Chapter Summaries

Kaido arrived at Marineford and clashed with Sakazuki while the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates resumed their battle. As Teach faced immediate execution, the East Blue Overlord appeared on the execution platform to rescue him.

• Kaido appeared above Marineford, threatened by Sengoku and Sakazuki, and began fighting Sakazuki.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew to keep advancing so they could rescue Teach, while Sengoku ordered Teach's immediate execution and charged at Whitebeard.
• Ace reached Garp and punched the Marine Hero flying, clearing the way toward the execution platform.
• Sengoku ordered Borsalino to stop Ace and the execution Marines to proceed as Teach was forced onto the block.
• Teach called for Hegonglangman D. Moke, and Moke appeared on the execution platform, knocked away an execution Marine, and declared he had come to save Teach.

Moke appeared atop the execution platform during the battle at Marineford, drawing the attention of both Marines and pirates. After Enel’s lightning struck the platform and left Moke standing beside the unconscious Black Foot, Moke shouted that “Butt play really exists,” prompting Sengoku to order the Marines to capture him as the platform collapsed.

• Moke appeared on the execution platform, surprising the Marines, pirates, and his allies.
• Xia Che told Enel to blast Moke, and Enel struck the execution platform with his Two Hundred Million Volt Thunder God attack.
• The lightning-charred platform revealed Moke standing beside the unconscious Black Foot, leading the battlefield to mistake his survival for an impressive feat.
• Kaido and Whitebeard reacted angrily to the attack, while Sengoku focused on Moke and the Marine rebels.
• Moke shouted that “Butt play really exists,” and Sengoku ordered the Marines to take him down.
• The execution platform collapsed, and Moke landed safely while holding onto his brother.

Moke tried to escape Marineford with Teach while Sengoku struggled to stop him amid the battle between the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates. Rayleigh and Shanks intervened, leaving Moke and Teach in the sea and urging Sengoku to end the war.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to capture Moke, but Kaido blocked Sakazuki and Whitebeard held Sengoku back while the Whitebeard Pirates covered Moke and Teach's retreat.
• Borsalino attacked Moke with Yasakani no Magatama, but Vegapunk's armor protected Moke as he carried the injured Teach toward the shore.
• Sengoku offered Xia Che's rebels World Government recognition and waived Celestial Gold in exchange for stopping Moke; Xia Che demanded a recorded promise and recognition of the East Blue Navy, and Sengoku agreed.
• Xia Che charged toward Moke, but Rayleigh blocked his blade and knocked Moke and Teach into the sea, then warned Sengoku that the World Government could not be trusted.
• Rayleigh revealed his identity and reminded Sengoku of his agreement with the World Government, while a red-haired Shanks arrived by ship and asked Sengoku to end the war.

Sengoku refused Shanks’s suggestion to end the fighting and ordered the Navy to search for the East Blue Overlord and arrest the Whitebeard Pirates. As Whitebeard prepared to resist, Shanks predicted the battle would be stopped, and Tsuru brought Sengoku a call from the World Government.

• Sengoku rejected Shanks’s call to let the conflict go and ordered a blockade and a full search for the East Blue Overlord.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to arrest every member of the Whitebeard Pirates, prompting Shanks and Rayleigh to reconsider leaving.
• Kaido chose to stay, and Whitebeard confronted Sengoku over the threat to capture his sons.
• Shanks stopped Rayleigh from intervening and said the Navy and pirates would not be able to continue fighting.
• Tsuru handed Sengoku a Den Den Mushi call from the World Government and told him the fighting had to end.

After the World Government ordered Sengoku to end the war, the Navy let the Whitebeard Pirates withdraw, then faced off against Xia Che’s East Blue Navy before Sengoku allowed them to leave. Sengoku headed to the Holy Land to answer for the failed public execution, while Xia Che and his forces departed Marineford.

• Sengoku accepted the World Government’s order to end the battle, and Kaido flew away from Marineford.
• Sengoku ordered the Navy to arrest the Whitebeard Pirates, but Whitebeard led his crew to withdraw with Teach aboard.
• Shanks invited Mihawk and Rayleigh to join the Red-Haired Pirates’ banquet, while Xia Che prepared to leave with his group.
• Sakazuki tried to stop Xia Che and his forces, but Xia Che cut down a pillar and challenged Sengoku over breaking his word.
• Sengoku allowed Xia Che and his forces to depart, then went to the Holy Land to answer for the failed public execution.

