Recaps

Roy reflected on Hachinosu’s growth and planned to find Pure Gold to attract powerful pirates, then visited Kozuki Toki to ask about the past and the prophecy. Toki revealed that she knew little about the war eight hundred years ago, but sensed that the Nine Red Scabbards and Momonosuke would return in twenty years to open Wano’s borders; Roy declared he would rewrite fate through strength.

• Roy reviewed Hachinosu’s progress and planned to find Pure Gold and recruit Patrick Redfield.
• Roy visited Kozuki Toki in the medical ward and faced her questions about why he had saved her.
• Roy told Toki that Oden had chosen to fight despite Roy’s warning, and Toki mourned Oden and worried for Momonosuke and Hiyori.
• Roy asked Toki what she knew about eight hundred years ago, and she said her parents had given her no details about the ancient war.
• Toki explained that she had been tasked with finding Wano Country and waiting for a prophecy, and she sensed that the Nine Red Scabbards and Momonosuke would return in twenty years.
• Roy rejected fate and told Toki that he would rewrite it with his own hands.

Roy allowed Kozuki Toki to stay on Hachinosu under strict restrictions, promising she could see Momonosuke and the others if they returned in twenty years. Over the following year, Hachinosu developed steadily as its people trained, expanded its infrastructure, and strengthened its organization.

• Roy told Kozuki Toki she could stay on Hachinosu because he valued her Time-Time Fruit power and his past connection to Kozuki Oden.
• Kozuki Toki agreed to stay if Roy let her see Momonosuke and the others in twenty years, and she accepted his Seastone bracelets and restrictions.
• Roy promised Kozuki Toki she could decide whether to leave or stay after seeing them, provided she caused no trouble during the next twenty years.
• Hachinosu spent the following year without major conflict, expanding Dr. Gracia's bloodline transplants, Bullet's training camp, Tesoro's Sea Train network, and Crocodile's intelligence operation.
• Roy trained daily with Hawk Eyes and Bullet, then personally instructed Hachinosu's other members in their combat skills and Devil Fruit abilities.

After a year searching for the Vampire Fruit, the Red Count returned to Hachinosu and asked Roy to reveal the location of Sleeping Ancient Town. Roy invited him to stay, then offered to find Pure Gold and make him immortal, leaving the Red Count to consider the offer.

• Roy sensed the Red Count in Hachinosu’s palace and went to meet him with Bullet.
• The Red Count told Roy that he had searched the New World for a year without finding the Vampire Fruit and asked where Sleeping Ancient Town was.
• Roy asked the Red Count what he thought of Hachinosu and invited him to stay there rather than wander alone.
• The Red Count said he could not join a crew or take orders from someone else.
• Roy revealed that Pure Gold could make a person immortal and offered to find it if the Red Count would stay on Hachinosu.

Roy tried to recruit the Red Count by offering Pure Gold, bloodline transplantation, and a place on Hachinosu. After seeing the island and his own clone, the Red Count agreed to stay as Roy’s partner while retaining his freedom.

• Roy assured the Red Count that Pure Gold existed and that his crew would search for the lanternfish, then let him stay on Hachinosu while he considered joining.
• Bullet celebrated the possibility of eternal life, and Roy told him they would wait for better leads before searching for Pure Gold.
• During five days on Hachinosu, the Red Count saw the island’s thriving communities and training grounds, which revived an old dream of his.
• Roy took the Red Count to Dr. Gracia’s laboratory, where the doctor showed him a clone embryo carrying genes from the Oni, Lunarian Tribe, and Buccaneer Tribe.
• The Red Count agreed to stay on Hachinosu as a partner, provided he could keep his freedom if he found the Vampire Fruit, and Roy accepted.
• Hawk Eyes began sparring with the Red Count at the sword dojo, eager to learn from him.

The Red Count sparred with the Roy Pirates crew and grew accustomed to having companions after years alone. After Tesoro brought him the Vampire Fruit, Patrick Redfield formally joined the Roy Pirates.

