Recaps

Roy tried to redirect Golden Lion’s floating island toward the Marine warship, forcing the Marines into the battle before they could attack Pluton. Golden Lion resisted, then chose to charge the warship with Roy as their clash engulfed the surrounding sea.

• Garp ordered the Marines to wait until the four emperors had worn themselves down before attacking.
• Roy retreated toward the Marine warship, but Golden Lion sensed Garp, Zephyr, Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji and stopped following him.
• Roy used his telekinesis to seize Golden Lion’s floating island and drag it toward the Marines.
• Golden Lion failed to regain control, then accelerated the island toward the warship and agreed to turn the fight into chaos.
• Roy and Golden Lion pulled apart and unleashed massive attacks, sending armored rocks and towering waterspouts crashing across the sea.
• Zephyr watched the destruction approach the Marine warship and called Roy and Golden Lion madmen.

Aokiji froze the sea around Onigashima, allowing the Marines to charge toward Pluton as Roy and Golden Lion fought to keep them away. The battle began with the Marines and pirates clashing, and Garp engaged Roy in a stalemate.

• Aokiji froze the sea around Onigashima, trapping the Totto Land fleet while fighters rushed across the ice.
• Golden Lion intercepted Kizaru's attack on Pluton, then Roy attacked Golden Lion as Garp ordered the Marines to charge.
• The Marines and the pirates took their positions, with Linlin, Golden Lion, and Kaido declaring they would fight the Marines for Pluton.
• Akainu attacked Kaido with Great Eruption, and Kaido countered with his dragon breath, cracking the ice beneath them.
• Garp charged Roy, and the two clashed with their fists and Shusui until the ice beneath them caved in.

Roy and the other top fighters fought in a stalemated melee as Linlin and Golden Lion repeatedly tried to edge closer to Onigashima and Pluton. The battle remained unresolved, while King and the Beasts Pirates held the defense around Pluton against the advancing forces.

• Linlin gradually shifted toward Onigashima during her fight with Zephyr, but Kaido warned her to stop, while Golden Lion secretly maneuvered floating islands toward the same target.
• Roy pulled Golden Lion's islands back with Telekinesis and blocked Kizaru's attempt to break through toward Pluton, while Golden Lion opportunistically attacked Kizaru.
• Zephyr, Kaido, and Aokiji traded heavy attacks, and Linlin redirected Akainu's Magma Fist toward Roy before Kaido threatened her again.
• Golden Lion moved his floating rock closer to Onigashima, but Roy held it in place with Telekinesis as their powers strained the rock.
• Garp and Roy saw that King and the Beasts Pirates were holding the line around Pluton against the Totto Land fleet and other attackers.

The Beasts Pirates defended Pluton as the Flying Pirates and Totto Land fleet charged across the ice. King met the attackers head-on and defeated several of the Flying Pirates’ key officers, leaving the assault shaken.

• Queen ordered his Gatling cannons to fire on the advancing pirate forces, killing dozens and pinning others down.
• King spotted the enemy officers and flanking maneuvers, then told the Beasts Pirates to hold Pluton and let no one through.
• King plunged into the Flying Pirates’ formation and blasted a group of pirates away with a flaming sword strike.
• King severed the jellyfish tentacles of a Fish-Man officer and wounded him with a sword-energy attack.
• King stopped a blade-armed swordsman’s ambush, pierced his shoulder, and burned the wound with his sword.
• King repelled a fat officer’s hammer with a burst of flame, and the sight of the defeated officers frightened the nearby pirates.

King overwhelmed the Flying Pirates and the Totto Land fleet, wounding Katakuri’s younger siblings and knocking Flampe unconscious. Katakuri confronted King and used Future Sight to evade his attacks as their duel began.

• King defeated the Flying Pirates’ officers and flew toward the Totto Land fleet.
• King cut through the fleet’s defenders, overpowering Smoothie, Cracker, and Perospero and wounding several of Big Mom’s children.
• After King’s flames knocked Flampe unconscious, Katakuri charged at him to protect his younger siblings.
• Katakuri used Future Sight to evade King’s slash and countered by cutting feathers from King’s wing.
• King and Katakuri exchanged attacks on the ice, with Katakuri repeatedly reshaping his body to avoid King’s flaming blade.

Katakuri used Future Sight and his awakened Mochi-Mochi Fruit to keep King from joining the battle around Onigashima, while the Beasts Pirates’ superior fighters and machines offset their enemies’ numerical advantage. The fighting remained deadlocked, and Roy watched to see which side would falter first or receive reinforcements.

