Recaps

Leo arrived at the grand marketplace with Hancock and his daughter, where merchants and others worshipped him as the God of Commerce. He told the tax officers to have everyone stand, then greeted the Whitebeard Pirates and the merchant Ace had been speaking with.

• Merchants and bystanders knelt when they recognized Leo, while Ace stopped the big-bearded merchant from kneeling.
• Leo’s disabled veteran tax officers saluted him, and he ordered them to remind the crowd that the Revolutionary Army did not need anyone to kneel.
• The tax officers told everyone to stand, and Leo approached the Whitebeard Pirates and Ace’s merchant companion.
• Marco introduced himself as the Whitebeard Pirates’ first mate, and Leo shook hands with the captains and the merchant alike.

Leo questioned Basca about West Blue and reassured him that the people there would prosper, then went with Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates to a tavern to talk. There, Leo explained that his public support for Basca was meant to encourage other merchants not to kneel.

• Leo asked Basca the price of his fruit, and Zoya bit into one before Hancock gave her an ice cube to soothe the sourness.
• Leo asked Basca about West Blue's specialties, crops, climate, and strong winds, then encouraged him to work hard.
• Leo invited Marco to a bar to talk, and Marco agreed as the Whitebeard Pirates questioned Leo along the way.
• Leo explained that his pats would protect Basca from bullying and attract business, prompting Izo to challenge him about rewarding the merchant.
• At the tavern, Leo told Izo that he was encouraging other merchants not to kneel.

Leo explained the Revolutionary Army’s gradual approach to educating and guiding the public, then revealed that it had intended to avoid war with the Marines until Sengoku forced a confrontation. As the Whitebeard Pirates considered Leo’s reasoning, Marco asked how Leo planned to deal with them.

• Leo told Izo, Marco, and Jozu that examples and practical benefits could gradually change people’s habits, while newspapers and education would help guide them.
• Leo compared governing a country to carefully preparing soup, saying lasting change required multiple approaches and patience.
• Marco asked why the Revolutionary Army had fought the Marines, and Leo said Sengoku had discovered its plans and forced it to attack Marine Headquarters.
• Leo said he had expected to avoid direct conflict with the Marines until after dealing with the Four Emperors, but Sengoku had broken their tacit understanding.
• Marco asked Leo how he intended to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates.

Leo explained that the Whitebeard Pirates would be integrated into the Revolutionary Army as individual personnel and would no longer fight as a unified pirate force. He outlined the division of their assets, and Marco accepted the terms after explaining that half would repay their past plunder while the other half could be shared among the crew.

• Leo told the Whitebeard Pirates that they would be assigned separate posts and would have fewer chances to gather, prompting the Division Captains to confront him.
• Marco asked why the pirates could not remain a unified combat force, and Leo said their ships and tactics were outdated and their strength would be distributed among Revolutionary Army units.
• Marco asked about the pirates' wealth, and Leo proposed that half would go to the Revolutionary Army while the rest would be divided between captains and crew.
• Leo declared that the Revolutionary Army would continue eliminating piracy, including the Four Emperors, and Marco recalled Leo making the same threat to Whitebeard.
• Vista objected to Marco calling the terms fair, so Marco explained that the Revolutionary Army would take half as repayment for plunder while allowing the pirates to keep the half derived from taxes.

Leo negotiated with the Whitebeard captains to surrender half their wealth in exchange for a clean slate in the Revolutionary Army. The gathering ended in celebration after Ace revealed that his crew had destroyed Blackbeard Teach’s pirates, leaving Teach presumed dead.

• Leo explained that the Whitebeard captains could clear their past crimes by handing over half their wealth, and Marco agreed to the deal.
• Leo asked where Blackbeard Teach was, and Jozu said Teach had left the Whitebeard Pirates with two divisions.
• Ace revealed that his crew had destroyed a pirate band they found nearby, which turned out to be the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Marco and the captains toasted Blackbeard and his men, believing them dead, while Leo kept the Dark-Dark Fruit from Teach.
• Leo left with his companions and told Ace that the Logistics Department would reimburse the captains’ expenses.
• Ace stayed behind to drink and sing with the Whitebeard captains.

