Recaps

Enel demonstrated his enhanced speed and caught the iron rod, worsening Smoker and Hina’s hopes of escape. After Lafitte and Ace returned with Nami and their spoils, Leo chose to give an unidentified Devil Fruit to Nami, leaving her stunned.

• Enel caught the speeding iron rod and returned to the ship, impressing Nico Robin, Tashigi, Hina, and Smoker.
• Smoker and Hina realized that Enel’s strength made escape even less likely.
• Tashigi eagerly examined Raikiri, a Great Grade Sword, while Nami lamented that she had brought back no financial reports.
• Lafitte and Ace returned with Nami and the spoils, including a strange red Devil Fruit that Leo could not identify.
• Leo decided Nami needed the Devil Fruit most and offered it to her, surprising her.

Leo gave Nami the Smooth-Smooth Fruit so she could protect herself, explaining that her talent made her essential to the Revolutionary Army. After eating it, Nami discovered her body had become so slippery that she could not stay upright.

• Leo told Nami she was important to the Revolutionary Army and gave her a Devil Fruit to improve her ability to protect herself.
• Nami ate the entire Devil Fruit despite its awful taste, while Robin recorded its appearance.
• Nami's clothes slid off and she fell onto the deck, unable to grip the surface or sit up.
• Leo identified the fruit as the Paramecia Smooth-Smooth Fruit, and Robin confirmed that Nami's body was extremely slippery.

Nami began gaining control of the Smooth-Smooth Fruit while Leo assigned her demanding duties aboard the ship. As the crew prepared to sail, Roronoa Zoro set out alone to challenge the pirates who had defeated Krieg.

• Leo explained the dangerous potential of Nami’s Smooth-Smooth Fruit and noted that she could become a sparring partner for Tashigi.
• Nico Robin and Tashigi kept Nami covered while she adapted to her runaway ability, as Smoker and Hina plotted with the captive Baru.
• By morning, Nami had basic control of her power, and Leo ordered her to learn skating, train with Tashigi, and continue as navigator and instructor.
• The 153rd Branch Marines prepared to defend their base after wrongly assuming another pirate crew had destroyed Krieg’s crew.
• Roronoa Zoro ignored warnings from two companions and eagerly prepared to sail alone to face the pirates who defeated Krieg.

Zoro and his two lackeys boarded Leo's ship, where Tashigi challenged him after he dismissed her as a woman. Seeing Kuina in Tashigi, Zoro initially held back, but Tashigi's demand that he fight seriously pushed him to prepare for a real duel.

• Enel, Lafitte, Nico Robin, and Ace watched as Zoro, Johnny, and Joseph boarded the ship without warning them away.
• Tashigi abandoned the powerful Raikiri and drew her familiar Samurai Shortsword when she saw Zoro arrive.
• Zoro insulted Tashigi and ordered Johnny and Joseph to kill every enemy, prompting Leo to tell Tashigi to fight him.
• Tashigi's appearance reminded Zoro of Kuina, and her fast attacks forced him to defend without counterattacking.
• Tashigi accused Zoro of pitying her and demanded his full strength, so he tied his bandana around his head and prepared to fight seriously.

Zoro and Tashigi wounded each other in their duel, giving Smoker and Hina an opening to escape. Smoker fled with Hina through a cloud of smoke, but Ace and Enel pursued them across the sea while Robin kept the damaged ship afloat.

• Zoro hesitated during his duel with Tashigi, sparing her neck, but both of them suffered serious wounds.
• Smoker escaped his Seastone handcuffs and slipped into the ship's lower levels, while Hina freed herself and tried to take Tashigi hostage.
• Zoro blocked Hina, but she used her Devil Fruit powers to trap him and continue toward Tashigi; Enel struck Hina with lightning twice.
• Smoker spread a vast cloud of smoke, seized Hina, and escaped aboard his smoke motorcycle as Leo told Robin to seal the ship's breach.
• Tashigi cut Zoro free and told him to go, while Ace and Enel set off after Smoker and Hina across the sea.

