Recaps

Aokiji’s public challenge to Akainu drew the world’s attention as Hoenn and the Marines faced a decisive clash. The Straw Hat Pirates set sail for Fish-Man Island, with Sanji warning Luffy not to provoke Good’s forces.

• Aokiji learned that news of his planned duel with Akainu had become public and recognized that Good had exposed his plan.
• The Five Elders initially opposed the duel, but Akainu insisted he had to accept the challenge, and they agreed on a condition.
• The Straw Hat Pirates reunited at Sabaody and set sail aboard the Thousand Sunny for Fish-Man Island.
• Sanji showed the crew the Groudon Company and Beasts Pirates emblems and warned Luffy not to start trouble with either force.

Good searched for Momonosuke’s group and spent the night with a woman in Dressrosa while Luo waited for him. He told Luo that Doflamingo had returned to Mary Geoise and offered to bring him face-to-face with his enemy.

• Good ordered his informants to find the Kozuki samurai, hoping to present Momonosuke to Kaido at the Fire Festival.
• A woman who had lost her gladiator husband to Doflamingo’s toy curse approached Good, and they danced before going to a hotel together.
• Luo waited through the night across the street, then confronted Good at breakfast about why he had summoned him.
• Good revealed that Doflamingo was in Mary Geoise, where the Celestial Dragons had accepted him back.
• Good explained that he knew about Luo’s personal grudge and said Luo could choose whether to meet Doflamingo.

Good defeated Luo with a single Thunder Bagua during their training in Dressrosa, leaving him gravely wounded as his crew rushed to treat him. Good then ordered bounties for the Kozuki Remnants, while Kid, Apoo, and Urouge gathered at a restaurant.

• Luo expanded his ROOM and charged Good, but Good struck him with a Haki-coated wooden stick and Thunder Bagua.
• As Luo lost consciousness, he relived memories of Corazon and their time together; the Heart Pirates began emergency treatment.
• Good judged Luo too weak, left the Heart Pirates to care for him, and returned to the city.
• Speed reported signs of two Kozuki samurai and the likely presence of Kozuki Momonosuke, so Good ordered bounties of one hundred million Beli for a samurai and five hundred million for Momonosuke.
• Wanted posters spread through Dressrosa, but Kid declined to search for Momonosuke and confronted Apoo while Urouge watched.

Apoo proposed an alliance with Kid and Urouge, while the Beasts Pirates worked to recruit them and the Straw Hat Pirates. Kin'emon, Momonosuke, and Kanjuro tried to escape Dressrosa, but Kanjuro betrayed them to Capone Bege; elsewhere, Aokiji arrived at Punk Hazard for the Fleet Admiral duel.

• Apoo told Kid and Urouge that they needed an alliance to challenge the Four Emperors and claimed he could help them meet one.
• Good spoke with Kaido, who wanted the Beasts Pirates to recruit Kid, Urouge, and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Kin'emon disguised himself, Momonosuke, and Kanjuro as they fled toward the port, but Kanjuro secretly gave their location to Vito.
• Vito told Capone Bege that the samurai were at the port, and Bege ordered his men to capture them.
• Aokiji arrived at Punk Hazard, where hundreds of ships had gathered to watch his duel with Sakazuki for Fleet Admiral.

Aokiji and Akainu fought for control of the Navy on Punk Hazard, battling for six days as their opposing powers transformed the island. Akainu landed a devastating uppercut that knocked Aokiji to the ground, but the duel’s outcome remained undecided.

• Aokiji and Akainu began their duel on Punk Hazard, unleashing ice and magma across the island.
• Good sailed toward Punk Hazard aboard the Groudon while monitoring reports about the captured Kozuki Samurai and his allies’ movements.
• Good arrived at Punk Hazard, where Luo watched from a submarine and brooded over his recent defeat.
• Aokiji and Akainu fought for six days, changing half the island into ice and the other half into fire.
• Aokiji struck Akainu in the abdomen, but Akainu answered with an uppercut that sent Aokiji crashing to the ground.

Aokiji defeated Akainu after their ten-day duel, but Akainu rejected the Five Elders’ regenerative power and killed himself. News of his death spread, leaving the Navy weakened as the world anticipated the final conflict between Hoenn and the World Government.

