Recaps

Ivan survived Kizaru’s attack and used Flying Thunder God to stay ahead of the Admiral while hunting Water 7’s corrupt officials. He announced that Dark Night Garden had taken the title of fastest on the seas, leaving Kizaru unable to stop him from cleansing the city.

• Kizaru attacked Ivan with a light-speed kick, but Ivan survived the blow and quickly healed with Life Return.
• Ivan challenged Kizaru to a contest of speed and used Flying Thunder God to evade him while killing an official in Water 7.
• Kizaru repeatedly pursued Ivan but failed to catch him as Ivan continued his attacks across the city.
• Ivan announced to Water 7 that he was now the world’s fastest person and declared Dark Night Garden’s campaign against the city’s darkness.
• Kizaru’s pursuit continued as Ivan vanished from the clock tower, and people across Water 7 learned that Dark Night Garden had ended the Navy’s claim to unmatched speed.

Ivan escaped Kizaru after killing corrupt officials and gang members in Water 7, while the residents protected his teleportation marks from the Marines. News of Tanuki’s deeds and his 390 million Beli bounty spread, bringing Shadow Garden to the attention of the Five Elders.

• Kizaru told Momonga to destroy the Shadow Garden inscriptions that Ivan used to teleport, and the Marines began targeting the marked knives across Water 7.
• Water 7’s residents blocked the Marines and defended Tanuki, condemning them for protecting corrupt officials while a little girl called the Marines bad and Tanuki good.
• Ivan killed the gang members at the last location, then escaped Kizaru using Flying Thunder God despite being exhausted.
• The World Economy News Paper reported Tanuki’s battle with Kizaru and his bounty increase to 390 million Beli, prompting rumors about Shadow Garden’s teleportation abilities and its members’ Devil Fruits.
• The World Government made tracking Shadow Garden a core mission for Cipher Pol and the Marines, and the Five Elders argued about the organization at Mary Geoise.

The Five Elders secretly planned to hunt down Shadow Garden while publicly offering it a Shichibukai position, but they could not find its members. Near Alabasta, Ivan gained Bioelectric Aura and Black Flash, then read news of Shadow Garden’s latest actions with Nami and Tashigi.

• The Five Elders agreed to offer Shadow Garden a Shichibukai position publicly while searching for its base in secret, but they failed to locate any members.
• Ivan gained Bioelectric Aura after his Homelander approval rating rose and Black Flash after his Satoru Gojo approval rating reached 92%.
• Ivan sent Wood Clones to search for the Heavenly Tribute, then intercepted a News Coo and bought a newspaper.
• Ivan joined Nami and Tashigi on deck and read reports that the World Government had invited Tanuki to become a Shichibukai and that Shadow Garden had attacked forces in Water 7.

Ivan protected the Orange from a mountain-sized hailstone by unleashing a sword strike that split the hail and cleared the sky. The slash gave Vivi hope as she spotted Ivan from afar.

• Nami and Tashigi discussed Ivan's strength and his chances against Fox and Tanuki.
• As a hailstorm threatened the Orange, Nami guided the ship toward the edge of the danger zone.
• Ivan rose above the ship and shielded it as a mountain-sized hailstone fell toward them.
• Ivan used One Sword Style: Red Flash: Heaven Splitting to cleave the hailstone and split the sky open.
• Vivi saw Ivan's slash while fleeing across the water with her duck, and she believed he could help her.

After Vivi asked Ivan and his crew to help save Alabasta from Crocodile, Ivan agreed to assist her after his patrol and traveled to Drum Kingdom to intercept the Heavenly Tribute. There he recruited Chopper’s help and reached Dr. Kureha’s castle.

• Ivan recovered his strength after a powerful sword strike, then recognized Vivi when she arrived aboard Karoo.
• Vivi asked Ivan to help save Alabasta, and he and his crew agreed to defeat Crocodile after completing their patrol.
• Ivan learned that a warship carrying the Heavenly Tribute would resupply near Drum Kingdom and traveled there using his Wood Clone.
• Ivan approached Chopper and offered to help him get revenge on Wapol in exchange for a place to stay.
• Chopper agreed to ask Dr. Kureha for permission, and Ivan arrived with him at her castle, where she shouted at Chopper for being late.

Ivan prepared to attack the warship carrying Drum Kingdom’s Heavenly Tribute and offered Chopper the chance to witness Wapol’s death. At the harbor, Marines loaded kidnapped people into crates, and Vice Admiral Doberman rejected a retired Marine’s plea to save his granddaughter.