Smoker and Tashigi tried to escape but were defeated by Ace and Enel, while Leo spared Zoro and asked him about Koshiro. The chapter left Zoro startled by Leo’s question.

• Smoker took Tashigi on his motorcycle and tried to flee across the sea, but Ace used a Fire Tornado to expose them.
• Enel jammed the motorcycle with his iron rod and struck Tashigi with lightning until she fainted.
• Smoker tried to draw the lightning away, but Ace knocked him unconscious and sent him falling into the water.
• Leo ordered Johnny and Joseph to retrieve Smoker, then told Tashigi to get her wounds treated and assured her he would not kill Zoro.
• Leo asked Zoro whether Koshiro was doing well, making Zoro’s eyes widen.

Leo’s crew learned the route to Shimotsuki Village from Zoro and set sail to find Koshiro. Zoro remained wary of Leo, while Tashigi’s resemblance to Kuina persuaded him to help.

• Zoro asked why Leo’s group had destroyed Krieg’s fleet, and Leo said the fleet had blocked their way.
• Leo told Zoro to lead them to Koshiro, while Nami treated Zoro’s wound and asked for directions to Shimotsuki Village.
• Zoro softened after seeing Tashigi and shared the route to his village so Koshiro could see Kuina’s face in her.
• Leo’s crew raised the sails and headed for Shimotsuki Village.
• Enel asked Baru how Smoker and Hina had escaped their Seastone handcuffs, and Baru denied being responsible.

Zoro returned to Shimotsuki Village with Leo’s group and brought Tashigi, who resembled Koshiro’s dead daughter Kuina, to the dojo. Leo identified Koshiro as a comrade of the Revolutionary Army, leaving everyone stunned.

• Children alerted Koshiro that two huge ships had arrived near Shimotsuki Village.
• A peace officer told Koshiro that Zoro had returned with Kuina, and Koshiro waited at the dojo for them.
• Zoro greeted Koshiro and introduced Tashigi and the others who had come with him.
• Leo led the group into the dojo, where Robin used her Devil Fruit ability to shut the doors.
• Leo called Koshiro a comrade of the Revolutionary Army, astonishing everyone present.

Leo revealed to Koshiro that he belonged to the Revolutionary Army but had founded his own organization because he disagreed with its ideals. He challenged the Revolutionary Army’s methods, leaving Koshiro convinced that Leo was a comrade but unsure which path was right.

• Koshiro reacted angrily when Leo said he was part of the Revolutionary Army and had started his own organization.
• Leo questioned whether the Revolutionary Army had a struggle program, revolutionary strategy, or detailed ideology, and criticized its reliance on raising fighters.
• Leo explained how he had recruited Enel, Tashigi, Ace, Nami, and others through shared interests, ideals, enemies, and practical actions, despite knowing them only briefly.
• Leo criticized the Revolutionary Army for misusing talented members and for its lack of strategic vision under Dragon.
• Koshiro recognized Leo as a genuine comrade but could not decide whether Leo’s approach or Dragon’s was correct.

Leo explained to Koshiro that he wanted to recruit Dragon and build a force strong enough to challenge the Marines. He planned to seize control of the first half of the Grand Line and establish a rival regime, leaving Smoker and Hina worried about what this meant for the Revolutionary Army.

• Koshiro recognized Leo’s group as the Revolutionary Army after seeing two captured Marines bound in Seastone.
• Leo identified the captives as a Marine Headquarters rear admiral and colonel, and said he wanted to recruit them.
• Leo told Koshiro he needed more powerful fighters and believed Dragon could help fill the gap.
• Leo described his plan to gather promising fighters, occupy territory from the Four Seas to the Grand Line’s entrance, and build a regime to replace the Marines.
• Koshiro, Smoker, and Hina realized Leo’s strategy could force the Marines into a costly confrontation, and Smoker and Hina worried whether the other Revolutionary Army would support it.

