Recaps

Ivan ate an unknown Devil Fruit just as his long-delayed system activated, gaining Satoru Gojo’s Echo template and Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue. As Alvida’s pirates boarded the Marine ship, Ivan recruited Koby and stepped forward to protect him from Alvida.

• After the ship’s stem was damaged and Alvida pursued the Marines, Ivan ate the unknown Devil Fruit and chose to sacrifice its power for a system draw.
• Ivan obtained Satoru Gojo: Echo and Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue, then reassured Tashigi and went to the deck.
• Alvida’s pirates boarded the warship, and Alvida threw Koby into the fight when he hesitated to attack.
• Ivan caught Koby, learned he wanted to join the Marines, and offered him a chance to serve under him after the battle.
• Alvida confronted Koby for betraying her, and Ivan stepped between them and challenged her.

After gaining a portion of the Satoru Gojo template’s power, Ivan confronted Alvida and easily overpowered her despite his injuries. Alvida ordered her pirates to shoot him, and Ivan answered the gunfire by invoking Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue.

• Alvida and her pirates mocked Ivan and demanded that he surrender.
• Ivan insulted Alvida, enraging her, and she swung her spiked mace at his head.
• Ivan caught Alvida’s mace with one hand and realized his strength had increased severalfold.
• Ivan kicked Alvida through a wall, but she recovered and ordered her pirates to shoot him.
• As bullets flew toward him, Ivan conjured an azure light in his palm and declared, “Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue!”

Ivan used his blue sphere ability to defeat Alvida and destroy her ship, winning the battle against the Alvida Pirates. After the Marines secured the remaining pirates and treasure, Tashigi asked Ivan about his power, and he confirmed that he had become a Devil Fruit User.

• Ivan's blue sphere absorbed the pirates' bullets, sent them fleeing, and crushed Alvida and her ship.
• Ivan ordered the Marines to capture the surviving pirates, who surrendered without resisting.
• Tashigi reported that the Marines had captured twenty-three pirates, seized 7.5 million Beli, and killed thirty, including Alvida.
• Ivan ordered the Marines to inventory the spoils, secure the prisoners, and return to Loguetown.
• Tashigi asked whether the blue sphere came from a Devil Fruit, and Ivan confirmed that he had become a Devil Fruit User.

Ivan admitted to Tashigi that he was a Devil Fruit User and focused on recovering and growing stronger after his fight with the Arlong Pirates. He brought his Marines to the Baratie, where a pirate insulted him, leaving Ivan to restrain Tashigi and postpone dealing with the troublemakers.

• Ivan told Tashigi he was a Devil Fruit User, and she celebrated the prospect of his promotion.
• While recovering from his wounds aboard the warship, Ivan learned from Tashigi that the Arlong Pirates had found them despite their precautions and told her he knew the reason.
• Ivan connected the attack to Colonel Nezumi and resolved to get stronger before taking on Nezumi and Arlong.
• Tashigi spotted the Baratie, and Ivan ordered the Marines to stop there for a meal and said he would pay.
• At the Baratie, a scar-faced pirate insulted Ivan, but Ivan stopped Tashigi from attacking and decided to deal with the pirates after eating.

Ivan and Tashigi faced the Baratie staff’s suspicion that the Marines would dine without paying, so Ivan offered the head of Alvida’s vice captain as payment. As they waited for their meal, a more arrogant newcomer entered the restaurant.

• Scarface’s companion warned him that Ivan was Ensign White Dove, the feared Marine known as Ensign Butcher, and Scarface fell silent.
• Ivan ordered an expensive meal for the Marines while the waiter doubted he would pay.
• Sanji confronted Ivan about the bill, but Zeff stopped him and apologized to Ivan and Tashigi.
• Tashigi tried to assure Zeff that Ivan was an honest Marine, but Ivan stopped her and placed the vice captain’s head on the table as payment.
• Ivan explained that the pirate’s 1.2 million Beli bounty covered the meal and collection costs; Scarface fled, and Zeff accepted the payment.
• Ivan and Tashigi began waiting for their food, but another, even more arrogant newcomer entered the restaurant.

Pal and the Krieg Pirates threatened the Baratie, but Ivan intervened and revealed his overwhelming strength. As the pirates prepared to bombard the restaurant, Ivan unleashed Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue at one of their ships.

