Sailing toward Whole Cake Island with their food gone, the starving Sanji Retrieval Team puts ashore on Fron Island, only to discover a Marine base watching over Big Mom's waters. A hotheaded young Captain named Grount arrives at the same post, eager for a fight that soon finds Luffy.
The 781st One Piece episode pits the Sanji Retrieval Team against three persistent Marines through the corridors and food warehouse of Fron Island, culminating in a coastal standoff with Vice Admiral Prodi.
Cutting through Prodi and his men to escape Fron Island, Luffy faces Grount one last time. When the Captain frees a monstrous red gorilla-like left arm he has spent his whole life learning to master, the two trade titanic blows before Luffy finally overpowers him.
Tied to the Film: Red movie, this filler installment rewinds twelve years so that a young Luffy can first meet Shanks and his music-loving daughter Uta, the two children striking up a fierce little rivalry in Foosha Village.
This clip special is the fourteenth recap installment of the One Piece anime, hosted in Bartolomeo's secret room. He and O-Tama walk viewers back through the climactic clash on Wano, focusing on Gear 5 Luffy and his long duel with the Beasts Pirates' leader.
The fifteenth recap installment of the One Piece anime, presented by three Wano figures. It revisits the closing beats of the Wano saga, tracing the young heir's ascent to leadership and the country's transition as the Straw Hats prepare to depart.
The sixth recap installment of the One Piece anime, set in Bartolomeo's private viewing room. It revisits the crew's exploits in Wano Country with particular attention to the two combat heavyweights, Roronoa Zoro and Sanji, in the lead-up to the great battle.
A recap special hosted by Carrot and Tony Tony Chopper, this 22nd entry in the One Piece anime's review series walks viewers back through the backgrounds of Kizaru, Sentomaru, and Dr. Vegapunk, framed around how each one crossed paths with the Straw Hat crew.
Hosted by Carrot and Tony Tony Chopper, this 21st recap special in the One Piece anime revisits the intertwined pasts of Bartholomew Kuma and Jewelry Bonney, tracing how their story connects to the Straw Hat crew.
In this 25th recap special of the One Piece anime, Carrot and Bartolomeo take over hosting duties, pressed by Vegapunk into answering five questions if they hope to free a captured Chopper.
The 23rd recap special of the One Piece anime sees hosts Carrot and Chopper survey the many giants the series has introduced, all while trying to puzzle out the identity of a mysterious towering shadow.
This 24th recap special of the One Piece anime adds Bepo to the host bench beside Carrot and Chopper, with the trio breaking down the operations and membership of the shadowy intelligence agency CP0.
The nineteenth recap installment of the One Piece anime, hosted by two Grand Fleet captains. It steps back to review the Revolutionary Army, gathering footage on the histories of its key figures and the covert operations the organization has been carrying out.
The twentieth recap entry in the One Piece anime, fronted by three Straw Hats. It trains its attention on the Marines as an institution, unpacking how the force is organized and revisiting the backstories of several of its better-known officers.
One Piece begins with Monkey D. Luffy floating helplessly at sea, pulled aboard a cruise liner right as Alvida's crew attacks. Showing off his rubber body, Luffy scatters the raiders and walks away with a first friend, the chore boy Koby.
The opening installment of the Special Edited Version of the Fish-Man Island Saga finds the scattered Straw Hats back at Sabaody Archipelago, their long-awaited reunion complicated by a band of imposters using their name.
The second installment of the Fish-Man Island Saga recap edition gathers most of the Straw Hats back at the Thousand Sunny while imposters rally crowds across the Sabaody Archipelago, until a Pacifista assault strips away every disguise.
The bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro debuts, bound to a cross at a Marine base in Shells Town. Luffy and Koby team up to win back his seized swords and face down the brutal Captain Morgan and his spoiled son Helmeppo.
This recut third installment of the Fish-Man Island Saga reassembles the Straw Hats after their two-year split and sends them diving toward Fish-Man Island, where they uncover Kuma's hidden role before the Caribou Pirates ambush them.
Episode 3 closes out the Romance Dawn Arc as Luffy and Zoro topple the corrupt Marine captain Morgan. Koby enlists with the Marines, Zoro commits to the crew, and a thieving girl named Nami is glimpsed setting her sights on Buggy.
This recut entry, the fourth of the Fish-Man Island Saga special edition, condenses the Caribou ambush and the taming of the Kraken into a single deep-sea chapter for the crew.
The fourth One Piece episode unfolds the story behind Luffy's treasured straw hat through his childhood with Shanks, then drops him into the chaos of Buggy's Orange Town.
Luffy comes face to face with Buggy the Clown in Orange Town. Locked in a cage and threatened with an explosive cannonball, he survives when Nami and the newly arrived Zoro turn the pirate captain's own weapon back on his crew.
In this recut covering the Fish-Man Island Saga, the crew, down three members, survives a giant anglerfish and a sea monster loosed by a man calling himself Vander Decken. Their absent crewmates return atop the tamed Kraken, carrying them to Fish-Man Island, where fish-men confront them.
The sixth One Piece episode pits Luffy against Buggy's beast-handling officer Mohji and his lion, introduces the loyal dog Chouchou and the town mayor Boodle, and sets up the counterattack on Buggy in Orange Town.
This recap-saga episode brings the Straw Hats to Fish-Man Island, where the crew scatters on entry, Luffy's party reunites with Camie at Mermaid Cove, and a clash with the kingdom's princes and pirates drives them into town.
