Recaps

Kane duplicated more of Robin’s Flower-Flower Fruit ability and enjoyed a playful morning with her before learning that Hina had arrived to take him to his next assignment. Hina greeted him with a punch, and Kane blocked it as her affection level registered at 29.

• Kane chose to duplicate Robin’s Flower-Flower Fruit ability, raising its development level to 82%.
• Kane and Robin teased each other about the night before and recalled reuniting three months earlier after Robin had been injured and pursued by bounty hunters.
• Kane spotted Hina’s approaching warship and prepared to welcome the Marine Headquarters officer while Robin disguised herself as Carina.
• Kane joked with the Marines about his impending transfer, then kicked them into the sea as they celebrated his departure.
• Hina leapt from her warship and struck at Kane, who blocked her fist with his Armament Haki as her affection level showed 29.

Kane learned that Zephyr had recommended him for a secret operation in the North Blue, where success would earn him a promotion and command of the G-5 Branch. As he and Hina set sail, he helped her demonstrate her Devil Fruit power, stopped her from smoking, and saw her affection reach the threshold for his first ability copy.

• Hina arrived to take Kane to Marine Headquarters and told him that Zephyr had recommended him for a secret operation tied to an exceptional promotion and command of the G-5 Branch.
• Hina said she would accompany Kane to the North Blue to meet Vice Admiral Tsuru, then demonstrated her Devil Fruit power by trapping him in iron bars.
• Kane broke Hina's iron restraints with Armament Haki, astonishing her, and departed by warship after saying goodbye to the Marines at the harbor.
• Kane threw away Hina's cigarettes and gave her a lollipop as they sailed, and his screen reported that Hina's affection had reached 37 and his first ability copy could begin.

Kane copied Hina’s Barrier-Barrier Fruit ability and discovered it could combine with Robin’s Flower-Flower Fruit to create iron bars from limbs that bloomed nearby. After revealing his Copy-Copy Fruit to Robin and explaining why he protected her, Kane prepared to confront a Sea King that approached their warship in the Calm Belt.

• Kane copied Hina’s Barrier-Barrier Fruit and combined it with the Flower-Flower Fruit to produce retractable iron bars from a limb he bloomed on the floor.
• Robin delivered Kane’s suitcase, and Kane pulled her into his cabin, where they spent an hour together.
• Kane demonstrated his ability to Robin, told her that the Copy-Copy Fruit could copy other Devil Fruit abilities, and asked her to keep his power secret.
• While crossing the Calm Belt, Kane told Hina that Robin had saved him as a child and that pirates had later separated them.
• A Sea King appeared beside the warship, and Kane told Hina to keep sailing normally while he handled it.

Kane joined Vice Admiral Tsuru’s force in the North Blue, where Tsuru explained their plan to capture Donquixote Doflamingo and his crew before they could seize the Op-Op Fruit. Kane recognized the significance of the Devil Fruit as Tsuru began outlining the ambush, leaving his thoughts in turmoil.

• Kane knocked out a Sea King with one punch, and Hina’s crew butchered it and feasted on its meat.
• After more than ten days of travel, Hina’s warship reached Swallow Island, where Kane joined Tsuru’s warship and reunited with Kujaku.
• Tsuru greeted Kane and introduced Cuckoo, while Kane checked their favorability readings.
• Tsuru asked Kane for his thoughts on the operation, and he learned that the Marines planned to capture Donquixote Doflamingo and his crew.
• Tsuru explained that Doflamingo intended to seize the Op-Op Fruit from the pirate Barrels, and Kane was shocked when he heard which Fruit was at stake.

Kane questioned the intelligence behind Tsuru’s operation and proposed a way to draw Doflamingo’s forces into the open. Tsuru tasked him with confirming a suspect’s location, while Cuckoo, Kujaku, and Hina jostled over his attention.

• Kane questioned why Doflamingo had stopped at Swallow Island and suggested Sengoku’s informant might have been turned or fed false information.
• Tsuru admitted she suspected the intelligence was compromised but needed Kane to provide a reason to change the operation plan.
• Kane proposed using a suspected subordinate to cause a disturbance on Minion Island and draw out Doflamingo’s hidden group.
• Tsuru gave Kane an anti-eavesdropping Den Den Mushi and three days to confirm the person’s location, directing him to ask Cuckoo for support.
• Cuckoo flirted with Kane, Kujaku tried to pull her away, and Hina dragged Kane aside to ask how she should help.

