Recaps

Bai Yu accompanied Isuka to a sword shop, where she hoped to buy the Famous Sword Yubashiri, and revealed his own power when he stopped Sandai Kitetsu from striking her. Ipponmatsu recognized Bai Yu’s Demon Sword Murasame and offered him both Yubashiri and Sandai Kitetsu.

• Isuka took Bai Yu to Ipponmatsu’s shop and offered three million Beli for Yubashiri, but Ipponmatsu refused to sell it.
• Isuka drew Sandai Kitetsu, whose curse overwhelmed her and sent the sword flying toward her face.
• Bai Yu caught Sandai Kitetsu in midair, and Murasame unleashed a chilling aura before Bai Yu suppressed it with his Haki.
• Ipponmatsu identified Murasame as a lost Twenty-One Grade Sword and questioned Bai Yu about his swordsmanship.
• Bai Yu named Sandai Kitetsu as a Fifty Skillful Grade Sword and offered it to Isuka, but Ipponmatsu said he would give Bai Yu both swords.

Bai Yu accepted two swords from Ipponmatsu before Isuka and the Marines were attacked by powerful animal monsters. Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and Carina helped defeat the attackers, and Isuka realized Bai Yu was the swordsman who had struck down Ace.

• Ipponmatsu gave Bai Yu two swords, saying he trusted him to carry on a swordsman's dreams.
• A giant mantis attacked a Marine soldier, and Zoro and Sanji killed it before it could harm Isuka.
• A giant gorilla and several other monsters charged at the group, but Carina shot the gorilla and Nami struck the remaining monsters with lightning.
• Zoro warned Bai Yu that the monsters' sudden appearance seemed suspicious and that Smoker had gone toward the docks, where their ship might be in danger.
• Isuka recognized Bai Yu as the man who had sent Fire Fist Ace flying with a slash.

Golden Lion Shiki attacked Loguetown with an army of beasts, overwhelming Smoker and the Marines. Bai Yu unleashed his Conqueror's Haki to knock the beasts from the sky, leaving Shiki stunned as the Marines recognized him.

• The Marines and Isuka recognized Bai Yu as the Marine Supernova who had defeated Smoker.
• Golden Lion Shiki arrived above Loguetown and announced that he would sacrifice its people to Roger with his completed SIQ.
• Smoker attacked Shiki, but Shiki struck him down with Slash Wave and ordered Isuka to evacuate the Marines and residents.
• Shiki summoned hundreds of beasts and sent them to kill everyone on the island.
• Isuka begged Bai Yu to save Smoker and the others, and Bai Yu's Conqueror's Haki knocked the beasts unconscious.
• The Marines identified Bai Yu, while Shiki stared in disbelief at the strength of his Haki and killing intent.

Bai Yu accepted the Golden Lion’s challenge on the condition that the pirate could defeat him, then left Loguetown aboard a rising island to fight without endangering the town. As Carina and Isuka contacted Marine Headquarters and worried over his fate, Garp arrived there to meet Sengoku and Zephyr.

• Smoker recognized Bai Yu as the Marine Supernova, and Isuka confirmed that Bai Yu might have defeated Fire Fist Ace.
• The Golden Lion offered Bai Yu leadership of the Flying Pirates, and Bai Yu accepted only if the pirate could defeat him.
• Bai Yu chose to fight on the Golden Lion’s floating island and told Carina and the others to go to Marine Headquarters if he had not returned in three days.
• The Golden Lion carried Bai Yu away on the rising island, while Carina urged Isuka to contact Garp and Marine Headquarters.
• Garp arrived at Marine Headquarters and eagerly headed to see Sengoku and Zephyr.

At Marine Headquarters, Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr learned that Bai Yu had left Loguetown with Golden Lion after defending the town from an aerial attack. Garp demanded to return to the East Blue, while Kizaru arrived and assured him Bai Yu would survive.

• Zephyr and Sengoku discussed Bai Yu’s rare Haki and swordsmanship talent as Garp returned to Headquarters.
• Carina urgently called Garp and reported that Bai Yu had left with Golden Lion to save the people of Loguetown.
• Carina said Bai Yu had called Golden Lion worth a slash before disappearing with the pirate’s floating island.
• A Marine Rear Admiral relayed Smoker’s emergency report confirming Golden Lion had attacked Loguetown from the air.
• Garp threatened to turn the East Blue upside down and demanded that Sengoku send Kizaru with him.
• Kizaru arrived and said Bai Yu was strong enough to survive, prompting Garp to confront him with a threatening aura.

