Recaps

Ron stopped Imu from using his shadow tentacles to steal Whitebeard and Rocks’s lifespans and turn them against each other, then escaped with them and Kaido as the island sank. Imu rose from the crater, bleeding and stunned by Ron’s attack.

• Imu created a shadow with tentacles that threatened to take Whitebeard and Rocks’s lifespans and make them hate each other.
• Whitebeard warned Rocks about Imu’s tentacles, and both men withdrew from their clash to avoid being stabbed.
• Ron charged in with Daytime Tiger, striking Imu and destroying the shadow and its tentacles.
• Ron used golden chakra arms to grab Whitebeard, Rocks, and Kaido, then fled across the sea as the island sank.
• Imu rose from the crater, spat blood, and stared at it in silence.

Imu ordered an investigation into Ron and Monkey D. Garp after encountering a power he could not understand, while Marines searched for the injured Sengoku. At sea, Ron reunited with Rocks, Whitebeard, and Kaido, and the four shared drinks and jokes as they sailed on.

• Imu worried over Ron’s unfamiliar power and ordered three subordinates to gather information on Ron and Monkey D. Garp.
• Marine soldiers began rescuing survivors from the sinking island and found Sengoku, calling for medics to treat him.
• Saint Garling ordered Kong to compile information on Ron and Monkey D. Garp, and Kong worried about Sengoku after Garling hung up.
• Ron sat with Rocks and Whitebeard aboard the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, and they shared a flask of liquor.
• Kaido joined them, showed off a gash on his back, argued with Whitebeard and Rocks, and laughed with the group.

Ron told Rocks that he came from another planet and knew their world as a story, but Rocks, Whitebeard, and Kaido did not believe him. Later, Garp learned that the World Government planned to investigate him, and Imu received a file on Monkey D. Garp.

• Rocks asked Ron whether he had done something to Imu, and Ron explained that he had seen Imu's portrait on an ancient stone tablet.
• When Rocks challenged Ron's explanation, Ron claimed he came from a distant planet where their lives were written as a story, but Rocks, Whitebeard, and Kaido dismissed the claim.
• While fishing in East Blue, Garp received a call from Kong, who asked why he had betrayed the World Government.
• Garp guessed that Kong meant his insults toward the Celestial Dragons and the liquor he had taken, but Kong said the World Government wanted to investigate him over something related to its operation.
• Kong told Garp to stay on vacation and extended his leave, which Garp gratefully accepted.
• The next day, a woman brought Imu a Marine file, explaining that it concerned Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp.

Imu dismissed Garp as an irrelevant brute and ordered the Five Elders to receive his instructions. In Elbaf, the World Government offered Harald a path to membership if he killed Ron or drove him from the Rocks Pirates, and Ron encountered two enormous eyes in his dream.

• Imu learned that Ron and Monkey D. Garp were different people and that Ron was headed for Elbaf, then ordered the cloaked woman to notify the Five Elders.
• Imu skimmed Garp’s dossier, tossed it aside, and told the cloaked woman to ignore him.
• The World Government told Harald that Elbaf had passed its preliminary assessment but still needed to address concerns about its reputation.
• Harald learned that the World Government wanted Ron killed on Elbaf or removed from the Rocks Pirates to secure Elbaf’s admission.
• Harald said he would personally invite Rocks to Elbaf, and the World Government praised him.
• In a dream, Ron saw two pairs of enormous eyes open and heard a voice ask why he had never answered.

Ron dreamed of meeting Kurama and Son Gokū inside his mind, where they asked him to help them escape. After waking, he joined Kaido, Rocks, and Whitebeard in eating a cow stolen from three children, then offered to help them rob the family’s enemies.

• Ron met Kurama and Son Gokū in a strange inner space, learned they had been calling to him, and admitted he did not know how to let them out.
• Ron woke at the campsite and found Kaido roasting a cow while three angry children accused him of stealing it from their family.
• Ron apologized to the children and blamed Rocks’s tab, but then sat down and ate the cow with Kaido, Rocks, and Whitebeard.
• The four men finished the cow, leaving the children crying, and discovered they had no money to compensate them.
• Ron asked the children whether their family had enemies, offering to rob them since the group had no money.

