Recaps

As the Revolutionary Army evacuated its exposed island base, Koala asked Sophie to erase a shipwrecked man's memories, only to discover he was the legendary pirate Redfield. Redfield agreed to help the Revolutionary Army leader face the attacking Marines and World Government forces, then rushed to the battlefield.

• Koala asked Sophie to erase the Revolutionary Army-related memories of the man she had rescued, after confirming he had no suspicious devices or signs of disguise.
• The island shook as Marine and World Government forces arrived earlier than expected, and Koala and Sophie hurried to her room.
• Sophie recognized the middle-aged man as Redfield, whose Devil Fruit had restored his youthful appearance, and Koala realized she had rescued the legendary pirate.
• After hearing that the Revolutionary Army base was under attack, Redfield offered Koala a favor, and Sophie urged her to ask him to support the leader.
• Redfield accepted Koala's request and sped off to aid the Revolutionary Army.

The Revolutionary Army and the World Government's forces clashed on White Soil Island while both sides raced against time. CP0 used the Life-Life Fruit to link his life with the four Revolutionary commanders, leaving them weakened as he recovered quickly from their shared injuries.

• Akainu and Dragon fought while Kizaru and Victor exchanged attacks, each side trying to stall the other.
• CP0 revealed that he had taken over Julius's position and thanked the Revolutionary Army for turning Julius against the government.
• Karas, Betty, and the other commanders attacked CP0 together, but his Life Chain linked their lives to his.
• CP0 explained that their injuries were shared among them and that his Life-Life Fruit gave him superior healing.
• CP0 stabbed himself in the abdomen while the commanders faced the consequences of their life-link.

Redfield arrived on the battlefield and joined the Revolutionary Army against the Marines and CP0. After overwhelming Asa, he helped Dragon’s side defeat the government forces, leaving Akainu and Kizaru fleeing.

• Redfield appeared during the battle, and Asa challenged him after Akainu and Kizaru taunted the CP0 agent.
• Redfield explained that Koala had saved him and that he had come to repay her by helping Dragon.
• Redfield attacked Asa despite the chains connecting Asa to Betty and the other commanders, then used their blood to strengthen himself.
• Asa fled toward Akainu and Kizaru, while Dragon, Victor, Betty, and the other commanders blocked the Marines from reaching him.
• After fifteen minutes, Akainu and Kizaru escaped in defeat as Redfield tore Asa in half.

Redfield repaid his debt to Betty by saving the Revolutionary Army, then left after Dragon suspected his motives. Two weeks later, Whitebeard’s crew discussed the World Government’s claims about Baltigo’s destruction before Redfield arrived aboard the Moby Dick.

• Redfield told Betty and Dragon that he had repaid his debt, then departed after refusing Dragon’s offer of gratitude.
• Dragon wondered whether Redfield’s appearance had been too coincidental, but Betty suggested he had no reason to covet anything from the Revolutionary Army.
• Redfield admitted that Dragon had suspected his motives and said he was preparing for a future Great Event without involving the Revolutionary Army.
• Two weeks later, Whitebeard and his crew discussed the World Government’s report that Baltigo had been destroyed and the Revolutionary Army defeated.
• Redfield arrived aboard the Moby Dick, and Whitebeard’s crew recognized his youthful appearance and warily lowered their weapons.

Redfield met Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick and offered to restore his youth in exchange for cooperation, after learning the Soul-Soul Fruit had been used to protect Saint Jelmack. Whitebeard refused, and the two legends fought briefly before Redfield left, predicting Whitebeard would eventually change his mind.

• Whitebeard and Redfield reminisced about their era before Redfield said he had come to discuss cooperation.
• Redfield asked about the Soul-Soul Fruit, and Izo explained that its user had protected Saint Jelmack during a Sabaody auction attack.
• Redfield offered Whitebeard the power to regain his youth, but Whitebeard refused and said he did not want to live too long.
• Redfield teased Whitebeard about becoming younger than his sons, prompting Whitebeard to attack him with his Naginata.
• Whitebeard and Redfield clashed, splitting the clouds and raising enormous waves, then stopped fighting and exchanged remarks about age and strength.
• Redfield left after predicting Whitebeard would one day beg him to restore his youth, while Whitebeard insisted that day would never come.