• Aokiji and Akainu fought for ten days before Aokiji’s Ice Fist overcame Akainu’s Hell Hound.
• Akainu refused to accept victory through regeneration and told Aokiji to take over the Navy.
• Akainu drove his hand through his own heart, and Aokiji froze his body as Good and Kizaru arrived.
• News of Akainu’s death spread, and factions predicted the Navy and World Government would lose power.
• Kizaru asked Aokiji to leave Akainu’s body to him, and Aokiji silently agreed.

After Akainu died and Kizaru resigned, the Marines lost officers and support as nations began turning toward Hoenn. Cobra decided to join Hoenn and entrusted Vivi with Alabasta’s history, while Good accepted Momonosuke and his companions from Capone Bege.

• The Five Elders learned of Akainu’s death, but Kizaru refused their order to become Fleet Admiral and resigned, so they sent Kong to take command.
• News of Akainu’s death and Kizaru’s resignation spread, and Vice Admiral Momonga and other Marine officers left to join Hoenn.
• Cobra told Vivi that Alabasta would withdraw from the Affiliated Nations and join Hoenn, then began telling her about the country’s history and Queen Lili.
• Momonga, Ronse, Hina, and other Marines resigned and joined Hoenn, while several Affiliated Nations reconsidered their ties to the World Government.
• Capone Bege offered Good the captive Kozuki Momonosuke, Foxfire Kin'emon, and Kurozumi Kanjuro, and Good accepted the gift and promised to help Bege in the future.

Good brought Luo to Kid’s hidden base to capture Kid and Urouge for Kaido, while Luo learned that Good knew he had awakened his Devil Fruit. Kid, Killer, and Apoo’s crews formed an alliance and chose Big Mom as their target, but Good arrived before they could act.

• Bege fled Dressrosa aboard his ship after Good warned him to abandon his schemes against Big Mom and Kaido.
• Good ordered Luo to train his stamina and threatened to roast Bepo if Luo refused.
• Kid and Killer agreed to ally with Apoo’s crew, and the three captains chose Big Mom as their target.
• Good and Luo appeared at the alliance banquet on Kid’s hidden island, startling Kid, Killer, and Apoo.
• Good told Kid he had come to capture him because Kaido wanted to see him.

Good watched Kid and Law fight at the banquet square while effortlessly defeating Apoo, Killer, and Urouge. After Qikara brought him news of changes in the Marines and a Straw Hat Pirates battle against Katakuri, the fight between Kid and Law remained unresolved.

• Kid attacked Good with Punk Rotten, but Good redirected him to fight Law.
• Law cut Kid and Punk Rotten apart with Room, but Kid used magnetic force and his Op-Op Fruit to reattach himself.
• Good knocked out Apoo, Killer, and Urouge in seconds, then ordered the pirates to bring him food and wine.
• Kid and Law traded attacks without either gaining the upper hand as Good watched.
• Qikara brought Good a newspaper reporting Marine resignations and a Straw Hat Pirates versus Katakuri battle.

Katakuri returned to Totto Land and challenged Big Mom for leadership of the Charlotte Family. He refused to fear her Soul Pocus, leaving his siblings stunned as Big Mom faced his defiance.

• Luo defeated Kid with K-Room: Shock Wille, took his heart, and invited him to Wano Country; Luo agreed to go.
• Katakuri returned to Whole Cake Island, alarming his siblings, who feared Big Mom would punish him for repeatedly refusing her orders.
• Katakuri told Big Mom he had returned to challenge her and lead the Charlotte Family.
• Big Mom demanded that Katakuri apologize or surrender his life, but he chose to give his life without fear, and no soul left his body.

Katakuri challenged Big Mom for control of Totto Land and moved their duel into Brûlée’s Mirro-World to protect the island. Meanwhile, Bege saw the fight as a chance to assassinate Big Mom, while Good returned to Wano with captured pirates and Kozuki Momonosuke, where a happy Kaido welcomed him.

