Recaps

Xie Wen chased Queen through Onigashima after Queen used Brachiosnake to flee, hoping to capture his modified body and explore the fortress. He tracked Queen to the armory, where he threatened to destroy its ammunition, but Xie Wen secretly cut off his mechanical arm and launched a sword technique.

• Queen used Brachiosnake to propel his head-and-tail section into the skull building, but Xie Wen saved his modified body to have Meowrah and Ai Haibara Meow study it.
• Meow Jūshirō fought King, Suika Meow overpowered Jack with alternating hot and cold attacks, and Klee Meow and Jinx Meow battled the Beasts Pirates' rank and file while Hua Mei Meow watched over them.
• Xie Wen brought Kaido Meow into the skull building to track Queen and search for valuable loot, leaving Klee Meow outside.
• Kaido Meow followed Queen's chilled scent through the building, and Xie Wen and Kaido Meow sensed an unfamiliar presence at a passage fork before continuing to the second basement.
• Queen switched to a spare body in the armory and threatened to blow up the ammunition stockpile, but Xie Wen secretly severed his mechanical arm and began Scarlet Sky's End.

Xie Wen defeated Queen, looted his supplies, and found Yamato chained in a dungeon on Onigashima. After Xie Wen freed him, Yamato immediately defended Kozuki Oden, leaving Xie Wen exasperated.

• Xie Wen defeated Queen, carved an Ice Oni virus sample from his body, and took spare bodies for the Research Cats to study.
• Xie Wen and Kaido Meow searched the storerooms, ignored the weapons, and cleared out Kaido's alcohol.
• Xie Wen and Kaido Meow found Yamato asleep and chained in a dungeon, and Xie Wen cut through the lock to free him.
• Yamato recognized Xie Wen as the Sapphire Star and declared that Kozuki Oden was the greatest samurai, irritating Xie Wen.

Xie Wen challenged Yamato’s belief that Kozuki Oden was the greatest samurai, arguing that Oden’s failures in his different roles helped lead to Wano’s downfall. Yamato asked to help Xie Wen fight Kaido, but Kaido Meow was stunned when Yamato called himself Kaido’s son.

• Xie Wen acknowledged Oden’s courage during the Boiling but argued that Oden’s earlier mistakes had helped put his retainers in danger.
• Xie Wen compared Oden with Shimotsuki Ryuma and Issho, questioning whether Oden deserved to be called the greatest samurai when he had failed to defeat his enemies or protect the people.
• Yamato cited Oden’s earlier achievements, but Xie Wen replied that Oden had done those things as a daimyo or shogun, not as a samurai.
• Xie Wen recounted Oden’s troublemaking youth and concluded that he had struggled to fulfill the role he held, contributing to Wano Country falling under Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi.
• Yamato asked Xie Wen to let him help fight Kaido and called himself Kaido’s son, prompting Kaido Meow to react in shock.

Xie Wen freed Yamato from his explosive seastone shackles and gave him food after Yamato learned that Kaido had genuinely meant to kill him. Kaido Meow asked to fight the other Kaido one-on-one, leaving Yamato confused about the cat’s name and warning him about his father’s strength.

• Yamato introduced himself as Kaido’s son and declared that he wanted to be called Kozuki Oden.
• Xie Wen crushed Yamato’s seastone shackles and threw them away before they exploded, blasting a hole in the ceiling.
• Yamato concluded that Kaido had truly wanted to kill him and rejected him as a father.
• Xie Wen gave Yamato food and water, while Kaido Meow asked Xie Wen to let him fight Kaido one-on-one.
• Yamato warned Kaido Meow that his father was terrifyingly strong, and Xie Wen assured him that the fight was about more than their shared name.

Xie Wen and Yamato searched Kaido’s hidden vault, where Robin’s ability to read the Poneglyph made Yamato’s boast about Kozuki Oden irrelevant. After seeing the Beasts Pirates flee the battle, Xie Wen let them retreat and decided to finish looting Onigashima before heading to the main island.