After the World Government’s victory over the Revolutionary Army boosted its prestige, news that Ace was Roger’s son threatened to ignite a war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marines. The chapter ended with Sengoku ordering the Shichibukai summoned and the Pacifistas mobilized for battle.

• Kaido learned that Blackbeard had captured Ace and made a deal with the Marines, and he eagerly anticipated a war between Marine Headquarters and the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Red-Haired discussed the mounting crises with Beckman and decided to stop the coming conflict in the name of stability.
• At Marineford, Sengoku and the officers debated whether to fight the Whitebeard Pirates, with Sengoku concluding that Blackbeard had left them little choice.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to forcibly summon the Shichibukai and mobilize the Pacifista prototypes to secure victory.

Longinus went to Amazon Lily to summon Hancock and assess whether she would support the Marines in the coming war. Granny Nyon and Sandersonia admitted him while planning to keep Hancock away and avoid angering him.

• Longinus told Aokiji that the Shichibukai had to choose a side during wartime and that he was especially wary of Hancock because of her rumored connection to Apophis.
• Longinus traveled to Amazon Lily, where he considered Hancock's strength and worried she might attack him over his injury to Apophis.
• Granny Nyon ordered the Kuja warriors to open the gates, explaining that refusing a Marine Admiral could put the island at risk.
• Granny Nyon and Sandersonia planned to claim Hancock was gravely ill and send a thousand elite warriors to the war instead.
• Longinus entered the harbor and greeted Granny Nyon and Sandersonia, who welcomed him while concealing their plan.

Longinus visited Amazon Lily to negotiate its support for the government while Granny Nyon tried to keep Hancock away from him. Hancock discovered the deception and attacked Longinus, who defeated her opening moves with ease, leaving the negotiations in chaos.

• Granny Nyon claimed Hancock was ill and led Longinus toward Kuja Castle while trying to keep him from meeting the Snake Empress.
• Marigold tried to distract Hancock, but Hancock recognized Griffin overhead and realized Longinus was nearby.
• At Kuja Castle, Granny Nyon offered one thousand elite Kuja warriors to the government, citing Hancock's supposed illness.
• Hancock burst into the meeting with Perfume Femur, but Longinus caught her kick and threw her through a stone wall.
• Hancock fired a Pistol Kiss and a Slave Arrow at Longinus, but he dodged the first and crushed the second as Granny Nyon pleaded for forgiveness.

Longinus defeated Hancock in their fight, and she recognized him as the person she had loved fifteen years earlier. After revealing that he was Marine Admiral Longinus, he asked her to keep acting hostile toward him in public while maintaining her Shichibukai position, and proposed monitoring her with Observation Haki.

• Hancock's Devil Fruit attacks failed against Longinus, who overwhelmed her with a series of strikes across the castle ruins.
• Hancock grabbed Longinus after he punched her, recognized his familiar presence, and rushed into his arms; Longinus knocked out everyone else on the island with Conqueror's Haki.
• Longinus revealed that he was Marine Admiral Longinus and explained his identities and ideals, while Hancock focused on her feelings for him.
• Longinus asked Hancock to remain a Shichibukai and keep up their hostile public relationship to protect his secret identity.
• Fearing that Hancock might expose him, Longinus said he would use Observation Haki to monitor her, and Hancock happily accepted the idea.

After surrendering to Longinus, Hancock headed to Marine Headquarters for the Shichibukai meeting as the Marines prepared for war against Whitebeard. Longinus visited Impel Down to see Jinbe and quietly assessed whether the prison’s forces could support his plans for the coming Great Event.

• Granny Nyon woke among the ruins, found Hancock alive, and learned that she had surrendered to Admiral Shirozou.
• Hancock vowed to get revenge someday and set off with Granny Nyon for Marine Headquarters.
• At a meeting, Sengoku briefed the Shichibukai and Marines on Whitebeard’s forces, while Longinus listened outside with Aokiji and learned Jinbe had turned himself in and been sent to Impel Down.
• Domino guided Longinus to Level 6, where she told him that Garp and Magellan were watching over Ace and that Shiryu had been imprisoned after killing prisoners.
• Longinus assessed the strength of the prisoners and Magellan before greeting his friend in Armament Haki to avoid Magellan’s corrosive touch.

Longinus spoke with Garp and Ace in Impel Down before visiting Jinbe, who was imprisoned for refusing to fight Whitebeard. He admitted that many Marines also opposed the war’s timing and reason, but told Jinbe that it could no longer be stopped.

