Chapter Summaries

The Marines surrounded Baterilla Island to arrest Gol D. Roger, who had been living there with his pregnant wife, Rouge. After Sengoku promised Rouge and their unborn child would be spared, Roger surrendered and entrusted them to Garp.

• Sengoku led Garp, Kuzan, Borsalino, and Sakazuki with five warships to encircle Baterilla Island and capture Roger.
• Roger noticed the Marines arriving while having lunch with Rouge and left home to face them.
• Roger asked Sengoku and Garp how they had found him, and Sengoku credited the World Government's intelligence.
• Sengoku told Roger that Rouge and their unborn child would be allowed to live in Marineford if Roger did not resist.
• Roger confirmed the orders with Garp, entrusted Rouge and the child to his care, and let the Marines handcuff him.

Imu rejected the Five Elders’ plan to execute Gol D. Roger publicly in Loguetown and ordered a controlled execution at Marineford. He revealed a future rebellion and war threatening the Celestial Dragons, then announced he would personally direct the World Government, beginning with this year’s Reverie.

• Saint Nusjuro reported that Gol D. Roger had been captured and that Portgas D. Rouge was under house arrest in Marineford.
• Imu rejected the Five Elders’ proposal for a public execution in Loguetown and ordered Roger’s execution to take place at Marineford with his speech muted.
• Saint Marcus Mars reasoned that Imu wanted to prevent Roger from revealing forbidden history during the execution, and the other Elders accepted the explanation.
• Imu told the Five Elders that a rebellion and war would threaten the Celestial Dragons in twenty-four years, caused by slaves and the Celestial Dragons.
• Imu declared that he would personally control the World Government’s course, ordered the Five Elders to cooperate, and chose this year’s Reverie as his starting point.

After a year of training and studying the original Imu’s memories, Imu emerged from the Moon Chamber and arranged for the Navy to capture Roger. Back in his treehouse, he reviewed his Star Map’s Star Gate ability and decided to focus on securing Sea Star before the danger awaiting him in the future.

• Imu recalled spending nearly a year mastering his strength, abilities, and the memories of the original Imu while staying in the Moon Chamber.
• Imu told the Five Elders where Roger was hiding so the Navy could capture him and help Sengoku, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan earn achievements.
• Imu reflected that capturing Roger before his voluntary surrender could help prevent the Great Pirate Era, with Garp serving as additional insurance.
• Imu summoned the Star Map and considered its ability to open a yearly gate to another stable planet and mark visited planets for future travel.
• Imu decided that the Star Map could serve as an escape route, but that he needed to clean up and take control of Sea Star first.

Rouge learned that the World Government would keep her under house arrest and raise her child as a marine, while forbidding him from learning Roger was his father. News of Roger’s scheduled public execution spread worldwide, and Whitebeard silently faced Marineford aboard the Moby Dick.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru brought Rouge to the Female Soldier Camp and told her she would live under house arrest there.
• Tsuru explained that Rouge’s child would attend Navy schools and could become a marine, but must have no surname and must not learn Roger was his father.
• Rouge accepted the conditions, understanding they were the best outcome available for her child.
• The World Economic Journal announced that Gol D. Roger would be publicly executed at Marineford on January 1st of the following year.
• Whitebeard read the report aboard the Moby Dick and silently gazed toward Marineford as his crew watched.

After learning that Roger had been captured, Golden Lion Shiki flew alone to Marineford to demand an explanation, leaving the Flying Pirate Fleet to sink. Sengoku and Garp confronted him on a vast field of ice, and the battle began as Kuzan watched from the plaza.

• Shiki learned from the newspaper that Roger had been captured, flew away in rage, and the floating island carrying the Flying Pirate Fleet sank into the sea.
• Fleet Admiral Kong warned Sengoku and Garp that Shiki was coming alone, and they prepared to fight him away from Marineford.
• Shiki arrived aboard five blood-soaked Marine Warships and sensed Sengoku and Garp waiting for him on the frozen sea.
• Shiki demanded that the Marines bring Roger to him, while Sengoku and Garp discarded their Coats of Justice and approached.
• Shiki’s Warships crashed down as the battle erupted, and Kuzan watched from Marineford’s plaza.

Imu watched Sengoku, Garp, and Shiki battle, then used Shiki’s capture to pursue research into the Float-Float Fruit. He ordered the World Government to keep Shiki alive while he planned for the coming years and the next Reverie.

