Recaps

Vic pursued Blackbeard’s crew as they fled the island after abandoning Marco and the others. Wendy fired an accelerating cannonball at their ship, and Van Augur warned the crew that he could not intercept it.

• Blackbeard ordered Burgess to release Jozu and flee rather than risk being pursued over a Devil Fruit ability.
• Rebecca spotted a strange pirate ship leaving the island, and Vic ordered the Thor to chase it instead of landing.
• Vic explained that Ban had discovered Blackbeard’s plan to target the remnants of Whitebeard’s forces, prompting him to come to their aid.
• Wendy used her More-More Fruit ability to accelerate a cannonball toward Blackbeard’s ship.
• Van Augur fired at the cannonball, but Wendy accelerated it again, causing his shots to miss.
• Van Augur put away his rifle and told Blackbeard’s crew to prepare to detonate the cannonball at close range.

The Blackbeard Pirates survived Wendy’s giant cannonball when Blackbeard swallowed it with his Black Hole power. Vic then sent Kuina’s far more powerful slash toward them, leaving Blackbeard preparing to intercept it.

• Wendy’s enlarged cannonball threatened the Blackbeard Pirates’ ship, and Van Augur’s bullets failed to damage it.
• Shiryu split the cannonball with a Flying Slash, but Blackbeard used Black Hole to absorb and destroy its fragments.
• Blackbeard lamented his crew’s weakness and resolved to hunt Devil Fruit powers.
• Vic sent Kuina to test the Blackbeard Pirates with a crimson Flying Slash infused with Conqueror’s Haki and Sword Qi.
• Van Augur’s bullets crumbled before reaching Kuina’s slash, and Blackbeard prepared to stop the attack.

Kuina’s sword slash overwhelmed Shiryu and Blackbeard’s defenses, forcing the Blackbeard Pirates to flee. Vic stopped Rebecca from pursuing them and rushed to save the gravely wounded Whitebeard Pirates, leaving Marco and the others stable but unconscious at a makeshift camp.

• Kuina’s slash broke through Shiryu’s Sword-Drawing Slash and Blackbeard’s Black Hole, cutting the pirate ship in two.
• Blackbeard accused Vic of scheming to take Whitebeard’s territory and ordered his crew to row away.
• Rebecca wanted to attack Blackbeard, but Vic held her back and went to check on Marco and the others.
• Vic revived Jozu with lightning and treated the wounded Whitebeard Pirates, saving them from their fatal injuries.
• Vic told Rebecca and the others to build a campfire and stay at the battlefield while Marco and the others recovered.

Vic explained why he had let Blackbeard escape and refused Rebecca’s suggestion that he take over the Whitebeard Pirates’ territory. The next morning, Marco and Jozu woke at Vic’s camp, realized they had been rescued, and joined the others for food.

• Rebecca asked Vic why he had stopped them from pursuing Blackbeard, and Vic said he had feared for his companions’ safety.
• Vic told Rebecca that Marco’s group should give up their territory until Ace returned, but he refused to occupy it himself.
• Marco woke in a tent beside Jozu and assumed Red-Haired Shanks had rescued them.
• Marco slapped Jozu awake and blamed his sore face on Jesus Burgess.
• Vic entered the tent, teased the two men, and led them to the campfire, where Marco and Jozu recognized the battlefield and understood how close they had come to death.

Vic advised Marco to ask Red-Hair to temporarily take over Whitebeard’s territory, but Shanks refused and suggested Vic instead. Marco apologized for suspecting Vic’s motives, leaving the question of who would protect the territory unresolved.

• Marco told Vic that Teach’s Devil Fruit had countered the Whitebeard Pirates and that he feared they could not defend Pops’s territory.
• Vic warned Marco and the others not to confront Teach with Devil Fruit powers and suggested asking Red-Hair to temporarily take over the territory.
• Marco contacted Shanks, who refused to take charge but offered to help when needed and advised Marco to be wary of Teach.
• Shanks suggested that Vic take over the territory, saying Teach would flee from him and that Vic had no need to pretend to want it.
• Marco admitted that he had misjudged Vic and apologized for suspecting his motives.

Vic revealed Whitebeard’s final request to Marco, then left the recovering Whitebeard Pirates and learned that the Thunder God Pirates’ latest victory had sharply increased several bounties. The crew continued sailing as Rebecca affirmed that she considered life with Vic her home.

