Chapter Summaries

Zoro saved Tama by striking down Jack, then faced King at Amigasa Village as Kaido and Linlin mobilized for Onigashima. Elsewhere, Shanks sought help from his brother Shamrock, Blackbeard prepared to exploit the chaos, and the Revolutionary Army and Marines assembled as the New World crisis widened.

• Zoro arrived at Amigasa Village, killed Jack with one sword strike, and challenged King while Kuina comforted Tama.
• Kaido transformed into his Azure Dragon Form and raced toward Onigashima, ignoring Linlin's warning that the Marines might be setting a trap.
• Linlin ordered her fleet to sail for Onigashima so her forces could support Kaido.
• Shanks met his twin older brother, Saint Figarland Shamrock, in Mary Geoise and asked him for a favor.
• Blackbeard emerged from hiding and declared that the turmoil would give him a chance to hunt.
• Dragon and Sabo confirmed that the Revolutionary Army was ready to act, while Sengoku convened the Shichibukai at Marineford.

The Navy began Rayleigh’s public execution at Marineford as the world watched, while Shanks secretly made a deal with Saint Shamrock and vowed to overturn the order. At Rock’s home on Dawn Island, a sudden storm and an unexpected visit left Rock and Airin facing two figures at the door.

• Sengoku announced that the Navy would execute Rayleigh and end the Great Pirate Era as thirty thousand Navy Elite and the Shichibukai stood guard.
• Shanks promised Saint Shamrock he would serve the Holy Knights and reveal everything about “Mother” in exchange for arrangements he had requested.
• After Saint Shamrock left, Shanks condemned the Celestial Dragons and declared that executing Roger and Rayleigh would not stop fate.
• Rock and Airin watched the broadcast from Dawn Island and worried about Luffy and Nami, while Rock said Ace was away on a mission with Roy.
• A sudden storm intensified outside Rock’s home, and two tall figures appeared at the door when Rock opened it.

Roy found Koby leading the Effort Pirates and defeated him with Conqueror’s Haki. He ordered Brook to take the unconscious Koby to Vegapunk near Punk Hazard, promising Brook he could then go to Twin Cape and see Laboon again.

• Roy went to the Unnamed Island after Tsuru reported a Gum-Gum Fruit user there and discovered Koby and the Effort Pirates.
• Koby repeatedly attacked Roy and declared that he would become Pirate King, but Roy’s Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed and knocked him unconscious.
• Brook recalled joining the Effort Pirates after learning they had met Laboon, and lamented that the whale would have to wait longer to see him.
• Roy confronted Brook, ordered him to take Koby to Vegapunk near Punk Hazard, and promised he could leave afterward and go to Twin Cape.
• Brook agreed, and Roy used a spatial vortex to transport Brook and Koby away.

The Marines’ assault on the Beasts Pirates in Wano escalated as Enel, Issho, and thousands of Navy Elite joined the fight, while Morgans broadcast the battle alongside Rayleigh’s execution. The chapter ended with Kaido arriving in dragon form to demand Roy, as Linlin’s fleet approached and she warned him that the Marines had set a trap.

• Zoro fought King while Ace and Drake defended Tama and the villagers against the Flying Six, and Kuina clashed with Queen.
• Enel struck the Beasts Pirates with lightning, Issho crushed their ranks with gravity, and several thousand Navy Elite arrived as Queen warned King they could not hold back the Marines.
• Morgans sent Camera Den Den Mushi to film the battle and ordered his news crew to cut it into the live broadcast of Rayleigh’s execution.
• People around the world watched the screens split between Rayleigh’s execution at Marineford and the battle between the Marines and Beasts Pirates in Wano.
• Kaido emerged from the clouds in dragon form and demanded that Roy come out, while Linlin’s fleet neared Wano and she warned Kaido that the Marines had set a trap.

CP0 learned that the Holy Knights had sent Blueno to Dawn Island to seize Roy’s parents, prompting Saint Garling to realize Shanks had manipulated Saint Shamrock into provoking Roy. Saint Shepherd Sommers and Blueno reached Rock’s front door in Dawn Village as the danger closed in.

• Lucci searched for Blueno while CP0 scrambled to respond to the Marine battle broadcast from Wano.
• Kalifa told Lucci that the Celestial Dragons had taken Blueno on a secret mission to Dawn Island, Roy’s hometown.
• Saint Garling struck Saint Shamrock and accused him of letting Shanks manipulate him into sending captors after Roy’s parents.
• Saint Garling ordered the mission recalled, but Saint Shamrock said the team had left an hour and a half earlier, and a guard reported that Shanks had disappeared.
• Saint Shepherd Sommers and Blueno walked through the rain in Dawn Village and approached Rock’s front door.

