Recaps

Sengoku sent Kizaru and Garp to support the battle on Gran Tesoro, but Bondrewd stunned Marine Headquarters by conjuring convincing artificial versions of Akainu and Kizaru. Shining fought the fakes while Bondrewd approached Cuckoo, and Vegapunk's team watched in disbelief from Egghead.

• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to Gran Tesoro and prepared Garp to follow, while refusing Akainu's request to deploy because Kuzan was guarding Impel Down.
• Bondrewd summoned artificial Akainu and Kizaru on the live broadcast, shocking Sengoku, Tsuru, Garp, and the Marines at Headquarters.
• Shining battled the artificial Admirals as they imitated the originals' magma and light abilities, while Bondrewd left the stage and approached Cuckoo.
• Cuckoo retreated from Bondrewd, and Drake stopped fighting after the artificial Admirals appeared.
• Lilith, Shaka, Pythagoras, Edison, and Vegapunk watched the broadcast from Egghead and struggled to understand the artificial Admirals' convincing effects.

Senior fought Tanaka and the Praying Hands in Gran Tesoro while the battle between Golden Lion Shiki and Mechanical King Babbage raged over the Golf Course. Shiki and Babbage continued trading attacks as the Sky Theater prepared to begin its Puppet Show.

• Tanaka ordered Senior to be attacked, and the two fought through their shared ability to pass through walls and the ground.
• Senior saw Bondrewd summon Kizaru and Akainu on a billboard, then an explosion at the stern interrupted his fight with Tanaka.
• More than twenty Praying Hands joined Tanaka, while Titans' Mechanical Guards arrived to support Senior.
• Golden Lion Shiki used a meteor to push Babbage onto the Golf Course, where the two began fighting away from the Sky Theater.
• Babbage fired an Electromagnetic Cannon that pierced Shiki's Flying Slash, then unleashed a barrage of weapons as Shiki countered with Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley.

Shiki fought Babbage over Gran Tesoro until Babbage revealed the Ashen and its Mechanical Soldier legion, turning the duel into a battle against the Machine Intelligence Union. Shiki faced the encirclement as Babbage declared his ideals and unleashed Brilliant Ashen World.

• Shiki used earth and rock from Gran Tesoro’s Golf Course to trap Babbage and press him with Flying Slashes until Babbage ran low on ammunition.
• Babbage refused to retreat, and a plasma cannon strike from the cloaked Ashen blasted through the earth and damaged Gran Tesoro.
• Sephiroth directed Fran to complete the Imperial Guard’s deployment and begin the second-stage combat deployment at Babbage’s position.
• The Ashen appeared beneath Gran Tesoro’s searchlights and launched a vast force of Mechanical Soldiers to surround Shiki.
• Babbage called himself the Machine Intelligence Union and invoked Brilliant Ashen World as Shiki asked to settle the fight peacefully.

Shiki struggled against Babbage and the Zaku Legion, then escaped amid a clash between the Abyss and Ashen. Elsewhere in Gran Tesoro, an Imperial Guard eliminated a patrol, while Senior's squad continued its mission to take over the drainage facilities and replace the public water supply with seawater.

• Shiki failed to damage Babbage with a close-range attack and fled after realizing Babbage's armor had withstood it.
• Indigo fired the Abyss's main cannon at the Ashen, and the two warships exchanged fire as their troops battled in the sky.
• Babbage left to head toward the Sky Theater, while Shiki slipped into the breach in the Ashen and escaped through an emergency passage.
• An Imperial Guard entered an engineering passage, killed six Tesoro Guards, and continued toward the drainage system.
• Senior arrived with Zaku soldiers and ordered them to keep taking control of Gran Tesoro's drainage facilities and replace the outdoor public water with seawater.

The Silent Ship departed Titans with Marine reinforcements for Gran Tesoro while Bondrewd escalated the battle there. After rain freed many hostages from Tesoro’s control, Bondrewd incapacitated Cuckoo and unleashed a flood of sulfuric acid toward the VIP area.

