Chapter Summaries

Robin chose to return to the Straw Hat Crew after the Buster Call began, and Luffy answered by declaring war on the World Government to save her. The chapter ended with the drawbridge still raised as the pirates and guards fought fiercely.

• Robin realized the Buster Call would destroy Enies Lobby and cried out that she wanted to live.
• Spandam taunted Luffy and the others, claiming they could not escape the World Government’s pursuit.
• Luffy told Sniper King to shoot down the World Government flag, and Usopp burned it with Firebird Star.
• Luffy told Robin that the Straw Hat Crew were her nakama and promised they were coming to save her.
• Bai Hao watched the battle and noted that the drawbridge remained raised despite the pirates’ strengthened forces.

Franky revealed the Pluton blueprints to CP9 as the lowered suspension bridge let the Straw Hats prepare to charge. The chapter left Franky holding the blueprints in front of Lucci and Kaku.

• Lucci attacked Luffy as he tried to return to the rooftop, but Usopp’s firebird snipe forced Lucci to dodge and Luffy got back safely.
• Luffy told Zoro to cut the other suspension bridge support, but the Franky Family lowered the bridge before Zoro could strike.
• Spandam realized the bridge had been lowered and blamed his subordinates for failing to stop the pirates.
• Franky pulled the blueprints from his stomach and showed them to Lucci and Kaku, confirming they were for the Ancient Weapon Pluton.

Franky burned the Pluton blueprints rather than let Spandam take them, betting that the Straw Hat Crew would defeat the World Government and buying them time. Spandam’s escape was delayed by the lowered drawbridge, but a cannonball stopped it before Luffy’s crew could cross.

• Lucci and Kaku confirmed that the blueprints hidden in Franky’s stomach were real, and Spandam demanded them.
• Franky explained why he had once protected the blueprints and said he now trusted Robin and her companions, then burned the plans to ashes.
• Spandam attacked Franky and ordered CP9 to hold off the Straw Hat Crew while Lucci helped him take Robin.
• Franky revealed that the drawbridge had been lowered halfway, but a cannonball struck it and stopped its descent.
• Spandam celebrated the Straw Hat Crew’s blocked route and hurried to evacuate, while Luffy watched helplessly from across the gap.

The Straw Hat Crew fought CP9 to rescue Robin and retrieve the key to her handcuffs, while the Franky Family and shipwrights were overwhelmed by the Marines. Spandam’s mistake triggered the Buster Call, and the chapter ended with Enies Lobby under indiscriminate bombardment as both sides intensified their battles.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew split up to fight CP9 while Luffy pursued Spandam and Robin, only to be stopped by Lucci.
• The Franky Family and shipwrights fell behind against the Marines and were captured or defeated.
• Warships surrounded Enies Lobby and began firing, confusing the island’s guards.
• CP9 and the Straw Hat Crew realized the Buster Call had begun and feared they would not escape in time.
• The Straw Hat Crew and CP9 unleashed their strongest techniques to end their fights quickly.

The Straw Hat Crew defeated CP9 but were trapped on Enies Lobby as the Buster Call warships bombarded the island. After regrouping, they split up to find Luffy, help Chopper, rescue Robin, and find an escape ship, while Robin was already being taken to the harbor.

• Spandam dragged Robin toward the harbor while she resisted, and the warships continued firing on Enies Lobby.
• The Straw Hat Crew defeated their CP9 opponents, obtained the keys, and reunited as Luffy defeated Lucci with Gear Third.
• The warships surrounded Enies Lobby, leaving the Straw Hat Crew with no clear way to escape.
• Bai Hao watched the crew's predicament and wondered whether they would need his help.
• The Straw Hat Crew assigned Nami to help Chopper, Zoro and Sanji to find Luffy and rescue Robin, and Usopp and Franky to find a ship.
• Zoro and Sanji found Luffy, and Chopper returned to normal, but Robin was already at the harbor and the crew still had no escape plan.