• Katakuri admitted he was stalling King to protect his younger siblings and keep the Beasts Pirates’ strongest fighter away from the other battles.
• Who's-Who fought Smoothie, Sasaki fought Cracker, Black Maria and Ulti battled Totto Land’s fighters, and Page One held off Perospero as neither side gained ground.
• King used the mechanical soldiers to reinforce the Beasts Pirates’ lines, while Jack repelled attackers trying to break through the harbor entrance.
• The Flying Pirates’ poorly led fighters suffered heavy losses, and the fleet battle settled into attrition as the Beasts Pirates’ quality offset the enemy’s numbers.
• Katakuri’s stamina began to fail under the strain of maintaining Future Sight, but he resolved to keep King occupied for as long as possible.
• Roy saw that Pluton remained safe and the defensive line had not been breached, then looked toward Hachinosu, expecting Bullet and the others to arrive soon.

Garp decided the Marines had to break through quickly before reinforcements from Hachinosu arrived. He ordered Zephyr, Aokiji, and Akainu to pin down their opponents while Kizaru made a run for Onigashima to destroy Pluton.

• Roy and Garp continued clashing, with Roy using spatial rifts to avoid Garp's strongest punches and keep Kizaru from breaking through.
• Kaido fought Zephyr while interfering with Akainu and Aokiji, and Linlin quietly edged closer to Onigashima as she fought Akainu.
• Golden Lion attacked from above while Roy used Telekinesis to prevent him from moving toward Onigashima.
• Garp assessed the battlefield and warned that the Marines could not wait for Hachinosu's reinforcements to arrive.
• Garp ordered Zephyr, Aokiji, and Akainu to hold the enemy while Kizaru tried to reach Onigashima and destroy Pluton.
• The five Marines regrouped and prepared to launch an all-out attack.

Roy joined Kaido and Linlin in a fusion attack against the Marines’ all-out assault to keep them from destroying Pluton. Their combined energy sphere raced toward Garp and Zephyr, and Garp met it head-on.

• Garp, Zephyr, Aokiji, and Akainu launched a coordinated assault that forced Roy, Kaido, Linlin, and Golden Lion to defend themselves.
• Linlin and Kaido used the Giant Tribe’s secret technique to merge their Conqueror’s Haki, and Roy joined them with his Telekinesis.
• Roy, Kaido, and Linlin fused their powers into a massive sphere and swung Hassaikai, Napoleon, and Shusui to send it toward Garp and Zephyr.
• The energy sphere melted Aokiji’s ice spikes and erased Akainu’s magma fists as Garp charged into it and struck it with his fist.

Garp and Zephyr failed to stop the pirates’ combined attack, leaving the Marines battered as Golden Lion joined the fight. Garp then led all five Marines in a steady advance toward Onigashima while Bullet and Tesoro sped toward the battlefield aboard the Ark Maxim.

• The pirates’ combined sphere blasted through Garp and Zephyr’s defense and wounded Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru, though Garp and Zephyr remained standing.
• Golden Lion joined the battle, blocked Akainu’s Meteor Volcano attacks with floating islands, and bombarded the Marines with sword slashes.
• Garp, Zephyr, and Kizaru recognized that Roy was preventing Kizaru from breaking through, so Garp ordered the Marines to advance together in a five-man formation toward Onigashima.
• Roy, Kaido, Golden Lion, and Linlin stood together against the advancing Marines as the fight shifted into a costly battle of attrition.
• Bullet watched the distant smoke from the Ark Maxim as Tesoro sped the ship toward Onigashima.

After a day and night of fighting, the pirates and Marines were exhausted, but neither side had stopped. Roy, Kaido, and Linlin’s weakened combined attack was met by Garp and Zephyr, and the chapter ended with both sides steadying themselves and charging again.

• The battle continued through dusk, night, and dawn, leaving the ice field riddled with magma pits, spear holes, and cracks.
• Roy, Kaido, Linlin, and Golden Lion all showed signs of exhaustion, while Garp, Zephyr, and the three Admirals also weakened but maintained their formation.
• Roy warned Kaido that they needed to use their combined technique again, and Kaido and Linlin took their positions beside him.
• Roy, Kaido, and Linlin formed a smaller, dimmer sphere of combined energy and blasted it toward Garp and Zephyr.
• Garp held the sphere in place with his fist while Zephyr struck it from the side, causing it to explode and forcing both sides back before they charged again.