• Yamato led Xie Wen and the others to Kaido’s hidden vault, where they found a Poneglyph that Xie Wen photographed.
• Yamato found the treasure room empty and lamented that he could not recover his Genzo.
• Xie Wen returned to the battlefield and saw Meow Jūshirō fighting King, Suika Meow fighting three Flying Six members, and Hua Mei Meow and Jinx Meow battling other enemies.
• Klee Meow told Xie Wen that Jinx and Hua Mei Meow had sent her clones away so they could fight without her help.
• King grabbed the unconscious Jack and fled, and the Beasts Pirates retreated toward the shore.
• Yamato stopped Xie Wen from pursuing them, so Xie Wen sheathed White Calm and set off with Klee Meow to search for treasure.

Xie Wen and the cats regrouped after the Beasts Pirates retreated, and he explained that King was a Lunarian before introducing Yamato as a temporary ally. After looting Onigashima, they prepared to leave and deal with Kurozumi Orochi.

• Suika Meow showed Xie Wen the tusks she had taken, while Meow Jūshirō regretted that King had escaped and wondered whether he was a cyborg.
• Xie Wen told the cats that King was a Lunarian, then introduced Yamato as Kaido's daughter and a temporary ally.
• Klee Meow called Yamato foolish for wanting to become Kozuki Oden, prompting Yamato to reconsider his idol's judgment as a ruler.
• Xie Wen and the cats looted the skull building, found little beyond valuables and materials, and gave Yamato the miniature Hassaikai that Suika Meow had shrunk.
• Xie Wen signaled Shalmeow, and the Dudu Paolumu descended as he and the cats prepared to leave and confront Kurozumi Orochi.

After returning from Queen’s research room, Xie Wen soothed Ai Haibara Meow with the stolen documents and headed for Ringo at Klee Meow’s suggestion. In Ringo, Kawamatsu and the samurai debated whether to support Issho as a strange object flew toward them.

• Ai Haibara Meow complained that Xie Wen had left her behind, then cheered when he showed her Queen’s documents and viruses.
• Yamato envied Xie Wen’s closeness with the cats, and Klee Meow comforted him before returning to Xie Wen.
• Klee Meow chose snowy Ringo as the crew’s next destination, and Xie Wen ordered the Dudu to fly there.
• Kawamatsu warned the samurai not to support Issho at Onigashima and to keep the hidden weapons safe from Kaido.
• Hantaro spotted something flying toward Ringo and called Kawamatsu’s attention to it.

Kawamatsu led a group of samurai to confront Xie Wen’s party in Ringo after they mistook the visitors for a threat, while the party was busy having a snowball fight. When Oden’s loyalists recognized Xie Wen as the man who had slandered Oden, they attacked, and Kaido Meow stopped Yamato from trying to make peace.

• Kawamatsu agreed with Hantaro to approach the newcomers with several samurai, leaving Hantaro behind to guard their base.
• Klee Meow’s wish brought Xie Wen and the others to Ringo, where she started a snowball fight and Touma Meow repeatedly got hit.
• Yamato joined the snowball fight and promised to protect Touma Meow, while the others continued pelting him with snowballs.
• Kawamatsu and his men approached Xie Wen’s group and recognized him as the Sapphire Star who had slandered Oden.
• Several samurai charged at Xie Wen and the others, and Kaido Meow persuaded Yamato to let the fight happen.

Jinx Meow launched a one-cat assault on Kawamatsu and the samurai, while Xie Wen let her fight after realizing she had deliberately provoked them. As the samurai adapted and Kawamatsu sprang a surprise attack, Jinx evaded him with a rocket-assisted dash and countered with an explosive punch.

• Jinx Meow opened fire on Kawamatsu and the samurai, then attacked them with her rocket launcher.
• Xie Wen recognized Jinx Meow's scheme, held back Klee Meow and Shirahoshi, and let her handle the fight while Hua Mei Meow objected.
• Kawamatsu and the samurai adapted to Jinx Meow's attacks, coordinated their advance, and forced her to retreat.
• Kawamatsu leaped from the group and attacked Jinx Meow with Kappa Style: Metsu Namu Kawa.
• Jinx Meow evaded Kawamatsu with Blast Dash and her Devil Fruit Ability, then struck him with a TNT-equivalent punch.

