Recaps

After the Going Merry crashed into the Marine fortress G-8, Moonlight, Nami, Robin, and Chopper split up to recover the ship and gold and find Luffy and Usopp. Vice Admiral Jonathan secretly controlled the search to trap the Straw Hat Crew, but Moonlight found the gold in Jonathan’s office.

• The Going Merry crashed into G-8 Fortress, and Marines seized the ship while Moonlight, Nami, Robin, and Chopper watched from hiding.
• Nami, Robin, and Moonlight split up to investigate the fortress and recover Merry and the gold, while they planned to find Luffy and Usopp.
• Vice Admiral Jonathan ordered a Level One alert and directed Major Drake to search the fortress as reports placed Straw Hat Crew members around the base.
• Jonathan used the chessboard to guide the Marines into narrowing the search and then ordered them to confront the crew at the shipyard and armory.
• Moonlight entered Jonathan’s office through a window, found the gold from Skypiea, and was recognized by Drake as the Straw Hat Crew’s Vice-Captain.

Moonlight recovered the Straw Hat Crew’s gold, and Jonathan let him leave while arranging a trap for the crew. The Going Merry was stranded by the receding tide and surrounded by Marines, leaving the crew facing a cannon bombardment as Moonlight unleashed Conqueror’s Haki.

• Moonlight took the gold from Jonathan and Drake, and Jonathan ordered the Marines not to intercept the Straw Hat Crew.
• Moonlight reunited with the Straw Hat Crew aboard the repaired Going Merry and returned their gold.
• Jonathan’s Marines withdrew as the Going Merry sailed through the fortress, while Moonlight suspected Jonathan was using the currents to trap them.
• Nami realized the tide was receding, but the Going Merry was swept into the fortress’s dry center and stranded.
• Jonathan and Drake confronted the Straw Hat Crew with cannons aimed at their ship and demanded their surrender.
• The Straw Hat Crew refused to surrender, and Moonlight stepped forward and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki.

Moonlight forced Jonathan to open Baron Fortress’s gates, allowing the Straw Hat Crew to escape. After surviving Sea Monkey attacks, the crew reached an island and discovered its animals were unusually long.

• Moonlight’s Conqueror’s Haki incapacitated the Marines, and Jonathan opened the fortress gates so Luffy and the others could leave.
• The crew returned the octopus guy to the sea, then fled from three giant Sea Monkeys that attacked the Going Merry.
• The Sea Monkeys pursued the Going Merry and another listless pirate ship until Moonlight frightened them away.
• The crew reached an island, where Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper played in its soft grass while Moonlight stayed to watch the ship.
• Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and the others were startled by an extraordinarily long rabbit and a dog over five meters long.

Moonlight encountered the Foxy Pirates while guarding the Going Merry, then spotted a man riding a bicycle across the sea and rushed to Long Ring Long Land to warn Luffy’s crew. After reuniting with Tonjit and Lidondo, the crew reacted to Moonlight’s report, and Robin feared she recognized the cyclist.

• Moonlight sensed the Foxy Pirates approaching and crossed to their ship, where Foxy challenged the Straw Hat Crew to a pirate contest.
• Moonlight spotted a man riding a bicycle on the sea toward Long Ring Long Land and knocked out Foxy and his crew with his Haki when they blocked him.
• Moonlight hurried to Long Ring Long Land, where Luffy and the others had met Tonjit and Shelley and reunited Tonjit with his grandson, Lidondo.
• Moonlight told the crew about the cyclist, and Robin collapsed in fear, wondering if it was him.

The Straw Hat Crew encountered Navy Admiral Aokiji, whose presence terrified Robin, but he said he had come to confirm her whereabouts and report on the stranded merchants. After Robin attacked him and discovered he could reform from ice, the crew fed the merchants, and Usopp urged Aokiji to help them.

• Moonlight identified the sea cyclist as Admiral Aokiji, and Robin warned the crew not to fight him because they would die.
• The Straw Hat Crew left Long Ring Long Land and sailed for half a month without encountering Aokiji.
• On an unnamed island, Aokiji told the crew he was not there to arrest them, and Robin attacked him before he reformed from ice.
• Aokiji pointed out stranded merchants whose ship had been sunk by a Freestyle Frog, and Sanji and the others fed them.
• Usopp told the merchants that Aokiji was a Navy Admiral and challenged him to help them in the name of justice.