• Kureha questioned Ivan about Shadow Garden’s presence in Drum Kingdom, then agreed to let him stay after he promised not to involve her.
• After several days of searching, Ivan learned the warship was arriving and asked Chopper to come witness Wapol’s death, but Kureha refused to let Chopper join him.
• Marines loaded Beli, jewels, and crates containing people onto the warship, while Shiri warned a young Marine not to ask questions.
• A retired Marine veteran tried to stop the Marines after learning his granddaughter Nasha was inside a crate and begged Vice Admiral Doberman to rescue her.
• Vice Admiral Doberman called Nasha’s abduction a stroke of luck, kicked the veteran away, and returned inside with Wapol.

Ivan arrived at the port and rescued a dying veteran who begged him to punish Wapol and the Marines. After confronting the Marines and declaring Shadow Garden’s mission, Ivan faced their gunfire and revealed his overwhelming speed and skill.

• Ivan found the veteran near death and used Medical Ninjutsu to stabilize him after the veteran asked for revenge.
• At the port office, Wapol and Vice Admiral Doberman toasted the delivery of slaves to Saint Charlos.
• Ivan confronted a Marine colonel, declared that Shadow Garden would punish evildoers the Marines would not, and refused to leave.
• The colonel ordered the Marines to fire, but Ivan stood before the veteran and effortlessly cut apart the bullets with his knife.
• Vice Admiral Doberman came outside and was struck by Ivan, who sent him flying through buildings and into a distant snowy mountain.

Ivan attacked the Marines escorting the Heavenly Tribute and fought Vice Admiral Doberman, who revealed that the Marines could use magnetism to disable Ivan’s teleportation daggers. Ivan proved his strength did not depend on teleportation, defeated Doberman, and killed him after refusing his plea for mercy.

• The colonel ordered the Marines to attack Tanuki and request Doberman’s support, while Ivan rescued the veteran and overwhelmed the escort force, killing more than a dozen officers.
• Doberman confronted Ivan, accused him of seeking the Heavenly Tribute, and claimed the Marines had found a way to counter his spatial teleportation.
• Doberman used magnetism to divert Ivan’s dagger to a device, then struck Ivan with a Flying Slash, but the attack barely marked him.
• Ivan shattered Doberman’s next Flying Slash with a powerful punch and repeatedly battered him until the vice admiral collapsed.
• Doberman offered to reveal Marine secrets in exchange for his life, but Ivan invoked the veteran’s mistreatment and killed him with Scorching Heat Vision.

Ivan killed Wapol, freed the slaves, and took control of Drum Kingdom before stealing the Heavenly Tribute. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku learned that Shadow Garden had robbed 11.3 billion Beli and two Devil Fruits.

• Ivan destroyed the Marines’ magnetic device, killed the remaining officers, and brought the retired veteran to confront Wapol.
• Ivan killed Wapol, ordered the Marines to free the slaves, and the retired veteran reunited with his granddaughter.
• Ivan stole the Heavenly Tribute and two Devil Fruits, then appointed Dalton king and renamed Drum Kingdom the Sakura Kingdom.
• Chopper thanked Ivan for helping him avenge his father, and Ivan told him to become an excellent doctor.
• Brannew told Sengoku that Tanuki had killed Doberman and Wapol and stolen the Heavenly Tribute, shocking Sengoku.

Sengoku told the Marines that the Five Elders had ordered them to invite Tanuki to join the Shichibukai and treat the stolen Heavenly Tribute as payment, leaving the officers resentful but unable to oppose the decision. The news made Tanuki a legend, while Ivan reviewed his operation’s rewards aboard the Orange and discovered he had received an Ichigo Kurosaki template and Getsuga Tenshō.

• Sengoku revealed that Shadow Garden had stolen the Heavenly Tribute and two Devil Fruits during an attack on Drum Island.
• Tsuru asked what the World Government planned, and Sengoku said the Five Elders had forbidden a bounty increase and ordered the Marines to invite Tanuki to become a Shichibukai.
• Onigumo, Strawberry, and other officers objected, but Sengoku argued that Tanuki was too dangerous to pursue and that the Marines had no choice but to comply.
• The World Economy News Paper reported Tanuki’s invitation to the Shichibukai, and his prestige and the number of Shadow Garden imitators grew.
• Aboard the Orange, Ivan reviewed the operation’s gains, including stored treasure, two Devil Fruits, an Ichigo Kurosaki template, and Getsuga Tenshō.