• Vic told Marco that Whitebeard had asked him to protect his crew and urged Marco’s group to value their lives, prompting them to grieve and thank Vic and the Thunder God Pirates.
• Vic and his crew departed after Marco and the others’ injuries had improved, and Marco watched their ship fly away using Golden Lion’s ability.
• Vic had Rebecca return the ship to the sea so he could continue searching for strong fighters to recruit or place in the Marines.
• Rebecca showed Vic a newspaper and wanted posters reporting that the Thunder God Pirates’ bounties had risen after their victory over an allied force.
• Vic saw that his bounty had increased by more than two hundred million and Rebecca’s had risen to 1.345 billion Beli.
• Rebecca told Vic that anywhere with him felt like home, and Vic teased her about their plans for that night.

Vic reviewed the Thunder God Pirates’ new bounties before leaving the Thor to study traditional medicine in the Bird Kingdom. There he reunited with Chopper, who was stunned to see him again.

• Vic examined the new wanted posters for Wendy and Tiger, whose bounty had risen to 897 million and 663 million Beli, respectively.
• Rebecca pulled Vic to her room after finding him still on deck that evening.
• Half a month later, Vic left the Thor and traveled to the Bird Kingdom to study its medical books.
• Vic arrived at the Bird Kingdom, where Chopper had ended the conflict between the humans and birds and gained access to the medical repository.
• Vic greeted Chopper, who recognized him and wondered whether he was dreaming.

Vic reunited with Chopper and comforted him as they remembered Hiriluk and the people important to Chopper. He then used his abilities to take Chopper inside a body and teach him about the heart, blood circulation, and instinctive bodily processes.

• Chopper recognized Vic in the medical library and tearfully embraced him after Vic assured him he was not dreaming.
• Vic asked Chopper about his name, and Chopper said Tony Tony Chopper had been given to him by Hiriluk, who was no longer alive.
• Vic comforted Chopper by reminding him that he had the Straw Hat Pirates and still had Vic, and Chopper soon stopped crying.
• Chopper proudly told Vic that he was the Straw Hat Pirates' ship's doctor and had studied medicine under Doctorine.
• Vic took Chopper inside a heart, where Chopper identified the left atrium, then guided him through the body's largest artery while explaining blood circulation and instinctive processes.

Vic taught Chopper the foundations of medicine in an illusion, then spent his time studying at the medical library. He discovered that Marco and his own crew had maneuvered him into becoming one of the Four Emperors, leaving the Thunder God Pirates established as an Emperor’s crew.

• Vic explained the body’s organs, systems, and cells to Chopper, who absorbed the lessons and recorded them afterward.
• Vic rapidly read through the medical library while Chopper compiled notes on what he had learned.
• Chopper showed Vic a newspaper announcing that he had become one of the Four Emperors.
• Vic learned that Marco had spread the Thunder God Pirates’ flag through Whitebeard’s territory and declared Whitebeard’s remnants part of Vic’s crew.
• Vic realized Rebecca, Ban, and the others had kept him uninformed until the World Government’s announcement made his new title difficult to reject.

Vic reprimanded Ban for withholding intelligence, then the Five Elders debated how to deal with his rise as a Four Emperor. In Elbaf, Shanks accepted Vic’s new status as a stabilizing force in the New World and dismissed concerns about their bounty rankings.

• Vic sternly warned Ban for failing to report what he knew, then returned to reading while Chopper chose not to show him his latest bounty poster.
• The Five Elders reviewed Vic’s new bounty and discussed his defeat of the alliance and acquisition of Whitebeard’s territory.
• Saturn suggested using an unnamed figure against Vic, while the Elders rejected immediate action and considered waiting for a better opportunity.
• Yasopp urged Shanks to do something major after Vic’s bounty surpassed his, but Shanks said Vic’s rise would help stabilize the New World.
• Shanks dismissed the importance of bounties and invited the Red Hair Pirates to drink.

Big Mom, Kaido, and Blackbeard reacted to the news that Marco had handed Whitebeard’s former territory to Vic. Big Mom called off her planned incursion, Kaido admired Vic’s rise while pursuing a Devil Fruit deal, and Blackbeard seethed over losing the territory he believed was his inheritance.

