Chapter Summaries

Marine Headquarters prepared for the Great Pirate’s public execution, assembling elite Marines and reformed pirates to face the Four Emperors’ crews. The preparations culminated in the arrival of a World Overseer, who stepped through a spatial vortex as the world watched.

• Sengoku told the 40,000 reformed pirates that they had to obey orders and prove their loyalty by defending Marine Headquarters.
• The Marines positioned Pacifistas and cannons around Marineford while their officers and the Seven Warlords of the Sea assembled for battle.
• Blackbeard arrived at Marineford at dawn and filled the final vacant seat among the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
• Aokiji, Kizaru, and Magellan took their seats on the raised platform while Sengoku and Garp stood on the execution platform.
• A spatial vortex appeared before the blood-red Sharingan throne, and an unfamiliar man stepped out as Akainu welcomed him as an Overseer.
• People around the world recognized the man as one of the three World Overseers and reacted with awe to his arrival.

Katsuo declared that he would destroy the Four Emperors after executing the Celestial Dragons, and Akainu began the public executions at Marineford. The Whitebeard Pirates arrived as the Red Hair and Big Mom crews closed in, and the battle began.

• Katsuo addressed the world, condemned the former World Government and the Four Emperors, and declared that the pirate leaders would die.
• Akainu rallied the Marines and, with Katsuo's permission, began publicly executing notorious pirates brought from Impel Down.
• Boa Hancock became infatuated with Katsuo as the executions proceeded.
• Katsuo sensed the Whitebeard Pirates arriving in coated ships and revealed that the Red Hair and Big Mom Pirates were also approaching Marineford.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to attack, and cannon fire opened the battle against the Whitebeard Pirates.

The Marine Admirals and other Marine forces unleashed powerful attacks against Whitebeard’s fleet, while Uchiha Katsuo watched from the throne and noticed the Straw Hat Pirates had joined the battle. Whitebeard’s vanguard struggled to withstand the assault as Magellan sent Poison Dragons into his poison mist.

• Whitebeard deflected the Marines’ cannonballs and raised two tsunamis, but Aokiji froze them and attacked Whitebeard with icy spears.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to fight without restraint, and Hawkeye Mihawk’s slash drove Diamond Jozu back before Jozu pushed it skyward.
• Kizaru’s Yasakani no Magatama damaged the front pirate ships and killed several pirates, while Katsuo noticed the Straw Hat Pirates aboard Whitebeard’s ship.
• Aokiji unleashed an Icefall Barrage, and Whitebeard shattered the falling ice spikes with a punch.
• Magellan engulfed the Whitebeard Pirates in poison mist, but Marco and Nami redirected portions of it before Magellan sent three Poison Dragons into the mist.

Magellan’s poison and the Seven Warlords’ attacks put the Whitebeard Pirates under heavy pressure as Blackbeard joined the Marines in fighting his former allies. When the Big Mom and Red Hair Pirates arrived, Akainu divided the Marines into three forces, while Demon Oars advanced to support Whitebeard and Doflamingo volunteered to face him.

• Magellan sent Poison Dragons against the Whitebeard Pirates, poisoning Blamenco and forcing the pirates to scatter as the Marines and Seven Warlords attacked.
• Sengoku ordered Blackbeard and Jinbe to fight, but Blackbeard attacked Whitebeard’s crew while Jinbe refused to fight them.
• Akainu sent Marine forces led by Garp, Aokiji, Jinbe, and Mihawk against the Big Mom Pirates, and forces led by Sengoku, Kizaru, and Magellan against the Red Hair Pirates.
• Whitebeard struck at Blackbeard, who blocked the shockwave with black water, while Akainu stopped the attack from spreading toward the shore.
• Demon Oars led Whitebeard’s main force toward the inner bay, and Doflamingo volunteered to fight him instead of Akainu.

Oars and the Straw Hat Pirates tried to reach Ace, but Doflamingo’s Birdcage trapped the execution platform and allowed the executions to resume. Whitebeard engaged Akainu while Doflamingo moved to fight Demon Oz.

• Whitebeard warned Oars against charging ahead, then sent his men to cover him as Teach cleared the guards around him in exchange for a favor from Doflamingo.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates defeated the last Pacifista and reached the execution platform, but Doflamingo’s String-String Clone created a Birdcage that they could not break.
• Akainu ordered the executioners to continue, and they began beheading the prisoners while Ace remained trapped.
• Whitebeard clashed with Akainu, but his age and illness left him unable to gain the advantage.
• Demon Oz tried to reach the trapped prisoners, but Doflamingo confronted him and lunged to attack.

