Recaps

Norton forced Kuro to surrender and take command of the Black Cat Pirates, then offered him a noncombat role managing the fleet once they reached the Grand Line. A few days into the voyage, Kuro suggested visiting a famous floating restaurant in the Sambas Sea to give Norton a change of pace.

• Norton defeated Kuro and made him choose between surrender and death, so Kuro agreed to become his subordinate.
• Norton let Kuro serve as his secretary and fleet manager after they entered the Grand Line, but demanded that he fight until then and warned him not to escape.
• Kuro told the Black Cat Pirates that he and his crew now served King, and ordered them to follow the White Pearl.
• During the voyage, Norton complained that the Cooking Corps offered too little variety, and Kuro suggested visiting a renowned floating restaurant in the Sambas Sea.

Norton and his crew visited Baratie, where the restaurant’s food revived his appetite and convinced him to bring its cooks under his command. After a newspaper exposed his hundred-million-Beli bounty, the customers fled, and Norton’s attempt to recruit Zeff escalated into a confrontation that ended with Sanosuke and Kuro blocking Baratie’s fighters.

• Patty welcomed Norton and his companions, and Sanji flirted with Nami and Funing before serving them Baratie’s signature dishes.
• Norton and his crew praised the meal, and Norton announced that he would bring Baratie under his command; Zeff refused.
• Patty showed Zeff the newspaper identifying Norton as a hundred-million-Beli criminal called the King Slayer, and the restaurant’s customers fled.
• A hungry man arrived, and Zoro recognized him as the man who had stolen and sold his swords.
• Zeff ordered Norton’s group to leave, but Norton challenged the staff to move him, and Sanosuke cut apart Patty’s Food Poisoning Bomb.
• Sanji attacked Norton, but Kuro blocked his kick while Norton remained seated and insisted he wanted the cooks’ loyalty.

Norton defeated Zeff in a fight, then tried to recruit him by promising they could search for the All Blue while bringing Baratie’s food to people around the world. Zeff began considering the offer, but Marines led by Smoker surrounded the Baratie, and Norton leaped onto their warship to face them.

• Zeff attacked Norton with a flurry of leg techniques, but Norton effortlessly blocked every strike and won the fight.
• Norton urged Zeff to join his crew, promising to help him find the All Blue and share Baratie’s cooking with the world; Zeff agreed to think it over.
• During Norton’s stay, he sampled dishes at the Baratie and pointed out flaws that prompted Zeff to ask whether they could truly find the All Blue, and Norton promised they would.
• Nami warned that three Marine warships had surrounded the Baratie, and Smoker demanded that Norton and his accomplices be handed over or the ships would sink the restaurant.
• Norton sent Nami and Funing back to the White Pearl, then leaped from the Baratie onto Smoker’s warship to confront him.

Norton overwhelmed three Marine captains and then destroyed their warship while fighting Smoker, whose Logia powers made him immune to Norton's physical attacks. Norton realized Smoker's Jitte contained seastone and moved to seize it.

• Norton dodged the coordinated attacks of Balto, Milia, and Kanter, then knocked all three captains unconscious in less than a second.
• Nami reassured Funing that Norton could handle the Marines, while Jango and the Black Cat Pirates panicked after recognizing Smoker.
• Norton struck Smoker with a punch, but Smoker's smoke body dispersed and re-formed without serious injury.
• Norton leaped above the warship and shattered its middle with a powerful shock wave, forcing Smoker to survive by transforming into smoke.
• Norton remembered the seastone in Smoker's Jitte, and Smoker tightened his grip on it as Norton vanished from sight.

Norton defeated Smoker and left Baratie, but Zeff and the cooks changed their minds and joined his voyage to find All Blue. The chapter ended with Marine Headquarters convening a meeting over Norton and his 100,000,000-Beli wanted poster.

• Norton took Smoker's Jitte and knocked him into the sea, leaving the surviving Marines to call for help and request reinforcements.
• Norton told Zeff he was leaving and urged him to join, but Zeff initially refused to abandon Baratie.
• Zeff secretly rowed after the White Pearl, and Sanji, Patty, and the cooks pursued him aboard Baratie and persuaded him to travel together.
• Baratie caught up with the White Pearl, and Zeff announced that he and the cooks would join Norton's journey to find All Blue; Norton welcomed them aboard.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku opened a meeting with the Admirals, Vice Admirals, and intelligence officers about Norton and his wanted poster.

The Marines raised Norton's bounty to 200 million beli and ordered East Blue branches to treat his crew as a major threat, drawing attention from powerful figures around the world. As Norton’s fleet sailed toward Loguetown, he planned to recruit more pirates before entering the Grand Line.