Ron, Rocks, Whitebeard, and Kaido dealt with a cow theft in a village, where the owner chose hospitality over conflict. Back on Hachinosu, Linlin told Rocks that Harald had made a decision, and Rocks ordered the crew to set sail for Elbaf.

• Kaido admitted he had taken the village cow, but the owner stopped the angry villagers and invited Ron and the others to eat instead.
• Xiao Mo asked Nick to help punish the cow thieves, but Nick recognized Ron, Rocks, Whitebeard, and Kaido and stayed quiet until they left.
• Nick explained to Xiao Mo and his father that Rocks, Edward Newgate, Kaido, and Ron were notorious pirates, and that the meal had earned them Rocks's favor.
• Golden Lion confronted Ron over the events at Saint Sebastian, while Kaido and Linlin discussed Kaido being tricked with a fake Devil Fruit.
• Linlin told Rocks that Harald had called and made a decision, so Rocks ordered the crew to replenish supplies and head for Elbaf.

During the Rocks Pirates’ voyage to Elbaf, Kaido persuaded Ron to join a rock-paper-scissors game where winners slapped losers. Ron beat Golden Lion in the first round, hit him hard with a spinning slap, then quit the game and took the five million Beli penalty.

• Ron noticed Annika had become happier and stayed close to him, though she now called him a bad guy.
• Kaido asked Ron to help him get revenge on Shiki and Silver Axe, who had slapped him during the previous day’s game.
• Rocks organized a four-player rock-paper-scissors contest with Kaido, Ron, Golden Lion, and Silver Axe, with each round’s winner slapping the loser.
• Ron won the first round against Golden Lion and struck him with a 360-degree Thomas Flair slap while in Nine-Tails Mode.
• Ron ended his participation after the slap, leaving Golden Lion stunned.

Ron defeated Golden Lion by conceding immediately, while Kaido learned the tactic and waited through Silver Axe’s wins until his own match began. Kaido opened the Fifth Gate and struck Silver Axe, sending him flying across the hall.

• Ron conceded to Golden Lion and claimed the five million Beli prize, leaving Golden Lion furious despite Rocks confirming the win.
• Silver Axe won the first four rounds against Kaido, and Kaido grew increasingly enraged as he was struck after each result.
• Kaido won the fifth round, then opened the Fifth Gate and released a powerful shock wave that Ron contained with a golden barrier.
• Kaido challenged Silver Axe to laugh like Shiki, then attacked him with his spiked club when Silver Axe refused.
• Silver Axe blocked Kaido’s blow with Haki, but the impact sent him flying across the ship’s hall.

Kaido wrecked the ship's hall during his duel with Silver Axe, then plotted to annoy Rocks by repairing the damage in the middle of the night. The next morning, Kaido told Ron that his plan had gone smoothly, leaving Ron skeptical.

• Kaido blasted a hole in the ship's hall, and Rocks kicked him through the opposite side after Silver Axe complained about his weapon.
• Silver Axe faced Golden Lion in the final showdown, and Golden Lion won while Silver Axe laughed and Golden Lion did not smile.
• Kaido told Ron he planned to hammer on the ship repairs at night to keep Rocks awake, and Ron warned him against it.
• The next morning, Kaido boasted to Ron that his plan had gone smoothly, and Ron questioned whether he had looked in a mirror.

Loki waited in Elbaf’s snowy Underworld for Rocks to return, determined to join the Rocks Pirates. When he confronted Rocks and asked to be taken aboard, Rocks tested him with a powerful sword slash and sent him flying into a snowdrift.

• Kaido told Ron about his plans and agreed to stop after Ron warned him to give it a rest.
• Loki waited in the snow for Rocks to return to Elbaf, hoping to persuade him to let him aboard.
• Rocks, Whitebeard, Ron, Kaido, Silver Axe, and Stussy landed on Elbaf and headed inland.
• Loki charged toward Rocks and insisted he had grown stronger since their last meeting.
• Rocks slashed at Loki, who blocked with his spiked club before the impact sent him tumbling into a distant snowdrift.

