Recaps

Naito’s Marine group prepared to ambush the pirates on Pirate Island, while Luna and her allies gathered followers ahead of the Charlotte Family’s arrival. Katakuri’s forces reached the shore, setting up a confrontation with Luna.

• Zephyr told Naito and the Marines that the Charlotte Family and Beasts Pirates were heading to Pirate Island, and ordered them to wait for the right moment to attack.
• Anthony accepted Boxer Box and three other pirate crews as Luna’s followers, gathering more than five hundred new recruits.
• Luna spotted the Charlotte Family’s ship approaching, and Anthony ordered the nervous recruits to prepare for battle.
• Katakuri arrived with Cracker, Oven, Daifuku, and other Charlotte Family officers, and Cracker recognized Luna as a Lunarian.

The Charlotte Family arrived at Pirate Island to take Luna, but she refused and fought back in her dragon form. As Katakuri confronted her, Oven and the other Charlotte siblings began attacking the escapees, while Zephyr’s Marines watched from nearby and avoided starting a conflict with the major pirate crews.

• Katakuri told Luna that Big Mom wanted her to join her utopia, but Luna refused, saying she would follow only Byrnndi World.
• Byrnndi World appeared and challenged Katakuri, while Luna transformed into a giant dragon and attacked the Queen Mama Chanter with Bolo Breath.
• Katakuri blocked Luna’s attack with a Haki-coated Mochi Wall, but Cracker’s Pretzel could not pierce her scales, and Luna’s next Bolo Breath blasted him into the ground.
• Katakuri ordered his family to fight the others and took Luna on himself, as she faced him with confidence in Lord Naito’s strength.
• Zephyr learned from a Den Den Mushi that the fighting had begun and ordered the Marines not to attack unless the pirate crews threatened them.
• Oven jumped from the Queen Mama Chanter and charged toward the escapees.

Salt and Anthony fought Charlotte Oven and Charlotte Daifuku while Naito's escapees joined the battle against the Charlotte Family. Edward Weevil shattered Cracker's biscuit armor and exposed Cracker's real body, who prepared to counterattack.

• Salt's black blade transformed into a snake and bit Charlotte Oven, but Oven used Haki and heat to fend it off.
• Anthony blocked Daifuku's Lamp Genie with a Haki-coated Bubble Shield and attacked Daifuku.
• Naito sent the escapees into the fight, and their attacks caused casualties on both sides.
• Charlotte Cracker defeated the Shield-Shield Fruit user and confronted Naito, but Edward Weevil dropped in to fight him.
• Weevil's Shock Slash shattered Cracker's biscuit sword and armor, revealing Cracker's true appearance as he began clapping his hands.

The Charlotte Family struggled to gain ground against Naito’s group, while Katakuri realized he could neither hurt Luna nor risk waiting for Byrnndi World to join the battle. Zephyr saw the Charlotte Family nearing defeat and ordered Naito to move in, leaving the Beasts Pirates’ next move uncertain.

• Weevil shattered Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers with a shockwave, keeping Cracker from breaking through.
• Katakuri dodged Luna’s attacks and struck her repeatedly, but could not penetrate her scales or defense.
• Katakuri saw that the Charlotte Family was struggling and worried about Byrnndi World joining the fight.
• King and Queen watched from above and noted that the Charlotte Family could not handle Naito’s group, while the Marine Guerrilla Unit waited offshore.
• Zephyr learned that the Beasts Pirates’ ships were nowhere nearby and ordered Naito to move in.

Zephyr and Naito joined the battle on Pirate Island, where Naito’s speed and weapons overwhelmed the Charlotte Family officers. The chapter ended with Katakuri furious as the officers suffered heavy casualties and Naito confronted him directly.

• Zephyr and Naito flew to Pirate Island after deciding to capture as many enemies as possible.
• Naito enlarged and accelerated an invisible greatsword, shaking the island and forcing Katakuri to protect Cracker from the attack.
• Naito told Weevil to attack the Charlotte Family officers while he engaged Katakuri and wounded Daifuku.
• Naito used rapidly appearing transparent blades to strike the Charlotte officers, while Katakuri struggled to protect them with Future Sight.
• Weevil and the escapees joined the assault, leaving the Charlotte officers badly injured as Naito faced an enraged Katakuri with a powered-up greatsword.

