Recaps

Whitebeard taunted Kaido after Bai Yu’s surprise attack on Wano Country and his brutal slap sent Blackbeard flying. Kaido rejected Nusjuro’s demand to stay and fight Whitebeard, then left with King, leaving the newly formed Four Emperors Alliance in disarray.

• Blackbeard was slapped by an enraged attacker and crashed into a distant palace, while Catarina and the others watched in dismay.
• Whitebeard mocked Kaido, saying Bai Yu had attacked Wano Country and that the Beasts Pirates had already lost the war.
• Kaido transformed into a dragon and tried to fly back to Wano Country, but Nusjuro urged him to stay and help kill Whitebeard.
• Kaido shouted down Nusjuro, accused him of repeatedly failing, and threatened to fight anyone who tried to stop him.
• Kaido flew away with King, leaving the assembled powers stunned as the Four Emperors Alliance began to fall apart.

After Kaido’s departure and Blackbeard’s escape, Charlotte Linlin ended the alliance’s confrontation with Whitebeard and let him pursue his grudge alone. Whitebeard then chose to go to Wano Country to fulfill Oden’s wish, declaring that the next era would belong to Bai Yu.

• Whitebeard challenged the remaining alliance, and Charlotte Linlin ended the battle rather than risk a fight with him.
• Charlotte Linlin told Whitebeard to catch Blackbeard himself and warned him not to destroy Whole Cake Island.
• Marco reported that Blackbeard had escaped, and Whitebeard called him a coward before deciding to leave.
• Whitebeard announced that he would go to Wano Country to fulfill Oden’s wish, stirring Izo and the others.
• Whitebeard said Bai Yu had done what he had not dared to do and declared that the next era would be called Bai Yu.

Whitebeard declared that his era had ended because Bai Yu could kill Kaido, while Nusjuro and Daps revealed that the SSG Plan was complete. In Wano, Bai Yu chose to attack Orochi’s castle, just as Komurasaki’s carriage approached.

• Whitebeard praised Bai Yu as the new era’s leading figure and left with the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Nusjuro spoke with Daps, who said the SSG Plan was complete and Imu had authorized its deployment.
• Red-Haired Shanks told his crew that Nusjuro seemed to have lost his original power and warned that the world was heading into chaos.
• Fujitora condemned the inequality in Wano and said he wanted to kill those responsible.
• Bai Yu agreed to fight straight into the castle in the Flower Capital as Komurasaki’s carriage came toward them.

Bai Yu saved Oiran Komurasaki, who was secretly Princess Kozuki Hiyori, from a carriage crash and carried her toward Orochi's castle on a lion beast. His companions realized he had whisked away the princess before they could greet her, while the crowd erupted in outrage.

• Bai Yu stopped two charging lion beasts with Haki, causing them to brake and crash the carriage carrying Kozuki Hiyori.
• Bai Yu caught Kozuki Hiyori as she was thrown from the carriage and set her safely on the ground.
• Kozuki Hiyori worried that Orochi would punish them for arriving late, so Bai Yu offered to take her to the castle on a lion beast.
• Bai Yu mounted the lion beast with Kozuki Hiyori and rode off, leaving the crowd to argue over his rescue of Oiran Komurasaki.
• Cat Viper realized that Bai Yu had carried off Princess Kozuki Hiyori, who was undercover as Oiran Komurasaki.

Bai Yu heard Kozuki Hiyori's despair over Wano Country and told her he intended to kill Orochi and Kaido. Unaware of his identity, she asked him to contact Marine Admiral Bai Yu and offered herself in exchange for help opening the country's borders.

• Inuarashi and Cat Viper decided to encourage a marriage between Bai Yu and Kozuki Hiyori as a way to open Wano Country's borders.
• Kozuki Hiyori warned Bai Yu about Kaido and Orochi while riding with him on the lion beast, then confessed her wish to become strong enough to change Wano Country.
• Bai Yu offered Kozuki Hiyori liquor and told her he had come to kill Orochi and Kaido.
• Kozuki Hiyori doubted his chances and explained that Denjiro considered Marine Admiral Bai Yu a possible source of help.
• Kozuki Hiyori asked Bai Yu to carry a plea from Komurasaki to the admiral and offered to grant any request, including giving herself to him.
• Bai Yu questioned her willingness to sacrifice herself, and Kozuki Hiyori insisted she would accept anything if Wano Country's borders could be opened.

