Recaps

After Roy’s raid on the Celestial Dragons, the sea’s powers reacted to his growing influence while his crew traveled to Fish-Man Island. King Neptune welcomed Roy and his companions with a banquet, where Roy noticed a timid figure hiding behind the king.

• Whitebeard praised Roy for escaping four Admiral-level opponents and stealing the Heavenly Tribute, while Marco noted Roy’s immense bounty.
• Kaido celebrated Roy’s actions, and King warned that stealing the Heavenly Tribute could affect Hachinosu and the Beasts Pirates.
• Big Mom considered marrying one of her daughters to Roy to gain control of Hachinosu’s wealth and power.
• Golden Lion regarded Roy and Hachinosu as forces that could shift the balance of power, while Marines mobilized and civilians reacted to Roy’s attack in opposing ways.
• Roy led his companions aboard the Ark Maxim down to Fish-Man Island, where Neptune greeted them and hosted a banquet at Ryugu Palace.
• During the banquet, Roy noticed a timid figure peeking from behind Neptune.

Roy gave the young Shirahoshi a Seastone pendant and secured Fish-Man Island as a permanent ally of Hachinosu. He returned to Hachinosu to a grand welcome and began a meeting with his core officers.

• Roy gave Shirahoshi a Seastone pendant and asked her to call him big brother.
• Neptune and Jinbe agreed that Fish-Man Island would ally with Hachinosu, providing resources and Fish-Man Karate in exchange for protection and pledging support if the World Government pressured Hachinosu.
• Roy and Neptune sealed their cooperation with a handshake.
• The Ark Maxim left Fish-Man Island and carried Roy back to Hachinosu, where a thousand gene soldiers and the core officers welcomed him.
• Roy gathered with Hachinosu's core officers, and Crocodile began reporting on the island's operations.

Crocodile and the others reported Hachinosu’s growth and recent conflicts before Roy recounted his journey and distributed Devil Fruits to Hancock, Sandersonia, Marigold, and Bar. Roy left Kazami to choose a fruit for himself.

• Crocodile reported that Heavenly Yaksha’s trade, Simon’s gene soldier force, and Master Tom’s warship production had expanded, while Bullet and the Red Count described recent attacks and island acquisitions.
• Roy recounted his journey, including curing Law, clashing with four Marine Admirals, and obtaining the Munch-Munch Fruit and Meganeura Fruit.
• Roy gave Hancock the Love-Love Fruit, and Sandersonia and Marigold received the Archaeopteryx Fruit and Meganeura Fruit.
• Roy gave Bar the Island-Island Fruit so he could defend Hachinosu.
• Roy decided to let Kazami choose a Devil Fruit himself.

Roy arranged training and development plans for Hachinosu’s younger members. Kazami chose to pursue swordsmanship without a Devil Fruit, while Law, Hancock, her sisters, and Robin began rigorous training under Barrett.

• Kazami declined a Devil Fruit, explaining that he wanted to reach the pinnacle through swordsmanship, and Roy accepted his choice.
• Roy brought Law and the Hancock sisters to Gracia’s genetic research base, where they provided samples for Bloodline Transplantation matching.
• Hancock told Roy she would not let him down, and Roy affirmed his confidence in her.
• Roy assigned Law, Hancock, Sandersonia, Marigold, and Nico Robin to Barrett for physical conditioning and hand-to-hand combat training.
• Barrett ordered the five trainees to run fifty laps around the plaza in thirty-five minutes.
• Roy asked Vera to teach Law medicine and toxicology after his training with Barrett.

Over three years, Shanks rose from a rookie pirate to the New World's sixth major power by striking at the established emperors, while Bullet and Tesoro also grew stronger through repeated battles. The chapter leaves Tesoro recognized as a threat on the level of a Marine Admiral, with Shanks poised to claim an emperor's crown.

• Shanks fought Golden Lion for three days, escaped with his crew, and earned recognition across the New World.
• Shanks challenged Whitebeard, raided Big Mom's Totto Land, and ambushed Kaido's transport fleet, using guerrilla tactics to build a foothold across more than a dozen islands.
• Bullet repeatedly invaded Whitebeard's territory to fight him and awakened his White Tiger Model during their fifth battle.
• Tesoro repeatedly challenged Kizaru, learning from each defeat until his Rumble-Rumble Fruit awakened into a lightning domain near Sabaody.
• Tesoro disrupted Kizaru's speed and landed a powerful hit, prompting the Marines to place him on the level of an Admiral.