Leo worked with Robin on a book to awaken the people’s minds and establish guiding principles for the revolution. Their debate over poverty and opening indigenous nations drew in Sabo, Dragon, and Garp, and the discussion grew increasingly intense.

• Leo returned home after strolling with his wife and daughter and arranging accommodations for the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Leo continued writing his book, which Robin recorded as they exchanged questions and answers.
• Leo and Robin debated whether roads and opening nations could help people escape poverty or expose indigenous communities to exploitation and disaster.
• Sabo, Dragon, and Garp joined the discussion and listened as the debate expanded.

Leo and Robin completed a book of seventy-one questions that became an important guide for the Revolutionary Army, which expanded its forces and built smaller electromagnetic warships. The chapter ended with news that the Revolutionary Army had stripped the Shichibukai of their status and privileges.

• Leo told the Revolutionary Army members that success did not need to be forged by his hands, though his efforts were essential to achieving it, and the book Robin Asks Leo was completed with seventy-one questions and answers.
• The Revolutionary Army put Leo’s plans into action, splitting its forces, strengthening its internal oversight, and expanding its work across Jaya Island.
• The Revolutionary Army shifted production from main battleships to smaller ironclad cruisers and destroyers equipped with electromagnetic cannons.
• The Revolutionary Army began preparing its forces to suppress pirates and World Government member states, try local rulers, and redistribute wealth.
• Newspapers announced that the Revolutionary Army had stripped the Shichibukai of their status and privileges, making them ordinary pirates.

The Revolutionary Army’s daily newspapers drew merchants and ordinary readers with timely news, and a headline about the Shichibukai fueled speculation that they would be targeted next. Crocodile stayed hidden on Jaya Island, while Hawk Eyes and Gild Tesoro faced the prospect of trouble.

• The Revolutionary Army’s expanded operations enabled the World Economic News Paper to print daily editions in core cities such as Jaya Island.
• Merchants recognized that Revolutionary Army cruisers traveling to the Four Seas could reduce pirate attacks and lower the cost of protecting their cargo.
• Readers debated the Shichibukai’s strength after the Revolutionary Army abolished their former appointments and appeared likely to target them next.
• Crocodile, disguised in a tavern on Jaya Island, dismissed the search for the Shichibukai as unrelated to him.
• The chapter noted that Hawk Eyes and Gild Tesoro were about to face headaches.

The Revolutionary Army used its intelligence network to pressure Hawk Eyes into joining as its Chief Instructor of Swordsmanship, while also sending surrender demands to the Shichibukai. Hawk Eyes sailed toward Jaya Island, but Tesoro angrily rejected Leo’s blunt ultimatum.

• The Revolutionary Army tracked Hawk Eyes through its intelligence networks and delivered Leo’s invitation for him to become Chief Instructor of Swordsmanship.
• Hawk Eyes considered the threat to his social life and the possibility of being attacked, then sailed toward Jaya Island.
• Leo sent invitations and surrender letters to the other four Shichibukai, adjusting his tone according to their past conduct.
• Tesoro stomped on his letter, and Baccarat picked it up and read its demand: “Submit or die?”

Tesoro rejected the Revolutionary Army’s offer to submit and ordered Gran Tesoro sealed, threatening to use its hundred thousand inhabitants as hostages. As the Revolutionary Army prepared to crush his resistance, Baccarat planned to betray him and use his downfall to advance herself.

• Leo offered Tesoro a chance to submit and live freely, but Tesoro’s pride made him refuse.
• Tesoro ordered Tanaka and Baccarat to seal every exit and threatened the Revolutionary Army with the lives of Gran Tesoro’s hundred thousand residents.
• Baccarat decided Tesoro could not survive the Revolutionary Army’s assault and planned to betray him to win favor with its commander.
• Tesoro did not realize Baccarat intended to sell him out as she left to carry out his orders.

