Recaps

The Five Elders discussed keeping Vegapunk under control while a dark figure in the Flower Room crushed a photograph of Lott. On Elbaf, Issho, Robin, and Sabo were welcomed by the Giants, and Robin reunited with Saul.

• The Five Elders agreed to strengthen Vegapunk’s glass chamber and keep his technology under their control.
• A dark figure paced through the Flower Room, crushed a photograph showing Lott, and left the scraps on the floor.
• Brogy and Dorry welcomed Issho, Robin, and Sabo to a banquet on Elbaf.
• Issho, Robin, and Sabo drank with the Giants after learning they had been allowed to make a rubbing of the Road Poneglyph.
• Robin cried when she saw Saul’s frostbite scars, and Saul reminded her she would find friends who would protect her.

Robin reunited with Saul in Elbaf and revealed that Sun God Nika had awakened, prompting Brogy to explain that Joy Boy was a spirit of liberation rather than one person. Dorry then revealed that the Nika from nine hundred years ago was a Giant and Elbaf’s chieftain.

• Robin and Saul joyfully reunited in Elbaf, and Saul asked whether the Lott Pirates would soon fight the World Government.
• Robin told Saul and the Giants that the crew had gathered all the Road Poneglyphs, planned to reach Laugh Tale, and would then wage war against the World Government.
• Robin said Lott was not Joy Boy but Nika’s master, and revealed that Sun God Nika had awakened.
• Brogy explained that Joy Boy could be anyone who brought joy and liberation to a community, including Dorry and himself in Elbaf and Lott in Peach Spring.
• Dorry and the Giants pledged their full support to the Lott Pirates, then Dorry revealed that the Joy Boy from nine hundred years ago was a Giant and Elbaf’s chieftain.

In Elbaf, Robin and Sabo learned that Joy Boy had been a Giant and that Elbaf would support Lott’s crew. In Wano, Ace and Yamato parted with promises to reunite, then Kuro, Enel, and Crocodile arrived seeking Pluton, which Yamato accepted with striking composure.

• Dorry and Brogy confirmed that Elbaf had waited over eight hundred years for Lott, whom they believed was the Prophet who would lead them against the World Government.
• Robin said she believed the day Elbaf had awaited would come soon.
• Yamato chose to remain in Wano as shogun while Ace prepared to leave, and they promised to reunite and marry within a year.
• Kuro, Enel, and Crocodile arrived in Wano and told Ace that a world-shaking object was believed to sleep beneath the country.
• Kuro revealed to Yamato that the object was Pluton, one of the Ancient Weapons, and she reacted calmly.
• Kuro urged the group to leave before complications arose.

Kuro explained that present-day Wano Country had been built atop the submerged Ancient Wano Country, and the group searched beneath the Road Poneglyph for Pluton. Crocodile opened a passage through the sand, leaving them poised to explore what lay below.

• Kuro told Ace, Yamato, Enel, and Crocodile that present-day Wano Country was not the original country and pointed them toward a window overlooking the submerged ancient city.
• The group saw the ruins of Ancient Wano Country beneath the seawater, and Kuro explained that rising water had forced its people to build a new country above it.
• Kuro said Pluton might lie beneath the Road Poneglyph, while Enel warned that the group did not know where it was located.
• Yamato urged Ace to break through the ground, but Crocodile used Reincarnation Erosion to turn the floor into sand.
• A vortex drew away the sand and revealed a pitch-black passage.

Kuro and the others discovered that the vast underground space beneath Wano Country concealed the Ancient Weapon Pluton, an enormous battleship. They were left facing the problem of how to bring it up to the sea’s surface so they could transport it to Peach Spring.

• Enel, Crocodile, Yamato, Ace, and Kuro entered the underground passage and searched the immense chamber for Pluton.
• Kuro realized they might be standing on top of the battleship, and the group found it concealed at one side of the chamber.
• The group marveled at Pluton’s immense size and weaponry, while Crocodile recalled that finding it had once been his lifelong pursuit.
• Kuro considered how to move Pluton from beneath Wano Country to Peach Spring and suddenly came up with an idea.

Yamato stayed in Wano Country while Ace sailed away, but the plan to move Wano Country to Peach Spring would let her reunite with him. Aboard the flying ship, Kuro, Enel, and Crocodile reflected on how Lott and his crew had changed their ambitions and values.

• Yamato watched Ace's ship depart and looked forward to no longer being separated from him once Wano Country moved to Peach Spring.
• Kuro explained that they planned to move Wano Country before bringing Pluton to the surface, avoiding damage to the island and unwanted attention from the World Government.
• Enel called Kuro indecisive, prompting Kuro to reflect on how joining Lott's crew had changed him from a self-serving schemer into a leader valued by Peach Spring's residents.
• Crocodile admitted that he, too, had changed, and said that people's ambitions shifted as their horizons broadened.
• Enel reflected on how his companions had replaced his old dream of reaching Endless Vearth with the goal of bringing the world's gods down from their pedestals.
• Kuro, Enel, and Crocodile recognized their shared transformation and laughed together.

