Recaps

Vic left Alabasta after Crocodile became a Shichibukai and traveled to the Sorbet Kingdom to look for Bartholomew Kuma. Meanwhile, Garp confronted Sengoku and Kong over Dark Dragon, and their clash of Conqueror's Haki knocked out Marines at headquarters.

• Cobra recognized the risks of the Shichibukai system but could only leave its consequences to time, then hosted a feast to thank Dark Dragon and his companions.
• Vic said goodbye to Cobra and Vivi, traveled back to the coast, and sailed away from Alabasta with his crew and provisions.
• Garp argued with Sengoku and Kong on Dark Dragon's behalf, and their competing bursts of Conqueror's Haki knocked out Marines throughout the headquarters building.
• A month later, Vic brought the warship to the Sorbet Kingdom and ordered the Marines to search for clues to Bartholomew Kuma's whereabouts.
• Vic recalled that Kuma and Ginny had lived in the country until an uprising five years earlier, after which they disappeared and were later connected to the Revolutionary Army.

Vic searched the Sorbet Kingdom for Bartholomew Kuma and learned that Kuma had once lived at a church there, but no one knew where he was now. King Bekori arrived and described Kuma as a criminal, while Vic ignored his flattery and questioned him about Kuma.

• Vic learned that Kuma had once lived at a church on the Sorbet Kingdom’s southern coast and went there with Rebecca and the others.
• Vic found the church empty but well kept, and civilians nearby whispered that Kuma and Ginny were good people whom the Marines should not arrest.
• Vic reassured Rebecca and the others that they should follow the justice in their own hearts, regardless of what civilians said about the Marines.
• Bekori arrived at the church, fawned over Vic, and invited him to the palace.
• Vic asked Bekori about Kuma, and Bekori said Kuma had joined the Revolutionary Army after escaping arrest and urged Vic to kill him if caught.

Vic drove Bekori away and used his search for Kuma to draw out Kuma’s friends, learning that Dragon was involved. After overhearing their call, Vic chose to wait for Kuma and Dragon rather than capture the two men.

• Vic threatened Bekori, who fled after falling and losing two teeth.
• Vic questioned Gyogyo and Totsu about Kuma, then announced that he would stay at the church and wait for him.
• Gyogyo and Totsu secretly called Kuma and warned him that Vic was searching for him.
• Kuma told his friends not to resist if Vic came for them and said he and Dragon would go to the Sorbet Kingdom.
• Vic overheard Dragon’s voice through Observation Haki and decided to keep waiting instead of taking the men hostage.

Vic met Kuma, Dragon, and Ginny on the beach and offered Kuma a chance to become a Shichibukai. Kuma refused, and Vic left him with a Den Den Mushi so he could personally reject Saturn, though Kuma told Vic to do it instead.

• Vic woke to find Kuma, Dragon, and Ginny had arrived on the beach, and he introduced himself and explained why he had come.
• Vic gave Kuma a paper with his proposal, while Dragon tried to recruit Vic into the Revolutionary Army and Ginny criticized Vic for threatening Gyogyo and Totsu.
• Kuma read the paper, and Ginny rejected Vic's offer on his behalf before Kuma confirmed he would not become a Shichibukai.
• Vic handed Kuma a Den Den Mushi and asked him to turn down Saturn, but Kuma refused to speak to Saturn and told Vic to reject him himself.

Vic tried to persuade Kuma to become a Shichibukai, but Saturn’s threats revealed Kuma and Ginny’s history as slaves of the Celestial Dragons. Dragon asked Kuma to show Vic the memories of that suffering, and Kuma began producing a memory bubble.

• Vic told Saturn that Kuma had refused the Shichibukai position, and Saturn threatened Kuma when he spoke to him directly.
• Vic ended the call after seeing Kuma tremble, then argued that Kuma would be a humane Shichibukai who could protect civilians.
• Ginny rejected Vic’s proposal and reminded him that Kuma would never serve the World Government.
• Dragon told Vic that Kuma and Ginny had been enslaved by the Celestial Dragons and urged Kuma to show Vic what had happened.
• Kuma used his Paw-Paw Fruit to push a large memory bubble out of his body.

Vic witnessed Kuma’s memories of slavery under the Celestial Dragons and revealed his plan to rise through the Marines so he could help turn them against their rulers. Dragon accepted Vic as an ally rather than recruiting him, and Vic offered to help the Revolutionary Army with its difficulties.