Roy and the other pirates struggled to hold back the navy as Zephyr unleashed his life-force-boosting trump card. The chapter ended with Zephyr charging at Roy, who had anticipated the attack and opened a spatial rift behind himself.

• Katakuri refused to retreat from King despite his exhaustion, determined to protect his siblings and keep King from reinforcing the other battlefields.
• Roy sensed Bullet and the others approaching aboard the Ark Maxim while the navy steadily advanced toward Onigashima.
• Roy used his Telekinesis, spatial rifts, and Haki to reinforce the pirates, but his mental strength and Observation Haki began to falter.
• Garp and Zephyr recognized Roy as the navy's greatest obstacle and coordinated to keep him occupied.
• Zephyr activated Martial Body, struck Kaido hard enough to send him flying, then redirected his attack toward Roy.
• Roy foresaw Zephyr's plan and stepped back as a spatial rift opened behind him.

Garp disrupted Roy’s spatial rift, allowing Zephyr to land a powerful blow, but Roy stopped Kizaru from reaching Pluton when the admiral tried to break through. With Hachinosu’s reinforcements approaching, Garp ordered the Marines to advance until they were within Pluton’s firing range.

• Garp struck at the space around Roy’s rift, slowing its closure and leaving Roy exposed to Zephyr’s punch.
• Roy and Zephyr both suffered the effects of their clash, and Zephyr told Garp he had exhausted his strength.
• Kizaru launched a surprise attack toward Onigashima, but Roy used his spatial ability to intercept him and a Mental Shock to force him to retreat.
• Roy returned to Kaido as Garp sensed Hachinosu’s reinforcements approaching and the other fighters commented on the failed Marine advance.
• Garp ordered the Marines to push toward Pluton’s firing range, with Akainu responsible for firing and Zephyr placed at the center of the formation.

As the exhausted Marines and pirates continued fighting over Pluton, Hachinosu's reinforcements arrived aboard the Ark Maxim. Bullet landed in his awakened White Tiger form and demanded to know who was trying to take his Pluton, leaving the battlefield facing a dramatically changed balance of power.

• Garp, Zephyr, Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru continued fighting Linlin, Kaido, Golden Lion, and the other pirates despite their exhaustion.
• Garp sensed Bullet and Hachinosu's core officers approaching and realized the Marines could not withstand them in their weakened state.
• The Ark Maxim emerged from the clouds carrying Bullet, Hawk Eyes, Crocodile, Kuma, Kyros, Moria, and Lucci.
• The seven Hachinosu fighters unleashed their auras, and Bullet landed on the ice in his awakened White Tiger form.
• Hawk Eyes focused on Aokiji, Kuma fixed his gaze on Akainu, and the other reinforcements prepared to join the battle.
• Bullet demanded to know who dared steal his Pluton as the exhausted Marines faced Hachinosu's reinforcements.

Garp ordered the battered Marines to retreat after Hachinosu’s reinforcements turned the battle against them, leaving Roy and his allies in control of the ice field and Pluton. As the victors celebrated, Roy noticed Golden Lion and Linlin still stranded nearby, with his Observation Haki fixed on them.

• Garp judged that the five half-crippled Marines could not withstand the eleven top-tier fighters and ordered a retreat.
• Kizaru carried Aokiji and Zephyr away, Akainu fled, and Garp left after exchanging a final promise with Roy.
• The Beasts Pirates and Roy’s allies celebrated their victory, while the wounded were gathered and Totto Land’s fleet departed.
• Roy confirmed that Pluton was safe and reflected that the battle had left him exhausted and injured.
• Roy saw that Golden Lion and Linlin had not escaped with the Marines, and his Observation Haki remained locked on them.

Roy’s forces surrounded Big Mom and Golden Lion, but Roy let Golden Lion escape because he hoped to use his awakened power later. Left alone, Big Mom asked Kaido to repay an old debt by persuading Roy to release her, but Kaido refused to interfere and promised only that her children could leave safely.

• Roy’s forces surrounded Big Mom and Golden Lion while Kaido stood aside, and both pirates were too exhausted to face the group.
• Roy offered Golden Lion a chance to leave, and Golden Lion accepted and flew away on his damaged floating island.
• Roy asked Big Mom whether she thought she could escape, and she appealed to Kaido by recalling how she had given him the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon.
• Kaido began to ask Roy to let Big Mom go, but Roy refused, saying Hachinosu could not ignore her repeated attacks.
• Kaido told Big Mom he would stay out of the fight and guarantee her children’s safe departure, then stepped away from the encirclement as Big Mom’s anger turned to despair and madness.

