Recaps

After learning that Bai Yu had killed Jack with one slash, Kaido swore to hunt him down and flew toward the Arans Sea with King. Bai Yu refused Sengoku’s order to return to Marine Headquarters, choosing to draw Kaido away from the evacuating Marines, while Garp and Bogard hurried after them.

• Ginrummy confirmed to Kaido that Bai Yu had killed Jack with a single slash after Jack used Full-Body Armament Haki.
• Kaido crushed the Den Den Mushi, vowed to kill Bai Yu, and flew away with King to pursue him.
• Bogard warned Garp that Kaido had set his sights on Bai Yu, and a Marine reported that Bai Yu had refused Sengoku’s recall order to lure Kaido away from the G-15 Branch evacuation.
• Bai Yu’s final message said that Kaido was worth a slash, leaving Garp and Bogard stunned.
• Garp ordered his forces to turn toward the Arans Sea, while Kaido and King crossed the sea a day later and confirmed rumors that Kaido was hunting Bai Yu.

Big News Morgans and Drug Peclo arrived at the ruined G-15 Branch hoping to confirm the report that War Demon Bai Yu had killed Jack the Drought, but Kaido and King arrived searching for Bai Yu. Morgans offered to help Kaido find someone who could locate him, leaving Kaido and King curious about whom he meant.

• Big News Morgans and Drug Peclo reached G-15 Branch, where Morgans doubted the report that War Demon Bai Yu had killed Jack the Drought.
• Morgans received a warning that Kaido and King were approaching, and Kaido landed before them in dragon form.
• Kaido threatened Peclo over his suspected interest in Jack's corpse, but King said the branch was deserted and Jack's body was gone.
• King told Kaido that their informants had not found Bai Yu and urged him to use Morgans and Peclo's connections to track him down.
• Morgans said he could recommend someone Kaido could borrow to find Bai Yu, surprising Kaido and King.

After Bai Yu killed Jack, Doflamingo welcomed Kaido’s pursuit as a chance to remove a threat, then agreed to lend Violet to help track Bai Yu down. He warned Violet against hoping Bai Yu would challenge him and sent her with Buffalo and Baby 5 to join Kaido’s hunt.

• Doflamingo learned that Bai Yu had killed Jack and expected Kaido to pursue him.
• Violet asked what would happen if Kaido could not find Bai Yu, prompting Trebol and Doflamingo to rebuke her.
• Kaido called Doflamingo and demanded that he lend Violet, whose Glint-Glint Fruit powers could help locate Bai Yu.
• Doflamingo agreed to send Violet and promised Kaido that she would help find Bai Yu.
• After ending the call, Doflamingo threatened Violet and ordered Buffalo and Baby 5 to accompany her and help eliminate Bai Yu.

Bai Yu steered his warship toward pirate crews in Dressrosa’s waters while Kaido pursued him, refusing to return to Marine Headquarters because he would not give his enemies an excuse to stir trouble. He considered targeting Doflamingo and wondered whether he could find an excuse to cut him down, just as the system shop refreshed.

• The Beasts Pirates offered two billion Beli for Bai Yu’s capture or death and one hundred million Beli for accurate information, drawing pirates to the Arans Sea.
• Bai Yu used Observation Haki to locate three pirate crews ahead and ordered Nami to steer toward them.
• Yamakaji and Gion urged Bai Yu to return to Marine Headquarters, but he refused and explained that Kaido could exploit his return to cause trouble.
• Bai Yu recognized that they had entered Dress Kingdom’s waters, and Gion warned him against attacking Doflamingo while Kaido was pursuing them.
• Bai Yu checked his system progress, recalled unlocking Zenitsu Agatsuma’s Thunder Breathing forms, and considered testing Godspeed on a target.
• Bai Yu thought he might find an excuse to attack Doflamingo, and the system announced that its shop had refreshed.

Bai Yu discovered that the System Shop’s only new item was a 5,000-point blind box, but he had only 4,890 points and could not buy it on credit. When Buffalo and Viola spotted him over Dressrosa’s waters and threatened to report his location, Bai Yu decided they had given him an excuse to strike.

