Recaps

Dragon decided to meet Fleet Admiral Sengoku to seek a partnership with the Navy, while the Revolutionary Army prepared its forces for an attack on the World Government. Meanwhile, the Blond Hair Pirates left Law and Pedro on Swallow Island and sailed to a nearby vacation spot.

• Law and Pedro flew to Swallow Island to spend a week catching up, while Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates continued on without them.
• Dragon told Ivankov that he would meet Fleet Admiral Sengoku despite the risks, hoping to establish a mutually beneficial partnership with the Navy.
• Dragon ordered Ivankov to gather the Grand Line Army’s elite forces and said Morley, Karasu, Lindbergh, and Betty were assembling their armies as well.
• After Dragon left, Ivankov began mobilizing the Revolutionary Army for its planned attack on the World Government.
• Kazu guided the Divine Dragon to an island known for its pleasant climate and popular beach paradise.

Kazu and his companions spent a week at a beach resort while four of his crew competed to win dates with the women there. When the Divine Dragon returned to Swallow Island, Law, Pedro, and the Heart Pirates welcomed them, and Kazu called for a banquet to celebrate their crews’ friendship.

• Drew, Carlmand, and Behrens challenged one another to win a date with a woman, and Oulait joined after Carlmand taunted him.
• Kazu relaxed on the beach with Dragon Girl, Hancock, Komurasaki, Robin, Galette, and Makino while Yamato struggled to swim and then played in the sand.
• After a week, the Divine Dragon returned to Swallow Island, where Law, Pedro, and the Heart Pirates were waiting.
• Pedro announced that he and Bepo had become sworn brothers, and Bepo happily called Pedro his big brother.
• Kazu invited everyone to stay overnight and hold a banquet celebrating the friendship between the Blond Hair Pirates and the crews under their banner.

Law’s banquet descended into a brawl as Carlmand and Behrens fought over stories from their past. Meanwhile, Dragon returned to the Revolutionary Army and announced that the Navy would stay out of an attack on Mary Geoise, leaving the army eager to move against the World Government.

• Wolf got drunk at Law’s banquet and began sharing embarrassing stories about Law, while Drew encouraged him.
• Carlmand and Behrens interrupted the storytelling to fight with Kazu’s moves, then returned to the banquet injured.
• Oulait watched the fight and recalled declining Kazu’s offer to teach him Sweep a Thousand Balls.
• Dragon returned to the Revolutionary Army’s base, where Ivankov and the four Army Commanders welcomed him.
• Dragon told the officers that Fleet Admiral Sengoku had promised the Navy would not stop an attack on Mary Geoise, though it would not openly assist the Revolutionary Army.
• The Revolutionary Army officers celebrated the Navy’s neutrality and urged Dragon to order an attack on the World Government.

Dragon prepared the Revolutionary Army to attack Mary Geoise and arranged for Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates to join them. The assault was set for five days later, and Kazu looked forward to facing the mysterious Imu.

• Dragon told the Revolutionary Army commanders that their forces were assembled and explained that he planned to rely on the Blond Hair Pirates for the attack.
• Dragon revealed that Lord Kazu had helped guide the Revolutionary Army and called him to confirm his support.
• Kazu agreed to join the attack, and Dragon set the assault on Mary Geoise for five days later.
• Kazu told Hancock they would join the Revolutionary Army and said he hoped the person he was curious about would entertain him.
• Hancock asked whether Kazu meant Imu and whether Imu was truly powerful.

After rebuilding his forces, Imu sought to recruit Shanks as the new leader of the Five Elders while preparing for the Blond Hair Pirates and their powerful Kazu. The surviving Elders feared that one of them would be killed to make room for Shanks.

• Kazu confidently said he wanted to fight Imu and believed Imu was weaker than he was.
• Imu assembled replacement Five Elders and Holy Knights from Celestial Dragons, then formed the God's Guard with Aramaki as its commander.
• A subordinate reported that the Red Hair Pirates were at Sabaody, the Revolutionary Army was inactive, and the Blond Hair Pirates remained in the West Blue.
• Imu planned to use his forces to delay the Blond Hair Pirates while he assessed Kazu, since leaving Pangaea Castle for too long threatened his immortality.
• Imu ordered an envoy to offer Figarland Shanks the position of leader of the Five Elders, prompting the five Elders to fear one of them would be killed.