• Katakuri matched Big Mom’s Conqueror’s Haki and weapon strike, then asked Brûlée to open the Mirro-World for their duel.
• Bege learned of the duel and ordered his subordinates to find the Straw Hat Pirates so he could use them as bait in an assassination attempt against Big Mom.
• Good arrived at Wano’s Prisoner Quarry with Kid, Killer, Urouge, Apoo, Kin’emon, Kanjuro, and Raizo, and left them in Queen’s custody.
• Good told Luo he could attend the Fire Festival as long as he caused no trouble, and the two parted ways.
• Good brought Kozuki Momonosuke to Onigashima, where Kaido greeted him with laughter.

Kaido revealed to Good that he and Linlin had formed an alliance, while ordering Momonosuke imprisoned for a public execution at the Fire Festival. At Big Mom’s delayed Tea Party, Katakuri emerged bloodied and declared himself the new captain of the Big Mom Pirates after defeating Linlin, who lay incapacitated in the Mirro-World.

• Kaido recognized Momonosuke, called him a coward, and ordered him locked in the dungeon for public execution on the Fire Festival.
• Kaido told Good that he and Linlin had decided to form an alliance, and they drank together.
• The Underworld emperors arrived at Whole Cake Island for the Tea Party and found Big Mom’s children tense and waiting by a mirror.
• Katakuri emerged from the mirror with Zeus and Prometheus, and Brûlée confirmed that Big Mom was still alive.
• Katakuri announced that he was the new captain of the Big Mom Pirates and began the Tea Party.
• Big Mom lay unable to move in the Mirro-World, with nearly every bone in her body broken.

After Big Mom lost to Katakuri, the Straw Hat Pirates interrupted the celebration and challenged him, only to be swiftly subdued. Katakuri freed them and invited them to try again, and Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji launched their strongest attacks.

• Bege canceled the assassination plan after Vito reported that Katakuri had defeated Big Mom, but Luffy insisted on confronting Katakuri.
• Katakuri warned that trouble was coming, and the Straw Hat Pirates burst into the banquet garden as the guests celebrated his rise to captain.
• Luffy attacked Katakuri with Gum-Gum Grizzly Magnum, but Katakuri caught him by the neck and rendered him nearly unconscious.
• Zoro and Sanji attacked Katakuri, who blocked their strikes with mochi arms and bound them along with the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Katakuri released the crew, explained his Mochi-Mochi Devil Fruit powers, and challenged them to show their strongest attacks.
• Luffy transformed into Gear Fourth: Boundman while Zoro and Sanji prepared their strongest techniques and charged Katakuri.

After Katakuri defeated Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates in Totto Land, Good considered how to use the news and ordered Apoo to meet him. In Wano Country, Momonosuke faced execution as several allies and enemies converged on the prison, where Law and Killer clashed over their assignment to guard him.

• Katakuri overwhelmed Luffy with Power Mochi, knocking him unconscious as Totto Land celebrated his victory over the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Kaido wept over Big Mom's defeat, while Good considered arranging help for the Straw Hat Pirates and summoned Apoo.
• Wano Country announced Momonosuke's impending execution, prompting Shinobu and Kikunojo to prepare to rescue him.
• Komurasaki learned that Queen had come to see her and welcomed him at the Heavenly Residence club.
• Killer attacked Law outside the prison, blaming him for Kid's capture, while Law insisted they were not enemies and tried to stop the fight.

On the day of the Fire Festival, Shinobu tried to save Kozuki Momonosuke from execution, but Kid’s crew and the other pirates stopped the escape. Momonosuke begged Shinobu to use her power on him so he could fight, while she promised to get him out.

• Shimotsuki Yasuie refused to rescue Momonosuke and had Kikunojo detained to keep her from attempting a doomed escape.
• At the execution, Shinobu used her Ripe-Ripe Jutsu to rot the platform, letting Kin'emon, Kanjuro, and Shinobu protect Momonosuke and attack the surrounding samurai.
• Kid’s crew and the Mad Monk’s subordinates joined the fight to prevent the prisoners from escaping and earn Kid a chance to challenge Good.
• A ghostlike fighter wounded Kin'emon and Kanjuro, then Killer cut off Kin'emon’s sword arm.
• With the pirates blocking their way and Kin'emon and Kanjuro defeated, Momonosuke asked Shinobu to use her power on him, but she refused and vowed to save him.