Kane gave Tsuru detailed intelligence on Doflamingo’s group, then set out with Cuckoo and Hina to Minion Island. After they planned to ambush Barrels’ hideout, a silent explosion erupted there, suggesting Doflamingo’s group had already arrived.

• Kane gave Cuckoo detailed intelligence on Doflamingo’s group, and Tsuru ordered her to accompany him to Minion Island and follow his instructions.
• Tsuru teased Cuckoo about her feelings for Kane, while Kujaku demanded to join the trip; Kane and Hina left before she could catch up.
• Kane, Cuckoo, and Hina reached Minion Island, where Kane planned to seize the Op-Op Fruit and keep Doflamingo’s group occupied until Tsuru’s reinforcements arrived.
• A silent blast erupted at Barrels’ hideout, and Cuckoo wondered whether Doflamingo’s group had attacked.

Kane, Cuckoo, and Hina tracked the stolen Op-Op Fruit to the ruins, where Vergo was beating Rosinante and a child. They subdued Vergo and intercepted his ringing Den Den Mushi, while Rosinante remained badly injured.

• Kane deduced from the footprints and blood that one injured person had fled Barrels' stronghold with the Op-Op Fruit, and that Doflamingo had not taken it.
• Kane, Cuckoo, and Hina followed the tracks to the ruins and found Vergo beating Rosinante and a child.
• Cuckoo identified herself as a Marine officer, and Kane exposed Vergo's connection to Doflamingo before attacking him.
• Kane disrupted Vergo's balance, Cuckoo wounded him with her sword, and Hina bound him with her Devil Fruit power.
• Kane took the ringing Den Den Mushi from Vergo's pocket and answered it.

Kane rescued Rosinante and Law from Vergo, concealed Law’s possession of the Op-Op Fruit, and provoked Doflamingo into activating the Birdcage. As Kane and Cuckoo moved to counter the Donquixote Family, he urged Rosinante to escape with Law and join the Revolutionary Army, while Rosinante mistakenly concluded that Kane was a Revolutionary Army spy.

• Kane taunted Doflamingo over the Den Den Mushi, enraging him and prompting him to attack Baby 5 and Buffalo before activating the Birdcage.
• Kane treated Law and Rosinante, then asked Law about the Op-Op Fruit; Law denied having seen it after Kane subtly signaled him to lie.
• Kane carried Rosinante and Vergo into the forest, while Hina stayed behind to guard Law and the prisoner.
• Rosinante secretly spoke to Kane, who explained the Op-Op Fruit’s powers and advised him to teach Law how to escape the Birdcage.
• Kane urged Rosinante to avoid contacting Sengoku and take Law to the Revolutionary Army, leading Rosinante to assume Kane was their spy within the Marines.

Kane captured Buffalo and persuaded Baby-5 to help him, copying her Arms-Arms Fruit before leaving her hidden in the ruins. He tested the new ability alongside his Flower-Flower Fruit, then heard an enemy taunting someone near his meeting point with Cuckoo.

• Kane caught Baby-5 after using seastone to disable Buffalo, while Cuckoo prepared to subdue Buffalo on the ground.
• Kane raised Baby-5's favorability by asking for small favors and copied her Arms-Arms Fruit.
• Kane promised Baby-5 he would return, gave her his name, and hid her in the snow with a Den Den Mushi.
• Kane tested his new weapon transformations and created Flower-Flower Fruit clones, finding that he could control them within three hundred meters.
• Kane sent clones to scout and continued toward Cuckoo, where he heard an unidentified person sneer that someone was nearly defeated.

Kane rescued the wounded Cuckoo from Jora, Diamante, and Lao G, then captured the three after defeating them with his Barretts. He and Cuckoo headed for Hina’s hiding place as Doflamingo’s allies arrived too late to catch them.

• Cuckoo wounded Jora with a desperate sword strike but was transformed by Jora’s ability and left vulnerable to Diamante and Lao G.
• Kane arrived in time to save Cuckoo, then used Barrett fire to disable Diamante and knock out Lao G.
• Kane struck Jora with Seastone shackles, ending her ability and restoring Cuckoo to normal.
• Kane bandaged Cuckoo’s injuries and told her they should stall for time, then carried the defeated enemies toward Hina’s cellar.
• A shield-bearing man and a sunglasses-wearing man arrived after Kane and Cuckoo had left and realized they were too late.