Aokiji froze the sea to rescue stranded people, then suddenly attacked Robin, forcing Moonlight to protect her and face the Admiral. Moonlight sent the Straw Hats away and prepared to test his strength against Aokiji.

• Aokiji froze the sea for miles, trapping a Sea King in ice and creating a week-long route for the stranded people to reach safety.
• The Straw Hat Crew gave the rescued people food and supplies, but Aokiji stopped the crew and declared that he would kill them.
• Aokiji formed an ice sword and attacked Robin, while Moonlight blocked the strike with his Haki-coated Kusanagi Sword.
• Moonlight unleashed Iai Slash, shattering Aokiji's ice sword and cutting an island in half, but Aokiji re-formed without injury.
• Moonlight told Luffy and the others to take Robin away, reminded Robin of their promise, and turned to face Aokiji alone.

Moonlight fought Aokiji to protect Robin, but even his strongest sword techniques only lightly wounded the Marine Admiral. Aokiji left by bicycle, and the Straw Hat Pirates escaped, though Luffy worried about what might happen if Moonlight was not there next time.

• Moonlight told Aokiji he would protect Robin, then clashed with him using powerful sword techniques.
• Aokiji blocked Moonlight's attacks with ice, while Moonlight's Storm Style trapped and slashed him before he escaped harm as a Logia user.
• Aokiji rode away on his bicycle, warning Moonlight that he was not yet strong enough to involve himself in Robin's present.
• The Going Merry returned, and the crew praised Moonlight and reflected on the Admiral's overwhelming strength.
• Luffy sat at the bow, troubled by the danger they faced if Moonlight was absent in a future encounter.

The Straw Hats encountered the Sea Train and learned from Kokoro and Chimney about Shift Station, the train’s creator, and the freestyle-swimming frog Yokozuna. After Aokiji’s appearance had made the crew resolve to grow stronger, they arrived hoping to rest and repair the Going Merry.

• Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, and the others reflected on Aokiji’s strength and their need to grow stronger, while Moonlight considered his role in protecting and motivating them.
• The Going Merry encountered a Sea Train and watched the giant frog Yokozuna leap at it and get thrown into the sea.
• Usopp recognized Yokozuna as the frog described by people they had met earlier, and the crew spotted a station platform and an island ahead.
• Moonlight steered the Going Merry toward the station so the crew could rest, resupply, and repair their ship.
• Kokoro introduced herself as the stationmaster of Shift Station, and Chimney explained that Yokozuna challenged the Sea Train every day.
• Kokoro told the crew that Mr. Tom and his two apprentices had built the Sea Train, and Nami asked whether an island was nearby.

The Straw Hat Crew sailed to Water 7 to repair the Going Merry, while Moonlight stayed behind to train and advanced both Observation and Armament Haki to Level 6. He sensed Robin with a powerful stranger and confronted another unfamiliar man who jumped toward the ship.

• Kokoro told Nami that Water 7 had the world's finest shipwrights and gave her a letter of introduction to Iceberg.
• The Straw Hat Crew reached Water 7 and decided to explore the city and sell their Skypiea gold while Moonlight guarded the Going Merry.
• Moonlight trained until his Observation Haki and Armament Haki advanced to Level 6, greatly expanding his perception.
• Moonlight sensed Robin beside a powerful unfamiliar man and suspected that she had chosen to cooperate with CP9.
• Moonlight saw a yellow-haired, long-nosed man jump toward the Going Merry and stopped him with his gaze.

Moonlight learned that the Going Merry could no longer sail and found Usopp badly injured after he lost the 200 million Beli. After comforting Usopp and telling him Merry’s condition, Moonlight left to find Robin, urging Usopp to face his weakness and grow stronger.

• Kaku told Moonlight that the Going Merry’s Dragon Bone had failed and the ship could not be repaired.
• Thugs boarded the Going Merry, mocked Usopp, and threatened Moonlight, who knocked them all unconscious and used Observation Haki to locate Usopp.
• Moonlight found Usopp severely injured in an alley and encouraged him to recover the stolen money and overcome his defeat.
• Moonlight treated Usopp and revealed that the Going Merry could no longer sail, then told him Robin had left and he was going to find her.
• Moonlight urged Usopp to become stronger, and Usopp stayed with the Going Merry and wept.

