Recaps

King Bekori returned to the Sorbet Kingdom and began burning and killing its people, prompting Xie Wen to disguise himself and intervene. After rescuing civilians and cutting down Bekori’s soldiers, Xie Wen confronted the king at the Royal Palace, where Bekori ordered two borrowed guards to kill him.

• Elderly visitors warned Xie Wen and Bonney that King Bekori had returned and was burning people, so Xie Wen had Bonney age him into a bearded disguise.
• Xie Wen left Hua Mei Meow to guard the church, rescued people from a fire, and extinguished the flames with Manticore.
• Xie Wen killed the noble and soldiers responsible for the fire, then hurried toward the Royal Palace after sensing protests and gunfire.
• Bekori ordered his soldiers to shoot protesters and grew furious when the fire was put out.
• Xie Wen arrived at the Royal Palace, identified himself as a guard hired by King Bulldog, and Bekori ordered his two borrowed guards to attack him.

Xie Wen defeated Bekori’s CP0 agents, chased down the fleeing king, and killed him. He returned to the church and prepared with the cats to help the injured while hiding his involvement, then went to the extinguished fire site.

• Xie Wen blocked two CP0 agents’ attacks and defeated them with a Haki-coated Great Sword combo.
• Bekori fled when his forces began to lose, but Xie Wen caught up with him and cut off his head.
• Xie Wen returned to the church with Bekori’s head and treasure, then told Bonney and the elders to claim he had never left.
• Hua Mei Meow advised Xie Wen to stay and help treat the injured so their presence would seem natural.
• An elderly man tried to fake an injury to explain the delay, but Xie Wen caught him and suggested Kuma could take the blame instead.
• Xie Wen and the cats left the church to reach the extinguished fire site.

Xie Wen discussed the Sorbet Kingdom and the Revolutionary Army’s shortcomings with Kuma, then learned that Bonney’s Devil Fruit ability might have been implanted. Kuma revealed that Bonney was not his biological daughter and recounted Ginny’s abduction by the Celestial Dragons; Xie Wen promised to help cure Bonney.

• Klee Meow showed Xie Wen a Wanted Poster identifying him as “Manticore” Claude Strife with a 120 million Beli bounty, which had risen after Morgans published the Sorbet Kingdom story.
• Xie Wen criticized the Revolutionary Army’s handling of the Sorbet Kingdom and suggested reforms and ways to conceal its strength, while Kuma listened.
• Xie Wen asked Kuma about Bonney’s unusual Devil Fruit ability, and Kuma said he had not fed her a Devil Fruit because he had often been away when she was young.
• Xie Wen told Kuma that Bonney’s ability might have been implanted, like her Azure Jade Scale Disease, and asked what Kuma knew about the disease’s origins.
• Kuma revealed that Bonney was not his biological daughter and explained that Ginny had been abducted by the Celestial Dragons and later abandoned after contracting Azure Jade Scale Disease.
• Xie Wen comforted Kuma and promised that they would do everything they could to cure Bonney.

Xie Wen and Kuma found Trafalgar Law and asked him to treat Bonney, whose life was threatened by a virus. Law agreed to help but refused to travel with strangers until Xie Wen offered to help him deal with Doflamingo.

• The Heart Pirates discussed whether they were strong enough to enter the Grand Line before Law spotted two figures flying toward them.
• Xie Wen and Kuma landed near the crew, and Klee Meow excitedly praised Kuma’s Paw-Paw Fruit ability.
• Kuma asked Law to treat Bonney, explaining that a virus had left her with less than five years to live.
• Law agreed to treat Bonney but objected when Kuma said she was in the South Blue and remained wary of being sent there by a stranger.
• Xie Wen offered to help Law deal with Donquixote Doflamingo, prompting Law to react with surprise.

Xie Wen told Law about Doflamingo’s past and tried to recruit him to help Bonney and oppose the Donquixote Family. After Klee Meow accidentally angered Law, she stepped in to fight him, and the battle began.