Leo reached an understanding with Koshiro to wait in Shimotsuki Village until Dragon returned, while arranging a search for promising recruits and other targets in the East Blue. The chapter left Enel and Ace heading out to search separate routes, while Lafitte flew toward the Grand Line.

• Koshiro said he could not decide on Leo's proposal and explained that Dragon might return to Shimotsuki Village within half a month.
• Leo agreed to stay in the village, and he and Koshiro clasped hands after reaching a preliminary consensus.
• Leo sent Lafitte to tell a woman that he would be away for half a month, and Lafitte flew toward the Grand Line.
• Smoker and Hina were transferred to the dojo courtyard, where villagers stared at and avoided them.
• Leo ordered Enel and Ace to map their routes and search for the Buggy Pirates, the Alvida Pirates, and the Moby Dick Restaurant Baratie.

Leo’s group settled in Shimotsuki Village while Smoker and Hina remained tied up, and Nami trained to use the Smooth-Smooth Fruit to defend Leo. As Ace and Enel mapped islands across the East Blue, Nami’s charts filled in their last gaps and pirates faced pressure from several powerful forces.

• Leo replaced Smoker and Hina’s Marine Seastone restraints with chains from the Amazon Lily Kingdom and kept them tied to stakes outside the dojo.
• Nami trained with Tashigi to keep her eyes open and deflect attacks with the Smooth-Smooth Fruit, though she still struggled against her instinct to dodge or close her eyes.
• Koshiro began teaching Tashigi swordsmanship, and Zoro sparred with her as she improved enough to withstand some of his Three Sword Style.
• Ace and Enel searched in opposite directions, using their speed and Shadow Dials to measure distances for Nami’s maps.
• Nami combined their findings with her knowledge of East Blue winds and currents, completing the final gaps in her sea charts as pirates faced the Marines and Revolutionary Army.

Garp and Aokiji pursued the force that had captured Smoker and Hina, suspecting it was the Revolutionary Army, while Dragon and Ivankov sailed toward Shimotsuki Village. The chapter ended with Dragon accelerating the ship and confirming that a decision about Kuma had already been made.

• Garp and Aokiji discussed Smoker and Hina’s capture while Aokiji froze a pirate crew that crossed their path.
• Garp and Aokiji suspected Dragon’s Revolutionary Army was targeting pirates and had taken Smoker and Hina with Seastone handcuffs.
• Aokiji proposed tracing the pirates’ routes to find where the Revolutionary Army had started, and Garp agreed to investigate.
• Dragon shivered aboard his ship while Ivankov asked how long remained before they reached Shimotsuki Village.
• Dragon told Ivankov that they had all decided what to do about Kuma, then filled the sails with a powerful wind and sped toward Shimotsuki Village.

Garp and Aokiji accepted Koby as a Navy trainee after confirming he had been forced into piracy. Meanwhile, Dragon arrived at Shimotsuki Village and found Leo teaching revolutionary strategy, then challenged him about revolutionaries who might surrender for power.

• Koby told Garp and Aokiji that Alvida had forced him onto the ship and that he wanted to join the Navy, so Garp took him on as a trainee with a three-month probation period.
• The pirates tried to claim they had also been coerced, but Garp’s officers rejected their excuses and ordered them below deck.
• Dragon arrived at Shimotsuki Village and saw Leo teaching villagers and Revolutionary Army members, whose confidence in Leo’s ideas had grown.
• Leo explained how local revolutions should rely on local people, avoid needless sacrifices, and prepare to resist a Navy counterattack.
• Dragon asked Leo what the revolutionaries should do if local leaders planned to surrender to the World Government to preserve their own power.

Leo explained to Dragon and the Revolutionary Army that revolution depended on educating and mobilizing the people, not ruling in their place, and Dragon welcomed him as a comrade. As the group prepared to celebrate, Ace and Enel arrived with Buggy captured so Leo could obtain the Buster Call formula.

