Recaps

Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral Lorne left the Baratie with Kuina and Ethan after arresting Krieg Pirates, then encountered Don Krieg’s fifty-ship fleet on the way to Marineford. Don Krieg demanded their surrender, and Gin warned him that the Marines aboard were from Headquarters.

• Lorne told Zeff he was a Marine Headquarters rear admiral, while Sanji resolved to grow stronger by fighting with his legs.
• Lorne praised Kuina’s performance in her first real fight, and Ethan reported that the captured advance party included twelve wanted pirates with about thirty-four million Beli in combined bounties.
• Lorne ordered the warship to set sail for Marineford with fifty elite Marines aboard.
• The lookout spotted fifty Krieg Pirates warships surrounding the Marine vessel, and Lorne dismissed their demand to submit to inspection.
• Don Krieg declared himself the overlord of the East Blue and ordered the Marines to surrender or be sunk.
• Gin warned Don Krieg that the ship belonged to Marine Headquarters and that its Marines were extremely strong.

Don Krieg’s fleet attacked Lorne’s Marine warship, but Lorne ordered his crew to return fire and launch an assault instead of retreating. Kuina and fifty trained Marines charged the pirates as their assessment began, and Kuina started her attack on a leading ship.

• Don Krieg ordered his fleet to bombard the Marine warship with cannon fire.
• Lorne used Observation Haki to track the incoming shots and ordered the ship’s gunners to target the vanguard, destroying three pirate ships.
• Lorne told Kuina and fifty elite Marines to board the enemy fleet once it was within a hundred meters and declared the assault their assessment.
• Lorne knocked several cannonballs off course while the Marines intercepted the rest and drove through the encirclement.
• Kuina and the fifty Marines launched themselves toward the pirate ships, evading gunfire as they attacked.
• Kuina drew Wado Ichimonji and brought down her One Sword Style: Cloud Severing strike on a leading ship.

Kuina and fifty elite Marines devastated Don Krieg’s vanguard fleet, leaving Krieg furious and desperate. He revealed concealed weapons in his golden armor and prepared to strike back.

• Kuina cut down pirates aboard a warship while the elite Marines used Soru and Iron Body to overwhelm the other ships.
• Gin and Don Krieg watched the vanguard fleet collapse as pirates panicked at the Marines’ strength and bullets bouncing off them.
• Kuina and the Marines broke through the encirclement, leaving the deck behind Kuina clear of standing pirates.
• Don Krieg slapped away his adjutant’s plea to retreat and glared at Lorne, who remained still at his ship’s bow.
• Don Krieg opened his golden armor to reveal hidden launchers and an eerie green battle spear, then reached for a secret weapon in a steel canister.

Don Krieg unleashed MH5 poison gas and a barrage of weapons against the Marines, but Lorne leaped onto the Dreadnaught Sabre and faced the pirates’ attacks head-on. The chapter ended with Lorne standing amid cannon fire, poisoned needles, flames, and gas without trying to defend himself.

• Don Krieg fired an MH5 poison gas bomb at the Marine warship and launched poisoned projectiles from his Golden Armor.
• Ethan directed the Marines to use Rankyaku to push back the gas, while Kuina and Masha urged Lorne to retreat.
• Lorne leaped over the poison gas and landed in a crater on the Dreadnaught Sabre’s deck, surviving the pirates’ cannon fire.
• Don Krieg ordered the surrounding pirate ships to fire on the flagship and attacked Lorne with his Battle Spear.
• Lorne allowed the explosions, poisoned needles, and MH5 gas to strike him as Gin watched in shock.

Lorne endured Don Krieg’s bombardment, then unleashed a Haymaker that killed Don Krieg and split the Dreadnaught Sabre in half. The surviving Krieg Pirates surrendered, and Lorne’s Marines collected the treasure before preparing to return to base.

• Lorne’s Battlefield Valor bloodline rapidly healed his wounds as Don Krieg continued firing, but Lorne’s fully charged power vaporized the poison mist and flared with golden energy.
• Lorne punched Don Krieg with Haymaker, piercing his Golden Armor, killing him, and tearing the Dreadnaught Sabre in half.
• Gin surrendered, and Ethan led the Marines in arresting the surviving Krieg Pirates and taking stock of the flagship.
• Ethan found treasure worth over eighty million Beli and the broken Golden Armor; Lorne ordered half the treasure registered as battle-loss compensation and deposited in his personal account.
• Kuina reported that the remaining pirate ships could no longer fight, and Lorne ordered the Marines to notify the East Blue branches and set sail.