• Xie Wen explained how Doflamingo’s family history drove him to seek revenge and asked whether Law wanted to hear about Rosinante and Law’s escape.
• Xie Wen offered Kuma’s gratitude as a reason to trust him and admitted he wanted the Devil Fruits of Doflamingo and his subordinates.
• Klee Meow revealed that Xie Wen had once considered taking Law’s Op-Op Fruit, prompting Law to challenge Xie Wen to prove his strength.
• Xie Wen sent Klee Meow to fight Law while warning her not to use overly powerful bombs.
• Klee Meow charged Law with Chidori, then summoned Dudu Bear after he dodged her attack.

Klee Meow fought Trafalgar Law, revealing that she had eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit and could withstand his Devil Fruit ability. As Law prepared to concede, Klee Meow threw an explosive ball at him, and Xie Wen covered his ears.

• Klee Meow turned her stuffed bear into several Flame Bears and drove Law to use ROOM to evade their attacks.
• Law split Klee Meow apart with Shambles, but she pretended to be helpless before reassembling herself and striking him with Chidori Meow.
• Klee Meow revealed she was a Logia user who had eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit, while Xie Wen speculated that Link or Ai had taught her to trick Law.
• Klee Meow kept Law cornered with her flames, and Law struggled to attack her because she had Observation Haki and a Logia body.
• Law was about to concede when Klee Meow threw a strange ball that exploded nearby, prompting Xie Wen to cover his ears.

Klee Meow defeated Law with a Sonic Bomb that left him temporarily dazed but unharmed. When Law woke, Xie Wen and Bepo showed him a mirror that made him look like a black cat, leaving his reaction unresolved.

• Klee Meow tested Law’s dodge range and detonated a Buzz Bomb just before it reached him, leaving him sprawled on the ground and babbling.
• Xie Wen and Kuma avoided the blast by covering their ears, while the Heart Pirates temporarily lost their hearing.
• Xie Wen reassured Kuma that Law would recover, then fitted a photo of Meow Jūshirō onto a mirror and colored it with Klee Meow’s pens.
• Law regained consciousness, and Xie Wen told him the operation had succeeded and that he was now a cute little kitty.
• Bepo showed Law a mirror displaying a black cat wearing Law’s hat and clothes.

Xie Wen brought Trafalgar Law to the Sorbet Kingdom as the final piece of the puzzle for curing Bonney’s Azure Jade Scale Disease. Law agreed to help and went with Ai Haibara Meow to learn about Bonney’s condition.

• Law chose to travel alone with Xie Wen and Kuma, despite his crew’s protests.
• Kuma sent himself, Xie Wen, Klee Meow, and Law back to the Sorbet Kingdom.
• Hua Mei Meow welcomed Xie Wen and Klee Meow, then told Klee she still had to make up her missed training.
• Ai Haibara Meow confirmed Law was the Op-Op Fruit user and invited him to the infirmary to discuss Bonney’s disease.
• Law declined to rest and followed Ai Haibara Meow to begin working on Bonney’s treatment.

Ai Haibara Meow and Luo successfully operated on Bonney, removing the visible Azure Jade Scales while warning that she needed several days of observation before she could be declared cured. Bonney woke and joined the celebration, while Xie Wen wondered whether her recovery would affect Kuma’s deal with Vegapunk.

• As Kuma anxiously paced outside the Medical Room, Xie Wen and the cats waited for news of Bonney’s surgery.
• Ai Haibara Meow and Luo emerged and announced that the operation had succeeded, though Bonney needed further observation.
• Kuma rushed to Bonney’s side, and Ai Haibara Meow settled into Xie Wen’s arms to receive praise and a massage.
• Kuma brought the awake Bonney out, and everyone congratulated her as she celebrated the disappearance of the stone on her face.
• Ai Haibara Meow warned that Bonney still needed monitoring and gradually increased time in the sun, then bit Xie Wen after Klee Meow called her a tsundere.

