Recaps

Fleet Admiral Kong gathered the Shichibukai and told them the Marines would execute Gol D. Roger in Loguetown in half a month, asking for their help protecting the transfer. The meeting ended with the summoned pirates promising to fight, though their sincerity remained uncertain.

• Kong entered the meeting hall, stopped the fighting, and warned the attendees not to stand by when enemies appeared.
• Kong announced Roger’s scheduled execution and described it as a key that would open the way to a new era.
• Crocodile questioned what the key would open, while Kong said the Marines would put it into the lock and the next era would turn it.
• Taran agreed to assist the Marines in exchange for food and drink, and a young attendee said they wanted to see the world’s supposed pinnacle for themselves.
• After the meeting, a Marine escorted two guests to their room and told them to proceed to a designated area if the alarm sounded.

Rossi explained his past involvement with the Vinsmoke Family and challenged Garp to state where he stood on the World Government and the Celestial Dragons. Later, Garp tested Rossi's fighting ability and questioned why he was so determined to grow stronger at such a young age.

• Garp entered Rossi's meeting with a show of overwhelming pressure, then apologized and shared a drink with him.
• Rossi gave Garp a concise account of the North Blue conflict, his encounters with the Vinsmoke Family, and the beginnings of his organization.
• Rossi argued that the World Government and the Celestial Dragons were the world's deepest source of decay, then asked Garp what his answer was.
• At Marine Headquarters, Garp deflected Rossi's flying slash with his bare hands and sent it back at him.
• Garp judged Rossi's Haki and Devil Fruit ability as limited, and Rossi reminded him that he was not yet fifteen.
• Garp asked Rossi why he was so obsessed with getting stronger.

Rossi continued training with Garp to learn advanced Armament Haki, then Marine Headquarters came under attack when Golden Lion Shiki sent a falling island crashing toward it. Garp and Sengoku shattered the island, and Rossi joined the effort to kick its burning fragments away from the base.

• Rossi explained to Trebol that Garp's beatings were helping him learn advanced Armament Haki through combat.
• An alarm sounded as a massive island descended toward Marine Headquarters, and Rossi recognized the attack as Golden Lion Shiki's.
• Garp and Sengoku struck the falling island with Iron Fist and Buddha Shockwave, breaking it into burning fragments.
• Shiki attacked Garp and Sengoku with Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley, drawing them into a battle in the sky.
• Rossi told Trebol to stay safe, then kicked falling boulders away from Marine Headquarters and toward the sea.

Rossi, Crocodile, and Alucard helped defend Marine Headquarters as Golden Lion Shiki sent his fleet into a final assault. The battle began in earnest, and the next scene showed Trebol ambushing pirates before an unseen attacker cut through his slime traps.

• Rossi kicked burning island debris into the sea, while Crocodile destroyed falling rocks with his Sandstorm Giant Drill.
• Alucard raised a canopy of blood that drained blood from Marines until a man in a white coat ordered him to stop and commanded the forces to engage.
• Golden Lion Shiki sent his fleet of skyborne ships diving toward Marine Headquarters, forcing his followers into a charge they could not escape.
• Rossi used Slash-Slash Dance to split more than a dozen pirate ships, and Marines and pirates began exchanging attacks.
• Trebol trapped charging pirates in slime, but an approaching attacker sliced through his web and several bodies.

Trebol and Rossi fought on the battlefield, where Trebol trapped a Marine captain and raised a giant mucus-and-rubble construct. Rossi cut through the pirates with his swordsmanship and Haki, then continued battling powerful captains as the fight raged on.

• Trebol used a mucus decoy to trap and kill a mustached Marine captain, then sank into a massive rising mass of mucus.
• Trebol’s mucus construct rose from the battlefield and smashed into the pirates, repairing itself with rubble after their attacks.
• Rossi cut down ranks of pirates before several captains, including Captain Gavier, confronted him.
• Rossi wounded the captains with a burst of blade strikes, then killed a shell-armored captain with Parting Flight.
• A Longarm captain caught Rossi’s blade, but Rossi broke his jaw and knocked him unconscious.
• Rossi struck another pirate captain with a blow of compressed air, leaving a fist-shaped dent in his chest.

Garp and Sengoku defeated Golden Lion Shiki, ending the battle at Marine Headquarters and breaking the Flying Pirates. As Marines gathered the prisoners and rescued the wounded, Rossi reunited with Trebol and dismissed the Shichibukai as hired blades.