Lorne brought his warship through the Calm Belt and returned to Marineford with Masha and Kuina. After arriving, he escorted them to their new home in the Family Housing Area and gave Masha the treasure seized from Don Krieg for household expenses.

• Lorne ordered the warship to cross the Calm Belt directly, and Ethan explained how its Seastone hull and paddle-wheel propulsion made the route possible.
• A Sea King passed beneath the warship, but the Seastone concealed the ship from it, while Lorne urged Kuina to face the dangers ahead.
• After several days at sea, Lorne's ship reached Marineford, where Marines recognized him and he sent Ethan to escort the captured pirates to the Detention Camp.
• Lorne took Masha and Kuina to the Family Housing Area and showed them the safe house prepared for them.
• Lorne gave Masha chests of registered treasure seized from Don Krieg, but she told him to keep the money for himself.

After returning to Marineford, Lorne met with Sengoku and Garp, who questioned his reckless East Blue operation. Lorne explained that taking damage fuels a punch capable of bypassing defenses, though it is strongest when he can endure attacks.

• Lorne reassured Masha before leaving home and ordered Kuina to report to the Training Ground the next morning.
• Ethan told Lorne that Sengoku wanted him in his office, where Lorne found Sengoku arguing with Garp over stolen rice crackers.
• Sengoku criticized Lorne for using his body to withstand Don Krieg’s poison gas and cannon fire, while Garp defended him.
• Lorne recounted how he sent Kuina and the Marines after the smaller enemies before facing Don Krieg aboard his flagship.
• Lorne explained that injuries and enemy attacks build power for a punch that ignores defenses, including Armament Haki and Logia transformations, but that taking damage fuels its strength.

Lorne received approval to establish an independent Special Vanguard Team and set out with Ethan to recruit soldiers from Zephyr’s camp. Zephyr received notice that Lorne was authorized to select recruits and awaited his arrival.

• Sengoku granted Lorne authority to establish an independent force and gave him authorization to recruit from the camp.
• Lorne told Ethan their team would leave the regular fleet and that they needed more soldiers.
• Lorne and Ethan headed to Zephyr’s Recruit Camp, where Lorne planned to choose recruits suited to his aggressive fighting style.
• Zephyr received Sengoku’s document authorizing Lorne to select recruits and waited for his former student.

Lorne arrived at Zephyr’s training ground to form an independent Special Vanguard Team and challenged the recruits to prove their strength. He overwhelmed their combined attacks and appeared before Ryan after shattering his Rankyaku, with the fight still underway.

• Lorne gave Zephyr his approval document and announced he would create a Special Vanguard Team.
• Lorne insulted the recruits and challenged them to make him step back or withstand his attacks for three minutes.
• Ryan attacked with Soru, but Lorne caught his wrist and flung him into other recruits.
• Bakel struck Lorne with Kami-e and Iron Body techniques, but Lorne’s defense repelled him and Lorne used Crushing Blow to slam charging recruits together.
• The recruits fired muskets at Lorne, but the bullets bounced off as he charged through the crowd and knocked them down.
• Ryan returned with Rankyaku, but Lorne shattered the vacuum slash with a punch and appeared in front of him.

Lorne tested the recruits by defeating them, then selected the ones who endured for his Special Vanguard Team. The next morning, he gathered the new unit and headquarters elites aboard a warship, preparing to take them to the Calm Belt for training.

• Lorne defeated Ryan, Bakel, and the other recruits, while Zephyr watched and called for the medical team.
• Ryan and Bakel charged Lorne again despite their injuries, and he praised their resolve before defeating them without striking vital areas.
• Lorne selected Ryan, Bakel, and everyone who held out until the end for his Special Vanguard Team, and Ethan reported that forty-two recruits had joined the roster.
• Lorne ordered Ethan to assemble everyone fully armed at five the next morning for a trip to the Calm Belt, then left the Training Ground with Ethan.
• At dawn, Ethan reported that all ninety-five expected personnel were present aboard the warship, and Lorne questioned Ryan about going to sea with a broken arm.