• T Bone and Captain Penn boarded the Wide-Area Silent Ship, and Sephiroth promised Kujaku that the ship would reach Gran Tesoro quickly.
• Sephiroth handed control of his holographic projection to Precious, and the Silent Ship departed Titans.
• Bondrewd confronted Cuckoo while Shining fought two Clone Admirals, then turned his attention toward the explosions at Gran Tesoro’s stern.
• Babbage’s Ashen rose into the sky and exchanged fire with another mechanical flying warship as fountains drenched Gran Tesoro and freed controlled spectators.
• Bondrewd incapacitated Cuckoo and transformed gold sulfide into sulfuric acid, sending the flood toward the VIP area.

Galdino overcame his fear to protect the VIP spectators, then led their evacuation through the Golden Tower as Tesoro’s forces pursued them. He stayed behind to hold off the attackers while the others escaped, and Sephiroth allowed the unexpected turn of events to continue.

• Galdino blocked Bondrewd’s sulfuric acid with a wax wall, but Bondrewd began melting it until Babbage arrived and took over the fight.
• Babbage ordered Galdino to evacuate the VIP spectators, while Zaku soldiers helped cover their retreat and Galdino led them down the passage.
• Kalifa deduced that Bondrewd was manipulating the gold around them, and Galdino pressed on despite threats ahead and behind.
• When Tesoro’s forces destroyed the stairs, Galdino made a paraffin slide across the gap and urged the spectators to escape without him.
• The spectators crossed safely as Galdino endured gunfire and explosions inside the Golden Tower, while Atachi photographed his stand.

Shining unleashed a massive electromagnetic storm across the Sky Theater, disrupting communications and overwhelming the fighters as he transformed into an armored Thunder Giant God. The chapter ended with him announcing his new form, Giant Trunade Spirit.

• Tesoro fought Gion while Baccarat and Dice led the guards against Hina, Brook, Perona, and the Zaku soldiers.
• Hina struggled against Baccarat’s Lucky-Lucky Fruit, then ordered Perona to evacuate while she kept Baccarat occupied.
• Urouge, Apoo, Drake, and Hawkins defended the generators from Zaku soldiers, while a commander Zaku escorted the incapacitated Cuckoo to a medical area.
• Shining teleported to the center of the Barrier and released Conqueror’s Haki and a powerful electromagnetic pulse, briefly stopping the cloned Admirals and disabling Morgans’s camera.
• Shining’s electrical discharge filled the Sky Theater with lightning and auroras, incapacitating guards while leaving several fighters unharmed.
• Shining drew down the lightning and transformed into the armored Giant Trunade Spirit.

Shining unleashed his giant lightning form and devastated the Sky Theater before joining the fight against Bondrewd. Babbage freed Tesoro from Bondrewd’s control, but Bondrewd emerged from Tesoro’s chest and destroyed Babbage’s mechanical body.

• Hina captured Baccarat after Perona’s slot machine jackpot drained Baccarat’s luck.
• Shining defeated Red Dog, then struck down Urouge with a massive lightning attack that carved a swath of ruins across Gran Tesoro.
• Shining confronted Bondrewd while Babbage flew to help Gion fight Tesoro.
• Babbage disrupted Tesoro’s barrier and shattered the circlet controlling him.
• Bondrewd grew an arm from Tesoro’s chest and decomposed Babbage, whose damaged body fell toward the ground.

Cuckoo and the wounded Tokikake were taken to the Ashen’s medical room, where Babbage revealed his Hive Matrix and promised to help save the Celestial Dragons. At the Sky Theater, Bondrewd and Tesoro continued their fight against Shining’s side, and Tesoro broke away to rescue Baccarat.

• A Zaku squad escorted Cuckoo to the Ashen, where Artificial Angels placed her in a medical room alongside the injured Tokikake.
• Babbage emerged from the Hive Matrix, explained that Bondrewd had been exposed, and agreed to help save the Celestial Dragons.
• At the Sky Theater, Bondrewd praised Tesoro for helping remove Babbage from the fight, and both sides resumed battling.
• Urouge attacked Gion while Drake and Hawkins fought Brook and Perona, and Shining and Bondrewd remained the main combatants.
• Tesoro charged Hina to reach Baccarat, but Shining carried Hina out of the golden wave as Tesoro freed Baccarat and embraced her.