• Imu watched Sengoku, Garp, and Shiki fight outside Marineford and decided to begin acting after Roger’s execution.
• The World Economic Journal reported that the Marines had defeated Shiki and imprisoned him in Impel Down, strengthening the World Government’s authority.
• Magellan and the Chief Wardens inspected Shiki in Level 6, where the World Government’s agents later collected his blood.
• Imu ordered Dr. Vegapunk to prioritize replicating the Float-Float Fruit and instructed the Five Elders to keep Shiki alive and uncrippled.
• Imu reconsidered his plan to brainwash Shiki and decided to wait until he found a key item.

Gol D. Roger was escorted from Impel Down to Marineford and publicly executed, while Garp promised to protect Rouge and her unborn child. Roger died without revealing anything that could ignite a new Great Pirate Era, leaving Kaido and Charlotte Linlin to celebrate their ambitions as Imu welcomed the outcome.

• Garp told Roger that Rouge was living with Tsuru and that their child would be raised in Marineford as a Marine, then agreed to look after them.
• Garp escorted Roger from Impel Down to Marineford, where Roger walked through the assembled Navy ranks and climbed the Execution Platform.
• Roger told Sengoku he believed the World Government had no agents on Baterilla Island, leaving them to wonder how it had learned about the island.
• Two executioners killed Roger with their spears as the Five Elders watched the broadcast from Mary Geoise.
• People across the world celebrated Roger's death, while Kaido and Charlotte Linlin declared their ambitions to become the next One Piece.
• Imu celebrated Roger's execution because Roger had died without uttering words that could spark the Great Pirate Era.

Imu prepared a major move for the upcoming Reverie while news of Roger’s treasure spread among pirates on Black Island. At Marine Headquarters, Fleet Admiral Kong told Sengoku that Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan would become Admiral candidates, hinting that the World Government was preparing for its plan.

• Imu discussed his plans for the Reverie with the Five Elders, who supported his ideas to preserve the Celestial Dragons’ rule.
• On Black Island, a drunkard told the tavern crowd that Roger had named his treasure on Laugh Tale ONE PIECE.
• Fleet Admiral Kong showed Sengoku the World Government’s order promoting Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan to Admiral candidates, with Borsalino also becoming a Vice Admiral.
• Sengoku and Fleet Admiral Kong discussed the Five Elders’ changed attitude toward the Navy and Kong suggested it was connected to a major move at this year’s Reverie.

After the Five Elders ordered every Celestial Dragon outside Mary Geoise to return, Saint Rosward cut short his visit to the Ilusia Kingdom and headed back. Imu then ordered all Celestial Dragons to remain in the Land of the Gods unless given permission to leave.

• Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan were promoted to Admiral candidates, drawing attention across the world.
• King Thalassa Lucas welcomed Saint Rosward to the Ilusia Kingdom, where the Celestial Dragon arrived riding the enslaved pirate Captain Onar.
• Saint Rosward ordered the assembled nobles to kneel, then accepted the king’s invitation to dine at the palace.
• A Den Den Mushi relayed the Five Elders’ order for all Celestial Dragons outside Mary Geoise to return immediately, so Saint Rosward boarded his ship and left.
• Imu ordered that no Celestial Dragon could leave the Land of the Gods without permission, under threat of losing World Noble status and being imprisoned.

Imu explained why he intended to preserve the Celestial Dragons’ status while restricting their movements, and considered whether Doflamingo could be won over. Meanwhile, the Marines received orders for Garp to defeat Bullet and bring him in, leaving Garp eager to face him.

• Imu decided that the Celestial Dragons would remain privileged but be confined to the Land of the Gods unless given permission to leave.
• Imu considered using Doflamingo and Rosinante, especially Doflamingo, but had not yet decided what role to give him.
• The Five Elders enforced the confinement order by threatening to strip any violators of their World Noble status.
• Sengoku and Garp read reports describing Bullet’s attacks on ships and islands, where he had slaughtered everyone aboard.
• Fleet Admiral Kong told them that the Five Elders had ordered Garp to defeat Bullet one-on-one and arrest him, and Garp set off eagerly.

