ONE PIECE Episode 24 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Hawk-Eye Mihawk! The Great Swordsman Zoro Falls At Sea!

Yosaku explains how he and Johnny lost the Going Merry after Nami pushed them overboard and sailed away. Shortly after they fall into the sea, they see the Krieg Pirates' flagship destroyed by Dracule Mihawk, who attacked for his own amusement. Zoro challenges Mihawk to a duel; Mihawk wounds him, uses his Famous Blade Yoru to break two of Zoro's katana, and finally defeats him while deliberately sparing his life. With the interruptions gone, Krieg moves to attack the Baratie, and Luffy takes him on alone after sending Usopp and Zoro after Nami; Zeff agrees to cancel Luffy's debts if the invasion is repelled.

• Loss of the Going Merry

  Nami pushes Yosaku and Johnny overboard while their backs are turned and sails away, leaving the crew behind.

• Mihawk destroys the Krieg flagship

  Johnny and Yosaku witness the Krieg Pirates' flagship destroyed by Mihawk, who acts purely for amusement.

• Zoro's duel with Mihawk

  Zoro challenges Mihawk, is wounded in the chest, and loses two katana to Yoru before being defeated and spared.

• Krieg's attack on the Baratie resumes

  With Mihawk gone, Krieg can attack the Baratie; Luffy stays to fight while Usopp and Zoro pursue Nami, and Zeff sets the debt deal.

Recent Timeline

• Sanji and Fullbody clash at the Baratie (Episode 21)

  Sanji confronted Fullbody over wasted soup and insults aimed at the cook. Fullbody threatened to have the restaurant shut down through the government, but Zeff stopped the fight and ordered him out, and Fullbody swore never to return. Meanwhile Gin arrived demanding food without money, and Patty refused to serve a non-paying customer and drove him off, while the cooks feared this could provoke Krieg.

• Gin fed and Sanji sent away (Episode 21)

  Sanji offered food to the starving Gin and treated him as a customer. Gin finally ate, thanked Sanji in tears, and left promising never to forget his kindness after an open invitation to return. Zeff then ordered Sanji to join Luffy's crew, saying the restaurant no longer needed him, since Sanji had been infatuated with Nami. Luffy began work as a general helper and was moved to taking orders after repeated kitchen mishaps.

• Krieg's attack on the Baratie halted (Episode 23)

  Krieg ordered his men to seize the restaurant ship, but the assault stopped when screams rose and Krieg's enormous flagship was reported cut apart. The raid ended before it could take the Baratie.

• Krieg flagship destroyed by Mihawk (Episode 24)

  Shortly after Yosaku and Johnny fell into the sea, the Krieg Pirates' flagship was destroyed by Dracule Mihawk, who attacked purely for his own amusement. This cleared the way for Krieg to resume its assault on the Baratie.

• Mihawk defeats Zoro (Episode 24)

  Dracule Mihawk, rumoured to be the world's greatest swordsman, accepted Zoro's challenge after destroying the Krieg flagship for amusement. He wounded Zoro and destroyed two of his three katana with the Famous Blade Yoru, leaving Wado Ichimonji intact. Zoro was knocked unconscious, and Mihawk spared him, telling him to grow stronger so he might one day surpass him. Zoro vowed never to lose another battle until he defeats Mihawk.

Character Graph

Helmeppo

Marine

A snobbish, cruel man who is the son of Captain Morgan and abuses the townspeople.

• Abuse of townspeople

  Brings a hostile wolf into a bar, then threatens to execute the customers unless Zoro surrenders.

• Broken deal

  Breaks his deal with Zoro by intending to execute him anyway.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Struck a deal with Zoro after Zoro defeated his wolf, then intended to execute him anyway.

Rika

A small girl in Shells Town who sneaks into the Marine base to bring food to Roronoa Zoro.

• Rice ball delivery

  Tries to bring rice balls to the crucified Zoro and is stopped by Helmeppo.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Affinity)

  Brings food to the crucified Zoro and wants to help him.

• Helmeppo (Other, Hostility)

  Stopped from delivering food by Helmeppo, who destroys the rice balls.

Mohji

Buggy Pirates

A member of the Buggy Pirates who boasts he can control any animal and seeks to defeat Zoro to make a name for himself.

• Ambition for recognition

  Wanted to defeat Zoro to make a name for himself, but allowed Richie to stop for food at the shop Chouchou guarded.

• Buggy (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Serves under Buggy and reports to him after the fight with Luffy.

• Luffy (Other, Hostility)

  Fought Luffy after Luffy refused to reveal Zoro's whereabouts; Mohji was defeated by Luffy rather than Zoro.

Buggy

Buggy Pirates

Captain of the Buggy Pirates; a fearsome pirate with his own Devil Fruit ability; his territory is where Luffy lands after being dropped by the bird.

Former fellow apprentice of Shanks in the same pirate crew; plotted to steal a Devil Fruit and treasure map before being caught.

