Chapter Summaries

Sengoku recalled Akainu to keep Roy from causing trouble on Sabaody while the Marines faced off against the Red Hair Pirates at G-5. After learning that Fire Fist Ace had attacked three Celestial Dragons, Sengoku ordered Akainu to capture every Supernova on the island.

• Sengoku stationed Akainu at Sabaody because he feared Roy would make trouble there.
• Akainu told Sengoku that the Red Hair Pirates were maintaining a threatening standoff near the G-5 Branch.
• Sengoku received word that three Celestial Dragons had been attacked and were near death.
• Sengoku initially blamed Roy, but the Marine on the Den Den Mushi identified Fire Fist Ace as the attacker.
• Sengoku blamed Garp for the crisis and ordered Akainu to capture all the Supernovas on Sabaody and send them to Impel Down Great Prison.

Roy appeared before the five Supernovas after they fought their way through the Marines, then revealed that the World Government had ordered every Supernova on Sabaody exterminated. He said he wanted to establish a true dream kingdom and challenged Ace and the others to escape him.

• The five captains and their crews pushed back the weak Marines while debating whether to flee before an Admiral arrived.
• Ace remembered Roy was still on the island and urged the Supernovas to unite and break through, but Roy appeared at the auction house with his crew.
• Roy spoke to the World Government through a Den Den Mushi and heard its order to exterminate all the Supernovas on Sabaody.
• Ace accused Roy of being the World Government's lapdog, and Roy explained that he had become a Shichibukai to establish a true dream kingdom.
• Roy asked the Supernovas how they planned to escape from him.

The five Supernovas attacked Roy together, but he overwhelmed them with gravity and his soul-burning Demon Fire. The survivors realized they knew little about Roy’s new abilities, and Ace admitted his earlier fight with Roy had ended almost immediately.

• Yorkson charged at Roy, and Ace, Louis, Vincent, and Rex followed rather than abandon him.
• Roy stopped all five Supernovas with an unseen force, then struck Rex and two others into the ground and pierced Yorkson and Ace with the Seven Star Sword.
• Roy’s dark green Demon Fire burned Yorkson’s soul, and Ace used his own flames to pull it away while discovering that it devoured fire.
• Roy explained that the Demon Fire was Soul-Version Amaterasu, an inextinguishable flame that consumed souls.
• Rex asked Ace to explain Roy’s abilities, but Ace admitted he had passed out after failing to withstand even one of Roy’s punches.

Roy’s strange abilities fractured the five Supernovas’ alliance, leaving Ace, Vincent, and Louis demoralized and unable to trust one another. Rayleigh and Shakky watched from afar as Roy’s enemies lost hope, while a Marine Admiral approached the archipelago.

• Rayleigh and Shakky discussed Roy’s attack on the Celestial Dragons, and Rayleigh chose not to intervene because he sensed no killing intent.
• Ace proposed that Roy’s ability had limited range, but Yorkson suddenly stabbed Rex and attacked the other Supernovas.
• Ace, Vincent, and Louis captured Yorkson, whose mind appeared to have been affected after Roy burned him with Demon Fire.
• Roy’s words made Vincent and Louis fear that Ace might also be under his influence, weakening the remaining Supernovas’ resolve.
• Rayleigh and Shakky watched as Roy’s presence broke the Supernova Alliance’s spirit, while Rayleigh prepared to face the approaching Marine Admiral if necessary.

Rayleigh and Shakky discussed how Roy psychologically crushed his opponents, while Tesoro dismissed the Supernovas who had challenged him. At Marine Headquarters, Drake’s reputation as the Iron-Blooded Vice Admiral had grown, and he reported capturing a New World pirate to Sengoku.

• Rayleigh and Shakky discussed Roy’s ability to magnify his enemies’ fears, and Rayleigh expressed faith that Ace would resist him.
• Tesoro and Baccarat discussed Roy’s overwhelming defeat of five Supernovas, and Tesoro said his prior deal with Roy had been based on their comparable strength.
• Drake walked through Marineford as soldiers praised his rise, his recovery from defeat by Roy, and his record of hunting pirates.
• Drake reported to Sengoku that he had captured Skull Crusher Bazel, a pirate with a 270-million-Beli bounty, and sent him to Impel Down.

Drake trained with Doberman and Onigumo at Marine Headquarters, showing how much stronger he had become while still harboring hatred for Roy. The three discussed Akainu’s plan at Sabaody to suppress Roy, with Drake warning that a clash could destabilize the seas.

