Recaps

The Straw Hat Pirates left Cocoyasi Village, received their first wanted posters, and continued training before reaching Loguetown. The crew split up to explore the town while Liu Qing sent a clone to protect Nami.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates said goodbye to Cocoyasi Village, while Johnny and Yosaku chose to stay behind.
• A newspaper albatross delivered the crew’s wanted posters, showing bounties of 100 million Beli for Luffy, 700 million for Liu Qing, 70 million for Zoro, 60 million for Sanji, 20 million for Usopp, and 10 million for Nami.
• People in the Straw Hats’ hometowns celebrated their bounties, and Shanks and his crew reacted to the news aboard the Red Force.
• Luffy and the others developed rudimentary Armament Haki while sailing toward Loguetown, though they made no progress with Observation Haki.
• On June 7, 1520, the Going Merry reached Loguetown, and Liu Qing sent a clone with Nami before the crew split up to explore.

Dragon visited Liu Qing aboard the Going Merry and tried to recruit him, but Liu Qing chose to stay with Luffy’s crew. In Loguetown, Buggy and Alvida tried to execute Luffy before lightning freed him, and the chapter ended with Liu Qing’s clone knocking out nearly everyone in town with Conqueror’s Haki.

• Dragon appeared aboard the Going Merry, questioned Liu Qing about joining Luffy’s crew, and offered him the Revolutionary Army’s deputy leader position.
• Liu Qing refused Dragon’s offer, saying he would stay with Luffy’s crew to protect them.
• Buggy and Alvida captured Luffy at the Execution Platform, but lightning struck Buggy and freed Luffy just as he was about to be executed.
• Bartolomeo blocked Buggy and Alvida from pursuing the Straw Hat Pirates, while Smoker tried to stop Luffy and his crew from leaving Loguetown.
• Liu Qing’s clone released Conqueror’s Haki across Loguetown, leaving the townspeople, pirates, and Navy personnel unconscious while Luffy’s group remained standing.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji defeated Smoker in Loguetown using Armament Haki, while Smoker asked Sengoku for Haki training and permission to pursue the Straw Hats. As the Going Merry sailed toward the Grand Line, Bartolomeo set out to sea, and Apis escaped from a Marine warship near Warship Island.

• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji used Armament Haki to beat Smoker, and Liu Qing's Wood Clone advised him to learn Haki before disappearing.
• Smoker called Sengoku, reported the Straw Hats' new Haki, and received approval to learn Haki from Garp and form a pursuit squad.
• Luffy and the others boarded the Going Merry and sailed for the Grand Line, while Bartolomeo took his grandmother's ship and set out with half his followers.
• A day later, Nami proposed stopping at a nearby island to replenish the crew's food and supplies, and Luffy agreed.
• Apis secretly escaped from Nelson's warship in a small boat, and Nelson ordered the Marines to turn back and search for her.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates rescued Apis, discovered she was protecting an ancient dragon, and fought Nelson’s forces when they came to Warship Island. After Grandpa Dragon reunited with his companions and died, the crew stocked up and sailed on toward Reverse Mountain.

• Luffy pulled Apis aboard the Going Merry, and she explained that Nelson had captured her to find a Millennium Dragon; the crew defeated Nelson’s first attack and Liu Qing destroyed his warship.
• Apis secretly led Luffy and the others to Grandpa Dragon in a cave, where they learned the dragon was waiting for his companions to return.
• Liu Qing sensed more than twenty ships approaching, and Nelson ordered them to fire on the Going Merry; Liu Qing shielded the ship while Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Liu Qing attacked the fleet.
• The Lost Island rose from the sea, and Nelson ordered his men to shoot Grandpa Dragon; Erik refused to fight Liu Qing and left, while the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Nelson and the Marines.
• Grandpa Dragon reached the Lost Island but fell from exhaustion; Liu Qing caught him with a wooden tree, and the dragon’s companions arrived before Grandpa Dragon died.
• The Straw Hat Pirates returned to Warship Island, bought supplies, and set sail for Reverse Mountain.

