Recaps

Sephiroth finalized a cooperation agreement with the Marines and invited Hina to join Kessoku Band, then brought her to the band’s concert in St. Poplar. Hina was swept up by their performance and decided she wanted to join.

• Vice Admiral Doll explained the cooperation agreement, and Sephiroth accepted its terms as a Marine Science Unit consultant and honorary Cipher Pol chief.
• Doll left Hina as Sephiroth’s liaison and told him that Vegapunk would be his next collaborator after news of the meeting date arrived.
• Sephiroth invited Hina to Kessoku Band’s concert in St. Poplar and gave her a flyer after asking whether she could play guitar.
• A newspaper announced the Great Angel’s marriage alliance with the Big Mom Pirates, and Hina criticized Sephiroth as a womanizer.
• Brook harassed a passerby, Perona knocked him down with a Negative Hollow, and the band continued to the concert venue.
• Kessoku Band opened its concert with a new song, Great Days, and Hina was so impressed that she wanted to join the band.

After Kessoku Band’s concert dazzled Hina and the audience, Sephiroth traveled with her to a Marine research institute to meet Vegapunk. He agreed to assist Vegapunk’s research and clone soldiers, while considering how to gain access to the scientist’s knowledge.

• Perona and Shining performed several new songs, including a dramatic duet, before Satellite Shining closed the concert with ROUNDABOUT.
• Sephiroth and Hina sailed from G14 Base to the Marine Science Unit No. 8 Research Institute, where Sentomaru greeted them and accidentally revealed the island’s identity.
• Sentomaru led Sephiroth and Hina through the facility, where they met Vegapunk and Kizaru.
• Vegapunk proposed that Sephiroth use his Devil Fruit powers to help with research and the clone soldiers, and Sephiroth agreed to the terms of their cooperation.

Sephiroth toured Vegapunk’s research facilities and learned how his abilities would support the development of clone soldiers and weapons. After Vegapunk explained the project’s limitations and goals, Sephiroth suggested calling the soldiers Pacifistas.

• Vegapunk showed Sephiroth a laboratory where researchers tested human-modification technology on a pirate, and Sephiroth asked what work the agreement required of him.
• At the weapons testing range, Vegapunk demonstrated a laser rifle and explained that he wanted Sephiroth to help develop weapons that could be integrated into clone soldiers.
• Vegapunk showed Sephiroth unstable biological base bodies made using templates with beneficial mutations that could not be reliably inherited, including Whitebeard and Kaido.
• Vegapunk explained that ordinary Giants could serve as templates for the first-generation clone warriors, whose combat strength would be enhanced using the Glint-Glint Fruit and Rumble-Rumble Fruit abilities.
• When Vegapunk said he wanted his creations to protect ordinary people, Sephiroth suggested naming the soldiers Pacifistas, and Vegapunk accepted the name.

Sephiroth arrived in Alabasta with Yamato, Ulti, Baby 5, and the Knights to provide disaster relief amid a severe drought and a growing refugee crisis. After establishing a temporary base in Nanohana Town, he prepared to travel to the hardest-hit cities, Erumalu and Yuba, to meet Laki and expand relief efforts.

• Sephiroth's flying church, the Red Tears, landed at Nanohana Town, where he and his companions drew attention from the port residents.
• Sephiroth sent Ulti and Baby 5 shopping for perfume while he took the Knights to book a hotel and organize their relief operation.
• A Knight reported that Shura had reached Yuba and found conditions there dire, while Titans could provide only medicine and seawater desalination units.
• Sephiroth ordered the Knights to establish a temporary base in Nanohana Town and announced that he would go to meet Laki.
• Yamato, Ulti, and Baby 5 joined Sephiroth as he briefed them on the scale of the crisis and prepared to travel to Erumalu and Yuba.

Sephiroth prepared to leave Nanohana for Erumalu while Baroque Works agents watched his hotel. When Vivi approached him under her alias Fifi, he recognized her and revealed that he knew her identity.