• Vic experienced Kuma’s memories of the abuse and deaths he had endured as a slave, and he wept as Kuma, Ginny, and Dragon watched.
• Dragon urged Vic to join the Revolutionary Army after showing him the Celestial Dragons’ atrocities.
• Vic explained that he intended to climb to the Fleet Admiral’s seat and lead the Marines in resisting the Celestial Dragons, declaring that his companions were allies of the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon stopped trying to recruit Vic and asked him to recommend promising recruits who could not join the Marines.
• Vic asked what difficulties the Revolutionary Army faced and offered to find ways to help it obtain needed supplies and resources.

Vic told Dragon about Chinjao’s treasure beneath the Ice Continent as a potential source of funding for the Revolutionary Army, then asked Kuma to take him to places with special powers so he could train. Kuma agreed and transported Vic away, while Dragon and Ginny had already left.

• Vic explained that Chinjao’s treasure lay beneath the Ice Continent and advised Dragon to retrieve it discreetly.
• Dragon thanked Vic and left with Ginny, encouraged by the prospect of funding for the Revolutionary Army.
• Vic asked Kuma to take him to islands with special powers where he could train, and Kuma agreed.
• Vic told Barnett he would be gone for a few days, then Kuma transported him away from the beach.
• Saturn met with the other four in the Room of Authority at dawn.

Saturn and the other Elders planned to exploit Ginny and her future child to punish Kuma and force him into becoming a government-controlled cyborg. They also discussed how to test Vic’s loyalty and curb his attitude, then turned their attention to capturing Fisher Tiger.

• Saturn told the Elders that Kuma had refused the Shichibukai position and proposed making him suffer for defying the Celestial Dragons.
• Saturn explained that Kuma had grown up with Ginny in the Sorbet Kingdom and that both were now members of the Rebel Army.
• The Elders proposed abducting Ginny, infecting her and her child with Sapphire Scales, and using a promised cure to make Kuma obey them and undergo Vegapunk’s procedure.
• The Elders agreed that Saturn would oversee the plan, while keeping it flexible depending on Kuma’s feelings for Ginny and her child.
• The Elders discussed using the Holy Knights and the Reverie to humble Vic and test his loyalty before considering him for Marine Admiral.
• The Elders postponed decisions about Vic and moved on to discuss sending more troops to capture Fisher Tiger.

Kuma took Vic to several uninhabited islands with unusual conditions that could help him train. Vic tested the heavy water and compressed wind, then recorded the locations of the other islands for future use.

• Kuma showed Vic a South Blue lake whose water weighed more than a ton per drop, and Vic confirmed that he could use its pressure to train his Armament Haki.
• Vic entered the heavy water and found that he needed to coat his whole body in Armament Haki to withstand the lake's increasing pressure.
• Kuma took Vic to a North Blue island where wind compressed through a long rock passage struck with tremendous force, and Vic realized others could train by starting at the gentler entrance.
• Kuma brought Vic to several more unusual islands, including a freezing island, a scorching island, a poisonous pool, and a Seastone mountain, and Vic recorded their locations.

Vic discovered that Titan Island’s powerful gravity made it an ideal place to train, then returned with Kuma to the Sorbet Kingdom. Before leaving with his crew, Vic warned Bekori to stop exploiting the kingdom’s civilians.

• Vic recognized Titan Island and realized its increasing gravity could continuously temper his Armament Haki.
• Vic and Kuma returned to the Sorbet Kingdom, where Kuma asked Vic to protect the civilians because Kuma could not openly intervene.
• Vic confronted Bekori, threatened him over his treatment of the poor, and split a vast cloud with a sword slash to demonstrate his power.
• Bekori panicked and hid beneath quilts after Vic left the palace.
• Vic reunited with Rebecca and the others, ordered them aboard the warship, and told Barnett and the marines to explore the South Blue while he departed.

Rebecca and her companions traveled through the South Blue and into the Grand Line while Vic trained and later rejoined them. Vic then resumed helping the group improve their Haki and considered seeking scientists to build a gravity chamber aboard the warship.