• Bai Yu opened the refreshed System Shop and found a five-star System Blind Box priced at 5,000 points.
• Bai Yu learned that killing Jack the Drought had brought his total to 4,890 points, leaving him short of the blind box’s cost.
• The system refused Bai Yu’s request for credit and warned that the blind box would disappear after twenty-four hours, prompting him to consider going to Dressrosa.
• Buffalo and Viola arrived overhead and recognized Bai Yu, while Gion and Yamakaji realized the danger of his whereabouts being revealed.
• Buffalo said he would report Bai Yu to Doflamingo, and Bai Yu thanked him for giving him an excuse to strike.

Bai Yu killed Buffalo and Baby 5, then revealed Viola’s identity and learned of Doflamingo’s crimes. Viola asked whether the Marines’ justice meant leaving Dressrosa’s people to suffer, leaving Gion and Yamakaji unable to answer.

• Buffalo and Baby 5 threatened Bai Yu with Doflamingo and Kaido, but Bai Yu killed them with a single sword strike.
• Gion challenged Bai Yu for killing Doflamingo’s subordinates, and Bai Yu explained that he had spared Viola because he recognized her as a member of the Riku Family.
• Viola was shocked that Bai Yu knew her identity despite Doflamingo’s cover-up.
• Bai Yu said he had heard King Riku’s massacre was caused by someone controlling him and suggested the secret could give him grounds to attack Doflamingo.
• Viola said Doflamingo had controlled her father, sold weapons and Artificial Devil Fruits, and worked with Caesar Clown on cruel research.
• Viola asked whether allowing Dressrosa’s people to suffer under Doflamingo was the Marines’ justice, leaving Gion and Yamakaji speechless.

Bai Yu ordered his ship to change course for Dressrosa so he could cut down Doflamingo, despite Kaido hunting him. As the crew worried about his danger, Gion denied that her growing concern for Bai Yu meant her heart had stirred.

• Viola exposed the contradiction of the Marines granting Doflamingo the Shichibukai title and privileges, and Bai Yu declared that Doflamingo was worth cutting down.
• Bai Yu ordered Nami to steer for Dressrosa and told Gion to notify Sengoku and find Kaido's coordinates.
• Gion and Yamakaji warned Bai Yu that pursuing Doflamingo while Kaido hunted him was reckless, but Smoker said Bai Yu would not act without confidence.
• Hina teased Gion that her heart had stirred, and Gion blushed and denied having feelings for Bai Yu.
• Yamakaji pointed out that Gion had stayed aboard instead of leaving with Chaton, leaving her to insist she was staying for Marine Headquarters.

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and the officers searched for Bai Yu while a CP0 agent taunted them over his disappearance. Gion then reported that Bai Yu was near Dressrosa and planned to cut down a Shichibukai.

• A messenger told Sengoku that a report placing Bai Yu in the Slai Sea was false.
• A CP0 agent offered to use CP0’s intelligence network and mocked Bai Yu for failing to recruit Shichibukai members.
• Gion called Marine Headquarters, prompting Sengoku to ask whether she needed support.
• Gion told Sengoku that Bai Yu was near Dressrosa and had asked her to notify him that he was going to cut down a Shichibukai.

Bai Yu told Sengoku he would cut down Doflamingo before Kaido could reach Dressrosa, despite being hunted by the Emperor. As his warship neared Dressrosa, Viola guided him with her extraordinary surveillance ability, while Sengoku sent for Garp.

• Gion reported that Bai Yu was heading to Dressrosa to kill Doflamingo and requested Kaido's coordinates.
• Sengoku warned that Kaido was near Dressrosa and could arrive within half an hour, but Bai Yu insisted he had enough time and ended the call.
• The CP0 agent left the council hall, and Tsuru stopped Sengoku from detaining him, urging him to send Garp to Dressrosa instead.
• Sengoku called Garp while considering Tsuru's suggestion that Bai Yu might be using the report to mislead Kaido.
• Bai Yu's warship approached Dressrosa with Viola guiding it, and Gion and Yamakaji witnessed the range of Viola's surveillance.

Bai Yu detected an opponent near Dressrosa’s coast and left for the King's Plateau with Viola while Gion and Yamakaji went ahead. At the sunflower field, Diamante attacked Rebecca, but Viola intervened just before he could stab her.

• Bai Yu used Observation Haki to sense someone nearby, then vanished with Viola while telling Gion and Yamakaji to head to the King's Plateau.
• Carina and Nami challenged Gion's remark about Viola being a decorative vase, and Gion reflected on their past under corrupt Marines and pirates.
• Diamante tried to seize Rebecca as a pawn to threaten Viola, and Rebecca attacked him with Kyros's swordsmanship.
• Diamante deflected Rebecca's sword with his cape and prepared to stab her, but Bai Yu's Whale's Hot Tears forced him to defend himself.
• Viola landed in front of Rebecca and Kyros, and Diamante threatened to execute her for attacking him.