Bai Yu comforted Kozuki Hiyori and promised that Wano Country’s oppressors would soon face their reckoning before disappearing. Hiyori reunited with Denjiro, who planned to get her out to sea and seek help from Marine Admiral Bai Yu, but Orochi then announced that Bai Yu would be killed.

• Bai Yu warned Kozuki Hiyori that she would choose death rather than offer herself to Orochi, assured her that the villains’ downfall was near, and vanished from Lion Beast’s back.
• Denjiro caught Hiyori and learned that a mysterious overseas man had brought her there and claimed he would kill Kaido and Orochi.
• Denjiro said he planned to get Hiyori out to sea and ask Marine Admiral Bai Yu to help open Wano Country’s borders.
• Fukurokuju summoned Hiyori and Denjiro to the castle, where they found Orochi drunkenly whipping songstresses for offering to perform in Hiyori’s place.
• Orochi pushed Denjiro aside and told Hiyori that the Four Emperors Alliance would kill Marine Admiral Bai Yu that day.

Kozuki Hiyori recognized Bai Yu in Orochi’s newspaper and struggled to hide her reaction, while Orochi threatened her for seeming interested in him. Just as Orochi swung his katana at her, Bai Yu appeared and caught the blade with his bare hand.

• Orochi told Kozuki Hiyori that Bai Yu was being hunted by the Four Emperors Alliance and showed her a newspaper photograph of him.
• Kozuki Hiyori recognized Bai Yu and realized he might have come to kill Orochi and Kaido, but decided not to reveal what she knew.
• Orochi accused Kozuki Hiyori of being attracted to Bai Yu and threatened to kill her when he rejected her explanation.
• Orochi swung his katana at Kozuki Hiyori, but Bai Yu appeared and caught the blade with his bare hand.

Bai Yu confronted Orochi in the palace and revealed that Queen had already been killed after the Beasts Pirates’ sea entrance fell. Orochi called Kaido for help, then told him Bai Yu was standing right in front of him.

• Orochi threatened Bai Yu and tried to call Queen, while Hiyori urged Bai Yu to stop him and Denjiro realized the call had gone through.
• Bai Yu answered with Queen’s Den Den Mushi, then ordered Law to bring Queen; Queen’s severed head appeared in the palace.
• Orochi, Hiyori, and Denjiro realized Queen had been killed and suspected the Beasts Pirates’ blockade at Wano’s sea entrance had fallen.
• Kaido called Orochi and warned him that Bai Yu had attacked Wano, killed Queen, and would need to be delayed for twelve hours.
• Orochi told Kaido that Bai Yu was standing in front of him, and Kaido threatened Bai Yu if he killed Orochi.

Bai Yu confronted Orochi while Kaido was still away, provoking the shogun into attacking so he could gain the last 0.2 percent of unlock progress he needed. Bai Yu’s single sword strike sliced through Orochi’s Yamata no Orochi form and left him buried in the ruins of a tower in the Flower Capital.

• Kaido threatened Bai Yu over the deaths of Queen and Orochi, but Bai Yu said he would destroy everything Kaido had in Wano Country before he returned.
• Orochi offered to surrender his shogun position and help Bai Yu, but Bai Yu rejected him and told him to attack with his sword.
• Orochi transformed into his Yamata no Orochi form and lunged at Bai Yu with eight snake heads as Denjiro pulled Kozuki Hiyori out of danger.
• Bai Yu dodged Orochi’s attacks, then unleashed Kendo: Bisection and sliced through Orochi’s snake heads and body.
• Orochi was blasted into a distant tower, which collapsed around him as the people of the Flower Capital watched in shock.

Bai Yu killed Orochi with a single slash, and Kozuki Hiyori offered to become his wife if he would defeat Kaido and open Wano Country’s borders. Bai Yu refused her proposal, but Hiyori began to undress in front of the crowd to persuade him.

• Bai Yu killed Orochi with one slash, leaving Denjiro, Kozuki Hiyori, and the assembled samurai stunned.
• Kozuki Hiyori thanked Bai Yu for avenging Kozuki Oden and offered to serve him for life if he defeated Kaido and opened Wano Country’s borders.
• The crowd reacted angrily to Hiyori’s proposal and began calling for the samurai to attack Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu refused Hiyori’s offer, shocking her and the crowd.
• Hiyori insisted she had no other bargaining chip and began undoing her kimono clasp before the gathered men.

Bai Yu stopped Kozuki Hiyori from exposing herself and agreed to help open Wano Country’s borders, though not to take her in. As Orochi launched a surprise attack, Law switched Bai Yu into Hiyori’s place, and Orochi rallied the samurai to fight the invaders until Kaido returned.

