Recaps

After gaining Hashirama Senju’s powers, Liu Qing waited near the route Luffy would take and followed the merchant ship that rescued him. When Alvida’s pirates attacked the ship, Nami was caught stealing treasure, and Liu Qing and another voice spoke just as the pirates closed in on her.

• Liu Qing’s past life ended in a traffic accident, and a one-time system reincarnated him on an island in the One Piece world with Hashirama Senju’s full power.
• Liu Qing watched a merchant ship retrieve the barrel carrying Luffy and decided to follow it, hoping to join the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Alvida’s crew intercepted and plundered the merchant ship while Nami secretly boarded the pirate ship to steal its treasure.
• The pirates caught Nami with a bag of treasure and surrounded her, and two voices rang out as she prepared to fight.

Luffy and Liu Qing rescued Nami from Alvida’s pirates, then joined forces to defeat the crew and send Alvida flying. Luffy welcomed Liu Qing as his first crewmate, but Nami refused his invitation and rowed away alone.

• Liu Qing protected Nami from the pirates’ blades with Wood Release, while Luffy burst from a barrel and knocked several lackeys aside.
• Luffy declared his ambition to become Pirate King, and Koby found the courage to pursue his dream of becoming a Marine.
• Liu Qing asked to travel with Luffy, and Luffy accepted him as a crewmate.
• Alvida attacked Luffy and Koby, but Luffy slammed her into the deck while Liu Qing trapped the pirates in darkness and pierced their feet with wooden spikes.
• Luffy struck Alvida with Gum-Gum Rocket and sent her flying, then invited Nami to join his crew.
• Nami refused Luffy’s invitation, thanked Liu Qing, and rowed away alone.

Luffy, Liu Qing, and Koby sailed to Shells Town to find the pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro, while Liu Qing kept the captured pirates confined aboard their ship. In town, locals fled at the mention of Zoro and Captain Morgan, leaving the group poised to investigate the Marine Base.

• Koby told Luffy about the imprisoned pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro, and Liu Qing explained how Zoro had been punished after saving a girl and her mother.
• Luffy decided to recruit Zoro, and the group set sail with Koby guiding the captured pirates’ ship toward Shells Town.
• During the voyage, Liu Qing made wooden playing cards and tried to play with Luffy and Koby, but Luffy’s reckless moves enraged him and ended the game.
• At Shells Town, Liu Qing confined the pirates inside their ship with five layers of Wood Release: Four Pillars Prison and told them they might turn themselves in or join the Marines depending on what they found.
• Luffy asked a fruit vendor where to find Zoro, causing the townspeople to flee; after Koby mentioned Captain Morgan’s poor reputation, the crowd scattered again.

Luffy, Liu Qing, and Koby arrived at the Marine Base and found Roronoa Zoro tied up in the training ground. When Helmeppo mistreated a little girl and her rice balls, Liu Qing attacked him, leaving Helmeppo beaten and unable to cry out.

• Luffy and Liu Qing reached the Marine Base with Koby and spotted Roronoa Zoro bound to a cross in the training ground.
• A little girl climbed into the training ground and offered Zoro rice balls, but Zoro told her to leave.
• Helmeppo arrived, mocked the girl's rice balls, crushed them, and threatened her with death for helping Zoro.
• Liu Qing jumped into the training ground and confronted Helmeppo, who bragged that his father, Captain Morgan, protected him.
• Liu Qing used Wood Release to bind Helmeppo and whip him until his cries faded.

Luffy and Liu Qing learned why Zoro had endured twenty days without food and returned to rescue him after Helmeppo threatened to have him shot. Zoro agreed to join Luffy’s crew on the condition that his swords were recovered, and Liu Qing freed him and gave him food and water.

