Recaps

Liu Qing joined Luffy’s crew and helped gather its first members while they defeated pirates and secured a ship. After freeing Nami’s village from Arlong and Nezumi, the crew celebrated, and Marine Headquarters began issuing bounties for the Straw Hat Pirates.

• Liu Qing joined Luffy and helped him recruit Zoro, while the group defeated Captain Morgan and left Shells Town with a boat.
• Liu Qing, Luffy, and Zoro defeated Buggy’s crew, and Nami agreed to sail with them as their navigator after they helped her village.
• Liu Qing captured the Black Cat Pirates and helped Usopp stop Kuro’s plot, after which Kaya gave Luffy’s group the Going Merry and Usopp joined the crew.
• The crew recruited Sanji at Baratie, where Zoro lost to Mihawk and Liu Qing fought Mihawk before receiving Haki training books and earning a 500-million-Beli bounty.
• Liu Qing taught the crew Haki as they sailed to Nami’s home, where the Straw Hats defeated Arlong’s Fish-Men and Nami spared Hachi.
• Liu Qing and the Straw Hats defeated Nezumi’s Marines after discovering his collusion with Arlong, and Marine Headquarters began investigating the village and issuing crew bounties.

The Straw Hat Pirates sailed through the Grand Line, gained Chopper and Robin as crewmates, and helped Vivi save Alabasta by defeating Crocodile. After Vivi stayed behind, the crew received new bounties and followed the Log Pose toward the sky.

• Liu Qing rejected Dragon’s offer to become deputy leader of the Revolutionary Army, then helped Luffy escape Loguetown as the crew defeated Smoker and sailed for the Grand Line.
• The Straw Hat Pirates helped Apis reunite Grandpa Dragon with the other Millennium Dragons, crossed Reverse Mountain, and promised Laboon they would return.
• Liu Qing exposed Vivi and Igaram’s identities at Whiskey Peak, and Vivi explained Crocodile’s plot to destabilize Alabasta.
• On Little Garden, Liu Qing stopped Dorry and Brogy’s duel, then the crew rushed to Drum Island after a poisonous insect left Nami sick.
• Liu Qing helped Dalton drive Wapol from Drum Island, and Chopper joined the crew after treating the island’s sick and seeing it covered in red flowers.
• Liu Qing defeated Kaido in a duel, while Luffy and the others helped Smoker arrest Crocodile and ended the rebellion in Alabasta.
• Vivi chose to stay in Alabasta, Garp confronted the Straw Hats, and Robin joined the crew after asking Luffy to let her sail with them.
• The crew celebrated their new bounties, then found that the Log Pose pointed toward the sky after a wrecked ship dropped gold onto the Going Merry.

Liu Qing and the Straw Hats reached Sky Island, defeated Enel, and returned to the Blue Sea with gold, then faced Kuzan and traveled to Water 7. There, they fought CP0 over Saint Echarri, and Liu Qing negotiated with the Five Elders as Iceburg agreed to help build them a ship.

• Liu Qing fought Blackbeard after learning he had captured Ace, then the Straw Hats followed Mont Blanc Cricket’s directions and rode a Knock Up Stream to Sky Island.
• The Straw Hats explored Skypiea, joined forces with the Shandians, and defeated Enel’s Priests as Enel prepared to destroy the island.
• Liu Qing destroyed Enel’s Raigo, revealing the Golden Bell and Poneglyph, and the crew celebrated before secretly taking gold from the bell.
• The Straw Hats left Sky Island, survived a fall back to the Blue Sea, and met Garp at Navarone, where he persuaded Jonathan to let them go.
• The crew agreed the Going Merry needed a stronger ship, then encountered Kuzan, who attacked them and demanded they abandon Robin before Liu Qing and the others stopped him.
• The Straw Hats met Kokoro and Chimney and sailed to Water 7, where Saint Echarri ordered CP0 to seize Robin, Nami, and Chopper.
• Liu Qing and the Straw Hats fought CP0, while the Five Elders sent Kizaru and CP9 toward Water 7, and Liu Qing’s clones captured Saint Echarri and Spandam.
• Kizaru secured the Five Elders’ agreement to Liu Qing’s demands, and Iceburg agreed to help the Straw Hats build a large ship.

Liu Qing rescued Ace and changed his identity, then gathered allies as the Marines, Whitebeard’s forces, and rival Emperors converged at Marineford. After the fighting spread across the battlefield, Liu Qing faced Douglas Bullet alone, while Shanks arrived and called for an end to the battle.

• Liu Qing arranged for Trafalgar Law, Kureha, and Ivankov to transform Ace into a woman named Portgas D. Anne, then sent him to warn Whitebeard about the execution trap.
• The Straw Hat Pirates reached Sabaody, where Luffy punched a Celestial Dragon to rescue Camie, and Kuma later sent the crew to separate islands to train for two years.
• Liu Qing formed a Delivery Company with Law, Hawkins, Apoo, Cavendish, and Bartolomeo, while Whitebeard and Sengoku secretly prepared to limit the danger of the coming battle.
• Whitebeard attacked Marineford, and Liu Qing led his allies there as Kaido and Big Mom joined the conflict and the World Government revealed a Wood Clone in Ace’s place.
• Anne fought Teach at Marineford, while Whitebeard, the Marines, the escaped prisoners, and Liu Qing’s followers joined the spreading battle.
• Liu Qing stopped Whitebeard from fighting himself to death and arranged treatment, then accepted Douglas Bullet’s challenge and sent the exhausted fighters to safety.
• Liu Qing fought Bullet with his Haki and More-More Fruit, restraining him with trees and pollen before Bullet built a massive robot and Liu Qing enlarged his Wood Golem to meet it.
• Kaido quietly ordered the Beast Pirates to leave Marineford as Shanks arrived with eleven others, drew Gryphon, and called for everyone to end the battle.