Recaps

Moonlight reunited with Luffy and the scattered Straw Hats before fighting his way through Impel Down to help Luffy escape. They reached Marineford as Whitebeard’s war to save Ace began, and Luffy joined the battle and charged toward the execution platform.

• Duval attacked Sanji over the wanted poster, but Sanji changed Duval’s face, and Duval pledged the Flying Fish Riders’ support to the Straw Hats.
• At Sabaody, Moonlight confronted a Celestial Dragon and helped Rayleigh and the crew escape the Marines, while Kuma sent Luffy and the other Straw Hats away.
• Moonlight found Luffy on Amazon Lily, then visited Usopp, Chopper, Robin, and Nami before setting out for Impel Down as Luffy went to save Ace.
• Moonlight fought through Impel Down, defeated Magellan, and helped Luffy, Jinbe, Crocodile, Buggy, and the other prisoners escape by sea.
• Whitebeard arrived at Marineford to rescue Ace, and the Marines fought his forces as the Admirals attacked.
• Squard stabbed Whitebeard, but Whitebeard stopped his sons from retaliating, and Luffy’s group crashed into Marineford.
• Luffy charged toward Ace, joined by Boa Hancock and the Whitebeard Pirates, while Whitebeard caught him after Kizaru kicked him back.

Moonlight helped rescue Ace at Marineford, then protected Luffy and supported the Straw Hats through two years of separation and training. The crew reunited on Sabaody and set sail for Fish-Man Island as Moonlight confronted the Marines pursuing them.

• Luffy declared that he would become Pirate King, and Moonlight arrived at the execution platform, knocked down Marines with his aura, and freed Ace.
• Moonlight fought the Admirals and Blackbeard’s crew while the Whitebeard Pirates retreated, but Whitebeard died and Blackbeard took his Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Moonlight defeated Blackbeard’s crew, duelled Hawkeye until Shanks stopped them, and remained at Marineford after the war ended.
• Moonlight helped Luffy recover, sent the Straw Hats a message to reunite in two years, and trained with Hawkeye, Robin, and the Revolutionary Army.
• Moonlight rescued Ace from Blackbeard’s attack, then helped Luffy and Hancock save Hancock’s sisters from Byrnndi World while keeping Akainu from interfering.
• Moonlight advised Luffy during his training and later returned to Sabaody, where he exposed the Fake Straw Hat Crew and reunited with the crew.
• The Straw Hats sailed toward Fish-Man Island as Moonlight held off the pursuing Marines and strange forces overwhelmed their attackers.

The Straw Hat Crew crossed Fish-Man Island, challenged Big Mom, and became entangled in the Neo Marines’ plan to destroy pirates with Dyna Stone. After stopping Zephyr’s attack, they reached Punk Hazard, where Moonlight intervened in the conflict between Trafalgar Luo and the Marines.

• Moonlight helped the Straw Hats reach Fish-Man Island, where they defeated Hody Jones’s forces, rescued Neptune, and left their flag to protect the island.
• Luffy and Moonlight challenged Big Mom over Fish-Man Island, then the Straw Hats set sail for the New World with Jinbe’s help.
• The Straw Hats aided Lily in rescuing her father Panz Fry from Shuzo and the Neo Marines, then encountered the injured Zephyr and learned of the Dyna Stone plot.
• Aokiji revealed that Zephyr planned to detonate Dyna Stone at End Point, and the Straw Hats defeated the Neo Marines while Moonlight neutralized most of the explosives.
• Kizaru attacked after Zephyr’s defeat, but Moonlight wounded him and led the Straw Hats away as Aokiji froze Zephyr and the other Neo Marines.
• The Straw Hats reached Punk Hazard, where Moonlight deduced that a frightened caller was on the island’s frozen side and went to investigate with companions.
• Smoker and the G-5 Marines confronted Trafalgar Luo at an old research base, and Moonlight stopped Luo from attacking Tashigi before Luffy and Zoro arrived with a person who had only a lower body.

Moonlight and the Straw Hats joined forces with Luo to defeat Caesar’s experiments on Punk Hazard and set their sights on Doflamingo. After a brief clash with Breed at sea, they reached Dressrosa, where Fujitora confronted Moonlight.

• Luo formed an alliance with Luffy to destroy the SMILE operation, while Moonlight recovered Luo’s heart and defeated Vergo.
• Moonlight and the Straw Hats rescued the children Caesar had drugged, and Kin’emon and Momonosuke joined them as they escaped the spreading Death Land.
• Moonlight defeated Caesar and brought him to the Thousand Sunny, where Doflamingo arrived and faced Luo’s demands and Luffy’s challenge.
• The Straw Hats sailed toward Dressrosa, but Breed attacked with controlled Sea Beasts and captured Caesar before Moonlight exposed how to block his Green Rings.
• A newspaper reported Doflamingo’s apparent resignation as Shichibukai and king of Dressrosa, while Luo suspected a trap and added Moonlight to the plan.
• At Dressrosa, Moonlight, Luo, Caesar, Robin, and Usopp went to Green Bit to demand the SMILE factory’s destruction, where Doflamingo arrived with Admiral Fujitora.
• Fujitora announced he had come to arrest pirates, recognized Moonlight and Kusanagi, and faced Moonlight as he drew his Black Blade.