Recaps

After spending nearly half a month visiting Totto Land, Xie Wen and the cats left Big Mom’s territory without incident. As they sailed toward Zou, they spotted ships watching them from a distance and continued on their way.

• Xie Wen and the cats visited all thirty-five islands in Totto Land while Big Mom kept trying to arrange a marriage for him.
• Xie Wen hurried the group aboard the Toot Toot Forward after two Charlotte daughters tried to sneak into his room, and Big Mom let them leave without a fight.
• Jinx Meow complained that she had not gotten revenge on Katakuri, so Xie Wen promised to let her and Klee Meow fight him together next time.
• Shalmeow spotted ships watching the Toot Toot Forward, and Hua Mei Meow stopped Jinx Meow from attacking them.
• Xie Wen cheered up Jinx Meow and followed Lindbergh’s Vivre Card toward Zou.

Xie Wen and the cats woke to find several of them pranked with black dye, makeup, and drawings, then tried to identify the culprit. Xie Wen suspected Toot Toot Forward, who appeared from behind the mast and startled Ai Haibara Meow.

• Ai Haibara Meow attacked Xie Wen after waking up pitch-black, and Klee Meow and Shalmeow laughed at her appearance.
• Shalmeow discovered that her face had been covered in heavy makeup, while Jinx Meow found graffiti drawn across her face.
• The crew discovered that many cats and Robin had been pranked with drawings, though Xie Wen, Klee Meow, Purah, and Hua Mei Meow had been spared.
• The victims suspected Klee Meow, Xie Wen, and Meowrah, but each denied being responsible.
• Xie Wen accused Toot Toot Forward of carrying out the pranks, and the unfamiliar Palico peeked out from behind the mast, startling Ai Haibara Meow.

The Toot Toot Forward’s Klabautermann appeared as a kittenlike being called the Dudu and was welcomed by Xie Wen and the Palicoes. The Dudu explained why she had hidden and revealed that she had avoided drawing on Xie Wen because he often cleaned her.

• Xie Wen recognized the newly appeared kitten as the Toot Toot Forward’s Klabautermann, and Robin and Shirahoshi realized Klabautermann were real.
• Klee Meow recalled that the Dudu had helped during the fight with Kaido while controlling Dudu Valstrax.
• Xie Wen invited the Dudu to meet everyone, and she spoke to them telepathically before the others forgave her for her prank.
• The Dudu told Xie Wen she had hidden because she feared the crew would dislike her, but seeing them enjoy the Homies in Totto Land made her want to meet them.
• Klee Meow welcomed the Dudu as her little sister, and the Dudu said she had spared Xie Wen’s face because he cleaned her most often.

The Dudu’s Klabautermann made sailing easier and became a playmate for the Little Furball Cats, but Ai Haibara Meow and Meowrah began studying her after discovering she could not eat. Their research revealed several traits of her Klabautermann form, while Ai hoped it might help the Spark Knight and the Anglerfish develop Klabautermann too.

• The Dudu’s Klabautermann stayed visible, played with the youngsters, and took over steering the ship, leaving Xie Wen with even less to do.
• Ai Haibara Meow and Meowrah dragged the reluctant Dudu into the laboratory for their daily experiments, while Little Plushie backed down from helping her.
• The Dudu discovered that food passed through her body and that she could drink but could not taste anything; eating a Devil Fruit was ruled out because it would keep her ship body from sailing.
• Ai Haibara Meow and Meowrah found that the Dudu’s Klabautermann outfit changed with her main body’s forms, but her physical abilities remained constant and could not be improved through training.
• Ai Haibara Meow said that understanding Klabautermann might help the Spark Knight and the Anglerfish develop one too, encouraging Little Plushie to let the research continue.

Xie Wen dealt with the cats’ complaints about the wandering Zunesha and their competing requests for stories. He began telling them a reworked version of Transformers, a story about ships that also promised gunfights.

• Klee Meow and Dudu complained that Zunesha kept changing direction, and Xie Wen explained that the elephant had wandered aimlessly for hundreds of years.
• The cats gathered around Xie Wen and requested stories, arguing over Demon Slayer, a story about booze, gunfights, Kitten Bao Qingtian, and unfinished tales.
• Klee Meow insulted Ai Haibara Meow, and the two kittens tussled in Xie Wen’s arms until he separated them.
• Sanji Meow and Shirahoshi asked Xie Wen to continue other unfinished stories, but he proposed a new story about ships for Dudu.
• Xie Wen promised Suika Meow a private telling of Drunken Master and assured Jinx Meow the new story would include gunfights.
• Xie Wen began telling the cats his reworked version of Transformers.

