Recaps

Kirishima Bupai defeated Don Krieg and was confronted by Hawkeye, Dracule Mihawk, who challenged him to a sword fight. As Zoro was immobilized by Kirishima’s killing intent, the duel left Hawkeye badly wounded and Kirishima in control.

• Kirishima Bupai smashed Don Krieg into his flagship and left him unconscious on its wreckage.
• Hawkeye, Dracule Mihawk, arrived and sliced the flagship into three sections with a flying slash.
• Kirishima recognized Hawkeye and drew Yamato as Don Krieg clung to debris and watched from the sea.
• Zoro tried to leap from Baratie to challenge Hawkeye, but Kirishima’s killing intent pinned him to the deck.
• Hawkeye drew Yoru and fought Kirishima, but Kirishima’s attacks destroyed Hawkeye’s boat and sent him into the sea.
• Hawkeye unleashed powerful slashes and pressed Kirishima with his swordsmanship, but Kirishima evaded and countered until Hawkeye was covered in wounds.

Kirishima Bupai defeated Hawkeye Mihawk with a devastating sword strike, leaving Zoro and the Baratie’s survivors stunned by the gulf in strength. As Bupai ignored Zoro’s request to spar and sat down to eat, Don Krieg recovered on a boat and prepared to attack the Baratie with his remaining poison gas bombs.

• Kirishima Bupai unleashed Judgment Cut End, destroying the wreckage around him and hurling Hawkeye Mihawk through the Baratie wall.
• Hawkeye Mihawk asked whether that was Kirishima Bupai’s true strength, and Kirishima answered no before Hawkeye lost consciousness.
• Zoro, Zeff, and Sanji watched in shock as Kirishima Bupai returned to the restaurant and ordered the cooks to remake several dishes.
• Zoro asked Kirishima Bupai to spar, but Kirishima ignored him and ate while Zoro withdrew in frustration.
• Gin the Man-Demon rescued Don Krieg, who found his surviving HD5 poison gas bombs and aimed them at the Baratie.

Don Krieg fired a poison gas shell at the Baratie, but Hawkeye Mihawk destroyed it and sent Krieg and Gin flying into the sea with a sword slash. When Hawkeye pressed Kirishima Bupai for his name, Kirishima discovered he had no money to pay for his meal and tried to hint that Hawkeye should lend him some Berries.

• Gin tried to stop Don Krieg from firing because their men were still at the restaurant, but Krieg struck him down and fired the poison gas shell.
• Hawkeye woke, struggled to his feet, and asked Kirishima Bupai to identify himself.
• Kirishima pointed out the incoming shell, and Hawkeye used Yoru to destroy it and blast Don Krieg and Gin away in their boat.
• Hawkeye again demanded Kirishima's name as Zoro watched, but Kirishima realized he had no Berries to pay for his meal.
• Kirishima hinted at his empty pockets while looking at Hawkeye, who was baffled and only slowly guessed that Kirishima could not pay the bill.

After Johnny and Joseph accused Nami of stealing their treasure, Kirishima Bupai secretly accepted 150,000 Berries from Hawkeye Mihawk to cover his bill. He revealed that he was called V, and when Zoro challenged him to a spar, Hawkeye declared that V had defeated him and was now the world’s greatest swordsman.

• Luffy pulled Johnny and Joseph from the sea, and they accused Nami of stealing their treasure and abandoning them.
• Hawkeye discreetly gave Kirishima Bupai 150,000 Berries, which Kirishima used to pay his bill at the Baratie.
• Kirishima told the restaurant that V was his title and invited them to call him Big Brother V.
• Zoro asked V to spar with him, but V pointed him toward Hawkeye instead.
• Hawkeye told Zoro that V had completely defeated him and was now the world’s greatest swordsman, while V protested that he did not want the title.

Kirishima Bupai sparred with Zoro and overwhelmed him, but Zoro turned his defeat into a renewed vow to become the world’s greatest swordsman. Kirishima vanished into the sunset and found that his system’s points feature was still awaiting activation.

