Recaps

The Beasts Pirates defeated the Red Hair Pirates at Gottel, but the Marines and two Shichibukai intervened before the crew could be wiped out. Figarland Saint Shamrock revealed why the Marines had acted, while news of the Beasts Pirates’ victory spread around the world.

• Good trapped the Red Hair Pirates’ officers in a stone oven, but Admiral Kizaru, Hawk Eyes, and Boa Hancock arrived and changed the balance of the battle.
• Kaido and Red Hair ended their duel, and Good urged Kaido to withdraw after the Beasts Pirates had secured victory and the Red Hair Pirates had lost their standing.
• At Marine Headquarters, Figarland Saint Shamrock ordered Sengoku to arrange a meeting with his younger twin brother, Shanks, after learning of the defeat.
• Several days later, newspapers announced the Red Hair Pirates’ defeat at Gottel and named the Beasts Pirates the victors.

After the Beasts Pirates defeated the Red Hair Pirates, Shanks burned the wrecked Red Force, released his subordinate captains from his flag, and planned to travel with his officers once their new ship was ready. At the Land of Laborers, Good reviewed the territory’s growth and learned his bounty had risen to 3 billion Beli before receiving a lead about someone in the Florian Triangle.

• Kid celebrated Red Hair’s defeat and declared that he would conquer South Blue before entering the Grand Line.
• Law recognized that the Beasts Pirates had benefited most from the war and prepared to take his crew into the Grand Line.
• Shanks told his subordinate captains to return their flags and suggested they join the Beasts Pirates for protection.
• Shanks set the ruined Red Force ablaze, then invited his officers to travel the seas together after their new ship was finished.
• Good reviewed the Land of Laborers’ expanding industries and considered how to sell its surplus goods throughout the Four Blues.
• Good received his increased bounty and a Den Den Mushi caller told him that the person he sought was in the Florian Triangle.

Good spent a month using his Groudon Form to connect the islands of the Land of Laborers, then returned to Wano Country with a new plan for expansion. Meanwhile, Red Hair left the New World, and the Marines identified Good as their greatest threat.

• Good ordered the Beasts Pirates to claim valuable islands from Red Hair’s territory and sent professionals to assess their resources.
• Good used magma to reclaim land from the sea, while pirates invaded Red Hair’s remaining territory and the Red Hair Pirates stayed quiet.
• Brannew told Marine officers that Red Hair had arrived at Sabaody and warned that Good’s land-reclamation efforts could greatly accelerate the Beasts Pirates’ development.
• After a month, Good finished connecting the islands of the Land of Laborers and ordered his crew to return to Wano Country.
• Good arrived at Onigashima for a meeting with Kaido and the three All-Stars.

Good proposed building a fortified passage across the Calm Belt to link the New World and North Blue, and revealed that the Beasts Pirates had ample funds to pursue the project. He then visited Golden Inari Shrine to seek a career divination and paid for it after Antelope brought money.

• Good explained that he would create two land strips and a ship channel across the Calm Belt, with fortresses guarding both ends.
• Kaido, King, Queen, and Jack saw the Groudon Company's 120-billion-Beli profit and the Land of Laborers' 200-billion-Beli stockpile.
• Good said the Beasts Pirates' property sales had surged after their war with Red Hair, and Kaido praised Good's plans while drinking with King.
• Good went to Golden Inari Shrine to ask for a career divination, but the head priestess insisted he pay for the shrine's services.
• Good called Antelope, who arrived with a thousand gold, and the head priestess eagerly watched the money pouch.

Good took the chief priestess’s money and ordered her to join his voyage, hoping to find Zou near the Calm Belt; meanwhile, Hajrudin recruited Giants for Good’s fortress project. Marines near Wano spotted a huge cloud formation in the Calm Belt and suspected an underwater volcanic eruption.

• Good made the chief priestess count out 9,990 silver in change, then returned the money and ordered her to tell his fortune daily for 9,999 days and sail with him.
• Good instructed Antelope to bring the chief priestess aboard the next day, threatening to pluck her tail fur if she refused.
• The chief priestess boarded Good’s ship at Mogura Port, while Good brought along a wife who was skilled at building houses.
• Hajrudin returned to Elbaf and asked the Giants to provide 100 laborers for two fortresses, offering pay, food, lodging, holidays, and bonuses.
• A Marine captain spotted vast clouds rising from the Calm Belt northwest of Wano and wondered if an underwater volcano had erupted.