Jinx Meow’s fight with Kawamatsu and his samurai stopped when Hantaro arrived and explained that they were allies rescued by Issho. Xie Wen accepted Hantaro’s excuse and let the confrontation end, though his opinion of Kawamatsu’s group worsened.

• Jinx Meow blasted Kawamatsu with a Felyne (Fish-Man) Karate strike, prompting the samurai to rush in and defend him.
• Hantaro arrived with reinforcements and identified himself and Kawamatsu’s group as allies of Issho, causing Jinx Meow to put away her weapons.
• Xie Wen picked up Jinx Meow and challenged Kawamatsu’s group over their decision to attack him and his cats.
• Hantaro claimed the samurai had mistaken the cats for enemies after fighting Kaido’s men, while Kawamatsu blamed Yoshida and the others for being nervous.
• Xie Wen accepted the explanation as a misunderstanding and soothed Jinx Meow as the confrontation ended.

Xie Wen and his companions reached the samurai’s hideout in the ruins of Ringo, where divisions among the samurai emerged over Issho’s actions and Wano’s future. As Xie Wen discovered that the hideout held the swords from the Sword Grave, Kyoshiro approached with an unidentified woman.

• Hantaro explained that Kaido had destroyed Ringo and Hakumai, and that Kurozumi Orochi had gone into hiding after Issho rescued the samurai.
• Hantaro described how Issho’s return had divided the samurai into three groups and urged them to cooperate until Kaido was driven from Wano.
• Kawamatsu agreed that freeing Wano from Kaido and Orochi mattered most, preventing the samurai from arguing with Hantaro.
• Hantaro led Xie Wen and his companions to an underground hideout filled with weapons, where Xie Wen recognized Onimaru and learned he and Kawamatsu had gathered swords from the Sword Grave.
• A guard reported that Kyoshiro was approaching with a woman whose face could not be seen.

Xie Wen and the cats met Kyoshiro, Kozuki Hiyori, and the Orochi Oniwabanshu, and Klee Meow defeated the ninjas with her fire techniques. Hiyori reunited with Kawamatsu, while Denjiro explained how he had rescued her from Orochi; the chapter left them turning their attention to Xie Wen's group.

• After learning that Kyoshiro and a woman were fleeing the Orochi Oniwabanshu, Xie Wen and the cats went to meet them.
• Klee Meow challenged Fukurokuju and the Oniwabanshu, then burned them all to ashes with her Meow Susanoo.
• Kawamatsu and the samurai realized Xie Wen's group could be powerful allies, while Hiyori reunited with Kawamatsu.
• Denjiro explained that he had rescued Hiyori after Orochi panicked and attacked his attendants, and that they had fled toward Ringo to find the other samurai.
• After speaking with Kawamatsu and the others, Denjiro and Hiyori turned their attention to Xie Wen's group.

Xie Wen met Kozuki Hiyori and the samurai, who asked him to help free Wano Country from Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi. He admitted he could not promise to defeat Kaido, but as Denjiro proposed targeting the Beasts Pirates, Kaido returned and challenged him.

• Kawamatsu introduced Xie Wen as Issho's friend, while Jinx Meow and Klee Meow corrected Denjiro's assumptions about them and mocked Inuarashi, Cat Viper, and the Nine Red Scabbards.
• Denjiro accepted Xie Wen's criticism of Kozuki Oden's past actions and blamed the retainers for failing to guide him and recognize Kurozumi Orochi's schemes.
• Kozuki Hiyori acknowledged her family's responsibility for Wano Country's suffering, bowed to Xie Wen, and asked him to help defeat Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi.
• Xie Wen admitted he had intended only to fight Kaido and escape, but Denjiro proposed that he hold Kaido off while the samurai and Issho attacked the Beasts Pirates.
• Kaido returned and roared a challenge to Xie Wen.