• Big Mom confirmed with Morgans that Marco had willingly handed Whitebeard’s territory to Vic, then ordered Perospero to recall Katakuri and abandon their plan to seize part of it.
• Kaido read the news and wondered whether Vic was Joy Boy, while King insisted Vic could not be; King warned Queen not to repeat the name.
• Kaido told Jack to keep overseeing Doflamingo’s plan to mass-produce Zoan Devil Fruits with Caesar Clown, and warned him to watch for betrayal.
• Blackbeard complained that Marco had given Pops’ territory to Vic instead of him, then smashed a table in anger.

Blackbeard tried to reassure his crew that he could steal Devil Fruit abilities, while news of Vic becoming an emperor prompted reactions from Rayleigh, Hancock, Doflamingo, Hawk-Eye, and Crocodile. The chapter left Blackbeard under pressure to prove his promised ability and the other pirates reflecting on Vic’s sudden rise.

• Burgess and Shiryu questioned Blackbeard about their prospects, and Blackbeard promised to demonstrate his ability to steal Devil Fruit powers on the next island.
• Luffy fought a giant elephant as Rayleigh watched and wondered whether Shanks and Vic would shape the new era.
• Hancock admired Vic’s bounty poster, and Granny Nyon told a confused Kuja fighter that the empress had the terminal illness of love.
• Doflamingo read about Vic’s rise and blamed his crew and Devil Fruit for his own shortcomings, while deciding to maintain his relationship with Kaido.
• Hawk-Eye read the news as Zoro fought baboons, and Crocodile praised his earlier decision to befriend Vic.

Vic readied himself for the consequences of becoming a Four Emperor, but Akainu responded by launching a World Military Draft to rebuild the Marines. Vic returned to the Thor, settled into his new territory, and left its routine affairs to Marco.

• Garp reassured Koby that Akainu would not dare challenge him over Vic becoming a Four Emperor.
• Akainu accepted the news of Vic's rise with relief and launched a World Military Draft, offering Marine Admiral positions to recruits.
• Vic decided to let the draft identify promising candidates before he tried to bring them under his control, and he finished studying the medical library.
• Vic said goodbye to Chopper and returned to the Thor, where Rebecca and Olvia welcomed him.
• Vic toured Whitebeard's former territory under his flag and left minor problems there for Marco to handle.

Vic visited Baltigo to help the Revolutionary Army grow stronger and restored Sabo’s lost childhood memories. After using an improved illusion to awaken Haki in the soldiers, Vic left Dragon amazed by his ability.

• Vic met Robin and encouraged her to stay in Baltigo and grow stronger.
• Vic offered to restore Sabo’s lost memories, and Sabo agreed despite his hesitation.
• Vic restored Sabo’s memories of his sworn brothers, and Sabo later read old newspapers about them.
• Vic used an improved illusion to help the Revolutionary Army soldiers awaken Haki, with talented soldiers awakening both types.
• Dragon praised Vic’s Haki-awakening method and offered him the Revolutionary Army leadership.

Vic refused Dragon’s request to lead or arm the Revolutionary Army until the time was right, then returned to Sabaody two years after the Paramount War to watch the Straw Hat Pirates reunite. As the crew gathered and Rayleigh finished coating the Thousand Sunny, Luffy had yet to arrive.

• Vic rejected Dragon’s request to lead the Revolutionary Army and urged him to keep its strength hidden until the right moment.
• Two years after the Paramount War, Vic returned to Sabaody and met Rayleigh, who had finished training Luffy.
• Vic reflected on events across the New World, including Blackbeard taking Hachinosu, Law becoming a Shichibukai, and Kid being imprisoned in Udon.
• Vic left Rayleigh to greet the arriving Straw Hat Pirates and watched their reunion from a distance.
• Rayleigh finished coating the Thousand Sunny, and the Straw Hat crew gathered at Sabaody while Luffy had yet to arrive.

Luffy reunited with the Straw Hat Pirates on Sabaody, and the crew escaped the Marines to begin their voyage to Fish-Man Island. Vic watched them depart with Rayleigh, then drank with him before helping him back to Shakky's Rip-off Bar.

