Recaps

Yamato told Gaban and his family how Kozuki Oden died after returning to Wano Country and explained that she wanted to become him. Gaban urged her to honor Oden while living as herself, leaving Yamato shaken and questioning her long-held identity.

• Yamato introduced herself to Gaban and Ripley as Kaido's daughter who would become Kozuki Oden, and they welcomed her inside for tea.
• Yamato recounted how Kurozumi Orochi deceived Oden, how Oden was defeated after fighting Kaido, and how he died in boiling oil.
• Yamato said witnessing Oden's execution and reading his logbook had inspired her to adventure freely and become Oden.
• Hajrudin criticized Oden for trusting Orochi and fighting alone, while Ripley and Gaban explained his naivety and instincts.
• Yamato vowed to defeat Kaido and open Wano Country's borders, but Gaban told her she could honor Oden without becoming him and should write her own story.
• Yamato stared blankly as Gaban's words shook the belief she had held for more than a decade.

Yamato told Naito she had stopped trying to become Kozuki Oden and would live as herself, while Naito received an urgent call from Sengoku during his Navy mission. In the Dream World, Yamato shared her discoveries about Elbaf and womanhood, then asked Naito whether he found her pretty and wanted to take advantage of her.

• Yamato remembered that her first adventure belonged to her, accepted that she was Yamato rather than Kozuki Oden, and realized she was a woman.
• Gaban asked Ripley to teach Yamato the basics, and Ripley agreed.
• Naito sailed from an East Blue member state amid the crowds' farewells, while Binz and Ain teased him about the attention he received from women.
• Sengoku called Naito with an urgent matter as the warship headed to collect another Affiliated Nation.
• Yamato told Naito about her adventures in Elbaf and declared that she would pursue an adventure of her own as Yamato.
• Yamato explained what Ripley had taught her about being a woman, then asked Naito if he thought she was pretty and wanted to take advantage of her.

Naito forced King Brian to accept a change of course, then headed toward a war between two World Government member states and the Germa Kingdom. The chapter ended as the Fromm Kingdom’s capital came under a relentless bombardment.

• Yamato kissed Naito, and he told her to ask Ripley what it meant to like someone.
• Ain told Naito that King Brian was resisting the change of course, so Naito confronted the king and used Conqueror’s Haki to frighten him.
• King Brian agreed to change course and follow Naito’s warship.
• Ain explained that Sengoku had ordered Naito to mediate a war and bring Vinsmoke Judge to the Reverie.
• The Fromm Kingdom’s capital endured a heavy bombardment as its defenders were ordered to reinforce the walls.

The Germa Kingdom’s army invaded the Fromm Kingdom after the Natura Kingdom hired Germa to retaliate for Fromm’s repeated extortion. As Germa closed in on the capital, Rear Admiral Naito intervened, threw Vinsmoke Ichiji away, and told the Fromm king the war was over.

• The Fromm king watched Germa 66 surround the capital and regretted provoking the Natura Kingdom, while the World Government’s promised mediation had not arrived.
• Vinsmoke Judge ordered Vinsmoke Ichiji to breach the city gates, and Ichiji used his combat suit and Sparking Fist to smash through the wall.
• Germa’s soldiers charged under cover of bombardment as Ichiji reached the Fromm king and prepared to seize him.
• Naito caught Ichiji’s reaching hand, swung him around, and hurled him into the distance.
• Naito told the Fromm king to prepare to clean up because the war was over, then leapt toward the giant snails; the king recognized him as Rear Admiral Naito.

Naito stopped the Germa Kingdom’s invasion of the Fromm Kingdom with his Conqueror’s Haki and ordered Vinsmoke Judge to attend the Reverie. He then brought the warring kingdoms’ rulers together to end the conflict, but the king of the Natura Kingdom protested Marine interference.

