Recaps

Vic told Smoker that his convictions needed greater strength to overcome the Marines’ restrictions and pursue his own justice, prompting Smoker to recognize why he needed to grow stronger. Vic then watched Tashigi train as Smoker called her into his office and reflected on how lonely she had been.

• Vic argued that Smoker’s strength had to match his fearless sense of justice, using Garp and Smoker’s future defeats as examples.
• Smoker understood that his lack of strength had created obstacles and imagined becoming a Marine Admiral before reconsidering his thoughts about leaving the Marines.
• Vic watched Tashigi practice swordsmanship and noted how far her ability lagged behind Kuina’s.
• Smoker called Tashigi into his office, startling her so badly that she nearly fell before she ran inside.
• Smoker told Vic that Tashigi had become clumsy after spending much of her life alone, and he regretted not entrusting her to Vic.

Vic reunited with Tashigi in Loguetown and told her and Smoker about his clashes with the Four Emperors. Meanwhile, Buggy and Alvida arrived to ambush the Straw Hat Pirates, who were approaching the town.

• Smoker regretted neglecting Tashigi and reflected on how Vic had cared for her before leaving the Marines.
• Tashigi recognized Vic, embraced him in tears, and told him she had kept up with his news and waited for his return.
• Buggy and Alvida reached Loguetown and allied to seek revenge on Straw Hat Boy, expecting the Straw Hat Pirates to stop there before entering the Grand Line.
• Vic told Smoker and Tashigi that he had defeated Big Mom and described his fight with Kaido as a narrow victory, warning them about the Four Emperors.

The Straw Hat Pirates split up in Loguetown to make their final preparations before entering the Grand Line, and Zoro went looking for another sword. At the weapons shop, he learned more about Yubashiri and Wado Ichimonji before a sword in the cheapest barrel showed him a vision of corpses and blood.

• The Straw Hat Pirates arrived in Loguetown and split up, with Luffy heading toward the Pirate King's Execution Platform and the others shopping or gathering supplies.
• Luffy followed Smoker's directions to a tavern where he heard stories about Roger and drank a glass of milk.
• Zoro visited a weapons shop, where the bald owner questioned how he had gotten Yubashiri and Tashigi identified it from her Famous Sword catalog.
• The bald owner offered to buy Wado Ichimonji for five hundred thousand Beli, but Tashigi identified it as a Great Grade Sword worth more than ten million Beli.
• Zoro searched through the shop's cheaper swords, then froze when one sword showed him a vision of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Zoro acquired Sandai Kitetsu and learned that Vic had likely left Yubashiri for him, which left him feeling pressured to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Smoker realized he had let Straw Hat Luffy slip past him, and Vic teased him for acting without checking his target first.

• Tashigi identified Sandai Kitetsu as a Famous Sword, and Zoro recognized that it was cursed.
• Zoro tested the curse by dropping Sandai Kitetsu toward his arm, survived unharmed, and received the sword from the shopkeeper for free.
• The shopkeeper revealed that he had sold Yubashiri to Vic years earlier and suspected Vic had left it for Zoro.
• Zoro left the shop thinking about Vic's strength and resolved to lift weights aboard the Going Merry.
• Smoker told Vic that he had failed to recognize Straw Hat Luffy when Luffy asked him for directions.
• Vic criticized Smoker for pursuing Luffy without checking the wanted poster or gathering information.

Luffy reached the Execution Platform in Loguetown while Marines and Buggy’s crew searched for him, and Buggy’s group captured him there. Smoker believed Luffy was trapped, but Vic knew Dragon was nearby and was prepared to protect Luffy himself.

• Smoker and Vic failed to find Luffy, while Luffy met Zoro and ate with him; neither had money, so Luffy used a gold coin from Buggy’s pouch to pay the bill.
• Buggy recognized Luffy and ordered his crew to chase him, as Sanji reunited with Nami and Usopp, learned Marines were pursuing Luffy, and went to find Luffy and Zoro.
• Luffy reached the Execution Platform and struggled to climb it, while Smoker and Vic watched and Vic explained that Luffy was overwhelmed by the place’s significance.
• Alvida and Buggy distracted Luffy, then Cabaji trapped him in a wooden frame on the Execution Platform.
• Smoker assumed Luffy could not escape, but Vic revealed that he knew Dragon was nearby and would intervene if needed.

Buggy prepared to publicly execute Luffy at the platform where Pirate King Roger had died, while Zoro and Sanji rushed to rescue him and Nami headed for the ship ahead of the storm. As Buggy raised his blade, Zoro and Sanji arrived, and Smoker’s Marines waited nearby to capture the pirates.

