Recaps

Groudon Good, a former landlord reincarnated as a Beasts Pirates grunt, planned to capture Yamato for a bounty so he could return to collecting rent. His search was interrupted when Ulti recruited him to help find Page One and chase Yamato.

• Good remembered his former life as a rent-collecting landlord and decided to earn a bounty by capturing Yamato.
• After Kaido ordered his pirates to drag Yamato to the dungeon, Good set out with a greatsword to pursue her.
• Ulti searched Onigashima for her younger brother, Page One, and demanded that Good help her.
• Good told Ulti about Kaido's order and suggested Page One might try to capture Yamato.
• Ulti climbed onto Good's shoulders and ordered him to charge with her.

Yamato fought off the pirates pursuing her on Onigashima, but her strength was nearly spent after she defeated Page One with Thunder-Bagua. Ulti then appeared, accidentally knocked Page One unconscious while celebrating their reunion, and blamed Yamato for his injuries.

• Yamato refused to surrender and charged into the pirates despite her injuries and hunger.
• Page One transformed into a Spinosaurus and charged Yamato, who struck him down with Thunder-Bagua.
• Ulti grabbed Page One and repeatedly slammed him into the ground while Good refused to intervene.
• Page One lost consciousness, and Ulti angrily accused Yamato of hurting him.
• Yamato pointed out that Ulti had knocked Page One out herself, but Ulti insisted she was gentle with her little brother.

Yamato and Ulti fought fiercely until both were exhausted and locked in a head-to-head struggle. Good led his Ulti Fan Club in a cheering chant, then charged in to help Ulti.

• Ulti clashed with Yamato, and their fight sent a shock wave through the watching pirates.
• Good kept watch over the fight and hoped to take advantage after the two women wore themselves out.
• Good and four fellow members of the Ulti Fan Club struck poses and chanted praises for Ulti.
• Yamato was distracted by the cheering, letting Ulti transform and seize her shoulders for repeated headbutts.
• Yamato and Ulti cracked their skulls and became locked in a desperate shoving match.
• Good charged onto the battlefield, declaring that he would help Ulti.

Good defeated Yamato with a brutal series of attacks, leaving her unconscious and buried headfirst in a crater. The watching pirates were left stunned by his strength.

• Good accidentally struck Ulti instead of Yamato, then blamed Yamato for using Ulti as a shield.
• Good attacked Yamato and used Precipice Blade to launch her into the air.
• Good struck Yamato with Boulder Elbow Strike, spun and hurled her into a cliff, then dragged her back out of the rubble.
• Good performed Spiral Pile Driver, burying Yamato's upper body in the ground as the pirates watched in shock.

Good captured Yamato and revealed that his growing strength came from sharing his body with a baby Groudon. The next morning, he sailed toward Wano Country, where he planned to buy a house, and learned that his victory had made him famous while he still lacked Haki.

• Good hauled Yamato away after the pirates booed him for his rough victory, then explained that Groudon had doubled his strength and given him control over earth.
• Good boarded a supply ship leaving Onigashima and planned to buy a house in the Flower Capital.
• Speed brought Good the latest newspaper, whose headline reported that Ace had entered the Grand Line.
• Speed congratulated Good for capturing Yamato, a feat that had earned him the nickname "Devil Muscle Man."
• Good asked about Speed's progress toward becoming a Headliner and reflected that he still did not know how to begin mastering Haki.

Good went to the Flower Capital to buy property and acquired a warehouse from Pinghao. The purchase awakened his Armament Haki, and the chapter ended with Good confronting the ronin who had followed him.

• Good joked with Speed about becoming a senior officer and explained his plan to buy property and rent it out.
• Speed warned Good that samurai had been attacking Beasts Pirates who traveled alone.
• Good noticed a garbage convoy heading toward God of Wealth Town and considered the town’s poverty as a possible business opportunity.
• Good paid Pinghao 300 gold for a warehouse and became a property owner.
• Good realized that owning property had awakened his Armament Haki and suspected that buying more property could strengthen it.
• Good called out the ronin hiding in the warehouse and faced the seven or eight samurai who surrounded him.

Good defeated a group of Kozuki samurai in the Flower Capital and drew Kyoshiro’s attention. After Good revealed his name and accepted the nickname “Devil Muscle Man,” Kyoshiro asked to take the surviving samurai, and Good agreed after demanding compensation for his ruined house.

• Good killed or incapacitated the Kozuki samurai who attacked him and destroyed the warehouse in the fight.
• Kyoshiro arrived with his men and civilians, and Good showed the crowd the crescent-moon tattoo identifying the dead as Kozuki samurai.
• Good introduced himself as Ulti’s deputy, and Kyoshiro recognized him as the “Devil Muscle Man.”
• Kyoshiro asked Good to hand over the surviving samurai and promised a satisfactory answer.
• Good agreed to hand over the survivor after Kyoshiro offered to cover the cost of rebuilding his house.