Moonlight found Robin at Iceberg’s palace, where she shot him and ordered him to leave before escaping with a masked companion. After Iceberg’s attempted assassination was blamed on the Straw Hat Crew, Luffy and his friends resolved to clear their names, while Moonlight confronted the guards at Iceberg’s palace.

• Moonlight used Observation Haki to find Robin with a masked man at Iceberg’s palace, where she shot Iceberg and left him unconscious.
• Moonlight arrived, but Robin shot him, told him to get lost, and escaped with the masked man.
• News spread that Iceberg had been assassinated, and Water 7 began hunting the Straw Hat Crew.
• Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper agreed to prove their innocence while leaving Robin and Usopp to handle their own situations.
• Moonlight approached the heavily guarded palace at night and demanded to know who had slandered his Straw Hat Crew.

Moonlight fought his way through the city after people accused the Straw Hat Crew of murdering Iceberg, then confronted Blueno and forced him to lead the way to Robin. He arrived at Iceberg’s room just in time to stop Kalifa from shooting him.

• After people repeatedly attacked him, Moonlight unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and knocked out much of the city before heading to the Galley-La Company headquarters.
• Moonlight recognized Blueno’s Door-Door Fruit, overpowered him, and ordered him to take him to Robin.
• Iceberg realized that Robin, Rob Lucci, Kaku, and Kalifa were involved in CP9’s scheme and that the Straw Hat Crew had been used as scapegoats.
• Kalifa fired at Iceberg, but Moonlight emerged through a doorway and deflected the bullets with a Sword Aura.

Moonlight tried to reach Robin, but she left with Iceberg after Lucci ordered her to escape. Moonlight defeated Kaku and overwhelmed Lucci, while Luffy and the others pursued Robin and were sent to the harbor by Blueno.

• Moonlight told Robin he understood how she felt after experiencing a day of being hated and hunted, and Robin dropped her gun.
• Kaku attacked Moonlight with the Six Powers, but Moonlight blocked Shigan and severely wounded him with a sword slash that pierced Tekkai.
• Lucci told Robin to take Iceberg and leave, and Robin escaped through the window as Kalifa and Blueno carried away Kaku.
• Luffy and the others saw Robin holding Iceberg hostage, but Blueno opened a door that transported them to the harbor as they tried to pursue her.
• Moonlight fought Lucci through more than a hundred exchanges, collapsed the Galley-La Company Headquarters, and then wounded Lucci with a single slash.
• Moonlight said he had lost interest in the Six Powers and prepared to kill Lucci.

Moonlight rescued Iceberg from the burning Galley-La headquarters, and the Straw Hat Crew vowed to retrieve Robin even if it meant opposing the world. As they prepared to pursue her, alarms announced that the Aqua Laguna was approaching Water 7.

• Lucci escaped as CP9's explosives destroyed the hall, and Moonlight used a sword slash to clear the flames and wreckage.
• Iceberg and Paulie appeared alive, and Iceberg apologized to Moonlight for blaming the Straw Hat Crew.
• Nami told the crew that Robin was with powerful people, while Usopp was still missing; Moonlight said he intended to pursue Robin.
• Moonlight asked whether the crew would stand by him if rescuing Robin made them enemies of the world, and Luffy and the others agreed without hesitation.
• Moonlight departed ahead of the crew, while Chopper treated the wounded; when the Straw Hat Crew prepared to leave, alarms announced the Aqua Laguna.

As Aqua Laguna approached Water 7, Luffy and his companions insisted on rescuing Robin, Usopp, and Moonlight despite the danger. Kokoro and Iceberg prepared Rocket Man to carry them toward Enies Lobby, while Moonlight raced after the World Government train and met the tsunami head-on.

• Iceberg ordered Water 7’s residents to higher ground as Kokoro warned that Aqua Laguna would be unusually fierce.
• Luffy’s crew resolved to risk their lives to save their companions, and Kokoro offered to take them across the tsunami on Rocket Man.
• Iceberg repaired Rocket Man and explained that Robin and the others had been taken to Enies Lobby.
• The Franky Family begged to join the rescue mission for Franky, and Luffy’s group agreed to take them along.
• Moonlight pursued the World Government express train across the sea, but Aqua Laguna struck with a towering wall of water.

