Recaps

As the Marines withdrew from the rear battlefield, Kizaru and Akainu unleashed devastating attacks against the pirates while Roy, King, and Golden Lion fought back. Roy detected Blackbeard’s arrival and flew toward his location as the battle continued to turn in the Marines’ favor.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to abandon the rear battlefield and retreat while Kizaru’s broadcast renewed the civilians’ hope.
• Roy and Queen directed the pirates to retreat as Kizaru’s aerial barrage devastated the Fierce Beasts and the buildings behind Marine Headquarters.
• Roy clashed with Kizaru while King and Golden Lion attacked him, but Kizaru sent both pirates flying.
• Akainu and Kizaru attacked Kaido together, wounding him and driving back the Beasts Pirates.
• Roy discovered that Blackbeard had arrived and flew toward the location he had detected.

The Blackbeard Pirates watched the Marineford war from a distant ice formation, with their unruly new recruits itching to join the battle. When Roy approached, Blackbeard warned Pizarro not to challenge him unless he was willing to fight alone, then prepared to make his entrance.

• The Blackbeard Pirates observed the fighting at Marineford through a live Den Den Mushi and debated when to join.
• Pizarro revealed his ambitions and expressed interest in attacking Roy, while Burgess and the other recruits eagerly anticipated battle.
• Blackbeard used the Dark-Dark Fruit’s pressure to silence his crew and reminded Pizarro that he was captain.
• Van Augur spotted Roy approaching, and Blackbeard acknowledged Roy’s strength while keeping his focus on the man fighting Aokiji.

Roy confronted Blackbeard and persuaded the Blackbeard Pirates to join the battle at Marineford rather than wait to take advantage of the fighting. With Blackbeard agreeing to attack the Marines, Roy headed back to the battlefield as Kaido struggled and the World Government's forces approached.

• Roy landed on the ice before the Blackbeard Pirates, who had been watching Marineford, and warned Blackbeard that he knew about his plan to profit from the battle.
• Shiryu challenged Blackbeard to honor his promise, while Roy warned that he could draw the Marines and World Government to them if Blackbeard refused to join the fight.
• Roy urged Blackbeard to seize the rare chance to cripple the Marines, pointing out that the World Government and Marines would eventually obstruct his ambitions.
• Blackbeard considered Roy's proposal and agreed to join the battle, saying the Blackbeard Pirates could hunt other prey at Marine Headquarters even if they failed to defeat Whitebeard.
• Roy headed back toward Marineford after seeing that Blackbeard had agreed, while rain fell and the World Government's people neared.

Marineford’s war intensified as Akainu gained the upper hand against Kaido, while battles across the battlefield spread and Blackbeard’s group quietly began its move. The conflict left the Marines and pirates locked in a brutal fight as unrest stirred around the world.

• Akainu and Kaido fought fiercely, and Akainu’s magma attacks sent Kaido crashing into the ground.
• Golden Lion, King, Queen, and Marco ganged up on Kizaru while Whitebeard clashed with Aokiji.
• Garp and Luffy repeatedly met on the battlefield, with Luffy protecting Ace’s sworn brothers from his grandfather.
• Blackbeard emerged holding a Devil Fruit, and his group began targeting fighters from the shadows.
• The Marineford broadcast stirred the world, and forces across the globe began gathering as the war continued.

Roy and the Blackbeard Pirates prepared to withdraw as the Marines gained the upper hand at Marineford and powerful World Government reinforcements arrived. Blackbeard then appeared with the Impel Down escapees, drawing Sengoku’s attention.

• Shiryu gave Van Augur an unwanted Devil Fruit, which Van Augur kept for a future shipbuilding plan.
• Roy learned from Enel that World Government reinforcements had reached the frozen sea, including someone at least as strong as a Marine admiral, and told Enel to remain hidden.
• Roy ordered Caesar Clown to set timed detonations for the poison gas and Ice Oni bombs as the Marines began recovering control of the battlefield.
• Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit split Marineford and the frozen sea, while Akainu continued beating Kaido.
• Blackbeard arrived at Marineford with the escaped Impel Down prisoners, and Sengoku recognized him.

Blackbeard and several notorious Impel Down prisoners arrived at Marineford, prompting Akainu and Kizaru to attack them while Sengoku realized Shiryu had joined their side. Whitebeard then struck at Blackbeard, and the two faced each other amid the shattered ruins.