• Pal ordered the diners out of the Baratie and attacked Scarface and his companion when they asked to join the Krieg Pirates.
• Sanji stopped Pal from killing Scarface, and Ivan struck Pal into the sea when he charged at Sanji.
• Zeff restrained Sanji and warned him that White Dove was frighteningly strong, while Pal returned to his ship and attacked Ivan with flames that Ivan absorbed using a blue sphere.
• Ivan kicked Pal onto a Krieg Pirates ship, where Pal ordered his crew to aim their cannons at the Baratie.
• Ivan told Sanji he could protect the restaurant, then fired Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue at the nearest pirate ship, creating a brilliant blue light over the sea.

Ivan destroyed the Krieg Pirates’ attack on the Baratie, demonstrating his strength to Sanji and Zeff. After killing the pirates aboard two escaping ships, he returned to the restaurant, where Sanji thanked him for protecting them.

• Ivan’s attack split a pirate ship apart, and Zeff told Sanji that Ivan showed the strength of a true powerhouse.
• Ivan’s recognition of the Satoru Gojo template rose to 32%, restoring his stamina and deepening his understanding of Blue.
• Ivan ordered Barton to stop the two escaping pirate ships so they could be captured, then leaped onto one of them.
• Ivan used Blue Slash to kill the pirates aboard both ships, explaining that he had resolved to end the Great Pirate Era after witnessing a town ravaged by pirates.
• Sanji thanked Ivan for dealing with the Krieg Pirates, and Ivan replied that the strong should protect the weak.

Ivan returned to Loguetown with two captured pirate ships after defeating the Krieg Pirates, while the town mistook his arrival for a major attack. As Tashigi reported Loguetown was under lockdown, Ivan was still unaware of the alarm his ships had caused.

• Sanji refused Ivan's invitation and vowed to find stronger companions, while Ivan warned him not to become a pirate who slaughtered innocents.
• Ivan sailed toward Loguetown with two captured pirate ships and more than fifty million Beli in savings.
• Loguetown residents spotted the approaching ships and panicked, believing the Krieg Pirates were attacking.
• Ivan sunbathed aboard his ship as Tashigi maintained Shigure and followed his order to help bring the ships in.
• Tashigi returned to Ivan and reported that Loguetown was locked down and appeared to be under a large-scale pirate attack.

Ivan arrived in Loguetown and demonstrated how much stronger he had become by sparring evenly with Smoker. He then asked Smoker to help him redeem a Devil Fruit for one of his subordinates, and Smoker agreed to apply to headquarters.

• Tashigi spotted Loguetown’s harbor Marines aiming cannons at Ivan’s ships, so Ivan changed formation and raised the Marine flag to correct their mistake.
• Ivan and Smoker exchanged punches at the harbor, and Ivan matched Smoker’s strength before Smoker used his Smoke-Smoke Fruit power.
• Ivan trapped and compressed Smoker’s smoke with his gravity ability, and the two fought for an hour before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Ivan told Smoker that he had eaten a Devil Fruit granting gravity powers and had used it to defeat Alvida.
• As Ivan and Smoker walked toward the Marine branch, Ivan asked to redeem a Devil Fruit for someone under his command, and Smoker offered to request one from headquarters in exchange for Ivan’s military merit.

Ivan spent a month refining his Blue-based combat techniques, received a new Devil Fruit and a promotion to Major, and prepared to sail for the Conomi Islands. After insisting that headquarters’ complaints would not stop his pirate hunts, he ate the newly delivered fruit and gained one draw.

• Ivan trained in Loguetown for a month and perfected new Blue techniques, including sword attacks, Taijutsu moves, Geppo, and Soru.
• Tashigi told Ivan that his Devil Fruit had arrived and that headquarters planned to promote him.
• Smoker gave Ivan an unrecorded Zoan Devil Fruit and promoted him to Major for defeating the Alvida Pirates and killing Pal.
• Smoker warned Ivan that other Marines resented his unauthorized pirate hunts, but Ivan declared that he would follow his own justice and leave to hunt pirates again.
• Ivan boarded his refitted warship and ate the green-skinned banana Devil Fruit, triggering a system notification that he had gained one draw.

Ivan obtained Yamato’s Wood Release template and led a Marine warship toward the Conomi Islands to confront Arlong. After his crew rescued survivors from a pirate attack, Ivan spotted Nami among them and called her over.