The Gorosei argued over the failed execution and Sengoku’s inability to deal with the East Blue Overlord, while the Whitebeard Pirates mourned their dead and celebrated their victory. Moke escaped Rayleigh’s rescue attempt, and Sengoku ended the chapter reflecting that the Marines had made themselves look ridiculous.

• The Gorosei agreed to avoid an all-out war after Red-Haired’s intervention and summoned Sengoku to explain the failed execution.
• The Whitebeard Pirates held a memorial and then a victory banquet, where Teach toasted his survival and the crew worried about Moke.
• Marco, Jinbe, Teach, and the others reassured Ace that Moke would be found, and Ace declared that he would pursue the Pirate King title for Pops.
• Rayleigh learned from Octopus Hatchan that Moke had vanished into a swirling wave before Hatchan could rescue him, and Rayleigh accepted that Moke had escaped.
• Hatchan recalled his past with Colonel Mouse and wondered whether he had seen Moke beside the colonel before.
• Sengoku returned from the World Government and told Garp that the Marines had made a huge joke of themselves.

After the Navy’s defeat at Marineford, Sengoku assessed the rebel Navy and planned the Navy’s response to the East Blue Overlord, while the failed execution and the claim that One Piece was real sent pirates rushing back to sea. A new newspaper then stunned the newly emboldened pirates, and Xia Che praised Sengoku’s hidden strategy after reading it.

• Garp taunted Sengoku about the Navy’s humiliation, while Sengoku reviewed reports on Zephyr’s rebel Navy and decided to postpone dealing with them.
• Sengoku discussed the World Government’s agreement with Red-Haired and revealed that a former member of Roger’s crew served in the Navy; he ordered Garp to bring the red-nosed man to him.
• At the end of March 1519, news spread that the World Government’s public execution had failed and the East Blue Overlord had declared, “One Piece is real!”
• Pirates across the seas renewed their search for One Piece, but a newspaper published the next day made them fall silent.
• Back at East Blue Navy Headquarters, Xia Che read the newspaper and praised Sengoku’s resourcefulness.

Xia Che and Zephyr discussed Sengoku’s plan to use Buggy, a former member of Roger’s crew, to challenge the claim that One Piece existed. As the revelation stirred reactions across the world, Buggy remained baffled by the news about Moke and was summoned to a Marine officers’ meeting.

• Xia Che told Zephyr that Buggy had enlisted after kneeling before Garp, and they discussed Sengoku’s plan to counter Moke’s influence with Buggy’s testimony.
• Shanks, Rayleigh, and Shakky reacted with disbelief as Buggy appeared on broadcasts as a Marine rear admiral denying that One Piece existed.
• Whitebeard laughed at Buggy’s enlistment, while Ace affirmed that he considered Whitebeard and the crew his family.
• Whitebeard wondered whether Roger had planned the upheaval surrounding his son and former crewman.
• Buggy questioned how Moke had become the captain’s son and angrily complained that he had not been told sooner.
• A Marine told Buggy that Fleet Admiral Sengoku had summoned all Marine officers to a meeting.

Xia Che and Zephyr discussed how to handle the growing pirate population in the other half of the East Blue. They agreed to suppress some pirates while screening and releasing adventurous ones, leaving the World Government to deal with the trouble as the East Blue Navy prepared to expand.

• Xia Che recounted the Marineford war, and Zephyr said the veteran East Blue Navy soldiers could become important officers.
• Zephyr asked Xia Che how to deal with the other half of the East Blue, where the pirate population had outgrown the local Navy branches’ ability to suppress it.
• Zephyr proposed letting some pirates out so Marine Headquarters and the World Government would have to deal with them, and Xia Che agreed.
• Xia Che said they would screen pirates and let out those seeking adventure, history, and One Piece while keeping violent criminals suppressed.
• Xia Che asked Zephyr to help suppress a group of pirates, and Zephyr agreed so the Navy soldiers could gain combat experience.

The East Blue Navy suppressed pirates in the eastern sea, prompting a wave of fear before the remaining crews rallied around the Scissor Legs Pirate Group to resist. After learning of their gathering on Hope Island, Xia Che ordered the Marines to close the net and told Zephyr to put the plan into action.

