Chapter Summaries

Buggy caught Garen, Kuzan, and Golden Lion traveling together, mistook them for conspirators, and joined them to protect himself. The group continued toward Impel Down, where Buggy realized he might have to face the Whitebeard Pirates and the prisoners.

• Garen and Kuzan slowed in midair when Golden Lion arrived and used Kuzan's floating ice platform to travel toward Impel Down.
• Buggy recognized Golden Lion and concluded that Kuzan was involved in the attacks on the Celestial Dragons.
• Buggy flew onto the ice platform, begged Kuzan not to kill him, and asked to join the group.
• Kuzan promised not to kill Buggy and told him to keep what he had seen secret, while Garen accepted Kuzan's decision.
• Buggy imagined the group had a grand conspiracy and pledged to follow Kuzan while staying in the Marines.
• Kuzan clarified that they were going to Impel Down to do Marine work, and Garen told Buggy he could no longer leave.

Magellan ordered the guards to suppress the Level Five riot while Level Six prisoners escaped through the tunnel, and he ordered the harbor warships destroyed to prevent their escape. At Impel Down, Buggy fled to a warship, freed Momonga and other Marines, and found Whitebeard guarding the ship just as the prison’s artillery opened fire.

• Magellan learned that the Level Five prisoners were rioting and the Level Six prisoners had escaped, then sent the guards to Level Five and ordered the harbor warships destroyed.
• Garen and Kuzan entered Impel Down while Buggy quietly retreated to the docks and boarded a Sea Stone warship.
• Buggy found the captured Marines aboard the ship and freed Momonga, who explained that the Whitebeard Pirates needed the vessel to escape Impel Down.
• Momonga called Buggy a lone hero, and Whitebeard appeared, revealed he was guarding the ship, and advanced on Buggy.
• Impel Down's artillery opened fire on the warship as Buggy cried for help.

Garen and Kuzan faced a group of powerful prisoners who had escaped from Impel Down’s sixth level, but World broke through their ice barrier and led eight prisoners to the harbor. There, they found the only surviving Sea Stone Warship occupied by Whitebeard.

• Garen and Kuzan discovered that the prisoners on Level One were actually powerful criminals from the sixth level, including World, Shiliew of the Rain, and several others.
• Kuzan used Ice Age to block the prisoners, but cannon fire revealed Magellan’s plan to sink the harbor’s warships and prevent an escape.
• World boosted his speed and enlarged a musket bullet to smash through Kuzan’s ice wall, then escaped with seven other prisoners while Kuzan held back the rest.
• World’s group reached the harbor and found the docked warships destroyed, except for one Sea Stone Warship where someone was fighting.
• World demanded that the people aboard surrender the ship, and Whitebeard appeared at the edge of the deck.

Whitebeard protected the warship from Impel Down’s bombardment, defeated Momonga, and then fought Byrnndi World and eight Level Six prisoners who tried to seize the ship. After the battle left Whitebeard battered and Impel Down’s harbor in ruins, Marines mistook Buggy, who stood unharmed before him, for the victor.

• Whitebeard destroyed the cannon barrage with Air Quake and collapsed much of Impel Down’s upper structure with Quake Blade: Shattered Jewel.
• Whitebeard defeated Momonga after the Vice Admiral tried to damage the warship, while Buggy could barely withstand Whitebeard’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Byrnndi World and eight prisoners demanded Whitebeard’s ship, so Whitebeard fought them to protect it and eventually knocked them unconscious.
• Whitebeard found Buggy trying to sneak away after the battle, as the Marine soldiers began waking on the damaged harbor.
• The Marines saw Whitebeard bloodied and Buggy uninjured before him, then shouted Buggy’s name as they assumed he had beaten Whitebeard.

Magellan fought Ace, Sabo, Teach, and the escaped prisoners on Impel Down’s Level Five, using his deadly poison to hold them back. Just as he prepared to die defending the prison, Sanjuan Wolf broke through the floor and appeared before him.