• Leo argued that the Revolutionary Army had to build the people’s revolutionary awareness and help them take the initiative against their oppressors.
• Dragon recognized the value of Leo’s ideas, introduced himself, and ordered a banquet to welcome him into the Revolutionary Army.
• Ace arrived with the captured Buggy, whose Chop-Chop Fruit had made him difficult to catch.
• Leo explained that he wanted Buggy for the Buster Call formula and called for a celebration.

Leo persuaded Dragon that sending Kuma to recruit and extract Vegapunk would be an impractical gamble that could drain the Revolutionary Army’s resources. Dragon thanked Leo for changing his mind, while the plan’s future remained unresolved.

• At the banquet, Leo and Dragon discussed the Revolutionary Army’s resources and learned more about each other’s work.
• Dragon explained that the Revolutionary Army planned to send Kuma undercover to contact Vegapunk and bring him out of Marine custody.
• Leo argued that Vegapunk might not accept their ideals or escape, and that extracting and protecting him would consume too much of the Revolutionary Army’s strength and money.
• Dragon realized the plan was misguided and thanked Leo, gripping his shoulders in relief.

Leo and Dragon discussed the Revolutionary Army’s future, while Ace learned that Sabo was alive and serving in the organization. After a night of celebration and strategic discussions, Leo considered the next steps for their alliance as a Marine warship approached Shimotsuki Village.

• Leo’s conversation persuaded Dragon and the Revolutionary Army members to reconsider their approach and embrace more principled revolutionary ideas.
• Leo told Ace that Sabo was his brother, and Dragon learned that Ace, Sabo, and Luffy were sworn brothers.
• Dragon explained that Sabo was away on a mission and would return in a few days, disappointing Ace’s hopes for an immediate reunion.
• The Revolutionary Army members and Cocoyasi Village villagers celebrated their new alliance, while the officers held an overnight meeting and abandoned the plan to make Kuma a deep-cover agent.
• Leo spent the night planning how to establish revolutionary bases and use their allies, unaware that a Marine warship carrying an Admiral and Dragon’s father was nearing Shimotsuki Village.
• The next morning, Leo woke to Revolutionary Army members loading bags of wheat onto their warship, while Dragon was absent.

Leo observed the Revolutionary Army’s food supply operation and spoke with Ivankov and Kuma before Dragon reported that Vice Admiral Garp and an Admiral were approaching. Leo arranged for Kuma to stay hidden and prepared to set sail to meet the Marines.

• Leo recognized that the Revolutionary Army’s secure bases and growing ranks depended on regular food supplies.
• Leo asked Ivankov where Dragon was, and Kuma thanked Leo for saving him from becoming a spy.
• Dragon arrived in a storm and ordered the Revolutionary Army to abandon the food and withdraw because Garp and an Admiral were coming.
• Dragon assured the group that Leo and his companions had not exposed the Revolutionary Army, and the revolutionaries hurried to their ships.
• Leo told Kuma to stay out of the coming battle and said he had a plan that needed him.
• Leo told Lafitte to inform Nami and the others to prepare to sail and welcome the Hero of the Marines.

Leo and his allies fled Cocoyasi Village as Garp and Aokiji pursued them across the sea. The chapter ended with ice spikes racing toward Dragon’s ships to freeze them in place.

• Leo gathered his allies and set sail, hoping to keep the villagers of Shimotsuki Village safe from the Marines.
• Aokiji left Garp’s warship and created a glacier to speed ahead in pursuit of Dragon’s group.
• Garp jumped onto the glacier and charged after Aokiji with the Marine officers.
• Aokiji and Garp spotted Dragon’s ships, and ice spikes spread across the sea toward them.

Ace fought Aokiji while Garp tried to drag him back to the Marines, and Dragon stepped in to face his father. The battle reached a stalemate, with Ace keeping Aokiji occupied as the ships sailed farther away.

• Ace used his Flame-Flame Fruit to melt Aokiji’s ice and then fled Garp’s Haki-coated punch.
• Garp pursued Ace, and Ace struck back with a flame-propelled, Armament Haki-coated Rocket Punch.
• Dragon appeared to protect Ace and took over the fight against Garp.
• Dragon used wind and elemental transformations to evade Garp while keeping him away from the ships.
• Ace used his speed and flames to pin down Aokiji, leaving the Marine officers unable to help as the ships escaped.

