Recaps

Roy sent Tesoro to eliminate Doflamingo’s underground operatives in Dressrosa, then set the Ark Maxim on course for Fish-Man Island and Alabasta. As the crew prepared for the stop, Kyros began training under Hawk Eyes and Bullet.

• Roy ordered Tesoro to wipe out Doflamingo’s underground operatives in Dressrosa and conceal the attack as an internal conflict.
• Tesoro destroyed all seventeen bases, while Stella reported that King Riku would fill the economic vacancies left behind.
• Roy agreed to stop at Fish-Man Island so Charon could visit his grandfather, and assigned Savi, Enel, and Pea to take Yamato sightseeing.
• Stella contacted Fish-Man Island as the Ark Maxim began its voyage there, with Alabasta set as the crew’s destination afterward.
• Hawk Eyes began teaching Kyros Steel Cutting, and Bullet started training him through live combat.

Roy and his crew returned to Fish-Man Island, where they met with King Neptune and Queen Otohime and learned that Fisher Tiger had disappeared. Roy gave Jinbe an encrypted Den Den Mushi and promised to help Fisher Tiger if he was in trouble, leaving the crew to explore the island and restock supplies.

• Bullet trained Kyros, who steadily improved, while Scarlet began helping Stella manage the ship’s affairs and learned navigation and combat skills.
• The Ark Maxim reached Fish-Man Island, where Charon reunited with locals and Roy’s younger crewmates went off to explore.
• Jinbe welcomed Roy and his core crew and escorted them to Ryugu Palace to meet Neptune and Otohime.
• Roy asked about Fisher Tiger and learned that he had left to see the world and had not been heard from since.
• Roy gave Jinbe an encrypted Den Den Mushi and asked him to contact Roy if Fisher Tiger returned or if anyone learned what had happened to him.
• After leaving the palace, Stella went to buy supplies while Roy, Hawk Eyes, and Bullet explored Fish-Man Island.

Savi, Yamato, Enel, Pea, and Charon encountered Arlong and his hostile companions while exploring Fish-Man Island, but Jinbe intervened and escorted them away. After the crew restocked and Charon said goodbye to his grandfather, Roy’s crew departed for Alabasta, where Roy planned to confront Crocodile.

• Arlong and several Fish-Men confronted Savi and his companions, objecting to humans wandering around Fish-Man Island, while Charon tried to defuse the situation.
• Jinbe arrived with palace guards, ordered Arlong to leave, and reassured the group that they would be protected.
• Roy heard Savi’s report and reflected on Fish-Man Island’s tensions, while Stella confirmed the crew was ready to leave.
• Roy and Hawk Eyes discussed the dangers ahead and Hawk Eyes said he did not regret joining Roy’s crew.
• The next morning, the Ark Maxim left Fish-Man Island and headed for Alabasta, where Roy intended to face Crocodile.

The Ark Maxim traveled from Fish-Man Island toward Alabasta while its crew trained and prepared for their next encounter. After Kyros mastered Steel Cutting, Roy reviewed intelligence on Crocodile and considered how to recruit the powerful Sand-Sand Fruit user.

• Jinbe held the Den Den Mushi Roy had given him and wondered where Brother Tiger was.
• Kyros practiced swordsmanship and, after three days of training, cut through a Seastone alloy steel plate by focusing his will; Hawk Eyes praised him and assigned harder practice.
• Bullet pushed Savi, Enel, and Pea to improve their Haki and Devil Fruit abilities, while Roy told Yamato he would teach her Haki that afternoon.
• The Ark Maxim emerged from the deep sea, and Stella reported that the crew was three days' sailing from Alabasta.
• Roy read intelligence about Crocodile and concluded that the crew would need to demonstrate overwhelming strength to recruit him.

Doflamingo prepared to reclaim Dressrosa, but learned that the Roy Pirates had dismantled his local network and contacted Kyros. He postponed his invasion and sought Shichibukai status as part of a more cautious plan to secure Dressrosa and take revenge on Roy.

• Doflamingo announced that the Donquixote Family would move to reclaim Dressrosa after Roger became Pirate King.
• An injured agent reported that all seventeen bases and 137 members in Dressrosa had vanished, and the Roy Pirates had appeared there around the same time.
• Doflamingo learned that Roy had visited the coliseum, watched Kyros fight, and apparently made contact with him.
• Doflamingo suspended the New World operation and ordered the family to track the Roy Pirates and discreetly rebuild its operation in Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo offered to join the Shichibukai in exchange for the World Government recognizing his right to rule Dressrosa, while vowing revenge on Roy.