Good raised an island in the Calm Belt to serve as the foundation for a fortress, while the Marines struggled to discover what the Beasts Pirates were building. Hancock agreed to guide a Marine reconnaissance mission, which was now approaching the area.

• Good used magma and Seaquake to raise land from the seabed in the Calm Belt, then killed a Sea King and returned to the Groudon.
• Hajrudin arrived with more than a hundred Giant warriors to help Good build the fortress.
• The Marines failed to approach Wano Country and Sengoku accepted Tsuru's suggestion to scout through the Calm Belt with Hancock's help.
• Hancock agreed to the Marines' compulsory summons after they promised to leave her alone for three years.
• Hancock sailed with her sisters and two Marine warships toward the reconnaissance area, while her sisters urged her not to provoke Good.

Boa Hancock attacked the Beasts Pirates’ fortress and petrified its defenders, then tried to charm Good. Though her charms briefly affected him, Speed snapped him out of it, leaving Good struggling to keep his eyes closed and resist her.

• Ran alerted Hancock and her sisters to the Beasts Pirates’ enormous fortress under construction in the Calm Belt, while Vice Admirals Momonga and Doll reported it to Navy headquarters.
• Sengoku ordered Momonga and Doll to withdraw and went to the Holy Land to report his suspicions to the Five Elders.
• Hancock ignored her sisters’ pleas to retreat and sailed toward the fortress, intending to capture Good and hand him over to the Navy.
• After Hancock’s ship docked, she petrified the Beasts Pirates who rushed to the port, including Sasaki and Who’s-Who.
• Good arrived and was briefly captivated when Hancock acted frightened, but Speed struck him with her bow and brought him back to his senses.
• Hancock continued speaking sweetly to Good, who admitted she was beautiful and struggled to resist her charm.

Good fought Hancock and resisted her petrifying powers, then revealed that he had prepared a way to counter her beauty. He began powering up to attack her with his finishing-move combo.

• Speed challenged Hancock and used her teleportation to dodge Hancock's Slave Arrow.
• Hancock petrified Good and his subordinates with Mero Mero Mellow, but Good broke free and punched her into a rock wall.
• Good restored Speed and Qikara from petrification, claiming that his iron will had resisted Hancock's charm.
• Hancock tried Mero Mero Mellow again after revealing her shoulder, but Good vomited after imagining Blackbeard making the same heart gesture.
• Good called Hancock a damned woman and prepared to unleash his ultimate finishing-move combo.

Good defeated Hancock and the Kuja Pirates, captured them, and put them to work building the Beasts Fortress. In the dungeon, he questioned the captive Hancock while Qikara served him, and the chapter ended with Good ordering Qikara to undress.

• Hancock attacked Good, but he caught her kick, bit her leg, and slammed her into the ground.
• Good's Conqueror's Haki stopped Hancock's sisters while Giants surrounded the Kuja Pirates and captured them.
• Good learned Hancock bore the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon and left Qikara to guard her, ordering that Hancock be shackled and put to work hauling bricks.
• The Kuja women were shackled and forced to help build the Beasts Fortress, while Hancock was taken to the dungeon.
• Good sat with wine and food as Qikara served him, then ordered her to take off her clothes and lift her hair.

Good captured Boa Hancock and replaced the Celestial Dragons’ slave mark on her back with a Groudon brand, then learned that the Navy knew about the fortress under construction. Days later, news of Hancock’s capture spread worldwide, provoking outrage from one of her admirers.

• Good revealed Qikara’s former slave mark to Hancock and threatened to expose Hancock’s past or return her and her sisters to the Celestial Dragons.
• Good had Qikara restrain Hancock, then branded over the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon with a Groudon-shaped mark.
• Hancock woke, called the brand ugly, and told Good that the Navy had discovered the fortress under construction.
• Qikara asked Good to erase her own slave mark, and Good invited her to his room to make a prettier brand.
• Newspaper reports of Hancock’s capture spread around the world, and a man at a floating restaurant in the East Blue cried and cursed Good.