• Zoro asked Liu Qing to feed him the trampled rice ball, thanked the little girl, and told the group he would keep enduring; Luffy invited him to join the crew if he lasted.
• The little girl explained that Zoro had been imprisoned to protect her and her mother after he stopped Helmeppo’s dogs from attacking them.
• Liu Qing confronted Helmeppo at the tavern, but Luffy stopped him and punched Helmeppo unconscious after hearing he planned to have Zoro shot.
• Luffy and Liu Qing returned to the drill ground, where Luffy urged Zoro to join them rather than wait for Helmeppo to kill him.
• Helmeppo asked Captain Morgan for revenge, but Captain Morgan rebuked him for being useless.
• Zoro agreed to join Luffy’s crew if they recovered his swords, and Liu Qing cut his ropes and gave him food and water.

Liu Qing and Luffy helped Zoro recover his swords while Captain Morgan tried to crush resistance in Marine Headquarters. Liu Qing’s clones turned Morgan’s Marines against him, leaving the furious captain under attack as the chapter ended.

• Captain Morgan ordered his deputy to eliminate the mother and daughter, struck him unconscious when he refused, and demanded that the Marines raise his statue.
• Luffy smashed the statue, grabbed Helmeppo, and ran, while Morgan ordered his soldiers to gather at the Execution Ground and eliminate the rebels.
• Liu Qing blinded the Marines with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique as Luffy returned to the Execution Ground with Zoro’s three swords.
• Liu Qing made Wood Clones impersonate the Marines and Captain Morgan, then ended the blindness technique and confused the soldiers with their duplicates.
• The clones convinced the Marines that the real Morgan was an impostor and incited them to rebel against his abuse of power.
• The Marines and clones aimed their weapons at Morgan and attacked him with guns and cannons.

Liu Qing and the Marines captured Morgan, and Shells Town celebrated its freedom with a banquet where Ririka accepted a Marine cook position and Koby became a recruit. The next morning, the Marines ordered Luffy, Zoro, and Liu Qing to leave Shells Town, so the crew prepared to sail for another island.

• Liu Qing’s Wood Clones held Morgan back while the Marines shot him, and the Marines chained him after he collapsed unconscious.
• Liu Qing told the commander where to find the pirates trapped aboard Alvida’s ship, then Luffy, Zoro, and Liu Qing went to tell the tavern that the town was safe.
• The Marines announced Morgan’s capture, and the townspeople celebrated before the commander invited Ririka to cook for the base and accepted Koby as a Marine recruit.
• Zoro asked about the crew’s ship, and Nami questioned how they could reach the Grand Line without one before refusing Luffy’s invitation to join.
• The next morning, the commander told Luffy, Zoro, and Liu Qing to leave the island or face arrest, and they agreed to go.

Liu Qing, Luffy, and Zoro traveled toward Orange Town in a chakra-powered boat, where Nami stole Buggy’s treasure and Sea Chart before meeting Luffy. Nami brought the tied-up Luffy to Buggy’s headquarters and pretended to join the Buggy Pirates, leaving Luffy in danger of being killed by the Buggy Cannon.

• Liu Qing built a large, fast sailboat and stocked it with food, but Luffy ate it all and was carried off by a giant bird while the others chased after him.
• Three pirates climbed aboard and tried to rob Liu Qing and Zoro, but Zoro defeated them and Liu Qing warned them to behave.
• Nami stole Buggy’s treasure and the Sea Chart of the Grand Line, escaped with smoke bombs, and was pursued by Buggy’s underlings.
• Luffy landed in front of Nami in Orange Town, knocked down two pirates, and agreed to work with her after she offered him a meal.
• Nami tied Luffy up, took him to Buggy’s headquarters, and claimed she had brought her boss as a pledge of loyalty.
• Buggy welcomed Nami but ordered her to kill Luffy with the Buggy Cannon, while Nami nervously agreed.

The Buggy Pirates forced Nami to fire a Buggy Ball at Luffy, but she refused and protected him. Liu Qing and Zoro arrived to rescue them, and the group prepared to fight Buggy and his crew.