• Sengoku warned Drake to stay at the G-5 Branch until he was confident enough to face the New World, but Drake went to the high-level training ground instead.
• Doberman and Onigumo attacked Drake together, and he fought them in his Tyrannosaurus form before nearing exhaustion and prompting them to stop.
• Onigumo and Doberman praised Drake’s progress and suggested he might become an Admiral Candidate, while Drake said he remained far weaker than Roy.
• Drake asked whether Akainu had gone to Sabaody to confront Roy, and Doberman explained that Akainu was there to suppress the situation after a Celestial Dragon was attacked.
• Drake warned that Akainu’s confrontation with Roy could provoke conflict between the Shichibukai and Marine Headquarters, but Doberman and Onigumo insisted Akainu would eliminate Roy.

After defeating Ace and the other Supernovas outside the auction house, Roy explained that the arriving Marine Admiral might be coming for him rather than to punish the pirates. Roy revealed that he planned to test himself against an Admiral and prove his strength, leaving the coming confrontation with Akainu looming.

• Roy defeated Black Rod Rex, Demon Yorkson, Explosive Fist Louis, Ghost Eye Vincent, and Fire Fist Ace outside the auction house.
• Ace questioned why Roy told him that the World Government might not care much about the Celestial Dragon incident, and Roy said the coming Marine Admiral might be targeting him.
• Ace doubted an Admiral would move against a Shichibukai, but Roy explained that Admirals wielded enough influence to act against orders without being permanently cast aside.
• Roy told Ace he had no intention of waiting helplessly to die and was confident he could escape an Admiral if necessary.
• Roy reflected that he intended to measure himself against Akainu and use the fight to establish his strength and standing among the sea's top powers.

Akainu confronted Roy on Sabaody Archipelago and announced that he intended to eliminate the Shichibukai, whom he considered too dangerous to let live. As Roy and Akainu prepared to fight, Rayleigh, Shakky, Tesoro, and Baccarat watched, aware that the battle could endanger the island.

• Akainu landed before Roy and Ace, ignored the defeated fighters, and fixed his attention on Roy.
• Roy mocked Akainu for threatening a Shichibukai, while Akainu declared that he would kill Roy and send him to Impel Down.
• Akainu explained that he considered Roy’s ambition and growing power too dangerous to ignore, and Ace realized Akainu had taken over the Celestial Dragon incident as justification.
• Shakky told Rayleigh that Akainu likely sought to eliminate Roy because of his threat to the Marines, and warned that their fight could turn Sabaody into a dead zone.
• Tesoro decided to stay and watch the fight, while Baccarat feared Akainu might drag them into it; Tesoro said he would join forces with Roy if Akainu attacked him.

Roy fought Akainu while using future sight to evade his attacks, and wounded the Marine Admiral with the Seven Star Sword. The sword bonded fully with Roy after tasting Akainu’s blood, while both fighters paid a price for the clash and a hidden paparazzo began transmitting footage of their battle.

• Roy and Akainu opened their fight with powerful attacks that blasted the ground and sent the fallen Supernovas flying.
• Roy used future sight to evade Akainu’s magma attacks, then struck him and pierced his left shoulder with the Seven Star Sword.
• Akainu forced the sword from his shoulder, but his blood made the Seven Star Sword submit completely to Roy and connect with his mind.
• Akainu inferred that Roy could see the future and that using the ability heavily strained his concentration, while Roy’s mental strength was exhausted.
• The watching Marines panicked at Akainu’s injury, and a paparazzo hiding among the corpses activated his Video Den Den Mushi to transmit footage of the fight.

A live broadcast showed Roy defeating the Supernova Alliance and fighting Marine Admiral Akainu, shaking the public’s faith in the Marines. Sengoku learned that Akainu had been injured and ordered the news agency to stop broadcasting the footage.

• The editor-in-chief saw Jefferson’s footage and ordered it broadcast wherever visual transmissions were available.
• Viewers watched Roy defeat the Supernova Alliance before Akainu appeared and fought him at the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Roy pierced Akainu’s left shoulder, breaking the public’s belief that Marine Admirals were invincible and inspiring pirates.
• Sengoku learned that Akainu had attacked Roy and been injured, then ordered the news agency to stop broadcasting the images.

Roy and Akainu fought to a standstill on Sabaody Archipelago as Marines and onlookers watched, while Sengoku struggled to control the unfolding spectacle. Akainu then declared he would use his full strength to kill Roy, who prepared to reveal a power that came at a price.