• A group of Baroque Works Millions and Billions watched the hotel, and Ika sent Fifi to approach Sephiroth’s party.
• Sephiroth sensed the watchers’ malice and told the Holy Knights to stay alert while he prepared to travel with Yamato, Ulti, and Baby 5.
• Yamato, Ulti, and Baby 5 changed into desert outfits, and Sephiroth added cloaks before the party headed toward the harbor.
• Vivi ran toward Sephiroth with hired thugs behind her, and Yamato frightened them off with a strike of her kanabo.
• Sephiroth identified Fifi as Princess Vivi, surprising her, and told her not to underestimate his intelligence network.

Sephiroth agreed to help Vivi expose Baroque Works and aid Alabasta’s drought victims in exchange for an agreement like Dressrosa’s, while also proposing an engagement. As Babylon’s knights rescued a dying child in Erumalu, Colonel Kujaku arrived to search for the Great Angel.

• Vivi explained how the drought and dance powder had turned the people against King Cobra, and revealed that she had infiltrated Baroque Works to uncover its role.
• Yamato urged Sephiroth to help Vivi, and he made an agreement with her in exchange for Alabasta signing a pact similar to Dressrosa’s.
• Vivi accepted Sephiroth’s terms, and he promised to deal with the mastermind, support disaster victims, and wait two years before their wedding.
• A Holy Knight used a Cross Medal to remotely activate Bioelectric resuscitation and revive a dehydrated child in Erumalu.
• Colonel Kujaku reached Erumalu and approached the Holy Knight, claiming she was looking for a missing friend.

Kujaku investigated Babylon while its Knights fought off Sand Raiders, and Sephiroth arrived in Erumalu to find the refugees suffering from a severe water shortage. He used his powers to make rain fall over the city, while Kujaku watched and judged the Great Angel.

• Kujaku told a Holy Knight captain she was looking for a missing reporter as Sand Raiders approached, and Babylon's Knights deployed to intercept them.
• Laki ordered the Knights to let some raiders escape, and they routed the attackers with their superior armor and weapons.
• Kujaku met Laki on an abandoned tower, then introduced herself to Sephiroth as Vermilion Bird and asked Babylon for help finding her friend.
• Laki explained to Sephiroth, Yamato, Vivi, and the others that the refugees were severely dehydrated because transporting freshwater was difficult.
• Sephiroth evaporated seawater and controlled the resulting clouds, bringing rain to Erumalu as the refugees prayed and Vivi marveled at his power.

Shura struggled to manage relief operations in Yuba’s harsh conditions as Sephiroth arrived and learned that his knights had captured several Baroque Works agents, including Mr. 3. After reuniting Vivi with Mr. Toto and learning that Koza and many young people had left Yuba, Sephiroth began making rain over the region.

• Shura kept the Sky Knight Order’s water use normal and learned that Sephiroth would arrive in Yuba shortly.
• Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek entered the refugee camp with a disguised Baroque Works caravan, but the knights captured them and several other agents.
• Sephiroth arrived in Yuba with Kujaku and learned from a Holy Knight that Mr. 3, Mr. 7, Mr. 11, their partners, and other agents had been captured.
• Vivi recognized Mr. Toto, who told her that Koza and many young people had left Yuba for Cattleya.
• Sephiroth flew above Yuba and used Rain Prayer to bring rain to the region.

Sephiroth interrogated Mr. 3, confirmed that Baroque Works agents did not know their boss’s identity, and learned more about their infiltration and dance powder. He identified Crocodile as the mastermind behind Alabasta’s crisis and headed toward Rain Dinners, where Crocodile learned Mr. 3 had gone missing.