Charlotte Linlin fought desperately against Roy and the other nine attackers while her strength steadily failed. Katakuri chose to lead the Totto Land fleet away under Kaido’s promise of safe passage, leaving his mother behind.

• King blocked Katakuri from rushing to Charlotte Linlin and reminded him that Kaido had promised to let the Totto Land people leave safely.
• Perospero urged Katakuri not to waste Linlin’s sacrifice, and Katakuri ordered the fleet to depart while watching his mother from the flagship.
• Linlin unleashed Emperor Sword: Break at Roy, but his Telekinesis: Barrier held, and he counterattacked as the other attackers closed in.
• Bullet, Hawk Eyes, Crocodile, Kuma, Tesoro, Kyros, Moria, and Lucci struck Linlin in succession, disrupting her footing and senses and damaging her despite her Iron Balloon.
• After fighting for a full day and night, Linlin’s stamina dwindled, and Prometheus, Zeus, and Napoleon all weakened as the ten attackers continued their assault.

Roy and his allies defeated Big Mom, captured her, and secured Pluton. Roy prepared to transport the ancient battleship back to Hachinosu.

• Roy used Spatial Translocation and a weakened defense to wound Linlin, while Hawk Eyes struck her chest with Black Blade: Severance and brought her down.
• Roy knocked Linlin unconscious with Mental Shock and bound her in Seastone chains.
• Bullet carried Linlin toward the Ark Zhenyin as the Totto Land fleet withdrew and the Beasts Pirates cleared the battlefield.
• King told Roy that Kaido had ordered Katakuri and the others released, and Roy accepted the decision.
• Roy ordered Linlin confined in Pluton's lower hold and told Tesoro they were returning to Hachinosu.
• Roy enveloped Pluton in Telekinesis and lifted the battleship into the air.

Roy returned to Hachinosu with Pluton after the battle in Wano, bringing news that the Navy had retreated and Big Mom had been captured. He planned to study Pluton and Big Mom while Hachinosu celebrated its growing strength.

• Roy and his crew flew Pluton away from Onigashima, and Kaido waved to them as they departed.
• Roy assigned Hawk Eyes to teach Kuina swordsmanship and heard that Moria and Lucci were guarding her in seastone chains.
• Roy decided to delay any move against Totto Land, study Pluton and Big Mom, and consider the Soul-Soul Fruit as a candidate for his second fruit.
• Three days later, Roy and the crew arrived at Hachinosu, where Red Count and the waiting personnel welcomed them.
• Roy announced that the Navy had retreated, Big Mom had been captured, and Pluton was theirs, then headed to the palace to rest.

From 1510 to 1518, Roy oversaw the replication of Pluton and the development of an Iron Balloon transplant, while Hachinosu remained cautious and confined to its base. After Big Mom died during the removal of her Devil Fruit, Katakuri defended Totto Land and Shanks expanded into its abandoned territory, becoming known as the fifth Emperor of the Sea.

• Roy ordered Master Tom and his team to study Pluton's power core, and eight years later a replica battleship sailed from Hachinosu.
• Roy sent Hachinosu fighters to escort Kaido and the replica Pluton safely to Wano Country.
• Dr. Gracia completed the Iron Balloon transplant research, and Bullet received the first transplant, with Hawk Eyes confirming its toughness.
• Gracia separated the Soul-Soul Fruit from Charlotte Linlin, who died in Hachinosu's underground laboratory, and Roy buried her at sea.
• Katakuri and his siblings surrendered much of Totto Land's outer territory but defended its core waters and preserved the Big Mom Pirates' standing.
• Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates annexed much of Totto Land's former territory, and the News Coos began calling him the fifth Emperor of the Sea.

Roy ended his long period of preparation in 1520, when Luffy was due to set sail and Crocodile’s Baroque Works had completed its plans. The chapter also recounted Roy’s sparring matches with Whitebeard and ended with Roy giving him Pure Gold and medicine to preserve his strength.

