Recaps

Norton set sail from the East Blue to pursue his dream of becoming king, using his limiter-breaking strength to survive a tsunami before getting lost at sea. He boarded a passenger ship for food, where pirates attacked and their strongest subordinate discovered that Norton’s body could withstand a kunai strike.

• Norton left his port town and punched a hole through a tsunami while declaring himself king of the sea.
• Nami sailed from Cocoyasi Village to steal money, determined to save the village from Arlong.
• After three days at sea, Norton got lost, ran out of food, and found a passenger ship.
• Norton boarded the ship and ate its food, while the nobles failed to move him and the duke ordered guards to throw him overboard.
• Redbeard’s pirates attacked the passenger ship, and Redbeard sent Sanosuke to seize Norton.
• Sanosuke stabbed Norton in the lower back with a kunai, but the blade clanged against Norton’s body, startling him.

Norton confronted Redbeard’s pirates after Nami was captured, then offered to save her when he recognized her as the navigator he wanted. The chapter left Norton facing Redbeard’s crew while Nami considered escaping with the treasure.

• Sanosuke’s kunai failed to pierce Norton, and Sanosuke froze under the danger he sensed from him.
• Redbeard’s pirates captured the nobles, seized their valuables, and brought Nami before their captain as a thief.
• A skinny pirate proposed extorting more money from the nobles and demanding a Navy ransom, then asked Redbeard for Nami.
• Redbeard shot the skinny pirate and ordered his crew to carry out the extortion plan.
• Norton rose from his meal and approached Redbeard as Sanosuke warned his captain to run.
• Norton asked Nami her name, and she introduced herself as a thief who only stole from pirates and offered to work for him if he saved her.

Norton defeated Redbeard, took control of the nobles’ ship, and recruited Nami and Sanosuke to serve him. With his first crew members secured, he ordered the ship to sail for the nearest island.

• Redbeard fired repeatedly at Norton, who caught the bullets and knocked him unconscious with a single punch.
• Norton silenced Redbeard’s pirates and rejected the nobles’ thanks, declaring that he would conquer the sea as a pirate and claiming their ship and everything aboard.
• Norton ordered the pirates to serve as his subordinates and hired Nami as navigator, offering her five hundred thousand Beli a day.
• Norton invited Sanosuke to join him, and Sanosuke pledged his loyalty.
• Norton told the crew to sail for the nearest island.

Norton kept order aboard the captured ship, caught Nami near the treasure, and told the nobles they could leave when the ship reached land. As he explained his plans for a country ruled by capable people, the ship struck a reef.

• Norton found Sanosuke practicing on deck, but Sanosuke knew nothing about navigation or the ninja techniques Norton asked about.
• Norton discovered Nami in the treasure room beside a bundle of Beli, but left without confronting her, and she followed him.
• Nami said the ship would reach land around noon the next day, and Norton told the duke that the nobles could leave while the cooks had to stay.
• Norton told Nami he wanted to build a country without a rotten noble class and with positions for capable people.
• The ship jolted after hitting a reef, and a pirate blamed Sanosuke for the collision.

After the pleasure ship ran aground, Sanosuke told Norton about his lifelong bad luck and his search for a master who could suppress it. Norton welcomed the challenge, but a gigantic Sea King lifted the ship, leaving everyone in danger.

• Norton asked Sanosuke about his bad luck, and a pirate explained that Sanosuke had outlived eight masters, including Redbeard.
• Sanosuke recounted how his father died, his mother was abducted, and his village blamed him before an old Ninja sent him to seek a fortunate master.
• The duke challenged Sanosuke’s belief in his teacher’s story by recounting King Edward’s gruesome end, but Norton declared he would suppress Sanosuke’s bad luck.
• A huge red angel shark surfaced beneath the stranded ship, lifting it and revealing that the reef was growing from the Sea King’s head.
• A shipwright reported a large, unrepairable hole in the hull as the ship began taking on water.

Norton rescued Nami and the others when a giant Sea King destroyed their ship, subduing the beast with a punch. He then made it carry them toward land, revealing that animals seemed to understand his words.