Bonney fully recovered from the Azure Jade Scales, and Kuma prepared to leave with her after addressing the Sorbet Kingdom’s problems. Xie Wen warned him that the Celestial Dragons might target Bonney and tried to persuade him to keep her safe, then agreed to explain his ideas about government to Kuma for the Revolutionary Army.

• Ai Haibara Meow confirmed that Bonney had fully recovered, and Kuma celebrated with her.
• Kuma sent Luo back to the North Blue after Luo exchanged farewells and contact information with the cats, Xie Wen, and Kuma.
• Kuma asked Xie Wen to repeat his ideas about the Revolutionary Army, while Xie Wen urged him not to delay Bonney’s departure or keep working with the group.
• Xie Wen warned Kuma that a Celestial Dragon in Mary Geoise might have caused Bonney’s illness and given her a Devil Fruit ability, and could seek to take her for research.
• Kuma decided to remain beside Bonney while he dealt with the Sorbet Kingdom’s problems, and Xie Wen agreed to share his government ideas with him.

After leaving Bonney and Kuma, Xie Wen read about their new bounties and watched Klee Meow chase Ai Haibara Meow for misleading her. Hua Mei Meow reported that the crew was close to reaching the Hunter’s Notes’ seventy-five-percent map progress, with the North Blue only a few islands away.

• Bonney tearfully said goodbye to Ai Haibara Meow and Klee Meow, while Xie Wen accepted Kuma’s medical equipment and offered to buy Devil Fruits the Revolutionary Army did not need.
• Kuma launched the Toot Toot Forward toward the next island, and Xie Wen later read that Kuma and Bonney had received bounties of sixty million and five million, respectively.
• Xie Wen suspected Bonney’s alive-only bounty was connected to a Celestial Dragon and noticed that Eustass Kid and Killer’s bounties had also increased.
• Klee Meow tried to imitate Link’s ability to communicate through expressions, and Xie Wen realized Ai Haibara Meow had encouraged her; Klee Meow chased Ai around the deck.
• Hua Mei Meow told Xie Wen that the crew could reach the North Blue after five more islands at most, and the Hunter’s Notes showed 74.3 percent map progress.

Xie Wen and the cats crossed Reverse Mountain, where the crew celebrated the dramatic passage and Ai Haibara Meow’s mischief left Xie Wen caring for everyone. As the Toot Toot Forward neared the summit, Hua Mei Meow revealed she had never been drunk and took command of the ship.

• Xie Wen and the cats sailed back toward Reverse Mountain after he obtained a blue Summon Ticket for reaching 75% exploration progress in the South Blue.
• The cats marveled at Reverse Mountain and shared drinks and snacks, while Ai Haibara Meow became absorbed in trying to explain the uphill-flowing seawater.
• Xie Wen brought Ai Haibara Meow back from her scientific confusion, and she mischievously prompted Klee Meow, Hua Mei Meow, and Sanji Meow to demand his attention.
• Xie Wen cared for the cats while Meow Jūshirō and Link Meow watched, and the Toot Toot Forward approached the summit.
• Hua Mei Meow suddenly sprang into action, directing the crew to turn the ship, furl the sails, and prepare the Flamethrower while Xie Wen continued massaging Link Meow.

Xie Wen and the cats reached North Blue and were met by pirates attacking their ship near Lighthouse Island. After Xie Wen and Klee Meow defeated the pirate fleet, the Marines arrived and treated Xie Wen deferentially, leaving him to suspect that their position in North Blue was weak.