The Straw Hat Pirates crossed Reverse Mountain with Liu Qing’s Wood Release and were swallowed by Laboon. Inside the whale, they met lighthouse keeper Crocus, who calmed Laboon and led them outside, while Liu Qing brought the Going Merry out separately.

• Nami warned the crew about the Knock Up Streams and whirlpools, and the Straw Hat Pirates declared their dreams before entering Reverse Mountain.
• When a whirlpool threatened to drive the Going Merry into the Red Line, Liu Qing summoned a wooden dragon to carry the ship through the channel.
• Laboon swallowed the Going Merry and its crew, and Liu Qing allowed it so he could reach the old man and obtain an Eternal Pose.
• The crew crashed into Crocus’s house inside Laboon, and Crocus explained that the seawater below them was stomach acid and that Laboon was waiting for people who had not returned.
• Crocus used a sedative to calm Laboon, then led the crew outside while Liu Qing carried the Going Merry out on his wooden dragon.

Luffy promised Laboon he would help find its friends, while Crocus gave the crew a Log Pose and advice for navigating the Grand Line. After Liu Qing healed Laboon, the Going Merry set sail for Whiskey Peak with Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9, whose secret scheme Liu Qing noticed.

• Luffy promised Laboon he would stop it from ramming the Red Line and help it find its pirate friends.
• Crocus gave Nami a Log Pose and explained how to navigate the Grand Line, then declined Luffy's invitation to join the crew.
• Liu Qing healed Laboon's wounds, and Sanji welcomed Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 aboard the Going Merry.
• Luffy agreed to take Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 to Whiskey Peak, though Liu Qing noticed their brief, scheming smiles.
• The crew endured severe, changing weather while Nami guided the ship, and Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 later slipped into the sea to approach Whiskey Peak from another side.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Whiskey Peak, where Baroque Works bounty hunters welcomed them and tried to drug them at a banquet. After Liu Qing rescued the unconscious Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp, Zoro stayed behind to test his ability to cut steel, while two people secretly followed Liu Qing and Nami.

• Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 returned to Whiskey Peak and told the Baroque Works leader that the Straw Hat Pirates had survived relentless natural disasters.
• Luffy and the others arrived, and Baroque Works members spotted them and alerted the town and Crocodile.
• Igaram welcomed the Straw Hat Pirates and invited them to a banquet, where Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp ate food laced with drugs.
• Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp passed out, so bounty hunters took them hostage and threatened Liu Qing and Zoro.
• Liu Qing swiftly rescued the three unconscious pirates and left with Nami, while Zoro stayed to fight the bounty hunters and test his strength.
• Two people slipped out of the tavern and secretly followed Liu Qing and Nami.

Liu Qing and the Straw Hat crew agreed to help Princess Nefertari D. Vivi save Alabasta from Crocodile, while Igaram departed under cover of a Wood Clone. In Alabasta, a gathering of powerful figures learned the crew was approaching, and Shanks urged Kaido to wait rather than confront Liu Qing immediately.

• Liu Qing exposed Vivi and Igaram as the pair who had followed the crew, and Vivi revealed her identity as the princess of Alabasta.
• Vivi explained that Crocodile and Baroque Works had orchestrated the rebellion, and Nami agreed to help defeat Crocodile without payment.
• Igaram departed by boat disguised as Vivi, accompanied by a Wood Clone, while Luffy and the others prepared to sail onward.
• Kaido arrived at Crocodile's office seeking Liu Qing, and Kizaru, Perospero, Morgans, Doflamingo, Shanks, Mihawk, Marco, Jozu, Vista, and others gathered there over the following days.
• After Crocodile learned that the Straw Hats had reached Whiskey Peak, Shanks told him to wait for them and asked Kaido not to go after Liu Qing.

Luffy and the Straw Hat crew arrived at Little Garden and split up to gather supplies, while Crocodile recalled his assassins and ordered Robin to find Pluton. The island's volcano erupted as Dorry and Brogy prepared to fight, and an unnoticed venomous insect landed on the Going Merry.

