Recaps

After Lu Ge defeated Hawkeye Mihawk and celebrated with the Kuja Pirates, Mihawk met Shanks and told the Red Hair Pirates about Lu Ge’s unusual abilities. Shanks became interested in the man who had beaten Mihawk, and Mihawk began explaining how Lu Ge had developed the Door-Door Fruit.

• Lu Ge returned to the Kuja Pirate Ship after defeating Hawkeye Mihawk, and Kikyo and the other women celebrated his victory.
• Mihawk drifted at sea, still reflecting on his duel, until Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates found him.
• Mihawk told Shanks that Lu Ge had defeated him, shocking the Red Hair Pirates.
• Mihawk described Lu Ge’s ability to absorb sword techniques and wield two Devil Fruits, including the Door-Door Fruit.
• Mihawk said Lu Ge had developed the Door-Door Fruit into an almost invincible form, prompting Shanks to ask what he meant.

After Dracule Mihawk and Shanks discussed Lu Ge’s unusual defensive ability, a News Coo carried their conversation to the press. Lu Ge learned that the newspaper reported his victory over Mihawk, then faced an attack from pirates targeting the Kuja Pirates.

• Dracule Mihawk told Shanks that Lu Ge’s invisible door repelled attacks, and Shanks expressed eagerness to meet him before starting a banquet.
• A News Coo overheard Mihawk and Shanks’s conversation and recorded it.
• Lu Ge woke with a hangover aboard the ship, and Kikyo bought a newspaper that announced Mihawk had been defeated and the title of Greatest Swordsman in the World had changed hands.
• Lu Ge’s crew celebrated his newfound fame while Mana massaged his aching head.
• Sanya ordered Yuda to steer around an approaching pirate ship, but its crew fired cannons at the Kuja Pirate Ship, angering Lu Ge.

Lu Ge destroyed the Kuja Pirates' attackers and rescued a baby from their sinking ship. Recognizing her as Uta, the Sing-Sing Fruit user, he agreed to let Bolan raise her, while worrying about the danger tied to her power.

• Lu Ge split the attacking pirate ship apart with his sword, then ordered Kikyo and the others to kill the survivors.
• After hearing a child crying, Lu Ge retrieved a treasure chest from the wreck and found a baby girl inside.
• Lu Ge identified the girl as Uta and deduced that the pirates had kidnapped her because she had eaten the Sing-Sing Fruit.
• Uta reached for Lu Ge and settled happily in his arms, so he agreed that Bolan could adopt her.
• Lu Ge named the baby Uta and worried that her Devil Fruit power carried the hidden danger of Tot Musica.

Little Uta accidentally used the Sing-Sing Fruit to draw Lu Ge’s companions into its spiritual world, while Lu Ge remained unaffected. After reaching an inhabited island, Lu Ge brought his group ashore discreetly, where Sanya stopped a familiar-looking girl who was fleeing a group of men.

• Little Uta’s singing activated the Sing-Sing Fruit and pulled Bolan and the others into a shared spiritual world, but Lu Ge’s mysterious inner power kept him awake.
• Lu Ge explained the ability to the women after they woke, then agreed to teach Little Uta how to control it.
• The crew spotted an inhabited island, and Lu Ge chose not to approach its harbor under the Kuja Pirates’ flag.
• Lu Ge opened a door and led the group into an alley on the island, where they saw a nimble girl fleeing a group of men.
• Sanya grabbed the girl’s hand and told her that stealing was wrong.

Sanya and Lu Ge’s group rescued Nico Robin from a gang of men, then learned the attackers belonged to Baroque Works. After Robin praised Lu Ge’s strength and asked to follow him, he asked her to explain why he should take her on.

• Sanya pulled Nico Robin behind her and refused to let the burly man seize the girl.
• The burly man identified Robin as the Child of the Devil and revealed her 79 million Beli bounty, while Lu Ge recognized her.
• The burly man ordered his men to attack, but Sanya and five Amazon Lily Warriors quickly defeated them.
• Robin warned Lu Ge’s group that the attackers belonged to Baroque Works and described its leader, Sir Crocodile.
• Robin asked Lu Ge to let her follow him, and Lu Ge asked why he should accept her as his underling.

Lu Ge took Robin in after learning about her Flower-Flower Fruit and explaining its potential, then told her where to find a Poneglyph. The chapter left Robin identifying Alabasta as the place tied to the Poneglyph and revealing that Baroque Works had targeted her.