Leo and his allies escaped Shimotsuki Village after Ace and Dragon fought Garp and Aokiji, while Smoker offered to join Leo as a feigned spy. The group sailed on with their strength and secrets intact, and Leo sent Enel to check whether the others needed help.

• Leo guessed that Aokiji had come for Smoker and Hina, and discussed how his allies could defeat an admiral while keeping Enel's strength and allegiance secret.
• Smoker asked to join Leo, but admitted they could only decide what to do after the current situation was over; Leo left his Seastone handcuffs on.
• After the ship had sailed for more than ten minutes, Ace and Dragon returned to their ships, injured but having successfully left Garp and Aokiji behind.
• Leo reflected on Ace's growing strength and the inconvenience of lacking Den Den Mushi.
• Leo sent Enel to check whether the others needed help.

Zoro and Tashigi challenged the Bounty Hunters at Whiskey Peak, with Zoro declaring that he would become their boss. As they fought through the crowd without killing anyone, Leo called the battle their graduation test.

• Zoro landed at Whiskey Peak and announced that he would become the boss, drawing his three swords.
• Tashigi joined Zoro despite his warning to stay behind him, and the Bounty Hunters laughed at their challenge.
• Zoro deflected a bullet with Kitetsu III, impressing Tashigi with his swordsmanship.
• Zoro and Tashigi charged into the Bounty Hunters and knocked them down without drawing blood.
• Robin worried about the two fighters, while Leo described the battle as their graduation test.

Leo laid out a plan for Bartholomew Kuma to become a Shichibukai and establish a Revolutionary Army foothold at Whiskey Peak. Meanwhile, Baroque Works agents stopped Zoro and Tashigi’s rampage.

• Leo told Kuma to seek a Shichibukai position and use Whiskey Peak as his territory, and Dragon approved the plan.
• Kuma launched himself toward Mary Geoise using his ability, startling Smoker and Hina.
• Smoker wondered whether Nico Robin and Nami were useful, and Nami challenged him for thinking something rude.
• Baroque Works’ intermediate agents gathered to stop Zoro and Tashigi’s one-against-a-thousand charge.
• Mr. 11 engaged Tashigi while Miss Monday and Mr. 9 teamed up against Zoro.

Zoro and Tashigi defeated Whiskey Peak’s Bounty Hunters, while Dragon recognized their potential as recruits for the Revolutionary Army. Leo then went ashore with Nami to recruit or capture useful agents and Devil Fruit users, hoping Kuma could eventually turn their powers into his side’s strength.

• Zoro unleashed his Tornado technique and knocked out two attackers, while Tashigi defeated her opponent with her broken sword and badly injured Mr. 11.
• Zoro and Tashigi fought through Whiskey Peak and knocked unconscious more than a thousand Bounty Hunters.
• Dragon judged the defeated Bounty Hunters to be promising soldiers who could become a revolutionary force with organization and ideology.
• Leo went ashore with Nami and considered recruiting useful agents, capturing Devil Fruit users, and using Kuma’s power to obtain their abilities.

Leo took control of the port and waited for Crocodile to send stronger Baroque Works agents into his trap. Dragon and the others intercepted Crocodile's orders but chose not to tell Leo, leaving Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 on their way.

• Leo ordered the defeated hired hands to clean up, hide the wounded, watch the ship, and send representatives to negotiate with him.
• A rat-like Intermediate Agent reported the situation to Crocodile while Dragon and the Revolutionary Army listened in using a black Den Den Mushi.
• Dragon and the others heard Crocodile order Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 to handle the situation.
• Dragon suggested keeping the intercepted orders from Leo, and the group—including Nico Robin—agreed to pretend they had heard nothing.
• Buggy remained bound and confined in a barrel because he refused to hand over the Buster Call formula.