• Crocodile recalled Mr. 5 and the other assassins, then ordered Nico Robin to locate Alabasta's Poneglyph and find Pluton.
• Luffy and his crew reached Little Garden, where Nami assigned everyone jobs and sent Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to hunt for food.
• Liu Qing made three clones to protect Nami, Vivi, and Usopp while he went to inspect the volcanic crater.
• Luffy knocked down a long-necked dinosaur, Sanji defeated a Tyrannosaurus rex, and Zoro killed a triceratops while wandering through the island.
• Nami, Vivi, and Usopp learned from a book that Little Garden was full of dinosaurs and venomous insects, then began looking for a way to recall the hunters.
• The volcano erupted, a tiny venomous insect landed on the Going Merry, and Dorry and Brogy rushed toward each other to fight.

Liu Qing stopped Dorry and Brogy’s century-long fight by telling them about Elbaf’s dwindling population, then learned Hakoku from their demonstration and gave them a ship to sail home. The Straw Hats left the Ancient Island, unaware that a tiny poisonous insect was crawling toward Nami’s bedroom.

• Liu Qing appeared on Dorry’s head and persuaded Dorry and Brogy to stop fighting and return to Elbaf to protect their people.
• Dorry and Brogy agreed to teach Liu Qing Hakoku and demonstrated the technique, which Liu Qing said he learned after watching once.
• Liu Qing used Wood Release to build the giants a sturdy ship, then left with Luffy and the others for the Going Merry.
• Nami warned the crew about the island’s poisonous insects, so they hurried to load their food and sail away.
• A tiny poisonous insect crawled toward Nami’s bedroom as the crew ate on deck and later went to their rooms for the night.

Nami fell ill after being bitten by a poisonous insect, so Liu Qing hurried the Going Merry toward Drum Island to find a doctor. Wapol’s pirate ship blocked their route, but Liu Qing trapped it in a wooden sphere and towed it along as the crew continued toward the snowy island.

• Liu Qing realized Nami might have been bitten by a poisonous insect, and Vivi found the insect on her forehead and confirmed that Nami was sick.
• Vivi identified Drum Island by its year-round snowfall, and Liu Qing used a Wood Dragon to speed the Going Merry toward it.
• Zoro spotted Wapol’s large pirate ship blocking their way, and Wapol demanded to know whether they had a Log Pose or Eternal Pose for Drum Island.
• Vivi recognized Wapol as Drum Island’s king, and Zoro struck him with Three Sword Style: Oni Giri when he tried to bite the Going Merry.
• Wapol ordered his crew to attack, but Liu Qing trapped the Tin Ship and its crew inside a wooden sphere and towed them toward Drum Island.

Liu Qing used Wapol’s capture to persuade Drum Island’s people to let the crew ashore, then took the sick Nami to the castle where Dr. Kureha and Chopper treated her. Nami woke after taking Chopper’s medicine, but her shock at hearing him speak caused Chopper to faint.

• Liu Qing explained that Wapol could serve as a distraction from the crew’s pirate status, and Zoro revealed their capture to Dalton’s armed crowd.
• Dalton allowed the crew onto Drum Island and directed them to the castle in exchange for their capture of Wapol.
• Liu Qing carried Luffy and the others to the castle on a Wood Dragon, where Dr. Kureha recognized the venomous insect that had bitten Nami and assigned Chopper to prepare medicine.
• Chopper gave Nami the medicine, and she woke up confused and asked where she was.
• Chopper asked whether Nami’s fever had gone down, but she screamed that the raccoon dog could talk, startling him into striking his head and passing out.

After Nami’s fever eased, Kureha explained Chopper’s painful past and the wish he inherited from Hiriluk. Luffy and Liu Qing learned they would need to save Drum Island and fulfill that wish before Chopper would join their crew.