Doflamingo’s forces searched Minion Island after Kane captured several of his officers, while Rosinante and Law considered escaping from the cellar. As Kane and Cuckoo evaded an aerial patrol, Cuckoo’s feelings for Kane surfaced in an unusual fascination with his breath.

• Doflamingo killed Barrels, learned that Diamante and other officers had disappeared, and ordered Pica to find the person responsible within half an hour.
• Hina guarded Vergo, Buffalo, Diamante, Jora, and Lao G in the cellar while Rosinante urged Law to escape, but Law insisted on taking him along.
• Kane and Cuckoo left after cleaning up traces, and Kane observed through his bat clone that Doflamingo’s Birdcage was shrinking faster.
• Cuckoo recalled how she had watched Kane grow stronger and became absorbed in the warmth of his breath as they ran together.
• Kane pulled Cuckoo beneath a tree to avoid a shield-carrying man patrolling overhead, while Cuckoo blushed and swallowed a breath that smelled like pine.

Kane copied Bird-Style Swordsmanship and defeated Señor Pink and Bais while evading Doflamingo’s officers. After Gladius was shot by Kane’s sniper clones, Doflamingo confronted Kane as Pica and Trebol discovered the clones.

• Kane chose to copy Bird-Style Swordsmanship and used it to pull Señor Pink from underground, then subdued him with a chain and Seastone shackles.
• Kane hurled Señor Pink into the charging Bais, knocking both enemies into distant ruins.
• Kane contacted Tsuru for backup, then led Cuckoo through Minion Island while avoiding Doflamingo’s group and the shrinking Birdcage.
• Gladius trapped Kane and Cuckoo among exploding stones, but Kane shielded Cuckoo before his sniper clones shot Gladius unconscious.
• Pica and Trebol found Kane’s sniper clones, while Doflamingo descended before Kane and challenged him.

Kane and Cuckoo teamed up to force Pica out of his rock giant and defeat him while Doflamingo searched for the Op-Op Fruit. Kane then confronted Doflamingo, whose attack revealed that an unseen enemy had interfered, and the fight remained unresolved.

• Kane tricked Doflamingo with a false offer to reveal the Op-Op Fruit, then shot a String Clone and fled with Cuckoo.
• Kane and Cuckoo attacked Pica’s rock giant with matching Bird Style sword techniques and forced Pica’s real body out.
• Kane’s sniper clones shot Pica between the legs, and Kane and Cuckoo struck him down with a coordinated slash.
• Kane sent Cuckoo to hold off Trebol and ran toward Doflamingo, hoping his presence would slow the Birdcage while Hina and Baby 5 remained inside.
• Doflamingo attacked Kane with Haki-coated threads, but an iron ring suddenly caught his ankle before he cut it apart and searched for the unseen enemy.

Kane stalled Doflamingo until Tsuru arrived and turned the battle in her favor. With Doflamingo cut off from escape, the Marines expected to capture him and send him to Impel Down.

• Kane bombarded Doflamingo with guns and grenades, but Doflamingo overpowered him and nearly killed him.
• Tsuru arrived, and Kane replicated her Wash-Wash Fruit ability after seeing her abilities listed by the system.
• Tsuru subdued Doflamingo's thread attacks while Grey Pigeon and Swift joined Kane; Kane replicated their Observation Haki and Six Powers.
• Cuckoo told Kane that she, Grey Pigeon, and Swift had subdued Trebol, while Hina guarded him.
• Grey Pigeon explained that Tsuru had cleared the clouds and the Marines had sunk Doflamingo's ship, leaving him no way to escape.

After Doflamingo was captured, Cuckoo struggled with her feelings for Kane and found an excuse to walk with him on Minion Island. As they ventured into the quiet snow beneath the moonlight, Cuckoo blushed and froze when Kane called to her.

• Tsuru captured Doflamingo with help from Cuckoo and the others, and the Marines transferred his crew to the warship’s prison.
• Swift teased Cuckoo about Kane and used Tsuru’s supposed message to urge her to be less timid and approach him.
• Kane found baby-5 hiding, praised her, and let her feed him pine nuts before introducing her to Hina as his new family member.
• Cuckoo told Kane that her sword was left on the island, and Kane agreed to accompany her while Hina looked after baby-5.
• Cuckoo wandered through the snowy island with Kane following, and she froze, blushing, when he called her name.