Moonlight cleaved through the Aqua Laguna tsunami with his Phantom Sword Dance and raced toward the World Government Express Train carrying Robin and Franky. His slash overwhelmed Colonel Penguin and stunned CP9, while Usopp recognized Moonlight as their rescuer.

• Moonlight faced the Aqua Laguna and unleashed his Phantom Sword Dance, carving a path through the towering tsunami.
• Colonel Penguin charged at the approaching Sword Aura to protect the train, but it shattered his sword and blasted him into the next carriage.
• Lucci and the other CP9 members saw Moonlight emerge from the tsunami and ordered the train to speed up.
• Usopp spotted Moonlight from the first carriage and shouted that he had come to rescue them.
• Franky and Robin watched Moonlight race across the sea in disbelief.

Moonlight pursued Robin through Aqua Laguna, but the Sea Train accelerated and carried her toward Enies Lobby. Luffy and Zoro joined forces to pierce Aqua Laguna, then Zoro cut an approaching Marine carriage in half as Rocket Man raced onward.

• The Sea Train accelerated, leaving Moonlight behind as Robin remembered his promise not to let her abandon the crew.
• Moonlight shouted that he would chase Robin to the Underworld and rescue her, while Usopp and Franky reassured her of the crew’s determination.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji recognized Moonlight’s slash through Aqua Laguna as his Phantom Sword Dance.
• Luffy and Zoro combined their attacks to blast a tunnel through the restored wall of water, allowing Rocket Man to pass through.
• Luffy ordered Zoro to clear an approaching carriage, and Zoro used Two Sword Style: Iai: Rashomon to cut it in two as Rocket Man passed.

Moonlight entered Enies Lobby alone to rescue Robin, while Spandam gathered forces and considered using a Buster Call. The chapter left the gathered CP9 members warning that Moonlight was too dangerous to stop, even as Spandam struggled to believe he had come alone.

• Luffy and the others saw Enies Lobby ahead as Rocket Man sped toward it.
• Moonlight cut through Enies Lobby's main gate and knocked out the Marines there with his Conqueror's Haki.
• In the Tower of Justice, Spandam taunted Franky and prepared to strike Robin before answering a call from Moonlight.
• Moonlight identified himself as the Straw Hat Pirates' vice-captain and told Spandam to wait because he was coming over.
• Spandam mobilized Enies Lobby's forces and took out Aokiji's Golden Transponder Snail, while Lucci warned him to launch a Buster Call because Moonlight had likely come alone.

Moonlight reached Enies Lobby and confronted Spandam, Lucci, and Robin after Spandam activated the Buster Call. He declared that he would become an enemy of the world for Robin and cut down the World Government flag as the Straw Hat Crew arrived.

• A Marine reported that one man had overwhelmed the forces on Main Island, while another call revealed that the Straw Hat Crew, the Franky Family, and Galley-La shipwrights had broken through the first gate.
• Spandam activated the Buster Call despite Robin's pleas, and Lucci's group prepared to leave the island.
• Moonlight arrived at the Tower of Justice and told Robin he had come to take her home.
• Robin warned Moonlight that the Buster Call would destroy the island and urged him to leave, but Moonlight reminded her of their promise and asked if she would let him become an enemy of the world for her.
• Moonlight slashed through the World Government flag, and Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Nami, and Chopper arrived beside him.

After Robin asked to live and rejoin the Straw Hats, Moonlight rescued her by defeating CP9 and collapsing the Tower of Justice. When the Buster Call arrived, Moonlight cut through its cannon barrage and flew alone to face Aokiji and the Marine fleet.

• Luffy and the Straw Hats called out to Robin, who said she wanted to live and asked to go to sea with them.
• Moonlight used a sword formation to overwhelm CP9, cut down the Tower of Justice, and bring Robin back to the crew.
• Luffy rescued Franky as the Straw Hats reunited, but a Marine cannon blast announced the arrival of the Buster Call led by Aokiji.
• Moonlight said he would hold off the Marines, then cleaved through the Buster Call’s cannon barrage with Sky-Breaking Iai Slash.
• Moonlight used Dragon Severing Void to cross the sea and faced Aokiji and the Marine fleet alone.