Lorne drove Ryan, Bakel, Kuina, and the soldiers through brutal training aboard a warship in the Calm Belt, forcing them to fight a Sea King and improve their combat skills. After two weeks, the warship returned to the Grand Line, where a lookout spotted a pirate ship.

• Lorne ordered the soldiers to run under heavy loads and pushed Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina through punishing drills to awaken Armament Haki.
• Lorne kicked Ryan and Bakel into the Calm Belt to kill a Sea King, and Kuina joined them in the fight.
• Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina killed the Sea King and returned to the warship exhausted and bloodied.
• The Independent Suppression Force trained in the Calm Belt for two weeks, improving its strength, Kami-e, and swordsmanship.
• The warship left the Calm Belt, and a lookout reported a pirate ship to port.

Lorne’s warship fought Blood Hand Carlos’s pirate crew, and the recruits struggled against the Supernova’s overwhelming numbers. Kuina cut through an armored giant by sensing the Breath of All Things, but Carlos unleashed his Boiling Mode, badly injuring Ryan and breaking the Marine line before turning his attention to Lorne.

• Carlos’s pirate ship charged the warship, and Ethan ordered the Marines to open fire and prepare to board.
• Ryan blocked Carlos’s axe with Armament Haki and counterattacked, while Bakel used the Six Powers to fight pirate officers.
• The Blood Hand Pirates overwhelmed the recruits, but Kuina sensed a weakness in the giant’s armor and killed him with One-Sword Style: Iai: Iron-Cutting.
• Carlos activated his Blood-Blood Fruit’s Boiling Mode, broke Ryan’s arms, and sent him crashing through the ship.
• Carlos tore through the Marine defensive line with Blood-Red Tide and challenged Lorne.

Lorne pushed the wounded Special Vanguard Team to face Carlos, and Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina coordinated their attacks to defeat the Supernova. As the exhausted Marines celebrated, Lorne turned his attention to the pirates fleeing by boat and unleashed a terrifying pulse over the sea.

• Lorne caught Carlos’s punch and hurled him toward the recruits, then ordered Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina to show him what they could do.
• Ryan hardened his Haki and held Carlos back while Bakel struck his pressure points, disrupting his Boiling Mode.
• Kuina used One-Sword Style: Iai: Death Mark to break Carlos’s Blood Fortress and wound his arms.
• Ryan, Bakel, Kuina, and the Marines landed a final coordinated assault, killing Carlos as the remaining pirates lost heart.
• The wounded Special Vanguard Team celebrated their victory, while Lorne rose to stop the pirates escaping in small boats and unleashed a pulse that pressed down on the sea.

After defeating Carlos, Lorne brought his wounded marines to Black Reef Island to recover, but the Black Dragon Society plotted to silence them over a hidden arms shipment. When the gang ambushed the base and killed five marines, Lorne prepared to confront them alone.

• Lorne used Conqueror's Haki to incapacitate the pirates, then ordered Ethan to dispose of Carlos and the other attackers.
• Lorne led the battered marines to Black Reef Island and gave them three days to recover at a temporary base.
• Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina reflected on their growth and the need to become stronger.
• Klein learned that the marines had arrived injured and ordered the Black Dragon Society to ambush them to protect an arms shipment.
• Black Dragon Society attackers killed five marines at the base using silenced guns and poisoned blow darts.
• Lorne ordered Ethan to hold the base and protect the survivors, then set out alone to confront the attackers.

After five of his soldiers died in an ambush, Lorne attacked Snake Fang Manor alone and withstood the gang’s guns and cannons. He tore through the iron gates and entered the courtyard, where Klein desperately called for a secret weapon.

• Lorne told Ryan to carve the five dead soldiers’ names into a stone and vowed to avenge them by killing every gang on the island.
• At Snake Fang Manor, Klein learned the navy camp had been hit and ordered heavy cannons and musketeers into position to kill anyone in a white uniform.
• Lorne killed two hidden lookouts and walked to the manor, where the gang fired more than a hundred muskets and six heavy cannons at him.
• Lorne survived the barrage, healed his cannon wound, and charged through a second cannon volley as the gang panicked.
• Lorne used Crushing Blow to tear the iron gates from their hinges, crushing gang members behind them, then confronted Klein in the courtyard.
• Klein ordered his bodyguards to bring out the gang’s secret weapon as Lorne prepared to attack.