• Buggy’s cannon destroyed a row of houses, and he ordered Nami to fire another Buggy Ball at Luffy as proof of loyalty.
• Nami refused to kill Luffy, knocked out a pirate who lit the fuse, and ran to stop the cannon despite burning her palm.
• Liu Qing blocked the pirates’ attack on Nami with Wood Release, while Zoro freed Luffy from his cage.
• Liu Qing healed Nami’s hand, and Zoro declared that he was now a pirate and that Luffy was his captain.
• Liu Qing, Luffy, Zoro, and Nami faced the Buggy Pirates, with Liu Qing assigning Luffy to fight Buggy, Zoro to fight a two-sworded pirate, and himself to fight the lion rider.

Zoro defeated Cabaji, while Liu Qing trapped and whipped Mohji and Richie with his Wood Release techniques. Luffy fought Buggy after Buggy damaged his straw hat, and the chapter ended with Buggy demanding his treasure back from Luffy and Nami.

• Cabaji attacked Zoro with dirty tricks, but Zoro defeated him with Three-Sword Style: Oni Giri.
• Liu Qing trapped Mohji and Richie in a wooden cage and whipped them with spiked vines, while Buggy refused to help them.
• Buggy recognized Luffy's straw hat, blamed Shanks for his inability to swim, and damaged the hat with Chop-Chop Cannon.
• Luffy recovered his straw hat and attacked Buggy, who narrowly escaped with Chop-Chop: Emergency Escape.
• Nami stole treasure from Buggy's Treasure Room, and Luffy kicked Buggy's weak spot while Buggy's upper body flew toward her.
• Nami refused to give up the treasure, and Buggy recovered and demanded that she and Luffy return it.

Luffy and Nami defeated Buggy, and the crew gained the Grand Line Sea Chart before setting sail for another island. On the way, Liu Qing revealed Nami's village was under Fish-Man rule and claimed he would show them his overwhelming strength to reassure her.

• Luffy and Nami trapped Buggy's scattered body parts in a sack, and Luffy launched him away before Nami offered to mend Luffy's hat.
• The mayor thanked Luffy and his companions for driving out the Buggy Pirates and promised a banquet for the town's return.
• Nami gave Luffy the Sea Chart and shared treasure with Liu Qing, then agreed to sail with the crew as their navigator while postponing joining them.
• Zoro pointed out that the crew needed a better ship, so Luffy decided they should head for the next island without waiting for the mayor.
• Liu Qing explained that Fish-Man pirates had enslaved Nami's village and demanded 100 million Beli, and warned that they would likely betray her even if she paid.
• Luffy and Zoro promised to help Nami defeat the Fish-Men, but Nami feared they were too strong; Liu Qing declared himself invincible and said he would demonstrate his power.

Liu Qing demonstrated his power by splitting a tsunami, and Nami agreed to join Luffy’s crew if they defeated the Fish-Man Pirates. On the way to find a better ship, the group attacked the Black Cat Pirates and discovered a wanted poster and a revealing letter about their captain.

• Liu Qing summoned a thousand-armed wooden Buddha, whose attack created a tsunami, then split the wave before it reached the crew.
• Nami accepted Luffy’s invitation, promising to join the crew if they defeated the Fish-Man Pirates and explaining her dream of drawing a chart of the world.
• Nami steered the group toward a nearby island to look for a better ship, while Jango gathered the Black Cat Pirates to help Kuro seize Miss Kaya’s property in Syrup Village.
• Jango sent his pirates to rob Luffy’s boat, but Liu Qing turned their boat into a flying Wood Dragon and captured the Black Cat Pirates.
• Nami searched the captured pirates, took their treasure, and found a wanted poster and a letter concerning their captain.

Liu Qing, Luffy, Zoro, and Nami sailed to Syrup Village after discovering the Black Cat Pirates’ plot against Kaya’s family. Usopp and the villagers learned that Kaya’s butler Kuro was the pirate captain behind the scheme, and the group prepared to confront him.