• Ivan drew Yamato’s template and gained Wood Release, then encouraged Koby to keep training.
• Tashigi reported that the warship was nearing the Conomi Islands, and Ivan ordered it to proceed at full speed to settle matters with Arlong.
• Ivan sent his subordinates to stop the Black Scar Pirates from looting a merchant ship and told them to protect civilians.
• Tashigi reported that the pirates had been defeated and the merchant ship had sunk, so Ivan met the survivors and provided tents.
• Ivan spotted Nami hiding among the refugees and called her over.

Nami tried to escape after the Marines discovered her Arlong Pirates tattoo, but Ivan captured her and offered to help defeat Arlong in exchange for her serving as his navigator in the Marines. With Nami aboard, Ivan's warship approached the Conomi Islands, where Arlong's scouts spotted it and prepared to attack.

• Nami leaped from the ship to avoid arrest, but Ivan pulled her back and exposed her Arlong Pirates tattoo.
• Ivan told Nami he understood that Arlong had forced her to stay with him, then offered to help eliminate Arlong if she became his navigator and served under him.
• Nami agreed to work for Ivan as long as he killed Arlong, and the two shook hands.
• Kuroobi spotted Ivan's warship near the Conomi Islands and ordered the Fish-Men to attack, while Hachi went to warn Arlong.
• Nami warned Ivan and Tashigi that Fish-Man scouts were patrolling the area, and Ivan confirmed that they had spotted the ship.

Ivan defeated the Fish-Man sentries underwater with a powerful sword technique, then arrived with Nami and the Marines at Cocoyasi Village. The villagers reacted with suspicion until Nami urged them to trust Major White Dove and said he had come to help.

• Nami worried that Fish-Men would sink the ship, but Ivan raced across the sea to confront them.
• Kuroobi attacked Ivan with Fish-Man Karate: Sea Wave, but Ivan's Blue: Water Flash Slash cut through the attack and severed the Fish-Men.
• Ivan returned to the ship, and Nami saw blood and remains surface behind it, confirming that he had defeated the sentries.
• Ivan and his companions disembarked at Cocoyasi Village, where villagers distrusted the Marines and a villager raised a sickle after seeing Nami with them.
• Nami stepped between the villagers and Ivan and told everyone that Major White Dove had come to help them.

Ivan defeated the Fish-Men who attacked Cocoyasi Village and led the villagers toward Arlong Park. After the villagers learned why Nami had joined Arlong's crew, Arlong confronted Ivan, and Ivan prepared to fight him and the Fish-Men alone.

• Ivan used a blue horizontal sword slash to kill the Fish-Men led by Kinjo, then marched toward Arlong Park with the villagers.
• Nojiko told Nami that the villagers knew she had joined Arlong's crew to protect them, and Nami broke down crying.
• Arlong arrived with his Fish-Men and demanded to know what happened to his missing brothers; Ivan told him he had killed them.
• Arlong charged at Ivan and the villagers, and Ivan ordered Tashigi to lead the villagers away while he faced the Fish-Men.

Ivan defeated Arlong and slaughtered the Arlong Pirates, then left Arlong to the villagers of Cocoyasi Village for revenge. News of the pirates’ destruction spread across the Conomi Islands, and as the villagers prepared a feast to thank Ivan, he used Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique.

• Arlong charged Ivan, but Ivan smashed his face into the ground, shattered his teeth, and cut off his left arm.
• Arlong urged the Fish-Men to flee, then charged Ivan again and was pinned to the ground by Ivan’s Violent Spear Tree.
• Ivan used Blue: Soru to kill the Fish-Men one by one, including Hachi.
• Ivan cut off Arlong’s remaining limbs and handed him over to the villagers, who attacked him in revenge for seven years of suffering.
• Word of the Arlong Pirates’ destruction spread across the Conomi Islands, and Ivan accepted the villagers’ feast before summoning the Four-Pillar House Technique.

Ivan left Cocoyasi Village with Nami after using Wood Release to build the villagers new homes, but stayed nearby because the village still faced a threat. Captain Nezumi sailed toward the village to take over Arlong’s extortion racket and ordered his ship alongside Ivan’s warship.