Loki repeatedly charged Rocks and asked to join him, while Rocks and his crew were led toward Elbaf’s Sun World. A giant barred Ron from entering, but Ron knocked him down, and Rocks defended the attack as normal for the Cold-Blooded Butcher.

• Loki kept charging Rocks after being thrown aside and asked him to take him in, promising to help him become King of the World.
• Two giants met Rocks’s group and said King Harald had ordered them to lead the crew to the Sun World.
• One giant stopped Ron and cited his wanted poster, saying the Cold-Blooded Butcher could not enter; he moved Kaido aside instead.
• Silver Axe, Whitebeard, and Rocks challenged the giant’s decision, but the giant refused to let Ron pass.
• Ron covered himself in Nine-Tails Mode and struck the giant with a golden chakra arm, knocking him down.
• The leading giant demanded that Rocks control Ron, and Rocks replied that random violence was normal for his companion.

Ron stayed behind while Rocks met Harald, and he joined Kaido and Silver Axe in considering a treasure hunt on Elbaf. At a palace feast, Harald asked Rocks to make Ron leave the Rocks Pirates so Elbaf could join the World Government Member States, leaving Rocks stunned.

• Ron returned toward the Saber of Xebec while Kaido and Silver Axe stayed with him, and Loki asked them to help him join the Rocks Pirates.
• Kaido suggested proving his worth, and Ron changed plans after Kaido pointed out that they might find treasure on Elbaf.
• At the palace, Rocks thanked Harald for inviting him and promised to help with Elbaf's crisis.
• Harald asked Rocks to make Ron leave the Rocks Pirates so Elbaf could join the World Government Member States.
• Rocks stopped mid-meal and asked Harald if he was serious.

Rocks confronted Harald after realizing the World Government had pressured him to drive Ron away, but Harald refused to risk Elbaf by resisting. When Harald threatened Ron, Rocks chose to defend him, and the two former friends began fighting in the palace.

• Rocks questioned Harald about why he wanted Ron expelled, and Harald challenged Rocks's loyalty to their friendship.
• Rocks deduced that the World Government had threatened Harald, but Harald said he would not risk Elbaf by resisting.
• Harald offered to spare their friendship if Rocks kicked Ron off the crew, then threatened to kill Ron if Rocks refused.
• Rocks rejected Harald's demand and said he would stand in front of Ron, even if Harald was the enemy.
• Harald and Rocks clashed with their swords and Conqueror's Haki as Whitebeard and Stussy left to tell Ron the truth.
• The palace collapsed around Harald and Rocks as their battle continued.

Rocks and Harald’s negotiations ended with Harald insisting that Ron leave the crew or die, while Rocks refused to abandon Ron and left for the Underworld. Whitebeard warned Ron that Harald wanted to kill him, but the crew soon stopped fleeing and Kaido charged at a giant.

• Harald told Rocks that he would kill Ron unless Ron left the crew, or Rocks killed Harald first.
• Rocks said he would not resent Harald if Harald killed him to reach Ron, and left without condemning Elbaf.
• Ron and the others wandered through the Underworld with Loki following them, while Silver Axe taunted the young giant.
• Whitebeard rushed back and warned Ron to flee because negotiations had failed and Harald wanted to kill him.
• Ron and Silver Axe realized the threat was aimed at Ron, and Kaido stopped running when he spotted the giant Ron had knocked down.
• Kaido charged the giant and smashed down his club, declaring that he had been sick of him for ages.

After learning that Harald’s deal with the World Government led to his falling-out with Rocks, Ron and several Rocks Pirates headed to the Sun World to intervene. Rocks and Harald had begun fighting in the Underworld, where Rocks held the advantage.

• Kaido knocked the giant into the snow, then argued with Silver Axe while Stussy urged everyone to leave Elbaf.
• Whitebeard told Ron that Harald had agreed to make Ron leave the Rocks Pirates, and Rocks and Harald had fallen out after Harald threatened Ron.
• Loki rushed toward the Sun World to ask Harald why he had made his choice, and Ron followed, saying he could not stand by while the conflict unfolded.
• Kaido joined Ron and asked him to lend him strength later, while Whitebeard and Silver Axe also followed; Stussy was left astonished by their decision.
• Rocks and Harald fought in the Underworld, where Rocks surpassed Harald in strength and Haki despite Harald’s Ancient Giant Tribe bloodline.

