Recaps

Carlmand and Queen fought while Kazu and the others watched, until Kaido arrived and confronted Kazu. The two prepared to clash as Carlmand and Queen moved their fight away from them.

• Carlmand and Queen exchanged heavy blows, with the freezing conditions putting Queen at a disadvantage.
• Kazu and the others watched the fight until Kaido descended in dragon form and changed back to human form.
• Kaido challenged Kazu for bringing trouble to his territory and asked whether Whitebeard had come with him.
• Kazu mocked Kaido’s Devil Fruit, provoking him, and the two drew their weapons and coated them in Conqueror’s Haki.
• Queen and Carlmand moved their fight elsewhere to avoid being caught in the clash between Kaido and Kazu.

Kazu fought Kaido, using his space and time powers to outmaneuver him and turn his Bolo Breath against him. As Kaido and Kazu exchanged barrages in dragon form, Kazu’s spatial blades drew blood while Kaido’s wind blades struck Kazu without harming him.

• Kaido opened with Roaring Thunder Bagua, but Kazu met him with Serious Slash, and their Haki-coated weapons clashed.
• Kazu used Space Swap to appear behind Kaido and kick him across the ground.
• Kaido transformed into his Azure Dragon Form and took to the sky, prompting Kazu to reveal his own enormous blue-white dragon form.
• Kazu used Time Stop and Space Piercing to make Kaido swallow his own exploding Bolo Breath and crash into the ground.
• Kazu rained spatial blades on Kaido, who answered with Tatsumaki; the blades clashed, and Kazu’s attacks left Kaido bleeding.

Kazu subdued Kaido in Wano Country, then negotiated compensation instead of continuing the fight. Kaido agreed to give Kazu a rubbing of his Red Road Poneglyph and let him recruit Yamato into the Blond Hair Pirates.

• Kaido realized Kazu completely outmatched him and asked what he wanted in Wano Country.
• Kaido proposed working together after Kazu said he had no interest in Wano's Seastone deposits.
• Kazu rejected an alliance and demanded compensation for Kaido's attack.
• Kazu asked Kaido for a rubbing of his Red Road Poneglyph and permission to recruit Yamato into the Blond Hair Pirates.
• Kaido agreed to both requests after Kazu argued that Yamato wanted to set sail and might change through adventure.

Queen stopped fighting Carlmand by promising him women and drinks, and the two quickly became friendly. Kaido invited the Blond Hair Pirates to Onigashima for a banquet, leaving Queen scrambling to follow after they departed.

• Queen saw Kaido negotiating with Kazu and tried to persuade Carlmand to stop fighting, but Carlmand kept attacking.
• Queen promised to arrange young women to serve drinks, and Carlmand deactivated his Chilly-Chilly Fruit ability and made peace with him.
• Queen and Carlmand joined Kaido and Kazu, and Kaido ordered Queen to have King prepare a banquet and find Yamato.
• Queen called King to request food, liquor, and twenty women, while Behrens, Law, Drew, Carlmand, and Oulait praised him.
• Kaido flew toward Onigashima in his Azure Dragon Form, and Kazu used his spatial power to take the Blond Hair Pirates after him.
• Queen watched them leave, then hurried after Kaido on his own.

Kazu and his companions arrived at Onigashima, where Kaido arranged for Robin to make a rubbing of the Poneglyph. As they waited for the banquet and drank together, Kaido discovered Kazu’s peanut dishes and ordered Wano Country to grow peanuts.

• Kaido returned to human form on Onigashima and told Jack to take Robin to make a rubbing of the Poneglyph, with Behrens accompanying her.
• King reported that the banquet would be ready in about half an hour, and Kaido settled down to drink with Kazu and the others.
• Kazu served several varieties of peanuts, and Kaido eagerly tried them with wine.
• Kaido enjoyed the peanuts and told King to have Wano Country farmers grow them and the cooks learn to prepare them.

