Recaps

Sentomaru and the Marines field-tested the new Pacifistas on Sabaody, while the Straw Hat crew recovered aboard the Thousand Sunny after their defeat by Maud. Sentomaru ordered PX-1 to attack the Straw Hats, who mistook it for Bartholomew Kuma and braced for battle.

• Sentomaru led three Pacifistas and a squad of Marines ashore at Sabaody to test the weapons in combat.
• A Pacifista blasted the bar where Kid and his crew were gathered, but Kid emerged from the flames alive and threatened the Marines.
• The Straw Hat crew rested aboard the Thousand Sunny, and Robin reflected on how Maud's defeat had given them reason to become stronger.
• Usopp sensed danger and alerted the crew as Sentomaru and PX-1 approached the ship.
• Sentomaru ordered PX-1 to attack, and the Straw Hats mistook the Pacifista for Bartholomew Kuma and prepared to fight.

The Straw Hat Pirates fought PX-1 and Sentomaru on Tree Island 20 until an unknown figure rescued Luffy and greeted him. Elsewhere, Drake tested PX-3, Luo left Shakky’s bar for Tree Island 20, and Golden Lion visited the ailing Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick.

• Zoro split PX-1’s laser beam with a Haki-coated sword strike, and the Straw Hat Pirates joined the fight against the Pacifista.
• Drake attacked PX-3 on Tree Island 18 while Shakky reflected on the coming war and wondered whether Rayleigh would return in time.
• Luo left Shakky’s bar with his crew for Tree Island 20, while Perona told Urouge that Luo was sick.
• Sentomaru overwhelmed Luffy with his Haki and nearly struck him with his axe, but a stranger punched Sentomaru away and greeted Luffy.
• Whitebeard’s nurses confirmed his poor health, and Golden Lion arrived aboard the Moby Dick and remarked on Whitebeard’s age.

Shiki tried to persuade Whitebeard to join him in attacking Marine Headquarters during Ace’s public execution, but Whitebeard refused. Kaido ordered the Beasts Pirates to prepare for war, while Shanks set sail with the Red-Haired Pirates as a storm gathered.

• Shiki visited Whitebeard, raised Roger’s son Ace and proposed joining forces to attack Marine Headquarters, but Whitebeard rejected him because he would not make room for Shiki among his crew.
• Shiki left, declaring that he would attend the day of the public execution whether Whitebeard joined him or not.
• On Onigashima, Kaido predicted that Whitebeard would commit his forces to rescuing Ace and ordered the Beasts Pirates to start fighting.
• Shanks watched the storm gather, confirmed that his crew could sail in the weather, and ordered the Red-Haired Pirates to set out.

With six days remaining until Ace’s public execution, the Marines prepared for war as the Shichibukai arrived at Marine Headquarters. In the reception room, Maud confronted Doflamingo, and Blackbeard finally addressed him.

• The Marines reinforced Marineford and Impel Down while their surveillance ships failed to track the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Fire Mountain welcomed Mihawk, Doflamingo, Blackbeard, and Hancock, then escorted them to the reception room.
• Doflamingo entered the reception room and glared at Maud, who taunted him about his wound.
• Doflamingo tried to snare Maud with a hidden thread, but Maud stopped it with shadow mimicry and mocked him.
• Mihawk, Hancock, and Blackbeard watched the confrontation before Blackbeard greeted Maud with interest.

At Marine Headquarters, Maud and Doflamingo clashed after Doflamingo attacked him in the Shichibukai reception room. Maud blasted Doflamingo through the building with Ikoku, and the furious Doflamingo rose from the rubble as Marines tried to stop them.

• Blackbeard, Hawk Eyes, Hancock, Kuma, Maud, and Doflamingo gathered in the reception room, where Maud taunted Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo attacked Maud with Five-Color String, but Maud's Shadow Clone blocked the threads.
• Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit and transformed the floor and walls into controllable threads as Maud drew Shusui.
• Maud struck Doflamingo with Ikoku, blasting him through the reception room wall and several buildings.
• Marines arrived and saw Doflamingo rise from the rubble, then an officer tried to stop the Shichibukai from fighting.
• Doflamingo turned his murderous gaze on the Marine who had tried to intervene.

