Recaps

Moonlight’s 2.5-billion-Beli bounty shocked the Straw Hats and their allies as they reached the Pirate Expo, where Luffy reunited with Boa Hancock. While everyone else headed to the feast, Moonlight and Robin translated the Poneglyph and confirmed it was one of four needed to locate Laugh Tale.

• Moonlight’s 2.5-billion-Beli bounty astonished the crew and their allies, who realized he could rival the Four Emperors.
• Moonlight and Robin studied the Poneglyph aboard the ship while the others sailed to the Pirate Expo.
• The crew arrived at the crowded Pirate Expo island, where Luffy reunited with Boa Hancock.
• An announcement invited the pirates to a feast and promised to reveal a coveted treasure, so Luffy rushed to the square with the others following.
• Robin confirmed the Poneglyph recorded directions to Laugh Tale, and Moonlight began examining its historical text.
• Moonlight and Robin discovered everyone had left the ship for the island.

Moonlight and Robin learned from Buggy that Buena Douglas Bullet planned to eliminate the Pirates at the Expo, with a Buster Call to follow. Bullet revealed the Pirate King's treasure and sealed the island as the Pirates rushed to claim it, leaving Moonlight and Robin forced to join the hunt and Bullet preparing his main event.

• Buggy fled to Moonlight for protection, and Robin killed the guards pursuing them.
• Buggy warned Moonlight and Robin that Buena Douglas Bullet planned to wipe out the Pirates and that a Buster Call was coming.
• Robin urged Moonlight to find Luffy and the others, but Bullet announced that the Pirate King's treasure was hidden on the island.
• Luffy and tens of thousands of Pirates rushed to the artificial island as Bullet sealed the island and Moonlight and Robin joined the competition.
• Bullet contacted an ally and declared that the Straw Hat Crew, the other Pirates, and the Marines would all be buried there.

Luffy and the other Supernovas searched an artificial island for the Pirate King's treasure, only for Douglas Bullet to seize the chest and overpower Luffy. Bullet then challenged the Worst Generation and struck down Kid with one punch.

• Luffy and the Supernovas searched the island for the treasure chest while Zoro held off other Pirates and Usopp and Sanji stopped Kid from catching up to Luffy.
• The chest passed between fighting Pirates and the Supernovas until Luffy punched it into the air, where it landed at Usopp's feet.
• Douglas Bullet appeared, took the chest from Usopp, and held him helplessly as Luffy rushed to save his companion.
• Buggy recognized Bullet as Captain Roger's left-hand man, the Demon's Heir, and a figure who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Pluton Rayleigh.
• Luffy entered Gear Second and attacked Bullet, but Bullet released Usopp and defeated Luffy with a single punch.
• Kid attacked Bullet with a massive metal arm, but Bullet punched him and left him screaming.

Bullet effortlessly defeated the ten Supernovas, then tried to take Luffy’s Straw Hat before Moonlight intervened. Moonlight confronted Bullet over his injured companions, and their first clash began.

• Bullet knocked down Luffy, Kid, and the other Supernovas with punches and kicks, then defeated their full-strength group attack while remaining uninjured.
• Bullet picked up the treasure chest and reached for Luffy’s Straw Hat, declaring Luffy unworthy of it.
• Moonlight cut between Bullet and Luffy with a Sword Aura, forcing Bullet to retreat and recognize the Straw Hat Vice-Captain.
• Moonlight confronted Bullet over the injuries to his companions and raised Kusanagi to fight.
• Bullet rushed Moonlight, and their fist and sword collided in a burst of sparks and golden energy.

Moonlight fought Bullet to a standstill, stunning the pirates watching and forcing Bullet to advance his plans. Ace and Sabo arrived to defend Luffy’s right to become Pirate King, leaving Luffy delighted to reunite with his sworn brothers.

• Moonlight and Bullet clashed with Conqueror’s Haki and fought evenly, devastating the island as Kid and the others watched in fear.
• Buggy explained Bullet’s legendary identity, while pirates witnessing the battle praised Moonlight’s strength and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Douglas Bullet watched Moonlight match his fighter from a surveillance room and ordered his plans moved ahead of schedule.
• Bullet challenged Luffy’s chances of becoming Pirate King, and Moonlight vowed that Luffy would succeed with him there.
• Ace and Sabo struck Bullet with Fire Fist and Flame Dragon King, then declared their support for Luffy as he ran to greet them.

