Cut clean in two yet still alive, Kin'emon searches for allies among Nami's group, while a dying Kanjuro, prodded by Orochi over a snail line, paints a monstrous flame spirit called Kazenbo that begins consuming the entire castle as Sanji keeps shrugging off Queen's blows.
Once Queen's blade snaps against his neck, Sanji concedes he may carry the scientific tampering his siblings received, surviving gunfire without a scratch, though his hatred for his old family keeps him in denial. Across the floor, X Drake fends off Beasts Pirates until Scratchmen Apoo floats a treacherous idea: band together to finish off whichever battered side prevails once the raid ends, with the Numbers Inbi, Fuga, and Zanki at his side. Wary of Apoo, Drake wants nothing to do with it. Fleeing the spreading flames, Tama and her tamed grunts run straight into the severed lower half of Kin'emon, who endured Kaidou's defeat only because Law had already split him apart.
Kin'emon's lower body can speak but hears nothing, its ears left with the upper half that stayed in the attic trying to rouse Kiku. It rejoins Nami's party after she draws the reverse crescent on its leg to prove she is a friend. Up on the third floor, Brook is guiding Robin onward when Guernika and CP0 close in to grab her, only for Mink fighters to rush to her aid. Kanjuro, likewise still breathing and in touch with Orochi, resolves on his command to stage one last act with his Fude Fude no Mi: he paints Kazenbo, a towering flame-shrouded phantom that ignites all it drifts through, then crumples and at last dies of his injuries. The Marys report the Skull Dome ablaze as Sanji, Zoro, and Luffy keep up their respective fights.

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This Wano Country entry introduces Zanki, Fuga, and Kazenbo. New beats include alliance members watching Sanji's clash, CP0 arriving on screen and demanding Robin, Kanjuro signaling that he lives and conjuring Kazenbo directly, and Brook proposing a retreat from the fire. Extended scenes cover Queen's shattered sword, the Numbers' debut, Kin'emon's torso seeking help, and Orochi pressing Kanjuro into his finale, while the festival crowd is dropped when the Marys sound the Kazenbo alarm.
In Episode 1055, "A Shadowy Figure Pulls the Strings! Onigashima in Flames," Kanjuro paints the flame spirit Kazenbo on Orochi's orders before dying, and the fire begins spreading through Onigashima while Sanji keeps fighting Queen and Kin'emon's severed body reunites with Nami's group.
The shadowy figure is Kurozumi Orochi, who remains alive and in contact with Kanjuro over a transponder snail, commanding him to use his Fude Fude no Mi to paint the fire spirit Kazenbo before Kanjuro succumbs to his injuries.
Kin'emon's severed lower half, which survived Kaidou's attack because Law had already split him in two, stumbles into Tama and her tamed allies. Nami proves she is a friend by drawing the reverse crescent symbol on its leg, letting it rejoin the group.
Apoo proposes that the two of them band together with the Numbers Inbi, Fuga, and Zanki to finish off whichever side wins the raid once it ends. X Drake, wary of Apoo, wants nothing to do with the plan.
Kazenbo is a towering flame-shrouded phantom created by Kurozumi Kanjuro using his Fude Fude no Mi as a final act at Orochi's command. It ignites everything it drifts through and sets the Skull Dome ablaze before Kanjuro dies of his injuries.
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