• Vivi questioned Mr. 3 about Mr. 0, and Sephiroth confirmed that Mr. 3 genuinely did not know the boss’s identity.
• Mr. 3 admitted that his mission was to infiltrate and investigate, and Sephiroth decided the captured agents would be handed over to the Navy after Alabasta’s problems were resolved.
• Sephiroth arranged for Marianne to go to an orphanage in Titans and told the others that Crocodile was behind the Utopia Operation.
• Kujaku questioned why Crocodile had waited so long to seize Alabasta, and Sephiroth said the party would go to Rain Dinners to confront him.
• At Rain Dinners, Crocodile learned that the Great Angel had arrived to address the drought and that Mr. 3 had disappeared after entering the camp.

Crocodile ordered Baroque Works agents to target the Great Angel while preparing to seize King Cobra, and Sephiroth organized a two-pronged operation to protect the king and confront Crocodile. The teams began their mission, with Sephiroth and Baby 5 entering Rainbase as Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine prepared to attack him.

• Crocodile told Robin to send Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine after the Great Angel, with other Baroque Works pairs ready to destroy the refugee camp and intercept him if necessary.
• Yamato and the others shared dinner in Yuba, where Sephiroth explained that a Clone-Clone Fruit user could impersonate King Cobra and put him at risk.
• Sephiroth assigned himself, Baby 5, and Kujaku to investigate Crocodile in Rainbase, while Vivi, Yamato, and Ulti headed to Alubarna to protect King Cobra.
• Sephiroth gave Vivi and Kujaku emergency protection devices that could shield them and summon him for help.
• The teams traveled toward their destinations in Titans aircraft, and Sephiroth, Baby 5, and Kujaku arrived at Crocodile's Rainbase casino.
• Kujaku went to investigate in disguise, while Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, disguised as a waiter and casino bunny girl, prepared to target the Great Angel.

Sephiroth followed Mikita to a suite, learned that Crocodile had already left for the Royal Capital, and captured her after foiling her assassination attempt. Meanwhile, Baby 5 fought Mr. 5 in Rainbase’s Atrium and defeated him with an electromagnetic shot.

• Sephiroth entered Rainbase’s casino with Baby 5 and accepted Mikita’s invitation to follow her, while warning Baby 5 to stay safe.
• Mikita tried to assassinate Sephiroth with a hidden Seastone Dagger, but he disarmed her and read her surface memories, learning Crocodile had headed for the Royal Capital with Robin and Mr. 2.
• Sephiroth restrained Mikita with a Seastone collar and had his Artificial Angels pack her for transport, then hurried toward Baby 5.
• Mr. 5 lured Baby 5 to the Atrium by claiming Sephiroth wanted to see her, and the two began fighting.
• Baby 5 stopped firing when Mr. 5 shouted that he needed her, then shot him with an electromagnetic sniper rifle, blasting away his upper body.

Sephiroth comforted Baby 5 after she killed Mr. 5, while Kujaku defeated Mr. 1 and Miss Doublefinger and uncovered Crocodile’s coup plan. Vivi returned to Alubarna with Yamato and Ulti, warned Cobra about Crocodile, and Yamato attacked Crocodile when he arrived at the palace.

• Sephiroth praised Baby 5 for defeating Mr. 5 and headed with her to the rendezvous point.
• Kujaku defeated Mr. 1 and Miss Doublefinger, captured them with Seastone Handcuffs, and learned that Crocodile had launched the Utopia Plan and gone to the capital with Mr. 2 and Miss All Sunday.
• Vivi arrived at the Royal Palace with Yamato and Ulti and confirmed that Cobra was still himself.
• Vivi told Cobra that Crocodile had used dance powder as part of a plot to seize the throne.
• Crocodile entered the throne room with another king and a woman in a white trench coat, and Yamato charged at him to protect Vivi and Cobra.

Yamato and Ulti fought Crocodile in the Royal Palace while the royal guards discovered his plot and helped Cobra and Vivi escape. Crocodile broke off his battle with Yamato, then blocked Cobra and the others in the rear courtyard.

