Recaps

News that Eos Lucas’s Eternal Financial Group had driven back Golden Lion spread across the seas, establishing him as a major power beyond his reputation as the world’s richest man. Sengoku considered recruiting him into the Marines, while Hancock, Yamato, and Mihawk reacted to the news in their own ways.

• Sengoku verified that Eternal Financial Group had driven back Golden Lion and decided that Eos Lucas should be recruited into the Marines.
• Hancock used the news to defend her engagement to Eos Lucas, while Gloriosa objected that he already had several wives.
• Yamato trained against Kaido, who stopped her Thunder Bagua and told her to strengthen her Haki.
• Beasts Pirates grunts read the report about Eos Lucas, and Queen worried that Eos had held back during their previous encounter.
• Mihawk read the rain-soaked newspaper beside a field of dead Marines and remarked that Eos had grown stronger.
• News of the victory spread, and great powers began treating Eos Lucas as a major force rather than merely the world’s richest man.

After moving Yulo Peninsula from the West Blue to the New World, Lucas considered new targets for recruitment and exploration. He studied a North Blue chart and settled on Kuen Village as his next destination.

• Issho lowered Yulo Peninsula into the sea near Aplunan Island after Lucas decided to move their base to the New World.
• Lucas visited Kalifa, who continued handling office work alongside her undercover duties for the World Government.
• Lucas joined Robin, Hina, and Baccarat as they tried on revealing loungewear, and he helped Hina change into an outfit.
• Lucas reviewed a detailed North Blue sea chart and chose Kuen Village as his next target for new members.

Lucas found Baby 5 starving on the mountain behind Kuen Village and used Life Energy to restore her health. He persuaded her to promise to stay by his side and then discovered that she already had the Arms-Arms Fruit power.

• Baby 5 struggled to pull up wild grass for food after her family abandoned her and her mother told her, “I don't need you.”
• Lucas descended from the air, nourished Baby 5 with Life Energy, and restored her body from severe malnutrition.
• Baby 5 thanked Lucas and eagerly agreed to stay with him and fulfill only his requests after he told her he needed her.
• Lucas asked Baby 5 whether she had eaten a strange fruit, and she transformed her hand into a kitchen knife.

Baby 5 battled Captain Karik and his pirate fleet as her final test after a month of training with Lucas. She destroyed two ships and drove off most of Karik’s crew, leaving her to face him.

• Karik ordered his pirates to seize Baby 5, but she transformed her arm into a sword and killed the first attackers.
• Baby 5 transformed her leg into a pistol and blasted the pirates firing from the masts.
• Baby 5 turned herself into a cannon and sank the other two pirate ships, sending the surviving pirates fleeing overboard.
• Karik rose to challenge Baby 5 and declared that he would become North Blue’s strongest.
• Lucas watched invisibly and compared Karik’s boastful confidence to Krieg of the East Blue.

Baby 5 fought Karik aboard his ship and defeated him with a close-range cannon blast after surviving his powerful attacks. Lucas emerged from invisibility, praised her growth, and Baby 5 celebrated her victory.

• Karik overwhelmed Baby 5 with his battle axe, knocking her through the cabin wall and burying her beneath debris.
• Baby 5 rose despite her injuries and blocked Karik’s final axe swing before counterattacking with her transformed blade leg.
• Karik suffered a deep neck wound but continued fighting, and Baby 5 blocked his weakened axe strike while transforming her leg into a cannon.
• Baby 5 fired at point-blank range and killed Karik, blasting a hole through his chest.
• Lucas ended his invisibility, and Baby 5 proudly told him she had won as he praised her growth.

Oliver Trading Company vice president Oliver targeted Hina and Baccarat on Prunan Island, but Baccarat’s bad luck and Hina’s strength defeated his men and sent him crashing through a wall. From the rubble, Oliver called for the “big guys” in the cages to be released.

