Recaps

Marine Fourth Admiral War Demon Bai Yu arrived by warship despite his injuries and Kaido’s threat, prompting Kaido to attack him. Dracule Mihawk intercepted Kaido’s Dragon Breath, drawing Kaido’s fury as the confrontation escalated.

• Dracule Mihawk spotted Bai Yu’s blood-flagged warship approaching with Bai Yu, Gion, and Yamakaji aboard.
• Bai Yu arrived on the bow deck drinking from a bottle, and Red-Haired Shanks pointed out to Kaido that Bai Yu had come after all.
• Kaido roared at Bai Yu and fired a Dragon Breath at his warship.
• Dracule Mihawk drew Black Blade Yoru and used a Flying Slash to intercept the Dragon Breath, sending waves crashing back and pushing the warship off course.
• Kaido threatened Mihawk for interfering, while Red-Haired Shanks prepared to act to protect his friend.

Kaido of the Beasts tried to stop Dracule Mihawk’s duel with Bai Yu, but Mihawk and Red-Haired Shanks stood in his way. Kaido summoned King, Queen, and a vast Beasts Pirates fleet, leaving the gathering forces on the brink of a major battle as Bai Yu approached Kales Island.

• Dracule Mihawk warned Kaido of the Beasts not to interfere with his fight and threatened to cut him down if he did.
• Kaido ordered King the Conflagration to hold Mihawk back while he attacked Bai Yu.
• Red-Haired Shanks and Benn Beckman rallied the Red Hair Pirates to protect the duel and block Kaido.
• Kaido rejected Shanks’s warning and ordered King to bring out Queen and the others.
• King’s signal brought dozens of Beasts Pirates ships and thousands of pirates into view as Kaido focused on Bai Yu near Kales Island.

Jinbe intervened to protect Bai Yu from Kaido of the Beasts, while the Beasts Pirates arrived and surrounded the Marine ship. As Kaido threatened Bai Yu and dismissed his defenders, the Kuja Pirates broke through the encirclement and their empress challenged him.

• Jinbe blocked Kaido of the Beasts' Hassaikai with Armament Haki and declared that he would repay Bai Yu for avenging the Celestial Dragons at the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Jinbe counterattacked with Fish-Man Karate Secret Art: Buraikan, and Kaido of the Beasts met the water attack with Bolo Breath.
• Queen arrived with dozens of pirate ships, bringing the Flying Six, while Who's-Who taunted Red-Haired Shanks about an old grudge.
• Kaido of the Beasts told Bai Yu that his allies could not stop him from killing the Marine.
• The Kuja Pirates broke through the encirclement, and their empress challenged Kaido to face her alongside Bai Yu's allies.

Empress Hancock and Red-Haired Shanks joined Jinbe in backing Bai Yu, but Kaido of the Beasts refused to withdraw and threatened to kill the Marine. The Whitebeard Pirates arrived, and Whitebeard declared that he could make Kaido retreat.

• Empress Hancock arrived and used her Love-Love Fruit power to enthrall nearby pirates while challenging Kaido of the Beasts to withdraw.
• Red-Haired Shanks warned Kaido of the Beasts that he would not get a chance to attack Bai Yu and urged him to back down.
• Kaido of the Beasts rejected the warning, vowed to kill Bai Yu, and said Charlotte Linlin might send support from Totto Land.
• A fire fist tore through the sea and struck a pirate ship as the Whitebeard Pirates arrived.
• Whitebeard mocked Kaido of the Beasts and said his arrival was enough to make Kaido withdraw.

Whitebeard and Garp joined Red-Haired Shanks to stop Kaido of the Beasts from attacking Bai Yu, forcing Kaido to withdraw. Bai Yu promised to cut Kaido down, and attention turned to the coming duel between him and Dracule Mihawk.

• Whitebeard arrived and joined Red-Haired Shanks in opposing Kaido of the Beasts, while King warned Kaido that the situation was dangerous.
• Kaido declared that Whitebeard and Shanks could not force him to retreat, but Garp swam through the New World and joined the others.
• Garp's arrival convinced Kaido to call off his attack, and Kaido and the Beasts Pirates withdrew after he threatened Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu swore that he would cut Kaido down, and Kaido vowed to face him again.
• With Kaido gone, the crowd anticipated a decisive swordsmanship duel between Bai Yu and Dracule Mihawk.