Shining and his allies uncovered Bondrewd’s plan to revive Stella by using a soul and a body, driving Tesoro to unleash his gold-powered giant against Bondrewd. Kizaru arrived to protect Tesoro, and he and Shining faced Bondrewd as the ruined hotel collapsed around them.

• Hina, Shining, Bondrewd, and Tesoro regrouped as Shining and Hina identified Brook and Perona as Bondrewd’s targets.
• Tesoro revealed that he had allied with Bondrewd to bring Stella back, and Bondrewd admitted he intended to summon her soul into a puppet or use Baccarat as her vessel.
• Brook condemned Bondrewd’s methods, and Tesoro broke down when he realized how close he had come to sacrificing Baccarat.
• Tesoro erupted in rage and transformed the King of Gold Hotel into a hundred-meter golden giant, which attacked Bondrewd.
• Bondrewd used mercury to corrode the giant, but Kizaru arrived and struck Bondrewd before shielding the weakened Tesoro.
• Shining joined Kizaru, and the two Logia users confronted Bondrewd.

Kizaru arrived at Gran Tesoro and joined Shining in fighting Bondrewd, whose large-scale Transmutation was meant to affect the island. Babbage had sabotaged Bondrewd’s plan, and Shining revealed that Babbage could be rebooted after temporarily leaving the stage.

• Kizaru reached Gran Tesoro, found Bondrewd fighting Tesoro, and intervened alongside Shining.
• Kizaru and Shining battled Bondrewd through the VIP District as the electromagnetic field disrupted Kizaru’s Observation Haki and filled the streets with strange phenomena.
• Golden Lion arrived carrying four Celestial Dragons as hostages, and Bondrewd began a vast Transmutation across the surrounding area.
• Bondrewd revealed that someone had sabotaged his plan, and Senior emerged to accuse him of killing Babbage.
• Bondrewd trapped Senior in a web of black substance, but Shining pulled him free and told him Babbage could be rebooted.

Bondrewd revealed the Sage’s Stone and used it to restore Golden Lion’s youth, exposing a secret that the VIP district’s guests could not keep quiet. As Kizaru and Shining prepared to pursue them, Bondrewd warned that the Great Angel was approaching, and Golden Lion used the last Celestial Dragon as a shield while a meteor streaked toward the battlefield.

• Gion and Hina left Baccarat and Dice alone while Brook and Perona watched Bondrewd’s strange transmutation effects spread across the district, with their bracelets keeping them safe.
• Tesoro exposed Bondrewd’s possession of Pure Gold and its creator, but Bondrewd and Golden Lion proceeded with their plan using the Celestial Dragons as materials.
• Bondrewd decomposed three Celestial Dragons and three Praying Hands into a Sage’s Stone, then drove it into Golden Lion’s chest and restored his youth.
• Bondrewd explained that the stone’s effects relied on Pure Gold and that Celestial Dragons possessed unusually high existence power, while Morgans photographed the revelation and Kizaru realized it could not be suppressed.
• Bondrewd warned Golden Lion that the Great Angel would arrive soon, and Golden Lion seized the remaining Celestial Dragon as Kizaru and Shining readied themselves to fight.
• A meteor hurtled toward the battlefield from the stern of Gran Tesoro.

Gil prepared to operate Artificial Heaven while Babbage arrived at Gran Tesoro in his Sky Thunder form and joined the battle against Golden Lion, Bondrewd, and Kizaru. The fight escalated as Bondrewd revealed his vision of humanity’s future, while invisible fluctuations gathered in the sky.

• Lilith reassured Gil as Isabella and Angela prepared to support his first real battle through Artificial Heaven.
• Babbage descended on Gran Tesoro, transformed into Xyz Mode-Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder, and attacked Golden Lion and Bondrewd.
• Golden Lion evaded Babbage’s attacks and countered with a Flying Slash as Kizaru and Shining joined the aerial battle.
• Bondrewd coordinated with Golden Lion to keep their escape possible while Kizaru tried to reach the Celestial Dragon being escorted away.
• Bondrewd declared that the battle represented humanity’s dream and future, and Babbage deployed more weapons as the five fighters clashed.
• Invisible fluctuations began gathering above the battlefield.