Doflamingo used his strings to control Demon Oz, forcing him to attack the Whitebeard Pirates while Doflamingo and Teach resisted their assault. Whitebeard was gravely wounded by Akainu but ordered Marco to rescue Ace, as Luffy continued trying to break through the Birdcage.

• Doflamingo controlled Demon Oz with his strings and made him attack his own companions, badly injuring several pirates and sending Vista flying.
• Jozu tried to stop Oz, while Whitebeard urged Vista and Jozu to target Doflamingo; Akainu took advantage of Whitebeard's distraction and blasted away half his face.
• Marco rushed to help Whitebeard, but Whitebeard ordered him to rescue Ace through the Birdcage, then told the others to focus on Teach and Doflamingo.
• Marco flew toward the execution platform as Whitebeard continued fighting Akainu, while Luffy battered the Birdcage with his bloodied hands and Ace begged him to flee.
• A voice interrupted Luffy's desperate shouts.

Katsuo watched the Marineford battle as Boa Hancock fawned over him and the Red Hair and Big Mom Pirates fought the Marines. He ordered Jack executed, and Jack’s death exposed Kaido’s failure to come rescue his subordinate.

• Boa Hancock threatened Luffy and his crew, then became flustered while gazing at Katsuo.
• Katsuo noticed Shanks’s Conqueror’s Haki had incapacitated most of the Marines and suspected Sengoku, Kizaru, and Magellan were holding back.
• Garp, Aokiji, and Hawkeye Mihawk fought Big Mom Linlin’s crew, while Katsuo wondered where Kaido had gone.
• Katsuo ordered Jack executed, and Shanks’s Conqueror’s Haki was neutralized before it reached the execution platform.
• The executioners beheaded Jack as he cursed Kaido, whose absence from the rescue became visible to the world watching the broadcast.

Kaido learned that Jack had been executed and continued his planned assault on Mariejois to avenge his pride. At Marineford, Katsuo reinforced the Birdcage with Conqueror’s Haki, while Luffy and his allies confronted Boa Hancock, whose powers failed to petrify him.

• Kaido learned that the Marines had beheaded Jack, then ordered his fleet to speed toward Mariejois instead of Marineford.
• Marco tried to enter the Birdcage in Phoenix form, but Katsuo coated its threads with Conqueror’s Haki, injuring Marco and blocking his Elementalization.
• Luffy realized Katsuo controlled the Birdcage and decided to confront him, despite Ace, Zoro, and Sanji trying to stop him.
• Boa Hancock attacked Luffy, Marco, Zoro, and Sanji with Slave Arrow and Perfume Femur.
• Luffy’s feelings made Boa Hancock’s petrification ineffective, and he struck her repeatedly with Gum-Gum Gatling.

Luffy defeated Boa Hancock and publicly provoked Katsuo, the ruler seated on the Empty Throne. Katsuo prepared to kill him, but Akainu intervened and announced that Ace would be executed first.

• Luffy overwhelmed Boa Hancock, then dismissed the Seven Warlords and challenged Katsuo before the world broadcast.
• A tattooed middle-aged man at Revolutionary Army headquarters angrily watched Luffy and contacted a Marine spy, while tavern patrons condemned Luffy for insulting Lord God.
• Katsuo decided to kill Luffy after his provocation and summoned a vast storm and black lightning over Marineford.
• Akainu appeared behind Luffy, making the black lightning pause, and declared that Ace would be executed first.

Ace was executed despite Luffy and the Emperors’ attempts to save him, and Red-Haired Shanks then pleaded with Katsuo to spare the pirates. Katsuo rejected Shanks’s appeal for pirates as a whole, leaving the fate of the defeated crews unresolved.

• Akainu ordered Ace executed, and Whitebeard and Red-Haired Shanks struck the Birdcage but failed to break it.
• The executioner beheaded Ace, leaving Luffy frozen in shock.
• Akainu attacked Luffy, but Marco blocked the blow and Zoro dragged Luffy away before Akainu blasted Marco aside.
• Red-Haired Shanks confronted Akainu, then bowed to Katsuo and begged him to spare their families and leave pirates a way to live.
• Katsuo reminded Shanks that pirates had rejected his offered path and questioned whether their freedom depended on exploiting others.
• Katsuo said he might spare Shanks’s crewmate but would not forgive pirates across the world at Shanks’s request.