• Magellan asked Longinus to keep Garp from acting impulsively, and Longinus found Garp sitting outside Ace’s cell.
• Garp admitted he might have acted on impulse, then joked with Ace about their past hopes of raising Ace and Luffy as Marines.
• Longinus asked Ace whether he regretted escaping three years earlier, and Ace said becoming Whitebeard’s son was the proudest thing in his life.
• Ace warned Longinus about Blackbeard, and Longinus said Marine Headquarters could not dismiss a powerful fighter based only on his suspicions.
• Longinus visited Jinbe and said he understood why Jinbe refused to fight Whitebeard, but the war could no longer be stopped.

Luffy and his crew learned more about Longinus, whom Shakky identified as the world’s strongest, and set off to find Rayleigh. After learning Camie risked being enslaved if recognized, Sanji promised to protect her at the amusement park.

• Shakky told Luffy that Longinus had executed Hachi’s former boss and nearly killed Luffy, and Usopp explained how Redfield had saved the crew.
• Shakky said Longinus was considered the strongest in the world, while Luffy declared he would become the strongest in the next era.
• Shakky told the crew that Rayleigh might be at Sabaody’s amusement park, and they left to look for him.
• After the crew departed, Blackbeard appeared at Shakky’s bar and suggested Longinus might be trying to capture him.
• Pappug warned the crew that Camie could be captured and sold because merfolk were valuable on Sabaody, and Sanji vowed to keep her safe at the amusement park.

Redfield visited the auction house, where he reunited with Rayleigh and learned that Blackbeard was pursuing Shakky over the vanished island. Rayleigh freed himself and rushed to Shakky’s aid, confronting Blackbeard in Grove 37.

• Redfield persuaded the auction house manager to take him to the slaves, where he encountered Rayleigh and recognized him as the Dark King.
• Redfield told Rayleigh that Blackbeard had been chasing a former Rocks Pirates member across Sabaody, prompting Rayleigh to tear off his explosive collar and vanish.
• Blackbeard questioned the injured Shakky about the vanished island and revealed that he hoped to follow in Rocks’s footsteps.
• Blackbeard charged at Shakky, but Rayleigh intercepted him with a powerful slash and appeared between them.
• Blackbeard recognized Rayleigh and questioned why he was helping someone from the Rocks Pirates.

As the Marines prepared for war, Sengoku sent Kizaru to stop Blackbeard and Rayleigh from fighting near two Celestial Dragons. At the auction, Luffy tried to rescue Camie, but after Saint Yakvis blasted her tank, Luffy punched him and triggered panic.

• Sengoku learned that Blackbeard was fighting a woman and Rayleigh at Sabaody, and sent Kizaru to stop the battle because two Celestial Dragons were nearby.
• Nami and the others watched as Camie went up for auction, but Saint Yakvis bought her for one billion Beli.
• Luffy rushed forward to rescue Camie, dodged Yakvis's gunfire, and was held back by Hachi from striking the Celestial Dragon.
• Yakvis fired a cannon at Luffy, destroying Camie's tank and leaving her bloodied.
• Luffy punched Yakvis and sent him flying from the auction hall, causing the crowd to panic over the coming Marine response.

Luffy’s crew worried over Camie’s explosive slave collar while Redfield captured Saint Jelmak and killed three of his guards. After Sengoku learned that Luffy had injured one Celestial Dragon and another had gone missing, he sent Longinus to Sabaody to capture the pirates.

• Chopper treated Camie’s external injuries, but Usopp warned that her slave collar could explode, and Hachi offered to search for its key.
• Redfield found Saint Jelmak and his guards in an underground chamber, killed one guard by draining his life, and demanded to be taken to the guard with the Soul-Soul Fruit.
• Redfield killed Jelmak’s three remaining guards and ordered Jelmak to take him to the Soul-Soul Fruit user.
• Sengoku learned that one Celestial Dragon had been seriously injured and another had disappeared on Sabaody, and that Straw Hat Luffy was responsible.
• Sengoku sent Longinus to Sabaody after Kizaru could not be reached, and Longinus vowed to capture the pirates and send them to Impel Down.

Admiral Shirozou Longinus arrived to arrest the Supernovas who were attacking civilians and Marines on Sabaody Archipelago. He swiftly defeated them, then killed Captain Kid with a single punch while Minos pursued the fleeing Urouge.

