Recaps

Sephiroth maneuvered through the World Government’s clash with Shiki and Bondrewd, while Babylon aided Merveille’s refugees and expanded its ties with Elbaf and Wano. The arc ended with Orochi and Sukiyaki dead after a coup, and Kaido asking Yamato to become shogun.

• Sephiroth urged Elbaf to balance peace with strength, while its elders considered releasing Loki and restoring warrior training.
• Bondrewd’s meeting about Shiki led to a Marine assault on Merveille, where Sephiroth’s forces fought the Marines and helped evacuate sick soldiers and civilians.
• Bondrewd rescued the weakened Shiki from Akainu and Kizaru, then escaped as Sephiroth stopped a meteor and helped Merveille’s refugees settle at Heaven’s Gate.
• Sephiroth’s delegation visited Fish-Man Island and Elbaf, where Isabella completed diplomatic talks and Robin toured the library with Saul.
• Hiyori revealed her identity to Sephiroth and asked him to help restore the Kozuki Family, offering Enma and proposing Yamato become his daimyo’s wife.
• Sukiyaki led a coup against Orochi in the Flower Capital, while Sephiroth’s forces provided shelter and aid to villagers displaced by railway construction.
• Kaido learned that Sukiyaki and Orochi had died in the uprising, then agreed with Bondrewd to cooperate against the Celestial Dragons and make Yamato shogun.
• Sephiroth told Yamato about Sukiyaki’s role in the coup, and she was shocked before he asked whether she wanted to become shogun.

Yamato opened Wano’s borders while Shining’s journeys through Elbaf, Egghead, and Mary Geoise led to a confrontation with Bondrewd’s alliance at Gran Tesoro. The assault left Shining facing artificial Admirals as battles spread across the city and Babbage fought Shiki.

• Yamato took the name Hoshimi Yamato, became Wano’s shogun, and declared the country’s borders open on July 8.
• Sephiroth visited Elbaf, performed with Uta, and began a relationship with Gerd.
• Shining and Hina toured Egghead as its Mechanical Planet research institute took shape, then accompanied Vegapunk to Mary Geoise.
• The Five Elders made Shining an Honorary Celestial Dragon, while Bondrewd prepared a secret summer offensive involving Shiki and the captains.
• Shining brought his companions to Gran Tesoro, where Bondrewd recruited Tesoro and Shiki’s forces arrived for the operation.
• Bondrewd’s alliance attacked Gran Tesoro during Shining and Kessoku Band’s concert, and Shining fought Tesoro before Bondrewd trapped him in a barrier and revealed their past as teacher and student.
• Tesoro and his allies battled Hina, Perona, Brook, Gion, and Cuckoo as the gold spread through the city, while Drake fought Cuckoo near the Signal Tower.
• Bondrewd summoned artificial Kizaru and Akainu during the live broadcast, Shining fought them, and Shiki and Babbage began battling on the Golf Course.

Babbage and the Great Angel Alliance defeated Bondrewd’s assault on Gran Tesoro, while the World Government struggled to contain the consequences. Shining and Sephiroth then traveled through Egghead and several allied lands as new alliances formed and Uta celebrated her eighteenth birthday.

• Babbage fought Shiki and Bondrewd’s forces at Gran Tesoro, while Galdino helped VIP spectators escape and the alliance battled across the city.
• Tesoro learned Bondrewd intended to use Baccarat to restore Stella, then turned against him as Kizaru and Shining joined the fight.
• Bondrewd used Celestial Dragons to create a Sage’s Stone and restore Golden Lion’s youth, but Babbage returned in a divine arsenal form as Gil activated the global magnetic array.
• The magnetic field lifted Gran Tesoro into the sky, and Babbage’s attack made Bondrewd’s Red Lotus Archfiend Dragon vanish, and the Five Elders later offered Celestial Dragon status for Bondrewd’s capture.
• Shining visited Egghead and discussed Bondrewd’s research and Devil Fruit powers with Vegapunk and Kizaru, then met Zephyr and Ain at Heaven’s Gate.
• Babbage asked Shining to succeed him in controlling Titans, while Sephiroth traveled to Amazon Lily, where Precious revealed she was the Silent Ship’s spirit and Hancock celebrated her birthday with him.
• Sephiroth met Marco, Izo, and Namur in Dressrosa, exchanged information about the Sage’s Stone for a base on Food Valten, and agreed to protect the Kozuki Family if they lived peacefully.
• Sephiroth’s party visited Wano, where Uta performed for the people, then returned to Elegia for Uta’s coming-of-age celebration and birthday performance.

Sephiroth and his allies traveled to Asuka Island to investigate the Seven Star Sword and stop the violence surrounding it. As the sword’s battle with Golden Lion continued, the Praying Hands escaped with York while Isabella, Momousagi, and the others pursued them.

• Sephiroth took Tashigi, Nami, Robin, and Isabella to Asuka Island, where they fought bewitched NEO Marines and learned that the Seven Star Sword corrupted its wielders.
• Maya and the villagers explained that sacred jewels protected people from the sword, while Gion and York suspected Bondrewd planned to unseal it before Red Moon Night.
• Golden Lion’s forces and the Marine Dojo soldiers attacked the village, but Sephiroth’s group and Momousagi’s Marines defeated them and learned that Shuzo had taken the sword.
• Sephiroth’s party raided the Marine Dojo, where Shuzo battled Golden Lion and Momousagi joined Sephiroth against the pirate captain.
• The Praying Hands captured York, who blocked his connection to Punk Records and erased information about the other Vegapunks to conceal his identity.
• Isabella defeated and disarmed Shuzo, but the Praying Hands arrived with York and demanded the Seven Star Sword in exchange for his release.
• Golden Lion briefly took the sword before abandoning it, while Sham and the Praying Hands fled with York as Isabella and Momousagi pursued them.
• Nami, Tashigi, Maya, and Ain regrouped to deal with the sword as Sephiroth’s holy-light attacks sent Golden Lion flying.