Bondrewd and the Golden Lion escaped the Marine encirclement while Babbage and the Clone Admirals helped unleash the Tower of Babel’s planetary electromagnetic array. Gil synchronized the orbital satellites and global stations, allowing Sephiroth to lift Gran Tesoro into the sky and overwhelm the battlefield with the Sky-Thunder’s power; the Red Lotus Archfiend Dragon vanished in its final burst of starlight.

• The Sky-Thunder and Bondrewd fought Kizaru, Shining, and Babbage while the Golden Lion used seawater and attacks to resist their encirclement.
• Bondrewd enacted Plan 4, and the Abyss brought the Clone Admirals Kizaru and Akainu to the battlefield before Bondrewd transformed into the Red Lotus Archfiend Dragon and struck the Ashen.
• Babbage challenged Bondrewd as Gil activated the orbital tether array and global Wardenclyffe stations through the Core Sanctum.
• The synchronized array created a vast magnetic field that caused weightlessness and lifted Gran Tesoro and its occupants into the sky.
• The Sky-Thunder released billions of points of starlight across the battlefield, and the Red Lotus Archfiend Dragon vanished like a snowflake.

After Bondrewd’s escape, Gran Tesoro recovered from the battle and Marines and rescuers tended to the injured. The Five Elders decided how to handle Tesoro and Bondrewd, ending the volume by offering Celestial Dragon status to anyone who captured Bondrewd alive.

• Aboard the Abyss, Golden Lion, Caesar, Indigo, and the others discussed Babbage’s overwhelming Magnet-Magnet Fruit power and the failed Devouring City ritual.
• Gran Tesoro returned to normal, leaving its Navigator Turtles frightened and the vessel stranded, while civilians celebrated Galdino and the Great Angel Alliance and Titans Alliance.
• Garp arrived, heard Gion’s account of the situation, and joined her in questioning Kizaru about Babbage’s battle and the Great Angel’s abilities.
• Shining visited Hina in her room, and they spent the night together.
• The Five Elders agreed to claim Tesoro had been deceived by Bondrewd, let Shining take Tesoro under his command, raise Golden Lion’s bounty to five billion, and offer Celestial Dragon status to anyone who captured Bondrewd alive.

Shining arrived at Egghead with Hina and met Vegapunk, Kizaru, and the research satellites, who wanted to learn how Bondrewd had replicated Devil Fruit abilities. Shining improvised a muddled explanation based on fragments of science fiction and popular science, leaving Vegapunk questioning his own genius.

• Shining landed the Thunderhawk at Egghead and arrived at the floating laboratory with Hina, while Lilith collected them in the Vegatank.
• Shining and Hina teased each other on the way to the garden, where Vegapunk, Kizaru, Shaka, and Edison were waiting.
• Vegapunk asked Shining how Bondrewd had reproduced Devil Fruit abilities, and Shining claimed he knew nothing about the technique.
• Shining offered to share guesses, then lectured the research satellites using a jumble of biology, genetic science fiction, and alchemy references.
• Vegapunk listened to Shining's explanation and wondered whether he was really a genius.

Shining explained to Kizaru why the Glint-Glint Fruit could not produce gamma rays through ordinary light-generation methods, while suggesting that belief or a Devil Fruit’s powers might overcome the scientific barrier. Kizaru asked about the Great Angel’s defeat of Kaido, and Shining ended by hinting that Shaka had misunderstood his question about the absent Vegapunk satellites.