Xie Wen and Kaido Meow confronted Kaido at Onigashima, where the two Kaidos fought to a standstill. As the samurai prepared to counterattack, Kozuki Hiyori asked Xie Wen to take her with him to confront Kurozumi Orochi.

• Kaido roared for Xie Wen after learning Queen had been killed, and Xie Wen asked Kaido Meow if he still wanted to fight him.
• Xie Wen combined Klee and Shalmy’s fire and lightning with his sword techniques to strike Kaido, who broke the slash with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated charge.
• Xie Wen left the fight to Kaido Meow, who transformed into a cherry-pink dragon and revealed himself as Kaido’s counterpart.
• Kaido and Kaido Meow exchanged Bolo Breaths and clashed with Flame Bagua attacks, reaching another draw as their fight continued.
• Xie Wen asked Kozuki Hiyori for directions to Habu Port so he could confront Kurozumi Orochi, and Hiyori asked to go with him.
• Kozuki Hiyori urged Kawamatsu to contact the others and begin their counterattack against the Beasts Pirates.

Xie Wen took Kozuki Hiyori to search for Kurozumi Orochi, while Kaido Meow continued battling Kaido in the sky. Kaido Meow’s uncanny use of Kaido’s techniques left Kaido wondering whether he had a long-lost Mink brother.

• Kozuki Hiyori asked Xie Wen to take her to witness Kurozumi Orochi’s execution, and Xie Wen agreed despite wanting to keep his mystery-box secret from her.
• Xie Wen set out for Port Habu with Kozuki Hiyori, Klee Meow, and Shalmeow on a Sheikah-style flying motorcycle.
• Kaido Meow used Flurry Rush to copy Kaido’s Bad Wind first and provoked Kaido until his anger disrupted his Observation Haki.
• Kaido Meow transformed and struck Kaido with Thunder Meow Bagua, astonishing Yamato and leaving Kaido baffled by his opponent’s skill.
• Kaido Meow followed with Kundali: Cat Army, and Kaido wondered whether he had a long-lost Mink brother.

While the cats watched the fight between Kaido and Kaido Meow, Robin explained the origins of Kaido Meow’s artificial Devil Fruit to Yamato. Kaido Meow defended his identity and proved his fighting skills were his own by using a move Yamato recognized.

• The cats settled in to watch the two Kaidos fight, and Robin invited a bewildered Yamato to join them.
• Robin told Yamato that Vegapunk had made Kaido Meow’s artificial Devil Fruit using Kaido’s lineage factor, then discussed the Poneglyphs with him.
• Kaido realized Vegapunk might be behind Kaido Meow’s abilities, and Kaido Meow explained that he had received his Devil Fruit from Xie Wen and had trained his fighting techniques himself.
• Kaido Meow said he had gathered materials for his weapon by hunting Elder Dragons, then used Velkhana’s power to perform Three Worlds: Himorogiri.
• Yamato recognized the move and stood up, exclaiming that it was his technique.

Kaido Meow and Kaido clashed in a fierce battle, with Kaido Meow’s elemental weapon and monster powers briefly giving him the advantage. Kaido refused to back down, and the two resumed fighting with Kaido Meow drawing on Jhen Mohran and Ahtal-Ka powers.

• Kaido blocked Kaido Meow’s icy Himorogiri, but the weapon’s chill frosted his arms before he shook it off.
• Kaido Meow activated Wind and Thunder Serpent Dragon Mode and collided with Kaido’s Thunder Bagua, creating a shock wave that cleared the surrounding snow and knocked Kaido down first.
• Kaido accepted Kaido Meow as a worthy opponent, offered him the Beasts Pirates’ vice-captain position, and attacked again after Kaido Meow refused.
• Kaido Meow used Flurry Rush and Jhen Mohran Mode to withstand Kaido’s Roaring Thunder Bagua and force him back several steps.
• Kaido continued attacking with Kundali: Dragon Swarm, and Kaido Meow answered with Ahtal-Ka Mode and Kundali: Mantis Arm Barrage.

