Recaps

Wude left Fish-Man Island after spending a day and a half with the mermaids, then sailed through the New World and reached Dressrosa. There, he headed toward the arena and watched a street dancer while checking bounty posters.

• Wude explained to Shyarly and the mermaids that he was an Ajin, then reassured Shyarly that being unusual did not mean he had to be lonely.
• Wude said goodbye to the mermaids and set sail for Dressrosa with a New World Log Pose and a Dressrosa Eternal Pose.
• Wude took shelter near a ruined island during a storm, then left after a pirate ship arrived and the weather cleared.
• Wude reached Dressrosa, where locals argued about the arena fighter Kyros, and asked for directions to the arena.
• Wude passed a street dancer and secretly looked through bounty posters as a pirate told him about Dressrosa's arena and dancers.

Wude captured a pirate and met young Violet, whose Glint-Glint Fruit let her glimpse Kuroh’s thoughts when it spoke. They watched Kyros enter the arena for his 2,800th match, where the crowd condemned him as a murderer.

• Wude knocked out a pirate in an alley, had his lackeys bind him, and explained to frightened Violet that the man was a pirate.
• Violet followed Wude to the arena and tried to read his thoughts, but Kuroh repeatedly blocked her view; she glimpsed Kuroh’s fragmented memory when it repeated Wude’s words about watching Kyros duel.
• Violet brought Wude a pack of snacks and asked about his abilities while Kuroh kept obstructing her attempts to use her power.
• Kyros entered the arena for his 2,800th match as spectators threw trash and shouted that he was a murderer.
• Wude asked Violet whether Kyros had killed someone while avenging a friend, and she confirmed it.

Wude rejected Violet’s attempts to touch Kuroh, demonstrated Kuroh’s invisible presence to Kyros, and returned Violet to King Riku. Back aboard his ship, Wude trained with Kuroh and awakened Observation Haki.

• Violet followed Wude and begged to touch the presence blocking her sight, so he agreed after she helped him enter the contestant area.
• Wude visited Kyros, and Kuroh secretly tapped Kyros on the shoulder; Wude dismissed Kyros’s arena record and left him wondering what ability he had seen.
• Wude let Violet touch Kuroh, then stopped her from using her ability to pry into his secrets and told her to go home.
• Wude spotted King Riku secretly watching Violet, carried her to him, and returned her to her father before heading back to his ship.
• Wude trained blindfolded while Kuroh swung an iron staff at him, sensed the surrounding auras, and awakened Observation Haki.

Wude befriended Violet, then began hunting pirates in Dressrosa for money while waiting for Kyros to reach 3,000 victories. He and Jia captured a pirate crew in a tavern, and Wude recognized the Dwarf who had tried to defend its owner and daughter.

• Violet gave Wude a list of pirates in exchange for his friendship, then joined him in a game of catching bad guys.
• Wude returned Violet to King Riku's residence, where she ran to him again and made a face at Scarlet.
• Wude bid farewell to King Riku's family and began hunting pirates to earn extra money before Kyros reached 3,000 victories.
• A drunken pirate crew threatened a tavern owner and his daughter, and a Dwarf tried to stop them alone.
• Wude and Jia's group surrounded the pirates, captured their captain Kael for his bounty, and took the rest away to be buried.
• The Dwarf recognized Wude as someone from before, and Wude recognized the Dwarf in turn.

Wude helped Kyros pursue his 3,000th arena victory, promising to teach him Observation Haki afterward. King Riku mistook their arrangement for Wude recruiting Kyros into the Marines, and Wude was left confused by the king’s declaration.

• Wude ate and drank at the tavern while the Dwarf boy and Miss Dancer warned him that pirates had joined forces against him.
• Kyros came to challenge Wude, who asked whether he knew Haki and promised to teach him a strengthening ability after his 3,000th victory.
• Kyros fought relentlessly in the arena over the following days, while Wude watched and continued hunting pirates for bounties.
• Kyros won his 3,000th match, triggering Wude’s check-in reward: the Imperial Arm—Sure-Hit Bow: Winged Glory.
• Wude congratulated Kyros and promised to teach him Observation Haki, while King Riku declared Kyros free to join the Marines with Wude, leaving Wude startled.

Wude left Dressrosa and Fish-Man Island after helping Kyros and spending time with Violet and Shyarly. Shyarly’s prophecy warned that his Marine path would be dangerous, and he later reached Sabaody Archipelago, where he encountered Rayleigh posing as a captive.