• The East Blue Navy captured the Quick Blade Pirate Group, frightening other pirates into lowering their flags and seeking protection from local Marine branches.
• Marine Headquarters ignored complaints about the East Blue Navy and told local branches not to provoke it, while the branches distanced themselves from the pirates.
• The Scissor Legs Pirate Group's captain invited East Blue pirates to gather on Hope Island and plan resistance against the East Blue Navy.
• Xia Che reviewed the intelligence with Robin and Violet, then ordered the Marines to close the net and told Zephyr to begin the plan.

Pirate crews gathered on Hope Island to hear the Scissors Leg Captain’s plan to resist the East Blue Navy. Just as he began to address them, someone shouted that the Navy had arrived.

• The Black Kun, Taimei, and Jini Pirate Group captains arrived on Hope Island and discussed whether the Scissors Leg Captain could lead them against the Navy.
• Black Kun and Taimay fantasized about the freedom and riches of the Grand Line, while Gini urged them to focus on the meeting.
• The pirate crews followed the Scissor Legs Pirate Group through a hidden passage into a spacious cave decorated with banners.
• The Scissors Leg Captain appeared before the gathered pirates and began to discuss resisting the East Blue Navy.
• Someone outside the cave shouted that the East Blue Navy had arrived.

Scissors Leg Captain tried to rally the gathered pirate crews against the Navy, but panicked when he learned Enel was leading the force and appeared among them. Enel said he had not come to arrest them, and a crewman announced that the pirates could go to the Grand Line without being arrested.

• A crewman warned Scissors Leg Captain that Navy ships had surrounded Hope Island, and Scissors Leg Captain tried to reassure the gathered pirates that they could escape by following him.
• The crewman revealed that Enel, the East Blue Navy colonel known as the Thunder God, was leading the Navy, terrifying the assembled captains and crewmen.
• Scissors Leg Captain urged the pirate groups to unite against Enel, but Enel suddenly appeared on a boulder and asked what they planned to do to deal with him.
• Enel told the pirates not to worry and said he had not come to harm them, then directed them to see for themselves what the Navy's rules allowed.
• A crewman shouted that the pirates could go to the Grand Line without being arrested.

Enel enforced the East Blue Navy’s New Pirate Regulations, which offered pirates licenses, examinations, and a chance to enter the Grand Line or return to peaceful lives. Most pirates accepted the rules, while the chapter ended with Smoker angrily questioning an order to arrest the newly released pirates.

• Enel let the pirate captains read the New Pirate Regulations, which required licenses but offered help obtaining them and permitted licensed pirates to sail for the Grand Line.
• Scissors Leg Captain rejected the regulations and challenged Enel, who prepared to use his lightning against the defiant pirates.
• Captain Gini, Captain Taimay, and the other pirates supported the regulations, turned on Scissors Leg Captain, and knocked him down.
• Pirates across the East Blue emerged to train for standardized examinations, while unlicensed pirates struggled to stay hidden as the Navy’s influence grew.
• Smoker shouted at someone over a Den Den Mushi after being told to arrest the pirates the Navy had just allowed to leave.

Xia Che organized East Blue’s pirate registration and suppression plans while preparing to visit Old Bei after his secluded training. On an island near the Goa Kingdom, Luffy and Zoro reaffirmed their plans to go to sea as the foreman wondered where Usopp had disappeared to; Usopp then announced that his pirate crew could finally be established.

• Xia Che told Robin to send Marines after troublesome pirate crews and further restrict their operating space.
• Xia Che prepared to visit Old Bei, whose secluded training appeared to be finished.
• Luffy declared he would become the Pirate King, while Zoro said he planned to go to sea to improve his swordsmanship.
• Belmer remained unsure about going to sea and urged Luffy to reconsider becoming a pirate.
• The foreman noticed Usopp was missing, and Usopp shouted that his Usopp Pirates could finally be established.

Usopp brought the East Blue Navy’s New Pirate Regulations to Luffy, Zoro, Belmer, and the foreman, revealing that pirates now needed certification to enter the Grand Line. Luffy rallied the group to register and buy a ship, while pirates across East Blue began signing up and Xia Che prepared to launch a new era for the navy.

• Usopp showed Belmer and the others the New Pirate Regulations, which required East Blue pirates to pass an exam before entering the Grand Line.
• Belmer read the document’s ship discounts, loan offers, and equipment advertisements, and Luffy eagerly decided to register.
• Luffy invited Belmer, Zoro, Usopp, and the foreman to take the exam and use his old competition prize to buy a ship, but the foreman said the prize had expired.
• Pirates including Black Kun, Gini, and Taimay decided to register together and compete to enter the Grand Line first.
• Xia Che looked at the Vegapunks and anticipated a new era for the East Blue Navy.