• Kozuki Hiyori began to let her kimono fall to prove her resolve, but Bai Yu stopped it and said he would help open Wano Country’s borders.
• Bai Yu warned Hiyori to dress herself, and she blushed and asked about the crewmates willing to fight for Wano’s borders.
• Cat Viper and Duke Inuarashi appeared, and Denjiro and Hiyori recognized the Nine Red Scabbards.
• Orochi emerged from the ruins and thrust his blade at Hiyori, but Law used ROOM to switch her with Bai Yu.
• Orochi’s blade struck Bai Yu with a metallic clang, and Orochi retreated before ordering Fukurokuju and the samurai to kill the invaders and hold out for Kaido.

Orochi summoned nearly thirty thousand samurai to attack Bai Yu, but Bai Yu knocked them all unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki and began killing Orochi’s successive lives. The chapter ended with Bai Yu pursuing Orochi again as the onlookers pitied the shogun’s repeated deaths.

• Orochi ordered his forces to attack Bai Yu, and Fukurokuju led Hotei and the other elites into the charge.
• Bai Yu unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, scattering the elites and knocking out all thirty thousand samurai.
• Orochi stabbed himself in the abdomen, but Bai Yu guessed that the body was a shed snakeskin and struck another Orochi hidden in the rubble.
• Bai Yu killed the revealed Orochi, then pursued and cleaved another fleeing incarnation in two.
• Cat Viper and the others watched Bai Yu hunt Orochi’s remaining lives, and Duke Inuarashi remarked that Orochi’s repeated deaths seemed more dreadful than his Devil Fruit was impressive.

Bai Yu turned his attack on Killer, one of the Five Elders, after Killer arrived to save Orochi and threatened him on behalf of the World Government. Bai Yu unleashed the Eighth Gate and struck Killer with Nozarashi, leaving Cat Viper and the others to wonder whether Killer and Orochi survived the devastating slash.

• Orochi eagerly urged Bai Yu to kill him after enduring seven deaths, but Killer appeared and used the Space-Space Fruit to protect him.
• Killer identified himself as one of the Five Elders, declared that Imu had noticed Bai Yu, and tried to take Orochi away.
• Bai Yu thanked Killer for becoming a worthy target and opened the Eighth Gate, then struck at him with Nozarashi.
• Killer failed to open a spatial doorway and formed translucent armor, but Bai Yu's slash triggered a blast that destroyed Orochi's castle and carved a vast crater across the battlefield.
• Cat Viper found Bai Yu amid the rubble and asked whether Killer and Orochi had been killed; a system message announced Bai Yu had defeated Killer and reached 76.8% template progress.

After unlocking White as the second stage of his Ichigo Kurosaki subordinate template, Bai Yu briefly unleashed a sinister aura that sent Cat Viper and the others fleeing. He answered Kozuki Hiyori’s questions about Orochi and Kaido, then received an urgent call from Nami and the others.

• Bai Yu learned that his main template progress had passed 75% after his slash wounded Killer, and he instructed the system to unlock a subordinate template.
• The system unlocked White at 50% of the second stage of Bai Yu’s Ichigo Kurosaki subordinate template, and White’s power briefly overwhelmed him.
• Cat Viper, Inuarashi, and the others fled from Bai Yu’s aura, then Cat Viper and Inuarashi argued over who had run farther.
• Kozuki Hiyori asked Bai Yu about Orochi and whether they needed to prepare to fight Kaido, and Bai Yu said Orochi was near death and Kaido could come to him.
• Trafalgar Law brought Bai Yu a Den Den Mushi and said Nami and the others were calling.

Bai Yu learned that a mysterious woman had challenged Zoro and Sanji at Udon while pretending to seek him, and he set out to investigate. As he hurried ahead, Kozuki Hiyori hoped he could defeat Kaido, while the World Government leaders discovered their plans in Wano had collapsed.

• Nami told Bai Yu that a mysterious woman had repeatedly fought Zoro and Sanji at Udon, asked which of them was Bai Yu, and escaped unharmed.
• Nami asked Bai Yu whether she or Carina was prettier than Oiran Komurasaki, and he dodged the question before Nami welcomed Kozuki Hiyori as a new sister.
• Bai Yu told Fujitora to regroup with the others at Udon and flew there ahead of them as lightning.
• Cat Viper told Kozuki Hiyori that he believed Bai Yu could kill Kaido, and she eagerly wanted to see him do what Kozuki Oden could not.
• Daps and Nusjuro learned that Bai Yu's attack had ruined their Four Emperors alliance's plans, left Whitebeard alive, and destroyed Wano Country, the World Government's weapons factory.

