Chapter Summaries

Marineford prepared for Whitebeard’s impending attack as the Marines gathered overwhelming forces and the Admirals took their seats beneath the execution platform. Roy scouted the fortified battlefield from the sky, waiting for the next key figure to appear.

• More than a hundred thousand Marines assembled at Marineford as Sengoku announced that the public execution would begin in six hours.
• The Shichibukai gathered, while Roy comforted Spandam and warned him to hide near the square’s edges when the fighting began.
• Roy had Caesar Kuro keep Golden Lion and the floating island away from Marineford, then turned into a cloud and flew over the battlefield to scout.
• Roy used the Echo Map to sense the arriving Marine heavyweights and saw Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru take their seats beneath the execution platform.
• Roy sensed Sengoku, Ace, and Garp near the execution scaffold and waited for the next major figure to appear.

At Marineford, Sengoku publicly revealed that Ace was the son of Gol D. Roger and declared that he would be executed to protect the world. As Roy watched from the clouds, bubbles rose from the sea, signaling Whitebeard’s arrival.

• Ace was brought to the execution platform as Roy watched and Spandam tried to retreat toward the escape route Roy had indicated.
• Sengoku asked Garp whether he was sure about the execution, and Garp left the platform in anguish while Tsuru tried to comfort him.
• Roy ordered Caesar to begin as Sengoku questioned Ace about his father; Ace insisted that Whitebeard was his only father.
• Sengoku revealed that Ace’s mother, Portgas D. Rouge, had hidden him in her womb for twenty months and that his father was Gol D. Roger.
• Morgans and the Marines reacted to the broadcast, while Boa Hancock, Gecko Moria, and Doflamingo considered the revelation and Kaido’s plans.
• Sengoku declared that Ace had to die at Marineford, and Roy watched bubbles rise from the sea as Whitebeard approached.

The Whitebeard Pirates and their affiliated crews reached Marineford, where Whitebeard surfaced the Moby Dick from beneath the harbor and confronted Sengoku. As Whitebeard raised enormous tsunamis, Golden Lion dropped seawater from the clouds toward Marine Headquarters, beginning the planned assault.

• The Whitebeard Pirates and forty-three affiliated crews emerged from the mist and approached Marineford.
• The Moby Dick and three other pirate ships surfaced from beneath the harbor, catching the Marines by surprise.
• Whitebeard greeted Sengoku, checked on Ace, and prepared to attack while Roy and Kaido waited above with their forces.
• Whitebeard struck the air and raised massive tsunamis around Marineford.
• Golden Lion released the seawater concealed in the clouds, combining it with Whitebeard's tsunamis to engulf Marine Headquarters.

Whitebeard’s tsunamis and a vast mass of seawater sent crashing down from the sky threatened Marineford, forcing Sengoku to coordinate the Admirals’ response. As the Marines diverted the falling ice and scalding water toward the residential district, a figure leapt down toward Marineford, eager to join the war.

• Aokiji froze Whitebeard’s twin tsunamis before they could engulf Marineford.
• Roy’s enormous mass of seawater descended from the sky, and Garp and Sengoku recognized the attack as the Golden Lion’s.
• Sengoku ordered Aokiji to freeze the falling sea, Kizaru to shatter the ice, and Akainu to redirect the fragments toward the residential district.
• Aokiji froze the seawater, Kizaru blasted apart most of the iceberg, and Akainu’s Meteor Volcano sent the remaining ice and heated water toward the residential district.
• A figure jumped straight down toward Marineford, celebrating the chance to fight in the war.

Kaido joined Whitebeard’s attack on Marineford, and the two Yonko launched a full assault against the Marines. Roy and Golden Lion’s forces also began their planned offensive, aiming to crush the World Government’s prestige before the live broadcast.

• Kaido crashed into Marineford and attacked Sengoku, but Aokiji froze his Heat Breath while Kizaru blocked Whitebeard’s shockwave.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew to charge Marine Headquarters, and pirates and Marines clashed around the bay.
• Sengoku ordered Tsuru to request reinforcements from the World Government as Kaido and Whitebeard’s assault overwhelmed his plans.
• Roy dropped accumulated debris from the sky while Golden Lion secretly moved Beasts Pirates elites behind Marineford, where King and Queen attacked the rear defenses.
• Roy’s forces began an all-out assault, and a foul-smelling mass containing seawater and islands descended toward Marineford’s inner-bay plaza.