Saint Shepherd Sommers attacked Roy’s parents in Dawn Village, but Garp and Zephyr protected them, while Roy headed for the battle in Wano. As fighting between the Navy and Kaido’s forces raged under a worldwide broadcast, Sengoku began the execution at Marineford.

• Saint Shepherd Sommers and Blueno reached Rock and Airin’s home after Sommers killed the hidden guards protecting them.
• Garp and Zephyr revealed themselves, and Garp punched Sommers away and knocked Blueno unconscious while Zephyr stayed with Rock and Airin.
• Roy learned that his parents, Garp, and Zephyr were safe, then vanished from the sky toward Wano.
• Kaido emerged as an Azure Dragon, and Enel and Issho attacked him while Zoro, Kuina, Ace, and Drake fought the Beasts Pirates’ forces.
• The World Economy News Paper broadcast the battle in Wano to the world as Sengoku announced the start of an execution at Marineford.

Shanks recruited Buggy to help save Rayleigh and entered Impel Down’s deepest level with Doflamingo and Shiryu to seek powerful prisoners for an assault on Marineford. He invited Redfield, World, and Bullet to join him, but Bullet demanded payment and Redfield questioned whether leaving prison would simply lead them to their deaths.

• Shanks urged Buggy to help save Rayleigh, but Buggy condemned the Roger Pirates’ obsession with fate and their willingness to sacrifice themselves for a supposed future.
• Shanks said he needed Buggy’s power to protect freedom and piracy, and Buggy asked what Shanks wanted to do.
• Shanks and Buggy entered Level 6 with Doflamingo and Shiryu; Shanks told Doflamingo that Roy had slaughtered his family.
• Shanks confronted Patrick Redfield, Byrnndi World, and Douglas Bullet, whose auras overwhelmed the others.
• Shanks asked the three prisoners to break out and attack Marineford’s Execution Plaza; Bullet demanded to know what he would receive, while Redfield questioned the plan’s chances of survival.

Buggy rallied the Level 6 prisoners to break out of Impel Down with Shanks and join the fight at Marineford. After Magellan tried to stop them, Shanks and the escaped prisoners arrived at the execution plaza in a massive battleship, throwing the battlefield into chaos.

• Buggy taunted Bullet, Redfield, and World, then urged the prisoners of Level 6 to fight for their survival and march on Marineford.
• Bullet, Redfield, World, and the other prisoners broke free, while Shanks watched Buggy with suspicion.
• Magellan confronted the escapees and unleashed Venom Demon: Hell's Judgment, but Bullet, Redfield, and World attacked him together.
• Shiryu explained that the Gate of Justice's special current could carry them to Marineford, and the group used it to launch a massive battleship into the sky.
• Shanks, Buggy, and the Level 6 prisoners crashed into Marineford's execution plaza just as Sengoku prepared to begin the execution, and Sengoku roared at Shanks.

Shanks arrived at Marineford with powerful Impel Down prisoners and launched a battle against the Navy to reach Rayleigh, while the armies clashed across Execution Plaza. Big Mom sailed toward Wano, and at Vegapunk’s institute Brook learned that Vegapunk intended to keep him as a live experiment.

• Shanks landed at Marineford with Buggy and the escaped prisoners Douglas Bullet, Patrick Redfield, Byrnndi World, Donquixote Doflamingo, and Shiryu of the Rain, then challenged the Navy and said he needed to settle matters with Rayleigh.
• Sakazuki, Aokiji, and Kizaru attacked the intruders, but Byrnndi World enlarged the ship, Bullet fused with it to make a shield, and Shanks shattered the ice wall with Divine Departure.
• Luffy used Dragon Breath against Doflamingo and Shiryu, who joined forces to split the attack, as Sengoku ordered the Navy to attack and the prisoners charged into battle.
• Rayleigh watched the armies collide and wondered whether this was the world Roger had wanted to see.
• Big Mom watched the battle livestream, ordered her fleet to sail at full speed, and headed toward Wano Country.
• At Vegapunk’s institute, Vegapunk examined Brook’s Revive-Revive Fruit and declared Brook his precious live-experiment specimen.

Marineford erupted into a massive battle as the navy, Shichibukai, prisoners, and legendary fighters clashed across the battlefield. Luffy confronted Buggy, who accepted that their fight could not be avoided, and the two charged at each other.

• Kuzan divided the battlefield with Ice Age while the navy's new generation fought Impel Down prisoners on the eastern front.
• Shanks clashed with Sakazuki as Redfield battled Kizaru and Kuzan fought World on the western battlefield.
• Doflamingo, Shiryu, and the released LEVEL 6 prisoners fought the Shichibukai, while Mihawk walked away and Aramaki challenged Doflamingo.
• Gion and Tokikake attacked Bullet, who transformed into a steel fortress and met them head-on.
• Luffy told Buggy that he sensed his reluctance to fight, but Buggy removed his gloves and said some fights could not be avoided.
• Luffy and Buggy collided, Dragon Breath meeting the power of fragmentation.

