Chapter Summaries

Matsuba left Alabasta with Vivi after confirming he had found Pluto, then recycled the super warship in the system for Exchange Points. Back aboard his ship, he reunited with Hancock, Olvia, and the others, who had brought back Devil Fruits from a pirate ship.

• Matsuba took the women to Alabasta’s royal capital, where Cobra asked about Pluto and learned Matsuba had found it.
• Vivi said goodbye to Cobra, and Matsuba promised to take good care of her before leaving with the others.
• Matsuba entered the system space, reunited with the women there, and recycled Pluto for four hundred thousand Exchange Points.
• Matsuba returned to his room and learned that Nami and the others had taken jewelry and Devil Fruits from a pirate ship.
• Matsuba took the Devil Fruits from Nami, who found another one hidden in the chest and gave it to him.

Songsongyu and his companions boarded Moria's enormous ship in the Florian Triangle, where Perona attacked them with her Negative Ghosts and zombies. After the group defeated her forces, Perona surrendered, then fainted twice when Sugar threatened her.

• Songsongyu and his companions reached Moria's ship and explored its eerie decks.
• Moria learned Songsongyu had arrived and ordered Perona to confront the uninvited guests, hoping to seize his shadow.
• Perona found Songsongyu's group and attacked them with Negative Ghosts after he asked to see Moria.
• Songsongyu caught Perona's spiritual clones, while Robin destroyed the zombie army with a blast.
• Perona tried to flee, surrendered when Songsongyu stopped her, and fainted after Sugar threatened her with a knife.

Songsongyu and his group confronted Moria after Perona led them to him, and Perona’s Remorse Ghost forced Moria to confess that he had ordered the ambush. Songsongyu took Moria’s Shadow-Shadow Fruit and left Thriller Bark, while Perona followed the group toward Marine Headquarters.

• Perona woke up and led Songsongyu and the others to Moria to save her life.
• Moria denied ordering Perona’s attack and tried to make her take the blame.
• Perona used her Remorse Ghost on Moria, forcing him to confess and kneel in repentance.
• Baby-5 shot the invisible Absalom with an Armament Haki-coated bullet as he prepared to ambush Perona.
• Songsongyu took Moria’s Shadow-Shadow Fruit, causing the stolen shadows to return and the zombies to die.
• Perona secretly followed Songsongyu’s group after they left, and Songsongyu asked whether she would go with them to Marine Headquarters.

Hyuga Matsuba discussed Blackbeard’s defection and Luffy’s new pirate bounty with the Marines before returning home. After Whitebeard’s crew dealt with the aftermath of Thatch’s murder, Ace secretly set out alone to capture Blackbeard, leaving Marco uneasy.

• Hyuga Matsuba visited Marine Headquarters, where Garp and others questioned him about his clashes with Big Mom and Hawk Eyes.
• Hyuga Matsuba showed Garp Luffy’s wanted poster, and Garp lamented that both his grandsons had become pirates.
• Hyuga Matsuba told the Marines that Blackbeard had killed Thatch for a Logia-type Devil Fruit and had once scarred Red-Haired Shanks.
• Whitebeard blamed himself for failing to understand Blackbeard, while Ace offered to capture him and Whitebeard instead focused on handling the aftermath.
• Ace secretly departed alone in a small boat to pursue Blackbeard, and Whitebeard let him go despite Marco’s uneasy feeling.

Red-Haired Shanks boarded Whitebeard’s ship to warn him that Blackbeard would defeat Ace, but Whitebeard refused to recall his son and drove Shanks away. Shanks returned to his crew and accepted that they had to focus on rescuing Beckman from Impel Down.

• Red-Haired Shanks left Lucky Roo aboard his ship and boarded Whitebeard’s Moby Dick with a barrel of wine.
• Marco tested Shanks’s wine before Whitebeard drank it, and Shanks said he had come to discuss Blackbeard.
• Whitebeard became enraged when Shanks warned him to call Ace back, and the two briefly clashed with their weapons.
• Shanks warned Whitebeard again that Ace could not defeat Blackbeard, but Whitebeard dismissed him and ordered him to leave.
• Shanks returned to his ship, where Yasopp lowered his rifle, and told Lucky Roo that Whitebeard would not listen.
• Shanks agreed with Lucky Roo that rescuing Beckman from Impel Down had to take priority.

