Recaps

Shane explained Joy Boy’s vision of sharing the world’s resources and taking everyone to the heavens, then confronted Saint Saturn over the Celestial Dragons’ rule. Shane smashed Saturn’s head and continued attacking him as his body regenerated, hoping to seize his immortal healing power.

• Shane contrasted Joy Boy’s dream of a united, abundant world with Imu’s account that painted Joy Boy as a destroyer seeking to monopolize wealth and power.
• Saint Saturn called Shane and his followers villains, then slaughtered people who laughed at Shane’s plans.
• Shane sensed Saint Saturn’s weakening will, snapped his neck, and destroyed his vocal cords.
• Shane punched Saint Saturn’s head apart, but Saturn’s body began regenerating despite Darkness Erosion.
• Shane said he had never wanted to become Joy Boy and punched through Saint Saturn’s abdomen, vowing to keep hitting him while he searched for Saturn’s regenerative power.

Shane confronted Saint Saturn, who boasted that the Celestial Dragons were gods and warned that Imu could destroy the world. Shane challenged Saturn’s belief that he was immortal, and began unleashing the power he had developed.

• Saint Saturn regenerated after Shane’s attack and condemned him for refusing to become a Celestial Dragon, calling other races monsters.
• Saint Saturn transformed into his Ushi-Oni Form and threatened Shane, urging him to die alone rather than bring destruction upon an era.
• Shane explained that Imu’s Uranus could replace the Sea Kings, Pluton, and natural forces as a power capable of destroying the world.
• Shane hinted that he knew Imu’s identity and her unusual ability to perceive the weather, provoking Saint Saturn.
• Saint Saturn claimed that only Imu could kill the God-Given Immortals, while Shane revealed his fangs and dragon features and declared that he could hurt Saturn as Rocks had.
• Shane began the final stage of tempering his little arm as starlight appeared in his palm.

Shane overwhelmed Saint Saturn and used his regenerative life force to power a massive Raigo attack against the fleet. He trapped Saturn in a golden cage and continued draining him, leaving the Five Elders unable to intervene.

• Saint Saturn boasted that he had killed a Buccaneer at God Valley and threatened Kuma, but Shane mocked him and compared his endless life force to a power bank.
• Shane used his speed and strength to cripple Saint Saturn, then pierced him with his dragon tail and drained his flesh and blood for energy.
• Moria called Tesoro forward, and Tesoro used his Gold-Gold Fruit to forge a golden throne that let Shane channel far more lightning.
• Shane unleashed Raigo over the fleet and drove golden scepters into Saint Saturn to keep him from recovering freely.
• Saint Saturn tried to summon the other Five Elders, but Shane's darkness swallowed the teleportation array before he could complete it.
• Shane caged Saturn's regenerating body with golden scepters and continued draining his life force through his dragon tail.

Shane overwhelmed the Marines with Raigo while Garp and the Elite Vice Admirals broke the lightning attack apart, allowing the pirates to escape through Air Doors. Saint Saturn recovered and attacked Shane alongside Garp, but Shane summoned Linlin and Kaido and prepared a powerful Paw-Paw Fruit attack.

• Shane summoned Raigo over the Marine forces, spreading panic among the Marines until Garp rallied them to fight together.
• Garp and more than a dozen Elite Vice Admirals opened a breach in the lightning ball, and Shane collided with Garp as the attack shattered and its fragments destroyed warships.
• The pirates escaped through Air Doors while Garp and Shane continued fighting.
• Saint Saturn broke free of the Golden Cage, boasted of his immortality, and joined Garp in attacking Shane.
• Shane summoned Linlin and Kaido to confront Garp, then gathered light and Haki in his palm as the Paw-Paw Fruit neared awakening.

Shane confronted Saint Saturn while Garp fought Kaido and Linlin, and he revealed that the awakened Paw-Paw Fruit could threaten the Five Elders. The chapter ended with Shane preparing to attack as Saint Saturn remembered the Buccaneer Tribe Ancestor’s death and cried out in terror.

• Garp attacked Kaido and Linlin, who fought together to keep him from reaching Shane.
• Kaido and Linlin discussed the Marines’ greater ability to replace their forces, while Shane urged them to keep fighting beyond their limits.
• Shane told Saint Saturn that killing all five Elders at once—or killing Imu—could overcome their supposed immortality.
• Shane gathered light in the paw pads of his hands, revealing the Paw-Paw Fruit’s Awakening, and Saint Saturn panicked at the memory of the Buccaneer Tribe Ancestor’s death.