At Kaido’s banquet, Behrens joined the others in choosing women before Kaido was alerted that Yamato had beaten his men. Kaido and Kazu found Yamato in the woods, and Kaido stopped her from fleeing by promising to send her out to sea.

• Carlmand, Law, Oulait, Drew, and Pedro chose women at the banquet before Behrens arrived and complained that the others had taken the best ones.
• Kazu ordered Carlmand and Drew to give one woman each to Behrens, and the banquet continued as Kaido enjoyed peanuts and drinks.
• An underling told Kaido that Yamato had knocked out more than a dozen men, so Kaido set out with Kazu to capture her.
• Kazu and Kaido found Yamato searching the unconscious men for money, and she tried to flee when she saw Kaido.
• Kaido shouted that he would send Yamato out to sea, stopping her in her tracks.

Kazu invited Yamato to join the Blond Hair Pirates and live freely at sea, and she eagerly accepted. He destroyed the explosive collar around her neck, freeing her to leave with him.

• Yamato questioned Kaido's offer to let her go, suspecting a trick.
• Kazu introduced himself as captain of the Blond Hair Pirates and invited Yamato to become a free adventurer at sea.
• Yamato hesitated because she feared Kaido would not let her leave, but Kazu reassured her that Kaido had agreed.
• Yamato excitedly accepted Kazu's invitation and embraced him as Kaido watched her happiness.
• Kazu used Armament Haki's Internal Destruction to destroy Yamato's explosive collar and tossed it away, where it exploded in the air.

Kazu introduced Yamato as the Blond Hair Pirates’ newest crewmate after Kaido’s explosive collar failed to stop her from leaving Wano. Yamato learned that Kazu had defeated Kaido to secure her freedom and admired her new captain’s strength.

• Yamato cursed Kaido after discovering that her collar was powerful enough to kill her, while Kaido insisted it would not have exploded if she had stayed in Wano.
• Kazu introduced Yamato to the Blond Hair Pirates, whose crew welcomed her as their new crewmate.
• The crew joked about Yamato being a woman rather than the brother Carlmand had expected, and Makino invited her to join the women.
• Kaido challenged Kazu to a drinking contest, but he drank himself unconscious while Kazu remained sober.
• Yamato asked whether Kazu was stronger than Kaido, and Kazu said he had beaten Kaido, who had agreed to let her leave.

Yamato challenged Kazu to see the strength of the world’s strongest, and he agreed to fight her atop Onigashima. As Kazu unleashed his overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, Kaido rushed toward them and King recognized the gap between Kazu’s power and his own.

• Yamato asked Kazu to fight her after eating her fill, explaining that she wanted to see the view from the world’s highest peak.
• Kazu agreed, and King led Kazu and Yamato to the top of Onigashima as the others gathered to watch.
• Yamato asked Kazu to fight with everything he had, while Makino stopped the crew from provoking them for a spectacle.
• Kazu released his Conqueror’s Haki across Onigashima, startling the Beasts Pirates and making King wary.
• Kaido sobered up, grabbed Hassaikai, and flew toward the top floor as King realized Kazu’s strength far exceeded his own.

Yamato challenged Kazu and was overwhelmed by his carefully restrained attack, while Kaido and the others watched. The fight left Yamato determined to improve, and Kazu convinced the onlookers that he had gone all out.

• Yamato transformed into her hybrid form and challenged Kazu with Himorogiri.
• Kazu used Conqueror's Coating and a Space Barrier, then struck Yamato down with a Flying Slash.
• Kazu ended his transformation, pleased that his performance had made the attack look intimidating.
• Kaido arrived, and King explained that Yamato had challenged Kazu; Kaido realized Kazu had been holding back.
• The crew discussed Yamato's strength and Drew's work repairing the undamaged Divine Dragon.
• Yamato recovered among the rocks, acknowledged Kazu's strength, and resolved to keep improving.

Yamato recovered from her spar with Kazu and joined the group as they prepared to leave Wano. After a drinking party delayed their departure, she went to Kazu’s room for the promised massage, unaware of his ulterior intentions.