Ace and Kyros infiltrated Tesoro’s city as the Revolutionary Army prepared to move against him. Baccarat warned them that Tesoro planned to take the entire city hostage, leaving them to verify her intelligence and confront the operation’s worst-case scenario.

• Tesoro had risen from slavery to become a powerful gold wielder who enslaved people and paid the Celestial Dragons for privileges.
• Ace and Kyros waited undercover in a bar, ready to intervene if Tesoro took the city hostage.
• Baccarat entered the bar and directly asked Ace if he was with the Revolutionary Army.
• Ace admitted that he was, and Baccarat revealed Tesoro intended to take the entire city hostage and make a final stand.
• Ace and Kyros questioned Baccarat about her identity and the source of her intelligence.

Tesoro chose to resist the Revolutionary Army rather than surrender or flee, prompting Ace and Kyros to launch a direct strike against him. Baccarat stayed behind to wait for the outcome and protect herself.

• Tesoro’s choice to resist with force put him on a dead-end path, and Baccarat decided she would abandon him to survive.
• Ace and Kyros decided not to wait for Sabo and agreed to strike Tesoro before he could use his abilities to threaten them.
• Ace and Kyros rushed toward Tesoro as a streak of flame and a streak of light, leaving Baccarat behind.
• Baccarat asked the Revolutionary Army attendants whether they were always so decisive, then ordered a Martini and waited for events to unfold.

Ace and Kyros advanced through the Tesoro Ship while its surveillance staff spotted them and Mr. Tanaka rushed to intercept. Ace knocked Tanaka aside, and Kyros held back after considering Ace’s standing in the Revolutionary Army; Ace said Tanaka was too valuable as a Devil Fruit user to kill.

• Tesoro’s subordinates spotted Ace and Kyros on the surveillance screens and alerted Mr. Tanaka.
• Mr. Tanaka ordered Tesoro to be notified, then raced through the walls to intercept the intruders.
• Ace and Kyros detected Mr. Tanaka with Observation Haki, and Ace punched him away before he could use his Devil Fruit.
• Kyros asked why Ace had stopped him from killing Tanaka and reflected on why he needed to accommodate Ace within the Revolutionary Army.
• Ace told Kyros not to kill Tanaka because Devil Fruit users were rare and valuable.

Ace and Kyros confronted Tesoro, who had turned his wealth into a gigantic golden body. Ace melted half of Tesoro with a fireball, leaving Tesoro terrified to discover that the Revolutionary Army had arrived before his plan could unfold.

• Mr. Tanaka bought Tesoro time to arm himself by turning his wealth into a giant made of gold.
• Ace and Kyros recognized that Ace’s flames could melt Tesoro’s gold while Kyros could strike with his great sword of light.
• Kyros vanished in motes of light as Ace drew Tesoro’s attention with a massive fireball.
• Tesoro swung a golden fist at Ace, but Ace’s fireball melted Tesoro’s right half into liquid gold that Tesoro could no longer control.
• Tesoro recognized Ace as the Revolutionary Army Vice Admiral and panicked at the Revolutionary Army’s swift arrival.

Tesoro fought Ace while Kyros rescued the people trapped beneath the ruins and contacted the Revolutionary Army for help. After Luffy and his companions defeated Moria, Galdino appeared and reunited with them.

• Tesoro struggled against Ace and searched for Baccarat and Mr. Tanaka, while Ace knocked Mr. Tanaka unconscious.
• Kyros rescued everyone trapped beneath the rubble, then contacted Revolutionary Army headquarters to request troops for the Tesoro Ship.
• Luffy and his companions defeated Moria and Oars's zombie after Luffy developed Observation Haki and Carina used salt.
• Luffy suggested a feast, then worried about Galdino, whom the group believed was with the Revolutionary Army.
• Galdino emerged from the bushes, and Luffy and the others joyfully rushed to greet him.