Bai Yu appeared in Dressrosa and attacked Diamante after Diamante confronted Viola and Kyros. He withstood Diamante’s sword strike and launched a distant slash at the fleeing Donquixote officer.

• Diamante questioned Viola about Buffalo and Baby 5, then threatened Kyros and Rebecca when they demanded to know who he was.
• Diamante attacked Viola with Fluttering Bull Horn, but a black shadow struck him and hurled him into a burning house.
• Diamante recognized the shadow as Bai Yu, the Fourth Admiral, when he saw the Demon Sword Murasame.
• Bai Yu told Diamante he had come to cut down Joker and would leave before Kaido arrived.
• Diamante struck Bai Yu with an invisible slash and fled, but Bai Yu remained unharmed and swung Murasame with Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash: Far Shore.

Bai Yu killed Diamante with one slash, then revealed that the toy soldier was Kyros and Rebecca’s father before taking Viola and Rebecca to the Corrida Colosseum. Doflamingo learned that Bai Yu might be coming to Dressrosa and dismissed the warning because Kaido was hunting him.

• Bai Yu cut Diamante in half with a single slash, shocking Kyros, Rebecca, and Viola.
• Viola asked Bai Yu to bring Kyros and Rebecca with him, and Bai Yu revealed that the toy soldier was Kyros, Rebecca’s father, whose identity Sugar’s power had erased from their memories.
• Bai Yu took Viola and Rebecca toward the Corrida Colosseum, intending to expose Sugar’s hiding place before confronting Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo anticipated that Kaido would kill Bai Yu and considered using the news to claim credit with the Five Elders.
• Nusjuro warned Doflamingo that Bai Yu had said he would come slash him, but Doflamingo refused to believe Bai Yu would appear while Kaido hunted him.

Doflamingo dismissed the Five Elders’ warning that Bai Yu was coming for him, until his subordinates’ Vivre Card Pieces burned to ash and Dellinger and Gladius reported seeing Bai Yu approach. Nusjuro seized the chance to have Kaido alerted, hoping to trap Bai Yu in Dressrosa.

• Nusjuro warned Doflamingo that Bai Yu might attack him and ordered him to investigate.
• Doflamingo told Trebol to contact the Donquixote Family and confirm everyone’s whereabouts.
• Trebol discovered that several of Buffalo’s group and Diamante could not be reached, and their Vivre Card Pieces had burned to ash.
• Doflamingo ordered his people to stay alert and accused Law of launching another attack.
• Dellinger and Gladius reported that War Demon Bai Yu was flying toward them, and Doflamingo erupted in anger.
• Nusjuro urged Doflamingo to notify Kaido that Bai Yu was in Dressrosa so Kaido could stop him escaping.

Bai Yu confronted Dellinger and Gladius at the Corrida Colosseum after revealing he knew about Sugar and Pica. He unleashed a massive slash at the two officers before Doflamingo could arrive.

• Doflamingo ordered Dellinger and Gladius to stall Bai Yu while he rushed to the Corrida Colosseum, and he told Trebol to have Pica protect Sugar.
• Nusjuro urged the other Five Elders to contact Kaido so Kaido could join forces with Doflamingo and kill Bai Yu.
• Viola came forward and tried to help Bai Yu, but Dellinger and Gladius threatened her and Rebecca as they prepared to hold him off.
• Bai Yu revealed that he could sense Pica guarding Sugar beneath the arena, then gathered mana around Murasame as Dellinger and Gladius prepared to fight.
• Bai Yu unleashed Mana Zone: Dimension Slash: Equinox, sending a hundred-meter slash toward Dellinger and Gladius.

Bai Yu’s Dimension Slash cut through Gladius’s explosion, killed Gladius, and continued into the underground trading hall, where it killed Pica and knocked Sugar unconscious. After receiving 120 System Points, Bai Yu asked the system to redeem a blind box.

• Dellinger warned Gladius to dodge, but Gladius used Full-Body Explosion to try to stop Bai Yu’s slash.
• Bai Yu’s Dimension Slash cut through the explosion and killed Gladius before heading toward the underground trading hall.
• Trebol warned Pica that the colosseum was under attack and told him to protect Sugar until Doflamingo arrived.
• Pica covered himself in Full-Body Armament Haki, but Dimension Slash left him with only half his body, while the blast knocked Sugar unconscious.
• The system awarded Bai Yu 120 System Points for killing Pica, and Bai Yu asked it to redeem a blind box.