• Roy accepted that his strength had reached a ceiling and gave Pure Gold rings to Hachinosu’s core members and some of Kaido’s people.
• In spring 1520, Tesoro told Roy that a new Seastone order from the Beasts Pirates had arrived and Baroque Works had finished laying its plans.
• Roy recalled visiting Whitebeard seven times to spar, gradually shifting their fights from Whitebeard’s advantage to his own without managing to defeat him.
• After their final spar in 1519, Roy recognized that Whitebeard’s health was declining and gave him a Pure Gold ring and improved Bloodline Transplantation serum.
• Whitebeard asked why Roy had given him the gifts, and Roy said he wanted to keep fighting him for a few more years.

Roy restored Whitebeard’s health and arranged for Crocodile, Moria, and Nico Robin to pursue missions that would place them near the future Straw Hat Pirates. He also learned that Ace had joined Whitebeard’s crew as in the original course of events, leaving Roy to wait for Blackbeard’s defection.

• Roy gave Whitebeard medicine and a ring, hoping a healthy Whitebeard would make Marine Headquarters pay more during the Paramount War; Whitebeard took the medicine and regained his strength.
• Roy ordered Crocodile and Moria to stage defections from Hachinosu, seek positions as Shichibukai, and later challenge Luffy while secretly helping him grow.
• Roy assigned Nico Robin to work with Crocodile in Alabasta and later join Luffy’s crew to record information about any Poneglyphs they found.
• Roy reviewed how Ace challenged Whitebeard, lost repeatedly, joined the Whitebeard Pirates, and became Second Division Commander.
• Roy concluded that Ace’s fate remained unchanged and that he only had to wait for Blackbeard to defect.

Roy monitored Luffy’s journey from Foosha Village to Alabasta while preparing to ensure Ace was captured by Blackbeard, a necessary step in his long-term plan. The chapter ended with Roy watching Rainbase as Ace approached Luffy’s group.

• Luffy set sail from Foosha Village and recruited Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, and Chopper as his crew traveled into the Grand Line.
• Marshall D. Teach murdered Thatch, stole the Dark-Dark Fruit, and deserted the Whitebeard Pirates, prompting Ace to defy Whitebeard and pursue him alone.
• Roy left Hachinosu and secretly tracked Ace, worrying that his training had made Ace too strong for Blackbeard to defeat.
• Roy followed Ace to Alabasta and reached Rainbase ahead of him, where he sensed Luffy’s group and waited for the brothers’ paths to cross.

Roy met with Crocodile and Robin in Rainbase to discuss Baroque Works and the Straw Hat Pirates’ arrival in Alabasta. He told Robin that Luffy could find Laugh Tale, and she agreed to join the Straw Hat Pirates before Roy invited her to explore Rainbase.

• Roy silently appeared in Crocodile’s office beneath the Rainbase casino and greeted Crocodile and Robin.
• Crocodile showed Roy Baroque Works’ officer list, which included Mr. 1 through Mr. 5 and their partners.
• Roy told Crocodile to stage his confrontation with Luffy the next day and hold back so Luffy could grow stronger.
• Roy said Robin should join the Straw Hat Pirates because Luffy could find Laugh Tale, and Robin agreed to go with them.
• Roy invited Robin to walk around Rainbase and try the casino’s roast lamb.

Luffy raced into a tavern in Alabasta for food while Ace confronted Smoker and Tashigi over their plan to arrest his little brother. Luffy crashed into Smoker and sent all three men through the tavern wall.

• Luffy raced toward a tavern after emerging from the desert, driven by hunger.
• Smoker and Tashigi discussed Luffy's pirate record and Smoker vowed to capture him.
• Ace revealed that Luffy was his little brother and warned Smoker not to touch him.
• Smoker prepared to fight Ace, ordering Tashigi to stay back.
• Luffy burst through the tavern door and slammed into Smoker, sending Smoker and Ace crashing through a wall into the next-door warehouse.

Luffy caused extensive damage to a tavern while colliding with Smoker and Ace, then fled before Smoker could catch him. Ace paid for Luffy’s meal and the repairs, and caught up with him in the streets of Alabasta, where he scolded him.

• Luffy smashed through the tavern wall with Smoker and Ace, then ignored the wreckage and ate a huge amount of food.
• Smoker confronted Luffy, who recognized him from Loguetown, stuffed the remaining food into his mouth, and ran away.
• Ace paid the tavern owner for the food and wall repairs, explaining to Tashigi that he had done so because he was Luffy’s big brother.
• Luffy ran toward the town square, remembering that Nami had told him to meet the others there.
• Ace blocked Smoker with a wall of fire, caught up to Luffy, and hit him on the head while reminding him that he had paid for the meal and repairs.