• Garp and Sengoku overwhelmed Shiki, who fell unconscious after learning Roger had surrendered himself to the Marines while terminally ill.
• Rossi struck down Lord Gavier, whose armor shattered, though he survived the blow.
• Garp and Sengoku's final clash unleashed devastating shock waves across Marine Headquarters, and Shiki's swords, Oto and Kogarashi, fell from the sky with him.
• The Flying Pirates disintegrated after Shiki's defeat, and many pirates surrendered as Marines began rescue and cleanup efforts.
• Rossi reunited with Trebol, who praised how easy the fight had been, while Rossi called the Shichibukai hired blades.

After the Navy defeated Shiki at Marineford, Rossi discussed the battle with the other Shichibukai and began planning a New World foothold in Dressrosa. News of the battle and the two newly appointed Shichibukai spread across the Grand Line, reaching a pirate crew in the New World.

• Rossi explained that Shiki had been doomed once he faced Sengoku and Garp at Marineford, and the Navy escorted the bound giant away.
• Kong questioned Taran over the heavy casualties in his defense sector, then ordered the Shichibukai to return to their sectors if fighting resumed.
• Crocodile asked Rossi whether he was preparing to enter the New World, and Rossi said the Family had no target yet.
• Rossi decided that Dressrosa could serve as the Family’s New World supply base and planned to seek control through the Riku Family rather than force.
• News Coo carried reports of Shiki’s defeat and printed photographs of Crocodile and Rossi as newly appointed Shichibukai, shocking pirates in the New World.

News of Golden Lion Shiki’s defeat reached the New World, where Kaido, Whitebeard, and Charlotte Linlin considered how the Marines’ growing power might affect them. The chapter left Linlin furious over the former Rocks crew’s broken alliances and lost treasure.

• A captain on an island feared Shiki’s defeat and the changing balance of power, while Kaido dismissed Shiki’s fate and relied on Orochi to help prepare for coming trouble.
• Whitebeard and Marco discussed Shiki’s death and Roger’s coming execution, but Whitebeard declined to sail to the East Blue and Marco chose to remain with him.
• The story recalled how Kaido and Orochi had used civilian hostages to force Oden to dance, while Kaido planned to turn Wano into a weapons factory.
• Marco reflected on Rossi’s role in Shiki’s defeat and the World Government’s victims before asking Whitebeard whether they would go to the East Blue.
• Charlotte Linlin condemned Shiki’s attack and worried that the Marines would target her and Ochoku, then raged over Ochoku taking Hachinosu and John stealing the Rocks crew’s treasure.

After the Marines finished repairs at Headquarters, Rossi secretly traveled to Impel Down with Trebol to obtain Magellan’s poison and antidote and attempt a rescue on Level 6. Rossi infiltrated the prison in disguise and reached the passage leading deeper inside, where giant guards approached.

• Charlotte Linlin considered joining forces with Kaido and prepared to face the Marines, while pirates across the sea restrained their forces after Shiki’s capture.
• Fleet Admiral Kong thanked the four Shichibukai for their help, and the assembly ended as the Marines prepared to announce Gol D. Roger’s execution in the East Blue.
• Rossi and Trebol traveled underwater toward Impel Down in a sea beast created from Trebol’s mucus, and Rossi described the prison’s deadly levels.
• Rossi changed into a white-robed disguise, entered Impel Down through its outer wall, and silently made his way inside.
• Rossi entered the fourth level through a ventilation opening and moved toward the hidden staircase, then stopped above the passage as giant axe-bearing guards walked below.

Rossi silently crossed Impel Down’s upper levels and reached Blazing Hell, where he sought the room containing Magellan’s poison and antidotes. The chapter ended as he stabbed a guard who had raised the alarm.

• Rossi crossed Crimson Hell and used Conqueror’s Haki to stop the giant beasts on Beast Hell.
• Rossi slipped past the guards and surveillance on the second level, then rode Minotaurus across the third level before descending farther.
• Balph Misaoli sensed an unusual disturbance in the airflow and kicked a taunting prisoner, while Rossi passed nearby unseen.
• Rossi navigated the heat above Blazing Hell and searched for the room where the poison and antidotes were stored.
• Rossi questioned a guard about their location, but the guard shouted an alarm, so Rossi stabbed him.

Rossi infiltrated the prison’s venom laboratory, stole its contents, and fought his way past the guards toward the lower levels. He entered Freezing Hell and continued downward as prison wolves attacked him.