Bai Yu launched into his duel with Dracule Mihawk despite Garp’s concern about his condition after fighting Charlotte Linlin. Bai Yu’s overwhelming two-handed attack and relentless barrage drove Mihawk back, while Bai Yu’s Zanpakuto began to crack.

• Garp joked that his intimidation had driven Kaido away and told Bai Yu he could postpone the duel if he was injured; Dracule Mihawk said he would wait.
• Bai Yu rushed Dracule Mihawk, and the two exchanged dozens of blows in midair, sending destructive waves across the sea.
• Bai Yu unleashed his spiritual pressure and struck with a massive golden blade aura, blasting Dracule Mihawk into Kalles Desert Island.
• Bai Yu appeared before Mihawk and hammered him with a rapid series of slashes, forcing Mihawk to block with Armament Haki and knocking him back.
• A crisp cracking sound came from Bai Yu’s Zanpakuto as the exchange continued.

Bai Yu fought Dracule Mihawk using the swordsmanship realm called Void, which let his body evade and counterattack without conscious thought. Mihawk recognized the uncanny technique as the duel continued, while Bai Yu pursued greater progress on his Miyamoto Musashi template.

• Bai Yu’s Zanpakuto shattered, then its fragments joined together with Armament Haki to form a giant sword.
• Dracule Mihawk blocked Bai Yu’s thousand-meter slash with full-body Armament Haki and charged into close combat.
• Bai Yu dodged Mihawk’s two-handed strike by reflex and reassembled his Zanpakuto for a lightning-charged counterattack that sent Mihawk flying.
• Mihawk drew his small knife and attacked with Two-Sword Style, but Bai Yu’s body independently slipped past both blades.
• Bai Yu used Void, a swordsmanship state that returned techniques to simplicity and enabled instinctive combat, modified with Kenpachi Zaraki’s bloodthirsty nature.

Bai Yu fought Dracule Mihawk while Bloodthirsty Void State made his body react instinctively and drove him to attack without restraint. After Mihawk survived Bai Yu’s strongest slash, he claimed Bai Yu had not reached the realm of swordsmanship he sought, just as the system notification sounded.

• Bai Yu entered Bloodthirsty Void State and clashed repeatedly with Dracule Mihawk, instinctively evading several of Mihawk’s attacks.
• Dracule Mihawk stabbed Bai Yu’s abdomen, but Bai Yu deliberately trapped the small knife in his Haki-covered wound and unleashed Thunderclap and Flash Godspeed Slash.
• The slash sent Dracule Mihawk crashing into a distant cliff, leaving him bloodied but without serious injuries and costing him his small knife.
• Dracule Mihawk urged Bai Yu to acknowledge that he had returned to simplicity and truth, insisting he had withstood Bai Yu’s strongest attack.
• Bai Yu walked onto the battlefield as Mihawk’s knife fell from his abdomen, and the system notification sounded.

Bai Yu unlocked the ultimate swordsmanship realm and unleashed Six Paths Five Rings: Kurikara Tensho against Dracule Mihawk. Their clash detonated across the sea, leaving the pirates scrambling to survive the resulting tsunami.

• Bai Yu reached seventy percent Main Body Template progress and completed the Moe Girl Two-Sword Style unlock, awakening Six Paths Five Rings: Kurikara Tensho.
• Bai Yu’s Sword Intent manifested as an Asura War Demon and made Dracule Mihawk feel an unprecedented urge to retreat.
• Bai Yu unleashed Six Paths Five Rings: Kurikara Tensho, and Dracule Mihawk countered with One Sword Style, secret art: Black Rope Soaring Heavenward.
• The attacks collided and engulfed the sea in explosions, gales, and towering waves.
• Whitebeard, Red-Haired Shanks, and the other pirates retreated from the oncoming tsunami to survive.

Bai Yu defeated Dracule Mihawk in a decisive swordsmanship duel and claimed the title of World's Greatest Swordsman. As the world reacted to the result, the Red Hair Pirates recognized Mihawk’s defeat, and Benn Beckman warned them to save him before he died.

• Aokiji froze the tsunami with Ice Age, stopping the waves from destroying the battlefield.
• Bai Yu and Dracule Mihawk stood bloodied amid the ruined remains of Kales Island, and Bai Yu declared that they should fight again before leaving Mihawk a bottle of liquor.
• Dracule Mihawk admitted Bai Yu had won and reflected that he had misunderstood the Realm of Void before collapsing unconscious.
• Big News Morgans announced that Bai Yu had defeated the former World's Greatest Swordsman and taken his title.
• Red-Haired Shanks confirmed that Bai Yu had beaten Mihawk in swordsmanship, while Benn Beckman urged the Red Hair Pirates to rescue the unconscious Mihawk.