• Hua Mei Meow planned a route around North Blue that included the island where the crew had previously encountered the Heart Pirates.
• Near Lighthouse Island, several pirate factions attacked the Toot Toot Forward, and Klee Meow stopped their first cannon volley.
• Xie Wen and Klee Meow unleashed a combined flaming slash that set the pirate ships ablaze and damaged several of them.
• Xie Wen and Klee Meow defeated the pirates aboard the least-damaged ship, including its captain, who had weak Armament Haki.
• Xie Wen had Klee Meow extinguish the fires, then led the cats in looting the pirate ships as the Marines arrived.
• The Marine captain gave Xie Wen bounty vouchers and invited him to the Marine Base, prompting Xie Wen to conclude that the Marines were struggling in North Blue.

After arriving in Lighthouse Town in the North Blue, Xie Wen found a Paper-Paper Fruit aboard his ship and discovered that it produced a Palico Summoning Ticket fragment. He put the fruit away after none of the cats wanted it, and Klee Meow abandoned her hopes of eating it when Xie Wen warned her that a second Devil Fruit could kill her.

• Xie Wen toured Lighthouse Town with Sanji Meow and Ai Haibara Meow while the other cats stayed aboard the ship.
• Klee Meow showed Xie Wen the spiral-patterned Devil Fruit she had found on the Toot Toot Forward.
• Xie Wen checked the Hunter's Notes and identified the fruit as the Paper-Paper Fruit, which produced a Palico Summoning Ticket fragment.
• Xie Wen asked the cats whether they wanted the fruit, but Meow Jūshirō, Sanji Meow, Link Meow, and Hua Mei Meow declined.
• Klee Meow wanted the fruit for its explosive-tag potential, but Xie Wen warned her that eating a second Devil Fruit could make her explode, so she gave up on it.

Xie Wen learned that the Paper-Paper Fruit was wanted by Doflamingo, but he and the cats left Lighthouse Island without worrying about the threat. North Blue pirates formed a temporary alliance to kill Xie Wen and claim the fruit for themselves.

• Hua Mei Meow told Xie Wen that Joker, likely Doflamingo, wanted the Paper-Paper Fruit and asked whether they should inform Law Meow.
• Xie Wen refused to worry about Doflamingo, while Klee Meow eagerly looked forward to fighting him; Hua Mei Meow revealed she had secretly gathered intelligence through Morgans with Ai's help.
• Xie Wen took Klee Meow and Hua Mei Meow around Lighthouse Town, then returned to the ship and cheered himself up by petting them.
• Xie Wen and the cats stayed on Lighthouse Island until they had explored it, then sailed toward the next island.
• North Blue pirates who wanted to sell the fruit to Joker or join the Donquixote Family formed a temporary Pirate Alliance and planned to kill Xie Wen.

Xie Wen learned that pirates on Slakur Island had formed an alliance to attack him, and he planned how his group would handle the ambush. He left Hua Mei Meow to lead the team into Dark Reef Town while he and Ai stayed behind to guard the ship.

• Pirates on Slakur Island chose Leize, captain of the Lizard Pirates, as their alliance leader and prepared to ambush Xie Wen.
• Trafalgar Law called Xie Wen to warn him about the alliance and caution him about Leize and Anol, but Xie Wen already knew Anol had the Chameleon Devil Fruit.
• Xie Wen and the cats discussed how to divide their forces between Dark Reef Town and the ship at the harbor.
• Xie Wen decided that Hua Mei Meow would lead the team into town while he and Ai stayed behind to guard the ship.

Hua Mei Meow and the cats attacked Dark Reef Town, while Xie Wen stayed aboard the Toot Toot Forward and caught a pirate trying to steal a Devil Fruit. As Klee Meow’s explosions continued across town, Xie Wen wondered if she was playing with firecrackers.

• Hua Mei Meow let Klee Meow wait until the stronger pirates appeared before using her bombs on the weaker ones.
• Link Meow detected strong presences in the tavern, so Hua Mei Meow gave Klee Meow permission to attack; Klee Meow bombarded Dark Reef Town.
• Xie Wen and Ai Haibara Meow noticed Anol, the Lizard Pirates’ vice-captain, sneaking aboard to steal a Devil Fruit.
• Anol fled toward town, but Xie Wen caught him, killed him with Long Moon, and failed to extract his Devil Fruit with the Carving Knife.
• Xie Wen heard the explosions continuing at changing locations and wondered if Klee Meow was playing with firecrackers.