Moonlight faced Aokiji and the Buster Call alone to protect Robin, while Luffy’s crew sought an escape. As the Admiral, Vice Admirals, and a thousand cannons attacked, Moonlight answered with his Extreme God Sword Style: Meteor Fall.

• Lucci and the other CP9 members fled as the Buster Call began, while Luffy’s crew debated whether to leave Moonlight behind.
• Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy trusted Moonlight to face the threat, and Luffy urged Robin to break free from her fear of the Buster Call.
• Aokiji and the Vice Admirals confronted Moonlight, and Moonlight declared that protecting Robin had been worth it and challenged Aokiji to settle their earlier dispute.
• Aokiji froze the sea and attacked as a thousand cannons fired and the Vice Admirals joined in, while Luffy’s group searched for a ship and Zoro and Sanji ran toward Moonlight.
• Moonlight rose into the air and unleashed his Extreme God Sword Style: Meteor Fall against the combined assault.

Moonlight devastated the Marines with a rain of Sword Aura, allowing the Straw Hats and their allies to escape Enies Lobby aboard the Going Merry. As Robin celebrated her freedom and the crew’s victory, Moonlight told her they were even for shooting him.

• Moonlight unleashed a rain of Sword Aura that wrecked the Marine ships and overwhelmed Aokiji and the Vice Admirals.
• Moonlight led the Straw Hats, Robin, and Franky onto the Going Merry, which sailed itself through the dangerous currents as the Franky Family escaped on Giant Bull.
• Aokiji reappeared after the sea thawed and acknowledged that the Buster Call had failed as the Marines began rescue operations.
• Aboard the Going Merry, Moonlight concluded that Aokiji had likely allowed them to escape, and Robin rejoiced with the crew.
• Robin apologized for shooting Moonlight at Galley-La, and Moonlight said they were even because he had once pointed his sword at her.

The Straw Hats said farewell to the Going Merry after its spirit thanked them for their adventures, then returned to Water 7 to a heroes’ welcome and rested after their battles. Moonlight stayed awake at the doorway while Robin and the others slept.

• The Going Merry broke in half, and Usopp explained that it had been beyond repair since the shipyard.
• Merry’s Ship Spirit thanked the crew for cherishing it and apologized that it could not carry them any farther.
• Luffy decided to see Merry off, and Iceberg suggested giving the ship a burial at sea.
• The Straw Hats bid farewell as Merry burned and vanished into the ocean, its spirit seeming to wave goodbye.
• Water 7’s citizens welcomed the crew as heroes, and Iceberg’s people left food for them while they recovered.
• Robin asked Moonlight if he was tired, and he stayed by the doorway as she and the others fell asleep.

After the Straw Hat Crew celebrated their escape from Enies Lobby, Franky and Iceberg secretly began building them a new ship. Aokiji revealed that someone had delayed the Marines’ response, and Hero Garp arrived in Water 7 as the story left the crew unaware that he was coming for them.

• Moonlight overheard Franky and Iceberg plan to build the Straw Hat Crew a new ship using Adam Wood.
• Luffy and the crew recovered, then joined Water 7’s three-day celebration and helped repair the city afterward.
• Aokiji approached Robin, but Moonlight intercepted him before Aokiji explained that he had come to see Robin and that someone had suppressed the Enies Lobby incident.
• Moonlight concluded that Hero Garp was likely the person who had held back the Marines.
• Garp arrived in Water 7 aboard a Dog Head Warship, and townspeople hurried to warn Luffy and the others.

Garp caught up with the Straw Hat Crew in Water 7, where Moonlight blocked his attack on Luffy. Garp revealed that Luffy was his grandson and told the crew that Luffy’s father was Monkey D. Dragon, leaving them shocked by the name.

• Garp arrived at the shipyard and attacked Luffy, but Moonlight blocked his iron fist.
• Garp introduced himself as Luffy’s grandfather, and Luffy warned the crew about his harsh training methods.
• Garp explained that Shanks was one of the Four Emperors, but Luffy admired him even more.
• Garp told Luffy that his father was Monkey D. Dragon, and the Marines and onlookers reacted with shock.