Douglas Bullet transformed with his awakened Combine-Combine Fruit and fought Luffy, Ace, and Sabo, while Moonlight left to confront the approaching Marines. A full-scale Buster Call led by Admirals Fujitora and Kizaru began bombarding the island as Luo and the others prepared a plan to fight Bullet.

• Bullet fused rubble and scrap metal into steel armor, prompting Sabo to warn that his Combine-Combine Fruit had awakened.
• Moonlight left to intercept the Marines, while Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and the others confronted Bullet.
• Fujitora and Kizaru arrived with over a thousand warships, and the Marines launched a Buster Call against the island.
• Luffy, Ace, and Sabo struggled against Bullet, so Luo proposed a plan to join forces against him.
• The Marines' bombardment began, raining tens of thousands of cannonballs onto the island.

Moonlight stopped the Buster Call’s initial barrage, but Kizaru and Fujitora joined forces against him while the Navy’s cannons devastated the island. He ordered the Straw Hats to escape to Wano Country as Sanji and Nami chose to stay behind with him.

• As the Buster Call began, Moonlight used Kusanagi to cut through most of the incoming cannonballs and protect the island.
• Kizaru and Fujitora attacked Moonlight together with light bullets and a summoned meteor, but he deflected their assaults.
• The Admirals ordered another cannon barrage, setting the island ablaze and putting Robin, Nami, Chopper, and the others in danger.
• Moonlight told Zoro and Sanji to take the crew to Wano Country while he stayed behind as Luffy continued fighting Bullet.
• Sanji and Nami chose to remain with Moonlight, while Zoro led Robin, Franky, Brook, and the others away aboard another ship.

Luffy and his allies defeated Bullet after a coordinated assault, while Moonlight continued fighting Kizaru and Fujitora. With Bullet down and the treasure chest loose, Moonlight prepared to bring his own battle to its final stage as Smoker moved to claim the chest.

• Momonosuke, Zoro, and other pirates left the artificial island as the Buster Call and the Admirals made escape increasingly dangerous.
• Moonlight held off Kizaru and Fujitora while Ace, Sabo, Luo, Hancock, Smoker, and Luffy attacked Bullet together.
• Ace unleashed Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor, Sabo followed with Flame Dragon King, and Luo coordinated the assault that severed Bullet’s arm.
• Luffy used Gum-Gum Raijin Elephant Gun to overpower Bullet, knock him out of his awakened form, and defeat him.
• Moonlight leaped into the air to advance his fight against Kizaru and Fujitora, while Smoker moved to seize the fallen treasure chest.

Luffy crushed the Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale, choosing to reach his goal alongside his companions rather than take a shortcut, and the Straw Hat Crew escaped before another Buster Call. Elsewhere, Kid and his crew encountered Kaido after he fell from the sky and crashed onto their island.

• Luffy grabbed the Eternal Pose, but after looking at his companions, he crushed it and declared that he would become Pirate King with them.
• Ace and Sabo helped hold back Lucci, Smoker, Crocodile, and the others, then left separately as Moonlight led Luffy and the crew toward the Thousand Sunny.
• The Navy abandoned the Buster Call as the Straw Hat Crew escaped, and Fujitora reflected on how Pirates had once again accomplished what the Navy could not.
• Kid and his crew reached an island to recover, where Kaido fell from the sky and smashed into a crater.
• Kid recognized Kaido and sucked in a sharp breath.

Kaido appeared before Kid and his crew after surviving a leap from Skypiea, while Luffy, Moonlight, Nami, and Sanji sailed toward Wano Country. The Straw Hats reached Wano’s perilous waterfall entrance, where carp began pulling the Thousand Sunny toward a vortex.

• Kaido pulled himself from a crater, lamented that his attempted suicide had failed, and left Kid and his subordinates stunned by his survival.
• Kid ordered his crew to attack Kaido, and the Kid Pirates charged at the Emperor.
• Aboard the Thousand Sunny, Nami briefed Luffy, Moonlight, and Sanji on Wano Country and their plan to disguise themselves until they heard from Luo.
• After sailing for a day and night, Luffy woke, ate the food Sanji had prepared, and Nami assigned the crew their Wano aliases.
• The Thousand Sunny reached Wano’s cliffs and waterfalls, where Nami explained that carp had to pull the ship into a vortex to enter the country.
• The carp began towing the Thousand Sunny toward the vortex.

