Recaps

Kozuki Sukiyaki led an unknown force of black-clad samurai in an attack on Orochi at the shogun’s residence, while the villagers of Pickings Village received aid from Sephiroth’s forces. Kaido sent King to investigate the raid, suspecting the Great Angel might be involved.

• Black-clad samurai overwhelmed the Kurozumi family’s guards and Orochi Oniwabanshu at the banquet as Sukiyaki pursued Orochi toward the Ooku.
• Wind Blade escaped the fighting and went to Onigashima to request reinforcements, while the black-clad samurai surrounded Hiyori and Denjiro.
• Orochi transformed into his eight-headed serpentine form and attacked Sukiyaki’s pursuing rebels.
• Sephiroth’s forces built a temporary shelter and distributed food and medical care to the displaced villagers of Pickings Village.
• Kaido ordered King to investigate Sukiyaki’s attack on Orochi and learned that Yamato was with Papiyas in Boro Town.

After Bondrewd proposed an alliance, Kaido agreed to cooperate against the Celestial Dragons and to make Yamato shogun of Wano Country. Sephiroth learned of Kaido’s wish through Youmu and asked a stunned Yamato whether she wanted the position.

• King reported that Kozuki Sukiyaki and Kurozumi Orochi had killed each other during the uprising, while the Flower Capital suffered heavy casualties and Komurasaki went missing.
• Kaido attacked Bondrewd when he discovered him in Onigashima, but Bondrewd proposed that they work together to make Yamato shogun.
• Kaido embraced Bondrewd’s proposal and agreed to cooperate against the Celestial Dragons.
• At dinner, Sephiroth told Yamato that Kozuki Sukiyaki had led the coup and died with Kurozumi Orochi; Yamato was shocked to learn that Oden’s father had been involved.
• Youmu informed Sephiroth that King had delivered Kaido’s wish for Yamato to become shogun, and Sephiroth asked Yamato if she wanted the role.

Yamato accepted the role of shogun, chose the surname Hoshimi, and declared that Wano Country would open its borders completely. Her inauguration ended with the samurai accepting her first order under Kaido and Sephiroth’s support.

• Yamato worried about becoming shogun but decided she wanted to open Wano Country’s borders herself, with Sephiroth promising support for her rule.
• Yamato chose the surname Hoshimi and announced that she would become Hoshimi Yamato.
• On July 8, Yamato’s procession reached the Shogun’s Residence, where she was welcomed as the new shogun.
• Yamato drew Shusui and declared that her first order was to open Wano Country’s borders completely.
• The samurai bowed and accepted Yamato’s order, marking July 8 as Hoshimi’s Opening the Borders.

Hiyori was captured and brought before Sephiroth, who gave her pure gold and a Fennec Fox Devil Fruit while declaring that she would adapt to life under his control. Two months later, Sephiroth and his entourage returned to Elbaf, where the Giants welcomed them and Gerd prepared to show him the new Babylon embassy.

• Hiyori woke restrained in a strange room and realized that samurai had captured her after killing Denjiro.
• Monet, Sephiroth, and Mikita visited Hiyori, placed a golden collar on her, and made her eat the Fennec Fox Devil Fruit.
• Sephiroth arrived at Elbaf with Lilith and the five members of BanG Dream, and the Giants cheered their arrival.
• Gerd knocked out Road when he tried to leap toward the band, then welcomed Sephiroth and offered to show him the newly built embassy.
• Sephiroth and his party traveled to the Great Tavern to meet Grand Elder Jarul while Gerd carried them in a grand palanquin.

Sephiroth visited Elbaf with Uta and the others, joined a concert, and received Gerd’s direct confession of love. He accepted her feelings, and Gerd invited him to stay at her home that night.

• Jarul welcomed Sephiroth and his companions to the Giants’ gathering as Babylon’s embassy and technical arrangements with Elbaf continued.
• Ripley encouraged Gerd to seize her chance with Sephiroth, while Gerd watched him from a distance.
• Sephiroth and Uta performed a high-energy concert for the Giants, who cheered and sang along.
• After the concert, Gerd confessed that she liked Sephiroth and asked him to go out with her, and he told her he liked her too.
• Gaban and Ripley congratulated the pair, and Sephiroth assured Ripley that he genuinely liked Gerd.
• Gerd invited Sephiroth to stay at her home that night, and he accepted.

As Babylon’s embassy in Elbaf finished its preparations, Lilith inspected the staff and left Uta and the others to meet privately. At Gerd’s home, Sephiroth overcame their extreme size difference by growing to her height, and they began a more intimate encounter.