Shanks refused Uchiha Katsuo’s offer to join the Marines, leaving the fate of the three pirate Emperors unresolved. When Ben Beckman tried to stop Dega’s execution, Katsuo struck him with Conqueror’s Haki, gravely wounding him and severing his arm.

• Uchiha Katsuo offered to spare the Whitebeard Pirates and Big Mom Pirates if Shanks joined the Marines as a Vice Admiral and the pirate crews disbanded.
• Shanks rejected Katsuo’s terms and said the pirates would fight for the freedom they wanted.
• The Red Hair Pirates discovered that Dega was the only crew member still inside the Birdcage and rushed to break it open before his execution.
• Ben Beckman raised his pistol at the executioner, but Uchiha Katsuo struck him with black lightning from the throne.
• Shanks found Ben Beckman gravely wounded with his right arm severed and recognized that Katsuo’s Conqueror’s Haki was still ravaging his body.

Tyrant Kuma tried to rescue Luffy but was killed by Katsuo before his Devil Fruit could send the Straw Hat Pirates away. Katsuo forced Shanks to choose between submitting and watching everyone die, and Whitebeard stepped forward to test the World Overseer's strength.

• Tyrant Kuma defied Katsuo's order and reached for Luffy, but Katsuo killed him with a beam of black light, and Conqueror's Haki stopped his Devil Fruit ability from taking effect.
• Garp and the others arrived from the western battlefield, where Big Mom Linlin and Jinbe had been badly injured and Aokiji had also suffered wounds.
• Katsuo praised Hawkeye Mihawk for his fight against Big Mom Linlin, while Shanks tried to stop the executioner from killing the Red Hair Pirates' ship doctor.
• Katsuo offered to spare Shanks's people if Shanks submitted, and Whitebeard told Shanks that the Whitebeard Pirates would support his choice.
• Whitebeard declared that the Whitebeard Pirates would join the Red Hair Pirates, then walked toward Katsuo to test his strength.

The Beasts Pirates invaded Mariejois while, at Marineford, Whitebeard and Big Mom joined forces to challenge Katsuo. The chapter ended with the two Emperors advancing toward Katsuo under immense pressure as Shanks remained motionless.

• The Beasts Pirates stormed Mariejois, and King defeated the Marines who tried to stop them.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki heard an explosion and welcomed the chance to offer sacrifices to the Divine Tree.
• Whitebeard prepared to face Katsuo, while Marco tried to take his place and the Marines blocked his path.
• Whitebeard’s and Big Mom Linlin’s crews charged the six defenders, forcing them back as Shanks stayed still.
• Whitebeard and Big Mom Linlin renewed their alliance and advanced toward Katsuo despite the crushing pressure.

Katsuo revealed a Haki Dragon Transformation and blocked Whitebeard and Big Mom Linlin’s combined attack without leaving the throne. Their clash devastated Marineford and cut off the broadcast, leaving the world unable to see what happened next.

• Whitebeard and Big Mom Linlin blocked Katsuo’s black lightning and charged toward him at the throne.
• Katsuo manifested a black Haki dragon, shocking Shanks, Sengoku, and Garp with his extraordinary Haki.
• The dragon’s roar knocked out nearly everyone at Marineford, but Whitebeard and Big Mom Linlin continued their attack.
• Katsuo’s dragon caught Whitebeard’s sword in its jaws and stopped Big Mom Linlin’s blade with a claw.
• Whitebeard and Big Mom Linlin unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki against the dragon, destroying Marine Headquarters and tearing open the clouds.
• The clash severed Marineford’s signals and broadcast, leaving viewers around the world staring at black screens.

Katsuo used his black Haki dragon to kill Whitebeard and then battled Big Mom Linlin. The chapter ended as the wounded Big Mom began cracking the dragon’s jaws, while a black glow built in its throat.

• Katsuo’s black dragon flung Big Mom Linlin away and carried Whitebeard high into the sky.
• Whitebeard released his sword and dove toward Katsuo, but the dragon caught him and bit him fatally.
• The dragon confronted Big Mom Linlin, withstanding attacks from Zeus, Prometheus, and her Ikoku strike.
• Katsuo’s dragon pierced Big Mom Linlin’s chest with black lightning, but she seized its jaws and held them apart.
• The dragon slashed Big Mom Linlin’s abdomen, and her desperate strength began cracking its jaws as black light gathered in its throat.

