Recaps

Sakazuki pursued his campaign against pirates while shaping Marine weapons and setting plans in motion for a transformed world. As kings gathered for the Reverie, the Five Elders prepared for upheaval and a great purge.

• Sakazuki crushed Hancock’s resistance, killed her sisters and Shakky, and forced Granny Nyon to accept the Shichibukai appointment while giving Amazon Lily three years to rebuild.
• Shanks and Uta’s visit to Elegia ended in disaster when Uta unleashed Tot Musica, which destroyed the island before Shanks drove it away and left Uta in Gordon’s care.
• Borsalino’s Marines ambushed Fisher Tiger and the Sun Pirates, and Fisher Tiger died after refusing a transfusion and revealing that he had been enslaved in Mary Geoise.
• At Punk Hazard, Sakazuki and Vegapunk experimented on captured Devil Fruit users and developed weapons, while Caesar pursued a virus that could spread in freezing conditions.
• Jinbe accepted the Shichibukai position to protect Fish-Man Island, while Dragon rescued Sabo and prepared the Revolutionary Army for a future uprising.
• Sakazuki refused the Fleet Admiral position, gave Zephyr’s son Sote the Float-Float Fruit, and continued planning to remake the world and eliminate piracy.
• As the kings gathered at Mary Geoise for the seven-day conference, the Five Elders discussed the coming upheaval and ordered a great purge.

Sakazuki advances his plans to reshape the balance of power while Marines, pirates, and revolutionaries collide across the seas. The stretch ends with Sakazuki and Bullet fighting on a deserted island as Sengoku investigates Dragon’s identity.

• Tom took responsibility for attacking the judicial ship to save Iceburg and Franky, and Franky was badly injured trying to stop the Sea Train from carrying Tom to Enies Lobby.
• Sakazuki and Vegapunk judged Pluton’s full design impractical and planned to build its cannon on the Red Line, while Sakazuki said the government could erase islands and bury their history.
• Sakazuki captured Ivankov and Inazuma on Gago'o Island, fought off Dragon’s attack, and returned to Marineford as Sengoku prepared to become Fleet Admiral.
• Sengoku became Fleet Admiral, Borsalino and Kuzan became Admirals, and Kaido clashed with Shanks on Bitter Island before the island sank.
• Sakazuki gave Carol the Teleportation Fruit and sent him to kill Mushul, extract Wapol’s Devil Fruit, and help prepare a Spore Bomb against Totto Land.
• Vegapunk proposed using a Pacifista to produce a Spore Bomb, while Dragon returned to Baltigo and the Five Elders ordered the Marines to protect affiliated nations in the Four Blues.
• Miss Bakkin and Weevil set out to find Marco, Kaido returned to Onigashima and ordered King to watch Shanks, and Sakazuki and Bullet went to a deserted island.
• Sengoku examined intelligence about Dragon as Bullet attacked Sakazuki in his Great Asura King form, and Sakazuki countered his blows with Haki and powerful strikes.

Sakazuki’s purge of Sabaody and his pursuit of Devil Fruits advanced his weapons program while the Revolutionary Army prepared for war. After a confrontation over Marine losses and alleged leaks, Sakazuki and Sengoku’s dispute erupted into a battle that drew in Enel, Kuzan, Bullet, and Garp before Kong intervened.

• Sakazuki gave Bullet the More-More Fruit, then led him through a bloody purge of Sabaody’s Lawless Zone and forced Demora to help him target corrupt officials.
• Sakazuki and Enel expanded their weapons research as Carol hunted Devil Fruit users, recovered several fruits, and delivered them to Vegapunk’s laboratory.
• Dragon reorganized the Revolutionary Army and prepared for a worldwide uprising, while Shanks gained allies and rose to become the New World’s fourth Emperor and the World’s Greatest Swordsman.
• Sakazuki crushed a Revolutionary Army uprising in Torpolt, then ordered Carol to watch Crocodile and the Revolutionary Army and to begin a plan involving Nico Robin.
• Enel and Luo exposed Caesar’s experiments, thwarted his attempt to destroy the island, and recovered his Devil Fruit before Luo agreed to join them on the move to Egghead Island.
• Bullet liberated the enslaved residents of Tarkia Island, while Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to root out internal parasites and begin its upheaval.
• Sakazuki accused Sengoku of leaking Marine plans and wasting Marines’ lives, triggering a clash that drew in Enel and Kuzan, Bullet and Garp, and other Marine officers.
• Kong arrived at Marineford and separated Sakazuki and Sengoku, ordering them back to Headquarters as the battles continued across the battlefield.

Sakazuki became Fleet Admiral and launched a campaign to break the Four Emperors’ power, using a staged alliance with Kaido to draw Hale Nock and Shanks into conflict. The Navy’s offensive escalated into the destruction of Smir Harbor, while Enel and Shanks began a battle at Kroni Island.

• After Sengoku accepted responsibility for the Navy’s division and resigned, Kong approved Sakazuki as his successor, while Sakazuki’s forces prepared for war in the New World.
• Sakazuki and Carol coordinated attacks on Hale Nock’s arms network, and Bullet killed Bin Black, provoking Hale Nock as Kaido and Charlotte Linlin moved against his territory.
• Sakazuki exploited the resulting conflict between Hale Nock and Shanks, then became Fleet Admiral and announced a worldwide military buildup, a Sabaody lockdown, and the Navy’s End Point threat.
• Sakazuki expanded the war effort, seized Kuma for modification, killed Moria, and destroyed Thriller Bark with Meteor Volcano as the Emperors sealed their ports.
• The Marines attacked Smir Harbor and Lasse Harbor, where Kuzan and Borsalino fought Hale Nock’s forces and Enel and Sote evacuated residents from the fighting.
• Dragon stopped Bonney from pursuing Sakazuki and gave Sabo the Snow-Snow Fruit, which Sabo ate.
• After Sakazuki ordered Smir Harbor destroyed, Kuzan froze the pirates and Borsalino sank the island after civilians were evacuated.
• At Kroni Island, Enel and Shanks began fighting in the sky as Sote ordered a retreat, while Bullet fought Lucky Roux and seized Yasopp and Dege, and Enel summoned a Thunderbolt Giant and aimed a Thunderbolt Crossbow at Shanks.