• Kureha kicked Luffy away when he invited her to be the crew’s doctor, then checked on Nami after Chopper’s crash brought everyone to her room.
• Luffy chased Chopper around the castle, and the two became friends after fighting near Hiriluk’s old house.
• Kureha told Liu Qing that Chopper would only go to sea after Drum Island was saved and covered in cherry blossoms, then recalled how Hiriluk adopted Chopper and died after sending him to seek a cure.
• Kureha explained that Wapol’s family denied the people access to affordable medical care and said Chopper needed the country saved and filled with red flowers.
• Luffy decided to kill Wapol’s family, but Liu Qing stopped him and asked whether Kureha could govern the country; Kureha objected to being called old, prompting Nami to tease her about claiming to be young.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates drove Wapol from Drum Island, and Chopper agreed to sail with them as their doctor. After helping Chopper treat the island’s sick, they gave him a farewell gift of red flowers before setting out.

• Kureha urged Chopper to leave with Luffy and the others, and Liu Qing agreed to help Dalton drive Wapol from Drum Island.
• Dalton asked the Straw Hat Pirates to spare Wapol’s life but force him and his men to leave the island permanently.
• Luffy gave Wapol a choice between death and exile, and Wapol chose to leave Drum Island with his men.
• Chopper asked Liu Qing to help the people of Drum Island and promised to set sail with the crew afterward.
• Chopper treated the island’s sick with help from nearly a hundred doctors while Liu Qing built a house for them in the kingdom’s square.
• The crew gave Chopper an island covered in red flowers, then departed with him as Kureha watched them leave.

The Straw Hats reached Alabasta and learned how Crocodile's Dance Powder had helped devastate the country, but in Nanohana they discovered the rebellion had already ended. Ace arrived in the city and headed toward Luffy, while Smoker and Tashigi pursued him.

• The Straw Hats landed in Alabasta, where Vivi explained that Crocodile's Dance Powder had stolen rain from other regions and turned people against her father.
• After seeing a desiccated corpse, Vivi wept, and Luffy vowed to defeat Crocodile.
• The next day in Nanohana, the group learned that the rebels had ended their revolt and that conditions were improving, leaving them puzzled about the change.
• Ace heard what he thought was Luffy's voice and headed toward the tavern where the Straw Hats were eating.
• Smoker recognized Ace and set off after him with Tashigi.

Ace reunited with Luffy in a tavern in Nanohana, where Liu Qing learned that Kaido and Perospero had come to Alabasta for him and Smoker explained the Marines’ plan to gather evidence against Crocodile. Kaido learned Liu Qing’s location and flew toward Nanohana, while the other powerful figures set out to watch their coming battle.

• Ace found Luffy in the tavern, and Smoker accidentally smashed Ace through a table while charging after Luffy.
• Luffy greeted Ace, then Smoker explained that he had come to gather evidence of Crocodile’s plot to seize Alabasta.
• Ace warned Liu Qing that Kaido and Perospero had come for him, while Shanks, Marco, and others prepared to protect Luffy.
• Vivi began discussing evidence against Crocodile with Smoker, as Luffy and Ace caught up over food.
• Nico Robin decided she would leave Crocodile and try to join the Straw Hat Pirates after the coming battle.
• Kaido learned Liu Qing was in Nanohana, transformed into an Azure Dragon, and flew there as Crocodile and the others followed.

Smoker secured evidence of Crocodile’s crimes and enlisted the Straw Hat Pirates to help arrest him, but Kaido arrived and challenged Liu Qing to join the Beasts Pirates. Liu Qing refused and followed Kaido to a ruined island to fight him, while the gathered pirates and Marines remained behind.

• Smoker reported Vivi’s evidence to Sengoku, who revoked Crocodile’s Shichibukai status and ordered Smoker to arrest him.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji agreed to help Smoker deal with Crocodile.
• Kaido arrived in Nanohana, dismissed Ace, and offered Liu Qing the position of vice captain in the Beasts Pirates.
• Shanks, Marco, other pirates, and Crocodile gathered as Kaido pressed Liu Qing for an answer.
• Smoker told Crocodile that the government had ordered his arrest, and Crocodile boasted that his Logia powers made him hard to capture.
• Liu Qing refused Kaido’s offer, accepted his challenge, and went with him to a ruined island to fight.