• Rossi questioned the guards about where Magellan’s antidote was stored, then knocked them unconscious and closed their dormitory door.
• Rossi bypassed the heavily guarded laboratory, incapacitated its elite guards, and entered the research room.
• Rossi packed the laboratory’s equipment and materials into a small cloth bag, knocked out the researchers, and escaped.
• Rossi broke through the defenses leading to the fifth level, Freezing Hell, before the surveillance feed could alert the control room.
• Rossi ignored the prisoners calling to him and headed farther down, where a pack of wolves attacked.

Rossi broke into Impel Down’s Level 6 and freed Golden Lion Shiki and White Dragon Baruf Tani. He left Shiki to escape upward and led Tani out, while the prison’s guards mobilized to stop the intruder.

• Rossi smashed through the gate to Level 6, prompting Warden Tixis to order a response and head down to confront the intruder.
• The prisoners in Level 6 watched as Rossi entered and went straight to Golden Lion Shiki’s cell.
• Rossi picked the locks on Shiki’s cell and shackles, then Shiki floated toward the upper floors with a torrent of weapons following him.
• Rossi freed White Dragon Baruf Tani, who recognized him as the man from North Blue despite being unable to speak.
• Rossi told Tani she would travel with him and joked that she should say, “Come on, let the show begin.”

Rossi freed Tieshidaino and several dangerous prisoners from Impel Down’s Level 6, then joined Baruf Tani in drilling a passage through the ceiling with ice and fire. The escapees surged toward the opening as Tixis tried to stop them, while Rossi emerged onto Level 5 with his blades badly damaged.

• Rossi rescued Tieshidaino, a former MADS researcher, and recruited him after asking about Lineage Factors.
• Rossi freed a tattooed giant and other prisoners to help create a diversion, then Tixis and several figures arrived at Level 6.
• The tattooed giant charged Tixis as Rossi carried Tieshidaino upward and Baruf Tani transformed into a White Dragon to attack the ceiling.
• Rossi and Baruf Tani combined ice and fire to pierce Level 6’s ceiling, and an old prisoner escaped through the opening.
• Tixis ordered his forces to stop the prisoners from escaping, but Rossi’s attack blasted a hole through Level 5’s frozen ground and Rossi emerged with cracked blades.

Rossi, Tani, Dr. Tieshidaino, and Shiki escaped Level 5 and reached Level 3, where Rossi freed Tani’s green-haired younger sister. They continued toward Level 2, where Hannyabal and Shiryu of the Rain blocked the stairs with the Humanoid Cow and Zebra.

• Rossi destroyed his two blades, then helped Tani carry Dr. Tieshidaino as Shiki fought Magellan on Level 5.
• Tani froze the ceiling, and Rossi punched through it so the group could escape to Level 4; Shiki and an old prisoner followed.
• Magellan pursued them in a poison dragon, but a hooded gunman shot him and Tani sealed the passage with ice.
• On Level 3, Tani’s green-haired younger sister recognized her, and Rossi cut open the girl’s cell and freed her from her shackles.
• The girl followed the group toward Level 2, where Hannyabal, Shiryu of the Rain, Humanoid Cow, and Zebra stood in their way.

Rossi and Golden Lion Shiki led a breakout from Impel Down, overpowering the guards and escaping aboard a flying warship. At Marine Headquarters, Garp and the other officers learned Shiki had escaped with help from a hooded intruder and began assessing the threat.

• Rossi, Tani, and the old prisoner defeated Xiliu, Hannyabal, and two awakened Zoan guards on Level 3, while Golden Lion persuaded Xiliu to retrieve Oto and Kogarashi.
• Golden Lion and the escapees stormed the control center, overcame its defenders, and seized a warship as the Marines withdrew their fleet.
• Golden Lion lifted the warship into the sky, and Rossi signaled their allies to withdraw from the nearby waters.
• At Marineford, Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, Tsuru, Sakazuki, and Kuzan gathered after learning Shiki had escaped from Impel Down.
• Tsuru reported that a hooded man had broken through the prison, emptied a laboratory, and helped Shiki escape alongside several notorious prisoners.
• Garp recognized the danger of Shiki taking a ship into the sky, and the officers asked for more details about the intruder.

The Marines investigated the mysterious prison break and sent Garp and Kuzan to Impel Down while Sakazuki ordered Cipher Pol to find the intruder. Rossi sailed away with Shiki, Horne, Tani, and other rescued prisoners, gaining new allies and resources as Tani asked whether her bald father was still alive.