Shanks told Rayleigh how he brought the Nika fruit to Foosha Village hoping to find Roger’s son, but Luffy ate it and became the one Shanks believed was destined to change the world. As Shanks and Rayleigh discussed Kazu and the World Government’s coming crisis, Kazu enjoyed himself aboard the Divine Dragon and wondered who was talking about him.

• The Five Elders left Lord Imu’s room, each planning to protect himself by earning Imu’s favor or making another Elder lose it.
• Shanks told Rayleigh he expected the World Government to fall, citing its conflict with the Blond Hair Pirates and signs that the Revolutionary Army was gathering strength.
• Shanks explained that he had taken the Nika fruit to Foosha Village hoping to find Roger’s son, but Luffy ate it and the fruit seemed to choose him.
• Shanks said Luffy’s freedom-loving nature convinced him that Luffy was destined to change the world, and that meeting Kazu after guiding Luffy onto the path of piracy pushed him to act sooner.
• Rayleigh praised Kazu’s strength and hope for a better world as he and Shanks drank together.
• Kazu sneezed while relaxing aboard the Divine Dragon and threatened whoever was talking about him.

Kazu beat Drew for mocking him, then demanded a sincere apology and made Drew cook as a lesson. Drew's disastrous dish left Behrens and Drew suffering through a taste, while the crew laughed at Drew's description of it.

• Drew mocked Kazu for sneezing, and Kazu beat him while Law watched coldly.
• Kazu stopped Drew from leaving and said his apology needed to be sincere, so Drew offered to cook him a dish.
• Drew emerged from the kitchen with an unidentifiable meal, and Kazu persuaded Behrens to taste it in exchange for extra recreation funding.
• Behrens tasted the dish and declared that the world was spinning vertically and the equator had changed.
• Kazu made Drew taste his own cooking, and Drew described it as worse than shit as the crew laughed.

The Blond Hair Pirates sailed toward Mary Geoise for the approaching gathering while Kazu reassured his crew that Whitebeard had wanted to come only because he worried about his son. In a bar, Cipher Pol agents tried to summon Shanks to Pangaea Castle, but he refused and threatened to bring down the World Government.

• Kazu told his crew that Whitebeard had offered to help because he worried about him, then enjoyed the sea breeze as they sailed toward Mary Geoise.
• Five Cipher Pol agents entered a bar and asked Shanks to accompany them to Mary Geoise to hear good news from the Five Elders.
• Shanks refused to return to Mary Geoise and said he would go there only to bring down the World Government.
• The Cipher Pol leader asked Rayleigh not to interfere and invoked the danger to the other Roger Pirates, while the agents prepared to use force against Shanks.

Shanks defeated the Cipher Pol agents who tried to bring him to the Five Elders, while the Revolutionary Army openly sailed toward Mary Geoise. As the coming war drew the world’s attention, Sengoku prepared the Marines to become financially self-sufficient under the new regime.

• Shanks unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki in the tavern and overwhelmed the Cipher Pol agents, leaving their captain standing.
• Shanks struck down the captain and the four fallen agents with Divine Departure after rejecting the Five Elders’ claim over his bloodline.
• The Five Elders discussed Shanks’s refusal to cooperate as dozens of Revolutionary Army ships sailed openly toward Mary Geoise.
• Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates gathered at the Sabaody Archipelago shore to await the Revolutionary Army’s forces.
• Sengoku asked Tsuru about training staff for the Marine Headquarters Business Office, which he intended to use to fund the Marines independently.

The Revolutionary Army and the Red Hair Pirates joined forces to attack Mary Geoise, but found their path blocked by the Red Line. Dragon called Kazu, whose Divine Dragon appeared to help them reach their destination.

• Tsuru told Sengoku that 564 Navy recruits were training to become business specialists and that the first students would graduate within a year.
• Shanks met Dragon and asked to join the Revolutionary Army's fight against the World Government, and Dragon accepted his offer.
• Betty used her Pump-Pump Fruit to rally the Revolutionary Army before the combined forces set out for Mary Geoise.
• At the foot of the Red Line, Shanks asked Dragon how they would get past the enormous barrier, and Dragon called Kazu for help.
• Kazu answered Dragon's call, and the Divine Dragon appeared before the gathered forces.

