Recaps

Vic learned the Red Count’s memory-reading technique in three days, then discovered he could use his control over electricity to alter and implant memories. He continued sailing with Ace toward Titan Island, realizing that his new ability could let him manipulate the Marines’ loyalties.

• Vic used Mind Power to block the Red Count from probing his memories, but the Red Count judged him upright and agreed to teach him memory reading.
• Three days later, Vic had mastered the technique, astonishing the Red Count, who chose to remain behind on the island.
• Vic sailed toward Titan Island with Ace and used Ace’s memories to make his training illusions increasingly realistic and layered.
• Vic realized that his control over lightning let him edit, erase, and implant memories by manipulating the electrical codes in the brain.
• Vic considered using his ability to turn the Marines against the World Government and influence Marines who remained loyal to it.

Vic returned to Titan Island with Ace and found Avalo Pizarro and Douglas Bullet waiting for him. Pizarro joined Vic’s crew, while Bullet challenged him to a rematch.

• Rebecca told Vic that two uninvited guests had arrived on Titan Island looking for him, and Vic said he would deal with them when he returned.
• Vic and Ace reached Titan Island, where Pizarro used two giant earth-and-stone hands to catch and gently set down their warship.
• Vic recognized the guests as Avalo Pizarro and Douglas Bullet, whom he had captured and sent to Impel Down before their escape.
• Pizarro knelt and asked to join Vic, saying Vic’s words had given him hope, and Vic accepted him as a companion.
• Bullet refused to join and told Vic that he had trained in prison so he could fight and defeat him.

Vic refused Bullet’s challenge and let his companions demonstrate their strength, forcing Bullet to kneel under their combined Conqueror’s Haki. The chapter left Bullet shocked by the Thunder God Pirates’ many kingly qualities, while Vic hinted that even more of his crew might wield Conqueror’s Haki.

• Bullet threatened Vic’s companions to force Vic into a fight, but Vic challenged him to try harming them.
• Rebecca released her Conqueror’s Haki, and Barnett added his, putting Bullet under strain.
• Kuina revealed her Conqueror’s Haki, further weakening Bullet and shocking him with the crew’s strength.
• A horned woman joined in with her own powerful Conqueror’s Haki, forcing Bullet onto one knee.
• Vic warned Bullet that he would fall onto both knees if the display continued and suggested that more companions had awakened Conqueror’s Haki.

Vic explained why his companions had the potential to awaken Conqueror's Haki, then pressured Bullet into agreeing to a duel with a wager. After Bullet objected to fighting under Titan Island's extreme gravity, Vic agreed to find a fairer battlefield.

• Vic argued that Yamato, Kuina, Fisher Tiger, Frodeku, Olvia, and his other companions had the qualities needed to awaken Conqueror's Haki.
• Bullet begged Vic to make the others stop using Conqueror's Haki, and Vic's crew withdrew their pressure after Bullet relented.
• Vic offered Bullet a duel, with the loser agreeing to do one thing for the winner, and Bullet accepted.
• Vic led Bullet and the others into a forest with gravity a hundred times normal, where Bullet, Pizarro, and Ace struggled to move.
• Bullet objected that the forest's gravity favored Vic and his crew, so Vic agreed to have Rebecca bring a small island for a fair battlefield.

Rebecca raised Hidden Sword Island to carry Vic and the others to a nearby battlefield, where Vic fought Bullet and overwhelmed him. Vic left Bullet unconscious and badly injured internally, then brought him back to the island as the others discussed his strength and whether Vic might recruit him.

• Rebecca used her Float-Float Fruit to lift Hidden Sword Island, and everyone boarded before it flew to a nearby island.
• Bullet jumped down to the battlefield, and Vic met his first attacks with Conqueror's Haki Coating, remaining almost unmoved.
• Bullet repeatedly attacked Vic, but Vic redirected his force and stayed standing, leaving Bullet frustrated and disheartened.
• Vic struck Bullet with a massive blood-red Conqueror's Haki palm that slammed him into the ground and knocked him unconscious.
• Vic carried Bullet back to Hidden Sword Island, where Rebecca found him bleeding from his seven orifices despite having no visible external injuries.

Vic arranged for Bullet to train Ace through two years of combat, offering Bullet a chance to challenge him again afterward. He taught Ace the advanced uses of Haki in an illusion, then left the two to fight while Rebecca sought a private conversation with him.