• Liu Qing turned his clones into Black Cat Pirates and sailed with Luffy, Zoro, and Nami toward Syrup Village.
• Usopp spotted the ship approaching and sent Radish Head, Green Pepper Head, and Onion Head to warn the villagers while he stayed to face the pirates.
• Liu Qing and Zoro pretended to threaten Usopp, but Nami explained their mission and showed him Jango’s letter and the captured pirates.
• Usopp believed Nami’s explanation, and Liu Qing revealed that his clones accounted for the identical people aboard the ship.
• The villagers arrived armed with farming tools, and Usopp stopped them and explained that Kuro planned to steal Kaya’s family fortune.

Liu Qing and his group confronted Kuro at Kaya’s villa, where the clones defeated and castrated him before declaring him the Eunuch King of the Seas. Kuro regained consciousness with a shrill voice and effeminate mannerisms, while the group watched in shock.

• Liu Qing brought Usopp and the villagers to Kaya’s villa, and Merry agreed to give them a ship in return for defeating Kuro.
• Jango’s and the Nyaban Brothers’ clones called Kuro out, and one clone struck him down when he threatened them.
• The clones carried Kuro into a wooden hospital and performed a painful castration, repeatedly treating his injuries as the operation went wrong.
• Liu Qing dismissed the clones and hospital, and Kuro awoke with a shrill voice and formed Orchid Fingers as he complained to the group.

Luffy and his companions accepted Kaya’s gift of the Going Merry and Usopp joined their crew. After forming the Straw Hat Pirates with a feast, they set priorities for finding a cook and a doctor before continuing their voyage.

• Kaya offered Luffy’s group a ship and asked them to take Usopp to sea, and Luffy invited Usopp to join the crew.
• Merry introduced the Going Merry, and the crew boarded their new ship after it was handed over.
• Liu Qing organized the crew to paint a pirate flag and buy supplies, but Usopp replaced Luffy’s and his failed design with a proper straw-hat skull flag.
• Luffy celebrated the founding of the Straw Hat Pirates and Usopp’s joining with a feast.
• Nami complained about having to cook for everyone, and Luffy and Liu Qing agreed that finding a cook and a doctor should be priorities.

The Straw Hat Pirates left the Island of Rare Animals after finding no treasure and continued their voyage toward the Sea Restaurant Baratie. They reached the restaurant, encountered Marine Captain Iron Fist Fullbody, and Liu Qing stopped Luffy from launching himself over to Baratie.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates explored the Island of Rare Animals, opened its legendary chest to find it empty, and invited the chest-bound man to join them, but he chose to stay with the animals.
• Usopp tested his new cannon and accidentally blasted Johnny and Yosaku off a reef; Liu Qing treated them, and Nami gave Yosaku tangerines for his scurvy.
• Johnny and Yosaku reunited with Zoro and told the crew about the Sea Restaurant Baratie, so Luffy set course there to look for a cook.
• Two days later, the crew arrived near Baratie and saw Marine Captain Iron Fist Fullbody sail past them toward the restaurant without starting a fight.
• Luffy tried to launch himself over to Baratie, but Liu Qing restrained him with Wood Release.

The Straw Hats dined at Baratie, where Sanji fed Gin despite his lack of money, prompting Luffy to decide he wanted Sanji as their cook. When Krieg and Gin later arrived seeking food, Sanji served Krieg and warned him to leave Baratie alone.

• Sanji kicked Fullbody for wasting food, then gave Gin fried rice after Gin was thrown out for trying to pay with a gun.
• Luffy decided Sanji should join the crew, but Sanji refused his repeated requests over the next two days.
• Liu Qing advised Luffy to speak with Baratie's owner, but the Krieg Pirates' battered ship arrived before Luffy could act.
• Gin brought the weakened Krieg to Baratie, where the cooks and customers refused to serve them despite their offer of treasure.
• Sanji brought Krieg fried rice and told him to eat and leave without harming Baratie.

Krieg attacked Sanji and demanded the Baratie, but Luffy and Zoro defeated him by targeting his legs. Dracule Mihawk arrived, and after agreeing to fight Liu Qing later, he accepted Zoro’s challenge and began the duel with only a small Cross Necklace as his weapon.

