Chapter Summaries

The Straw Hat crew learned their new bounties totaled 6.329 billion Belly, making them the strongest pirate crew beneath the Four Emperors. With Ace’s execution only three days away, Ronan warned the crew to prepare for war as Marineford began evacuating civilians and mobilizing its forces.

• Nami revealed Chopper’s bounty had risen to 300 million Belly, while Robin, Brook, and Franky received bounties of 230 million, 83 million, and 76 million Belly.
• Nami calculated the crew’s combined bounty at 6.329 billion Belly, and Jinbe declared them the strongest pirate crew beneath the Four Emperors.
• Luffy reaffirmed his ambition to become Pirate King and learned that Ace’s execution was three days away.
• Ronan and Jinbe warned the crew that a major war was coming and urged them to prepare.
• A secret warship escorted by CP0 agents arrived at Marineford as Navy families were evacuated and the Marines began mobilizing for war.

With three hours remaining before the execution at Marineford, people across the seas discussed Whitebeard’s expected arrival and feared the coming war. Their stories and prayers left the world waiting anxiously for the catastrophe to begin.

• Residents in the South Blue debated whether Whitebeard would appear, while an old woman warned that his arrival could make the world collapse.
• In the East Blue, a shepherd and his companion trusted Marineford’s defenses until an elderly man recalled Golden Lion Shiki’s attack and predicted an even worse battle.
• In the North Blue, young men demanded liquor from a tavern that had closed because of the coming war.
• In the West Blue, a one-legged pirate described the overwhelming fear he had felt upon seeing Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick.
• Children sang about Whitebeard on a Grand Line island as a nun prayed for the world and its innocent people.

At Marineford, Sengoku revealed to the world that Portgas D. Ace was the son of the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, as the Navy prepared to execute him. The broadcast left Marineford and the Sabaody Archipelago in turmoil, with the execution still to come.

• The Navy assembled its forces at Marineford while crowds in the Sabaody Archipelago watched the preparations on giant monitors.
• Portgas D. Ace was led in chains onto the execution platform as Garp sat nearby with Tsuru.
• Sengoku announced that Ace’s mother, Portgas D. Rouge, had carried him for twenty months to conceal his birth.
• Sengoku revealed that Ace’s biological father was Gol D. Roger, triggering chaos among viewers in the Sabaody Archipelago.

Sengoku revealed that Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son and declared that the Marines would execute him even if it meant war with Whitebeard. The Whitebeard Pirates’ forty-three affiliated ships arrived at Marineford, and Ace recognized the allies who had come to save him.

• Sengoku announced that Ace was Roger’s son and claimed Whitebeard had raised him to become the next Pirate King.
• Ace insisted that he had joined Whitebeard’s crew to make Whitebeard the Pirate King.
• Sengoku declared that the Marines would execute Ace despite the coming war, and one hundred thousand Marines prepared for battle.
• Gecko Moria and Doflamingo noticed the unnatural quiet over Crescent Bay before a lookout spotted ships emerging through the mist.
• The Marines identified the forty-three affiliated ships and their captains, including Doma, MacGuy, the Decalvan Brothers, and Squard.
• The arriving pirates shouted that they had come to rescue Ace, who trembled as he recognized them.

Whitebeard’s fleet breached Marineford from underwater, and Edward Newgate confronted the Navy before unleashing a Sea Quake. Twenty nautical miles away, Luffy’s crew waited for the Navy’s forces to be occupied, ready to fly to the Execution Platform.

• Sengoku realized the Whitebeard Pirates had coated their ships and traveled underwater as the Moby Dick and two auxiliary ships surfaced inside Marineford’s Inner Bay.
• Whitebeard appeared on the Moby Dick, greeted Sengoku, and asked Ace if he was all right.
• Nami sensed the situation from the Sunny Merry and told Luffy that Whitebeard had appeared but the fighting had not started.
• Ronan told Luffy to wait until the Whitebeard Pirates had drawn the Navy’s main forces away, while Franky confirmed the ship’s power system was fully charged.
• Whitebeard struck the air with both fists, cracking space and shaking Marineford with a Sea Quake.
• Ace wept and apologized to Whitebeard and the others for running off and dragging them into danger.