Lorne crushed Klein’s estate on Black Reef Island and survived the underground armory’s explosion. He carried Klein high into the sky and began a devastating dive toward the manor headquarters as the surviving gang members watched in terror.

• Lorne used Haymaker to destroy the manor and kill most of Klein’s elite subordinates.
• Klein activated the estate’s self-destruct mechanism, detonating explosives and special shells beneath the ruins.
• Lorne endured the explosion with Armament Haki and regenerative power, then seized Klein and leaped a hundred meters into the sky.
• Lorne locked his arms around Klein and began a headfirst descent toward the manor headquarters with the force of Smash.
• The surviving gang members saw Lorne and Klein falling like a burning meteor and realized they could not escape.

Lorne destroyed the Gang on Black Reef Island, recovered its vast fortune, and rewarded his soldiers for their losses and loyalty. Three days later, his strengthened Special Vanguard Team set sail for deeper waters in the Grand Line.

• Lorne killed Klein and obliterated the Gang's headquarters, then discovered and broke into a hidden underground vault.
• Lorne found more than eight hundred million Beli in cash and treasure and returned to the Navy Base with cases of money.
• Lorne ordered Ethan to recover the vault's contents and told Ryan and Bakel to retrieve the five fallen marines and increase their families' compensation fiftyfold.
• Three days later, Ethan reported that the fallen families had received compensation, each surviving soldier had received five million Beli, and the repaired warship was stocked and armed.
• Lorne ordered the Special Vanguard Team to weigh anchor and sail deeper into the Grand Line.

Lorne and his Marines confronted the Giant Axe Pirates, and Lorne charged aboard their flagship to face Harris. After shrugging off Harris’s strongest axe strike, Lorne sent him crashing through a cabin wall and attacked the surrounding pirates.

• Lorne chose Harris and the Giant Axe Pirates as the Marines’ target and ordered Ethan to sail at full speed.
• During the three-day voyage, Lorne put Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina through intense training.
• The Marines spotted the Giant Axe Pirates’ four ships, and Lorne assigned Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina to engage the escort ships while he took the flagship.
• Harris ordered his ships to fire on Lorne’s warship, but Lorne crossed the sea with Geppo and landed on the flagship.
• Harris struck Lorne with an Armament Haki-coated axe, but Lorne’s Iron Body and Haki stopped the blow without injury.
• Lorne shattered Harris’s breastplate with a punch, sent him through a cabin wall, and slammed dozens of pirates together with Crushing Blow.

Lorne and the Special Vanguard Team crushed the Giant Axe Pirates and spent the next month sweeping the first half of the Grand Line. Their victories earned Lorne the feared nickname “Sett Rear Admiral,” while Marine leaders discussed his growing strength and reputation; the team ended the chapter celebrating on a beach.

• Lorne destroyed the Giant Axe Pirates’ flagship and killed their captain, Harris, while Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina defeated the pirates aboard the three escort ships.
• The Special Vanguard Team spent the next month hunting pirates across the first half of the Grand Line, killing or capturing notorious captains and forcing survivors to surrender.
• News Coos spread reports of Lorne’s victories, and frightened pirates gave him the nickname “Sett Rear Admiral.”
• At Marineford, Sengoku and Staff Officer Tsuru discussed Lorne’s effectiveness and the World Government’s concerns about his violence, while Garp praised him.
• Garp said Lorne’s strength, recovery, and explosive power marked him as a future admiral or greater, and the Special Vanguard Team celebrated their month of victories on a beach.

Lorne's marines celebrated their victories on Nameless Island while Jack the Drought ordered the Mammoth to hunt Lorne in the first half of the Grand Line. As Jack's warship charged toward the island, Lorne sensed its bloodthirsty presence and Ethan warned that it was bearing down on their defenses.