• Krieg betrayed Gin and Sanji, then attacked the Baratie and demanded food and the ship.
• Luffy and Zoro joined forces to defeat Krieg by attacking his legs, and Zeff had the cooks tie up the Krieg Pirates.
• Mihawk arrived after cutting Krieg’s pirate ship in two, and revealed he had destroyed the fleet to prevent its crew from seeing him without toilet paper.
• Zoro challenged Mihawk, who agreed to fight him and promised to battle Liu Qing later.
• Mihawk and Zoro moved to a fragment of the pirate ship, where Mihawk invited Zoro to attack while holding his Cross Necklace as a weapon.

Zoro challenged Dracule Mihawk and was decisively defeated, but Liu Qing healed his wound and Mihawk promised to await his future challenge. Liu Qing then asked Mihawk to teach him Haki and created a vast forest on the sea as a battlefield for their fight.

• Zoro attacked Dracule Mihawk with Three-Sword Style techniques, but Mihawk effortlessly parried him and pierced his chest with a small knife.
• Zoro told Mihawk he wanted to become the World's Greatest Swordsman for himself and his dearest friend, and refused to retreat when Mihawk challenged him.
• Mihawk struck Zoro across the chest with Black Blade, Yoru, and Liu Qing healed the wound while Luffy helped Zoro.
• Zoro vowed to Luffy that he would never lose again until he defeated Mihawk, who encouraged him to become strong enough to surpass him.
• Liu Qing asked Mihawk for Armament Haki and Observation Haki training methods, and Mihawk agreed to provide them after their fight.
• Liu Qing traveled across the sea and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to raise a forest spanning dozens of miles as their battlefield.

Liu Qing and Dracule Mihawk fought in the forest Liu Qing created, with Mihawk’s strongest slash pushing Liu Qing to summon his thousand-meter Buddha. Mihawk withdrew, but Liu Qing’s attack destroyed the forest and caused a tsunami that he stopped before it reached the Baratie.

• Liu Qing created a forest for the fight, and Mihawk arrived, mistaking his powers for a Devil Fruit ability.
• Liu Qing attacked with a wooden dragon and wood techniques while Mihawk countered with Yoru and sword waves; Liu Qing’s Bringer-of-Darkness Technique failed against Mihawk’s Observation Haki.
• Liu Qing summoned a giant wooden figure, and Mihawk’s attacks failed to break through until he unleashed Deadly Blade Flash.
• Liu Qing blocked Mihawk’s slash with Fivefold Rashomon, then summoned True Several Thousand Hands; Mihawk retreated to the Baratie.
• Liu Qing’s Buddha destroyed the forest and struck the sea, creating a tsunami that threatened the Baratie.
• Liu Qing appeared on the Baratie’s deck and cut the tsunami in two with a giant Chakra Sword.

Dracule Mihawk gave Liu Qing two books on Haki training before leaving, while news of their battle spread across the world and drew the attention of major powers. Back at Baratie, Sanji agreed to join the Straw Hat Pirates after Zeff and the cooks helped persuade him.

• Dracule Mihawk gave Liu Qing two books containing Haki training methods and his own insights, then sailed away.
• Luffy took the books to keep safe and went to invite Sanji to join the crew again.
• Morgans published photographs of Liu Qing fighting Dracule Mihawk, and the World Government issued Liu Qing a 500-million-Beli bounty with the epithet Thousand-Armed Zen Venerable-Liu Qing.
• Sengoku chose not to provoke Liu Qing, while Whitebeard, Kaido, BIG MOM, and other powers discussed the news and their possible responses.
• Zeff asked the Baratie cooks to help Sanji pursue his dream, and Sanji agreed to join the Straw Hat Pirates after Luffy made his final invitation.

Sanji joined Luffy’s crew, and they sailed toward Nami’s hometown, Cocoyasi Village, where Arlong plotted with Captain Nezumi to seize Nami’s savings. The crew captured Momoo and feasted on him as they neared the village.