Roy spent three years strengthening his powers and arranging opportunities for his allies, then secretly left knowledge and protection for Ace and Luffy in Foosha Village. Three years later, Hachinosu’s younger generation had grown stronger, and Hancock demonstrated her speed and Love-Love Fruit tactics while sparring with Burgess.

• Roy expanded his Telekinesis Domain, refined his abilities, and advanced his Haki during three years on Hachinosu.
• In 1504, Roy entered a cabin in Foosha Village and implanted training knowledge in the sleeping Ace and Luffy.
• Roy ordered two Hachinosu members near the village to protect the boys secretly and arranged challenges to accelerate his companions’ growth.
• The New World’s major powers settled into a tense balance as Hachinosu and Shanks rose in influence.
• Three years later, Hancock fought Burgess in Hachinosu’s training plaza and used her Love-Love Fruit and speed to land a kick before they resumed sparring.

Over three years, Hancock, Law, and Robin grew stronger through training and study on Hachinosu. The chapter ended with Robin meeting five-year-old Rebecca, who excitedly described her sword training under Hawk Eyes.

• Hancock defeated Burgess in sparring, using her Love-Love Fruit and Haki to petrify his arm whenever he struck her guard.
• Yamato and Savi discussed Hancock's rapid progress, while Hancock reflected on becoming strong enough to stand beside Lord Roy.
• Law demonstrated ROOM: Barrage and considered his Op-Op Fruit development stalled until awakening, while planning revenge on Doflamingo.
• Robin continued studying Hachinosu's Poneglyphs and developing her Flower-Flower Fruit as she pursued the secrets of the Void Century and Laugh Tale.
• Rebecca told Robin that Hawk Eyes had praised her progress after she dodged Brother Kazami's quick sword three times.

Over three years, Hachinosu’s people and forces grew stronger under Roy’s leadership, while Rebecca grew up surrounded by family and friends. Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates arrived at Hachinosu, where Roy welcomed them to a banquet.

• Rebecca spent a happy childhood on Hachinosu and wanted to grow strong enough to protect everyone there.
• Bar used the Island-Island Fruit to repair the training grounds and guard Hachinosu, while Kazami, Sandersonia, and Marigold continued strengthening their abilities.
• Crocodile and Tesoro expanded Hachinosu’s trade, Moria and Lucci’s group grew its intelligence network, and Kyros, Moria, and Lucci’s squad built up the island’s forces.
• Roy watched the new generation train and smiled at how powerful Hachinosu had become.
• Shanks arrived at Hachinosu aboard the Red Force with the Red Hair Pirates, and he and Roy greeted each other warmly.
• Beckman described Shanks’s dangerous clashes with Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Kaido before Roy invited the crew to a banquet.

At a banquet on Hachinosu, Shanks challenged Roy and the Roy Pirates to a fair contest against the Red Hair Pirates, including one-on-one officer matches and a duel between the captains. Roy accepted, and the two crews gathered at the central arena the next morning as the showdown was about to begin.

• Jesus Burgess and Lucky Roux held an eating contest, while Yasopp and Van Augur compared sniping techniques and Shanks and Hawk Eyes discussed swordsmanship.
• Shanks told Roy he had spent three years fighting powerful opponents and wanted to test himself against Roy and the Roy Pirates.
• Shanks drew Gryphon and formally challenged Roy and his crew to officer matches and a peak duel between the captains.
• Roy accepted and set the fight for the following morning at Hachinosu's central arena.
• The next morning, the arena Bullet had built was packed with spectators.

The Roy Pirates and Red Hair Pirates began a points-based battle at the Hachinosu training ground, with Roy and Shanks agreeing to stop each match before anyone was killed. Bar defeated Lucky Roux to give the Roy Pirates the first point, and Sandersonia prepared to face Yasopp in the second match.

• Roy and Shanks agreed that each officer's match would be worth one point, with the captains fighting last and no killing blows allowed.
• Bar and Lucky Roux fought with terrain control and brute strength until Bar trapped Lucky Roux and stopped a stone fist just short of his face.
• Lucky Roux conceded, giving the Roy Pirates the first point.
• Yasopp stepped forward for the Red Hair Pirates, and Sandersonia volunteered to face him instead of Van Augur.
• Roy warned Sandersonia not to let the long-range fighter create distance.