• Captain Kid challenged Capone Bege and Hawkins to a contest to kill Marines and civilians, but they refused to join him.
• Longinus arrived with Minos and ordered Kid, Hawkins, Bege, and Killer to surrender and go to Impel Down.
• Kid, Hawkins, and Bege attacked Longinus, but he defeated all three with ease and knocked Killer into the ground.
• Urouge joined Kid's assault with a sneak attack, but Longinus emerged unharmed and sent Minos after him.
• Kid charged Longinus with a giant steel arm, but Longinus shattered it and killed Kid with a punch.

Longinus defeated Kid and Killer with ease, terrifying the other Supernovas. Elsewhere, Blackbeard revealed Ace’s lineage and impending execution to Luffy, who attacked him and was saved by Rayleigh.

• Longinus killed Kid with one punch, then shattered Killer’s scythe and killed him as well.
• Capone Bege feared Longinus’s strength, while Hawkins surrendered after divining that resistance would lead to his death.
• Blackbeard tried to persuade Kizaru to let him capture Rayleigh, but Luffy and the Straw Hats arrived and Luffy demanded to know what had happened to Ace.
• Blackbeard revealed that Ace was part of Roger’s bloodline and that he had handed him over to the Marines for execution.
• Luffy attacked Blackbeard, who dragged him in with Dark Water and slammed him into the ground.
• Rayleigh blocked Blackbeard’s next blow and told him that Luffy’s generation had only just begun.

Nami and the others escaped the clash between Rayleigh and Blackbeard, then learned that Admiral Shirozou Longinus and his Griffin were on the island. Luffy resolved to save Ace and ordered the Straw Hat Pirates to disband, but the crew fled together in the opposite direction from the Griffin.

• Nami and the others dragged the injured Luffy away while Kizaru let them escape and Blackbeard lost interest in pursuing them.
• Robin reasoned that Kizaru had come because Rayleigh was fighting a Shichibukai, then warned that another admiral might also be on the island.
• Robin identified the Griffin flying overhead as Admiral Shirozou Longinus's mount and revealed that Longinus had once defeated Rayleigh.
• Luffy recovered enough to announce that he would disband the crew and go save Ace, but Robin urged everyone to escape first.
• The Straw Hats ran in the direction opposite the Griffin's flight, unaware that it was chasing a panicked pirate rather than carrying anyone.

Kizaru received orders to help Shirozou capture the Straw Hat Pirates after Luffy attacked the Celestial Dragons, but he pretended the call had cut out. Meanwhile, Longinus subdued several Supernovas and confronted Luffy’s group as they left the forest.

• Blackbeard pressed Shakky for information about God Valley and revealed his ambition to defeat Shirozou before Whitebeard.
• Kizaru received orders from Headquarters to assist Shirozou after Straw Hat Luffy seriously injured one Celestial Dragon and another went missing, then hung up before the caller finished naming Luffy.
• Luffy’s group encountered Capone Bege, who had been beaten and dropped from a falling castle, and Longinus appeared to claim responsibility.
• Minos dropped the battered Urouge before the group, while Hawkins revealed that two Supernovas had been killed, two had tried to escape and been crippled, and he had surrendered.
• Luffy’s group realized that Longinus had cornered them after defeating five Supernovas.

Longinus freed Camie from her explosive slave collar, then confronted the Straw Hat Pirates for their role in the Celestial Dragons incident. He defeated them in seconds and ordered them sent to Impel Down.

• Longinus safely removed Camie's slave collar, earning the trust and gratitude of Camie and Pappug.
• Longinus told Luffy and the others to surrender, arguing that their actions had helped plunge the island into conflict.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji attacked Longinus, but he stopped Luffy's Gear Second strike and caught Zoro's swords barehanded.
• Zoro and Sanji launched a combined attack, but Longinus repelled them with Haki and a kick.
• Luffy used Gum-Gum Gigant Pistol, but Longinus smashed the giant arm and defeated him.
• Longinus ordered Seastone handcuffs placed on the Straw Hat Pirates and sent them to Impel Down.

Longinus captured Luffy and the Straw Hats after Luffy sent a Celestial Dragon flying, while Rayleigh and the others withdrew from their standoff with Blackbeard and Kizaru. Elsewhere, Redfield killed Jelmak and Blackbeard arrived to invite him to join his crew.

