Recaps

Brando read Dorry and Brogy’s memories to learn the techniques behind Hakoku and Supreme Kingdom, then tested his new Multi-Size abilities on Little Garden. After five days of training and wrecking the island, he left with Banlei to seek another island.

• Brando read Dorry and Brogy’s memories and gained a deeper understanding of Hakoku and Supreme Kingdom.
• Brando received Yang Chakra Nature, Multi-Size Technique, and Partial Multi-Size Technique from the villagers’ recognition.
• Brando used Multi-Size Technique to perform Hakoku, but found his imitation reached only about sixty percent of Dorry’s level and broke Dorry’s sword.
• Brando trained for five days on Little Garden, testing Hakoku and preparing a surprise for Crocodile while causing extensive damage.
• Brando left Little Garden with Banlei after the Log Pose recorded too slowly, and he reviewed his self-made status panel during the journey.

Brando traveled to Alabasta after deliberately drawing Crocodile’s attention, while practicing the powerful Supreme Kingdom technique on the way. After Brando arrived and settled in Newshore Town, Crocodile learned his location and went to confront him.

• Brando reached an unfamiliar island, bought an Eternal Pose for Alabasta, and left after several people who followed him disappeared.
• Crocodile ordered Mr. 13 and Miss Friday to track Brando and planned to defeat him before pursuing Pluton and Whitebeard.
• During the two-day voyage to Alabasta, Brando practiced Supreme Kingdom with a Shadow Clone and found the technique’s power and coordination impressive.
• Brando landed in Alabasta, told Banlei to follow their plan, and explored Newshore Town while waiting for Crocodile to find him.
• Mr. 13 reported Brando’s location to Crocodile, who set out for Newshore Town as a sandstorm.

Brando killed Mr. 13 and Miss Friday, then lured Crocodile into the desert for a showdown. Crocodile recognized the river as Brando’s attempt to counter his Sand-Sand Fruit and began drying it up.

• Miss Friday watched Brando while Mr. 13 worried that Crocodile would arrive soon.
• Brando surprised Mr. 13 and Miss Friday and killed them with a single sword strike as they tried to flee.
• Crocodile reached Newshore Town, and Brando provoked him before leading him into the desert.
• Crocodile guessed Brando planned to use a nearby river against his Sand-Sand Fruit and absorbed the water into the surrounding sand.

Brando taunted Crocodile about his defeat by Whitebeard and his fear of the Four Emperors, provoking him into a furious fight. After Brando shattered Crocodile’s sandstorm with Hakoku, he repeated a rumor about Crocodile’s past, leaving Crocodile enraged and shouting Ivankov’s name.

• Brando sliced Crocodile in half with Iai: One Flash, but Crocodile’s body proved to be sand.
• Brando mocked Crocodile for hiding in Paradise and provoking rookies instead of challenging the Four Emperors, making Crocodile attack with a giant sand blade.
• Crocodile summoned a sandstorm with Sables to slow Brando, but Brando destroyed it with Hakoku and ruined his sword.
• Brando taunted Crocodile with a rumor about Ivankov, prompting Crocodile to shout Ivankov’s name in anger.

Brando used water and a series of attacks to expose Crocodile’s weaknesses and drive him into hiding within the desert. As Crocodile tried to wear him down from cover, Brando recognized that Crocodile could not fully control the surrounding sand.

• Brando drenched Crocodile with a water technique, interrupting his sand transformation and attack.
• Brando struck Crocodile with a Rasengan, but Crocodile deflected most of the force after nearly severing Brando’s neck with a sand attack.
• Crocodile used Desert Sunflower to turn the desert into quicksand, but Brando and his Shadow Clone evaded the attack with Phantom Flash Step.
• Crocodile merged into the desert to hide, planning to wear Brando down, while Brando taunted him and realized he could not perfectly control the surrounding sand.

Brando fought Crocodile in the desert, taunting him about his secret plan to obtain Pluton and using a Shadow Clone to outwit him. After Crocodile’s sandstorm was destroyed by Brando’s Supreme Kingdom, a third Brando appeared above him.

