Chapter Summaries

Bai Luo led Luffy, Sabo, and their allies to Impel Down to rescue Ace, using Luo’s Op-Op Fruit to enter the prison’s Fourth Layer. They arrived in a lumber storage room, where Nami stopped Luffy from rushing out and exposing them.

• Luffy and Sabo agreed they should recruit a Fish-man helmsman in the future, and Bai Luo considered Jinbe a suitable choice.
• Luo brought the group to Impel Down, where Bai Luo identified their location as the Fourth Layer, two levels above Ace’s cell.
• Luo used his Op-Op Fruit ability to transport Bai Luo and the others into the prison while Bepo and the rest of the Heart Pirates left in their submarine.
• The group appeared in a lumber storage room in the Scorching Region, and Luffy immediately tried to rush off to rescue Ace.
• Nami punched Luffy and warned him to stay calm so they would not reveal their identities.

Bai Luo led the group through Impel Down, where Zoro and Luo encountered Daz Bones, who warned them without revealing their presence. The group reached Level 5.5 with Sabo and Inazuma to seek Ivankov, while Luffy and Sanji reacted to the New Okama Paradise residents.

• Bai Luo concealed the group and split them into teams to move through Impel Down.
• Zoro and Luo encountered Daz Bones, who recognized them but quietly warned them before continuing on.
• With Magellan occupied, the group crossed Scorching Hell and reached Extreme Cold Hell, where Bai Luo assured Sabo he could sense activity throughout the prison.
• Sabo led everyone to Level 5.5 in search of his Revolutionary Army companion Ivankov, and they met Inazuma there.
• Luffy was fascinated by the Okama Paradise residents, while Sanji froze at the sight of them.

Luffy, Sabo, Bai Luo, and their allies prepared to rescue Ace with Ivankov’s help, timing their move around Magellan’s routine. As they began the operation, Domino warned Magellan that a jailbreak was underway, leaving him scrambling to learn which level was affected.

• Sanji realized Ivankov was the Okama King, while Luffy and the others reunited with Mr. 2 Bon Clay.
• Sabo explained their mission to Ivankov, who agreed to help rescue Ace and revealed that he knew Luffy was Dragon’s son.
• Ivankov advised the group to wait until Magellan returned to the toilet, and they passed the hour with Brook’s music before setting out to rescue Ace.
• Magellan left the restroom after his usual break, and Domino told him that a jailbreak seemed to be happening.
• Magellan reacted in disbelief and asked Domino which prison level the jailbreak had begun on.

Magellan investigated Buggy the Clown’s escape and learned that Buggy had been a member of the Roger Pirates, prompting him to order heightened security across Impel Down. The chapter ended with surveillance Den Den Mushi on Level Six failing, deepening Magellan’s suspicion that a larger threat was unfolding.

• Domino told Magellan that Buggy the Clown had escaped from the 1st Floor’s Crimson Hell after Hannyabal mishandled his inspection.
• Magellan ordered Hannyabal to pursue Buggy with Blue Stars and possible Jailer Beasts, then learned Buggy had been one of Roger’s crew.
• Magellan told Domino to warn Sengoku, request Buggy’s records, and prepare Impel Down’s guards and Seastone weapons.
• Domino relayed Magellan’s orders as Impel Down mobilized, but a guard reported that all surveillance Den Den Mushi in Level Six’s Infinite Prison had malfunctioned.

Magellan blamed Buggy the Clown for Impel Down’s surveillance failure and ordered guards to watch the passage to Level Six, while Bai Luo’s group advanced through Mori’s tunnel toward Ace. Buggy’s Buggy Bomb exploded in the Crimson Hell, drawing Hannyabal into the crisis as he considered how Magellan’s possible failure could benefit him.

• Magellan ordered guards to secure the passage between the Fifth and Sixth Floors and kept watch for Buggy, whom he suspected of planning to rescue Ace.
• Bai Luo led his group through Mori’s tunnel toward Infinite Hell, where Ace was imprisoned.
• Buggy searched the Crimson Hell for his Buggy Bomb, found it, and accidentally threw it when startled by a guard’s stare.
• The Buggy Bomb detonated with enough force to alarm the surveillance guard, who reported the explosion to Impel Down’s officers.
• Hannyabal considered intervening in the crisis, then realized Magellan might be blamed and he could become the new Warden.

Sengoku ordered Magellan to stop any jailbreak attempts and ensure Ace’s execution proceeded, while Luffy and his allies broke into Level Six to rescue Ace. They reached the cell but realized the bound figure inside was fake.