This recut for the Fish-Man Island Saga gathers donors for Sanji's transfusion and reunites the Straw Hats before a royal invitation to Ryugu Palace, while in the deep the Gyro Pirates fall to Hody Jones single-handedly.
The seventh One Piece episode pits Zoro against Buggy's acrobatic chief of staff Cabaji in a one-on-one blade duel, then turns Luffy loose on Buggy himself, a clash in which the captain's treasured straw hat is damaged and old grudges against Shanks surface.
This eighth installment of the recut Fish-Man Island Saga lands the crew at Ryugu Palace, sees Caribou snatch mermaids after breaking loose, and introduces the timid princess Shirahoshi while Decken and Hody seal their pact.
The Orange Town chapter wraps as Buggy recalls the grudge that ties him to Shanks, the crew finishes the clown off, Nami throws in with Luffy, and on a distant island a stranger waits for whoever might turn up.
The 9th One Piece episode opens the Syrup Village Arc, introducing the village's chronic liar Usopp, the wealthy and sickly Kaya, and her sinister butler Klahadore as the crew hunts for a seaworthy vessel.
This entry covers the ninth chapter of the recut Fish-Man Island Saga compilation, a condensed retelling drawn from the original Episodes 533 and 534, in which Luffy coaxes Shirahoshi from her tower just as Hody Jones opens his strike on Ryugu Palace.
The tenth installment of the re-edited Fish-Man Island Saga launches Hody Jones' assault on Ryugu Palace, where Zoro stands in his way, while Luffy and Shirahoshi's flight is undone as the hidden princess is found out.
The tenth episode of the One Piece anime sees the butler Klahadore throw Luffy's crew and Usopp off the estate, only for the truth to surface: he is the pirate captain Kuro, plotting with a hypnotist to murder the heiress Kaya.
This recut installment, the eleventh of the Fish-Man Island compilation, closes out the rescue of Shirahoshi and then opens Jinbe's long, sorrowful account of the bitter past shared between fish-men and surface dwellers.
In Syrup Village, Kuro's hidden plot comes to light. Zoro and Nami recover Luffy, Usopp's warnings about the coming raid fall on deaf ears, and the crew chooses to defend the village against the Black Cat Pirates alongside him.
Expecting the Black Cat Pirates to charge the village from the south, the crew oils the only sloped path and waits there. The raiders pick the northern shore instead, scattering the defenders just as Kuro sheds his disguise inside Kaya's mansion.
This twelfth entry of the recut Fish-Man Island Saga has Jinbe recount the era of Fisher Tiger and Queen Otohime to the gathered Straw Hats. His account runs from his own days in the Royal Army to the moment the Sun Pirates took in a young human girl named Koala.
Finding Merry wounded, Kaya at last grasps what her butler truly is. On the coast, Jango tries hypnosis to strengthen his crew, and once that collapses he turns to a feline pair of fighters held in reserve to corner Zoro.
A recut installment of the Fish-Man Island Saga that follows Fisher Tiger's downfall after returning Koala and traces Otohime's struggle for peace, which turns a corner when a stranded World Noble becomes her first major ally.
From the Syrup Village Arc, the disgraced butler Kuro takes the field himself, revealing his lethal speed against his own mutinous crew before Kaya arrives to bargain for the village's safety and a revived Luffy strikes back.
The fourteenth installment of the recut Fish-Man Island Saga, condensing original episodes 546 through 548 as Jinbe finishes the story of Otohime's death and Hody Jones broadcasts his declaration of war.
Episode 15 of the Syrup Village Arc pits Luffy against the former captain Kuro while Zoro battles the empowered Buchi and Jango chases the fleeing Kaya. A flashback lays bare the cold scheme Kuro used to fake his own death and leave piracy behind.
A recut chapter of the Fish-Man Island Saga in which the New Fish-Man Pirates corner King Neptune at Gyoncorde Plaza for execution, only to be met by his sons. Jinbe and Shirahoshi rush toward the plaza after seemingly persuading Luffy to stay out of it.
Episode 16 splits between two fights in the Syrup Village Arc. In the forest, Jango corners Kaya and pressures her into signing her will until Zoro and Usopp arrive, while at the coast Kuro unleashes his blinding Shakushi attack that cuts down friend and foe alike.
This is the 16th installment of the Special Edited Version covering the Fish-Man Island Saga. Shirahoshi and Jinbe fall into one of Hody Jones's traps, Hody exposes himself as Otohime's killer, and the panicked island begs Luffy to act before the Straw Hats burst onto the scene.
The Syrup Village fight closes as Luffy beats Kuro and Usopp drops Jango, sending the Black Cat Pirates packing. Kaya gifts the crew the Going Merry, Usopp signs on with the Straw Hats, and a look at his childhood explains how the village liar came to be.
A recut entry from the Fish-Man Island Saga opening the clash between the Straw Hats and Hody Jones' army. Luffy wipes out fifty thousand soldiers at a stroke and charges the leader, while Vander Decken IX flings the colossal ship Noah at Shirahoshi.
This is the 18th entry in the Special Edited Version recut of the Fish-Man Island Saga, in which Decken sends the ancient ark Noah crashing toward the island and Shirahoshi races to draw the looming vessel away.
The 18th One Piece episode caps the Syrup Village Arc as the crew design their jolly roger and visit the Island of Rare Animals, where they befriend Gaimon, a man stuck inside a treasure chest for two decades.
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