Ivan tested his new Diamond Pickaxe and then used Wood Release to create a vast, fruit-bearing forest in Alabasta’s desert, giving the city’s residents shade and water. Vivi thanked him tearfully as Ivan prepared to continue toward Crocodile’s stronghold in Rainbase.

• Ivan obtained the Steve: Diamond Pickaxe and Apocalypse: Enhancement templates, then summoned the Diamond Pickaxe at the cost of most of his stamina.
• Ivan showed Tashigi and Nami how the pickaxe could turn part of a tree into a small, reusable block, and he tested its abilities and durability.
• After the Orange reached Alabasta, Ivan left the marines behind and traveled inland with Nami, Tashigi, and Vivi.
• Ivan bought seeds in a city, scattered them across the desert, and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to grow a vast forest of native trees bearing water-rich fruit.
• The residents rushed into the forest for shade and fruit, and Vivi embraced Ivan with tears of gratitude.

Crocodile ordered Baroque Works to kill Ivan after learning that Ivan’s forests had disrupted his plan to take over Alabasta. As Ivan’s group left Alubarna for Rainbase, Mr. 1, Mr. 3, Mr. 5, and other agents ambushed them, but Ivan’s devastating slash killed Mr. 5 and left Mr. 3 facing him in terror.

• Robin told Crocodile that Ivan’s forest-making ability had disrupted Baroque Works’ plan, and Crocodile ordered every agent to kill Ivan.
• Ivan created a vast forest near Alubarna, where King Nefertari D. Cobra welcomed him and thanked him for helping protect Alabasta.
• Ivan asked Cobra to help him collect Devil Fruits, then declined the king’s invitation to stay and set out for Rainbase with his companions.
• Baroque Works agents ambushed Ivan’s group as they left the capital, and Mr. 1, Mr. 3, and Mr. 5 attacked through wax, explosives, and blades.
• Ivan emerged from the smoke and used One Sword Style: Finger Sword: Asura to split Mr. 5 in two, frightening Mr. 3.

Ivan overwhelmed the Baroque Works agents, defeating their coordinated assault with ease. He left Mr. 1 gravely wounded and the rest unable to fight, severing Crocodile’s agents from the battle.

• Mr. 3 saw his injured companions and trembled as Ivan taunted the remaining agents.
• Mr. 1 and Mr. 2 charged Ivan while Mr. 3 and Miss Valentine attacked from the front and above.
• Ivan blocked Mr. 1’s steel slashes with one finger and kicked Mr. 2 away from the fight.
• Ivan destroyed Mr. 3’s wax spears and armor with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red, knocking him unconscious.
• Ivan broke both of Miss Valentine’s legs with a kick, leaving Mr. 1 as the only agent still able to fight.
• Ivan struck Mr. 1 with One Sword Style: Red: Asura, badly wounding him and defeating the Baroque Works agents.

Ivan recruited most of Crocodile’s captured agents, killed Mr. 1 for refusing to betray his boss, and reached Rainbase. At Rain Dinners, he recognized Miss All Sunday as Robin and offered to protect her, leaving her startled by his knowledge and intentions.

• Ivan killed Mr. 1 after he refused to abandon Crocodile, then made the remaining agents join his command under Mr. 3.
• Ivan planted timed Sealing Jutsu in the agents’ hearts and assigned them menial work and front-line combat duties.
• Ivan used Deep Forest Emergence to green the desert and traveled to Rainbase, Crocodile’s headquarters.
• At Rain Dinners, Ivan repeatedly won high-or-low bets, turning one million Beli into sixty-four million in chips.
• Miss All Sunday led Ivan and his companions toward the VIP area, and Ivan asked her to change bosses.
• Ivan called Miss All Sunday Robin and offered to protect her, surprising her by revealing that he knew her identity.

Ivan confronted Crocodile in Rainbase after exposing his knowledge of Crocodile’s plan to seize Alabasta, then sent him flying out of Rain Dinners with a Haki-infused blow. Their desert battle continued as Ivan defeated Crocodile’s sand tornado with a water-based sword technique, leaving Crocodile stunned.