• The Red Count praised Mihawk’s swordsmanship progress after their duel in the dojo.
• Bullet challenged the Red Count to hand-to-hand combat, and the two fought to a standstill.
• Tesoro tried to spar with the Red Count using their abilities, but the Red Count swiftly threatened him with his sword cane and ended the bout.
• Over the next few days, crew members came to spar and chat with the Red Count, who began to enjoy their company.
• Tesoro returned with the Vampire Fruit, which the Red Count had wanted.
• Patrick Redfield went to Roy’s office and formally joined the Roy Pirates.

By Sea Circle Calendar year 1500, Hachinosu had grown prosperous and militarily powerful, while the Red Count became a formidable member of the Roy Pirates. As pirate traffic surged into the New World, five dominant powers—including Roy’s—came to be known as the Emperors of the Sea.

• Hachinosu expanded its Sea Train network to seventeen routes, and Dr. Gracia’s bloodline transplants strengthened more than sixty percent of its ordinary soldiers.
• The Red Count received a successful bloodline transplant, greatly increasing his strength, and pledged to serve the Roy Pirates for the rest of his life.
• Marine Headquarters reorganized and expanded its forces, but the Marines’ reduced presence in the New World allowed pirate crews to pour into the region.
• Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, and Golden Lion Shiki defended their territories and crushed or absorbed pirates who entered them.
• Roy’s forces kept Hachinosu’s waters orderly and drove away intruders, helping establish the five great powers as the Emperors of the Sea.

The World Government announced the first seven Shichibukai, including Donquixote Doflamingo, Avalo Pizarro, and Vinsmoke Judge. After reading the roster on Hachinosu, Roy considered the new pirates’ motives and anticipated Doflamingo’s next move against Dressrosa.

• The World Government announced the Shichibukai system and named seven pirates to its first roster.
• Roy read the announcement on Hachinosu and considered the reputations and possible motives of the seven Shichibukai.
• Roy considered whether Vinsmoke Judge’s technology could benefit Hachinosu, though Judge’s new alliance with the World Government might make cooperation difficult.
• Roy wondered whether Doflamingo would infiltrate, attack, or seek legal occupation of Dressrosa, and resolved to face him if he made a move.

Roy prepared to travel to Dressrosa with Kyros, Scarlet, Rebecca, Tesoro, and a hundred genetic warriors after learning that Doflamingo's men were active there. The Ark Maxim set out from Hachinosu, and the group left for Dressrosa as Roy warned that Doflamingo would be declaring war on him if he attacked the country.

• Kyros asked Roy to let him and Scarlet take Rebecca to Dressrosa so King Riku could meet his granddaughter, and Roy agreed to go with them.
• Roy showed Kyros a report about Doflamingo's men in Dressrosa and speculated that they were gathering intelligence or preparing an attack.
• Roy arranged for a hundred genetic warriors and Tesoro to accompany him, while Bullet, Mr. Red, Mihawk, and Crocodile stayed to protect Hachinosu.
• The Ark Maxim departed Hachinosu for Dressrosa with Roy, Kyros, Scarlet, Rebecca, Tesoro, and the warriors aboard.
• During the journey, Rebecca slapped Tesoro when he tried to play with her, making the others laugh.

Roy headed to Dressrosa to protect the country under his flag and confront Doflamingo’s schemes, while Doflamingo sailed there with the Donquixote Family. Roy’s Ark Maxim reached Dressrosa at sunset as Doflamingo’s agents covertly surveyed the island.

• Roy told Kyros he was going to Dressrosa to defend it and meet King Riku, then shared Crocodile’s report that Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family were also on their way.
• Doflamingo learned Roy was approaching with a hundred genetically engineered warriors, but ordered Vergo to continue to Dressrosa and described their visit as a meeting with an old friend.
• Donquixote Family agents blended into Dressrosa’s port-side crowds and watched the palace, port, Corrida Colosseum, and military barracks.
• Roy watched the Ark Maxim descend through the clouds and approach Dressrosa’s port as night neared.

Roy brought Kyros, Scarlet, and Rebecca back to Dressrosa, where King Riku welcomed his daughter and granddaughter home. Roy discovered Doflamingo’s spies in the harbor and learned that Doflamingo’s ship was already approaching, setting up a confrontation for the next day.