• Blackbeard's crew arrived at Marineford, alarming the Marines as they recognized several criminals from Impel Down's sixth level.
• Akainu and Kizaru attacked the Blackbeard Pirates, but Teach's darkness shield absorbed their assault and left his crew unharmed.
• Shiryu brought a half-dead Marine to Teach, and Sengoku recognized him and demanded to know what had happened to Impel Down and Magellan.
• Buster Callote and other prisoners threatened the Marines, while Sengoku resolved not to let any of them escape Marineford.
• Whitebeard punched toward Teach, who blocked the shockwave with darkness, and Whitebeard confronted him by name.

Roy watched the battle at Marineford as Blackbeard’s crew rampaged and Garp intervened to protect Sengoku. When Roy’s watch hands aligned, a bomb detonated and released Death Dioxide and Ice Oni across the battlefield.

• Roy watched Blackbeard and Whitebeard clash while worrying that Ace might act impulsively.
• Saint Saturn ordered Chaton to activate interference equipment before the group reached Marineford, where Sanjuan Wolf and the Blackbeard Pirates were attacking the Marines.
• Blackbeard blocked Sengoku’s attack, and Burgess and Pizarro tried to ambush the Fleet Admiral.
• Garp struck Burgess and Pizarro down, then Ace ran toward Luffy after seeing Garp arrive.
• Roy checked his pocket watch, and a bomb exploded, releasing Death Dioxide and Ice Oni into the battlefield.

Roy and Kaido’s poison gas attack spread across Marineford, forcing the Marines and pirates to choose between pursuing their enemies and saving the unconscious. As Sengoku and the other major fighters realized the danger, Blackbeard suspected Golden Lion was responsible.

• Roy’s Death Dioxide spread through Marineford, knocking Marines and pirates unconscious while giving them only a limited window for treatment.
• Roy and Kaido’s betrayal plan aimed to weaken both the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates, while their own troops and the Beasts Pirates served as expendable forces.
• The expanding gas reached nearly one-fifth of Marineford and the surrounding ice, causing widespread panic and casualties.
• Sengoku noticed the poison gas and demanded to know what Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Kaido had done.
• Blackbeard suspected Golden Lion had released the gas and urged Evil Wolf to retreat toward the bay.

Roy used Golden Lion to spread poisonous gas across Marineford and force the Marines to choose between pursuing him and saving their unconscious troops. As Whitebeard and Kaido began retreating, the Five Elders appeared on the battlefield.

• Whitebeard and Sengoku blamed Golden Lion for the poison gas that incapacitated their crews and forces, while Caesar Clown accelerated its spread.
• Roy stopped Golden Lion's Conqueror's Haki and had him threaten Sengoku with the deaths of the unconscious Marines unless the Marines abandoned their pursuit; he tossed Sengoku instructions for emergency treatment.
• Golden Lion revealed that World Government reinforcements had arrived, told Whitebeard that their ships were northwest, and fled as Whitebeard and Kaido began retreating.
• Whitebeard struck at Golden Lion and called his crew home after Ace's rescue, while Kaido transformed into a dragon and prepared to leave.
• The Five Elders appeared in a purple-black formation at Marineford, and Sengoku handed the treatment instructions to a medical rear admiral.

Saint Saturn arrived at Marineford as the broadcast went dark, while Morgans received photographs of the arrival through a mysterious Den Den Mushi. As Marines and pirates clashed, Saturn exposed Caesar Clown in the poison gas, and Roy told Enel it was his turn to act.

• Saint Saturn emerged from a magic circle at Marineford, and the live broadcast cut out.
• Morgans decided to publish the news through another channel, then received photographs of Saturn arriving from a Den Den Mushi marked with the King of Hearts.
• Chaton and Momousagi led reinforcements toward the fighting, but Marines warned them that Caesar Clown's poison gas was spreading.
• Caesar Clown drove the poison gas toward the ice, and Saint Saturn blasted through it to reveal him.
• Sengoku recognized Caesar Clown as the source of the gas, while Caesar froze under the Marines' killing intent and called for his boss.
• Roy filmed from high above Marineford and told Enel to make his appearance.