Naito used his control of World to defeat Katakuri, then staged a fierce clash with Zephyr as the Marine arrived at Pirate Island. Zephyr was caught in a transparent cage and faced an incoming fist as the fight continued.

• Naito struck Katakuri with a transparent blade and a giant sword, sending him flying off the coast.
• Zephyr and Naito arrived, and Zephyr ordered Naito to capture anyone he could.
• Naito projected a Haki-coated arm and enlarged its fist with the More-More Fruit to meet Zephyr’s attack.
• Their collision devastated the coast and sea, while Zephyr’s Haki shattered Naito’s projected arm.
• Naito summoned a giant Thousand-Armed Kannon and sent its Haki-coated fists at Zephyr.
• A transparent cage trapped Zephyr as he dodged the fists, and an enormous fist closed in on him.

Naito defeated Salt while Zephyr struggled against World, but Luna kept Naito occupied and Katakuri returned to the fight. King and a yellow brachiosaurus arrived as reinforcements for Luna, leaving Zephyr and Naito facing the Beasts Pirates’ intervention.

• Zephyr realized that World’s speed and relentless attacks kept him from gaining the upper hand.
• Naito’s clones confused Salt, and Naito knocked him out with a single Serious Punch.
• Zephyr tried to exploit an opening in World’s attacks, but World pulled away and resumed his barrage.
• Luna burned away Naito’s clones and forced him to dodge her elemental attacks.
• Katakuri returned and charged at World, but King’s Fire Dragon Emperor attack interrupted him.
• King arrived with a yellow brachiosaurus and said Kaido had sent them to help Luna, while Cracker challenged the Beasts Pirates’ intentions.

Naito ended the battle and used his powers to evacuate his crew aboard a ship, escaping the Marines, the Charlotte Family, and the Beasts Pirates. Before leaving, he said he would visit Wano Country to speak with Kaido, while Zephyr wondered how Naito had changed.

• Naito ordered his people to stop fighting, and Luna and the escapees obeyed while Katakuri and King faced off.
• Naito told Queen that his group did not need the Beasts Pirates' help and challenged anyone to stop them.
• Naito used invisible hands to seize his subordinates, but Katakuri moved his siblings out of danger and Zephyr smashed a black blade aimed at Naito.
• Naito used the More-More Fruit to move everyone onto a nearby ship, lifted it into the sky, and sped away at full velocity.
• Naito told King he would visit Wano Country to speak with Kaido, then taunted the Charlotte Family and Marines before departing.
• Zephyr admitted Naito's abilities were too troublesome to pursue, then wondered how the man had changed during his years frozen.

Naito and Zephyr left the battered Charlotte Family behind after Naito challenged Cracker and Katakuri intervened to protect him. King and Queen returned to their ship and reported to Kaido that Katakuri’s siblings had nearly been wiped out, while the Marines had saved them.

• King transformed into a pterosaur, grabbed Queen, and flew them away from the battlefield.
• Katakuri ordered the Charlotte Family to treat the wounded as the Queen Mama Chanter arrived with medical personnel.
• Cracker confronted the Marines, and Naito used his clones to get close and strike at him.
• Katakuri blocked Naito’s punch, and Zephyr led Naito away from the island.
• King told Kaido that the Charlotte Family had nearly been wiped out and that Zephyr and Naito had saved them.

After Byrnndi World’s escape from Pirate Island, the Marines, Big Mom Pirates, and Beasts Pirates considered their losses and planned their next moves. Naito began preparing to seize control of the Dunas Kingdom, while reports of the battle spread and drew attention to a young Marine who had defeated Salt.

• King told Kaido that World had displayed a second ability, that a Lunarian woman could transform into a dragon, and that World planned to visit Wano; Kaido welcomed the challenge.
• Katakuri reported the deaths of four sons and three daughters to Charlotte Linlin, who vowed to pursue World and the Lunarian woman herself.
• Zephyr suspended the mission, while Naito insisted the Marines had not failed and promised to deal with their enemies later.
• Naito learned that seven people had died and fifteen were seriously injured, then ordered Buckingham to begin bringing the unaffiliated Dunas Kingdom under their control.
• Naito sent someone to Wano, and newspaper reports described the escapees’ battle as a victory over the Charlotte Family, Marines, and Beasts Pirates.
• The reports also highlighted a young Marine who had crushed the six-hundred-million-bounty pirate Salt.

