Recaps

Sakazuki shaped the Navy’s influence across the New World, defeating rivals and advancing the Shichibukai plan while monitoring Dragon and the scholars. The arc ended with Sakazuki testing Teach’s ability to eat multiple Devil Fruits after Kaido received mechanical lungs.

• Sakazuki captured Kaido and brought him to Punk Hazard for Vegapunk’s experiments, but Kaido escaped and the Five Elders punished Sakazuki.
• Sakazuki backed the Shichibukai proposal and secretly manipulated conflicts among Golden Lion, Big Mom, and Hale Nock to create room for the Navy’s return to the New World.
• Dragon rescued the History Scholars from arrest and later visited Norman Brian’s mother, leaving Brian’s belongings beneath a ginkgo tree without telling her that he had died.
• Sakazuki recruited Crocodile into the Shichibukai program after Bullet defeated him, and the government retained Crocodile despite his injuries and his awakening Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kire Yasn and Megan Locke helped overthrow the corrupt Sinnan Slinn and the Axe Pirates, and Locke became acting commander of Marine Branch 65.
• Sakazuki ordered Enel to keep his Magnetic Field Bomb secret and took Enel and Rosinante to Punk Hazard, while Roger sensed an enormous creature beneath the sea.
• Queen gave Kaido mechanical lungs, and Kaido rewarded him with the Brachiosaurus Fruit.
• Sakazuki captured Teach, forced him to eat two Zoan Devil Fruits, and reached for a third after Teach survived.

Sakazuki rose to Admiral while enforcing the Navy’s campaign against pirates and destroying Ohara, as Robin survived the Buster Call and Golden Lion escaped Impel Down. The story left Robin under a false name, Dragon building his revolution, and Golden Lion free in the Calm Belt.

• Sakazuki killed Teach, while Roger discovered Joy Boy’s treasure and was later executed, sparking the Great Pirate Era.
• Sakazuki and Garp fought over Roger’s unborn child, and Garp accepted a suspension after Rouge was killed and Rayleigh died fighting Bullet.
• Sakazuki fought Charlotte Linlin over Golden Lion’s territory, then led the Navy’s advance as Moria was defeated by Kaido in Wano.
• Sakazuki led the Buster Call on Ohara, killed the evacuation ship’s passengers, and oversaw Saul’s death as Kuzan helped Robin escape.
• The government blamed Robin for Ohara’s destruction and issued her a 79-million-Beli bounty, while Sakazuki became Admiral Akainu and launched the Four Seas Sweep.
• Robin took the false name Koni Ilida and became Rolka’s assistant, while Dragon recruited Kuma and continued building his revolution.
• Golden Lion escaped Impel Down by cutting off his feet, defeated the guards and Magellan, and used two swords as replacement feet on an island in the Calm Belt.

Sakazuki pursued his campaign against pirates while maneuvering around the World Government and secretly considering how the Revolutionary Army could grow. The stretch ended with Enel coercing Caesar into preparing poison as Sakazuki called Crocodile.

• Kong led the Marines to Liberty Island, where Garp helped him capture Redfield after their battle left Kong and Redfield badly wounded.
• Sakazuki’s Court-Plowing Operation drew public attention as his forces killed pirates, while he told a soldier that their work could let people sail without fear.
• Rolka gave Robin his book Industrial Revolution and explained how technological progress could eventually challenge the World Government, while Sakazuki continued the North Blue campaign despite Carol’s concern for Robin.
• Hale Nock and Charlotte Linlin devastated rival crews and clashed at Nomiro Island, where Garp punched Linlin’s Maser Cannon back toward the Big Mom Pirates.
• Sakazuki killed Trebol and his crew after Trebol used civilians as shields, then sent Bullet and Enel to seize Vinsmoke Judge’s clone technology.
• Enel and Bullet forced Judge to surrender his research, and Sakazuki explained that the Court-Plowing Operation would conceal the Revolutionary Army’s growth while Robin’s knowledge could prove useful later.
• Dragon entrusted Luffy to Garp, slave traders abducted Hancock and her sisters, and Rosinante prepared to go undercover in Doflamingo’s crew with Funkfreed’s help.
• Enel pressured Caesar to provide poison and an antidote, while Sakazuki called Crocodile at Rain Dinners.

Sakazuki pursued his campaigns against pirates and revolutionaries while Fisher Tiger freed the slaves and Doflamingo’s family fractured over Rosinante and Law. The stretch ended with Bullet killing Mihawk, Shanks reaching Foosha Village with the Gum-Gum Fruit, and news of Mihawk’s death shocking him.

• Sakazuki killed Golden Lion at Loguetown, saved the island from the resulting waves, and turned his severed head into a public warning.
• Golden Lion’s death was followed by Flevance’s massacre, where Luo lost his family and sister before escaping and vowing to destroy the world.
• Fisher Tiger freed Mary Geoise’s slaves and formed the Sun Pirates, while the Navy began tracking his crew.
• Luo joined the Donquixote Pirates, but Corazon revealed his true identity and tried to take him away for treatment.
• Sakazuki pressured Crocodile to prove his worth, then Crocodile found Robin and asked whether she wanted revenge.
• Enel captured Doflamingo alive and brutally injured him, while Sakazuki told Carol that revolution and a worldwide war were approaching.
• Bullet fought Mihawk on Lilga Island, killed him, and collapsed from his own wounds after their battle destroyed much of the island.
• Bullet became known as the Swordsman Destroyer, while Shanks brought the Gum-Gum Fruit to Foosha Village and then learned of Mihawk’s death.