• Robin cautiously told Ivan she would consider his invitation after he met her boss, and she led him and the others to Crocodile’s private room in Rain Dinners.
• Crocodile threatened Ivan and warned him to leave Alabasta, while Ivan accused Crocodile of plotting to seize the kingdom and challenged him to surrender.
• Crocodile launched an attack, but Ivan struck him through the wall and sent him crashing into the desert, where Crocodile escaped by turning into sand.
• Robin was astonished by Ivan’s strength, and Nami urged her to trust his invitation.
• Crocodile attacked with a sand tornado, but Ivan used Yubashiri and a water-based sword technique to destroy it, shocking Crocodile.

Ivan used his fight with Crocodile to train his Observation Haki and finally awakened it, then unleashed a colossal water dragon against the Shichibukai. The chapter ended as the water dragon descended on Crocodile.

• Crocodile and Ivan exchanged powerful attacks, and Crocodile gained the upper hand as Ivan appeared to weaken.
• Robin worried that Ivan was losing, but Nami and Tashigi explained that he was using Crocodile to train his Observation Haki.
• After hours of fighting, Crocodile realized Ivan would not go down and retreated as Ivan closed his eyes and awakened Observation Haki.
• Ivan dodged Crocodile’s Desert Spada without opening his eyes, and Crocodile realized he had been used as a training tool.
• Ivan covered Yubashiri in black Haki and summoned a hundred-meter water dragon that crashed down toward Crocodile.

Ivan defeated and killed Crocodile, then received Rainbase as his fief from King Cobra and returned to build up the city. He used three system draws, which stopped on a card depicting a two-faced, four-armed man.

• Crocodile failed to stop Ivan with Desert Grande Spada, and Ivan defeated him with the water dragon.
• Crocodile begged Ivan for his life and offered to share the secret of an Ancient Weapon, but Ivan revealed that Pluton was in Wano Country and killed him.
• Vivi cried with relief in Ivan's arms, and Tashigi came over to check his injuries.
• Ivan and his companions returned to Alubarna, where King Cobra hosted a banquet and granted Ivan Rainbase as his fief.
• Ivan returned to Rainbase, settled into Crocodile's former office, and used three draws from the system.
• Ivan's draw stopped on a card showing a two-faced, four-armed man.

After killing Crocodile, Ivan gained the Ryomen Sukuna and Sandman templates and planned to strengthen Fox with Sandman's abilities. News of Crocodile’s death spread worldwide, and the Marines promoted Ivan to Headquarters Vice Admiral.

• Ivan obtained the Ryomen Sukuna template and the Cursed Technique: Dismantle skill, then drew the Hexplosives Expert template and Bouncing Bomb skill.
• Ivan obtained the Sandman template and Elementalization, and planned to give the template to Fox to strengthen him.
• Morgans learned that Ivan had killed Crocodile and ordered the World Economy News Paper to publish the news immediately.
• Whitebeard and Ace read the report; Ace recognized Ivan and vowed to help Whitebeard defeat him as a potential enemy.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku asked how the Marines should respond, and Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru supported commending and promoting Ivan.
• Sengoku promoted Rear Admiral Ivan and appointed him a Headquarters Vice Admiral.

Ivan enhanced Tashigi, Nami, Vivi, Robin, and Barton, then received a promotion to vice admiral and set out for Marineford. Before leaving, he revealed to Robin that he was Fox of the Shadow Garden and invited her to help assassinate a Celestial Dragon and overthrow the old order.

• Ivan used Apocalypse: Enhancement to give Tashigi Water Breathing and Getsuga Tenshō, exhausting himself in the process.
• After recovering, Ivan enhanced Nami, Vivi, Robin, and Barton, raising their strength substantially.
• Sengoku promoted Ivan to vice admiral and ordered him to report to Marine Headquarters within the month.
• Ivan left Tashigi in Rainbase and sailed to Marineford with Nami and Barton, while Robin stayed behind with him.
• Ivan told Robin he was Fox of the Shadow Garden, revealed he had located a Celestial Dragon, and asked her to join him in an assassination and revolution.

Ivan awakened Conqueror’s Haki after sharing his ambitions with Robin, who chose to remain his companion. At Sabaody Archipelago, Ivan intervened to save a mother and daughter, then Ace confronted him, convinced he was Fox.

• Ivan’s Conqueror’s Haki awakened as he affirmed his resolve, and Robin decided to stay with him.
• Ivan revealed his Shadow Clone and Wood Release to Robin, then sailed with her to Sabaody Archipelago.
• Ivan and Robin settled in Area 70, while Ivan planned to kill every Celestial Dragon on the island.
• In Area 36, Ivan killed a thug who was abducting a little girl and secretly gave the girl’s mother fifty thousand Beli to escape.
• Ace confronted Ivan and accused him of being Fox, saying his spirit rivaled Pops’.

