Chapter Summaries

Arthur arrived at the Holy Land Mary Geoise the day before Ace’s execution and was placed in a room with the gathered Shichibukai. After he revealed Excalibur, Dracule Mihawk challenged him, and Arthur struck back.

• The news of Ace’s capture and execution prompted the Whitebeard Pirates and their allied crews to prepare to rescue him.
• Boa Hancock accepted the government’s mandatory summons, and Boa Sandersonia told Vice Admiral Momonga that Hancock would travel separately from the Marines.
• Arthur spent fourteen days at Marine Headquarters under restricted freedom before Sengoku sent him to the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
• Arthur entered a room with Donquixote Doflamingo, Bartholomew Kuma, Gecko Moria, Marshall D. Teach, Dracule Mihawk, and Boa Hancock; Jinbe was absent because he had refused the summons and was imprisoned in Impel Down.
• After Arthur summoned Excalibur, Dracule Mihawk drew Yoru and attacked him, and Arthur countered with his sword.

Arthur crossed swords with Mihawk in Mary Geoise and earned the Shichibukai’s recognition, while the Five Elders took notice of his strength. At Marineford, Sengoku revealed that Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son, and the war remained poised to begin as the world reacted.

• Arthur and Mihawk exchanged sword blows that shook the room and darkened the sky over Mary Geoise.
• Doflamingo, Moria, Hancock, Teach, and Kuma recognized Arthur’s formidable strength, while the Five Elders ordered that he be watched.
• Mihawk praised Arthur and proposed a future match, and Arthur sat beside Boa Hancock without her objecting.
• The Marines assembled a hundred thousand troops and their forces at Marineford while the world watched the broadcast before Ace’s execution.
• Sengoku revealed Ace’s parentage as Gol D. Roger’s son, shocking the world and intensifying the Marines’ resolve.

Whitebeard and his forces entered Marineford to rescue Ace, and Whitebeard’s quake powers triggered two massive tsunamis. Aokiji froze the waves and the surrounding sea, and the Marines and pirates began the Paramount War with cannon fire.

• The Whitebeard Pirates’ forty-three ships approached Marineford, while the Moby Dick and two daughter ships emerged from beneath Crescent Bay.
• Whitebeard appeared on the Moby Dick and reassured Ace that he had sent him after Blackbeard and had come to bring him home.
• Whitebeard struck the air with his quake powers, causing enormous tsunamis to rise on both sides of Marineford.
• Aokiji froze the tsunamis and spread ice across the sea, giving the Whitebeard Pirates a path to advance.
• Sengoku warned the Marines of Whitebeard’s power, and both sides opened fire with their cannons.

Arthur drew the world's attention at Marineford by summoning Excalibur and unleashing a powerful golden slash toward Whitebeard. Marco intercepted the attack before it could reach Whitebeard, and the clash continued.

• The Whitebeard Pirates and Marines clashed across the battlefield as their commanders led the fighting.
• Arthur stepped forward among the Shichibukai, prompting speculation that Marine Headquarters had hired the famous bounty hunter.
• Arthur summoned Excalibur and charged it with magical energy, drawing the attention of Whitebeard and the watching world.
• Arthur unleashed Excalibur toward Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick.
• Marco transformed into a phoenix and flew into the golden beam to protect Whitebeard.

Arthur joined the battle at Marineford, where his golden sword attacks impressed the fighters and drew the attention of Whitebeard’s commanders and the Seven Warlords. The chapter ended with Arthur and Diamond Jozu facing off as Jozu recognized Arthur’s strength and tactical thinking.

• Marco returned after Arthur’s Excalibur beam blasted him away, and Whitebeard warned him to watch Arthur’s destructive attack.
• Mihawk, Doflamingo, Moria, Hancock, Kizaru, and Akainu reacted to Arthur’s power as he jumped from the wall to join the war.
• Arthur’s golden sword pressure swept toward the Moby Dick, but Jozu stopped it and hurled it into the sky.
• Arthur charged Jozu, and their clash ended with Jozu’s diamond body resisting Arthur’s sword attacks and sword pressure.
• Arthur explained that Jozu’s full-body transformation would consume stamina, while Jozu realized Arthur was both powerful and calculating.