• Vic explained that Bullet had lost because he had not mastered advanced Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki, and offered to free him after two years of fighting Ace.
• Bullet accepted the arrangement after Ace questioned whether Vic would still teach him, and Vic promised Bullet another chance to challenge him in two years.
• Vic spent time with Rebecca and his companions, then taught Ace the advanced uses of the Three Types of Haki in an illusion that night.
• Rebecca visited Vic's house but found him teaching Ace, then spent the night sharing private conversation with Olvia.
• Vic set up a battlefield under thirty times normal gravity, left Pure Gold for Ace, and ordered that he would train Ace monthly while Bullet fought him without killing him.
• Rebecca asked whether Ace would join their crew, and Vic said Ace would more likely become an ally; she later invited Vic to answer her training questions that night.

Vic held a feast to welcome Avalo Pizarro to the Thunder God Pirates and discussed the crew’s plans and Fish-Man Island’s future. He declared that his crew would protect the island, then celebrated with his crewmates.

• Barnett asked Vic whether the crew would claim territory and pursue a place among the Four Emperors, and Vic said he preferred to become an uncrowned king rather than be drawn into the World Government’s schemes.
• Vic asked Fisher Tiger about Fish-Man Island, then ordered him to raise the Thunder God Pirates’ flag there and promised to protect it.
• Ain worried that claiming Fish-Man Island would anger the Whitebeard Pirates, and Vic promised to speak with Marco and Ace and help them when trouble came.
• Vic formally introduced Avalo Pizarro as the crew’s new Qilin Fruit user, and the pirates welcomed him with a toast.
• The crew drank, discussed current events and cultivation, and Vic shared long conversations with them.

Vic and Rebecca began a relationship, while bounty hunters and pirates who came to Titan Island were defeated by Kuina and Yamato. After half a month, Vic checked Ace’s training and ordered Bullet to intensify their fights so Ace could master Conqueror’s Haki.

• Vic embraced Rebecca and confessed that he would no longer let her down, and the two began a passionate relationship.
• Olvia, Ain, Yamato, and Kuina reacted to Rebecca and Vic’s relationship, while Kuina took out her frustration on bounty hunters.
• Greedy bounty hunters and pirate crews attacked Titan Island, but Kuina and Yamato defeated them, leaving Vic’s territory secure despite his removal from the Shichibukai.
• Vic visited Ace’s training and saw that Ace had learned Ryuo under Bullet’s pressure, though Ace still lost their fight.
• Vic told Bullet to make the fights more intense and use Conqueror’s Haki against Ace so Ace could learn to control his own.

Vic explored Titan Island’s central volcano and discovered that its gravity drew metal-rich meteorites into a crater filled with molten rare metals. He used the metals to forge two Supreme Great Grade Swords, Blood Wither and Allen, and left the volcano with both blades at his waist.

• Vic went deeper into Titan Island after saying goodbye to Ace and Bullet, investigating why the sense of being watched had vanished.
• Vic reached the island’s central volcano and discovered that its black metal walls and molten contents contained rare metals drawn in by falling meteorites.
• Vic realized Titan Island was the legendary source of rare swordmaking materials that Allen had described.
• After waiting several days and finding no Cast Blue Gold, Vic chose the crater’s molten metal to forge two Supreme Great Grade Swords.
• Vic left the central volcano with Blood Wither and Allen, both immersed in his Haki.

Vic returned to Rebecca after failing to find cast blue gold for a new sword, then confessed that he and Gion had been together for years and had twins. Rebecca accepted sharing Vic and agreed to meet Gion and her children.

• Rebecca teased Vic about returning to swords after spending days searching meteorites, and he told her he could not find the materials for a Supreme Great Grade Sword.
• Rebecca urged Vic to rest, and he teased her about what she meant by going to bed.
• Rebecca accused someone of corrupting Vic and asked who had made him so experienced and improper.
• Vic asked Rebecca to remember how Gion had nearly died for him, then confessed that he and Gion had been together since he visited her after they left the Marines.
• Vic told Rebecca that Gion had given birth to twins and had encouraged him to be with Rebecca too, and Rebecca interrupted him to say she accepted and did not want to leave him.
• Vic showed Rebecca pictures of the twins and said he would tell Gion about them and introduce Rebecca to the children.