Whitebeard’s tsunami threatened to destroy Marineford, but Aokiji froze the towering waves before they could strike. Whitebeard shattered Aokiji’s ice spears, and Aokiji froze the Inner Bay as the battle began.

• Whitebeard told Ace that he had sent him, while Marco and the fourteen captains vowed to rescue Ace.
• The water around Marineford retreated, and Garp warned that Whitebeard’s Sea Quake had become a tsunami.
• Two enormous tsunamis bore down on Marineford as Sengoku warned the Marines of Whitebeard’s power.
• Aokiji stopped the tsunamis with Ice Age and attacked Whitebeard with ice spears.
• Whitebeard shattered the ice spears, and Aokiji froze the Inner Bay into an ice field.

While the Navy and Whitebeard Pirates clashed across the ice, Mihawk unleashed a devastating slash at the Moby Dick, and Jozu stopped and hurled it into the sky. Twenty nautical miles away, Nami projected a clear image of Marineford above the Sunny Merry.

• Tashigi lost focus while watching Vista, but Smoker blocked a pirate's attack and warned her to stay alert.
• Mihawk drew Black Blade: Yoru and sent a powerful slash across the bay toward Whitebeard and the Moby Dick.
• Jozu transformed his body into diamond, caught Mihawk's slash, and hurled it into the sky.
• Twenty nautical miles from Marineford, Nami used her Golden Staff and controlled light refraction to project a huge image of the battle above the Sunny Merry.

The Straw Hat Pirates watched the Marineford battle through a Mirage while Ronan waited for the Navy’s strongest fighters to commit before launching their assault. Kizaru attacked Whitebeard, but Marco intercepted him, and Ronan prepared to move once Akainu entered the fight.

• Luffy demanded to leave for Marineford, but Robin and Sanji warned that the Admirals and Sengoku still guarded the execution platform, and Ronan told the crew to wait.
• Kizaru left his seat and unleashed Yasakani no Magatama at Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick.
• Marco transformed into his phoenix form, blocked Kizaru’s light beams, and struck him down into the ice before Kizaru rose unharmed.
• Ronan told Luffy that Kizaru was testing Whitebeard’s defenses and that Akainu was the real threat still waiting at the platform.
• Zoro focused on Mihawk and wanted to fight him, but Nami ordered him to focus on rescuing Ace and withdrawing.

At Marineford, Jozu hurled an iceberg toward the Execution Platform, but Akainu destroyed it and unleashed a rain of magma bombs against the pirates. As Whitebeard confronted Akainu, Ronan told Luffy that the moment to set out had come.

• Nami warned Luffy that they had to rescue Ace and retreat without getting caught in the battle.
• Kizaru ordered eight Giant Vice Admirals to stop the winged young man from reaching the Execution Platform.
• Jozu pulled a massive iceberg from the sea and hurled it toward the Execution Platform.
• Akainu vaporized the iceberg with Great Eruption, then scattered magma bombs across the pirate forces.
• Whitebeard snuffed out a magma bomb near the Moby Dick and taunted Akainu, who threatened him with a lavish funeral.
• Ronan told Luffy that Sengoku and Garp were the only ones left guarding the Execution Platform, and the crew prepared to depart with the Super Wind Dial.

As the battle at Marineford raged, the Sunny Merry plunged from the sky, carrying the Straw Hat Pirates into the war. The ship descended toward Akainu’s waiting attack as Marineford’s leaders and fighters reacted to their dramatic arrival.

• Whitebeard’s pirates and the Navy exchanged heavy fire and clashed across the icy plaza while Koby froze in fear and Belmer urged him to flee.
• Dark clouds and golden lightning gathered over Marineford, and Sengoku recognized the weather as deliberately controlled.
• The Sunny Merry broke through the clouds and plunged toward Marineford, shocking Whitebeard, Garp, Marco, Sengoku, and the assembled fighters.
• Akainu prepared to strike the descending ship with Great Eruption, while Mihawk, Doflamingo, and Boa Hancock watched the Straw Hat Pirates’ arrival.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates launched a rescue of Ace at Marineford, where General Merry transformed into a giant steel robot and struck back against Akainu. Luffy, Ronan, and Zoro reached the execution platform as Luffy met Sengoku’s Buddha form in combat.