After Kaido killed Momonosuke, the Beasts Pirates gathered for their Golden Kagura on Onigashima, where Good discussed the Giants' revenge plans with Hajrudin. Kid challenged Good, and Ulti met him in the arena, where her opening attack shattered his mechanical arm.

• Kaido's Bolo Breath killed Momonosuke and his retainers, ending the Kozuki Clan's story before the people of Wano.
• Luo left the execution site and headed to Onigashima, while Killer's and the Mad Monk's crews followed to find their captains.
• At the Golden Kagura, Hajrudin told Good he wanted revenge on the Celestial Dragons, and Good urged him to wait until after they found the One Piece.
• Kid challenged Good at the banquet, fought through the gathered pirates, and demanded that Kaido and Good face him.
• Ulti charged Kid with Ulti-Mortar, shattered his mechanical arm, and introduced herself as Ulti.

Kid fought Ulti and Page One while Urouge battled Who's-Who in Skull Castle, and Kaido considered whether to recruit or kill Kid. Good judged Kid too ambitious to recruit and volunteered to retrieve Totto Land's Road Poneglyph, leaving Kaido to accept his plan.

• Kid summoned Punk Rotten and gained the advantage over Ulti, while Urouge fought the Shinuchi until Who's-Who attacked him with Rankyaku.
• Hawkins's cards gave Kid only a 1% chance of survival, while Urouge had better odds despite being injured.
• Good sent Page One to help Ulti, and the siblings attacked Kid together as Kid countered with Punk Gibson.
• Kaido praised Kid's strength but worried there was little time to recruit him, while Queen suggested killing him.
• Good decided Kid was too ambitious to recruit and offered to retrieve Totto Land's Road Poneglyph instead of sending Kaido to risk a war with Linlin.

Kid defeated Ulti and Page One, then challenged Kaido with his awakened electromagnetic cannon. The blast drove Kaido through several walls, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Kid used Punk Corna Dio to force Ulti and Page One out of the ring, winning their fight.
• Kid challenged Kaido, who accepted and leaped down from the platform.
• Kid revealed his awakened Magnet-Magnet Fruit power and prepared the Zap Cannon while Killer stood beside him to cover him.
• Kaido blocked Kid’s Zap Cannon with his spiked club, but Kid fired an additional shot that knocked the weapon away.
• Kid’s electromagnetic beam struck Kaido and drove him through wall after wall.

Kaido crushed Kid and Killer after Kid’s electromagnetic cannon failed to defeat him, and Good stabbed the defeated Kid after Kaido left. Law moved Kid and Killer to a quiet room for treatment, while the Beasts Pirates noticed that the Mad Monk had defeated Who's-Who.

• Kaido emerged from the hole in Skull Castle with a scar after surviving Kid’s electromagnetic cannon, then defeated Kid and Killer with Great Vajra: Thunder Bagua.
• Kid’s crew surrendered and begged the Beasts Pirates to save their captain, but Kaido left and Good stabbed Kid through the heart.
• Good offered the remaining Kid Pirates the choice to leave or stay, while Law began treating Killer and moved both injured men into a quiet room with Room.
• The Beasts Pirates noticed that Who's-Who had been defeated, and onlookers said the Mad Monk had turned into a giant before finishing him with a combo.

Good traveled to Totto Land and met Katakuri, whose rise as ruler had left the world questioning Big Mom’s fate. After testing each other’s strength, Good and Katakuri shared a private afternoon tea, where Katakuri revealed his hidden mouth and enjoyed an enormous doughnut.

• Good discussed whether he could use Pluton or Shirahoshi’s power, but saw no practical way to deploy either.
• Good arrived at Whole Cake Island, where Totto Land’s ministers and soldiers welcomed him.
• Katakuri met Good outside the chateau, and they clashed weapons to test each other’s strength.
• Katakuri invited Good to afternoon tea and asked his siblings and Good’s attendants to stay behind.
• Katakuri removed his scarf to reveal his mouth, offered Good a doughnut, and ate it himself.