• Buggy announced that he would execute Luffy publicly, and word of the execution reached Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and Usopp.
• Nami stopped Usopp from going back and hurried toward the ship, warning that a storm was coming and they needed to prepare to leave.
• Buggy kept Luffy on the platform while he boasted and recounted his grievances; Luffy shouted that he would become the Pirate King.
• Zoro and Sanji arrived at the square, and the watching residents fled when they recognized Pirate Hunter Zoro.
• Buggy raised his blade to execute Luffy, while Smoker ordered his Marines to move in after the execution and Tashigi recognized Zoro.

Luffy narrowly escaped execution in Loguetown when Dragon’s lightning destroyed the platform, allowing the Straw Hat Pirates to flee. Smoker swore to pursue Luffy, while Vic parted ways with Dragon and prepared to leave Loguetown.

• Buggy swung his blade at Luffy as Zoro and Sanji raced to stop him, and Luffy accepted his apparent death with a smile.
• Dragon’s lightning struck Buggy and destroyed the Execution Platform, leaving Luffy unharmed and Buggy unconscious.
• Smoker ordered the Marines to surround the pirates, suspected Vic had caused the lightning, and swore to keep Luffy from leaving Loguetown.
• Dragon helped the Straw Hat Pirates sail away toward Reverse Mountain, while Smoker and Tashigi pursued them without success.
• Vic and Dragon agreed that Vic would no longer intervene in Luffy’s adventures except in a life-or-death situation, and Dragon departed.
• Smoker told Vic he would take Tashigi to the Grand Line to pursue Luffy, while Vic declined to join them and said he would leave Loguetown himself.

Vic left Smoker and Tashigi to maintain the course of Luffy’s adventures, then trained in Alabasta while Crocodile secretly undermined the kingdom. Meanwhile, Vivi joined the Straw Hat Pirates, and their journey through Little Garden and Drum Island turned their practical alliance into a bond of companionship.

• Vic watched Smoker and Tashigi leave Loguetown, then went to Alabasta to train while Crocodile continued searching for Pluton and destabilizing the kingdom.
• Vivi and Igaram encountered the Straw Hat Pirates at Twin Cape, and Vivi joined their voyage after Nami learned her identity at Whiskey Peak.
• Nico Robin gave Luffy an Eternal Pose to Alabasta, but Luffy crushed it and chose to sail to Little Garden instead.
• On Little Garden, Usopp helped save Zoro, Nami, and Vivi from Galdino’s wax trap, while Sanji found an Eternal Pose to Alabasta.
• Nami fell ill from an ancient virus, so Vivi insisted that the crew find a doctor and led them to Drum Island.
• The Straw Hat Pirates persuaded Chopper to leave Drum Island, and Vivi and the crew came to regard one another as companions.

Aboard the Going Merry, Vivi explained Baroque Works and the crew examined the Shichibukai’s wanted posters, discovering that Orens Vic was one of them. The crew revealed their complicated ties to Vic, but decided to face Crocodile themselves as they continued toward Alabasta.

• Vivi described Baroque Works’ leaders and ranks, including Crocodile and Nico Robin, while Nami comforted her about Igaram.
• The crew discussed the Shichibukai and looked over the wanted posters Vivi had collected, comparing their bounties.
• Usopp read Orens Vic’s poster and was surprised when the others reacted as though they knew him well.
• Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Chopper, and Vivi explained their different histories and feelings about Vic, and all agreed he was a good guy.
• Usopp suggested asking Vic for help against Crocodile, but Zoro and Luffy insisted they would fight Crocodile themselves.

Vic and Robin rescued Luffy after Crocodile left him to die, then traveled to Alubarna as the Straw Hat Pirates fought Baroque Works. Luffy exploited Crocodile’s weakness and beat him badly, but Crocodile resolved to kill the Straw Hat Pirates by any means.

• Crocodile stabbed Luffy and left him sinking in quicksand, but Vic told Robin to save him because he was key to saving Alabasta.
• Robin pulled Luffy from the quicksand, and Vic repaired his internal injuries; Robin then entrusted Luffy to Pell and asked him to care for him.
• Vic and Robin reached Alubarna, where Robin parted ways with Vic to continue relying on Crocodile for access to the Poneglyph, while Vic watched the battles.
• Nami, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper fought Baroque Works agents and won, though several were badly injured.
• Pell carried Luffy into the capital, where Luffy used water to exploit Crocodile’s weakness and beat him down.
• Crocodile grew furious at his defeat and vowed to kill the Straw Hat Pirates by the most brutal means.