• Ace shouted for Luffy to flee, but Luffy declared that he had come to save him.
• Akainu attacked the Sunny Merry with a lava eruption, and Franky transformed the ship into the fifty-meter-tall General Merry.
• Ronan ordered the charge after General Merry split Akainu’s lava attack and carved a massive gash into Marineford’s plaza.
• Akainu targeted the overheating General Merry, but Sanji intercepted his lava fist with a powerful kick.
• Luffy, Ronan, and Zoro reached the stairs to the execution platform as Sengoku transformed into a Golden Buddha.
• Luffy used Second Gear Giant Mode and collided with Sengoku’s Golden Palm using his Armament Thunderbolt Ape King Fist.

Ronan and Zoro combined their strongest attacks to blast Garp away from the Execution Platform and reach Ace. As Sengoku charged at them with a devastating shockwave, Ronan and Zoro stood ready to protect Ace.

• Luffy held Sengoku back while Ronan and Zoro rushed onto the Execution Platform, where Garp stood beside Ace.
• Ronan attacked Garp with Fierce Tiger Descends the Mountain as Zoro unleashed One Great Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds, combining their strikes against him.
• Garp punched back, but Ronan and Zoro's combined attack blasted him hundreds of meters away and shocked the Marines watching.
• Kizaru tried to return to the Execution Platform, but Marco intercepted him and resumed their fight in the sky.
• Ronan and Zoro reached Ace, then faced the enraged Sengoku as he launched a shockwave across the platform.

Ronan and Zoro freed Ace from the execution platform, and Nami saved him from Akainu’s attack as the Straw Hat Pirates regrouped with him. Surrounded by the Navy at Marineford, Ronan called for them to fight their way through and join the Whitebeard Pirates.

• Ronan blocked Sengoku’s shockwave while Zoro cut through Ace’s Seastone chain, freeing him from the execution platform.
• Ace erupted in flame, and the broadcast showed his rescue as Whitebeard ordered his forces to cover Ace and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Akainu broke away from his fight with Sanji and attacked Ace, but Nami struck him with a Super Electromagnetic Cannon and shattered his magma attack.
• Ronan gave Ace a Qi Replenishing Pill, restoring his strength, and Ace and Luffy embraced.
• Sengoku and Akainu declared that Ace and Luffy must not escape as the Marines closed in around them.
• Ronan told Luffy that they had to carve a path through the Navy and join up with the Whitebeard Pirates.

The Straw Hat Pirates and their allies began breaking out of Marineford after rescuing Ace, with Luffy and Ace tearing through the Navy’s front line and then clashing with Sengoku. As the battle spread, Ronan assigned Jinbe and Sanji to hold off Akainu while the encirclement tightened.

• Luffy led the Straw Hat Pirates and Ace in a charge through the naval elite, and their combined fire-and-lightning attack opened a path through the front line.
• Sengoku transformed into the Golden Great Buddha and attacked Luffy and Ace with a shockwave, but they met his strike with a combined thunder-and-fire cannon.
• Akainu advanced toward the group as Gion Momousagi and Navy forces closed in around them.
• Jinbe volunteered to face Akainu, and Ronan ordered Sanji to help hold the Admiral back.
• Akainu launched two magma attacks shaped like enormous snarling dogs at Jinbe and Sanji.

Ronan and the Straw Hat crew fought through the Navy encirclement at Sabaody, with Chopper carrying Ronan as they broke a bloody path through the Marines. As Sengoku battled Luffy and Ace, he confronted Garp over his refusal to act, leaving Garp facing the choice between his family and his position.

• Sanji and Jinbe fought the Lava Evil Dogs while Zoro clashed swords with Gion Momousagi.
• Ronan ordered Nami, Robin, Usopp, and Brook to guard the Merry, then rode Chopper into the Navy formation.
• Chopper charged through the Marines as Ronan struck down two Vice Admirals and continued crushing soldiers with his spear.
• Sengoku saw the Navy soldiers falling and shouted at Garp to stop avoiding the conflict between his family and his duty.