• King Riku encouraged Kyros to consider his future and warned Wude not to lose sight of his convictions when he joined the Marines.
• Wude taught Kyros to develop Observation Haki, gave Violet his Den Den Mushi number, and sailed away from Dressrosa.
• Shyarly reunited with Wude on Fish-Man Island, grew jealous of Violet, and tried to predict the dangers awaiting him in the Marines.
• Shyarly foretold that Wude would face unavoidable dangers and hostility from former comrades, but that an important teacher and his disciples would help him.
• Wude reached Sabaody Archipelago and received a check-in reward after seeing Rayleigh calmly sitting in a slave cage.
• Rayleigh took the slave market’s money, secretly freed a group of slaves, and then drank and chatted with Wude at Shakky’s Rip-off Bar.

Wude encountered Clifford, a Supernova with a 75-million-Berry bounty, and used his Sure-Hit Bow to defeat him and his crew. He dragged Clifford away to collect the bounty and celebrate with his men.

• Wude and his men searched bounty listings in Grove 2 as Clifford swaggered through the street with captured bounty hunters.
• Clifford attacked Wude, who dodged his blows and revealed his bow after learning Clifford's bounty was 75 million Berry.
• Wude's arrows pierced Clifford's shoulders and legs, even curving back after Clifford tried to dodge them.
• Clifford's crew attacked Wude's men while Kuroh charged into the pirates and helped scatter them.
• Wude's arrows killed Clifford's first mate and swordsman, leaving Clifford helpless on the ground.
• Wude dragged Clifford away to claim the bounty and told his men they would have a feast.

Wude distributed his pirate-hunting earnings among his men, and several chose to part from him and start over in the Grand Line. A month later, Wude returned to East Blue with Jia and confronted pirates terrorizing a town.

• Wude gave his lackeys shares of the Berry they had earned, and they discussed their hopes and regrets about their pasts.
• Yi asked Wude to send money to his family and chose to settle in Alabasta with several others, while Jia stayed with Wude.
• Shyarly's prophecy showed Wude that a fellow townsman would later expose the former pirates among his men, and Wude decided to deal with him.
• One month later, pirate David and his crew attacked an East Blue town, where Augustus and his remaining disciples fought back.
• David learned that Wude had returned and fled with his crew, but they encountered two figures blocking their road.

Wude and Jia defeated the David Pirates after rescuing survivors from a devastated town, then Wude declined Dragon’s invitation to join forces. Days later, Wude returned to Oykot Kingdom and reunited with his teacher.

• Wude learned why the David Pirates had surrendered, then ordered Kuroh, Jia, and himself to kill the fleeing pirates.
• Wude gave Augustus and the survivors half of the David Pirates’ money, while Jia encouraged Augustus and his disciples to join the Navy and serve under Wude.
• Dragon met Wude at the island and tried to discuss their shared methods and goals, but Wude said they were not quite the same and sailed away.
• Wude arrived at Oykot Kingdom, visited a gravestone, and then went to his teacher’s home, where the old man welcomed him back.

Wude delivered money to the families of fallen men in the East Blue, then brought Smoker to Marineford to register for the Marine Academy. After Wude's extraordinary past shocked the other applicants, he began the Doriki test and stunned them with his score.

• Wude and Jia traveled around the East Blue, delivering money to the families of the men who had stayed in the Grand Line.
• Jia captured a shifty teenager who had betrayed his hometown to pirates, and Wude ordered Jia to kill him after learning the betrayal had led to a massacre.
• Wude and Smoker sailed to Marineford to register for the Marine Academy, while Jia remained in the East Blue to develop things.
• Smoker told the registration line that seventeen-year-old Wude had returned safely from the New World and shaken down supernova pirates, prompting disbelief and gossip.
• Wude punched the Doriki testing machine, and his score rapidly surpassed the bulky applicant's 125.

Wude’s Doriki score surpassed 1,200 during the Marine Academy assessment, astonishing the other applicants and leaving him isolated. While he waited for the results, Shu challenged him to a future sparring match, confident that his Rust-Rust Fruit could defeat him.

• Wude unleashed his strength during the Doriki assessment, and his score climbed past 1,000 before stopping at 1,200.
• Smoker, Hina, and the other applicants reacted with shock and kept their distance from Wude, while Hina eventually sat beside him and questioned how he trained.
• Wude told Hina that he trained without fear of death, but she dismissed his explanation as a lie.
• Shu introduced himself to Wude, learned he was a swordsman who also carried a bow, and challenged him to spar.
• Shu claimed his Rust-Rust Fruit made him a match for any swordsman, while Hina warned that fighting him would be unfair.

Wude, Hina, and Smoker learned they had passed the Marine Academy assessment and joined the selected trainees. As Zephyr and the vice admirals prepared to assign instructors, Sakazuki and Borsalino took notice of Wude’s record, while Wude sensed the officers gathering nearby.