The Roy Pirates defeated the Red Hair Pirates six to one in the officers’ battles. With the undercard decided, the chapter left Roy and Shanks poised for their decisive showdown.

• Yasopp defeated Sandersonia in a long-range duel, giving the Red Hair Pirates their first point.
• Marigold narrowly beat Limejuice, and Trafalgar Law defeated Bonk Punch and Monster to put the Roy Pirates ahead three to one.
• Kazami defeated Snake, and Boa Hancock quickly beat Rockstar, extending the Roy Pirates’ lead to five to one.
• Bullet overwhelmed Benn Beckman in the final officers’ match, securing a six-to-one victory for the Roy Pirates.
• The Red Hair Pirates accepted the result, and Shanks applauded Roy’s officers as the contest turned toward Roy and Shanks’s showdown.

Roy and Shanks fought a devastating duel at the training ground, each matching the other's Conqueror's Haki and swordsmanship. After more than 150 exchanges, Shanks prepared his ultimate technique, a strike that embodied his swordsmanship, his promise to Roger, and his vow to the sea.

• Shanks and Roy drew Gryphon and Shusui and clashed, unleashing a shockwave that shattered the training ground and knocked out weaker soldiers.
• Shanks revealed that he had grown stronger by learning from Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Kaido, then attacked Roy with Divine Departure: Modified-Four Emperors Hunt.
• Roy used Future Sight, his Telekinesis Domain, and seven precise strikes to halt Shanks's attack before countering and forcing him back.
• Roy and Shanks fought through more than 150 exchanges, with Shanks's sweeping swordsmanship meeting Roy's precise attacks and abilities.
• Shanks stepped back, pushed his Conqueror's Haki Coating to its limit, and announced his ultimate technique as a promise to Roger and a vow to the sea.

Roy defeated Shanks in a fierce duel, and Shanks realized he could lead the new era by being himself rather than trying to follow Roger’s shadow. After a celebratory banquet, Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates sailed away from Hachinosu, leaving Roy and his allies behind as Roy’s era began.

• Roy’s final clash with Shanks devastated the training ground, leaving both men wounded, but Roy held Shusui to Shanks’s neck and won.
• Shanks admitted defeat, and Roy helped him away from the lava lake as the gathered crews celebrated and reunited.
• Shanks told Roy he had been chasing Roger’s shadow and realized he needed to become himself to lead the era.
• Roy hosted a lively banquet where the pirates celebrated, competed, and made plans for future contests.
• The Red Force sailed from Hachinosu the next morning, and Roy and his allies waved goodbye to Shanks.

Hancock’s training with her sisters was interrupted by an urgent call from Amazon Lily: Empress Torch Lily was dying of lovesickness, and the island was becoming unstable. Roy agreed to accompany Hancock and her sisters back to the island and arranged supplies and support before they left.

• Hancock used her Love-Love Fruit and Conqueror’s Haki together to stop Sandersonia and Marigold from attacking her during training.
• A messenger brought Roy an urgent call from Elder Nyon, who said Torch Lily was gravely ill and asked for Hancock and Roy to come to Amazon Lily.
• Hancock agreed to return after Roy told her to go, and Elder Nyon asked Roy to come in person to hear Torch Lily’s message and help control the island.
• Roy decided to travel with Hancock and her sisters while leaving the main force behind, and instructed Tesoro, Vera, Savi, Charon, Kazami, and Van Augur to prepare supplies and make arrangements.

Roy brought the Hancock Sisters back to Amazon Lily, where Elder Nyon told them that Torch Lily was gravely ill and that factions were challenging Hancock’s succession. Hancock reached Torch Lily’s bedside as the elder opened her eyes and recognized her.

• Roy left Tesoro on Hachinosu and flew with the Hancock Sisters toward Amazon Lily.
• Elder Nyon greeted the returning sisters and led them into the palace.
• Elder Nyon told Hancock that Torch Lily had been unconscious for days with Love Sickness and that some Kuja women disputed Hancock’s right to inherit the throne.
• Hancock refused to address the succession dispute until Torch Lily woke up.
• Hancock entered Torch Lily’s bedchamber, and Torch Lily opened her eyes and recognized her.