Arthur defeated Jozu with Excalibur’s Strike Air, earning a major increase in strength and breaking through his attribute bottleneck. Whitebeard’s crew rallied under Marco as Mihawk took a keen interest in Arthur’s attack.

• Arthur met Jozu’s charging punch head-on, and their clash shattered the icy ground around them.
• Arthur used Invisible Air and Strike Air to launch Jozu hundreds of meters and wound his stomach, defeating him.
• The victory reward restored Arthur’s mana and raised his four attributes to rank B, making him a genuine monster class fighter.
• The Whitebeard Pirates panicked at Jozu’s defeat, but Marco urged them onward and steadied their morale.
• Doflamingo and Moria commented on Arthur’s growing prominence, while Mihawk studied Strike Air with excitement.

Arthur faced Marco in a deadly confrontation during the battle, while Little Oars Jr. charged into the bay to rescue Ace. The chapter ended with Kuma striking Little Oars Jr. with Ursus Shock, leaving him bloodied and collapsing to his knees.

• Arthur told Marco that their goals differed, then prepared to fight him at full strength.
• Marco attacked Arthur from above, and Arthur evaded the kick with Instinct before challenging Marco to fight with intent to kill.
• Little Oars Jr. arrived behind the Whitebeard Pirates and pushed through the Navy forces, determined to rescue Ace.
• Little Oars Jr. endured a barrage of cannon fire, threw a warship at the fortress, and knocked down giants blocking his path.
• Bartholomew Kuma used Ursus Shock on Little Oars Jr., whose body was engulfed by the blast and left bloodied as he collapsed.

Little Oars Jr. fell after Doflamingo severed his leg, and Whitebeard rallied his fleet as the war intensified. Arthur fought Marco and Jozu while Kizaru shattered Jozu’s iceberg; the chapter left a flying ship carrying Luffy arriving at Marineford.

• Little Oars Jr. made a final attack on Doflamingo, who dodged and severed his leg, bringing him crashing down.
• Whitebeard defeated a Giant Vice Admiral with one blow, then urged his fleet to press forward over Oars.
• Arthur fought defensively against Marco, who used his Phoenix powers to keep him occupied.
• Jozu hurled a huge iceberg toward the Execution Platform while Arthur continued fighting Marco.
• Kizaru destroyed the iceberg with Yasakani no Magatama, then turned his attention toward Whitebeard.
• Luffy’s flying ship approached Marineford, alarming Garp and Ace, before a column of water erupted nearby.

Luffy and his allies arrived at the Paramount War, where Arthur recognized the familiar group and immediately faced Crocodile. After defeating Crocodile with one sword strike, Arthur met Marco and Jozu’s full-powered attack and fought both Whitebeard commanders at once.

• The Thousand Sunny landed near the battlefield carrying Luffy, Zoro, Crocodile, Jinbe, Ivankov, Buggy, and prisoners from Impel Down, among others.
• Luffy shouted that he had come to save Ace, and Jinbe told Sengoku he had quit being a Shichibukai.
• Crocodile attacked Arthur, but Arthur broke his sand blade and sent him flying with a single sword strike.
• Marco invited Crocodile to join forces against Arthur, but Crocodile refused.
• Marco and Jozu launched a full-strength pincer attack, and Arthur summoned a Holy Lance and countered them with his sword and spear.

Arthur used Excalibur to kill Jozu, devastating the Whitebeard Pirates and the battlefield. Whitebeard arrived in a rage, and Arthur became the focus of his crew’s calls for revenge.

• Arthur wounded Jozu with the Holy Lance and evaded Marco’s attack as he prepared Excalibur.
• Arthur released Excalibur at close range, and its golden torrent killed Jozu while devastating marines and pirates in its path.
• The Whitebeard Pirates grieved Jozu’s death, and Ace cried out from the Execution Platform.
• Marco emerged from the crater in a fury as Whitebeard leaped down from the Moby Dick.
• Sengoku warned the battlefield that the World’s Strongest Man had flown into a rage, and Doflamingo wondered whether Arthur would survive Whitebeard.

Arthur awakened Conqueror’s Haki while clashing with Whitebeard, then unleashed Excalibur against the enraged Emperor. After Whitebeard’s tremor-powered strike battered him and exhausted his magic, Arthur called out to Dong Stallion.

• Moria mocked Arthur and wondered whether the Marines would save him from Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard attacked Arthur, who met his blow with Excalibur and awakened Conqueror’s Haki.
• Arthur and Whitebeard’s clash of Haki knocked out weaker fighters across the battlefield.
• Arthur released two of Excalibur’s seals and unleashed a golden attack, but Whitebeard’s tremor power shattered the surrounding ice and overwhelmed it.
• Arthur emerged battered and drained as Whitebeard approached through the smoke, and Arthur shouted for Dong Stallion.

Arthur rode the King's Horse into the sky and drew Marco into battle, while Whitebeard's rage triggered a devastating attack on Marineford. Sengoku and the Marines began their counterplan as the Whitebeard Pirates charged to rescue Ace.

• Arthur avoided a prolonged fight with Whitebeard and challenged Marco from the sky with the Holy Lance.
• Whitebeard shattered the atmosphere with a quake that tore through Marineford, forcing the Three Admirals to stop its blast.
• Doflamingo and Mihawk joined the battle, while Whitebeard rallied his crew to rescue Ace and attack the Marines.
• Luffy questioned the sudden turn of events, and Zoro watched Arthur fight Marco with renewed determination to grow stronger.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to begin their plan, and steel walls rose around the inner bay, though Little Oars Jr. blocked one section.
• Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcano, launching magma into the sky to rain down across the battlefield.

Arthur and Marco continued fighting above Marineford as Whitebeard led his forces through the plaza and fought off the Admirals. The Admirals coordinated another attack, but Marco and an unidentified swordsman intervened to protect Whitebeard.

• Marco spotted a gap near Oars and warned Whitebeard, who struck the seastone-lined steel wall but failed to break it.
• Arthur taunted Marco as they continued their aerial battle, with Arthur’s wind slash colliding with Marco’s blue flames.
• Whitebeard led the Whitebeard Pirates across Little Oars Jr.’s body into the plaza, then used his power to scatter navy soldiers and repel Kizaru and Akainu.
• Akainu and Kizaru attacked Whitebeard again while Aokiji launched ice spears, hoping to exhaust him and trigger his hidden ailments.
• Marco flew in front of Whitebeard and took Kizaru’s barrage, while a swordsman’s slash shattered Aokiji’s ice spears.

Arthur stepped away from the main battle, protected Franky from a Marine Rear Admiral, and learned how the Straw Hat Pirates reached Marineford. Franky revealed that Blackbeard’s group had overwhelmed Impel Down after Luffy and his crew were captured there.

• Arthur dismissed Doflamingo’s offer to join him and agreed to Mihawk’s challenge if they met in the New World.
• Arthur used his Haki to stop a pirate from attacking him, then went to help Franky when a Marine Rear Admiral threatened him.
• Arthur drove off the Rear Admiral and asked Franky how he had joined the Straw Hat Pirates and arrived at Marineford.
• Franky explained that Luffy’s crew had entered Impel Down to rescue Ace, with Silvers Rayleigh helping them reach the prison before leaving.
• Franky told Arthur that Blackbeard and his group had defeated the Jailer Beasts, the Chief Warden, and the deputy warden after the Straw Hats were captured.

Luffy reached the Execution Platform and rescued Ace after Sengoku’s attack shattered it and Mr. 3 secretly made a key for Ace’s shackles. Ace and Luffy joined the battle against the Marines, where Ace held off Aokiji’s ice attack with his flames.

• Luffy reached the Execution Platform with help from Ivankov, Jinbe, and Inazuma, then knocked Garp aside to get to Ace.
• Sengoku revealed that Luffy was Dragon’s son and Ace’s sworn brother before transforming into a giant golden Buddha and attacking them.
• Sengoku’s blow toppled the Execution Platform, and Mr. 3 used his wax power to make a key while the Marines fired cannons at the fallen group.
• Ace emerged from the smoke carrying Luffy, and the Whitebeard Pirates celebrated his rescue.
• Aokiji attacked the brothers with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak, but Ace countered with Mirror Flame and stopped the ice bird in a stalemate.

Arthur fought Ace after Ace tried to avenge Jozu, but their duel was interrupted when Akainu attacked Ace and Whitebeard struck at Akainu. Arthur blocked Whitebeard’s blow to protect Akainu, then joined him in confronting Whitebeard and Ace as the battle intensified.