• Oliver ordered his crew to go ashore on Prunan Island and keep any loot they found.
• Hina and Baccarat went shopping while Oliver’s employees watched them and decided to kidnap them for auction.
• Oliver ordered his men to surround the women, but Baccarat’s misfortune caused a string of accidents that injured them.
• Oliver charged Hina, who broke his arm with a punch and sent him through a brick wall.
• Oliver called someone and ordered them to release the “big guys” from the cages.

Baccarat and Hina defeated Oliver's beasts, killed Oliver, and searched his ship, where they found a black flag bearing Whitebeard's emblem. The flag's discovery left them with a new clue about Oliver's connections.

• Baccarat carried Hina out of the Man-Faced Lions' attack, and the beasts crashed into one another.
• Oliver ordered his men to release Sphinx, which destroyed the building where Baccarat and Hina stood.
• Baccarat and Hina kicked Sphinx into the air, and Baccarat severed its head with a bat-shaped Rankyaku.
• Baccarat killed Oliver with pebbles coated in Busoshoku Haki, and the remaining crew surrendered.
• Baccarat and Hina searched Oliver's ship and found a black flag with Whitebeard's crescent mustache emblem.

After learning that Oliver had secretly traded slaves for the World Government, Lucas reassured Baccarat and Hina, welcomed Baby 5 into the family, and agreed to help Hina target human traffickers. The story shifted to Misteria Island, where Cipher Pol agent Jacqueline prepared to capture an injured red-skinned fish-man as a gift for Saint Mjosgard.

• Stussy revealed that Oliver had supplied the World Government with beasts and slaves, and Lucas reassured Baccarat and Hina that Whitebeard would not threaten their family.
• Lucas introduced Baby 5 as their new family member, and the women welcomed her.
• Hina asked Lucas to help wipe out the human-trafficking groups listed in documents seized from Oliver's ship, and he agreed to go with her.
• After spending two days and nights with Baccarat to build up his luck, Lucas left preparations for the Full-Power Potion's external sales to Robin and set out with Hina to raid traffickers.
• On Misteria Island, Jacqueline sorted captured civilians for transport to Mary Geoise and Bridge Country before a subordinate reported that a red-skinned fish-man had injured her men.
• Jacqueline decided the fish-man would make a suitable gift for Saint Mjosgard.

Fisher Tiger came ashore eager to explore the world, but Jacqueline and her slave-catching crew ambushed and overwhelmed him with weapons. They chained him and prepared to take him aboard their slave ship.

• Fisher Tiger fought off bullets and a shell with Fish-Man Karate as the slave catchers surrounded him.
• A slave catcher shocked Fisher Tiger with an electric gun, but Tiger seized and used him to smash several attackers.
• Jacqueline ordered her crew to switch to heavier weapons, and their barrage wounded Tiger and drove him back.
• The slave catchers trapped Fisher Tiger in a net, bound him with chains, and moved to take him aboard their ship.

Fisher Tiger was captured and imprisoned aboard a slave ship bound for Mary Geoise, where Jacqueline ordered him sedated. Hina, disguised in a cat-eared Battle Suit, attacked the crew, but after blocking a cannonball she faced a barrage of cannon fire.

• Fisher Tiger was thrown into the slave ship's hold and learned from a child that the captives would be taken to Mary Geoise as slaves.
• Jacqueline gave Fisher Tiger food and water, then ordered a subordinate to inject him with a double dose of sedative.
• Hina, hiding her identity in a cat-eared Battle Suit, fought the slave-catching crew on deck and knocked several men into the sea.
• Hina used Flying Shigan to shatter incoming bullets and Tekkai Kenpo to punch a cannonball, but the blast drove her into the railing.
• The slave catchers aimed more than ten hand cannons at Hina and fired.

Lucas rescued Hina from a slave-catching crew, killing its attackers while posing as Germa’s Stealth Black. After searching the ship, he found the unconscious Fisher Tiger and carried him away, leaving the future fates of Koala, Tesoro, and others uncertain.