Vic traveled to Punk Hazard to watch Akainu and Aokiji compete for Fleet Admiral, then intervened after Akainu narrowly won and both men were badly injured. He stopped Aokiji’s bleeding and offered to kill Akainu if Aokiji wanted the position.

• Ban told Vic that Akainu and Aokiji had begun their Fleet Admiral contest on Punk Hazard, so Vic delayed his departure to spend two days with Rebecca.
• Vic arrived at Punk Hazard and watched Akainu and Aokiji fight for five days and nights until Akainu won by a narrow margin.
• The fight left Aokiji with a severed leg and Akainu with parts of his body frozen, while both were too exhausted to continue.
• Vic appeared beside the injured men, stopped Aokiji’s bleeding, and asked whether he wanted to become Fleet Admiral, offering to kill Sakazuki for him.

Vic secretly altered Akainu’s memories after Aokiji refused to become Fleet Admiral, then left the Marines to believe the two Admirals’ duel had ended in a draw. Akainu was named Fleet Admiral, and Vic reunited with Gion and their children before leaving them again.

• Aokiji refused Vic’s offer to become Fleet Admiral, so Vic knocked out Aokiji and Akainu with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Vic added memories to Akainu that turned him against the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, then erased both Admirals’ memories of his visit.
• Sengoku and the Marines found the injured Admirals and treated them, while Vic slipped away; days later, newspapers announced Akainu as the new Fleet Admiral.
• Vic used Gion’s Vivre Card to find her and their children in the New World, and he reunited with Gion aboard her warship.
• Vic spent several days with Gion and their children in an illusion, then quietly left.

Vic took Olvia to the Bridge Nation to look for Robin, but they found that the Revolutionary Army had already rescued the bridge workers and Robin was gone. Vic contacted Dragon to learn where she had been taken.

• Olvia asked Vic to take her to see Robin, and he agreed to accompany her to the Bridge Nation in the East Blue.
• Vic and Olvia traveled by boat, discussing ancient history and watching films along the way.
• They reached the Bridge Nation and found it in disarray, with newly captured workers replacing those the Revolutionary Army had rescued.
• Vic called Ban for information, but Ban had no leads, so Vic contacted Dragon.
• Dragon asked Vic when he would come help Revolutionary Army soldiers awaken their Haki.

Vic learned Robin’s location from Koala and caught up with the Revolutionary Army ship carrying her, bringing Olvia to reunite with her daughter. After Robin felt safe with them, she thanked Vic and teased him about his relationship with Olvia, leaving their flirtatious exchange unresolved.

• Vic learned from Koala that Robin was aboard a Revolutionary Army ship bound for Baltigo and altered the memories of the World Government commanders in the Bridge Nation to make them treat the bridge workers better.
• Vic and Olvia caught up with the ship in half a day, and its officer recognized Vic and welcomed them aboard.
• Robin reunited with Olvia, embraced her, and shared how she had been captured by World Government agents before the Revolutionary Army rescued her.
• Robin thanked Vic for protecting her and bringing Olvia to see her, then suggested that he could fulfill any desire his companions had.
• Robin teased Vic about hiding aboard the Going Merry and possibly watching her and Nami, but Vic denied it.

Vic reassured Robin that Luffy and the others were safe and encouraged her to train with the Revolutionary Army, where she chose to go despite Olvia’s concerns. Robin and Olvia discussed their search for Poneglyphs, and Vic urged them to keep pursuing the truth before jokingly admitting he had taken Sky Island’s gold.

• Vic told Robin that the Straw Hats had been scattered so they could train for two years and suggested she join the Revolutionary Army, led by Luffy’s father, Dragon.
• Olvia worried that Robin would be in danger at Revolutionary Army Headquarters, but Robin decided to go there and Olvia accepted her choice.
• Robin asked Olvia about the Poneglyphs she had seen, and Olvia said most of their rubbings recorded locations, including Ancient Weapons.
• Vic encouraged Robin and Olvia to keep following the Poneglyph trail toward the truth of the Void Century, which he believed was recorded on Laugh Tale.
• Robin recognized that Vic had taken Sky Island’s gold and threatened to tell Nami, while Vic denied responsibility for the Straw Hats’ trouble finding money.

Vic gave Olvia a painting of her and Robin sleeping together and continued developing his illusion-weaving skills during their voyage. Olvia, stirred by the painting and Robin’s teasing, went to Vic’s room in a bath towel, where he was visibly tempted but did not make the first move.