• Zoro challenged Kirishima Bupai to a spar, and Kirishima accepted after recognizing his resolve.
• Zoro attacked with his three-sword style, but Kirishima casually deflected every strike and criticized his technique.
• Kirishima struck Zoro in the chest, sending him through a wall and leaving him badly injured.
• Zoro swore to Kuina that he would become the world’s greatest swordsman, while Luffy cheered him on.
• Kirishima disappeared from the restaurant and walked through the clouds, where he saw that his system’s method for earning points remained inactive.

Kirishima Bupai exchanged his remaining Berries for a few System Points, then stopped for the night at a hotel on a quiet island. Captain Nezumi and his men extorted the hotel and threatened its guests alongside a gang of pirates, ending with a cannon blast aimed at the lobby.

• Kirishima Bupai discovered that 50,000 Berries could be exchanged for only 5 Points and reluctantly made the trade.
• Kirishima Bupai spent the night’s remaining money on a luxury suite at a hotel near the harbor.
• Captain Nezumi barged into the hotel with Marines and demanded protection money from the owner.
• Captain Nezumi kicked the elderly manager and dismissed the guests’ accusations of repeated extortion and collusion with pirates.
• Captain Nezumi ordered pirates outside to aim a cannon at the unarmed crowd and commanded them to fire.

Kirishima Bupai survived a cannon blast at the hotel and confronted the pirates and Marines from the second-floor breach. After he cut down several pirates with Yamato, Captain Nezumi ordered another attack and tried to flee.

• A cannonball smashed through the hotel wall as Kirishima Bupai’s music blared from the second floor.
• Kirishima Bupai rose from his chair, confronted the crowd, and challenged Captain Nezumi over firing a cannon at him.
• The pirates aimed their weapons at Kirishima Bupai and shouted for the cannons to fire again.
• Kirishima Bupai drew Yamato slightly and disintegrated five or six pirates with a single strike.
• Captain Nezumi panicked, ordered the Marines to fire, and stumbled toward the hotel entrance.

Kirishima Bupai slaughtered the pirates attacking the hotel and forced the Marine soldiers to pursue Captain Nezumi. When Nezumi tried to escape by ship, Kirishima Bupai hurled a steel pipe through him and pinned him to the shore.

• Kirishima Bupai cut down nearly all the pirates outside the hotel with invisible slashes and ordered the Marines to bring Captain Nezumi back.
• Most of the Marine soldiers threw down their weapons and chased Captain Nezumi, while the few who attacked Kirishima Bupai were reduced to dust.
• Hotel guests and residents joined the Marines in capturing the remaining pirates.
• Kirishima Bupai spotted Captain Nezumi fleeing toward a Marine warship and threw a steel pipe across the distance.
• The pipe pierced Captain Nezumi and pinned him to the sand beside the warship, where he screamed in pain.

Kirishima Bupai brutally executed Captain Nezumi after civilians and Marines beat him and soldiers uncovered evidence of his crimes. He left the stunned crowd to deal with the aftermath and went to sleep, warning them not to fire another cannon at him.

• The Marines and civilians beat Captain Nezumi and dragged him to Kirishima Bupai.
• Captain Nezumi threatened Kirishima Bupai, who severed his hand and then his leg as he counted down.
• Marine soldiers returned with evidence of Captain Nezumi's corruption and crimes.
• Kirishima Bupai had Captain Nezumi tied to a pillar and fired a cannon at him, killing him.
• Kirishima Bupai told the stunned crowd to do what they wanted and went to his room, warning them not to fire a cannon at him again.

After Kirishima Bupai returned to his room, Captain Nezumi survived the cannon blast and escaped with his followers. Days later, he reached Arlong Park and convinced Arlong to seek revenge against the white-haired man, sending the Fish-Men toward Syrup Village.

• Kirishima Bupai returned to his damaged hotel room and went to sleep, dismissing Captain Nezumi as an insignificant enemy.
• Captain Nezumi survived the cannon blast but lost his right arm and leg and suffered severe burns.
• Captain Nezumi's subordinates carried him to a reconnaissance boat, and they fled toward Arlong Park.
• At Arlong Park, Captain Nezumi described Kirishima Bupai's attack to Arlong and claimed he had insulted Arlong and threatened the park.
• Captain Nezumi offered Arlong his savings and asked him to take revenge before losing consciousness.
• Arlong ordered Kuroobi, Choo, and Hatchan to gather the Fish-Men, bring weapons, find Nami, and head toward Syrup Village.