• Headquarters Colonel Ansel announced the successful candidates, and Wude was told he was considered the strongest trainee in the class.
• Wude pointed out Hina’s name on the list, and she celebrated passing the assessment.
• Smoker congratulated Wude, and the two joked about drinking and fighting while Hina watched with disgust.
• The selected candidates formed ranks and learned that ten thousand trainees would initially be trained in groups led by vice admirals and colonels.
• Sakazuki and Borsalino reviewed Wude’s intelligence, while Kuzan declined to lead a trainee group and Sakazuki and Borsalino volunteered.
• Zephyr led the vice admirals to the plaza, where Hina asked how Wude knew they were nearby and angrily said she hated him.

Wude was assigned to Kizaru’s formation, but Kizaru immediately abandoned his new recruits, leaving them in the hands of other Marines. After Shu challenged Wude, Wude used an invisible force to pin him down and test the limits of his Rust-Rust Fruit.

• Wude and Hina drew yellow lots and were assigned to Kizaru’s formation, but Kizaru and Colonel Strawberry soon dismissed their groups and left.
• Wude waited for Smoker’s group to finish, then Smoker invited him to eat while Shu demanded a challenge and Hina came to watch.
• Vice Admiral Sakazuki noticed Wude’s assignment to Borsalino, while officers and students gathered to watch Wude fight Shu.
• Wude shot an arrow at Shu, whose Rust-Rust Fruit corroded it to ash, then easily dodged Shu’s attacks.
• Wude pinned Shu to the ground with an invisible force and challenged him to show how far his power could go.

After defeating Shu, Wude ate with Smoker and Hina, teasing Hina about smoking and offering to help her learn Observation Haki. Wude and Hina then headed to a training ground while Smoker watched them suspiciously, and Hina asked where Wude planned to serve.

• Wude used Kuroh to restrain Shu, won their match, and told Shu that Kuroh could only be seen in a life-or-death crisis.
• Hina apologized to Wude after Smoker confirmed that Wude was truly immortal, and the three went to a restaurant in Marineford’s residential district.
• Wude took Hina’s cigarettes and dodged her attempts to retrieve them, then told her he thought she would look better if she did not smoke.
• Hina offered Wude cigarettes in exchange for teaching her Observation Haki, and Wude continued chatting with her while Smoker felt left out.
• After the meal, Wude told Smoker to return to their temporary residence and went with Hina toward a training ground.
• Hina asked Wude which Marine branch he planned to join, or whether he would remain at Headquarters.

Wude and Hina took shelter from the rain, then trained with Chaton and Kuroh before the Marine Academy’s formal classes began. After moving into their dormitories, they continued training and left Smoker puzzled when they declined his invitation to eat.

• Wude told Hina he wanted to protect the peace of one area, and Marine Colonel Colin offered to spar with him but could not teach him Rokushiki.
• Chaton stopped by the coffee shop, and Wude persuaded him to teach Rokushiki at the training grounds.
• Chaton put Wude through harsh Rokushiki training while Kuroh helped Hina develop Observation Haki.
• Wude and Hina received their Marine Academy admission notices and dormitory assignments, then continued training the following day.
• Smoker invited them to dinner, but Hina went back to the dormitory exhausted and Wude told Smoker to rest for training, leaving him wondering what was going on.

Wude and Hina began their first day of Marine Academy training, where Wude breezed through the assigned push-ups and encouraged Hina as she struggled to finish. Hina appreciated his company, while Sakazuki watched Wude’s unusual training behavior from afar.

• Wude and Smoker walked to breakfast together and found Hina chatting with female cadets, where Hina searched Wude for Kuroh.
• Wude and Hina joined their formation at the training grounds, and their instructor ordered the recruits to do 500 push-ups.
• Sakazuki demanded that his recruits complete 1,000 push-ups and warned them that anyone who acted like waste would be eliminated.
• Wude finished 500 push-ups ahead of the others, then continued alongside Hina as she struggled through her set.
• Hina finished her push-ups, learned Wude had reached 750, and told him she would keep trying to follow him because she liked having him as a friend.

Wude and Hina pushed through rope climbing and an exhausting eighty-lap run, with Wude pacing Hina until she finished. The chapter left them ravenously eating lunch while Smoker sat across from them.

• Wude and Hina completed fifty rope climbs while the other trainees struggled and some fell.
• The instructors punished one of their own with forehead-flicks over a lost bet, while Sakazuki's trainees faced harsher discipline.
• Wude and Hina joined the trainees running eighty laps, and Wude paced Hina as she chased him to the finish.
• At noon, Wude and Hina devoured several portions of food in the cafeteria as Smoker sat across from them.
• Sakazuki's trainees arrived later and stared anxiously at the long cafeteria line.

Wude and Hina resumed Marine training after lunch, and Wude faced a series of sword-fighting challenges in the kendo hall. The chapter left Wude battling more than a dozen elite recruits at once while Hina watched.