Doflamingo attacked Maud at Marine Headquarters, triggering a fierce battle that revealed how much Maud’s strength had grown. Fujitora stopped the fight and announced that he would guide the assembled Shichibukai to the Holy Land.

• Doflamingo used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out more than a hundred Marines, then charged at Maud, who met him in battle.
• Chaton arrived and tried to stop the fight, but Maud and Doflamingo sent him flying when he intervened.
• Hina, Smoker, Tashigi, and Momousagi arrived and watched Maud’s improved Haki and swordsmanship impress them.
• Momousagi recalled Wolf Rat’s death and felt a flash of killing intent toward Maud as he continued fighting Doflamingo.
• Fujitora used gravity to halt Maud and Doflamingo, then told the Shichibukai he would guide them to the Holy Land.

Fujitora stopped Maud and Doflamingo from fighting and led the Shichibukai and Marines to Mary Geoise for their meeting. The group reached the meeting room, where Tsuru and Momonga were waiting.

• Fujitora used gravity to halt Maud and Doflamingo, and Doflamingo stopped attacking while renewing his grudge against Maud.
• Fujitora led the Shichibukai toward Mary Geoise as Momousagi and Chaton joined the group; Chaton accepted medicine for his swollen face.
• Chaton realized Momousagi was staring coldly at Maud and tried, without success, to get her attention.
• Fujitora lifted the group on a slab of stone and carried them up the Red Line to Mary Geoise.
• The group entered the meeting room, where Tsuru and Momonga watched them arrive, and Momonga’s gaze lingered on Maud.

At the Shichibukai meeting, Maud proposed creating a Zombie Army for the Marines and suggested using prisoners’ corpses, then secured permission to go to Impel Down. He arrived there with Momonga and intimidated Vice Warden Hannibal when Hannibal offered him Seastone Cuffs.

• Doflamingo considered using Parasite Thread on Momonga but abandoned the idea after judging him too strong.
• Tsuru revealed that Jinbe had refused the emergency summons and been sent to Impel Down, prompting Maud to consider whether he could recruit him.
• Sengoku arrived and presented the battle formation, placing the Shichibukai at the front of the Marine forces.
• Maud proposed a Zombie Army, explained its vulnerability to sea salt, and suggested killing prisoners to provide corpses; Sengoku considered the proposal.
• Two days later, Maud arrived at Impel Down with Momonga and called Hannibal an idiot when the Vice Warden presented Seastone Cuffs.

Maud entered Impel Down with Momonga to collect shadows from the prisoners on the Fifth Floor. After Magellan led them there, Maud used Conqueror's Haki to distinguish prisoners who could withstand it, identifying them as suitable material for shadows.

• Maud berated Hannibal for bringing out Seastone Cuffs, then used his shadow to force the Vice Warden to kneel and bow before him.
• Domino took Maud and Momonga through a body search and led them down to the Fourth Floor, where they met Warden Magellan.
• Magellan agreed to take Maud's group to the Fifth Floor, while Domino learned that Maud intended to kill prisoners there one by one.
• On the Fifth Floor, Maud released Conqueror's Haki, knocking out nearby prisoners and prison staff.
• Maud called the display a screening, and the prisoners who endured his Conqueror's Haki stared at him in shock.

Mord purged the prisoners across Impel Down’s Fifth Floor, using his Conqueror’s Haki to screen them and harvesting experience and shadows as he killed them. His strength rose substantially, and he left the floor planning to animate the corpses.

• Mord used his Conqueror’s Haki to knock out most prisoners in the first tower prison, then killed the unconscious inmates and cut down the shadows of those who resisted.
• Mord and Magellan, Momonga, and Domino moved from tower to tower as Mord screened and dealt with the prisoners across the Fifth Floor.
• Mord found stronger groups deeper in the prison and gained experience from each purge, while the watching Marines noticed only his ruthless killing and shadow-taking.
• Prisoners with Observation Haki sensed the purge and panicked, but Mord continued until he cleared the final tower prison.
• Mord realized he would now have the upper hand against Doflamingo and felt more confident about the Summit War, then said he still needed to make the corpses move.