• Babylon’s staff completed the Elbaf embassy’s preparations and decorated its halls with local cultural items.
• Lilith, Baby 5, and Tashigi passed three nuns in the corridor, and Lilith reminded them to stay mindful while receiving guests.
• Lilith decided to leave Uta and the others to their private meeting while she continued the inspection with Baby 5 and Tashigi.
• At Gerd’s home, Sephiroth reassured her about his durability as they cautiously explored physical contact.
• Sephiroth transformed and grew to Gerd’s height, then invited her to begin again.

Shining and Hina visited Marine Branch G-14, where Vice Admiral Doll told them that Vegapunk’s Eighth Research Institute was complete and would take flight the next day. Shining was assigned to escort the seven Vegapunks to the Holy Land as Egghead Island prepared to launch.

• Shining, Hina, and Commodore Gibin toured G-14, where Marines trained in the Six Powers and Haki.
• Hina and Shining teased each other about their growing closeness, then met Vice Admiral Doll in her office.
• Doll showed them a newspaper story about the Great Angel marrying a female giant, and the group reacted to the public’s shocked speculation.
• Doll announced that the Eighth Research Institute was complete and would take flight the next day.
• Doll told Shining that he would accompany Admiral Kizaru in escorting the seven Vegapunks to the Holy Land.

Shining and Hina visited Egghead on official business and saw how Vegapunk’s newly completed facilities had transformed the island into a futuristic city. Lilith led them toward the research institute, which was scheduled to take off at noon, and they arrived at a crater where it sat like a planet.

• Shining and Hina docked at Egghead, where Lilith showed them Sea Beast Weapons she had deployed to gather research funds.
• Lilith guided Shining and Hina through Egghead’s newly activated city, including its futuristic buildings, Hover Cars, and holographic attractions.
• Shining and Hina met Atlas, who introduced herself as Vegapunk No. 05 and demonstrated how her Light-Pressure Gloves let her strike holographic projections.
• Atlas flew off to smash more holographic monsters after complaining about the lack of staff and funding.
• Lilith led Shining and Hina to the city center, where they found the research institute resting inside a meteor-like crater.

Shining visited Vegapunk’s completed research institute, watched its Mechanical Planet take flight, and traveled with Vegapunk and Kizaru toward the Holy Land. On the Justice, he recognized Stussy as Buckin and startled her and Vegapunk by suggesting York had a Giant Lineage Factor.

• Lilith showed Shining and Hina the Mechanical Planet construction site, where they met Vegapunk, Kizaru, and Shaka.
• Vegapunk explained that his six satellites were operational and that the Five Elders had summoned them to the Holy Land.
• The seven Vegapunks attended the research institute’s ceremony as its components assembled into a floating Mechanical Planet.
• Shining, Vegapunk, and Kizaru traveled aboard the Justice toward the Holy Land while Hina stayed on Egghead.
• Shining encountered Stussy in the Justice’s cafeteria and asked whether York had a Giant Lineage Factor like Atlas.

The Justice reached the Holy Land, where Shining and the others saw the fortress port, the central district, and the abuse of enslaved people. Their journey ended when they encountered three Celestial Dragons arguing over their slaves’ outfits, and Shining privately admired one of their ideas.

• The Justice approached Mary Geoise, while Vegapunk worried that a prophecy about his death might involve York.
• The group entered the Holy Land by way of its fortified port and a lift, then crossed the central district toward Pangaea Castle.
• Lilith remarked on the residents’ apparent cheerfulness, and Shaka explained that ordinary Celestial Dragons lived in the outer districts.
• Vegapunk’s group avoided a human-powered moving walkway after learning that enslaved people pushed it underground.
• Three Celestial Dragons argued over their female slaves’ outfits and male slaves used as mounts, while Shining considered trying one of their ideas with Komurasaki.

Vegapunk and his satellites arrived at Pangaea Castle under Kizaru and Shining’s escort, where the Five Elders examined the completed satellite project. After Gunko revealed that Shining could become a Celestial Dragon and offered him a place among the God's Knights, the Five Elders watched him while reconsidering their recruitment plans in light of the Golden Lion’s return.