• Magellan unleashed Poison Dragon against Teach and the other escapees, but Ace used his flames to clear the venom and poison gas.
• Magellan created Poison Giant - Hell's Judgment, and his red Poison Cloud killed dozens of prisoners before Sabo warned Ace to extinguish the flames.
• Magellan declared that Marine reinforcements would arrive and vowed to block the escapees, while the Poison Giant Soldier and Poison Cloud grew stronger.
• Sanjuan Wolf broke through the Level Five floor, revealed his enormous size, and asked Magellan to move aside so he could climb higher.
• Magellan refused to let Sanjuan Wolf escape, but Sanjuan Wolf dispersed the poison near his legs and tossed a slab of flooring at him.

Garen fought Braun, an armored giant who resisted his attacks, and discovered that his Sword Recall ability could bypass the giant’s armor. He killed Braun with a recalled sword, leaving the battle with the prisoners still raging around Kuzan.

• Garen chose Braun, a giant prisoner attacking the ice wall, as his target and struck his armored knee, but barely wounded him.
• Braun revealed that he was the Armor-Armor Fruit user, then attacked Garen with a barrage of armored fists.
• Garen used Demacian Justice to burn Braun through his armor, but realized the giant could withstand a prolonged fight.
• Garen threw his greatsword past Braun, rushed to his chest, and recalled the blade through Braun’s body, piercing his heart.
• Braun tried to flee despite his injury, but Garen recalled the sword again and severed his throat and spine, killing him.

Garen fought ten sixth-floor prisoners, killing three despite being surrounded and taking heavy damage. He stood over the tiger shark fish-man’s corpse and challenged the remaining prisoners while hoping to recover some HP.

• After Garen killed Armored Giant Braun, ten prisoners surrounded him to stop him from picking off another target.
• Garen attacked the Glue Man, got trapped in his glue, then ignited it with Justice Rage and burned him to death.
• The prisoners attacked together, but Garen charged through the tiger shark fish-man’s Fish-Man Karate and struck him with Demacia.
• While the prisoners battered him, Garen focused on the tiger shark fish-man and killed him with another Demacia.
• Garen challenged the eight surviving prisoners and silently hoped to recover some HP.

Garen struggled against the cow-man and eight other prisoners, then revealed that his mysterious bundle contained live fish. He used his sword and life steal on the fish to restore his health, leaving the battle still underway.

• The prisoners renewed their attack after the cow-man mocked their hesitation and transformed with the Cattle-Cattle Fruit: Cow Form.
• Garen fought the cow-man and the other prisoners, taking heavy damage while struggling to hurt their armored bodies.
• The cow-man realized Garen was weakening and urged the prisoners to keep attacking, so Garen called to Kuzan for the items he had left in the corridor.
• Garen used Twilight of the Gods to reach the bundle, then returned with live fish that the prisoners mistook for a secret weapon.
• Garen sliced the fish into sashimi and used life steal to refill his Health Bar.

Garen defeated the minotaur and prepared to let the prisoners attack so he could restore his Health Bar. A swordsman pretended to surrender, then cuffed Garen with Seastone Handcuffs, but Garen revealed he had been faking his weakness and counterattacked.

• Garen killed the minotaur by impaling his skull with his greatsword during the minotaur’s Savage Charge.
• Garen challenged the remaining prisoners, hoping they would attack while his Health Bar refilled.
• A swordsman claimed he wanted to surrender, then secretly locked Seastone Handcuffs around Garen’s wrist.
• The prisoners celebrated and closed in as Garen acted weakened by the Seastone.
• Garen skewered the swordsman and another prisoner, then burned them from within with holy flames.

After reaching Level 14, Garen discovered that Death Descent made him ten times larger, giving his attacks vast range and turning Justice Rage into a battlefield-wide blaze. As he chased down the fleeing prisoners, Sanjuan Wolf emerged from beneath Impel Down and ordered Garen to move aside.

• Garen killed six powerful prisoners, reached Level 14, and acquired Death Descent.
• Garen activated Death Descent and grew into a twenty-meter-tall giant without gaining extra strength or health.
• Garen realized his enlarged size extended his attack range, and he crushed a prisoner with his greatsword.
• Garen used Justice Rage to spread colossal flames across the battlefield, then chased down the fleeing prisoners with his increased reach and movement speed.
• The ground shook as Sanjuan Wolf emerged from beneath Impel Down and told Garen to move aside.

San Juan brought Teach and the mass of prisoners up to Impel Down’s highest level, where Garen and Kuzan confronted them. Teach revealed Garen’s friendship with the pirates and revolutionaries and insinuated that Kuzan was also involved, leaving Hannyabal unsure whether either ally could be trusted.