• Power

  Can separate his body parts and is immune to being cut apart, due to the Bara Bara Fruit.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Fought Zoro and stabbed him; claimed Zoro's wound decided the fight.

• Nami (Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Accepted Nami into his crew as a supposed defector; ordered her to fire a Buggy Ball at Luffy as proof of loyalty.

• Luffy (Other, Hostility)

  Fights Luffy and pierces his straw hat with knives, enraging him.

  Luffy struck Buggy down during the attempt to seize his treasure and later blasted him out of town.

Buchi (Nyaban Brothers)

Black Cat Pirates

One of the Nyaban Brothers, who initially appear weak and cowardly but act that way to catch Zoro off guard.

• Jango (Colleague, Neutral)

  Summoned by Jango as a last-ditch effort to penetrate the crew's defenses.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Feigns weakness to catch Zoro off guard alongside Sham and attacks him.

Sham (Nyaban Brothers)

Black Cat Pirates

One of the Nyaban Brothers, who initially appear weak and cowardly but act that way to catch Zoro off guard.

• Jango (Colleague, Neutral)

  Summoned by Jango as a last-ditch effort to penetrate the crew's defenses.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Takes two of Zoro's katanas and fights him, using a feigned weak appearance to catch him off guard.

Jango

Kuro's crew

A hypnotist who introduces himself as such and conspires with Captain Kuro to assassinate Kaya.

Hypnotist serving Kuro, ordered to make Kaya write a will and then kill her.

• Hypnotism

  Demonstrated hypnotism by putting children to sleep with a chakram on a string, and can hypnotize people into changing their wills.

• Threat to children

  Threatened to execute Piiman, Tamanegi, and Ninjin for interfering, then agreed to spare them after Kaya's bargain.

Luffy

Would-be pirate who set sail to begin a pirating career; cast adrift at sea in a barrel after his dinghy was destroyed by a whirlpool. Aims for the Grand Line to search for the One Piece, and first sets out to recruit Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro into his crew.

Pirate who fights bare-handed; caught in Buggy's crew hostage situation and tells his companions to escape rather than give up.

• Origin at sea

  Dinghy destroyed by a whirlpool, left trapped in a barrel

• Roronoa Zoro (Colleague, Affinity)

  Rescued by Zoro in the fight against Buggy's men; Luffy told him to run.

Sanji

Baratie · Baratie cook

Sous chef of the Baratie; kicks Fullbody after Fullbody wastes the food he made.

A cook at the Baratie who fed a starving stranger and was then invited to join Luffy's crew.

• Crew invitation

  Luffy asked him to become the cook aboard his pirate ship; Sanji refused while staying at the restaurant.

• Infatuation with Nami

  Became infatuated with Nami and declared himself willing to become a pirate for her.

• Zeff (Hierarchy, Mentor, Mixed)

  Sous chef serving under the head chef Zeff.

  Zeff, his head cook, told him to join Luffy's group and said the restaurant no longer needed him.

• Luffy (Colleague, Mixed)

  Luffy invited him to be the cook of his pirate ship; he refused at first but was later told to join Luffy's group.

• Nami (Other, Affinity)

  Infatuated with Nami and willing to become a pirate for her.

Krieg

Krieg Pirates

Pirate captain whose ship was damaged; begged for food at the restaurant, then turned on the crew and demanded a hundred portions for his surviving subordinates.

Pirate captain who attacked the Baratie, demanding provisions and obedience; leads a five-thousand-strong fleet and mocks those who have lost their strength.

• Self-proclaimed strength

  Claims to be the strongest, citing steel arms, hardened body, diamond fists, concealed weapons, and a fleet of fifty ships with five thousand men.

• Attack on the Baratie

  Attacked the restaurant ship and demanded its logbook and obedience, threatening to kill Luffy if refused.

• Fleet destruction

  His fleet was destroyed in seven days on the Grand Line, and he announced a return there.

• Sanji (Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Attacked Sanji after eating; Sanji protested, and Krieg treated the cooks as subordinates to command rather than customers.

• Zeff (Other, Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Zeff supplied food for a hundred men and told Krieg to take it to his ship; Krieg reacted startled at the mention of Zeff's name.

  Recognized Zeff as a former pirate known for kicks and mocked his lost leg; Zeff refused to hand over the logbook.

Nami

Straw Hat Pirates

A thief who targets pirates and steals sea charts; infiltrates Buggy's crew under a false pretext while secretly aiming to recover the chart and steal his treasure.

Navigator who escaped by boat with the treasure, leaving a farewell message.

• Ambition

  Aims to earn one hundred million berries for reasons she keeps secret.

• Escape with treasure

  Left the restaurant area by boat with all the treasure and sent a farewell message saying they might meet again.

• Luffy (Colleague, Neutral)

  Met Luffy after he defeated armed men; proposed a partnership, then declined his invitation to join his crew upon learning he was a pirate.

  Gave Luffy the Grand Line map and agreed to sail with the crew temporarily to acquire Bellies.

