Recaps

Ron confronted Ochoku over Annika's disappearance, but Ochoku denied knowing anything and their dispute turned into a fight. Ron recognized that Ochoku had been hiding his true strength and ambition, while Annika's whereabouts remained unresolved.

• Ron demanded that Ochoku explain where Annika was, but Ochoku denied responsibility and mocked him for lacking evidence.
• Ron drew his sword and attacked Ochoku after deciding that he would not settle the matter peacefully.
• Whitebeard and Kaido wondered whether Annika had run away and whether Ron had feelings for her before a distant explosion interrupted them.
• Ron emerged from the dust and accused Ochoku of being a schemer who had concealed his strength and ambition.
• Ochoku cursed Ron and warned that a fight to the death might not end in Ron's favor.

Ron fought Ochoku to learn Annika’s whereabouts and survived his refusal by overpowering him with a Tailed Beast Bomb. After Ochoku revealed where Annika was being held, Roger arrived and Rayleigh told Ron that their crew had not come for him.

• Ron repeatedly attacked Ochoku, then transformed into the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon and blasted him with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Ochoku survived the explosion and offered Ron false treasure locations and Devil Fruits in exchange for his life.
• Ochoku told Ron that Annika was in a cave behind the town, sealed by a boulder marked with a sapling.
• When Ron asked for Ochoku’s last words, Ochoku realized Ron still meant to kill him and cursed him.
• Roger charged toward the ruins, and Rayleigh emerged with a Den Den Mushi and told Ron that he was not their target.

Ron confronted Rayleigh while Roger attacked Ochoku, whose claims that he had been forced to kidnap Annika failed to stop Roger. Whitebeard and Kaido intervened, and Ron lent Kaido Nine-Tails chakra as Kaido asked to borrow the fox demon.

• Ron formed ten Tailed Beast Bombs and refused to explain his actions to Rayleigh.
• Roger struck down Ochoku, who insisted Ron had forced him to admit to kidnapping Annika.
• Whitebeard attacked Roger, but Roger tried to explain that Ochoku had caused the misunderstanding.
• Kaido attacked Rayleigh, who caught his spiked club with one hand.
• Ron infused Kaido with Nine-Tails chakra, greatly increasing his strength.
• Kaido asked Ron to lend him the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, and Ron refused.

Ron empowered Kaido to fight Rayleigh while he dealt with Ochoku, killing him with a Tailed Beast Bomb. The Rocks Pirates spotted Roger and his crew at the island, and Golden Lion and Linlin prepared to go after the Roger Pirates’ ship and treasure.

• Ron transferred more Nine-Tails chakra to Kaido, who struck Rayleigh hard enough to send him flying.
• Ron decided to hold back the Super Tailed Beast Bomb while Whitebeard fought Roger and Kaido fought Rayleigh.
• Ron gave the wounded Ochoku another chance, then dropped him into a pit and destroyed him with the Tailed Beast Bomb.
• The Rocks Pirates saw fighting at the island and Streusen identified Roger and his crew as the cause.
• Golden Lion flew off to scout for the Roger Pirates’ ship, and Silver Axe asked Linlin to take him along to search for treasure.

After the Heavenly Tribute operation failed, Sengoku left the Five Elders’ meeting under pressure and asked Kong about Ron’s Devil Fruit and the World Government’s next move. Kong revealed that a mysterious World Government organization would be deployed to defeat the Rocks Pirates decisively.

• Linlin rejected Silver Axe’s attempt to claim he could be trusted, then left aboard Zeus.
• John departed by speedboat, while Silver Axe stayed behind as Linlin and Golden Lion flew away.
• Sengoku left Mary Geoise after the Five Elders blamed him for the failed Heavenly Tribute mission, and Kong tried to reassure him.
• Kong said Ron’s abilities did not match the previously suspected Nine-Tailed Fox Devil Fruit and suggested Sengoku gather information through Ochoku.
• Sengoku declined to risk exposing Ochoku for more information about Ron and asked Kong what the Five Elders meant by letting them act.
• Kong explained that the World Government had a mysterious organization and intended to defeat the Rocks Pirates decisively.

Ron rescued Annika from a cave and reassured her that she did not need to hide her imperfect self. After returning to the ships, he found Ochoku’s hidden Devil Fruits and used them to obtain Ice Release and the Eight Gates.