News of the battle spread, and Marine Headquarters decided to promote Naito as the standard-bearer of the Marines’ new generation. Naito and his companions then reached the royal palace in the Dunas Kingdom, where he knocked on a closed window.

• Doflamingo angrily tore up the newspaper, while Marco, Whitebeard, and the red-haired man discussed Naito’s battle against Cracker.
• Sengoku told Tsuru and Aokiji that the Five Elders wanted to make Naito a public representative of the Marines’ new generation.
• Zephyr explained the promotion plan to Naito and the others, and Naito insisted that he was already a standard-bearer.
• Naito and his companions arrived at the Dunas Kingdom’s royal palace at night, and Naito knocked on a window.

Naito and his crew entered the Dunas Kingdom and demanded that King Gaston swear allegiance. After Gaston surrendered, Naito used his Dream-Dream Fruit to put him to sleep, leaving the kingdom under Naito’s control.

• King Gaston woke to find Naito, Byrnndi World, and their crew entering his bedroom through the window.
• Gaston refused Naito’s demand to kneel and attacked, but Anthony met his punch and was forced back.
• Luna used Conqueror’s Haki to silence guards outside the bedroom.
• Naito seized Gaston with an invisible arm infused with Haki, and Gaston surrendered to avoid being killed.
• Naito used the Dream-Dream Fruit to put Gaston to sleep, and he warned Salt that the kingdom belonged to him.

Naito ordered Gaston to summon the kingdom’s officials and keep the country sealed while Luna began bringing its people into the Dream World. In the City of Dreams, King Gaston welcomed the summoned officials and gave them glowing tickets, leaving John with his ticket merged into his body.

• Naito told Salt and the others that the people of the country were his precious property, then entrusted Luna with bringing them into the Dream World.
• Gaston awoke, and Naito ordered him to summon his ministers and nobles and secretly seal off the country.
• Minister Thomas gathered mid-level officials, including John, and told them they would be taken to another world.
• John and the officials awoke in the City of Dreams, where Gaston explained that Lord Night King had created a paradise for them.
• Gaston told the officials to grasp the balls of light before them, and John accepted his ticket as it merged into his body.

John and the Dunas Kingdom’s officials explored the City of Dreams, while Naito and Luna planned its expansion and tighter security. Above the royal palace, Anthony and the Shield Fruit user began adjusting to their exile on a cloud.

• John and the other officials explored the City of Dreams, where they took free fruit and goods from shops and enjoyed an extravagant meal.
• The sheriff and the others concluded that His Majesty and Mr. Thomas had been right about the Dream World’s pleasures, while the tax collector wondered whether its beautiful people included handsome men.
• Naito and Luna discussed gradually creating hubs for commoners, expanding the City of Dreams, adding satellite towns and portals, and eventually introducing entertainment and currency.
• Naito told Luna to keep the country safe and prevent anyone from disrupting it, and she agreed to his order.
• Anthony and the Shield Fruit user stood on a cloud above the royal palace and discussed living there after Lord Night King banished them to the sky.

Buckingham and Anthony discussed the technology and Devil Fruits available to the Dunas Kingdom, while Anthony gave up on obtaining a Devil Fruit weapon for the time being. Meanwhile, Marine Colonel Naito captured White Wolf Rock’s pirate crew and added another victory to his rising reputation.

• Buckingham explained that Vegapunk’s machines could create Island Clouds and holograms, and that the crew lacked the Devil Fruits needed to make a Devil Fruit weapon.
• Anthony asked about Artificial Devil Fruits and Hanafuda’s Ancient Zoans, but Buckingham warned that seeking them could provoke the Beasts Pirates and that Mythical Zoan copies were difficult to produce.
• Naito arrived aboard White Wolf Rock’s ship as Marines pursued the pirates, and Rock recognized him from the day’s newspaper coverage.
• Rock transformed into an Arctic Wolf, but Naito knocked him through the deck before he could finish his challenge.
• Naito used Conqueror’s Haki to incapacitate Rock’s first mate, and Marines surrounded the ship and took the pirates into custody.