• Longinus captured the pirates and told Luffy that his friends might be released after five or ten years, while Luffy could face life imprisonment.
• Blackbeard retreated from Rayleigh and Kizaru, and Kizaru left after completing his mission.
• Rayleigh and Shakky worried about Hachi and Luffy, while Rayleigh trusted Longinus to honor his principles.
• Redfield killed the Soul-Soul Fruit user and drained Jelmak until the Celestial Dragon died.
• Blackbeard found Redfield and asked him to join his crew.

Redfield fought Blackbeard and rejected his offer of cooperation unless Blackbeard proved his strength. After learning that a Road Poneglyph may be on vanished God's Island, Longinus learned that Saint Jelmack was missing and worried that the Whitebeard Pirates had begun their operation.

• Redfield overcame Blackbeard's Dark Fruit with Martial Arts and battered him until Blackbeard retreated.
• Blackbeard proposed that God's Island held the final Road Poneglyph and asked Redfield to cooperate, but Redfield demanded that he prove his strength.
• Blackbeard vowed to show his power in the coming clash of the strongest.
• A Marine rear admiral told Longinus that Saint Yakvis was hospitalized and Saint Jelmack was missing and presumed dead.
• Longinus told Kizaru that the government would protect Luffy as leverage against Dragon, then worried that the Whitebeard Pirates had begun their operation.

Whitebeard led the Whitebeard Pirates and their forty-three allied crews toward Marine Headquarters to rescue Ace, while privately planning to destroy the base and send his sons away. He rejected Marco’s suggestions to trade hostages or seek allies, determined to answer Sengoku’s challenge himself.

• Marco confirmed that all forty-three allied pirate crews had gathered, and Whitebeard ordered them to set sail for Marine Headquarters to bring Ace home.
• Whitebeard told Marco that he had not wanted his sons to come because he feared they would die, but he planned to rescue Ace and send them away.
• Whitebeard said he would use the destruction of Marine Headquarters to slow the Marines down, recalling that the Golden Lion had once destroyed half of it.
• Marco suggested exchanging captured Marines or seeking help from other Emperors, but Whitebeard refused to evade Sengoku’s challenge and doubted anyone besides Kaido would join them.
• Whitebeard reassured Marco that they were going to bring their family home, while Marco privately wished they could find Lone Red before the final battle.

At Marine Headquarters, Longinus reported that a prison riot at Impel Down had escalated and claimed he had foreseen a terrifying future. Sengoku approved his request to go there and suppress the unrest, while Garp admitted he was grateful Longinus had imprisoned Luffy.

• Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru discussed the Marines’ preparations for war and the threats posed by Whitebeard, Kaido, and Red-Haired Shanks.
• Longinus told Sengoku that Buggy’s escape had sparked a riot at Impel Down, where Straw Hat Pirates were freeing prisoners and heading toward Infinite Hell to rescue Luffy.
• Longinus reported that Blackbeard had entered Impel Down illegally, but Magellan had defeated his group and the rioting prisoners were being contained.
• Longinus said his Future Sight had shown him a terrifying future, and Sengoku approved his request to fly to Impel Down and stop the riot.
• After Longinus left for Impel Down with Minos, Garp told Sengoku he feared Luffy would have joined the Marineford battle if Longinus had not imprisoned him.

Marineford prepared for Ace’s execution, but the absence of Admiral Shirozou raised questions before Sengoku revealed Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son. The Whitebeard Pirates then invaded the harbor, where Sengoku revealed that Shirozou had anticipated their route and the Marines had set Sea Kings beneath the bay; Whitebeard launched a massive wave as the battle began.

• Spectators noticed Admiral Shirozou was missing from Marineford, while Sengoku revealed that Ace was the son of Pirate King Gol D. Roger.
• A Marine Commodore reported that the Gate of Justice had opened without orders and the power room had lost contact.
• The Whitebeard Pirates’ ships emerged inside Crescent Bay, with one battered ship surfacing amid blood and mangled Sea King limbs.
• Sengoku revealed that Shirozou had predicted the pirates’ route and the Marines had prepared a Sea King nest beneath the harbor.
• Whitebeard asked where Shirozou was, and Sengoku said he had been sent to handle a difficult task and might return by the war’s end.
• Whitebeard swung his Naginata and sent a wave hundreds of meters high toward Marineford.