The Roy Pirates approached the Sabaody Archipelago, where a slave ship attacked them in hopes of capturing rare-race crew members. After the crew defeated the slavers, Roy found Boa Hancock and her sisters imprisoned in the hold.

• Roy told his crew they were heading to Sabaody to visit Shakky and Rayleigh.
• Captain Hound spotted Yamato and Charon aboard the Ark Maxim and ordered his slave ship to capture them.
• Hawk Eyes sliced apart the first cannonballs, and Roy sent Savi, Enel, Pea, Charon, and Yamato to stop the attack.
• The five young pirates defeated the slave crew, and Savi knocked Captain Hound unconscious.
• Tesoro found slaves in the hold, where Roy recognized three imprisoned girls as Boa Hancock, Boa Sandersonia, and Boa Marigold.

Roy rescued Hancock and her sisters from slave traders and brought them to Shakky’s bar on Sabaody, where he reunited with Shakky and Rayleigh. Shakky forgave him after learning he had returned the Kuja girls safely, and the Roy Pirates settled in at the crowded bar.

• Roy agreed to take Hancock and her sisters to Sabaody, freed the other slaves, and left them the slave ship to sail home.
• Roy and his crew arrived at Shakky’s Rip-off Bar, where Shakky and Rayleigh were surprised to see him again.
• Shakky angrily confronted Roy over the tsunami that had destroyed her bar, and Rayleigh intervened to hear why Roy had come.
• Roy explained that he had rescued Hancock and her sisters and brought them because Shakky knew the Kuja Pirates.
• Shakky recognized Hancock as the girl Granny Nyon had mentioned, welcomed the sisters, and invited Roy and his crew to sit down.
• Rayleigh studied the Roy Pirates and grew serious when he saw Hawk Eyes and Bullet.

Roy told Rayleigh about Oden’s situation in Wano Country and revealed that he intended to obtain Pluton and uncover the world’s truth, even if the Roger Pirates stood in his way. Shakky then reported that the World Government had arrested Master Tom, leaving Roy shocked.

• Rayleigh learned that Yamato was Kaido’s daughter and that the Roy Pirates had allied with the Beasts Pirates.
• Roy explained that Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi had forced Oden to dance in the Flower Capital and were plotting to betray him after three years.
• Rayleigh erupted in anger, but Shakky persuaded him and Roy to stand down and accept that Oden’s fate was his own choice.
• Roy told Rayleigh that he wanted Wano Country’s Seastone, a secure base, and the ancient warship Pluton, and said he would oppose anyone who obstructed him.
• Rayleigh refused to reveal what Roger had discovered on Laugh Tale, and Roy asked Shakky about the World Government’s actions.
• Shakky said the Marines were hunting Roger Pirates members and revealed that the World Government had arrested Master Tom at Enies Lobby for building a ship for the Pirate King.

Roy organized the Roy Pirates’ rescue of Master Tom from Enies Lobby, planning to strike during Tom’s public trial in three days. The crew reached the island’s waters and prepared to begin their first major operation against the World Government.

• After learning that Master Tom had been captured, Roy decided to rescue him at Enies Lobby, and Rayleigh warned him to be careful.
• Stella briefed the crew on Enies Lobby’s defenses, and Roy chose to wait until Tom’s public trial to create a distraction and avoid a direct assault.
• Roy assigned the crew their roles: some would divert guards, others would support the escape, Tesoro would disrupt communications, and Roy, Hawk Eyes, and Bullet would reach Tom in the Tower of Justice.
• Roy told Kyros that the mission would test his combat experience, and the crew prepared for the operation.
• One day later, the Ark Maxim reached the waters off Enies Lobby and hid among the clouds as the crew readied themselves for the rescue.

Roy and his crew attacked Enies Lobby to rescue Tom as the World Government put him on trial. Roy reached the courtroom while five young pirates and Tesoro overwhelmed the defenders on Front Island.

• The judges found Tom guilty and began announcing his sentence, but the courtroom’s broadcast failed and an explosion struck Front Island.
• Roy, a Great Swordsman, and the Demon Heir burst through the courtroom ceiling, and Roy told Tom he had come to rescue him.
• Savi, Enel, Pea, Charon, and Yamato attacked Front Island, destroying defenses and disrupting the Navy’s efforts to regroup.
• Tesoro disabled Front Island’s communications and electronic equipment, then paralyzed and knocked out the Navy rear admiral.
• Front Island’s defenders lost morale and began to retreat.

