Recaps

After defeating Big Mom, Satoru Gojo stopped the Marines from taking advantage of the weakened Big Mom Pirates and forced their fleet to retreat. News of the battle spread across the seas, ushering in the era of the Five Emperors.

• Gojo told Rebecca that he had spared the Big Mom Pirates because their survival would keep the Marines from focusing their forces on Dressrosa.
• Gojo detected the Marine fleet approaching Whole Cake Island and teleported to confront the Three Admirals.
• Gojo warned Akainu not to attack the Big Mom Pirates and sent a Red blast into the sea, capsizing nearby Marine warships.
• On Sengoku's orders, Kuzan directed the Marines to rescue their soldiers and retreat.
• Reports spread that Gojo had defeated Big Mom and routed her crew, and the New World entered the era of the Five Emperors.

After Satoru Gojo defeated the Big Mom Pirates alone, Sengoku defended his decision to retreat from Akainu, while news of the victory reached the other Emperors. Whitebeard accepted Gojo’s coming challenge, Shanks’s crew kept celebrating, and Kaido reconsidered his plans against Dressrosa.

• Akainu confronted Sengoku over ordering the Marines to retreat from Satoru Gojo, but Sengoku argued that risking the fleet against Gojo would have been reckless.
• A pirate told Whitebeard and Marco that Gojo had defeated the Big Mom Pirates alone and was heading to challenge Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard declared that he would meet anyone who challenged him, prompting his crew to cheer.
• Shanks learned that Gojo had crushed the Big Mom Pirates without a scratch, though his crew continued their banquet.
• Kaido heard that Gojo had beaten Charlotte Linlin and decided the Beasts Pirates needed to rethink their plan to attack Dressrosa.

Satoru Gojo entered Whitebeard's territory to challenge him for the title of World's Strongest, drawing attention from powers across the world. Whitebeard arrived aboard the Moby Dick, and the two prepared to fight.

• Satoru Gojo's Ark Maxim sailed openly into Whitebeard's territory as observers across the seas followed its approach.
• Rebecca told Satoru Gojo that their agents could only estimate where the Whitebeard Pirates were, and he declared that he could not lose.
• The Moby Dick appeared on the horizon, and Satoru Gojo dispersed the intimidating aura pressing down on the Ark Maxim's crew.
• Crocodile and people around the world watched as Image Den Den Mushi recorded and broadcast the approaching confrontation.
• Whitebeard greeted Satoru Gojo, who said he had come to test himself against the World's Strongest, and Whitebeard accepted.

Satoru Gojo and Whitebeard began their one-on-one duel on a vast sheet of ice that Gojo created by freezing the sea. Their opening clashes showed that Gojo could withstand Whitebeard’s tremor-powered strikes, and the chapter ended as their Conqueror’s Haki collided amid a raging hurricane.

• Satoru Gojo proposed moving the fight away from the crew, and Whitebeard agreed to a duel without interference.
• Satoru Gojo froze the sea in an instant, then used Teleportation to reach the ice battlefield as Whitebeard joined him.
• Whitebeard opened the duel with a tremor-powered slash, which Satoru Gojo stopped with his bare hand without being harmed.
• Satoru Gojo attacked with an Ice Sword coated in Armament Haki, and Whitebeard blocked the blow with Murakumogiri.
• Whitebeard and Satoru Gojo clashed again with tremor power, Limitless Power, and Conqueror’s Haki, stirring a hurricane and lightning above them.

Satoru Gojo battled Whitebeard and repeatedly overpowered him, showing that the aging pirate could no longer match his strength. After declaring that he would claim the title of the strongest, Satoru Gojo continued their fight and drove Whitebeard back again.

• Satoru Gojo clashed fists with Whitebeard and forced him back, while Whitebeard’s crew and Sengoku watched the display.
• Whitebeard shattered Satoru Gojo’s incoming slashes, but Satoru Gojo used Teleportation to strike him and knock him backward a second time.
• Whitebeard attacked with a tremor-powered slash, but Satoru Gojo blocked it unharmed and used Universal Pull to drag Whitebeard into another clash that sent him flying.
• Satoru Gojo claimed he would take the title of the strongest, and Whitebeard challenged him to defeat him before the two resumed fighting.
• Satoru Gojo landed a faster punch against Whitebeard’s blade and blasted him backward, carving deep grooves through the ice.