Lott and his allies moved Fish-Man Island and other islands to Peach Spring, then uncovered Ancient Wano Country and extracted Pluton without destroying the modern nation. Both Wano Countries were settled in Peach Spring, leaving Lott ready to study the Ancient Weapon.

• Nami brought more than twenty floating islands to Peach Spring, and Issho suspended Fish-Man Island above Shandora.
• Lott moved Wano Country near Long'an after its people agreed to the plan, while Yamato and Ace worried about the consequences of extracting Pluton.
• Lott widened Wano Country's secret passage until the surrounding water drained away and revealed the ancient structures beneath the sea.
• Lott used his powers to haul Pluton out of its underground resting place, and Franky eagerly inspected the battleship.
• Lott lowered the walls around Ancient Wano Country, then lifted modern Wano Country and placed it beside the ancient land in Peach Spring.
• With Wano Country's relocation complete, Lott prepared to study Pluton.

Lott brought Pluton to Peach Spring and entrusted Franky with restoring it, while Luffy reunited with Marguerite on Amazon Lily. Marguerite asked Luffy to tell her about his adventures, revealing that her feelings for him had endured since she first saved him.

• Lott decided to keep Pluton out of the World Government’s hands and saw it as a counter to Uranus.
• Franky claimed he could get Pluton powered up within three months, and Lott entrusted the warship to him.
• Lott concealed Pluton behind an electromagnetic barrier and moved it to a warehouse in Long'an.
• Luffy sat with Marguerite by a campfire, and she asked him to tell her about his adventures.
• Marguerite recalled saving Luffy from poisonous mushrooms, developing feelings for him, and struggling to forget him after Lott's people took him away.

Marguerite listened as Luffy told her about his childhood and adventures, growing more attached to him as she learned about his life. After questioning him about Carina and Kalifa, she became jealous, then relaxed when he explained that he had only held their hands to help them escape and had never kissed them.

• Marguerite admitted that she wanted to hear about Luffy’s adventures, and Luffy began telling her about growing up in Foosha Village and living with Dadan.
• Luffy described meeting Ace and Sabo, becoming sworn brothers with them, and sharing his adventures at sea before Kuma sent him to Amazon Lily.
• Marguerite asked about Carina and Kalifa, then grew despondent when Luffy said he had held their hands.
• Luffy explained that he had pulled Carina and Kalifa along while escaping the Marines and insisted that he had never kissed them.
• Marguerite relaxed, giggled, and leaned into Luffy’s arms, while Luffy worried that she had a fever and called for Chopper.

Luffy carried Marguerite when she seemed feverish, but she fled in embarrassment and wandered back to the jungle where they had first met. After Luffy rescued her from a wild boar, they stayed to grill it, and Marguerite quietly watched him eat.

• Luffy carried Marguerite toward Amazon Lily, but she recovered, escaped his arms, and ran back into the jungle.
• Marguerite recalled meeting Luffy and bathing him by the pond before a noise startled her.
• Luffy punched down an enormous wild boar that had nearly attacked Marguerite, and she thanked him.
• Luffy invited Marguerite to eat noodles, but she refused and suggested they grill the boar instead.
• Luffy ate the grilled meat while Marguerite claimed she was not hungry and watched him fondly.

Luffy and Marguerite spent a peaceful sunset together, sharing food and remembering how they first met. Marguerite struggled with the thought that Luffy would leave Peach Spring in less than eight months, while Luffy found himself captivated by her smile.

• Luffy finished a wild boar and let Marguerite poke his belly as he watched the sunset.
• Marguerite reminded Luffy that they first met when she found him covered in mushrooms and helped save him.
• Luffy said he would leave again after the agreed year, and Marguerite grew sad at their approaching separation.
• Luffy brought Marguerite a wild rabbit and roasted it for her.
• Marguerite cried while eating, but Luffy made faces until she laughed.
• Luffy stared at Marguerite’s sunset-lit smile, and she met his gaze without looking away.

Luffy and Marguerite shared a quiet, awkward moment as they struggled with their growing feelings, but their conversation was interrupted by Luffy’s grandfather, Garp. Garp reunited with Luffy by pounding him into a crater, then the two fell asleep before Marguerite could intervene.

• Luffy and Marguerite blushed and quietly grappled with their feelings for each other while sharing roasted rabbit.
• Luffy began to invite Marguerite somewhere, but Garp’s laughter and voice interrupted them.
• Luffy recognized Garp as his grandfather and warned Marguerite not to attack him, explaining that Garp had nearly killed him before.
• Garp struck Luffy into a deep crater, then scolded him for failing to greet his grandfather properly and hit him again.
• Marguerite started to intervene, but Garp and Luffy fell asleep before she could finish speaking.