Roy’s falling debris drew the Marines’ strongest fighters into a battle against Kaido and the Whitebeard Pirates while the Beasts Pirates infiltrated Marineford from behind. Garp destroyed a falling boulder, but enormous, bloodthirsty beasts emerged from the rubble at the rear of the headquarters.

• Sengoku and the Marines tried to stop Roy’s falling islands as Kaido fought Akainu and Kizaru, Whitebeard battled Aokiji, and Marco’s commanders clashed with Marine vice admirals.
• Gecko Moria, Empress, Hawk Eyes Mihawk, and Doflamingo chose to stand aside rather than help the Marines.
• Roy watched from a cloud island as the Marines focused on the falling debris, while the Beasts Pirates used Golden Lion’s ability to reach Marineford’s rear coastline.
• The Beasts Pirates attacked the warships behind Marineford, forcing Sengoku to confront a second assault while the Marines’ top fighters were occupied.
• Garp shattered a warship-sized boulder with Bone Fist Impact, restoring the Marines’ morale.
• More falling debris crashed behind Marineford, and enormous beasts emerged from the rubble and roared across the battlefield.

Roy launched Golden Lion’s engineered giant beasts into the Marineford battle, sending Marines scrambling to stop them as the conflict’s balance shifted. With the beasts still rampaging and Pacifistas entering the fight, Roy prepared further attacks and looked toward Mary Geoise.

• Roy revealed that the giant beasts were products of Golden Lion’s perfected IQ Serum and sent them charging into Marineford.
• The beasts attacked Marines and Pacifistas, forcing Momonga and other officers to organize defenses while Roy held Enel back from joining the fight.
• Whitebeard’s commanders told their crew to secure Enel-scented towels, which frightened the beasts away.
• Sengoku ordered the Pacifistas into battle as Marines fought to contain the beasts and the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Roy checked the battlefield with the Echo Map and said that gifts would soon be delivered to the World Nobles.

The broadcast of the Summit War stirred powerful factions across the Pirate World to exploit the Marines’ crisis, while Sabo began a revolution in the Gray Rock Kingdom. As Marineford’s battle continued to spread chaos, Scarlet prepared to escape.

• Rayleigh watched the broadcast on Sabaody Archipelago and reflected on Ace being the son of his captain.
• Big Mom ordered Katakuri to attack nearby countries while the Marines were occupied at Marineford.
• Ochoku ordered Kiro to prepare the fleet to seize Marine territories.
• Sabo blasted through the Gray Rock Kingdom’s iron gate with Dragon Claw Fist, opening the way for the revolution.
• The Five Elders watched the escalating battle at Marine Headquarters, and Saint Warcury demanded to know why intelligence had failed to detect the alliance.
• Scarlet rubbed his shoulder and placed both hands on the bombs beside two escape-ready Flying Fish.

Jero, a former fighting champion who joined a plan to attack Mary Geoise after the Celestial Dragons destroyed his family, provoked them during a broadcast and was beheaded. Eight bombs then struck the Holy Land, and despite the defenders stopping most of them, one cluster bomb devastated part of Mary Geoise.

• Jero recalled how Burgess ended his fighting career and how a Celestial Dragon attack killed his family.
• Jero went to Mary Geoise as a slave after agreeing to join the masked man's attack plan, and he grew fearful as he witnessed the Celestial Dragons' power.
• Jero ate a Celestial Dragon's strawberry, insulted the nobles, and spat at them as guards rushed to seize him.
• A massive blast broke Mary Geoise's protective barrier, and Jero was beheaded as bombs began falling across the Holy Land.
• Scarlet's eight bombs were mostly deflected by Mary Geoise's defenders, but a hidden cluster bomb detonated and destroyed a considerable section of the city.

Roy’s attack on Mary Geoise injured and killed Celestial Dragons, forcing the Five Elders and Saint Garling to respond while Roy prepared to join the battle at Marineford. Spotting Luffy, Buggy, Jinbe, Crocodile, and the captured Supernovas aboard a frozen Marine warship, Roy decided to help them.