Satoru Gojo overpowered Whitebeard in their final exchange and defeated him with Hollow Purple. Gojo emerged as the new World's Strongest, while witnesses across the world watched a legend take shape.

• Gojo charged through Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor power and clashed with his Murakumogiri: Sky-Splitting, leaving Whitebeard injured.
• Gojo said it was time to settle the fight, then combined Blue and Red to unleash Hollow Purple as Whitebeard prepared his strongest attack.
• Gojo's Hollow Purple annihilated Whitebeard's Tremor-Space Slash and drove him backward despite his defense with Murakumogiri, Armament Haki, and Tremor-Tremor power.
• Whitebeard collapsed unconscious, and Gojo was hailed as the new World's Strongest by witnesses around the world.

Satoru Gojo defeated Whitebeard in their watched duel and claimed the title of World's Strongest Man. After Whitebeard’s crew gathered around him, Gojo returned to the Ark Maxim and transported it away to head back.

• Satoru Gojo defeated Whitebeard, prompting reactions from the Marines, Crocodile, Kaido, Kid, Law, and other pirates watching the duel.
• Kaido reconsidered his plans to attack Dressrosa after learning that Satoru Gojo had beaten Whitebeard.
• Marco used his Flames of Regeneration to heal Whitebeard’s wounds, though Whitebeard had exhausted his strength and could not continue fighting.
• Satoru Gojo left Whitebeard and his crew unharmed, returned to the Ark Maxim, and announced that they should head back.
• Satoru Gojo poured cursed energy into the Ark Maxim and transported it to another stretch of sea.

Satoru Gojo addressed Dressrosa’s population pressure by proposing to reclaim land from the sea and revealed the navy’s newly purchased fleet. He assigned commanders and announced that he and Enel’s fleet would go to the Red Line, though he kept his plan for using it secret.

• Kalifa reported that Dressrosa’s growing population had outstripped the available land, and Satoru Gojo agreed that reclaiming land from the sea was a good solution.
• Satoru Gojo revealed the fleet hidden in the military harbor, stunning the officials with warships far larger and more advanced than the World Government’s Marine ships.
• Satoru Gojo assigned the First Fleet to himself, the Second to Esdeath, the Third to Sasuke, and the Fourth to Enel, with twenty thousand troops in each fleet.
• Satoru Gojo rejected Esdeath’s request to launch campaigns abroad, explaining that Dressrosa lacked the troops to control the world if the World Government fell into chaos.
• Satoru Gojo ordered Enel and the Fourth Fleet to accompany him to the Red Line in three days, saying the warships would hold the Red Line while he reclaimed land from the sea.

Satoru Gojo led Dressrosa’s Fourth Fleet to the Red Line and blasted out a passage with Hollow Purple, planning to use the separated red earth for land reclamation. He left Lucci and Enel to guard the new shipping route and took the massive chunk of earth back to Dressrosa.

• Dressrosa’s Fourth Fleet crossed the Calm Belt toward the Red Line, prompting Sengoku to order continued surveillance after learning Satoru Gojo, Enel, and Lucci were aboard.
• Satoru Gojo told Lucci and Enel that he planned to blast through the Red Line, open a shipping route, and collect soil for land reclamation.
• Satoru Gojo used Hollow Purple to cut out a massive section of the Red Line and kept it suspended with cursed energy.
• Satoru Gojo appointed Lucci Chief of Staff and Enel Commander-in-Chief, ordering them to establish a base and guard the route.
• Satoru Gojo infused the detached red earth with cursed energy and transported it back to Dressrosa.

Satoru Gojo reclaimed land from the Red Line and expanded Dressrosa, while Kalifa calmed the terrified population. Sengoku learned of Gojo’s new sea route and growing territory and concluded that he would become the World Government’s greatest enemy.

• The people of Dressrosa panicked when a massive object blotted out the sun, and Esdeath admitted she could not destroy it.
• Sasuke explained to Kalifa that Satoru Gojo had brought land from the Red Line to expand Dressrosa and asked her to calm the people.
• Kalifa addressed Dressrosa on public screens, reassured the people, and explained that Gojo was reclaiming land for the growing nation.
• Satoru Gojo split the enormous mass of red earth and lowered its halves on either side of Dressrosa, expanding its land area to nearly twenty times its original size.
• Sengoku learned that Gojo had opened a channel through the Red Line connecting the East Blue and the North Blue, and that Dressrosa was building a base there.
• Sengoku received word of Gojo’s land reclamation and judged that his ambitions would make him the World Government’s greatest enemy.