• Yamato returned injured but upbeat, and Law used his Op-Op Fruit powers to speed her recovery.
• Makino gave Yamato a healing herb, while Kazu invited her to his room that night for a special massage and exercises.
• Kaido insisted on another drinking contest with Kazu, delaying the group’s trip to the Flower Capital until the next day.
• After Kazu defeated Kaido again, King led the Blond Hair Pirates to their guest rooms, where the women stayed to look after the men.
• Yamato arrived at Kazu’s room, bathed, and let him begin a full-body massage.

Kazu gave Yamato a massage and guided her through an intimate exercise, then let her rest before the group prepared to leave for the Flower Capital. Yamato woke refreshed, joined everyone for lunch, and was welcomed as someone dependable enough to take a shift alone.

• Kazu finished massaging Yamato, then guided her through the exercise she had eagerly asked him to teach her.
• Afterward, Kazu washed up, changed clothes, and told his companions Yamato needed to rest, so they would leave for the Flower Capital in the afternoon.
• Kozuki Hiyori guessed what had happened between Kazu and Yamato and wondered whether she would be next.
• Yamato woke after a sound sleep, dressed, and joined Kazu and the others for lunch.
• Makino welcomed Yamato and served her food, while the group regarded her as dependable enough to take a shift alone.

After lunch, Kazu and his companions went to the Flower Capital, where they split up to explore Wano and enjoy themselves. Denjiro learned that Orochi had been killed and Kozuki Hiyori was with the powerful man who had taken her, so he planned to meet him and negotiate.

• Kazu and his companions reached the Flower Capital, ate dinner, and agreed to meet again in three days.
• Oulait and Pedro went to look for a finely forged sword for Pedro, while the others went off to have fun.
• Denjiro, secretly living as the yakuza boss Kyoshiro and the thief Ushimitsu Kozo, waited for news about the missing Komurasaki.
• Denjiro learned that Orochi and the Orochi Oniwabanshu had been killed and that Kozuki Hiyori had left with the same powerful man.
• After hearing that Komurasaki and a young man had appeared near the Flower Capital, Denjiro told his men not to attack and decided to meet them himself.

Denjiro found Kozuki Hiyori shopping with Kazu and tried to take her back. Hiyori told him she had left willingly and asked him not to look for her again.

• Denjiro brought a few trusted subordinates to find Kozuki Hiyori, prepared to buy time for her escape if needed.
• Kazu took Kozuki Hiyori shopping and selected several sets of lingerie for her.
• Denjiro entered the shop disguised as Kyoshiro and found Kozuki Hiyori beside Kazu.
• Kozuki Hiyori feared Denjiro might anger Kazu or expose her identity, so she kept her composure.
• Kozuki Hiyori told Denjiro she had left with Captain Kazu willingly and intended to serve him for the rest of her life.
• Denjiro froze when he heard her call the blond man Captain Kazu.

Kazu and Kozuki Hiyori left Wano’s Flower Capital after Hiyori subtly warned Denjiro to preserve himself for the prophesied return of her brother. Three days later, Pedro and Oulait reunited with the group, and Pedro showed Kazu the treasured sword he had bought.

• Kazu turned and revealed himself to Denjiro, who recognized the powerful pirate and understood why Hiyori had wanted him to leave.
• Hiyori told Denjiro that their parting recalled the great fire eleven years earlier and urged him to take care, hinting that he should hold on for the prophecy.
• Denjiro realized Hiyori wanted him to leave and departed after wishing her happiness.
• Kazu reassured Hiyori that he held no grudge against Denjiro, and the group spent the day browsing the Flower Capital before leaving.
• Three days later, Pedro and Oulait returned, and Pedro showed Kazu a treasured sword he had bought from a smithy owner.

Kazu and the crew left the island with Pedro’s new Primordial Blade and continued their search for Laugh Tale. After Robin calculated the final island’s coordinates, the Divine Dragon departed Lodestar Island for its destination.