• Bombs filled Mary Geoise with fire and poisonous smoke, killing seven Celestial Dragons and injuring around thirty as the Guard Army rushed to rescue survivors.
• The Five Elders and Saint Garling searched for the attacker, then hurried toward Pangaea Castle after sensing a ripple from Imu-sama.
• Roy told Caesar that the attack should keep Mary Geoise’s defenders away from Marineford and prepared to enter the battle alongside him and Enel.
• Roy spotted Luffy, Buggy, Jinbe, Crocodile, and the captured Supernovas on a frozen Marine warship and sent a massive boulder toward it.

Roy’s meteor shattered the frozen tsunami, dropping the warship carrying Luffy and the escapees into Marineford’s bay. The group survived and entered the live broadcast, where Buggy unwittingly gained fame as he celebrated his escape.

• Luffy tried to make the warship descend so he could save Ace, while Buggy and the prisoners argued for escaping and Ivankov urged them toward battle.
• Jinbe spotted a meteor falling toward the frozen tsunami, and Buggy and Mr. 3 panicked as Luffy welcomed the chance to reach Ace.
• Roy’s meteor smashed a gap in the ice, sending the warship plunging toward Marineford’s bay.
• Aokiji’s failure to freeze the bay allowed Jinbe, Crocodile, Ivankov, Kid, Capone Bege, Killer, Luffy, Buggy, and the others to survive the fall.
• The live broadcast showed Buggy celebrating among the famous newcomers, and viewers mistook his prominent position for proof of his power.

Whitebeard and Aokiji, and Kaido and Akainu, fought fiercely as the Marines lost ground at Marineford. Roy set out to free Ace and intensify the battle, while Caesar Clown headed toward the outskirts to attack from the sea.

• Whitebeard and Aokiji exchanged powerful attacks, while Kaido and Akainu clashed with Haki-coated strikes.
• Roy decided to personally free Ace, reasoning that breaking his Seastone restraints would make the war more intense.
• Roy sent garbage and boulders falling toward warships evacuating weaker Marines, then entered the battlefield in mist form.
• Caesar Clown carried his poisonous gas toward the sea beyond Marineford to attack from the outskirts.
• World Government reinforcements sailed at full speed toward Marine Headquarters.

Disguised as a Marine, Roy killed a rear admiral who tried to stop him and launched an attack on the execution platform to rescue Ace. He shielded Ace from Sengoku’s shockwave as the platform collapsed, and the two fell from it.

• Roy disguised himself as a Marine and killed a rear admiral who confronted him while he headed toward the execution platform.
• Roy approached the platform, drew his sword, and unleashed a flying slash that drew the attention of Whitebeard, Hawk Eyes, and other fighters.
• Sengoku transformed into a golden giant and blocked Roy’s slash with a shockwave.
• While Sengoku was distracted, Roy used a Buggy Pirates bomb to bring down the execution platform.
• Roy reached Ace and protected him with a Sound Wall from Sengoku’s shockwave, and the force sent them falling downward.

Ace escaped execution after Roy threw him the key forged from Iron Cloud, and Whitebeard renewed his attack on Sengoku. Roy withdrew from the main fighting, but a powerful swordsman confronted him, leaving Roy to ask Hawk Eyes why he had attacked.

• Roy threw Ace the Iron Cloud key, and Ace escaped Kizaru's explosions through a tunnel of fire.
• Whitebeard attacked Sengoku after Ace was freed, while Aokiji blocked the blow and fought to keep Marineford from collapsing.
• Ace searched for Roy, then met Sengoku's shockwave with a Fire Fist as Sengoku intensified his attack.
• Roy watched the battle from the edge of the field and cut down a Marine, then dodged a sudden sword strike and countered with Sakura Ten.
• Roy sensed the opponent through Echo Map and asked Hawk Eyes why he had attacked him.

Roy was forced into a sword fight with Hawk Eyes Mihawk after Mihawk became interested in his Flying Slash. Their clash left Roy facing an increasingly serious opponent, with the World Government reinforcements still on the way.

• Hawk Eyes Mihawk challenged Roy to test his swordsmanship, and Roy tried to persuade him to join forces against the Marines.
• Mihawk attacked Roy, who realized he had to fight and looked for a chance to escape during the battle.
• Roy and Mihawk exchanged Haki-coated sword strikes as Mihawk guessed Roy belonged to the Flying Pirate Group.
• Roy used Reaper's Sound to briefly stun Mihawk, then launched a supersonic Haki slash.
• Mihawk shattered Roy's attack with a powerful Flying Slash that cut a corner from the frozen tsunami.
• Mihawk asked about Roy's unusual power and demanded that he use his full strength.