Cuckoo took Kane to Minion Island, where a fight between them turned into an intimate night and ended in an unresolved draw. As Tsuru's warship prepared to leave for Impel Down, Cuckoo discovered that Swift had tricked her into spending time alone with Kane and chased her in fury.

• Cuckoo overcame her hesitation and challenged Kane to a fight on Minion Island.
• Cuckoo and Kane fought through the night, while Swift watched them through Grey Pigeon's sniper rifle scope.
• At dawn, Cuckoo and Kane fought again, and Cuckoo insisted their match had ended in an unresolved draw.
• Kane carried the exhausted Cuckoo toward the warship, and she kissed him before returning to Tsuru.
• Tsuru revealed that Swift had never been asked to deliver a message, and Swift teased Cuckoo about her riding skills.
• Cuckoo realized Swift had arranged her time alone with Kane and pounced on her.

Hina received orders to command a frigate accompanying Tsuru to Impel Down, while Kane reassured Robin that he would protect her if she were ever discovered. When the Black Crow Pirates intercepted the fleet, Tsuru ordered Kane to eliminate them and bring Cuckoo to her, leaving Hina to wonder if Kane thought her useless.

• Hina received Tsuru's orders to take command of a frigate and follow her to Impel Down.
• Kane comforted Robin about the bite mark on his shoulder and promised to rescue her if she were captured; Robin's affection for him reached 97.
• baby-5 fed Kane sandwiches on deck, where Hina and Kane spotted three ships belonging to the Black Crow Pirates.
• Hina explained that the Black Crow Pirates were a brutal mercenary-like crew led by the Zoan user Dorla, whose bounty was sixty-three million.
• Tsuru ordered Kane to eliminate the pirates and bring Cuckoo to see her, and Hina kicked Kane off the ship to send him on his way.
• Hina told baby-5 that she did not want Kane to think she was useless.

Kane comforted Cuckoo after she fought Swift and grew stronger, then joined her in defeating three pirate ships. While searching the captured ships, he found a secret room containing imprisoned women.

• Kane visited Cuckoo, learned Swift had witnessed what happened the previous night, and comforted her until she let go of her embarrassment.
• Cuckoo challenged Kane to a fight before they went to intercept the approaching pirates together.
• Kane stopped Dorla from attacking Cuckoo, defeated him, and forced the pirates on all three ships to surrender.
• Kane discovered a furnished secret room divided into cells, and his expression changed when he saw the women imprisoned inside.

Kane discovered that the women imprisoned aboard the Black Duck Pirates’ ship were trafficked by Marine Lieutenant Colonel Kudo, then learned Tsuru and Sengoku had used a false report to lure the pirates toward a secret prisoner transport. The chapter ended with Tsuru revealing that the prisoner was Donquixote Rosinante, Doflamingo’s trusted senior officer and only living relative.

• Kane found Lisanna and other women imprisoned aboard the Black Duck Pirates’ ship, and Lisanna claimed they were Celestial Dragon slaves.
• Kane questioned Dorla and forced him to reveal that Marine Lieutenant Colonel Kudo of North Blue Branch 73 had branded the women.
• Kane confronted Tsuru about the secret operation, and Tsuru admitted that Sengoku had released false information to draw out the Black Crow Pirates.
• Tsuru explained that the Marines had captured Doflamingo’s group and were secretly transporting a prisoner whose rescue Doflamingo had offered one billion Beli for.
• Tsuru revealed that the prisoner was Donquixote Rosinante.

Kane learned that Sengoku and Tsuru were using Rosinante’s supposed capture as bait to draw out hidden forces, with Kane serving as the apparent escort target. After Tsuru freed Lisanna from her Celestial Dragon brand, Kane recognized the chance to use his growing strength and the Wash-Wash Fruit to strike back at the world’s powerful figures.

• Tsuru warned Kane that the journey to Impel Down would be dangerous and explained that he was serving as bait for the forces attracted by the news about Rosinante.
• Kane brought Lisanna to Tsuru, who used the Wash-Wash Fruit to remove the Celestial Dragon’s Hoof from her back and offered to wash away painful memories.
• Lisanna chose to keep her memories and join her companions elsewhere, while Tsuru arranged for Cuckoo to look after them aboard another warship.
• Kane reviewed his copied abilities aboard the warship and reflected on how powerless ordinary people were against the world’s cruelty.
• Kane used the Wash-Wash Fruit to remove Robin’s disguise, then carried her toward the bathroom to demonstrate the ability further.