• Zeff and the cooks urged Sanji to leave, and Sanji thanked Zeff before agreeing to sail with Luffy.
• Johnny and Yosaku told the crew about the Shichibukai, Marines, and Four Emperors, while Liu Qing taught them Haki; Liu Qing mastered all three forms and awakened Conqueror’s Haki that night.
• After two days at sea, the crew spotted Cocoyasi Village, and Momoo attacked the Going Merry after hearing them discuss Arlong.
• Sanji, Luffy, and Zoro struck Momoo together, and the crew captured him and ate a feast prepared by Sanji.
• Arlong called Captain Nezumi and offered him a share of Nami’s savings in exchange for confiscating the money when Nezumi arrived.
• Arlong sent two Fish-Men to collect the village’s Beli as the crew approached Cocoyasi Village.

Nami returned to Cocoyasi Village with the Straw Hat Pirates, who began confronting Arlong’s men and preparing to attack Arlong Park. Liu Qing blocked the island’s escape routes with a towering thorn forest as the group approached the Fish-Men’s stronghold.

• Nami reunited with Nojiko and introduced the Straw Hat Pirates as her companions, while Genzo welcomed Liu Qing and told him that a newspaper had given him a 500-million-Beli bounty.
• Liu Qing and the others joked about turning him in for the bounty before the Kelp Fish-Man and Chew arrived to collect protection money and threatened an elderly woman.
• Luffy rescued the woman, and the Straw Hat Pirates attacked the Fish-Men; Zoro, Sanji, Luffy, and Usopp defeated Chew while Liu Qing trapped Kelp in thorn armor.
• After Genzo praised the crew, Liu Qing urged everyone to head for Arlong Park, and Nami and the villagers joined them.
• At Arlong Park, Liu Qing raised a hundred-meter thorn forest around the island to prevent the Fish-Men from escaping by sea.

Liu Qing and the Straw Hats defeated Arlong's crew and ended their rule over Cocoyasi Village, while Hachi was allowed to leave. When Captain Nezumi arrived with Marines to collect Arlong's cut, Luffy and the others prepared to confront him.

• Liu Qing surrounded Cocoyasi Village with thorn barriers and kicked Arlong's steel gate into him, badly injuring him.
• Kuroobi and Hachi tried to rally the Fish-Men, but the others refused to fight, and Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji attacked them.
• Liu Qing destroyed the drawing tower, and the Straw Hats defeated the Arlong Pirates; Nami spared Hachi and told him to leave the East Blue.
• Captain Nezumi's Marines found the thorn barriers, failed to damage them with cannon fire, and took boats toward the village.
• Genzo told Luffy and the others that Nezumi had worked with Arlong, and they decided to confront the captain.
• Nezumi arrived at the shore, denied that the Straw Hats could have defeated Arlong, and headed for Arlong Park with Liu Qing and the others following.

Liu Qing and the Straw Hat Pirates killed Captain Nezumi and his Marines after Nezumi tried to seize Arlong’s treasure and attack Cocoyasi Village. Sengoku ordered Garp to investigate the Marines of the 16th Branch and arranged bounties for the Straw Hat Pirates.

• Nezumi recognized Liu Qing’s 500-million-Beli bounty, then tried to kill the crew and wipe out Cocoyasi Village when Liu Qing revealed Luffy’s powerful family ties.
• Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji defeated Nezumi’s Marines, and Liu Qing dragged their bodies beneath the tree roots before the villagers prepared a banquet.
• Marines who had fled Cocoyasi Village reported Nezumi’s death and sent photographs of the Straw Hat Pirates to Marine Headquarters.
• Sengoku reviewed the report, suspected the Marines of the 16th Branch had been oppressing their jurisdiction, and contacted Garp to investigate Cocoyasi Village.
• Garp agreed to visit Cocoyasi Village but told his navigator to take their time, while Sengoku ordered bounties issued for the Straw Hat Pirates.