Fleet Admiral Kong and Sengoku learned that rumors about One Piece were spreading across the seas, while Imu and the Five Elders debated how to stop the resulting pirate rush. Imu proposed a Marine checkpoint at Reverse Mountain, then raised the Rocks Pirates as a possible solution to the station’s lack of a nearby island.

• Fleet Admiral Kong showed Sengoku a CIPHER POL report that said the One Piece rumors were spreading across the Grand Line and the Four Seas, though their source remained unknown.
• Imu summoned the Five Elders and concluded that the rumors could trigger the Great Pirate Era despite the World Government’s efforts to suppress them.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro proposed arresting rumor-spreaders and restricting travel, but Imu argued that patrols and suppression would not be enough.
• Imu proposed establishing Marine checkpoints at Reverse Mountain to inspect ships entering the Grand Line, and the Five Elders discussed the manpower and facilities the plan would require.
• Imu recalled the Rocks Pirates as he searched for a way to solve the checkpoint’s lack of a suitable nearby island.

Imu ordered the Five Elders to find Rocks' former ship, Thriller Bark, and convert it into a Marine base. Outside Pangaea Castle, Saint Winifred violated the ban on leaving the Land of the Gods and was stripped of his World Noble status and ordered arrested.

• Imu told the Five Elders that Rocks' former main ship, Thriller Bark, was in the Mist Sea and could be converted into a Marine base.
• Imu ordered CP0 to capture Gecko Moria and tasked Ju Peter with investigating the Mist Sea for Thriller Bark.
• The Five Elders agreed to redesign Thriller Bark in the Marine style once it was found, then turned their discussion to Fish-Man Island.
• Saint Winifred tried to leave for the Sabaody Archipelago with Saint Leopold and Saint Veronica, but the Holy Guard captain refused to open the gate because of the Five Elders' order.
• Saint Winifred shot at the captain, and a CP7 agent deflected the bullet before Winifred ordered him to beat the captain to death.
• A Den Den Mushi announced that Winifred had permanently lost his World Noble status and ordered his arrest and imprisonment in Holy Land Prison.

Doflamingo learned that Douglas Bullet had destroyed the Donquixote Family’s operation on Black Island and decided to let the Navy handle him. Garp reached the island and confronted Bullet, who braced himself for a difficult fight.

• Vergo told Doflamingo that Bullet had attacked Black Island and that Jerm and the others were unreachable.
• Doflamingo rejected Vergo’s offer to take men to Black Island and chose to let someone else deal with Bullet.
• After receiving CP5’s intelligence, Garp led his fleet toward Black Island and ordered the Marines to surround it.
• Bullet waited on the ruined island, recovered and ready to fight the Navy.
• Garp charged from his warship and appeared before Bullet, who tensed at the sight of him.

Bullet fought Garp, who overpowered him despite Bullet's Conqueror's Haki and giant armored form. As Garp struck through Bullet's defenses, he asked whether Bullet was lonely.

• Garp recognized Bullet's talent but said he would take him to Impel Down, and Bullet defended his decision to join Roger's crew and eat the Clank-Clank Fruit.
• Bullet charged Garp with a Conqueror's Haki-coated attack, but Garp blocked it with one fist and punched him into a hillside with the other.
• Bullet transformed into a towering blue-black Rock Giant and unleashed a barrage of heavy punches on Garp.
• Garp appeared behind Bullet and struck his cheek, sending the giant crashing down despite his rock armor and Armament Haki.
• Garp asked Bullet if he was very lonely.

Garp defeated Bullet and urged him to find someone who would accept him, while Imu later arranged for Bullet to be imprisoned and approached him with an offer to join the World Government. Bullet agreed after hearing of a man supposedly stronger than Roger, Whitebeard, and Garp, but Imu left him in prison for another year or two.

• Garp spoke to Bullet about his loneliness and loss, then clashed with him in a devastating blow that tore up the battlefield.
• Two days later, Imu learned that Garp had defeated Bullet and imprisoned him in Impel Down's Level 6 Infinite Hell.
• Imu watched Bullet through the prison surveillance system and sent a shadowed emissary to speak with him.
• The emissary tempted Bullet with training, battles, and the chance to pursue his ambition of becoming the strongest in the world.
• After hearing that a man beyond Roger, Whitebeard, and Garp existed, Bullet agreed to join the World Government if he could meet him.
• Imu ordered Bullet to remain imprisoned for another year or two, while a subordinate asked whether to remove the Soundproof Domain around the cell.

