. When Ren asked him to tell them about his adventures on the Grand Line, Leo began recounting a story he had experienced, leaving its identity unrevealed.

• Leo toured Nine Snake Island with Ran and noted how its women trained and lived.
• Leo entered a roadside restaurant with Ran, where a crowd of Amazon women gathered to watch him.
• Ren served Leo Gorgon Spire Cheese Noodles and wine, then asked where he came from.
• Leo said he had been shipwrecked on the Grand Line and thanked the women for saving him.
• Ren asked Leo to share an adventure, and he began telling a story from his own experience.

Leo told the Amazon women the opening of One Thousand and One Nights, captivating the Empress and her audience. When Hancock invited him to stay on Amazon Lily, Leo accepted and postponed his voyage while recovering.

• The Empress and Gloriosa arrived at a crowded tavern where Leo was telling Amazon women about a princess enslaved by a Celestial Dragon.
• Leo stopped his story at a suspenseful moment and explained how the princess used nightly tales to stay alive.
• Hancock asked Leo to continue, and he said he would tell the rest of One Thousand and One Nights over time.
• Hancock invited Leo to stay on Amazon Lily, and Leo agreed to rest there before continuing his voyage.

After settling into Empress's chambers on Nine Snake Island, Leo explained the Marines' Shichibukai strategy to Gloriosa and asked Belladonna to examine his weakened body. The examination found no other problems, and Leo turned to Empress and Gloriosa for help planning Haki training while they awaited the Marines.

• Leo recalled how he had come to stay in Empress's chambers and said he hoped to witness her receiving the Shichibukai title.
• Leo explained to Gloriosa how the Shichibukai served as filters for pirates advancing through the Grand Line and why the Marines wanted the Kuja Pirates among them.
• Gloriosa was impressed by Leo's strategic analysis and recognized that Amazon Lily needed someone to advise Empress.
• Leo asked Belladonna to examine him, and she reported that he was merely weak and had no other apparent problems.
• Leo suggested training Haki once he recovered, but Empress could not help him set goals, so he looked to Gloriosa for guidance.

Leo began training in Haki under Gloriosa but made no progress despite ten days of effort. On the eleventh day, a Navy warship arrived outside Amazon Lily Island, bringing his training to a halt.

• Leo learned from Gloriosa how Amazon Lily trained warrior women in Armament and Observation Haki and decided to pursue Haki to survive.
• Gloriosa taught Leo the basics, but he struggled to enter the state needed to use Haki.
• Over ten days, Leo recovered physically and grew closer to the Amazon warrior women by sharing stories at Ren's tavern, but his Haki training showed no progress.
• A Navy warship stopped outside Amazon Lily Island, and the Amazon warrior women gathered as the Navy arrived.

The Kuja Pirates confronted Vice Admiral Tsuru’s Marines, who had come to recruit Hancock and brought female officers to counter her Love-Love Fruit. Hancock followed Leo’s advice to demonstrate her strength before negotiating, and she petrified the entranced soldiers, leaving the negotiations poised to begin.

• The Kuja Pirates emerged from Nine Snake Island aboard their warship as Tsuru’s Marine ship waited nearby.
• Leo identified Tsuru, Momousagi, and Hina among the Marines and explained that the female soldiers were meant to withstand Hancock’s Love-Love Fruit.
• Hancock considered seizing the Marines’ Seastone warship, but Gloriosa told her to follow their plan.
• Leo advised Hancock to accept the invitation while making demands and to show her strength before negotiating with Tsuru.
• Hancock rode to the Marine ship with Sandersonia and Marigold, and her dazzling appearance captivated the soldiers.
• Hancock’s Love-Love Fruit petrified the soldiers who fell under its spell.

Hancock confronted Vice Admiral Tsuru and the Marines, then accepted the World Government’s Shichibukai appointment after negotiating terms. The Marines left with another powerful pirate recruited, while Leo’s plans came to fruition.

• Hancock turned most of the Marines to stone and accused them of entering Amazon Lily’s territorial waters to start a war.
• Tsuru stopped Momousagi and Hina from attacking and presented Hancock with a newspaper announcing four confirmed Shichibukai.
• Hancock asked what benefits the position offered, and Tsuru explained that Shichibukai could legally plunder ships and countries.
• Hancock demanded that Marines stay five kilometers from Nine Snake Island, avoid pursuing her when she rescued Celestial Dragon slaves, and not require her to obey World Government orders.
• Tsuru accepted Hancock’s conditions, and the Marines recruited her as a Shichibukai.

