Recaps

Moonlight exposed Baccarat’s attempt to separate the Straw Hats and revealed that Tesoro had used his Devil Fruit to create Gran Tesoro’s golden dust. Tesoro admitted his plan and attacked the crew, turning everyone but Moonlight and Robin into gold.

• Moonlight arrived with Robin and confronted Baccarat, threatening her when Luffy moved to help her.
• Luffy won the gamble against Tesoro, but Moonlight warned the crew that CP0 and Marines were in the city and showed that the golden dust dissolved in seawater.
• Tesoro dropped his pretense and said he planned to capture the Straw Hats for their bounty because Moonlight had defeated Doflamingo.
• Tesoro used Gold Splash, making everyone except Moonlight and Robin grow heavy and begin turning into gold.
• Tesoro revealed that he had eaten the Goru Goru no Mi and could turn things into gold.

Tesoro used his awakened Goru Goru no Mi to turn the Straw Hat Crew and their surroundings into gold, but Robin freed most of them with seawater. Moonlight wounded Tesoro despite his giant golden form, and the battle’s destruction drew the attention of Lucci and his companions.

• Tesoro turned most of the Straw Hat Crew into gold, but Robin used seawater to restore them.
• Moonlight attacked Tesoro with Three-Stage Slash, cutting through his subordinates and forcing him to defend himself with Golden Bomb.
• Tesoro awakened his Devil Fruit, transformed into a golden giant, and blocked Moonlight’s slash.
• Baccarat and Mr. Tanaka left to seize the Straw Hats’ ship, while the crew split up to stop them and guard the ship.
• Luffy demanded the one billion Beli he had won, and Tesoro attacked him before Moonlight cut through Tesoro’s giant arm with Iai Slash.
• Tesoro’s transformation burst apart the room and shook the city, while Lucci and two companions watched from a dark corner.

Moonlight wounded Tesoro, but Akainu’s Marines arrived and Tesoro unleashed his full power, turning Gran Tesoro’s gold into a towering form. As the battle escalated, Luffy attacked Tesoro while Akainu launched a magma barrage at the city.

• Stussy, Kaku, and Lucci discussed their objective as Sabo arrived with Max and Koala and ordered the Revolutionary Army to begin its operation.
• The Marines arrived under Fleet Admiral Akainu, prompting Moonlight to leave Tesoro and warn that Akainu might attack everyone indiscriminately.
• Tesoro absorbed gold from Gran Tesoro, grew to twenty meters tall, and declared that he would wipe out the Straw Hat Pirates, CP0, the Revolutionary Army, and the Marines.
• Sabo ordered Max to protect civilians and sent Koala with him to help Luffy and the others confront Tesoro.
• Tesoro fired a Golden Divine Flame that sank a Marine warship, and Luffy struck him in Gear Fourth to reclaim his one billion Beli.
• Akainu flew into the sky and unleashed Meteor Volcano toward Gran Tesoro.

Akainu unleashed a devastating attack across Gran Tesoro, prompting Moonlight to confront the Navy while Luffy continued fighting Tesoro. Moonlight stopped Akainu’s assault and left the Navy facing his warning, with battle still underway.

• Akainu rained magma fists across Gran Tesoro, setting the city ablaze and forcing civilians to flee as Sabo and Koala condemned his indiscriminate attack.
• Luffy pressed his fight against Tesoro, while Tesoro answered with Golden Karma and threatened Luffy with a massive golden-flame punch.
• Moonlight headed out to sea and confronted Akainu, cutting through his Dark Hound magma attack with Iai Slash.
• Moonlight damaged the Navy ships with Meteor Fall and shattered Akainu’s Great Eruption with Dragon Ascent Slash.
• Moonlight warned Akainu and the Navy to stay back, then gathered countless Sword Auras with Extreme God Sword Style: Myriad Swords Return to Origin.

Moonlight faced Akainu and the Marines as Tesoro’s battle with Luffy and Sabo tore Gran Tesoro apart. After Luffy and Sabo wounded Tesoro, he revealed a remote control for bombs hidden throughout the city.

• Akainu ordered the Marines to attack Moonlight despite the danger of his sword strike.
• Tesoro gathered the city’s gold and blasted Gran Tesoro apart with a powerful attack.
• Sabo caught Luffy and blocked Tesoro’s Golden Karma with Flame Dragon King.
• Luffy and Sabo combined their attacks against Tesoro’s Golden Divine Punishment, splitting the city and grievously injuring him.
• Tesoro revealed a remote control that could detonate bombs hidden throughout the city.