Liu Qing and Kaido fought an escalating battle in the ruins of Yuba, trading Conqueror’s Haki attacks that devastated the city and incapacitated most of the spectators. After rejecting Kaido’s offer to join the Beasts Pirates, Liu Qing used Wood Release to trap Kaido in a vast forest that drained his stamina.

• Crocodile slipped away toward the Alabasta Kingdom’s capital to reach its Poneglyph, while Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Smoker followed him.
• Kaido opened the duel with Thunder Bagua, and Liu Qing met his Conqueror’s Coating with Monster Strength Fist, unleashing a clash that knocked out the spectators.
• Liu Qing struck Kaido with Hakoku, sending him flying and leaving him wounded; Kaido entered his drunken state and grew stronger as the two continued fighting.
• Liu Qing and Kaido used Hakoku against each other, creating an enormous explosion that formed a crater and injured Jozu as the spectators retreated.
• Kaido invited Liu Qing to join the Beasts Pirates, but Liu Qing refused, so Kaido attacked with compressed-air shells and wind blades.
• Liu Qing used Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees to turn Yuba into a vast forest that bound Kaido and drained his stamina.

Liu Qing fought Kaido in Alabasta, using Wood Release constructs to withstand the dragon’s attacks. When Kaido’s wind blades overwhelmed the wood golem’s defenses, Liu Qing entered Sage Mode and summoned True Several Thousand Hands, leaving Kaido facing a ten-thousand-meter Buddha statue with thousands of arms.

• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Liu Qing’s unknown ability while Akainu complained that he had not been sent to Alabasta.
• Kaido transformed into an Azure Dragon, escaped the forest’s restraints, and burned it with Bolo Breath.
• Liu Qing summoned a Wood Golem, and he and Kaido fought with Haki-coated strikes as distant observers fled the shock waves.
• Kaido used Dragon Twister Demolition Gust, sending wind blades through the golem’s defenses toward Liu Qing.
• Liu Qing activated Sage Mode and summoned True Several Thousand Hands, revealing a vast Buddha statue with 9,999 arms and a magazine full of more.

Liu Qing overwhelmed Kaido with True Several Thousand Hands, then defeated his final Flame Bagua charge with Haki-coated arms. After ending the battle, Liu Qing used Wood Release to reinforce the ruined island of Yuba, as a group approached him.

• Perospero reported Liu Qing’s power to Big Mom, who ordered him to return, while Ace refused Marco’s offer to help and sent the Whitebeard Pirates back to the Moby Dick.
• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to arrest Kaido and Crocodile if Kaido lost, as Morgans photographed the fight and anticipated a sensational headline.
• Kaido transformed into his dragon-man form and battled Liu Qing’s True Several Thousand Hands with Kundali: Dragon Swarm, Drunken Thunder: Ragnaraku, and repeated uses of Hakoku.
• Kaido launched Flame Bagua toward Liu Qing, but Liu Qing struck his head with Haki-coated arms, knocked him unconscious, and ended the fight.
• Liu Qing shrank the Buddha statue and used Nativity of a World of Trees to reinforce Yuba’s damaged ground as a group of people walked over.

Liu Qing left Kaido with Kizaru, warned Ace about Blackbeard, and returned to find Crocodile seizing Alubarna. The Straw Hat Pirates, Smoker, Tashigi, and Vivi defeated Baroque Works’ fighters and pursued Crocodile, who revealed he had come to Alabasta seeking the location of Pluton.

• Kizaru took custody of the unconscious Kaido, while Doflamingo offered Liu Qing a partnership and then departed.
• Ace asked Liu Qing to give Luffy his Vivre Card, and Liu Qing warned him to beware of Blackbeard before leaving.
• Crocodile took control of King Nefertari Cobra in Alubarna, but Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Smoker, Tashigi, and Vivi arrived to oppose him.
• Zoro defeated Mr. 1, Sanji defeated Bon Clay, Tashigi defeated Miss Doublefinger, and Smoker defeated Miss Merry Christmas and Mr. 4.
• Luffy broke free of Goldenweek and Gem’s control, defeated them and Mr. 5, and joined the others as Vivi led them toward the royal tombs.
• At the funerary temple, Crocodile told Cobra he sought the Poneglyph’s record of Pluton’s location so he could build the world’s strongest nation.