Usopp was struck by a cannon blast and began sensing people’s presences, including Robin’s, which Bai Hao suspected was Observation Haki. He used the ability to locate Robin and fired a steel ball toward her as Spandam dragged her toward a ship.

• Nami and Franky struggled to find a way off Enies Lobby while Marine warships bombarded them.
• A cannonball exploded near Usopp, and he began sensing nearby people and Robin’s presence from far away.
• Franky suggested Usopp use his new ability to find Robin and send her the key, and Usopp agreed.
• Usopp sensed Robin and the people around her, calculated his shot, and fired a steel ball toward them.
• As Spandam dragged Robin toward a ship and threatened her, a steel ball struck him and knocked him unconscious.

The Straw Hat Crew reunited and reached the harbor, only to find that the Marines had taken every ship. As the crew prepared to fight their way out, Usopp sensed the Going Merry coming to rescue them.

• Nami, Usopp, and the Franky Family rushed to Robin and helped bring the crew together.
• The Straw Hat Crew found the harbor empty of ships and came under Marine fire.
• Robin blamed herself for putting everyone in danger, but Luffy reassured her that they would escape.
• Sanji and Zoro prepared to fight the approaching Marines and seize their warship.
• Usopp listened, sensed the Going Merry, and announced that it had come to save them.

Bai Hao wondered how Going Merry reached Enies Lobby, then watched Luffy’s group escape aboard it. At Navy Headquarters, Sengoku blamed the mysterious effects at Enies Lobby on the Witness of History and questioned his motives.

• Usopp recognized Going Merry and led the Straw Hat Crew to it, where Kokoro rescued them from the sea.
• Bai Hao sensed that Going Merry was undamaged and had not broken through the barrier, then watched the crew sail away from Enies Lobby.
• Sengoku confronted Garp over Luffy’s actions, and Garp left to capture his grandson.
• Sengoku reviewed the report about the special effects at Enies Lobby and suspected the Witness of History had caused them.

Sengoku reported the Enies Lobby incident to the Five Elders, who concluded that the Witness of History was responsible and brought the matter to Imu. Imu decided to contact the Witness while restricting key figures, then ordered Akainu to pursue the Straw Hat Crew.

• Sengoku presented his analysis, and the Five Elders agreed the Witness of History had caused the special effects at Enies Lobby.
• The Five Elders ordered Sengoku to raise the Straw Hat Crew’s bounties and dismiss CP9 while investigating them.
• The Five Elders told Imu about the incident, and Imu considered Bai Hao’s possible motives and his connections to Luffy, Shirahoshi, Otohime, and Vivi.
• Imu decided to contact the Witness of History and restrict the growth of important figures.
• Imu ordered the Five Elders to increase the Straw Hat Crew’s bounties and have Akainu pursue them, leaving Sengoku worried about the consequences.

Sengoku ordered Akainu to pursue and kill the Straw Hat Crew, while Garp rushed toward Water 7 to protect Luffy. Meanwhile, Ace confronted Blackbeard again, confident he had found a way to defeat him.

• Sengoku informed Garp that Akainu had been sent after the Straw Hat Crew, and Garp ordered his ship to speed toward Water 7.
• Akainu hurried toward Water 7 ahead of Garp, planning to kill Luffy and use the fallout to target Garp and Dragon.
• Ace found Blackbeard on a small island in the Grand Line and said he had come to capture him.
• Blackbeard challenged Ace to show what he could do, while his subordinates fled.

Ace fought Blackbeard using Armament Haki and physical attacks to counter Dark Water, but Blackbeard seized the advantage after revealing that Ace was Roger’s son. Blackbeard explained his admiration for Roger as the battle continued.

