Recaps

Kazu tried to disguise Carlmand with makeup, but Carlmand later made his own attempt and set out to help the women he had been trying to comfort. Kazu and Makino encountered the returning Silco Pirates outside town and prepared to confront them.

• Kazu applied makeup to Carlmand, who discovered in a mirror that the disguise looked ridiculous.
• Carlmand washed off Kazu’s makeup, bought cosmetics, and spent hours creating a disguise himself.
• Kazu and Makino discussed the afternoon while looking for an inn, when the Silco Pirates returned and sent the townspeople fleeing.
• Kazu took Makino outside town to face the pirates, and Silco ordered Darugu to take ten men to capture her.

Kazu killed the Silco Pirates after they threatened Makino, then spent the night aboard his ship with her. The next day, a young sniper confronted him about the pirates, and Kazu deflected his bullets with spatial distortion.

• Darugu and nine men threatened Kazu and Makino, so Kazu killed them with a spatial collapse.
• Silco tried to claim the pirates had come to take a shit, but Kazu sent the hundred-odd crew into the sky and crushed them into a rain of blood.
• Kazu and Makino returned to their ship, and the townspeople emerged the next morning after realizing the pirates were gone.
• A young man with a gun asked Kazu where the Silco Pirates were, and Kazu told him they had gone into the sea for a group shitting party.
• The young man fired several volleys at Kazu, who used spatial distortion to redirect every bullet, leaving the sniper to recognize that Kazu had altered their trajectories.

Kazu defeated Behrens, then explained that he had killed Silco and the pirates Behrens was pursuing. After Behrens told Kazu how Silco’s crew destroyed his hometown, Kazu urged him to grow stronger, and Behrens asked Kazu to train him.

• Behrens charged Kazu and attacked him with his gun, but Kazu dodged his blows and shots with Observation Haki.
• Kazu used Space Swap to appear behind Behrens and knock him to the ground.
• Kazu told Behrens that he had killed Silco and the pirates, and Behrens lamented that he had not avenged his village himself.
• Kazu invited Behrens to share his story, and Behrens described how Silco’s crew destroyed his hometown and killed his parents.
• Kazu urged Behrens to look ahead and become strong enough to protect those he cared about, and Behrens asked Kazu to help him grow stronger.

Kazu welcomed Behrens aboard the Blond Hair Pirates as their sniper and began training him to combine hand-to-hand combat with gunplay. After Carlmand returned from his three-day outing, he met Behrens and offered to show him somewhere fun when they next docked.

• Kazu formally welcomed Behrens as a crewmate, and Makino greeted him aboard.
• Kazu shared his desire to grow strong enough to protect his family and friends, while Makino reacted to his wish to give many girls a home.
• Kazu took Behrens to buy two pistols and spent several million Beli on them.
• After Carlmand returned, Kazu trained Behrens to blend pistol attacks with close combat, and Behrens showed his talent.
• Kazu introduced Behrens as the crew's sniper and Carlmand as its navigator, and Carlmand invited Behrens to go somewhere fun on their next stop.

Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates arrived at Loguetown, where Smoker set an ambush to arrest them. Kazu discovered the Marines waiting at the harbor and walked into their encirclement, where Smoker opened fire, but the bullets passed through Kazu harmlessly.

• Carlmand spotted Loguetown, and Kazu and the others excitedly watched the island draw near.
• Smoker learned that the Blond Hair Pirates were approaching and sent his Marine soldiers to hide around the harbor.
• Kazu used the Space-Space Fruit's power to detect the Marines, then told his crew to wait aboard the ship as he went ashore.
• Smoker and his soldiers surrounded Kazu, and Smoker ordered them to fire.
• The bullets passed through Kazu's body and head without harming him.

Kazu defeated Smoker and his Marines in Loguetown, leaving them unconscious while civilians rushed to help. Kazu and his group then visited the Pirate King's Execution Platform, where he reflected on Roger's plan to begin the Great Pirate Era.