Enel appeared to save Caesar Clown from attacks by three Marines and revealed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s power to the battlefield. He sent Caesar to Golden Lion and prepared to face the gathered forces, making the war even more complicated.

• Caesar Clown fled through the sky as magma, ice, and light attacks from the Marine Admirals closed in on him.
• Enel appeared behind Caesar and blocked the three attacks with his 200 Million Volts - Thor technique.
• Caesar thanked Enel, who told him to go to Golden Lion and said he would handle what came next according to Black Emperor’s plan.
• Aokiji, Kizaru, Kaido, Whitebeard, Blackbeard, and Sengoku reacted to Enel’s arrival and the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Enel attacked Saint Saturn on Roy’s orders, drawing the attention of the battlefield with his insults and defiance. While Saint Saturn tried to suppress him, Blackbeard used the distraction to plan a way for Catarina Devon to copy one of the Five Elders.

• Saint Saturn recognized Enel’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit and recalled the World Government’s past attacks on the Sky Kingdom to seize it.
• Enel hurled a lightning spear at Saint Saturn, but Kizaru intercepted it with a flash of golden light.
• Enel called Saint Saturn a mortal and a Blue Sea monkey, then flew beyond the range of Saint Saturn’s suppression after Roy warned him.
• Whitebeard praised Enel’s recklessness, while Blackbeard decided to use the commotion to target the Five Elders.
• Blackbeard ordered Catarina Devon to disguise herself as a Marine rear admiral and try to touch one of the Five Elders so she could copy his appearance.

Enel unleashed the massive Raigo over Marineford, forcing Sengoku and Saint Saturn to redirect their forces while the pirates continued their breakout. As Aokiji and Kizaru moved to confront Enel, Roy ordered Torres and Scarlet to launch the second plan against Mary Geoise.

• Enel summoned an enormous thundercloud with Raigo, threatening to destroy Marineford.
• Sengoku ordered Aokiji and Kizaru to take down Enel while the other Marines pursued their assigned targets.
• Saint Saturn directed Sakazuki to release Kaido and ordered Roy's targets divided among the remaining forces.
• Roy watched the Marine leaders split up and prepared to interfere with Saint Saturn's plan to summon the other Five Elders.
• Roy contacted Torres and Scarlet and ordered them to fire Caesar's KX organophosphate gas at Mary Geoise.

Enel fought Kizaru while Aokiji attacked the descending Raigo, then the two Admirals joined forces against Enel. As Enel was overwhelmed in the clouds, Roy sent clouds carrying Seastone particles toward the battle.

• Enel and Kizaru exchanged more than a hundred rapid attacks across the sky.
• Enel challenged Aokiji as Roy's Sound Lightning struck him and Enel's Thousand Lightning descended on the Admiral.
• Aokiji emerged from the lightning and joined Kizaru, and the three fighters unleashed lightning, flashes, and Extreme Cold against one another.
• The combined attacks of Kizaru and Aokiji overwhelmed Enel's lightning, and their energy sphere exploded through the incomplete Raigo.
• Kizaru attacked Enel from behind, but Enel escaped with Elementalization and fled into the dark clouds as Kizaru and Aokiji pursued him.
• Roy sent clouds carrying Seastone particles toward Enel, Kizaru, and Aokiji.

Sengoku and Garp organized Marines to rescue the wounded while the high-level battle continued, with the Marines concentrating their attacks on the Whitebeard Pirates. Kaido and Golden Lion struck back, and Saint Warcury asked Saint Saturn to send him and Nusjuro to the battlefield.

• Sengoku and Garp gathered the Marines and reinforcements to rescue wounded soldiers, while the World Government sought to preserve enough Marine elites to maintain its rule.
• Ordinary Marines stopped pursuing pirates and began rescuing comrades, while the high-level fighting continued and Marine forces encircled the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Kaido transformed into an azure dragon and launched a sneak attack on the Marines surrounding Whitebeard.
• Golden Lion sent ice blocks flying toward Saint Saturn, interrupting his absorption of Death Dioxide with a falling iceberg.
• Saint Saturn shattered the iceberg with energy from his eyes and turned his killing intent toward Golden Lion.
• Saint Warcury asked Saint Saturn to activate the authority so that he and Nusjuro could go to the battlefield.