Xia Che visited Vegapunk’s expanded laboratory and met the five clones, who tried to persuade him to increase their funding. After touring the new underwater facility, he asked Vegapunk why he had summoned him, hinting that a useful invention might earn more funding.

• Xia Che met Vegapunk’s five clones, who introduced themselves and explained that the laboratory had expanded underground and beneath the sea.
• Shaka led Xia Che through the underwater laboratory, where they had installed high-pressure-resistant Diamond Glass and moved the prison to use seawater against ability users.
• Xia Che asked Vegapunk about the inventions’ costs, production, and profits, prompting Vegapunk and Lilith to complain about his focus on money.
• Xia Che asked why Vegapunk had called him and suggested funding might increase if the clones showed him a new invention.
• Vegapunk and the five clones eagerly answered that they had one.

Vegapunk showed Xia Che a range of inventions and a Den Den Mushi communication network, prompting Xia Che to promise that Robin would discuss increased funding with the scientists. As Xia Che and Vegapunk discovered Moke’s tracker placed him nearby, Boa Hancock and her sisters were transporting the captured East Blue Overlord toward an undisclosed destination.

• Vegapunk presented Xia Che with inventions including bubble weapons, transport systems, an island security grid, and a projection-based communication network.
• Xia Che confirmed the network could be modified and managed, then told the Vegapunks that Robin would discuss their funding increase.
• Vegapunk showed Xia Che the Desire body he had made for basic bodily functions, then asked where Moke was to upgrade his armor.
• Xia Che said Moke had not contacted him since Marineford, and Vegapunk used the armor’s tracker to discover that Moke was nearby.
• Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold argued over whether to keep the captured East Blue Overlord, while Boa Hancock ordered them to be quiet.
• A voice outside told Boa Hancock that they were nearing the place she had mentioned.

Xia Che learned that Moke was approaching East Blue Navy headquarters aboard the Kuja Pirates’ ship, while the crew mistakenly treated Moke as a dangerous prisoner. Boa Hancock arrived at the dock and came face to face with Xia Che.

• Vegapunk detected Moke approaching headquarters, and Xia Che confirmed Moke’s Vivre Card was intact.
• Xia Che learned that the Kuja Pirates were arriving and explained that he had invited them to discuss business and Haki training methods.
• Moke recounted being captured by the Kuja Pirates after being kicked into the sea and passing out several times.
• Boa Sandersonia warned Moke to behave as the Kuja Pirates approached East Blue Navy headquarters, and Moke briefly tried to intimidate her before collapsing because of his Seastone restraints.
• Boa Hancock watched East Blue Navy personnel clear the dock, then recognized Dander Xieche among the people approaching.

Xia Che welcomed Boa Hancock and the Kuja Pirates to the East Blue Navy’s territory to discuss trade, but his request that Hancock suppress her charm provoked a confrontation. He then privately threatened to reveal the secret from her past, leaving Hancock shaken.

• Xia Che greeted Boa Hancock and the Kuja Pirates after their ship docked, while her beauty caused a stir among the Navy soldiers.
• Xia Che welcomed Hancock as the ruler of Amazon Lily and promised she would leave with plenty of goods.
• Xia Che asked Hancock to restrain her charm and follow local rules, including not turning people to stone.
• Hancock’s crew took offense at Xia Che’s demand, and the two sides faced off as Kuma and Kuro prepared to respond.
• Xia Che leaned close to Hancock and warned that he could reveal her secret, causing her to tremble and turn pale.

Xia Che invited Hancock to Red Romance for a beauty treatment, using his knowledge of her secret to persuade her to accept without revealing what he knew. After arranging the visit and preparing Lilith’s service, he returned to his office to speak with Kuro and Kuma, but Zephyr arrived and teased him about inviting a beautiful pirate to play at home.

• Hancock feared Xia Che knew her secret and agreed to his proposal after he asked her to keep her word as a ruler and Shichibukai.
• Xia Che left Violet to host Hancock, who chose to tour with her while Boa Sandersonia stayed behind to watch the ship.
• Xia Che told Lilith to prepare Hancock’s beauty treatment and charge ten million Beli as the cost.
• Xia Che explained that Lilith was Old Bei’s clone and began to tell Kuro and Kuma why he had called them over.
• Zephyr arrived and teased Xia Che about inviting a beautiful female pirate to play at home.