Recaps

A rookie pirate crew reached Twin Cape and was shipwrecked on Laboon, where they saw the overwhelming forces gathered under Shane. The crew witnessed Kaido and a woman clash, then watched Shane arrive with a fruit stall and praise someone for growing stronger before the startled rookies recognized him as the Sun God.

• A confident rookie captain led his crew through Reverse Mountain, expecting to conquer the Grand Line while powerful pirates were occupied with the Celestial Dragons.
• The crew failed to avoid Laboon and their ship was smashed, leaving survivors to scramble ashore at Twin Cape.
• The rookies saw the Kingdom of D's enormous steel ships and gathered fighters, including Kaido facing off against a tall woman.
• The crew fainted as a powerful force unleashed lightning, fierce winds, and towering waves.
• Shane flew in carrying a fruit stall, and the gathered figures told him he had grown stronger.
• The captain recognized Shane as the Sun God of the D. Clan and fell into the sea in fright.

Shane reunited with Kaido and revealed that he planned to seize the Empty Throne and break the Celestial Dragons’ will, using the Black Pearl as a new Pluton. As the coming Hunting Game approached, Kaido realized that Shane remained as reckless and forceful as ever.

• Shane gave out a crate of Devil Fruits, and Kaido’s crew selected Zoans from it.
• Kaido told Shane that the Five Elders had grown stronger and that his allies had fought them across the world.
• Shane announced that he would end the conflict and become the world’s new ruler.
• Shane explained that he had turned the Black Pearl into Pluton using the reactor and blueprints he obtained from Wano Country.
• Shane said he would smash the game board and its players rather than let the Celestial Dragons dictate the conflict, and Kaido laughed that Shane had not changed.

Shane led the Kingdom of D’s fleet toward the East Blue to attack the Celestial Dragons’ forces at Loguetown. The fleet arrived overhead as the town’s guards realized the invasion had begun.

• Shane confirmed that Garp and Dragon had infiltrated the Goa Kingdom while Roger prepared to start the battle at Loguetown.
• Shane removed the ship’s wheel from Golden Lion’s head and healed his wound, then ordered the crew to board the Black Pearl.
• Golden Lion led the aerial forces as Shane’s fleet departed for Loguetown, declaring the East Blue territory of the Kingdom of D.
• Two guards in Loguetown discussed the Celestial Dragons’ oppression and feared the Kingdom of D’s attack.
• The guards looked up as a fleet of ships darkened the sky above Loguetown.

Shane’s airborne fleet defeated the Celestial Dragons’ forces in Loguetown, and the townspeople welcomed Roger and recognized Shane as the legendary King of the World. After peace returned, Shane sampled Loguetown’s food and sailed on.

• Shane’s fleet descended over Loguetown behind his barrier, while a Celestial Dragon fled toward the ship he hoped would carry him to safety.
• A falling ship crushed the Celestial Dragon’s escape vessel, and Shane’s soldiers defeated the enemy forces and imprisoned those who surrendered.
• Fish-men waited underwater as the wounded Celestial Dragon sank, watched him die, and prepared to retrieve his body.
• Roger’s return reassured Loguetown’s residents, who recognized him as a Kingdom of D captain and speculated that Shane was the giant at the port.
• Shane sampled Loguetown’s food and then set sail again.

Shane sent his fleets across the East Blue before heading toward the Goa Kingdom, reflecting on God Valley and the shadow it had left on his companions. Meanwhile, war spread across the sea, Shanks and Buggy clashed with Yasopp, and Garp brought displaced Foosha Village residents to Dadan as the Kingdom of D approached.

• Shane ordered his fleets to split up, attack in different directions, and gather in the Goa Kingdom.
• Shane explained to Linlin that he had resurrected Rocks by restoring him to the moment before death, while Rocks fought God's Knights in the North Blue.
• Kingdom of D warships arrived at Orange Town as Shanks and Buggy challenged Yasopp to a fight.
• Garp brought the displaced people of Foosha Village to Dadan's territory, and Dadan realized the approaching group was the Kingdom of D.

Garp realized Shane intended to defeat the Five Elders and use the resulting acclaim to claim Imu’s position as the world’s new god. As a fleet gathered outside Foosha Village, the Five Elders rejected the Goa Kingdom’s nobles, and Saint Warcury spotted Shane leading the approaching ships.

