Recaps

Shane fought Golden Lion while deliberately taking damage to strengthen his Zoan body, inspiring Kaido and others to turn the battle into a reckless contest of endurance. In Wano, Shane’s supporters spread word that Oden had entrusted Kuri to him, while Kurozumi Higurashi realized she had trusted ambitious pirates and lost hope for her clan.

• Shane used precise Haki to block Golden Lion’s attacks while allowing his body to be badly wounded, believing the danger would help him grow stronger.
• Kaido understood Shane’s method and concentrated his Haki on his kanabo, then urged others to attack him as the Beasts Pirates joined the battle recklessly.
• Linlin, John, Silver Axe, Red Ogre, Blue Ogre, and their crews fought fiercely across the five airborne battlefields.
• In Wano, people spread the news that Oden had entrusted Kuri to Shane, and Kurozumi Higurashi realized Shane’s followers had infiltrated the crowds in advance.
• Kurozumi Higurashi regretted trusting pirates, concluded that the Kurozumi Clan could not survive whoever won, and disappeared into the darkness in despair.

Shane and Golden Lion resumed their battle while the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet fought across Wano, drawing support from many different peoples and crews. Golden Lion trapped the battlefield’s inhabitants beneath the earth and declared his transformed domain Golden Lion Paradise.

• Moria led his zombies into battle as the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet’s diverse forces, including young Jinbe and the Fish-Men, fought Golden Lion’s crew.
• Sengoku worried that Shane’s growing alliance would make the New World a Marine stronghold’s forbidden zone, while Garp argued that the next generation would carry on their justice.
• Live broadcasts spread the battle and the truth despite Marine efforts to suppress them.
• Shane revealed that he had forged his arms into unfinished Black Blades but had not awakened his Devil Fruit, then challenged Golden Lion again.
• Golden Lion reshaped the five Sky Islands and the ground into enormous lion forms, flipping the people and buildings underground and trapping them there.
• Golden Lion welcomed the imprisoned inhabitants to Golden Lion Paradise.

Shane confronted Golden Lion in Wano Country, declaring that he intended to establish himself and make the world his goal. As Golden Lion unleashed a devastating attack, Shane stood firm and showed that the assault could not break his Haki armor.

• Golden Lion trapped fighters inside a giant lion and threatened to kill them as he launched a deafening sonic attack across Wano Country.
• Garp and Sengoku recognized that Shane’s growth had put pressure on Golden Lion, who admitted he had once hoped to make Shane his Right-Hand Man.
• Shane dismissed Golden Lion’s claims of dominion and invoked Rocks, while Golden Lion argued that defeating the strongest opponents was the path to ruling.
• Shane declared, “My goal is the world!” and taunted Golden Lion about what he had achieved before turning seventeen.
• Golden Lion sent five Haki-coated stone lions crashing down, but Shane remained unmoved behind his violet Haki armor.

Shiki trapped Shane in a battlefield of Wano Country’s earth, seawater, magma, and Seastone fangs, aiming to exhaust and kill him. With only a fifth of his stamina left, Shane refused to use his other abilities and resolved to rely on his life force, while planning to awaken both his Zoan and Paramecia powers to close the gap with Shiki.

• Shane shattered Shiki’s giant stone lions with his Haki, but Shiki claimed Shane would soon exhaust himself and revealed his move, Golden Lion Swallows Heaven Gate.
• Shiki transformed Wano Country’s land into a vast lion’s mouth, then used the Float-Float Fruit to bring in seawater and magma and trap Shane among Seastone fangs.
• Shane blocked the magma with Haki and used Fish-Man Karate to throw aside the falling seawater, while Shiki tightened the grinding battlefield around him.
• Shiki mocked Shane’s restraint and tried to break his will, but Shane declared he would fight for his life’s potential without using his other abilities.
• Shane planned to awaken both his Zoan and Paramecia powers and rely on Linlin and Kaido to help prevent Shiki from escaping.

Shane endured Golden Lion’s Lion Burial attack, and their battle destroyed the towering spire in Wano Country. Though Golden Lion believed he had killed Shane, Shane’s body began transforming into a black-scaled dragon on Onigashima.