Roy and his crew attacked Enies Lobby to rescue Tom, while Kyros, Moria, and Vera fought off defenders elsewhere. Roy freed Tom from his shackles, and the crew began retreating toward the harbor as Kizaru raced to intercept them.

• Kyros, Moria, and Vera held the passage to the Tower of Justice against Enies Lobby's defenders, while Spandine called for backup and then retreated.
• Roy, Hawk Eyes, and Bullet arrived in the grand courtroom, where Roy immobilized the guards and told the judge to release Tom.
• Hawk Eyes broke Tom's seastone shackles, and Bullet blasted a hole through the courtroom wall so the group could escape.
• Tesoro told Roy that the front island's defenders had been routed and Kyros's group was holding the main island passage, but Kizaru would arrive in fifteen minutes.
• Kong learned that the Roy Pirates had attacked Enies Lobby to take Tom and ordered Kizaru to stop them.

Roy escorted Master Tom toward the harbor, where Spandine and five CP9 trainees tried to stop them. After Roy and his crew defeated the trainees and searched Spandine’s memories, Roy learned where Enies Lobby stored three Devil Fruits and flew toward the Tower of Justice to retrieve them.

• Kizaru flew from Marine Headquarters toward Enies Lobby to confront the Roy Pirates.
• Roy, Hawk Eyes, and Bullet escorted Master Tom through the courthouse grounds as Roy said the World Government had already made them enemies.
• Spandine confronted the group with Rob Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno, and Jabra, and Roy decided to capture the trainees for his crew.
• Lucci attacked Roy, but Roy stopped his Shigan with mental power and knocked him unconscious; Bullet and Hawk Eyes then defeated the other trainees.
• Roy searched Spandine’s memories and discovered that three Devil Fruits were stored on Enies Lobby.
• Roy sent Bullet and Hawk Eyes to take Master Tom and the captured trainees to safety, then flew toward the Tower of Justice.

Roy and the Roy Pirates escaped Enies Lobby after rescuing Master Tom, while Tesoro delayed Kizaru and Roy took three Devil Fruits from the World Government storeroom. They sailed toward Water 7 as Enies Lobby collapsed, leaving the crew facing an all-out manhunt.

• Roy sensed Kizaru approaching and ordered his companions to retreat while Tesoro stayed behind to fight the Admiral.
• Roy broke into the Devil Fruit storeroom, took three fruits, and escaped the Tower of Justice as the battle’s aftershocks shook Enies Lobby.
• Roy helped Tesoro disengage from Kizaru, then evaded Kizaru’s pursuit and fled toward the Ark Maxim.
• Enies Lobby began collapsing, and Kizaru chose to rescue people instead of pursuing the Roy Pirates.
• Roy confirmed the crew was aboard the Ark Maxim and ordered them to sail toward the Calm Belt, planning to collect Master Tom’s family in Water 7.
• Stella reported that news agencies were covering the attack, and Roy prepared the crew for the World Government’s coming manhunt.

Roy and his crew reached Water 7 and found CP Agents escorting Kokoro and Iceburg to a government ship. Roy rescued them, but Franky was nowhere to be found, leaving the crew to flee before the World Government could strike again.

• Vera and Scarlet treated the crew’s injuries while Roy checked on the sedated Lucci and the other CP9 youths.
• Roy learned that the Ark Maxim was nearing the Calm Belt’s edge, and several days later the crew reached Water 7.
• Roy sensed an armed clash near city hall and spotted CP Agents escorting Kokoro and Iceburg toward a government ship, but he could not find Franky.
• Roy immobilized the CP Agents with his mental force, freed Kokoro and Iceburg, and urged everyone to leave.

Roy persuaded Tom to leave Water 7 and join the Roy Pirates in the New World, while the Marines decided to prioritize hunting the Roger Pirates and monitor Roy’s crew. As the Ark Maxim departed, a modified boy watched it go and vowed to find Tom after growing stronger.