Bai Yu obtained top-tier Observation Haki just as Doflamingo arrived in Dressrosa and unleashed his Birdcage. Trapped with Doflamingo inside, Bai Yu prepared to fight while the Marines feared Kaido’s imminent arrival.

• Bai Yu opened a System Blind Box and gained top-tier Observation Haki, which let him foresee the immediate future.
• The Corrida Colosseum collapsed, freeing the people transformed into toys and restoring their memories, including Rebecca, Viola, and Kyros.
• Doflamingo arrived, learned that Gladius was dead and Pica’s fate was unknown, and encased Dressrosa in his Birdcage.
• Yamakaji tried and failed to cut through the Birdcage, then warned that Bai Yu had little time to defeat Doflamingo before Kaido arrived.
• Bai Yu told Doflamingo he would cut him down and declared that fighting spirit mattered most in a death match.

Bai Yu overwhelmed Doflamingo with his Conqueror’s Haki and killing intent, then countered Doflamingo’s thread-clone ambush. The chapter ended as Bai Yu’s immense sword attack reached Doflamingo, who tried to defend himself with a Spider Web Wall.

• Doflamingo unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki at Bai Yu, but Bai Yu’s stronger Haki suppressed it.
• Bai Yu released Scissor Seven’s killing intent, shattered Doflamingo’s Haki, and sent him crashing into the ruins.
• Bai Yu crossed the distance and struck Doflamingo with Sword Pressure, but Doflamingo used a thread clone to set up a rear attack.
• Bai Yu caught Doflamingo’s wrist and used Kendo: Bisection, unleashing a giant blade aura toward him.
• Doflamingo shouted Five Color Strings: Spider Web Wall as Bai Yu’s attack reached him.

Bai Yu's slash nearly cut down Doflamingo, who healed himself and awakened his Devil Fruit to turn the surrounding area into threads. With Kaido hunting Bai Yu and the countdown running, Doflamingo launched his awakened attack as Bai Yu welcomed the fight.

• Bai Yu's massive slash tore through Doflamingo's threads, shattered part of the King's Plateau, and left Doflamingo with a deep wound.
• Doflamingo used white threads to stitch his wound closed, then threatened to capture Bai Yu and hand him over to Kaido.
• Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit, turning buildings and everything nearby into white threads, while Yamakaji warned Bai Yu that three and a half minutes had passed.
• Bai Yu said he had finished warming up and urged Doflamingo to fight, unsettling Doflamingo despite his awakening.
• Doflamingo gathered the surrounding threads and attacked Bai Yu with Ever White, and Bai Yu challenged him to make his blade sharp enough.

Bai Yu used his Observation Haki and Thunder Breathing to evade Doflamingo’s awakened string attacks and wound him with a lightning-fast slash. Yamakaji explained that Doflamingo suspected Bai Yu had Katakuri’s ability to glimpse the future, leaving the onlookers stunned by the possibility.

• Doflamingo unleashed Ever White and Break White, but Bai Yu dodged the attacks with uncanny ease.
• Doflamingo fired over a thousand Haki-coated feather arrows at Bai Yu, who found a gap and used Thunder Breathing: Thunderclap and Flash to strike him through Shield White.
• Doflamingo emerged from the ruins wounded and accused Bai Yu of honing his Observation Haki to Katakuri’s level.
• Smoker asked Yamakaji about Katakuri, and Yamakaji explained that the Sweet Commander could glimpse the future when danger struck.
• Yamakaji suggested Bai Yu had mastered the same ability, and the onlookers reacted with awe.

Bai Yu defeated Doflamingo with a lightning-fast Godspeed strike, killing the Shichibukai in only four minutes. With Doflamingo dead and the Birdcage gone, witnesses began spreading news of the Navy admiral’s victory.

• Bai Yu dismissed Doflamingo’s confidence in his Observation Haki and challenged his composure.
• Doflamingo unleashed Sixteen Holy Bullets: God Thread at Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu used Godspeed to evade the barrage and strike Doflamingo, suffering strain to his feet.
• Doflamingo’s throat wound prevented his threads from healing it, and his head fell from his body.
• Doflamingo’s death caused the Birdcage to disappear, and witnesses announced Bai Yu’s victory.