• Smoker ordered his Marines to stand down and fought Kazu, but Kazu wounded him and overwhelmed him with powerful attacks.
• Smoker admitted he was outmatched, ordered his Marines to retreat and contact Marine Headquarters, and tried to protect them from further danger.
• Kazu unleashed Conqueror's Haki, knocking out Smoker and the surrounding Marines before lighting a cigarette and leaving with his group.
• Loguetown's civilians carried the unconscious Marines to safety and took the badly injured Smoker to a hospital.
• Kazu and Carlmand visited the Pirate King's Execution Platform, and Kazu said Roger had planned to usher in the Great Pirate Era.

After reflecting on Roger’s plans and the cost of the Great Pirate Era, Kazu’s Conqueror’s Haki grew stronger. He and Makino explored Loguetown and stopped at a tavern, while Smoker learned that Kazu was eating and drinking instead of attacking civilians.

• Kazu considered whether Roger had started the Great Pirate Era to inspire someone to reform the World Government and bring lasting peace.
• Kazu’s change in perspective strengthened his Conqueror’s Haki, and its sudden burst knocked some civilian onlookers flat.
• Carlmand and Behrens left together to explore Loguetown, while Kazu and Makino went looking for liquor.
• Kazu and Makino visited Loguetown’s largest tavern, where Kazu ordered food and ten bottles of the best liquor.
• Smoker heard that Kazu had gone to Roger Tavern with Makino and took comfort that he was not harming the town’s civilians.

Smoker confronted Kazu at Roger's tavern and tried to ensure Loguetown's safety, then asked Kuzan to come help handle the powerful pirate. The chapter ended as Carlmand and Behrens approached somewhere they were unsure about entering.

• Smoker left the infirmary despite his injuries and went to Roger's tavern to warn Kazu against harming civilians.
• Kazu said he wanted freedom and would avoid trouble unless provoked, then took a cigar from Smoker's coat.
• Smoker ordered Marines to watch the Blond Hair Pirates and stop anyone who might provoke Kazu.
• Smoker called Kuzan and persuaded him to come to Loguetown after describing Kazu's strength and strange abilities.
• Kuzan agreed to visit, and Smoker reflected on how the Ohara Incident had changed his friend.
• Carlmand and Behrens reached a place and hesitated over whether to enter.

Carlmand and Behrens returned to the harbor after two days at Red Romance, where Kazu reunited with his crew as Smoker waited for Aokiji to arrive. When Kazu sensed the approaching Marine Admiral and Smoker moved to surround them, Kazu prepared to fight to protect his companions.

• Carlmand took the hesitant Behrens to Red Romance, and the two spent two and a half days there before returning to the harbor as close friends.
• Kazu and his crew regrouped at the harbor while Smoker's Marines watched and Smoker called Aokiji for reinforcements.
• Carlmand and Kazu teased Behrens about his newfound enthusiasm, and Behrens defended himself.
• Kazu sensed a powerful presence approaching and used the Space-Space Fruit to move the pirate ship away from the harbor.
• Smoker led his Marines to surround Kazu's crew, and Kazu deduced that the approaching enemy was Marine Admiral Aokiji.
• Kazu told Smoker he would no longer hold back because Smoker had put his companions in danger.

Kazu attacked Smoker and severed his left arm, but Aokiji arrived and confronted him. Kazu and Aokiji exchanged a series of rapid attacks as Carlmand and Behrens fought the other Marines, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Kazu drew Muramasa and struck Smoker, cutting off his left arm as Smoker tried to escape into the air.
• Aokiji arrived at the harbor and blocked Kazu's attack, while Carlmand and Behrens engaged Smoker and the other Marines.
• Kazu used Space Swap to appear beside Aokiji and wounded his arm with a sword strike.
• Aokiji attacked with Ice Glove, but Kazu dodged and charged at him with Raging Dragon Slash.
• Kazu and Aokiji clashed four times in rapid succession as Smoker watched Kazu hold his own against the Admiral.

Kazu fought Aokiji with his Space-Space Fruit abilities, while Aokiji tried to uncover the secret behind Kazu’s power and stop him. Aokiji struck Kazu with a counterattack, then turned to stabilize Smoker and attack Carlmand.