• Hannyabal ordered the guards to pursue Buggy after realizing he had escaped Impel Down.
• Sengoku learned that Buggy had escaped, dismissed the threat to Ace’s execution, and ordered Magellan to imprison any escapees permanently.
• The prisoners on Level Six shouted about Ace’s execution until Luffy and his companions crashed through the ceiling.
• Crocodile recognized Luffy’s voice as Luffy called out for Ace and rushed toward the deepest cell.
• Usopp and the others reached the cell, where they discovered that the figure posing as Ace was fake.

Bai Luo’s group learned that the Marines had transferred Ace to Marine Headquarters eight hours earlier, but Luffy still insisted on going to save him. In Level Six, they discovered the imprisoned Impel Down Warden Shiryu of the Rain, while the other prisoners clamored to be released.

• Sabo recognized the Ace they had found as a phantom, and a jailed Whale Shark Fish-man explained that the real Ace had already been taken to Marine Headquarters.
• Jinbe relayed Garp’s warning to Luffy that the Marines had transferred Ace early and that Luffy should not come to Marine Headquarters.
• Bai Luo realized Magellan had known about Ace’s transfer, while Luffy declared that he would go to Marine Headquarters to save his brother.
• Sanji heard a request for cigarettes from a prison cell, and Bai Luo identified its occupant as Shiryu of the Rain, the imprisoned Warden of Impel Down.
• Zoro sensed that Shiryu of the Rain was a top-tier swordsman as the Level Six prisoners begged Bai Luo to release them.

Bai Luo and the others encountered Jinbe in Impel Down, where he joined Luffy’s mission to rescue Ace. Before leaving, Bai Luo spotted the frozen Byrnndi World, a feared pirate imprisoned for decades, and revealed his identity and powerful Devil Fruit Ability.

• Bai Luo unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, silencing the prisoners and astonishing Crocodile and others.
• Ivankov recognized Jinbe, and Bai Luo explained Jinbe’s history with Arlong and the Sun Pirates.
• Luffy said he would rescue Ace at Marine Headquarters, and Jinbe offered to join the rescue.
• Ivankov had Inazuma remove Jinbe’s Seastone Shackles while Luffy and the others ignored the prisoners begging to be released.
• Bai Luo stopped at a cell containing a man frozen in ice and identified him as Byrnndi World, the World Destroyer.

Bai Luo copied the More-More Fruit ability to Tiger Fiend, revealing its immense power, while Shiryu of the Rain offered to join the Straw Hat Pirates in exchange for a chance to escape prison. The crew rejected him as a self-interested and dangerous outsider, but Bai Luo suggested there might still be a way for Shiryu to join.

• Bai Luo copied the More-More Fruit ability to Tiger Fiend, who demonstrated its power by multiplying his speed and the size of a piece of ice.
• Shiryu of the Rain offered to help Luffy rescue Ace if Bai Luo gave him a Devil Fruit ability, but Luffy refused to release him.
• Shiryu asked to join the Straw Hat Pirates, explaining that he believed they had the strength and potential to conquer the New World.
• Zoro and the other Straw Hats rejected Shiryu because they believed he wanted to join for personal gain rather than shared ideals.
• Bai Luo laughed and told Shiryu that there might still be a chance for him to join, surprising the crew.

Bai Luo arranged for Shiryu of the Rain to join the Straw Hat Pirates as an affiliated fleet member rather than a shipmate, and Shiryu accepted. Patrick Redfield then revealed himself in another cell and asked to join the fleet, leaving the crew stunned.

• Bai Luo proposed that Shiryu of the Rain follow the Straw Hat Pirates as part of their fleet instead of boarding the Golden Merry.
• Luffy accepted the arrangement, and Shiryu of the Rain agreed to join the fleet so he could follow the crew while retaining his freedom.
• Ivankov and Jinbe watched in disbelief as Bai Luo recruited Shiryu of the Rain with little effort.
• An old man called out from a nearby cell and asked whether he could join the Straw Hat fleet too.
• Bai Luo identified the old man as Patrick Redfield, a legendary pirate who had stood alongside Roger and Whitebeard, and the crew reacted with shock.

Lone Red Redfield reunited with Brook in Impel Down and revealed that Brook had inspired him to become a pirate. After recognizing the Straw Hats as Brook’s companions, Redfield left his cell to join them as a subordinate, leaving the prison in an uproar.

