Chapter Summaries

Kizaru defeated Luo and overwhelmed the pirates who tried to rescue him, while Cavendish stepped in to fight Kizaru. Elsewhere, Maud emerged from Impel Down and sent Sengoku flying across the battlefield, leaving Shiryu smiling at his captain’s strength.

• Kizaru shot Luo, then used his speed and Observation Haki to defeat him and leave him restrained by the Pacifistas.
• Bepo rushed to rescue Luo, but Sentomaru attacked him until Urouge intervened and Perona’s Negativity Ghost incapacitated Sentomaru.
• Kizaru shot Perona and badly wounded Urouge, but Cavendish arrived and challenged him, refusing to let his Shichibukai status dictate his enemies.
• Sengoku used his Great Buddha form to overpower Shiryu, while Shiryu argued that Sengoku’s age and stamina would decide their fight.
• Maud emerged from Impel Down and struck Sengoku so hard that he flew across more than half the battlefield and crashed into an island fragment.

Maud emerged from Impel Down after finding Saul dead and struck Sengoku in a fury, while the Marines continued trying to eliminate the Maud Pirates. As the Marines prepared their final weapon, Maud ordered Shiryu to destroy Impel Down and joined the battle, leaving Luo rescued but the battle unresolved.

• Maud sent Sengoku flying, and Aokiji confronted Garp after realizing the Marines had used Saul as bait and intended to kill him.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru told Jaya that she was trapped and signaled the Marines to deploy their final weapon.
• Jinbe, Hancock, and Buggy emerged from Impel Down with Saul's corpse, and Maud ordered Shiryu to bury the prison while sparing Weevil and the prisoners on the third floor and above.
• Hancock stood beside Maud, while Kizaru overpowered Cavendish and attacked Luo with a beam of light.
• Maud intercepted Kizaru's beam, destroyed the Pacifista restraining Luo with one punch, and asked Luo if he was all right.

Maud bought time for his crew to escape toward Impel Down while fighting Kizaru, and he ended the chapter by striking the admiral with a devastating combined attack. Kizaru survived but was left coughing blood as the Marines watched in shock.

• Maud destroyed the remaining Pacifistas and told Luo to head toward Impel Down while he held off Kizaru.
• Perona used her spirit form and negative ghosts to incapacitate Sentomaru, but Kizaru rescued him from Maud's attack.
• Luo teleported Urouge away from the fight and led him and Bepo toward Impel Down, while Cavendish and Perona went to help Philo.
• Maud learned through Observation Haki that his companions were struggling against the Marines' stronger new weapons, but Kizaru prevented him from leaving to help them.
• Maud separated his Shadow Clone and joined it in unleashing Hakoku: Barrier Breaker, which swallowed Kizaru and Sentomaru and carved a massive ravine across the battlefield.
• Kizaru emerged from the fading shock wave and landed on an island fragment, coughing up blood as the Marines stared in shock.

Maud severely injured Kizaru with Hakoku: Barrier Break, revealing his mastery of Conqueror’s Haki Coating and shocking both sides of the battle. As the Marines’ new Pacifista threatened Maud’s allies, Maud sent his Shadow Clone to rescue Jaya and prepared to face Kizaru while planning the crew’s escape.

• Maud’s attack left Kizaru badly injured and stunned the Marines, Red-Haired Pirates, Shanks, Akainu, and Sengoku with its power.
• Shanks and Akainu resumed their fierce duel, while Tsuru watched Maud’s rapid growth with concern.
• Smoker deployed Vegapunk’s improved Pacifista against Jaya and the Maud Pirates’ allies, worsening their position.
• Kizaru recovered enough to check on the gravely wounded Sentomaru, then recognized that Maud’s attack had been coated in Conqueror’s Haki.
• Cavendish, Perona, Urouge, Luo, Buggy, and Jinbe reacted to Maud’s overwhelming display, while Hancock headed toward him to fight alongside him.
• Maud sent his Shadow Clone to help Jaya escape, then faced Kizaru, who challenged him over whether he could repeat the attack without his shadow; Maud revealed the shadows he had collected in Impel Down.