• Sengoku learned that the news agency would not answer Marine calls and ordered his forces to find the reporter filming the battle, but the fighting made the area too dangerous to enter.
• Baccarat, Gild Tesoro, and Rayleigh discussed Roy’s ability to foresee the future and the danger posed by both Roy and Akainu.
• Roy and Akainu continued their fierce fight, sustaining burns and sword wounds as Roy’s future sight and Demon Sword challenged Akainu’s stamina and concentration.
• Roy judged that his strength still fell short of Akainu’s, while recognizing that his level 18 Devil Fruit Ability had not yet reached perfection.
• Akainu announced he would use his full strength to execute Roy, and Roy answered that he would reveal a costly power of his own.

Roy revealed that he had borrowed the strength of his future self in a dream and overwhelmed Akainu with a powerful sword strike. Akainu realized the battle had become dangerous and worried that the Celestial Dragons might have been killed in the destruction, but Roy attacked again before he could act.

• Baccarat feared that Roy and Akainu’s escalating battle would destroy Sabaody, while Tesoro resented Roy’s strength and Rayleigh refused Shakky’s suggestion that he intervene.
• Akainu launched Meteor Volcano, but Roy’s seven-colored sword light erased the lava and struck Akainu hard enough to make him vomit blood.
• Akainu demanded to know how Roy had suddenly grown so much stronger, and Roy explained that he had borrowed the power of his future self through a dream.
• Akainu realized Roy might be impossible to defeat and worried that the battle’s destruction had killed the Celestial Dragons.
• Roy sent another seven-colored sword attack at Akainu, forcing him to fight back.

Roy continued overpowering Akainu while the Celestial Dragons trapped below demanded rescue, and he taunted the Admiral by offering him a place as Vice Captain. The fight was interrupted when Enel reported that Golden Lion had attacked Sky Island, leaving Roy to face a threat to his stronghold and crew.

• Rosward and Sharliya called on Akainu to rescue them from the sea of fire, but he struggled to protect them while fighting Roy.
• Roy mocked Akainu over his duty to the Celestial Dragons and offered to make him Vice Captain of his crew.
• Akainu unleashed a torrent of magma, but Roy erased his attacks with sword strikes as their battle devastated the island below.
• Enel reached Roy and reported that Golden Lion had attacked Sky Island and overwhelmed its defenders.
• Roy recognized Golden Lion as a formidable enemy and grew concerned about the threat to Sky Island.

Roy withdrew after fighting Akainu, while Enel stayed behind to block the Admiral. Their clash over Sabaody astonished witnesses and made the Phantom Sword Pirates seem comparable to Marine Headquarters.

• Roy decided to leave rather than prolong his fight with Akainu and mocked the Admiral as he departed.
• Enel blocked Akainu's pursuit, introducing himself as Thunder God Enel and provoking the injured Admiral into a fight.
• Akainu and Enel exchanged lightning and magma as Rayleigh and Shakky discussed the strength aboard Roy's ship.
• Gild Tesoro and Baccarat recognized Enel's awakened Rumble-Rumble Fruit as a serious threat.
• People watching the broadcast concluded that Roy and Enel together could match two Admirals, and that the Phantom Sword Pirates might rival Marine Headquarters.

Enel escaped Akainu and returned to Roy, while Akainu found the injured Celestial Dragons safe but failed to capture the Supernovas. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku rebuked Akainu for the disastrous battle, revealed the Navy was promoting Roy as a potential Pirate King to draw enemies toward him, and demoted Akainu to a third-class soldier.

• Enel returned to the Ark Maxim badly injured but boasting that he had fought Akainu, and Crocodile pointed out that Akainu had been weakened.
• Akainu found CP0 protecting the injured Celestial Dragons, then learned the Supernovas had escaped.
• Sengoku confronted Akainu with sensational newspaper headlines and described the political damage caused by his battle with Roy.
• Akainu argued that Roy was too dangerous to leave unchecked, but Sengoku warned that capturing him could cost more than attacking a Yonko crew.
• Sengoku revealed the Navy had helped spread rumors that Roy could become the next Pirate King to provoke pirates such as Kaido.
• Sengoku demoted Akainu to a third-class soldier until the seas calmed down.

After Roy defeated Akainu, Marine Headquarters announced that the clash had been a misunderstanding and removed Akainu from his rank, while rumors spread that Roy could become the future Pirate King. The chapter showed the Supernovas and the Four Emperors reacting to Roy’s growing power and considering what he might do next.