• Blackbeard pulled Ace in with Dark Water, but Ace used flames to obscure his body before Blackbeard struck him with an Armament Haki punch.
• Ace let Blackbeard pull him close, knocked aside the hand channeling Dark Water, and battered him with Armament Haki.
• Ace told Blackbeard that their encounter had taught him not to rely too much on his Devil Fruit and that he had trained his physical techniques and Haki.
• Blackbeard revealed that he had overheard Ace speaking with Whitebeard and knew Ace was Roger’s son, then restrained Ace and seized him with Dark Water.
• Blackbeard said he admired Roger more than Whitebeard, praising Roger for surrendering when his body failed and inspiring the Great Age of Piracy with his death.

Blackbeard defeated Ace after a day of fighting and planned to use his capture to gain the Marines’ favor and eventually take Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Meanwhile, Shanks’s ship approached the Whitebeard Pirates, whose weaker crew members collapsed from his Haki before the meeting began.

• Ace rejected Blackbeard’s offer to join him and tricked him by evading Dark Water before striking him with Fire Fist.
• Blackbeard and Ace fought for an entire day, and Blackbeard emerged victorious with Ace captured.
• Blackbeard planned to hand Ace to the Marines, gain the title of Shichibukai, and use the ensuing conflict to kill Whitebeard and take his Devil Fruit.
• Shanks’s Red-Haired Pirates approached the Whitebeard Pirates’ ship in the New World.
• Marco warned the rookies to stand back, but several crew members fainted from Shanks’s Haki.

Red-Haired Shanks visited Whitebeard to discuss Bai Hao, whom they suspected might be an outsider observing history. Shanks then revealed that he had come to discuss the two wounds he could never forget.

• Shanks boarded Whitebeard's ship with his crew and said he had let the crew take a nap.
• Whitebeard welcomed Shanks, shared wine with him, and mentioned a strange wine given to him by Bai Hao.
• Shanks asked whether Bai Hao was the Witness of History and said Bai Hao's abilities did not come from a Devil Fruit.
• Whitebeard speculated that Bai Hao might be from another world and said he seemed to have no malicious intentions.
• Shanks agreed to set aside suspicions about Bai Hao, then told Whitebeard he had come to discuss two unforgettable wounds.

Red-Haired warned Whitebeard that Blackbeard Teach was powerful and dangerous, and urged him to recall Ace. Whitebeard refused, and after clashing blades with him, Red-Haired returned to his ship and began planning for the coming war.

• Red-Haired told Whitebeard that Teach had wounded him and had long hidden his strength while waiting for the right moment to act.
• Red-Haired asked Whitebeard to stop Ace from pursuing Teach, warning that Ace would lose if they fought.
• Whitebeard refused, insisting that Teach had to answer for killing a crewmate, and he and Red-Haired crossed blades, splitting the clouds and churning the sea.
• Red-Haired returned alone to his ship and told his crew that Whitebeard had rejected his advice and that a great storm was coming.
• Ben Beckman urged Red-Haired to prepare, and Red-Haired predicted that Teach would hand Ace over to the Marines, who would use him to draw Whitebeard into war while Kaido attacked.

Red-Haired sent an intern to Sabaody to ask Old Lei whether he could contact Bai Hao, whom he hoped might prevent the conflict over Ace. In Water 7, the Straw Hat Crew were confronted by Marine Vice Admiral Garp, who woke Luffy with a punch and revealed he was Luffy’s grandfather.

• Red-Haired sent an intern to Sabaody with a Den Den Mushi to ask Old Lei how to contact Bai Hao.
• Red-Haired hoped Bai Hao would intervene but doubted he would alter history.
• After sleeping for several days following the Enies Lobby battle, Luffy was awakened when Garp punched him.
• Garp revealed himself as Luffy’s grandfather, leaving the Straw Hat Crew stunned.

Garp warned Luffy that Akainu was coming to hunt the Straw Hat crew, so Franky offered them a temporary ship to leave Water 7. Two Marines attacked Luffy and Zoro, then revealed themselves as old acquaintances Koby and Helmeppo.