• Roy arrived in Dressrosa aboard the Ark Maxim with Kyros, Scarlet, Rebecca, and a hundred gene warriors.
• King Riku reunited with Scarlet, met his granddaughter Rebecca, and thanked Roy for bringing his family home.
• Roy detected Doflamingo’s spies in the harbor and warned King Riku that Doflamingo would arrive the next day.
• At the palace banquet, Roy kept watch over the hidden spies while King Riku celebrated his family’s return.
• Roy spotted Doflamingo’s pink ship approaching Dressrosa as the night ended.

Roy watched Doflamingo’s forces in Dressrosa and expected their arrival to lead to negotiations rather than an attack. At the abandoned estate, Doflamingo revealed he wanted to work with Roy, but planned to test Roy’s strength first.

• A genetic warrior told Roy that Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family’s core officers had arrived and were hiding in an abandoned estate, so Roy ordered them watched.
• Tesoro urged Roy to strike first, but Roy told him to remain calm and have Kyros, the others, and the genetic warriors carry on as usual.
• Roy used Observation Haki to sense the Donquixote Family at the estate and singled out Doflamingo’s powerful presence.
• Doflamingo rejected Diamante’s call to attack, explaining that Roy’s strength made a direct assault too dangerous.
• Doflamingo told his officers he intended to work with Roy to gain access to the Roy Pirates’ resources, but first planned to test Roy’s strength.

Roy and Tesoro waited for Doflamingo to make a move while spending their days watching Dressrosa and its Corrida Colosseum. On the fourth day, Roy remained confident that Doflamingo would eventually reveal himself and became interested in the Tontatta legends and a gladiator’s fighting spirit.

• Roy and Tesoro toured the Corrida Colosseum as Roy monitored the Donquixote Family officers hidden in the abandoned manor with Observation Haki.
• Roy told Tesoro that Doflamingo was waiting for an opening and that Roy’s strength left the initiative in their hands.
• Three days later, Roy read about Dressrosa’s fairy legends and recognized that they referred to the Tontatta Tribe, whose cultivation skills Doflamingo had used to produce SMILE fruits.
• Roy watched a lean swordsman fight a burly axe-wielding gladiator and noted the swordsman’s desperate, life-tested resolve.

Doflamingo approached Roy at the colosseum and proposed a partnership based on his worldwide underground trade network. To prove he was strong enough to negotiate, he challenged Roy to a fight, and Roy accepted.

• Doflamingo decided to meet Roy and offer a partnership, hoping to trade access to his underground channels for Hachinosu's assets.
• On the fifth day, Roy sensed Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family approaching the colosseum while he watched the matches with Tesoro.
• Doflamingo confronted Roy in the VIP seats and proposed selling goods from Hachinosu through his worldwide trade network.
• Tesoro objected because Doflamingo had recently plotted against Roy, but Roy let Doflamingo explain his offer.
• Doflamingo challenged Roy to prove his strength, and Roy accepted the fight.

Roy and Doflamingo fought outside Dressrosa to test their strength before discussing an alliance. Doflamingo revealed his awakened Devil Fruit, and Roy recognized it as the battle continued.

• Doflamingo proposed fighting Roy before they discussed working together, and Roy agreed.
• Roy and Doflamingo left Dressrosa with their followers and faced off in an open area outside the city.
• Doflamingo attacked with his Five Color Strings and Ever White, but Roy stopped the strings with his telekinetic force.
• Doflamingo unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, but Roy’s Haki overpowered it and forced the Donquixote Family officers back.
• Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit and transformed the ground into a wave of sharp strings that surged toward Roy.

Roy defeated Doflamingo by crushing his awakened strings and pinning him beneath immense telekinetic pressure, then learned how Doflamingo had awakened his Devil Fruit. At the royal palace of Dressrosa, Doflamingo began proposing a partnership to distribute Hachinosu’s goods through his worldwide channels.