Good used his Earth Power to uncover a hot spring beneath his warehouse and arranged for Master Minatomo to build a hot spring inn, falsely claiming Boss Kyoshiro owned it. After Kyoshiro’s family confirmed the story and agreed to pay, Good left for Onigashima delighted that the construction would cost him nothing.

• Kyoshiro paid Good five hundred gold for medical costs and emotional distress, then left with the Kozuki samurai’s bodies.
• Good discovered that spring water was bubbling up through the warehouse floor and realized he could turn the property into a hot spring inn.
• Good asked Master Minatomo to build an estate and claimed it was Boss Kyoshiro’s property to persuade him to take the job.
• Minatomo sent an apprentice to the Kyoshiro Family, which confirmed the arrangement and agreed to fund the construction.
• Good set a one-month construction schedule with Minatomo for two thousand gold, then boarded a ship to Onigashima grinning as Speed questioned him.

Yamato woke in the Onigashima dungeon after dreaming that someone had tried to lure her into a river, then realized she had been captured and was injured and hungry. Good teased her with grilled food and rice, but she refused the meal he offered, insisting she was not hungry.

• Yamato dreamed that a disguised figure tried to grab her after she rejected his claim to be her mother.
• Yamato woke screaming in the dungeon and realized she had been captured, with her body aching and her strength depleted.
• Yamato smelled Good cooking salmon and meat, but could only watch from behind the cell bars.
• Good offered Yamato a bowl of rice, and she turned away in tears, claiming she was not hungry.

Good fed Yamato in the dungeon and gained her trust before asking why she opposed Kaido. After listening to her explain her devotion to Kozuki Oden, Good challenged her claim that she was Oden, leaving her confused.

• Good gave Yamato a bowl of rice, and she ate it eagerly before recognizing him as the man who had beaten her.
• Good asked Yamato why she kept opposing Kaido, and she said she wanted to become Kozuki Oden.
• Yamato told Good about witnessing Oden’s execution, admiring his deeds, and finding his journal.
• Yamato explained that she wanted to defeat Kaido and liberate Wano Country but lacked the strength.
• Good told Yamato that she was not Kozuki Oden and argued that Oden would obey his father’s arrangements, leaving her bewildered.

Good convinced Yamato to imitate Kozuki Oden by enduring humiliation and cooperating with Kaido, then coached her to apologize and obey her father after her release. As Yamato followed Good’s instructions, Kaido summoned the Three Calamities to a banquet, where Queen asked what the meeting was about.

• Good argued that Yamato had accomplished nothing for Wano by repeatedly challenging Kaido and urged her to endure until she was strong enough to oppose him.
• Yamato agreed to stop calling herself Kozuki Oden and promised Good she would kneel to Kaido, apologize, and obey his orders.
• On the night before Yamato’s release, Good tested her resolve, and she recited her rules for acting obediently and enduring humiliation.
• Good let Yamato eat her favorite meal after she completed their training.
• The next morning, Kaido gathered the Three Calamities in Skull Castle’s banquet hall, and Queen asked why he had called them there.

Kaido and the All-Stars learned that Doflamingo had killed Hanafuda and wanted to become the Beasts Pirates’ new weapons broker. Their discussion was interrupted when Yamato unexpectedly apologized to Kaido and declared herself his obedient daughter, leaving Kaido delighted and the others stunned.

• King told Queen that Hanafuda had been killed, and Queen mistakenly thought Fire Fist Ace was responsible.
• King revealed that Doflamingo had sent a visiting card and appeared to want Hanafuda’s role as the Beasts Pirates’ middleman.
• Yamato burst into the banquet hall and knelt before Kaido, apologizing for pretending to be Kozuki Oden.
• Yamato promised to obey Kaido and said she had realized she was his daughter.
• Kaido tested whether he was dreaming by striking himself, then laughed with joy and told Yamato to stand.

Yamato agreed to Kaido's demand to deal with the Kozuki Samurai, then secretly sought Good's help to avoid killing them. Good promised to kill the samurai himself and returned to find Ulti distraught because Page One had been missing for five days.

• Kaido accepted Yamato's apology, had King remove her Seastone Handcuffs, and ordered her to crush the active Kozuki Remnants.
• Yamato agreed to Kaido's order, then met Good in the dungeon and told him she could not kill Oden's followers.
• Good told Yamato he would kill the Kozuki Samurai himself.
• Good returned to the Dinosaur Amusement Paradise, where Ulti clung to him and lamented that Page One had been missing for five days.

Good secured leave from Ulti by directing her to a map of Page One’s hiding places, then accompanied Yamato to Blade Dance Port in Hakumai. They set out to find underworld boss Tsunagoro the Broken Hat, who might be connected to the Kozuki Remnants’ uprising.