Torch Lily died after entrusting the serpent-shaped crown and Amazon Lily to Hancock, who spent the night mourning before accepting her new role. When Shadow Snake’s followers challenged her legitimacy and warned that Amazon Lily would lose its independence, Roy and Hancock prepared to face the opposition at the succession ceremony in three days.

• Torch Lily gave Hancock the empress’s crown and asked Roy to protect Amazon Lily and Hancock before she died.
• Hancock, Sandersonia, Marigold, Salome, and Roy mourned Torch Lily as news of her death brought the island’s warriors to the palace square.
• After kneeling beside Torch Lily through the night, Hancock faced the morning with renewed resolve.
• Elder Nyon told Roy and Hancock that Shadow Snake’s followers were spreading claims that Hancock would make Amazon Lily a dependency of Hachinosu.
• Roy decided to let the opposition reveal themselves at the succession ceremony, and Hancock agreed to proceed with preparations.

Boa Hancock was crowned Amazon Lily’s seventy-fourth empress, but three elders challenged her succession and accused her of relying on Roy. Hancock stopped Elder Nyon from intervening and faced the rebels herself.

• Amazon Lily’s warriors gathered in Palace Square as Roy sensed dissent among the ranks.
• Hancock arrived with Salome, Sandersonia, and Marigold, then knelt to receive the crown from Elder Nyon.
• Nyon proclaimed Hancock the seventy-fourth empress, and the warriors saluted her.
• Birisu, Tana, and Meri refused to recognize Hancock, claiming Roy’s influence threatened Amazon Lily’s independence.
• Hancock stopped Nyon from rebuking the elders, rose from the throne, and confronted them with a cold smile.

Hancock used her strength to crush opposition during her succession ceremony and became Amazon Lily’s empress. After the celebration, Elder Nyon warned Roy about threats within the island and asked what he planned for Amazon Lily’s future.

• Hancock unleashed her Conqueror’s Haki and petrified Birisu after Birisu challenged her.
• Tana and Meri backed down, and the warriors pledged loyalty to Hancock as their new empress.
• Roy watched the ceremony, then attended the celebratory banquet that continued late into the night.
• Elder Nyon told Roy that Amazon Lily lacked strong fighters and that Birisu, Tana, and Meri’s tribes might be conspiring with Underworld forces or the Marines.
• Elder Nyon asked what Roy planned for Amazon Lily, and he denied that he intended to annex it.

Roy secured Amazon Lily as Hachinosu’s permanent ally and offered technology and training to strengthen its warriors. The morning after Hancock’s succession, an unidentified ship triggered Amazon Lily’s most urgent alarm.

• Roy promised Elder Nyon that Amazon Lily would remain independent and proposed Bloodline Transplantation for its warriors using core materials supplied by Hachinosu.
• Elder Nyon accepted the alliance and Roy’s offer to send equipment, scientists, and instructors to Amazon Lily.
• Hancock reviewed her new duties while watching Roy fish, and Sandersonia and Marigold teased her about him.
• An urgent harbor alarm announced an unidentified ship within Amazon Lily’s watch perimeter, and Hancock rushed from the study.

Marine Rear Admiral Rakulowa delivered the World Government’s recognition of Boa Hancock as Amazon Lily’s empress and invitation to join the Shichibukai, but Hancock rejected it. Elder Nyon explained that the Marines’ safe passage through the Calm Belt had stripped Amazon Lily of its natural defense, leaving Hancock to confront the threat alongside her hatred of the World Government.

• Roy ordered Amazon Lily’s warriors to stop three Marine warships approaching through the Calm Belt, and Hancock sensed a Rear Admiral and a CP Agent aboard them.
• Rear Admiral Rakulowa presented the World Government’s invitation for Hancock to become a Shichibukai, but Hancock angrily refused it.
• Elder Nyon secured three days for Amazon Lily to answer and forbade the Marines from entering the harbor or approaching the coastline.
• In the palace’s secret chamber, Elder Nyon warned Hancock, Sandersonia, Marigold, and Roy that the Marines’ passage meant Amazon Lily’s natural barrier was gone.
• Hancock told Elder Nyon she would rather die than submit to the World Government that had branded her and her sisters.

Roy persuaded Hancock to accept the World Government’s Shichibukai offer as protection for Amazon Lily while its alliance with Hachinosu continued. Hancock agreed, and after her appointment was announced, major powers reacted to the news.