Rayleigh and Shakky considered how to help the captured Boa Hancock, while the Marines and World Government reacted to her defeat and the Five Elders planned against Good, the Earth Calamity. At the Beasts Fortress, Hancock avoided her assigned labor as Antelope and the other workers completed it for her.

• Rayleigh decided to enter the Land of Laborers with Shakky to gather information about Hancock.
• Sengoku learned that the World Government had stripped Hancock of her Shichibukai title.
• The Five Elders discussed Good's power to create land and decided to seek ways to eliminate him before the Mother Flame was ready.
• Good confronted Hancock at the construction site, but she said she had finished her assigned work.
• Antelope and the other workers revealed that they had done Hancock's work for her, frustrating Good.

Good received a troubling divination and sensed an unwelcome presence on the island. Two black-robed Holy Knights arrived covertly, but a bald man approached them before they could move.

• Good ordered Qikara to take Hancock aboard the Groudon and make her clean.
• Hancock learned that Qikara had been born to a Celestial Dragon, expelled from the Holy Land, and enslaved again; Hancock offered to teach her to fight in exchange for cleaning lessons.
• Vice Admiral Momonga and Bartholomew Kuma sailed through the Calm Belt toward the island to deliver two distinguished guests.
• Good consulted the chief priest, whose divination foretold good fortune with hidden risks.
• Gunko and a black-robed deputy commander arrived covertly on the island's western coast, where an immensely muscular bald man approached them unseen.

Figarland Saint Shamrock and Gunko tried to recruit Groudon Good into the Holy Knights, but he refused and fought them. After Good revealed his strength and Gunko regenerated from a devastating attack, the two Holy Knights retreated, leaving a Cerberus to block his path.

• Good discovered that the visitors were Figarland Saint Shamrock and Gunko, two Holy Knights, and learned that they wanted him to join their ranks.
• Shamrock and Gunko offered Good a place among the Holy Knights, but Good refused and challenged them to fight.
• Gunko redirected Good’s punch with her arrow ability, struck him, and then faced his Precipice Blade attack.
• Gunko regenerated after half her head was destroyed, and Good wondered whether she could survive being thrown into the sea or the planet’s core.
• Shamrock and Gunko decided to retreat, summoned Cerberus to block Good, and escaped on a flying bird made of arrows.

Good prepared to strengthen the Beasts Pirates on two fronts by expanding their forces and influence while planning to conquer Zou. The chapter ended with the Beasts Pirates' invitation reaching Whitebeard's commanders, who wondered what the crew had been doing.

• After driving off Shamrock and the other Celestial Dragon, Good ordered a grand banquet in three months and accelerated construction of the fortress.
• Good asked the priestess to divine Zou's location, then promised her a share of the Mink Tribe's earnings if she became its king after his conquest.
• Good sent Jack to find Zou, and dozens of Beasts Grand Fleet ships set out east from Wano Country.
• The Beasts Pirates posted generous recruitment notices in the Land of Laborers, attracting workers and the attention of an older man.
• Whitebeard's division commanders gathered aboard the Moby Dick after receiving Good's banquet invitation and discussed the Beasts Pirates' recent activity.

Good celebrated completing a land bridge across the Calm Belt and setting out to support Jack, who had attacked Zou. The chapter left Zou’s battered citizens preparing to resist the pirates again as the full moon approached.

• Marco agreed to join the Beasts Pirates’ banquet after his crewmates teased him about staying with his pregnant girlfriend, Sasha.
• Stussy worried that the World Government would kill Vegapunk after his research on the Mother Flame and Seraphim was complete.
• Big Mom decided to attend Kaido’s banquet and confront him and Good over old grievances.
• Jack found Zou after a month of searching, attacked the Mink Tribe, and requested support when he could not take the country.
• Good completed a land bridge across the Calm Belt, then ordered the Giants and construction crew to head for Zou.
• The Mink Tribe’s citizens vowed to fight back as a thunderous bellow sounded over the ruins of Zou.