Maud created a six-hundred-strong Zombie Army from Impel Down prisoners and departed for Marineford with Momonga. As the public execution began, Maud looked ahead to the Summit War and the rewards he hoped to gain from Whitebeard.

• Maud used shadows and corpses to create zombies under Magellan and Momonga’s watch, while the awakened prisoners cursed him.
• Maud completed a Zombie Army of six hundred pirates whose bounties exceeded one hundred million.
• Magellan arranged for Maud, Momonga, and the zombies to leave Impel Down aboard a warship bound for Marineford.
• On the voyage, Maud considered the zombies a source of experience and stamina during the Summit War and anticipated harvesting Whitebeard’s abilities.
• The day of the public execution arrived, and Marineford prepared for battle.

As the execution of Ace approached, Sengoku revealed that Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son, and Whitebeard’s fleet appeared at Marineford. Maud opened the Summit War by destroying the Delacroix Pirates’ ship with a single shot, leaving both sides stunned as the battle began.

• Sengoku announced that Ace was Roger’s son and explained that the Marines intended to sever Roger’s bloodline by executing him.
• Maud spotted Whitebeard’s fleet emerging from the mist before Marineford, though Whitebeard and the division commanders were nowhere in sight.
• Maud aimed at the Delacroix Pirates’ ship and fired a bullet that Delacroix deflected with his saber.
• Maud’s silent shadow bullet struck the cannonballs aboard the Delacroix Pirates’ ship, triggering explosions that destroyed the vessel and threw its crew into the sea.
• Marines, pirates, and viewers around the world reacted in shock as Maud’s shot became the opening attack of the war.

Maud wounded Delacroix with a surprise long-range shot, then prepared and unleashed Hakai as the Whitebeard Pirates emerged inside Marineford's harbor. Whitebeard blocked the attack, and the chapter ended with him turning his attention to Ace.

• Maud's hidden Shadow Stream Bullet struck Delacroix's ship, badly injuring Delacroix and killing or wounding crew members.
• Maud put away his rifle and assumed a sword stance as the Whitebeard Pirates approached Marineford.
• Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, and the Admirals sensed bubbles beneath the harbor and realized the fleet was emerging underwater.
• The Moby Dick and three other Whitebeard Pirates ships burst through the harbor surface, and Maud immediately launched Hakai at Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard shattered Maud's shock wave with a quake punch, then looked toward Ace and asked if his beloved son was all right.

Whitebeard launched a Sea Quake that sent towering tsunamis toward Marineford, but Aokiji froze them and the harbor. As the Whitebeard Pirates charged across the ice, Maud entered the battle from the sky, raining bullets on them and helping the Marine artillery hold the line.

• Whitebeard struck the air with his fists, raising two massive tsunamis that surged toward Marineford.
• Aokiji froze the tsunamis with Ice Age, then froze the harbor and the Whitebeard Pirates' ships.
• Whitebeard's crew jumped onto the ice and charged toward the Marines as he mocked Aokiji for making them a path.
• Maud exchanged places with a shadow bullet to reach the sky, then fired a relentless barrage at the charging pirates.
• The Marine harbor commander ordered the artillery to fire while Maud's barrage checked the enemy advance.

Morde joined the battle at Marineford, using his guns and the Shadow-Shadow Fruit’s power to pressure the Whitebeard Pirates. He wounded Diamond Jozu with a Hakoku Slash, leaving Hawk Eyes and the assembled forces questioning how the attack had worked.

• Morde fired a barrage of bullets coated with Armament Haki while harbor cannons and Whitebeard’s ships exchanged fire.
• Whitebeard’s fleet broke through the harbor entrance, and its pirates joined the fight on the ice.
• Hawk Eyes drew Night and sent a massive slash toward Whitebeard, but Jozu blocked it with his diamond body and hurled it away.
• Morde attacked Jozu with a Hakoku Slash, which Jozu appeared to repel before a deep wound opened across his shoulder and chest.
• Hawk Eyes asked whether Morde had slashed Jozu’s shadow, and Morde remained silent as he recognized the strength of his Shadow-Shadow Fruit.

Maud wounded Jozu by slashing his shadow, drawing worldwide attention as the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates clashed at Marineford. As the battle intensified, Maud watched Little Oars approach the plaza, waiting for a chance to strike.