• Vic painted Olvia and Robin asleep in each other’s arms and gave the picture to Olvia as they traveled back toward the Grand Line.
• Robin learned that the ship’s crew had forgotten that Olvia and Vic had visited her, and she suspected Vic’s ability could erase memories.
• Vic spent time building a detailed world of prepared illusions in his mind while the boat was anchored for the night.
• Olvia studied her reflection and wondered why Vic showed no interest in her despite being alone with her.
• Olvia entered Vic’s room wearing only a bath towel, and Vic tried to act calm despite being attracted to her.

Vic and Olvia began living together after spending the night together, and they helped each other develop their imaginative Devil Fruit abilities. After visiting Kozaburo in Shimotsuki Village and showing him two Supreme Great Grade Swords, Vic agreed to find a successor to preserve the Shimotsuki Family's swordsmithing craft.

• Olvia pursued Vic, and they spent the night together before deciding to live together.
• Vic and Olvia explored each other's imagined worlds, improving their abilities and gathering inspiration.
• Half a month later, Vic left Olvia in Loguetown and returned to Shimotsuki Village.
• Vic showed Kozaburo the two Supreme Great Grade Swords he had forged, moving the old swordsmith to tears.
• Kozaburo asked Vic to find a successor for the family's swordsmithing craft, and Vic agreed before going to see Koshiro.

Vic gave a young apprentice his sword-forging knowledge, then traveled with Olvia and learned medicine from Crocus before encountering Aokiji at sea. After confirming Aokiji had left the Marines, Vic invited him aboard for drinks, hoping to recruit him.

• Vic passed through a small island town, gave a young apprentice memories of Kozaburo’s sword-forging lessons, and left rare fused metal on the island.
• Vic returned to Loguetown, then crossed Reverse Mountain with Olvia and discussed medicine with Crocus at the Twin Towers.
• More than ten days later, Vic’s boat struck an ice path, so he woke Olvia and followed it to find Aokiji.
• Vic confronted Aokiji over the damaged boat and learned that he had left the Marines after Sakazuki became Fleet Admiral.
• Vic invited Aokiji aboard for drinks and tried to draw him to his side.

Vic questioned Aokiji about what kind of justice he wanted to pursue and pushed him to look beyond individual acts of injustice. Aokiji settled on ending the Great Pirate Era, while Vic considered how that goal could fit into his vision of a world without legitimate piracy.

• Aokiji joined Vic on his boat, where Vic introduced him to Olvia and served him homemade wine.
• Vic asked Aokiji about his plans and challenged him to define the justice he wanted to pursue.
• Aokiji spent a long time considering different scales of justice, from helping individuals to confronting the World Government.
• Aokiji said he wanted to end the Great Pirate Era because pirates harmed ordinary people through plunder.
• Vic concluded that people could still travel the seas as adventurers, but those who seized supplies by force should be treated as criminals.

Vic exposed the World Government and Celestial Dragons’ exploitation to Aokiji, then urged him to investigate the truth of the Void Century and consider following the Straw Hat Pirates or joining the Thunder God Pirates. Aokiji left to verify Vic’s claims, while Vic and Olvia later returned to Titan Island after visiting Fish-Man Island.

• Vic told Aokiji that the Celestial Dragons had ordered the Ohara survivors killed, and explained that he had left the Navy after killing the Celestial Dragon responsible.
• Vic challenged Aokiji’s belief that the Heavenly Tribute funded the Navy, describing how it impoverished ordinary people while supporting the Celestial Dragons’ extravagant lives.
• Aokiji asked how the World Government could be overthrown, and Vic pointed to the Void Century, Nico Robin’s ability to read the Poneglyphs, and the Straw Hat Pirates’ likely journey to Laugh Tale.
• Vic offered Aokiji the choice of following the Straw Hat Pirates or joining the Thunder God Pirates, and Aokiji left to investigate what Vic had told him.
• After half a month, Vic and Olvia traveled through Fish-Man Island, where Vic saw the pirate flag he had designed and visited Shirahoshi in Hard-Shell Tower.
• Vic and Olvia looked around Fish-Man Island and returned to the New World.

Vic reunited with Olvia and watched Ace’s training before deciding to take the Thunder God Pirates on a voyage through the New World to find powerful recruits and help Marco against Blackbeard. After leaving Titan Island, Vic’s crew was attacked by a temporary alliance of pirates and other factions, and he prepared to crush them.

