Mysterious Grave Markers - A Reunion at the Ruins of Oden Castle!

On the climb toward the castle ruins, a sword-clenching white tiger stalks the group, and Zoro leaps off Komachiyo to hold it off while the others press on. In the Flower Capital, a schoolteacher feeds children a twisted history that brands Oden and his samurai as traitors while praising Shogun Orochi, a lesson that disgusts an eavesdropping old man. Elsewhere the city's money manager Kyoshiro drunkenly mocks Orochi before the performing Robin, recounting the legend that Oden's wife cursed the shogun, vowing nine samurai would return after twenty years to topple him. Reaching the ruins, Luffy is stunned to find grave posts bearing Kin'emon's and Momonosuke's names, but the chill presence that approaches turns out to be Kin'emon himself, very much alive after days of stomach trouble. Momonosuke appears soon after, and the rest of the crew arrives just in time to reunite before Kin'emon shares his final secret.

Zoro splits off to battle a giant sword-wielding tiger. A capital classroom and Kyoshiro's drunken gossip both lay out Orochi's propaganda and Toki's twenty-year curse. Luffy mistakes the nine grave markers for proof of death, but Kin'emon is alive, and Kiku embraces him, revealing they are close. Momonosuke reunites with Luffy and reports that Inuarashi has reached Wano. Nami, Chopper, Sanji, Brook, and Carrot rejoin the group, and Law admits he was the bandit raiding Paradise Farm for clean food. Inside the castle, Kin'emon confesses that he, Kiku, Momonosuke, Kanjuro, and Raizo all traveled forward from twenty years in the past.

The installment uses the OVER THE TOP opening and debuts Kagero, Sarahebi, Ginnosuke, Chihaya, Kyoshiro, and Hara. Added scenes include the tiger chase explaining how Zoro left the group, Kagero overhearing Sarahebi's class, Sanji fawning over Kiku, Brook bristling at Momonosuke hugging Nami, and assorted mishaps from Brook, Chopper, and Carrot as they enter the castle.