Tesoro's plan to destroy Gran Tesoro failed when Carina turned the Golden Bombs into gold, and Luffy defeated him. As the Straw Hats reunited, they saw Moonlight had overwhelmed Akainu, but Lucci, Kaku, and Stussy intervened to stop him from killing the Fleet Admiral.

• Tesoro activated the Golden Bombs, but they did not explode, and Luffy struck him down.
• Carina revealed that she had turned the bombs into gold, then vanished with the gold as Nami tried to claim it.
• The Straw Hat Crew reunited after defeating Tesoro's subordinates, and Max and Koala pointed out Moonlight's fight with the Marines.
• Moonlight defeated Akainu and the Marines, then threatened to kill the wounded Fleet Admiral.
• Lucci, Kaku, and Stussy attacked Moonlight to prevent him from killing Akainu.

Moonlight escaped the confrontation with CP0 and reunited with Luffy's crew at the harbor, and the Thousand Sunny set sail for Zou Island. After a day at sea, the hungry crew discovered they had no food left, and someone snatched their last portions of meat.

• Lucci, Stussy, and Kaku stopped Moonlight from attacking Akainu, and Moonlight withdrew after hearing that Tesoro had planted bombs around the city.
• Moonlight met Luffy, Nami, Robin, Zoro, and the others at the harbor, and they sailed toward Zou Island using Luo's Vivre Card.
• On a glittering island, Avelon knocked out Bartholomew and sent him into a mine shaft while Desire agreed to capture more prey for Bill.
• After a day and night without food, Sanji served the crew their last small portions of meat, but a hand suddenly snatched them all away.

The Straw Hats reached Silver Mine Island, where Desire lured Luffy to the Silver Pirates with meat. Desire and Peseta trapped him with Bartholomew in a collapsing mine while Moonlight and Robin explored the island, unconcerned about finding Luffy.

• Luffy stole the crew’s food, then followed the smell of meat to Silver Mine Island and went with Desire.
• Nami identified the island as the base of the Silver Pirates, a group that targeted passing pirates and resisted the Four Emperors.
• Desire and Peseta fed Luffy until he had eaten nearly all the Silver Pirates’ reserves, then led him to an acquaintance.
• Luffy found Bartholomew chained up in the mine, and Desire and Peseta dropped them both through a collapsed section of ground.
• Moonlight told Robin there was no need to search for Luffy as they explored the island’s oldest area.

Luffy and Bartholomew confronted the Silver Pirates’ abuse of the miners and escaped the mine after Bartholomew defeated Avelon. Meanwhile, Moonlight and Robin discovered that the island’s ancient records had been deliberately damaged, and Moonlight pulled Robin away from a sudden flame-made hand thrusting through the wall.

• Miners told Luffy that Bill had deceived them and forced them to mine silver for Tesoro, prompting Luffy to call out Bill and vow to stop him.
• Avelon arrived in minecart form, but Bartholomew struck him once with Impact Barrier and sent him flying away.
• Luffy asked Bartholomew to get the miners out, and Bartholomew formed stairs from barriers so everyone could climb out of the mine.
• After studying the ruins all night, Robin and Moonlight found that records about the island had been recently destroyed, and Moonlight pulled Robin away from a flame-made hand that burst through the wall.

Moonlight and Robin confronted Bill, captain of the Silver Pirates, and identified themselves as Straw Hat Pirates before he fled. Bill then returned to his ship, abandoned his crew when he saw Luffy, and Luffy pursued him as a crescent-shaped Sword Aura struck from Bill’s direction.

• Bill emerged from the ruins, ate silver ore, and invited Moonlight and Robin to join the Silver Pirates.
• Moonlight and Robin revealed their Straw Hat Pirates identities, prompting Bill to flee.
• Moonlight and Robin abandoned the ruined site and headed to reunite with Luffy.
• On the Silver Pirates’ ship, Luffy ate their supplies while the crew and rescued miners watched in shock.
• Bill returned, but fled when he saw Luffy, leaving his crew stunned.
• Luffy moved to chase Bill, and a crescent-shaped Sword Aura suddenly slashed from the direction Bill had gone.

Moonlight and Robin arrived as Luffy confronted Bill, who confessed to deceiving the Silver Pirates and destroying Desire’s crew. Luffy defeated Bill with one Haki-coated attack, but Sanji then appeared furious that someone had ruined the giant cake he made for Nami.