The Five Elders realized the Marineford battle had spiraled out of control, while Torres and Scarlet launched another poison-gas attack on Mary Geoise. Saint Warcury and Saint Nusjuro were interrupted as the gas threatened Pangaea Castle, leaving the attackers' identity unknown.

• The Five Elders watched the chaos at Marineford and ordered Saint Saturn to stop Whitebeard and the others from leaving unharmed.
• Torres and Scarlet led more than a dozen Flying Fish up the Red Line, carrying poison-gas bombs prepared by Caesar Clown.
• Scarlet hurled the bombs toward Mary Geoise with help from the Target-Target Fruit's ability.
• Mary Geoise's defenses destroyed many bombs, but purple organophosphate gas spread toward Pangaea Castle.
• Saint Warcury and Saint Nusjuro were interrupted before entering the purple array, and they demanded to know who had attacked Mary Geoise again.

Roy watched the Five Elders abandon their teleportation attempt and relied on his sea-based escape plan for Torres and Scarlet, while Enel continued fighting two Admirals. As pirates and Roy’s survivors moved toward the ships, Impel Down escapees intercepted the World Government reinforcements, and a blond, dark-red-skinned figure arrived by raft near the Gate of Justice.

• Roy realized Torres and Scarlet had succeeded in keeping the Celestial Dragons’ fears focused on defending Mary Geoise, and he expected them to escape through the sea to the waters beneath Sabaody.
• Enel fought Kizaru and Aokiji in the sky as Roy watched and waited for an opportunity to intervene.
• Pirates withdrew toward the edge of the ice, where World Government ships stood as their only route to escape.
• Impel Down escapees intercepted the World Government ships, while fewer than five hundred of Roy’s surviving men sent signals to their submarines and fish-man-controlled vessels.
• A blond, dark-red-skinned man piloted a ship made of broken planks to the frozen waters opposite the Gate of Justice.

Roy used Seastone-laced sea clouds to disable Enel, Aokiji, and Kizaru’s Devil Fruit powers during their clash, then seriously wounded Kizaru with a Flying Slash. With Kizaru unable to fight at full strength, Roy saw a clear path for his allies to escape, unless Saint Maz arrived.

• Enel endured attacks from Aokiji and Kizaru, then gathered massive thunderclouds for a final attack as Roy secretly helped strengthen them.
• Enel launched Thunder Cloud Sea while Aokiji and Kizaru countered with their own attacks.
• Roy spread Seastone-laced sea clouds around the three fighters, suppressing their Devil Fruit abilities, and struck Kizaru with a powerful Flying Slash.
• Kizaru survived the slash but suffered a serious chest wound and escaped the clouds’ range as Garp rushed to the sky.
• Garp seized Aokiji and the bleeding Kizaru while Roy freed Enel and judged that Kizaru’s injury would ease their escape.

Roy and Enel helped turn the battle against the Marines, while Blackbeard’s crew attacked Saint Saturn. Enel destroyed the signal jammer, and Buggy’s live broadcast Den Den Mushi activated as Golden Lion reached the battlefield’s center for Roy’s planned announcement about One Piece.

• Roy severely wounded Kizaru, leaving the Marines at a disadvantage in the sky and shocking the battlefield.
• Saint Saturn clashed with Golden Lion as the other Five Elders reacted to Kizaru’s defeat.
• Catarina Devon approached Saint Saturn in disguise, then Blackbeard and his crew attacked him after she was restrained.
• Roy watched from the sky while Enel destroyed several signal jamming devices.
• Buggy’s live broadcast Den Den Mushi activated, and Golden Lion moved to the battlefield’s center for Roy’s planned announcement about One Piece.

As the Marineford broadcast resumed, Golden Lion opened a rift in the clouds and addressed the world. He declared that One Piece was real and vowed to find it, surpass Roger, and shape the next era in his own name.

• The Sabaody Archipelago crowd saw the broadcast return with Buggy on screen, while Buggy and Galdino noticed Golden Lion preparing a major move.
• Whitebeard sent Akainu flying with Murakumogiri and challenged Golden Lion to explain his intentions.
• Golden Lion coated his swords with Armament Haki and slashed open the clouds, letting sunlight illuminate the battlefield under Roy's control.
• Golden Lion addressed the world, prompting Saint Saturn to suspect that he knew something about the World Government's secrets.
• Golden Lion proclaimed that One Piece was real and vowed to find it, surpass Roger, and make the next era bear his name.