• Shiki trapped Shane in a cage of seawater, magma, and Seastone fangs, then attacked him while urging him to use his full power.
• Sengoku and Garp discussed whether Shane could awaken two Devil Fruits, with Garp insisting that the fruits’ Demonic Wills would make it impossible.
• Shane fought back despite his severe injuries, and his clash with Shiki’s sword energy shattered the towering spire.
• Golden Lion emerged from the wreckage with Sakura Ten and announced that Shane was dead, while Kaido and the others saw Shane pinned to a mountainside by a sword.
• Olvia and Stussy tried to reach Shane, but he vanished from sight; on Onigashima, his body grew black scales until Kogarashi was forced out of his chest.

Shane's body began awakening two Devil Fruits at once, prompting Olvia and Stussy to fear that the Demonic Wills would consume him. Unconscious and caught in a struggle within his mind, Shane confronted the Black Dragon Demonic Will and declared himself the Devil King.

• Olvia and Stussy feared Shane would be consumed while his body showed signs of a second Devil Fruit Awakening.
• Mouths appeared across Shane's Dragon Scales and devoured nearby life force as Stussy and Olvia escaped into the air.
• Olvia shot Shane repeatedly, but his mouths ate some bullets and his scales repelled the rest.
• Inside Shane's mind, the Black Dragon Demonic Will mocked him and demanded that he abandon the power of two Devils.
• Shane declared he would slay the Black Dragon and become the Devil, or make it surrender its power, as unawakened Demonic Wills emerged around them.
• Shane named himself the Devil King, the World-Destroying Tyrant, and his willpower surged.

Shane overcame Black Dragon’s will, awakened his Devil Fruit, and returned to Wano with a body strengthened by dual regeneration. He struck Golden Lion, who welcomed the fight and unleashed his Float-Float Fruit-enhanced swords.

• Shane swallowed Black Dragon’s phantom and vowed to consume the other devils one day.
• Shane awoke on Onigashima after draining the island’s food and vitality, with black flames and dragon scales marking his Devil Fruit Awakening.
• Shane reassured Stussy that he had not been possessed, then carried her and Olvia toward Wano’s skies.
• Shane returned to the battle, threw Kogarashi back to Golden Lion, and punched him into the volcanic rock.
• Golden Lion praised Shane’s new strength, declared that victory mattered more than fair play, and attacked with Float-Float Fruit-powered sword strikes that split the ground.

Shane and Golden Lion began their final battle, unleashing devastating Haki and sword attacks that tore through Wano Country. As their strength proved evenly matched, Shane invited Golden Lion to join him, but the insult of being treated like a son enraged the older pirate, and their fight continued toward dawn.

• Golden Lion revealed his full killing intent, while Sengoku, Garp, and Bogard discussed the battle and the danger to Wano Country.
• Kurozumi Semimaru and Kurozumi Higurashi hid beneath a barrier and planned to beg the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet for mercy if Golden Lion began losing.
• Shane blasted a gap through Golden Lion's Thousand Chop Wave with a Haki-powered punch, and their clash split a volcano and sent lava across the battlefield.
• Shane and Golden Lion met in a Conqueror's Haki clash that devastated the land and left them evenly matched.
• Shane invited Golden Lion to follow him and join his crew, but Golden Lion became furious at being treated like Shane's son and attacked with both swords.
• Shane and Golden Lion continued exchanging blows in the air as night gave way to dawn.

Shane overwhelmed Golden Lion’s officers and confronted Golden Lion with his powerful allies at his side. Golden Lion recognized that the Marines were waiting to attack whoever survived, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Shane endured the Golden Lion Pirates’ attacks, then used Conqueror's Haki to knock out most of their crew.
• Shane killed the remaining senior officers with swift punches after one of them tried to attack him.
• Golden Lion appeared and threatened to cut down Shane’s crew, but Shane emerged through the flames and called his allies to stand with him.
• Golden Lion saw Linlin, Kaido, Dragon, and the others behind Shane and realized that fighting them all would likely cost him the advantage.
• Golden Lion considered retreating but hesitated to avoid losing face, while Shane noted that the Marines were waiting to finish off the winner.

Shane and Golden Lion fought for more than two days, and Golden Lion came to accept that he could not defeat him. As night fell on Kuri's beach, Golden Lion unleashed a massive sea-based attack and launched his strongest sword technique at Shane.

• Golden Lion rejected Shane's offer to join him and fought on, insisting he would never submit to anyone again.
• Shane and Golden Lion traded blows across the sky, land, and sea while discussing their rivalry, their beliefs, and the hardships of pirate life.
• After their long battle, Golden Lion admitted Shane had used his swordsmanship as training and acknowledged that he could not cut him down.
• Golden Lion raised the inland and coastal waters into the air, forcing Marine Battleships backward and shaping the water into sharp fangs.
• Golden Lion surged toward Shane with his strongest technique, Pirate Game · Stabbing Both Sides.