After Water 7’s shipyards suffered from pirate violence and trade disruptions, Tom returned from his trial with a ten-year suspended sentence in exchange for building the Sea Train. Coulson and the Administrative Department offered extensive support for the project, but tied that aid to completing it within ten years.

• Pirates increasingly disrupted Water 7’s shipbuilding trade by refusing to pay for their ships.
• A World Government judicial ship brought Tom to Water 7 in Marine custody after he was arrested for building a ship for Roger.
• Tom proposed building a Sea Train and received a ten-year suspended sentence, winning the island residents’ support.
• Coulson introduced himself as a Senior Director of the Administrative Department and promised to supply shipyards with materials and protection from pirates.
• Coulson offered Tom a dedicated Sea Train factory, advanced equipment, workers, and meals, while explaining that material support would decrease by ten percent each year after the first unless the project was completed within ten years.

Imu considered how to support Tom and his apprentices while speculating that Pluton’s wreckage might be hidden on Birka Sky Island. He left off believing the flying warship could be there, beyond the World Government’s reach.

• Imu reflected on why he had funded Tom’s Workers to speed up the Sea Train’s completion without interfering with Tom’s work.
• Imu planned to recruit Iceburg for the World Government after he gained more experience and to bring Cutty Flam to Vegapunk’s Science Unit after the Sea Train project.
• Imu recalled Pluton’s destructive power and noted that Tom possessed its blueprints, while its damaged remains had vanished after the war with the Twenty Kingdoms Alliance.
• Imu speculated that Enel had found Pluton on Birka, accidentally destroyed the island by activating it, and later tried to rebuild it as the Ark Maxim.
• Imu concluded that Pluton’s actual body was likely hidden on Birka Sky Island.

Imu had grown lonely despite his power and decided he would have to endure solitude until the great beauties of the future came of age. Meanwhile, King Neptune welcomed news of a World Government ship and prepared to meet its delegation with Queen Otohime beside him.

• Imu reflected on his isolation in the Moon Chamber and concluded he could not safely let anyone close to him.
• Imu considered taking a beautiful woman as a companion but found that the future beauties he wanted were not yet born or were too young.
• King Neptune doted on his newborn son Fukaboshi while Queen Otohime refused to let him hold the fragile infant.
• The Minister of the Left reported that a World Government ship was waiting outside the Gas Storage, and Neptune ordered officials to welcome its visitors.
• Queen Otohime persuaded Neptune to let her attend the meeting, and they prepared to receive a young man in a black suit and his two attendants.

World Government official Coulson presented King Neptune with an agenda for the Reverie and a declaration promising equal rights and protections for Fish-Men and Merfolk. Queen Otohime accepted an invitation to speak in support of the agenda at the Reverie.

• Coulson introduced himself to King Neptune and presented a scroll outlining the Reverie agenda.
• King Neptune cautiously agreed to support the agenda but questioned whether the World Government would enforce it sincerely.
• Coulson revealed a declaration signed by the Five Elders that promised to end enslavement, establish safe zones, allow reciprocal travel and military presence, and permit Fish-Men and Merfolk to serve in government and the Marines.
• King Neptune and Queen Otohime reacted with shock and delight as they read the declaration.
• Coulson invited Queen Otohime to attend the Reverie and deliver a speech supporting the agenda, and she accepted.

King Neptune and Queen Otohime considered the promise of Fish-Man Island’s freedom while weighing the risks and practical challenges. Meanwhile, the World Government sought support for the proposal, and Bartholomew Kuma agreed to back it after learning Sorbet Kingdom’s Heavenly Tribute would be cut in half.

• The Minister of the Right urged King Neptune and Queen Otohime to wait for concrete action and consider the difficulties of moving Fish-Man Island’s people.
• Queen Otohime suggested that some people could settle on the Sabaody Archipelago while others stayed underwater, easing the need for a mass relocation.
• The Administrative Department sent Senior Directors to kingdoms whose rulers might support the proposal, including Sorbet Kingdom.
• A Senior Director told Bartholomew Kuma that Sorbet Kingdom’s annual Heavenly Tribute would be reduced by half if Kuma supported the proposal at the Reverie.
• Bartholomew Kuma agreed to support the proposal, saying he would back it even without the promised reduction.