• Sengoku assessed Norton’s destruction of three warships and Smoker’s defeat, raised his bounty to 200 million beli, and ordered Marines not to engage him without notifying Headquarters.
• Morgans rushed to feature Norton’s new bounty on the World Economy News Paper’s front page, while Doflamingo, Moria, Hancock, Crocodile, Jinbe, and Mihawk encountered the news.
• Jango watched the Black Cat Pirates’ ship struggle through rough seas as it followed the steady White Pearl and Baratie toward the Grand Line.
• Norton told Zeff and his officers that he planned to recruit the Buggy Pirates, the Krieg Pirates, and the Spade Pirates before entering the Grand Line.
• Zoro said he wanted to buy spare swords in Loguetown, then argued with Sanosuke and Sanji about his plans to defeat Sanosuke.
• Norton asked Funing and Kuro whether they had found any leads on Buggy, Don Krieg, or the Spade Pirates.

Funing's intercepted Navy communications led the Norton Pirates to waters where the Buggy and Krieg Pirates were active, but Norton diverted the crew to chase a treasure-carrying turtle. After cannon fire revealed a nearby ship, Norton jumped into the sea and left Nami in command as the others went to investigate.

• Funing told Norton that the Buggy and Krieg Pirates were nearby and revealed her rare Black Den Den Mushi to Nami.
• Kuro said the crews' captains had bounties of fifteen and seventeen million, while he had a bounty of sixteen million.
• The crew found a turtle with nine treasure chests chained to its back, and Norton ordered the White Pearl to pursue it.
• After the turtle disappeared underwater, cannon fire alerted the crew to another ship, and Norton jumped into the sea to chase the turtle.
• Norton put Nami in command, and she ordered the others to find the source of the cannon fire.

Norton captured the Treasure Turtle and defeated Buggy and his crew when they tried to take it from him. He demanded that Buggy join his ship, leaving Buggy facing Norton's overwhelming strength.

• Buggy rallied his crew to search for the Treasure Turtle and spotted it fleeing across the sea.
• Norton caught the Treasure Turtle, boarded Buggy's ship, and invited Buggy to join his crew.
• Buggy attacked Norton with his Chop-Chop powers, but Norton caught his attacks and pinned his arm.
• Cabaji and Mohji sent their attacks at Norton, who blasted them and the ship's loose objects away with a single punch.
• Norton sat on the Treasure Turtle and again told Buggy to become his subordinate.

Nami led the White Pearl’s crew into a confrontation with Don Krieg’s encircling fleet, declaring that they would bring the Krieg Pirates under Norton’s command. Zoro, Kuro, and Sanosuke began fighting Krieg’s commanders and Don Krieg, but the battles were still underway when the chapter ended.

• Nami, Zoro, Kuro, and Sanosuke spotted Don Krieg’s thirty-ship fleet, which began surrounding the White Pearl, the Black Cat Pirates’ ship, and Baratie.
• Don Krieg ordered his fleet to seize the White Pearl, while Zeff prepared Baratie to help if needed and Jango’s crew braced for battle.
• Nami refused to retreat and told Don Krieg that his pirates would submit to Norton; Don Krieg boarded the White Pearl with Gin, Pearl, and other pirates.
• Zoro attacked Pearl with Oni Giri, but Pearl’s armor turned aside the swords and left Zoro studying his opponent’s defenses.
• Kuro fought Gin, wounded him with a newly developed Phantom Image technique, and faced Gin as he vowed to take the fight seriously.
• Sanosuke dodged Don Krieg’s Battle Spear and threw Shuriken, but they failed to pierce Krieg’s armor as he continued attacking.

Sanosuke defeated Don Krieg by secretly trapping him with wires, but Norton returned and swiftly subdued the remaining fighters. Norton killed Don Krieg, destroyed a fleeing pirate ship, and demanded that the rest of the Krieg Pirates surrender or die.

• Don Krieg overwhelmed Sanosuke with his armor weapons and knocked him down, but Sanosuke revealed he had laid wires across the deck and trapped him.
• Norton returned to the White Pearl, knocked out Gin and Pearl, and pinned Don Krieg beneath his foot.
• The pirates recognized Norton as Silver-Haired Norton, the King Slayer, and watched him sink a fleeing ship with Don Krieg's Battle Spear.
• Norton offered Don Krieg a choice between surrender and death, then crushed his head when Don Krieg refused to submit.
• Norton turned to the remaining Krieg Pirates and demanded that they surrender or die.