Garp visited Luffy on Amazon Lily, teased him and Marguerite about their feelings, then encouraged Marguerite to be bold. Marguerite confessed her love and kissed Luffy, who embraced her in return.

• Garp woke up, punched Luffy, and scolded him for his rough welcome.
• Garp learned Marguerite was Luffy's friend and teased her as his girlfriend, while Luffy admitted he did not know what a girlfriend was.
• Garp pressed Luffy beside Marguerite and asked her to keep him in line, then left and urged her to take the first step.
• Marguerite hugged Luffy and confessed that she liked him, and Luffy returned her embrace.
• Marguerite kissed Luffy on the lips.

After Marguerite kissed Luffy and ran off in embarrassment, Luffy found her and invited her to join his crew. Marguerite accepted, and she resolved to train hard before the crew set sail again.

• Marguerite kissed Luffy, then fled into the jungle, leaving him stunned and confused.
• Luffy used Observation Haki to find Marguerite hiding beneath a tree and sat beside her.
• Luffy invited Marguerite to become his crewmate, and she worried she had no skills and would burden the crew.
• Luffy insisted Marguerite would join him when he next set sail, and she agreed.
• Marguerite decided to train for the next eight months, then asked Luffy to hold her hand.

Luffy and Marguerite grew closer as Garp secretly watched and hoped they would marry. Meanwhile, Ace arrived on the Moby Dick with Yamato and introduced her as his wife, leaving the Whitebeard Pirates stunned by her identity.

• Luffy took Marguerite's hand, and the two stood together beneath the stars as she rested her head on his shoulder.
• Garp and Lott watched from a nearby tree, and Garp asked Lott to encourage Luffy and Marguerite's relationship before returning to Marine Headquarters.
• Lott agreed to keep the pair in mind, and Garp left while Luffy and Marguerite remained together.
• Ace and Yamato arrived aboard the Moby Dick holding hands, and Ace introduced Yamato as his wife.
• Ace revealed that Yamato was Kaido's daughter and the current shogun of Wano Country, shocking the Whitebeard Pirates.

Ace brought Yamato aboard the Whitebeard Pirates, where Whitebeard welcomed her as his future daughter-in-law and the crew celebrated them at a feast. The chapter ended with Whitebeard telling Marco he was ready to announce something.

• Vista questioned whether Yamato was truly Kaido's daughter, and Yamato confirmed it while Ace vouched for her character.
• Whitebeard welcomed Yamato to the crew and teased her and Ace about when they would marry, prompting them to flee into the cabin.
• Whitebeard ordered a feast, and Yamato won over the crew with her boldness and drinking.
• The crew teased Ace and Yamato about their relationship, and Yamato revealed that she had confessed first.
• Whitebeard told Marco he planned to make an announcement.

Whitebeard announced that he was retiring as captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and named Portgas D. Ace as his successor. The crew reacted with shock and protests, while Whitebeard clarified that he would remain aboard as their father.

• Ace carried the drunk Yamato to the cabin after the banquet, and they appeared together on deck the next morning.
• Whitebeard recalled how he had taken Ace in as his son and watched him grow into a powerful pirate.
• Whitebeard told the crew that he intended to retire, prompting emotional protests from his sons and Yamato.
• Whitebeard declared Portgas D. Ace the new captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Whitebeard retired and appointed Portgas D. Ace as the new captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. At the succession feast, Ace kept the crew’s name and arrangements unchanged and gave Whitebeard equal standing with the captain as news spread through the Pirate World.

• Whitebeard told his sons he was retiring, but the crew wept and protested that they could not accept him stepping down.
• Ace said he was too new to become captain, but Whitebeard issued a captain’s order naming Portgas D. Ace his successor.
• The crew knelt in acceptance, and Whitebeard called for a feast; Yamato was swept up in the family atmosphere aboard the ship.
• Marco asked Ace to address the crew, and Ace thanked Whitebeard before giving his first captain’s orders.
• Ace declared that the crew would keep its name and arrangements, that Whitebeard would retain standing equal to the captain, and that they would feast as news of the succession spread.

News that Whitebeard had handed the Whitebeard Pirates to Ace spread across the Pirate World, prompting speculation about whether Lott had forced the change or Whitebeard had chosen to retire. Lott wondered why Whitebeard had stepped down, but Robin arrived with bad news.

• Pirates on Malaysia Singapore Island debated Whitebeard's decision, with some blaming Lott and others believing Whitebeard had retired willingly.
• Garp and Sengoku discussed Whitebeard's choice, and Garp concluded that Whitebeard wanted to enjoy his freedom while Ace led the crew.
• Zephyr read the news and decided to move his group's plan forward, then left the island with Binz and Ain.
• Lott wondered why the healthy Whitebeard had passed the captaincy to Ace, then decided to ask him directly.
• Robin approached Lott carrying a small Den Den Mushi and told him there was bad news.