• Yamato fought Crocodile, countering his sand attacks with Haki and freezing powers.
• Chaka, Pell, and the royal guards entered the throne hall, where Crocodile and Mr. 2 tried to pass off the real Cobra as an impostor.
• Chaka attacked Crocodile without Haki and was struck down, while Mr. 2 revealed himself and fought the guards; Pell led Cobra and Vivi toward the rear exit.
• Ulti stopped Mr. 2 from pursuing Cobra and Vivi as Yamato drove Crocodile out of the throne hall and into the palace courtyard.
• Crocodile used his Devil Fruit powers to turn the courtyard into sand and fought Yamato before escaping in a sandstorm.
• Cobra, Vivi, and Pell tried to leave through the rear courtyard, but Crocodile emerged from swirling sand and blocked their way.

Sephiroth arrived in Alubarna to rescue Vivi and fought Crocodile while Cobra and Pell escaped. After defeating Crocodile in the desert and having him restrained, Sephiroth sensed Robin nearby and flew toward the Royal Palace.

• Crocodile intercepted Cobra, Vivi, and Pell in the palace backyard and threatened to kill Vivi unless Cobra came with him.
• Vivi prayed for help, and Sephiroth appeared; he directed Pell to carry Cobra and Vivi toward Baby 5 and the others while he held off Crocodile.
• Sephiroth and Crocodile battled through the palace grounds and into the desert, where Sephiroth’s attacks drained Crocodile’s stamina.
• Sephiroth broke through Crocodile’s Heavyweight Sables with a pillar of light and knocked him out with a Conqueror’s Coating kick.
• The Aircraft descended, and an Artificial Angel placed Seastone Handcuffs on Crocodile; Sephiroth then sensed Robin and flew toward the Royal Palace.

Sephiroth found Robin in the Royal Palace and offered her access to multiple Poneglyphs, prompting her to join him. Crocodile awoke in Titans custody and learned that Sephiroth had brought rain to the disaster area, leaving him laughing over the implications of his defeat.

• Yamato and Ulti learned from Baby 5 that Cobra and Vivi were safe and regrouped with her as Marines arrived.
• Sephiroth found Robin, revealed that he knew about Ohara and the Poneglyphs, and offered to show her this country's Poneglyph along with others he knew about.
• Sephiroth led Robin underground to the tomb, where she found the Poneglyph and learned it said Pluton was in Wano Country.
• Robin agreed to work for Sephiroth, at least until she had deciphered the Poneglyphs he promised her.
• Crocodile woke in Seastone Handcuffs at the Titans Embassy and spoke with Senior, who told him Sephiroth had brought rain to the disaster area.
• Crocodile reflected on Sephiroth defeating him through raw strength despite the Sand-Sand Fruit's weakness to water, then burst into laughter.

Robin examined a cracked stone with genuine Ancient Script but false Poneglyph material while Sephiroth arranged political and economic cooperation with Alabasta and grew closer to Vivi. After discovering Marine Rear Admiral Kujaku’s covert mission, Sephiroth proposed that she claim credit for capturing Crocodile, leaving her stunned and amused as they faced the need for a secret agreement.

• Robin followed an Artificial Angel through the Titans base and examined a cracked, counterfeit Poneglyph describing events after the queen’s disappearance.
• At Cobra’s banquet, Sephiroth declined a treasury reward and arranged an engagement with Vivi alongside political cooperation between Alabasta and Babylon.
• Senior negotiated thirty-year interest-free loans and mutual tariff exemptions with Cobra to support Alabasta’s reconstruction.
• Sephiroth walked with Vivi, and she told him she would be a good wife before he returned her to Cobra.
• Sephiroth confronted Kujaku about her Marine identity and proposed that she claim credit for capturing Crocodile, leaving her surprised and entertained.

Sephiroth pursued his plans in Alabasta, handing the Marines credit for Crocodile’s capture while building political ties through a marriage alliance. He also arranged aid for Alabasta and learned that the guardian fruits’ inheritance depended on religious faith.

