Chapter Summaries

Usopp and Franky were held in a cell while Garp and Akainu agreed to put the Straw Hat Crew’s allies on trial and publicize Luffy’s absence. Marines took the prisoners away, but Franky urged them to trust that the Straw Hats would come to their rescue.

• Aokiji froze the Straw Hats’ ship and pushed it away with the crew aboard.
• Garp negotiated with Akainu, who agreed to put the prisoners on trial and announce that the Straw Hats had fled.
• Usopp and Franky worried that Luffy would either die if he came or lose his reputation if he stayed away.
• Marines entered the cell and told the prisoners they were being taken to trial and then prison.
• Franky insisted that the Straw Hats would return for them, and the other prisoners rallied behind him.
• Marines escorted the prisoners aboard a warship.

The Straw Hat Crew decided to grow stronger and find a way into the underwater prison to rescue their captured companions. Perona mastered her power and set out to travel the world before pursuing her dream of making cute animals into obedient zombies.

• Iceberg cursed the Marines and went to supervise construction of the Straw Hat Crew's new ship, believing Luffy would become Pirate King.
• Luffy raged over his failure to save his companions, and Zoro urged the crew to become stronger before rescuing them from the underwater prison.
• Nami said the Log Pose had finished recording, so the Straw Hat Crew continued sailing while training and looking for a way into the prison.
• Bai Hao watched the battle and celebrated gaining Plot Points without having to intervene.
• Perona mastered her power, told Moria she wanted to travel and see the world, and Moria agreed, telling her to make friends and discuss dealing with Kaido with the Holy Lord.

Buggy was transferred to Impel Down’s third level after the jailers discovered he was a Devil Fruit user and Captain. Locked up with Usopp, Franky, and the five ship heads, he heard Usopp boast about his capture and claim that Luffy would rescue them.

• Buggy recognized Usopp among the new prisoners and accidentally revealed his connection to the Straw Hat Crew.
• The jailers uncovered Buggy’s identity as a Devil Fruit user and moved him to the third level with Usopp, Franky, and the five ship heads.
• Buggy cursed Usopp and asked how he had been captured.
• Usopp claimed he had shot through the World Government’s flag, defeated countless Marines, and been captured only after Admiral Akainu intervened.
• Usopp said Luffy had escaped under his cover and would return to rescue them.
• Buggy asked about the Witness of History, and Usopp described him as powerful and long-lived.

Ace was taken through Impel Down under heavy guard, shocking Usopp and Buggy, who realized he was Luffy’s brother and resolved to help him. Elsewhere, the Straw Hat Crew defeated Moria, but Kuma defeated them and left after Zoro took on Luffy’s pain; the chapter ended with Ace’s capture setting the stage for a major Navy crisis.

• Bai Hao watched Usopp and Buggy become friends in Impel Down, then left after seeing they were not in immediate danger.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew defeated Moria on Thriller Bark and freed the stolen shadows, while Nami befriended Lola and received a Vivre Card.
• Kuma defeated the exhausted Straw Hat Crew, and Zoro took on Luffy’s pain in exchange for Kuma sparing the others.
• Magellan escorted Ace through Impel Down with senior prison officials accompanying him.
• Usopp and Buggy recognized Ace, learned he was Luffy’s brother, and decided they had to find a way to rescue him.

The Navy prepared for Ace’s execution and the coming battle with the Whitebeard Pirates while also planning for the Witness of History to appear. Sengoku assigned Garp to approach and monitor the Witness, leaving Garp to hope Whitebeard would rescue Ace.

• Buggy and Usopp quietly wondered how Luffy had entered the prison and why he was receiving so much attention.
• Magellan and the others escorted Ace, who blamed himself for being captured and vowed to kill Blackbeard.
• Sengoku told the Navy’s officers to prepare for the Witness of History’s likely appearance at Ace’s execution and assigned Garp to deal with him.
• Garp accepted the assignment and hoped Whitebeard would rescue Ace.
• Sengoku issued battle orders, then sat down with a sigh after the meeting ended.