• Hancock disguised Luffy and brought him to Sabaody, where a cyborg exposed him and Luffy defeated it with a Haki-coated punch.
• Zoro and Sanji arrived and helped Luffy take down another cyborg as the Straw Hat Pirates reunited.
• The crew reached the Thousand Sunny with help from their allies, and Franky prepared the ship to submerge for the voyage to Fish-Man Island.
• Rayleigh and Vic watched the crew depart, and Rayleigh grew emotional as he saw Luffy and the others set sail.
• Vic and Rayleigh drank at a tavern until it ran out of liquor, then Vic helped the drunken Rayleigh return to Shakky's Rip-off Bar.

The Straw Hat Pirates discussed their ties to Vic and learned that Luffy was Dragon’s son, while Luffy insisted that he would become Pirate King by defeating the strongest rivals. As the crew compared their two years apart, Sanji brooded over how badly his own experience had gone and blamed Vic for sending Kuma to him.

• Sanji asked Luffy about Vic, and Nami explained that the Four Emperors were the New World’s strongest pirates.
• Robin revealed that Dragon, leader of the Revolutionary Army, was Luffy’s father, stunning the crew.
• Luffy said he wanted to thank Vic and Shanks but would eventually defeat them on his way to becoming Pirate King.
• The crew shared stories of their two years apart, and Nami resented that Vic had visited Robin but not her.
• Robin said Vic had sent Kuma to Sanji’s island, and Sanji vowed to get revenge on Vic for his ordeal among the okama.
• Luffy declared that he would have to defeat the other contenders because there could only be one Pirate King.

The Straw Hat Pirates reached Fish-Man Island, defeated Hody Jones’s coup, and helped avert the threat of Noah’s Ark, awakening Shirahoshi as Poseidon. They left with the royal family’s friendship and Shirahoshi’s trust, while Vic’s protection shaped events without changing their overall course.

• Caribou boarded the Thousand Sunny, surrendered after his sea beast fled from Luffy, and advised the crew on their underwater journey.
• The Straw Hat Pirates entered Fish-Man Island and found Hody Jones preparing a coup, while the island’s events largely followed their expected course.
• Vander Decken launched Noah’s Ark, Shirahoshi awakened as Poseidon, and Hody killed Vander Decken before the Straw Hats defeated Hody and his crew.
• Caribou stole treasure from Ryugu Palace and tried to kidnap Shirahoshi, but the pervert trio stopped him and Nami sent them to retrieve him.
• Neptune gave the Straw Hat Pirates the stolen treasure, kept the Tamatebako from endangering their ship, and the crew gained the royal family’s friendship and Shirahoshi’s trust.

The Straw Hat Pirates followed a distress call to Punk Hazard, where Trafalgar Law was plotting against Doflamingo and needed an outside force to disrupt the island. The chapter leaves the crew arriving on the burning island, with Smoker also pursuing them and Law’s plan poised to unfold.

• Luffy chose the Log Pose’s most violently spinning route, but the Straw Hat Pirates changed course after receiving a distress call.
• Smoker heard the call and recognized Luffy’s voice, so he set off after the Straw Hat Pirates.
• The crew arrived at Punk Hazard, an abandoned research island transformed by poison gas and the battle between Akainu and Aokiji.
• Trafalgar Law used his alliance with the Donquixote Family to investigate Doflamingo’s SAD operation while seeking a chance to recover his heart from Vergo.
• The Straw Hat Pirates entered Punk Hazard eager to help, despite the island’s flames and glaciers.

After the Straw Hat Pirates and Law defeated Caesar and escaped Punk Hazard, Doflamingo attacked Smoker to silence him. Aokiji intervened, froze Doflamingo, and forced him to withdraw without explaining what he had become.

• Luffy and Law's alliance defeated Caesar, abducted him, and destroyed the SAD production equipment, leaving Smoker and G-5 to deal with the aftermath.
• Doflamingo arrived at Punk Hazard, found Law and the Straw Hat Pirates gone, and decided to kill Smoker after learning his underworld identity had been exposed.
• Doflamingo defeated Smoker and prepared to kill him, but Aokiji appeared behind him and stopped the attack.
• Aokiji froze Doflamingo when he tried to strike Smoker, and Doflamingo broke free with difficulty.
• Doflamingo asked what Aokiji had become, then gave up on killing Smoker and left after Aokiji told him to get lost.

Vic drove Doflamingo away, then treated Smoker’s wounds with a mysterious fruit that rapidly healed him. Smoker recovered but remained wary after Vic revealed he had deliberately frightened him.

• Vic rebuked Doflamingo, who hurriedly fled with Baby 5 and Buffalo after recognizing the Emperor.
• Aokiji rushed to Smoker’s side, and Vic began treating Smoker while G-5 marines watched.
• Vic used lightning to expose Smoker’s wounds, immobilized him, and forced him to eat a mysterious fruit that healed him.
• Smoker regained control of his body and found his injuries gone, then hurriedly dressed in clothes Aokiji had tossed him.
• Smoker asked whether Vic had smiled strangely at him, and Vic repeated the grin, making Smoker retreat behind Aokiji.

Vic encouraged Smoker to recover from his defeats by strengthening his Haki and fundamentals under a master. He urged Smoker to study under Garp, leaving Smoker tempted by the chance to advance in the Marines but wary of Vic’s idea of training.

• Vic revealed that he had been teasing Smoker, and Smoker stayed at Punk Hazard with Vic and Aokiji while the Marines prepared to take over.
• Smoker asked Aokiji why he had left the Marines, and Aokiji said the World Government had never been everything to him and that Vic had helped him see things clearly.
• Vic pointed out that Smoker had lost four times in a row and advised him to focus on Haki and taijutsu rather than relying on his Smoke-Smoke Fruit.
• Smoker worried that his duties at G-5 would leave him no time to study under a master, but Vic told him to train first and practice at the base afterward.
• Vic recommended that Smoker become Garp’s student and assistant, and Smoker considered the opportunity to advance toward becoming a Marine Admiral while suspecting Vic wanted to put him through harsh training.

Vic convinced Smoker to seek training from Garp, then demonstrated that his Devil Fruit ability could heal wounds without a healing fruit. He offered to regrow Aokiji’s missing leg and began by paralyzing him and cutting away his ice prosthesis.

• Vic and Aokiji urged Smoker to ask Garp to train him, and Smoker agreed to try despite doubting Garp would accept him.
• Aokiji asked Vic for more healing fruit, but Vic explained that his Devil Fruit ability performed the healing and the fruit only supplied energy.
• Smoker brought Vic an injured man, and Vic healed the man’s wound while visibly drawing on his body’s flesh.
• Vic offered to regrow Aokiji’s missing leg, and Aokiji agreed after worrying about the cost to his body.
• Vic sent lightning into Aokiji to paralyze him, then used Sword Qi to cut off the ice prosthesis and its remaining piece of flesh.

Vic regrew Aokiji’s severed leg in front of the horrified G-5 Marines, then hinted that Devil Fruit Awakening was not the limit of a user’s power. Aokiji believed him and decided to study his awakened ice ability more closely, while Smoker stayed quiet.

• Vic used his ability and several Mystery Fruits to regrow Aokiji’s severed leg as Smoker and the G-5 Marines watched.
• Aokiji regained control of his body, tested his new leg, and marveled at Vic’s medical ability.
• Aokiji asked how Vic had developed his Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Vic asked whether he thought Devil Fruit Awakening was the limit.
• Vic hinted that a further path to strength existed, and Aokiji resolved to pay closer attention to his awakened ice ability.
• Smoker kept quiet as Vic alluded to knowledge about the God Realm that the World Government had suppressed.

Vic left Punk Hazard and sent Aokiji toward Dressrosa to assess the Straw Hat Pirates, advising him how to earn a place with them. Vic then returned to Titan Island after Ace’s two years of training and told him it was time to set sail and find what he could not learn through fighting.

• Vic gave Aokiji an Eternal Pose to Dressrosa and advised him to help the Straw Hat Pirates in a crisis rather than join them immediately.
• Vic warned Aokiji that the Straw Hat Pirates’ ultimate target was Kaido and told him to leave Kaido to Luffy.
• Vic turned into lightning and left Aokiji to travel toward Dressrosa by bicycle with his penguin.
• Vic arrived at Titan Island and watched Ace and Bullet continue their fierce fight, where Bullet had awakened his Devil Fruit to keep pace with Ace’s Conqueror’s Coating.
• Vic told Ace that their two years were over and urged him to go out to sea because further fighting against Bullet would not help him master what he still lacked.