Recaps

Whitebeard unleashed his power against the Marines at Marineford as the battle to rescue Ace began. Meanwhile, Magellan learned that a large force led by Ivankov and Inazuma was advancing on Impel Down’s Level 6, while the two remained unaware of the prison guard’s suspicious motives.

• Aokiji froze the sea, but Whitebeard shattered the ice and dispersed Akainu’s magma and the resulting hot rain with his Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Whitebeard’s display frightened the Marines and impressed the Shichibukai, and he ordered his pirates to charge and rescue Ace.
• Magellan defeated the escaped prisoners on Level 2, then learned that pirates led by Ivankov and Inazuma were heading for the Infinite Hell on Level 6.
• Magellan ordered the exits sealed and hypnotic gas released, and said he would release Shiryu if those measures failed.
• Inazuma questioned how a prison guard knew about Luffy’s imprisonment, but Ivankov trusted the guard because he knew about Mori and Impel Down’s secrets.

The Okama King, Luffy, Crocodile, and Jinbe learned that Longinus was guarding Impel Down’s exit, complicating their attempt to rescue Ace. Meanwhile, Shiryu joined Blackbeard and helped him recruit prisoners through a deadly contest, but Lafitte reported that Longinus had arrived at Impel Down.

• Shiryu left Infinite Hell with his sword and refused to follow Magellan’s orders to stop the Straw Hat crew.
• The Okama King told Luffy that Dragon was a great man, and Luffy revealed that Longinus had captured him.
• A group of pirates reported that Longinus had wiped out the first prisoners who tried to escape, leaving Crocodile and Jinbe unwilling to confront him while Luffy insisted on rescuing Ace.
• Shiryu joined Blackbeard, who demonstrated the Dark Fruit’s ability to suppress Devil Fruit powers and ordered the prisoners to fight for a place in his crew.
• Burgess and the others opened the cells, starting a slaughter, and Lafitte warned Blackbeard that Longinus had arrived at Impel Down.

Blackbeard and Shiryu learned that Admiral Shirozou Longinus was guarding Impel Down’s exit, while the escaped prisoners gathered on the fifth level and planned a joint assault. The chapter ended with Blackbeard and Ivankov agreeing to ally and their followers charging toward Longinus’s defenses.

• Blackbeard, Lafitte, and Shiryu realized Longinus might have foreseen their prison break with Future Sight, and Shiryu proposed using the other pirates as a diversion and finding a powerful ally.
• On the fifth level, the Straw Hat Pirates reunited, and Nami explained that Longinus guarded the entrance while Magellan hunted prisoners throughout the prison.
• Crocodile proposed exploiting Magellan’s absence to concentrate their forces against Longinus, while Buggy panicked at the prospect of facing him again.
• Blackbeard arrived with the sixth-level criminals and persuaded Ivankov to ally with him, arguing that neither group could escape alone.
• Blackbeard declared that their alliance would challenge the strongest Marine Admiral, and the assembled pirates charged toward the sunlit world of freedom.

Admiral Longinus stood guard at Impel Down’s gates when Blackbeard Teach and a group of powerful pirates arrived, planning to escape before Magellan could reach them. Longinus overwhelmed the attackers and left their escape attempt blocked.

• Longinus rejected Domino’s offer to rest while guards cleared away the pirates he had defeated.
• Blackbeard Teach, Bullet, Jinbe, Crocodile, Ivankov, Shiryu, and other pirates charged the gates after Inazuma blocked the passages between levels.
• Longinus struck the crowd with a Tempest Kick, killing dozens and severely injuring hundreds of pirates.
• Bullet challenged Longinus, while Shiryu urged the pirates to focus on escaping before Magellan arrived.
• Longinus’s aura incapacitated most of the pirates, then he knocked Shiryu, Blackbeard, Crocodile, Jinbe, and Ivankov aside.
• Longinus unleashed Finger Pistol: Myriad Blades and blasted the remaining pirates away, stopping their escape attempt.

Longinus overwhelmed the escaped prisoners at Impel Down, forcing Blackbeard, Shiryu, Bullet, and the others to attack him together. After killing Van Augur, Longinus demanded that the pirates fight him with their full strength.