Leo explained to the Kuja Pirates that their victory over the Marines was only tactical, while the Marines had strategically contained Amazon Lily and weakened its freedom to act. He left the warriors worrying about how to break the deadlock, with Kikyo asking him for a solution.

• Hancock's Love-Love Mellow left the Marines unaware of how much time had passed, while the Amazon warriors celebrated their victory.
• Leo declined Hancock's offer to dine in her bedchamber and instead ate with the Amazon warriors, where Lan asked him to explain strategy and tactics.
• Leo told the warriors that the Marines had achieved their goal by incorporating the Kuja Pirates and intimidating Nine Snake Island with Seastone Warships.
• The warriors realized they might be forced to keep their strength near home and become increasingly worn down by the Marines.
• Kikyo asked Leo how the Kuja Pirates could resolve their strategic predicament.

Leo said Amazon Lily could not match the World Government’s technological resources and argued that defeating it required uniting its enemies. He prepared to leave with Hancock to recruit powerful allies, planning to travel through the Grand Line to Alabasta and then cross the Calm Belt to the East Blue.

• Leo explained that Amazon Lily could not outspend the World Government on technological development and said its enemies would need to unite to overthrow its rule.
• Leo reflected on his weak physical condition and concluded that he needed to recruit top-tier combat power.
• Leo asked Hancock to leave with him, and Hancock agreed to accompany him.
• The next day, Nine Snake Island prepared provisions and fresh water as Hancock and Leo got ready to depart.
• Leo outlined a route through the Grand Line to Alabasta, then across the Calm Belt to the East Blue, while Gloriosa decided to remain behind to look after the island.

Leo set sail with the Kuja Pirates after deceiving Gloriosa and the Empress about his destination. As the ship crossed the Calm Belt, he revealed that he intended to reach Sky Island and obtain the Lightning-Lightning Fruit if Enel had not already eaten it.

• Leo persuaded Gloriosa to remain on Amazon Lily while the Empress led a raid with fewer than fifty Kuja Pirates.
• The Empress's floating palace set out across the Calm Belt, pulled at high speed by two Yuda.
• Leo revealed that he had lied about heading to Alabasta and planned to continue to Sky Island to claim the Lightning-Lightning Fruit.
• A giant flying-fish-shaped Sea King leaped from the water, but a larger Sea King bit it in half and drenched Leo with blood and seawater.

Leo survived a deadly encounter with a giant Sea King and spoke with Rindou, who warned him not to endanger the Kuja Pirates. He continued training aboard the ship while Hancock and her sisters watched, and Marigold looked forward to his next story.

• Rindou warned Leo that she would not let him drag the Kuja Pirates into danger, and Leo invited her to travel with him and see the world.
• Leo reflected on the dangers of the Calm Belt and the Amazons’ bond with their Snake Bows, then began his daily training.
• Sandersonia suspected Leo was hiding something, while Marigold accepted that he could keep secrets like they did.
• Hancock cooked Chinese food for Leo as Marigold eagerly anticipated his evening storytelling session.

Leo reflected on the Empress’s strength and Doflamingo’s growing power while training during the Amazons’ month-long voyage through the Calm Belt. When the lookout sounded an alarm, Sandersonia and Marigold escorted Leo away as the warriors prepared to face an enemy.

• Leo watched Rindou destroy giant Sea Kings with Haki-infused cannonballs and learned that the Empress could petrify Sea Kings of that size.
• Leo considered the Empress’s combat potential and imagined that a future fight with Enel could push her to develop her Devil Fruit further.
• Leo reflected on Doflamingo’s Black Market network and Artificial Devil Fruit technology, then resumed his gradual physical training.
• After a month sailing safely through the Calm Belt, Purple Fan Flower rang the lookout bell, and the Amazon warriors armed themselves and took positions on deck.
• Sandersonia and Marigold escorted Leo to the Empress’s room as the crew prepared to confront the approaching enemy.

Leo watched the Kuja Pirates ambush a pirate ship whose crew had been driven desperate by the Calm Belt. After the Amazons killed dozens in a single volley, the remaining pirates looked to their giant captain for orders, while he stared at the Kuja flag in fear.

• Leo watched the approaching pirates row toward the Kuja Pirates’ tower ship as the Amazons prepared their bows.
• The pirate ship collided with the tower ship, and the pirates charged across to board it.
• The Amazon warrior women fired with deadly accuracy, killing or pinning forty to fifty pirates in the first exchange.
• The surviving pirates lost their nerve and turned to their five-meter-tall captain for direction.
• A pirate asked the captain what they should do as he stared at the Kuja Pirates’ sail in terror.