Xie Wen and Kozuki Hiyori confronted Kurozumi Orochi at Habu Port, where Shalmeow defeated his guards and subdued him. Xie Wen stopped Orochi from escaping, then injected him with a syringe, leaving his purpose unclear.

• Xie Wen and Kozuki Hiyori found Kurozumi Orochi loading treasure onto a ship at Habu Port, and Orochi mistook Hiyori for Komurasaki.
• Orochi offered Xie Wen a position as his bodyguard, but Shalmeow shocked him and Orochi called for his guards.
• Hiyori refused to reveal her identity and said Orochi's followers deserved to die, so Xie Wen told Shalmeow to take them down while leaving Orochi alive.
• Shalmeow struck Orochi with lightning, and after his attempt to play dead failed, Orochi transformed into his Yamata no Orochi form and attacked.
• Xie Wen trapped Orochi with a Seastone chain, returned him to human form, and injected him with a syringe.

Xie Wen let Kozuki Hiyori take revenge on Kurozumi Orochi, then discovered Orochi could revive after being killed. With Klee Meow’s flames, he burned Orochi away for good, leaving Hiyori’s revenge fulfilled.

• After collecting blood and tissue samples from Yamata no Orochi, Xie Wen offered Kozuki Hiyori the chance to kill Kurozumi Orochi.
• Hiyori revealed herself as Kozuki Oden’s daughter and stabbed Orochi through the heart with Sandai Kitetsu.
• Xie Wen stabbed Orochi’s corpse but found no Devil Fruit, then suspected Orochi could revive by sacrificing his remaining heads.
• Xie Wen asked Klee Meow to set Orochi’s body alight, and Orochi revived with two heads as the flames spread.
• Klee Meow’s fire consumed Orochi and his remaining heads, leaving only a steaming scorch mark.

Kozuki Hiyori offered Xie Wen Enma and promised to help him obtain more Famous Swords and Devil Fruits after he saved her from Kurozumi Orochi. Issho returned wounded after fighting Kaido, while Kaido Meow continued battling Kaido and clashed with him over his treatment of Yamato.

• Kozuki Hiyori tried to thank Xie Wen by prostrating herself, but he stopped her and accepted her offer of Enma and help finding more treasures instead.
• Shalmeow spotted Issho approaching, and the wounded Issho told Xie Wen that Kaido had overwhelmed him before learning that Kaido was fighting in Ringo.
• Xie Wen gave Issho Angel Potions and pointed him toward the battle as the sky split above Kaido and Kaido Meow.
• Kaido praised their fight and tried for a third time to recruit Kaido Meow, but Kaido Meow refused because Kaido mistreated Yamato.
• Kaido and Kaido Meow argued over Kaido's parenting before both unleashed powerful attacks against each other.

Kaido Meow awakened Conqueror’s Haki and gained the upper hand against Kaido, then continued fighting to hone his new power despite the strain. Yamato worried about him but stayed back after the cats assured him they would intervene if needed, and Klee Meow returned as the battle continued.

• Kaido Meow rose after the clash and realized he had awakened Conqueror’s Haki, using Conqueror’s Coating to gain a slight edge over Kaido.
• Kaido Meow attacked with Amatsu mode, and his water strike broke through Kaido’s blasts before Kaido stopped it with his club.
• Kaido Meow chose to fight without the Eight Calamity Ring’s abilities so he could practice Conqueror’s Coating, while Kaido attacked more fiercely, unaware of his opponent’s limits.
• Suika Meow warned that Kaido Meow was unlikely to hold out much longer, and Jinx Meow explained to Shirahoshi how exhausting his techniques were.
• Yamato prepared to join the fight, but Meow Jūshirō and Hua Mei Meow reassured him that Kaido Meow was practicing and that the flying Guardians could help if needed.
• Klee Meow returned and asked whether Kaido Meow had defeated Kaido.

Xie Wen and the Research Commission prepared Kaido Meow’s retreat and launched a coordinated assault on Kaido. With Issho pinning Kaido down, Xie Wen lifted the ban on Klee Meow, Suika Meow, and Jinx Meow to join the fight.