Maud used the shadows he had absorbed to suppress Kizaru and keep him occupied while his crew regrouped. Sengoku sent Marines to aid Kizaru, but Hancock intervened, determined to protect Maud, and pursued the Marines trying to reach him.

• Maud absorbed 379 shadows and attacked Kizaru, overpowering his light-based sword and forcing him to retreat and defend.
• Kizaru chose to delay Maud rather than counterattack, while Maud continued restraining him to prevent him from attacking the Maud Pirates.
• Sengoku returned to the battlefield and ordered nearby Marines to help Kizaru and surround Maud.
• Hancock blocked Sengoku and the Marines, declaring she would not let them interfere with Maud despite Sengoku warning her about the consequences for her country.
• Hancock used Captive Arrow to turn more than a dozen Marines to stone, then chased the officers trying to bypass her and reach Maud.

Hancock held off the Marines to protect Maud while Jaya struggled against the new Pacifistas. Maud's Shadow Clone arrived to help, and Shusui's powerful slash cut the seemingly invulnerable machines in two, leaving the Marines stunned.

• Hancock endured Sengoku's attack and petrified Marines to stop them interfering with Maud's fight against Kizaru.
• Jaya was battered by the new Pacifistas and Marine forces, but she fought on despite her depleted stamina and Haki.
• Maud's Shadow Clone arrived with Beli, used a Gatling gun to drive the Marines back, and helped Jaya repel the Pacifistas.
• The Marines saw the new Pacifistas withstand bullets and the Shadow Clone's initial sword strikes, increasing their confidence in the machines.
• The Shadow Clone transformed Beli into Shusui and cleaved the charging new Pacifistas in two with a black-and-red lightning-filled slash.

Maud used Shadow Shift to support Jaya while keeping Kizaru occupied, destroying the new Pacifistas and routing the Marines in a brutal three-second assault. He switched back to Kizaru as Jaya fled toward Impel Down, with Tsuru pursuing her and Perona racing to help.

• Maud swapped places with his Shadow Clone, cleaved through the new Pacifistas, and told Jaya to head for Urouge while he covered her.
• The Shadow Clone attacked the Marines to create an opening, while Jaya used the Float-Float Fruit to fly toward Impel Down and Tsuru pursued her.
• Smoker bound the Shadow Clone with smoke, but Maud switched places with it and unleashed a Conqueror's Haki-coated slash that devastated the Marine unit.
• Maud wounded Smoker and stopped Hina's attack before switching back after three seconds to resume suppressing Kizaru.
• Tsuru vowed not to let Jaya escape, while Perona flew to help Jaya reach Impel Down.

Maud's intervention devastated the Marines' encirclement, but Vice Admiral Tsuru pursued the exhausted Jaya and nearly finished her. Several figures arrived in time to interrupt Tsuru, leaving her to face the newcomers.

• Maud routed most of the Marine elites, while Tsuru abandoned the fight against him and pursued Jaya toward Impel Down.
• Perona intercepted Tsuru with Negativity Ghosts, but Tsuru's Wash-Wash ability neutralized their effect and she continued after Jaya.
• Tsuru caught up to Jaya, knocked her from the sky, and struck her again as she struggled toward Impel Down.
• As Tsuru moved in to deliver a final blow, explosive and other attacks from unseen figures interrupted her pursuit.
• Several figures descended before Tsuru, who recognized them and recalled the Summit War.

The Straw Hat Pirates arrived to help Jaya reach Impel Down, but Vice Admiral Tsuru overwhelmed them with her Observation Haki, combat skills, and Wash-Wash Fruit ability. The chapter ended with Luffy and Zoro injured and Robin exhausted as the crew realized they could not contend with her.

• Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Franky attacked Vice Admiral Tsuru from the sky while Sanji rushed to catch Jaya, but Robin caught Jaya with her Soft Spider Web.
• The Straw Hat Pirates landed safely, and Robin explained that they had come because Maud had helped them; Bartholomew offered to escort Jaya and blocked Tsuru's Tempest Kick with a barrier.
• Tsuru charged at Jaya, but Robin restrained her with manifested arms until Tsuru used the Wash-Wash Fruit to turn them into petals and exhaust Robin.
• Luffy attacked Tsuru with Gear Second, but she dodged, crushed his wrist, and drained his stamina and Haki with her Devil Fruit ability.
• Zoro tried to protect Luffy, but Tsuru shattered his Soaring Slash and struck him in the chest with an air bullet, leaving the crew stunned by her strength.

Luffy and the Straw Hats tried to stop Vice Admiral Tsuru from pursuing Jaya, but Tsuru quickly defeated Luffy and overpowered the others. Maud arrived and sent Tsuru flying with one strike, halting her pursuit of Jaya.

• Luffy activated Gear Fourth and attacked Vice Admiral Tsuru, but she used Life Return to evade him and defeat him before his form's side effects left him unable to move.
• Garp and Aokiji paused their fight after noticing Luffy and the others; Aokiji admitted he had brought them from Thriller Bark and taught them Haki.
• Tsuru continued pursuing Jaya until Zoro, Usopp, Robin, and Sanji intercepted her, but she resisted their attacks and pressed forward.
• Maud appeared in front of Sanji and Robin, shattered Tsuru's Tempest Kicks, and ordered the others to stand down.
• Maud crossed the distance to Tsuru in one step and struck her with Shusui, sending her hundreds of meters away from Impel Down.

Maud secured Jaya inside Bartholomew’s barrier and turned to confront the Marines, defeating Kizaru in their exchange before attacking Vice Admiral Tsuru. Tsuru’s attempt to drain Maud’s stamina failed, and Maud ran her through as Kizaru rushed to intervene.

• Jaya remained protected inside Bartholomew’s barrier while Maud headed toward the wounded Vice Admiral Tsuru.
• Kizaru intercepted Maud, but Maud shattered Ama no Murakumo and cut Kizaru in half with Hakoku. Slash.
• Maud left Kizaru to re-form and charged Vice Admiral Tsuru, believing her to be responsible for his elders’ suffering.
• Tsuru caught Maud’s blade and used her Wash-Wash ability to try to drain nearly all his stamina and Haki, but Maud showed no sign of weakening.
• Maud severed Tsuru’s hands and pierced her heart, while Kizaru arrived and reacted in shock.

Maud killed Vice Admiral Tsuru and drove Kizaru back with Hakai, while the Marines’ losses shook Sengoku and Garp. As the fighting continued, Maud surveyed his allies’ worsening situations and prepared to help Philo and Jim first.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru died after Maud’s attack, and the experience and stamina restored Maud to peak condition.
• Maud struck Kizaru with a full-power Hakai, while Zoro charged toward the Marines pursuing Jaya and Sanji followed him.
• Sengoku saw Tsuru’s corpse and turned back to Hancock, while Garp’s grief over Tsuru’s death led him to resume fighting Aokiji.
• Maud surveyed the battered pirate crews and fish-men, identifying Philo and Jim as being in immediate danger.
• Maud’s Shadow Clone returned the white ferret to him and merged back into his body, restoring Maud to his strongest form.

Jinbe and Bartholomew held off the elite Marines while Jaya reached Impel Down, as Jim and Philo were overwhelmed by Momonga and Stokaberry. Jim refused to let Philo use her virus, but when Momonga moved to finish him, Cavendish arrived and blocked the strike.

• Jaya reached Impel Down under Bartholomew's protection, while Jinbe and Bartholomew stopped the pursuing Marines from advancing.
• Stokaberry and Momonga's forces surrounded Jim and Philo, and Jim endured their attacks while protecting her.
• Philo considered using her virus to save Jim, but Jim urged her not to abandon her principles; Philo still decided that her companion's life mattered most.
• Momonga gravely wounded Jim with Flying Squirrel Slash, but Jim forced himself to remain standing so Philo would not be targeted.
• Momonga prepared a second strike against Jim, but an unseen slash deflected his blade and Cavendish appeared to protect Jim.