• Garp recalled that the new Five Elders were not the originals and had been created through advanced Lineage Factor technology.
• Garp concluded Shane had made his ambitions known so the world would accept him as its ruler after Imu fell.
• Hundreds of ships gathered near Foosha Village as Dragon announced that the Kingdom of D had arrived.
• The Goa Kingdom’s royals and nobles begged the Five Elders to let them become Celestial Dragons, but Saint Warcury said they lacked the power that qualified the original founders.
• Saint Warcury looked out at the warships and saw Shane at their head.

Shane used his Tanuki Form to summon powerful replicas of legendary fighters, overwhelming the middle-aged Five Elders during a broadcast battle. He then replaced the summons with elderly and middle-aged versions of the Elders and ordered them to fight, while he prepared to awaken the Door-Door Fruit.

• The middle-aged Five Elders charged Shane, confident that their restored strength would let them defeat him.
• Shane summoned replicas of famous fighters, whose powerful Haki let them overpower the Elders in pairs.
• Saturn realized Shane's summons could rival the world's strongest fighters, while the Elders struggled against their opponents.
• Shane dismissed the first summons and created elderly and middle-aged versions of the Five Elders.
• Shane ordered the summoned Elders to fight the real middle-aged Elders and told the real ones to fight among themselves.

Shane turned the Celestial Dragons’ Hunting Game into a hunt against them, trapping the Goa Kingdom and using his Devil Fruit powers to overwhelm the Reverie’s forces. As commoners and allies joined the fight, Saint Nusjuro ordered the Five Elders to fuse.

• Shane called Roger, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Rayleigh, Linlin, Kaido, Dragon, and Garp into the battle against the Five Elders and the God's Knights.
• Shane declared a hunt against the Celestial Dragons and the Reverie, offering one billion Beli or an excellent Devil Fruit for each Celestial Dragon killed.
• Shane opened escape routes with Air Doors, then sealed the Goa Kingdom beneath a Haki-coated dome while the Door-Door Fruit separated bodies, shadows, and souls and sent enemies into its alternate space.
• Shane captured another Devil Fruit Demonic Will and told the Dark-Dark Demonic Will that it would be the next fruit to awaken.
• After Shane returned to Goa Kingdom, the Five Elders faced three opponents each, some commoners joined the attack, and the battle was broadcast worldwide.
• Saint Nusjuro shouted for the Five Elders to fuse.

Shane used his awakened Door-Door Fruit and other abilities to overwhelm the Five Elders in their fused form. As the survivors fled the ruined Goa Kingdom, the Five Elders realized that Demonic Will was assailing Shane.

• Saint Saturn urged the others to fight, and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter helped the Five Elders fuse into a powerful skeletal dragon-like being.
• The fused Five Elders destroyed Shane’s summons and attacked him, but their blows vanished against his distorted body as he unleashed Conqueror’s Haki.
• Shane opened a door around the Five Elders’ head, tore it away, and revealed that he had awakened the Door-Door Fruit.
• Shane used his speed and the Slow-Slow Fruit to strike the Five Elders, overwhelming them despite their strongest fused form and defenses.
• The D. Clan drove the Holy Knights from the ruined Goa Kingdom while survivors escaped through the Air Door, and the Five Elders recognized that Demonic Will was assailing Shane.

The Five Elders fused their strength into a devastating attack against Shane, but the blast failed to harm him and instead destroyed much of the island. As they kept attacking, black energy appeared beneath them and Shane identified it as the awakening of the Dark-Dark Fruit.

• The Five Elders combined their power and unleashed Fallen Starburst at Shane, determined to restore the Celestial Dragons’ rule.
• The attack spread as white light across the island, killing Celestial Dragons and destroying the surrounding land before reaching the barrier.
• Stussy, Linlin, Olvia, Kaido, Moria, Aokiji, and King discussed Shane’s chances, while Crocodile and Bullet watched in awe.
• The Five Elders continued attacking but realized Shane remained completely unscathed.
• Black energy appeared beneath the Five Elders, and Shane said the Dark-Dark Fruit was awakening.

Shane awakened the Dark-Dark Fruit by devouring its Demonic Will, then used his expanded powers to defeat the Five Elders. He left them trapped in an alternate space, intending to use the Memo-Memo Fruit on them.