Crocodile obeyed Vic’s warning and defeated Luffy without using Haki, then left believing he had killed him. Luffy revived and pursued Crocodile while Vic turned his attention to the battle in Alubarna, where he summoned rain clouds that could bring the fighting to an end.

• Vic warned Crocodile not to use Haki against Luffy, so Crocodile drained Luffy’s water and left to pursue Nico Robin without checking whether Luffy had survived.
• A fallen ball of water revived Luffy, and he headed for the royal family’s underground mausoleum after Tashigi pointed him toward Crocodile.
• Vic stopped watching Luffy and summoned rain clouds over Alabasta as the battle raged near Alubarna.
• Nami sensed the changing weather while she and the others continued searching for the cannon that threatened the city.
• Smoker told Hina to take her ship away because the rain clouds made his Dance Powder preparations unnecessary, but Hina refused and chose to stay in Alabasta.

Vivi discovered the timed shell would still destroy the square, but Vic kicked it into the sky and saved Pell and the people below. As rain ended the fighting, Crocodile was defeated, and Robin left after saving Luffy with an antidote.

• Vivi found the timed shell in the clock tower and realized it would explode even after its fuse was put out.
• Pell seized the shell and flew upward to protect the capital, but Vic paralyzed him and kicked the shell far into the sky.
• Vic caught the unconscious Pell and laid him on a roof while Nami, Vivi, and the others realized no explosion had reached the square.
• Crocodile was defeated by Luffy without using Haki, and rain fell as the soldiers stopped fighting and wept.
• Luffy passed out after emerging with Cobra and Robin; Robin had given him an antidote to Crocodile’s poison before leaving.

Robin chose to join the Straw Hat Pirates, trusting them to become the companions she had long sought, while Vic accepted her decision and warned her to seek help if she faced danger. After leaving her, Vic considered three threats that could endanger the crew as his changes to history made their future uncertain.

• Robin told Vic she had chosen the Straw Hat Pirates because she believed they would accept her and help her uncover the Void Century, and she planned to visit her mother in the New World.
• Vic accepted Robin's choice and advised her on how to win over Nami, Chopper, Sanji, Usopp, and Zoro, reminding her that she could contact him or her mother if she needed help.
• Robin thanked Vic emotionally, and Vic vanished from the Going Merry.
• Vic considered Aokiji a threat to the crew at Water 7 because his changes to history might alter the reason Aokiji had let them go before.
• Vic worried that Kuma's changed circumstances could leave the Straw Hat Pirates without protection at Thriller Bark and Sabaody, where Gecko Moria, Marines, Kizaru, Sentomaru, and Pacifistas could threaten them.
• Vic decided he would intervene when necessary to help Luffy survive and grow into the Sun God.

Robin and Vic secretly watched the Straw Hat Pirates bid farewell to Vivi and escape the Marines pursuing them. Luffy and his crew evaded capture with Bon Clay’s help, but Bon Clay was taken prisoner, and the Going Merry sailed on after the warships were unexpectedly sunk.

• After three days aboard the Going Merry, Robin and Vic watched Luffy and the others return with Marine warships in pursuit.
• Vivi met the Straw Hat Pirates on the coast and asked whether they would still consider her their companion; they answered by showing the crosses on their left wrists, and she and Karoo Duck returned the gesture before saying goodbye.
• As Hina’s Marines attacked the Going Merry with cannonballs and iron arrows, a heavy fog concealed the ship and brought the crew together with Bon Clay.
• Bon Clay disguised himself and his crew as the Straw Hat Pirates to lead Hina’s warships away, allowing the Going Merry to escape, but Hina captured him.
• After Usopp repaired the Going Merry, the pursuing warships spotted it again, but discarded iron arrows pierced and sank them, giving the Straw Hat Pirates a chance to rest.

After leaving Alabasta without Vivi, the Straw Hat Pirates were stunned when Robin emerged aboard the Going Merry and asked to join them. Luffy accepted her, and after Robin quickly won over several crew members, Vic sensed a familiar presence and left the ship.

• The Straw Hat Pirates mourned Vivi’s absence as the Going Merry sailed away from the island.
• Robin came out of the cabin, alarming the crew, and used her Flower-Flower Fruit powers to disarm Zoro and Nami.
• Robin told Luffy she wanted to become his companion, and Sanji reacted jealously to her ambiguous explanation of their past.
• Robin said Luffy had carried her from beneath the royal tomb and asked to stay aboard; Luffy agreed despite Nami and Usopp’s protests.
• Robin gave Chopper medicine and Nami a bag of jewels, winning them over as she officially joined the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Vic smiled at Robin’s acceptance, sensed a familiar presence, and left the Going Merry in the form of lightning.