Xie Wen and the cats reached Zunesha, where Ai Haibara Meow and Meowrah studied the giant elephant while Shirahoshi failed to contact it. Xie Wen obtained a universal Fragment and discovered that Zunesha was an exceptional member of a species called Naitamie Norida Elephants.

• The cats spotted Zunesha through the fog, and Xie Wen had Dudu transform the Toot Toot Forward into Paolumu form to fly closer.
• Xie Wen circled Zunesha so Ai Haibara Meow and Meowrah could examine it, while the cats excitedly anticipated meeting the Mink Tribe.
• Shirahoshi tried to communicate with Zunesha but could not reach it, and Xie Wen reassured her and suggested trying again when they were closer.
• Xie Wen checked the Hunter's Notes and received a square, rainbow-associated Fragment that could replace a Fragment in any summoning pool.
• Xie Wen found a new entry identifying Zunesha as an Apex Naitamie Norida Elephant, a supergiant elephant that had lived for over a thousand years.

Xie Wen brought his crew to Zou and landed near the city gate on Zunesha’s back. After the Minks mistook them for dangerous pirates, Xie Wen explained their visit, and Sicilian welcomed them into the city.

• Xie Wen decided to save the Zoan Pool summon for an uninhabited island and told Dudu to land on Zunesha.
• Dudu refused to leave the ship, so Xie Wen went to the city gate with the cats.
• Carrot and Wanda greeted Xie Wen’s group, while Sicilian watched them warily.
• Sicilian said the Nox Pirates had disbanded and Pedro was no longer a pirate, revealing the Minks’ suspicion.
• Xie Wen explained that he had come to Zou for a visit, and Carrot warmly welcomed him and Klee Meow.
• Sicilian relaxed and ordered the Welcome Bell rung for their guests.

Xie Wen and the Palicoes were warmly welcomed by the Mink Tribe, whose members eagerly greeted them with Karuchu. As the cats dealt with attention and confessions from the Cat Mink Tribe, Sanji Meow escaped one group of admirers only to return to another.

• The Mink Tribe welcomed Xie Wen and his companions with Karuchu, and Sanji Meow delighted in the Cat Mink Tribe girls’ cuddles until Xie Wen tossed him to some burly mink men.
• Xie Wen enjoyed being petted by the minks, but Klee Meow and the other cats returned to his side after the attention became overwhelming.
• Hua Mei Meow said a Cat Mink Tribe member had confessed to her, while Shalmeow reported receiving a confession and said Seijūrō was popular with the Cat Mink Tribe ladies.
• Shalmeow and the other adult cats said they had no romantic interest in the Cat Mink Tribe members, while Klee Meow said she liked them as friends.
• Xie Wen pointed out that Sanji Meow seemed to enjoy the attention, prompting Ai Haibara Meow to punch him and Hua Mei Meow to bite him.
• Sanji Meow escaped the older mink boys and returned to the Cat Mink Tribe girls’ embrace.

Xie Wen and his companions met Duke Inuarashi, the day king of Zou, and learned how his feud with Cat Viper divided the country’s rule. Inuarashi then asked Xie Wen for details about his fight with Kaido.

• Wanda led Xie Wen and the others to Inuarashi’s workplace, where he welcomed them as one of the Mokomo Dukedom’s kings.
• Wanda explained that Inuarashi ruled during the day while Cat Viper ruled at night because the two kings fought whenever they met.
• Xie Wen and the Minks teased Inuarashi about his feud with Cat Viper, and Inuarashi admitted their conflict came from shifting blame after a failure.
• Inuarashi grew angry as he declared that he would never forgive Cat Viper, then changed the subject.
• Inuarashi asked Xie Wen to describe his reported fight with Kaido.

Xie Wen declined to join Inuarashi’s plans against Kaido but asked to let Robin read Zou’s Road Poneglyph. Inuarashi hesitated and sent him to seek Cat Viper’s approval.

• Xie Wen told Inuarashi that he and his companions had escaped Kaido after exchanging a few blows, and said little more about the encounter.
• Klee Meow vowed to build a stronger bomb and defeat Kaido, while Xie Wen and Hua Mei Meow restrained themselves from reacting to Inuarashi’s encouragement.
• Robin asked about the Mink Tribe’s historical records, and Inuarashi directed her to ask the elderly minks instead.
• Xie Wen asked Inuarashi to let Robin read Zou’s Poneglyph, and Inuarashi reacted with alarm when Xie Wen revealed he knew it was there.
• Xie Wen said he had learned about the Road Poneglyph from Oda and mentioned meeting Rayleigh; Inuarashi then told him to get Cat Viper’s approval.