• The Sea King wrecked the passenger ship, and Norton caught Nami as she fell into the sea.
• Norton struck the Sea King with one punch and made it back down, leaving Sanosuke wondering if Norton could suppress his bad luck.
• Norton told the Sea King to carry everyone to land, and the creature obeyed.
• Nami tried to direct the Sea King herself, but it only followed Norton’s instructions.

After losing his ship, Norton accepted the duke’s offer to meet a shipwright and traveled with Nami and his crew to the duke’s castle. The duke revealed that the shipwright was his daughter and that he wanted Norton to take the ship she had built.

• Norton learned that Nami was still gathering the treasure scattered across the Sea King’s back and decided to wait for her.
• The duke offered to introduce Norton to a shipwright who could help him get a new ship.
• Nami returned soaking wet with the recovered treasure and warned Norton that the duke might be trying to have them arrested.
• The duke’s carriages arrived, and Norton, Nami, and the pirates rode with him toward his castle while Sanosuke traveled atop a carriage.
• The duke explained that the shipwright was his daughter, and he wanted Norton to take the ship she had built.

The duke explained that Funing’s ships had repeatedly been destroyed by bad luck and asked Norton to protect her latest vessel. Norton met Funing at the dock, admired the nearly finished White Pearl, and learned she considered it her fourth child.

• The duke told Norton and Nami about Funing’s shipbuilding passion and the misfortunes that had destroyed her first three ships.
• The duke brought Norton and Nami to meet Funing and see her nearly completed fourth ship.
• Norton sent the pirates with the butler and ordered Sanosuke to keep watch over them.
• The duke led Norton and Nami to a secluded dock, where Funing was finishing a white, three-masted ship.
• Norton admired the White Pearl and approached Funing, who asked who he was and what he was doing there.

The Duke returned safely and introduced Norton to Funing, whose White Pearl was reserved by the King, while Norton insisted on claiming the ship. As the Duke went to meet a royal envoy, Norton and Nami toured the castle with Funing, where Sanosuke suddenly crashed through a window with a man underfoot.

• The Duke thanked Norton for saving his life, and Funing tearfully welcomed her father back.
• The Duke learned that the King had reserved the White Pearl and apologized to Norton, who insisted he would persuade the King to give it up.
• At the palace, Saint Ari demanded that the King deliver the White Pearl to him.
• The Duke told Nami and Norton that he valued Funing’s happiness and would protect her dream of shipbuilding.
• Funing told the Duke that a royal envoy wanted to see him, and he left Norton and Nami with her while he went to meet the envoy.
• As Funing showed Norton and Nami around the castle, Sanosuke burst through a banquet hall window with a man beneath his feet.

After Sanosuke killed pirates who broke Norton's rules, Norton ordered the resentful members sent to a Marine Base, but Sanosuke secretly followed and killed them all. The Duke then told Norton that the King had ordered the White Pearl sent to the palace immediately, forcing Norton to leave sooner than planned.

• Sanosuke killed a pirate who harassed castle maids, and Norton ordered the remaining pirates brought before him.
• Norton selected the pirates who showed resentment or anger and ordered them sent to a nearby Marine Base, while the rest were locked up.
• Sanosuke followed the escorted pirates, knocked out the guards, and killed every pirate, believing it was his duty to protect Norton.
• Sanosuke returned to the castle and claimed he had been delayed by constipation, while Norton watched him without comment.
• The Duke told Norton that the King had ordered the White Pearl sent to the palace immediately.

Norton accompanied the Duke, Funing, and Nami to the Royal Palace to persuade the King to give up the White Pearl, but they discovered Saint Ari had taken control of the King. Norton claimed the ship as his own and insulted the King and Saint Ari, prompting Saint Ari to order his death.

• Norton told Sanosuke to guard the remaining pirates while he went to the Royal Palace with the Duke, Funing, and Nami.
• The Duke noticed unusually heavy security at the palace and recognized the masked guard at the hall as a CP0 agent.
• The CP0 agent let the group enter, where they found the King crawling on the floor with Saint Ari riding on his back and demanding the White Pearl.
• Norton told the King that the White Pearl belonged to him and said the King did not deserve to know his name.
• The King ordered the guards to behead Norton, and Saint Ari learned Norton had called him trash and commanded the CP0 agent to kill him.