Norton recruited the surviving Krieg Pirates, claimed a Devil Fruit from the treasure turtle, and set course for Loguetown. When a vast fog trapped much of his fleet, he discovered a legendary Mist Whale beneath the sea and dove down to subdue it for the fleet’s strategic advantage.

• The Krieg Pirates accepted Norton as their new leader after Don Krieg’s death, and Norton assigned the fleet to Gin’s future command.
• Nami opened the treasure chest from the treasure turtle and found a Devil Fruit, which Norton offered to anyone willing to eat it.
• Norton’s fleet sailed toward Loguetown, but thick fog separated the Baratie and over a dozen ships from the rest of the fleet.
• Norton sensed a huge heartbeat beneath the sea and explained that a Mist Whale was producing the fog.
• Norton decided to subdue the Mist Whale rather than kill it, then dove into the sea while Nami and the others waited aboard the White Pearl.

Norton found the Mist Whale beneath the sea, punched it into the air, and forced it to withdraw the fog and become his companion. The cleared sea exposed the Norton Pirates' fleet to a nearby Dog-Head Warship.

• Norton reached the Mist Whale, stopped it by pushing against its head, and punched it out of the sea.
• Norton ordered the Mist Whale to withdraw the fog and submit to him, then threw it back into the water when it obeyed.
• The whale's impact overturned many nearby ships, and it drew the fog back into its blowholes until the sea was clear.
• Norton named the Mist Whale Big Black and told Nami and Funing to prepare a feast while it righted the capsized ships.
• A lookout aboard a Dog-Head Warship spotted the Norton Pirates' fleet after the fog cleared.

Norton confronted Garp the Hero as the Marine attacked the Norton Pirates’ fleet, and the two fought in a spectacular exchange of blows. Norton escaped after Big Black capsized Garp’s warship, leaving Garp furious and promising to pursue him to Loguetown.

• Garp hurled cannonballs at the Norton Pirates, and Norton blocked one before using wind to send a barrage flying back toward Garp’s warship.
• Norton and Garp traded cannonballs as their ships drew close, then clashed with their fists, unleashing tremendous force across the sea.
• Garp’s Galaxy Impact knocked out nearly everyone aboard the White Pearl, but Norton met his punch and sent them both back to their ships.
• Norton called off the fight and ordered Big Black to flip Garp’s warship, allowing the White Pearl to sail away.
• Garp struck Big Black on the head, then called for reinforcements and vowed to send Norton to the execution block in Loguetown.

After escaping Garp, Norton’s fleet reached Loguetown, where he organized a controlled shore leave and prepared to recruit Fire Fist Ace. The marines recognized Norton at the harbor as he went to find Ace.

• Nami and the others woke aboard the White Pearl, and Norton explained that Garp’s Conqueror’s Haki had knocked them unconscious while Big Black capsized Garp’s warship.
• Norton, Funing, Nami, Kuro, and Buggy discussed how to bring thousands of pirates ashore without causing panic; Buggy suggested leaving guards on the ships and sending the rest ashore in groups.
• Zeff asked to bring the cooks to Loguetown to stock food, and Norton ordered Kuro and Sanosuke to enforce his rules against violence, robbery, and harassment.
• Norton concealed the fleet in Big Black’s mist and took the White Pearl to Loguetown with the pirates planning to go ashore aboard it.
• Funing spotted the Spade Pirates’ ship, and Norton set out to find Fire Fist Ace while marines recognized his flag and alerted headquarters.

Norton found Ace in Loguetown and invited him to join his pirate crew while the Marines prepared for Norton’s arrival. As the crew members shopped and patrolled the town, Smoker followed Garp’s order to watch Norton until Garp reached Loguetown.

• Ace ran from shopkeepers after eating without paying, and Deuce settled his bill.
• Norton introduced himself to Ace as King and invited him to join his crew.
• Smoker prepared to pursue Norton, but Garp ordered him to monitor the pirate and wait for Garp’s arrival.
• Nami and Funing shopped while Zeff, Sanji, and Patty bought supplies for the crew.
• Zoro bought Yubashiri and Kitetsu, then made Norton’s pirates pay for damaging a fruit stand and watched over the street.
• Sanosuke continued Norton’s surveillance as the White Pearl remained in the harbor and Marines increased their patrols.

Norton tried to recruit Ace by promising to help him surpass Roger, but Ace refused until Garp’s arrival turned their meeting into a confrontation. As Norton’s fleet clashed with the Marines at Loguetown’s harbor, Garp landed before Norton and Ace and vowed to capture them both.

