Zoro Faces Adversity - A Monster! King the Conflagration

Queen lets slip the truth about King's race even as Sanji presses his own assault, and across the dome Zoro keeps losing ground to the masked All-Star. In the thick of that beating, a recollection from years earlier surfaces and sets Zoro chasing the meaning behind one of his blades.

Kazenbo bores toward the armory through walls, so Yamato speeds up with Fuga's help while Brook and Robin drop off Fuga's head to outpace CP0. Apoo photographs the agents to sell to Morgans, takes a Shigan hit, survives via Armament Haki, and counters with Scratch Boom before agreeing to team with Drake. Momonosuke keeps generating flame clouds, recalling why he had Shinobu age him. Inside, Komurasaki's shamisen drains Zoro's Haki through Enma as King mocks his struggle. Sanji's Hell Memories sends Queen flying, but Queen laughs it off and warns that King, a once-worshipped Lunarian, cannot be beaten. King's Tempuraudon knocks Zoro's swords from his grip; falling, Zoro lands beside Wado Ichimonji and remembers Hitetsu revealing that Enma and Wado shared a forger, the legendary Shimotsuki Kozaburo, which is why Enma sits easily in his hand. He wonders how a Wano blade reached the East Blue.

The adaptation adds Robin and Brook's talk atop Fuga and their dismount, Sanji's Diable Jambe strike on Queen, Momonosuke holding back the island, and Komurasaki's playing. It draws out Apoo photographing CP0, the duo attacking the agents, the Zoro versus King clash, and Zoro's flashbacks. The episode sits within the Wano Country arc.