Recaps

Zoro defeated Kin'emon in their final exchange, though Kin'emon managed to wound him. After Kin'emon lost consciousness, Zoro asked Chopper to treat them both, while a rumbling sounded somewhere on the island.

• Zoro wounded Kin'emon, but Kin'emon refused to surrender and prepared his strongest attack.
• Zoro and Kin'emon exchanged their final attacks, and Zoro suffered a shallow cross-shaped wound while Kin'emon received a severe wound across his abdomen.
• Kin'emon admitted defeat and collapsed unconscious, and Zoro praised his strength.
• Zoro asked Chopper to treat his wounds and save Kin'emon, whom he believed was not a bad person.
• A tremendous rumbling sounded somewhere on the island.

Xia Chen sensed that Kozuki Oden had survived and went to find him, while Luffy and the others followed. Oden reunited with Momonosuke and confronted Trafalgar Luo, whom he believed would destroy the Kozuki Clan.

• Xia Chen sensed a commotion on Punk Hazard, recognized that someone he knew had survived, and vanished to investigate.
• Luffy rushed after Xia Chen, and Nami, Sanji, Zoro, and Robin decided to follow them.
• Kozuki Oden appeared before Momonosuke, who recognized his father and burst into tears.
• Trafalgar Luo, Caesar, and Monet watched Oden warily after Luo had struggled to block his slash.
• Oden told Momonosuke they would return to Wano Country after finding the warrior destined to defeat Kaido, then accused Luo of being the man who would destroy the Kozuki Clan.
• Oden recalled the prophecies about Kaido's defeat and the clan's destruction, and how Kozuki Toki had chosen to sacrifice herself to save him.

Kozuki Oden attacked Trafalgar Law, convinced Law threatened his son Momonosuke and endangered the Kozuki Clan. After Oden defeated Law and prepared to kill him, an unknown man interrupted with a punch.

• Oden revealed he had secretly followed Momonosuke into the future and had waited for the person he believed would destroy the Kozuki Clan.
• Law explained that he had only meant to threaten Caesar and Monet, but Oden refused to trust him and charged.
• Law used Room and Shambles to fight Oden, but Oden overwhelmed him with his swordsmanship.
• Law tried to escape by taking Momonosuke hostage, but Oden slashed him and pinned him to the ground.
• Oden prepared to stab Law through the heart as Caesar and Monet froze, but a man struck Oden and called out to him.

Xia Chen confronted Kozuki Oden after rescuing Trafalgar Luo, revealing that he knew Oden had traveled eighteen years into the future. He unleashed overwhelming Conqueror's Haki and declared he would kill Oden and Kozuki Momonosuke, while Luffy and the others witnessed the sky split open from afar.

• Xia Chen arrived after Trafalgar Luo lost to Kozuki Oden and said the samurai had once fought Kaido.
• Xia Chen recognized Oden as someone sent eighteen years into the future by Kozuki Toki and introduced himself as Xia Chen the Sovereign.
• Xia Chen said he had intervened to save Luo and planned to kill both Oden and Kozuki Momonosuke.
• Xia Chen unleashed Conqueror's Haki that knocked out Momonosuke and Monet, sent others flying, and cracked the ground beneath black-and-red lightning.
• Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, and Franky saw the sky split and recalled how Xia Chen had defeated all five of them with one punch each.

Xia Chen overwhelmed Kozuki Oden, then summoned Vegito and prepared to continue the fight from inside the giant robot. Luffy and the others spotted Vegito as they approached and hurried toward the battle.

• Xia Chen struck Oden twice, sent him crashing into a crater, and challenged him to show his full strength.
• Oden charged Xia Chen with Ame no Habakiri and Enma, but Xia Chen caught both swords barehanded and blasted him away.
• Xia Chen judged Oden's Haki and swordsmanship inadequate, then brought Vegito out of the System Space.
• Oden mistook Vegito's sudden appearance for a Devil Fruit ability, while Xia Chen formed an energy staff and resumed the fight.
• Luffy, Sanji, Chopper, and Zoro saw Vegito in the distance and continued toward Xia Chen's battle.