• Three Celestial Dragons made their enslaved mounts wrestle, and the loser shot one mount dead and wounded another.
• Saint Digas tried to claim Atlas and York, but a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent warned him that the group was under Kizaru and Shining’s protection and had been summoned by the Five Elders.
• Lilith insulted Saint Digas, and Shining’s threatening aura unsettled the Celestial Dragons until Gunko intervened and told him he could beat them up if he became a Celestial Dragon.
• Gunko asked Shining for signed albums and Brook as a slave, then left after the Celestial Dragons backed down.
• Kizaru escorted Vegapunk, the satellites, and Shining into the Room of Authority, where Vegapunk explained his completed satellite project to the Five Elders.
• The Five Elders watched Shining and reconsidered recruiting him into the God's Knights after the Golden Lion’s return changed their plans.

Shining accepted the Five Elders’ offer to become a Celestial Dragon, while the World Government discussed capturing Bondrewd and Vegapunk’s satellite research. On Artificial Sky Island X, Bondrewd told Drake that Road Island was preparing a summer offensive.

• Kong learned that Shining had arrived to meet the Five Elders and reviewed Sengoku’s report that Drake had infiltrated Bondrewd’s organization.
• Gunko told Kiringham that Shining was strong and that Big Tail had learned Conqueror’s Coating, surprising him.
• Vegapunk presented his satellites to the Five Elders, who then turned their discussion to Bondrewd and Shining’s cooperation in capturing him.
• The Five Elders invited Shining to become a Celestial Dragon, and Shining accepted while secretly reassuring Vegapunk that their research funding would come through.
• Bondrewd summoned Drake and announced that Road Island would hold a summer event that could also be called a summer offensive.

Drake learned that Bondrewd was preparing a Summer Offensive, while Shining became an Honorary Celestial Dragon under the name Reg and received an invitation to Gran Tesoro. The chapter ended with Shining planning a summer visit to the floating Gold City with his companions.

• Drake answered Bondrewd's summons and was told to prepare materials for a Summer Offensive that would involve Shiki, though Bondrewd did not reveal the target.
• Shining told the Five Elders that his real name was Reg, and they welcomed him as an Honorary Celestial Dragon while discussing possible family affiliations.
• Hina, Kalifa, Perona, Brook, and Shining gathered for afternoon tea, where Hina wondered why Sengoku had told her to focus on Shining.
• Galdino delivered Babbage's letter to Shining, along with a two-billion check, a VIP group invitation to Gran Tesoro, and a travel guide.
• Shining explained that he had arranged a technology buyout between Vegapunk and Babbage, then sent Galdino to stay at the Blue Planet Inn.
• Brook suggested that the group visit Gran Tesoro for the end of summer vacation, and Shining planned to write Babbage a reply.

Shining and Kessoku Band arrived at Gran Tesoro aboard Babbage’s airship, the Ashen, and learned about the dangers of Tesoro’s gold. Shining reassured the group that his bracelets could protect them before leading them ashore, intending to cause trouble himself after they had enjoyed the resort.

• Perona, Kalifa, Hina, Carina, Brook, and Shining traveled aboard the Ashen to meet Babbage at Gran Tesoro.
• Shining explained Tesoro’s history, his wealth, and how he used gold dust to ensnare visitors.
• The Ashen approached Gran Tesoro, and the group marveled at the enormous golden entertainment ship and its inner harbor.
• Shining warned the group that Tesoro could control people infected with his gold, then assured them his bracelets offered protection.
• Shining announced that they would go ashore and planned to stir up trouble himself after the others had enjoyed their visit.

Shining and Kessoku Band arrived at Gran Tesoro, where Baccarat welcomed them and escorted them into the city. Babbage headed to meet Tesoro while Baccarat began showing Shining’s group around.

• The Ashen descended into Gran Tesoro’s inner harbor, drawing attention from the crowds and prompting Baccarat to learn that Shining and Kessoku Band were aboard.
• Baccarat greeted Shining and his companions at the Indoor Dock, where visitors and Marine personnel recognized the group.
• Babbage arrived and told Baccarat that he would meet Tesoro while she looked after Shining and the others.
• Babbage departed with Senior and Galdino in a Maglev Car, while Baccarat led Shining’s group into a Turtle Car.
• Baccarat drove Shining and his companions through Gran Tesoro’s golden streets and described its shopping, dining, performances, and gambling.

Shining’s party toured Gran Tesoro’s extravagant districts before arriving at the King of Gold Hotel. There, Bondrewd confronted Tesoro and offered him an alliance with Road Island, using Tesoro’s buried desire for revenge and the possibility of restoring the dead to persuade him.