Katsuo ended the battle by killing Big Mom Linlin and accepting Shanks’s surrender after Akainu argued for keeping useful pirates alive. He spared the Straw Hat Crew for three days after Chopper agreed to Katsuo’s deal, leaving Chopper terrified about what would happen next.

• Katsuo’s black dragon killed Big Mom Linlin, and Shanks knelt to pledge allegiance to the Marines.
• Sengoku and the others pleaded for Shanks, while Akainu proposed keeping useful pirates and using the Red Hair Pirates to restrain the rest; Katsuo agreed.
• Akainu received word that Mariejois was under attack, but Katsuo said the Beasts Pirates posed little threat and ordered the Marines to clean up Marineford.
• Katsuo woke Chopper and offered to spare his companions if Chopper followed him; Chopper accepted when Kizaru prepared to kill Luffy.
• Katsuo ordered the Straw Hat Crew imprisoned and gave Chopper three days to adjust before following him.

Katsuo placed a Pet Collar on Blackbeard before leaving Marine Headquarters, while Shanks confronted Blackbeard over their grudge. At Mariejois, Bloodthirsty Vines nearly wiped out the Beasts Pirates, leaving Kaido and King trapped above a seemingly indestructible sea of trees.

• Katsuo gave Blackbeard a nine-colored Pet Collar, and Blackbeard pretended to be grateful when Katsuo threatened him.
• Katsuo ordered Akainu to gather the corpses and take them to the base of the two Divine Trees near Mariejois, then vanished.
• Doflamingo mocked Blackbeard, and Shanks demanded that they settle their private grudge while Blackbeard accused Shanks of plotting rebellion.
• Bloodthirsty Vines overwhelmed the Beasts Pirates at Mariejois, draining weaker pirates and dragging Queen the Plague and others underground.
• Kaido transformed into a dragon and escaped into the air with King as the vines spread across the Holy Land.
• Kaido blasted the sea of trees with Heat Breath, but the flames died out and the severed vines quickly recovered.

Kaido and King fought the expanding sea of trees at the Holy Land before Kaguya Otsutsuki attacked them. King was swallowed by the vines, and Kaido was overwhelmed and killed as he thought of Yamato.

• Kaido attacked the advancing sea of trees with Heat Breath, but vines caught his tail and King freed him with Fire Emperor Slash.
• King spotted two enormous Divine Trees and suggested they might be the source or weakness of the vines, so Kaido flew toward them.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki appeared behind King and struck him into the sea of trees, where the vines swallowed him.
• Kaido charged Kaguya Otsutsuki, but she crushed him with her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and sent him crashing into the vines.
• The sea of trees engulfed Kaido, and he died while thinking of Yamato.

Katsuo reunited with Kaguya Otsutsuki after she used the Divine Tree to defeat their enemy while sparing the World Government personnel and Marines. Days later, Cobra brought Katsuo Devil Fruits and Pure Gold rings recovered from the Figarland Family, and Katsuo discovered the rings’ power might grant immortality.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki withdrew the Divine Trees from Mariejois, revealing that the surviving personnel and Marines were unharmed.
• Katsuo teased Kaguya Otsutsuki, who told him to wait until they returned before kissing her.
• Cobra presented Katsuo with five chests of Devil Fruits, including four chests of artificial Zoan fruits, and agreed to locate Vegapunk.
• Cobra gave Katsuo two Pure Gold rings recovered from the Figarland Family.
• Katsuo put on both rings, sensed an energy field that could slow aging, and wondered about finding more Pure Gold in the sea.

Katsuo decided how the remaining Seven Warlords would be dealt with and studied the rules within Devil Fruits to strengthen his abilities. After experimenting with their powers, he turned his attention to Devil Fruit users as another source of knowledge.

• Katsuo ordered Cobra to compile a detailed list of Devil Fruit users and their abilities.
• Katsuo ordered Doflamingo to restore Dressrosa’s throne to its former king and serve in the Marines, or face execution.
• Katsuo abolished the Seven Warlords, assigning different fates to Blackbeard Teach, Hawkeye Mihawk, Boa Hancock, and Jinbe; he also asked for Fish-Man Island’s king to rejoin the New World Government and for its Starfish Princess to be brought to him.
• Katsuo analyzed Artificial Devil Fruits, copying fragments of their rules and using them to simulate useful abilities.
• Katsuo studied the complete elemental rules in natural Logia Devil Fruits and considered inscribing fire rules onto his Fire Dao Ball.
• Katsuo turned his attention to the world’s Devil Fruit users.