Luffy and his companions trained as they sailed toward Fish-Man Island, hoping to find a way to rescue Usopp and the others from Impel Down. After learning that cities in the East Blue had mysteriously vanished, Luffy agreed to return there, leaving the crew worried about their friends and families.

• Sengoku prepared for the battle, expecting the Witness of History to appear, while Lord Imu resolved to destroy him if he could not recruit him.
• Luffy and his companions continued training during their voyage and discussed how they might reach Impel Down to rescue Usopp and the others.
• Nami read a newspaper reporting that cities had vanished and islands had been plundered in the East Blue.
• Luffy worried about his old friends, while Zoro and Sanji also feared for people they cared about.
• Luffy agreed to take the crew back to the East Blue.

The Straw Hat Crew headed back toward the East Blue, but encountered a flying pirate ship and warned its crew about an approaching storm. Shiki the Golden Lion thanked Nami and introduced himself, while Luffy asked how his ship could fly.

• The Straw Hat Crew turned toward the East Blue to look for clues.
• Luffy, Chopper, and the others spotted a pirate ship floating in the sky.
• Nami sensed an approaching whirlwind, and Luffy warned the ship through a Sound Shell.
• Nami recorded her prediction, and Shiki the Golden Lion's crew changed course and narrowly avoided the storm.
• Shiki floated down to the Straw Hat Crew, thanked Nami, and introduced himself.
• Luffy asked Shiki why his ship could float.

Golden Lion showed off his Float-Float Fruit and told Luffy and the others how he escaped from Impel Down after cutting off his Seastone-bound feet. He began explaining the Marines’ attack on him at Navy Headquarters, leaving the outcome of his ten-day fight with Garp and Sengoku disputed.

• Golden Lion demonstrated that he could make objects he touched float, but said his power could not affect living creatures.
• Luffy asked Chopper about contacting the Witness of History to learn how to enter Impel Down, but Chopper could not reach him.
• Golden Lion revealed that he was the only person to escape from Impel Down and explained that he cut off his feet to escape his Seastone shackles.
• Golden Lion said he went to Navy Headquarters after hearing that Roger had been captured, fought Marines, and battled Garp and Sengoku for ten days and nights.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew were tricked by the Golden Lion, who abducted Nami after using them to demonstrate his power to the World Government. After defeating him, they learned about Impel Down’s layout and discussed how to rescue Usopp and the others, leaving with the challenge of infiltrating and escaping the prison still ahead.

• The Golden Lion pretended he would take Luffy and the others to Impel Down, but brought them to his lair and abducted Nami instead.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew fought the Golden Lion, defeated him, and learned that he had used ferocious animals from Vermeil to cause trouble in the East Blue.
• The crew set sail again, and Luffy said they had learned useful information about Impel Down.
• Sanji explained that Impel Down had seven levels, with the strongest criminals on the deepest levels, and said they would need to sneak in aboard a Marine warship or fly there.
• Zoro warned that Impel Down’s defenses had likely grown tighter since the Golden Lion escaped, and that getting prisoners back out would be difficult.
• Luffy remained confident that they would find a way to rescue Usopp and the others.

The Marines announced that they would publicly execute Ace, plunging the Grand Line into turmoil as Whitebeard prepared a rescue operation. Luffy and his companions reached Sabaody, while Bai Hao synthesized a new Yveltal Diamond Card.

• Red-Haired learned that Ace had been captured and was to be publicly executed, then tried to persuade major powers not to join the coming conflict.
• The Marines publicly announced Ace’s execution, alarming people across the world and throwing the Whitebeard Pirates into turmoil.
• Marco confirmed the news to Whitebeard, who ordered his crew to use coated ships as bait and travel beneath the sea.
• Luffy and his companions arrived at Sabaody Archipelago and planned to coat their ship before heading to Fish-Man Island.
• Bai Hao synthesized a new Diamond Card and obtained an Yveltal Card.