• Shane overpowered and devoured the Dark-Dark Demonic Will, awakening the Dark-Dark Fruit and gaining control of its darkness.
• Shane emerged from the darkness and absorbed the Five Elders' attacks with his violet Haki black hole.
• Shane formed a massive Gravity Ball that dragged the Five Elders and the surrounding earth toward it, tearing their bodies apart.
• Shane sent the Five Elders into an Alternate Space and said he planned to use the Memo-Memo Fruit on them.

Shane stole the Five Elders' memories, transformed them into obedient toys, and revealed his victory to the world. He left the people of the Kingdom of D looking to him as their king and called for the world to boil.

• Shane trapped the Five Elders in the Door-Door Fruit's alternate space and took their memories to learn about Imu and the world's hidden history.
• Saint Mars condemned Shane, but Shane said the truth did not matter to him and controlled the Five Elders with invisible threads.
• Shane combined the String-String Fruit, Hobby-Hobby Fruit, and Age-Age Fruit to turn the Five Elders into toys and alter their memories.
• Shane led the five toy Elders out of the alternate space as the Den Den Mushi broadcast the scene to the world.
• The members of the D. Clan looked to Shane as their king, and Shane declared that it was time for the world to boil.

Shane shielded the world from Imu’s attack, then used a copied Woods-Woods Fruit power to help restore the destroyed island. The people celebrated their victory and looked toward rebuilding under the Kingdom of D, while Shane’s forces prepared to defeat Imu and the old world.

• Kaido, Linlin, Whitebeard, Garp, Dragon, Roger, Rayleigh, and King reflected on Shane’s power and the changes he had brought to the world.
• Imu struck from the sky, while the Five Elders—now Shane’s servants—threatened their former master and Shane declared that Imu no longer posed a threat.
• Shane swallowed Imu’s divine attack with darkness, leaving no trace of its power in the sky.
• Shane made trees grow across the devastated island, and its people cheered as they planned to rebuild with the Kingdom of D’s support.
• The chapter revealed that the Seagull Laboratory had begun mass-producing Pacifistas under Shane’s command, though the old world’s ruler still had to be defeated.

Shane left the newly secured territories to his subordinates and boarded the Black Pearl in Loguetown to fire on Reverse Mountain, planning a spectacle before the coming war. Meanwhile, the Vinsmoke Family pledged loyalty to him, and former Marines prepared to fight their way toward Mary Geoise.

• Shane's forces brought ungoverned islands and kingdoms in the East Blue and North Blue under the Kingdom of D, and Loguetown's people celebrated their liberation.
• Judge praised Shane as the King of the World, pledged the Vinsmoke Family's loyalty, and anticipated using technology to strengthen his rule over the North Blue.
• Enies Lobby panicked over Shane's breach of Impel Down and the possibility that he had seized its Devil Fruits; its new fleet admiral ordered CP9 to launch a Buster Call.
• Sakazuki, Borsalino, Kong, Sengoku, Zephyr, and Tsuru set sail from Water 7 toward Enies Lobby to open a route to Mary Geoise.
• The Celestial Dragons watched the battle's outcome and wondered whether Imu could still save them.
• Shane boarded the Black Pearl in Loguetown, aimed its cannons at Reverse Mountain, and ordered the crew to set sail.

Shane revealed that he possessed Pluton and used it to blast open Reverse Mountain, exposing the ancient Kingdom of D and Laugh Tale. He entered the island and walked toward the Devil Fruit Tree, also known as God's Tree.

• Shane broadcast from Reverse Mountain and announced that he would reveal the ancient ruins and the world's past.
• Shane fired Pluton, amplified by the More-More Fruit, and destroyed Reverse Mountain's outer layers to reveal its Seastone core.
• Shane ordered the Seastone mountain to open, revealing an entrance from the Four Blues and a gate at Twin Cape.
• Shane led the ships into Laugh Tale, where people around the world witnessed the ancient Kingdom's civilization and the Divine Tree.
• Shane stepped onto Laugh Tale and walked toward the Devil Fruit Tree, or God's Tree.

Shane sent the Black Pearl beyond the sky while the world’s forces sailed to seize the Grand Line and prepare for war against the Celestial Dragons. At Enies Lobby, Sakazuki and Borsalino wondered about Imu’s power as the approaching final battle drew closer.