Ronan killed Koby with a single spear strike, driving Garp into a rage. Garp struck Ronan with overwhelming force and pursued him into the sky.

• Koby stood in Ronan's path and begged him to stop killing Naval soldiers.
• Ronan ordered Chopper to keep moving and killed Koby and several nearby Naval Elites with a sweeping spear strike.
• Garp saw Koby die, rose from the crater, and charged at Ronan in fury.
• Ronan met Garp's punch with his spear, but the impact sent him flying a kilometer into the sky and injured his hands.
• Garp launched himself after Ronan, vowing to make him pay for Koby's death.

Garp unleashed his devastating Impact Fist at Ronan to avenge Koby, while Hancock turned against the Navy to clear her path toward the Execution Platform. Ronan braced himself with his spear, but his defense began to fail under Garp’s blow.

• Luffy was distracted by Garp’s overwhelming aura, and Sengoku struck him with a Golden Buddha Palm Shockwave that sent him flying.
• Garp confronted Ronan in the sky and charged a powerful attack, declaring that Ronan would die for killing Koby.
• Doflamingo watched Garp’s attack and predicted that Ronan would be defeated, while Boa Hancock decided to intervene.
• Hancock petrified Navy soldiers with Mero Mero Mellow and declared that she would do as she pleased.
• Garp struck with Impact Fist, and Ronan used Tiger Hug Mountain Push to meet the shockwave, but his bones began to break.

After Garp struck Ronan into a massive crater, Nami sensed that his aura had vanished, leaving Luffy consumed by grief and rage. Luffy unleashed an overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki and transformed into a dense, Black-Gold form as the battlefield braced for his retaliation.

• Garp smashed Ronan into Marineford’s central plaza, leaving a vast crater where Ronan’s aura could no longer be sensed.
• Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Sanji, and Whitebeard reacted to Ronan’s apparent death, while Luffy ignored Sengoku’s attacks and confronted Garp.
• Luffy unleashed visible black-red Conqueror’s Haki that shattered the plaza and knocked out approaching Marines.
• Sengoku, Mihawk, Kizaru, and Aokiji recognized the danger of Luffy’s awakened power and the worsening battle.
• Luffy compressed his giant body, fusing Thunder True Qi with his Rubber-Rubber Fruit power and Armament Haki into a six-meter Black-Gold form.

Luffy forcibly resisted the Sun God Nika’s control and transformed into a Black-Gold Conqueror’s Body, then attacked Sengoku as Marineford collapsed around them. Grieving Ronan’s apparent death, Nami unleashed a devastating storm that killed thousands, leaving the battlefield in ruin.

• Luffy suppressed the Drum of Liberation, vowed to avenge Ronan as Monkey D. Luffy, and transformed into a Black-Gold god of slaughter.
• Luffy attacked Sengoku with Gear Third: King Kong Gun, and their clash caused Marineford to fracture and collapse.
• Nami rose from the ruins, grieved Ronan, and vowed to kill every Marine on the island.
• Nami became lightning and summoned the Thunderbolt Secret Art: God of Thunder Descent, killing more than three thousand Marines and pirates.

Nami’s lightning assault devastated Marineford until Kizaru intercepted it with his light, while Whitebeard recognized that Kizaru had been pinned down. As Rounds attacked Whitebeard from behind, Whitebeard shattered his giant axe with a single punch.

• Nami used her Lightning Domain to unleash deadly lightning across Marineford and declared that the Navy would fall alongside Ronan.
• Kizaru confronted Nami, but his laser passed through her water-vapor decoy.
• Kizaru fired Yasakani no Magatama to neutralize Nami’s lightning and give the Navy’s soldiers a chance to regroup.
• Whitebeard praised Kizaru’s response and noted that the Admiral was now occupied holding back Nami.
• Rounds leaped at Whitebeard with a giant battle axe, but Whitebeard shattered it with a backhand punch.