• Robin offered her archaeological knowledge and Devil Fruit ability in exchange for Lu Ge taking her in, but he initially teased her about being a troublemaking lackey.
• Robin demonstrated her Flower-Flower Fruit by sprouting hands from Bolan's shoulders, and Lu Ge described how the ability might develop if awakened.
• Robin asked to join Lu Ge after hearing about the awakening of Devil Fruit abilities, while the others discussed a newspaper claiming Lu Ge had joined the Kuja Pirates.
• Lu Ge accepted Robin as his little sister, and she eagerly asked him where a Poneglyph was located.
• Lu Ge said the Poneglyph was in the royal tombs of Alabasta, and Robin recognized the place as Baroque Works' headquarters, explaining that the group had invited her and then targeted her after she refused.

Lu Ge's group followed the Vivre Card to the Sabaody Archipelago, where Sanya hoped to find the Former Empress. After Robin joined the group and bonded with Uta, they entered the island, and news of the Kuja Pirates' arrival reached Shakuyaku.

• Robin warned that reaching Alabasta would mean dealing with Crocodile, while Sanya said the group first had to find their Former Empress.
• Robin identified the Sabaody Archipelago as the route indicated by the Vivre Card, and Lu Ge decided to head there despite her concerns.
• Lu Ge used the Door-Door Fruit to return the group to the Kuja Pirate Ship, where he introduced Uta to Robin as her little sister.
• The next day, Mana and Bolan realized the Vivre Card pointed toward the Sabaody Archipelago, and Sanya ordered everyone to disembark.
• Lu Ge reassured Robin as the Kuja Pirates entered the Sabaody Archipelago, while news of their arrival spread to Shakuyaku at her bar.

Lu Ge and the Kuja women reached Sabaody Archipelago and found Shakuyaku at her bar, where they learned that the former Empress Toritoma had died and Amazon Lily was in danger. Sanya pleaded with Shakuyaku to return and lead the island, leaving her response unresolved.

• Shakuyaku wondered why the Kuja Pirates had come, while Rayleigh anticipated guests at the bar.
• Robin explained Sabaody Archipelago’s numbered districts, and Lu Ge’s group followed a Vivre Card toward the hotel area.
• The women explored the island’s bubbles before Sanya led the group to Shakky’s Rip-off Bar.
• Sanya recognized Shakuyaku but concealed her former Empress identity, and Lu Ge recognized Rayleigh.
• In the backyard, Shakuyaku learned that Toritoma had died a year earlier and that Lu Ge had helped save Amazon Lily.
• Sanya asked Shakuyaku to return and take charge of Amazon Lily.

Sanya told Shakuyaku that Amazon Lily needed its former empress, but Shakuyaku refused and proposed bringing Gloriosa back as a temporary leader. After learning that the Hancock sisters were imprisoned by the Celestial Dragons, Lu Ge offered to rescue them and persuaded Rayleigh to join him.

• Sanya told Shakuyaku about the crisis on Amazon Lily, and Shakuyaku refused to return as empress but recommended Gloriosa as a temporary replacement.
• Lu Ge proposed that rescuing the Hancock sisters could restore Gloriosa's standing among the people of Amazon Lily.
• Shakuyaku revealed that the Celestial Dragons had taken the three Hancock sisters, and warned that confronting them could endanger Amazon Lily.
• Lu Ge announced that he would rescue the sisters and asked Rayleigh to come with him; Rayleigh agreed after seeing Lu Ge open a door with the Door-Door Fruit.

Lu Ge planned a discreet rescue of Hancock and her sisters from Mary Geoise, then learned Conqueror's Haki Infusion from Rayleigh and rapidly mastered it. After further training in Haki and swordsmanship, Lu Ge became considerably stronger before the rescue began.

• Shakuyaku warned Lu Ge that the rescue needed to stay secret to protect Amazon Lily, and the group decided to head for Mary Geoise the next day.
• Rayleigh demonstrated Conqueror's Haki Infusion by concentrating its pressure into his fist and scattering the clouds with a punch.
• Lu Ge used Time Is on My Side to master the technique, then infused his katana and unleashed a sword strike that resembled Kamusari.
• Rayleigh questioned Lu Ge about his sudden mastery, and Lu Ge explained that Rayleigh's demonstration had clarified the technique for him.
• Lu Ge and Rayleigh discussed Haki and swordsmanship, improving Lu Ge's abilities across all three types of Haki and his swordsmanship.
• Lu Ge trained repeatedly with Time Is on My Side and reached the ranks of the world's strongest fighters after perfecting Conqueror's Haki Infusion.