• Shining’s fragmented account of Bondrewd’s research left the Vegapunks overwhelmed, though they began organizing the information and kept Shining nearby for questions.
• Kizaru asked Shining to explain his Gamma-Ray Burst, and Shining said the Glint-Glint Fruit produced photons through electron transitions, which could not reach gamma-ray energies.
• Shining explained that gamma rays could come from electron acceleration or nuclear reactions, and suggested that Kizaru might produce them only by overcoming a mental barrier through Devil Fruit belief.
• Shining speculated that the Great Angel’s Heartless Angel was a proton cannon, but told Kizaru he did not know how a Mythical Zoan had used it to defeat Kaido.
• Shaka asked why the other Vegapunk satellites had not joined the discussion, and Lilith explained their different roles and memory synchronization through Punk Records.
• Shining said Shaka had misunderstood what he meant, then smiled mischievously.

Shining prompted Vegapunk to consider involving all the satellites in the research, and his teasing remarks about York made Vegapunk suspicious of the satellite’s behavior. After the meeting, Shining and Hina headed off to spend time together, where Hina asked what he liked about her.

• Shining suggested that Atlas and York could contribute ideas to the research alongside the other satellites, and Lilith agreed that their different thought processes might help.
• Shining joked that York seemed increasingly foolish after visiting the Holy Land, prompting Vegapunk to wonder whether York had done something that could endanger him.
• Vegapunk ended the meeting and left with Shaka, while Lilith and the others departed; Kizaru remained watchful of Shining.
• Shining and Hina took the elevator down to visit Atlas, and Hina invited him to browse the shopping street with her.
• Hina asked Shining what he liked about her, and he reassured her that he genuinely liked her before she elbowed him for getting carried away.

Shining took Hina on a date around Egghead Island before leaving for Heaven's Gate to meet Zephyr about Bondrewd. The chapter ended with Ain greeting Sephiroth while Zephyr reacted to her enthusiasm.

• Shining and Hina found Atlas venting her stress at a holographic park, and Shining fought her until she calmed down.
• Shining and Hina toured Egghead Island, spent the night at his residence, and departed aboard the Thunderhawk the next day.
• Angela informed Shining that Zephyr had arrived at Heaven's Gate and wanted to discuss Bondrewd, so Shining teleported there while Hina stayed aboard the Thunderhawk.
• Sephiroth watched Ain spar with Brook and learned that Brook could use Haki only inconsistently because he could not store it.
• Sephiroth met Zephyr, discussed Bondrewd and the recent battle, and cautioned Zephyr against rushing into a confrontation.
• Ain finished sparring with Brook, spotted Sephiroth, and greeted him enthusiastically while Zephyr reacted.

Sephiroth, Zephyr, and Ain toured Heaven's Gate Town, where Ain admired the diverse community and its free schools. They encountered Issho and Gerd near an elementary school, then headed off to lunch together.

• Ain defeated Brook in a sparring match, then went to greet Sephiroth and Zephyr when they arrived.
• Sephiroth invited Ain and Zephyr to tour town, and they admired the lively streets and residents of different races.
• Ain asked Sephiroth about Babylon's compulsory education, and he explained that dedicated schools had become necessary as the population grew.
• Zephyr and Sephiroth spotted Issho watching children play, and Sephiroth encouraged him to spend more time with them.
• Gerd appeared near the school, greeted the group excitedly, and praised Ain's casual outfit before Sephiroth suggested they go to lunch.

On September 1, Babbage asked Shining to become his successor as a precaution against Bondrewd, while Lucian tentatively showed Senior a small sign of forgiveness. The next day, Sephiroth’s companions arrived near Amazon Lily for Hancock’s birthday, where Uta’s friends discussed her upcoming eighteenth birthday and teased her.

• Lucian gave Senior a packed lunch after deciding to forgive him a little more, and Senior watched her hurry back upstairs.
• Babbage asked Shining to become his successor, explaining that Bondrewd had evolved again and that only he and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit could control Titans.
• Shining told Babbage that Sephiroth was traveling to Amazon Lily for Hancock’s birthday, and Babbage questioned why Shining called him the Honor Student.
• The Wide-Area Silent Ship descended near Amazon Lily on September 2, while Nami, Carina, and Uta chatted about the tour and Uta’s upcoming eighteenth birthday.
• Nami and Carina pinned Uta down and tickled her after she tried to slip away from their teasing.