Bai Hao obtained the Yveltal card and went to Amazon Lily, where it matched with Boa Hancock. After revealing that he had arrived while she was bathing, he faced her attack and remained unaffected.

• Bai Hao examined Yveltal’s card and considered whether its petrification ability matched with Hancock.
• Bai Hao flew to Amazon Lily, where the card matched with Boa Hancock, then secretly explored the island while she bathed.
• Bai Hao appeared before Hancock and identified himself as the Witness of History.
• Hancock learned that Bai Hao had arrived while she was bathing and angrily attacked him with Mero Mero Mellow.
• Hancock used Mero Mero Mellow again, but Bai Hao remained seated and unaffected.

Bai Hao offered Hancock eternal youth, great power, and revenge on the Celestial Dragons in exchange for her soul, but she refused and he vanished. Left shaken by his knowledge and abilities, Hancock asked her sisters whether they had seen him.

• Hancock's Mero Mero Mellow attacks had no effect on Bai Hao, who said he had silenced the area around them.
• Bai Hao invited Hancock to join the Spirit Pavilion and described its promised rewards and the price of surrendering her soul.
• Hancock rejected the offer, recalling her years enslaved by the Celestial Dragons and her vow never to be controlled again.
• Bai Hao left a ring for Hancock to use if she changed her mind, then vanished before she could stop him.
• Hancock wondered what kind of being Bai Hao was, and Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold arrived as she asked whether they had seen a man break in.

Hancock rejected Bai Hao’s offer to join the Spirit Pavilion because she refused to let anyone control her life. Bai Hao returned to Sabaody, where Shakky’s revelation about Ace left Luffy stunned as the crew waited for Rayleigh.

• Hancock discussed the risk of her secret being exposed with Sandersonia and Marigold, then sent them away to consider Bai Hao’s offer.
• Hancock decided she would not join the Spirit Pavilion, despite the promise of revenge against the Celestial Dragons and eternal youth.
• Bai Hao left Amazon Lily and returned to Sabaody, expecting Hancock might accept his offer later.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew arrived at Shakky’s bar with Hachi, Camie, and Pappagu to wait for Rayleigh and arrange for their ship to be coated.
• Shakky asked whether Luffy planned to rescue Longnose or Ace from Impel Down, and Luffy and the crew were shocked by her question.

Shakky told Luffy that Ace had been captured and warned him about the danger of rescuing him from Impel Down. Luffy decided to seek help from the Whitebeard Pirates, but the crew had no way to contact them or the Witness of History.

• Shakky revealed that Ace had been captured and explained that Whitebeard would likely try to rescue him from Impel Down.
• Sanji suggested that Luffy’s crew join forces with the Whitebeard Pirates, and Shakky urged Luffy not to act alone.
• Luffy decided to rescue Ace alongside the Whitebeard Pirates to reduce the danger to his companions.
• The crew asked Shakky how to contact the Whitebeard Pirates, and she said they needed a base location or a commander’s Den Den Mushi.
• Shakky suggested asking the Witness of History, but Luffy said the crew had no way to contact him.

Bai Hao watched the Straw Hats’ Sabaody events unfold much as they had before: Luffy punched Saint Charlos after Hachi was shot, and Kuma later scattered the crew. Bai Hao altered Luffy’s flight path, sending him toward an uninhabited island instead of Amazon Lily.

• The Straw Hats split up to explore Sabaody, and Bai Hao secretly followed them, staying close to Camie.
• Human traffickers captured Camie, and the Straw Hats found out she had been taken to an auction house.
• At the auction, Saint Charlos shot Hachi, so Luffy punched Charlos and the crew defeated the Celestial Dragons and their guards.
• Rayleigh arrived, subdued the Marines with Conqueror’s Haki, freed Camie, and helped the Straw Hats escape before Kizaru arrived.
• Kuma intercepted the crew and sent each of them flying, while Rayleigh held off Kizaru.
• Bai Hao adjusted Luffy’s flight path so he would land on an uninhabited island rather than Amazon Lily.