Shane awakened a new power of the Paw-Paw Fruit and used it against Saint Saturn while fighting the Five Elders’ forces. He then announced that he would repel Saturn’s soul.

• Shane entered the Paw-Paw Fruit’s awakening space, where its gentle will chose to help him.
• Shane used a golden paw to unleash a sweeping attack that riddled Marine battleships with holes.
• Shane drained the life force of Celestial Dragon elites and guards as he continued fighting.
• Garp tried to charge Shane, but Linlin blocked him while Kaido attacked Garp with Dragon Breath.
• Shane explained that Devil Fruit abilities varied by user and asked whether he could repel a soul.
• Shane declared that he would repel Saint Saturn’s soul, startling Saturn.

Shane defeated Saint Saturn, repeatedly healed and tormented him, then separated his soul from his body and sent the body flying away. Saint Saturn ordered the Marines to search for it while Shane faced Garp and remarked that the Five Elders were getting old.

• Shane used his Devil Fruit abilities to overwhelm Saint Saturn, expel his blood, and knock him unconscious.
• Shane restored Saint Saturn, expelled part of his blood, and repelled his soul from his body.
• Shane sent Saint Saturn's body flying away and explained that he intended to keep the soul and body separated.
• Saint Saturn's ghost ordered the Marines to search the world for his body.
• Shane watched an opponent escape the encirclement, then told Garp that the Five Elders were getting old.

Shane challenged Garp to reject the Celestial Dragons’ rule and commit to breaking the world’s power structure, while Garp struggled to answer. The two clashed their Haki and strength, and Shane declared his ambition to make his body the ultimate Black Blade.

• Garp accused Shane of building an alliance of evil and questioned whether pirates could bring justice, while privately doubting the Marines’ obedience to the Celestial Dragons.
• Garp considered how the Five Elders might use technological power and weakened fighters to control the world, and wondered whether a true future was possible.
• Shane challenged Garp to choose whether to break the Celestial Dragons’ pyramid, then revealed that he was tempering his arms and shoulders into Black Blades.
• Garp dropped his cape and stepped forward to fight, refusing to answer Shane’s questions about justice.
• Shane and Garp pressed their palms together as their Conqueror’s Haki collided, destroying the warship and sending enormous waves across the sea.
• Shane declared that he would reach the pinnacle of the Black Blade and make his body the blade.

Shane fought Garp and revealed that he had mastered a new level of Observation Haki, allowing him to anticipate many possible reactions and counter Garp’s attacks. After forging his arms into Black Blades, Shane declared that he had surpassed Iron Fist and claimed the title of the era’s strongest Rokushiki fighter.

• Dragon realized that Shane’s followers had come to regard Shane as their leader and Dragon as their strategist, and he accepted that Shane could change the world.
• Shane and Garp resumed their close-combat duel, relying on Rokushiki and Haki rather than flashy Devil Fruit abilities.
• Shane explained that his unusual constitution had let him temper his flesh like a Black Blade and discover Garp’s way of making his fists as hard as steel.
• Shane used Purple Pupils to see multiple possible futures and predict Garp’s attacks, then drove him back with a flurry of blows.
• Garp tried to break Shane’s tempering and knock him into the sea, but Shane’s dragon tail and recovery stopped him.
• Shane forged his arms into Black Blades, declared them his Supreme Great Grade Sword, and announced that he had surpassed Garp’s Iron Fist.

Shane fought Garp through the night while Saint Saturn and the Five Elders struggled to respond to Shane’s separation of Saturn’s body and soul. The chapter ended with Shane restored to full strength and the Marines overwhelmed, as the Elders sought their lord’s intervention.

• Shane and Garp clashed with Haki in midair as their battle devastated the battlefield.
• Saint Saturn contacted Marine Headquarters and the Five Elders, explaining that Shane had separated his body and soul and left him unable to teleport.
• The Five Elders ordered support for Garp and a search for Saturn’s body, then went to seek their lord’s instructions.
• The Five Elders discussed Shane’s strength, his possible connection to Nika, and the danger he posed to the world’s balance.
• By nightfall, Shane’s Armament Haki and injuries had fully recovered while Garp showed fatigue.
• Shane challenged Garp to finish the fight as the Marines suffered heavy losses and fell into despair.