Lu Ge and Rayleigh arrived in Mary Geoise, where a Celestial Dragon’s daughter demanded that Lu Ge become her slave. Lu Ge slapped her, provoking the Celestial Dragons to order his death.

• Lu Ge used the Door-Door Fruit to take Rayleigh to Mary Geoise in just over half an hour.
• Lu Ge and Rayleigh saw the city’s luxurious streets and discussed the cost of its splendor.
• A Celestial Dragon’s party approached, and its guards demanded that Lu Ge and Rayleigh kneel.
• The Celestial Dragon girl ordered Lu Ge to put on a slave collar and become her slave, but Lu Ge refused and insulted her.
• Lu Ge slapped the Celestial Dragon girl, and her father ordered his attendants to kill him.

Lu Ge and Rayleigh fought the Celestial Dragons’ guards, and Lu Ge killed Barton and acquired the Heat-Heat Fruit. After Lu Ge beheaded a Celestial Dragon, a massive Marine force surrounded them, including Sengoku, Garp, Aokiji, and Akainu.

• Lu Ge cut down the guards who attacked him and Rayleigh, while Barton revealed his Heat-Heat Fruit power.
• Lu Ge pierced Barton with his Haki-coated sword, then secretly devoured him and gained the Heat-Heat Fruit.
• A middle-aged Celestial Dragon threatened Lu Ge, so Lu Ge beheaded him in front of the two children.
• Rayleigh warned Lu Ge that killing a Celestial Dragon had brought them serious trouble as tens of thousands of Marines surrounded them.
• Sengoku, Garp, Aokiji, Akainu, and other Marines arrived with the force encircling Lu Ge and Rayleigh.

Lu Ge used the Door-Door Fruit and his Conqueror's Haki to defeat the Marines and kill a Celestial Dragon, then entered a villa district with Rayleigh to find Boa Hancock and her sisters. Rayleigh held off the villa's sword-wielding guard while Lu Ge headed into the inner courtyard.

• Lu Ge redirected the Marines' bullets through a door, causing them to strike their own soldiers, and then knocked the surrounding forces unconscious with his Conqueror's Haki.
• Lu Ge asked a terrified young Celestial Dragon whether anyone owned Boa Hancock, Boa Sandersonia, or Boa Marigold as slaves, and killed him after he pointed toward a villa district.
• Lu Ge opened a door and took Rayleigh to a luxurious villa, where his Haki knocked out the guards.
• A two-sword-wielding guard resisted Lu Ge's Haki, so Rayleigh restrained him while Lu Ge went toward the inner courtyard.

Lu Ge rescued Boa Hancock and her sisters from captivity after killing three Celestial Dragons, then reunited with Rayleigh to escape before the Marine Admiral arrived. Rayleigh disabled the sisters’ Slave Collars, leaving the group ready to flee.

• Hancock tried to kill the unconscious Celestial Dragon who had abused her and her sisters, but stopped because she feared they would die if she did.
• Lu Ge revealed that he had killed three Celestial Dragons to rescue Hancock and gave her Sanya’s dagger as proof.
• Lu Ge killed the Celestial Dragon, carried Sandersonia and Marigold away, and led Hancock through a door to Rayleigh.
• Rayleigh warned that a Marine Admiral was approaching and used Haki to disable Hancock’s Slave Collar.
• Lu Ge removed the collars from Sandersonia and Marigold after seeing Rayleigh’s method.

Lu Ge stayed behind to confront Kizaru while Rayleigh, Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold escaped. After testing Kizaru’s Light-Light Fruit with his spatial ability, Lu Ge drew his sword and launched an attack that left Kizaru suddenly appearing directly in front of his descending blade.

• Rayleigh warned Lu Ge that the Marine Fleet Admiral was approaching, and Lu Ge opened a door so the group could escape with Sandersonia and Marigold.
• Lu Ge chose to stay and face Kizaru, hoping to seize the Vice Admiral’s Devil Fruit ability, while Rayleigh and Hancock reluctantly left through the door.
• Kizaru repeatedly tried to reach or strike Lu Ge, but Lu Ge’s ability sent Kizaru and his light beam back or redirected them behind him.
• Lu Ge drew his katana and unleashed a sword slash; when Kizaru dodged, he suddenly reappeared in front of Lu Ge as the black blade came down toward his face.

