Recaps

After Bondrewd’s destruction of the Great Rift, Flashlight helped former CP9 agents and prepared for the war over Ace. Bondrewd’s Impel Down escapees joined the battle at Marineford as Luffy raced toward Ace, leaving Flashlight fighting Jinbe and the Pacifista attacking Whitebeard’s forces.

• Garp destroyed the Great Rift and Bondrewd’s domain at Enies Lobby, then left with Kizaru after seeing visions of Bondrewd’s past.
• Flashlight recruited Kalifa and covertly supported Lucci and the former CP9 agents while the Marines prepared to summon the Shichibukai.
• Sephiroth accepted the mandatory Shichibukai summons, prepared his forces for the coming war, and warned Hancock about the system’s impending end.
• Bondrewd and Golden Lion entered Impel Down, recruited powerful prisoners, and escaped as the Red Tears and Marines fought to stop them.
• Flashlight and Bondrewd clashed in the sky while the escapees fled, and Whitebeard’s forces arrived at Marineford to rescue Ace.
• Flashlight fought Whitebeard’s commanders as Luffy and his allies descended into the battlefield and rushed toward the execution platform.
• Luffy fought past Marine defenders while Sengoku revealed his family ties, and Flashlight blasted Jinbe away as Hawk-Eye and Vista fought over Luffy’s escape.
• Sentomaru and the PX-1 units attacked Whitebeard’s subordinate crews with lasers, electrical attacks, and electromagnetic cannons.

The Paramount War culminated in Naruto’s sacrifice, Whitebeard’s death, and Bondrewd’s resurrection ritual, which returned many of the dead to life. After the battle, Sephiroth turned to the coming political upheaval and brought York to Bilca to work at its research institute.

• Squard stabbed Whitebeard after accusing him of sacrificing the subordinate crews, but Whitebeard forgave him, opened an escape route, and rallied the pirates.
• Luffy reached the execution platform with help from Naruto, who revealed himself as Sabo, and the three brothers escaped together before Akainu fatally damaged Naruto.
• Bondrewd emerged from Naruto’s mechanical body and fought alongside the war’s major combatants while carrying out a ritual centered on the Black Sun and the Obelisks.
• Whitebeard, Akainu, and Kuzan attacked Bondrewd, and Whitebeard destroyed the Obelisk array with a combined Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Conqueror’s Haki attack.
• Shining escaped the Black Sun and battled Bondrewd in the sky, while Shanks called for the war to end and the Whitebeard Pirates withdrew.
• Whitebeard struck Bondrewd in two and died, and Bondrewd vanished after promising a parting gift, and many dead Marines and pirates returned to life.
• Sephiroth explained to Hancock that he had been Bondrewd and wanted to overthrow the Celestial Dragons, then met Zephyr and Lilith as the postwar Fleet Admiral struggle began.
• Sephiroth confronted York on Birka, learned that York knew how to manufacture Pacifistas and Seraphim, and brought him to Bilca to work at its research institute.

Sephiroth strengthened Babylon’s ties with Fish-Man Island and the Whitebeard Pirates while his allies clashed with Bondrewd’s schemes at Sabaody. After revealing Babylon’s power and plans for space expansion, he set out for Sphinx Island with a group that included Yamato and Tashigi.

• Sephiroth showed York his laboratory and hidden Blackbeard chamber, then secured York’s loyalty after confirming he intended to overthrow the World Government and reshape the world.
• Sephiroth visited Fish-Man Island, agreed to protect the Ryugu Kingdom without making it a vassal, and accepted Namur’s offer of the Eighth Division in exchange for help to Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Sephiroth married Shyarly, while Bondrewd sent Drake undercover into Kaido’s forces with a Harpy Devil Fruit and the Marines arranged to track the mission.
• At Sabaody, Shining took the Harpy fruit from Drake and gave it to Kalifa, while Bondrewd kidnapped Rosward and escaped after Shining and Kizaru attacked him.
• Namur returned the Whitebeard flag and secured his division’s departure for Babylon, while Bondrewd restored the Red Count’s youth and gathered his allies.
• Sephiroth discussed his political plans and Babylon’s military strength with Kuzan and Zephyr, then proposed expanding human civilization into space.
• Sephiroth learned that the Whitebeard Pirates had agreed to Namur’s departure and prepared to visit Sphinx Island with Yamato, Baby 5, Nami, Carina, and Tashigi.
• Sephiroth’s party arrived at Amigasa Town, where Yamato, Ulti, and Page One boarded the Silent Ship for the journey to Sphinx Island.

Sephiroth secured Sphinx Island, pursued new alliances and plans, and began an operation at Hachinosu amid a struggle over hostages and a rumored Poneglyph. The arc left Golden Lion and Bullet fighting through Hachinosu as their targets tried to escape.

• Sephiroth helped the Whitebeard Pirates defeat Weevil and captured Miss Buckin, while his forces exposed and arrested Carmel for impersonating Cavendish.
• Sephiroth handed Weevil and Buckin to Zephyr, then celebrated Vivi’s birthday and completed a Wish Art ritual to locate the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Sephiroth recovered the Great Hammer Regiment beneath Punk Hazard, arranged for Noah to transport the Giants, and gave Gerd the Tremor-Tremor Fruit for her birthday.
• Sephiroth met Kujaku to discuss trade, then learned that Hachinosu held rumors of a Poneglyph and planned an operation there while watching Zephyr’s moves.
• Grus and Hibari led a failed raid on the Rocky Port, where the Crescent Moon Hunter captured Grus and several Knights, while Ain and Kuzan shrank Hibari and hid her from the enemy.
• Sephiroth boarded the Rocky Port in secret, ordered the Crescent Moon Hunter to bring the prisoners to Hachinosu, and sent Isabella to support the operation.
• The Crescent Moon Hunter, Shiryu, the Corrupt King, and the Flying Pirates seized Rocky Port and moved toward Hachinosu with the hostages and prisoners.
• Golden Lion attacked Ochoku’s forces in Hachinosu while Bullet scattered pirate officers and pursued two men through the streets.