• Luffy, Zoro, and Ivankov questioned why Redfield wanted to join the Straw Hat Pirates, and Redfield said he would do so only for a particular man.
• Redfield addressed Brook as an old friend and recalled meeting him when Brook sailed with the Rumbar Pirates.
• Redfield explained that their meeting and their time singing together had inspired him to become a pirate, while Brook reflected on their changed appearances and his new companions.
• Redfield used his ability to probe the Straw Hats’ thoughts, recognized them as companions worthy of Brook, and decided to join them.
• Bai Luo ordered Tiger Fiend to open Redfield’s cell, and Redfield stepped out as the prisoners reacted in disbelief and excitement.

Shiryu of the Rain and Redfield joined the Straw Hat Pirates, and Luffy rejected Crocodile’s offer to help rescue Ace. The group reached Magellan’s office to retrieve Shiryu’s sword, where Luo confronted Daz Bones.

• Redfield and Shiryu of the Rain drank the underling wine and joined the Straw Hat Pirates in Level Six.
• Shiryu of the Rain considered several Devil Fruit abilities, while Bai Luo told him to keep choosing.
• Crocodile offered to help Luffy rescue Ace, but Luffy refused and admitted that Bai Luo had lied about the Poneglyph’s contents.
• Luffy’s group used Luo’s power to travel to Magellan’s office on Impel Down’s Fourth Layer so Shiryu of the Rain could retrieve Thunderstorm.
• Luo noticed Daz Bones nearby, approached him, and asked how he liked being there.

Luo recruited Daz Bones into the Heart Pirates and used his ability to move the group through Impel Down, leaving Magellan and the prison officials trapped on the Fourth Layer. Buggy encountered Luffy and the others in the Crimson Hell as Shiryu attacked the remaining Jailer Beasts, and the escapees prepared to head for the exit.

• Luo freed Daz Bones from his Seastone Shackles, recruited him into the Heart Pirates, and stopped Shiryu from attacking him.
• Shiryu recovered Thunderstorm, and Luo used his Op-Op Fruit Ability to transport the group away.
• Magellan and the Impel Down officials cornered Buggy in the Crimson Hell, believing he was a powerful former crew member of Roger.
• Luo's power transported Magellan and the officials to the Scorching Hell, while Buggy remained in the Crimson Hell with Luffy and the others.
• Shiryu slashed Buggy, but Buggy's body reassembled because he was a Dismemberment-Dismemberment Fruit User.
• Luffy told Buggy that Magellan and the others were on the Fourth Layer and urged everyone to head for the exit.

Luffy and his allies escaped Impel Down by taking a Marine warship and headed for Marine Headquarters to rescue Ace. After Blackbeard passed them on his way to Impel Down, Luffy invited Jinbe to join the Straw Hat Pirates, and Jinbe said he had to rescue Ace first.

• Shiryu killed the Blue Stars, and Luffy smashed through the steel gate as the prisoners escaped into the open sea.
• Jinbe seized a Marine warship, and Luffy and the others boarded it and set sail toward Marine Headquarters.
• The Gate of Justice opened, revealing Blackbeard and his crew heading for Impel Down; Blackbeard chose not to fight the escapees.
• Luffy learned that Blackbeard had killed Thatch and captured Ace, but Sabo urged him to focus on rescuing Ace first.
• After praising Jinbe's skill at steering, Luffy invited him to join the Straw Hat Pirates, and Jinbe said he first needed to repay Whitebeard by rescuing Ace.

Magellan learned that the Straw Hat Pirates had freed seven prisoners from Impel Down, then prepared to confront Blackbeard and his crew as they broke into the prison. At Marine Headquarters, the crowd gathered for Ace’s execution watched the Shichibukai arrive, beginning with Mihawk and Hancock.

• Luffy and Jinbe agreed that Jinbe would join the Straw Hat Pirates if he survived the Rescue Ace operation and settled Whitebeard’s affairs.
• Magellan found the doors of Jinbe, Redfield, and Shiryu’s cells open and learned the Straw Hat Pirates had rescued seven prisoners from Impel Down.
• Magellan ordered Marine Headquarters to be warned about the Straw Hat Pirates, then learned that Blackbeard Teach had entered Impel Down with his men.
• Magellan summoned Hannyabal, Sadie, Saldeath, and the other guards to attack Blackbeard and his crew.
• Crowds and Supernovas gathered at Sabaody to watch the live broadcast of Ace’s impending execution and the Whitebeard Pirates’ expected arrival.
• The Shichibukai arrived at Marine Headquarters, led by Mihawk and Boa Hancock.

At Marineford, Sengoku revealed that Ace was the biological son of Pirate King Roger, prompting shock across the world. As the Marines prepared to fight, Whitebeard’s allied crews arrived, followed by the Moby Dick and the Whitebeard Pirates’ division commanders.