• Hua Mei Meow reported that Kaido Meow was nearly exhausted and unlikely to defeat Kaido, so Xie Wen ordered Kozuki Hiyori to evacuate Ringo and brought everyone aboard the Dudu.
• Xie Wen arranged cover for Kaido Meow’s retreat, while Meowrah’s flying Guardian signaled him to escape the battle.
• Kaido Meow unleashed the Eight Calamity Ring’s Unsealed Mode, struck Kaido with Nether Emperor Radiance, and flew toward the Dudu in Sakura Dragon Form.
• Shalmeow, Xie Wen, Meowrah, and Issho attacked Kaido in succession, and Issho used Hell’s Journey to press him into the ground with gravity.
• After Kaido transformed into a Blue Dragon and tried to break free, Xie Wen lifted the ban on Klee Meow, Suika Meow, and Jinx Meow.

Klee Meow, Jinx Meow, and Suika Meow combined their abilities to launch a giant explosive flame cat at Kaido. The blast left a mushroom cloud over Ringo, and Klee Meow celebrated while suggesting they could make the bomb even stronger.

• Klee Meow enchanted a cat-shaped bomb with flames, and Jinx Meow punched it toward Kaido.
• Suika Meow released the bomb’s size seal, and Klee Meow released its flame seal, transforming it into a giant golden flame cat.
• Kaido recognized the attack as a power like Running Sun’s and met the flame cat with Flame Dragon Torch and Rising Dragon: Flame Bagua.
• Jinx Meow released the bomb’s final seal, triggering a blinding explosion that sent a shock wave rocking the Dudu.
• Xie Wen caught Touma Meow and steadied Kozuki Hiyori as a mushroom cloud rose over Ringo.
• Klee Meow apologized for forgetting to warn everyone to wear sunglasses, then celebrated the blast and proposed improving the bomb.

After Klee Meow’s enormous explosion devastated Ringo, Xie Wen and his allies confirmed that Kaido had escaped and the Beasts Pirates were retreating. Klee Meow found one of Kaido’s horns, which Xie Wen planned to turn into a weapon for their next fight.

• Klee Meow’s bomb destroyed a vast portion of Ringo and damaged Hakumai, shocking Kozuki Hiyori, Issho, and Kaido Meow.
• Xie Wen reassured Kozuki Hiyori that Kaido had likely survived, and she and Issho thanked Xie Wen and the cats for helping Wano Country.
• Xie Wen and the cats investigated the crater while Jinx Meow and Shirahoshi searched underwater and Klee Meow gathered explosion data.
• Jinx Meow and Shirahoshi found no sign of Kaido, and Denjiro later reported that the Beasts Pirates were retreating.
• Klee Meow and Ai Haibara Meow found one of Kaido’s horns, and Xie Wen decided to have Ai turn it into a weapon.

After Kaido was driven from Wano Country, Xie Wen told Denjiro he intended to leave after receiving Enma, easing Denjiro’s fears but angering some samurai who distrusted the Kozuki Clan. Xie Wen then decided to go to the Flower Capital, where he planned to warn Issho about Wano Country’s future dangers and search for a Road Poneglyph.

• Samurai including Kikunojo arrived and mistook the enormous flooded landscape for evidence that Xie Wen had killed Kaido, but he told them Kaido would survive.
• Denjiro thanked Xie Wen, proposed discussing Wano Country’s next shogun, and secretly tested whether Xie Wen planned to take power.
• Xie Wen said he would leave after receiving Enma, easing Denjiro’s worries while making some samurai question whether the Kozuki Family deserved to rule.
• Ashura Doji objected to Hiyori giving Enma to Xie Wen, but Hiyori insisted she could decide what to do with her father’s sword, and Denjiro stopped Ashura Doji from pressing the matter.
• Issho said he would leave Wano Country once Kaido’s return was no longer a concern, and Xie Wen decided to tell him about dangers posed by the World Government.
• Xie Wen chose to head to the Flower Capital to settle in, warn Issho, and look for the Road Poneglyph.