• The marines celebrated their victories, and Lorne encouraged Kuina and Ryan as they trained and prepared to keep fighting pirates before heading to the New World.
• On Onigashima, Jack learned that Lorne had killed Baroque and that the Donquixote Family had lost Diamante, then vowed to kill Lorne himself.
• Jack ordered his crew to set sail aboard the Mammoth and attack Lorne in the first half of the Grand Line.
• At the Nameless Island camp, Lorne sensed a savage killing intent approaching the shore, and Kuina, Ryan, and Bakel reacted to the warning.
• Ethan reported that a huge warship was charging toward the harbor and showed no sign of slowing before it reached the defensive line.

Jack the Drought attacked the harbor and challenged Lorne over Baroque’s death and the stolen Devil Fruit. Lorne sent the Vanguard Squad away and fought Jack alone, matching his blades with his reinforced fists as their battle shook the island.

• Lorne ordered the Marines to prepare for battle, but Jack’s Mammoth crashed into the harbor and destroyed ships and defenses.
• Jack came ashore, demanded Lorne, and threatened to kill every Marine on the island.
• Lorne ordered Ethan to retreat with the Vanguard Squad and stood alone to face Jack.
• Jack attacked with his shotels, but Lorne blocked both blades with his reinforced fists and refused to give ground.
• Lorne struck Jack with Decimating Smash, staggering him across the beach.
• Jack unleashed another two-blade attack, and Lorne met it with his raised fist, sending a shock wave through the island.

Lorne overpowered Jack in a fierce battle on the beach, using his speed, Haki, and powerful attacks to batter the Beasts Pirates All-Star. As Battlefield Valor drove Lorne’s Grit higher, Jack forced him back and vowed to kill him.

• Lorne knocked Jack back with a punch and stunned the pirates aboard the Mammoth by overpowering their All-Star.
• Jack unleashed Savage Dance, but Lorne used Kami-e: Flash to evade the barrage and read Jack’s attacks.
• Lorne used Crushing Blow to pull Jack off balance, then struck him with a Haki-coated knee and a barrage of Decimating Smash punches.
• Kuina noticed Lorne’s golden aura intensifying as Battlefield Valor rapidly increased his Grit, while Ethan watched with lingering concern.
• Jack swept his twin blades to force Lorne back, then vowed to kill him as blood dripped beneath his mask.

Jack transformed into his mammoth form and overwhelmed the Marines with his powerful defenses and attacks. After Jack injured Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina, Lorne ordered them to retreat and flew up to meet Jack’s descending trunk head-on.

• Jack transformed into a mammoth, charged at Lorne, and destroyed a nearby hill with a blow from his trunk.
• Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina attacked Jack, but their Haki strikes and sword slash failed to pierce his hide.
• Jack swept Ryan and Bakel away with his tail and sent Kuina flying before raising his foot to stomp her.
• Lorne intervened, ordered Kuina to retreat with Ryan and Bakel, and faced Jack alone.
• Lorne wrapped himself in golden flames and charged upward to meet Jack’s trunk attack.

Lorne endured Jack’s relentless mammoth attacks and stomp, then stood back up laughing as his Battlefield Valor recovery ability activated. Jack was left stunned by Lorne’s survival.

• Lorne met Jack’s trunk strike with Decimating Smash and forced it back.
• Jack unleashed Mammoth Sledgehammer Barrage, while the Marines at the camp watched anxiously and trusted Lorne to endure.
• Jack drove Lorne into the bedrock with the barrage and finished with Mammoth Stomp.
• Lorne rose from the crater, laughing, as Battlefield Valor activated and his recovery grew more powerful at critically low health.

Lorne's Battlefield Valor healed the damage Jack inflicted and converted it into greater strength, leaving the Marines and pirates stunned. After his Grit overflowed and he prepared to fight seriously, Lorne dodged Jack's charge and used Crushing Blow to pull the massive mammoth off its feet.

• Lorne recovered from Jack's attacks, revealing regeneration that astonished Jack and the onlooking Marines and pirates.
• Jack repeatedly attacked Lorne, but Battlefield Valor healed his injuries as his Grit continued to build.
• Lorne's golden aura erupted when his Grit overflowed, and Kuina explained that his bloodline constitution turned damage into greater strength.
• Ethan ordered the Marines to retreat another thousand meters as Lorne and Jack prepared for their decisive clash.
• Lorne avoided Jack's charge and used Crushing Blow to warp the space around them and drag Jack's mammoth body toward him.