• Shane told Roger, Whitebeard, Garp, and Golden Lion to take the Grand Line, then sent the Five Elders with the departing forces.
• Ships sailed through Reverse Mountain as people across the world rallied to challenge the Celestial Dragons and free the slaves.
• The Black Pearl rose above the Divine Tree and vanished into the sky, revealing that the Celestial Dragons had imitated the attire of people who came from beyond it.
• Shane disappeared, leaving the world’s forces to conquer the Grand Line while the Reverie’s affiliated nations occupied its islands.
• After Sengoku and the others left Enies Lobby for Sabaody, Sakazuki and Borsalino discussed the immense hole there and feared Imu’s power through Uranus.

As the D. Clan’s forces drove the Celestial Dragons back to Mary Geoise, the world waited for Shane and the coming battle with Imu. A giant smiling D appeared on the moon, signaling that the final battle was near, while Imu remained alone in the Ice Cellar beside the pierced straw hat.

• The D. Clan occupied the Four Blues, the Grand Line, the New World, and Reverse Mountain, leaving the Red Line and Mary Geoise as the Celestial Dragons’ last stronghold.
• At the new Marine Headquarters on Sabaody, Roger, Garp, Rayleigh, Whitebeard, and Sengoku ate soba while Kong, Red the Aloof, and Rocks discussed Shane’s disappearance and Imu’s unknown power.
• People across half the world saw a giant smiling D on the full moon, and children and onlookers laughed at the sight.
• The Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise realized the moon’s D-shaped smile signaled that the final battle was imminent.
• In the Ice Cellar, Imu sat alone in the moonlight with a sword piercing the straw hat.

The Giants and their allies interpreted Shane’s moon display and the Sea Kings’ attack as signs that Joy Boy had returned, then launched an assault on Mary Geoise. The Celestial Dragons’ forces were overwhelmed, but the war remained unfinished because Imu had not appeared.

• People celebrated Shane’s smiling face on the moon and raised food, expecting him to return as the Sun God.
• Dorry, Little Oars, the Giants, the Snowmen Tribe, and the Demon Tribe gathered to fight for Shane and began climbing the Red Line.
• Warships from Sabaody sailed toward Mary Geoise as Sea Kings surged into the Red Line and attacked it.
• The attackers broke into Mary Geoise, where Giants and the Kingdom of D slaughtered the Celestial Dragons’ elite defenders.
• Golden Lion killed a Celestial Dragon who blamed Imu for their plight, while the Five Elders fought at the front.
• The attackers continued searching for Imu, whose absence meant the war was not over.

As Imu’s Undead overwhelmed the defenders at Mary Geoise, darkness swallowed Saint Saturn and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter while Shane remained absent. Shane sailed through the Devil Fog to recruit its Winged Giants and Ancient Creatures as the final hidden force before his entrance.

• Mechanical Cyborgs and waves of Undead attacked the D. Clan, repeatedly rising again after Roger and others cut them down.
• Imu awakened natural disasters across the world as the Sea Kings left the Calm Belt, prompting Sengoku to warn that the world’s protection was gone.
• Garp and the others fought the Undead while Saint Saturn cursed Imu and led an attempt to breach the forbidden grounds.
• Ink-black darkness poured from the forbidden grounds and swallowed Saint Saturn and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, while Golden Lion’s sword energy vanished against it.
• Shane’s allies prepared Sky Island’s weather powers and weapons to counter Uranus, while the bell of Shandora awaited Shane’s entrance.
• Shane sailed the Black Pearl into the Devil Fog and called on the Winged Giants and Ancient Creatures to join him.

Shane gathered the Winged Giants, Ancient Creatures, and sea monsters under the power of Sun God Nika and sent them toward Mary Geoise. At Sabaody, Zunesha warned him that the newcomers had betrayed Joy Boy’s orders, and Shane saw their disloyalty as no obstacle.

• Shane transformed into a towering Sun God Nika, subdued the Ancient Creatures, and rescued the Winged Giants from the waves.
• Shane ordered three Ancient Creatures—a whale, a turtle, and a hippopotamus—to take the Winged Giants to Mary Geoise.
• The whale revealed the sea monsters hidden inside its body, and Shane brought them along with the other forces.
• Shane reflected on the ancient betrayal that led to the Celestial Dragons’ rule and resolved to gather every available fighter against Imu.
• At Sabaody, the Black Pearl met Zunesha while the Sea Kings rammed the mountains, and Zunesha warned Shane that the Ancient Creatures were traitors.