Klee Meow bombed Dark Reef Town while Hua Mei Meow and the other cats fought the Pirate Alliance’s senior officers. After the cats defeated or captured their opponents, Hua Mei Meow tracked down Klee Meow, who claimed she had dealt with the remaining pirates.

• Klee Meow sent flame-made explosive animals into buildings around Dark Reef Town, while the other cats kept Leize and the Pirate Alliance officers occupied.
• Meow Jūshirō cut off Leize’s limbs, knocked him unconscious, and tied him up for Xie Wen to extract his Devil Fruit.
• Link Meow killed Captain Hughes and his first mate, while Hua Mei Meow defeated her opponent with Demon Mode.
• Hua Mei Meow led the cats after Klee Meow, who kept changing direction to avoid them before finally stopping.
• Klee Meow hugged Hua Mei Meow and said she had already dealt with all the other bad guys.

After returning from a raid, Xie Wen and the cats looted a hidden pirate cavern on Slakur Island but found no Devil Fruits or Famous Swords. While Xie Wen was away, Sanji Meow and Meow Jūshirō fought Borsalino, who revealed himself to be a Marine Admiral, and the chapter ended with him asking how the cats knew Garp.

• Klee Meow returned with the cats and captured ability users, but Xie Wen's attempts to cut Devil Fruits from them failed.
• Xie Wen took Klee Meow, Hua Mei Meow, and Link Meow to a hidden cavern on Slakur Island, where they looted supplies from the pirate ships.
• Borsalino surprised Sanji Meow aboard the Toot Toot Forward, and Sanji Meow kicked him in the face while Meow Jūshirō attacked with his sword.
• Ai Haibara Meow told Sanji Meow that Borsalino was a Marine Admiral, and Meow Jūshirō warned that his presence was exceptionally powerful.
• Borsalino asked the cats how they knew Vice Admiral Garp after hearing them discuss him.

Xie Wen returned to his ship to find Marine Admiral Kizaru doting on Sanji Meow, who wanted nothing to do with him. After Hua Mei Meow got Kizaru to apologize, he supplied replacement ingredients and joined the cats for a meal, leaving Xie Wen to wonder whether the Marines might someday treat his crew as leniently as they treated the Straw Hats.

• Xie Wen returned from defeating the pirates and found Kizaru trying to cuddle Sanji Meow while Sentomaru ate aboard his ship.
• Sanji Meow hid behind Xie Wen and complained about Kizaru, while Klee Meow attacked the Admiral with Flame Beetles and Sentomaru blocked them.
• Sentomaru revealed that he and Kizaru were escorting Vegapunk to establish a new laboratory, then explained that Kizaru had come to investigate the smoke and grown fond of Sanji Meow.
• Sanji Meow and Sentomaru argued over the food and Sentomaru's weight, while Hua Mei Meow persuaded Kizaru to stop pestering Sanji Meow and apologize.
• Kizaru asked Sanji Meow to cook for him and brought replacement ingredients from the Marine ship before the Marines and cats shared a meal.

After Pirates began avoiding Xie Wen and the cats, their income fell, so they opened a traveling restaurant aboard the Toot Toot Forward while continuing their North Blue journey. Morgans promoted the restaurant in his publications, and it officially began serving customers in the North Blue.