Naito arrived in Wano Country to meet Kaido, recruit agents, and obtain Enma, but he stumbled upon Kozuki Sukiyaki’s hideout. He seized Nidai Kitetsu and confronted Sukiyaki about hiding while Wano suffered.

• Naito flew into Wano Country and searched for someone to ask directions to the Flower Capital.
• Naito found a house in the forest and recognized its occupant as Tenguyama Hitetsu, the former shogun Kozuki Sukiyaki.
• Naito used invisible matter to take Nidai Kitetsu from Sukiyaki’s sword rack and inspected the cursed blade.
• Naito restrained Sukiyaki and asked whether the people of Wano knew he was still alive.
• Naito criticized Sukiyaki for hiding while his granddaughter endured hardship to save Wano, leaving Sukiyaki stunned by the revelation.

Naito took Kozuki Sukiyaki to the Flower Capital to find his granddaughter, learning that she was living under the name Komurasaki and had become a famous geisha. Sukiyaki told Naito that he did not know Pluton's exact location, and the chapter ended as they reached the pleasure house where Komurasaki worked.

• Naito put Kozuki Sukiyaki to sleep, brought him under his command, and revealed that Hiyori was alive.
• Naito flew with Sukiyaki over Wano Country, where Sukiyaki saw the devastation and grieved over what had happened.
• Naito pressured Sukiyaki to reveal Pluton's location, and Sukiyaki said he only knew it was buried beneath Wano Country and would appear when the borders opened.
• Naito and Sukiyaki reached the Flower Capital and asked a passerby where to find Komurasaki, whom Sukiyaki realized was Hiyori.
• Naito waited until nightfall before taking Sukiyaki to the pleasure house, where a customer was demanding to see Komurasaki.

Naito took possession of Kozuki Sukiyaki and used threats to make Denjiro and Kozuki Hiyori surrender Enma and Ame no Habakiri. After knocking Hiyori and Denjiro unconscious, Naito let Sukiyaki regain control of his body.

• Naito sat with Nidai Kitetsu and Ame no Habakiri and examined Enma, one of Oden’s Great Grade Swords.
• Denjiro shielded Hiyori and Sukiyaki while demanding to know who Naito was.
• Naito possessed Sukiyaki, put a sword to Hiyori’s neck, and warned her not to resist if she wanted her grandfather to live.
• Naito snapped his fingers and made Hiyori collapse, then threatened Denjiro into collapsing as well.
• Hiyori and Denjiro later woke up, and Sukiyaki regained control of his body.

Naito tamed Enma and ordered Kozuki Hiyori to unite Wano Country’s resistance forces while he prepared to deal with the quarry prison. The chapter left Hiyori with a plan to find Ashura Doji first and Naito examining Enma’s powerful but costly Haki output.

• Naito stopped Enma from draining his Haki and repeatedly charged and withdrew it until he tamed the sword.
• Kozuki Hiyori and Kozuki Sukiyaki recounted how they had survived after Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido took control of Wano Country.
• Naito ordered Hiyori to gather the remaining resistance forces, find Ashura Doji, and leave Kawamatsu’s rescue for later.
• Naito proposed making the Udon quarry the resistance’s base and said he would go there when he had time.
• Naito finished taming Enma and noted that its Haki consumption was immense and its release crude.

Naito took Kozuki Hiyori and Kozuki Sukiyaki to Mt. Atama so they could recruit Ashura Doji, promising to help reclaim Wano Country himself. He flew back toward the Flower Capital, planning to rest before going to Onigashima the next day.

• Naito quickly tamed Enma, then told Denjiro to return to his post and took Kozuki Hiyori and Kozuki Sukiyaki toward Mt. Atama.
• Naito found Ashura Doji's hidden stronghold and left the Kozuki pair there to persuade him, while asking Sukiyaki to keep three swords safe.
• Hiyori asked whether they could reclaim Wano Country, and Naito said he would step in because they could not defeat Kaido themselves.
• Naito claimed he wanted Wano's people to live well, and Hiyori agreed to help him while hoping he would honor their agreement.
• Naito flew back toward the Flower Capital as Hiyori and Sukiyaki watched him leave, and he planned to go to Onigashima the next day.