Luffy and Buggy fought fiercely across Marineford’s Central Battlefield, trading attacks as Buggy’s Chop-Chop powers countered Luffy’s dragon strength and Haki. Their battle continued at full force while Mohji and Cabaji watched the broadcast from a tavern and cheered for their captain.

• Luffy and Buggy clashed, and Buggy split Luffy’s Dragon Breath and hurled shattered battlefield debris back at him.
• Buggy’s Chop-Chop attacks pierced Luffy’s defenses and shattered his dragon scales, but Luffy used Haki to protect himself and struck Buggy with a powerful tail sweep.
• Buggy recovered from Luffy’s attacks and praised Garp’s training, while Luffy mocked Buggy and challenged him to continue fighting.
• Luffy and Buggy charged again, their fists and palms colliding in a shockwave that swept across the battlefield.
• Mohji and Cabaji watched the live broadcast, marveled at Buggy fighting Luffy head-on, and shouted encouragement for their captain.

Roy monitored the Marineford battle from Wano, then used a marked shot to provoke Kaido and defeated his Thunder Bagua with a single punch. As Big Mom arrived with her fleet, Kaido recovered and joined her in a combined attack on Roy, who remained alone in the sky.

• Roy watched the battles at Wano and Marineford through a Projection Den Den Mushi and fired twenty Conqueror's Haki bullets toward Marineford using the Mark-Mark Fruit's mark.
• Kaido transformed into Human-Beast Form and charged Roy with Thunder Bagua, but Roy countered with Dark Star · Universal Impact and punched him through Onigashima.
• Roy's Haki knocked out thousands of Beasts Pirates and Navy Elite, while Ace shielded Tama and told her Roy was his big brother.
• Big Mom arrived with her fleet as Roy smashed an incoming Indra attack, and Kaido emerged from the ruins in Drunken Dragon Bagua · Berserk Form.
• Kaido and Big Mom launched a combined attack at Roy while Yamato watched from the ruins and recognized his strength.

Roy fought Kaido and Charlotte Linlin while the Navy battled the Totto Land Fleet on Wano’s coast. As the Five Elders watched Roy dominate the Emperors, they began plotting to obstruct the Navy while Imu slept.

• Roy shattered Kaido’s Roaring Thunder Bagua and Charlotte Linlin’s Ikoku Sovereignty, then clashed with both Emperors as the battle was broadcast worldwide.
• Roy ordered Enel and Issho to lead the Navy against the Totto Land Fleet; Katakuri attacked Enel to avenge his siblings, while Issho raised boulder walls and led the Navy Elite into battle.
• The broadcast of Roy fighting both Emperors with ease made people across the world wonder whether the Great Pirate Era was ending.
• The Five Elders learned they could not contact the Holy Knights sent to kidnap Roy’s parents and worried that the Navy’s growing power had upset the balance.
• Saint Saturn revealed that Imu had fallen into a deep sleep, and the Five Elders resolved to stop things from going smoothly for the Navy.

Nami and the Navy forces overwhelmed the pirate prisoners on Marineford’s eastern battlefield, while Gion and Tokikake fought Bullet on the western battlefield. Bullet transformed into a massive armored warrior and continued clashing with both Admiral Candidates.

• Nami used her Cloud-Cloud techniques to devastate the pirate prisoners on the eastern battlefield.
• Sanji, Binz, Usopp, Ain, and the Navy Elites defended Nami and advanced against the prisoners.
• Bullet unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and Combine-Combine Fruit powers against Gion and Tokikake.
• Gion and Tokikake targeted Bullet’s armor and joints with ice and diamond attacks, but he repaired his wounds and broke free of their freezing techniques.
• Bullet assembled himself into a giant warrior, and Gion and Tokikake launched a combined assault as their battle continued.

Kizaru defeated and killed Patrick Redfield at Marineford, while the Shichibukai overwhelmed the Level 6 prisoners across the battlefield. The prisoners were left badly injured or trapped as the Shichibukai continued fighting for their own reasons.

• Kizaru struck Redfield with a Light-Speed Kick and finished him with Yasakani no Magatama, leaving only his broken Umbrella Sword behind.
• Shanks, World, and Buggy briefly lost focus after hearing that Redfield had fallen.
• Aramaki shattered Doflamingo's defenses and pinned him down with his Wood Vines.
• Kuma repelled Shiryu's attacks and battered him, while Jinbe struck Sanjuan Wolf and Hancock turned Catarina Devon's claws to stone.
• Moria pierced Vasco Shot with a Shadow Horn Spear, and Crocodile engulfed Avalo Pizarro in a sandstorm.
• The Level 6 prisoners were driven into desperate straits as the Shichibukai pressed their attacks across the battlefield.