• Kazu examined Pedro’s new single-edged sword, Primordial, and learned that Pedro had been combining single- and double-edged sword techniques.
• Kazu teleported everyone back to the Divine Dragon and set course for Lodestar Island while Robin deciphered the Red Road Poneglyphs.
• After half a month at sea, the crew reached Lodestar Island, where Kazu learned that Robin had calculated the final island’s coordinates.
• The next day, Kazu and the crew sailed the Divine Dragon out of Lodestar Island’s harbor toward the final destination.

Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates braved violent weather to reach Laugh Tale, where they found a cave marked by a stone tablet. Kazu led the crew inside to discover what secrets awaited them.

• Carlmand warned Kazu that the currents, waves, and storm clouds ahead made the voyage dangerous.
• After half a day at sea, Pedro spotted an island, and Robin confirmed it matched the position she had calculated for Laugh Tale.
• Kazu used his spatial power to set the Divine Dragon down on the peaceful, flower-covered island, and the crew disembarked to explore.
• Pedro found a cave entrance, where the crew saw a stone tablet inscribed with “Laugh Tale.”
• Kazu entered the cave first, with the rest of the Blond Hair Pirates following him.

Robin deciphered the four stone tablets, revealing the Great Kingdom’s war against the Twenty Kingdom Alliance, the Ancient Weapons, and Joy Boy’s prophecy. Kazu and the others learned that a Warrior of Liberation would rise eight hundred years later to defeat the Alliance and bring freedom.

• Robin deciphered the first tablet, which described the Lunarian God Clan’s rule, the alliance between the Great Kingdom and twenty kingdoms, and the betrayal that began their war.
• Kazu and the others learned that the D. Clan had been aristocratic forces within the Great Kingdom and that Joy Boy had been far stronger than the Alliance’s leaders.
• Robin read the second tablet, which described Pluton as a powerful battleship, Poseidon as a mermaid princess who commanded Sea Kings, and Uranus as a deadly airship.
• Robin deciphered Joy Boy’s prophecy that a Warrior of Liberation would arrive eight hundred years later and lead the people to defeat the Twenty Kingdom Alliance.
• Robin read Joy Boy’s personal apology for losing the war and entrusting the Great Kingdom’s hopes to the future Warrior of Liberation.

The Blond Hair Pirates celebrated their arrival at Laugh Tale with inscriptions, a banquet, and a new crew anthem before returning to Lodestar Island. Kazu gave a newspaper owner photographs proving their landing so the news could spread around the world.

• Kazu and the others carved messages into the ground at Laugh Tale, and Hancock drew a portrait of herself and Kazu.
• Kazu hosted a banquet and taught the crew a song, which they praised as their new anthem.
• The crew spent the night drinking and celebrating, then departed Laugh Tale aboard the Divine Dragon the next day.
• The Blond Hair Pirates returned to Lodestar Island and told the local newspaper owner they had reached Laugh Tale.
• Kazu gave the owner photographs as proof of their landing.

The world learned that Her Kazi and the Blond Hair Pirates had conquered the seas and reached Laugh Tale, making him the second Pirate King, though they revealed nothing about the One Piece. Whitebeard celebrated, Kaido and Big Mom reacted with frustration, and Sengoku worried about the effects on the balance of power.

• News spread that the Blond Hair Pirates had reached Laugh Tale and that Her Kazi had become Pirate King, but the crew kept the One Piece’s secrets to themselves.
• Whitebeard proudly praised Kazu and ordered a three-day banquet aboard the Moby Dick.
• Kaido complained that Kazu had reached Laugh Tale before him, then wept as King let him vent.
• Big Mom raged over Kazu’s success until Perospero reminded her that Galette was with the Blond Hair Pirates; Big Mom ordered him to obtain accurate information about the One Piece.
• Sengoku read the news at Marine Headquarters and feared that Kazu’s new fame would disrupt the balance of power.