• Naito confronted Judge and used his Conqueror’s Haki to knock out Germa’s soldiers and subdue the Vinsmoke family.
• Judge begged for his life, and Naito told him he would not destroy Germa and ordered him to come to Mary Geoise for the Reverie.
• Naito gathered the kings of the Fromm Kingdom and the Natura Kingdom outside the damaged capital and asked them to end the war.
• The king of the Fromm Kingdom agreed, but the king of the Natura Kingdom angrily accused the Marines of bias and challenged Naito’s claim to be a hero.

After forcing Judge to return the Natura Kingdom’s fee and ending the war, Naito set off with the Vinsmoke fleet to collect other royal families and Garp. While traveling, his Dream World gained enough hubs to evolve his projection ability, and he began testing its new capabilities.

• Naito told the kings that the World Government would not allow either the Fromm Kingdom or the Natura Kingdom to be destroyed, and Judge agreed to return the fee for the failed job.
• Naito ended the war and borrowed Judge’s giant snail fleet to travel with Binz and Ain, planning to collect two other royal families and then Garp in the Goa Kingdom.
• Three days after leaving the Fromm Kingdom, Naito sensed that his growing number of Dream World hubs had brought the Dream World closer to reality and evolved his projection ability.
• Naito created a stable, lifelike double of himself, then flew into the sky to test the power, finding that his projections were larger and stronger for the same energy.
• Naito projected a ripe banana into his hand and squeezed it to test how real his new creations felt.

Naito discovered that his projections could now mimic the physical properties of real materials, then found floating islands and attacked the source of a powerful aura there. The attack destroyed a building, and the island erupted into activity.

• Naito tested his improved projection ability by conjuring a banana, a meteor, storms, magma, ice, and beams of light, then explained its limits and costs.
• Naito wondered whether his power had reached the level of the Four Emperors and set off to return to the snail fleet.
• Naito spotted floating islands, disguised his aura with a glowing projection, and flew toward them.
• Naito sensed a powerful presence inside a Wano Country-style complex and struck it with an invisible lightning bolt.
• Naito watched the lightning demolish the building, and the island came alive after the explosion.

Naito confronted Golden Lion Shiki and tested the strength of the legendary pirate, whose attacks proved weaker than expected. Shiki charged at Naito after Naito mocked his Haki, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Shiki awoke amid the ruins of his house and identified Naito as the attacker.
• Naito claimed he wanted to cooperate with Shiki, but Shiki attacked him with a Flying Slash.
• Naito countered Shiki’s slash and tsunami with invisible projections, surprising Shiki with his ability to create attacks from nothing.
• Shiki suspected Naito was connected to Byrnndi World and launched Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley.
• Naito blocked Shiki’s slashes with a projected seastone wall reinforced with Haki, then taunted Shiki for his weakened Haki.
• Shiki charged at Naito, whose expression changed as he anticipated the attack.

Naito defeated Golden Lion by trapping him in a Haki-reinforced Seastone cage and offered to cooperate. Golden Lion refused, insisting that one defeat would never make him submit.

• Naito attacked Golden Lion with projections of magma, lasers, and walls, then enclosed him in a shrinking cage.
• Golden Lion's Flying Slashes and Float-Float Fruit power failed to break or alter the cage.
• Naito restrained Golden Lion and taunted him about how much his strength had declined.
• Naito reminded Golden Lion that he had come to seek cooperation.
• Golden Lion rejected the offer and declared that he would never submit after only one defeat.

Naito recruited Golden Lion to join a future battle against Nerona Imu, the hidden ruler of the world. Golden Lion agreed to fight Imu himself and considered selling Naito his rage-drug research.

• Golden Lion explained that fourteen years without proper training had weakened his Haki, but insisted he would never submit to anyone.
• Naito told Golden Lion that Nerona Imu had killed Rocks at God Valley and revealed that Roger had chosen to entrust the future to those who came after him.
• Golden Lion became interested in cooperating, then attacked Naito after the cage vanished and was stopped by a barrier and an invisible blow.
• Naito said he wanted to hear Golden Lion roar when he challenged Imu, and Golden Lion vowed to be the one to cut off the King's head.
• Naito asked Golden Lion to sell him the project behind his rage drug, and Golden Lion wondered how Naito knew about his secret research.