Shane and Garp clashed while confronting the trauma of God Valley and arguing over whether the world could escape the Celestial Dragons’ rule. As Shane’s hair turned white, he called on Garp to become one of his Thirty-Six Wings, and Garp’s will resonated with an ancient drumbeat.

• Garp rejected Shane’s claim to a new era and argued that entrenched world rules could not be overturned without countless deaths.
• Garp insisted that he had never hesitated and had defeated Rocks, though he admitted he still wondered whether the world might have changed if he had been stronger at God Valley.
• Shane said his travels had convinced him that peaceful societies could form without Celestial Dragon rule, and that bad systems could suppress people only temporarily.
• Shane and Garp exchanged furious blows as Shane declared that he would surpass past overlords and earn the world’s willing support.
• Shane’s black hair turned snow-white as he called to Garp to become his Thirty-Six Wings, and Garp felt an ancient drumbeat resonate with his will.

Shane and Garp fought a prolonged battle while Garp urged the Marines to retreat and challenged them to persevere through defeat. The Marines withdrew, leaving Shane and Garp to continue their hand-to-hand fight into the following day.

• Shane struck Garp with Undersea Drop, sending him plunging into the sea and declaring that his era had begun.
• Garp emerged from the water, admitted that he could lose, and ordered the Marines to retreat while he covered them.
• Garp smashed through three ships to open an escape route, and Saint Saturn's ship fled first.
• Shane and Garp exchanged powerful blows and Conqueror's Haki, knocking out many pirates and Marines.
• Shane ordered every ship to leave the waters, and by dusk the next day he and Garp were still fighting hand-to-hand.

Shane defeated Garp after their prolonged battle, pushing him to reconsider his reasons for serving the Marines and his old promise to Roger. Before either fighter could recover, the Celestial Dragons struck the battlefield with a devastating barrage, leaving both sides uncertain whether Shane and Garp had survived.

• Shane’s stamina and strength grew through battle, and he caught Garp’s punch while urging him to stop avoiding the responsibility of changing the world.
• Garp recalled his years protecting others and his conversation with Roger, then accepted Shane’s challenge to keep his word as he fell into the sea.
• A dozen beams of light struck the battlefield, blasting a bottomless hole into the sea and seemingly erasing everything in the impact zone.
• Kaido cried out for Shane, Bogard dropped his sword in shock, and Saint Saturn laughed as the Celestial Dragons’ overwhelming power was revealed.

After Imu’s devastating strike apparently killed Shane and Garp, the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet mourned Shane and faced uncertainty about its future. Kaido, Big Mom, Stussy, and Olvia exposed and eliminated would-be opportunists, then the fleet continued toward Laugh Tale as news of Shane’s demise spread worldwide.

• Imu’s strike apparently vaporized Shane and Garp, and searches by Fisher Tiger, the Sun Pirates, and the Marines found no trace of them.
• Aboard the Black Pearl, the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet’s pirates grieved Shane, while some argued over who should lead and others feared the Celestial Dragons’ power.
• Olvia and Stussy revealed that impostors had infiltrated the fleet, and Kaido and Big Mom struck down a man who had urged Kaido to become Governor.
• Katakuri explained to Perospero that the fleet had moved beyond its old Hachinosu ways, while Kaido said Shane’s death would make headlines around the world.
• The fleet sailed onward as news of the Tyrant’s demise spread across the world.

News that Shane and Garp had died spread across the seas, prompting pirates and rival powers to react while the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet prepared to defend its territories. The chapter left Shane’s fleet still standing and fighting, despite the world believing its leader was gone.

• Newspapers reported Shane and Garp’s deaths, while Morgans’s News Agency revealed that Shane had defeated Zephyr, Saint Saturn, and Garp before a world-destroying strike ended the battle.
• Rookie pirates and Shane’s enemies celebrated the news and plotted to seize what he had left, while Golden Lion decided to return to the New World.
• Roger rejected the report of Shane and Garp’s deaths and ordered Rayleigh to sail, determined to meet Shane again and settle who was stronger.
• Whitebeard reacted to the news by attacking the Giants at Elbaf and lamenting that Shane had not taken the lead as his right-hand man.
• Red the Aloof read the newspaper in Impel Down and mourned the lost hope he and Shane had shared for the world’s future.
• The Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet mobilized to repel attackers, defending its territories with trained crews, warships, weapons, and organized trade networks.

Saint Saturn and the Five Elders believed Shane was dead and the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet had dispersed, while the Black Pearl secretly carried the main force toward Reverse Mountain. Shane reappeared, opened the Seastone passage beneath the mountain, and brought the crew into its hidden inland sea, where they reached Laugh Tale.