• Ron found Annika in a cave behind the town and brought her out safely.
• Ron told Annika she did not have to keep up a disguise, and she thanked him as a good person.
• Ron and Annika returned to the shore, where Stussy was moving the stolen Heavenly Tribute onto the Saber of Xebec.
• Ron searched Ochoku’s bedroom, found two Devil Fruits hidden beneath a floorboard, and fed them to the Mysterious Roulette.
• The Mysterious Roulette awarded Ron the Kekkei Genkai Ice Release and the physical technique Eight Gates.

Ron returned to the battlefield alive, where he learned Kaido had told the Rocks Pirates that Rayleigh killed him. Roger and Rayleigh came to take Annika back, but she chose to stay with Ron, while Roger and Rayleigh spotted Shiki carrying chests that appeared to be from their ship.

• Ron returned to the battlefield with newly unlocked abilities and discovered that Kaido had claimed Rayleigh killed him, prompting the Rocks Pirates to attack Roger and Rayleigh.
• Rocks explained the misunderstanding and Roger apologized to Ron, then offered two Devil Fruits in exchange for Annika, provided she wanted to leave.
• Annika chose to remain with Ron, thanking Roger and Rayleigh and asking them to pass her message to Shakky.
• Roger and Rayleigh left the auxiliary ship and encountered Golden Lion carrying floating chests that appeared to have come from their ship.

Linlin and Golden Lion returned with treasure stolen from Roger’s ship, and Roger and Rayleigh confronted them aboard the Saber of Xebec. Rocks joined the standoff, then chased Roger and Rayleigh as they fled, giving Ron a chance to test his new ability.

• Roger and Rayleigh demanded that Golden Lion and Linlin return the treasure, while the two Rocks Pirates refused.
• Linlin arrived aboard Zeus with more treasure, and Roger and Rayleigh attacked as Golden Lion and Linlin raced toward the Saber of Xebec.
• Ron brought Annika onto the ship as Rocks and the others halted the fight and confronted the intruders.
• Kaido and Ron urged Rocks to defend the Rocks Pirates’ honor, and Rocks stepped forward to challenge Roger and Rayleigh.
• Roger and Rayleigh fled toward land, Rocks pursued them, and Ron followed to test his new ability while Kaido asked Ron to lend him power.

Ron activated the Seventh Gate of Wonder and raced after Roger and Rayleigh, striking both of them with overwhelming speed and force. Rocks witnessed Ron’s arrival and appeared stunned by his power.

• Ron refused Kaido’s request to borrow his power and opened the Seventh Gate of Wonder, unleashing blue steam and a powerful shockwave that blasted Kaido away.
• Ron sped ahead toward Roger and Rayleigh, leaving Kaido behind as Kaido wondered how many trump cards Ron possessed.
• Roger and Rayleigh continued fleeing from Rocks, but all three sensed a powerful presence rapidly approaching them.
• Ron arrived and punched Roger, sending him flying, then dodged Rayleigh’s slash and kicked Rayleigh hard enough to make him spit blood.
• Rocks stared at Ron in disbelief after seeing him attack Roger and Rayleigh.

Ron tested the Seventh Gate of the Eight Gates against Roger and then used an ice technique against Rayleigh, leaving Rocks stunned by the range of his abilities. The confrontation continued as Ron demonstrated a new Ice Dragon attack.

• Rocks suspected Ron's explosive physical power came from a self-developed technique rather than Haki or a Devil Fruit.
• Roger attacked Ron with Divine Departure, but Ron countered with Daytime Tiger, and their collision sent Roger flying.
• Ron rushed Roger and struck him again, then stopped after confirming the power of the Seventh Gate.
• Rayleigh attacked Ron with a sword slash, but Ron answered with Ice Release: Ice Dragon.
• Rayleigh shattered the Ice Dragon with repeated sword strikes, while Rocks wondered how Ron could possess so many powerful abilities.

After Ron returned to the Saber of Xebec, Kaido asked him to teach him the Eight Gates, and Annika asked to learn as well. Ron had not yet decided whether people in this world could master the technique.