Caesar and Monet escaped but unexpectedly ran into Luffy and his crew, who let them pass after a brief, awkward exchange. Meanwhile, Xia Chen escalated his battle with Kozuki Oden by firing Annihilation Divine Light, and prepared a stronger attack after Oden split the energy pillar.

• Caesar and Monet fled toward their ship, and Monet wondered why her face felt swollen while Caesar hid that he had slapped her awake.
• Caesar and Monet ran into Luffy and his crew, exchanged greetings and farewells, and continued toward their ship without a fight.
• Luffy and the others ignored Caesar and Monet as they continued toward Vegito.
• Xia Chen ended his play-fighting with Kozuki Oden and fired Annihilation Divine Light from Vegito's chest.
• Oden countered with Togen Totsuka, endured a stalemate, then unleashed more power and cleaved the energy pillar apart.
• Xia Chen decided to use a special attack and poured black-and-red Conqueror's Haki into a device inside the control room.

Xia Chen killed Kozuki Oden and Momonosuke after defeating Oden with Vegito’s Conqueror’s Haki-infused beam. He explained their deaths to Luffy and the others, then watched as another battle began nearby and Luffy rushed toward it.

• Xia Chen’s black-and-red energy beam struck Kozuki Oden and destroyed the mountain behind him, while Caesar and Monet fled by ship.
• Xia Chen found Oden barely alive, killed him, then pulled the unconscious Momonosuke from rubble and killed him as well.
• Xia Chen froze Oden and Momonosuke’s bodies and shattered them into ice fragments.
• Luffy and the others arrived, and Xia Chen told them he had killed Oden and Momonosuke, identifying Oden as Kin'emon’s lord.
• Xia Chen explained that Momonosuke was Oden’s son rather than Kin'emon’s, and the group heard signs of another battle nearby.
• Luffy charged toward the new disturbance and told Xia Chen not to follow.

Luo captured Caesar and Monet by taking control of their hearts, then faced Vergo when he arrived to stop him. Vergo knocked Luo away after his old wound caused him to lose his grip.

• Luo used ROOM to cut Caesar and Monet apart and take their hearts.
• Caesar threatened Luo, but Luo squeezed his heart and warned both captives not to provoke him.
• Vergo arrived and attacked Luo, while Luo continued squeezing Caesar's heart to silence him.
• Luo clashed with Vergo and taunted him, but pain from his wound made him falter, allowing Vergo to send him flying.

Luo struggled against Vergo as his old wounds worsened, while Doflamingo ordered Vergo to kill him. Luffy stepped in to protect Luo, and the chapter ended as he clashed with Vergo.

• Luo used ROOM to escape Vergo's attack, but his injuries from Oden and his earlier fight with Caesar and Monet left him barely able to fight.
• Vergo answered a call from Doflamingo, and Caesar called out to Joker for help.
• Doflamingo learned that Luo had captured Caesar, and Luo taunted him for fearing Xia Chen before Doflamingo ordered Vergo to kill him.
• Vergo struck the badly injured Luo and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Luffy arrived, blocked Vergo from reaching Luo, and attacked him with an Armament Haki-coated punch.

Luffy defeated Vergo with his new Hellfire Elephant Gun technique, while Luo thanked him for intervening. The chapter left Caesar panicking over Vergo’s defeat and Luffy celebrating his progress toward piloting Vegito.

• Luo recovered from the ground and realized the Straw Hat Pirates had saved him twice, though his injuries prevented him from fighting further.
• Luffy entered Gear Second, struck Vergo hard enough to send him into a mountain, and prompted Vergo to cover his body in Armament Haki.
• Luffy used Gear Third and made his Armament Haki flow before launching Hellfire Elephant Gun, which snapped Vergo’s bamboo and sent him through the mountain.
• Caesar saw Vergo lying motionless beyond the mountain and panicked because no one could save him now.
• Luo thanked Luffy, and Luffy said he had helped because he liked Luo’s look before accepting his thanks.

Luffy and the others confronted Caesar over his experiments on children, while Xia Chen arranged for Smoker to take the children and warned him that Vergo worked for Doflamingo. Law used Vergo’s Den Den Mushi to tell Doflamingo that Caesar was in his hands, and Xia Chen mocked Doflamingo as the call continued.