Ivan revealed himself as Fox to Ace and warned him that killing a Celestial Dragon would endanger his loved ones, then prepared with Robin to strike at the Sabaody Archipelago auction. At the auction, Ivan bought Rayleigh and challenged Saint Charlos’s bid on a Fish-Man.

• Ace recognized Ivan as Fox and asked to join his plan against the Celestial Dragons, but Ivan warned that the World Government would target Ace’s family and friends.
• Ace abandoned his request, and Ivan told him to remain a spectator while Shadow Garden carried out its plan.
• Ivan returned to Robin and explained that Ace would not expose their identities; several days later, his Shadow Clones had mapped the Celestial Dragons and lawless zones across the archipelago.
• Ivan enhanced Robin, and they disguised themselves as wealthy criminals to enter the Area 1 slave auction, where Ivan recognized and bought Rayleigh for 500,000 Beli.
• Saint Charlos bid 500 million Beli for a Fish-Man, and Ivan countered with a bid of 510 million Beli.

Ivan outbid Saint Charlos at the Sabaody auction, revealed himself and Robin as members of Shadow Garden, and killed Saint Charlos despite the Seastone barrier. The chapter ended with Saint Charlos dead and the agents who protected him eliminated.

• Ivan used Conqueror's Haki to frighten an acquaintance and continued outbidding Saint Charlos as other guests fled.
• Saint Charlos shot and killed a CP Agent, then ordered the agents to seize Ivan and make him a slave.
• Ivan revealed that he was Fox, and he and Robin changed into their Shadow Garden disguises as the guests ran and an officer called Admiral Kizaru for support.
• Robin killed the CP Agents who tried to stop Ivan as he approached Saint Charlos inside the Seastone enclosure.
• Ivan struck Saint Charlos with Conqueror's Kill, and the terrified Celestial Dragon suffered a heart attack and died.

After killing Saint Charlos, Ivan began broadcasting his execution to expose the Celestial Dragons to the world. As the broadcast reached the Whitebeard Pirates and others, Whitebeard recognized Ivan’s plan to usher in a new era.

• The auction guests fled after Saint Charlos was killed, while Rayleigh freed some slaves and sensed the strange effects of Ivan’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Rayleigh and the gathered pirates, including Cavendish and Ace, watched as Ivan switched on a Visual Den Den Mushi to broadcast Charlos’s execution.
• Ivan’s signal interrupted Projection Den Den Mushi broadcasts around the world and showed his fox-masked face.
• Aboard the Moby Dick, Whitebeard recognized Fox on the broadcast, and the crew noticed Ace standing nearby.
• Whitebeard declared that Ivan was killing a god to usher in a new era.

Ivan broadcast the execution of Celestial Dragons to the world, challenging the claim that they were gods. After dismissing Sengoku’s demand to surrender, he brought three more Celestial Dragons to the auction house and announced that his investigation would begin.

• Yasopp showed Red Hair and Hawk Eyes the live broadcast of Fox’s plan to execute Celestial Dragons in public.
• Pirates, Marines, and other powers around the world watched the broadcast, while Sengoku ordered the Admirals to Sabaody and tried to stop the signal.
• Ivan showed Saint Charlos’s corpse and argued that the Celestial Dragons were mortal, then rejected Sengoku’s order to surrender and hung up.
• Ivan used Flying Thunder God to seize Saint Shalria and two other Celestial Dragons and bring them to the auction house.
• Ivan presented the three captives as specimens and announced that he would investigate the truth hidden by the World Government.

Ivan killed three Celestial Dragons during a live broadcast, declaring that they were mortal humans rather than gods. His speech inspired people across the seas and shattered the World Government’s long-standing hold on their beliefs.

• Ivan lifted a defiant Celestial Dragon and mocked his ignorance as the broadcast showed him to the world.
• After the Celestial Dragon saw Saint Charlos’s corpse and panicked, Ivan tore off his arm and exposed his heart to demonstrate that he bled and beat like anyone else.
• Ivan crushed the wounded Celestial Dragon with yellow sand, then killed another stunned Celestial Dragon in front of the broadcast.
• Ivan told viewers that all people were born equal and that even gods died when they were killed.
• Pirates and commoners across the seas cheered, and the World Government’s centuries-old hold on their beliefs was broken.