• Good told Ulti that Kaido had ordered him to help Yamato suppress the Kozuki Remnants’ rebellion, and asked for leave.
• Ulti feared Good was abandoning her, but he gave her a map marking Page One’s usual hiding places, and she eagerly let him go.
• Page One went fishing on Onigashima’s western shore, but Ulti found him after Good’s map revealed his location.
• Yamato landed with Good at Blade Dance Port and thanked him for bringing her back to Wano Country after fifteen years.
• Good and Yamato headed to find Tsunagoro the Broken Hat, Hakumai’s underworld boss, whom King’s intelligence linked to the Kozuki Remnants.

Good took Yamato around Wano to help her understand the country’s suffering, then sent an invitation to Broken Hat Gongoro. The invitation drew attention from across Wano and gave the Kozuki Samurai a chance to target Yamato, just as Good intended.

• Good brought Yamato to a casino, where she witnessed gamblers losing their money, families, and even limbs, and he explained that the scene reflected Wano’s condition.
• Good gave a casino enforcer an invitation for Broken Hat Gongoro to attend Yamato’s hot spring spa opening.
• Gongoro read the invitation and recalled that he had refused an old friend’s plan to attack Onigashima, though he still hated the Beasts Pirates for killing Boss Hyogoro’s family.
• News of Kaido’s daughter and the spa opening spread throughout Wano, exciting invitees and making others eager to attend.
• The Kozuki Samurai celebrated the news and resolved to kill Yamato to make Kaido suffer.
• Good took Yamato to the Flower Capital’s Pleasure District, confident that the Kozuki Remnants had taken his bait.

Good enlisted Kyoshiro’s help in preparing his hot spring club, then opened the Heavenly Residence Hot Spring Spa and gathered its workers and guests. The chapter ended with the courtesans mobbing Good as he tried to keep order.

• Good visited Kyoshiro and collected 500 gold in compensation.
• Good asked Kyoshiro to lend him 100 courtesans and the oiran Komurasaki for his club.
• After more than half a month of construction, the Heavenly Residence Hot Spring Spa was nearly complete.
• Good’s four helpers brought the invited masters to the club’s banquet hall.
• The courtesans surrounded Good and touched him, so he pushed them away and told them to behave.

Good opened the Heavenly Residence Hot Spring Spa Club with Yamato as its owner, using her connections and the crowds drawn by Komurasaki to launch his business plans. The ribbon-cutting ceremony began as nobles and dignitaries gathered at the club.

• Good arranged for the courtesans to train as professional hostesses and promised gold prizes to motivate them.
• Yamato joined Good in the men's hot spring, then asked why he had made her the establishment's owner.
• Good told Yamato he would help her save the country and planned to use her backing to invest in property.
• Good officially opened the Heavenly Residence Hot Spring Spa Club with a ceremony attended by nobles and dignitaries.
• Good introduced Yamato and Komurasaki for the ribbon-cutting, and the guests marveled at their appearances.

Good’s lavish Heavenly Residence opening drew enormous gifts and impressed its wealthy guests with its many services, while four struggling yakuza bosses worried about the Kozuki Samurai gathering outside the city. That night, Good prepared a special performance as Kaido and his officers watched him through a Visual Den Den Mushi.

• Yamato opened the Heavenly Residence, and guests and representatives of powerful figures gave her lavish gifts, including 10,000 gold from Shogun Orochi.
• Good welcomed the guests and introduced the establishment’s hot springs, massages, dining, entertainment, and other services.
• Gongoro, Omasa, Acho, and the other regional yakuza bosses discussed their poverty and the danger posed by Kozuki Samurai gathered outside the city.
• The guests enjoyed the Heavenly Residence’s services, then Good invited them to the top floor for a special performance.
• Kaido and his three senior officers monitored the establishment from Onigashima, while King watched Good with suspicion.

Good lured the Kozuki Remnants into a trap at the Hot Spring Club and devastated their ranks with his Precipice Blade. He then fought the surviving samurai, overpowering a blue-haired swordmaster as Yugoro rushed to attack him.

• Queen and King realized Good had used Yamato's identity to lure the Kozuki Remnants into a trap.
• Good revealed the gathered samurai to the Hot Spring Club guests, jumped from the rooftop, and challenged them alone.
• The Kozuki Remnants charged Good, and his Precipice Blade tore open the battlefield and killed dozens of samurai.
• After the stone pillars crumbled, the surviving samurai attacked Good, and the blue-haired swordmaster struck at him with a flying slash.
• Good blocked the slash and overpowered the swordmaster, biting down on another samurai's blade while forcing his greatsword into the swordmaster's shoulder.
• Yugoro grabbed a fallen samurai's sword and thrust it at Good's waist.

