Recaps

After gaining the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Rocks D. Zebek’s blade at God Valley, Gern built a reputation in West Blue and fought Whitebeard. He arrived at Marine Headquarters and began training under Zephyr to master Haki and pursue his own justice.

• Gern ate the Tremor-Tremor Fruit at God Valley, discovered its Logia power, and accepted Rocks D. Zebek’s Black Blade in exchange for burying him.
• Gern killed Derrick after discovering he had tried to claim Gern’s death benefits, then deceived Zephyr about Derrick’s death and received a promotion.
• Gern defeated Captain Hawk and the Golden Blade Pirates, earning the name Pirate Hunter Gern and setting his sights on Marine Headquarters.
• Gern answered Ashport’s distress call, found its people massacred, and fought Blood Spear Logot, killing him with Heavenquake: Sky Rend.
• Asahi promoted Gern’s victory in the press, and Zephyr secured his transfer to Headquarters despite Kong’s concerns about Gern’s actions and his Devil Fruit.
• Gern encountered Whitebeard at sea and clashed with him, but Whitebeard’s Conqueror’s Haki-coated strike left Gern gravely wounded before Whitebeard departed.
• Gern arrived at Marineford, where Zephyr challenged him to fight without his fruit and exposed his lack of technique.
• Gern asked Zephyr to teach him, and Zephyr assigned him as his adjutant and promised to train him to become a Marine Admiral.

Gern trained under Zephyr and Garp, developed his Haki, and set out to define justice through an independent mission. His pursuit of Doger drew Golden Lion Shiki to G-3 Base, where Gern awakened Conqueror’s Haki and drove Shiki off with help from Zephyr and Sakazuki, but collapsed from his injuries.

• Gern debated justice with Dragon, then fought Zephyr at Marineford and pushed his Tremor-Tremor powers until Zephyr defeated him.
• Zephyr and Garp trained Gern on Volcano Island, where he awakened and refined Armament and Observation Haki and began developing Ryuo.
• After two years of training, Gern became a Headquarters Captain known as the Beheading Demon, and Zephyr gave him an independent mission to capture Doger.
• Gern defeated Doger and captured the Rupture Pirates, then clashed with Davy of the Flying Pirates before delivering Doger to Sakazuki at G-3 Base.
• Golden Lion Shiki attacked G-3 Base, and Gern and Sakazuki fought him until Zephyr arrived and wounded him.
• Gern defied Shiki, awakened his Conqueror’s Haki, and, with Eight Desolations guiding him toward Conqueror’s Coating, struck Shiki with God-fall and drove him away.
• Zephyr carried the injured Gern to safety, while Sakazuki reconsidered his neglected sword skills and a reporter told Big News Morgans that Marines would become the world’s next stars.

Gern’s fame spread after he wounded Golden Lion, and he strengthened his position in the Marines through the Elite Training Camp and a string of victories. After encountering Kuma and Ginny, he continued pursuing his plans and reached the Mokomo Dukedom, where he met Lipo-Lipo Hope.

• The news of Gern’s slash against Golden Lion made him famous as “Heavenquake,” and Zephyr brought him to Marineford to recover and train.
• Kong approved Zephyr’s Elite Training Camp, while Gern traveled with Garp to the East Blue and questioned Dragon about Marine justice.
• In Sorbet Kingdom, Gern met Kuma and Ginny, challenged Kuma’s resolve, and left him a miniature Den Den Mushi while urging him not to become shackled.
• Gern returned to Marineford and defeated Borsalino in the exhibition match by freezing him and striking him with Black Quake: God-Slaying Nail.
• During his patrol, Gern defeated Sanjuan Wolf with Heavenquake: Sky Rend and captured him alongside Samuel Kronos, then claimed treasure and found the Gold-Gold Fruit and Heal-Heal Fruit.
• Gern destroyed Davy’s ship with a seaquake and sent Davy crashing into the sea after he attacked from the Flying Pirates.
• Gern approached Zunesha alone, reached the Mokomo Dukedom, and met Lipo-Lipo Hope, who asked in surprise whether he had come to see her.

Gern recruited Lipo from the Mokomo Dukedom, then joined Sakazuki at G-3 and led an unauthorized campaign against the Flying Pirates. After their victories drew attention, Gern faced Kozuki Oden in a brutal duel that left Oden badly wounded.

• Gern befriended the minks of Crescent Moon Village, gave Lipo a healing Devil Fruit, and left with her as his adjutant after entrusting Pedro with his Justice cape.
• Golden Lion sought revenge over Davy’s death, and Kong sent Gern to G-3 under Sakazuki while Zephyr trained Lipo at Marine Headquarters.
• Gern and Lipo arrived at G-3, where Sakazuki agreed to fight the pirates attacking civilians despite orders to avoid escalation.
• Sakazuki and Gern hunted pirate crews across the New World, with Lipo fighting Vasco Shot before Gern and Sakazuki killed him.
• Gern and Sakazuki disabled communications and split their fleets to attack the Flying Pirates’ strongholds, prompting Morgans to publish news of their campaign.
• Kong learned of the unauthorized attacks, while Gern prepared to face Kozuki Oden, who had come to challenge him.
• Gern and Oden exchanged powerful attacks, and Gern’s final barrage of vibration spheres and energy rings badly wounded Oden and shattered the island.