Celestial Dragon Ari demanded Funing as his wife and ordered Mongula to kill everyone after she refused. Mongula beheaded the King, and Norton prepared to fight as the Duke fled with Funing and Nami ran away.

• Ari threatened the Duke and demanded Funing and the White Pearl in exchange for supporting the King's Reverie application.
• The King agreed to give Funing to Ari, but Funing refused, and Norton stopped a bullet meant for the Duke.
• Ari ordered Mongula to kill the witnesses, and Mongula beheaded the King as he tried to flee.
• The Duke fled with Funing while Nami ran from Mongula, and Norton stood ready to fight.

Norton confronted CP0 agent Mongula in the Royal Palace Hall and easily dodged his Six Powers attacks. Mongula transformed into a Mythical Zoan werewolf and launched a powerful attack at Norton.

• Saint Ari ordered Mongula to stop the escaping group, and Mongula charged after the Duke.
• Norton struck Mongula out of his high-speed charge, injuring him despite Mongula's defenses.
• Norton declared that he intended to build his own country and become King of the World.
• Mongula attacked Norton with Finger Pistol: Red Lotus and Palm Pistol, but Norton dodged both.
• At Saint Ari's command, Mongula revealed his Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Werewolf Form and attacked Norton with Palm Pistol: Wolf Soul.

Norton pushed Mongula to the limit, triggering a dangerous partial Zoan Awakening before defeating him with a single punch. The guards and CP Agents arrived at the ruined Royal Palace Hall and saw Norton standing over the enormous trench his punch had carved.

• Norton caught Mongula's claws and urged him to unleash more of his strength as he dodged and blocked the werewolf's attacks.
• Mongula used Life Return and grew stronger under Norton's pressure, while Nami, the Duke, and Funing fled toward the castle and CP Agents entered the Royal Palace.
• Mongula's bloodlust overtook him as he touched the realm of Awakening, risking the loss of his reason to his Devil Fruit's animal will.
• Norton judged that Mongula had reached his limit and struck him with a punch that broke his fangs and bones, sending him flying off the island.
• The guards and CP Agents witnessed Norton standing in the ruined hall beside a trench stretching from the palace toward the sea.

Norton killed the king, Celestial Dragon Ari, and the Royal Palace’s defenders, then gathered his companions aboard the White Pearl and punched apart a bolt of heavenly lightning. As the ship set sail with Funing aboard, Marines discovered the palace massacre and prepared to contact Marine Headquarters and Garp.

• The palace guards and CP Agents blamed Norton for the king’s death, but Norton passed through their ranks and killed Ari, prompting them to call for Marine reinforcements.
• Norton met Nami, Funing, and Duke with the White Pearl, explained that he had killed the Celestial Dragon and the palace’s agents and guards, and urged everyone to leave before reinforcements arrived.
• Duke let Funing join Norton’s crew so she could sail aboard the ship she had built, and Norton welcomed her as its shipwright.
• A massive lightning bolt struck toward the White Pearl, but Norton shattered it with a Serious Punch and ordered the crew to raise the sails.
• Marines entered the ruined palace, found the king and Ari dead, and decided to alert headquarters and contact Garp.

Garp learned that a suspected Celestial Dragon and many others had been killed in the Sage Kingdom, and he headed there to investigate. Meanwhile, Norton’s crew prepared for a storm as Nami secretly saved money to reclaim Cocoyasi Village from Arlong, and the lost swordsman Roronoa Zoro became stranded on an island nearby.

• An adjutant told Garp that the Sage Kingdom’s king, a suspected Celestial Dragon, guards, and CP Agents had been killed, and Garp set out for the kingdom.
• Garp and Bogard speculated that the culprit might be a notorious pirate or the returning Golden Lion, and they waited for an injured CP0 agent to wake.
• Sanosuke reported that twenty-nine people were aboard the White Pearl and that the crew had over 200 million Beli, while Norton teased Nami over losing 900,000 Beli at chess.
• Funing worried that Sanosuke’s bad luck and the White Pearl’s reputation for misfortune would bring danger, but Norton said he welcomed the challenge of mastering misfortune.
• Nami counted her hidden savings of 19.5 million Beli and planned to buy Cocoyasi Village back from Arlong before a sudden storm drove the crew to secure the ship.
• Roronoa Zoro, lost while pursuing pirates, arrived on an uninhabited island and wandered inland while trying to find a way back to town.