• Aokiji caught Kazu’s Raging Dragon Slash, but Kazu shattered the ice and rammed Aokiji through several buildings with an Armament Haki-coated attack.
• Aokiji froze the harbor with Ice Age, but Kazu’s Absolute Space kept the area around him from freezing.
• Aokiji tested Kazu’s defenses with Ice Balls, and Kazu retaliated with Space Bullets and briefly confined Aokiji, revealing his Space-Space Fruit ability.
• Aokiji charged Kazu with Soru, anticipated his Space Swap ambush, and struck him in the abdomen with a counterattack.
• Aokiji froze Smoker’s wounds to stabilize him, then launched Ice Time Capsule at Carlmand.

Kazu and Aokiji continued their destructive duel while Carlmand and Smoker fought elsewhere in Loguetown. After Marine Headquarters learned how powerful the Blond Hair Pirates were, Sengoku arranged for Garp to join Aokiji, leaving Garp eager to head to the East Blue and confront Luffy.

• Kazu used repeated space swaps to attack Aokiji, who eventually unleashed Ice Age before dodging Kazu's Space Collapse.
• Behrens left Carlmand's fight with Smoker to protect Makino, while Carlmand continued battling Smoker alone.
• Marine Headquarters learned that Kazu was holding off Aokiji and that Carlmand was evenly matched with Smoker.
• Tsuru proposed sending reinforcements, but Sengoku decided to send Garp to Loguetown instead.
• Garp hurried to Sengoku's office, planning to reach the East Blue and confront his grandson Luffy.

Garp received a mission to help Aokiji arrest Her Kazi in Loguetown, with a month of leave in Foosha Village promised as his reward. As Garp raced there, Kazu changed his approach to fighting Aokiji, choosing to conserve stamina and sharpen his combat skills.

• Sengoku told Garp that Her Kazi, captain of the Blond Hair Pirates, was fighting Aokiji in Loguetown and ordered Garp to help arrest him.
• Garp eagerly accepted the mission after Sengoku promised him a month of leave, then contacted Bogard and set off aboard the Dog-Head Warship.
• Tsuru reassured Sengoku that Garp and Aokiji could defeat Kazu, while Sengoku worried that powerful unknown pirates might be emerging across the seas.
• Garp propelled the Dog-Head Warship at high speed with his punches, while Rear Admiral Gedalota diverted to evacuate civilians from Loguetown.
• Kazu realized his high-intensity Devil Fruit attacks would drain his stamina before he could defeat Aokiji, so he decided to rely more on swordsmanship and martial arts.

Kazu and Aokiji continued their fierce battle in Loguetown while Smoker stalled Carlmand. As evening approached, a Flying Slash from Kazu’s fight raced toward Garp’s warship, and Bogard moved to meet it.

• Smoker shifted to evading and stalling Carlmand so he could conserve stamina, while telling Aokiji to focus on defeating Kazu.
• Aokiji lured Kazu into a trap of ice pillars and froze the area, but Kazu escaped into his Independent Space.
• Kazu emerged from his Independent Space and sent a slash at Aokiji, who knocked it away with an Ice Gauntlet.
• As Kazu and Aokiji resumed fighting near sunset, their slash raced toward the Dog-Head Warship, and Bogard reached the bow with his hand on his sword.

Bogard deflected a powerful Flying Slash, and Garp continued toward Loguetown hoping to find its wielder. Kazu sensed Garp approaching, withdrew with Carlmand from his fight with Aokiji, and returned safely to his crew as word of his clash with an Admiral was likely to spread.

• Bogard blocked the Flying Slash and told Garp its wielder was at least as strong as he was.
• Garp decided to keep heading toward Loguetown and hoped to capture the swordsman who had launched the slash.
• Kazu sensed Garp's warship approaching and used Space Swap to retreat with Carlmand from the fight with Aokiji.
• Smoker wanted to pursue the pirates, but Aokiji told him not to because he could not confidently hold Kazu.
• Kazu and Carlmand rejoined Makino and Behrens, and Kazu boasted that he could come and go as he pleased against an Admiral.