• Lucas stopped the shells aimed at Hina with Electromagnetic Force and sent them back to destroy the slave catchers.
• Jacqueline confronted Lucas, but he killed her with Diable Jambe: Concassé after dodging her attack.
• Lucas used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out the slaves and Surveillance Den Den Mushi, then cleared the corpses from the deck.
• Lucas searched the ship for valuable Devil Fruits and found Fisher Tiger unconscious in a cell.
• Lucas carried Fisher Tiger out of the cabin, reflecting that Koala and Tesoro would remain enslaved longer if Tiger was not taken to Mary Geoise.

Lucas and Hina attacked Rafe’s ship, killed its crew, and recovered the Door-Door Fruit. Lucas found Koala imprisoned in the hold and paused to consider the frightened child.

• Koala hid in the ship’s hold while Rafe and his men transported secret cargo and enslaved people.
• Lucas and Hina flew toward the ship, and Rafe ordered his crew to defend the supplies.
• Lucas caught Rafe’s Cannon Fist, then Hina defeated Rafe with powerful kicks and killed him.
• Lucas searched the ship and found the Door-Door Fruit in a hidden room.
• Lucas opened the final prison cell and discovered Koala curled up in a corner.

Fisher Tiger woke in Lucas’s safe house after being rescued from a slave-catching crew, but he distrusted his human rescuer. Meanwhile, Vinsmoke Judge faced World Government accusations over Stealth Black and decided to move Germa to the New World.

• Fisher Tiger woke in Lucas’s home, saw the food Lucas had prepared, and asked whether Lucas controlled the slave catchers or had bought him.
• Lucas denied any connection to the traffickers, told Fisher Tiger to eat, and left him to recover.
• Hina comforted the rescued orange-haired girl in the courtyard while Lucas approached them.
• The World Government repeatedly accused Vinsmoke Judge’s Stealth Black of attacking a slave-catching ship and committing a crime involving the Celestial Dragons.
• Judge recognized that the accusation was a pretext to force Germa to reveal its location and decided to move the kingdom to the New World.

A CP0 agent destroyed Germa Kingdom and prepared to kill Judge, while his family watched from the palace. Just as Judge was about to die, a beam of light from Raijin Island struck CP0.

• CP0 revealed that the World Government had sent only one agent, who had devastated Germa and killed its clone soldiers.
• Judge insisted that he had not sent Stealth Black to attack the Celestial Dragons, but CP0 dismissed his denial and said the Gorosei had already judged him guilty.
• CP0 kicked Judge through a wall, dragged him from the rubble, and began choking him.
• Sora, Ichiji, Niji, Yonji, Sanji, and Reiju watched Judge's impending death from the palace, each reacting differently.
• A thick beam of light shot from Raijin Island and struck CP0 just as Judge was losing consciousness.

Lucas trained on Raijin Island until he heard Germa was under attack, then intervened to save Reiju and Sanji. He faced CP0 commander Avignon, who took an enhancement drug and became strong enough to earn Lucas’s attention.

• Lucas trained bare-chested amid Raijin Island’s lightning while waiting for a chance to encounter a Devil Fruit.
• After hearing trouble at Germa, Lucas put on his armor, turned invisible, and flew there to save Reiju and Sanji.
• Lucas struck CP0 commander Avignon with an electromagnetic cannon, forcing him to drop Judge, whom Lucas then moved to safety.
• Lucas overwhelmed Avignon’s Rankyaku and Haki-coated claws, then questioned him about his black flame clouds.
• Avignon took a powerful stimulant that enlarged him and turned his fur gray-white, prompting Lucas to take him seriously.

Lucas killed Avignon after trapping and crushing him in a blood prison, prompting the Gorosei to assign a Vampire to investigate Stealth Black. At Germa Kingdom, Judge confronted Lucas over impersonating Stealth Black, but Lucas denied ever claiming the identity.