Norton’s crew landed on an uninhabited island, where Sanosuke encountered Zoro while hunting for meat and fought him over the tiger Zoro had killed. As their duel intensified, Norton sensed Sanosuke was in trouble and rushed toward the forest.

• Norton brought the White Pearl to an uninhabited island and sent Sanosuke into the forest to hunt while Nami and Funing stayed near the shore.
• Sanosuke found Zoro killing a giant tiger with Three Sword Style: Oni Giri and decided to take the carcass for Norton.
• Zoro refused to surrender the tiger, so Sanosuke attacked him with a kunai and used the forest shadows to gain the advantage.
• Zoro pursued Sanosuke through the trees, and when a branch snapped beneath Sanosuke, Zoro struck him with Oni Giri and wounded his chest.
• Sanosuke drew his Ninja Sword as Zoro tied on his bandanna, and Norton sensed the dangerous fight before leaving Nami with his fishing rod and rushing to the forest.

Norton stopped Zoro and Sanosuke’s fight, impressed Zoro with his strength, and recruited him to join the ship. After the crew feasted on the beach, Norton followed someone moving stealthily from the camp toward the rocks.

• Norton interrupted Zoro and Sanosuke’s evenly matched fight and introduced himself as the future King of the World.
• Norton demonstrated his overwhelming strength, and Zoro agreed to board his ship while keeping the freedom to leave whenever he wanted.
• Norton and the others returned to camp with Zoro, where the crew shared a feast and Zoro explained that pirates had stolen his sword.
• Norton chose to sail northeast in pursuit of the pirates, while Nami began calculating their route and demanded a navigation fee.
• After the celebration ended and the others fell asleep, Norton heard muffled footsteps heading from the tents toward the rocks and followed them.

Nami tried to leave with the treasure she had saved to buy Cocoyasi Village, but Norton stopped her and wagered that Arlong would break his promise. After Mongula identified Norton as his attacker and the Five Elders ordered a bounty for him, Nami returned to Cocoyasi Village with one hundred million Beli and confronted Arlong, leaving his response uncertain.

• Norton caught Nami trying to escape with his treasure, spared her, and warned that Arlong would not honor their deal; he wagered that she would join him as his navigator if Arlong took the money without freeing her village.
• Mongula awoke at Punk Hazard and recalled Norton's face, while Vegapunk recorded the portrait and prepared to modify his body.
• The Five Elders received Norton's portrait, covered up Saint Ari's death, and ordered a bounty on Norton for regicide.
• Two days later, Nami arrived at Cocoyasi Village aboard the White Pearl, found Nojiko absent, and dug up a chest of treasure from the Orange Grove.
• Nami carried one hundred million Beli to Arlong Park and told Arlong that Cocoyasi Village was free as agreed.

Nami discovered that Arlong had never intended to honor their agreement, so she joined Norton’s crew and asked him to help avenge Bellemere. Norton then led Nami, Zoro, Sanosuke, and the Redbeard Pirates into Arlong Park, where the fight began.

• Arlong’s men claimed Nami’s treasure was worth only ninety-five million Beli, and Arlong mocked and assaulted her when she challenged their count.
• Nami buried the treasure again, grieved in the orange grove, then returned to Norton and offered him the money in exchange for help taking revenge on Arlong.
• Arlong ordered Kuroobi to arrange for Captain Nezumi and the Marines to seize Nami’s money, expecting her to come back to him.
• Norton, Zoro, Sanosuke, Nami, and twelve Redbeard Pirates burst into Arlong Park, where Zoro intercepted Choo and Sanosuke subdued Kuroobi.
• Norton sent the twelve pirates into battle against the Fish-Men while Arlong watched the fight begin.