After the Blond Hair Pirates reached Laugh Tale, Sengoku tried to recall Garp, but Garp refused and kept training Luffy and Ace. Meanwhile, the Five Elders apologized to Imu and promised to suppress the news.

• Sengoku called Garp and ordered him to return to Marine Headquarters after the Blond Hair Pirates reached Laugh Tale.
• Garp refused, claiming he was busy training Luffy and Ace, and ended the call.
• Garp avoided returning because he feared being sent to confront Kazu and getting beaten again.
• Sengoku vented his anger, fed his goat, and lamented his exhaustion.
• The Five Elders knelt before Imu and apologized for failing to anticipate the Blond Hair Pirates finding Laugh Tale.

The Five Elders planned to capture Her Kazi by using Whitebeard as bait, and Imu approved their scheme as they promised to suppress news about the Blond Hair Pirates. Several months passed, public interest in the Blond Hair Pirates’ rise as the second Pirate King faded under the Five Elders’ control, while Kazu remained unaware of the conspiracy.

• Imu ordered the Five Elders to destroy the Blond Hair Pirates, and they promised to carry out his command.
• Saint Saturn, Marcus Saint Mars, Shepherd Ju Peter, Topman Saint Warcury, and Ethanbaron V. Saint Nusjuro devised a plan to lure Her Kazi into rescuing Whitebeard and then surround the Moby Dick.
• The Five Elders asked Imu for more time, and he approved their plan on the condition that they suppress public discussion and keep the Blond Hair Pirates from revealing the truth of the Void Century.
• The Five Elders began arranging their forces and controlling newspaper coverage, while Kazu knew nothing about their plans.
• Several months later, news of the Blond Hair Pirates becoming the second Pirate King had largely faded, with only newspapers controlled by Morgans and the Revolutionary Army still reporting on it.

The Red Hair Pirates wondered why newspapers had begun giving them so much attention, but Shanks set aside their suspicions and called for a banquet. Meanwhile, Kazu planned to tour the remaining seas, and Law remarked on his enormous new bounty as the chapter listed the Blond Hair Pirates’ latest bounties.

• The Red Hair Pirates questioned why the press was promoting them despite the Blond Hair Pirates’ greater exploits.
• Shanks dismissed their speculation and started a banquet to celebrate the crew’s growing fame.
• Drew asked Kazu where they would sail next after touring the West Blue.
• Kazu said the crew would visit the North, East, and South Blue after the West Blue.
• Law joked that his 1.266-billion-Beli bounty would surprise Bepo and the others in the North Blue.
• The chapter listed the Blond Hair Pirates’ new bounties, totaling more than ten billion Beli.

Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates joined Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick to celebrate New Year, decorating the ship and beginning a long banquet. Whitebeard found the family celebration he had always wanted.

• Whitebeard called Kazu and invited him and the Blond Hair Pirates to celebrate New Year aboard the Moby Dick.
• Kazu used a Space Mark to teleport his crew from the West Blue to the Moby Dick in the New World.
• Kazu teased Whitebeard before bringing out red decorations and fortune sheets for the crew to hang.
• Kazu and the Whitebeard Pirates decorated the Moby Dick for New Year, delighting Whitebeard.
• The pirates began a banquet that continued day and night until the day before New Year.

After drinking with the Whitebeard Pirates, Kazu returned to the Divine Dragon and used his daily check-in to evolve his Conqueror’s Haki into Emperor’s Haki. Its sudden eruption knocked out everyone aboard the Moby Dick except Whitebeard, who sensed an overwhelming, almost godlike power.

• Marco repeatedly drank the division commanders under the table, then tricked Vista and Behrens into sharing their wine.
• Whitebeard watched the lively drinking party before Kazu returned alone to the Divine Dragon the next day.
• Kazu checked in and received an evolution count for his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kazu claimed the reward, evolving his Conqueror’s Haki into Emperor’s Haki and losing control as it erupted.
• The Haki knocked out more than a thousand people aboard the Moby Dick, while Whitebeard remained conscious and recognized it as Kazu’s power.