As ships departed and strange tides and currents intensified, Shane explained that the world faced an inevitable disaster and began revealing its ancient history to everyone through a broadcast. He ended by announcing that the world was expanding as he approached Mary Geoise to confront Imu.

• Ships left ports around the world as the moonlit seas grew increasingly turbulent and the Knock Up Stream erupted again.
• Zunesha asked Shane why he would not lead people to Sky Island, and Shane said the Red Line would be the last refuge when rising seas destroyed their homes.
• Shane used a Den Den Mushi to address the world, explaining that the bells came from the past and that the planet had suffered repeated disasters.
• Shane recounted how the Giants arose on a supergiant landmass and how powerful survivors had discovered that the world was moving toward destruction.
• Shane announced to the watching world that their planet was expanding.

Shane explained how the Giants, Fish-Man Race, Mink Tribe, and Skypieans arose from humanity’s repeated attempts to survive world-expanding catastrophes, and revealed that the Ancient Weapons were created for survival. Each effort failed, and the account ended with people considering controlling the moon to command the tides and seas.

• Shane explained that the Giants nearly went extinct during a world expansion and that Adam became their hope for survival.
• Shane described how the Fish-Man Race sought refuge underwater, but earthquakes, magma, and frozen seas destroyed their prosperity despite Poseidon and Sunlight Tree Eve.
• Shane recounted how the Mink Tribe and Ancient Creatures relied on Pluton, great ships, and their strength to survive, but another catastrophe killed nearly all of them.
• Shane explained that the Skypieans tried living in the sky and created Uranus to control natural disasters, but they failed to find infinite energy and Sky-Sea Currents threatened the Sky Islands.
• Shane ended by revealing that humanity’s next desperate idea was to control the moon and thereby command the tides and the movement of the seas.

Shane revealed his account of the ancient civilization, the Divine Tree, Devil Fruits, and Imu’s immortality, accusing Imu of condemning the world to eight hundred years of stagnation. After challenging Imu as Nika’s drums sounded and the Lamp of Shandora burned, Shane arrived at Mary Geoise.

• Shane explained that humanity had created the Divine Tree and Devil Fruits while trying to reverse entropy and remake the world.
• Shane said Joy Boy had sought to decipher Nika’s awakening as a source of infinite energy, but Imu’s immortality and the loss of Uranus had ruined the plan.
• Shane described how Pluton, Uranus, and Poseidon had been used to reshape the world and prepare for disaster, before the ancient civilization fell.
• Shane accused Imu of maintaining the world’s suffering for eight hundred years while fearing Nika’s return.
• Zunesha lifted the Black Pearl onto the Red Line, and Shane arrived at the Holy Land, Mary Geoise.

Shane and his allies brought their overwhelming forces to Mary Geoise to confront Imu and reclaim the Red Line for the people of the world. As Shane probed the Forbidden Land, he clashed with Imu’s darkness, splitting Mary Geoise in two with their Conqueror’s Haki.

• Sengoku and Kong were stunned by the Ancient Creatures, Giant Mechanical Warriors, Winged Giants, and Sea Monsters gathered under Shane’s command.
• Shane’s forces surrounded Mary Geoise as his allies prepared to return the Red Line to the D. Clan and settle Imu’s eight-hundred-year debt.
• Shane teased Zephyr about changing his views, then called him “Purple-Hair” despite Zephyr’s protests.
• Imu spoke to Shane through Observation Haki and warned that he could not destroy the order of the world.
• Shane pierced the darkness with his Observation Haki, then unleashed a Violet Conqueror’s Haki Storm when Imu tried to block him.
• Shane and Imu’s Haki collided with such force that Mary Geoise split in two.

Shane attacked Imu’s Forbidden Zone at Mary Geoise, forcing Imu to reveal a colossal combat form with many combined abilities. Imu unleashed Uranus against Shane, who answered with a punch as the battle escalated toward world destruction.

• Urouge wondered about the winged Giants and hoped to survive a full-powered blow from Shane so he could become stronger.
• Shane ordered the fleet to fire on Mary Geoise, and the bombardment devastated Imu’s Forbidden Zone.
• Imu emerged in a gigantic form, and Shane identified several Devil Fruit abilities that seemed to make Imu immortal in body and soul.
• Imu drew a colossal sword, regenerated after the Black Pearl blasted away part of the deity’s shoulder, and told Shane that only world annihilation could create a new paradise.
• Imu activated Uranus, and Shane threw a punch as Imu declared, “I am God!”