Atop the Skull Dome, the Scabbards manage to reopen the scar Oden left on Kaidou, causing him to briefly collapse. However, Kaidou recovers and launches a devastating counterattack, cutting off Kiku's arm with a flying wind blade.
Luffy, Sanji, and Jinbe continue their climb toward the rooftop, encountering and quickly defeating the gorilla SMILE user Briscola.
This episode debuted the theme song "PAINT" by I Don't Like Mondays. .
The episode was directed by Show Inuzuka and storyboarded by Yutaka Nakashima.