• Norton revealed that he knew Ace’s ambitions and tried to recruit him, but Ace refused to rely on anyone else to surpass Roger.
• Norton blocked Ace from leaving and stopped his Fire Fist with his bare hand, then learned that Garp was approaching Loguetown with Momousagi Gion.
• Norton ordered his crew to assemble at the harbor, and Ace agreed to watch him face Garp.
• Garp and Momousagi arrived with ten Marine warships as Norton’s thirty-one ships emerged from the mist and exchanged cannon fire with the Marines.
• Garp landed in front of Norton and Ace, recognized Ace, and declared that he would capture both of them.

Norton overwhelmed Garp and Momousagi Gion in head-on clashes, but the Marines pressed their attack as the Norton Pirates tried to escape. Zoro defended the White Pearl from boarding Marines while Nami spotted another ship approaching.

• Momousagi Gion split a pirate ship with one slash, and Norton fought Garp, whose full-force punch sent Norton’s body adapting and growing stronger.
• Norton struck Garp with a Serious Punch, smashing him through seventeen buildings and a clock tower, while Ace chose to stay and watch the fight.
• Garp ordered Smoker to capture Portgas D. Ace and told the Marines to leave his fight with Norton alone.
• Norton caught Gion’s blade between two fingers and slammed her into the sea, then ordered the pirates to retreat under cover of the Mist Whale’s fog.
• Marine forces boarded the White Pearl, and Zoro defeated the colonel and two majors with his Three-Sword Style.
• Nami warned Zoro and Funing that another ship was approaching.

Norton’s fleet fought off Marine boarding parties as Zoro crippled the secondary command ship, allowing the pirates to resume their breakout. Garp returned to challenge Norton in a devastating duel, and as both prepared their strongest punches, Norton worried their next clash would sink his ships.

• Zeff, Sanji, Patty, and Kuro defended the Baratie from Marine officers, while Buggy’s crews fought across the pirate ships and Gin charged three Marines alone.
• Norton defeated two Marine rear admirals, but turned toward Loguetown when he sensed Garp preparing to return.
• Zoro struck the Marine secondary command ship with Flying Dragon, disrupting its coordination and helping the pirate fleet resume its breakout.
• Garp returned and exchanged powerful blows with Norton, sending shock waves across the sea and forcing both fleets to stop fighting.
• Garp realized Norton was growing stronger during their duel, and both men gathered their strength for one final punch as Norton feared their clash would sink the pirate ships.

Norton defeated Garp with a single punch, then let the wounded Marine retreat after revealing he intended to recruit Ace. As the Marines withdrew from Loguetown, Ace escaped Smoker and an Albatross watched from the clouds.

• Garp unleashed Infinite Fist Bone, but Norton shattered the attack and sent Garp crashing through two warships and into the harbor wall.
• Gion tried to protect Garp, but he ordered her to retreat with the Marines and judged that continuing the fight would only cause more deaths.
• Norton said he would spare Garp because he planned to recruit Ace, then warned the Marines to leave.
• Garp ordered the Marines to withdraw, and Gion led him toward the flagship as the fleet began retreating.
• Ace watched the Marines pull back, escaped Smoker, and disappeared into flames while Smoker remained among the ruins.
• An Albatross quietly slipped into the clouds above Loguetown.

A newspaper report proclaimed Silver-Haired Norton the East Blue’s new force and possible Fifth Emperor after his victories over Garp and Gion. Doflamingo, the other Emperors, Shanks, and the Marines reacted to the news, while Garp warned Sengoku that Norton had likely held back.

• Morgans’s newspaper reported that Norton had unified East Blue pirate crews, gathered over thirty ships and three thousand subordinates, and defeated Garp and Gion.
• Doflamingo ordered Diamante to investigate Norton, especially whether he had grievances against the Celestial Dragons.
• Crocodile, Moria, Kaido, Big Mom, and Whitebeard read the news and considered Norton’s strength and growing influence; Big Mom ordered Perospero to propose a marriage alliance if Norton reached the New World.
• Shanks warned his captains and friends to watch Norton, saying his rapid buildup of power could upset the balance of the new era.
• Sengoku confronted the injured Garp over the newspaper’s portrayal of the Marines’ defeat.
• Garp told Sengoku that Norton grew stronger during their fight and had not used his full strength when he defeated him.

After defeating Garp, Norton’s fleet assessed its losses, repaired its ships, and received new bounties, including a one-billion-Beli bounty for Norton. Zoro challenged Norton and was swiftly defeated, while Sanosuke asked to eat a Devil Fruit so he could grow stronger.