Moonlight, Nami, and Luffy were swept through the whirlpool into Wano Country, where Moonlight rescued them by cutting a path through the current. After they reached land, a pursued little girl ran into them, and Moonlight blocked a samurai’s attack aimed at her.

• Intelligent carp pulled the Thousand Sunny into a whirlpool, separating Sanji from Moonlight, Nami, and Luffy.
• Moonlight used his sword and Observation Haki to locate Luffy and cut a passage through the current, bringing himself, Nami, and Luffy safely to shore.
• Moonlight revived Luffy by releasing seawater from his swollen body, and Luffy asked for food before the three set off to explore.
• A little girl fleeing samurai and mounted pursuers cried for help as a samurai sent a Sword Aura toward her.
• Moonlight stepped in front of the girl and blocked the attack with his blade.

Moonlight rescued Tama from Kaido’s men and followed her to her home with Luffy and Nami, where he discovered that she was starving. After Tama collapsed, Moonlight questioned what had happened to Wano Country, with its poisoned air and dying land.

• Moonlight knocked away the samurai chasing Tama and frightened their mounts into submission.
• Tama introduced herself and invited Moonlight, Luffy, and Nami to eat, then called Komachiyo with a rice ball from her cheek.
• Komachiyo carried the group to Tama’s hut, where she offered them her last bowl of rice.
• Moonlight stopped Luffy from eating Tama’s food and asked her about Wano Country’s poisoned air and barren land.
• Tama fainted from hunger, and Nami said she needed food immediately.

Moonlight and the others sought food and medical help for Tama, but learned that X-Drake was massacring outsiders near town. After obtaining Nidai Kitetsu from Tenguyama Hitetsu, they headed for Ruined Town and saw the devastation Kaido had brought to Wano, where a woman fleeing several Pirates came into view.

• Moonlight carried the starving Tama toward town after Nami warned that she needed help.
• A masked swordsmith, Tenguyama Hitetsu, warned them that X-Drake was massacring outsiders and offered them disguises.
• Nidai Kitetsu flew from the wall into Moonlight's hand, and Hitetsu accepted that the sword had chosen him.
• Moonlight, Luffy, Nami, and Komachiyo set out for Ruined Town, over sixty kilometers away, with Luffy and Nami disguised.
• The group saw poisoned rivers, barren land, mutated creatures, and slain villagers as they crossed Wano.
• A woman in a kimono fled from several Pirates pursuing her on ferocious beasts.

Moonlight and the others reunited with Zoro, then continued toward Ruined Town with Tsuru and the unconscious Tama. When Basil Hawkins attacked, Moonlight unleashed Nidai Kitetsu’s power, defeated his forces, and passed the cursed sword to Zoro, whose Oni Aura suited it.

• Zoro rescued Tsuru from Drake Pirates, then reunited with Luffy, Nami, and Moonlight.
• Tsuru invited the group to her teahouse and explained that porridge could help the starving Tama recover.
• Basil Hawkins and his Pirates confronted the group near Ruined Town, and Moonlight used Nidai Kitetsu to kill the attackers and knock Hawkins unconscious.
• Moonlight felt Nidai Kitetsu draining his life force, concluded that Zoro’s Oni Aura made him a better wielder, and handed him the sword.
• Zoro recognized Nidai Kitetsu and eagerly caught it.

Moonlight’s group reached Ruined Town, where Kiku treated the gravely weakened Tama. Yokozuna Urashima’s attempt to take Kiku away was stopped by Zoro’s intimidating presence, and Tama woke after receiving medicine and porridge.

• Moonlight’s group learned the Beasts Pirates’ ranks and arrived at Ruined Town with Tsuru.
• Kiku recognized Tama’s severe weakness and polluted-water poisoning, then went to gather medicine.
• Yokozuna Urashima tried to grab Kiku, but Zoro’s glare made him withdraw and leave.
• Tama woke after taking medicine, mistook the group for ghosts, then recognized them and accepted Tsuru’s offer of porridge.