• Garp scolded Luffy for becoming a pirate and fell asleep alongside him before waking to resume the reprimand.
• Garp warned Luffy that Akainu was coming, and the Straw Hat crew decided to leave Water 7 rather than fight an admiral.
• Nami pointed out that the crew had no ship, so Franky offered them one to use until their new ship was ready.
• Two Marines attacked Luffy and Zoro, but the pair defeated them after being caught off guard by their Soru.
• Koby revealed himself to Luffy, while Zoro also looked puzzled as the Marines greeted them as old friends.

After the Straw Hat Crew fled Water 7 to avoid Akainu, Usopp was left behind, despondent on the beach. Bai Hao, the mysterious Witness of History, appeared and spoke to him, but had not yet explained why he came.

• Garp warned the Straw Hat Crew that Akainu would soon come looking for them and urged them to leave Water 7.
• Robin feared that Akainu was coming after her, so Luffy took her with him as the crew prepared to flee.
• The Straw Hat Crew boarded Franky’s ship and left Water 7 while Garp pretended to chase them.
• Usopp watched the ships disappear, felt abandoned, and collapsed on the beach.
• Bai Hao introduced himself to Usopp as the Witness of History and formed two chairs from the sand.
• Usopp sat down and asked Bai Hao why he had come, and Bai Hao said he only wanted to tell him something.

Bai Hao drove Usopp away from Water 7’s streets to keep him from Akainu’s men, then watched Akainu arrive and target the people tied to the Enies Lobby incident. Akainu captured the Franky Family, the shipwrights, and Usopp, and announced their judgment would take place in three days, hoping Luffy would come for them.

• Bai Hao told Usopp he could still return to the Straw Hat ship one day, then vanished as Usopp headed for the Franky Family’s factory.
• Bai Hao watched Akainu’s warship approach Water 7 and hoped Usopp would avoid capture.
• Akainu arrived in Water 7 and confronted Iceberg about the company’s ship being seen at Enies Lobby.
• Akainu ordered a blanket search of Water 7 while Marines watched Iceberg’s office to stop him from warning anyone.
• Akainu’s men captured the shipwrights, the Franky Family, and Usopp, and Akainu announced their judgment would be held in three days.

After Akainu set a trial date for Usopp, Franky, and the Water 7 shipyard foremen, the Straw Hat Crew and Garp headed back to rescue them. Aokiji went to Water 7 to investigate, while Iceberg struggled to get Akainu to release the foremen without provoking a deadly crackdown.

• Nami read that Akainu had scheduled the trial of Usopp, Franky, and the shipyard foremen for three days later, and Luffy ordered the crew to turn back and save them.
• Garp saw the news, tore up the newspaper in anger, and ordered his ship to return to Water 7.
• Bai Hao praised Akainu’s move and expected Luffy to return to Water 7.
• Aokiji learned that Akainu had taken control of the Enies Lobby cases, then secretly left Navy Headquarters for Water 7.
• Iceberg pleaded with Akainu to release the foremen, but an officer warned him that further unrest could lead Akainu to use military force against Water 7’s citizens.

The Straw Hat Crew returned to Water 7 to rescue their captured companions, but Garp and Aokiji intercepted them and urged them to retreat. Luffy refused to give up, and Aokiji agreed to take the crew away while Garp continued toward Water 7 to confront Akainu.

• Iceberg worried that Akainu would kill people if another disturbance broke out and left, unable to save the prisoners.
• The Straw Hat Crew returned to Water 7, and Luffy vowed to send Akainu flying and rescue their companions.
• Garp blocked the crew’s ship and beat Luffy, warning that he could not defeat Akainu and suggesting the prisoners could be rescued from prison later.
• Aokiji arrived and urged the crew to leave, promising to find a way to protect their captured companions.
• Luffy refused to retreat, so Garp told Aokiji to take the crew away while he went to Water 7 to see Akainu.