• Moonlight and Robin joined Luffy and Bartholomew, and Luffy said he would send Bill flying for deceiving everyone.
• Bill admitted he had tricked the Silver Pirates and arranged for the destruction of Desire’s Candy Pirates.
• Bill claimed his immense heat made him invincible and challenged Luffy and Moonlight.
• Luffy struck Bill with Gum-Gum... Lion Bazooka and sent him flying beyond sight.
• The Silver Pirates thanked Luffy for defeating Bill, while Sanji arrived angry that someone had blasted through his cake for Nami.

The Straw Hat Pirates left Silver Mine Island for Zou Island despite warnings about its deadly currents and mysterious dangers, and Desire gave them the Candy Pirates’ Motorboat as a gift. As the crew sailed through a fierce storm, a world-shaking roar sounded across the sea.

• Sanji discovered that Luffy had ruined his cake, beat him, and made him apologize.
• Moonlight and the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to leave Silver Mine Island for Zou Island, despite warnings from Desire and the Silver Pirates about the island’s shifting location, dangerous currents, and fearsome creatures.
• Moonlight thought the crew might encounter Uranus on Zou Island, and the Straw Hat Pirates set sail without fear.
• Desire gave Luffy a Motorboat for emergencies, and she told Bartholomew she was repaying the people who had saved her.
• The Straw Hat Pirates sailed through a violent storm, and a world-shaking roar suddenly sounded across the sea.

The Straw Hats discovered that Zou Island was on the back of an enormous elephant and found ways to climb up to it. Moonlight, Robin, and Chopper reached the elephant's back first, while Zoro and Sanji were still arguing on their way up.

• A colossal elephant appeared at sea after its roars ended the storm and shook the Thousand Sunny.
• Nami's Vivre Card pointed toward the elephant, and Robin deduced that Zou Island was on its back.
• The crew devised ways to climb the elephant using Moonlight's ability, the Waver, Desire's Motorboat, and Sanji's Geppo.
• Moonlight carried Robin and Chopper upward, while Nami, Franky, Sanji, and Zoro took the others in separate groups.
• Moonlight, Robin, and Chopper reached the elephant's back first, and Chopper excitedly announced their arrival.

The Straw Hat Crew reached Zou Island on Zunesha’s back, rescued Franky, Usopp, and Brook after Zoro damaged their Motorboat, and found a town devastated by a recent battle. Duke Inuarashi stopped the island’s defenders from attacking them, recognized them as the friends Luo had been waiting for, and welcomed the Straw Hat Pirates.

• Moonlight and the others arrived at Zou Island, and Nami led them toward the location marked by Luo’s Vivre Card.
• Zoro accidentally cut two wheels off Franky, Brook, and Usopp’s Motorboat, but Moonlight and Sanji saved the three as the craft broke apart high above the ground.
• The crew found a deserted, ruined town with Caesar-like Gas drifting through it, and Luffy left for the forest with Zoro dragged along behind him.
• Moonlight drew his Kusanagi Sword and confronted fur-clad islanders who charged the crew, while Sanji and the others prepared to fight.
• Duke Inuarashi arrived and stopped the clash, identifying the Straw Hat Pirates as the friends their benefactors had been expecting and recognizing Moonlight’s Kusanagi Sword.

Inuarashi explained how Jack had devastated the Mokomo Dukedom and revealed that Luo and the others were treating Nekomamushi in the Whale Forest. Moonlight arrived there to protect Luffy and Zoro, but his attack exposed members of Big Mom’s crew hidden beyond the forest.

• Inuarashi told Moonlight and the Straw Hat Crew that Jack had attacked the Mokomo Dukedom and that Luo and the others had saved the surviving Minks from the gas.
• Inuarashi said Luo was in the Whale Forest, and Nami realized Luffy and Zoro had already headed there.
• Pedro and the Guardians confronted Luffy and Zoro, but Wanda and Carrot stopped them from attacking.
• Moonlight arrived after hearing Pedro threaten Luffy, then used Three-Stage Slash to send the Guardians flying and cut through the forest.
• Moonlight’s slashes revealed Baron Tamago, Pekoms, and Capone Bege, prompting the group to recognize members of Big Mom’s crew.