• Ivan used Wood Release to build rows of wooden houses for the villagers, who thanked him and Nami for their help.
• Nami left her savings with Nojiko and the villagers, then departed Cocoyasi Village with Ivan as the villagers waved them off and wished her well.
• On the warship, Ivan told Nami that drinking cola and training could make her stronger, and she gulped down another bottle.
• When Tashigi asked why they had not returned to Loguetown, Ivan said they still needed to deal with one last threat to Cocoyasi Village.
• Captain Nezumi sailed from the East Blue 16th Branch intending to seize Arlong’s territory and extort the Conomi Islands’ villages, then ordered his men to approach Ivan’s warship.

Ivan confronted Captain Nezumi aboard his warship, rejected Nezumi’s blackmail, and killed him before leaving Nami to settle her score. Ivan later returned to Loguetown with the heads of Arlong and the other Fish-Men, prompting the townspeople to celebrate his victory and fear he would be transferred.

• Ivan and Nami flew to Captain Nezumi’s warship, where Nezumi threatened to expose Ivan’s unauthorized actions unless he handed over the Fish-Men’s heads and stayed out of the 16th Branch’s waters.
• Ivan refused Nezumi’s demand and said that killing him would keep anyone from learning about his violations.
• Ivan cut Nezumi in half and split the warship with a powerful sword slash, then left Nami to confront the dying captain.
• Nami accused Nezumi of being in league with Arlong and screamed at him as Ivan went to deal with the remaining Marines.
• Ivan returned to Loguetown with his subordinates carrying bags of Fish-Men’s heads, and townspeople recognized Arlong among them and celebrated Ivan’s victory.

Ivan returned to Loguetown with Arlong and the heads of his crew, then told Smoker that Captain Nezumi had been killed by Arlong. Afterward, Ivan trained on the mountain, developed a powerful new attack, and news of his actions reached Marine Headquarters.

• Ivan presented Arlong and the other Fish-Men's heads to Smoker, who realized Ivan had killed Arlong despite the pirate's ties to a Shichibukai.
• Ivan told Smoker that Nezumi was dead and claimed Arlong had murdered him, and Smoker agreed to report that version of events.
• Ivan's recognition for the Satoru Gojo template rose to 43%, while his recognition for Yamato rose to 10%.
• Ivan concentrated Blue into a blue-black sphere and used Black Blue: Shigan to pierce through the low mountain.
• Ivan spent the following days training and perfecting his moves as news of his actions spread through the East Blue and reached Marine Headquarters.

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku assigned Akainu to monitor the Whitebeard and Beasts Pirates and Onigumo to assist Hanafuda against Ace. After reviewing a report about Major Ivan, the Admirals backed his promotion, and Garp volunteered to bring him in; meanwhile, Ivan continued training in Loguetown.

• Sengoku assigned Akainu to watch the conflict between Whitebeard and Kaido and sent Onigumo to help Hanafuda against Ace.
• Sengoku distributed further Marine deployments, including Kizaru overseeing a laser-weapon project and Aokiji remaining at headquarters.
• Garp praised Ivan for defeating Arlong, while Sengoku warned that Arlong's death and Ivan's unauthorized actions could cause trouble.
• Akainu and Aokiji both supported rewarding and promoting Ivan, so Sengoku promoted him to headquarters captain and ordered him to report in.
• Garp offered to travel to the East Blue to bring Ivan back, and Sengoku allowed him to go.
• Ivan continued focused training on the coast of Loguetown, unaware that headquarters had taken notice of him.

Ivan mastered the Breath of All Things and became a swordmaster, then learned Headquarters had promoted him to captain and that Garp would soon arrive in the East Blue. After the Krieg Pirates threatened Loguetown, Ivan set out to confront them and discovered they were pursuing Baratie alongside a moss-haired Pirate Hunter.

• Ivan sensed the Breath of All Things, unleashed a powerful Flying Slash, and reached the swordmaster realm three years after transmigrating.
• Smoker told Ivan that Headquarters had appointed him a captain and that he must report to Marineford within a month.
• Smoker announced that Vice Admiral Garp would soon arrive in the East Blue and that the Krieg Pirates had threatened Loguetown unless Ivan was handed over.
• Ivan decided to deal with Don Krieg before Garp arrived and sailed out with his marines.
• Ivan learned the Krieg Pirates were pursuing Baratie and had encountered a moss-haired Pirate Hunter.