Galdino told the Straw Hat Pirates how he had helped Ace and brought news of the changing world, while Luffy urged everyone to keep celebrating despite the looming strength of the Revolutionary Army. On Jaya Island, Mihawk arrived to join the Revolutionary Army, but the docks erupted when Shanks’s fleet was spotted.

• Galdino recounted how he had risked his life to help Ace and explained that the Revolutionary Army had respected his wishes and sent news of Ace and Sabo.
• Galdino described how the balance of power had changed, leaving Luffy and his crew with fewer but far stronger enemies, including the Revolutionary Army.
• Luffy told the worried crew to keep the banquet going, and his confidence lifted their spirits.
• Hawk Eyes Mihawk arrived on Jaya Island and decided that joining the Revolutionary Army would offer him powerful opponents and a place among its ranks.
• A Revolutionary Army member announced that the fleet of Red-Haired Shanks had been spotted, causing a commotion at the docks.

Red-Haired Shanks arrived at Jaya Island as the last major obstacle to the Revolutionary Army, while Leo’s blockade kept the Celestial Dragons trapped on Mary Geoise. Shanks’s arrival sent merchants scrambling to leave port, but they needed the Revolutionary Army’s approval, leaving the harbor in chaos.

• Leo ordered the Revolutionary Army to blockade Mary Geoise, focus on self-reliance, and stop pursuing the captured forces.
• The Revolutionary Army executed smugglers and confiscated their property, deterring merchants from violating the blockade.
• Red-Haired Shanks’s growing territory made him the last major force standing in the Revolutionary Army’s path.
• Shanks brought three ships, including a Supply Ship, to Jaya Island.
• Merchants rushed to apply for permission to leave port, causing chaos at the harbor.

Issho mobilized the Revolutionary Army’s forces when Red-Haired Shanks arrived at Jaya Island, and Leo defused the standoff by speaking with Shanks through a Den Den Mushi. Shanks asked to meet Leo in person to discuss Imu, and Leo agreed to receive him.

• Issho ordered the merchants driven back and sent eight Titan-class warships to face the approaching Red-Haired Pirates fleet.
• Hawk Eyes praised the Revolutionary Army’s rapid response as its core members gathered to support Jaya Island.
• Leo answered Shanks’s call through a Den Den Mushi and warned that leaving Shanks outside the island could be a good deal.
• Leo asked Shanks why he had come, and Shanks requested a face-to-face meeting to discuss Imu.
• Leo agreed to let Shanks come in.

Red-Haired Shanks brought his fleet to Jaya Island to meet with the Revolutionary Army, whose Titan-class warships impressed him with their scale and firepower. After greeting Hawk Eyes Mihawk, Shanks faced the Revolutionary Army’s delegation, led by Ivankov.

• The Revolutionary Army’s eight Titan-class warships cleared the harbor channel so Shanks’s fleet could enter.
• Shanks inspected the Titan-class ships and considered how their armor and long-range guns would make them difficult to fight.
• Merchants in the port stayed to watch after it became clear that no battle would break out.
• Shanks disembarked with his officers and greeted Hawk Eyes Mihawk, promising to find him for a drink later.
• Issho stepped back as Ivankov took the lead in meeting Shanks.

Ivankov escorted Red-Haired Shanks and part of his crew to Sky Island to meet Commander Leo, while Shanks’s officers encountered members of the Revolutionary Army and former Whitebeard Pirates. After the tense elevator ride, the visitors arrived and were greeted by Morgans, who offered to guide them around.

• Ivankov received Shanks and brought him to the elevator, where the Red-Haired Pirates and Revolutionary Army each sent about half their people up.
• Shanks greeted Jozu and asked after the Whitebeard Pirates, while Ivankov discussed the state of the world with him during the elevator ride.
• The Red-Haired Pirates arrived on Sky Island and looked around the heavily guarded Revolutionary Army base.
• Morgans descended before the visitors, photographed them, and introduced himself as their guide, receptionist, and commentator.

Morgans showed Red-Haired and his crew how Sky Island’s shellfish industry and cloud construction supported the Revolutionary Army and its workers. Red-Haired recognized how deeply the population was tied to the Revolutionary Army as they reached the bustling upper White Sea.