Lu Ge defeated Kizaru by predicting and countering his movements with his time and Door-Door abilities, but Sengoku, Aokiji, Garp, Zephyr, and Akainu arrived. Lu Ge powered himself up and began a head-on clash with Zephyr.

• Kizaru blocked Lu Ge's slash with a light sword, but Lu Ge broke it and badly wounded Kizaru's hands.
• Lu Ge used his time ability and a Dark Door to predict Kizaru's escape and stab him through the chest.
• Sengoku attacked Lu Ge as he withdrew his blade, and Aokiji caught Kizaru and froze his chest wound to stop the bleeding.
• Lu Ge recognized Sengoku, Aokiji, Garp, Zephyr, and Akainu and decided to test his strength against the Marines.
• Lu Ge activated his future power and Nascent Dimensional Power, then met Zephyr's charge with a Haki-coated physical blow.

Lu Ge overwhelmed Zephyr in a physical clash, then faced Sengoku and the other Marines as Kizaru explained how Lu Ge’s Door-Door Fruit redirected attacks. The chapter ended with Sengoku bringing down his giant Buddha hand and Lu Ge preparing to contain it with a massive door.

• Lu Ge sent Zephyr flying with a single punch, and Sengoku caught him in midair.
• Zephyr and Sengoku warned the others about Lu Ge’s strength, while Kizaru revealed his Door-Door Fruit abilities and his title as the World’s Strongest Swordsman.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to attack, and Aokiji handed the injured Kizaru to medics as Akainu charged at Lu Ge with Meigo.
• Lu Ge redirected Akainu’s attack behind Sengoku, scorching Sengoku’s back and prompting him to forbid reckless long-range attacks.
• Sengoku attacked Lu Ge with his giant Buddha hand, and Lu Ge declared that he could open a door large enough to contain it.

Lu Ge fought Sengoku and proved strong enough to force the giant Buddha back, then caught Zephyr’s surprise punch and began devouring his Armament Haki. As Garp launched Galaxy Impact, Lu Ge opened a dark door to avoid fighting him directly.

• Lu Ge dodged Aokiji’s Ice Age and punched Sengoku’s giant Buddha palm head-on, creating a destructive shockwave that sent both fighters backward.
• Garp, Akainu, and Aokiji reacted with astonishment when Lu Ge stood his ground against Sengoku’s attack.
• Zephyr charged at Lu Ge from behind, but Lu Ge reacted in time and caught his punch with one hand.
• Lu Ge used his Nascent Dimensional Power to devour Zephyr’s Armament Haki and strengthen his own, shocking Zephyr.
• Garp attacked Lu Ge with Galaxy Impact, and Lu Ge opened a dark door in front of himself.

Lu Ge fought Karp, Sengoku, Zephyr, Akainu, and Aokiji, using his abilities to turn their attacks against them and sever Zephyr’s hand. Akainu trapped Lu Ge in a pool of magma, but Lu Ge proved unharmed, leading the Marines to suspect he possessed the Heat-Heat Fruit alongside the Door-Door Fruit.

• Karp charged at Lu Ge but was teleported through the Dark Door into Sengoku, knocking Sengoku’s golden Buddha body into the ground.
• Zephyr attacked Lu Ge while he was occupied, but Lu Ge dodged and severed Zephyr’s right hand, absorbing its Armament Haki.
• Lu Ge clashed with Aokiji and Akainu, whose ice and magma attacks froze and scorched his arms.
• Akainu formed a pool of magma around Lu Ge, expecting the heat to defeat him, but Lu Ge swam in it and gargled lava without harm.
• Akainu and Aokiji realized Lu Ge might have a second Devil Fruit, and Zephyr identified it as the Heat-Heat Fruit.

Lu Ge fought Garp, Sengoku, and Akainu, using his powers to drain Akainu while evading the others’ attacks. The battle continued with Akainu recovering and dodging Lu Ge’s Dark Door.

• Lu Ge used his Nascent Dimensional Power to weaken Akainu and disrupt his Devil Fruit ability, while Garp and Sengoku rushed to help.
• Garp found that Lu Ge’s doors prevented him from approaching, and Sengoku attacked with his giant Buddha form before Lu Ge could open a large enough door.
• Lu Ge struck Akainu with a Haki-infused punch, then evaded Sengoku’s crushing attack and Garp’s Galaxy Impact using his foresight.
• Akainu recovered, transformed into molten lava, and attacked Lu Ge with a massive magma fist.
• Lu Ge opened a Dark Door using the Door-Door Fruit and Time-Time Fruit, but Akainu sensed it and dodged with Geppo.