Xie Wen and the cats explored Zou, where Carrot explained how Zunesha’s twice-daily bathing supplied the city with water and food. Klee Meow’s attempt at blast fishing ended with a compressed Jumpy Dumpty bomb being thrown into the flood, and Hua Mei Meow warned everyone as it exploded.

• Inuarashi allowed Xie Wen and his companions to explore Zou but barred them from the Whale Forest, where the Poneglyph was hidden.
• Robin asked about Xie Wen’s mysterious information source, and he said he had learned from Oda’s books.
• Carrot explained that the trees, buildings, and animals adapted to Zou’s eruption rain, which came from Zunesha’s baths and supplied the city with water and fish.
• Klee Meow threw Buzz Bombs into the fish-filled flood to go blast fishing, then realized she had also thrown a compressed Jumpy Dumpty.
• Hua Mei Meow warned the minks to take cover, and the Jumpy Dumpty exploded.

Klee Meow's bomb damaged Zunesha and part of Zou, but Ai Haibara Meow judged the wounds superficial and the Minks unhurt. As Xie Wen and the others prepared to treat Zunesha, Shirahoshi revealed that she could hear its voice.

• Klee Meow's Compressed Jumpy Dumpty blasted Zunesha's back and damaged the city, while the shockwave knocked down the Minks.
• Xie Wen organized the rescue and cleanup, and Ai Haibara Meow examined Zunesha and said its injuries were superficial.
• Cat Viper and Inuarashi arrived, quarreled, and were calmed by Suika Meow offering them liquor.
• Xie Wen reassured Cat Viper and Inuarashi, and Klee Meow apologized for causing the damage.
• Klee Meow explained that her bomb was not among her strongest, which excited Inuarashi until Xie Wen redirected attention to treating Zunesha.
• Shirahoshi told Xie Wen that she thought she could hear Zunesha's voice.

Xie Wen and the cats helped Shirahoshi communicate with Zunesha, who explained its punishment and its wait for the dawn. After learning Zunesha had forgiven Klee and would stay still while they treated its wounds, Inuarashi agreed to take them to the Poneglyph.

• Xie Wen guessed Zunesha needed strong stimulation to wake fully, then asked Shirahoshi to try communicating with it using the cats' brainwave amplifier.
• Cat Viper and Inuarashi realized that the mysterious voice Oden and Roger had heard on Zou belonged to Zunesha.
• Shirahoshi endured the pressure of Zunesha's voice and successfully spoke with it, learning that it walked endlessly as punishment and awaited the dawn.
• Shirahoshi told Xie Wen that Zunesha would stay still for treatment and had never blamed Klee for startling it.
• Klee asked to help treat Zunesha's injuries, and Inuarashi agreed to take the group to the Poneglyph.

After Hua Mei Meow scolded Inuarashi and Cat Viper for putting their feud before Zou, the two agreed to end the day-and-night rotation and set aside their conflict. Impressed by Hua Mei Meow, both rulers and the minks supported making her king of Zou, leaving Xie Wen startled by the sudden proposal.

• Cat Viper attacked Inuarashi over revealing Zou's secret, but Hua Mei Meow stopped them with her Conqueror's Haki and scolded them for neglecting the minks.
• Inuarashi and Cat Viper admitted they should put Zou's people before their personal grudge, then ended the day-and-night rotation system.
• The minks praised Hua Mei Meow for stopping the two rulers from fighting and suggested she would make a better king of Zou.
• Inuarashi and Cat Viper both declared their support for Hua Mei Meow becoming king, while Xie Wen wondered how casually they had chosen her.

Xie Wen and the others visited the Whale Tree to see Zou’s Poneglyph, while Inuarashi and Cat Viper competed to lead them. Inside the whale, they found the red Poneglyph, and Xie Wen planned to let Shirahoshi try contacting Zunesha again afterward.

• Inuarashi and Cat Viper offered Hua Mei Meow the chance to become Zou’s next king, but she refused and chose to remain with the Research Commission.
• Xie Wen changed the subject and followed Inuarashi and Cat Viper toward the Whale Tree, where Shirahoshi felt Zunesha’s presence more strongly.
• Xie Wen suggested that Zunesha might be resting, and Ai Haibara Meow agreed that it could be sleeping while walking.
• The group found the unguarded entrance into the Whale Tree, and Xie Wen advised Cat Viper to camouflage it against possible attackers like Kaido.
• Inuarashi and Cat Viper traded insults as Cat Viper led everyone down the stairs, where they found the red Poneglyph inside the whale.