Bai Yu killed Doflamingo in four minutes, then used his Observation Haki to foresee Kaido's early arrival and fled toward the sea. Marine Headquarters learned that Bai Yu had escaped the Birdcage, while Garp headed to help him face the coming danger.

• Gion and Yamakaji recognized Bai Yu's strength after he effortlessly killed Doflamingo, and Smoker urged them to report the battle and locate Kaido.
• Bai Yu gained System Unlock Value and System Points for killing Doflamingo, but remained just short of unlocking a new power.
• Bai Yu sensed danger with his Observation Haki and transformed into lightning to flee.
• Sengoku warned Yamakaji that Kaido would reach Dressrosa within five minutes and urged the Marines to help Bai Yu escape the Birdcage.
• Yamakaji reported that Bai Yu had already killed Doflamingo and fled after foreseeing Kaido's arrival, shocking the officers at Marine Headquarters.

After hearing that Bai Yu had killed Doflamingo in four minutes, Sengoku feared he would challenge Kaido and ordered Yamakaji to stop him. Kaido and King arrived in Dressrosa, and Yamakaji told the enraged Kaido that Doflamingo was already dead.

• Akainu suggested that Bai Yu might try to cut down Kaido, and Sengoku ordered Yamakaji to stop Bai Yu and buy time for Garp.
• Kaido arrived in Dressrosa much earlier than expected, accompanied by King the Conflagration.
• Sengoku sent Kizaru to Dressrosa, and Kizaru left at top speed.
• Kaido demanded that Bai Yu and Doflamingo appear, threatening to kill Doflamingo if he could not explain his absence.
• Yamakaji told Kaido that Doflamingo had already been killed, leaving everyone braced for Kaido's reaction.

Yamakaji revealed Doflamingo’s beheaded corpse to Kaido, provoking the Emperor to attack the people of the country. Bai Yu stopped Kaido with a challenge to fight him, leaving the Marines stunned and hoping he could survive until Garp arrived.

• Yamakaji told Kaido that Doflamingo had been killed, and a fleeing figure carrying Doflamingo’s corpse confirmed it.
• Kaido realized Doflamingo’s death threatened his Artificial Devil Fruit ambitions and vowed to slaughter everyone in the country.
• Kaido began swinging his electrified club despite Sengoku’s warning over the Den Den Mushi.
• Bai Yu called out to Kaido and challenged him to fight, making Kaido stop his attack.
• Gion, Carina, and Nami recognized that Bai Yu had not been running away, while Nami hoped he could hold out until Garp arrived.

Bai Yu waited in Dressrosa for Kaido, openly declaring that he would fight him with his blade while Big News Morgans broadcast their exchange. Whitebeard and the others learned that Kaido had caught up with Bai Yu and feared that Doflamingo’s alliance with Kaido left him trapped.

• Kaido and King raced toward Bai Yu as Sengoku sent Yamakaji and others after them and said Garp and Kizaru would arrive later.
• Bai Yu spotted Big News Morgans near the beach and challenged him to stop hiding while Morgans broadcast their conversation.
• Morgans questioned Bai Yu’s confidence in facing Kaido, and Bai Yu mocked him as too weak to fight before turning his attention back toward the approaching Kaido.
• The broadcast connected across the New World, and Ace hurried to Whitebeard after Jozu announced that Kaido had caught up with Bai Yu.
• Whitebeard and Marco warned Ace that Bai Yu was in Dressrosa, where Doflamingo—Kaido’s ally—could also intercept him.

After learning Bai Yu had killed Doflamingo in four minutes, the Whitebeard Pirates reconsidered his strength but doubted he could break through Kaido’s defenses. Kaido arrived at Dressrosa, where Bai Yu eagerly prepared to fight him.

• Ace learned from Diamond Jozu that Bai Yu had slain Doflamingo in four minutes, and Jozu showed the crew photographs confirming it.
• Whitebeard acknowledged Bai Yu’s strength but said Kaido’s extraordinary defenses made him a far more formidable opponent than Doflamingo.
• Ace worried that Bai Yu could not defeat Kaido, while Marco reassured him that Bai Yu might have a hidden trump card and could buy time.
• Shanks and Charlotte Linlin watched the live broadcast as Kaido arrived in dragon form.
• Bai Yu greeted Kaido and challenged him to fight.