Luffy and his companions learned that Ruined Town's people suffered from hunger because Orochi had seized the land, then Bat Man attacked Tsuru for criticizing Orochi. Bat Man overwhelmed Zoro and blocked Luffy's strike, leaving the group stunned by his strength.

• Tama eagerly ate Kiku's porridge after Kiku reassured her that there was plenty of food.
• Tsuru explained that Orochi had claimed Kuri's farmland after Oden's death, leaving Ruined Town's villagers struggling to eat.
• Bat Man shot at Tsuru for speaking ill of Orochi, but Zoro deflected the arrow with Nidai Kitetsu.
• Tsuru identified Bat Man as a powerful Gifter, and he said Holdem was looking for Luffy and the others.
• Bat Man fired a volley of arrows that kept Zoro from attacking, then blocked Luffy's Haki-coated punch and knocked him back.

Moonlight wounded Bat Man as Luffy declared his intention to defeat Kaido, while the Heart Pirates prepared to join the fight. Luffy learned that Tama was waiting for Ace and invited her to come with them to confront Holdem.

• Bat Man tried to escape after failing to defeat Luffy and Zoro, but Moonlight cut through his defense and Luffy told him to carry a challenge to Kaido.
• Luo and the Heart Pirates identified Moonlight and the Straw Hat Crew, then Luo headed down the mountain to meet them.
• Tsuru and Kiku urged Luffy and the others to leave before Holdem arrived, but Tama refused to go because she had promised Ace she would wait for him.
• Luffy told Tama he was Ace's brother, and Tama decided she would stay in Wano until Ace came for her.
• Luffy invited Tama to join the group as they went to confront Holdem, leaving Tsuru and Kiku stunned.

Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Moonlight, Kiku, and Tama went to Borotown to confront Kaido’s forces and make the town their first stronghold. Holdem led a large force out to attack them, and Luffy stepped forward to meet the charge.

• Kiku joined the group as they rode Komachiyo to Borotown, where Kaido’s subordinates and their leader Holdem were based.
• Tama described how Borotown’s prosperity contrasted with the hunger and poverty in nearby towns, angering Luffy.
• Holdem arrived with Hawkins, Bat Man, Urashima, and a large force, having learned about the group from Hawkins.
• Luffy challenged Holdem, who ordered his men to attack.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Kiku faced the advancing fighters while Moonlight guarded Nami and Tama, and Luffy stepped to the front.

Luffy and his companions confronted Holdem’s forces, and Luffy used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out the weaker attackers. When Gazelle Man tried to seize Tama, Moonlight unleashed a devastating Haki blast that incapacitated him and the surrounding enemies, leaving the clash with Holdem’s group ongoing.

• Luffy released Conqueror’s Haki, causing most of the attackers to collapse, while Holdem recognized the power and Kiku compared it to Kozuki Oden’s.
• Zoro and Nami joined Luffy, and Holdem ordered Hawkins, Bat Man, Speed, and the Gifters to attack them.
• Hawkins summoned a giant Straw Man, Bat Man fired a Sonar Arrow, and Speed launched nine Haki-coated arrows that forced Luffy, Zoro, and Kiku to defend themselves.
• Gazelle Man rushed toward Tama to grab her, but Moonlight unleashed powerful Conqueror’s Haki that shattered the surroundings and struck the nearby enemies.
• Gazelle Man was badly injured, Urashima and many others collapsed, and Holdem realized Moonlight was the strongest among the group.

Nami, Luffy, Zoro, and their allies defeated Holdem and Hawkins’s group in Borotown, then brought the town’s supplies to the starving villagers in Ruined Town. Luo explained the alliance’s plan to gather intelligence and find the Kozuki retainers, with their base hidden deep in Mount Atama.

• Nami used her Climate Domain to take down the enemies around her while Luffy, Zoro, and Kiku fought Hawkins, Speed, and Bat Man.
• Holdem attacked the group with his Hellfire Blade, but Luo appeared, teleported Luffy’s group behind the enemies, and struck Holdem with Death Blade.
• Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Kiku, and Luo defeated the four enemies, who fled after Holdem threatened Luffy.
• Luffy collected Borotown’s supplies and returned them to the villagers of Ruined Town, who cheered and thanked the group.
• Luo told Nami and Moonlight that the alliance was gathering intelligence, searching for the former Kozuki retainers, and using a base deep in Mount Atama.

