ONE PIECE Episode 25 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

The Deadly Foot Technique Bursts Forth! Sanji vs. The Invincible Pearl!

Krieg and his pirate crew attack the Baratie to seize it, using its inconspicuous appearance for deception. The chefs fight them on the raised fins while Pearl is defeated, and Gin ends the initial victory by holding Zeff at gunpoint.

• Krieg's plan to seize the Baratie

  Krieg tells his crew that the restaurant's inconspicuous look could be used for deception if he takes it.

• Battle on the fins

  Sanji has the fins raised to protect the interior, and the Krieg Pirates enter the port-side fin. Patty and Carne attack with the Sabagashira I, but Krieg blocks it and throws the boat back, crashing it into the fin.

• Pearl's defeat

  Patty and Carne are overcome by "Iron Wall" Pearl, who is then knocked out after Luffy hits him from behind, his fin catches fire, and Sanji defeats him with leg attacks.

• Gin takes Zeff hostage

  Despite the initial victory, Gin catches Zeff off-guard and holds him at gunpoint.

Recent Timeline

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

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

• Krieg flagship destroyed by Mihawk (Episode 24)

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

• Mihawk defeats Zoro in duel (Episode 24)

  Dracule Mihawk, rumoured to be the world's greatest swordsman, accepts Zoro's challenge after attacking the Krieg Pirates for amusement. Mihawk wounds Zoro and destroys two of his three katana with the Famous Blade Yoru, leaving Wado Ichimonji intact. Zoro is knocked unconscious, and Mihawk spares him, telling him to grow stronger so he may one day surpass him. Zoro vows never to lose another battle until he defeats Mihawk.

• Pearl defeated by Sanji (Episode 25)

  After Pearl's record is tarnished by Luffy's fall, he enters a rage, sets himself on fire, and sets the whole fin ablaze. Sanji strikes him several times using only his legs, and a falling mast knocks Pearl out.

Character Graph

Cabaji

Buggy Pirates

Chief of staff and acrobat of the Buggy Pirates. Offers to fight the group on Buggy's behalf and rides a unicycle; uses Richie as a human shield.

• Buggy (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Serves Buggy as chief of staff and fights on his behalf.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Duels Zoro one-on-one and is defeated by his Oni Giri.

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.

• 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.

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.

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.

• 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.

Carne

Baratie

Charcutier at the Baratie who operates the fish-shaped paddleboat Sabagashira I alongside Patty and then fights the Krieg Pirates.

• Patty (Colleague, Affinity)

  Works alongside Patty as a fellow Baratie chef, fighting together.

Gin

Krieg subordinate

A hungry man who came to the Baratie demanding food and was driven away for lacking money, then fed by Sanji.

After the initial victory at the Baratie, catches Zeff off-guard and holds him at gunpoint.

• Hunger and rescue

  Refused charity at first, then ate and thanked Sanji, admitting he had thought he would die.

• Return to Krieg

  Escaped captivity and later returned to Krieg, where he confirmed a cook had saved his life.

• Sanji (Other, Affinity)

  Sanji fed him and called anyone hungry a customer; Gin promised never to forget his kindness.

• Krieg (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Gin was a subordinate of Krieg, a pirate commander with fifty ships.

• Zeff (Other, Hostility)

  Catches Zeff off-guard and holds him at gunpoint.

"Iron Wall" Pearl (Iron Wall)

Krieg Pirates

One of Krieg's officers, a man covered in metal shields who boasts of winning every battle without shedding a drop of blood.

• Krieg (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Serves under Krieg as one of his officers.

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.

Plans to seize the Baratie and use its inconspicuous appearance for deception; in this episode strikes the mast Luffy is holding onto during the attack on the fin.

• 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.

Patty

Baratie

Patissier at the Baratie who operates the fish-shaped paddleboat Sabagashira I with Carne against the Krieg Pirates.

• Carne (Colleague, Affinity)

  Works alongside Carne as a fellow Baratie chef, fighting together.

World Memo

• Grand Line as a sea pirates aim to enter

  The Grand Line is a sea that pirates such as Buggy intend to enter, and a chart of it is regarded as useful for navigating toward a goal.

• Logbook as Grand Line guide

  Zeff's logbook is described as a source of useful strategies for traversing the Grand Line and of information about the legendary treasure One Piece.

Battle Record

Krieg Pirates attack the Baratie's port-side fin. Chefs Patty and Carne fight with the Sabagashira I paddleboat but are defeated; the chefs charge and lose. Officer Pearl, the 'Iron Wall', fights and is taken out after a fire spread across the fin and a mast crushes him, knocked out by Sanji's leg strikes. Afterward Gin holds Zeff at gunpoint, so the battle is not concluded.

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

Port-side fin clash · Episode 22– (Ongoing)

Location: Baratie port-side fin

Trigger: Krieg's plan to seize the Baratie, whose inconspicuous appearance could be used for deception

Sides

• Krieg Pirates — attackers: Krieg, Pearl
• Baratie — defenders: Sanji, Patty, Carne, Zeff

Outcome: Pearl knocked out by Sanji; Gin holds Zeff at gunpoint, battle unresolved

Aftermath

• Pearl knocked out under a fallen mast
• Gin holds Zeff at gunpoint

Ability Table

Music Releases

• We Are! (OP)
• Memories (ED)