Shanks fought Sakazuki in a devastating clash as the Navy pressed its advantage at Marineford. When the Five Elders ordered Sengoku to execute Rayleigh, end hostilities, and let Shanks go, Sengoku refused.

• Sakazuki wounded Shanks with his magma attacks, but Shanks countered with Conqueror's Haki and Divine Departure.
• Shanks and Sakazuki's attacks collided, tearing apart the western battlefield in a massive explosion.
• Sengoku observed Law, Chopper, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Binz, and Ain helping the Navy hold the line and reduce casualties.
• The Five Elders ordered Sengoku to execute Rayleigh, cease hostilities, and release Shanks.
• Sengoku defied the order and declared that the Navy would not carry it out, shocking Rayleigh.

Sengoku defied the Five Elders, transformed into his Buddha Form, and led the Navy in a decisive assault at Marineford. As the Navy gained the upper hand, Saint Saturn descended onto the battlefield in his Ushi-Oni Form and announced that the Navy needed a change of blood.

• Sengoku rejected the Five Elders’ orders, crushed the Den Den Mushi, transformed into his hundred-meter Buddha Form, and blasted hundreds of criminals with a golden shockwave.
• Sengoku ordered an all-out Navy assault, boosting the soldiers’ morale as Sakazuki continued fighting Shanks and Kizaru gravely wounded World with a Light-Speed Kick.
• At the Room of Authority, Saint Saturn decided to remind the Navy who ruled the world despite Saint Warcury and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter warning him against intervening.
• As the Navy gained ground and Shanks struggled against Sakazuki, a black-and-purple summoning array opened at Marineford and Saint Saturn appeared in his Ushi-Oni Form.
• Saint Saturn addressed Sengoku and declared that it was time for the Navy to have a change of blood.

Saint Saturn threatened the Navy with execution unless Sengoku obeyed his command to stop fighting. Sengoku chose to defy him and continue the annihilation operation, beginning a devastating clash between Buddha and demon that left Marineford in ruins.

• Saint Saturn's Fierce Eye killed dozens of Navy soldiers and prisoners and destroyed the remaining battlefield broadcast Den Den Mushi.
• Saint Saturn ordered Sengoku to cease fighting and warned that Navy personnel who saw a Celestial Dragon's true form had to kneel or be executed.
• Doflamingo mocked the Navy, Shanks condemned Sakazuki, and the other fighters watched as Sengoku prepared to decide.
• Sengoku declared that the Navy fought to protect the weak, not to kneel before gods, and ordered all forces to continue the annihilation operation.
• Sakazuki attacked Shanks, who countered with Divine Departure, while Sengoku struck Saint Saturn with Buddha's Wrath: Thousand-Hand Impact.
• Sengoku and Saint Saturn's first clash tore apart the Execution Plaza, toppled icebergs, and sent shockwaves across Marineford.

At Marineford, Sengoku fought Saint Saturn while Kizaru faced Bullet, and Buggy saved Shanks from Sakazuki’s magma strike and a sniper attack by splitting the space around them. As Morgans rushed to Marineford to witness the battle, his projection briefly showed a major change on the Wano Country battlefield.

• Sengoku clashed with Saint Saturn as Tsuru ordered the Navy to regroup behind icebergs and the wounded were evacuated.
• Kizaru took over from the injured Gion and Tokikake, and Bullet awakened his Combine-Combine Fruit to become a giant mechanical colossus.
• Kizaru and Bullet launched a devastating attack against each other, their light sword and iron fist colliding.
• Shanks foresaw Roy’s Haki-coated bullet, but Buggy fractured the space around the battlefield and destroyed both the bullet and Sakazuki’s magma fist.
• Buggy declared that he would become the Pirate King as witnesses stared at him standing before Shanks.
• Morgans ordered News Coos and Visual Den Den Mushi sent to Marineford, then saw a distorted projection of a monumental change at the Wano Country Battlefield.

Roy defeated Kaido and Charlotte Linlin after they unleashed their final combined attack, ending the battle in Wano Country. The surviving pirates surrendered as the Marines witnessed the fall of the two Emperors and the arrival of a new era.

• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, bloodied and battered, asked Roy if he still wanted to fight, while Roy stood unharmed and called them weak.
• The surviving Beasts and Totto Land pirates dropped their weapons and begged for mercy, but Kaido and Linlin rose and declared themselves Emperors of the Sea.
• Kaido and Linlin joined their Conqueror’s Haki and launched their final Hakai at Roy as he ordered the army to withdraw.
• Roy countered with Fist Bone: Shattered Star Collapse, shattered the Hakai, and struck down Kaido and Linlin.
• The Marines and surviving pirates looked to Roy in awe as the Two Emperors lay dead.