• Maud used the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to injure Jozu through his shadow, and the spectators and reporters watching the broadcast praised Maud’s feat.
• Aokiji attacked the pirates on the frozen bay while Kizaru launched Yasakani no Magatama at Whitebeard.
• Marco protected Whitebeard from Kizaru’s attack, then fought Kizaru in the air and forced him back toward the plaza.
• Momousagi and Chaton led vice admirals into the battle, and Gion’s presence coincided with a sudden surge in the Marines’ fighting strength.
• Maud concealed his killing intent toward Gion and watched Little Oars approach the plaza, planning to attack after he came closer.
• Little Oars headed toward Ace, vowing not to let him die.

The Whitebeard Pirates and Marines fought fiercely as both sides targeted key combatants. Little Oars carved a bloody path toward Ace, but Kuma struck him down with Ursus Shock just as he reached the harbor.

• Momousagi led a Marine vanguard against the Whitebeard commanders, while Chaton organized troops to cover her.
• Whitebeard sent Marco and Jozu to relieve pressure on the Marine defensive lines along both sides of the harbor.
• Little Oars hurled a warship through the Marine ranks, opening a bloody path toward the plaza and the Shichibukai.
• Little Oars charged toward Ace despite Ace's warning, and Whitebeard's pirates arrived to cover him from Marine fire.
• Little Oars reached the harbor and saw Ace, but Kuma hit him with Ursus Shock, shattering the ice and harbor wall and forcing him to his knees.

Maud faced Little Oars’s final attack head-on and killed him with a rapid series of strikes, gaining enough experience for his eighth Constitution Star Frame to take shape. As the battlefield mourned Oars, Whitebeard entered the fight.

• Little Oars rose despite his wounds and swung his greatsword at Maud, determined to take down a Shichibukai.
• Maud met the blow with Shusui, stopping Little Oars’s sword and stunning the Marines and pirates watching.
• Maud used Shadow Arrows to mark Little Oars, then cut him down with Blade Wheel Slash.
• Little Oars died, and Maud received a substantial reward as his eighth Constitution Star Frame began to form.
• Whitebeard mourned Oars, leaped onto the ice, and officially entered the battlefield.

Whitebeard entered the battle and broke through the Marines’ line with a single devastating strike, forcing Sengoku to order a retreat and activate the Encircling Wall Strike plan early. Maud watched the battle shift and remembered that Fujitora had yet to act.

• Whitebeard urged his pirates to cross Little Oars's corpse and attack the plaza, lifting their morale as he advanced.
• Peg and Rundz attacked Whitebeard, but he defeated both Giant Vice Admirals with one Shockwave that also tore open the Marines’ formation.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to withdraw toward the plaza and activated the Encircling Wall Strike plan ahead of schedule.
• Maud considered whether Whitebeard would allow the Marines to trap his forces in the bay and remembered Fujitora had not yet entered the battle.

Whitebeard challenged Aokiji and Kizaru while the Marines fell back toward the plaza, where Maud and the other Shichibukai blocked the pirates’ advance. Maud killed the controlled Atmos and openly challenged Doflamingo, leaving the two Shichibukai facing off amid the battle.

• Aokiji froze Whitebeard and Kizaru fired at him, but Jozu deflected the beam before Whitebeard broke free and blasted the Admirals and nearby Marines with a Shockwave.
• Whitebeard challenged Aokiji and Kizaru to defend the execution platform as Sengoku’s Marines retreated toward the gap in the bay.
• The Whitebeard Pirates advanced to the plaza entrance, where Maud, Kuma, Hawk Eyes, Hancock, and Doflamingo held them back.
• Doflamingo controlled Atmos with Parasite Thread and forced him to attack his own comrades, prompting Maud to shoot Atmos and then kill him with Shusui.
• Maud challenged Doflamingo to try to kill him, and the Whitebeard Pirates mourned Atmos.

Maud killed Atmos and held off Doflamingo before his Shadow Clone attacked the Whitebeard Pirates’ Thirteenth Division. As Maud watched Whitebeard’s assault, the Marines blocked his Shockwave, and Sengoku began the encircling wall plan.

