The Best Episodes Directed By Makoto Sonoda

Goku unleashes stupendous ki. In his battle with Kafla, he has once more reached Ultra Instinct. His body unconsciously dodges Kafla's attacks, which triggers her to launch an even fiercer assault. Then after avoiding her attack, Goku fires a Kamehameha at point-blank range!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka

The Pride Troopers of Universe 11 launch an assault on Goku's team.

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Hiroshi Yamaguchi

Camie was abducted by a dastardly gang of kidnappers, and her next stop is the auction house unless the Straw Hats can rescue her. To make it in time, they’ll have to hitch a ride on some flying fish!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Jin Tanaka

Zoro's barely breathing, and Admiral Kizaru is ready to stomp him into oblivion. The battered and beaten Straw Hats could certainly use a powerful friend right about now.

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka

Supernatural powers take center stage in the battle to save Ace as Luffy and his uniquely talented allies throw down with the Navy’s own arsenal of Devil Fruit Eaters!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga

Whitebeard orders his men to help Luffy clear a path to the execution scaffold, but someone close to the Rubber-man rises up to derail the rescue mission at the last second!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Jin Tanaka

Power-hungry pirates terrorize innocent citizens once protected by Whitebeard, and Luffy’s nightmarish awakening sends him on a reckless rampage that could land him in an early grave!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga

The brothers are captured by a gang of pirates, and Sabo is handed over to his noble father, where the boy quickly discovers a sinister plot to destroy Gray Terminal forever!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga

Luffy lies battered and badly beaten, but Usopp's desperate pleas inspire the rubber-man to mount one final, furious attack on Rob Lucci!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Naoki Koga

Luffy and the Straw Hats attempt to destroy a floating resort in order to reunite two sisters who possess a blueprint for making jewels!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Takuya Masumoto

Even in Second Gear, Luffy is no match for Blackbeard’s vortex, but the rubber-man rebounds by knocking out a Demon Guard with one ferocious pistol-punch. Elsewhere, Warden Magellan vows to finish Luffy once and for all!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga

While the marines prepare for Ace’s execution, Luffy looks back on all the good times he shared with his brother, and Jimbei reveals the shocking details of the day Fire Fist Ace went down in defeat!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka

Luffy, along with Jimbei and Dark King Rayleigh, causes quite the commotion upon his return to Marineford. Meanwhile, powerful pirates all across the globe wreak havoc on the innocent!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Jin Tanaka

Hidden far underground, Kin'emon finds his old friend Kanjuro, whose powers allow the two to, quickly, but not elegantly, escape to the surface! Meanwhile, Cavendish shares his fears that the "Birdcage" game Doflamingo is playing has been rigged all along - and that the only way to win is to take the Warlord down!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Tomohiro Nakayama

Moria's shadow escapes, leaving Luffy stranded in the forest, as some strange people reveal that they are looking for him. Zoro begins the fight against Oars, revealing the new 108 Caliber Phoenix with his newly-obtained sword, but Oars manages to avoid his attacks. Kuma informs Moria of the appointment of Blackbeard as Crocodile's replacement, and warns him that the Straw Hat pirates may defeat him, too. Moria refuses Kuma's offer to help him, and enters Oars' stomach to guide him against the crew. The crew realize that as Luffy failed to catch and defeat Moria, it is up to them to defeat Moria and Oars before dawn. Usopp runs to the kitchen to gather more salt to purify Oars, but Oars strikes out at him, destroying the passage to the kitchen. Brook, his injuries healed, manages to save Usopp and bring the Straw Hats a large bag of salt.

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka

Hogback and Absalom escape Thriller Bark with the unconscious Moria, revealing that Blackbeard's Warlord status from defeating Ace. The next day, the Straw Hats celebrate their victory over Moria, but do not know why Zoro is so badly wounded. Sanji hears the story from the Risky Brothers, but prevents them from telling anyone else, saying it would trouble Luffy greatly to hear that Zoro suffered for his sake, but Robin eavesdrops on the conversation. Luffy tells Brook that Laboon is alive, and he is overjoyed to hear it, and begins to think about the time 50 years ago when he and his pirate crew first met Laboon.

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga

Sanji spends the day with a very old chef who teaches him the secret of packing amazing flavor into each and every dish!

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga

Usopp is forced to go through a gauntlet of Perona's Horo-Horo powers, including an untouchable body, size manipulation, passing right through him and creating explosive mini-Hollows that slowly rip away at his stamina and body. Temporarily turning into Sniperking to finally dispatch Kumacy, Usopp is forced up against a desperate wall until he finally realizes Perona's sudden change. Usopp uses one of his attacks to destroy a nearby wall, revealing Perona's body lying helplessly in her bedroom.

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka

Nami, Sanji, Usopp, Zoro, and company find themselves trapped in to tunnel filled with rapidly rising water. Meanwhile, Luffy musters the strength for one last stand in his battle with Lucci.

Director: Makoto Sonoda

Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga