Recaps

After his mother Navia died, Kazu spent a year keeping vigil, training his newly awakened Conqueror's Haki, and preparing a boat so he could find his father, Edward Newgate. With two days left before he planned to set sail, he went hunting for food and spotted a wild boar.

• Kazu recalled how Navia had raised and trained him in the mountains after he was born in the world of One Piece.
• Before dying, Navia revealed that Kazu's father was Edward Newgate and asked him to beat Newgate once he was stronger.
• Kazu awakened Conqueror's Haki in grief, buried Navia, and chose to spend a year keeping vigil and training before going to sea.
• Kazu prepared supplies and a small boat, intending to leave as soon as the year was up.
• With food running low and two days until departure, Kazu hunted deeper in the mountains and found a wild boar.

Kazu found an unidentified Devil Fruit, then set sail and received the God-Level Idle System’s beginner’s gift pack. After choosing the Logia Space-Space Fruit and gaining the Sword Saint inheritance and Demon Sword Muramasa, he began learning his new abilities at sea.

• Kazu killed Peppa, found a Devil Fruit nearby, and brought both back to his cabin.
• Kazu searched the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia but could not identify the fruit, then cooked Peppa and trained for two days.
• Kazu set sail as a pirate, and the God-Level Idle System appeared and offered him a beginner’s gift pack.
• The system fused the Split-Split Fruit with the gift pack’s Devil Fruit reward, letting Kazu choose the Logia Space-Space Fruit, which he selected.
• Kazu received the Sword Saint inheritance and Demon Sword Muramasa, then unleashed a Flying Slash and ate the Space-Space Fruit.
• Kazu spent the voyage studying his spatial abilities and swordsmanship.

After taking over a pirate ship, Kazu reached Druid Town and followed three thugs to its biggest casino, where he exchanged more than a million Beli for chips. The chapter left him ready to gamble at a casino he suspected was controlled by local nobles.

• Kazu spotted a pirate ship, knocked out its crew with Conqueror's Haki, and used the Space-Space Fruit to board it and throw the pirates overboard.
• Kazu moved his wooden boat onto the pirate ship, settled in for a meal, and realized he did not know how to sail.
• After three more days at sea, Kazu spotted an island, secured his ship, and headed into Druid Town.
• Three thugs approached Kazu, and he pretended to be a naive newcomer as they led him to the town's biggest casino.
• Kazu exchanged over a million Beli for casino chips, stunning the woman at the front desk.

Kazu used his Space-Space Fruit to win over two hundred million Beli at a casino, then demanded additional compensation when its manager tried to send him away. After Kazu killed the casino’s gunmen, the frightened manager agreed to contact the hidden boss to discuss paying him.

• Kazu tipped the chip attendant and won over two hundred million Beli by cheating at several casino tables.
• The casino manager asked Kazu to leave and keep his winnings, but Kazu demanded extra compensation for being forced out.
• The manager threatened Kazu and summoned more than a dozen gunmen, but Kazu killed them with a spatial slash.
• Kazu demanded one billion Beli in compensation on top of his winnings, and the manager said he needed approval from the casino’s boss.
• Kazu agreed to wait while the manager contacted the boss.

Kazu confronted Charisteas after winning a fortune at his casino, forced him to pay three billion Beli, and killed him with a chair. Kazu left the casino with his money and planned to buy a better ship at Water 7.

• Charisteas arrived at the casino and ordered Redel and Mesha to teach Kazu a lesson.
• Kazu used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out everyone except Charisteas, then demanded three billion Beli.
• Charisteas called his butler, who delivered the money to the casino.
• Kazu stored the Beli in his separate space, then killed Charisteas by striking him with an Armament Haki-coated chair.
• Kazu knocked out Charisteas’s remaining subordinates and left the casino, planning to buy a better ship at Water 7.

Kazu stocked up on supplies, relaxed at a bathhouse, and bought books to prepare for sailing. When he returned to his ship, Carlmand asked to buy it, then challenged Kazu to a duel after he refused; Kazu accepted.

• Kazu bought liquor, ingredients, clothes, and black cloth for a pirate flag.
• Kazu spent the night relaxing with two women at a bathhouse.
• Kazu bought beginner’s books about sailing and nautical charts before returning to his ship.
• Kazu found Carlmand waiting beside his ship, and Carlmand asked to buy it so he could pursue his dream of drawing a map of the world.
• After Kazu refused to sell, Carlmand challenged him to single combat, offering his own boat and Beli if he lost.
• Kazu accepted Carlmand’s challenge and told him to come at him with everything he had.

Kazu defeated Carlmand in a duel and recruited him as the crew’s navigator. After learning about Carlmand’s dream and his father’s training, Kazu and his new crewmate set sail together.

• Carlmand attacked Kazu, but Kazu evaded his first punch with elementalization and sent him flying into the sea with a kick.
• Carlmand used Armament Haki in a second attack, but Kazu matched him with Haki and then overwhelmed him using the Space-Space Fruit.
• Carlmand surrendered and agreed to join Kazu’s crew as navigator, sharing his dream of traveling the world and drawing a world map.
• Carlmand explained that his father, a former pirate who had sailed to the New World, taught him combat skills and Haki.
• Kazu brought Carlmand aboard, cooked him a feast, and set sail with his new crewmate.

Kazu and Carlmand named their crew the Blond Hair Pirates, raised their flag, and sailed to Foosha Village. There, Kazu challenged Shanks to a spar as Luffy watched from behind Beckman.

• Kazu rejected Carlmand’s Dream Pirates suggestion and chose the name Blond Hair Pirates.
• Kazu and Carlmand painted and raised a skull flag with golden hair, then continued sailing while Kazu trained Carlmand in combat and Haki.
• Carlmand spotted the Goa Kingdom, and Kazu steered their ship toward Foosha Village after noticing the Red Hair Pirates’ vessel.
• Kazu and Carlmand moored beside the Red Force, where Shanks drew Gryphon to confront them.
• Kazu explained that he wanted to spar, and Shanks accepted as Luffy shouted his support and Beckman pulled him out of danger.

Kazu and Shanks fought on the shore, testing their Haki, swordsmanship, and Devil Fruit abilities against each other. Kazu blocked Shanks’s Divine Departure and continued attacking with Space Swap, while Shanks adapted to his unpredictable movements.

• Shanks and Kazu exchanged an opening sword strike, then clashed their Conqueror’s Haki, with Shanks overpowering Kazu.
• Kazu used Space Slash and Space Swap to get behind Shanks and wound him with Phantom Sword Dance.
• Shanks’s crew and Luffy watched anxiously as Shanks acknowledged Kazu’s strength and unleashed his full power.
• Kazu compressed space around Muramasa and used Space Compression Slash to cancel Shanks’s Divine Departure.
• Kazu attacked from overhead with Space Swap, and Shanks began adapting as their fight continued.

Kazu and Shanks fought for a day before Kazu won by swapping the space around Shanks and landing a punch. During the Red Hair Pirates’ three-day visit, Kazu told Shanks that Whitebeard was his biological father, though they had never met and Whitebeard did not know he existed.

• Kazu and Shanks fought through the day as Luffy and the Red Hair Pirates watched, ate, and drank.
• Kazu proposed they each step back and settle the fight in one move, then used Space Swap to bring Shanks into the path of his punch.
• Carlmand tried to give Kazu Luffy’s orange juice and meat, tricking Luffy into forgiving him before Luffy noticed his plate was empty.
• The Red Hair Pirates stayed for three more days, spending two of them partying after Kazu and Shanks ended their day-long fight.
• Kazu told the tipsy Shanks that he was Whitebeard’s biological son and had never met him; Shanks was stunned to learn Whitebeard did not know he had a son.

Shanks left Foosha Village after deciding he could trust Kazu to remain there with Luffy. Kazu and Carlmand stayed to stock up on local drinks, then Kazu brought the inexperienced Carlmand to a pleasure house for his first encounter with women.

• Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates set sail, while Luffy tearfully promised to find Shanks and become Pirate King.
• Kazu and Carlmand accepted Makino's invitation to her tavern, where Kazu sampled the local brews and ordered five hundred bottles of each.
• Kazu and Carlmand visited the town's largest tavern, where Kazu bought hundreds of crates of drinks and stored them in his separate space.
• Kazu led the nervous Carlmand to a pleasure house and ordered an expensive package for them both.
• Carlmand was escorted to a separate room with an older woman who would guide him.

Kazu and Carlmand returned to Foosha Village to say goodbye, and Kazu invited Makino to join their crew as its cook. Makino chose to set sail and see the world, while the village chief agreed to look after her tavern until she returned.

• Kazu and Carlmand spent the night in town before returning to Foosha Village the next morning.
• Luffy envied their plans to go adventuring, while Kazu and Carlmand objected to being called uncles.
• Kazu invited Makino to sail with them as their cook and promised to protect her and help her grow stronger.
• Makino admitted she wanted to see the world for herself and decided to join Kazu's crew.
• The village chief accepted Makino's decision and promised to have someone look after her tavern.

Kazu, Carlmand, and Makino set sail together, and Kazu developed a teleporting Space Mark before the crew reached the Conomi Islands. When the villagers mistook them for hostile pirates, Kazu stepped forward to prove his sincerity.

• Makino packed her belongings and joined Kazu and Carlmand's crew, while Luffy and the village chief saw them off.
• Kazu gained a small increase in his understanding of the Space-Space Fruit and developed Space Mark, which let him teleport to a marked location.
• After two days at sea, the crew spotted the Conomi Islands, and Kazu stayed with Makino while Carlmand went to scout local establishments.
• The villagers fled when they noticed the ship's pirate flag, leaving their fruit behind, and Kazu sampled the apples on shore.
• The villagers confronted the crew and refused to let them into the village, so Kazu stepped forward to show them his sincerity.

Kazu and his companions searched for supplies, then found Bellemere’s orange grove and offered to buy her entire harvest. Nami suggested Bellemere marry Kazu so she would not have to work so hard, and Kazu teased her by asking if she wanted to be his daughter.

• Kazu used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out the villagers, then explained to Makino that demonstrating their strength would make them more willing to cooperate.
• Kazu, Carlmand, and Makino left the closed village and asked Nami and Nojiko for directions to a market.
• Bellemere arrived at the orange grove, and Kazu offered to buy a thousand jin of oranges and any additional stock.
• Nami teased Kazu about falling for Bellemere, and Bellemere punched her for speaking without a filter.
• Nami explained that she wanted Bellemere to have an easier life, and Kazu said he liked her and asked whether she wanted to be his daughter.

Bellemere learned that pirates had landed on the Conomi Islands, but recognized Kazu and his companions as the visitors helping in her Orange Grove. She sent Nami and Nojiko home for safety, then returned to packing oranges with everyone.

• Genzo warned Bellemere that one woman and two men believed to be pirates had landed on the Conomi Islands.
• Bellemere told Genzo that Kazu, Makino, and Carlmand had been helping in the Orange Grove and seemed kind, but agreed Nami and Nojiko should go home.
• Makino and Kazu's companions joined Bellemere and Genzo at the entrance, and Nami and Nojiko waved goodbye before heading home.
• Kazu teased Makino until she quietly called him big brother, then stopped before she grew angry.
• Bellemere, Genzo, Kazu, Makino, and Carlmand returned to packing oranges.

Kazu and Carlmand bought Bellemere’s oranges and joined her family and Genzo for a meal. Before dinner, Kazu gave Nami and Nojiko gifts that supported their interests, then handed Nami a Den Den Mushi.