The Beasts Pirates attacked Zou, with Good demanding that Inuarashi and Cat Viper be handed over or the Mokomo Dukedom would be destroyed. Inuarashi refused, and as the battle turned against the Minks, Hajrudin proved a powerful opponent who could overpower him.

• The Giants led by Hajrudin stormed Zou and routed the Minks guarding the front lines.
• Good revealed that the Beasts Pirates had come to hunt Inuarashi and Cat Viper, then threatened to destroy the country unless they were surrendered.
• Inuarashi refused and ordered the civilians to flee into the forest while the Musketeer Squad fought the Giants.
• Hajrudin challenged Inuarashi, set Iron Thunder aside, and attacked him with his own strength.
• Inuarashi's kick failed to stop Hajrudin, who seized him and smashed him through several buildings.
• Wounded amid the rubble, Inuarashi saw that the Minks were losing ground and realized they needed to defeat the enemy's officer.

Good’s forces overwhelmed the Mink warriors as Hajrudin and Inuarashi grievously wounded each other, but the full moon brought the fallen Minks back in Sulong form. Inuarashi and Cat Viper joined forces and struck down Jack, turning the battle’s momentum.

• Good watched the battle and waited for sunset, hoping to see the Minks fight in Sulong form.
• Hajrudin and Inuarashi exchanged their strongest attacks, leaving both of them gravely injured.
• Cat Viper and Jack paused their duel when they saw Inuarashi fall, and the two Mink kings reunited.
• Under the full moon, the fallen Mink warriors transformed into Sulong forms.
• Cat Viper knocked Jack’s blades aside and clawed his face, then Inuarashi pierced Jack’s abdomen and sent him flying.

Good fought the Sulong-form Mink Tribe and defeated Inuarashi and Cat Viper. He transformed into Groudon, dispelled the night with brilliant light, and declared himself the God of the Earth as the giants knelt before him.

• The Sulong-form Mink Tribe overwhelmed the giants and helped Inuarashi and Cat Viper defeat Jack.
• Good arrived and fought Cat Viper and Inuarashi, using heat and flowing Haki to overpower their attacks.
• Good defeated Inuarashi, Cat Viper, and the surrounding Mink warriors after their Sulong forms drained their stamina.
• Good transformed into Groudon and filled the night sky with light, ending the kings' Sulong forms.
• The giants knelt in awe, and Good declared, "I am the God of the Earth!"

After Good’s forces killed Cat Viper and Inuarashi, the Mink Tribe submitted, and the pirates seized Zou’s Road Poneglyph and took the young minks to the fortress. There, Rayleigh and Shakky met Hancock’s sisters, who revealed Hancock was aboard Good’s ship.

• Good shot Cat Viper dead, then offered the minks a choice between submission and death.
• Inuarashi entrusted Zou’s future to Wanda and Carrot, ordered his people not to seek revenge, and went to fight the pirates.
• Good’s forces found the Road Poneglyph in the Whale Tree, and the wounded Mink Tribe submitted to him.
• Good ordered Speed to take the minks aged twelve to eighteen to the fortress.
• Rayleigh and Shakky met Sandersonia and Marigold at the fortress tavern and learned Hancock was living aboard Good’s ship.

Rayleigh found Hancock drinking aboard the Groudon and tried to take her back to Kuja, but she refused because she felt safe and feared bringing the Navy to her people. Good later learned about the visit and ordered Antelope to give Rayleigh more work while he considered how to make Hancock pay for the liquor she kept drinking.

• Sandersonia and Marigold brought Rayleigh and Shakky aboard the Groudon to see Hancock.
• Rayleigh met Hancock in the ship's bar, where she explained that she would not return to Kuja.
• Shakky supported Hancock staying with the Beasts Pirates, and Rayleigh gave up on persuading her.
• Good heard Qikara's account of Rayleigh's visit and complained that Hancock was drinking his expensive liquor.
• Good ordered Antelope to give Rayleigh more work, then snapped at Antelope when he lingered near Hancock's room.

Good offered to relocate Hancock and the Kuja Pirates to a new Amazon Lily in the Calm Belt in exchange for rent and Hancock appearing with him at the Beasts Pirates’ banquet. After Hancock accepted and Good removed her seastone shackles, the Five Elders discussed the banquet and the growing pressure on the World Government.