• Brando dodged Crocodile’s sand blades while Crocodile struggled to land a decisive hit.
• Brando revealed that he knew Crocodile was plotting to obtain Pluton, prompting Crocodile to launch a massive sandstorm and chase him.
• Crocodile attacked a Brando that turned out to be a Shadow Clone, then watched the sandstorm subside as Brando returned for a second round.
• Brando and a Shadow Clone swung their swords together and used Supreme Kingdom to blast through Crocodile’s sandstorm.
• Crocodile spotted a third Brando using Geppo above him.

Brando defeated and killed Crocodile by using a summoned Sea King to drench him in seawater, then trapping and electrocuting him. He planned to send a photograph of Crocodile's corpse to a newspaper, while a notice began announcing recognition from the Will of the Overlord.

• Crocodile tried to evade Brando's attacks and use a Sables to blow away the water, but a kunai destroyed it.
• Brando summoned Banlei into the sky, and the Sea King unleashed a torrent of seawater onto Crocodile.
• Banlei crashed down on the weakened Crocodile, and Brando trapped him in a Water Prison Technique.
• Brando's Shadow Clone electrocuted Crocodile until he died, and Brando confirmed his death with the Sharingan.
• Brando planned to photograph Crocodile's corpse and send it to a newspaper for a tipster's fee.

After earning the villagers’ recognition, Brando received Shukaku as a reward and subdued the newly freed One-Tail with his Mangekyo Sharingan. He pressured Shukaku into agreeing to seal himself inside Brando, leaving Brando poised to become his Jinchuriki.

• Brando summoned Shukaku in the desert and learned the giant tanuki had been freed from Gaara’s body.
• Shukaku tried to attack Brando, but Brando used his Mangekyo Sharingan to immobilize him and enter his mental space.
• Brando asked Shukaku to become his Jinchuriki, but Shukaku refused to be sealed inside him.
• Brando threatened Shukaku with seawater, piles of shit, and making him kowtow to a sand sculpture of Kurama.
• Shukaku agreed to seal himself inside Brando rather than submit to Brando’s threat of making him kowtow to Kurama.

Brando sealed Shukaku inside himself, tested how much of the tailed beast’s power he could use, and tried to persuade Shukaku to cooperate. As Brando continued toward his plans in Alabasta, Shukaku discovered that the people in this world had no chakra, and Morgans prepared to make Brando’s photo with Crocodile front-page news.

• Under Brando’s ocular power, Shukaku used a sealing formula to seal himself inside Brando, while Brando threatened to spread photos of Shukaku bowing to a Nine-Tails sand sculpture.
• Brando tested Shukaku’s chakra cloak, rejected its imprecise full transformation, and decided to use Shukaku’s chakra mainly to replenish his reserves.
• Brando took a photo beside Crocodile’s corpse, sent the negative to a newspaper office, and burned Crocodile’s body to ashes.
• Brando asked Shukaku to carry him with sand and offered to let him observe the outside world, explaining that they were in another world.
• At a restaurant in Xinzhou Town, Shukaku examined nearby people and found that they had no chakra, confirming Brando’s claim about the strange world.
• The newspaper office sent Brando’s photo to Morgans, who celebrated that it would secure the next day’s front page.

Brando’s killing of Crocodile became a worldwide headline, prompting the Five Elders to send Kuzan after him while Baroque Works considered revenge. Meanwhile, Brando tried to persuade Shukaku to cooperate so he could unlock more special CG, but Shukaku remained resistant.

• Brando’s photograph of Crocodile’s corpse appeared in the World Economy News Paper, and the Five Elders decided to dispatch Kuzan to capture him.
• MR.1, MR.2, and MR.3 debated avenging Crocodile or protecting Baroque Works, then agreed to find Brando first.
• Cobra felt relieved that Crocodile had died but became uneasy about the more dangerous-looking Brando.
• Brando explained the world’s Devil Fruits to Shukaku, who mocked Crocodile’s sand control and refused to cooperate with humans.
• Brando gently urged Shukaku to demonstrate Ninshu and restore the Sage of Six Paths’ glory, hoping its willing cooperation would unlock more positions.

Brando infiltrated the Alabasta royal palace and confronted Cobra about Crocodile’s plot and the Poneglyph connected to Pluton. Cobra ordered Igaram out, but Brando’s knowledge of the Poneglyph’s location left him shocked as Haki Crane urged Brando to read his memories.