• Rocks told Ron to rest while he went to speak with Roger about truths he had recently learned.
• Whitebeard teased Kaido for returning in low spirits, and Kaido asked when he would get a powerful Devil Fruit.
• Kaido asked Whitebeard about a technique that made someone’s strength surge after shouting, then insisted Ron knew it.
• Ron returned to the ship, teased Kaido by offering to teach him, and Annika nervously asked to learn too.
• Kaido rushed over and eagerly asked Ron if he had really offered to teach him.

Ron tricked Kaido into becoming his disciple before attempting to teach him the Eight Gates, and Kaido successfully unlocked several restrictions after Ron lent him chakra. Whitebeard and Golden Lion watched in surprise as Kaido’s power surged, leaving Whitebeard wondering whether Ron had been serious all along.

• Ron told Kaido that he could learn the Ultimate Taijutsu only by becoming his disciple, then expelled him after Kaido agreed and insulted the sect rules.
• Ron began teaching Kaido and Annika, but neither could sense their inner power until Ron shared the Nine-Tails’ chakra with them.
• Kaido followed Ron’s instructions and sensed the chakra, while Golden Lion arrived and mocked the idea of Ron teaching him.
• Kaido unlocked several restrictions, releasing powerful bursts of air that cracked the deck.
• Golden Lion stopped laughing and asked Whitebeard what Ron was teaching, while Whitebeard watched Kaido with surprise and suspicion.

Kaido learned Ultimate Taijutsu from Ron and tested his new power, while Ron claimed the technique could eventually let someone slay a god. The next morning, Saint Garling prepared a Marine operation against the Rocks Pirates after his agents reported that the area had been cleared and the Marines had taken the bait.

• Kaido blasted the sea with an invisible shockwave, celebrated learning Ultimate Taijutsu, and bounced through the air throwing punches.
• Ron told Kaido that damaging the deck could earn him a beating from Rocks, while Kaido remained delighted with his new power.
• Whitebeard asked Ron whether Ultimate Taijutsu was real, and Ron said that opening the Final Gate would let someone slay gods.
• Saint Garling received confirmation that the area had been cleared and the Marines were ready to follow orders.
• Saint Garling crushed a corpse beneath his boot and complained that the Marines were so incompetent they needed help dealing with the Rocks Pirates.

On Hachinosu, Kaido challenged Rocks for full crew membership, lost after using the Eight Gates, and was accepted anyway. When Rocks learned that the World Government was escorting a legendary Devil Fruit from Saint Sebastian Island, Kaido became eager to claim it.

• Gloriosa officially joined the Rocks Pirates, while Ron became a full crew member without being reprimanded for killing Ochoku.
• Kaido asked Rocks to make him a full crew member, and Rocks challenged him to withstand three attacks.
• Kaido opened the Eight Gates and fought Rocks, but Rocks blocked his attacks and defeated him.
• Rocks agreed to accept Kaido as a full member and offered to buy him a drink.
• A suited man told Rocks that the World Government had found a legendary Devil Fruit on Saint Sebastian Island and sent a team to escort it, and Kaido decided it was meant for him.
• Annika told Gloriosa that she wanted to stay with the Rocks Pirates because she liked Ron.

Kaido secretly headed to Saint Sebastian to pursue a rumored legendary Devil Fruit, prompting Ron, Whitebeard, and Rocks to set out after him. Their speedboat raced toward Saint Sebastian, with Rocks intent on punishing Kaido for acting alone.

• Rocks warned Kaido that the Devil Fruit intelligence might be a World Government trap, but Kaido borrowed some of Ron's power and secretly left to pursue it.
• Rocks told the crew that Kaido had likely gone to Saint Sebastian, and the crew voted to keep their course for Elbaf while delaying their departure by four days.
• Ron told Annika he was going after Kaido, then set off across the sea in Nine-Tails Mode.
• Whitebeard joined Ron in a speedboat, explaining that he could not leave the idiot brat from their ship alone.
• Rocks landed on the speedboat and announced that he was going to Saint Sebastian to beat Kaido for acting on his own.

Kaido infiltrated the Marine base on Hachinosu to steal a Devil Fruit, only to discover the fruit was a plastic decoy and Sengoku was waiting for him. After Sengoku offered him strength and a Devil Fruit, Kaido refused and attacked, prompting Sengoku to transform into a giant golden Buddha.