• Good woke Hancock and asked why she intended to stay in the New World.
• Good offered to create a new Amazon Lily in the Calm Belt, and Hancock agreed to pay rent.
• Good required Hancock to appear alongside him at the Beasts Pirates’ grand banquet in about a month, and she accepted the arrangement.
• Hancock asked Good to unlock her seastone shackles, and he agreed while warning her not to turn people to stone indiscriminately.
• The Five Elders discussed the Beasts Pirates’ banquet, noting that Whitebeard, Big Mom, and underworld factions had made moves, and they raised the Pirate Empress as another concern.

The Five Elders considered how to counter the Beasts Pirates as Good completed Hoenn Fortress and prepared to host the assembled factions. Kaido and Big Mom clashed on the way to the banquet, and the chapter ended with the guests marveling at the massive Calm Belt passage.

• The Five Elders worried about the Beasts Pirates’ growth and considered sending CP0 to investigate the Empress, while awaiting the Pacifistas’ completion.
• Good inspected the finished Hoenn Fortress, learned the various factions had arrived, and told Speed to bring them to the harbor for the banquet.
• Speed reported that Big Mom had come in person, so Good ordered Kaido to be informed; Kaido then led the Beasts Grand Fleet toward the Calm Belt.
• Big Mom and Kaido met in the sky and exchanged blows, splitting the sky before moving their fight toward an uninhabited island.
• The guests reached the Calm Belt passage and, the next morning, Morgans photographed its enormous embankment while Du Feld dismissed his excitement.

Good’s enormous Hoenn Fortress and land bridge impressed the underworld emperors, who gathered for a banquet with the Beasts Pirates. Kaido and Big Mom arrived after Good threatened to give Kaido’s surprise gift to someone else, and Good welcomed the guests alongside Hancock.

• Morgans led the underworld emperors to Hoenn Fortress, where they realized the land bridge was heading toward the North Blue.
• The emperors saw dozens of Giants guarding the fortress and observed its diverse residents, including Rayleigh.
• Good learned that Kaido and Big Mom had been fighting for a day and threatened to give Kaido’s surprise gift to someone else if he missed the banquet.
• Kaido stopped fighting Big Mom and hurried to Hoenn Fortress, where the sight of the fortress impressed both Emperors.
• Good descended a ladder hand in hand with Hancock and welcomed the guests, officially beginning the banquet.

Good secured the Underworld emperors’ agreement to use the Beasts Pirates’ route into the North Blue in exchange for a share of their profits, priority in buying their plunder, and support if the World Government attacked. After Good summoned Kaido and Big Mom to discuss a gift, Guernica and two other CP0 agents arrived at Hoenn Fortress on a mission from the Five Elders.

• Good offered the Underworld emperors access to the route to the North Blue under three conditions.
• Du Feld and the other Underworld emperors agreed to Good’s terms and toasted their partnership.
• Speed informed Good that a situation had arisen, and Good left the banquet to investigate.
• Big Mom praised Good to Kaido, then grew irritated when Kaido tried to avoid discussing their past.
• Good invited Kaido and Big Mom along, telling Big Mom he had prepared a gift for her.
• Guernica and two CP0 agents arrived at Hoenn Fortress to carry out orders from the Five Elders.

Good gave Big Mom a rubbing of a Road Poneglyph to encourage cooperation with the Beasts Pirates, then confronted CP0 when they exposed Hancock’s past as a Celestial Dragon slave. The chapter ended with Good declaring Hancock was his woman as his Conqueror’s Haki shook the fortress.

• Good revealed a Road Poneglyph to Kaido and Big Mom, then gave Big Mom a rubbing after stopping their fight over the stone.
• Good concealed the Road Poneglyph underground and planned to seek food and sugar supplies from Totto Land through cooperation with Big Mom.
• CP0 arrived at the fortress and announced that Boa Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold had once been Celestial Dragon slaves.
• Good comforted the frightened Hancock after CP0 exposed her past.
• Good unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and warned CP0, declaring that Hancock was his woman.