• The Marines and Shichibukai assembled at Marineford as Ace was brought to the execution platform, where Garp lamented his choice to become a pirate.
• Sengoku asked Ace to name his father, then announced that Ace was Roger’s son, born after his mother carried him for twenty months.
• People across Sabaody and Marineford reacted with shock, and Morgans ordered the World News Agency to report the revelation.
• An intelligence officer told Sengoku that the Gate of Justice had opened and communications with its personnel had been lost.
• The forty-three allied pirate crews appeared through the fog, and the Moby Dick rose from beneath the bay ice with Whitebeard’s seventeen division commanders aboard.

Whitebeard arrived at Marineford to rescue Ace, and the Summit War began as the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates clashed. As the battle intensified, Jozu blocked Hawk Eyes’ attempt to strike Whitebeard.

• Whitebeard arrived with his crew, greeted Ace and Sengoku, and declared that he had come to take his son home.
• Buggy protested when the escaped prisoners headed for Marineford, while Redfield recognized Whitebeard’s power behind the tsunami and welcomed the chance to test him.
• Luffy, Sabo, Bai Luo, and their allies headed toward Marineford through the Gate of Justice to rescue Ace.
• Whitebeard unleashed a towering tsunami, but Aokiji froze it and attacked him with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak before Whitebeard knocked him away.
• The Whitebeard Pirates and Marines charged into battle, and Hawk Eyes sent a powerful slash toward Whitebeard.
• Diamond Jozu transformed with his Glitter-Glitter Fruit and blocked Hawk Eyes’ slash, drawing shocked reactions from the Marines and Sabaody viewers.

The Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Marineford aboard a falling warship, and Zoro blocked Hawk Eyes’ redirected slash. Their arrival raised the Whitebeard Pirates’ hopes, while Ace feared they would be hurt trying to save him.

• Diamond Jozu hurled a massive block of ice toward the Execution Platform after Hawk Eyes’ slash was deflected.
• A Marine warship descended from the sky toward the path of Hawk Eyes’ slash, and everyone at Marineford watched as it fell.
• Zoro leaped from the warship and canceled Hawk Eyes’ slash with his One Sword Style: Extreme Tiger Hunt.
• Tashigi identified the swordsman as Roronoa Zoro and announced that the Straw Hat Pirates had arrived.
• Sengoku scolded Garp over Luffy’s arrival, while Ace worried that Luffy and the others had joined a battle that would only get them hurt.
• Fujitora and Rayleigh watched from Sabaody Archipelago and were satisfied by Zoro’s slash.

The Straw Hat Pirates arrived at Marineford during the battle to rescue Ace, drawing the attention of Marines, pirates, and the Shichibukai. Luffy launched himself toward Ace, and the Marines attacked to stop him.

• Zoro cleaved a pit into the ice with Wave Slash, allowing the Straw Hat Pirates' warship to land at Marineford.
• The gathered forces recognized the Straw Hat crew and their allies, while Boa Hancock welcomed Bai Luo, Moria and Doflamingo threatened the newcomers, and Doflamingo confronted Law.
• The Straw Hat Pirates surveyed their opponents; Zoro fixed his resolve on defeating Hawk Eyes, and Law prepared to avenge Corazon by killing Doflamingo.
• Luffy spotted Ace on the execution platform, shouted to him, and launched himself toward him to begin the rescue.
• Marine soldiers, Vice Admirals, artillerymen, snipers, and martial artists attacked Luffy in midair to prevent him from reaching Ace.

Luffy charged through Marine attacks to rescue Ace, but Shiryu, Redfield, Jinbe, and Bai Luo’s mechanical beast Fire Thunder appeared to protect him. Their arrival strengthened the Whitebeard Pirates’ hopes of saving Ace, while Sengoku realized something had gone wrong at Impel Down.

• Kizaru and the Marines attacked Luffy as he rushed toward Ace, who urged him to escape.
• Shiryu blocked the Vice Admirals’ slashes, Redfield stopped the martial artists’ attacks, Jinbe deflected cannon fire, and Fire Thunder countered Kizaru’s laser.
• The Marines and Whitebeard Pirates recognized Luffy’s powerful reinforcements, including Redfield and Bai Luo’s mechanical beasts.
• The Whitebeard Pirates grew more confident about rescuing Ace, while Hancock praised Bai Luo and Whitebeard voiced his approval.
• Sengoku saw Jinbe, Redfield, and Shiryu at Marineford and wondered what had happened at Impel Down.