Satoru Gojo reviewed Dressrosa’s rapid economic, political, and military growth and ordered Kalifa to recruit powerful fighters and search for Issho. He left Dressrosa’s affairs in Kalifa’s hands as he prepared to travel to Sabaody and recruit promising Supernovas, especially Luo.

• Dressrosa expanded its territory and economy, built advanced infrastructure, and established trade and diplomatic agreements across the world.
• Dressrosa’s military grew to 200,000 combat-ready soldiers, and its fleets defeated opposing national navies without casualties.
• Satoru Gojo set the World Government’s weapon prices at double the price charged to other buyers.
• Kalifa warned that Dressrosa lacked enough top-level fighters, so Satoru Gojo ordered her to issue a recruitment notice and search secretly for Issho.
• Satoru Gojo left Dressrosa’s affairs to Kalifa while he prepared to go to Sabaody and recruit Supernovas, particularly Luo.

Satoru Gojo visited Shakky’s bar to see the new Supernova pirates, then intervened when Admiral Kizaru began attacking them in Sabaody. With Sentomaru and the Pacifistas surrounding the rookies, Gojo asked Kizaru to let them go.

• Satoru Gojo visited Shakky’s bar and said he had come to see the Eleven Supernova, but Rayleigh was away.
• Luffy punched a Celestial Dragon at the auction house, prompting the pirates to flee as Marines mobilized.
• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to go to Sabaody and capture the pirates, and Kizaru reluctantly obeyed.
• Kizaru and the Pacifistas attacked the Supernovas, knocking several down as they tried to escape.
• Satoru Gojo blocked Kizaru’s kick aimed at Luo, while Sentomaru ordered the Pacifistas to surround the Supernovas.
• Satoru Gojo asked Kizaru to let the rookies go.

Satoru Gojo intervened when Kizaru attacked the Supernovas, and the two staged a fight so the pirates could escape. After the Supernovas broke through the Marines’ encirclement, Gojo kept fighting Kizaru to give him an excuse for letting them go.

• Gojo asked Kizaru to let the Supernovas escape, but Kizaru said he had to arrest them and proposed fighting Gojo as a cover.
• Gojo told X Drake, Killer, Jewelry Bonney, Luo, and Basil Hawkins to fend for themselves while he held off Kizaru.
• Kizaru and Gojo exchanged kicks and attacks as Sentomaru sent the Pacifistas against the Supernovas.
• Kid and Killer escaped, and the other Supernovas fought their way out of the Marines’ encirclement.
• After Gojo sensed that Luo and the others had escaped, Kizaru asked him to keep fighting so he could explain the outcome to his superiors.

Satoru Gojo invited Luo to join Dressrosa as head of its Medical Department and offered him Doflamingo in exchange. Luo accepted, agreeing to join so he could deal with Doflamingo.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to monitor the Five Emperors as they prepared for war with Whitebeard over Ace’s execution.
• Luo and the Heart Pirates escaped the Marines’ encirclement and discussed Satoru Gojo’s strength and why he had saved them.
• Satoru Gojo appeared aboard the Heart Pirates’ submarine and revealed that he had come to recruit Luo for Dressrosa’s Medical Department.
• Luo agreed to join Dressrosa on the condition that he could deal with Doflamingo.
• Satoru Gojo agreed to hand Doflamingo over to Luo, and Luo thanked him.

After returning to Dressrosa, Satoru Gojo learned that Fujitora had joined and prepared to exploit the coming war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marines. He ordered Dressrosa’s forces to attack the Holy Land Mary Geoise while he went alone to Marineford, leaving the story poised for both battles.

• Satoru Gojo returned to Dressrosa with Luo and handed Doflamingo over to him, and Luo killed Doflamingo.
• Satoru Gojo learned that Fujitora had joined Dressrosa after Sasuke won a wager against him, then promoted Fujitora to Admiral and gave him command of the Fifth Fleet.
• News spread about Satoru Gojo’s clash with Kizaru at Sabaody as the Whitebeard Pirates and Marines prepared for war over Ace’s execution.
• Satoru Gojo told his trusted allies that he would join the fighting at Marineford alone while Dressrosa attacked the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
• Satoru Gojo appointed Esdeath supreme commander of the Second, Third, and Fifth Fleets and the Forty Thousand Army, while the remaining allies stayed behind to defend Dressrosa under Kalifa’s arrangements.