After defeating Dracule Mihawk and earning the title of World's Greatest Swordsman, Bai Yu learned that Sengoku wanted him to disappear from public view to avoid further attacks from the Five Elders. Whitebeard then invited Bai Yu to join his crew as captain of a Zeroth Division and promised to protect him.

• Garp congratulated Bai Yu on defeating Dracule Mihawk and recognized him as the World's Greatest Swordsman.
• Garp revealed that Sengoku wanted Bai Yu to step out of the public eye because the Five Elders might target him again.
• Garp explained that the Marines hoped to restore Bai Yu's rank later, perhaps even making him Fleet Admiral once the danger passed.
• Whitebeard arrived aboard the Moby Dick and invited Bai Yu to become captain of a Zeroth Division in the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Whitebeard promised to make Bai Yu his successor and protect him from the Five Elders.

Whitebeard invited Bai Yu to become the Whitebeard Pirates’ Zeroth Division captain, but Bai Yu declined, saying retirement mattered less to him than finding people worth cutting down. After Whitebeard’s crew departed, Garp planned to take Bai Yu back to Marine Headquarters to discuss the retirement arrangements and guard against Kaido’s return.

• Whitebeard offered Bai Yu the position of Zeroth Division captain, and Marco, Ace, and the other Whitebeard Pirates supported the offer.
• Garp objected to Whitebeard poaching Bai Yu and warned him not to become a pirate.
• Bai Yu told Garp that retirement did not matter to him as long as there were targets worth cutting down, and Whitebeard accepted his refusal while leaving open the possibility of asking again.
• Bai Yu gave Ace an envelope he called a family letter, and Ace took it with him as he left with the Whitebeard Pirates.
• After the Moby Dick departed, Garp said Sengoku and Zephyr would handle the arrangements and urged Bai Yu to return to Marine Headquarters in case Kaido came back.

Bai Yu pulled Hancock into a cabin, making the onlookers believe he intended to pursue her romantically, then summoned her sisters as well. He clarified that he had a practical task in mind and told them to take off their clothes, leaving the purpose of his request unresolved.

• Hancock tried to leave, but Bai Yu thanked her for supporting him and invited her into the cabin.
• Bai Yu grabbed Hancock's hand and dragged her inside, prompting the people on both warships to gossip about their relationship.
• Bai Yu called Marigold and Sandersonia into the cabin, and Garp and the others speculated about his intentions.
• Yamakaji teased Gion about having a rival, while Gion insisted that she trusted Bai Yu and was only his subordinate.
• Inside the cabin, Hancock misunderstood Bai Yu's intentions, and he told her and her sisters to take off their clothes so they could get down to business.

Bai Yu offered Hancock and her sisters Senzu Beans that could heal them after the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon was removed, then invited them to Marine Headquarters for safety from Kaido. Hancock misheard his words as a marriage proposal, and her sisters began treating him as their future brother-in-law.

• Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold misunderstood Bai Yu’s request to take off their clothes and tried to leave.
• Bai Yu clarified that he wanted to repay them and asked whether they wanted the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon removed.
• Bai Yu demonstrated a Senzu Bean by healing his wounds instantly and gave one to each sister.
• Bai Yu said the beans would prevent scars and urged the sisters to return with him to Marine Headquarters to avoid Kaido.
• Hancock imagined Bai Yu had proposed to her, while Sandersonia and Marigold discussed calling him their dear brother-in-law.

After Bai Yu told Gion that he expected the Five Elders to target him and had countermeasures ready, he retired to rest while Gion was left wondering what his hidden trump card was. In Mary Geoise, the Five Elders learned that Bai Yu had chosen to retire and decided they had one last chance to trap and eliminate him.

• Hancock fainted after imagining a future with Bai Yu, while Bai Yu left her cabin and ran into Gion.
• Bai Yu told Gion that the Five Elders would try to eliminate him and that he had prepared measures to counter their trap.
• Bai Yu returned to his cabin to rest, leaving Gion unsettled by the possibility that he had another trump card.
• Nusjuro returned to Mary Geoise as Daps and the other Elders discussed Bai Yu’s growing influence in Marine Headquarters and the need to eliminate him.
• Daps told Nusjuro that Bai Yu had chosen to retire, and the Five Elders resolved to make one final attempt to trap him.