Pell and Chaka led the Royal Army against Crocodile, while Nico Robin continued translating the inscription in the Funerary Hall. Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Smoker, and Tashigi defeated Crocodile, whom Smoker took into custody, and Vivi thanked the Straw Hats for saving her country.

• Pell and Chaka led the Royal Army into the Funerary Hall to rescue King Cobra, but Crocodile swept them outside with a sandstorm.
• Crocodile told Nico Robin to finish translating the inscription while he went out to fight the Royal Army.
• Vivi arrived with Luffy and the others, and they blocked Crocodile's Desert Spada from striking the Royal Army.
• Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Smoker, and Tashigi used Haki and their strongest attacks to overwhelm Crocodile and knock him unconscious.
• Smoker restrained Crocodile and took him away, while Tashigi told Zoro she would claim his swords when they next met.
• Vivi thanked Luffy and the others, and Luffy told her they had helped because they considered her a friend.

After Crocodile’s arrest, the Straw Hat Pirates celebrated with Vivi and Cobra, then prepared to leave Alabasta. Marines pursued the Going Merry, and the crew fought back as Bon Clay joined them and Liu Qing protected their ship.

• The Royal Army celebrated Crocodile’s arrest, while Nico Robin watched Vivi with envy and left for the Going Merry.
• Luffy and the others feasted at the Royal Palace, and Nami asked Vivi to consider sailing with them.
• Big News Morgans agreed to distribute the Straw Hat Pirates’ wanted posters for Fleet Admiral Sengoku.
• A soldier warned Cobra that Marine warships were approaching Nanohana, and Luffy launched his companions toward the missing Going Merry with Gum-Gum Angry Birds.
• Bon Clay revealed that he had saved the Going Merry, and Lieutenant Kuro ordered the Marines to fire on the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Liu Qing shielded the Going Merry from cannon fire as Bon Clay, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji attacked the warships while Nami and Usopp provided support.

The Straw Hat Pirates escaped the Marines as Vivi stayed in Alabasta, and Garp arrived to confront Luffy before leaving them supplies and training notes. As the crew sailed onward, Nico Robin revealed her past and asked to join, and Luffy welcomed her aboard.

• Jango hypnotized the Marines into attacking, but the Straw Hat Pirates defeated Kuro, the Nyaban Brothers, and Helmeppo while Luffy fought Hina.
• Vivi gave a farewell speech and told the crew she would remain in Alabasta; the Straw Hats answered by showing the X marks on their raised arms.
• Liu Qing warned that Garp was nearby, so Luffy and the others returned to the Going Merry, where Vivi said goodbye from shore.
• Garp struck Luffy, sent Hina and the Marines away, and left the crew Six Powers and Haki notebooks along with a Den Den Mushi before taking Bon Clay and the others with him.
• Nico Robin appeared aboard the Going Merry, told the crew about her past, and asked to join; Luffy accepted her as a crewmate.

Robin joined the Straw Hat Pirates after explaining that her knowledge of Ancient Script could help them reach Laugh Tale, and the crew received new bounties before setting sail for another island. When the Log Pose pointed skyward, Robin described the legend of Sky Island, and a falling ship wreck confirmed that the story might be true.

• Robin offered her knowledge of Ancient Script to the crew, and Nami agreed to accept her after taking her gems.
• The crew received their new bounty posters, including Liu Qing's 2 billion Beli bounty, and celebrated together.
• The crew reached an island, where Chopper practiced with his Rumble Balls while Liu Qing slept aboard the Going Merry.
• The next day, Nami noticed that the Log Pose pointed toward the sky, and Robin explained the legend of Sky Island.
• A wrecked pirate ship fell toward the Going Merry, and Zoro split it apart with a sword slash, leaving a chunk of gold on deck.
• Nami grabbed Zoro and berated him for destroying the ship before they could search it for treasure.