Shane endured Golden Lion’s island-wide seawater assault and fought him through the night, finally defeating Shiki with a ship’s wheel after their battle destroyed the surrounding fleet. With Shiki unconscious and the Marine Battleships returning, Shane was left barely breathing as Garp and Sengoku approached.

• Golden Lion unleashed a Haki-infused seawater attack that swept across Wano and overwhelmed the Flying Pirate Crew, the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet, and even Zunesha.
• Shane transformed into a black dragon, armored himself in lightning, and charged Golden Lion with Black Dragon: Hell Thunder while Shiki fought back with a giant seawater lion.
• The battle continued into the early morning of its third day as both men exhausted their Haki and the seawater wrecked ships and swept away fighters.
• Shane broke through the seawater and drove Golden Lion into a volcanic wall, causing the immense waves to collapse and the tide to subside.
• Shane caught a falling ship’s wheel and struck Shiki in the head, knocking him unconscious as the Marine Battleships returned with Garp and Sengoku aboard.

Shane recovered from his battle with Golden Lion and prepared to face the Marines despite his forces being exhausted. He believed an old ally of Golden Lion’s would come to his aid, while Zunesha’s attack shattered several Marine battleships.

• Linlin urged Shane to keep fighting and reflected that the Marines were curbing powerful pirates to prevent them from uncovering the truth of history.
• Shane healed himself by absorbing vitality from Golden Lion’s fleeing and resisting crew members, then declared that he would not run from the Marines.
• Shane gathered the pain and fatigue of his allies into a massive blood-red paw and rejected a proposal to retreat from the fresh Marine forces.
• Shane said that a man who had shared drinks with Golden Lion as both an enemy and a friend would come to help, then activated his transformed, white-haired fighting state.
• Zunesha understood Shane’s order and struck the Marine fleet, smashing several battleships and shocking Sengoku.

Shane and his allies renewed their assault on the Marines as Sengoku warned of Shane’s growing power and influence. After Shane’s pain attack and overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki weakened the Marine fleet, Garp charged at him while Sengoku prepared to confront Linlin.

• Sengoku warned the Marines that Shane, Zunesha, and the giant Ancient Weapon posed an exceptional threat, while Nika’s drumbeat revived the weapon and the pirates’ fighting spirit.
• Shane struck the Marine ships with his Paw strike: Brand of agony, spreading the pain of himself and the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet and causing Marines to collapse.
• After Shane’s Age-Age Fruit ability ended, he released a surge of Conqueror’s Haki that battered the fleet and alarmed Garp.
• Garp suspected Shane and Dragon were working together to overturn the world and wondered whether Shane was seeking control of an Ancient Weapon.
• Garp broke through Shane’s haki and charged forward, while Sengoku moved to suppress Shane’s allies and complained that Linlin had joined Shane.

Linlin tried to persuade Sengoku to join her in overturning the world, while the Marines launched an attack on the weakened pirates. Shane fought Garp alone as their Haki clashes shook the battlefield, and three enormous ships approached Wano Country.

• Linlin told Sengoku she wanted to overturn the world and seize the treasure hidden beneath its surface, but he refused to abandon justice.
• The Marines charged the injured pirates, and Shane warned Tsuru not to ambush Kaido or he would target the Marines' supply routes for roasted senbei.
• Garp attacked Shane with Galaxy Impact, and Shane countered with his developing Haki-tempered arms.
• Shane and Garp traded powerful blows, including Fist Bone: Impact, Hidden Dragon, Do Not Use, Undersea Drop, and Flying Dragon in the Sky, sending shockwaves across the battlefield.
• Three enormous ships appeared beyond Wano Country's waters and headed toward shore.

Shane and Garp fought evenly as the Marines and pirates watched, while Sengoku realized the Marine objective in Wano was in jeopardy. Whitebeard arrived with reinforcements, and the chapter ended as the Moby Dick bore down on a cliff.