• Longinus used Conqueror's Haki and invisible air blasts to scatter the pirates while the guards and prisoners watched.
• Shiryu convinced the pirates to attack Longinus together and try to knock him into the sea so they could escape.
• Longinus charged through their combined assault, seized Blackbeard, and used him to knock out Burgess and strike Shiryu.
• Bullet attacked Longinus, but Longinus restrained him and drove a knee into his abdomen.
• Van Augur shot Longinus with an Armament Haki bullet, but Longinus killed him with Finger Pistol: Laser Cannon.
• Blackbeard urged the survivors to stop holding back, and Longinus challenged them to attack with their strongest power.

Longinus fought off the escaped prisoners in Impel Down, enduring their attacks while killing Vasco Shot and defeating Bullet’s stone armor. The Okama King’s hormone attack missed Longinus and struck Crocodile instead, transforming him into a woman.

• The jailers charged to protect Longinus, but he told them to stay back and revealed that most of his apparent injuries had nearly healed.
• Longinus knocked Crocodile and the Okama King aside, then killed Vasco Shot while Shiryu’s attack inflicted a serious wound on him.
• Longinus defeated Bullet’s second-stage fusion by shattering his stone armor and sending him flying after a series of clashes.
• The Okama King tried to transform Longinus with his hormone attack, but Longinus used Crocodile as a shield and the attack turned Crocodile into a woman.

Longinus fought off Blackbeard, Bullet, and Shiryu while the Straw Hats and their allies tried to escape Impel Down. The Okama King fled toward the sea with Luffy, Crocodile, Jinbe, and Robin, but Longinus’s attack struck them and sent Usopp, Chopper, and many pirates falling into the water.

• Crocodile attacked the Okama King after Ivankov’s transformation made his voice sound different, while Blackbeard took the chance to strike Longinus’s wound.
• Longinus battered Blackbeard, Bullet, and Shiryu despite his injuries, and Burgess lost an arm when he tried to punch him.
• Zoro and Sanji failed to injure Longinus, while Robin tried to reassure them about facing a Marine Admiral.
• The Okama King escaped through a wall toward the sea with Crocodile, Jinbe, Robin, and Luffy, as Robin pulled several others toward his head.
• Longinus hurled a shockwave at the fleeing group, striking the Okama King and snapping Robin’s arm rope, which left Usopp, Chopper, and a large group of pirates falling into the sea.

Longinus stopped Blackbeard’s escape from Impel Down but was gravely injured in the battle. After using the Seven Star Sword to restore his strength, he left for Marine Headquarters to join the top-level battle.

• Blackbeard, Bullet, and Shiryu attacked Longinus from behind and knocked him into the sea, then fled when they realized he was still alive.
• Longinus returned to the prison entrance and killed Deadly Poison Q, while Blackbeard abandoned his escape plan and left with Shiryu and Lafitte.
• Longinus ordered the prison guards to recover the pirates who had fallen into the sea and told Magellan he had to hurry to Marine Headquarters.
• Magellan arrived and found Longinus badly wounded, but Longinus used the Seven Star Sword’s absorbed essence to restore his condition.
• Longinus mounted Minos and departed for Marine Headquarters, while Magellan blamed himself and demanded to know what had happened.

At Impel Down, Hancock explained how Longinus was seriously wounded while stopping the escape, and Magellan learned that ten prisoners had escaped. At Marine Headquarters, Kaido and the Big Mom Pirates joined the battle, while a hidden middle-aged man prepared to introduce another force.

• Hancock told Magellan that Crocodile exploited a distraction to escape and that Longinus had been injured protecting the prison from Blackbeard and the other attackers.
• Domino reported that ten prisoners had escaped from Impel Down, excluding the Blackbeard Pirates, and Magellan blamed himself for Longinus's injuries.
• Kaido arrived at Marine Headquarters and taunted the wounded Whitebeard.
• A Marine rear admiral reported that the Big Mom Pirates had mobilized and that Impel Down's communications had been cut off.
• The Big Mom Pirates' main fleet appeared alongside the Beasts Pirates, alarming the Marines and surprising a hidden middle-aged man.
• The hidden man decided the new arrivals were within his plans and prepared to bring another force into the war.

Katakuri revealed that the Big Mom Pirates had joined the alliance to pressure Marine Headquarters into freeing their captured family members, not to aid Whitebeard. After Whitebeard rallied his crew and opened a route across the ice, he clashed with Akainu, whose attack targeted his chest wound.