As the Marines prepared to execute Ace at Marineford, Sengoku revealed that Ace was the son of Gol D. Roger. Whitebeard then surfaced in the harbor aboard the Moby Dick, beginning the Paramount War.

• Satoru Gojo learned that Luffy had failed to rescue Ace from Impel Down and that Ace had been taken to Marineford.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku addressed one hundred thousand Marines as Boa Hancock, Tyrant Kuma, Dracule Mihawk, Gecko Moria, and the Three Admirals gathered for the battle.
• Sengoku demanded that Ace name his father, and Ace insisted that Whitebeard was his father.
• Sengoku revealed that Ace's mother was Portgas D. Rouge and his father was Pirate King Gol D. Roger, shocking the Marines and viewers around the world.
• The Whitebeard Pirates' fleet appeared off Marineford, and Whitebeard surfaced inside the harbor aboard the Moby Dick.

Whitebeard launched his rescue of Ace by unleashing a tsunami against Marine Headquarters, and the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates began fighting after Kuzan stopped the wave. As Hawkeye and Kizaru joined the battle, Satoru Gojo watched from high above and wondered when Esdeath and the others would arrive.

• Whitebeard reassured Ace that he had come to save him, then used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to send a massive tsunami toward Marine Headquarters.
• Kuzan froze the tsunami with Ice Age, then attacked Whitebeard with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak; Whitebeard shattered Kuzan into ice, and Kuzan reformed after freezing the sea around the ships.
• Marine Vice Admirals ordered their forces to attack, and the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates charged into battle.
• Hawkeye launched a slash toward Whitebeard, but Diamond Jozu blocked it, after which Hawkeye sheathed his blade.
• Kizaru attacked Whitebeard, and Marco intercepted him before the two began fighting.
• Satoru Gojo watched the battle from tens of thousands of meters above Marineford and wondered whether Esdeath and the others would arrive soon.

Luffy and the Impel Down escapees joined the battle at Marineford to rescue Ace, while Squard stabbed Whitebeard after Akainu deceived him. Whitebeard forgave Squard, then confronted Akainu, Kuzan, and Kizaru, driving all three admirals back.

• Luffy arrived at Marineford with Buggy, Crocodile, Ivankov, Jinbe, and other Impel Down escapees, then charged toward Ace as Hawkeye was intercepted by Vista.
• The escapees joined Whitebeard's forces, but dozens of Pacifistas entered the battle and inflicted heavy casualties on the pirates.
• Squard stabbed Whitebeard, believing Akainu's lie that Whitebeard had traded his sons' lives for Ace; Marco knocked Squard down, and Whitebeard forgave him.
• Whitebeard learned Akainu had deceived Squard and attacked the Marines, overpowering Akainu before cutting through Kuzan's freezing attack and sending Kizaru flying.

The Whitebeard Pirates' commanders held off the Three Admirals while Luffy rescued Ace from the execution platform. Meanwhile, Esdeath led Dressrosa's fleet in an attack on the Marines guarding the route to Mary Geoise, prompting Sengoku to join the battle and Satoru Gojo to watch from above.

• Marco, Jozu, and Vista confronted Kizaru, Kuzan, and Akainu, allowing Whitebeard to advance through the Marine ranks.
• Luffy charged past Garp, who let himself be knocked aside, and freed Ace with help from the Impel Down escapees.
• Esdeath directed Dressrosa's Second, Third, and Fifth Fleets as they overwhelmed the Marine fleet guarding the other side of Mary Geoise.
• A Marine soldier warned Sengoku that Dressrosa's fleet was nearing the Holy Land, and reported that Kong planned to intercept its troops on land.
• Sengoku joined the fight after telling Garp that the Marines had to act before the Holy Land fell.
• Satoru Gojo watched the battle from tens of thousands of meters in the sky and noted that Esdeath had begun fighting.

Satoru Gojo appeared at Marineford and saved Ace from Akainu’s magma fist. After Akainu tried to engulf him in magma, Gojo emerged unscathed and blasted the admiral away, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Akainu knocked Ace down and drove Crocodile away when he intervened, then pursued Luffy and Ace.
• Ace shielded Luffy from Akainu’s magma attack, but Satoru Gojo stopped the blow with one hand.
• Gojo told Sengoku he had come to Marineford to play while his attack on the Holy Land was not yet underway.
• Akainu engulfed Gojo in magma, but Gojo emerged unharmed and blasted Akainu away with cursed energy.