• Shane and Garp traded powerful blows, and Garp praised Shane's Haki while denouncing him as a pirate.
• Garp defended the Marines' faith in future heroes, while Shane mocked the burden Garp carried as a symbol of justice.
• Garp unleashed Iron Bone Piercing, but Shane met the attack with his own Haki-coated fists without either fighter giving ground.
• Sengoku saw that a warship was approaching Wano and realized the mission would be difficult after Golden Lion's friendship brought Whitebeard to Shane's aid.
• Whitebeard arrived aboard the Moby Dick with two other ships, then stood at the bow and reached out as the ship sped toward a cliff.

Whitebeard arrived at Wano and stopped the Moby Dick with his bare strength, then confronted Garp and Shane over the defeated Golden Lion. Shane asked Whitebeard to take Shiki off his hands and settle the debt between them, and Whitebeard agreed.

• Whitebeard halted the Moby Dick against a cliff using only his physical strength, astonishing the Marines, Dorry, and Brogy.
• Whitebeard and his crew landed on shore, where he warned the Navy and pirates that the battle should end now that the Golden Lion had fallen.
• Whitebeard reached the battlefield and asked Shane and Garp who had defeated Shiki; both claimed the victory, while Garp insisted Shiki belonged in Impel Down.
• Shane acknowledged Whitebeard had come to repay an old debt and said he nearly owed him even more.
• Whitebeard offered to take Shiki, saying the debt between him and Shane would then be settled.

Shane tried to recruit Whitebeard and Golden Lion while the battle threatened to escalate, but Whitebeard refused to join him. The two old comrades faced off again, leaving the fight poised to resume.

• Shane reflected on Golden Lion's strength and warned that letting him escape would make him difficult to capture again.
• Whitebeard unleashed a devastating Tremor-Tremor attack, shaking the battlefield and prompting Sengoku and Tsuru to brace for heavy losses.
• Shane cursed Golden Lion and asked Whitebeard to join him, with Golden Lion as one of his allies.
• Marco worried that Shane would recruit Whitebeard, but Whitebeard told him to dig Golden Lion out of the mountain and bring his swords.
• Whitebeard refused Shane's ambitions, and Shane transformed and greeted him before Whitebeard brought his blade down.

Shane fought Whitebeard after battling Golden Lion and Garp, using the Dark-Dark Fruit to absorb Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor power while refusing to stop the battle. With his crew threatened and the Marines still present, he challenged everyone to attack and awaited Sengoku’s decision.

• Shane and Whitebeard clashed, trading blows with their Devil Fruit powers and Haki as Shane declared his ambitions to rule the world.
• Shane used Dark Water to absorb Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor power, and Whitebeard answered with a powerful Haki-coated slash.
• Kaido tried to support Shane, but Garp punched him back and warned that continued fighting could leave the Dragon Emperor Pirates with nothing.
• Whitebeard urged Shane to stop and threatened Wano Country, but Shane refused because he still needed the Seastone and Poneglyph and would not abandon his subordinates.
• Shane unleashed Dark Hole and challenged everyone to fight, while Sengoku weighed the danger of Shane’s Dark-Dark Fruit ability.

Shane refused to admit defeat and pressed Sengoku to either retreat or fight, while Whitebeard chose to stand with him against the Marines. As Shane’s darkness weakened Sengoku, the Marines faced an imminent clash with the Dragon Emperor Pirates and Whitebeard’s forces.

• Shane told Whitebeard he would repay his life debt by handing over Golden Lion, then offered to share another drink if Whitebeard stayed to fight the Marines.
• Whitebeard laughed and joined Shane, while Stussy kicked him for offending their captain and his sons argued over their complicated past relationship.
• Whitebeard’s sons recognized the battered Dragon Emperor Pirates as a formidable group of legendary fighters and understood why Shane had defeated the Flying Pirate Crew.
• Garp urged Sengoku to fight Shane and Whitebeard, but Sengoku worried about the Marines’ losses and the consequences for the balance of power.
• Shane’s darkness spread over the battlefield and weakened Sengoku, who realized the Dark-Dark Fruit had countered him as Shane descended toward him.

Shane fought Sengoku while Whitebeard held off Garp, and the battle left all four men facing one another in a standoff. As Shane's stamina and Haki began to falter, his Devil's Foot was completed, forging a true Devil's Body.