After Golden Lion declared that One Piece existed and announced his ambition to surpass Roger, pirates across the world reacted with excitement and alarm. As Golden Lion and Kaido withdrew from Marineford, Buggy prepared to escape but came face-to-face with Bullet.

• Golden Lion's declaration stunned the battlefield and the world, stirring new hopes of a pirate boom.
• Blackbeard ordered his crew to withdraw as a purple-black teleportation array appeared beside Saint Saturn.
• Kaido praised Golden Lion, warned Enel away from Caesar Clown, then attacked the array with Heat Breath before flying off with King and Queen.
• Roy urged his allies to leave, and Enel carried Caesar Clown into the clouds while Golden Lion sent debris toward the array and escaped.
• Buggy's men seized a warship, and Buggy agreed to withdraw before Bullet appeared behind him.

Buggy survived his encounter with Bullet and gained more admirers, while Bullet entered the battlefield and clashed his Conqueror’s Haki with Saint Maz’s. Roy left Marineford, planning to use the war’s aftermath to expand his forces and claim spoils for the Golden Lion Pirates.

• Buggy mistook Bullet’s decision to ignore him for a successful confrontation, and the pirates watching the broadcast praised him as a hero.
• Bullet reached the battlefield’s center as Whitebeard sent Akainu flying and shattered the ice with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• An enormous strange bird emerged from the teleportation array, and Bullet and Saint Maz unleashed dark auras that collided over the battlefield.
• Roy recognized Bullet, then departed on a modified island cloud with Caesar Clown, Enel, and Golden Lion’s help.
• Roy decided to exploit the coming chaos and use the Golden Lion Pirates’ name to gather spoils and expand his forces.

After the Summit War, Roy gathered fewer than five hundred survivors and chose to return to Sky City before pursuing his next goal: unifying the Sky Cloud Sea. He suspected the World Government was preparing to sink the world, so he wanted a refuge above the rising seas.

• Roy counted the fewer than five hundred survivors left from the nearly ten thousand troops and more than three hundred giant beasts he had sent to Marineford.
• Caesar Clown asked whether the group should meet Kuzan or return to Sky City, and Roy ordered them back to Sky City while Kuzan and the others continued expanding on the ground.
• Roy announced that he intended to unify the Sky Cloud Sea, though Caesar Clown doubted the value of conquering its barren territory.
• Roy reflected that sea levels and natural disasters had worsened, and suspected that the World Government was connected to the rising seas.
• Roy conjectured that the Celestial Dragons had caused a catastrophe during the Void Century and were preparing to sink the world, so he planned to secure the Sky Cloud Sea as a refuge.

Becky led Sky City’s forces in conquering the sky island of Achia, defeating its defenders and claiming its resources for Roy. As her soldiers celebrated their victory, Sky City’s expansion across the sea of clouds continued.

• Becky commanded a force of more than six hundred soldiers and slaves as they attacked Achia with advanced weapons.
• After an hour of resistance, Achia’s defenders were executed, and Becky’s soldiers seized the island’s resources and enslaved its people.
• Kado and Dali celebrated their victory and discussed their hopes of becoming citizens and attending Sky Training Camp.
• Becky hoped Roy would be pleased that she had captured the wealthy island for him.
• Roy remained in the Sabaody Archipelago while forces loyal to him continued conquering islands throughout the sea of clouds.

Five days after the Marines’ defeat at Marineford, Roy cared for the traumatized Spandam while reading about the ongoing pursuit of Whitebeard’s scattered forces. The Whitebeard Pirates remained at large, and the Marines and World Government continued their campaign across the first half of the Grand Line.

• Roy comforted Spandam as he ate, vomited, and wept over the horrors he had witnessed at Marineford.
• Spandam ate until exhaustion overcame him, and Roy had servants carry him to a bedroom.
• Roy read a newspaper reporting that Whitebeard and Bullet were still fleeing through the first half of the Grand Line as Marine and allied forces pursued them.
• Roy learned that Whitebeard had ordered his main force and allied crews to scatter, drawing pursuit away from the escapees.
• The Marines and World Government had destroyed three islands and damaged five more during the pursuit, which continued despite the war’s end.