• Roy shattered Doflamingo’s awakened strings and forced him into the ground with telekinetic pressure.
• Doflamingo admitted defeat and gave Roy the final say over their cooperation.
• Doflamingo explained that he had awakened the String-String Fruit by steadily pushing its limits and breaking through during a moment between life and death.
• Roy considered whether he needed a near-death experience to awaken his Telekinesis Fruit, then returned with Doflamingo and the others to the royal palace of Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo proposed selling Hachinosu’s seastone, weapons, and technology through his channels and splitting the profits evenly.

Roy arranged a partnership with Doflamingo, securing Dressrosa’s safety and access to Devil Fruits. As the Ark Maxim departed for Hachinosu, Roy considered risking his life to awaken his powers.

• Roy agreed to cooperate with Doflamingo on the conditions that he relinquish Dressrosa and negotiate business with Tesoro.
• Roy asked Doflamingo to obtain Devil Fruits or reliable information about them, and Doflamingo agreed to give him first claim.
• Roy left Tesoro and Doflamingo to bargain while he reflected on what it might take to awaken his powers.
• Tesoro and Doflamingo negotiated their commercial deal as King Riku expressed relief that Dressrosa was safe.
• Three days later, Roy and his companions departed Dressrosa aboard the Ark Maxim after Doflamingo promised to honor their agreement.
• As the Ark Maxim flew toward Hachinosu, Roy continued considering a life-or-death attempt to awaken his powers.

Roy returned to Hachinosu and brooded over how to awaken his Telekinesis Fruit, pushing himself relentlessly in the gravity training ground. The Red Count entered to confront him and asked how old he was.

• Roy returned to Hachinosu, where he told Bullet, Hawk Eyes, Crocodile, and the others about his deal with Doflamingo to sell Seastone and weapons and collect Devil Fruits.
• Roy became fixated on awakening his Telekinesis Fruit and spent the following days training at extreme gravity, refusing to spar or socialize.
• On the seventh day, Bullet, Hawk Eyes, Crocodile, Tesoro, and the Red Count worried about Roy's isolation and learned he had asked Doflamingo about Devil Fruit Awakening.
• The Red Count entered the gravity training ground and found Roy exhausted after another failed attempt to awaken his power.
• Roy explained that he was pushing himself to his limits in hopes of finding an awakening opportunity, and the Red Count asked how old he was.

Roy took the Red Count’s advice to stop obsessing over Awakening and found greater calm in his training and daily life. After learning that Dragon’s son Luffy had been born and was being raised in Windmill Village, Roy decided to go see Luffy and Ace.

• The Red Count reminded Roy that he had already accumulated experience and only needed the right opportunity to achieve Awakening, and Roy thanked him for his guidance.
• Roy resumed a balanced routine of training with Hawk and Bullet and visiting Kozuki Toki, gradually becoming more composed without abandoning his desire to Awaken.
• Roy considered traveling to Whitebeard’s territory to fight him, hoping a life-or-death battle might trigger Awakening.
• Dragon called Roy to report that his son Monkey D. Luffy had been born and was staying with Garp in Windmill Village in the East Blue.
• Roy remembered that Rouge and her two-year-old son Ace were also in the East Blue, then decided to go see Luffy and Ace.

Roy traveled to Windmill Village to visit Rouge and Ace, finding them safe and well under Garp’s protection. After giving Rouge supplies, money, and a Den Den Mushi, he learned that Garp had brought his grandson Luffy to the village and went to see him.

• Roy left Hachinosu alone for the East Blue after telling his core members to maintain their work and stay alert.
• Roy arrived in Windmill Village and found Rouge living peacefully with her two-year-old son, Ace.
• Rouge told Roy that Garp regularly brought them supplies and that Buggy had left a year earlier to search for treasure.
• Roy gave Rouge money, supplies, and a Den Den Mushi in case she needed help.
• Rouge told Roy that Garp had brought his grandson Monkey D. Luffy to the village, and Roy set off to see him.

Roy visited Foosha Village to see Luffy, but Garp arrived and confronted him. They left the village to fight on a deserted island, where their attacks collided.