Daps planned to use Killer to reach Wano Country and help the Five Elders ambush the troublesome brat, but their preparations were interrupted by a spatial attack in the Holy Land Mary Geoise. As the rubble was cleared, an unscathed figure emerged, revealing that Daps’s plan had missed something.

• Daps told Nusjuro, Rosa, and Sals that Killer would rescue Orochi and help the Five Elders reach their target, while Nusjuro insisted on joining the attack.
• Daps warned Nusjuro that his resurrection had left him with a dangerous limitation, but Nusjuro dismissed the risk and looked forward to revenge.
• Rosa noticed a drop of blood before a spatial rift opened above the Five Elders and unleashed a torrent of lightning.
• Sals raised a White Bone Iron Wall, but the attack shattered it and blasted through the supreme palace, burying two figures beneath the ruins.
• Daps guessed that Killer had brought the attack back from Wano Country, but the rubble was pushed aside and an unscathed, exceedingly ugly figure appeared.

Orochi returned from Wano Country with the wounded Killer, proving that Bai Yu had overcome Daps’s plan. As Imu healed Killer, Imu ordered the Five Elders to capture Bai Yu alive, revealing a personal interest in him.

• Orochi emerged from the rubble and told Nusjuro and the others that Killer had been slashed while rescuing him.
• Daps checked Killer’s life statue and discovered that flames were spreading across it, then found Killer gravely wounded beneath the rubble.
• Daps ordered the others to save Killer and vowed to go to Wano Country and kill Bai Yu.
• Rosa set out to fetch Vegapunk, but Imu’s avatar appeared and healed Killer with golden light.
• Daps and the others bowed to Imu, who told them to capture Bai Yu alive because he was of use to Imu.

Imu ordered the Five Elders to capture Bai Yu alive if he agreed to come, but allowed them to kill him if he refused. Meanwhile, Bai Yu encountered Yamato near Udon, who mistook him for a strong stranger and asked him to help open Wano’s borders.

• Imu appeared before Daps, Rosa, and the others, thanked them for saving Killer, and ordered them to capture Bai Yu alive if possible.
• Nusjuro struggled to accept the order, but Daps explained his grudge against Bai Yu, and Nusjuro agreed to obey Imu.
• Imu clarified that only Bai Yu’s body interested him, healed Killer, and told the Five Elders to bring back good news as the sea entered a new era.
• After Imu vanished, Nusjuro rejoiced that he could still kill Bai Yu, while Daps wondered what made Bai Yu’s body unusual.
• Bai Yu arrived near Udon and found Yamato, who introduced himself as Kozuki Oden and asked Bai Yu to help open Wano’s borders and defeat Kaido.

Bai Yu met Yamato, who mistook him for Ace and revealed that her vows meant she might have to marry him. They headed for Udon, where a sudden attack struck the prison warden and stunned the assembled prisoners.

• Yamato asked Bai Yu his name, and Bai Yu introduced himself as Ace while considering her proposal.
• Bai Yu removed Yamato's mask, and Yamato explained that she had vowed to marry whoever saw her face, then made a later vow to marry War Demon Bai Yu if she failed to defeat him.
• Yamato ate Bai Yu's food, took his wine, and hurried toward Udon to confront Bai Yu, with Bai Yu following.
• Prisoners gathered at Udon wondered why they had been assembled, while Hyogoro doubted anyone in Wano Country could surpass Kozuki Oden.
• A sonic boom struck Babanuki on the high wall, and the blast sent the warden Nunubaki flying.

The Blood Flag Pirates attacked Udon after claiming they had conquered Wano Country and slain Orochi. Dorry and Brogy destroyed the prison gates with a single Ryuo strike, and the surviving samurai learned they were subordinates of Bai Yu.

• The prisoners questioned Babanuki about the disturbance outside, and he ordered them to arm themselves for battle.
• A voice from outside announced that the Blood Flag Pirates had conquered Wano Country and killed Orochi, then gave Udon ten seconds to surrender.
• Hyogoro urged the samurai to retreat from the gates, but Babanuki accused him of spreading lies and aimed his cannon at him.
• After ten seconds, Dorry and Brogy unleashed a Ryuo attack that blasted through Udon and devastated the prison.
• The samurai mistook Dorry and Brogy for War Demon Bai Yu, but the giants laughed and explained that they were Bai Yu’s subordinates.