After rescuing Zoro, Johnny, and Yosaku from the sea, Ivan accepted Zoro’s challenge and effortlessly blocked his three-sword attacks with a fruit knife. Zoro collapsed from exhaustion, and Ivan left after praising his determination.

• Ivan heard that Zoro had been gravely wounded after fighting Don Krieg, then received word that three men were stranded in the water.
• Ivan rescued Zoro, Johnny, and Yosaku and brought them aboard his warship.
• Zoro recognized Ivan as a powerful swordsman and demanded a duel, despite Johnny and Yosaku’s pleas.
• Ivan borrowed Nami’s fruit knife and taunted Zoro by saying he was not worthy of a proper sword.
• Zoro attacked Ivan with Three Sword Style: Oni Giri, but Ivan stopped all three blades with the tip of the fruit knife and blocked Zoro’s subsequent strikes.
• Zoro ran out of strength and fell; Ivan praised his willpower and walked away.

Ivan gained Cursed Technique Reversal "Red" after the Satoru Gojo template’s recognition passed 50%, then demonstrated its destructive power to Tashigi and Nami aboard the warship. Days later, Zoro challenged White Dove outside the captain’s cabin.

• Zoro asked Ivan why he had spared him, and Ivan said Zoro was not strong enough to be worth killing.
• Ivan gained Cursed Technique Reversal "Red" when his Satoru Gojo template recognition reached 52%, and realized he could not use Reverse Cursed Technique because his abilities ran on stamina.
• Ivan sent Barton to take Zoro, Johnny, and Yosaku below to rest, then tested Red by blasting the sea and creating a massive depression and waves.
• Nami questioned how Ivan’s Press-Press Fruit could produce repulsion, and Ivan claimed attraction and repulsion were different applications of force.
• A few days later, Zoro woke the warship at daybreak by challenging White Dove outside the captain’s cabin.

Ivan and his crew found Don Krieg's fleet attacking the Baratie Sea Restaurant, where Sanji and Zeff's staff struggled to defend the ship against a devastating barrage. As Krieg prepared to finish them off, Ivan's black-and-red attack tore toward the fleet.

• Ivan defeated Zoro in another brief spar, breaking two of Zoro's swords and knocking him into the sea.
• Nami spotted the Krieg Pirates attacking the Baratie, and Ivan ordered his ship to pursue them at full speed.
• Don Krieg demanded that Zeff and the Baratie staff surrender, but Zeff warned that Krieg would kill them and take the restaurant and logbook regardless.
• Sanji and the staff refused to surrender, so Don Krieg ordered his fleet to open fire and damaged the Baratie with a cannon barrage.
• Zeff urged Sanji to escape, but Sanji refused to abandon his companions as Krieg ordered another volley.
• Ivan's black-and-red afterimage rushed toward the fleet as he unleashed Cursed Technique Reversal: Red.

Ivan arrived at Baratie, turned the Krieg Pirates’ cannon fire back on their ships, and confronted Don Krieg. He killed Gin with a single sword strike and left the battle poised to continue.

• Ivan’s invisible force redirected the Krieg Pirates’ cannon fire, destroying several allied warships and saving Baratie.
• Ivan told Sanji that he had been promoted from ensign to Captain and sent him away while he dealt with the pirates.
• Ivan confronted Don Krieg, who dismissed him and ordered Gin the Demon to attack.
• Gin charged Ivan with his Demon Fighting Style: Heavy Hammer, but Ivan killed him with One Sword Style: Red: Sky-Rending Slash.

Ivan defeated Don Krieg and destroyed the pirate fleet with his Black Blue: Ashura slash. After clearing the battlefield and resting, he left Zoro at the Baratie and sailed back, expecting to meet Marine Vice Admiral Garp.

• Don Krieg sent his pirates after Ivan, but Ivan killed dozens of them and drove the survivors to flee.
• Don Krieg tried to attack Ivan with his armor’s M.H.5 poison gas bomb, but Ivan killed him before he could fire.
• Ivan used One Sword Style: Black Blue: Ashura to destroy dozens of warships and split the sea, leaving Zoro stunned by the difference in their strength.
• Ivan spent three hours hunting pirates across the battlefield, then rested with cola and roast meat.
• Ivan left Zoro at the Baratie Sea Restaurant and began his return voyage, expecting to meet Garp the Hero.