Norton and his crew attacked Arlong Park, where Nami cut away Arlong’s crew tattoo and faced the man who had tormented her. After Norton burned the charting room and defeated Arlong with a single slap, Nami shot Arlong dead.

• Nami cut the tattoo from her arm and declared that Norton would get justice for her as Sanosuke and Zoro fought Arlong’s men.
• Arlong wielded Kiribachi and battled Sanosuke, while Zoro defeated Chew and the other fish-men fell.
• Norton asked Nami to show him Arlong Park, then burned her charting room and its contents.
• Arlong broke away from Sanosuke and Zoro to charge Norton and Nami, but Zoro intercepted him before Norton and Nami reached the tower.
• Arlong discovered the charting room burning, then returned to the courtyard and attacked Norton, who knocked him into the park wall with a slap.
• Norton handed Nami a pistol, and she shot Arlong between the eyebrows.

Nami and her companions salvaged Arlong's treasure, celebrated Arlong's defeat with Nojiko, and faced Captain Nezumi's attempt to seize Nami and the money. Nezumi recognized Norton as the wanted King Slayer and fled, while Genzo discovered Norton's hundred-million-Beli bounty and urged him to leave Cocoyasi Village.

• Nami and seven pirates rushed into the burning Arlong Park, recovered treasure, and Norton gave each pirate about ten million Beli.
• Nami returned to Nojiko and told her Arlong was dead and the village was free; the sisters embraced and wept.
• Nami told Norton she wanted to share the salvaged money with the villages Arlong had bullied, and Genzo arrived to warn them that Marines were coming.
• Captain Nezumi surrounded the house and demanded Nami surrender her assets, but Norton stepped forward and Nezumi recognized him as the King Slayer before fleeing.
• Sanosuke pursued Nezumi, while Genzo found Norton's wanted poster and urged him to leave the village; the seven pirates confronted Genzo in Norton's defense.

After leaving Cocoyasi Village with Nami, Norton officially founded the Norton Pirates aboard the White Pearl and announced his plan to conquer the East Blue by recruiting its notable pirate crews. The crew began planning their next moves, and Norton told them to call him King.

• Nami told Nojiko to distribute her remaining treasure to Arlong's victims and left Cocoyasi Village to join Norton as his navigator.
• At dawn, the White Pearl set sail as villagers gave Norton supplies and Nami stole wallets from people at the harbor before saying goodbye.
• Norton gathered Sanosuke, Zoro, Nami, and Funing in the meeting room and declared the Norton Pirates officially founded.
• Norton announced he would build a powerful fleet by bringing notable East Blue pirate crews under his command, and Funing listed the crews they might pursue.
• Norton told his companions to call him King instead of captain.

Norton and Funing chose a pirate flag design for their crew while Kuro staged his death to escape the Marines and retire wealthy. When Kuro's Black Cat Pirates approached the White Pearl, Zoro and Sanosuke boarded their ship to fight, and Kuro vanished as the battle began.

• Norton and Funing selected a flag featuring a king-piece emblem, a cross-shaped scepter, and a silver skull, and Norton left Funing to paint it.
• Kuro ordered Jango to hypnotize Morgan into believing he had captured Kuro, then prepared to fake his death and disappear.
• Kuro spotted the approaching White Pearl and ordered the Black Cat Pirates to attack it and silence its crew.
• Nami spotted the Black Cat Pirates, but Zoro stopped her from warning Norton and went to confront them with Sanosuke.
• Zoro and Sanosuke boarded Kuro's ship, where Kuro ordered the Nyaban Brothers to kill them and then vanished; Sham blocked Sanosuke's attempt to pursue him.

Kuro boarded the White Pearl and attacked Sanosuke, but Norton stopped him effortlessly. Norton ordered Kuro to surrender or die as the ship’s battles continued around them.

• Sham and Sanosuke fought while Buchi attacked Zoro, whose opponents damaged the Black Cat Pirates’ ship.
• Kuro confronted the seven former Redbeard pirates aboard the White Pearl and prepared to kill them.
• Sanosuke blocked Kuro’s claw attack and fought him while the seven pirates stayed back.
• Norton abruptly stopped Kuro’s Shakushi by pinning his head to the deck, then ordered him to surrender or die.