• Buggy (Hierarchy, Other, Hostility)

  Infiltrated Buggy's crew by claiming to have quarreled with her boss; privately plans to steal from him.

  Nami was attempting to leave with Buggy's treasure when he spotted her, and she restrained him with rope.

Roronoa Zoro (Zoro)

Straw Hat Pirates

Pirate-hunter swordsman whom Luffy first finds crucified at the Marine base in Shells Town and sets out to recruit.

Swordsman pursuing a specific target he went to sea to find.

• Crucified at base

  Held on a cross at the Marine base and refuses to be fed by others; he eats the dirt-stained rice Rika brought.

• Childhood training

  Was a dojoyaburi who challenged local dojos; after defeat by Kuina he joined her father's dojo and trained harder than peers.

• Vow to Kuina

  After Kuina's fatal fall, decided to become the world's greatest swordsman; received Kuina's katana Wado Ichimonji from her father and trained eight more years before becoming a pirate hunter.

• Pursuit of the hawk-eyed man

  Revealed that the attacker on the Grand Line is the man he went to sea to find, and became more determined to head there.

• Rika (Other, Affinity)

  Rika brings him rice balls out of kindness.

• Helmeppo (Other, Hostility)

  Defeated Helmeppo's wolf to protect the bar's customers, then was threatened and betrayed by him.

• Buggy (Other, Hostility)

  Fought Buggy, who wanted to kill him to enhance his reputation; stabbed during the clash.

Zeff

Baratie · Baratie head cook

Head chef of the Baratie; injured when Luffy's deflected cannonball blasts a hole in the restaurant roof. Refuses to negotiate with Luffy over repairs.

Former pirate and owner of the Baratie restaurant ship who refuses to surrender the logbook and protects his cooks.

• Past with pirates

  Had once cooked for a notable pirate crew, as Sanji explained.

• Defiance toward Krieg

  Refused to hand over the logbook from his year-long Grand Line voyage, saying it held the pride of everyone who had sailed with him.

• Assessment of attacker

  Concluded the attacker was the hawk-eyed man based on the scale of destruction.

• Luffy (Hierarchy, Mixed)

  Forces Luffy to work as a chore boy for a year to pay for the roof damage and refuses to negotiate.

• Sanji (Hierarchy, Mentor, Affinity)

  Head chef; Sanji is the sous chef under him.

  Explained to the cooks that Sanji understood the terror of losing food and water at sea.

• Krieg (Other, Hostility)

  Refused Krieg's demand for the logbook while Krieg mocked his lost leg.

Dracule Mihawk (Hawk-Eyes)

World's greatest swordsman, rumoured; attacked the Krieg Pirates for his own amusement and destroyed their flagship.

• Duel with Zoro

  Defeated Zoro in a duel, wounding him with his blade, then spared him and told him to grow stronger to surpass him.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Mixed)

  Duel opponent who spared Zoro's life and urged him to become stronger; Zoro vowed to defeat him.

World Memo

• Baratie fighting cook reputation

  The restaurant's cooks regularly fight pirates, which draws spectators but drives away its waiters, and the restaurant's reputation rests on fighting off pirates.

• Krieg commands a large pirate fleet

  Krieg is described as commanding fifty pirate ships.

Battle Record

With Mihawk gone, Krieg can now attack the Baratie; no fighting shown yet this episode.

Sanji vs Fullbody

Baratie confrontation · Episode 21

Location: the Baratie restaurant

Trigger: Sanji confronted Fullbody for wasting soup and insulting its cook; Patty objected to his treatment of a paying customer

Sanji vs Fullbody

• Sanji's side — combatant: Sanji
• Fullbody's side — combatant: Fullbody

Outcome: Zeff ordered Sanji to stop fighting and Fullbody to leave; Fullbody vowed never to return

Aftermath

• Fullbody decided he wanted nothing more to do with the restaurant

Zoro vs Mihawk duel

Mihawk's duel with Zoro · Episode 24

Location: the sea where the Krieg Pirates' flagship was destroyed

Trigger: Zoro challenges Mihawk, who had attacked the Krieg Pirates for his own amusement

Duel

• Zoro's side — challenger: Roronoa Zoro
• Mihawk's side — defender: Dracule Mihawk

Outcome: Zoro is defeated and knocked unconscious; Mihawk deliberately spares him

Aftermath

• Zoro vows to never lose another battle until he defeats Mihawk
• Mihawk decides not to pursue Krieg and leaves
• Krieg is free to attack the Baratie

Krieg's attack on the Baratie

Krieg Pirates move on the Baratie · Episode 22– (Ongoing)

Location: the Baratie

Trigger: Krieg Pirates' invasion, now unobstructed after Mihawk leaves

Invasion

• Krieg Pirates — attackers: Krieg
• Baratie defenders — defenders: Luffy, Zeff

Aftermath

• Luffy orders Usopp and Zoro to pursue Nami while he faces Krieg alone
• Zeff agrees to nullify Luffy's debts if he repels the invasion

Ability Table

Music Releases

• We Are! (OP)
• Memories (ED)