• Marine Vice Admiral Doberman rallied the Marines, who resumed their attack on the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Ace asked Vista, Jinbe, and Emporio Ivankov to protect Luffy and his companions, then charged at Arthur to avenge Jozu.
• Arthur split Ace’s Flame Emperor with Excalibur’s golden light and told him he was no match for him.
• Akainu struck Ace with Great Eruption, and Whitebeard attacked Akainu in retaliation.
• Arthur released two seals and blocked Whitebeard’s punch, explaining to Akainu that he did not like owing favors.
• Akainu and Arthur prepared to attack Ace together, with Akainu declaring that Ace had to be eliminated because he carried the Pirate King’s blood.

Akainu wounded Ace, then provoked him by insulting Whitebeard and severed his right arm in their next fight. Luffy and Emporio Ivankov reached Ace, but Akainu attacked them, and Ace rose to intercept Kizaru’s light barrage as Whitebeard and Sengoku clashed nearby.

• Akainu’s magma overwhelmed Ace’s fire and wounded him, but Whitebeard struck Akainu and sent him crashing through the battlefield.
• Whitebeard and Sengoku traded powerful blows while Akainu taunted Ace about Whitebeard, drawing an angry response from Ace.
• Akainu shattered Ace’s Flame Emperor, rushed him with Hell Hound, and severed his right arm.
• Luffy and Emporio Ivankov arrived, and Ivankov blocked Akainu from attacking Ace and Luffy.
• Kizaru fired Yasakani no Magatama at Ace, Luffy, and Ivankov, and Ace rose into the air to block the barrage with flames.

Arthur defeated Doma the Knight, reached sixty consecutive victories, and raised his Swordsmanship to A+ before Whitebeard ordered the pirates to retreat after Ace’s rescue. As the evacuation began, Whitebeard stayed behind to face Akainu, while Arthur anticipated Blackbeard’s possible appearance and Kizaru was struck as he tried to intercept the escaping group.

• Arthur defeated Doma the Knight with a powerful wave of sword pressure, reaching sixty consecutive victories and bringing his Swordsmanship to A+.
• Arthur watched Whitebeard shake Marineford and order the Whitebeard Pirates to retreat after Ace had been rescued.
• Arthur sensed the Blackbeard Pirates hiding behind Marine Headquarters and considered how the changed events might affect their plans.
• The Whitebeard Pirates began evacuating, with stronger fighters covering the retreat and weaker crew members boarding ships first.
• Whitebeard told Marco to take Ace and Luffy away, then turned to face Akainu himself.
• Kizaru began forming Yata no Kagami to pursue the escaping group, but an unseen attacker knocked him to the ground.

Marco rescued Ace and Luffy and brought them to the Thousand Sunny, but Ace chose to return to the battlefield rather than leave the Whitebeard Pirates behind. As Akainu attacked Ace and Marco, Sengoku signaled Aokiji to end his fight and get serious.

• Kizaru attacked Whitebeard with Yasakani no Magatama while Marco flew Ace and Luffy toward the Thousand Sunny.
• Marco told Franky to take Ace and Luffy away, and the Thousand Sunny escaped with Coup de Burst as Ace thanked Luffy before secretly leaping back to the battlefield.
• Ace explained that he could not abandon Whitebeard and his companions, and Akainu vowed to kill him rather than let him escape again.
• Marco blocked Akainu's attack on Ace but was blasted away, and Ace's Divine Fire: Shiranui failed to injure Akainu.
• Sengoku watched the Whitebeard Pirates retreat and told Aokiji to get serious against Vista and Jinbe.

Shanks arrived with the Red Hair Pirates and declared that he had come to end the war, angering Whitebeard, who saw the intervention as an insult. Shanks calmed him by pointing out that the conflict could let the traitor Teach benefit, while Arthur recognized Shanks’s ability as Conqueror’s Domain.

• Shanks blocked Akainu’s attack on Ace, then declared that he had come to end the war.
• Whitebeard confronted Shanks and attacked him, and the clash split the sky with a vast fissure.
• Shanks asked whether Whitebeard would cripple both sides and let the traitor who started the war benefit.
• Whitebeard demanded to know where Teach was, prompting the Whitebeard Pirates to roar for the traitor to appear.
• Arthur heard Shanks speak and reflected that Shanks had unlocked Conqueror’s Domain.