• Sengoku used golden shockwaves and Conqueror's Haki to drive back Shane's darkness, while Garp tried to attack Shane and Whitebeard intercepted him.
• Whitebeard and Garp clashed as Shane released the Marines and objects he had absorbed, and the combined forces tore apart his darkness.
• Shane, Sengoku, Whitebeard, and Garp took positions around Kuri as Morgans photographed their standoff before the Conqueror's Haki knocked him and his Visual Den Den Mushi unconscious.
• Shane realized that repeated battles and healing had depleted his stamina and weakened his Haki, while Garp celebrated his apparent exhaustion.
• Shane's Devil's Foot was successfully created using the More-More Fruit and the Tanuki Fruit, completing a true Devil's Body.

Shane tested the More-More Fruit during his battle with Garp, Whitebeard, and Sengoku, finding that it greatly increased his speed and made him nearly Garp’s equal. He left the fight determined to awaken the fruit and surpass his opponents.

• Shane dismissed Garp’s taunts and declared that he would prove himself when he had recovered.
• Shane integrated the More-More Fruit and discovered that his speed and repulsion-based Flash Step had increased severalfold.
• Garp attacked Shane, but struggled to keep up with his new speed and wondered how Shane had gained so many abilities.
• Shane avoided Garp’s Fish-Man Karate throw, countered with a Haki-empowered punch, and matched Garp’s speed.
• Shane considered awakening the More-More Fruit to surpass Garp, while Garp realized the battle could continue for days.

Shane used his Tanuki Form to summon powerful figures and stall Garp while draining Marines to replenish his stamina. After Garp destroyed the summons, Shane caught his breath and insisted that time would eventually let him surpass the aging Marine.

• Garp told Shane that his stamina was running low and that he would keep pursuing him until he was exhausted.
• Shane revealed his Tanuki Form and summoned Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Sengoku, and Linlin to attack Garp.
• Garp swiftly defeated the four summons, while Shane enjoyed watching them fight and used an Air Door to drain the vitality of more than a dozen Marines.
• Shane summoned Kaido, John, and Silver Axe, but Garp broke through their attacks and demanded that Shane reveal all his abilities.
• Shane drained more Marines to recover his stamina, then told Garp he had no more abilities and did not need any.

Shane and Linlin joined forces against Garp as the exhausted Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet’s officers struggled back into the battle. A volcano erupted during the fighting, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to retreat, leaving the pirates to face the magma.

• Garp destroyed Shane’s leaf summon, while Tsuru’s Elite Vice Admirals surrounded Shane and several of them had their life force stolen.
• Shane urged the badly injured Kuzan to train his Haki, then helped Moria and Linlin recover as the Dragon Emperor crew rested behind him.
• Linlin returned to the fight and attacked Garp alongside the real Shane; Kaido and Captain John joined the assault.
• Whitebeard taunted Sengoku about the Marines’ plans, while Sengoku insisted that reinforcements and a war of attrition would let them defeat the pirates.
• The volcano erupted after the island had been damaged by the fighting, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to retreat while declaring victory and leaving the pirates behind.

The Marines withdrew from Wano Country, and Garp struggled with the limits of the justice he could serve under the Celestial Dragons and Five Elders. Sengoku and Tsuru considered whether their positions could ever let them change the system, while Shane stayed behind and poured himself liquor.

• Garp argued that retreating would give Shane time to strengthen his power, but Sengoku ordered the Marines to withdraw.
• Garp left for the East Blue, saying he wanted to see his family and later leading the ships away from Wano Country.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed the Celestial Dragons’ refusal to commit their forces and the Marines’ inability to eliminate piracy.
• Tsuru asked whether Sengoku could change the system if he became Fleet Admiral, but Sengoku gave no answer.
• Shane ignored the volcanic eruption, found a spot with a view, and poured himself a pot of strong liquor.

After Shane celebrated the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet’s victory over Golden Lion, he urged Whitebeard to join him in overturning the world to protect New World orphans. Whitebeard resisted, but Shane fell asleep before their argument could become a fight, leaving Whitebeard to reflect on how different Shane’s crew was from Rocks’s.

• Whitebeard told Shane that he had found his footing and that their rivals would eventually move on, then drank with him after the battle.
• Shane celebrated the fleet’s victory, and its forces cheered as they learned they had defeated the Flying Pirate Crew.
• Shane told Whitebeard he needed an organization to care for orphans and offered funding if Whitebeard would join him in overturning the world.
• Whitebeard angrily rejected Shane’s proposal, while Kaido and Linlin caused more chaos at the banquet.
• Shane declared he would contact Whitebeard later, then fell asleep; Whitebeard sat back down to drink and compared Shane’s crew with Rocks’s.