Lott learned that the World Government had successfully developed the Mother Flame, while the Five Elders debated Vegapunk’s loyalty and voted to execute him. Vegapunk celebrated his successful creation of a massive Ring-Shaped Device, unaware that the execution plan had been approved.

• Robin brought Lott news that the Mother Flame had been successfully developed, and Lott realized the World Government’s Uranus was complete.
• Lott put off gathering his allies and spent the afternoon with Robin before visiting Vivi, Shirahoshi, and Boa Hancock.
• The Five Elders discussed whether Vegapunk might have undermined the World Government’s weapons and decided he must not leave Mary Geoise alive.
• The Five Elders voted three to two to carry out a plan to execute Vegapunk.
• Vegapunk celebrated the successful development of a gigantic Ring-Shaped Device while agents outside his laboratory questioned his behavior.

Zephyr traveled alone to Peach Spring to meet Lott, despite Ain and Binz fearing for his safety. He reached the outer islands and demanded that Lott come out, where wary guards challenged him.

• Ain and Binz urged Zephyr not to approach Peach Spring alone, but he ordered them to stay with the NEO Marines and flew ahead.
• Zephyr warned Ain not to follow and told her and Binz to lead the NEO Marines away if he did not return by nightfall.
• Ain told Binz she would go after Zephyr if he failed to return, so Binz restrained her with vines from his Devil Fruit.
• Zephyr reached Peach Spring's outer islands, noticed the guards' Haki and barriers that blocked his Observation Haki, and demanded to see Lott.
• A guard squad leader questioned Zephyr, saying he did not look like a guest.

Zephyr entered Peach Spring and was astonished by its diverse islands, powerful citizens, and peaceful way of life. As he continued exploring, he began imagining retiring there.

• The guard captain recognized Zephyr and secretly alerted the Commander, but welcomed him into Peach Spring.
• Zephyr crossed the island and marveled at the many distinct islands connected by bridges and busy sea routes.
• Zephyr sensed that people with Armament Haki and Observation Haki were widespread throughout Peach Spring.
• Zephyr observed its varied races, cultures, and technologies, all living in peaceful and comfortable communities.
• Zephyr recalled Whitebeard passing the captaincy to Ace and wondered whether he could settle in Peach Spring after retiring.

Wyper confronted Ain and Binz after they feared Zephyr had died at Peach Spring, demonstrating overwhelming strength while they attacked him. He revealed that Zephyr was unharmed and that he had come to invite the NEO Marines to Peach Spring.

• Ain begged Binz to let her go save Zephyr, but Binz restrained her and urged her to preserve the NEO Marines.
• Wyper arrived on the NEO Marines' flagship, and Ain charged him, demanding to know what he had done to Zephyr.
• Binz and Ain attacked Wyper with vines, Devil Fruit powers, and weapons, but his speed, Haki, and defenses defeated them.
• Wyper told the wounded Ain and Binz that Zephyr was unharmed and that he had come to invite them to Peach Spring.

Zephyr spent an evening playing with Peach Spring’s children and reflected on the rare peace and equality of the city. After praising Lott for building it, Zephyr asked whether he would always remain devoted to the whole world, and Lott said Peach Spring belonged to everyone, so it could endure even if he changed.

• Zephyr entertained the children of Peach Spring by showing them how his mechanical hand could transform.
• As the children went home, Zephyr watched the sunset and lamented that so few places in the Pirate World offered such a peaceful life.
• Lott told Zephyr that Peach Spring’s peace depended on every generation protecting it and credited its people and companions for building the country together.
• Zephyr praised Lott’s achievement and asked whether he would always keep the whole world in his heart.
• Lott admitted he did not know whether he could keep going unchanged, but said Peach Spring belonged to everyone, not just him.

Zephyr reunited with Binz and Ain and brought the NEO Marines into Peach Spring, where they met Lott. After settling his people in, Zephyr entered a meeting room and was surprised to find Kizaru there.

• Zephyr admitted that he had forgotten Binz and Ain, while Wyper used a Mechanical Den Den Mushi to prove Zephyr was safe and invite them into Peach Spring.
• Binz notified the NEO Marines, and Wyper led them to the port where Zephyr and Lott were waiting.
• Binz and Ain reunited with Zephyr, and Lott introduced himself as the genuine Godslayer Lott.
• The NEO Marines aimed their weapons at Lott until Zephyr ordered them to stand down, and Lott summoned guards to settle them in.
• Lott took Zephyr to a meeting room in Shandora, where Zephyr and Kizaru were both surprised to see each other.