The Five Elders planned to lure Bai Yu into a final trap, while Sengoku arranged for his retirement to protect him from their suspicions. As Bai Yu arrived at Marine Headquarters, he spotted a World Government warship and said they should welcome their guests.

• Daps told Nusjuro that Bai Yu had to be eliminated and revealed a plan inspired by two countries that Bai Yu had helped.
• Aola warned that Bai Yu might have concealed strength, but Nusjuro dismissed the possibility, and the Five Elders ordered the trap into motion.
• Three days later, Bai Yu returned to Marine Headquarters with the Marines after surviving the battle at Totto Land.
• Sengoku told Bai Yu his retirement would be public and urged him to watch out for the Five Elders, offering protection.
• Bai Yu rejected Sengoku's offer and pointed out an arriving World Government warship, calling its occupants guests.

Nusjuro arrived at Marine Headquarters and clashed with Garp over the Totto Land incident before announcing the World Government’s decision on Bai Yu’s retirement. Bai Yu’s request was approved, but he had to complete one final mission first.

• A World Government warship arrived at Marine Headquarters, prompting Garp to suspect the Five Elders had come for Bai Yu.
• Nusjuro mocked Bai Yu’s survival at Totto Land, and Garp accused him of helping cause the incident and selling out a Marine Admiral.
• Nusjuro threatened Garp with charges, while Sengoku intervened and redirected the discussion to Bai Yu’s retirement.
• Nusjuro announced that the World Government had approved Bai Yu’s retirement on the condition that he eliminate the fallout from killing a Shichibukai member and convene the conference of the world’s affiliated nations ahead of schedule.

Nusjuro announced that the World Affiliated Nation Conference had been moved forward after Alabasta and Dressrosa proposed abolishing the Shichibukai. He assigned Bai Yu to invite Fish-Man Island’s royal family, and Bai Yu accepted despite Sengoku’s concerns.

• Nusjuro explained that Alabasta and Dressrosa’s proposal to abolish the Shichibukai had prompted the Five Elders to convene the World Affiliated Nation Conference early.
• Sengoku asked what Bai Yu would have to do to clean up after the consequences of his actions.
• Nusjuro said Bai Yu would invite Fish-Man Island’s royal family to the conference and argued that Bai Yu’s connection to Jinbe made him the best choice.
• Sengoku warned that Bai Yu’s position was sensitive and suggested sending someone else to Fish-Man Island.
• Bai Yu smiled and accepted the mission.

Bai Yu accepted the Five Elders’ mission despite Sengoku’s warnings, convinced they would draw him into danger either way. He hinted that he had prepared a gift and claimed the Eight Gates Released had an eighth gate, leaving Sengoku and Garp stunned and doubtful.

• Bai Yu accepted the mission and said he welcomed the chance to fight Kaido or another worthy target.
• Nusjuro warned Bai Yu not to get overconfident, then left aboard the World Government’s warship after their exchange of insults.
• Sengoku and Garp urged Bai Yu to beware Nusjuro’s unusual restraint and suspected trap, but Bai Yu argued that refusing would not keep him safe.
• Sengoku asked about Bai Yu’s prepared gift, and Bai Yu claimed the Eight Gates Released had one more gate.
• Sengoku and Garp rejected the idea, warning that an eighth gate would likely make Bai Yu’s heart burst.

After the Totto Land battle, Sengoku and Garp discussed Bai Yu’s hidden strength and his upcoming mission to Fish-Man Island, while Bai Yu continued to conceal his plans from the Five Elders. News that Marine Headquarters would abolish the Shichibukai spread across the sea, and Charlotte Linlin’s threat to expose her alliance with the Five Elders was interrupted when Katakuri’s eyelid twitched again.

• Sengoku offered to send people to assist Bai Yu on his Fish-Man Island mission, but Bai Yu dismissed the concern and left to drink and sleep.
• Garp took the pointers for cultivating the Seventh Gate and hoped studying it would help him master the Sixth Gate.
• Marine Headquarters’ plan to abolish the Shichibukai shocked powers across the sea after Bai Yu’s retirement announcement.
• Charlotte Linlin threatened to declare war on the Five Elders and expose their past agreement unless they helped her deal with Bai Yu.
• Katakuri’s right eyelid began twitching again, frightening Charlotte Linlin and her crew as they recalled her previous injuries.