• Brando arrived in Alubarna with Shukaku, who promised to help only if they encountered a powerful opponent.
• Brando infiltrated the royal palace, read a guard’s memories, and headed to Cobra’s residence.
• Igaram told Cobra that the people wanted him to attend Crocodile’s funeral, and Brando entered to criticize the decision.
• Brando explained Crocodile’s plan to use Dance Powder and a rebellion to seize control of Alabasta, and Cobra realized the danger he had faced.
• Brando admitted he wanted to see the Poneglyph concerning Pluton, and Cobra sent Igaram away to discuss the secret privately.
• Brando identified the Poneglyph’s likely location beneath the palace, and Haki Crane urged him to read Cobra’s memories with the Sharingan.

Brando used Cobra’s memories to find Alabasta’s Poneglyph, then left after failing to decipher or damage it. He gained Magnet Release and headed into an ambush by Baroque Works, whose agents waited beneath the desert as he approached.

• Brando read Cobra’s memories to locate the Poneglyph, berated him for failing to protect Alabasta, and knocked him unconscious.
• Brando gained Magnet Release from the Will of the Overlord and unlocked dual Lightning and Earth transformations.
• Brando and Shukaku inspected the Poneglyph, recorded what they could decipher, and found that neither the Tailed Beast Bomb nor Rasenshuriken could damage it.
• Cobra woke and checked that the Poneglyph remained intact after the explosions.
• MR.3, MR.1, MR.2 Bon Kurei, and Miss Merry Christmas prepared to ambush Brando, but Brando sensed them beneath the desert and spotted them with his Sharingan.

Brando defeated the Baroque Works officers and hunted down their remaining members in the desert. As he prepared to leave, Marine Admiral Kuzan appeared and confronted him.

• MR.5 exploded after Brando cut him in half, and Brando killed MR.1 with a Rasengan.
• Brando dodged Bon Kurei’s attacks, provoked him, and escaped by leaving a Shadow Clone to draw him away.
• Brando used Magnet Release and a Big Ball Rasengan to kill Baroque Works members hiding in the desert, including MR.3.
• Marine Admiral Kuzan appeared beside Brando and remarked on his ruthlessness.

Brando confronted Marine Admiral Kuzan and used accusations about Ohara, the Celestial Dragons, and Alabasta to provoke him before their fight. After Brando revealed that Crocodile had sought the location of Pluton, Kuzan attacked by freezing the surrounding desert.

• Brando taunted Kuzan about Ohara and accused the Marines of serving the Celestial Dragons, while using Shukaku's chakra to recover and prepare for battle.
• Brando questioned whether Kuzan would prioritize civilians over Celestial Dragons and claimed that defeating Crocodile had saved Alabasta from mass deaths.
• Kuzan challenged Brando's claims but grew increasingly troubled as Brando pressed him about the Marines' role and the World Government's power.
• Brando revealed that Crocodile had sought Pluton and that the Nefertari Family knew the location recorded on a Poneglyph.
• Kuzan called Brando despicable and unleashed Ice Age, freezing the desert around them.

Brando battled Kuzan while arguing that people should abandon their restraints and strike at the Celestial Dragons to force the World Government to fear consequences. The fight continued as Kuzan charged him, with Brando trying to counter the Marine Admiral despite lacking Armament Haki.

• Brando used Shadow Clones, Rasengan, and a Rasenshuriken to attack Kuzan, who countered with ice and froze one clone.
• Kuzan emerged from beneath the ice and tried to freeze Brando, but Brando's Susanoo Skeleton and Black Flames shattered Kuzan's upper body before Brando retreated.
• Brando told Kuzan that he should kill a Celestial Dragon whenever a non-member nation was destroyed, and declared that he was not afraid of Marine Admirals.
• Brando created five more Shadow Clones and Magnet Release swords while Kuzan prepared to fight seriously with Armament Haki.
• Kuzan charged through the ice as Brando's clones unleashed Hakoku, then raised an ice wall to block the shockwaves.
• Brando threw a Rasenshuriken at Kuzan's concealed position, forcing Kuzan to emerge and block it with another ice wall.

Brando fought Kuzan with Shadow Clones, Iron Sand, and a barrage of ninjutsu, but Kuzan’s strength and Observation Haki steadily overcame his defenses. Brando continued resisting despite the strain of overusing his abilities, while Shukaku mocked him.