• Roy killed the CP Agents and took Tom, Kokoro, and Iceburg aboard the Ark Maxim.
• Roy urged Tom to pursue his Sea Train dream in the New World, and Tom agreed to join him.
• A modified boy escaped Water 7 by speedboat and vowed to find Tom once he had grown stronger.
• At Marineford, Kong and the senior Marines discussed the destruction of Enies Lobby and the threat posed by the Roy Pirates.
• Kong ordered the Marines to prioritize hunting the Roger Pirates, raise the Roy Pirates’ bounties, and keep Roy’s crew under surveillance.

Roy used his mental powers to remove the World Government’s indoctrination about the Celestial Dragons from Lucci and the others, then reached Alabasta and challenged Crocodile to a wagered fight. Crocodile agreed to battle in the desert, with the outcome set to determine whether he would join Roy’s crew temporarily.

• Roy entered the cell and tried to convince Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, and the others that the Celestial Dragons were not gods.
• Roy used his mental force to alter their indoctrinated beliefs, and the five youths passed out.
• A few days later, Lucci and the others woke confused, and Roy had Scarlet and Kyros guide them toward a new understanding.
• Roy arrived in Alabasta and went with Tesoro, Bullet, and Hawk Eyes to Rain Dinners, where he invited Crocodile to join his pirate crew.
• Roy wagered his gems and offered to leave if Crocodile won, while Crocodile would serve on the crew for three months if he lost.
• Crocodile accepted the wager and chose to fight in the desert.

Tesoro defeated Crocodile in a desert battle, then Bullet stepped in and overwhelmed him with speed and Haki. The chapter left Bullet’s finishing attack about to strike Crocodile inside the sandstorm.

• Roy watched Tesoro and Crocodile fight and realized Crocodile possessed rudimentary Armament Haki and beginner Observation Haki.
• Tesoro overcame Crocodile’s desert attacks and struck him with a powerful Thunder Dragon, leaving Crocodile injured and defeated.
• Roy called Tesoro back and sent Bullet to face Crocodile next.
• Bullet struck Crocodile through his Logia defenses, then found him hiding in a sandstorm with Observation Haki.
• Bullet launched a Conqueror’s Haki-coated Shigan at Crocodile, who had no time to dodge.

Roy forced Crocodile to recognize the Roy Pirates’ strength, and Crocodile joined the crew on a temporary three-month basis. At a meeting in Rainbase, Roy introduced the crew and set their next objective as finding Bartholomew Kuma in the South Blue, choosing the risky route through the Calm Belt.

• Roy showed Crocodile Hawk Eyes Mihawk’s swordsmanship and used Command: Imprisonment, then secured Crocodile’s agreement to join for three months.
• Vera treated Crocodile’s injuries with medicine she said was three times as effective as the Navy’s standard medicine.
• Roy introduced the Roy Pirates’ members, their bounties, and their alliance with the Beasts Pirates to Crocodile.
• Roy said he wanted to recruit Bartholomew Kuma for his Buccaneer bloodline and potential.
• Stella outlined two routes to the South Blue, and Roy chose to cross the Calm Belt despite the Sea Kings.

Roy gave Crocodile detailed knowledge of Haki and the Six Powers, then urged him to grow stronger with the Roy Pirates rather than pursue his ambition alone. Crocodile agreed to train with the crew for three months and began practicing his new techniques.

• Roy visited Crocodile and transferred knowledge of advanced Haki, the Six Powers, and training methods directly into his mind.
• Roy told Crocodile that his ambition to become Pirate King would be difficult to achieve alone and offered the knowledge as an investment in his potential.
• Crocodile agreed to train seriously and fulfill his duties for three months before deciding whether to stay.
• Roy said Bullet and Hawk Eyes would guide Crocodile in combat starting the next day.
• Crocodile practiced Armament Haki and Observation Haki, sensing people throughout the ship and nearby streets.

Crocodile trained with Bullet and Hawk Eyes, rapidly improving his Haki and combat skills under the Roy Pirates’ guidance. As the Ark Maxim set out for the South Blue, he left Alabasta eager to discover how far he could go with the crew.

• Crocodile showed Bullet his newly learned Soru and Rankyaku, then used Kami-e to evade Bullet’s counterattack during their sparring.
• Hawk Eyes trained Crocodile to use Observation Haki to sense attacks and control the battlefield.
• Over five days, Crocodile trained with Bullet and Hawk Eyes and received occasional Haki instruction from Roy, improving his Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and Six Powers.
• On the sixth morning, Crocodile lasted ten minutes against Bullet before being knocked down, and Bullet told him to train his physique under Roy’s gravity suppression.
• Stella announced the crew’s departure, and Crocodile packed his belongings and reconsidered his plan to hide in Alabasta.
• The Ark Maxim departed Rainbase for the South Blue, and Crocodile watched Alabasta fade from view with anticipation.