Katakuri foresaw a grave crisis and urged the Big Mom Pirates to ally with Kaido, while Charlotte Linlin chose to wait and watch Bai Yu’s next moves. The following morning, Bai Yu joined Yamakaji and Gion’s expedition to Fish-Man Island, where a notification announced that the shop’s blind boxes had refreshed.

• Katakuri warned Charlotte Linlin that interfering could bring a crisis worse than the attack four days earlier, and said the Five Elders might die, though he could not foresee who would kill them.
• Katakuri urged the Big Mom Pirates to hurry their alliance with Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin ordered them to stay out of the Shichibukai dispute and observe the Five Elders’ response to Bai Yu.
• Yamakaji and Gion assembled more than a hundred people at Marine Headquarters to escort Bai Yu to Fish-Man Island before the World Government Member States conference.
• Bai Yu arrived late with a bottle of liquor, joked that he had enjoyed sleeping in, and received a notification that the shop’s blind boxes had refreshed.

Bai Yu learned that the System Shop’s mystery box cost 40,000 points, leaving him 4,020 short, and planned to earn the difference before facing the Five Elders. He sailed with Yamakaji and Gion toward Fish-Man Island, where a shadowy figure prepared to seek revenge.

• Bai Yu checked the refreshed System Shop and found that his 35,980 points were not enough to buy the 40,000-point mystery box.
• Bai Yu told Yamakaji that Gion’s final training session would be stricter and encouraged her to break through to the Fifth Gate.
• Gion ducked away when Bai Yu ruffled her hair, then promised to challenge him again and told him not to lose.
• As the warship sailed, a hidden figure said they had waited a long time for a chance at revenge, despite disliking being used by the Five Elders.
• Three days later, Bai Yu and the Marines arrived at Fish-Man Island, where passing ships could enter through the checkpoint or risk the dangerous Fish-Man District route.

Bai Yu arrived at Fish-Man Island to invite it to the World Affiliated Nation Conference, but King Neptune abruptly refused and ordered the Marines to leave. Bai Yu then suggested he could restore Princess Shirahoshi’s freedom, challenging Neptune’s reasons for keeping the island away from the World Government.

• Bai Yu and the Marines entered Fish-Man Island and found Neptune and the welcoming party tense and unwelcoming.
• Ryuboshi questioned whether Bai Yu could rival Whitebeard, while Fukaboshi defended Whitebeard and said the conference meant nothing to Fish-Man Island.
• Neptune greeted Bai Yu, praised his role in freeing Alabasta and Dressrosa, then refused the invitation and offered to have Fukaboshi escort the Marines out.
• Yamakaji demanded to know why Neptune had changed his position, but Fukaboshi stopped him and warned the Marines not to cause trouble.
• Bai Yu reassured Yamakaji and asked Neptune whether he would believe that Bai Yu could restore Shirahoshi’s freedom.

Bai Yu insisted on entering Fish-Man Island despite Madame Shyarly’s prophecy that his arrival would bring its destruction. He claimed his own divination was more accurate and said he alone could save the island, leaving Neptune and the others stunned.

• Neptune refused Bai Yu’s offer to rescue Shirahoshi and ordered Fukaboshi to see him off.
• Bai Yu guessed Neptune feared his arrival would bring disaster to Fish-Man Island.
• Madame Shyarly revealed herself and urged Bai Yu to abandon his plan to enter the island because of her prophecy.
• Bai Yu refused to leave and challenged the islanders to use force if they wanted him gone.
• Bai Yu claimed his divination was more accurate and asked whether they would believe he alone could save Fish-Man Island.

Bai Yu’s warning proved true when Hody Jones led a massive uprising against Neptune and the Ryugu Palace, while Shirahoshi was reported missing. As Hody threatened to seize Fish-Man Island, Bai Yu prepared to face the attackers and hinted that a greater threat was still to come.

• Bai Yu told Madame Shyarly that disaster had already arrived, and the crowd discovered Fish-Men and human pirates surrounding the dock.
• The Minister of the Right reported that intruders had breached the Hard-Shell Tower and Shirahoshi had vanished.
• Hody Jones revealed himself and announced his plan to overthrow Neptune, rule Fish-Man Island, and raise Fish-Men above humans.
• Yamakaji asked Bai Yu what to do, and Bai Yu said they would face the attackers and that the worst was yet to come.