• Baccarat drove Shining, Perona, Kalifa, Hina, and Brook through Gran Tesoro, where Hina spotted Vice Admirals Cuckoo, Momousagi, and Chaton.
• Baccarat showed the group the commercial district and the gold-filled premium area, then brought them to the King of Gold Hotel.
• Bondrewd appeared undetected in Tesoro’s private office, alarming Tesoro, who worried that Shining and Babbage were also in the city.
• Bondrewd asked Tesoro to join Road Island as an ally, then challenged him over his unfulfilled wish for revenge against the Celestial Dragons.
• Bondrewd revealed eight copies of Treasure Hunters Tesoro had killed and said Shining’s allies might help with their souls; Tesoro accepted Bondrewd’s offered hand.

On the Abyss, Shiki, Caesar, and Dr. Indigo discussed Bondrewd’s secretive plan to infiltrate Gran Tesoro and find the suspected mole among the four captains. As they prepared to enter the casino city, Shiki reflected on whether he had made the right choice by trusting Bondrewd.

• Shiki complained that Bondrewd had told the captains about the operation at the last minute and gone ahead without them.
• Dr. Indigo revealed that Bondrewd suspected one of the four captains—Drake, Urouge, Apoo, or Hawkins—of being a mole, and Caesar explained how Bondrewd had kept the target secret from them.
• Shiki looked forward to visiting Gran Tesoro and using the spending money Bondrewd had given the group, while Caesar explained that the Gold-Gold Fruit controlled gold rather than creating it.
• Before leaving to disguise himself, Caesar told Shiki that Bondrewd had once commissioned research into cloning human tissue, prompting Shiki to stare at his prosthetic legs.
• Shiki picked up Oto and Kogarashi, asked Indigo to go with him, and wondered whether he had made the right bet this time.

Baccarat led Shining, Perona, Kalifa, Hina, and Brook into the King of Gold Hotel after they changed into white-themed outfits. When children begged them to buy flowers and pleaded for freedom, Shining recognized the debt trap behind their desperation, but he let Baccarat escort the group onward.

• Baccarat led Kessoku Band across the bridge to the King of Gold Hotel, and the group showed off their new outfits.
• Shining paid Baccarat for the clothes after she offered them as gifts.
• A group of children begged the visitors to buy flowers, and one boy said the money would help them gain their freedom.
• Baccarat sent the children away, while Shining realized their parents were likely trapped working off debts in Gran Tesoro.
• Shining told Baccarat the encounter had not spoiled their mood, and she led the group toward the Golden Tower.

Shining and Kessoku Band explored the King of Gold Hotel, where Baccarat offered them casino games and special attractions. Perona and Brook joined Shining in the Hot Shell turtle-car race, which began with the other contestants already worried about racing against him.

• Baccarat welcomed Shining and Kessoku Band into the lavish, gold-filled King of Gold Hotel and offered Shining thirty million chips as a gift.
• Shining rejected Baccarat’s offer, bought fifty million chips for each of them, and asked his companions what they wanted to try.
• Shining spotted Shiki gambling at a Sic Bo table but passed by without revealing that he recognized him.
• Baccarat described the hotel’s attractions, and Shining chose the Hot Shell turtle-car race after Perona asked to join.
• Perona and Brook entered the race with Shining, while Kalifa and Hina watched from the VIP section.
• Shining’s modified Turtle Car surged into the lead at the start, as the other five contestants tried to make sure he enjoyed the race.

Shining’s team won Tesoro’s staged race on Gran Tesoro and accepted an invitation to perform there the next evening. Morgans arrived the next morning, suspecting the concert would lead to major news, while Shining hoped it would not.

• Shining’s team raced through the course as the other contestants staged attacks, and Perona knocked the Marine lieutenant’s car into a pool while Caesar was blasted off the track and recognized Vice Admiral Tokikake on the golf course.
• Shining, Brook, and Perona crossed the finish line first, then used mercury to remove the gold dust Tesoro had showered over the crowd.
• Baccarat invited Shining’s band to perform at the hotel the next evening, and Shining agreed.
• Shining spent the night with Perona and Kalifa, then joined Hina, Brook, and the others for breakfast the next morning.
• Morgans arrived with reporters and pressed Shining for information, but Shining said he did not want any big news.

Shining and Kessoku Band explored Gran Tesoro’s VIP casino, where Shining demonstrated his ability to reshape gold and Tesoro asked Brook whether he could see the dead. As Kessoku Band prepared to perform, Babbage’s warning led Shining to arrange extra protection, and the chapter ended with the band stepping onto a stage met by a golden waterfall.