Sengoku sent Garp and Kizaru to help Bai Yu after he confronted Golden Lion Shiki, who had taken him to a floating island to test his SIQ-enhanced beasts. Bai Yu recognized Shiki’s plan and prepared to fight the island’s creatures, while its pirates speculated about how long he would survive.

• Sengoku ordered Garp to the East Blue and Kizaru to support Bai Yu, and both Marines departed.
• Indigo told Golden Lion Shiki that Bai Yu was a Marine rookie, and Shiki decided to use him as a test subject for his SIQ beasts.
• Shiki ordered Indigo to record the test and went to rest, while Indigo released the ferocious beasts across the islands.
• Bai Yu landed on the floating island, used Observation Haki to sense its inhabitants, and fully merged with Kenpachi Zaraki’s template.
• Pirates watching the coming fight guessed Bai Yu would soon die, warning that a fast mantis lived on the island.

Bai Yu unleashed his full strength on Golden Lion’s floating island, slaughtering the savage beasts sent after him to raise his character template progress. He left the pirates watching in terror as he pressed toward their castle, where they scrambled to find a way to stop him.

• Bai Yu sensed the pirates spying on him and released his bloodthirsty aura as he prepared to fight.
• A giant mantis attacked Bai Yu, but his Armament Haki stopped its blades and he cleaved it apart with one strike.
• Bai Yu headed toward the castle, intent on raising his character template progress to twenty percent before facing Golden Lion.
• Golden Lion’s subordinates released the SIQ savage beasts, and Bai Yu killed the giant wolf that attacked him, gaining 0.1% template progress.
• Bai Yu slaughtered dozens of savage beasts in moments, prompting a pirate with a golden hook to demand another way to intercept him.

Bai Yu fought through the Flying Pirates’ released SIQ beasts and unlocked the Thousand Demon Daggers, whose abilities synchronized with the Demon Sword Murasame. He cut down the pirates in the surveillance room and left the floating island silent and covered in blood.

• Bai Yu charged into the SIQ beast horde, cutting down the creatures as the pirates watched from the surveillance room.
• Bai Yu’s Main Body Template reached twenty percent, unlocking the Thousand Demon Daggers and synchronizing their abilities with the Demon Sword Murasame.
• Bai Yu shattered Murasame into fragments and used Observation Haki to pierce more than a thousand beasts, bringing the horde down at once.
• Bai Yu fired a hundred-meter slash across several kilometers, splitting the pirates’ castle and killing many of its occupants.
• Bai Yu sent Murasame’s fragments raining down on the surviving pirates, wiping them out and leaving the floating island silent.

Golden Lion discovered that Bai Yu had slaughtered his SIQ beasts and pirate subordinates, then offered him a place as his successor. Bai Yu refused to submit without a fight, and their fierce duel continued until Golden Lion’s close-range attack met a startling sight.

• Indigo told Golden Lion that Bai Yu had killed all the SIQ beasts and pirates, and Golden Lion confirmed their absence with Observation Haki.
• Golden Lion destroyed the tower in his fury, then offered Bai Yu a place as his sole successor in a rebuilt Flying Pirates.
• Bai Yu accepted only on the condition that Golden Lion could defeat him, and the two clashed swords in midair.
• Bai Yu pressed Golden Lion with a barrage of powerful slashes, sending him flying backward.
• Golden Lion used Lion's Menace: Sky Coil to turn building debris into a giant lion, but Bai Yu split it with Kendo: Bisection.
• Golden Lion seized the initiative through the dust and swung Sakuragi at Bai Yu’s shoulder, then reacted with shock at what he saw.

Bai Yu shed his weighted training suit and unleashed his Spiritual Pressure as he fought Golden Lion at full strength. He drove Golden Lion into a crater, but Golden Lion laughed and prepared to continue the battle.

• Bai Yu and Golden Lion traded powerful slashes, wounding each other and smashing through rocky mountains.
• Golden Lion praised Bai Yu’s fighting spirit and attacked with the Float-Float Fruit, while Bai Yu drank liquor and removed his six-hundred-jin training suit.
• Bai Yu’s Spiritual Pressure surged as he unlocked Spiritual Pressure Materialization, disrupting Golden Lion’s control over the area.
• Golden Lion attacked with Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley, Lion’s Menace: Sky Coil, and Wild Dance of Lions, but Bai Yu broke through the attacks.
• Bai Yu’s shattered Demon Sword Murasame reassembled during his strike and tore through Golden Lion’s Armament Haki, sending him crashing into a crater.
• Golden Lion laughed from the rubble and praised Bai Yu, saying he had not felt such a dangerous fight since facing Roger.