Sengoku held a meeting about the possibility that Shanks and Whitebeard were cooperating and considered Blackbeard’s bid for a vacant Shichibukai position. The Admirals were ordered to watch the two pirate crews, while Sengoku remained open to granting Blackbeard the position if he captured more pirates.

• Sengoku summoned Matsuba, Garp, and the other commanders to discuss intelligence that Shanks had spent a long time talking with Whitebeard.
• Aokiji warned that the Four Emperors might have joined forces, and Sengoku ordered Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan to monitor their crews in the New World.
• Akainu proposed attacking one of the Four Emperors, but Sengoku explained that the others would likely retaliate together.
• Sengoku revealed that Blackbeard had captured high-bounty pirates in exchange for a Shichibukai position, which had become vacant after Crocodile’s death.
• Sengoku considered giving Blackbeard a chance to join the Shichibukai if he captured more pirates, despite Aokiji’s concern about offending Whitebeard.

Blackbeard defeated Ace on Banaro Island and captured him, intending to trade him to the Marines for the position of Shichibukai. Blackbeard sailed toward Marine Headquarters with Ace in Seastone handcuffs, betting Sengoku would accept his offer.

• After several months of upheaval, Blackbeard pursued Luffy and encountered Ace on Banaro Island.
• Blackbeard offered Ace a place in his crew and revealed his plan to capture Luffy and become a Shichibukai, but Ace attacked him to avenge Thatch and protect Luffy.
• Ace's fire attacks failed against Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit, and Blackbeard overpowered him in close combat.
• Blackbeard refused to kill Ace and decided to use him as leverage, knowing he was Pirate King Roger's son.
• Blackbeard ordered his crew to put Seastone handcuffs on Ace and sail for Marine Headquarters to present him to Sengoku.

Sengoku summoned the Navy after Blackbeard reported capturing Ace and identified him as Gol D. Roger’s posthumous son. Sengoku offered Blackbeard the Shichibukai title, but Hyuga Matsuba attacked him, destroyed his crew’s ship, and let him escape.

• Sengoku told the officers that Blackbeard had captured Roger’s posthumous son, and the Navy saw Ace bound aboard Blackbeard’s ship.
• Akainu threatened Blackbeard with a magma attack, but withdrew it after Blackbeard prepared to counter.
• Blackbeard claimed Ace was Roger’s son, and Ace denied it, declaring Whitebeard was his father.
• Sengoku granted Blackbeard the Shichibukai title for capturing Ace, despite Aokiji’s doubts.
• Hyuga Matsuba slammed Blackbeard into the ground and destroyed his ship and crew with lightning after Van Augur aimed at him.
• Matsuba spared Blackbeard, who left Marine Headquarters filled with anger and fear.

After the Marines captured Ace and announced his public execution alongside Ben Beckman, Whitebeard and Shanks prepared to rescue them. Sengoku held firm as Garp struggled with his family ties, while Kaido and Big Mom watched the crisis unfold.

• Hyuga Matsuba brushed off questions about attacking Blackbeard, while Sengoku ordered Aokiji and Akainu to escort Ace and warned Garp not to interfere.
• Ace apologized tearfully to Garp as he was taken away, and Garp left after accepting Sengoku's warning.
• Whitebeard learned that Ace and Ben Beckman faced public execution and ordered his forces to gather for a rescue.
• Shanks urged Whitebeard to attack the underwater prison immediately, but Whitebeard argued that Sengoku might have moved the prisoners and set a trap.
• Whitebeard agreed to act at the public execution, while Kaido and Big Mom watched as Whitebeard's and Shanks' forces began gathering.

Sengoku learned that Blackbeard and Ace had freed the prisoners from Impel Down while the Marines prepared to execute Ace and Beckman and face Whitebeard and Shanks. As Ace and Beckman reached the execution platform, Silvers Rayleigh decided to sail to Marine Headquarters and look for a chance to save Ace.

• A Marine soldier reported to Sengoku that Blackbeard and Ace had released the prisoners, and Sengoku learned that Magellan was gravely wounded.
• Sengoku ordered the Shichibukai to leave, then discovered Ace and Beckman had been escorted onto the execution platform.
• Beckman accepted that he and Ace might die, while Ace looked toward Garp through tears.
• Pirates across the world watched the execution broadcast, and Silvers Rayleigh decided to leave Sabaody Archipelago for Marine Headquarters.
• Silvers Rayleigh sailed toward Marine Headquarters, considering whether he could help save Ace.