• Baccarat guided Shining, Kessoku Band, and Morgans through the casino before Tanaka tried to escort them through the sealed VIP entrance, which Shining opened by reshaping the gold wall.
• Shining’s group encountered Vice Admiral Momousagi and Vice Admiral Cuckoo, then watched Dice smash a steel dice bell with his forehead.
• Tesoro invited Shining and the others to gamble, and later asked Brook whether he could see people who had died; Brook said he could.
• Babbage told Shining that he had a bad feeling and had arranged for the Automated Control Legion to protect everyone during the concert.
• At 18:00, Shining and Kessoku Band went onstage, where a golden waterfall surged toward them as the crowd roared.

Tesoro attacked Shining and Kessoku Band during their performance, but Shining defeated him as Bondrewd and the alliance arrived at Gran Tesoro. Shiki separated Babbage from Shining in an aerial battle while the alliance deployed Landing Pods across the city.

• Tesoro unleashed a golden wave at Shining and Kessoku Band, but Shining transformed it into gold sulfide and sent Perona, Brook, Hina, and Kalifa to Babbage.
• Shining struck Tesoro and overwhelmed him in a one-sided fight as the audience and Morgans watched.
• Bondrewd and the alliance arrived on missiles, while Tesoro's gold began spreading over the Celestial Dragons.
• Babbage flew toward Bondrewd, but Shiki intercepted him with a granite meteorite and forced him down toward the golf course.
• Bondrewd told the four captains to follow the plan as their missiles scattered and deployed Landing Pods around Gran Tesoro.
• A Landing Pod opened in the commercial district, and the fully armed Praying Hands emerged.

Bondrewd arrived at Gran Tesoro with four captains and trapped Shining inside a barrier, where he revealed that Shining was his former student, Reg. As Tesoro’s gold immobilized the spectators and the Celestial Dragons demanded evacuation, Shining remained sealed inside with Bondrewd.

• Shining overwhelmed Tesoro with speed and electrical attacks, then recognized that Bondrewd was behind Tesoro’s behavior.
• Senior left the VIP section to help Babbage, while Galdino stayed behind to protect the others.
• Bondrewd and the four captains arrived on missiles, and Bondrewd took Tesoro’s place opposite Shining.
• The captains activated a barrier around Bondrewd and Shining; Bondrewd used a force-field device to keep Shining from escaping.
• Bondrewd revealed that Shining was his former student, Reg, while Morgans secretly photographed the exchange.
• Tesoro’s gold trapped fleeing spectators, and Tokikake urged the Celestial Dragons to evacuate as Perona and Brook considered how to free Shining.

Tesoro and his controlled allies attacked the VIP District, drawing the Marines and Kessoku Band into a battle while Tokikake escorted the Celestial Dragons away. Gion joined Hina and Brook against the attackers, while the reason Kessoku Band had been targeted remained unclear.

• Tokikake and Gion used Haki to free several Cipher Pol agents from the gold, while the Celestial Dragons demanded an escort out of the area.
• Hina, Brook, Perona, Galdino, and Kalifa prepared to help Shining, but Tesoro arrived and blocked them with Baccarat and Dice.
• Tesoro sent a giant golden serpent crashing into the VIP District, prompting Gion and Cuckoo to realize that Kessoku Band was likely his main target.
• Tokikake escorted the Celestial Dragons away as Gion and Cuckoo confronted Tesoro, who sent a wave of golden pythons toward Kessoku Band.
• Hina, Perona, and Galdino fought Tesoro's henchmen while Hina and Cuckoo attacked Tesoro, and Brook clashed with Dice as Baccarat's luck ability disrupted him.
• Gion cut down Dice's armor and traded attacks with Tesoro before switching places with Hina, while Baccarat challenged Hina and Brook to continue the fight.

Cuckoo and Gion struggled to reach Tesoro through his gold defenses while Shining fought Bondrewd on the main stage. Bondrewd revealed two figures from capsule pods, whom Cuckoo recognized as Admirals Borsalino and Sakazuki.

• Cuckoo evaded Tesoro's molten gold attack as Gion cut through his golden python and barrage, but Tesoro escaped through the gold.
• Shining attacked Bondrewd, who used his Alchemy Fruit to disperse the lightning and kept him occupied on the main stage.
• Tesoro charged toward the VIP seats while Shining and Bondrewd continued their staged close-combat battle.
• Cuckoo confronted Drake near the Signal Tower, and Drake fought her fiercely while secretly signaling that he could not explain his situation.
• Bondrewd opened two capsule pods and introduced their occupants as Shining's juniors, prompting Cuckoo to recognize Admiral Borsalino and Admiral Sakazuki.