• Kizaru gave Xie Wen his Den Den Mushi number before leaving Slakur Island with Sentomaru and the Marines.
• As Xie Wen and the cats gained fame, Pirates avoided them, causing their bounty-hunting income to plummet.
• Xie Wen proposed opening a seafaring restaurant, and Hua Mei Meow supported the idea as a way to earn money and keep Klee Meow occupied.
• Xie Wen and the cats converted the Toot Toot Forward into an open-air restaurant and added Klee Meow's blast-fishing performance to the menu.
• Sanji Meow named the establishment the Palico Seafaring Restaurant, and Xie Wen sent Morgans an advertorial to publish.
• Morgans offered Xie Wen access to most of his intelligence, and the Palico Seafaring Restaurant officially opened in the North Blue.

The Palico Floating Restaurant grew popular as Xie Wen and the cats sailed the North Blue, while Sanji Meow struggled with Klee Meow’s greater popularity. Reading a manga featuring Germa 66 gave Klee Meow a new goal, and Xie Wen suspected the group might soon cross their path.

• The Palico Floating Restaurant attracted more wealthy customers as word spread, though Klee Meow’s blast-fishing show remained more popular than Sanji Meow’s cooking.
• Sanji Meow cried over losing to Klee Meow, and Hua Mei Meow comforted him before directing the cats to sail for the next island.
• Xie Wen read Warrior of the Sea: Sky with Klee Meow and Ai Haibara Meow, and Klee Meow asked him to make the Toot Toot Forward transform into a robot.
• Xie Wen promised Klee Meow and Ai Haibara Meow that he would find a shipbuilding Palico to make them robots, then explained that Germa from the manga was real and lived in the North Blue.
• Klee Meow expressed interest in Germa’s outfits, and Xie Wen realized that they might soon encounter Germa 66.

Xie Wen and the cats encountered Germa 66’s snail fleet and met the young Vinsmoke siblings. After Yonji threatened them over Klee’s comment about their combat suits, he charged at the group.

• Meow Jūshirō spotted Germa 66’s snail fleet, and Xie Wen steered the Toot Toot Forward toward it with Klee Meow’s help.
• Xie Wen told Klee Meow to wait while he spoke to Germa, and Reiju came out to ask why they had approached.
• Klee Meow noticed Reiju’s curled eyebrows and compared them to Sanji Meow’s, prompting Sanji Meow to explain his history with the human Sanji.
• Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji appeared, and Yonji mocked Sanji for being weak and a disgrace to the family.
• Sanji Meow asked Xie Wen for permission to attack Yonji, while Klee Meow said she no longer wanted Germa’s combat suits.
• Yonji accused the group of seeking Vinsmoke technology and charged at them, threatening to kill them.

Sanji Meow fought the Germa siblings and defeated Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji, while Xie Wen watched and wondered why Judge had not appeared. The siblings recovered from their injuries, and Xie Wen explained that they were cyborgs.

• Sanji Meow kicked Yonji, then defeated Niji and Yonji when they attacked him together.
• Sanji Meow fought Ichiji and Reiju’s coordinated attack, then used Observation Haki to counter the siblings’ ambush.
• Sanji Meow activated Demon Mode and Armament Haki, overwhelmed Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji with rapid kicks, and sent them back to the snail ship.
• Xie Wen considered asking Judge to make him an Insect Glaive while watching Sanji Meow fight.
• Ichiji and his brothers recovered from their severe injuries, and Xie Wen told Sanji Meow they were cyborgs.

Xie Wen defeated Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji, prompting Vinsmoke Judge to arrive and invite Xie Wen and the Cat Restaurant to Germa 66’s castle. Xie Wen accepted, interested in Germa’s technology.

• Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji attacked Xie Wen again after Reiju failed to stop them.
• Xie Wen struck the three brothers with nine Flying Slashes, badly wounding them but leaving their limbs attached.
• Vinsmoke Judge arrived with Clone Soldiers and ordered them to take his sons away for treatment.
• Judge joined the snail ships into a castle and invited Xie Wen and the Cat Restaurant to visit.
• Xie Wen accepted Judge’s hospitality because he wanted to learn about Germa 66’s technology.