Recaps

Locke left Shimotsuki Village, gathered Carmen and Yun Zhinnan as companions, and formed the Phantom Pirates. On a graveyard island, he obtained the Awakening Fruit and fought Sis while the three bear brothers battled the traffickers.

• Locke ate the Illusion-Illusion Fruit, left Chrisby Island with Carmen, and traveled to Shimotsuki Village to study swordsmanship.
• Locke trained under Koushirou alongside Zoro and Kuina, then joined Kuina’s secret departure with the Revolutionary Army before her staged death was announced.
• Locke fought Haribun during a pirate attack on the village and killed him with an illusion-assisted ambush, then spent three years training before leaving with Carmen.
• Locke and Carmen met Yun Zhinnan at sea, heard his story of escaping Great Xia, and invited him to join their voyage as their shipwright.
• Locke named his crew the Phantom Pirates and sailed with Carmen and Yun Zhinnan to a graveyard island, where they discovered traffickers holding three bear-type Devil Fruit users captive.
• Locke infiltrated the traffickers’ group while Yun Zhinnan defeated Ham and Carmen searched for their ship.
• In the island’s tomb, Locke took the Awakening Fruit from the legendary Devil Fruit Tree and ate it after the captain struck him with a Haki-coated punch.
• Locke’s awakened power made his illusions real, and he summoned a Demon King before Sis shattered it and fought him, and Locke then used phantoms to pierce Sis’s shoulder while the three brothers faced the other traffickers.

Locke gathered allies, avenged the Bisi Island massacre, and attacked the Marine 16th Branch, drawing the attention of Sengoku and Garp. After the crew fled through a storm and became stranded on an unfamiliar island, they met Ace.

• Locke recovered aboard Carmen’s ship, met Annie, and learned that she wanted to travel with him to protect the Divine Tree within him.
• Locke and his companions reached Bisi Island, where they found the village destroyed and learned that Colonel Nezumi had ordered the massacre.
• Locke and the Kuma brothers defeated the Marines at the 16th Branch, while Yun Zhinnan and the brothers fought the officers and Locke defeated Smoker and captured Nezumi.
• Sengoku sent Garp after the Phantom Pirates, whose bounties rose as Locke vowed to change the world.
• Locke killed Simba and his crew, then the Kuma brothers executed Nezumi at the village cemetery and mourned their people.
• The Phantom lost its bearings in a storm and reached an unfamiliar island, where Locke found a tunnel and Carmen’s group encountered Ace at a cabin.