Sephiroth discovered that Precious, the Silent Ship’s AI, was actually its ship spirit and discussed her identity and attachment to him. The Silent Ship landed at Amazon Lily, where Sephiroth greeted Hancock on her birthday before Gerd arrived with Uta, Nami, Carina, Tashigi, and Baby 5 riding on her.

• Sephiroth confronted Precious about her unusual intelligence, and she revealed that she was the Silent Ship’s ship spirit and called him her father.
• Precious explained that her AI was part of her and asked Sephiroth to use the Silent Ship more often; he agreed to keep calling her Precious.
• The Silent Ship landed at the Kuja base on Amazon Lily, where Hancock eagerly waited for Sephiroth despite Granny Nyon reminding her that she had seen him three days earlier.
• Sephiroth greeted Hancock with roses for her birthday, and she embraced him in front of the assembled Kuja.
• Gerd arrived at Amazon Lily with Uta, Nami, Carina, Tashigi, and Baby 5 riding on her, prompting Hancock and the Kuja to stare at Sephiroth.

Sephiroth and his companions enjoyed breakfast with Hancock and Gerd on Amazon Lily before traveling to Dressrosa for BanG Dream’s Autumn Tour. At the concert, Whitebeard’s commanders arrived to meet Sephiroth, and Marco abruptly stepped in front of Izo.

• Sephiroth woke beside Hancock, then joined her and the others for breakfast in the Kuja Royal Palace.
• Gerd happily described her first day on Amazon Lily, and Sephiroth said they would stay with the Kuja for a few days.
• Several days later, BanG Dream performed at the Corrida Colosseum in Dressrosa while Sephiroth and King Riku watched from the VIP stand.
• Gerd met Rebecca during a break in the concert, while King Riku thanked Sephiroth for supporting Dressrosa.
• Issho and Viola reported that three of Whitebeard’s division commanders had arrived, and Sephiroth guessed they had come to see him.
• Marco, Namur, and Izo entered the arena, but Marco stepped in front of Izo when Sephiroth looked toward him.

Marco, Izo, and Namur of the Whitebeard Pirates visited Sephiroth during Uta’s concert to ask about Bondrewd’s Sage’s Stone and discuss an alliance. Marco agreed to let Sephiroth establish a permanent base on Food Valten in exchange for information, while Namur’s sudden prostration left Sephiroth bewildered.

• Uta and her band performed Fairy Tail for the audience in Corrida Arena as Marco, Izo, and Namur watched from the stands.
• Marco, Izo, and Namur went to meet Sephiroth during the intermission, and Sephiroth invited them to speak privately.
• Marco asked about Bondrewd’s Sage’s Stone and offered an offensive and defensive alliance against Bondrewd.
• Sephiroth warned Marco not to trust the Sage’s Stone and traded information about it for permission to establish a permanent base on Food Valten.
• After Marco finished their business, Namur prostrated himself before Sephiroth, who could not understand why.

Namur offered to serve Sephiroth to repay his debt, while Izo asked about Sephiroth’s intentions toward Wano Country and the Kozuki Family. After Uta’s successful performance and a celebration at the Royal Palace, Rebecca asked to join the tour, and King Riku agreed.

• Namur prostrated himself before Sephiroth, offered three acts of service that would not betray Whitebeard, and gave him his Vivre Card; Sephiroth accepted.
• Izo asked about Sephiroth’s intentions toward Wano Country, and Sephiroth said he would guarantee the Kozuki Family’s safety if they lived as ordinary people and did not disrupt the current order.
• Sephiroth ended his meeting with Namur, Izo, and Marco, and Uta’s afternoon performance closed with “MASAYUME CHASING” and “Be As One.”
• At the Royal Palace celebration, Rebecca talked with Nami and Carina about Elbaf and Fish-Man Island before praising Uta’s singing.
• Rebecca asked to join the tour after Gerd invited her to visit Elbaf, and Sephiroth offered her a place if King Riku agreed or a later meeting in Elbaf.
• King Riku agreed to let Rebecca join the rest of the itinerary, and Rebecca threw herself onto Sephiroth.