Sengoku revealed Ace’s parentage at the execution platform, and the Whitebeard and Red-Haired Pirates arrived to rescue him. The battle erupted across Marineford as Kaido moved to seize their territories while they were away.

• Sengoku announced that Ace was Pirate King Roger’s son and ordered the Marines to prepare for the approaching fleets.
• The Whitebeard and Red-Haired Pirates emerged from beneath the sea, and Whitebeard promised to rescue Ace.
• Little Oars charged toward Ace but was overwhelmed by the Shichibukai and fell, enraging Ace and Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard unleashed a seaquake, Aokiji froze the waves, and Akainu’s magma assault failed to stop the pirates.
• Red-Haired used Conqueror’s Haki against the Marines, while Sengoku attacked him with shockwaves and destroyed his ship.
• Kaido set out to seize Whitebeard’s and Red-Haired’s territories while both pirate crews were at Marineford.

Whitebeard battled the Marines at Marineford while Sengoku urged Hyuga Matsuba to intervene, but Matsuba stayed seated and drank tea. Dao-Robed Wang Laoxing arrived with Steel Bone Kong and challenged Whitebeard, who struck him hard but left him standing.

• Whitebeard forced Kizaru back, kicked a Giant Vice Admiral away, and cut him down in midair.
• Sengoku called on Hyuga Matsuba to fight, but Matsuba claimed his stomach hurt and refused to leave his tea.
• A sword aura drove Whitebeard back, revealing Dao-Robed Wang Laoxing and Steel Bone Kong; Matsuba mocked Wang Laoxing, who recalled his past humiliation and resolved to focus on Whitebeard.
• Steel Bone Kong went to help Aokiji, while Dao-Robed Wang Laoxing ordered Akainu and Kizaru to other battlefields and faced Whitebeard alone.
• Whitebeard struck Wang Laoxing with his blade and Tremor-Tremor Fruit power, sending him flying and drawing blood, but Wang Laoxing rose without serious injury.

Luffy arrived at the battle to rescue Ace, but Garp stood in his way and Jinbe was quickly defeated. Garp went easy on Luffy, letting him take the key, while Doflamingo’s attack on Luffy was turned back against him.

• Beckman and Ace worried about the powerful forces gathered for the battle, while Jinbe and Ivankov reassured Luffy and prepared to help rescue Ace.
• The fighting between Whitebeard and the Five Elders devastated the area, and Hyuga Matsuba told the girls not to worry about their damaged home.
• Luffy reached Ace, but Garp blocked his path and Jinbe’s attack was stopped by Garp’s punch.
• Garp challenged Luffy to defeat him for the key, then let Luffy knock him down and take it.
• Yasopp deterred an admiral from stopping Luffy, while Sengoku stayed occupied with Red-Haired Shanks.
• Doflamingo attacked Luffy, but the attack was blocked and sent back into Doflamingo’s face.

Luffy freed Ace and Beckman, but Akainu and the Marines blocked their escape. Whitebeard fought to protect them, while Akainu provoked Ace into turning back toward danger.

• Luffy reached Ace and freed him, while Ace used flames to break his own shackles and Beckman joined them.
• Akainu attacked the group, and Ace and Beckman tried to hold him off as Ace urged Luffy to escape.
• Whitebeard arrived and ordered Ace to run, while Shanks struggled to protect the escaping pirates from Sengoku and Kizaru.
• Whitebeard fought Kizaru and the Tao-Robed Five Elder, then Kong ordered Akainu to capture Ace and assigned Whitebeard as his own opponent.
• Akainu insulted Whitebeard, and Ace slowed down and turned back despite knowing the provocation was a trap.

Ace stopped to confront Akainu after Akainu insulted Whitebeard, and Akainu killed him while he protected Luffy. Garp erupted in fury and attacked Akainu, leaving Sengoku alarmed as the battle continued.

• Ace ignored the Whitebeard Pirates’ pleas to leave and challenged Akainu after he insulted Whitebeard and Roger.
• Akainu overpowered Ace, then struck at Luffy; Ace blocked the attack and was fatally pierced by Akainu’s magma.
• Ivankov shielded Luffy, and Rayleigh knocked him unconscious so Jinbe and the others could carry him away.
• The Whitebeard Pirates carried Ace’s body away as their morale collapsed, while Whitebeard watched in grief and anger.
• Garp kicked Rayleigh aside and seized Akainu, brutally punching him until Sengoku demanded to know what he was doing.