• Roy found Makino holding baby Luffy and used telekinesis to examine him, finding nothing unusual.
• Garp entered, recognized Roy, and ordered Makino and Woop Slap to take Luffy away because the situation was dangerous.
• Roy told Garp that Dragon had informed him about Luffy, and Garp demanded to know why Roy had come to Windmill Village.
• Roy and Garp went to a deserted island and agreed to fight.
• Garp attacked with Fist Bone Meteor, Roy blocked him with a telekinetic barrier, and they met each other’s next attacks head-on.

Roy fought Garp on a deserted island, hoping to push himself to the brink of death and awaken his Devil Fruit. Garp unleashed Galaxy Impact, smashing Roy through several mountain walls and burying him beneath the rubble.

• Roy and Garp’s battle damaged their first island, so Roy rescued fishermen caught in the shockwaves before they moved to a deserted island farther east.
• Roy and Garp resumed their fight, with Roy using telekinetic commands and Garp countering with Haki and overwhelming strength.
• Roy told Garp he wanted to use their fight to reach Devil Fruit Awakening and asked him to fight without holding back.
• Garp launched Fist Bone: Galaxy Impact, shattered Roy’s defensive barrier, and buried him under rubble after he crashed through several mountain walls.

Roy fought Garp for three days until his body failed, but the battle pushed him into Devil Fruit Awakening. After thanking Garp for serving as his whetstone, Roy faced him again as Garp prepared to test his new power.

• Roy used his healing ability to recover from his injuries and continued battling Garp across the island for days.
• Garp asked why Roy refused to retreat, and Roy insisted he had not had enough of the fight.
• On the third day, Garp struck Roy unconscious and declared that he would be sent to Impel Down.
• Roy’s determination to fulfill his ambitions triggered a new power that blasted Garp away and lifted Roy into the air.
• Roy told Garp that he had achieved Devil Fruit Awakening with his help, and Garp laughed before challenging him to prove his new strength.

Roy demonstrated his awakened Telekinesis Fruit power against Garp, making his commands reality within his domain. After both fighters exhausted themselves in their three-day battle, they agreed to stop, and Garp warned Roy to stay away from Rouge, Ace, and Luffy.

• Roy froze Garp with the command “Stop,” then sent him crashing into a mountainside with “Back.”
• Garp attacked at high speed, but Roy froze him again and overpowered him with commands that collapsed the ground, bound Garp, and solidified the air.
• Garp broke Roy’s restraints with Conqueror’s Haki, while Roy’s Awakening drained both his mental power and stamina.
• Garp and Roy ended their fight, agreeing neither could continue after three days of battle.
• Garp warned Roy to stay away from Windmill Village and promised to protect Rouge, Ace, and Luffy; Roy said he meant the child no harm.
• Roy withdrew his domain, then flew away from the shattered island after realizing he had reached Awakening.

After recovering in Loguetown, Roy learned that the world had heard about his battle with Garp and confirmed that his Devil Fruit had awakened. He decided to recruit Lafitte and Van Augur in West Blue before seeking Burgess on the Grand Line, and flew toward West Blue.

• Roy woke to Tesoro’s call, read the newspaper’s account of his battle with Garp, and confirmed that he had awakened his Devil Fruit.
• Tesoro told Roy that Hachinosu was secure but that the world’s major powers were watching them.
• At Marine Headquarters, Garp told Sengoku that Roy’s awakened Telekinesis Fruit made him extremely difficult to capture.
• Roy reviewed his plans to recruit Jesus Burgess, Lafitte, and Van Augur, then chose to seek Lafitte and Van Augur first.
• Roy left Loguetown and flew toward West Blue using his telekinesis.

Roy traveled to Teapot Island to recruit sheriff Lafitte into the Roy Pirates. After demonstrating the vast gap in their strength, Lafitte accepted and left with Roy.

• Roy arrived on Teapot Island and asked at a tavern where he could find Lafitte.
• When a pirate demanded protection money, Roy used telekinesis to slam him into the floor.
• Lafitte revealed himself and recognized Roy as the Emperor of the Sea, Heavenly Dao Roy.
• Roy invited Lafitte to join his crew, and Lafitte asked to test their strength before accepting.
• Roy stopped Lafitte's sword cane with telekinesis, convincing Lafitte to join the Roy Pirates.
• Lafitte packed his things, and he and Roy left the tavern together.