Roy fought Hawk Eyes in a fierce sword duel, then used his Logia powers to survive their clash and fled toward Whitebeard. With Hawk Eyes pursuing him, Roy grabbed Buggy and threw him into the swordsman's path.

• Roy drew Hawk Eyes away from the main battle and unleashed Reaper: Super Sonic: Galaxy Cutter.
• Hawk Eyes's slash clashed with Roy's, splitting the tsunamis and wounding both fighters.
• Hawk Eyes realized Roy was a Logia Devil Fruit user, but Roy ignored him and ran toward Whitebeard.
• Roy accidentally spat on Buggy, then seized him and hurled him toward the approaching Hawk Eyes.

Roy fought Aokiji while asking Whitebeard to cover his retreat from Hawk Eyes, and Whitebeard agreed. Buggy’s survival under Hawk Eyes’s attacks won him devoted followers as Roy urged Aokiji to leave the Marines and learn the truth about the world.

• Hawk Eyes repeatedly slashed Buggy, but Buggy’s body kept re-forming, impressing nearby prisoners who began idolizing him.
• Roy attacked Aokiji during his battle with Whitebeard, and Aokiji re-formed after being cut in half.
• Roy asked Whitebeard to help him retreat and keep Hawk Eyes occupied, and Whitebeard agreed.
• Aokiji attacked Roy with Ice Time Capsule, but Roy dodged the ice sword and continued speaking to Whitebeard.
• Roy urged Aokiji to leave the Marines, arguing that the system hid the truth and that the people of Mary Geoise were not worth protecting.

Roy tried to turn Aokiji against the Marines by condemning their ties to the World Government and Celestial Dragons, while Whitebeard joined in and battled the admiral. Roy then moved to face Hawk Eyes, and Whitebeard vowed to stop Hawk Eyes from reaching him.

• Roy mocked Aokiji’s idea of Marine justice and accused the Marines of serving the Celestial Dragons and oppressing ordinary people.
• Whitebeard urged Aokiji to leave the Marines, then fought him with his bisento and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Roy dodged Sengoku’s shockwave and parried a slash from Hawk Eyes while continuing to taunt Aokiji.
• Roy asked Whitebeard to hold Hawk Eyes back and ran toward the battlefield, where Hawk Eyes pursued him.
• Whitebeard challenged Hawk Eyes, saying Roy owed him a favor and that Hawk Eyes would not pass.

Roy crossed the devastated rear battlefield toward Caesar Clown while Akainu’s magma attack devastated the giant beasts and Marines. He reached Caesar as Kaido and Akainu continued fighting, and asked how the Death Dioxide preparation was going.

• Pirates and giant beasts pushed the Marines back toward Marineford’s training camp, while Sengoku sent most of the Pacifistas to help weaker Marines retreat.
• Akainu launched Meteor Volcano at the rear battlefield as Kaido intercepted him, and the falling magma burned and panicked many of the giant beasts.
• Roy used the Echo Map to reach the rear and spared an exhausted Rhinoceros Beetle from a Marine who was about to kill it.
• Roy monitored the battle, snapped his fingers toward the sky, and watched Akainu’s magma attack as Marines began counterattacking.
• Roy reached Caesar Clown, who was mixing vats, and asked how his Death Dioxide preparation was progressing.

Roy prepared Death Dioxide and Queen's Ice Oni virus as weapons to devastate Marineford and weaken the Navy, while the pirates' cooperation remained based on shared interests. Sengoku ordered the Marines to abandon the rear battlefield as Roy's side readied its attack.

• Roy planned to use Death Dioxide to threaten the Navy and World Government reinforcements if the battle turned against the pirates.
• Kaido, Queen, and the Beasts Pirates agreed to use Death Dioxide and Queen's Ice Oni virus, keeping Whitebeard uninformed of the plan.
• Caesar Clown reported that Death Dioxide and Queen's viral weapon were ready, and Roy inspected both weapons.
• Roy noted that the Navy was limiting its attacks and evacuating weaker elite Marines to preserve its forces.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to abandon the battlefield behind Marineford ahead of a full-scale pirate attack.