Bai Yu and Golden Lion prepared for their final clash, with Golden Lion unleashing the full power of his Haki and Float-Float Fruit. After their attacks collided, Golden Lion was gravely weakened and urged Bai Yu to use him as a stepping stone to greatness, offering him two Famous Swords.

• Golden Lion praised Bai Yu and declared that he had abandoned the era, then challenged him to withstand his final strike.
• Golden Lion shattered the ship's wheel embedded in his head, unleashed a surge of Haki, and transformed the floating island into a ten-thousand-meter lion's head.
• Bai Yu broke Demon Sword Murasame into fragments and formed them into a thousand-meter Black Blade with his Haki.
• Golden Lion sent the giant lion charging at Bai Yu, who met it with a powerful slash that shattered the lion's head.
• Golden Lion spat blood, acknowledged Bai Yu's strength, and offered him two Famous Swords while urging him to make his name resound throughout the world.

Bai Yu defeated Golden Lion Shiki, survived the destruction of his floating island by riding Oto and Kogarashi down to the White-White Sea, and encountered the Shandians. Wyper and his warriors moved to drive Bai Yu off, but an elderly man arrived and warned them not to fight him.

• Golden Lion Shiki exhausted his life and fell from the sky, while Bai Yu received five percent character progress and unlocked Yammy Llargo as a subordinate character template.
• The floating island shattered, and Bai Yu used Oto and Kogarashi to slow his fall before landing among the island fragments in the White-White Sea.
• Bai Yu sensed nearby people with Observation Haki and spotted the Shandians arriving by jet-powered skates and pirate ship.
• The Shandian chief celebrated the fallen islands as a chance to reclaim land, while Wyper ordered his warriors to seize an island before Enel or his priests arrived.
• Wyper, Braham, Kamakiri, and the others charged Bai Yu, but an elderly man riding a flying horse warned them that they could not afford to mess with him.

Bai Yu overwhelmed the Shandia warriors, including Wyper, and cut apart Enel’s El Thor with a sword strike. He challenged Enel to come face him, leaving the Shandia stunned by his provocation against the god of Sky Island.

• Wyper and the Shandia warriors attacked Bai Yu together, but his Armament Haki left him unharmed.
• Wyper used the Reject Dial, but Bai Yu blocked its impact and knocked Wyper through a boulder with a single slash.
• Bai Yu released his Spiritual Pressure and killing intent, freezing the Shandia and Gan Fall with fear.
• Wyper broke free by stabbing his thigh and attacked again, but Bai Yu stopped the Reject Dial and broke Wyper’s Burn Bazooka with his scabbard.
• Enel sent El Thor down at Bai Yu, who split the lightning and the clouds with a sword strike.
• Bai Yu challenged Enel to come down and fight him, while the Shandia watched in disbelief.

Bai Yu defeated the Shandia warriors with ease and told Gan Fall he was a Marine recruit who would help defeat Enel in exchange for a meal. Enel learned that Bai Yu had cut through El Thor and prepared the Ark Maxim to confront him.

• Gedatsu and the other priests told Enel that a Blue Sea man had defeated the Shandia warriors, and Enel revealed that Bai Yu had cut through his El Thor.
• Enel ordered the Ark Maxim prepared so he could confront Bai Yu and show him despair.
• Bai Yu dismissed the Shandia warriors as weak, and Gan Fall stopped Wyper from provoking him.
• Bai Yu told Gan Fall he was a Marine trainee and offered to cut down Enel in exchange for a meal.
• Gan Fall gained hope that Bai Yu could defeat Enel after seeing him overpower the Shandia warriors.

Bai Yu mocked Enel and the Sky Islanders’ limited horizons, then faced Enel when the Ark Maxim arrived. Enel’s supposedly effortless God’s Game ended in a sudden rush of fear as Bai Yu’s first slash forced him to dodge.

• Wyper warned Bai Yu that Enel had an undying body and vowed the Shandians would never stop fighting him.
• Bai Yu ate the food the Shandians prepared and told Aisa that the Blue Sea was vast compared with their island.
• Aisa sensed something approaching, and the Ark Maxim appeared with Enel and his priests aboard.
• Enel offered Bai Yu the position of high priest and challenged him to attack for one minute, but Bai Yu refused and called him a country bumpkin.
• Bai Yu rushed Enel and slashed down with Murasame, triggering Enel’s instinctive transformation into lightning and retreat.