Kazu brought the Revolutionary Army and the Blond Hair Pirates and Red Hair Pirates to the Red Line, where the Five Elders and the World Government’s forces awaited them. The chapter ended with Kazu mocking the Five Elders as Dragon interpreted his taunts as a deliberate tactic before battle.

• Kazu greeted Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates, then invited them to drink aboard the Divine Dragon after the battle.
• Kazu used his spatial powers to lift dozens of ships and carry everyone toward the Red Line, entertaining himself with their frightened reactions.
• Kazu landed the ships safely on the Red Line, while Dragon admired what he mistakenly understood as Kazu’s pre-battle training exercise.
• The Five Elders, Holy Knights, God's Guard, and Cipher Pol forces faced the arriving Revolutionary Army, Blond Hair Pirates, and Red Hair Pirates.
• Kazu mocked the new Five Elders, and Dragon silently interpreted his insults as a tactic to unsettle the enemy.

The Revolutionary Army and the Red Hair Pirates launched an assault on Mary Geoise after Shanks rejected the Five Elders’ offer. As Kazu headed toward Pangaea Castle to watch Imu, Shanks and Dragon confronted Aramaki.

• The Five Elders tried to recruit Shanks by revealing his Celestial Dragon ancestry and promising him power and status, but Shanks refused.
• Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to free the slaves and kill the Celestial Dragons and Cipher Pol members, while Shanks and Kazu agreed to confront the immortal leaders.
• The Red Hair Pirates and Revolutionary Army attacked, and Kazu sent Yamato, Behrens, Hancock, Oulait, and Carlmand into battle while he headed for Pangaea Castle.
• Aramaki unleashed Forbidden Hate Forest and transformed into a giant tree man, but Shanks’s Divine Departure severed his legs.
• Dragon appeared beside Aramaki after he regenerated, warning him that his escape plan had failed.

Dragon and Shanks teamed up to repeatedly attack the immortal Aramaki while the Revolutionary Army and Red Hair Pirates overwhelmed the World Government forces in Mary Geoise. As the Five Elders fell and the Celestial Dragons’ rule crumbled, Imu emerged from hiding and encountered Kazu inside Pangaea Castle.

• Dragon struck Aramaki in the back with his Dragon Claw Hand, and Shanks beheaded him, but Aramaki survived and pleaded for them to target someone else.
• Dragon trapped Aramaki with a hurricane while he and Shanks battered his body with Wind Blades and Flying Slashes.
• Oulait, Behrens, and Carlmand defeated God's Guard and the Holy Knights as Revolutionary Army fighters battled Cipher Pol, freed slaves, and captured or killed resisting Celestial Dragons.
• The last of the Five Elders was overwhelmed by attacks infused with Conqueror's Coating, while the Army Commanders arranged for the battle to be recorded.
• Dragon noticed Kazu had disappeared, and Imu emerged from a hidden chamber in Pangaea Castle after the World Government forces were defeated.
• Kazu greeted Imu and offered him counseling, while Imu calmly acknowledged that Kazu had arrived quickly.

Kazu confronted Imu at Mary Geoise and overwhelmed him with his Emperor’s Haki, then used his powers to strike Imu from behind. Imu was left badly wounded as the others rushed toward Pangaea Castle to support Kazu.

• Imu challenged Kazu and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki across Mary Geoise, knocking out weaker fighters.
• Dragon, Shanks, Beckman, and the others headed toward Pangaea Castle to support Kazu.
• Kazu released his Emperor’s Haki, overpowering Imu’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Imu attacked with black flames and his blade, but Kazu stopped time and swapped himself behind Imu.
• Kazu landed a Conqueror’s Coating-Battō Slash that carved a deep wound across Imu’s back.

Kazu overwhelmed Imu with repeated uses of Time Stop and Space Confinement, then slashed open his chest. Imu fell to his knees, unable to fight back.