Shutenmaru and his thieves confronted the villagers over the food, but Jack arrived with Beasts Pirates reinforcements to claim it and target Luffy. Moonlight blocked their pursuit with a powerful slash, forcing Jack and his men to retreat while Luffy and the others left.

• Shutenmaru and the Atamayama Thieves surrounded the Ruined Town and demanded that the villagers hand over their food.
• Jack arrived with Holdem, Hawkins, Speed, Bat Man, and a force of Beasts Pirates, then focused on Luffy and his crew.
• Shutenmaru told his thieves to leave while he stayed behind to face Jack.
• Moonlight cut a deep fissure through the ground, stopping Holdem and the others from pursuing Luffy.
• Jack recognized Moonlight's strength and withdrew with his men, allowing Luffy and the others to depart.

Moonlight recognized that Kozuki Toki had sent Momonosuke and the other samurai twenty years into the future, revealing that the graves at Mount Atama did not mean they were dead. He left Shutenmaru with a promise of a possible duel after Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi were defeated.

• Shutenmaru recognized Moonlight and coveted his Black Blade, Kusanagi, while Moonlight sensed the sorrow and hatred in Shutenmaru's Sword Heart.
• Moonlight told Shutenmaru they could duel after Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi had been defeated, then left to catch up with Luffy and the others.
• Luo led the group to Mount Atama, where Luffy, Nami, and the others found tombstones bearing the names of Momonosuke, Kin'emon of the Foxfire, Kanjuro, and Raizo.
• Moonlight identified Kozuki Toki's Toki Toki no Mi as the reason the samurai had vanished, and Momonosuke and the others emerged from behind their tombstones.
• Moonlight explained that Kozuki Toki had sent the four samurai twenty years into the future, leaving Nami relieved of her fear of ghosts.

Kin'emon explained the rebels' plan to reunite the Nine Red Scabbards and rally Wano Country against Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi. Kaido arrived in his dragon form, learned that Luffy's group and several Scabbards were on Mount Atama, and attacked the mountain with a Heat Breath.

• Kin'emon outlined how the rebels would reunite the Nine Red Scabbards, rally Oden's former retainers, and fight Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi with the Straw Hat Crew's help.
• Moonlight recognized the sudden storm as a sign of Kaido's arrival, and the group saw Kaido flying over Borotown in his dragon form.
• Kaido confronted Jack over his defeat and retreat, while Hawkins reported that Luffy's group and Kin'emon's companions were hiding on Mount Atama.
• Kaido unleashed a massive Heat Breath from Borotown toward Mount Atama.

Kaido transformed into a dragon and unleashed a massive Heat Breath toward Mount Atama, where Luffy and the others were hiding. Moonlight split the flames with his sword and sent the others to escape before charging toward Kaido himself.

• Kaido's Heat Breath carved a ten-mile path of fire across the sky, shocking Hawkins, Jack, Shutenmaru, and the people of Borotown and Ruined Town.
• Shutenmaru realized Kaido's attack was heading toward Mount Atama, where Luffy, Kin'emon of the Foxfire, and the others were hiding.
• Kaido's flames swept toward the mountain, leaving Luffy's group with no time or room to evade.
• Moonlight cut through the Heat Breath with Kusanagi, splitting the flames and protecting Luffy's group.
• Moonlight told the others to leave, then used Dragon Severing Void to charge toward Kaido.

Moonlight stayed behind to face Kaido and the Beasts Pirates while Luffy and the others escaped. He split Kaido’s Heat Breath and wounded him with a sword strike, but Kaido healed and returned to human form.

• Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Luo, Momonosuke, Kin'emon of the Foxfire, and the others trusted Moonlight and fled as he charged toward Kaido.
• Moonlight cut through Kaido’s Heat Breath and raced through the air toward him, shocking Holdem, Shutenmaru, and the onlookers in Borotown.
• Moonlight slashed Kaido, opening a deep wound and knocking him from the sky as the watching pirates and fleeing allies reacted in disbelief.
• Moonlight recognized Kaido’s extraordinary durability, and Kaido’s dragon form vanished as he fell to the ground.
• Kaido returned to human form, sobered from his drunken state, and healed Moonlight’s wound.