• Plank showed the town’s bar patrons Marine Headquarters’ statement that the battle was Akainu’s personal decision and that Momousagi would temporarily assume his duties.
• Ace and the other recovering Supernovas read the news, and Yorkson and Vincent feared the monsters of the New World while Ace reflected on Roy’s slash extinguishing Akainu’s magma.
• On the Moby Dick, Jozu objected to the rumors about Roy, while Whitebeard and Marco suspected Marine Headquarters and Sengoku were spreading them and agreed Roy was worth watching.
• Shanks and Ben Beckman discussed Roy’s strength, and Beckman warned that the Marines’ attempt to sow discord did not make Roy any less of a threat to the Four Emperors.
• Big Mom agreed with Katakuri that Roy was not an opponent to provoke lightly and ordered another Tea Party invitation sent to him.
• Kaido grew angry at the claim that Roy could become Pirate King and ordered his crew to find Roy so he could challenge him himself.

Roy used Elephant Transfer Technique to take control of Wyper’s body as Golden Lion Shiki attacked Sky Island, where the Flying Pirate Crew overwhelmed the defenders. Roy’s intervention stopped Shiki’s fatal slash, and he confronted the legendary pirate.

• Golden Lion Shiki watched his beasts lose to Sky Island’s forces and decided to claim the island and its military for himself.
• Shiki split the battlefield with a sword slash, while Laki relayed Robin’s order to retreat and Wyper chose to stay and defend God’s Nation.
• Shiki admired Wyper’s courage and invited him to join the Flying Pirate Crew, but Wyper refused and reaffirmed his loyalty to Roy.
• Shiki attacked Wyper with Wave Slash after Wyper used both Impact Dials and collapsed from the strain.
• Roy’s voice reached Wyper, who allowed the captain to take over his body; Roy stopped Shiki’s attack, then called out to him as he flew away.

Roy confronted Golden Lion in Wyper’s body and tried to redirect his revenge from destroying East Blue toward Marine Headquarters. Golden Lion rejected Roy’s offer to join forces and challenged him to prove his strength.

• Roy introduced himself as captain of the Phantom Sword Pirates and told Golden Lion that the Sky Island was his territory.
• Golden Lion attacked Roy after Roy mentioned his escape from Impel Down, but Roy used Future Sight Observation Haki to evade his slashes.
• Roy explained that destroying East Blue would not change the world’s view of Golden Lion and suggested that destroying Marine Headquarters would be more effective revenge.
• Roy asked Golden Lion to join forces and overthrow the world, but Golden Lion mocked him and refused.
• Roy declared that Golden Lion’s era had passed, and Golden Lion challenged him to demonstrate the era Roger had opened.

Roy arrived on Sky Island and stopped Golden Lion from killing Wyper, then faced off against the legendary pirate. Golden Lion learned that Roy had recently fought Marine Admiral Akainu, but he rejected Roy’s claim that his era had passed and declared that the age still belonged to Golden Lion.

• Golden Lion overwhelmed the body controlled by Roy and blasted Wyper onto the Cloud Layer, then prepared to finish him off.
• Roy arrived and blocked Golden Lion’s attack with a seven-colored slash, restoring the confidence of the Sky Island residents and Roy’s crew.
• Laki and Mantis rescued Wyper, who explained that Roy had controlled his body during the fight.
• Golden Lion sensed Roy’s formidable presence and assessed the two other figures standing with him at the Ark Maxim.
• Roy revealed that Akainu had inflicted his injuries, and Golden Lion recognized that the Marines had grown stronger since his prime.
• Roy warned Golden Lion that his era had passed, but Golden Lion laughed and declared that the current era was still his.

Roy fought Golden Lion in a fierce sword battle, exploiting the ship's rudder embedded in Golden Lion's head to expose the damage it had done to his Observation Haki. Golden Lion tore the rudder free and regained his former, terrifying presence, leaving Roy facing the Flying Pirate at full strength.

• Roy and Golden Lion clashed with powerful sword attacks, and Golden Lion challenged Roy to prove his strength.
• Golden Lion used the Float-Float Fruit to trap Roy inside a cloud-wrapped lion-shaped island, but Roy escaped and struck him from behind.
• Roy taunted Golden Lion about the rudder embedded in his head and explained that it had impaired his Observation Haki.
• Golden Lion realized the rudder had become a chronic affliction and pulled it from his head, bleeding heavily.
• Golden Lion crushed the rudder and declared that he was the Flying Pirate, while Roy recognized that his old, domineering self had returned.