• Kujaku considered Sephiroth’s offer of a faster promotion and left to discuss it with others, while Sephiroth teleported to Tamarisk and visited the imprisoned Mikita.
• Kujaku escorted Crocodile in seastone handcuffs as Vice Admiral Dalmatian mocked him; Crocodile warned that the Great Angel would become a greater problem for the World Government.
• Kuma received Sephiroth’s request to transport supplies to Alabasta’s disaster-stricken areas and agreed to travel via Sky Island with Bonney.
• Sephiroth completed diplomatic ties and marriage arrangements with Alabasta, adding its princesses to his political alliances and drawing attention in the newspapers.
• The World Government invited Whitebeard II to become a Shichibukai, and Sephiroth learned that guardian fruits sought suitable people through religious faith.

After Zephyr reacted furiously to Whitebeard II’s appointment as a Shichibukai, Sephiroth brought Robin to Sky Island and offered her a protected place in Babylon. Robin accepted a scholarly adviser role and bargained with Sephiroth for information about the other Poneglyphs, leaving their arrangement personal as well as political.

• Zephyr confronted Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru over the World Government appointing Whitebeard II as a Shichibukai, then stormed out and wrecked the office door.
• Sephiroth brought Robin to the Golden Bell, where she studied its inscription and learned from him that the Poneglyph concerned Poseidon.
• Sephiroth gave Robin a Babylon identification token, level-three access, private quarters, and the position of scholarly adviser while keeping her identity private.
• Robin asked Sephiroth about the locations of the other seven Poneglyphs, and he said she would have to repay him for that information.
• Robin accepted Sephiroth’s terms, and the two became intimate.

Sephiroth learned of Zephyr’s departure from the Marines, welcomed Bonney and Reiju to Sky Island, and discussed diplomacy and marriage with Reiju. After confessing his feelings and revealing that Shining and Babbage were identities of his, he and Reiju kissed, and she told him she would wait until November.

• Sephiroth learned that Zephyr had left the Marines and ordered Satori to have him watched without intervening.
• Sephiroth found Reiju and Bonney in the Atrium, where Bonney and Aisa were sparring while Baby 5 cared for his daughter.
• Sephiroth discussed Reiju’s diplomatic visit to Totto Land and the Charlotte Family’s concern about the Mechanical King.
• Sephiroth confessed his feelings to Reiju and revealed that Shining and Babbage were identities of his.
• Reiju kissed Sephiroth, then teased him by saying she would wait for him in November.

Sephiroth arrived on Drum Island as Bondrewd and seized King Wapol after breaking through the Royal Palace’s defenses. Wapol was taken away for captivity, while the chapter ended with Drum Island ready to choose a new king and the author noting Uta would appear in the next volume.

• Wapol complained that Kureha had become too influential, while his ministers warned him against provoking Titans and reminded him of Bondrewd’s power.
• Dalton reported Bondrewd’s arrival at the harbor, and Wapol panicked and called the Marines for help.
• Sephiroth approached the Royal Palace in his Bondrewd identity and used Transmutation to break through its bridge and walls.
• Kureha reassured Chopper that support was ready and that the Great Angel’s forces could arrive if needed.
• Wapol fled toward Kureha for help, but Sephiroth caught him with living metal and planned to imprison him on a Secret Artificial Sky Island.
• The chapter noted that the White Iron Kingdom would need a new king and that Uta would appear in the next volume.

Sephiroth comforted the pregnant Hancock with a visit and supplied the Kuja with shape-shifting mithril weapons. The next day, he and his companions set off aboard the Red Tears for Fish-Man Island, where he briefed them on local dangers.

• Hancock asked Sephiroth if he was happy they had met, and he reassured her while explaining that his recent work involved new weapons.
• Sephiroth described the properties of mithril, which could automatically return to its original shape, and said he planned to increase production for the Kuja.
• Hancock and Sephiroth shared indirect intimacy before he teleported to the Red Tears at Sabaody the next day.
• Yamato, Baby 5, Robin, Reiju, Lilith, and Isabella joined Sephiroth for the trip to Fish-Man Island, while several others stayed behind.
• The Red Tears began diving, and Sephiroth briefed the group on Fish-Man Island, including Hody Jones and Vander Decken.