The Straw Hats reached Cocoyasi Village and learned that Arlong had taken Nami west to guide his crew toward a fight with Kirishima Bupai. Arlong confronted Bupai on an island near Syrup Village, while Luffy and the others sailed after Nami.

• Kirishima Bupai lounged near Syrup Village, bored and watching the sea as the Arlong Pirates approached.
• Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji arrived at Cocoyasi Village and learned from an old woman that Arlong had taken Nami west.
• Luffy ordered the Merry to sail west and rescue Nami, with the Straw Hats pursuing Arlong's ship.
• Nami guided Arlong's warship toward Kirishima Bupai's location while worrying about the danger to her village.
• Arlong brought Nami and his officers ashore, confronted Bupai, and demanded to know whether he felt brave after insulting Arlong and attacking a Marine captain.

Kirishima Bupai confronted Arlong and killed him with a single kick, then subdued the rest of the Arlong Pirates with his killing intent and a trial of Subject One. He left the fish-men alive but demanded territory and reparations as the Straw Hats sailed toward the island to rescue Nami.

• Arlong threatened Kirishima Bupai and demanded that he beg for mercy, while Nami recognized Kirishima and feared what would happen.
• Kirishima killed Arlong with one casual kick, sending his body through the figurehead and hull of his flagship.
• Kirishima's killing intent forced the fish-men, including Kuroobi, Choo, and Hatchan, to their knees.
• Kirishima tried Subject One on the fish-men, then accepted their pleas for mercy and demanded territory and reparations.
• The Straw Hats approached the island, and Luffy called out that they were coming for Nami.

After Kirishima Bupai defeated Arlong and his pirates, Luffy and the others arrived to find the battle already over. Nami feared Kirishima would punish Cocoyasi Village, so she begged him to spare its people.

• Luffy and the crew arrived at the beach and found Nami safe, the fish-men kneeling, and Kirishima Bupai resting nearby.
• Luffy went aboard the damaged ship and found Arlong dead, while Zoro and Sanji recognized that Kirishima had killed him with a devastating attack.
• Kirishima told the fish-men he would settle the score with them, prompting them to beg for mercy.
• Nami feared Kirishima would blame Cocoyasi Village for sheltering Arlong and pleaded with him to spare the villagers, explaining that they had been forced to serve the pirates.

Kirishima Bupai reassured Nami that Cocoyasi Village was safe and accepted her hundred million Berries as payment for Arlong's head. A crowd of reporters and admirers then descended on the beach, leaving him overwhelmed by the attention.

• Nami offered Kirishima Bupai her hundred million Berries in exchange for sparing Cocoyasi Village.
• Kirishima Bupai told Nami he had no intention of harming the village and accepted the money as payment for Arlong's head.
• Nami broke down in relief, and Luffy called Kirishima Bupai a good guy while Zoro and Usopp reacted warily.
• Speedboats carrying reporters from news organizations rushed to the beach and crowded around Kirishima Bupai with questions about Mihawk and his future.
• News Coos and island residents joined the gathering as Kirishima Bupai tried to escape the growing crowd.

After escaping the reporters, Kirishima Bupai remembered Nami’s promised 100 million Berries and waited aboard the Going Merry to collect it. He took 30 million Berries from Nami and joined the Straw Hat Crew for a feast, while the rest of his payment remained due.

• The reporters trampled Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Nami, and Sanji as they chased after Kirishima Bupai, while islanders and navy soldiers captured the remaining Arlong Pirates.
• Kirishima Bupai remembered Nami’s 100 million Berries reward, went aboard the Going Merry, and waited for the Straw Hat Crew.
• Nami gave Kirishima Bupai a chest containing 30 million Berries, which he made vanish, and he agreed to collect the rest in a few days.
• Luffy invited Kirishima Bupai to a feast, and the Straw Hat Crew prepared food and rum for him.

Over a campfire meal, Kirishima Bupai explained to Zoro and the Straw Hat Crew that he had abandoned ambition because he hated work and preferred to slack off. He claimed he had once ruled a world, leaving the crew stunned by his pursuit of comfort.