• Vic trained at Heavy Water Lake while Rebecca and her companions sailed through the South Blue and searched for two Shichibukai candidates.
• Rebecca lost to both pirates, and Vic killed them after learning about their crimes.
• After a month and a half, Rebecca's warship crossed the Calm Belt, and she called Vic; he returned a week later after visiting Gion.
• Vic resumed Haki training with Rebecca and the others and considered asking Dr. Tsukimi or Vegapunk to develop a gravity field for the warship.
• The warship sailed toward the Florian Triangle, and Vic planned training for Wendy and Frodeku to help them awaken Armament Haki.

Vic helped Frodeku and Wendy awaken Armament Haki, leaving everyone on the team except Ain with both types of Haki. After Barnett recognized the danger of Vic’s technique, Vic considered using his Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers as a secret alternative for helping people awaken Haki.

• Vic stimulated Frodeku’s Haki with Ryuo, and Frodeku awakened Armament Haki after three days.
• Vic slowly stimulated Wendy’s Haki for more than half a month before she finally awakened Armament Haki.
• Barnett realized Vic could potentially use his technique to create many Haki users and asked how he had discovered it.
• Vic explained that he had developed the method through experimentation and warned that using it widely could expose it and disrupt the world’s balance of power.
• Vic decided to investigate whether his lightning powers could also stimulate Haki and provide a method only he could control.

Vic refused to let the Marines learn his method for awakening Haki, then responded to a distress call involving Fish-Men. He identified the attackers as the Sun Pirates and headed toward the battle, hoping to save Fisher Tiger while an old adversary suffered.

• Barnett suggested reporting Vic’s Haki training method to Marine headquarters, but Vic told him and the others to keep it secret.
• Barnett and the other Marines agreed to claim they had awakened Haki through hard training.
• A messenger reported that Marines were surrounded by Fish-Men and their warship was close to sinking.
• Vic suspected the Sun Pirates were responsible and decided to intervene because he wanted Fisher Tiger to live.
• Vic used his Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Observation Haki to locate the fight, then directed his warship toward it while Onigumo was being beaten.

Vic arranged for Rebecca to feign a difficult fight against Fisher Tiger while he stayed near the warship, then killed Fisher Tiger with a lightning strike after Rebecca was genuinely injured. The battle was still underway as Vic treated Rebecca and Arlong rushed to Fisher Tiger.

• Vic told Rebecca to make her fight with Fisher Tiger look convincing and ordered Frodeku to fight Arlong.
• Vic stopped Fish-Men from reaching the warship with lightning while Jinbe overwhelmed Onigumo and Rebecca traded showy attacks with Fisher Tiger.
• Vic signaled Rebecca to lose, and Fisher Tiger's Shark Tile Fist sent her flying and left her with real internal injuries.
• Vic roared, rushed Fisher Tiger, and struck him through the head with deep-blue lightning, leaving him motionless.
• Vic took Rebecca in his arms and treated her injuries as Arlong abandoned Frodeku and raced toward Fisher Tiger.

Jinbe learned that Fisher Tiger appeared to be dead and took command of the grieving Sun Pirates while fighting Vic. During their staged battle, Vic secretly told Jinbe that Fisher Tiger was alive in suspended animation and explained how to protect him and conceal his survival.

• Jinbe shattered Onigumo’s six swords with Buraikan, breaking his ribs and leaving him injured.
• Arlong reported that Fisher Tiger had no heartbeat or breath, then charged at Vic and was knocked aside by a lightning-wreathed kick.
• Jinbe confirmed Fisher Tiger appeared dead, and Aladdin urged Jinbe to lead the Fish-Men to safety.
• Jinbe ordered the injured Fish-Men to escape by sea and approached Vic to hold him off.
• Vic fought Jinbe hand to hand and secretly told him that Fisher Tiger would wake in an hour, that Arlong had to remain behind, and that Fisher Tiger should live under an assumed name.

Vic let Jinbe and the other Fish-Men escape after Fisher Tiger was presumed dead, then received public credit for the battle. The Marines and Five Elders debated how to handle Vic’s latest merit and his possible promotion to Marine Admiral.