Bai Yu repeatedly wounded Enel and shattered the god’s confidence, while Enel’s attempts to counter him failed. Enel transformed into a giant lightning figure and forged a golden trident, preparing to fight back.

• Bai Yu struck Enel with Murasame, sending him into a rock and opening a deep wound in his chest.
• Enel abandoned his promised game and attacked Bai Yu with El Thor, but Bai Yu’s Spiritual Pressure halted him and another slash sent him crashing into the rock.
• Enel unleashed his 30,000,000 Volt Thunderbird, but Bai Yu split the lightning bird with a single sword swing.
• Enel tried to evade Bai Yu by using Mantra, but Bai Yu anticipated him and cut off his left arm.
• Enel invoked 200,000,000 Volt Amaru, grew into a hundred-meter lightning giant, and melted a gold pillar into a massive trident.

Bai Yu used Yammy Llargo’s Dark Magic to fight Enel in his Thunder God form, overpowering him and suppressing his lightning powers. After disarming Enel and disabling his elemental transformation, Bai Yu prepared to finish the fight.

• Bai Yu gained access to Yammy Llargo’s Dark Magic and assessed its power against Enel.
• Enel attacked with his golden trident and lightning techniques, but Bai Yu blocked the blows and destroyed the trident.
• Bai Yu smashed Enel’s 60 Million Volt Thunder Dragon and rushed into close combat.
• Bai Yu cut off Enel’s lightning-reformed arm, and Dark Magic prevented Enel from restoring it with his Devil Fruit ability.
• Bai Yu declared himself the forbidden zone for gods and said he would finish Enel off.

Bai Yu defeated and killed Enel with a devastating slash, but the ensuing explosion destroyed the floating island and left no trace of either fighter. Five days later, Garp returned to Marineford determined to find Bai Yu, where Akainu revealed he had recalled Kizaru from the search.

• Enel unleashed a thousand-meter lightning sphere at Bai Yu, who split the attack and Enel with his Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash.
• A violent explosion swallowed the battlefield, and the Shandia people and Gan Fall later found the floating island and both fighters gone.
• Five days later, Garp arrived at Marineford with Carina, Nami, Smoker, Isuka, and the others, still hoping Bai Yu had survived.
• Garp learned Kizaru had returned from the search and angrily demanded to know why.
• Akainu said he had recalled Kizaru, arguing that the search had already gone on long enough.

Bai Yu returned to Marine Headquarters in a dramatic fall from the sky, alive after his encounter with Golden Lion. His arrival quieted Akainu’s taunts, but the discovery that he had Golden Lion’s swords left Sengoku and Garp demanding answers.

• Akainu provoked Garp by questioning Bai Yu’s chances of survival, and Garp defended his grandson as a future Marine King.
• Bai Yu announced his return and crashed into the headquarters plaza inside a golden skull, emerging unharmed with a wine flask.
• Sengoku welcomed Bai Yu and said Onigumo’s and Garp’s recommendation to make him an Admiral Candidate would be considered.
• Isuka recognized the two old swords Bai Yu stood on as Golden Lion Shiki’s Oto and Kogarashi.
• Bai Yu called the swords relics Golden Lion had left him, leaving Sengoku and Garp stunned and asking what had happened to Golden Lion.

Bai Yu revealed that he had likely killed Golden Lion Shiki, prompting Garp to argue that he deserved an Admiral position and Akainu to challenge his claim. When Sengoku asked Bai Yu what role he wanted, Bai Yu asked for the one with the most freedom and authority and the fewest duties.

• Bai Yu said Golden Lion Shiki was probably dead and regretted that the pirate had not been stronger.
• Garp praised Bai Yu for defeating Golden Lion and urged Sengoku to make him an Admiral.
• Akainu questioned Bai Yu’s claim and background, provoking Garp into unleashing his aura against him.
• Sengoku ended the argument, said Headquarters would investigate Shiki’s death, and explained that Bai Yu’s appointment required a vote.
• Sengoku asked Bai Yu what position he wanted, and Bai Yu requested a role with freedom, authority, and minimal assignments.

Bai Yu rejected Akainu’s threat and unleashed powerful Conqueror’s Haki, prompting Sengoku to approve a controlled fight between them. The chapter ended as Bai Yu launched the first strike with Murasame.