Luffy woke up alone on a barren island and found no food or water, while the Navy held a war council to prepare for Ace’s execution and discuss its defenses. Bai Hao arrived on Luffy’s island as Luffy was starving.

• Luffy woke up on a deserted island after being sent flying and realized his companions were missing.
• Luffy searched the island for food but found only insects and no water.
• Kizaru returned to Navy Headquarters and was summoned to the Navy’s second war council.
• Sengoku discussed gathering the Shichibukai, raising Luffy’s bounty, and suspending the search for Witness of History.
• Akainu offered a candidate to replace Hancock, and Sengoku assigned the matter to him.
• Bai Hao arrived on Luffy’s island while Luffy cried out for food.

Luffy drifted helplessly on a deserted island until Blackbeard’s raft happened to pass by, and he joined the Blackbeard Pirates’ ship in search of food. After eating, Luffy asked Blackbeard for a ride to an inhabited island, but Blackbeard refused because his crew had business to handle.

• Luffy searched a deserted island for food, tried to eat strange plants, and gave up in despair.
• Bai Hao spotted Blackbeard’s raft approaching and decided not to help Luffy.
• Luffy launched himself onto the raft and began searching for food, startling the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Blackbeard recognized Luffy and asked where his companions were, while Luffy kept eating and said they had been separated.
• Luffy thanked the crew for the meal and asked Blackbeard to take him to an inhabited island, but Blackbeard refused.

Blackbeard attacked Luffy and tried to kill him, but Bai Hao secretly intervened and freed Luffy. Blackbeard realized Bai Hao had been following Luffy and, wary of his power, stopped threatening Luffy; Luffy still needed a ship to reach an island.

• Luffy asked Blackbeard to give him a ride, but Blackbeard refused and used Dark Water to seize him.
• Blackbeard choked Luffy and declared he would kill him to remove a rival for the Pirate King position.
• Bai Hao appeared beside Blackbeard and forced him to release Luffy, then disappeared before Blackbeard could speak to him.
• Blackbeard recognized Bai Hao as the Witness of History and realized he had been following Luffy, but could not think of a way to eliminate him.
• Blackbeard claimed he had been joking and stopped attacking Luffy, who then demanded a ship; Blackbeard said he had no extra ships.

Luffy joined Blackbeard’s trip to Impel Down to rescue his captured companion. On Amazon Lily, Hancock refused to join the war against Whitebeard, but demanded to keep her Shichibukai title and take the Marines’ cargo, provoking Momonga.

• Blackbeard told Luffy he was going to Impel Down, and Luffy decided to go with him to rescue his companion.
• Momonga confronted the Kuja Pirates and warned Hancock that refusing the summons could cost her Shichibukai title.
• Hancock sailed toward Momonga’s warship after kicking away a kitten.
• Hancock’s sisters, Boa Marigold and Boa Sandersonia, said Hancock would not participate in the war but did not want her title revoked.
• Hancock demanded all the cargo on Momonga’s ship, and Momonga angrily rebuked her.

Hancock refused to obey the World Government’s summons and turned the Marines escorting her into stone, while Vice Admiral Momonga resisted her power. She remained conflicted about whether to attend the battle, fearing both the World Government and the consequences of the Marines’ defeat or survival.

• Vice Admiral Momonga told Hancock that Ace would be executed in a week and demanded that she help the Marines or lose her Shichibukai title.
• Hancock proposed that the Marines report her escort had been wiped out and that she had never received their summons.
• Hancock used Mero Mero Mellow to turn the Marines on the warship to stone, while Momonga stabbed his hand to resist her infatuation-inducing power.
• Hancock wondered whether she could rely on Bai Hao, who had been unaffected by her beauty.
• Hancock weighed her hatred of the World Government against her fear that the Marines might retaliate if they survived the Whitebeard Pirates’ attack.