• Vic drove Jinbe onto a reporters’ warship, where Jinbe ordered the Fish-Men to retreat with Fisher Tiger’s body and escaped into the sea.
• Vic announced the operation’s success, carried the injured Rebecca back to his warship, and left Onigumo behind without taking any Fish-Men prisoner.
• Onigumo realized Vic had saved him despite their grudge, while reporters praised Vic for his apparent lack of interest in fame or credit.
• A newspaper reported that Vic had helped Onigumo kill Fisher Tiger, and Marine leaders treated the incident at Mary Geoise as a major merit that could secure Vic’s promotion.
• The Five Elders rejected proposals to send Vic to the Holy Knights or take Aokiji’s Admiral position, while keeping a possible CP0 assignment under consideration.

Kong and Sengoku secured the Five Elders’ agreement to promote Vic to Marine Admiral, though the Elders insisted on testing his loyalty to the World Government first. Unaware of the debate, Vic sailed toward the Florian Triangle and used controlled Ryuo to accelerate his companions’ Haki training, leaving them much stronger after a month at sea.

• Kong brought Sengoku to the Room of Authority, where they argued that denying Vic a Marine Admiral promotion would undermine the Marines’ standing as an organization of justice.
• The Five Elders agreed to the promotion but insisted on testing Vic’s loyalty with a mission like the Ohara Incident, despite Sengoku and Kong’s objections.
• Vic sailed toward the Florian Triangle to find Moria without knowing about the promotion debate or the planned loyalty test.
• Vic used Ryuo to create controlled danger inside Rebecca and the others, forcing their Haki to grow faster while Frodeku caught Sea Kings to feed them.
• After a month-long voyage, Rebecca and the others had made substantial progress, and Wendy’s Little Yellow squad had grown larger and stronger.

Vic forced Gecko Moria to accept limits on his Shichibukai activities, then traveled to the Sabaody Archipelago after Saturn summoned him without explaining why. At Sabaody, Vic let his companions explore while Rebecca and Ain chose to accompany him as he searched for Saturn’s purpose.

• Vic defeated Gecko Moria after Rebecca fought him, then held Blood Wither to Moria’s neck and ordered him to remain in the Florian Triangle and avoid targeting civilians.
• Moria agreed to Vic’s demands, and Vic left Perona with him before returning to his warship with Rebecca and the others.
• Vic reached the Marine Base in the Sabaody Archipelago, asked the stationed Vice Admiral to arrange supplies, and headed toward central Sabaody with Rebecca and the others.
• Vic told his companions to explore freely but warned them to stay out of the lawless zone, and Barnett and the others went their own way.
• Rebecca and Ain insisted on accompanying Vic, so he told Rebecca to carry Ain and warned them about human traffickers.

Vic refused Saturn’s direct order to protect Vegapunk and beat the CP0 agent who delivered it, insisting that orders go through Marine Headquarters. Saturn accepted the incident, while the Five Elders canceled Vic’s Shichibukai mission and planned to keep him stationed with Vegapunk so he could not earn more merit before their final test.

• A masked CP0 agent gave Vic half of Vegapunk’s Vivre Card and ordered him to protect Vegapunk in Kizaru’s place.
• Vic challenged Saturn’s authority to order him directly without notifying Marine Headquarters, and the agent insisted that the Marines had to obey the Five Elders.
• Vic struck the agent with one punch, broke his ribs, and threatened him until he called Saturn.
• The agent reported the confrontation to Saturn, who ended the call without defending him.
• The Five Elders canceled Vic’s Shichibukai test mission and decided to station him with Vegapunk to prevent him from earning further merit before their ultimate test.

Vic accepted a mission to protect Vegapunk, arranged for Ban to find and return Koala to Foolshout Island, and sailed through the deep sea toward Fish-Man Island. There, Fish-Men seeking revenge for Fisher Tiger surrounded his warship and prepared to attack, leaving Vic facing a confrontation.

• Vic agreed to Sengoku's request to relieve Kizaru and protect Vegapunk, then left Sabaody with Rebecca and Ain.
• Vic secretly met Ban, provided funds for his intelligence network, and instructed him to find Koala and send her back to Foolshout Island.
• Vic had the warship coated and sailed through the deep sea, using Observation Haki and lightning to keep sea creatures away.
• Fish-Man Island learned that the Marine warship was approaching, and Fish-Men riding sea beasts surrounded Vic's ship beneath the island's bubble.
• A spotted Fish-Man accused Vic of killing Fisher Tiger, sent someone to notify Jinbe, and ordered the others to tear open the ship's coating.
• Vic warned the Fish-Men that attacking the Marines would bring disaster upon Fish-Man Island, but the spotted Fish-Man urged them to attack anyway.