• Chopper punched Caesar for experimenting on the children, and Luffy and the others beat him until he was badly injured.
• Xia Chen said he had called the Marines to handle the children, and Smoker arrived to collect them.
• Xia Chen warned Smoker that Vergo worked for Doflamingo and was lying on the island’s eastern shore, and Smoker accepted the information.
• Law answered Vergo’s Den Den Mushi and told Doflamingo that Caesar was in his hands.
• Doflamingo recognized Law and threatened him, but Xia Chen interrupted to mock Doflamingo’s strength.

Xia Chen challenged Doflamingo over his confidence, but Doflamingo revealed he had a way to make Luffy follow his rules. He offered the Storm-Storm Fruit and claimed it belonged to Luffy’s father, leaving everyone stunned.

• Xia Chen mocked Doflamingo and denied that he was worthy of being his opponent.
• Doflamingo proposed that Luo meet him at Green Bit in five days to negotiate over Caesar.
• Xia Chen questioned what made Doflamingo so confident, and Doflamingo said he possessed something Luffy could not resist.
• Luffy guessed Doflamingo was offering delicious meat, while Sanji said a Devil Fruit would not tempt the crew.
• Doflamingo revealed the Storm-Storm Fruit and claimed it belonged to Luffy’s father.

Doflamingo revealed that the Revolutionary Army had been destroyed and Monkey D. Dragon killed, then used Dragon’s Storm-Storm Fruit to lure Xia Chen to Green Bit. Xia Chen agreed to seek justice for Dragon and headed for Mary Geoise.

• Doflamingo told the group that the World Government and Navy had wiped out the Revolutionary Army at Baltigo, killing Dragon, and that Dragon’s Storm-Storm Fruit was now in his possession.
• Luffy said he had to claim his father’s Devil Fruit, though he admitted he felt little grief because he had never met Dragon.
• The Straw Hat Pirates agreed to go to Green Bit in five days, while Luo offered to plan how they would deal with Doflamingo.
• Xia Chen rejected the need for a plan, saying his strength would overcome any trump card Doflamingo had.
• Xia Chen told Luffy that Dragon had met with him several times and saved his life in Water 7, then left for Mary Geoise to seek justice for Dragon.

The Five Elders discussed Xia Chen’s movements and celebrated news that a mysterious lord might attack him, until Xia Chen appeared in their room. After learning the World Government had only falsely claimed credit for destroying the Revolutionary Army, Xia Chen left with a suspicion about the hidden attacker and a warning about Doflamingo’s position as a Shichibukai.

• The Five Elders discussed Xia Chen’s location and celebrated Saturn’s news that a mysterious lord planned to act against him within three to six months.
• Xia Chen appeared in the room, frightened the Five Elders with his pressure, and made them laugh for over ten minutes.
• Xia Chen asked why the Five Elders had attacked the Revolutionary Army, and Saturn admitted the World Government and Marines had only claimed credit for its destruction.
• Xia Chen wondered which hidden force had wiped out the Revolutionary Army and considered a possible culprit.
• Xia Chen left after saying that Doflamingo might not be suited to being a Shichibukai.

After Doflamingo lost his Shichibukai status, he prepared a trap for Xia Chen ahead of their trade near Dressrosa. Doflamingo demanded that Xia Chen go alone to Green Bit, and Xia Chen flew there while the others headed toward Dressrosa with Caesar.

• Doflamingo learned that the Five Elders had revoked his Shichibukai status and blamed Xia Chen, then vowed to kill him in five days.
• On the eve of the trade, Xia Chen and Robin discussed Trafalgar Luo’s hostility toward Doflamingo, and Xia Chen told her about Corazon’s death.
• As the Thousand Sunny neared Dressrosa, Luo explained the route to Green Bit and noted that Doflamingo’s loss of Shichibukai status was good news.
• Doflamingo called the crew and demanded that Xia Chen go alone to Green Bit before he would bring the Storm-Storm Fruit to Dressrosa for the trade with Caesar.
• Xia Chen flew toward Green Bit on the Flying Nimbus, while Luffy and the others set off separately.