• Sengoku learned that the Marines had found no sign of the other Rocks Pirates and ordered them to keep watching Kaido without alerting him.
• Kaido concluded that he could not reach the Devil Fruit unseen, captured a Marine soldier, and learned it was in the heavily guarded warehouse.
• Kaido rushed the warehouse, knocked aside the guards, and bit into a black spiral-patterned fruit, but Sengoku revealed it was made of plastic.
• Sengoku offered Kaido strength and a Devil Fruit, but Kaido rejected the offer and attacked him with his spiked club.
• Kaido tried to escape after striking Sengoku, but Sengoku blocked his way and transformed into a gigantic golden Buddha.

Kaido survived Sengoku’s Great Sun Void, struck down a blonde woman with the Sixth Gate, and challenged Sengoku again. Meanwhile, Saint Garling and two members of God's Knights confronted Rocks’s approaching crew, whose golden nine-tailed fox emerged from the sea after their speedboat was attacked.

• Kaido opened the Fifth Gate and exchanged powerful blows with Sengoku, but a blonde woman ambushed him and helped Sengoku’s Buddha hand crush him into a crater.
• Kaido rose, acknowledged that the battle was a trap, and opened the Sixth Gate, then struck the blonde woman in the face and sent her flying into the ruins.
• Marine soldiers reported that Shiki and Rocks, Edward Newgate, and Ron had appeared in the northern waters.
• Saint Garling led two cloaked members of God's Knights toward the shore, while Golden Lion spotted them and flew away to leave them to Rocks.
• Saint Garling and the other two slashed at Rocks’s speedboat, but a golden nine-tailed fox rose from the water with Rocks and Whitebeard standing on its head.

Rocks and Whitebeard fought the God's Knights on the coast, while Ron landed on the island to search for Kaido. The chapter left Saint Garling pinned beneath Whitebeard's attack and Kaido stunned as the blonde woman recovered from his blows.

• Rocks drew his sword and cut down two God's Knights members, splitting their bodies and using Conqueror's Haki to stop them from rejoining.
• Saint Garling charged at Rocks, but Whitebeard intercepted him and forced him to his knees with a bisento strike.
• Ron landed on the island to search for Kaido after Whitebeard joined the battle.
• The blonde woman recovered from the damage Kaido had inflicted and cursed him as she rose among the ruins.
• Kaido noticed the blonde woman healing and expressed astonishment that she had survived.

Kaido attacked the regenerating blond woman, but Sengoku stopped him and she quickly healed. Ron arrived in the form of a golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, and Kaido joined him against Sengoku.

• Kaido charged the blond woman and repeatedly smashed her with his club until Sengoku blasted him away.
• Sengoku lifted the badly injured blond woman from the crater as black smoke rapidly healed her wounds.
• Kaido fled when he saw the blond woman regenerate, but Sengoku pursued him before both stopped.
• A golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon descended between Kaido and Sengoku, and Ron greeted Sengoku.
• Kaido jumped onto Ron’s shoulder and urged him to beat Sengoku.

Ron and Kaido fought Sengoku in Ron’s Nine-Tailed Fox Demon form, while Rocks and Whitebeard battled Saint Garling. A powerful Conqueror’s Haki then spread from the mountain, and Ron suspected the World Government’s hidden sovereign had arrived; the chapter ended as Sengoku’s golden Buddha rose again from the smoke.

• Kaido told Ron that his power had helped him unlock the Sixth Gate and described the blonde woman’s ability to regenerate after her head was smashed.
• Sengoku attacked Ron, who brought the injured Kaido inside the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon and evaded the shockwaves while counterattacking with ice weapons and Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Ron trapped Sengoku’s golden Buddha between an ice hand and freezing attacks, then struck it with a volley of Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Rocks and Whitebeard discussed how to deal with Saint Garling and the other undying opponents after Rocks defeated Saint Garling.
• A powerful Conqueror’s Haki spread across the island from the mountain, and Ron wondered whether the World Government’s sovereign had arrived.
• Ron dismissed the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, but Sengoku’s golden Buddha emerged from beneath the ground, apparently still alive.

Ron opened the Seventh Gate and struck Sengoku with the Daytime Tiger, overpowering the golden Buddha form. After sensing a malicious presence behind him, Ron punched at it, then realized he might have turned the attacker into a bloody mist.