Harald and Rocks fought after Harald insisted Elbaf’s path to peace required Ron’s sacrifice, while Rocks refused to accept the terms. Aboard the Saber of Xebec, the crew felt the battle’s shock waves and descended into bickering as Annika worried about Ron.

• Harald attacked Rocks and argued that he would pay any price to lead Elbaf away from violence, while Rocks condemned his methods and defended Ron.
• Rocks and Harald clashed repeatedly, their Conqueror’s Haki sending shock waves across Elbaf and out to sea.
• On the Saber of Xebec, Linlin explained that negotiations had failed and the fighting had begun, prompting Annika to pray for Ron’s safety.
• Golden Lion teased Annika for worrying about Ron, and Marlon and the others accused Golden Lion of holding a grudge against him.
• Gan Sui and Streusen traded insults, and the crew’s arguments spiraled into a full quarrel while Gloriosa advised Annika to stay clear of the troublemakers.

Stussy returned to the Saber of Xebec and reported that Harald was pursuing Rocks over stolen treasure, sending the crew rushing after Golden Lion toward the island. In the Underworld, Loki confronted Harald over his plans for Elbaf and declared he would side with Rocks, while Ron and the others arrived to support Rocks and Harald challenged Ron to face him.

• Stussy returned and told the crew that Rocks and the others had stolen Harald's treasure and were being chased, prompting Golden Lion to steer the ship away and rush toward the island with most of the crew following.
• Marlon realized Stussy had tricked them about the treasure and stayed aboard the ship.
• Loki arrived during Harald and Rocks's fight, argued against Harald's plans for Elbaf, and said he would help Rocks overthrow the World Government.
• Harald slapped Loki and ordered him away, but Loki stood by his declaration; Silver Axe then kicked him aside when he blocked the groups.
• Ron, Whitebeard, Silver Axe, and Kaido arrived to help Rocks, and Harald challenged Ron to withstand three moves before he would let them leave.
• Ron offered to make the first three moves, while Kaido urged him to attack Harald together.

Ron launched a gigantic Tailed Beast Bomb at Harald, who met it with a Haki-charged sword strike. The blast devastated the Underworld and began reducing Harald to dust.

• Harald agreed to Ron’s proposal and prepared to face his three moves, confident he would kill Ron with his strongest strike afterward.
• Ron formed a Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon and brought Whitebeard, Silver Axe, and Kaido inside it.
• Ron assembled an enormous Tailed Beast Bomb while Harald held his ground and Rocks retreated far away.
• Harald swung his greatsword into the incoming Tailed Beast Bomb, triggering a colossal explosion that tore through the Underworld.
• Harald’s body began turning to dust from his fingertips and spreading away in the shock wave.

Harald dodged Ron’s enormous Tailed Beast Bomb after his Observation Haki showed him a fatal future, only to learn that the attack was merely the first of a hundred forms. Meanwhile, Imu awoke from a dream of Joy Boy and realized he had returned in this era.

• Harald used Observation Haki to foresee the Tailed Beast Bomb killing him, then dodged by charging toward Rocks as Ron fired.
• Ron’s Tailed Beast Bomb exploded across the Underworld, destroying much of the ground and ending the snowfall.
• Harald announced that the first move was over, and Ron revealed it had ninety-nine more forms.
• Imu woke from a dream of Joy Boy and recognized that he had returned.

Imu ordered the World Government to monitor the Gum-Gum Fruit user and capture them alive while waiting for news from Elbaf. In Elbaf’s Underworld, Ron’s relentless attacks kept Harald at bay as Golden Lion and Linlin arrived, both believing the battle concerned a valuable treasure.

• Imu learned that the new Davy had found a helper who did not belong in this world, and that the stranger had appeared wounded in a village in the Maka Mountains about a year earlier.
• Imu ordered the Five Elders to closely monitor the Gum-Gum Fruit user at sea and prioritize capturing them alive.
• Harald realized Ron had tricked him about the promised hundred forms, then charged at the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon.
• Ron unleashed a sustained barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs, Ice Release, and lava-energy attacks, forcing Harald to dodge as the Underworld crumbled.
• Rocks, Whitebeard, Silver Axe, and Kaido watched Ron’s seemingly inexhaustible attacks, while Golden Lion arrived and suspected Elbaf’s national treasure was involved.
• Linlin arrived behind Golden Lion, who decided to enter the battle first so he could later claim a share.