Good survived a brutal battle against the Kozuki Remnants, earning Kaido’s praise and promotion to Shinuchi. While recovering at his hot spring shop, he accepted the advancement as confirmation that he would remain with the Beasts Pirates.

• Good fought through the samurai’s attacks, killing many, until the survivors fled and Speed’s pirates captured them.
• Speed found Good gravely wounded but alive, and he stayed on his feet to recover through the Earth Power flowing from the ground.
• Kaido praised Good’s performance, promoted him to Shinuchi, sent gold for Yamato’s shop, and assigned Good to receive Joker.
• The next day, Good rested at his Hot Spring Shop while attendants cared for him.
• Blue Worm and the other three told Good he had been promoted, and he calmly accepted the news.

Good took Yamato to God of Wealth Town and decided to buy the impoverished settlement, hoping to revive its abandoned farmland while pursuing his own business interests. He met the village chief, Yasui, to discuss the deal, and the chapter ended before they reached an agreement.

• Good learned that Kaido had sent him money and assigned him to receive Doflamingo, and that the Beasts Pirates would launch an expedition in a month and select the Flying Six.
• Good took Yamato to God of Wealth Town, where she blamed herself and her father for Wano Country's devastation.
• Good challenged Yamato to consider Kozuki Oden's failure to protect the country, then asked whether she wanted to help the town's people.
• Good proposed buying God of Wealth Town, and Yamato eagerly agreed to help.
• Good met the village chief Yasui at the town's teahouse and introduced himself and Yamato before proposing a business deal.

Good offered to buy God of Wealth Town and promised to rebuild it, then proposed that Yamato become Wano Country’s shogun after they killed Orochi. At Mogura Port, Good confronted Doflamingo’s delegation with the Beasts Pirates’ guns and cannons trained on their ship.

• Good offered Old Kang ten thousand gold for God of Wealth Town and described plans to rebuild the town, clean its water, and provide homes and farmland to its residents.
• Good told Yamato they could kill Orochi and make her shogun, but Yamato was shocked and objected that Kaido would never allow it.
• At Mogura Port, Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family arrived aboard the Numancia Flamingo and felt insulted by the Beasts Pirates’ reception.
• Good had the port’s cannons and the Beasts Pirates’ guns aimed at Doflamingo’s ship as the Donquixote officers considered starting a fight.
• Doflamingo stepped off his ship and walked through the air toward Good.

Good and Yamato deterred Doflamingo from starting a fight, and the two groups sailed to Onigashima for negotiations. Doflamingo offered Kaido SMILE artificial Devil Fruits, while Good saw buying God of Wealth Town as a way to strengthen his Haki.

• Yamato clashed with Doflamingo in Conqueror's Haki, and Doflamingo staggered back as his officers struggled to stay upright.
• Good warned Doflamingo that another attempt would mean war, then led the groups toward Onigashima.
• Good reflected that his strength was inadequate against top opponents and resolved to improve his Haki by buying God of Wealth Town.
• Kaido mourned Hanafuda's death, blamed Ace and Doflamingo, and ordered Doflamingo brought before him.
• Doflamingo presented Kaido with ten SMILE artificial Devil Fruits and explained that they could be mass-produced to create an army of beast-powered fighters.

Doflamingo demonstrated SMILE to Kaido, and Good volunteered to eat one to test the artificial fruit. When Good showed no effects, he proposed eating a second SMILE to prove the first was genuine, and Kaido allowed him to try.

• Doflamingo showed Kaido a SMILE user and explained that failed users were left with permanently smiling expressions.
• Kaido invited his subordinates to try the fruits, and Good volunteered despite Kaido and others wanting to protect his future potential.
• Good ate a SMILE, but little Groudon consumed it inside him and urgently wanted more so it could evolve.
• When Good showed no change, the Shinuchi accused Doflamingo of fraud and prepared to attack his family.
• Good asked to eat a second SMILE to test whether the fruit was real, and Kaido gave him permission.

Good ate ten fake SMILEs to expose Doflamingo’s deception, prompting Kaido to knock Doflamingo unconscious and give the Donquixote Family half a month to deliver genuine Artificial Devil Fruits. Afterward, Ulti scolded Good for risking his life and tried to order Page One to beat him up, but the siblings began fighting instead.

• Good swallowed the fake SMILEs, humiliated Doflamingo, and accused him of trying to fool Boss Kaido with fakes.
• Kaido struck Doflamingo with Thunder Bagua, knocking him unconscious and sending him to the Prisoner Quarry.
• Kaido ordered the Donquixote Family to bring genuine Artificial Devil Fruits within half a month or face the consequences.
• Ulti angrily scolded Good for risking his life and told Page One to beat him up.
• Page One refused Ulti’s order, so Ulti grabbed him by the neck and the siblings struggled.