• Avignon enlarged himself with Life Return and attacked Lucas with a Vacuum Slash, but Lucas transformed and trapped him in a blood prison.
• Lucas compressed the blood prison with Armament Haki, crushing Avignon to death.
• The Gorosei learned of Avignon’s death and agreed to send a Vampire to test Stealth Black.
• Judge accused Lucas of impersonating Stealth Black and causing Germa’s near-destruction, but Lucas said the World Government had made that assumption on its own.

Lucas forced Judge to submit Germa to his command, accepting Judge’s condition that he marry Reiju when she grew up. He told Sora he would take Reiju to Amazon Lily to train, and left her medicine that could restore her vitality.

• Lucas threatened to destroy Germa unless Judge placed the Vinsmoke Family under his command, and Judge agreed on the condition that Lucas marry Reiju when she grew up.
• Lucas visited Sora and told her about his agreement with Judge and his plan to take Reiju away from Germa.
• Lucas said he would send Reiju to Amazon Lily to train and grow among the Kuja, and Sora agreed to leave her daughter in his care.
• Lucas gave Sora a pill to replenish the vitality lost to her harsh medicine and told her she could have its ingredients tested.

Lucas visited Fisher Tiger at the mansion in Prodence Kingdom, where Tiger thanked him and chose to remain in the outside world. Meanwhile, Big Oliver prepared a surprise attack in Dressrosa, as the city prospered and Robin and Baccarat took Koala and Baby 5 shopping.

• Lucas found Fisher Tiger gardening at the mansion and offered him a place to stay as long as he wanted.
• Tiger thanked Lucas for his kindness and decided not to return to Fish-Man Island yet.
• Big Oliver refused to involve his superiors in avenging his son and planned to ambush the woman in Dressrosa using information from the Charlotte Family.
• Dressrosa grew wealthy as the Eternal Financial Group's branch brought in merchants and visitors from across the New World.
• Robin and Baccarat led Koala and Baby 5 shopping, and Baccarat cheered them up by taking them to eat takoyaki.

Robin killed Big Oliver and his armed subordinates when they tried to shoot Baccarat during the women’s outing. Baccarat, Koala, and Baby 5 continued on to a dessert shop, while the disturbance was quickly cleared away.

• Big Oliver and his men followed Baccarat, Koala, Baby 5, and Robin through the crowd, intending to avenge Little Oliver.
• The men drew guns and aimed at Baccarat, but Robin sensed their hostility and attacked them with Busoshoku Haki and Hasshoken.
• Big Oliver and his subordinates fell dead, and startled bystanders scattered.
• Baccarat turned back, then dismissed the incident and reassured Koala before leading the group onward.
• Security patrol removed the bodies as the crowd and street returned to normal.

Lucas arranged for Judge’s death to be faked rather than kill Reiju’s father, then sent Reiju, Koala, and Baby 5 to Amazon Lily to train with the Kuja. After arriving, he reunited with Hancock and left the three girls in her care, while hinting that Hancock might gain something unexpected.

• Lucas refused to kill Judge because he was Reiju’s father and proposed having Judge create a clone to stage his death.
• Lucas asked Reiju, Koala, and Baby 5 to stay with the Kuja for training, and all three agreed.
• A few days later, Lucas and the women arrived at Amazon Lily, where Hancock greeted him eagerly.
• Baccarat teased Hancock about becoming Lucas’s wife and was shocked by Lucas after he warned her not to say unnecessary things.
• Hancock said Empress Toritoma had approved Lucas’s arrangement, and Lucas entrusted Reiju, Koala, and Baby 5 to her.
• Lucas quietly told Baccarat something that excited her, then hinted that Hancock should go out more often because she might have an unexpected gain.

Lucas’s family gathered for breakfast as Robin explained that she had killed old Oliver, the Whitebeard Pirates’ founding member. Lucas dismissed the matter as unimportant, and the family continued their meal, ending with Hina arriving exhausted and ravenous.