Golden Lion and Linlin bickered while fighting the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, as John’s group considered ambushing them for treasure. Golden Lion then offered to help Rocks’s crew, convinced they were hiding something valuable, and Linlin demanded a share too.

• Golden Lion launched sword auras at Linlin, then dodged her lightning bolts while keeping his attention on the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon.
• John, Gan Sui, Babel, and Basuda proposed ambushing Golden Lion and Linlin on their way back, while Streusen refused to join them.
• Golden Lion flew up to the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon and offered to help Rocks’s crew, making Ron, Kaido, and Silver Axe suspicious.
• Golden Lion asked Rocks for compensation for his help, and Linlin arrived and demanded a share.

Golden Lion and Silver Axe tried to use Harald’s attack to prove their courage, but both dodged at the last moment. The Rocks Pirates watched as Harald’s strike devastated the ground and the two emerged from the dust alive.

• Linlin asked Rocks what they would gain from the trip, and Rocks said there was nothing in it for her or Golden Lion.
• Golden Lion asked Ron to stop his bombardment so he could fight Harald, while Silver Axe claimed he was Ron’s ally and asked to be released from the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon.
• Ron ejected Silver Axe from the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, and Kaido offered to borrow Ron’s power to help him.
• Silver Axe confronted Golden Lion as Harald descended on them with a Haki-coated greatsword.
• Golden Lion and Silver Axe agreed that whoever ran would be a low-class pirate, but both dodged Harald’s blow and leapt out of the dust alive.

Kaido used the Sixth Gate to attack Harald, but realized Harald vastly outmatched him and withdrew his threat to shorten Harald’s lifespan. Meanwhile, Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban spotted a strange purple fruit at a roadside stall, and the old stallholder began to explain it.

• Golden Lion and Silver Axe exchanged insults until Kaido raced past them and called them low-class pirates.
• Golden Lion and Silver Axe followed Kaido toward Harald, with Silver Axe warning Shiki to stop scheming.
• Kaido attacked Harald with flame-wrapped shock waves, but Harald countered with his sword and Haki-coated fist.
• Kaido recognized Harald’s superior strength and combat experience, then said he would leave shortening Harald’s lifespan for another time.
• Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban found a peculiar purple fruit among tomatoes at a roadside stall, and Roger asked the old stallholder where it came from.

Roger and his crew took the Gum-Gum Fruit from an old vendor and discovered it repeatedly rolled back to Roger, as if it had chosen him. Roger wondered whether the fruit had acknowledged him.

• The old vendor refused to sell the strange fruit until Rayleigh warned it might bring disaster, but Roger admitted he had no money.
• Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban fled with the fruit, leaving a few thousand Beli for the old vendor.
• Rayleigh identified the fruit as the Paramecia Gum-Gum Fruit, though Roger suspected the encyclopedia’s description was incomplete.
• Gaban and Rayleigh refused to eat the fruit, unwilling to give up their ability to swim.
• The fruit repeatedly rolled back to Roger, prompting Rayleigh and Gaban to say it had chosen him.
• Roger picked up the fruit and wondered whether it had acknowledged him.

Roger ate the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nika, while Rocks’s forces fought Harald in Elbaf’s Underworld. After Ron startled Silver Axe and Golden Lion into revealing they were conscious, Rocks called on his allies to end the battle.

• Rayleigh and Gaban warned Roger that eating the Gum-Gum Fruit would cost him the ability to swim, but Roger ate it anyway.
• Harald sent Silver Axe and Golden Lion crashing to the ground, and Loki shook them while mistaking them for unconscious.
• Ron threatened the two men with a giant lava ball, making them spring up and reveal they had been pretending to pass out.
• Rocks drew his saber and called on Whitebeard and Ron to join him, while Kaido and Linlin also offered to fight.
• Rocks leaped into the air to end the battle.