• Kaido urged Ron to bring out his powerful ally, but Ron changed plans and said he would use the Eight Gates himself.
• Ron opened the Seventh Gate, releasing blue steam and astonishing Sengoku with his speed.
• Ron dodged Sengoku’s shockwaves and launched the Daytime Tiger at the golden Buddha.
• Sengoku’s arm snapped under the attack, and the Daytime Tiger swallowed him in a tremendous blast.
• Ron sensed intense malice behind him and swung a devastating punch, but the attacker vanished from his senses.
• Ron noticed blood on his face and wondered if his punch had blown the attacker into a bloody mist.

Imu arrived on the battlefield and confronted Ron and Kaido, who recognized him as the World Government’s hidden mastermind. Ron fled with Kaido and tricked Golden Lion Shiki into blocking Imu, but Shiki soon fled too as Imu hurled a spear of black mist after him.

• Imu appeared from a five-pointed magic circle and flew toward the battlefield after teleportation left him injured.
• Ron and Kaido approached Sengoku, but Imu landed nearby, and Ron recognized him by name.
• Ron tricked Imu into looking behind him, transformed into the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, and ran while explaining to Kaido that Imu was the World Government’s mastermind.
• Ron passed Golden Lion Shiki and claimed that the God-Tier Fruit was with the monster chasing them.
• Shiki tried to stop Imu, but sensing danger, he turned to flee as Imu threw a spear of black mist at his back.

Ron fled Imu's pursuit in the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon while searching for Rocks and Whitebeard, and Rocks and Whitebeard chased after him. When Ron looped back toward Golden Lion, he insisted on rescuing him and invoked the bonds of the Rocks Pirates, despite Golden Lion's furious protests.

• Golden Lion evaded Imu's black-mist spear and abandoned Ron and Kaido, while Ron told Kaido to watch for Rocks and Whitebeard.
• Imu formed a black-mist bow and fired three arrows at the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, but Ron dodged them and raced along the coastline.
• Rocks and Whitebeard arrived at the seaside and recognized Imu's aura as the one Rocks had encountered at the World's Summit.
• Golden Lion realized the legendary Devil Fruit had been taken by Imu, then saw Ron's demon sprinting toward him as Ron called out that he had come to pick him up.
• Ron extended chakra arms toward Golden Lion and declared that he would never abandon a companion, while Golden Lion dodged and cursed him.

Ron, Kaido, and Golden Lion confronted Imu, who asked Ron about his identity and knowledge of the Void Century. Rocks and Whitebeard arrived to face Imu, and the chapter left off as Rocks and Whitebeard launched their attacks.

• Ron pulled Golden Lion into the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon while Kaido and Golden Lion argued.
• Ron stopped the group as Imu blocked their path, then ejected Golden Lion toward him.
• Imu struck Golden Lion with a black fog hammer, knocking him into a crater, where Golden Lion played dead.
• Imu asked Ron who he was, and Ron answered that he was Monkey D. Garp before mocking Imu's use of the word “insect.”
• Rocks and Whitebeard arrived on the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon's shoulders, and Imu identified Rocks as the new Davy.
• Rocks and Whitebeard attacked Imu with Sky Breaker and Abyssal Curse.

Whitebeard, Rocks, and Kaido attacked Imu with Ron’s Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, but Imu survived their combined blows and struck back. The battle continued as Whitebeard and Rocks received Ron’s chakra cloaks and drove Imu into a crater.

• Whitebeard and Rocks combined their attacks against Imu, who deflected them with the Black Mist Longblade.
• Golden Lion abandoned the fight and flew away as the aftershock sent him tumbling through the air.
• Kaido fired a Tailed Beast Bomb from the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, but Imu struck it aside, causing an explosion that shattered the island and sent seawater flooding through the cracks.
• Rocks and Whitebeard charged Imu, and Ron’s chakra arms gave them pale-red chakra cloaks; Ron refused Kaido’s request for the same power.
• Imu sensed an unfamiliar power from Ron and demanded to know where he came from, while Rocks and Whitebeard attacked him in turn.
• Whitebeard’s naginata crashed into Imu’s black-mist barrier and drove him into a deep crater.