• Vic returned to Olvia and used an illusion so she believed they had spent the night together.
• Vic watched Ace and Bullet fight, saw Ace’s progress with Ryuo and Conqueror’s Haki, and trained Ace’s spiritual power through an illusion.
• Vic announced that the Thunder God Pirates would travel around the New World, recruit powerful fighters, and help Marco repel Blackbeard.
• The crew stocked up on supplies at nearby islands, where Pizarro reflected on the civilians’ lives and Vic explained that peace required strong leaders to keep people in check.
• After the Thunder God Pirates left Titan Island, a large alliance of ships intercepted Thor and opened fire, and Vic prepared to defeat them.

The Thunder God Pirates repelled a massive ambush without damage, with Fisher Tiger, Wendy, and Rebecca destroying the attackers’ ships. Vic called off the attack so the survivors could spread word of the crew’s strength and later serve as opponents for the next generation.

• The Thor endured three cannon volleys as Vic, Rebecca, Kuina, Kanbo, Frodeku, and Barnett intercepted the shots.
• Fisher Tiger attacked the enemy fleet from underwater, while Wendy’s explosive rounds and Rebecca’s flying swords and water attacks wrecked ships.
• The allied force panicked and fled as the Thunder God Pirates watched and dealt with stray cannonballs.
• Vic ordered Fisher Tiger, Wendy, and Rebecca to stop, then told Barnett to record the famous crews so Ace could challenge them later.
• The surviving attackers escaped in a chaotic retreat, while Devil Fruit Users who had fallen into the sea drowned.

Blackbeard attacked the Whitebeard Pirates’ remnants on Sulfur Fire Island to seize Whitebeard’s former territories and search for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Marco and the others fought back, but Blackbeard’s forces had the advantage in strength as the battle continued.

• Blackbeard confronted Marco on Sulfur Fire Island and offered him a place in the Blackbeard Pirates while demanding Whitebeard’s territories.
• The Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders and captains engaged Blackbeard’s crew in separate fights, with Marco facing Blackbeard and Vista facing Shiryu.
• Blackbeard asked where Ace was, and Marco said Thunder God Vic had taken him away to train before striking Blackbeard with Phoenix Brand.
• Blackbeard absorbed Marco’s attack with Dark Water and declared that he would eventually seek out Vic.
• Vista and Shiryu fought evenly, while Jozu and the other Whitebeard Pirates battled Blackbeard’s crew and Little Oars Jr. struggled against Sanjuan Wolf.

Blackbeard used his Dark-Dark Fruit to trap several Whitebeard Pirates commanders and force Marco to choose between escaping and sharing their fate. After Blackbeard provoked Marco by insulting Whitebeard, Marco attacked in fury, and Blackbeard seized him with Dark Water.

• Izo gained the advantage over Van Augur, while the other commanders' battles remained unresolved.
• Blackbeard unleashed Black Hole, trapping Jozu, Oars, Izo, and several other commanders as Vista and a few others escaped.
• Jozu and the other trapped commanders urged Marco to flee and find Ace, while Blackbeard taunted him into leaving them behind.
• Lafitte and Doc Q tried to ambush Marco, but Marco dodged their attack and struck Lafitte with Phoenix Brand.
• Blackbeard insulted Whitebeard to provoke Marco, who charged him in Phoenix form; Blackbeard caught him with Dark Water and forced him back into human form.

Blackbeard captured Marco, Jozu, and the remaining Whitebeard Pirates, planning to steal their Devil Fruit powers and bury the island’s civilians to hide the massacre. Catarina warned him that Thunder God Vic and his crew were approaching, so Blackbeard abandoned his plans and prepared to flee.

• Blackbeard captured Marco, Vista, Jozu, and the remaining Whitebeard Pirates, then decided to keep them alive and take their Devil Fruit powers.
• Blackbeard ordered his crew to claim the island, prepare a banquet, and make the civilians dig a pit large enough to bury everyone.
• Blackbeard had Marco restrained with Seastone Handcuffs and prepared to give Jozu’s diamond power to Burgess.
• Catarina revealed herself and warned Blackbeard that Thunder God Vic had arrived with his crew.
• Blackbeard confirmed Catarina had collected the islanders’ Den Den Mushi and ordered his crew to escape from the other side of the island.