• Saint Saturn returned to Mary Geoise, and the Five Elders discussed their survival and the end of Joy Boy’s prophecy.
• The Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet appeared to split up, and the Black Pearl vanished while the Marine Battleships withdrew.
• The Black Pearl emerged from the Calm Belt with the hidden main force aboard and sailed toward Reverse Mountain.
• The crew revealed that the four coordinates led to a location beneath Reverse Mountain, and Shane said he had only just recovered.
• Shane used Haki and repulsion to force the converging seawater upward, then broke open the Seastone entrance with a punch.
• The Black Pearl fell into the vast inland sea inside Reverse Mountain, and the crew identified the destination as Laugh Tale.

Shane and his crew reached Laugh Tale, where they found the ancient Great Kingdom’s immense wealth and Olvia and Shane began deciphering Joy Boy’s message. The message revealed the sacrifices made by civilizations that guarded the Poneglyphs and Historical Coordinates, leaving the crew to confront the truth behind the island’s history.

• Shane and the Black Pearl crossed the dangerous waters and approached Laugh Tale through the fog.
• The crew discovered a vast island of ancient buildings, abundant gold and treasure, fine liquor, and a tree resembling the source of Devil Fruits.
• Big Mom protested at the sight of the treasure, while John felt disappointed despite the island’s wealth.
• Olvia and Shane translated the Ancient Script together using the assembled Poneglyph texts.
• Joy Boy’s message explained how Wano, Shandora, and Fish-Man Island’s people helped protect the Poneglyphs and Historical Coordinates, and described the guilt he carried over the sacrifices they made.

Joy Boy’s message revealed that he had created the God Fruits and Ancient Weapons to unite the world and travel to the moon, but Imu’s betrayal made him seem like a would-be tyrant. At Laugh Tale, Shane awakened Nika’s white flames, and the Ancient Weapons rose to apologize to Joy Boy for the misunderstanding that lasted eight hundred years.

• Joy Boy explained that he was born from the union of sky and land civilizations and that God Fruits arose from technology, the people’s dreams, and the planet’s will.
• Joy Boy said he had built Pluton, found Poseidon, and created Uranus to unite the world and journey into the sky, but Imu betrayed him and gained immortality.
• Joy Boy left a message asking those who came after him to turn the world upside down and fulfill his dream of carving a smile on the moon.
• Shane explained that the Fish-Man princess, All Races, and Ancient Weapons had understood their mistake and that Joy Boy’s straw hat had frightened Imu for eight hundred years.
• Shane’s awakened Black Dragon Form changed into Nika Form, with white flames, and the Ancient Weapons rose from Laugh Tale saying, “I’m sorry!” to Joy Boy.

Shane awakened Nika’s power at Laugh Tale, activated the ancient machinery, and learned how the Joy Boy legacy and the Devil Fruit Mother Tree connected to the Ancient Kingdom’s technology. He gathered his crew and promised to take the discoveries to the world after three days of rest.

• Dorry and Brogy explained that Sun God Nika had been the title of leaders across generations, with Joy Boy the strongest, and described the Giants’ ancient conflict and the failure of their allies.
• Shane’s heartbeat stopped, leaving the activated mechanical Giants standing still, while Kaido concluded Shane had inherited Joy Boy’s will and awakened Nika.
• Shane examined the Devil Fruit Mother Tree as Caesar described Joy Boy’s three treasures: the Poneglyphs, material wealth and ancient machinery, and the possibility of infinite energy.
• Shane summoned everyone and declared that he would share the truth and treasures with the world, then ordered the crew to rest for three days before beginning their next undertaking.

Shane and his crew escaped Laugh Tale aboard the Black Pearl, re-entered the New World, and learned that Elbaf’s Giant factions had begun fighting. Shane decided to bring Elbaf under his command, while Dorry and Brogy supported him as Nika.

• Shane led the Black Pearl through the Knock Up Stream as Kaido, Linlin, Dragon, and Silver Axe deflected the currents, while Brook left by boat to meet Laboon.
• Shane took the Black Pearl through the Calm Belt, relying on its Seastone and dark alloy to travel safely.
• The crew learned that the Five Elders’ spies had been eliminated and that their forces had defeated members who tried to form independent crews.
• Shane read a newspaper report claiming Golden Lion and Whitebeard’s crews were fighting over Elbaf, and Brogy explained the Giant factions’ history.
• Shane declared that he would bring Elbaf under his command, and Dorry and Brogy pledged their support because he had awakened Nika.