• Sengoku heard Garp warn that Norton wanted the entire world and ordered preparations for an emergency Marine leadership meeting.
• Norton’s officers reported that the fleet had only twenty-seven seaworthy ships left and had lost three hundred men, so Norton assigned repairs and medical reports before they entered the Grand Line.
• Nami read the new bounty posters, which listed bounties for Norton’s crew and gave Norton a bounty of one billion Beli.
• Zoro challenged Norton, but Sanosuke stood in his way until Zoro defeated him in a duel.
• Norton stopped Zoro’s strongest attack with one punch, and Sanosuke asked to eat a Devil Fruit to become stronger.

Sanosuke ate the Ink Crow Devil Fruit and fought Zoro to a standstill, proving the fruit’s power before Norton stopped their duel. After the Norton Pirates’ fleet survived a violent storm, it was stranded in the Calm Belt and surrounded by a group of Sea Kings.

• Norton offered Sanosuke the black-feathered Devil Fruit, and Sanosuke ate it, gaining the Zoan Bird-Bird Fruit, Ink Crow Form.
• Sanosuke and Zoro fought on the Baratie’s deck, with Sanosuke using his wings, feathers, and ninja techniques to match Zoro until Norton stopped the duel.
• Norton advised Sanosuke to develop his fruit’s abilities, while Sanji secretly trained his kicks so he would not fall behind.
• Three days later, Funing reported that the fleet’s ships had been reinforced, and Norton ordered them to sail toward the Grand Line.
• Nami guided the fleet through a violent compound storm, and Funing confirmed that all twenty-seven ships survived.
• The fleet emerged in the Calm Belt, where Zeff identified the danger as Sea Kings as enormous creatures rose from the water and encircled the ships.

Big Black carried Norton’s fleet through the Calm Belt and up Reverse Mountain into the Grand Line, where Norton found Crocus and persuaded him to treat the wounded. Crocus explained that the fleet needed a Log Pose to navigate the Grand Line, leaving Nami to seek one.

• Big Black drove off the Sea Kings, then carried the fleet across the Calm Belt until a giant scorpion Sea King attacked; Norton destroyed its pincer and armored body with one punch.
• Big Black carried the ships up Reverse Mountain, bringing the Norton Pirates fleet into the Grand Line at Twin Cape.
• Norton recognized the scarred whale Laboon and found Crocus, whom he asked to treat the fleet’s wounded and join his crew.
• Crocus refused to join but treated more than five hundred wounded pirates after Norton pressured him into it.
• Nami asked Crocus why her compass kept spinning, and he explained that the Grand Line required a Log Pose to navigate.

After Crocus explained the Grand Line’s magnetic routes, Norton’s crew secured a Log Pose and planned to plunder and gather intelligence as they sailed onward. They endured brutal weather before reaching Granvor, where Norton and his officers spotted a town beneath enormous dead birches.

• Crocus explained that the Log Pose guided ships along one of seven routes that eventually converged, and he reunited with Buggy, who angrily refused to forgive Shanks.
• Nami warned Norton that the fleet was nearly out of money, and the crew discussed the need for a Log Pose and an Eternal Pose to navigate the Grand Line.
• Sanosuke found a Log Pose aboard the fleet, and Norton planned to plunder pirates, wealthy locals, and Marines while asking Funing to build an intelligence network.
• Crocus went to tend to Laboon after the whale injured himself ramming the Red Line, while Buggy thanked Norton for bringing him to his old friend.
• The Norton Pirates set sail the next morning and struggled through blizzards, gales, thunder, and whirlpools before reaching Granvor.
• Norton and his officers went ashore to scout Granvor, where Nami spotted a town beneath towering dead birch trees.

Norton and his companions arrive in Birch Town, where Mayor Polido welcomes them and warns that a month-long magnetic recording and an approaching freeze will keep them stranded. While the group attends a banquet, Sanosuke reports that masked townspeople burned their boat, and the Bald-Headed Girl secretly overhears Funing receiving the warning.

• Norton and his companions reach Birch Town, where Mayor Polido welcomes them and invites them to stay.
• Masked townspeople search the group's boat, burn it, and destroy the wreckage before spotting a fog-covered fleet offshore.
• At the banquet, Zoro drinks himself to sleep, Buggy entertains children, Nami challenges the locals to a drinking contest, and Kuro watches Polido.
• Polido tells the guests that the Log Pose will take a month to record the island and that Granvor's Winter will freeze the surrounding sea.
• Sanosuke calls Funing to report the boat's destruction, and she agrees to tell King while the Bald-Headed Girl secretly listens.