• Zoro asked Kirishima Bupai why someone so powerful seemed idle and had no ambition to seek greater challenges.
• Kirishima Bupai dismissed ruling a kingdom, serving as a Navy admiral, finding the ONE PIECE, and becoming the world's Greatest Swordsman as exhausting, stupid, boring, or pointless.
• Kirishima Bupai said he had once ruled a world from behind the scenes but had given up because even the supreme leader had to work and handle meetings and paperwork.
• Kirishima Bupai declared that slacking off was the most comfortable thing in the world and described spending his days deciding where to go and what to eat.
• The Straw Hat Crew was left stunned, while Zoro found Kirishima Bupai's outlook both heretical and strangely enviable.

Kirishima Bupai declared that no one in the world could make him fight at full power, then returned with the Straw Hat Crew to Cocoyasi Village after Arlong’s defeat. The villagers celebrated their freedom and hailed him as their savior, while Nami led him to the grove to hand over the remaining 70 million Berries.

• Kirishima Bupai told Zoro that he doubted anyone could draw out his full power and urged him to grow stronger for a future “Subject One” or “Subject Two” practice.
• The Merry sailed back to Cocoyasi Village, where villagers cheered the Straw Hat Crew’s return and celebrated Arlong’s defeat.
• Nami introduced Kirishima Bupai to the villagers as Lord V, the man who had killed Arlong and destroyed the Arlong Pirates.
• Kirishima Bupai stopped the villagers from kneeling and looked to Nami for the rest of his payment.
• Nami led Kirishima Bupai to a storeroom in Bellemere’s tangerine grove and opened a safe containing the remaining 70 million Berries.

Kirishima Bupai collected Nami’s 70 million Berries with his mysterious power, then vanished after promising Zoro a chance to challenge him on the Grand Line. In Loguetown, he discovered the World Government had issued him a 1.6 billion Berries bounty and decided to visit Marine Headquarters.

• Kirishima Bupai made Nami’s 70 million Berries disappear, leaving Nami, Nojiko, Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro stunned.
• Kirishima Bupai told Zoro he would await him on the Grand Line and offer him a chance to challenge him, then disappeared from the Orange Grove.
• Zoro vowed to grow strong enough to make Kirishima Bupai draw his blade, while Luffy celebrated their promised rematch.
• Kirishima Bupai arrived in Loguetown and drew a crowd who recognized him as the new world’s Greatest Swordsman.
• Kirishima Bupai saw a wanted poster listing his bounty as 1.6 billion Berries and accusing him of killing Hawkeye and attacking a Marine Base.
• Kirishima Bupai tore up the poster and said he would visit Marine Headquarters.

Kirishima Bupai confronted Marine Captain Smoker, who tried to arrest him in Loguetown, and defeated him and the ambushing Marines with a single punch. Kirishima walked past the wreckage and continued toward his “real business,” leaving Smoker to decide whether to try stopping him again.

• Kirishima Bupai reacted angrily to his 1.6-billion bounty poster as thick smoke suddenly engulfed the street.
• Smoker revealed himself and demanded that Kirishima surrender, while Marines prepared to ambush him from nearby rooftops and alleys.
• Smoker attacked Kirishima with a giant arm of smoke, and Kirishima struck back with a punch that shattered the smoke and hurled Smoker through a shop wall.
• Kirishima’s shock wave swept the Marine soldiers away, leaving them scattered across the street.
• Kirishima walked past the injured Smoker and warned him not to try stopping him again.

Kirishima Bupai escaped Smoker’s interception in Loguetown, while Shanks and Mihawk discussed his threat to the world’s balance. After buying a complete map of the One Piece world, Kirishima encountered a young Marine who looked almost exactly like Kuina.

• Smoker restrained himself from attacking Kirishima Bupai, reported the failed interception to Marine headquarters, and warned that Kirishima’s strength was unfathomable.
• Shanks visited Hawkeye Mihawk, asked about his defeat by V, and heard Mihawk call V a monster who could change the New World’s balance.
• Kirishima Bupai spent 2,000 system points to load a complete map of the One Piece world and began preparing to set Marine Headquarters as his destination.
• Kirishima Bupai ran into a young Marine girl who fell and apologized while searching for her glasses.
• Kirishima Bupai recognized the girl as Tashigi and picked up her round-framed glasses.