• Bellemere sold Kazu 2,530 jin of oranges for 200,000 Beli, and Kazu stored them with his preservation technology.
• Bellemere invited Kazu, Carlmand, and Genzo to dinner, and Makino went shopping with her for food.
• Nami and Nojiko told Kazu and Carlmand about their interests, and the girls accepted a nautical map and cookbook as gifts.
• Kazu gave Nami a Den Den Mushi, leaving her puzzled about why he had given it to her.

Kazu and Makino left Cocoyasi Village after sharing a meal with Bellemere, Nami, Nojiko, and Genzo, then spent the afternoon shopping and dining in Kesha Town. Their meal was interrupted when a scarred man and his group burst into the restaurant and demanded to see the boss.

• Kazu gave Nami a Den Den Mushi and promised to come to her aid if she called.
• Bellemere and Makino cooked a feast, and Kazu and Carlmand ate until all twenty dishes were gone.
• Kazu, Carlmand, and Makino said goodbye to the villagers and headed to Kesha Town.
• Carlmand ran off on his own, while Kazu helped Makino shop around town.
• Kazu and Makino ordered a large meal at the town's biggest restaurant.
• A brown-haired man with knife scars led a group into the restaurant and demanded to see its boss.

Kazu killed Kurota and his gang after they harassed Makino, then waited for Captain Nezumi to arrive. When Nezumi ordered his Marines to shoot, Kazu crushed them all with Space Strangulation.

• Kurota approached Makino’s table, and Kazu killed him with a thrown fork.
• Kazu shot Kurota’s men with Space Pistol, deliberately sparing one so he could lead Captain Nezumi to the restaurant.
• The manager urged Kazu to leave before Nezumi arrived, but Kazu stayed to finish eating.
• Captain Nezumi arrived with dozens of Marines, accused Kazu of being a pirate, and ordered his men to shoot.
• Kazu used Space Strangulation to twist Captain Nezumi and the Marines into paper-thin figures, destroying nearby furniture as well.

Kazu and Makino left the restaurant after Kazu decided to pursue Captain Nezumi, while Carlmand enjoyed an indulgent night in Kesha Town. At an inn, Kazu and Makino shared the last couples' suite and, after acknowledging their mutual interest, kissed.

• Kazu dismissed Makino's worries about Marine retaliation and said they would leave the next day.
• Carlmand spent the evening drinking and flirting with two beauties in Kesha Town's red-light district.
• Kazu arranged for Makino and himself to take the inn's last couples' suite, tipping the clerk 50,000 Beli.
• Kazu and Makino entered the suite, and Makino teased him about their closeness.
• Makino accepted Kazu's kiss, deciding to let their mutual attraction develop naturally.

After Captain Nezumi’s death reached the Marines, Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates were attacked by two warships, which Kazu destroyed with Flying Slashes. Sengoku ordered the Marines to investigate Kazu and set his bounty at two hundred million Beli as the crew sailed on.

• Kazu returned to the inn with breakfast, and he and Makino ate before leaving for the ship.
• Kazu summoned Carlmand, and the Blond Hair Pirates set sail from the island.
• Two nearby Marine warships attacked the crew, but Kazu cut both ships in half with two Flying Slashes.
• The surviving Marines reported Kazu to Marine Headquarters, where Sengoku ordered more intelligence gathering and set Kazu’s bounty at two hundred million Beli.
• Kazu relaxed on deck while Makino exercised and Carlmand trained, then tried unsuccessfully to place a spatial marker in midair before deciding to nap.

Kazu encountered Monkey D. Dragon and the Revolutionary Army while sailing through the East Blue, then challenged Dragon to a fight. Their battle began with a clash of Conqueror’s Haki and ended with Dragon countering Kazu’s attack with a Wind Blade.

• Makino showed Kazu and Carlmand their wanted posters, including Kazu’s 200-million-Beli bounty and Carlmand’s 1-million-Beli bounty.
• Kazu’s crew spotted a large ship, and Carlmand steered toward it while Dragon ordered his crew to prepare for a possible confrontation.
• Kazu recognized Monkey D. Dragon aboard the ship and leapt across to challenge him.
• Kazu knocked out the ordinary soldiers with Conqueror’s Haki, and Dragon met his Haki with his own.
• Kazu appeared behind Dragon and attacked with an Armament Haki-coated fist, but Dragon blocked with Dragon Claw and counterattacked with a Wind Blade.