Naito sold the Golden Lion his islands, IQ, savage beasts, and research data, then secretly returned to his warship. There, he discovered he could animate a Mimicry Projection by placing part of his consciousness inside it, creating a true clone.

• Naito agreed to buy Shiki’s islands, IQ, savage beasts, and research data for five billion Beli, with another five hundred million for delivery to the New World.
• Naito and Shiki exchanged contact information, and Naito flew away after telling Shiki to arrange the handover with his associate.
• Shiki wondered about Naito’s connection to World and decided he would challenge the King of the World himself.
• Naito flew away from the warship before doubling back, turned invisible, and returned to his room without being noticed.
• Naito noticed his Mimicry Projection appeared to breathe, put part of his consciousness into it, and awakened a clone that could see, hear, and feel.

Naito spotted the Baratie and chose to visit, while Sanji recognized the enormous snail ships surrounding the restaurant and prepared to draw their pursuers away. The chapter ended with Sanji rushing into Zeff as he tried to find a boat.

• Naito trained with Ain and Binz, then watched the Vinsmoke siblings train under Judge and judged Sanji to have the greatest potential in the family.
• Binz spotted the Baratie, and Naito decided to go there with Ain and Binz to try its food.
• At the Baratie, Zeff ordered Sanji to serve soup, and Sanji grudgingly pushed a cart toward the dining room.
• Sanji found the restaurant's customers gathered outside and learned that giant snails with buildings on their backs had surrounded the Baratie.
• Sanji recognized the ships as his pursuers and ran inside to find a boat so he could lead them away, but collided with Zeff.

Sanji panicked when he saw the giant snails surrounding the Baratie, but Zeff hid him in the kitchen as Rear Admiral Naito arrived with Judge's family and King Brian. The Vinsmoke family learned that Sanji was at the restaurant after a customer recognized his resemblance to the three brothers, and Judge confronted the customer.

• Sanji feared that staying at the Baratie would bring disaster, so Zeff sent him into the kitchen and ordered Patty and Carne to keep him there.
• Naito arrived at the Baratie on a giant snail, and the excited crowd followed him inside for lunch.
• Naito ordered every signature dish, while Zeff noticed that Judge's three sons looked like Sanji.
• A customer recognized the brothers' resemblance to Sanji, and Judge demanded to know whether the customer had said his name.

Judge and his sons found Sanji at Baratie and tried to take him back to Germa, while Zeff and the cooks stood up for him. Naito told Judge that he and Sanji could simply leave each other alone.

• A customer told Judge that Sanji worked as a cook and waiter at Baratie, and Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji celebrated the chance to bully him again.
• Judge pushed past Zeff and headed for the kitchen, but Zeff appealed to Rear Admiral Naito for help.
• Judge said Sanji was his son and claimed he only wanted to bring him home, while Naito noted that Judge was a king and he could not interfere in family affairs.
• Sanji came out of the kitchen, rejected Judge, and told him to leave Baratie; Patty, Carne, and the other cooks gathered to defend him.
• Sanji tried to charge Judge, but Zeff held him back as Judge and his sons taunted him.
• Naito told Judge that he did not want Sanji and that Sanji hated the Vinsmoke family, so they could leave each other alone.

Naito protected Sanji from Judge by taking him aboard his ship, where he would help in the kitchen until he was old enough to become a Marine. The chapter ended with Sanji leaving the Baratie under Naito’s protection and Judge warned not to seek revenge.