• Maud killed Atmos, gained strength from his death, and taunted Doflamingo, who restrained himself from attacking because he feared the consequences for his position and deal with Beasts Kaido.
• Maud sent his Shadow Clone to fight the enraged members of the Thirteenth Division, and it cut down their pirates as they failed to break through its defenses.
• Maud watched Whitebeard strike the air and send a devastating Shockwave across the ice toward the execution platform.
• Aokiji and Kizaru returned to Akainu, and the three Admirals joined their Armament Haki to deflect Whitebeard’s Shockwave away from the platform.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to raise the Iron Walls along the harbor and began the encircling wall plan.

As the Marines raised the harbor’s encircling walls and unleashed Akainu’s magma barrage and Fujitora’s meteors, Whitebeard’s forces tried to escape aboard Whitey Bay’s Icebreaker Ship. Maud revived Little Oars to seal the gap in the walls, cutting off the pirates’ route as the attacks fell.

• The Marines raised the harbor’s iron encircling walls, which withstood Whitebeard’s shockwave, while Little Oars’s corpse blocked one section from rising.
• Sengoku ordered Akainu and Fujitora to attack, and they sent magma bullets and three meteors toward the harbor.
• Whitebeard directed his pirates to board Whitey Bay’s Icebreaker Ship and pass through the gap beside Oars’s corpse.
• Maud recalled his Shadow Clones, climbed onto an encircling wall, and then jumped down toward Oars.
• Maud sent his shadow into Little Oars, raised the giant’s body, and made him sit upright to seal the gap.
• The magma bullets and meteors struck the harbor as Whitebeard glared at Maud from Oars’s shoulder.

Maud used Little Oars's corpse to block the Whitebeard Pirates' escape route as Akainu's Meteor Volcano devastated the harbor. Whitebeard and his commanders destroyed the falling meteorites, but Maud fired on them as they fell, and a gunman aboard the Icebreaker Ship intercepted his bullets.

• Maud stood on Little Oars's shoulder as the corpse blocked the Icebreaker Ship and the Whitebeard Pirates' route to escape.
• Akainu's magma bullets set the Whitebeard ships ablaze and melted the harbor ice, trapping pirates beneath the Meteor Volcano.
• Whitebeard shattered one meteorite, while Jozu hurled the division commanders skyward to break apart the other two.
• Maud fired twelve Armament Haki-coated bullets at the falling commanders.
• A gunman on the Icebreaker Ship fired twelve bullets that met and intercepted Maud's shots in midair.

The Marines trapped the Whitebeard Pirates in the bay and prepared a devastating assault, while Whitebeard deployed a hidden auxiliary ship. Marco tried to reach Ace, but Fujitora crushed his rescue attempt with gravity, leaving the pirates in an even more desperate position.

• Maud saw Izou intercept his Armament Haki bullets as the Marines prepared to attack the Whitebeard Pirates trapped in the bay.
• Whitebeard ordered Jozu to bring up a fourth auxiliary ship, which surfaced and gave the pirates in the water a chance to escape the coming fire.
• Marco flew over the encircling wall toward the execution platform, hoping to rescue Ace and carry him back to the ship.
• Ace stopped wishing for death and resolved to accept whatever came as Marco approached the platform.
• Fujitora slammed Marco into the ground with gravity, preventing him from flying and leaving him surrounded by Marines.

The Marines’ overwhelming bombardment brought the Whitebeard Pirates in the bay close to defeat, while Maud prepared to act. Golden Lion then arrived with a flying fleet towing five islands, giving Whitebeard a possible chance to turn the battle around.

• Akainu and the Marines unleashed a second wave of overwhelming firepower, killing half the pirates in the water as Whitebeard struggled to protect the ships.
• Hawk Eyes sheathed his blade, while Maud drew his sword and prepared to act as the Whitebeard Pirates faced destruction.
• The Marines’ assault was broadcast worldwide, and viewers believed Whitebeard’s defeat was certain.
• Golden Lion appeared above Marineford with dozens of flying pirate ships towing five islands.
• Whitebeard welcomed Golden Lion’s arrival as a chance to sink Marine Headquarters, while Maud reconsidered his plan to harvest experience amid the fighting.