Bai Yu arrived at Udon with Yamato, who mistook the rumors about War Demon Bai Yu for evidence of a single fighter and challenged him. Zoro, Carina, Nami, and Sanji took turns fighting Yamato, while Yamato concluded that Bai Yu was actually a group; Bai Yu then noticed something surprising in the sky.

• Bai Yu and Yamato arrived at Udon as the crowd speculated about which of the newcomers was War Demon Bai Yu.
• Yamato charged into battle and clashed with Zoro, who was driven back by Yamato's Thunder Bagua.
• Carina and Nami attacked Yamato, and Sanji followed with a flaming kick that sent Yamato flying.
• Ace caught Yamato, who decided War Demon Bai Yu was a group and charged back into battle.
• Bai Yu watched the fight and looked up at the sky with surprise.

Bai Yu blocked Kaido's Dragon Breath from hitting Yamato, Zoro, and Sanji, then faced Kaido as the prisoners watched. The chapter ended with Yamato challenging Kaido and King while calling themself the one who would defeat a bunch of Bai Yus first.

• Yamato swung his spiked club at Zoro, but Kaido's Dragon Breath interrupted the attack.
• Bai Yu rushed in and used a towering golden skeleton to block Kaido's Dragon Breath, protecting Yamato, Zoro, and Sanji.
• Kaido arrived over Udon, and the imprisoned samurai feared that Bai Yu might not be able to defeat him.
• Carina and Nami told Hyogoro that their rescue assignment had succeeded, and the samurai recognized Hyogoro as the famed Flower of Wano.
• Yamato declared that they would kill Kaido and open Wano's borders, leaving Kaido and King bewildered by Yamato's talk of a bunch of Bai Yus.

Yamato challenged Kaido, who used the Third Gate of Eight Gates Released to overpower him and smash him into Udon’s wall. Bai Yu saw Kaido’s new technique as a valuable way to gain template progress, while Yamato rose again, still determined to defeat Kaido as Kozuki Oden.

• King told Kaido that Queen and the Flying Six were gone and urged him to recruit Yamato to replace their lost strength.
• Kaido demanded that Yamato submit as his right-hand man or die, but Yamato refused and charged him with Thunder Bagua.
• Kaido countered with Hassaikai and opened the Third Gate of Eight Gates Released, sending Yamato crashing through Udon’s wall.
• Bai Yu recognized Kaido’s technique as a chance to increase his template progress and considered the danger posed by Imu.
• Yamato broke free of the wall, insisted he was Kozuki Oden, and prepared to attack Kaido again.

Yamato transformed into Okuchi no Makami and charged Kaido, but King interrupted their duel and tried to detonate the explosive collar around her neck. Bai Yu removed it before it exploded, and Kaido revealed to Yamato that the man she thought was Ace was actually War Demon Bai Yu, whose group had been fooling her.

• Yamato transformed into Okuchi no Makami and attacked Kaido, but King struck her down before she could reach him.
• Yamato asked Ace to stop King from interfering with her duel, while King accused Bai Yu of trying to turn them against each other.
• King produced Yamato's explosive collar detonator and pressed it, but Bai Yu ripped the collar off and threw it away before it exploded.
• Yamato thanked the man she believed was Ace and suggested they team up against Kaido, while Kaido revealed that Bai Yu was War Demon Bai Yu and that his group had been acting.
• Yamato realized that Bai Yu and his group had played her and felt embarrassed by her mistaken wager and claims.

Bai Yu confronted Kaido and revealed that the Five Elders were working with him, while Yamato watched Bai Yu and Zoro easily counter their attacks. The fight continued as Zoro removed his weights and clashed with Nusjuro.

• Yamato accused Bai Yu of lying, then agreed to join forces against Kaido, but Bai Yu broke Kaido’s Demolition Gust with a single sword strike.
• Bai Yu said he had come to cut down Kaido and accused him of teaming up with the Five Elders.
• Nusjuro launched a surprise attack on Bai Yu, but Zoro intercepted him and challenged him to fight.
• Nusjuro struck with One Sword Style: Fierce Dragon, and Bai Yu told Zoro he could remove his weights.
• Zoro unleashed Three-Sword Style: Extreme Tiger Hunt, clashed head-on with Nusjuro’s attack, and landed before Bai Yu as Nusjuro glared at him.