Vic waited aboard the Going Merry for a particular island and opportunity while the Straw Hat Pirates escaped Marine warships and landed on Ruluka Island. Henzo, a scientist seeking the Rainbow Mist to rescue friends lost fifty years earlier, approached Usopp and Robin for information.

• Vic returned to the Going Merry after meeting Hina, then stayed aboard and trained while waiting for the island he sought.
• Zoro spotted several Marine warships ahead, and the Straw Hat Pirates escaped their pursuit before reaching Ruluka Island.
• A soldier demanded a port tax from the crew, and Luffy knocked him unconscious after he threatened Nami and Robin.
• Vic recognized that Ruluka Island might be the place he sought and continued observing from the ship.
• Henzo approached Usopp and Robin, explained that he studied the Rainbow Mist to find his missing companions, and asked whether they had seen it.

Vic planned to exploit the Rainbow Mist’s time discrepancy and balance-point mechanism to cultivate in the Eternal Land, then return to the moment he entered while retaining his gains. He left the chapter intending to use the loophole to reach the God Realm before the coming battle.

• Vic recognized the Rainbow Mist as the passage to the Eternal Land and decided to use it to cultivate.
• Vic reasoned that time passed at different rates inside and outside the Eternal Land, and that disrupting its balance would eject entrants to the moment they had entered.
• Vic concluded that he could preserve his cultivation insights while undoing the time spent outside by exploiting the Eternal Land’s balance point.
• Vic noted that Pure Gold would let him and his companions avoid aging during the plan.
• Vic decided to use the Rainbow Mist to cut his cultivation time out of the real world and reach the God Realm.

Vic secretly prepared to enter the Rainbow Mist alone by silencing Dr. Henzo, taking Rapanui’s biography, and destroying the Rainbow Tower. He used lightning to kill Wetton and his accomplices, then left Luffy and Henzo asleep while Robin suspected his plans.

• Vic knocked Dr. Henzo unconscious and took Rapanui’s biography so the crew could not learn about the Rainbow Mist or its treasures.
• Vic summoned thunderclouds and struck Philip, Rake, and Wetton with lightning, killing all three.
• Vic destroyed the Rainbow Tower to prevent it from connecting to the Eternal Space.
• Robin suspected Vic was nearby and hiding information about the Rainbow Mist, while Luffy and Dr. Henzo remained deeply asleep.
• Robin decided not to tell the others what she had read in the biography.

Vic entered the Rainbow Mist and found a ship graveyard containing five children and one adult, Rapanui. He used a gold wire to guide the children out, then retrieved the wire and remained inside the Eternal Land.

• Vic waited at the dock until the Rainbow Mist appeared, then used gold wire as a guide to enter it.
• Vic explored the enclosed space with Observation Haki and found five children and the adult Rapanui among many shipwrecks.
• Vic reasoned that earlier people trapped in the Eternal Land had likely died because they lacked a guide to escape.
• Vic created an illusion of an adventurer sent by Henzo to rescue the children and led them toward the gold wire.
• Vic guided the children through the mist with Rapanui holding the wire, while the children failed to notice that Vic had vanished.
• After sensing that the children had reached safety, Vic pulled the gold wire back, removing the guide between the Eternal Land and the outside.

Vic stayed inside the Rainbow Mist to cultivate, while outside Henzo reunited with his childhood friends without Luffy rescuing them. Vic discovered that the mist’s unusual laws both hindered his progress and slowed his aging, and he continued cultivating while dealing with intruders.

• Rapanui led the children safely away from the Rainbow Mist, then kept his group from revealing themselves after Henzo reunited with his younger friends.
• Luffy reached the dock confused about what he had missed, while Robin wondered whether Vic was still inside the mist.
• A rainbow vortex appeared over the island as Vic stored the golden thread, killed the imprisoned pirates, and began cultivating in a wrecked ship.
• Vic found that the mist contained dense Primal Spirit but had obscure, incomplete laws that made some forms of cultivation impossible.
• As time passed, Vic killed evil intruders, guided good people out, and kept the treasure they had gathered so fewer people would enter the Rainbow Mist.

Vic emerged from the Rainbow Mist after spending at least twenty years cultivating there, having brought the Law of Lightning to great accomplishment and strengthened his Haki. He left Ruluka Island to return to seclusion and pursue a breakthrough to the God Realm, while Rebecca was tasked with watching over the Straw Hat Pirates.