Kazu fought Dragon for more than half an hour, using his Space-Space Fruit abilities to evade Dragon’s wind attacks and keep the upper hand. After Kazu finally settled down, Dragon asked who he was and why he had come.

• Kazu dodged Dragon’s hurricane spears and countered his Dragon Claw with Space Compression.
• Dragon trapped Kazu inside Hurricane Domain, but Kazu used spatial perception and elementalization to anticipate and evade the wind blades.
• Kazu activated Absolute Space, strengthening his Observation Haki and making Dragon’s wind-blade attacks ineffective.
• Kazu repeatedly appeared around Dragon and landed blows while Dragon struggled to counter his spatial abilities.
• Ivankov protected the unconscious companions as Carlmand and Makino watched Kazu maintain the advantage.
• After more than half an hour, Dragon asked Kazu who he was and what purpose had brought him there.

Kazu met Dragon and heard how the Revolutionary Army fought to liberate oppressed nations, then criticized its strategy and proposed building support by governing liberated non-affiliated nations. Dragon listened as Kazu laid out a plan to strengthen the Revolutionary Army before challenging the World Government.

• Kazu introduced himself to Dragon as a pirate who had recently met Luffy and wanted to meet the Revolutionary Army's leader.
• Makino arrived and confirmed Kazu had spent time with Luffy, prompting Dragon to thank him.
• Dragon explained the Revolutionary Army's ideals and its practice of liberating oppressed countries before withdrawing and leaving leadership to local civilians.
• Kazu called the Revolutionary Army's approach backward and argued that it should recruit local allies and support its own members as leaders in liberated non-affiliated nations.
• Kazu proposed using liberated nations as sources of food, funding, and recruits, then turning against affiliated nations and the World Government after the Revolutionary Army had grown stronger.

Kazu laid out a strategy for the Revolutionary Army, prompting Dragon to record his ideas and invite him to join, but Kazu declined. After Kazu and his companions left, Dragon resolved to follow the ideas, while Kazu told Makino he wanted to make the world more interesting.

• Kazu proposed that the Revolutionary Army build support among liberated countries, organize them as a republic, and gather the resources and discipline needed to challenge the World Government.
• Dragon praised Kazu’s ideas and offered him leadership of the Revolutionary Army, but Kazu refused to join and accepted Dragon’s Den Den Mushi.
• Kazu wished Dragon courage and victory, then left with Makino and Carlmand; Makino told Dragon to visit Luffy when he could.
• Dragon wrote Kazu’s revolutionary ideas in a notebook and titled it “Advanced Revolutionary Ideas.”
• Kazu recalled that Dragon’s presence in the East Blue coincided with Sabo setting out to sea, then told Makino he wanted to make the world more fun; Makino said she would stay with him and see what became of it.

Carlmand changed the crew’s route to visit Airmus Island, hoping to unwind, but the residents recognized the pirates and kept him from enjoying the town. After Kazu and Makino disguised themselves and returned to shop, Carlmand asked Kazu for a way to relax without being recognized, and Kazu claimed he had a plan.

• Unable to sleep after hearing Kazu and Makino through his sharpened senses, Carlmand persuaded Kazu to stop at Airmus Island instead of sailing straight to Loguetown.
• Kazu cooked breakfast for Makino, while Carlmand ate bread and jam before the crew reached the island.
• Carlmand went exploring alone, but Kazu and Makino were recognized as pirates and used masks and changed clothes to disguise themselves.
• Kazu and Makino returned to town and shopped after the residents resumed their routines, while Carlmand covered his face with a scarf.
• Carlmand found Kazu and Makino, complained that he could not relax without being recognized, and asked Kazu for advice.
• Kazu told Carlmand that he had a plan.