• Roy argued that becoming a Shichibukai would give Hancock and Amazon Lily time, protection, and access to intelligence, and Hancock agreed to accept the title.
• Hancock contacted the Navy, and Sengoku told her to attend the inauguration ceremony at Marine Headquarters in ten days.
• The World Economy News Paper announced Hancock’s appointment and described her abilities and Amazon Lily.
• Whitebeard, Kaido, Golden Lion, and Big Mom reacted to the announcement, with Big Mom considering marriage alliances involving Hachinosu and Amazon Lily.
• Sengoku felt relieved that Amazon Lily’s situation had been stabilized, at least on the surface.

Tesoro brought Hachinosu’s equipment, genetic materials, scientists, and instructors to Amazon Lily to begin enhancing the island’s warriors. The laboratory was ready by the third day, and the first transplantation surgeries were set to begin the next morning.

• Hancock secretly saved the newspaper photograph announcing her succession as Shichibukai, then hurried to the harbor when the Ark Maxim arrived.
• Tesoro delivered the Bloodline Impulse Transplantation equipment, materials for three hundred recipients, four instructors, and a team of scientists to Amazon Lily.
• Hancock thanked Roy for supporting Amazon Lily, and Roy told her to have the scientists install the equipment in the palace.
• The lead scientist explained that the basic transplantation could safely raise strength, speed, and endurance three- to fivefold, though it offered less potential than Hancock’s perfect transplant.
• Hachinosu’s scientists calibrated the laboratory equipment, and the lead scientist told Roy that the first surgeries could begin the next morning.

Amazon Lily's first twenty warriors underwent successful Bloodline Transplantation and showed major gains in strength, endurance, speed, and Haki during their tests. Hancock ordered transplants and training to expand across the island, while Tesoro's proposal to lead the training was rejected by the four assigned instructors.

• Elder Nyon led twenty elite warriors into the laboratory for Bloodline Transplantation, and the lead scientist later confirmed every operation had succeeded.
• At the first fitness tests, Moira's punching strength quadrupled, and a nineteen-year-old recruit awakened Observation Haki.
• Savi's combat test showed the transplanted warriors had a decisive advantage over warriors who had not undergone the procedure, exciting Elder Nyon and Hancock.
• Roy told Hancock to schedule the operations in batches and keep the warriors' training on pace, and Hancock ordered willing warriors to be treated according to age and physical condition.
• Savi, Charon, Kazami, and Van Augur divided responsibility for the warriors' training across combat and weapons disciplines.
• Tesoro declared that he would serve as head instructor, but Savi, Charon, Kazami, and Van Augur each objected to his plan.

Roy settled the dispute over Amazon Lily’s training camp by making Tesoro its coordinating head instructor while leaving the four specialists in charge of their courses. As the camp began training the transplanted warriors, Roy settled into a leisurely routine, unaware that Hancock quietly sought out his company each day.

• Roy asked about the warriors’ weaknesses and approved training plans that included simulated combat, underwater fighting, and separate course assessments.
• Roy made Tesoro head instructor responsible for coordination and emergencies, while Savi and the other specialists retained authority over their courses.
• The next day, Amazon Lily opened its special training camp, dividing the first warriors to complete Bloodline Impulse Transplantation into four groups.
• Roy spent his days fishing, resting, and checking the camp, while the warriors grew accustomed to him and saluted him with respect.
• Hancock found small ways to spend time beside Roy, while Sandersonia, Marigold, and Elder Nyon noticed her feelings and Roy’s obliviousness.

After three months of training, Amazon Lily’s warriors had grown far stronger, and Roy finalized plans to help the island maintain its progress. Roy prepared to leave for Hachinosu, while Hancock and the warriors saw him off.

• Savi, Charon, Kazami, and Van Augur completed three months of training Amazon Lily’s warriors, and the final assessment showed major gains in combat skills and Haki.
• Hancock held a banquet to celebrate the warriors’ achievements and thanked Roy for helping them grow stronger.
• Roy decided to return to Hachinosu because Bullet had reported trouble with Whitebeard and Kaido was pressing him about Seastone weapons.
• Roy, Hancock, and Elder Nyon finalized plans for Bloodline Transplantation, ongoing training, supplies, and emergency communications to support Amazon Lily.
• The Ark Maxim rose from the harbor as Amazon Lily’s warriors gathered to see Roy and his companions off.