• Brando sent Shadow Clones and attacks made from Iron Sand and fire at Kuzan, who blocked them and used Observation Haki to locate Brando’s real body.
• Kuzan raised ice pillars to obstruct Brando’s view, but Brando tracked him through Chakra left on metal attached to him.
• Brando spread Amaterasu across the ice and Iron Sand, while Kuzan used ice to push the flames away and resisted the clones’ attacks with ice armor.
• Kuzan broke through Brando’s attacks and destroyed the Shadow Clones, leaving Brando struggling to replenish his Chakra and endure the mental and physical strain.
• Shukaku mocked Brando through their Chakra, and Brando insisted that he would become the second Sage of Six Paths.

Brando fought Kuzan but was overwhelmed by his speed, strength, and Haki, even after revealing Susanoo and the Tailed Beast Cloak. Just as Kuzan moved to finish him, Brando called on Shukaku, whose burst of chakra shattered the ice and began a new phase of the battle.

• Brando and his Shadow Clones fought Kuzan, but Kuzan broke through Brando's attacks and trapped them inside ice walls.
• Kuzan froze and shattered Brando's Susanoo, then struck Brando through his Tailed Beast Cloak and froze him against the ice wall.
• Kuzan defeated the Shadow Clones and walked toward Brando, believing the fight was over.
• Brando shouted for Shukaku to save him, and Shukaku mocked him before unleashing an immense burst of chakra that shattered the ice.

Brando joined forces with Shukaku to fight Kuzan, using Shukaku’s chakra to strengthen his techniques and challenge Kuzan’s Ice-Ice Fruit. The battle ended with both Brando and Kuzan landing blows to each other’s faces and being thrown backward.

• Shukaku emerged and attacked Kuzan with a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Kuzan froze it and repeatedly overwhelmed it with ice.
• Brando persuaded Shukaku to lend him its power, and Shukaku agreed after demanding that Brando punch Kuzan in the face.
• Brando revealed himself beneath Shukaku’s sand body, gained Shukaku-like markings, and used empowered Shadow Clones to attack Kuzan with Rasenshuriken.
• Brando used Magnet Release: Rasengan to suppress Kuzan’s Devil Fruit power while Shukaku’s sand claws tried to seal him, but Kuzan froze the area and interrupted their attack.
• Brando broke free with Shukaku’s power, and he and Kuzan punched each other in the face, sending Kuzan into an ice wall while sand caught Brando.

Brando escaped after fighting Kuzan, leaving Kuzan to report the failed mission to the Five Elders and question his service to the Celestial Dragons. Brando ended up safe with Banlei and argued with Shukaku about his retreat.

• Kuzan and Brando traded blows, and Kuzan said he would stop Brando to prevent more people from dying.
• Brando taunted Kuzan and announced that his nickname was now the Celestial Dragon Hunter, then vanished with his clones in a cloud of smoke.
• Kuzan searched for Brando with Observation Haki, realized he had been tricked, and reported the escape and Brando's abilities to the Five Elders.
• The Five Elders warned Kuzan there would not be a next time, and Kuzan wondered whether the Marines were the Celestial Dragons' dogs.
• Brando escaped with Banlei's Reverse Summoning and insisted to Shukaku that he had made a tactical retreat.

After recovering from his battle with Kuzan, Brando received Ryuchi Cave Sage Mode and traveled toward the New World to learn Armament Haki. Along the way, he tested his new abilities and resolved to pursue Haki before seeking out other targets.

• Brando received recognition rewards for confronting Baroque Works and making Kuzan face reality, gaining the Thunder Sword: Fang and Ryuchi Cave Sage Mode.
• After waiting two days for his injuries to heal, Brando returned to the battlefield, erased the remaining Black Flames, and noticed his eyesight had deteriorated from using the Mangekyo.
• Brando decided to skip the rest of Paradise and travel to the New World to capture people and use the Sharingan to learn Armament Haki and Observation Haki.
• Brando examined Ryuchi Cave Sage Mode's tougher scales, improved perception, and regeneration, then tested its abilities with five Shadow Clones during the journey.
• Banlei carried Brando beneath the sea toward the New World for five days, and Brando chose to prioritize learning Armament Haki over stopping for seafood.

Brando reached the New World and attacked a Navy warship to learn Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and the Six Powers. After defeating Vice Admiral Doro, he mocked the Celestial Dragons and the Navy before leaving with the techniques he had sought.