Xia Chen met Kaido and Jack on Green Bit, where Kaido revealed he had come to test Xia Chen’s strength rather than lead a crowd against him. Their Conqueror’s Haki clash left Kaido impressed, and the chapter ended as they charged into battle with matching Thunder Bagua attacks.

• Xia Chen arrived at Green Bit and greeted Kaido excitedly, calling him Teacher Kaido.
• Kaido explained that he had come to fight Xia Chen out of curiosity, while Jack would only watch and report to Joker that Xia Chen had arrived.
• Kaido challenged Xia Chen’s claim to have fought through Marine Headquarters, and Xia Chen unleashed his full Conqueror’s Haki.
• Xia Chen’s Haki overwhelmed Kaido’s and forced him several steps backward, exciting Kaido.
• Kaido charged with Thunder Bagua, and Xia Chen answered with the same attack.

Luo and the Straw Hat crew planned their approach to Doflamingo’s trap at the Flower Field while Xia Chen was away. Doflamingo prepared a deadly arena there, confident the crew would be helpless without Xia Chen.

• Doflamingo told Luo that Xia Chen had gone to Green Bit and challenged Luffy and the others to meet him at the Flower Field; Luffy vowed to defeat him.
• Luo warned the crew that Doflamingo might have set a trap and proposed leaving people behind with Caesar and Monet’s hearts as leverage.
• The crew drew lots to choose who would stay behind, and Chopper and Brook drew the long sticks.
• Usopp reluctantly joined Luffy and Zoro as they set off for the Flower Field.
• Doflamingo and his officers gathered at the enlarged Flower Field arena, where Doflamingo planned one-on-one death matches for the Straw Hat Pirates.

Xia Chen fought Kaido on Green Bit until Kaido transformed into his hybrid Azure Dragon form. In Dressrosa, Luo revealed that the toys were humans transformed by Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit and explained his personal vendetta against Doflamingo.

• Xia Chen taunted Kaido during their fight, then struck him hard enough to send him flying.
• Kaido, excited by Xia Chen’s strength, transformed into his hybrid Azure Dragon form and charged back into the fight.
• Luffy and his crew arrived in Dressrosa and reacted to the toys living like ordinary people.
• Luo told the crew that the toys had once been human and that Doflamingo was behind their transformation.
• Luo revealed that he had served under Doflamingo to avenge someone important to him and identified Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit as the source of the toy transformations.
• Usopp asked Luo what made Sugar so dangerous.

Luo explained the Hobby-Hobby Fruit’s powers to the Straw Hat crew, while Zoro and Sanji argued and fought. Elsewhere, pirate crews gathered to plan an attack on Xia Chen, and the Five Elders met with Sengoku in Mary Geoise.

• Luo explained that the Hobby-Hobby Fruit could turn people into toys, bind them with contracts, and erase them from others’ memories.
• Zoro suggested testing the memory effect on Sanji, prompting the two to trade insults and fight.
• Usopp asked how to avoid or reverse the transformation, and Luo admitted he did not know before a woman offered to answer.
• On an island near Dressrosa, Hu rallied a huge gathering of pirates to target the Straw Hat Pirates and Xia Chen, while privately considering bringing the pirates under his command.
• The Five Elders and Fleet Admiral Sengoku gathered in a large room in Mary Geoise to discuss an unspecified matter.

The Five Elders and Sengoku decided to let the pirates gathering on Moss Island face Xia Chen, while Xia Chen continued to dominate Kaido in their duel. Kaido declared that his endurance and a single powerful hit could still win him the fight, and Xia Chen prepared a stronger strike to prove him wrong.

• Sengoku asked the Five Elders whether the Navy should intervene as Doflamingo gathered pirates on Moss Island to target Xia Chen, but they ordered him to do nothing.
• Xia Chen repeatedly battered Kaido with Haki and physical attacks, while Kaido struggled to land a hit.
• Xia Chen considered Kaido’s advice to Luffy about relying on Haki and decided Kaido might have taught him by serving as a negative example.
• Kaido claimed that Xia Chen’s attacks were not strong enough and that he could win by enduring them before landing one decisive blow.
• Xia Chen laughed at Kaido’s assumption and vanished, appearing right in front of him as he prepared his next swing.