Vic killed the Fish-Men attacking his warship, then accompanied Jinbe to meet the supposedly dead Fisher Tiger at the Sea Forest. Fisher Tiger explained how he was hiding and offered to risk his life to repay Vic, who memorized the Poneglyph nearby.

• Vic used Allen to electrocute the Fish-Men and sea beasts attacking the warship, killing them in seconds.
• Jinbe arrived, told Vic to come with him, and ordered his underlings to keep the survivors from attacking the warship again.
• Jinbe brought Vic to the Sea Forest, where Fisher Tiger was hiding near a Poneglyph.
• Fisher Tiger explained that King Neptune and Queen Otohime had made him a gravekeeper to conceal his identity.
• Vic memorized the Poneglyph's writing, and Fisher Tiger promised to risk his life for Vic if needed.

Vic demonstrated Observation Haki and Armament Haki to Fisher Tiger and Jinbe, then changed Fisher Tiger’s face, body, and voice so he could travel openly under a new identity. Vic asked how Fisher Tiger had escaped from Mary Geoise, leaving the details of his escape unexplained.

• Vic dodged Fisher Tiger’s attacks with Observation Haki and invited Jinbe to join in.
• Vic used Armament Haki to withstand their attacks and learned that Jinbe had awakened Observation Haki while fighting Onigumo.
• Vic urged Fisher Tiger and Jinbe to venture into the New World to learn Haki, then offered to help them travel openly.
• Vic altered Fisher Tiger’s appearance and voice, and told him to take a new name and travel separately from Jinbe.
• Vic asked Fisher Tiger how he had escaped Mary Geoise despite its guards.

Fisher Tiger told Vic and Jinbe about the powerful guard squad he encountered while freeing slaves in Mary Geoise, and Vic realized the guards were protecting Imu. Vic left Fish-Man Island and sailed into the New World, where he gave Rebecca Vegapunk’s Vivre Card and urged her to improve her navigation.

• Fisher Tiger revealed that he had once been a slave and described climbing to Mary Geoise to rescue other slaves.
• Tiger said a squad of powerful guards stood watch outside a plant-filled building and ignored the chaos, allowing many slaves to escape.
• Vic concluded that the guards were protecting Imu and decided he would need to tell Dragon about them.
• Vic left Jinbe and the Fish-Men, then sailed past Fish-Man Island while Neptune and his party waited in vain to thank him.
• Vic’s warship surfaced in the New World, and he gave Rebecca Vegapunk’s Vivre Card to help her navigate the dangerous waters.

Vic arrived at Punk Hazard to take over the duty of protecting Vegapunk, and met Borsalino, who was preparing to leave the island. Vic challenged him to a spar to compare their speed, but Borsalino refused and urged him to save his strength for pirates.

• Vic reached Punk Hazard three days after setting out and found the island green and springlike, with Marines and hidden Surveillance Den Den Mushi guarding the research institute.
• A Marine colonel welcomed Vic and explained that he would be responsible for protecting Vegapunk, then led him to Borsalino for the handover.
• The colonel told Vic that Caesar Clown also worked at the institute, and Vic recalled Caesar later taking over the facility after a poison gas accident.
• Borsalino greeted Vic warmly, introduced himself, and offered to take him to meet Vegapunk.
• Vic invited Borsalino to spar so he could test the limits of the Light-Light Fruit against his own speed, but Borsalino declined, wary of Vic's fighting methods.

Vic met Vegapunk at the research institute and learned that the scientist’s enormous head resulted from the Brain-Brain Fruit. After Vegapunk tasked Kizaru with showing Vic around, Vic met Caesar and Sentomaru.

• Kizaru escorted Vic to Vegapunk’s laboratory and introduced him as the new security officer.
• Vegapunk explained that eating the Brain-Brain Fruit had made his head grow and enhanced his thinking and research abilities.
• Vic told Vegapunk he wanted to ask him questions later, and Vegapunk asked Kizaru to show Vic around the institute.
• Kizaru said goodbye to Vegapunk and took Vic to meet Caesar, who had a separate laboratory.
• Vic met Sentomaru, who was around his age, already large, and naturally strong.