• Katakuri told Smoothie and Daifuku that the Beasts Pirates would draw the Marines' attention and that the Big Mom Pirates' true goal was securing the release of family members captured thirteen years earlier.
• Jozu and Marco were badly wounded while distracted by Whitebeard's injury, and Whitebeard broke the ice trapping the ships and urged his crew to charge.
• Whitebeard confronted Akainu, who accused him of being weakened by age, and their attacks shook the island as they clashed.
• Whitebeard raised a massive tsunami and froze a path toward the execution platform, while Akainu attacked him with a meteor shower and aimed for his chest wound.
• Whitebeard countered Akainu's magma fist with a quake-powered punch, and their forces unleashed a destructive storm that shattered the ice and earth around them.

The resumed broadcast showed major battles breaking out as Katakuri confronted Aokiji to demand the release of imprisoned Charlotte Family members, while Kizaru kept Kaido from interfering with Whitebeard and Akainu. The chapter ended with Sengoku learning that a huge fleet carrying giants had appeared in the southwestern waters, though its allegiance remained unknown.

• Katakuri demanded that Aokiji release the Charlotte Family members held in Impel Down, then attacked him after Aokiji refused.
• Katakuri used mochi to escape being frozen, but Aokiji froze his trident and the two became stuck together in a close struggle.
• Kizaru harassed Kaido and stopped him from reaching Akainu and Whitebeard, then accidentally wounded Kaido from behind and provoked him into attacking.
• A rear admiral told Sengoku that a massive fleet carrying giants had appeared in the southwestern waters.
• Sengoku considered whether the giants might be allies, noting that Longinus had a good relationship with them.

Olaf and over a hundred giants arrived at Marineford to support Longinus, raising Marine morale and confronting the Big Mom Pirates. Olaf clashed with Charlotte Linlin, showing that he could match the Emperor in raw strength.

• Sengoku and the Marines criticized the Shichibukai for fighting halfheartedly while Kuma and the Pacifistas attacked the pirates.
• Three enormous ships carrying more than a hundred giants arrived at the battlefield, alarming the pirates and Marines.
• Olaf announced that the giants had come of their own accord to help Longinus, boosting Marine morale.
• Olaf charged at Charlotte Linlin, and the two exchanged blows that sent shock waves across the battlefield.
• Olaf and Charlotte Linlin hurled massive icebergs at each other, shattering them in the air and raining dangerous debris over the battlefield.

Whitebeard and Akainu pushed their battle toward a deadly climax, with both fighters badly wounded. Count Red Redfield appeared and offered Whitebeard a chance to regain his youth, prompting Sengoku to warn Akainu not to let Redfield touch him.

• Whitebeard and Akainu traded devastating attacks that split Marineford's plaza and left both of them severely injured.
• Whitebeard and Akainu continued fighting while the battlefield watched, and Akainu crashed onto the ice as Whitebeard staggered to the plaza's edge.
• Redfield appeared in Marineford town and teased Whitebeard about growing old.
• Redfield renewed his offer to restore Whitebeard's youthful vigor, and Whitebeard fell silent.
• Sengoku recognized Redfield and warned Akainu not to let him make contact with Whitebeard.

Redfield rejuvenated Whitebeard during the battle, allowing him to overpower the injured Akainu. Meanwhile, Jinbe and the Straw Hat crew approached Marine Headquarters, where Luffy’s shout drew the battlefield’s attention to them.

• Redfield used his claws to restore Whitebeard’s youth, and Whitebeard struck Akainu into an iceberg.
• Whitebeard unleashed his Tremor-Tremor Fruit power and suppressed the already-injured Akainu.
• Redfield assessed Whitebeard’s condition and waited for his own true self to appear.
• Jinbe told Crocodile he wanted to help stop the war, while Luffy and the others traveled toward Marine Headquarters.
• As the group reached the battlefield, Luffy shouted that he had come to save Ace, drawing everyone’s attention.

Jinbe and the escaped Impel Down prisoners arrived at Marine Headquarters, where he revealed that Longinus had crushed the prison riot. Blackbeard reached the battlefield planning to take Whitebeard’s power, but found a rejuvenated Whitebeard instead.