Pedro and the Guardians discovered that Pekoms had returned to Zou with Big Mom’s crew, while Inuarashi explained that Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew were their benefactors. After reuniting with Nekomamushi, Pekoms learned that Jack had attacked Zou and pleaded with the Straw Hats to hand over Caesar and leave so he could appeal to Big Mom.

• Pedro, Wanda, Carrot, and the Guardians recognized Pekoms, and they greeted one another as old Nox Pirates companions.
• Inuarashi arrived and told Pedro that Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew were their benefactors, prompting Pedro and the Guardians to apologize for the misunderstanding.
• Inuarashi led everyone toward Nekomamushi, while Baron Tamago and Capone Bege left Pekoms to continue their mission elsewhere.
• Pekoms reunited with Nekomamushi, then mistook Luffy and his crew for the ones who had injured him.
• Wanda explained that Jack had attacked Zou and that the Straw Hats had saved its people, so Pekoms thanked them and asked them to hand over Caesar and leave while he tried to persuade Big Mom.

Pekoms offered to take Caesar and let the Straw Hat Pirates leave, but Momonosuke refused to go before finishing his mission. Zunesha suddenly roared, and Moonlight revealed that Jack the Drought was attacking the elephant from the sea.

• Pekoms told the Straw Hat Pirates that Big Mom had sent him to take Sanji, but said he would take only Caesar and let the crew leave.
• Nami, Usopp, and the others questioned why Big Mom wanted Sanji, while Caesar begged the crew not to hand him over.
• Luffy’s crew hesitated over confronting Big Mom, but Momonosuke, Kin'emon, and Kanjuro declared that they would stay.
• Zunesha let out agonized roars, alarming the Minks, and Carrot ran toward the city outskirts.
• Moonlight used Observation Haki to spot Jack the Drought and his men firing cannons at Zunesha’s wounded leg.

Jack’s attacks left Zunesha close to collapse, but Momonosuke commanded the elephant to strike back and destroy Jack’s ship. Afterward, Moonlight suspected Momonosuke and Zunesha were connected to Uranus and resolved to seek more Poneglyphs.

• Carrot returned and reported that Jack was attacking Zunesha, whose roars left the people on his back unable to fight.
• Luffy, Momonosuke, and Moonlight heard Zunesha speak directly into their minds and ask them to command him to attack.
• Moonlight told Momonosuke to give the order, and Momonosuke permitted Zunesha to attack.
• Zunesha lashed Jack’s ship with his trunk, smashing it and sending Jack and his crew into the sea.
• Moonlight connected Momonosuke’s ability to command Zunesha with the mystery of Uranus, then decided he needed more Poneglyphs.

Momonosuke commanded Zunesha, but the giant elephant was badly injured, prompting the Straw Hats and Minks to organize treatment. Moonlight and Robin found a Red Poneglyph in Whale Forest and encountered Raizo, the samurai Jack had been searching for.

• Momonosuke's command of Zunesha impressed the Straw Hats and the samurai, but Moonlight discovered that Zunesha's wounded leg could no longer walk.
• Nekomamushi and Inuarashi organized the Minks to treat Zunesha, while Chopper and Luo prepared medicine.
• Moonlight and Robin left the group and found a Red Poneglyph deep in Whale Forest; Baron Tamago and Capone Bege watched them depart.
• Moonlight drew out a hidden man with a feint, and he recognized the man as Raizo, the samurai from Wano Country whom Jack had sought.

Moonlight and Robin found Raizo guarding a Red Poneglyph, while the rest of the crew learned that Sanji had been taken by Big Mom’s crew. The chapter ended with Pedro identifying Capone Bege as the one who wounded Pekoms.

• Raizo used a smoke bomb to hide from Moonlight and Robin, but Moonlight struck him from above with a Sword Aura and exposed him.
• Robin mentioned Kin'emon, prompting Raizo to ask about him and recognize Moonlight and Nico Robin, while they studied the Red Poneglyph.
• Chopper and the others treated Zunesha’s wounds, and Nekomamushi invited the crew to a feast.
• Carrot and Wanda brought the wounded Pekoms to Chopper for treatment.
• Pedro told the crew that Big Mom’s men had taken Sanji and that Capone Bege had wounded Pekoms.

The Straw Hat crew learned that Sanji had left them after Big Mom’s people took him, and Moonlight concluded he had been forced to protect someone. Luffy resolved to confront Sanji and Big Mom, while the gathered allies learned that Raizo had been found.