• Naito stopped Judge from punishing Sanji and told him to pursue becoming the world’s number one chef.
• Zeff asked Naito to take Sanji into the Marines, fearing Judge would retaliate after Naito left the East Blue.
• Naito explained that the Marines did not recruit children, but Zeff pleaded for Sanji to work in the ship’s kitchen.
• Zeff urged Sanji to go with Naito, and Sanji agreed after seeing his adoptive father’s concern.
• Naito took Sanji aboard his ship and warned Judge that former classmates in the East Blue would watch the Baratie.

Naito helped Sanji leave the Baratie and join his journey, giving him a chance to say goodbye to Zeff and the cooks. Sanji departed with Naito’s group as the snail fleet resumed its trip to collect the remaining royal families and Vice Admiral Garp.

• After the Vinsmoke family left, Naito asked Sanji to help prepare the meal, and Sanji returned to the kitchen.
• Sanji thanked Zeff and the cooks for their years together, while Zeff reassured him that he had done nothing wrong.
• Naito and his companions finished eating, and Sanji left the Baratie with his luggage after saying goodbye to Zeff.
• Naito told Binz to settle Sanji in and keep him away from the Vinsmoke family, and Binz agreed.
• The snail fleet resumed its journey, with plans to collect two more royal families before heading to the Goa Kingdom for Garp.

Sanji trained with Binz aboard the Germa fleet, and Naito challenged Judge’s view of him as a failure. Naito revealed that he knew Sanji had a custom raid suit called Stealth Black, leaving Judge wondering how he had learned about it.

• Binz began training Sanji, who charged him with a series of powerful kicks but could not get past Binz’s Tekkai.
• Ain praised Sanji’s talent and determination, while Naito went to speak with Judge.
• Judge called Sanji a failure and said he was suited to being a cook, contradicting his earlier stance.
• Naito said Sanji would exceed Judge’s expectations and asked whether he had his own raid suit.
• Judge confirmed that Sanji had a custom raid suit, and Naito named it Stealth Black and mentioned its ability to turn invisible.
• Judge clenched his fists and suspected Morgans had revealed the suit’s details.

Naito pressured Judge to give Sanji the Raid Suit, and Reiju delivered it to Sanji during his training with Binz. Sanji decided to use the suit while refusing to forgive Judge, and the chapter ended as he prepared to activate it.

• Naito told Judge to give Sanji the Raid Suit, and Judge agreed after learning Naito had high hopes for Sanji.
• Binz praised Sanji's ability and began planning his proper training after explaining how far beyond him Naito was.
• Reiju arrived and gave Sanji his personal Raid Suit, code-named Stealth Black, on Judge's behalf.
• Sanji rejected the suit at first, but Naito persuaded him to keep it without forgiving Judge.
• Sanji decided to try the Raid Suit and planned to use it while leaving Judge's attempt to mend things unanswered.

Sanji activated his raid suit and tested its enhancements, discovering that it boosted his speed, let him hover and fly, and provided remarkable defense. As Binz prepared to test the suit’s cape, Naito struck Sanji with a finger and sent the cape slamming into him.

• Sanji found the raid suit’s hidden button and transformed into its black-suited form.
• Sanji discovered that the suit worked like an extension of his body and boosted his speed.
• Sanji used the suit’s heel jets to hover and fly through the air.
• Binz punched Sanji several times to test the suit’s defenses, but even his strongest blow only made Sanji feel sick.
• Sanji said the cape might be even more protective, but Naito struck it with his finger before Binz could test it.

Naito and the Marines collected the remaining royal families before reaching Foosha Village to pick up Garp. The chapter ended with Naito meeting Garp, Bogard, and the young Luffy and Ace at Makino's tavern.

• Naito explained the abilities of Sanji's Stealth Black battle suit, and Sanji demonstrated its invisibility.
• Naito continued training Ain, Binz, and Sanji as the snail fleet collected the royal families of the last two Affiliated Nations.
• The fleet arrived at Foosha Village, where Naito and his companions asked a villager to lead them to Garp.
• Naito entered Makino's tavern and found Garp eating with Bogard, Ace, and Luffy.
• Garp welcomed Naito, while Ace and Luffy turned to look at him.