Matsuba finally entered the battle after taunting the injured Five Elders, then challenged Beckman and his allies. He killed Lucky Roo and Yasopp with Rasengan and returned bullets, leaving Beckman facing Matsuba with his crew fallen.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to rescue Akainu and shut down the visual Den Den Mushi, but Garp’s beating of Akainu had already spread around the world.
• Whitebeard charged at Akainu while Steel Bone Kong tried to stop him, and the Five Elders in Daoist robes demanded that Matsuba intervene.
• Matsuba rose and challenged the Five Elders in Daoist robes, who backed down and fled.
• Matsuba approached Beckman and challenged him, while Lucky Roo and Yasopp refused to abandon their injured crewmate.
• Matsuba struck Lucky Roo with two Rasengan, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Yasopp fired at Matsuba, who caught the bullets and sent them back, killing Yasopp.

Tatsumi watched the battle at Marineford as Whitebeard overwhelmed Akainu and the Five Elders in Daoist robes. Whitebeard smashed Akainu into the ground with a devastating punch, leaving Tatsumi wondering whether Akainu could survive it.

• Tatsumi struck Lucky Roo with lightning, but Lucky Roo endured the attack, while Beckman kicked a shadow clone and discovered Tatsumi behind him.
• Whitebeard clashed with Akainu, and Steel Bone Kong restrained Garp to stop him from killing the admiral.
• Whitebeard battered Akainu and raised his naginata to finish him, but the Five Elders in Daoist robes intervened with a sword that matched the blade.
• Whitebeard kicked the Five Elders in Daoist robes aside, blocked Akainu's sneak attack, and punched Akainu into the fractured ground.
• Tatsumi watched Akainu's twisted face and wondered whether he had survived Whitebeard's punch.

Whitebeard tried to kill Akainu, but Kong and Sengoku intervened, and the battle left Kong dead. Shanks and Rayleigh then faced Hyuga Matsuba, who overwhelmed them both and left them badly injured.

• Whitebeard struck Akainu, but Kong blocked the blow and died before Sengoku intervened to save Akainu from another attack.
• Shanks attacked Hyuga Matsuba, but a mysterious force sent him flying, and Rayleigh rushed to help him escape.
• Shanks refused to retreat, so Rayleigh chose to fight alongside him despite Matsuba warning them to leave.
• Matsuba stopped Rayleigh's sword with a mysterious force and injured his arm, then turned to face both men as they attacked together.
• Matsuba struck Shanks in the stomach, shattered Rayleigh's sword, and sent him crashing to the ground with a severe, agonizing wound.

Chen overwhelmed Shanks and Rayleigh with his attacks and Conqueror’s Haki, then killed Shanks with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. Rayleigh survived, while the Marines and pirates at Marineford struggled to comprehend Chen’s power.

• Chen’s attacks wounded Shanks and Rayleigh, draining their life force and corroding their bodies as they tried to defend themselves.
• Shanks urged Rayleigh to escape, but Chen accelerated his attacks and unleashed overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki that knocked them both down and changed the weather.
• After Sugar asked him to stop, Chen withdrew his Haki, and Shanks and Rayleigh slowly regained consciousness.
• Shanks refused to surrender and stood to face Chen, while Rayleigh was too exhausted to rise.
• Chen used the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to split Marineford and the sea, killing Shanks while sparing Rayleigh.
• The seawater flowed back together, and the Marines and pirates stared at Chen, believing only a god could wield such power.

After Shanks's death, Matsuba let Auntie Shag take Rayleigh away and left the fighting to the Marines and pirates. Whitebeard ordered his sons to retreat, then fought on alone as the Marines destroyed their ships and Akainu gravely wounded him, but Whitebeard remained standing.

• Auntie Shag asked Matsuba to let her take Rayleigh, and he agreed, so she dragged Rayleigh away from the battlefield.
• Jozu and Marco struggled against Aokiji and Kizaru while Whitebeard fought Sengoku, the Five Elders, and Akainu.
• Whitebeard ordered Marco and the other pirates to leave, and they began retreating as the Marines pursued them and sank their ships.
• Jozu covered the retreat while Whitebeard destroyed the cannon barrage and badly injured Onigumo.
• Akainu struck Whitebeard's face with magma, but Whitebeard survived and sent Akainu crashing to the ground.