• Vic gave up on perfecting the incomplete Law of Speed, comprehended the Law of Lightning to great accomplishment, and further developed his Haki.
• Vic gathered the pirates’ treasure, disrupted the balance of the Rainbow Mist’s small space, and returned to Ruluka Island on the day he had entered.
• Vic turned into lightning and left without greeting Luffy and the others, while Nami and Robin recognized him and the Rainbow Mist vortex caused a brief disturbance on the island.
• Vic headed for Mystery Island and told Rebecca to watch the Straw Hat Pirates and help them if their lives were in danger.

Vic arrived at Mystery Island and entered the Soul Tree to pursue godhood, while the Straw Hat Pirates followed clues toward Sky Island and reached Mock Town. The chapter left Vic beginning a month of seclusion and Luffy and Zoro enduring Bellamy's abuse without fighting back.

• Vic reached Mystery Island three days before the full moon and waited beside the lake as the island's beasts bowed to his powerful aura.
• Shanks tried to persuade Whitebeard to recall Ace from his hunt for Blackbeard, but their disagreement ended in a clash of Conqueror's Haki.
• Vic entered the Soul Tree's inner space under the full moon to study the Law of Lightning and break through to the God Realm.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates found a sky-fallen wreck and clues to Sky Island, then followed an Eternal Pose to Mock Town on Jaya.
• Luffy and Zoro met Bellamy and his gang in a tavern, where they took a beating without fighting back despite Nami urging them to retaliate.

The Straw Hat Pirates left Jaya aboard the Knock Up Stream and reached Sky Island, where they defeated the four priests and met Wyper’s group. Meanwhile, Rebecca lost track of the pirates, and Blackbeard began pursuing Luffy but was left behind when the Knock Up Stream destroyed his ship.

• Luffy beat Bellamy in Mock Town after Bellamy’s crew injured Cricket and the Saruyama Alliance and stole their gold.
• Blackbeard saw Luffy’s new bounty poster and set out to capture him, but the Knock Up Stream carried the Straw Hat Pirates into the sky and wrecked Blackbeard’s ship.
• Rebecca arrived too late to find the Straw Hat Pirates on Jaya and could not reach Vic for further instructions.
• The Straw Hat Pirates reached Sky Island, where Wyper and his allies joined them in defeating the four priests who had seized Angel Island.
• Aisa helped clear up the misunderstanding between Luffy’s group and Wyper’s group, preventing a fight as they pursued different goals in Upper Yard.

The Straw Hat Pirates and the Shandia found the Golden Bell and brought it safely down to Upper Yard, while its chimes proved to Cricket that Noland had spoken the truth. After the celebrations began, the Sky Lord heard the bell and joined the banquet.

• Robin and Nami deduced that the Golden Bell had been knocked onto an Island Cloud near the giant beanstalk, and Luffy found it while climbing for the view.
• Nami organized a plan to use the beanstalk to pull down the Golden Bell, and Zoro and Wyper cut the stalk down while Luffy remained aboard the bell.
• The Golden Bell's chimes reached Jaya, where Cricket saw Luffy's shadow and realized that the City of Gold had flown into the sky; Rebecca also recognized the shadow and left to train.
• An Island Cloud cushioned the Golden Bell's landing on Upper Yard, and Nami beat up Luffy after he returned unharmed without bringing her any gold.
• Robin examined the Poneglyph at the bell's base and found another record of an Ancient Weapon, while Roger's message restored her confidence.
• The Straw Hats and Shandia held a banquet to the Golden Bell's music, and the Sky Lord joined them after hearing the chimes he had known as a child.

Nami went searching for gold inside the Sky Lord while the Straw Hat Pirates celebrated in Hidden Cloud Village. Two months later, Vic emerged from seclusion in the God Realm, discovered Seastone no longer affected him, and asked Rebecca about the Straw Hat Pirates’ voyage.

• The chief of Hidden Cloud Village told Nami she could search for gold inside the sleeping Sky Lord, and she brought Luffy and Usopp along.
• On a full-moon night two months later, Vic left the Soul Tree after comprehending the Law of Lightning and reaching the God Realm.
• Vic summoned and dismissed a giant made of lightning, then tested Seastone Handcuffs and found they no longer affected him.
• Vic prepared food from a prostrated beast and asked Rebecca what had happened to the Straw Hat Pirates during his seclusion.
• Rebecca recounted the crew’s trip to Jaya and Sky Island, then described watching them compete against the Foxy Pirates at Long Ring Long Land.