• Brando trained in Sage Mode while racing Banlei, then sent Shadow Clones to search for someone who could teach him Armament Haki.
• A Shadow Clone found Vice Admiral Doro’s warship, and Brando directed Banlei to approach it despite Haki Crane urging him to build a ninja village instead.
• Doro refused to request reinforcements and charged Brando, who knocked him unconscious with a Big Ball Rasengan.
• Brando’s Shadow Clone subdued the marines while Brando read Doro’s memories and copied the training methods for Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and the Six Powers.
• Brando had a photograph taken mocking Doro as the Celestial Dragons’ loyal hound, sent it to a newspaper office, and left after eating aboard the warship.

Brando trained in Armament and Observation Haki before deciding to target a Celestial Dragon and broadcast the capture live. Meanwhile, Sengoku and Garp judged him too difficult to pursue and agreed to treat him like an ordinary pirate, leaving Brando free to seek his next target.

• Brando mastered Armament Haki coating and trained in emission, then practiced Observation Haki with Shadow Clones while Haki Crane unsuccessfully attacked him with sand.
• Four days after Brando defeated Vice Admiral Doro, the World Economy News Paper reported his attack, prompting Sengoku and Garp to discuss his growing strength and the risk of confronting him.
• Garp advised Sengoku to treat Brando like an ordinary pirate and predicted he would choose a larger target than the Marines, and Sengoku agreed.
• After fifteen days of training, Brando emerged with improved Armament Haki and second-stage, large-scale Observation Haki.
• Brando decided to gather intelligence on the Celestial Dragons, capture one, and broadcast it live, postponing revenge against Doflamingo.

Brando went to Sabaody disguised as Shanks to capture a Celestial Dragon, where he provoked Rayleigh after recognizing him. Rayleigh unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, and Brando welcomed the challenge.

• Brando chose Sabaody as his destination after learning a Celestial Dragon would appear there in ten days, and he took an Eternal Pose from Doflamingo’s black market.
• Doflamingo learned Brando had visited his black market and considered him a possible partner if he survived the World Government’s pursuit.
• Brando reached Sabaody disguised as a scarless Shanks in a Marine uniform, ordered a flame-patterned cape, and enjoyed the island’s food.
• Rayleigh spotted Brando and realized he was not Shanks, while Brando recognized Rayleigh and loudly insulted him in public.
• Rayleigh turned back after Brando mocked Roger and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking nearby people unconscious as Brando eagerly faced him.

Brando provoked Rayleigh into a duel and used Ninja Blade: Lightning against the former Roger Pirate. After Rayleigh dodged Brando’s electrical burst with a glimpse of the future, Brando wondered whether his Sharingan could disrupt Rayleigh’s Observation Haki.

• Rayleigh defended Roger’s reputation and pressed Brando with Conqueror’s Haki, but Brando resisted and continued insulting Roger and the Roger Pirates.
• Rayleigh picked up a longsword and accepted Brando’s challenge, while Brando drew Ninja Blade: Lightning and activated his electrical abilities.
• Rayleigh coated his sword with Conqueror’s Haki, and the two fighters clashed, with their swords’ shockwaves shattering the ground.
• Rayleigh recognized Brando’s changing appearance as a Zoan-like transformation and leaped away from Brando’s electrical burst.
• Brando realized Rayleigh had dodged by glimpsing the future and considered using Sharingan mind control to interfere with his Observation Haki.

Brando fought Rayleigh on Sabaody, using lightning, genjutsu, and terrain control to wear him down. When Kuzan arrived, Brando fled to avoid revealing his other abilities, leaving Rayleigh to attack Kuzan.

• Brando used Inorganic Reincarnation and lightning attacks against Rayleigh, while Rayleigh cut through his attacks and pressed him in close combat.
• Brando caught Rayleigh with a Sharingan mental assault, then repeatedly shocked him while exploiting his temporary paralysis.
• Brando spread water across the ground and electrified it, but Rayleigh shattered the ground and blocked the stray currents with Armament Haki.
• Brando sensed Kuzan approaching and fled rather than expose more of his abilities to the World Government.
• Rayleigh unleashed a blood-red sword aura at Kuzan, and Brando heard the resulting explosion as he left.