Recaps

Kazu set out to sea, gathered Carlmand and Makino as crewmates, and gained a reputation through clashes with Shanks, the Marines, and Dragon. After sharing revolutionary plans with Dragon, Kazu’s crew stopped at Airmus Island, where Kazu began forming a plan to help Carlmand avoid recognition.

• After Navia died, Kazu trained for a year, then set sail with the Space-Space Fruit, Sword Saint inheritance, and Muramasa from the system’s gift pack.
• Kazu won a fortune at a casino in Druid Town, killed Charisteas, and later defeated Carlmand, who joined as his navigator.
• Kazu named his crew the Blond Hair Pirates, then fought Shanks for a day before telling him he was Whitebeard’s biological son.
• Kazu invited Makino to join as the crew’s cook, and she left Foosha Village with him and Carlmand.
• At the Conomi Islands, Kazu met Bellemere, Nami, and Nojiko, bought Bellemere’s oranges, and gave Nami a Den Den Mushi so she could call for help.
• In Kesha Town, Kazu killed Kurota and Captain Nezumi’s Marines, then escaped the island by cutting two Marine warships in half and earning a 200-million-Beli bounty.
• Kazu fought Monkey D. Dragon, discussed how the Revolutionary Army could grow stronger, and gave Dragon ideas for organizing liberated nations before refusing an offer to lead the army.
• At Airmus Island, the crew disguised themselves after being recognized as pirates, and Kazu told Carlmand he had a plan to help him avoid recognition.

Kazu recruited Behrens and Robin while clashing with Smoker and Aokiji in Loguetown, then openly defied the World Government by destroying a Celestial Dragon’s ship. After laying low and growing stronger, the crew reached Alabasta, where Crocodile confronted Kazu.

• Kazu killed Silco and his pirates, then welcomed Behrens aboard and trained him as the crew’s sniper.
• In Loguetown, Kazu defeated Smoker and fought Aokiji until Garp’s approach prompted him to retreat with Carlmand and the crew.
• Kazu refused Petrov’s invitation to become a Shichibukai, and the Five Elders chose not to pursue him as he entered the New World.
• Kazu destroyed Saint Nosman’s cruise ship after Nosman’s agents attacked, then sent Morgans photographs that exposed the incident and led to higher bounties.
• While the crew hid for several months, Kazu gained the iron balloon physique, and Robin joined as the ship’s archaeologist.
• The crew sailed to Alabasta, where Crocodile attacked Kazu with his golden hook and Kazu blocked him with Muramasa.

Kazu secured Whitebeard’s agreement to meet him, earned Alabasta’s trust, and led his crew to Sky Island, where Behrens gained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Robin found a Poneglyph. In Water 7, Kazu commissioned a grand new ship from Iceburg and settled the crew in for a year of training while it was built.

• Kazu defeated Crocodile but left him alive, then continued across Alabasta as Carlmand and Behrens fought Baroque Works agents.
• Kazu used Bagley to challenge Whitebeard over an old debt from Navia, and Whitebeard recognized the connection and agreed to speak with him in the New World.
• Kazu stayed in Alabasta with Makino and Robin, then negotiated with Cobra to protect the kingdom in exchange for a share of a street’s tax revenue.
• Kazu demonstrated his strength to Cobra and his guards, accepted the king’s hospitality, and placed Alabasta under the Blond Hair Pirates’ protection before leaving for Jaya.
• Kazu found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in Birka and gave it to Behrens, who gained lightning powers, while Kazu took a golden pillar from Upper Yard.
• Robin found a Poneglyph in Shandora and read its message about Poseidon and Gol D. Roger, and Kazu promised to help her pursue the Void Century’s history.
• Kazu reached Water 7 and asked Iceburg to build a luxurious ship with the finest materials, offering gold worth billions of Beli.
• Tom declined Kazu’s offer to leave Water 7, so Iceburg took charge of the ship’s construction, and Kazu bought a villa and ordered the crew to train while they waited.

Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates took their new ship from Water 7, toppled Saierde’s rulers, and gained Drew and Hancock as allies. At Sabaody, the crew split up while Kazu began a sword fight with Maidel Oulait that remained unresolved.

• Kazu claimed a reward that strengthened his Conqueror’s Haki, demonstrated a cloud-splitting slash, and named Iceburg’s newly completed ship the Divine Dragon.
• The Blond Hair Pirates left Water 7 and Behrens destroyed the pursuing Claude Pirates’ ships with his lightning powers.
• After Drew explained Saierde’s oppressive rule, Kazu arranged for Dragon and the Revolutionary Army to take over, then killed King Chadrila and the nobles and invited Drew to join the crew.
• The Kuja Pirates approached the Divine Dragon, where Hancock questioned Kazu about killing a Celestial Dragon and invited the crew to Amazon Lily.
• Elder Nyon identified Hancock’s illness as lovesickness, and Kazu agreed to take her adventuring, and Hancock appointed Sandersonia and Marigold to lead Amazon Lily before leaving with him.
• At Sabaody, Kazu learned that a powerful Devil Fruit would headline an upcoming auction while Carlmand, Behrens, and Drew explored separately, and Behrens later killed Gadeko after defeating his crew.
• Kazu accepted Maidel Oulait’s sword challenge and traded attacks with him through the streets, acknowledging Oulait as the purer swordsman as Oulait prepared a decisive move.