Xie Wen rejected Inuarashi’s plea to restore the Kozuki Clan and criticized Kozuki Oden’s leadership, provoking Inuarashi and Cat Viper into attacking. Jinx Meow, Ai Haibara Meow, and Suika Meow fought back, with Suika freezing Cat Viper inside the tree.

• Xie Wen dismissed the Kozuki Clan crest and told Inuarashi he had no interest in restoring the clan’s rule.
• Inuarashi invoked Kozuki Toki’s prophecy, but Xie Wen questioned why he and his companions should help the Kozuki Clan return.
• Inuarashi and Cat Viper drew their weapons after Xie Wen criticized Kozuki Oden, and Xie Wen let the cats attack them.
• Jinx Meow fired at Inuarashi while Ai Haibara Meow summoned Sherry and its clones to assist.
• Suika Meow blocked Cat Viper’s fork and used Freeze Sign: Empty Compression Bullet to cover him in frost.

Suika Meow and the others subdued Cat Viper and Inuarashi using new abilities, potions, and Meowrah’s upgraded Guardians. Xie Wen approached the pinned leaders to begin a conversation.

• Suika Meow used Freeze Sign: Empty Compression Bullet to chill Cat Viper, then fought him while both held back near the Whale Tree.
• Ai Haibara Meow weakened Inuarashi with buffs for Jinx Meow, debilitating effects, and Satan Potions, while Xie Wen watched and commented.
• Meowrah asked to test her Guardians and sent them to help Suika Meow against Cat Viper.
• Suika Meow enlarged the Guardians, and they helped her subdue Cat Viper; Inuarashi was defeated soon afterward.
• Xie Wen approached the pinned Cat Viper and Inuarashi and asked if they could now have a proper conversation.

Xie Wen criticized Kozuki Oden’s decisions in Wano Country, leaving Inuarashi and Cat Viper unable to defend him. The group then prepared to observe Shirahoshi trying to communicate with Zunesha, while Robin continued translating the Poneglyph.

• Xie Wen argued that Kozuki Oden’s misplaced trust and failure to seek help had given Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi the chance to take over Wano Country.
• Ai Haibara Meow, Meow Jūshirō, Hua Mei Meow, Jinx Meow, and Little Plushie criticized Oden and his retainers, while Robin and Shirahoshi reflected on the dangers of trusting their enemies.
• Inuarashi admitted that the Nine Red Scabbards had failed to recognize Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi’s ambitions, and he and Cat Viper fell silent.
• Ai Haibara Meow and Meowrah set up monitoring instruments inside the Whale Tree, then had Shirahoshi try to communicate with Zunesha without the Brainwave Amplifier.

Shirahoshi communicated with Zunesha and learned that an ancient war between Joy Boy’s forces and the twenty allied kingdoms had reshaped the world and ended in the World Government’s victory. Xie Wen warned that Fish-Man Island’s petition could fail and rejected Inuarashi’s suggestion that their ancient alliance obligated Shirahoshi or his group to help liberate Wano, leaving Cat Viper to insist Zou would face Kaido on its own.

• Shirahoshi contacted Zunesha and asked what had happened eight hundred years ago, why Joy Boy had apologized, and why Zunesha had been punished.
• Shirahoshi told Xie Wen, Robin, and the others that Joy Boy’s forces had lost a war against the allied kingdoms, and the fighting had raised sea levels and changed the world.
• Xie Wen speculated that the World Government might still hold records explaining its treatment of Fish-Man Island and warned Shirahoshi that her petition might fail.
• Inuarashi realized that Zou, Wano Country, and Fish-Man Island had once been allies, but Xie Wen rejected the idea that this history obligated Shirahoshi or his group to help Wano.
• Cat Viper declared that Zou would deal with Kaido once Momonosuke returned, and Xie Wen agreed that they should handle it themselves.

Xie Wen and the cats settled into a comfortable routine on Zou, though the minks’ growing calls for several of them to become king and Shirahoshi’s enormous appetite kept things lively. One evening, Inuarashi and Cat Viper confronted Xie Wen to demand an answer for his disrespect toward Oden, and he realized they might be planning to use Sulong.

• The Little Furball Cats enjoyed Zou in different ways: Jinx Meow fought the minks, Suika Meow won fights and drinking contests, and Sanji Meow pursued feline mink partners.
• Inuarashi and Cat Viper considered stepping down, prompting the minks to discuss successors and nominate several of Xie Wen’s cats, especially Hua Mei Meow and Shalmeow.
• Xie Wen and the others took the Toot Toot Forward out every few days to hunt food for Shirahoshi, and he learned that minks brought supplies and newspapers to Zou from the outside world.
• Inuarashi and Cat Viper visited Xie Wen and demanded an answer for his earlier disrespect toward Lord Oden, despite admitting that they might not defeat him.
• Xie Wen saw the full moon through the fog and guessed that Inuarashi and Cat Viper intended to transform using Sulong.