• Imu transformed and attacked Kazu with Bone Devouring, but Kazu used spatial displacement to evade him.
• Kazu trapped Imu with Space Confinement and Time Stop, then stabbed his kidney with Muramasa and used Internal Destruction.
• Imu spent stamina to recover and defend himself, then armed himself with Void Sword and Chaos Sword for a counterattack.
• Kazu trapped Imu again just as he broke free and prepared to strike, then slashed through his defense and opened his chest.
• Imu dropped to his knees, bewildered and unwilling, as he realized he could not fight Kazu.

Kazu kept Imu pinned down in their battle at Pangaea Castle, while Imu tried to survive by offering him immortality. The chapter ended with Kazu showing Imu his golden ring, which Imu recognized with shock.

• Shanks and the others reached the first basement level and saw Imu kneeling before Kazu.
• Imu stopped fighting and admitted that Kazu’s attacks were wearing him down, while his need for demonic energy kept him from leaving Pangaea Castle for long.
• Imu claimed that Kazu’s strength could not overcome the power of time and offered to make him immortal if they joined forces.
• Kazu rejected Imu’s temptation and raised the golden ring on his little finger, prompting Imu to recognize it in shock.

Kazu revealed that he possessed Pure Gold, then stopped Imu from taking hostages and destroyed him completely. With the World Government eradicated, Kazu left the aftermath to Dragon, who felt the weight of his new responsibility.

• Kazu showed Imu a ring of Pure Gold, eliminating Imu’s hope of escaping through immortality.
• Imu attacked Kazu with black fireballs and rushed toward Hancock and the others to take hostages.
• Kazu used Space Swap to bring Imu back to him, then decapitated and repeatedly slashed him.
• Kazu punched Imu’s remains into a vast crater to ensure he could not regenerate.
• Kazu told Dragon that the World Government had been eradicated and left the rest to him.

After the Revolutionary Army overthrew the World Government, Dragon secured support from the Marines as the world settled into a new order. In Foosha Village, Ace learned more about Roger’s motives, let go of his hatred, and decided to join the Marines.

• Dragon promised Kazu that the Revolutionary Army would bring peace, then oversaw the occupation of Mary Geoise and its cleanup.
• News of the World Government’s collapse spread worldwide, and dozens of institutions pledged allegiance to Dragon while loyalists and criminals continued to resist.
• Sengoku contacted Dragon to congratulate the Revolutionary Army and formally partnered the Marines with it, helping calm the seas within months.
• Shanks returned to the East Blue, visited Roger’s grave in Loguetown, and spent several months teaching Luffy and Ace in Foosha Village.
• Shanks told Ace why Roger had started the Great Pirate Era, and Ace decided to join the Marines and fight cruel pirates.

Luffy and Ace decided to join the Marines, and Garp took them to Marine Headquarters for training. Sengoku supported Ace’s enlistment and looked forward to Luffy’s future as the Marines grew closer to the new government.

• Luffy changed his mind about becoming Pirate King and decided to join the Marines with Ace.
• Garp returned to Foosha Village, celebrated the boys’ decision, and brought them to Marine Headquarters for training.
• Shanks left Foosha Village, and Sengoku and Garp learned Roger’s reasons for his past actions.
• Sengoku agreed to keep Ace’s identity secret and supported his joining the Marines.
• Luffy and Ace argued over which of them would become the Marine King, while Garp and Sengoku watched approvingly.

After returning to the East Blue, Kazu chose the Goa Kingdom as the country the Blond Hair Pirates would conquer and set out to remove its corrupt rulers. He confronted the king and prince inside the palace, where they were abusing their power, and left the showdown about to begin.

• Kazu decided to conquer the Goa Kingdom, whose beautiful appearance concealed widespread poverty and corruption.
• The Divine Dragon reached the kingdom’s port, where locals praised the Blond Hair Pirates for helping overthrow the World Government and establish the new government.
• Kazu sent Oulait, Carlmand, Behrens, Drew, Law, and Pedro to deal with the kingdom’s corrupt nobles while the women went sightseeing.
• Kazu used his power over space to appear in the royal palace and found the king and prince groping for women while blindfolded.
• The king and prince removed their blindfolds and saw Kazu lounging on a sofa with a woman as he condemned them.