• Tsuru, Sengoku, and Sakazuki reviewed reports of an unidentified man breaking into Impel Down and debated his motives and next appearance.
• Sakazuki sent Garp and Kuzan to Impel Down and ordered Cipher Pol to search for the prison breaker.
• Shiki thanked Rossi, and Horne identified himself as the sixteenth leader of the Flower Country's Two-Treasure Navy and pledged his clan's gratitude.
• Rossi reflected on the rescued researcher Dr. Tieshidaino and the venom samples and antidote he had obtained.
• Tani transformed into a white dragon, froze the sea around the warship, and discussed finding a Fish-Man or merperson for underwater combat.
• Tani asked Rossi whether her bald father was still alive, and Rossi told her he was.

Rossi and his companions crossed the Calm Belt toward Loguetown after learning that Roger would be executed, while Morgans set out to investigate the announcement for himself. As the news drew people toward the East Blue, a dark blue ship spotted something at sea.

• Rossi’s warship left the iceberg behind as Tani and Oni discussed their journey into the New World and Tani focused on becoming stronger.
• Rossi directed Tani, Oni, and Tieshidaino east toward Loguetown, explaining that Roger’s execution was drawing them across the Calm Belt.
• Oni reacted to Rossi’s account of the Family’s reach, while Tani asked what Rossi knew about Roger; he said she would understand once they reached the East Blue.
• Morgans doubted that Roger had been captured without a hidden arrangement, then ordered his crew to head for the East Blue and report on the execution.
• A dark blue, three-masted ship sailed through the South Blue, where a crew member called out that something was at three o’clock.

Rossi returned from Impel Down with Baruf Tani, Balph Misaoli, and Tieshidaino, reuniting with Doffy and the Family as ships gathered for the execution at Loguetown. The chapter ended with the crowd filling the square in front of City Hall on the day of the execution.

• A hooded figure with mechanical jaws forced Captain Ivar to lend him a ship by destroying the metal and leather of the first mate’s gear, then headed toward the mountain where water flowed uphill.
• The figure crossed the Red Line with three companions while Captain Ivar’s ship was carried up the mountainside by laborers.
• Rossi arrived at the Donquixote Family’s fleet, put on his black haori, and reunited with Doffy and the Family.
• Baruf Tani and Balph Misaoli introduced themselves to the Family, and Tieshidaino described his scientific research; Doffy welcomed all three as guests while their status remained under review.
• Doffy asked Rossi about his time in Impel Down, and the next day a crowd gathered outside Loguetown’s City Hall for the execution.

At Roger’s execution in Loguetown, Rossi tried to stop him from announcing his treasure but was overwhelmed by Roger’s lingering will and hesitated when Roger silently asked to finish speaking. Roger’s death ignited the age of pirates, and Rossi ended the chapter facing Dracule Mihawk in a sudden sword clash.

• Rossi identified Gecko Moria, Dracule Mihawk, Crocodile, and Monkey D. Dragon among the crowd gathered to watch Roger’s execution.
• As Roger was about to speak, Rossi tried to silence him, but Roger’s will struck back and left Rossi bleeding.
• Roger announced that he had left his treasure in one place, then the executioners killed him as the crowd erupted.
• Gecko Moria and his companions set off toward the New World, while Rossi recalled the disaster that awaited Moria in Wano.
• Dracule Mihawk challenged Rossi, and their blades clashed as Doflamingo stepped back.

After Roger’s execution, Rossi, Doffy, Crocodile, and Mihawk headed for Beast Fighting Island, while Garp confronted his son Dragon and Shanks parted ways with Buggy. The Donquixote fleet crossed Reverse Mountain with a rock-controlling crewman, as Crocodile considered forming Baroque Works and Mihawk sized up Rossi.

• Rossi stopped Doffy from fighting Mihawk in the harbor and led them toward Beast Fighting Island; Crocodile agreed to join them.
• Garp found Dragon in an alley and challenged him after Dragon refused to return home and vowed to tear down the world’s corrupt order.
• Shanks invited Buggy to sail with him, but Buggy refused, declaring that he would pursue treasure and freedom on his own.
• A young boy reflected on the reactions to Roger’s execution and wondered whether joining the Marines would help him understand the world.
• The Donquixote fleet bypassed the crowded route up Reverse Mountain as a massive crewman used rock arms to carry their ships up the cliff.
• Crocodile considered founding a Devil Fruit user organization called Baroque Works, while Mihawk focused on the swordsman aboard the ship worth challenging.

Rossi welcomed Tani and her former crew into the Family after accepting her challenge to test his strength. At Beast Fighting Island, the Family’s strict control kept a group of newly arrived pirates in line, while a massive display of power in the island’s interior convinced them to abandon thoughts of plunder.