• Nami and the others read Sanji’s letter saying he was leaving the crew, but Luo and Franky urged them to stay calm and meet Moonlight and Robin before acting.
• Raizo appeared before Momonosuke and the others, bringing the number of gathered Nine Red Scabbards to five.
• The crew found Moonlight and Robin studying the Poneglyph, and Moonlight said Sanji would not have left this way unless Big Mom had forced him.
• Moonlight guessed that Big Mom had threatened the people at Baratie in the East Blue, and Luffy and the others understood why Sanji had gone.
• Luffy declared that he wanted to hear the truth from Sanji himself and became furious at Big Mom.

Moonlight organized the Straw Hat Crew into two groups to rescue Sanji from Big Mom and infiltrate Wano Country, while Robin discovered that a Poneglyph linked Laugh Tale to the Kozuki Family. Momonosuke and Kin'emon revealed that they were members of that family, whose survivors had been sent twenty years into the future after Kaido and Wano's shogun hunted them.

• Luffy insisted on rescuing Sanji, but Nami and Luo urged him to plan carefully, and Moonlight warned that Big Mom's territory was perilous.
• Moonlight split the crew: he, Luffy, Nami, and Brook would rescue Sanji, while Robin, Usopp, Franky, Chopper, and Zoro would go to Wano with Luo.
• Robin found that a Poneglyph pointed toward Laugh Tale and mentioned the Kozuki Family, prompting Franky and Luo to react to the name.
• Momonosuke declared that the Kozuki Family had not disappeared, and Kin'emon revealed that Momonosuke was Kozuki Oden's son and that he and Kanjuro were Kozuki samurai.
• Kin'emon explained that Kaido and Wano's shogun had hunted the Kozuki Family, and Kozuki Toki had sent them twenty years into the future with the Toki Toki no Mi.

Kin'emon explained the Kozuki Family's history, the Road Poneglyphs, and how Lady Kozuki Toki sent the samurai twenty years into the future. After Kin'emon begged Luffy and Moonlight to help defeat Kaido, Luffy refused the plea but invited Momonosuke to form an alliance.

• Kin'emon explained that the Kozuki Family carved the Poneglyphs and that the four Road Poneglyphs revealed the way to Laugh Tale.
• Kin'emon revealed that he and the others were among Lord Kozuki Oden's Nine Red Scabbards and had traveled twenty years into the future through Lady Kozuki Toki's power.
• Kin'emon bowed and begged Luffy and Moonlight to help Momonosuke take revenge on Kaido and Wano Country's shogun.
• Luffy rejected Kin'emon's plea and challenged Momonosuke to come forward and form an alliance with the Straw Hat Crew himself.
• Kin'emon and the others realized Luffy's words offered them an equal alliance rather than charity or pity.

Momonosuke asked Luffy to form an alliance so he could avenge his parents and reclaim Wano, and Luffy agreed. As the Straw Hats split up to rescue Sanji and prepare to fight Kaido, Red-Haired Shanks met with the Five Elders at Mariejois to discuss a pirate and the coming upheaval.

• Momonosuke overcame his fear, asked Luffy to ally with him against Kaido, and clasped hands with him to form the alliance.
• Luffy, Moonlight, Nami, and Brook set off aboard the Thousand Sunny to rescue Sanji, while the others traveled with Luo, Momonosuke, and Kin'emon of the Foxfire toward Wano.
• More than 170 kings gathered at Mariejois for the Reverie as the Five Elders waited for an important visitor.
• Red-Haired Shanks arrived and told the Five Elders that the sea was entering an irreversible era and that he wanted to discuss a certain pirate.
• The Five Elders responded gravely that a great cleansing might be necessary if the world could no longer maintain its balance.

Carrot revealed herself aboard the Thousand Sunny and joined Luffy, Moonlight, Nami, and Brook on their voyage to Big Mom’s territory to rescue Sanji. After three days without supplies, they raided a Marine Base for food and escaped under Marine pursuit.

• Carrot emerged from the cabin and said she wanted to join the adventure against Big Mom, and Luffy accepted because they could not turn back.
• After three days of sailing without food, Moonlight spotted a Marine Base ahead and said they could replenish their supplies there.
• Nami, Brook, and Luffy hurried into the Marine Base, while Luffy knocked out Marines with Conqueror’s Haki and Moonlight guarded the ship.
• Carrot followed the trio into the base, and two hours later she, Nami, and Brook returned carrying food as Marines pursued them.