Roy inspected the three Devil Fruits recovered from Enies Lobby and stored them in his safe, deciding to wait before assigning the Leopard and Giraffe fruits to Lucci or Kaku. The Ark Maxim continued toward the South Blue, where Roy found Crocodile sparring with Bullet.

• Roy opened the first two boxes and identified the Leopard and Giraffe Zoan fruits, noting that Lucci and Kaku had not eaten them.
• Roy examined the Door-Door Fruit and considered its potential for manipulating space and other phenomena, then decided to reserve it for a future crewmate.
• Roy placed the three fruits in his safe alongside his collection of other Devil Fruits.
• Roy decided not to give Lucci or Kaku powerful fruits until they had adjusted to the crew and fully integrated.
• After night fell, Roy went onto the deck and saw Crocodile sparring with Bullet.

Roy and his crew arrived in the Sorbet Kingdom, where a wall divided the wealthy from the poor, and found Bartholomew Kuma treating people at a church. After helping prepare medicine, Roy waited until Kuma finished and was asked why he had come.

• Stella told Roy that Sorbet Kingdom was divided by a wall and that Kuma was helping the poor outside it.
• Roy decided to change the country if Kuma refused to join him, hoping to show him they could build the world he dreamed of.
• Roy arrived in Sorbet Kingdom with several crewmates and saw the stark divide between the wealthy district and the poor quarter.
• Roy told Pea and Vera to help Kuma by making life essence and preparing medicines while Kuma continued treating patients.
• After the last patient left, Kuma approached Roy and asked what had brought him there.

Roy tried to recruit Kuma by arguing that joining his crew could protect Ginny and help change the unjust system that kept the poor suffering in the Sorbet Kingdom. Kuma remained conflicted when Ginny arrived and warmly invited Roy and his companions to dinner, where they revealed they were pirates from the New World.

• Roy asked Kuma to join his crew, citing Kuma’s strength, Buccaneer bloodline, and desire to help the poor.
• Kuma refused, saying he wanted to avoid battles and continue treating people in the Sorbet Kingdom.
• Roy argued that the kingdom’s rulers caused the poverty and suffering, and warned that the World Government could endanger Kuma and Ginny.
• Roy learned that Kuma’s former companion Ivankov had joined Monkey D. Dragon’s Revolutionary Army, and urged Kuma to join him instead.
• Ginny arrived and invited Roy and his companions to share dinner with her and Kuma.
• At dinner, Ginny asked where the visitors were from, and Roy said they came from the New World before Tesoro revealed they were pirates.

Roy asked Kuma to join the Roy Pirates, and Ginny urged Kuma not to let fear keep him from helping change the world. Kuma accepted the offer with conditions, including bringing Ginny aboard and helping the poor before they left.

• Roy told Ginny that he wanted Kuma to join the Roy Pirates, and promised to protect him from the World Government.
• Ginny urged Kuma to face his fears and pursue a meaningful life, and Kuma asked for one night to decide.
• At the church, Ginny told Kuma she would join the crew too and learn to fight, leading him to decide to accept Roy's offer.
• The next morning, Kuma agreed to join the Roy Pirates on the condition that Ginny come aboard and they help the poor people before leaving.
• Roy agreed to Kuma's conditions and revealed he had already planned to improve the country's situation.

Roy defended Kuma’s church from a tax-collecting officer and showed Kuma how the kingdom’s taxes burdened the poor while supporting nobles and the Celestial Dragons. Kuma and Ginny agreed to join Roy in changing the Sorbet Kingdom and the world.

• Roy promised Kuma that the crew would help make the Sorbet Kingdom better, then let Kuma and Ginny continue treating patients at the church.
• A squad of soldiers arrived to demand protection tax from Kuma and threatened to tear down the church when he refused.
• Roy stepped in and used an invisible mental force to immobilize the soldiers after the officer ordered them to seize him.
• Roy forced the officer to reveal that the kingdom paid five billion Beli in Heavenly Tribute, collected about eight billion in taxes, and spent slum taxes on the palace, nobles, and military rather than the poor.
• Roy told Kuma that charity could not end suffering without changing the system, and Kuma and Ginny agreed to help him change the Sorbet Kingdom.