Kazu eliminated the kingdom’s criminal royal family and appointed his companions to positions in the new government. The palace’s administration and security were assigned, while Robin looked forward to a peaceful life with Kazu.

• Kazu used Space Swap to bury the king, the prince, and every other royal relative who had committed crimes.
• Kazu’s group returned to the palace, where he appointed Carlmand to command the external military and Drew to oversee craftsmen and construction.
• Kazu put Behrens in charge of palace security and tasked Oulait with forming an elite special forces unit.
• Kazu appointed Law to establish and direct a national hospital, with a separate medical team and treatment room reserved for their group.
• Kazu assigned Pedro to form an animal army and promised Robin an imperial library stocked with books from across the country and the world.
• Robin kissed Kazu, and Kazu invited his companions to choose their own pursuits or spend their days enjoying themselves.

After the Goa Kingdom became the Huaxia Empire, Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates gathered at the royal palace to celebrate Spring Festival. Law examined Hancock and Robin and confirmed that their unborn babies were healthy, leaving Kazu reassured as the festivities began.

• The Blond Hair Pirates took control of the Goa Kingdom and renamed it the Huaxia Empire, whose government quickly filled vacant posts.
• The new government and Marines chose not to intervene in Kazu’s actions, and Garp, Luffy, and Ace had their nationality changed to that of the Huaxia Empire.
• The Blond Hair Pirates gathered at Kazu’s temporary royal palace for the Spring Festival, where Drew announced that the statues for their memorial park were nearly finished and Pedro brought beasts for the banquet.
• Behrens told the group that Kazu had summoned Law to examine Hancock and Robin, who were both pregnant.
• Law scanned all seven women and confirmed that Hancock’s and Robin’s babies were healthy and that the other five women had no physical problems.

Kazu celebrated Robin and Hancock’s pregnancies with his crew before using an annual check-in reward to evolve his Devil Fruit. The evolution made him more than twice as powerful and transformed his Mythical Zoan into a Divine Zoan.

• Kazu reassured pregnant Robin and Hancock and promised to take them on vacation after their babies were born.
• Kazu brought the women and Law downstairs, where the crew congratulated him and began a New Year’s feast.
• Pedro grilled and served game as Kazu and the crew ate and drank into the night.
• At midnight, Kazu went upstairs, performed his annual check-in, and received an Ability Evolution Card.
• Kazu traveled to an uninhabited East Blue island and used the card on his Dragon-Dragon Fruit, evolving it into the Divine Zoan, True Spacetime Divine Dragon Model.
• Kazu felt his strength more than double and wondered what a Divine Zoan was.

After discovering that his enhanced space-time powers could open a passage to his previous world, Kazu traveled to wartime China and attacked Japanese forces to aid the Chinese armies. With his time in that world shrinking, he flew toward the island nation, where people mistook his appearance as a sign that their own people were favored by the gods.

• Kazu combined his powers of space and time, opened a passage to another world, and crossed through it.
• Kazu found a town in wartime China, transformed into a dragon, and inspired its residents to pray for China’s safety and victory.
• Kazu attacked Japanese troops on several battlefields, helping Chinese forces win and inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army.
• Kazu realized using his powers shortened his stay, so he flew toward the island nation.
• Kazu arrived over the island nation, where people saw the dragon and believed it proved their people were favored by the gods.

Kazu destroyed both halves of the island nation with devastating attacks, then escaped back to the Pirate King's world before its rejection could keep him there. He returned to his palace and rejoined his companions, ready to continue the banquet and enjoy the life he had built.

• Kazu blasted half of the island nation into a crater, killing countless people and leaving the survivors in despair.
• Kazu transformed, infused Muramasa with space-time power and Emperor's Haki, and struck the remaining half with “One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate!”
• The final slash erased the remaining land, but Kazu was forced back to the Pirate King's world by its rejection.
• Kazu opened a hole to return but felt the world's repulsive force before he could enter again, and accepted that he had done what he could during his visit home.
• Kazu returned to his royal palace, where Carlmand noticed his absence and Drew joked about it.
• Kazu rejoined his companions and called for the banquet to continue.