• Garp offered Bai Yu a choice of Marine positions, and Bai Yu said he wanted the easiest one, an Admiral’s seat.
• Akainu reacted to Bai Yu’s defiance with killing intent, but Bai Yu stopped Garp from intervening and confronted Akainu himself.
• Bai Yu released Conqueror’s Haki that overwhelmed Marines across the docks, while Sengoku and Tsuru ordered the area cleared.
• Bai Yu proposed settling the dispute with a fight, and Akainu agreed, setting conditions for Bai Yu to prove his qualifications.
• Sengoku approved the match on the condition that they avoid serious harm, and Bai Yu charged Akainu with Murasame.

Bai Yu fought Akainu at Marine Headquarters, using relentless close-range attacks to overwhelm the Marine Admiral. After Bai Yu sent Akainu flying and battered through his magma attacks, the watching Marines were left questioning the strength they were witnessing.

• Akainu countered Bai Yu’s opening slash with Hell Hound, but Bai Yu’s blade aura cut through the magma and forced Akainu to launch Great Hell Hound.
• Akainu’s giant magma hound swallowed Bai Yu, but Bai Yu emerged in a golden Spiritual Pressure skeleton and slashed Akainu into the seawall.
• Akainu raged at being sent flying, while Bai Yu welcomed his anger and charged back into close combat.
• Akainu attacked with Canine Red Lotus, but Bai Yu covered himself in Armament Haki and smashed through the magma hound.
• Akainu unleashed Great Eruption at point-blank range, but Bai Yu’s blade auras tore through it and drove him back more than a hundred meters.
• The watching Marines questioned how an Admiral was being suppressed, and Garp praised Bai Yu’s Admiral potential and beastlike swordsmanship.

Bai Yu fought Akainu as Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcano across Marineford, burying the plaza and docks in magma. Bai Yu emerged badly burned and charged at Akainu with Murasame, leaving their fight unresolved as Akainu tried to counter with Canine Red Lotus.

• Bai Yu and Akainu traded attacks until Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcano over Marineford.
• Bai Yu removed his weighted training clothes and released his Spiritual Pressure as he charged through the falling magma.
• Akainu struck Bai Yu with Great Eruption and Meteor Volcano, covering the Plaza of Justice and the docks in magma.
• Nami protested Akainu's tactics, while Garp warned that Bai Yu would not go down easily.
• Bai Yu burst out of the magma with burned skin and black light swallowing some of it, then slashed at Akainu with Murasame.
• Akainu attempted to repel Bai Yu with Canine Red Lotus.

Bai Yu defeated Akainu by countering Meteor Volcano with a reckless charge and a devastating slash, then watched Marines rescue the wounded Admiral from the sea. Akainu accused Bai Yu of wielding the Dark-Dark Fruit, and Sengoku demanded to know whether Bai Yu was truly a Devil Fruit User.

• Bai Yu smashed Akainu’s Canine Red Lotus and struck him with Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash, sending him into the sea.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to rescue Akainu, while Garp checked on Bai Yu and scolded him for taking Meteor Volcano head-on.
• Bai Yu said he wished Akainu had used his Devil Fruit Awakening, and he drank liquor despite his burned arm.
• Akainu emerged from the sea with Yamakaji’s help and tried to attack Bai Yu, but Sengoku stopped them and warned Akainu to honor their wager.
• Akainu accused Bai Yu of possessing the Logia Dark-Dark Fruit, and Sengoku urgently questioned Bai Yu about whether he was a Devil Fruit User.

Bai Yu revealed his Dark-Dark Fruit power at Marine Headquarters but said he preferred close-quarters combat, and Sengoku agreed to let him rest after the battle. The next day, Marine Headquarters announced Bai Yu’s nomination as a fourth Admiral, stunning the Whitebeard Pirates.

• Bai Yu demonstrated the Dark-Dark Fruit’s pulling power, astonishing Sengoku and the officers watching him.
• Sengoku offered to obtain records about the fruit, but Bai Yu declined and said he preferred close-quarters combat before leaving to rest with Garp and the others.
• Sengoku ordered the plaza repairs charged to Garp and Akainu, and Garp joked as he led Bai Yu away.
• The next day, Marco read that Bai Yu had returned to Marineford with Golden Lion Shiki’s belongings, defeated Akainu by half a move, and been nominated as the Marines’ fourth Admiral.
• Whitebeard and the Whitebeard Pirates were shocked by the news and Bai Yu’s reported achievements.