• Mihawk kept probing Rossi with invisible Haki slashes until Rossi used his Devil Fruit ability to vanish from Mihawk’s perception and withdrew to handle Family business.
• Tani told her former crew that she was no longer their captain, released Oba from his obligations, and encouraged Pete to pursue his own ship.
• Rossi entered the cabin and offered Tani a place in the Family, then clasped her scaled hand and withstood the cold and Haki she released.
• At Beast Fighting Island, Camille inspected a flagless ship carrying former pirates and granted it permission to enter port under the Family’s protection.
• After an explosion and a towering pillar of murky yellow appeared over the island, the visiting captain and crew gave up their plans to rob the port and decided to conduct honest business.

Rossi unleashed his power against the sand-wielding fighter, who called the clash a draw before the fight could continue. A new duel began between the wielder of Sandai Kitetsu and the owner of Yoru, and it left Sandai Kitetsu’s wielder facing a dangerous opening.

• Rossi split the sandstorm with his blade and Conqueror’s Haki, forcing the sand-wielding fighter to counter with Desert Grande Spada.
• A black-coated man stopped the fight and declared it a draw, then another man stepped into the arena to challenge the sand-wielding fighter.
• The sand-wielding fighter moved to the stands as the two swordsmen began their duel with powerful strikes from Sandai Kitetsu and Yoru.
• The duelists traded rapid attacks, and Yoru’s owner cut his opponent’s chest while taking a blow that bruised his left arm.
• Yoru’s owner changed his grip, disarmed Sandai Kitetsu’s defense with a strike to the wrist, and drove his opponent to one knee beneath a heavy downward chop.
• Sandai Kitetsu’s wielder abandoned his block at the last moment, letting Yoru’s blade sink into the stone floor.

Rossi faced Mihawk in a sword duel, learning to focus his Conqueror's Haki into his blade and discovering the gap between their swordsmanship. After Mihawk wounded him with a feint that deceived his perception, Rossi used his ability to erase sound and vanished from Mihawk's senses as their duel continued.

• Rossi and Mihawk described their swords before beginning their duel in the Beast Fighting arena.
• Rossi's opening strike was effortlessly redirected by Mihawk, who warned that a slash without his full will was an empty move.
• Rossi focused his conviction into Sandai Kitetsu and successfully clashed with Mihawk's Yoru using unpracticed Conqueror's Haki Coating.
• Mihawk and Rossi exchanged rapid attacks, and Mihawk wounded Rossi with a strike that had tricked his perception using false cues.
• Rossi acknowledged Mihawk's superior swordsmanship, erased all sound, and vanished from Mihawk's perception as they resumed their attacks.

Rossi and Mihawk fought a brutal duel that ended with Rossi admitting defeat, though both survived and agreed to meet again. Crocodile, shaken by their strength, abandoned his Alabasta course for Whiskey Island, while Doflamingo confronted a masked observer who had come to assess Rossi.

• Rossi overwhelmed Mihawk with a flurry of attacks, but Mihawk’s final slash nearly cut Rossi in two and severed his own right arm.
• Doffy treated Rossi’s wound and used his threads to reattach Mihawk’s arm and return his sword; Rossi said he had lost because Doffy had helped him at the last moment.
• Rossi and Mihawk agreed to fight again and went to share a drink, while Doflamingo allowed them to leave together.
• Crocodile departed the island, reconsidered his pursuit of the ancient weapons, and changed his ship’s course from Alabasta to Whiskey Island to regain strength.
• Doflamingo addressed a masked figure watching from a warehouse roof, and the figure confirmed having seen Rossi’s strength firsthand.

Rossi intervened in Tom’s trial and offered to fund the Sea Train, giving the shipwright a chance to atone for building a ship for the Pirate King. The courtroom watched as Rossi’s men brought in suitcases full of money to support the project.

• The blond man at the docks revealed that invisible threads covered the arena and challenged the masked woman and the others to decide who deserved their loyalty.
• Two figures in a tavern discussed Doffy’s ability and the difference between pursuing swordsmanship and seeking the summit of the sea.
• Water 7’s shipyards fell into ruin as ships vanished or arrived burned, and Tom was arrested after Marines entered his home.
• At his trial, Tom described a steam-powered rail vehicle that could connect islands and help Water 7 survive.
• Rossi arrived at the courtroom and promised his Family would fund the Sea Train, arguing that its construction could repay Tom’s crime.
• Rossi’s young attendant brought in cases packed with banknotes, leaving the shipwrights staring at the money.