• Hannyabal emerged from the elevator and apologized for failing to stop San Juan, while Kuzan and Garen told him they would handle the giant.
• San Juan smashed through Impel Down’s ceiling and placed Teach, Ace, Sabo, Jinbe, Whitebeard Pirates, Revolutionary Army officers, and other prisoners before Garen and Kuzan.
• Teach greeted Garen as a brother and claimed that he, Garen, Ace, and Sabo were inseparable friends, shocking the prisoners and Hannyabal.
• Teach used their alleged friendship to pressure Garen to let the prisoners pass, while Kuzan recognized the malice behind his friendly act.
• Teach told everyone that Kuzan and Garen had shown him care over the Celestial Dragon incident, and Kuzan’s silence made Hannyabal fear both men might be compromised.

Whitebeard reached Impel Down as Garen tried to stop Teach and the other prisoners in the name of justice, while making clear that his friends could leave. The chapter ended with Garen letting Teach and Ace go after Whitebeard arrived to rescue Teach.

• Whitebeard abandoned Buggy and headed toward the collapsed Impel Down after spotting Sanjuan Wolf, while Buggy's men reported that their warship was back in Marine hands.
• Sengoku learned that Whitebeard had guarded the warship and that Buggy had driven him away, then prepared for the Marines' coming confrontation.
• Teach challenged Kuzan over his guilt and began leading the prisoners away, but Garen stepped forward and declared that he would stop the criminals from escaping.
• Garen defended his stand as a matter of greater justice, while Ace and the others accepted his convictions despite their friendship.
• Whitebeard arrived and embraced Teach as his son, prompting Teach to mock Garen about his challenge.
• Garen insisted that only the worst prisoners had to stay and told Teach and Ace they could leave.

Buggy’s Marines escaped Akainu’s attack on their warship when Whitebeard’s tremors erased the lava meteors, and Akainu confronted Whitebeard at Impel Down. As the main battle began, Kuzan left to join the front lines while Garen fled a crowd of angry prisoners.

• Buggy’s Marines mistook his hesitation for a plan to destroy the warship and evacuated the unconscious Vice Admiral Momonga.
• Akainu attacked the warship with Meteor Volcano, but Whitebeard’s tremors destroyed the meteors before they could strike.
• Akainu accused Buggy of reclaiming the ship, then faced Whitebeard, who warned that leaving him alive would cause the Marines trouble.
• Garen refused to release the Impel Down prisoners, and the prisoners turned on him as Whitebeard and the other pirates moved toward Akainu.
• Kuzan rushed to the front lines, while Garen used Soru to escape the prisoners who had surrounded him.

Kuzan froze the sea as Whitebeard’s forces and Marine Headquarters assembled for battle, but Garp’s public declaration that Ace was his grandson briefly disrupted the standoff. Hancock charged toward Impel Down searching for Garen, who discovered nine powerful prisoners unconscious in the ruins.

• Kuzan used Ice Age to turn the sea around the harbor into a vast glacier, then joined Akainu as Marine reinforcements arrived.
• Whitebeard shattered the glaciers with his vibrations and destroyed Garp’s giant iron projectile before Marine Headquarters’ main force advanced.
• Whitebeard and Sengoku prepared to fight until Garp revealed that Ace was his grandson and urged the Marines to spare him.
• Garp and Whitebeard argued over whether Ace was Garp’s grandson or Whitebeard’s son, delaying the battle until Sengoku ordered them to stop.
• Hancock asked where Garen was, learned he was still among Impel Down’s ruins, and charged toward him as the battle began.
• Garen found World and eight other Level Six prisoners unconscious beneath the rubble and grew excited at the discovery.

Garen killed World after he woke, then reached Level 15 and gained Klepto Hand, which let him temporarily copy skills from nearby Devil Fruit users. As Garp mistook Garen’s Spell Shard collecting for delusion, he promised to take him to a doctor after the war.