Garp reunited with Ace and Luffy, who declared they wanted to become pirates, and challenged Naito to show them how strong their enemies would be. The brothers faced Naito outside Makino's tavern, where he claimed a lock of hair would be enough to defeat them.

• Garp woke up and scolded Ace and Luffy for falling asleep, knocking them both to the floor with punches.
• Ace and Luffy told Garp they wanted to become pirates, with Luffy declaring that he would become Pirate King.
• Garp asked Naito to demonstrate the strength pirates would face, and Ace and Luffy agreed to fight him.
• Naito faced the brothers outside Makino's tavern and said he needed only a lock of hair to beat them.

Naito easily defeated Ace and Luffy with his Life Return technique while Garp used the fight to show them the strength they would face as pirates. Ace and Luffy both vowed to become Pirate King and beat Naito, before Garp knocked them down with his Fist of Love.

• Ace and Luffy attacked Naito together, but his hair caught Ace and sent him crashing into Luffy.
• Naito used two strands of hair to stop Ace’s iron pipe, bind Luffy, and slam Ace into the ground.
• Naito said the boys had only made him waste a few hairs, and Luffy celebrated that they had beaten his hair.
• Garp urged Ace and Luffy to work hard and aim to become outstanding marines like Naito.
• Ace and Luffy argued over who would become Pirate King and defeat Naito, so Garp struck them with his Fist of Love.

Garp left the village after warning Ace and Luffy to keep training and abandon their plans to become pirates, then traveled with Naito and the others toward the Reverie. During training aboard the fleet, Sanji pushed himself to exhaustion, determined to become strong enough to protect his companions.

• Garp beat Ace and Luffy again, urged them to become marines, and departed the village with Bogard.
• Ace and Luffy watched Naito and declared that they would surpass him and become Pirate King.
• Judge welcomed Garp aboard the Vinsmoke snail fleet and promised him as many rice crackers as he wanted.
• Naito practiced dodging Bogard's sword attacks with Observation Haki, while Bogard realized Naito had surpassed him.
• Garp instructed Ain, Binz, and Sanji as they trained aboard the fleet.
• Sanji continued doing weighted push-ups despite his trembling muscles, determined to protect the others.

Sanji awakened his Lineage Factor abilities during training, but he resisted Judge’s attempt to take him back to the lab. Judge realized Sanji’s awakening had not made him obedient, and suspected Sora’s drug was responsible.

• Sanji pushed through exhaustion and suddenly felt renewed power as his eyebrows changed, prompting Naito to suspect an Awakening.
• Judge examined Sanji, confirmed his exoskeleton had developed, and considered taking him back to restore the Vinsmoke family.
• Judge ordered Sanji to obey him, but Sanji punched him and refused to go to the lab.
• Judge wondered whether Sora’s drug had prevented Sanji’s Lineage Factor from making him obedient.
• Naito noticed Sanji looked panicked despite claiming he felt great.

Sanji learned that awakening his Lineage Factor would not erase his emotions, then tested his new abilities against Binz. The tests revealed exceptional speed, strength, and durability, and Binz began another attack using Haki.

• Sanji asked whether he would become emotionless like Ichiji and his brothers, and Judge assured him that his emotions would not change.
• Naito arranged for Sanji to test his awakened Lineage Factor in a fight with Binz.
• Sanji moved so quickly that he caught Binz off guard, and Judge explained that speed was Sanji’s Lineage Factor ability.
• Sanji struck Binz with Mouton Shot and nearly overcame his Tekkai with his increased strength.
• Binz punched and used Shigan against Sanji, but Sanji showed extraordinary durability and remained uninjured.
• Naito told Binz to use Haki, and Binz charged Sanji with another Shigan.