Luffy and the others reached the Flower Field after Violet warned them about Doflamingo’s preparations, while Violet wondered whether they could win without Xia Chen. At the arena, Luffy confronted Doflamingo, and their Conqueror’s Haki clashed with Luffy’s seemingly overpowering Doflamingo’s.

• Violet told Luffy and the others that Doflamingo had prepared a deadly arena and shared information about Sugar and the Donquixote Family.
• Luffy charged toward the Flower Field, and Zoro and the others followed while Violet worried about Xia Chen’s absence.
• Luffy and his companions arrived at the arena, where Doflamingo awaited them and vowed to kill them.
• Luo carried the unconscious Caesar into the confrontation, and Doflamingo seethed at Luo for bringing him to this predicament.
• Doflamingo and Luffy unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, and their surges collided as Doflamingo’s officers realized Luffy’s Haki appeared stronger.

Luffy and Doflamingo began their arena battle after their Conqueror’s Haki clash, while Usopp stopped Luffy from revealing Violet’s warning. The chapter ended with Doflamingo blocking Luffy’s first attacks and countering his Jet Whip.

• Luffy and Doflamingo clashed with Conqueror’s Haki, and nearby residents fell unconscious before both men withdrew their Haki.
• Usopp covered Luffy’s mouth to keep him from revealing that Violet had tipped them off, and Luffy praised Usopp for being reliable.
• Doflamingo explained the life-and-death arena rules, and Luffy challenged him to fight.
• Pica charged at Luffy after the crowd laughed at his high-pitched voice, but Zoro slashed him away before Doflamingo ordered him to stand down.
• Doflamingo entered the arena and threatened to make Luffy watch his companions die, then blocked Luffy’s Jet Pistol and countered his Jet Whip with Athlete.

Xia Chen overwhelmed Kaido with Haki alone, then challenged his assumptions about Haki and Devil Fruits. He offered Kaido a chance to advance beyond his current Haki bottlenecks, leaving Kaido eager to hear what Xia Chen planned.

• Xia Chen battered Kaido with a fierce barrage and slammed him into the ground with Heaven-Pillar, leaving Jack stunned.
• Kaido climbed from the crater badly injured and asked whether Xia Chen had shown his true strength, but Xia Chen said he had not.
• Xia Chen asked Kaido whether Haki alone could transcend all, and Kaido argued that Devil Fruit abilities also greatly increased strength.
• Xia Chen asked how long Kaido's Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki had been stuck at their bottlenecks, then explained that his own Haki was stronger.
• Kaido admitted he wanted to improve and began asking whether Xia Chen planned to help him advance.

Xia Chen pushed Kaido to the brink of death in a brutal training session, helping him advance his Observation Haki and Conqueror’s Haki. After Kaido challenged him to keep fighting, Xia Chen trapped him in purple ice and sent a massive fireball crashing toward him.

• Xia Chen told Kaido he would help him break through so Kaido could put pressure on the people aboard Xia Chen’s ship.
• Xia Chen launched a super crash-course training session, repeatedly attacking Kaido and driving him to the edge of his limits.
• After an unknown amount of time, Kaido’s Observation Haki and Conqueror’s Haki advanced, and he thanked Xia Chen for helping him break through.
• Kaido erupted with Conqueror’s Haki and challenged Xia Chen to keep fighting.
• Xia Chen encased Kaido in purple ice, raised him into the sky, and sent an enormous fireball crashing down toward him as Jack watched in shock.

Luffy fought Doflamingo in the Flower Field of Dressrosa and gained the upper hand after activating Gear Second. Doflamingo stopped holding back and prepared to use his trump card.

• Luffy taunted Doflamingo with lines Xia Chen had taught him, then activated Gear Second and struck him hard enough to draw blood.
• Luffy asked Zoro and the others for the surname of a singer Xia Chen had mentioned, then mocked Doflamingo by calling him a show-off like Xia Chen.
• Luffy and Doflamingo exchanged increasingly fierce blows as the Straw Hat Pirates watched calmly and the Donquixote Family grew worried about Doflamingo losing.
• Luffy punched Doflamingo in the abdomen and sent him flying into a Spider Web Wall, whereupon Doflamingo declared he would stop holding back and make Luffy despair.