• Luffy, Jinbe, Crocodile, and other Impel Down escapees appeared at Marine Headquarters, shocking the battlefield.
• Jinbe told Sengoku that Longinus had defeated the prisoners and that he had come to stop the war, but Akainu ordered the fighting to resume.
• Lafitte carried Blackbeard and Shiryu toward Marine Headquarters while Blackbeard revealed his ambition to obtain three Devil Fruits.
• Blackbeard saw a younger, powerful Whitebeard beating Akainu and despaired over his bad luck.

Whitebeard attacked Blackbeard for betraying and killing Thatch, while Akainu fought Shiryu as the Marines and pirates joined forces against the Blackbeard Pirates. Blackbeard fell into the sea after Whitebeard’s attack, and Akainu continued pursuing Shiryu.

• Whitebeard struck Blackbeard’s ship with a shockwave, killing Lafitte and sending Blackbeard and Shiryu crashing onto the battlefield.
• Blackbeard admitted he planned to take everything Whitebeard had, and Whitebeard attacked him with his earthquake power.
• Blackbeard used darkness to absorb Whitebeard’s earthquake attack, but Whitebeard hit him with his Naginata and continued striking him.
• Akainu attacked Shiryu with Great Eruption, and Shiryu split the magma fist before escaping its explosive projectiles by leaping into the sea.
• Whitebeard briefly hesitated when Blackbeard called himself his son, but then struck again and sent Blackbeard into the sea.

Red-Haired arrived at Marineford and proposed ending the war with a decisive duel between its strongest fighters. As Whitebeard and the Marines weighed the risks, an unidentified speaker offered to take Akainu’s place in the battle.

• Red-Haired arrived aboard the Red Force, drawing attention from Whitebeard, Sengoku, and the others.
• Red-Haired told Sengoku that he wanted to draw the final line under the war and change how it proceeded, not stop it outright.
• Red-Haired proposed that a single high-level duel determine the war’s outcome, prompting concern from Marco and Sengoku about Whitebeard’s condition and the stakes.
• Kizaru suggested a three-on-three contest, while Whitebeard offered to fight all three Marines himself.
• As Akainu began to volunteer for the fight, a gentle voice asked him to let the speaker handle the battle instead.

Longinus arrived at Marine Headquarters and challenged the injured Whitebeard to a decisive battle. Whitebeard wagered his life to protect his sons and asked Longinus to spare Ace if he lost; Longinus agreed, leaving the duel about to begin.

• Longinus descended onto the battlefield and declared that Whitebeard would be his opponent, despite his injuries.
• Longinus and Whitebeard exchanged words about their condition and the battle’s outcome, with Longinus asserting that Whitebeard’s era had ended.
• Whitebeard proposed disbanding the Whitebeard Pirates if he won, revealing that he intended to end the war with his own death.
• Whitebeard asked Longinus to spare Ace if he lost, while Ace pleaded for the others to leave him behind.
• Longinus agreed to Whitebeard’s condition after Sengoku authorized him to decide, and Akainu stepped aside.
• Longinus asked Whitebeard if he was ready for his own funeral.

Whitebeard and Longinus wagered everything on a direct fight, unleashing devastating attacks that shattered the ice field and threatened Marine Headquarters. Whitebeard was sent flying by Longinus, but their next collision sent both men backward, leaving the battle undecided.

• Whitebeard ignored his crew’s pleas and opened the duel by striking Longinus with a massive quake-powered attack.
• Longinus charged through Whitebeard’s spreading air fractures and traded punches with him, triggering a hurricane that forced everyone nearby to retreat.
• Longinus transformed and unleashed a rapid barrage that sent Whitebeard flying after only seconds of fighting.
• Whitebeard combined his Conqueror’s Haki, Armament Haki, and Devil Fruit power, creating a tsunami that threatened Marine Headquarters and the pirate ships.
• Longinus met Whitebeard’s final punch with all his strength, and the collision sent both fighters flying as the bay’s ice field shattered.

Longinus and Whitebeard fought a devastating battle while the Straw Hat Pirates and Doflamingo watched from nearby. Whitebeard’s internal vibrations injured Longinus, but Longinus resisted the damage and kept forcing Whitebeard back.

• Luffy and Zoro marveled that Whitebeard could block Longinus, while Robin explained Whitebeard’s standing among pirates.
• Doflamingo mocked Luffy, who casually dismissed him after Jinbe said he was no match for Longinus.
• Longinus and Whitebeard abandoned their weapons and traded brutal blows that sent enormous waves and sea creatures into the air.
• Whitebeard’s vibrations injured Longinus internally, but Longinus recovered and revealed the attack had failed to defeat him.
• Longinus charged again and repeatedly forced Whitebeard backward, declaring that their exchanges were useless.