The Black Pearl reached Elbaf as Shane and his crew discussed his ambitions and argued over whether he resembled Joy Boy or simply wanted to claim everything. The Giant Warrior Pirates welcomed Dorry and Brogy, then recognized Shane, though he vanished from their memories and Observation Haki as soon as they looked away.

• Olvia worried that Shane’s plans could lead to a dangerous confrontation, while Shane reflected on his desire to possess the whole world and the powers he had gained from Nika.
• Kaido argued that Shane wanted everything, while Dorry and Brogy’s crew interpreted his ambitions as a willingness to help everyone achieve their dreams.
• Shane announced that he had come to take back what belonged to him as the Black Pearl entered Elbaf’s waters.
• The Giant Warrior Pirates saw Dorry and Brogy return, then recognized Shane at the bow and found that they could no longer remember him or sense him with Observation Haki.

Shane and the Dragon Emperor Pirates arrived in Elbaf, where the Giants recognized his Sun God Nika form and celebrated his survival. After learning that Golden Lion and Whitebeard had become involved with rival Giant factions, Shane declared that a decisive battle was needed to reunite the Giants and ordered war before dawn.

• The Giants prepared for battle after spotting Big Mom aboard the Black Pearl and suspected that Dorry and Brogy were hostages.
• Dorry and Brogy introduced Shane as the Giants' returning god, and the Giants celebrated after seeing his Sun God Nika form.
• Olvia recorded the Giants' legends about Nika and a traitor who had deceived Joy Boy.
• The Giants explained that a strength-worshipping faction had acclaimed Golden Lion as king, while a neutral faction had welcomed Whitebeard in hopes of stopping the conflict.
• Shane rejected stopping the war without a decisive battle and ordered a declaration of war before dawn.

The Giant Warrior Pirates and their allies prepared to fight after Shane declared war, while Golden Lion sought to conquer the giant branches and claim Hachinosu. Whitebeard challenged Shiki’s ambitions, and Dorry and Brogy arrived at the altar plaza to answer Shiki’s call.

• The giants cheered Shane’s declaration of war, praised his strength, and drank through the night.
• Golden Lion addressed the armed giants at the altar plaza and announced his plans to subdue the giant branches and take Hachinosu.
• Whitebeard warned Shiki that the New World would never have a lasting king and said the giants were waiting for Sun God Nika.
• Shiki stopped his warriors from attacking Whitebeard and demanded that Dorry and Brogy come forward.
• Dorry and Brogy arrived with their armed crew, smiling as they faced the assembled giants.

Golden Lion and Whitebeard confronted the Giant Warrior Pirates as the Giants declared that the winner of their battle would become their new king and search for the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika. As the fighting began, the Giant Warrior Pirates cleared a path for Shane and other unexpected arrivals to face Golden Lion.

• Three Giants elders announced that the victor would become the Giants' new king and seek the Nika fruit, while the Giants honored the Sun God with their Winter Solstice chant.
• Whitebeard shared legends of Nika and Uranus, but Golden Lion rejected the stories and demanded that Whitebeard support his claim to Elbaf.
• Golden Lion raised enormous earth lions against Dorry, Brogy, and the Giant Warrior Pirates, who cut the lions apart and joined the battle.
• Dorry and Brogy combined their attacks to clear a path, and an Air Door opened to reveal Kaido, Linlin, and Shane before Golden Lion.

Shane reappeared before Golden Lion and Whitebeard, then revealed his Nika form and rallied the Giants behind him. The three Giant factions joined Shane and the Dragon Emperor Pirates, leaving Golden Lion furious and Whitebeard wondering whether the legend was true.

• Golden Lion recognized Shane, who had been presumed dead, and was shaken by the return of the man who had defeated Garp.
• Shane brought the Dragon Emperor Pirates' elites through an Air Door, surprising the Giants, Whitebeard, and Marco.
• Shane declared that the Giants would follow his orders, while Golden Lion argued that the Giants would not obey him so easily.
• Shane transformed into Nika, and the Giants sounded their horns as the Sun God's Flame turned white and surged around him.
• The conquest, pirate, and neutral factions all stood behind Shane, uniting with the Dragon Emperor Pirates into a new force.
• Golden Lion raged at Shane for ruining his plans again, while Whitebeard wondered whether the legend was true.