Lu Ge used his Door-Door Fruit to disorient Sengoku, then gravely wounded him with his Heaven-Slicing Sword-Drawing Technique. He unleashed the technique against Akainu as well, and Garp intervened to break the sword energy, leaving both Marines injured.

• Lu Ge turned Sengoku into a spinning Revolving Door, then drew his sword and slashed through the Golden Great Buddha's chest.
• Aokiji froze Sengoku's wound as Akainu and the others reacted in shock to Sengoku's grave injury.
• Akainu attacked Lu Ge with Great Eruption, but Lu Ge's sword strike cleaved through the magma barrage and split Akainu's fist.
• Garp struck the sword energy with Fist Bone Impact, shattering it, but the scattered sword light injured Garp and Akainu and sent them crashing into a crater.

Lu Ge continued fighting the Marines after injuring Garp, Sengoku, and Akainu, while the group considered using Seastone against his Devil Fruit ability. Garp fought Lu Ge with a Seastone rod, but Lu Ge’s sword shattered it and wounded Garp’s hands.

• Garp, Akainu, and Sengoku assessed their injuries and admitted Lu Ge’s ability and swordsmanship made him difficult to defeat.
• Sengoku suggested using Seastone, and a Marine rear admiral brought Garp a Seastone rod.
• Lu Ge recovered his stamina while the Marines talked, then accepted Garp’s challenge and fought him.
• Lu Ge repeatedly clashed swords with Garp, whose Seastone rod quickly became dented under the force of Lu Ge’s blows.
• Lu Ge broke the Seastone rod and slashed Garp’s hands, forcing him back.

Lu Ge fought Garp and the other Marines as his strength continued to grow, forcing Sengoku to call for their final measure. After the Pacifistas attacked indiscriminately, Lu Ge used doors to turn their lasers against them and escaped, leaving the Holy Land Mary Geoise in chaos.

• Garp, Aokiji, and Akainu warned Sengoku that Lu Ge was growing stronger in battle and urged him to use the final measure.
• Sengoku ordered Tsuru to prepare the final measure, but a well-dressed middle-aged man interrupted her in the command room.
• More than twenty thousand Pacifistas emerged from underground and fired lasers at Lu Ge and the battlefield before Garp and the others could retreat far enough.
• Lu Ge repeatedly appeared among the Pacifistas and escaped through doors, causing their lasers to destroy one another and leaving more than half killed or injured.
• Lu Ge appeared beside Sengoku and the others, mocked their final measure, introduced himself, and vanished through a door.

Lu Ge escaped Mary Geoise after defeating the Marines’ forces and rejoined Boa Hancock and Rayleigh at sea. Sengoku faced Saint Rosward’s anger over the failed operation, while the group prepared to flee before the Marines could pursue them.

• Lu Ge vanished from Mary Geoise, leaving Sengoku and the Marines to confront the destruction and their failure to capture him.
• Saint Rosward berated Sengoku, learned Lu Ge was the world’s greatest swordsman, and ordered the scientist behind the Pacifistas executed.
• Sengoku argued that the Pacifistas could be upgraded and said the Five Elders should decide the scientist’s fate.
• Tsuru told Sengoku that Marshal Kong would have to answer for the deaths of four Celestial Dragons and the failed capture, and Sengoku learned Lu Ge had come for three slaves.
• Lu Ge appeared beside Boa Hancock and Rayleigh on their boat, reassured Hancock, and urged them to leave before the Marines pursued them.

Lu Ge rescued Hancock and her sisters and sailed with them toward Sabaody, while the Five Elders plotted to make him a target by branding him the world’s strongest pirate and assigning him a six-billion bounty. Kong was removed as Fleet Admiral, and the chapter ended with Lu Ge arriving at Shakky’s Rip-off Bar to find that news of his fame had spread.

• Lu Ge brought the ship far from the island, and Hancock and her sisters thanked him and Rayleigh for helping them escape.
• Lu Ge began cultivating aboard the ship while Rayleigh steered them toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
• The Five Elders ordered Kong to eliminate Lu Ge and discussed provoking Whitebeard into fighting him by exaggerating Lu Ge’s reputation.
• The Five Elders set Lu Ge’s bounty at six billion and replaced Kong as Fleet Admiral with Sengoku.
• Lu Ge arrived at Shakky’s Rip-off Bar with Hancock and her sisters, where Bolan and the others welcomed them and told Lu Ge he had become famous.