Inuarashi and Cat Viper challenged Xie Wen to a spar and transformed into their Sulong forms, revealing the strength of the minks’ ultimate technique. Xie Wen met them head-on, and their evenly matched fight continued as all three unleashed powerful attacks.

• Inuarashi and Cat Viper prepared to fight Xie Wen under the full moon, prompting the watching minks to realize the spar would involve Sulong.
• Inuarashi and Cat Viper transformed into their larger, white-furred Sulong forms while Carrot explained the transformation to the Palicoes.
• Inuarashi and Cat Viper attacked Xie Wen with Red Cat Dance and Dog: Great Gate Wind, but Xie Wen countered with Valor Style, Demon Mode: Beast, and Iai-All Blades Severed, forcing them back.
• Xie Wen judged their Sulong strength to be a close match for his own and attacked again with Windfang Tornado as Inuarashi and Cat Viper answered with their Oden One Sword Style techniques.

Xie Wen fought Inuarashi and Cat Viper in their Sulong forms, improving his close-quarters skills and learning how Kozuki-style Ryuo combined sharpness, armor penetration, and will. The fight ended when the two minks collapsed from exhaustion, and Xie Wen left surrounded by admiring Mink Tribe members and his Palicoes.

• Xie Wen fought Inuarashi and Cat Viper without potions or surprise attacks, holding his own against their combined Sulong forms.
• Xie Wen realized Kozuki-style Ryuo added armor penetration to sharpness by combining Ryuo, internal destruction, and will.
• Xie Wen knocked Inuarashi and Cat Viper back and began drawing Fresh Knife: White Calm, but both reverted to their normal forms and passed out.
• The watching Mink Tribe members praised Xie Wen and suggested he could become king of Zou.
• Klee Meow and the other Palicoes gathered around Xie Wen, cheering him up after the fight.

After Inuarashi and Cat Viper changed their stance toward Xie Wen, the minks elected Wanda as Zou’s new king while the Research Commission studied Sulong and developed a useful pill. Xie Wen and his companions left Zou with a supply of pills, and Sanji Meow immediately perked up at the prospect of summoning another Palico big sister.

• Inuarashi greeted Xie Wen cordially, and his changed attitude helped the previously aloof minks warm to Xie Wen and his companions.
• The minks rejected Xie Wen’s nomination of Carrot as too young and voted Wanda to become Zou’s new king.
• Ai Haibara Meow and Meowrah learned that Palicoes could not transform into Sulong, then developed the Sulong Pill with Xie Wen’s hint.
• Xie Wen and his companions left Zou after giving the minks a supply of Sulong Pills and the formula.
• Sanji Meow cried at the thought of leaving Zou, then eagerly asked Xie Wen whether the Research Commission would summon another Palico big sister.

Xie Wen summoned a new companion using the Sakura Dragon Fruit fragment, and the paper dragon’s arrival brought a huge Palico crashing down onto the island. The chapter ended with the newcomer revealed by his massive build and spiked club.

• Xie Wen took the crew to an uninhabited island so he could safely summon a companion.
• Xie Wen combined two Devil Fruit fragments and selected the Sakura Dragon Fruit for the Summon Ticket.
• The ticket unfolded into a sakura-red paper dragon, which cried out and dissolved into motes of light.
• Shalmeow sensed the new companion falling from the sky, and everyone looked up as he rapidly approached.
• The newcomer crashed into the ground, forming a cat-shaped crater, with a large spiked club on his back.

Xie Wen summoned Kaido Meow from Kamura Village and introduced him to the crew, who noticed his resemblance to the Kaido they had fought. The chapter ended as Klee Meow realized that Sanji also had a lookalike in the East Blue.

• Kaido Meow emerged from the pit, and Xie Wen explained that he had summoned him to a different world.
• Xie Wen introduced Kaido Meow to the crew and the local natives, and Klee Meow excitedly climbed over him.
• Kaido Meow said his size made it difficult to find equipment and caused monsters to target him, while Klee Meow promised the crew would protect him.
• Hua Mei Meow, Meow Jūshirō, Link Meow, and Klee Meow recognized Kaido Meow's familiar outfit and laugh.
• Kaido Meow gave his name and showed them his spiked club, prompting Sanji Meow to react angrily to the name.
• Klee Meow realized that Kaido Meow resembled their enemy Kaido and that another Sanji lookalike lived in the East Blue.