Kirishima Bupai returned Tashigi’s glasses and revealed that the reports about Hawkeye were false before leaving Loguetown with Yamato. At an inn, he used the system shop to buy a Dante navigation voice pack and set out for his next destination.

• Kirishima handed Tashigi her glasses, dismissed his 1.6-billion-Berry bounty as overblown, and said Hawkeye was alive and the newspapers had lied.
• Kirishima told Tashigi to greet Smoker and ask him to prepare cigars, then disappeared into the harbor shadows.
• Tashigi hurried to the Marine Branch to report her encounter to Smoker.
• Kirishima carried Yamato to an inn, paid for a room, and checked the system’s planned route from Loguetown through the Calm Belt.
• Kirishima spent 1,000 points on the Dante navigation voice pack, and the new voice confirmed Loguetown harbor as the departure point.

Monkey D. Dragon broke into Kirishima Bupai’s room to invite him to join the Revolutionary Army, but Kirishima refused and warned him not to step on his bed. Dragon left him a private contact card before departing.

• Monkey D. Dragon entered Kirishima Bupai’s room through the window at night, accidentally hit his head, and was identified by Kirishima.
• Dragon invited Kirishima to join the Revolutionary Army and help overthrow the World Government, but Kirishima refused because he had a score to settle at Marine Headquarters.
• Dragon offered refuge from Kirishima’s 1.6-billion-Berry bounty, but Kirishima said the bounty would not last much longer.
• Kirishima threatened to break Dragon’s legs for standing on his bed, and Dragon quickly stepped away.
• Dragon gave Kirishima his private contact card and said the Revolutionary Army would remain open to him.

Kirishima Bupai rejected Dragon’s attempt to recruit him and warned that he would destroy the Marines if his wanted poster remained. After an explosion interrupted his sleep in Loguetown, he saw Buggy the Clown and his pirates causing a commotion at the harbor.

• Dragon tried once more to persuade Kirishima Bupai to join the Revolutionary Army, but Kirishima intimidated him into silence.
• Kirishima said he would make the Marines disappear if his wanted poster did not, and Dragon fled through the window.
• Kirishima destroyed Dragon’s business card, checked his Eternal Pose, and went to sleep dreaming of a vacation.
• An explosion woke Kirishima, who left the inn and saw smoke and panic spreading from Loguetown’s harbor.
• Kirishima recognized Buggy the Clown, whose pirates announced that Straw Hat Luffy and his crew were in town.

Kirishima Bupai ran into Buggy and his cloaked pirates as they hunted for Straw Hat, then overwhelmed them when they attacked. Buggy was left scattered and battered on the ground, while his crew lay beaten and terrified.

• Buggy recognized Straw Hat as the target of his revenge and led his pirates into town in disguise.
• Buggy collided with Kirishima Bupai, recognized the feared swordsman, and tried to stop his men from attacking.
• A pirate struck at Kirishima Bupai with a spiked club, and Kirishima knocked him into the crowd with one punch.
• Buggy split his body apart to escape, but Kirishima Bupai trapped his pieces with a gravitational field.
• Kirishima Bupai beat Buggy and his pirates until Buggy lay bruised and unable to reassemble himself.

Kirishima Bupai sailed the stolen Big Top from Loguetown toward Marineford, but reached Enies Lobby and unleashed his Sin Devil Trigger to bypass its Gates of Justice. The transformation drained the sea around the island and drew the stunned attention of CP9, who watched from the Tower of Justice.

• Kirishima Bupai took the terrified pirates' valuables, seized Buggy's Big Top, and set sail for Marineford.
• With Dante's navigation guiding him, Kirishima crossed the Grand Line and arrived before Enies Lobby's Gates of Justice.
• Kirishima decided to fly over the gates and stabbed himself through the heart with Yamato to activate his Sin Devil Trigger.
• Kirishima's transformation erased the sea around the Big Top and dispersed the storm clouds over Enies Lobby.
• Rob Lucci, Kaku, Blueno, Kumadori, Kalifa, and Fukuro watched the transformation from the Tower of Justice, and Kaku reacted in terror.