Kane and Hina faced another pirate crew during their voyage, with Hina testing her Black Spears and Kane helping disable the ship. After the pirates surrendered and their ship sank, Kane celebrated the Marines’ victory while Hina remained preoccupied with their earlier exchange over her lollipop.

• Kane refused to retrieve Hina’s Black Spears until she offered him the lollipop in her mouth, but Baby-5 interrupted and gave him her own.
• Kane flew toward the pirate ship and used Rankyaku to cut down its mast, leaving it unable to maneuver.
• Hina fired twenty Black Spears and hit the pirate ship twelve times, forcing its crew to surrender.
• Kane accepted the pirates’ treasure, recovered the Black Spears, and ordered the warship to stop firing.
• Kane returned with the treasure and Black Spears as the pirate ship sank, then praised the Marines’ victory.

Kane fought pirates while escorting Doflamingo’s captured associates, then rescued Monet and realized she was tied to the Donquixote Family. He confronted her with his knowledge of the family and claimed to have been its first Corazon, ending by calling himself Mr. Vergo.

• Kane defeated a flying pirate captain, returned with treasure, and learned that two pirate groups were ahead of the warships.
• Kane attacked one pirate ship, found Monet imprisoned aboard another, and rescued her despite her negative favorability toward him.
• Kane noticed Monet’s unusual behavior and recognized her as the future Snow-Snow Fruit user Snow Woman Monet from the Donquixote Family.
• As Kane rowed Monet toward his warship, he baited her by claiming to know Doflamingo and then revealed his connection to the Donquixote Family.
• Kane told Monet that he had been the family’s first Corazon and declared that she should call him Mr. Vergo.

Kane pretended to be Vergo while questioning Monet, who had tried to rescue Rosinante after losing contact with Doffy. He prepared a cover story for her aboard the Marine warship and took her there, telling her to call him Mr. Kane.

• Kane learned that Monet had come seeking Doffy after hearing Rosinante had been captured, and he scolded her for acting without permission.
• Kane staged a punishment to reinforce his stern Vergo persona, while Monet’s favorability toward him kept rising.
• Kane instructed Monet to pose as a pirate-orphaned woman who would trust only him and join the Marines under his command.
• Kane told Monet that Doffy and Pica were fulfilling a childhood promise and ordered her to stay by his side until he could explain her situation to Doffy.
• Kane told Monet that baby-5 was aboard the warship and that she should avoid her until she was ready to meet, then rowed them toward the ship.

Kane kept Monet under Hina’s watch as the fleet sailed toward the Calm Belt, while he and Cuckoo spent the night growing closer. Their quiet moment ended when the wind and waves stopped and they realized they had reached the Calm Belt.

• Kane settled Monet in an empty cabin and asked Hina to watch her because her identity seemed questionable.
• Kane praised Baby 5’s steak and shared a watermelon-flavored lollipop with Hina.
• Monet recalled that Hina had been watching her and worried about the painful mark Vergo had left on her.
• Kane and Cuckoo fought, then shared an affectionate moment and watched the stars together from the crow’s nest.
• Kane and Cuckoo noticed the wind and waves had stopped and realized the fleet had entered the Calm Belt.

Kane’s fleet entered the Calm Belt but was surrounded by eight pirate ships, forcing him to lead a breakout while Tsuru watched without intervening. Their captain, Lohr, confronted Kane and demanded Donquixote Rosinante, offering to pay any price.

• Hina paced impatiently while waiting to rendezvous with Lady Gion and receive the Black Spear.
• Lookouts reported eight pirate ships surrounding Kane’s fleet, and Kane suspected a powerful force was behind them.
• Tsuru refused to intervene, so Kane ordered Hina to break through at full speed while he went to stop the three ships ahead.
• Tsuru ordered her crew to stay aboard, while Swift noticed Cuckoo displaying a kiss mark on her neck.
• Kane flew toward the pirate ships and met their armored captain, Torresis Lohr, who demanded Donquixote Rosinante and said the Ironclad Pirates would pay any price for him.