Sephiroth and his crew reached Fish-Man Island aboard the Red Tears after driving off curious sea kings. At the gate, Jinbe and the Ryugu princes welcomed them and escorted them toward Ryugu Palace, where Sephiroth sensed malice in the watching crowd.

• The Red Tears attracted seven sea kings, and Sephiroth frightened them away with his lightning-based ability after active sonar provoked them.
• Fish-Man Island’s guards spotted the uncoated Red Tears approaching and reported it to Ryugu Palace.
• Fukaboshi, Ryuboshi, and Manboshi joined Jinbe at the national gate to welcome Sephiroth and his party.
• Sephiroth, Isabella, Lilith, and the others flew to the docks and greeted Jinbe and the princes.
• Jinbe led the group toward Ryugu Palace as they admired Fish-Man Island and its residents.
• Sephiroth sensed strong malice from a shark Fish-Man in the crowd.

Sephiroth and his companions visited Ryugu Palace, where they learned that Vander Decken was attacking Shirahoshi. After seeing the frightened princess, Sephiroth set out alone to deal with him, leaving Neptune and Jinbe astonished that he could travel through the sea despite being a Devil Fruit user.

• Jinbe and the princes guided Sephiroth and his companions through Coral Hill and the Waterway to Ryugu Palace, where Neptune welcomed them to a banquet.
• Neptune thanked Sephiroth for helping Fish-Man Island, while Sephiroth waited for him to discuss the proposed migration to Sky Island.
• Vander Decken's attack interrupted the banquet, and Neptune explained that Decken had been targeting Shirahoshi for years with objects guided by his Devil Fruit power.
• Neptune and Jinbe brought Sephiroth's group to the Hard-Shell Tower, where Shirahoshi hid in fear after another attack.
• Yamato and the others became outraged by Decken's abuse of Shirahoshi, and Sephiroth volunteered to stop him.
• Sephiroth plunged into the sea by himself, leaving Neptune and Jinbe stunned that a Devil Fruit user could swim underwater.

Sephiroth tracked down Vander Decken and destroyed his ghost ship, protecting Shirahoshi from further attacks. After capturing the sobbing Wadatsumi, he ordered him to lead the way to an underwater ruin.

• Sephiroth sensed Shirahoshi's kindness and innocence, then promised Jinbe he would deal with Vander Decken.
• Sephiroth left Fish-Man Island alone, while Yamato, Isabella, and the others stayed with Shirahoshi and told her about the outside world.
• Sephiroth located Vander Decken's ghost ship and used underwater laser attacks to tear it apart and kill Vander Decken.
• Wadatsumi was injured by the beams, and Sephiroth used Telepathy to demand that he guide him to a nearby underwater ruin.

Sephiroth secured Wadatsumi’s help, arranged to inspect the Sea Forest Poneglyph, and let Shirahoshi visit her mother’s grave. While the group split up, the New Fish-Man Pirates attacked his companions, and the chapter ended with Sephiroth telling Neptune that Hody Jones had killed Queen Otohime and agreeing to help with immigration arrangements.

• Sephiroth defeated Vander Decken, recruited Wadatsumi, and discovered polite Sea Kings—including one dressed as a police officer—living in nearby ruins.
• Sephiroth told Shirahoshi she could leave the palace, and she chose to visit Queen Otohime’s grave in the Sea Forest with Sephiroth, Jinbe, Robin, and Yamato.
• At the Sea Forest, Robin found a Poneglyph bearing Joy Boy’s apology while Shirahoshi prayed at her mother’s grave.
• Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates attacked Sephiroth’s companions, but Isabella and Lilith defeated their attackers at Coral Hill and Mermaid Cove.
• Sephiroth returned to find the captured pirates badly burned or dried out, then told Neptune that Shirahoshi could verify Hody Jones had killed Queen Otohime.
• Neptune accepted Sephiroth’s proposal and asked him to handle immigration arrangements, which Sephiroth agreed to do.