Naito traveled to Onigashima to meet Kaido and was confronted by Hanafuda, the Lizard King of the Shichibukai. Their evenly matched fight drew Kaido and King’s attention, and the chapter left them poised to continue battling.

• Naito flew to Onigashima, entered through its port, and asked the Beasts Pirates whether Kaido was home.
• When the pirates attacked, Naito used Conqueror’s Haki to knock most of them unconscious.
• Hanafuda confronted Naito, recognized him as Thunder Dragon, and demanded to know why he had come to Kaido’s territory.
• Hanafuda attacked with his chained flail, but Naito kicked it back and clashed fists with him.
• Kaido and King watched the fight from the main building as Naito and Hanafuda fought to a standstill.

Naito defeated Hanafuda, then met Kaido and proposed a deal concerning Artificial Devil Fruits. At a banquet with the Beasts Pirates, Naito began explaining Vegapunk’s technology and the Azure Dragon replica made from Kaido’s Lineage Factor.

• Naito used his golden armor and powerful attacks to defeat Hanafuda in his tyrannosaurus form while a red-and-white figure watched nearby.
• Kaido arrived, mistook Naito for a representative of World, and agreed to hold a banquet after Naito mentioned Artificial Devil Fruits.
• Naito joined Kaido, King, Queen, Jack, Black Maria, Hanafuda, Ulti, and Page One at a banquet in the main building.
• Kaido asked Naito to explain the Artificial Devil Fruits, and Naito described Vegapunk’s research into the Lineage Factor and the Azure Dragon replica based on Kaido.

Naito discussed mass-producing inferior Artificial Devil Fruits with Kaido and asked for advance payment to fund their production. When Kaido threatened him, Naito offered information about the World Government’s hidden ruler, Nerona Imu.

• Naito told Kaido that his scientists could create mass-produced fruits that let people fuse with animal Lineage Factors, though they would be weaker than real Zoans and have drawbacks.
• Kaido agreed that the fruits would be useful, but became angry when Naito revealed production had not started and asked for advance payment.
• Naito offered information about the Celestial Dragons’ ultimate secret in exchange for the payment.
• Naito identified Nerona Imu as an immortal ruler who had controlled the world from behind the scenes for eight hundred years, with the Five Elders and God's Knights serving him.
• Kaido questioned why Naito had come to him, and Naito said they would eventually topple the King of the World; Kaido laughed in response.

After securing Kaido’s funding for his Devil Fruit research, Naito explained how Imu’s immortality and control could be resisted and persuaded Kaido to provide two Zoan Devil Fruits. Naito left Wano with the fruits and money, while Kaido’s crew waited to see whether the research would produce results within a year.

• Naito discussed Imu’s powers with Kaido and the others, explaining that Conqueror’s Haki could counter his recovery and that killing a controlled person could restore their original personality.
• Naito told Kaido that Roger and Garp might have been able to save Rocks by leaving him enough strength to resist Garling.
• Naito proposed using regular and Ancient Zoan Devil Fruits to advance his research, and Kaido ordered Hanafuda to provide an Ancient Zoan fruit.
• Naito charged Kaido market prices for the two fruits, reducing the remaining payment from three billion Beli to 2.4 billion and prompting Kaido to smash his cup.
• Naito left Onigashima carrying two cases, while King told Queen that the information could be worth the cost and Kaido waited for the first fruits to mature.

Naito returned to the mountain stronghold and faced Ashura Doji, who challenged him over his treatment of Kozuki Hiyori and Kozuki Sukiyaki. Naito tested Enma by blasting Ashura away, but Ashura recovered and attacked with Oden Two-Sword Style: Togen Totsuka.

• Naito arrived at the stronghold, where Ashura Doji accused him of threatening Kozuki Sukiyaki and Kozuki Hiyori and demanded that he release them.
• Kozuki Hiyori explained that she had told Ashura what happened, but Ashura refused to stand down and prepared to fight Naito.
• Naito took Enma from Kozuki Sukiyaki and infused it with Haki as Ashura charged at him.
• Naito struck Ashura with a powerful swing of Enma, sending him through the stronghold wall and into a mountain.
• Ashura recovered, returned with two swords, and unleashed Oden Two-Sword Style: Togen Totsuka toward Naito.