• Garen killed the wounded World before he could grab a knife, then slew nine more criminals and gained enough experience to reach Level 15.
• Garen received Klepto Hand and realized that nearby Devil Fruit users dropped temporary Spell Shards when they used their powers.
• Garen collected shards on the battlefield and temporarily copied abilities including Buggy’s Chop-Chop Fruit and a Marine officer’s Dalmatian form.
• Garen continued gathering shards and praised the unfamiliar ability users whose strange powers held up in the battle.
• Garp saw Garen pawing at empty air, believed the Impel Down riot had overwhelmed him, and promised to take him to a doctor after the war.

Garen gained the Diamond-Diamond Fruit ability and clashed with Hawkeye Mihawk, who mistook him for Diamond Jozu. After noticing Hancock was missing from the battlefield, Garen headed back toward Impel Down to find her.

• Garen picked up spell fragments and acquired the Diamond-Diamond Fruit ability, coating his body in diamond armor.
• Garen parried a powerful slash, and Hawkeye Mihawk emerged from the mist and mistook him for Diamond Jozu.
• Garen revealed his identity, and Mihawk praised his rapid improvement in swordsmanship.
• Garen pointed out that Mihawk and the other Shichibukai were holding back while fighting in the war.
• Garen learned Hancock had gone into Impel Down to look for him, saw no sign of her, and rushed back to find her.

Garen transformed into a giant and tore through the prisoners blocking his way as he rushed to find Hancock. After killing their leader, he faced a new arrival whose foot landed before him.

• Garen stepped forward to cut off the prisoners' reinforcements, but a group of prisoners who held a grudge blocked his path.
• The long-armed prisoner taunted Garen by revealing that Hancock had gone alone into a crowd of prisoners searching for him.
• Enraged, Garen transformed into a twenty-meter giant and used Ultimate Flash to blast a gap through the prisoners.
• Garen turned into a diamond giant and charged the remaining enemies with Shining Crash, sending several prisoners flying and seizing their leader.
• Garen summoned his giant sword and killed the long-armed prisoner, then challenged the surviving prisoners as a new figure arrived before him.

Sanjuan Wolf attacked Garen over an old grudge, but Garen’s speed let him evade the giant’s devastating blows. After discovering a Human-Human Fruit: Buddha Form spell fragment, Garen used it to transform into a golden giant as large as Sanjuan, leaving Sengoku stunned.

• Sanjuan Wolf confronted Garen and attacked him, shaking and shattering the glacier with his enormous fists and feet.
• Garen wounded Sanjuan’s calf with a giant sword aura, but his Justice strike barely affected the giant.
• Garen planned to exploit Sanjuan’s lack of agility and noticed a Human-Human Fruit: Buddha Form spell fragment on the battlefield.
• Sanjuan stomped at Garen, who stayed still and activated the Buddha-form ability just before being crushed.
• Garen emerged in golden Buddhist light as a giant as large as Sanjuan, while Sengoku stared in disbelief.

Garen transformed into a towering golden giant and overwhelmed San Juan with a Buddha Fist and Leo Kick, then finished him with a massive beam from his greatsword. After the battle fell silent, Garen lamented that he could not fly away.

• Garen transformed into a colossal golden giant, shocking Whitebeard, Teach, San Juan, and the other fighters.
• Garen struck San Juan with a Buddha Fist and sent him flying toward the sea, then pursued him with a Leo Kick that crashed him into the water.
• Wounded and unable to fight back, San Juan was attacked by Sea Kings as Garen prepared to finish him.
• Garen changed his mind about using a shockwave, raised his greatsword, and unleashed an Ultimate Flash that struck San Juan and the Sea Kings.
• Garen stood alone on the glacier and remarked that he still needed beam attacks to fight monsters, then lamented that he could not fly away.

Hancock rushed into the ruins of Impel Down to find Garen, but escaped prisoners overwhelmed her and planned to use her to force Garen to help them escape. Garen arrived as a Giant of Light, rescued Hancock, and unleashed a new attack on the prisoners.

• Hancock entered the ruins of Impel Down alone, where Level Six prisoners cornered and defeated her.
• The prisoners decided to capture Hancock and threaten Garen into helping them escape.
• Garen appeared as a Giant of Light and sent San Juan flying with one punch, frightening the prisoners into abandoning their plan.
• Garen gently rescued Hancock and promised to avenge her against the prisoners who had bullied her.
• Garen fused golden-red flames with Buddha light and attacked the prisoners with Wrath of Buddha: Fire Lotus.