Good received a Road Poneglyph rubbing from Katakuri and saw how diminished Linlin had become before leaving Totto Land. As pirates across the seas began making their moves, the Worst Alliance sailed toward Hachinosu, where Hawkins chose to fight without divining the outcome.

• Katakuri gave Good the Road Poneglyph rubbing the Beasts Pirates lacked and led him to Linlin’s cabin, but Good chose not to disturb her after seeing her frail condition.
• Katakuri told Good that Capone Bege had betrayed Totto Land, freed the Straw Hat Pirates, and stolen a Poneglyph during the Tea Party.
• Good confirmed he had arranged the Worst Alliance, and the two discussed how pirates and other powers were beginning to move.
• Good left Totto Land, while the Worst Alliance’s fleet sailed toward Hachinosu and Hawkins refused to use divination before the expedition.
• A loud laugh rang out above the fleet as a huge shadow blotted out the sky.

The Worst Alliance fought Golden Lion Shiki’s Flying Pirates on Winner Island, where Law and the other Supernovas used their abilities to repel the first assault. Golden Lion targeted Law for the Op-Op Fruit’s Perennial Youth Operation, but Law dropped a giant rock onto him as the battle escalated.

• Law ordered the Worst Alliance to reach Winner Island and prepare to fight Golden Lion Shiki’s pursuing fleet.
• The Flying Pirates surrounded the island, and Law used Room and Sever to cut down the first attackers.
• Apoo attacked pirates with sound while Hawkins used his straw sword and apparent immortality to overwhelm others.
• Golden Lion praised the alliance’s resistance and revealed that he wanted Law to perform the Perennial Youth Operation on him.
• Law used Tact to drop a giant, gorilla-shaped rock onto Golden Lion.

Luo used his awakened Op-Op Fruit abilities to overcome Golden Lion’s earth-based attacks and sever his body. After destroying Golden Lion’s lower half, Luo struck his internal organs with Gamma Knife, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Golden Lion trapped Luo among earth lions with Lion’s Might: Earth Roll, but Luo stopped movement inside his ROOM with Stasis Space.
• Luo used Amputate to sever Golden Lion in two, then used K-ROOM to cut his lower body into hundreds of pieces.
• Golden Lion charged Luo with Oto and Kogarashi, but Luo teleported behind him and landed Gamma Knife.
• Golden Lion screamed as Gamma Knife’s gamma rays ravaged his internal organs.

Good and the Groudon crew reached Lodestar Island, the final stop accessible by normal navigation, and claimed it as their base while waiting for the powers pursuing the One Piece. Qikara reported that Trafalgar Law defeated Golden Lion, Straw Hat Luffy defeated Gild Tesoro, and the Red Hair Pirates had returned to the New World.

• The Groudon survived the dangerous seas near Lodestar Island and arrived at the island after the Log Pose needles pointed toward it.
• Good found no people on Lodestar Island, ordered Speed to plant the Groudon Company flag, and told his subordinates to build a resort after resting.
• Good set up a beachside rest area while Qikara reported that Trafalgar Law defeated Golden Lion on Winner Island and the Flying Pirates disbanded.
• Qikara reported that Straw Hat Luffy had defeated Gild Tesoro and appeared to be heading for Elbaf, but Good decided not to intervene.
• Qikara told Good that the Red Hair Pirates had returned to the New World, and Good ordered her to pass the news to Kaido.

As pirates converged on Lodestar Island, Good prepared for the Cross Guild’s arrival while Buggy’s followers mistook his bewilderment for fearless resolve. The Cross Guild’s officers discussed avoiding a fight with Good, and Hancock went ashore to meet him.

• Good learned that Brownbeard’s crew had reached Lodestar Island, but the self-proclaimed pirate lord was beaten by an ordinary resort worker and put to work carrying timber.
• A subordinate told Good that the Cross Guild fleet had arrived on the island’s southwestern coast.
• Buggy’s pirates spotted Good and charged toward shore, convinced their captain was bravely facing the legendary Earth God.
• Crocodile, Jinbe, and Hawk Eyes discussed Good and agreed to head out before Buggy’s men caused trouble.
• Hawk Eyes revealed that Hancock had already gone ashore, and she leaped from Salome toward Good on the beach.