Satoru Gojo explained that he planned to overthrow the Celestial Dragons and establish a new order, then faced Akainu while helping Ace and Luffy escape. Gojo overwhelmed Akainu with his defenses and cursed techniques, but their fight continued as Akainu lost his human form under Gojo’s attack.

• Satoru Gojo told Sengoku that he intended to overthrow the Celestial Dragons and create a new order.
• Satoru Gojo reunited with Crocodile and confirmed that his allies were attacking the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
• Akainu ambushed Satoru Gojo with a magma punch, but Gojo’s invisible barrier stopped it from reaching him.
• Satoru Gojo struck Akainu with an Armament Haki-infused punch, injuring him, and told Ace to take Luffy and flee.
• Satoru Gojo countered Akainu’s magma hound with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red and traded attacks with him.
• Satoru Gojo kicked Akainu, scattering his magma body and leaving him temporarily without human form.

Satoru Gojo fought Akainu at Marineford, repeatedly overpowering him with his speed and attacks. Gojo unleashed overwhelming Conqueror's Haki across the battlefield, weakening Akainu and knocking thousands of Marines and pirates unconscious.

• Akainu launched a barrage of magma fists with Meteor Volcano, but Gojo destroyed most of them with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red.
• Gojo closed in on Akainu and struck him repeatedly, blasting apart half his head and breaking several bones in his chest.
• Akainu used magma to evade and counterattack, but Gojo blocked his blows and sent him flying with a powerful clash.
• Gojo unleashed Conqueror's Haki across the battlefield, causing thousands of Marines and pirates to collapse.
• Kizaru and Whitebeard noticed Gojo's Haki, while Akainu struggled to use his Haki and Devil Fruit abilities under its pressure.

Satoru Gojo battered Akainu while Esdeath’s forces began their landing assault on Mary Geoise. Akainu’s attempt to stall for time was exposed, and he prepared to fight Gojo again.

• Satoru Gojo struck Akainu with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red, sending him into a crater with serious injuries.
• Esdeath ordered her fleet to bombard the World Government’s exposed vanguard, while Kong ordered the troops to retreat to the second defensive line.
• Esdeath directed her forces to land, with the Army going ashore first and part of the Second Fleet staying to guard the waters and warships.
• Akainu questioned why Satoru Gojo had become a pirate, and Gojo said he intended to wipe out the Celestial Dragons.
• Satoru Gojo recognized that Akainu was stalling for time and urged him to fight, so Akainu gathered his power for another round.

Satoru Gojo defeated Akainu at Marineford while the other major fighters remained locked in battle, leaving the Marines in danger of losing the war. Meanwhile, Kong learned that the enemy had breached Mary Geoise’s second defensive line and that the city’s forces could not stop their tanks.

• Satoru Gojo shattered Akainu’s magma attack with a rock, blasted him back with Red, and pressed him with a barrage of punches.
• Whitebeard fought Garp and Sengoku, Marco held off Kizaru, and Vista, Jozu, and other commanders kept Kuzan occupied, leaving no one free to aid Akainu.
• Satoru Gojo kicked Akainu in the chest, sending him crashing to the ground where he did not get back up.
• Marines and people watching the battle reacted with alarm as Akainu became the first major fighter to fall.
• Kong received a report that the enemy had breached Mary Geoise’s second defensive line and was advancing on the third with tanks the defenders could not stop.

After defeating Akainu, Satoru Gojo faced Blackbeard, who tried to trap him and steal his powers. Gojo revealed that his abilities were not Devil Fruit powers and annihilated Blackbeard and his crew with Hollow Purple.

• Satoru Gojo defeated Akainu while the other Marines and Whitebeard's forces remained occupied fighting each other.
• Blackbeard arrived with his Impel Down subordinates, trapped Gojo with Dark Vortex, and proposed that Sengoku join forces with him.
• Sengoku agreed to let Blackbeard deal with Gojo, and Blackbeard used Dark Water, believing he had sealed Gojo's powers.
• Shiryu of the Rain's sword stopped before reaching Gojo, who explained that his abilities did not come from a Devil Fruit and blasted Blackbeard's crew away with cursed energy.
• Gojo fired Hollow Purple, overpowering the crew's attacks and annihilating Blackbeard and his subordinates.