• Wude, Hina, and Smoker finished lunch and rested before instructors summoned the recruits for afternoon training.
• Wude and Hina were assigned to a kendo hall, where Wude was paired with Dennis, a huge recruit who transformed into a spider ape.
• Wude held his own against Dennis without using Kuroh, while instructors arranged for a dozen elite recruits from Sakazuki's faction to challenge him together.
• Wude used Observation Haki to read the recruits' attacks and countered their coordinated assault, while Hina watched after defeating her own opponent.

Wude and Hina trained under Chaton and Sakazuki before discovering an unidentified Devil Fruit. Wude ate it, and its power clashed with the mysterious substance behind his Ajin revival, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Wude and Hina continued their Marine training, with Chaton arranging their duties and Sakazuki giving Wude occasional guidance.
• After Chaton sailed away on a mission, Wude and Hina found an unfamiliar Devil Fruit among the fruit Wude had bought.
• Sakazuki explained that the fruit had once been auctioned in the North Blue and was rumored to grant an overbearing ability, but its power was unknown.
• Wude decided to take the fruit away and test it using his Ajin immortality, then ate it after Sakazuki left.
• Black particles emerged from Wude and surrounded the Devil Soul inside him, struggling against it until both forces stopped and Kuroh dispersed.

After eating the Devil Fruit, Wude discovered it let him briefly control people through eye contact or touch, and he considered how to develop the ability. He tested another power by challenging Smoker and a group of trainees, then left them frozen by his Ajin scream.

• Hina worried when Wude remained silent after eating the Devil Fruit, and he explained that its ability let him cast brief illusions and control people with weaker spirits.
• Wude demonstrated the fruit's forced control on Hina through eye contact and touch, then considered how to develop it by studying hypnotists and other talents.
• Wude remembered the paralysis caused by an Ajin's unique voice and asked Smoker to help him test its duration during their kendo sparring.
• Smoker challenged Wude alongside more than twenty elite trainees in the kendo hall, where Wude screamed and left the trainees unable to move.

Wude tested his paralysis and illusion abilities on Navy trainees and instructors, measuring how constitution, willpower, and preparation affected them. After combined abilities proved ineffective, the instructors urged him to develop Tactile Illusion for use through weapon clashes, and agreed to help him find a hypnotist to learn from.

• Wude used Ajin Scream to paralyze nearby trainees and instructors, then repeated the test while officers recorded how long people with different constitutions remained stiff.
• Wude tested Gaze Illusion on groups of trainees and learned he could control up to five people at once, with control lasting less time against stronger wills; Sakazuki resisted it completely.
• Wude tested Tactile Illusion and found it could control unprepared targets through touch, but it was far less effective against prepared people with greater willpower and mental strength.
• Wude combined Ajin Scream with both illusion abilities, but the scream woke targets and nullified the illusions.
• Colonel Strawberry and the other instructors urged Wude to develop Tactile Illusion for use through weapon clashes, and Colonel Yamakaji and Strawberry promised to help him find a hypnotist.

Wude met Astrid, a skilled hypnotist brought to Marineford by Colonel Yamakaji, and persuaded her to teach him after hearing about her trouble with the Donquixote Family. Astrid agreed reluctantly, while the Marines promised to search for her boyfriend and help protect her from Doflamingo.

• After Chaton left, Wude and Hina found Smoker eating noodles and smoked chicken, teased him, and discussed Wude's struggle to extend Tactile Illusion to weapons.
• Wude learned that the technique would need to penetrate an opponent's Armament Haki before it could control them during a clash.
• After a month of training, Colonel Yamakaji and the other instructors brought Wude to meet Astrid, a hypnotist they had found in the North Blue.
• Astrid demanded her freedom and asked the Marines to help her reunite with her boyfriend and deal with Doflamingo; Yamakaji apologized for how his friend had treated her and promised to search for her boyfriend.
• Wude persuaded Astrid to teach him hypnosis, and she demonstrated her painting-based ability by making a Marine laugh uncontrollably until Wude erased the pattern.

Wude learned the basics of Hypnosis from Astrid while both secretly hoped to acquire the other’s techniques, and Hina reacted jealously to their meeting. He continued experimenting with Kuroh and IBM, and after half a year managed to recall a small portion of IBM’s particles into his body, beginning an attempt to make them attack the Devil Fruit soul.

• Wude watched Astrid demonstrate her hypnosis on a marine and asked her to teach him, while Yamakaji left them to exchange knowledge.
• Astrid lectured Wude on Hypnosis for four hours, and they agreed to trade lessons each day.
• Hina saw Wude escort Astrid back and felt jealous, but Wude reassured her that he would continue training with her.
• Wude considered whether he could use IBM to imprison the Devil Fruit soul and make it choose a new fruit.
• Wude spent half a year practicing until he could recall a small portion of IBM’s particles into his body, then commanded them to attack the Devil Fruit soul.