Leo stopped Hancock from killing the Cutlass Pirates because he wanted to use them for an experiment, then asked to negotiate with them. With Hancock beside him, he announced that the Kuja Pirates would spare their lives, but he had not yet explained the conditions.

• The Cutlass Pirates’ captain, Big Cutlass William, begged for mercy and offered the crew’s Devil Fruits and treasure.
• A Sea King approached the ship but fled when two Yuda threatened it.
• Leo asked Hancock to spare the pirates because he wanted them for an experiment, and she agreed.
• Leo took Hancock by the hand and descended the stairs to address the pirates.
• Leo announced that the Kuja Pirates would spare their lives, then began to say, “But…”

Leo made a deal with William’s pirates to lead them out of the Calm Belt, then discovered that William possessed the Flame-Flame Fruit. The discovery led Leo to suspect he would soon encounter Ace before Ace became known as Fire Fist.

• Leo offered to spare William’s pirates and guide them out of the Calm Belt if they obeyed his orders until they escaped.
• William and his crew agreed to let Leo act as their temporary captain.
• Leo asked William to show him the Devil Fruit and learned that William had not eaten it.
• William opened a chest, revealing the Flame-Flame Fruit, which Leo recognized as the fruit belonging to Ace.
• Leo reasoned that Ace might have been a potential Shichibukai recruit and anticipated meeting him after leaving the Calm Belt.

Leo spared the Cutlass Pirates and took their ship, cargo, and weapons after they surrendered. The Kuja Pirates towed the stripped vessel onward, while the surviving pirates celebrated their chance to live.

• William explained that he had kept the Devil Fruit uneaten because selling it could earn the crew enough money to return home and marry.
• Ran arranged ropes to tow the Cutlass Pirates' ship, and Leo had the prisoners carry their supplies onto the Kuja Pirates' vessel.
• William told Leo that his crew had lost more than thirty men in the battle and described their ship, tactics, and hopes of returning home.
• Leo watched the prisoners and concluded that sparing them had been the right choice after learning that most sought wealth and a quiet life rather than great ambitions.
• The Kuja Pirates' warship moved forward under Yuda's pull as the Cutlass Pirates cheered at having kept their lives.

The Cutlass Pirates celebrated surviving the Kuja Pirates’ attack, while Leo wrestled with whether he was ready to eat the Flame-Flame Fruit. He kept the fruit and trained harder, then brought food to the pirates as Rindou began to understand how his arrangements kept them dependent.

• William and the Cutlass Pirates celebrated their survival, then realized that the man who had spared them was connected to their escape.
• Leo agonized over eating the Flame-Flame Fruit, decided he was not worthy of it yet, and put it back in its chest.
• Leo increased his training, then went to the Cutlass Pirates with food at around three in the afternoon.
• Rindou told Leo that controlling when the pirates received their food let the Kuja keep them weak and make them feel like prisoners.
• Leo asked Rindou what else she understood.

Leo explained how supplies and strict routines could improve his safety and discipline the captured pirates. He began organizing the Cutlass Pirates into an orderly meal line, seeing them as a potential force against the World Government.

• Leo told Rindou that training the pirates’ obedience and controlling their meals would help keep them dependent and increase his safety aboard their ship.
• The pirates hauled Leo and Rindou’s lifeboat onto their ship, but Rindou used her cannon to stop the crew from crowding forward.
• Leo ordered William to prepare clean tables and knives, then made the pirates form two lines.
• Leo concluded that the Cutlass Pirates represented ordinary pirates who might be persuaded to join a larger struggle against the World Government.
• Leo instructed the pirates to collect bread, salted meat, and rum from separate tables, warning that anyone who broke order would go hungry.

Leo distributed food and rum fairly to William’s pirates, then challenged them to send their weakest fighter so he could test his strength. The pirates laughed and started nominating Todd, who protested that he was not the weakest.

• Leo ordered Wood to saw the hard bread and had William carve the meat for the meal.
• Leo distributed food and rum among the pirates, opening each bottle so no one could hide or steal it.
• Rindou watched Leo closely as he managed the crew and considered whether he could tame the pirates.
• After the meal, Leo challenged the pirates to send their weakest fighter to face him.
• The pirates laughed at Leo’s challenge and called on Todd, who denied being the weakest.