Chapter 1087

At the coastal scrapyard of the G-1 Branch, Commodore Brannew explains to Jango and Fullbody why several hulls have caved-in bows: a young Garp once battered warships rather than sandbags. A second damaged vessel, he adds, was struck by Kuzan during his apprenticeship under Garp. What makes the feat remarkable is that neither man relied on Haki or a Devil Fruit, so their strength was honestly built. On Hachinosu, Garp flings Sanjuan Wolf into the ocean, and Vasco Shot answers by setting alight the liquor he spits at him, forcing Garp to raise two pirates as living shields. Pizarro, still merged with the island, asks whether Garp means to flatten the entire place. From the ship now back at sea, Kujaku reports that the rescued citizens and injured Marines have departed, so Garp orders Koby, Grus, and Helmeppo to pull back, only for Kuzan to rise and refuse to let his old teacher leave.

Koby hears a woman crying out and dashes to help, walking straight into a setup. Garp intercepts Shiryu, who had gone invisible to drive a sword at the boy, the blade passing through Garp instead before he hammers Shiryu into the ground and beats him. Seeing Garp hurt, the Blackbeard Pirates grow emboldened, all the more since the Cross Guild values his head at three billion berries, the sum set aside for Admirals. A flashback follows Kuzan's training under a hesitant Garp until his punches rivaled his mentor's. In the present, the two collide with Haki-coated fists, blasting one another apart. Pizarro then reshapes a section of the island's stone into a massive hand to smash Garp's vessel, boasting that the act will make him stand out, while Garp assures a frantic Koby that justice will always win.

An Egghead Arc chapter set on Hachinosu, it reveals Vasco Shot's fire-breathing trick and Shiryu's grasp of Armament Haki. Garp's Cross Guild bounty of three crowns, matching an Admiral's worth, is disclosed. The cover, from Hisatomokeitaku, requests a capybara enjoying a bath warmed by a fire that Ace started.