Kazu escaped Loguetown before Garp arrived, leaving Aokiji to explain their battle and handle the aftermath. After returning to Foosha Village, Garp found Luffy and discovered he had eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit Shanks brought him.

• Kazu and his crew left Loguetown for the Grand Line while Aokiji arranged treatment for Smoker and the wounded Marines.
• Garp arrived in Loguetown, learned Kazu had already escaped, and left Aokiji to manage the cleanup.
• Aokiji departed Loguetown after Smoker's injuries stabilized, and Smoker vowed to train until he could arrest Kazu himself.
• Garp returned to Foosha Village and found Luffy hiding in the tavern.
• Garp punched Luffy, discovered his body stretched like rubber, and learned he had eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit Shanks brought him.

After Garp failed to talk Luffy out of becoming a pirate, he left him with Dadan on Mount Colubo. Meanwhile, Kazu’s crew sailed into the Grand Line, where Kazu read the new bounties for his crew and learned that Boa Hancock had defeated another pirate crew.

• Garp learned that Makino had joined Kazu’s crew, then spent a month trying to change Luffy’s mind about becoming a pirate.
• Garp left Luffy with Dadan, who ordered the boy to hunt for his own food.
• Kazu and his crew entered the Grand Line and endured its rapidly changing weather as they sailed toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Makino asked Kazu to buy more winter clothes at their next stop, and Kazu promised to get her whatever she wanted.
• Kazu read the newspaper and saw bounties of 1.53 billion Beli for himself, 115 million for Carlmand, 39 million for Behrens, and 1 million for Makino.
• Kazu read that Boa Hancock had led the Kuja Pirates to defeat Daedalus and the Spike Pirates.

Kazu’s crew encountered Marine Rear Admiral Petrov, who offered Kazu a place among the Shichibukai to keep him from opposing the Marines. Kazu refused and warned the Marines not to provoke him, leaving the crew to continue sailing freely.

• Behrens urged Kazu to train, but Kazu explained that sunbathing while collecting his idle rewards steadily strengthened him.
• Kazu’s ship met a Marine warship, and Rear Admiral Petrov came aboard to speak with him peacefully.
• Petrov invited Kazu to become a Shichibukai, citing his strength and record of not harming civilians.
• Kazu rejected the offer and told Petrov to warn Sengoku and the World Government to stop provoking him.
• Kazu used the Space-Space Fruit to teleport the Marine warship elsewhere, and Behrens, Carlmand, and Makino reacted to his decision.

After Kazu refused the World Government’s offer to join the Shichibukai, the Five Elders debated how to handle him and ordered the Marines to let him enter the New World. Sengoku relayed the directive to senior officers, whose reactions exposed their differing attitudes toward the decision.

• Petrov ordered his ship back to Marine Headquarters after Kazu transported the Marines away and refused the Shichibukai invitation.
• Sengoku accepted that Kazu would not join the Shichibukai, reasoning that the position offered him little benefit.
• The Five Elders discussed Kazu’s Space-Space Fruit and concluded that capturing him would be difficult, so they agreed to leave him alone and let him enter the New World.
• The Five Elders ordered the Marines to maintain stability across the Four Seas and not pursue Kazu.
• Sengoku summoned the Admirals and other senior officers, where Aokiji showed relief, Kizaru treated the order casually, and Akainu condemned it as cowardice.
• Sengoku reflected on the Marines’ dependence on World Government funding and on how the Ohara incident had affected Aokiji.

The Blond Hair Pirates reached the Grand Line and learned that a Celestial Dragon would soon visit the Sade Kingdom, prompting Kazu to plan an ambush. The crew waited near Sade Island for the Celestial Dragon’s cruise ship to arrive.

• Carlmand and Behrens went to enjoy the town while Kazu and Makino explored and heard that the king had raised taxes to fund a welcome for a Celestial Dragon.
• Kazu learned that the Celestial Dragon would arrive at Sade Island in three days and decided to intercept the visitor.
• Kazu and the others sailed to Sade Island, arriving a day before the Celestial Dragon’s planned visit.
• Kazu told Carlmand and Behrens to wait aboard and planned to destroy the Celestial Dragon’s cruise ship in front of the island’s civilians.

Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates intercepted Saint Nosman’s cruise ship, and Kazu destroyed it after Nosman ordered his agents to attack. The king and nobles at the port then panicked and turned on the king, leaving him unable to respond.

• Kazu guided his ship across Saint Nosman’s route while the king and nobles prepared to welcome the Celestial Dragon.
• Saint Nosman ordered his Cipher Pol agents to fire on Kazu’s ship, and Kazu’s crew raised the Blond Hair Pirates’ flag after the cannonballs missed.
• A Cipher Pol officer warned Saint Nosman about Kazu, but Saint Nosman shot him and ordered the agents to attack again.
• Kazu destroyed the incoming cannonballs with Space Collapse and annihilated Saint Nosman’s cruise ship with Triple Space Compression while Carlmand photographed the attack.
• Kazu planned to send the photographs to Morgans, while the king and nobles at the port mourned the destruction and blamed the king for inviting Saint Nosman.

After Kazu killed Saint Nosman, the World Government tried to cover up the death, but Morgans published evidence exposing its lies. While the Blond Hair Pirates lay low and trained, Kazu gained an iron balloon physique and wondered if people would call him Big Daddy.

• The Five Elders ordered witnesses from the Sade Kingdom silenced and spread a false account blaming Kazu for attacking Saint Nosman, while raising the Blond Hair Pirates’ bounties.
• Kazu sent Morgans a request and photographs, and Morgans published a story showing that the Blond Hair Pirates had killed Saint Nosman after Nosman attacked them.
• The Five Elders failed to force Morgans to retract his report and ordered the Navy to intensify its pursuit of the Blond Hair Pirates.
• Kazu kept the crew in hiding for several months while Carlmand and Behrens sparred and Makino trained.
• Kazu received and claimed the iron balloon physique, which greatly increased his strength and let his skin withstand a slash from Muramasa.
• Kazu tested his new durability and joked that people might call him Big Daddy, though he preferred having biological children to adopting sons.

The Blond Hair Pirates resumed their voyage and landed on Bird Island, where Kazu encountered Nico Robin. Robin told Kazu that she had come to find him, leaving her purpose to be revealed.

• Kazu decided that the Blond Hair Pirates would set sail again in three days after the Navy eased its search.
• Kazu led the crew to Bird Island and planned to rest and resupply before visiting Alabasta.
• Kazu and Makino went shopping while Carlmand and Behrens explored the island.
• Nico Robin approached Kazu and Makino, and Kazu recognized her as a survivor of Ohara.
• Kazu praised Ohara and condemned the World Government's destruction of it, strengthening Robin's regard for him.
• Robin told Kazu that she had come to find him, and Kazu invited her to explain.

Robin joined the Blond Hair Pirates as their archaeologist after Kazu promised to protect his crewmates. Once she settled in and met Carlmand and Behrens, Kazu ordered the crew to set sail for Alabasta.

• Robin asked to join the Blond Hair Pirates, and Kazu welcomed her after confirming she understood his rules about loyalty and protecting the crew.
• Kazu appointed Robin as the ship's archaeologist, and she accepted the role with the hope of one day studying the Poneglyphs.
• Makino took Robin shopping and helped her grow comfortable with her new surroundings over the next three days.
• Carlmand and Behrens returned to the ship, where Kazu introduced them to Robin as their new crewmate.
• Kazu told the crew to prepare to sail for Alabasta.

Kazu and his crew arrived in Alabasta, where Crocodile confronted them to protect his plans to find Pluton. Kazu met Crocodile’s attack with Muramasa, and the chapter ended as their weapons clashed.

• Carlmand gave up on winning Robin’s affection and returned to training with Behrens.
• Kazu and the crew explored Alabasta, bought local clothes, and held a desert barbecue banquet.
• Crocodile learned that the Blond Hair Pirates had arrived and decided to make them leave Alabasta or kill them.
• The next morning, Kazu took Robin and Makino outside town to meet Crocodile after they finished shopping.
• Crocodile attacked Kazu with his Haki-coated golden hook, and Kazu drew Muramasa to block the strike.