• Morgans explained the dangers of the White Sea and led Red-Haired’s officers past workers raising, harvesting, and processing shellfish.
• Morgans said the shellfish supplied nourishing food and materials for the Revolutionary Army’s Spray Wind Dials, while workers’ families earned wages and lived on Jaya Island.
• Red-Haired considered how the Revolutionary Army’s schools, jobs, and support for workers’ families bound the population to the country, while Benn Beckman looked grim.
• Red-Haired and his crew climbed through Sky Island’s cloud-built levels and saw workers rapidly assembling houses and furniture on the upper White Sea.

Ivankov showed Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates the Revolutionary Army’s reclaimed farmland and explained how former prisoners were put to work there. Shanks encountered Bullet, who had become a farmer, and learned that Bullet was made to farm as atonement after the Marines reclaimed farmland.

• Ivankov explained that the Revolutionary Army was building homes and providing for its soldiers’ families by reclaiming space in the clouds.
• Shanks asked where the farmers were as Ivankov led the group through the Tree Sea’s fields, and they encountered Bullet pushing a cart of manure.
• Bullet invited Shanks to farm with him, then struck a Red-Haired Pirates officer for insulting Roger and warned Shanks to control his men.
• Shanks apologized for his officer, and Bullet returned to spreading manure over the fields with evident satisfaction.
• Ivankov explained that the Revolutionary Army had sent subdued prisoners to Sky Island, executed the most vicious pirates, and assigned Bullet to farm as atonement.
• Ivankov began explaining that Bullet’s transformation had to do with farmland reclaimed by the Marines after they became prisoners.

Shanks and his officers learned that the Underwater Great Prison’s pirates and Marines were competing to grow the most food, with Bullet keeping the pirates in line. They saw prominent pirates and Marine leaders farming, while the two sides prepared to outproduce each other.

• Ivankov explained that each pirate and Marine wagered their annual harvest in a farming competition, with no limit on how much land they could reclaim.
• Shanks and his officers saw famous pirates, including Byrnndi World, Carter, and Patrick the Red Count, diligently working fields despite having their abilities removed.
• Benn Beckman realized Bullet was guarding the prison, and Ivankov confirmed that Bullet had beaten the pirates into submission and made them farm.
• The narration revealed that Leo had persuaded Bullet to farm and that Bullet had become convinced of the work’s demands after tending land for years.
• Shanks’s group saw Sengoku, Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, and other Marines tending smaller plots, while Ivankov said the Marines copied the pirates’ methods through spies.

Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates reached the Revolutionary Army headquarters on Sky Island and learned more about its vine residences and military strength. Leo confronted Shanks with claims about his origins, leaving both groups on edge.

• Ivankov explained how the Revolutionary Army's three vine buildings housed its officers and connected their residents.
• Shanks and Benn Beckman concluded that the Revolutionary Army had not fully absorbed its Marines and powerful pirates, making the Red-Haired Pirates' bargaining position stronger.
• Shanks and his men climbed the vines and met Leo, the Revolutionary Army's commander-in-chief.
• Leo asked whether Shanks was a Celestial Dragon, Rocks' son, or both, prompting the Revolutionary Army to glare at him and leaving the Red-Haired Pirates uncertain how to respond.

Leo welcomed Shanks and explained that the Revolutionary Army would judge everyone, including Celestial Dragons, by its laws. He led Shanks and his officers to his villa, where they reunited with Rayleigh and began to relax.

• Shanks questioned whether Leo would discuss his origins openly, and Leo invited him to meet as a friend instead of fighting.
• Leo told Shanks that Celestial Dragons were Imu’s playthings and said they would face justice alongside Marines and Whitebeard Pirates members.
• Leo led Shanks and several Red-Haired officers into his villa after the Revolutionary Army opened a path for them.
• Shanks was delighted to find Rayleigh waiting in the living room, and he and his men settled onto the sofas.
• Leo offered the arriving guests something to drink.