• Lucas woke beside Hina, got dressed, and found Robin preparing breakfast with her Devil Fruit powers.
• Scarlet told Baccarat and Stussy that Robin had mentioned cooking the night before and she had agreed.
• Robin told Lucas she had taken care of old Oliver, who had drunk Whitebeard’s adopted-son sake.
• Lucas said Robin had done nothing serious, easing her concern about his reaction and possible retaliation from the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Baccarat thanked Robin for intervening after Baccarat killed little Oliver, and Robin responded with a warm smile.
• Hina arrived late with messy hair, devoured her breakfast, and made the others laugh as they ate.

Toritoma used Hancock’s luck-influencing Devil Fruit blessing to choose a merchant ship, and the Kuja Pirates defeated its Cipher Pol escorts and seized its cargo. Among the spoils, Toritoma found the Love-Love Fruit and gave it to Hancock, who ate it.

• Toritoma asked Hancock which of three fleeing merchant ships the Kuja Pirates should pursue, and Hancock pointed one out.
• The Perfume Yuda caught up with the merchant ship, where disguised Cipher Pol agents attacked with Rokushiki.
• Toritoma ordered the Kuja warriors to fire Haki-coated arrows, killing the agents and clearing the ship.
• The Kuja warriors transferred the merchant ship’s valuables to the Perfume Yuda, and Toritoma discovered a Devil Fruit among the spoils.
• Toritoma gave Hancock the Love-Love Fruit, and Hancock ate it.

Issho reported another record crop yield to Lucas, who then intercepted a Marine ship and took the Clay-Clay Fruit. Back at his base, Lucas considered whether he could fuse the Lineage Factors of two Devil Fruits into one ordinary fruit so its eater could gain both abilities.

• Issho oversaw Daz Bonez and Weevil harvesting the experimental field, and agricultural experts reported a record yield per mu.
• Lucas finished training on Raijin Island and praised Issho's report of the improved crop yield.
• Lucas heard Marines aboard a warship, disguised himself in the Knockoff Batman Armor, and defeated Commodore Bastille and the crew.
• Lucas searched the ship and found the Clay-Clay Fruit in a sealed safe.
• Lucas lined up his stored Devil Fruits and wondered whether he could combine two fruits' Lineage Factors inside an ordinary fruit to grant two abilities.

Lucas tested the limits of fusing Devil Fruits and considered how the ability could expand his options for the women around him. Meanwhile, Perospero informed Marco that Weevil appeared to be Whitebeard’s biological son, leaving Whitebeard confronted with the claim.

• Lucas confirmed that fused Devil Fruits had strict limits, then ordered Stussy to seek intelligence on the Bomb-Bomb Fruit user.
• Lucas restored the experimental polar bear, a trafficker, to human form and executed her.
• Perospero showed Marco photographs of Weevil and claimed he was Whitebeard and Buckingham’s biological son.
• Marco compared Weevil’s appearance with Whitebeard’s old wanted posters and concluded the resemblance proved a blood relationship.
• Marco told Whitebeard about Perospero’s claim, and Whitebeard froze as memories of Buckingham surfaced.

The chapter showed Buckingham and Whitebeard’s past relationship, then revealed that Buckingham had Vegapunk create Weevil using her and Whitebeard’s genetic material. After learning Weevil was seventeen, Whitebeard believed he was their biological son and ordered Marco and Jozu to bring him back.

• On Hachinosu, Buckingham teased young Whitebeard about being devoted to her, and he denied being infatuated with her.
• On God Valley, Whitebeard told Buckingham he was concerned for her as a friend but would not mind if she fell in love with him.
• Eighteen years ago, Buckingham found Whitebeard overseeing construction of the Moby Dick, and the two spent the night together.
• Buckingham asked Vegapunk to create a child using her personal information and Whitebeard’s genetic material, and Vegapunk agreed.
• After hearing Weevil was seventeen, Whitebeard assumed he was his biological son and ordered Marco and Jozu to bring him back.