Longinus and Whitebeard fought as Whitebeard’s accumulated injuries brought him to the brink of death. Longinus unleashed his Holy Spear, and Whitebeard fell on the battlefield.

• King and Shiryu watched Longinus withstand Whitebeard’s attacks, and Shiryu insisted Whitebeard would not die so easily.
• Whitebeard refused to retreat despite Longinus declaring that he had lost, and Ace pleaded with him to stop fighting.
• Garp told Ace he could not stop the battle and admitted that Longinus had surpassed him.
• Longinus formed his Holy Spear and announced that he would end Whitebeard and the remnants of the old era.
• Whitebeard met Longinus’s Holy Spear with his final strength, and the attack left a fatal hole in his chest.

After Whitebeard's death was broadcast, Akainu attacked Squard and tried to restart the battle against the Whitebeard Pirates. Longinus stopped him, defended the Marines' honor, and declared the war over, leaving Marco's crew a chance to escape.

• Whitebeard's death sparked reactions across the sea, while Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates mourned him on the battlefield.
• Akainu burned Squard to death, and Marco accused him of deceiving Squard into attacking Whitebeard.
• Akainu rejected Red-Haired's appeal to honor the agreement and charged at Marco as the Whitebeard Pirates prepared to fight.
• Longinus caught Marco's and Akainu's attacks, then stopped Akainu from resuming the battle.
• Longinus persuaded Akainu that further fighting would disgrace the Marines, and Akainu withdrew as Longinus announced that the war was over.

The war ended with Longinus preventing further bloodshed, while the Marines and pirates dealt with the aftermath. That night, Akainu confronted Longinus and revealed that the Five Elders had offered to support his bid to become Fleet Admiral.

• Longinus declared the fighting over and ordered the Marines to treat the wounded, while Red-Haired and Beckman warned that Whitebeard’s defeat could bring turmoil and further conflict.
• Sengoku told Garp that Longinus had likely intervened to protect him and Ace from Sakazuki, and Garp admitted that he was a worse teacher than Zephyr.
• Jinbe urged Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates to escape, then said he would return to confess to Longinus for betraying his trust.
• That night, Perona reported Akainu’s arrival to Longinus, and Longinus sent her outside while Akainu demanded that she be killed for seeing him enter.
• Akainu told Longinus that the Five Elders had offered to support his becoming Fleet Admiral, and Longinus suggested they would discard him if he became dangerous.

Longinus persuaded Akainu to join a secret plan to divide Marine Headquarters and deceive the Five Elders, while Akainu insisted that anyone who betrayed the Marines must die. The next day, Longinus and Garp helped rebuild Marineford, where Garp quietly thanked Longinus for what he had done.

• Longinus convinced Akainu that the Five Elders feared an overly powerful Marine Headquarters and that the Space Pirates posed a future threat.
• Longinus and Akainu agreed to keep their full plan secret and split Marine Headquarters to reassure the Five Elders.
• Longinus proposed escalating their conflict during the Fleet Admiral battle until they fought openly and one established a separate faction.
• Akainu declared that the person who betrayed the Marines after the pirates were eliminated must die, then left Longinus's room.
• Longinus joined the Marines rebuilding Marineford, and Garp arrived to help move rubble.
• Garp quietly thanked Longinus for what he had done, and Longinus replied that he had only done his duty.

Sengoku summoned Marine officers to hear the Five Elders’ view before a public election for the next Fleet Admiral. The Government Envoy announced that the Five Elders backed Akainu over Longinus, citing Longinus’s decision to release Whitebeard Pirates remnants.

• Karp told Longinus that Sengoku had done enough as Fleet Admiral, and Longinus admitted he wanted the position but knew it would be difficult to obtain.
• Kaki informed Karp and Longinus that Sengoku had called them to a meeting with a Government Envoy present.
• Marine officers gathered in the central building and discussed which Admiral should become the next Fleet Admiral, with many favoring Longinus.
• Sengoku accepted responsibility for the Impel Down incident and his wartime command, announced he had submitted his resignation, and began the public election process.
• West relayed the Five Elders’ support for Akainu, arguing that Longinus was unfit because he had released Whitebeard Pirates remnants.