Cavendish arrived on the battlefield and fought Momonga while the marines overwhelmed Jim and Philo. Just as Stokaberry moved to finish them, black rain fell and Maud appeared, cutting him down.

• Cavendish refused to explain his resignation from the Shichibukai and launched a furious assault on Momonga.
• Momonga blocked Cavendish's attacks with Observation Haki while Stokaberry ordered the marines to focus on Jim and Philo.
• Jim took the marines' barrage while protecting Philo, leaving him gravely wounded and unable to move.
• Philo stood between Jim and Stussy as Stussy approached to deliver a final blow.
• Cavendish broke away to save them, but Momonga interrupted his charge with a sudden slash.
• Black rain fell, and Maud appeared before Stokaberry and cut through his body.

Maud used Shadow. Starfall, Flying Shadow to outpace Kizaru and kill Stussy and dozens of Marines in a rapid series of slashes. He returned to the air and told Kizaru that this was true speed, leaving the admiral grim-faced.

• Maud dodged Kizaru's barrage, blocked his close-range attack, and shattered Ama no Murakumo with a Conqueror's Haki slash that sent Kizaru flying.
• Maud scattered shadow marks across the battlefield and used Shadow. Starfall, Flying Shadow to appear before Stussy and strike her down.
• Maud shifted between shadow marks, killing dozens of Marines around Jim and Philo before they could react.
• Momonga and Cavendish watched the sudden slaughter, while Maud reappeared in the air before Kizaru and declared that he had shown true speed.

Maud slaughtered the Marines surrounding Philo and Jim, defeated Momonga, and took his shadow while Cavendish briefly delayed Kizaru. With Kizaru returning and Maud determined to destroy Marine Headquarters’ core forces, the battle continued to escalate.

• Maud clashed with Kizaru, then used Shadow Shift to return to the battlefield and instantly killed the Marines surrounding Philo and Jim, leaving Momonga as the sole survivor.
• Cavendish admired Maud’s swift attack and asked its name; Maud called it the Instant Hell Shadow Kill Array, and Cavendish resolved to master a similar technique.
• Maud checked Jim’s severe injuries, then asked Cavendish to hold Kizaru back for three seconds while he attacked Momonga.
• Momonga tried to fight Maud, but Maud struck him down with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated shadow slash and cut away his shadow.
• Cavendish held Kizaru back for nearly three seconds before Kizaru kicked him away, while Maud declared he would keep targeting Marine Headquarters’ important officers.

Maud kept Kizaru occupied while Cavendish evacuated Philo and the wounded Jim, and Kizaru revealed that Maud’s name was an alias and his parents had died before telling him about his D. Elsewhere, the Marines pressed the Maud Pirates and Hancock, while an undercover Marine awakened in Impel Down’s Sixth Floor and began killing prisoners whose shadows Maud had taken.

• Kizaru shot Momonga to prevent Maud from gaining his shadow, but Maud harvested it first and gained the experience reward before the laser killed Momonga.
• Kizaru attacked Philo and Jim, but Maud blocked his attacks and ordered Cavendish to get them to safety; Cavendish carried Jim toward Impel Down with Philo following.
• Kizaru told Maud that Bagard was an alias and that his parents had died before revealing his D, while Maud continued fighting to keep Kizaru away from the evacuation.
• Onigumo and the new Pacifistas pushed Hawkins, Brook, and Arthur into a desperate fight, but Hawkins declared that following Maud was his best choice.
• Sengoku battered Hancock with his Golden Great Buddha form, and Jinbe asked Buggy for help as Hancock neared defeat.
• A Marine infiltrator on Impel Down’s Sixth Floor woke from Maud’s shadow-cutting attack and began killing the unconscious prisoners to keep Maud from using their shadows.

After Marines inside Impel Down destroyed many prisoners whose shadows Maud had taken, Maud lost much of Shadows' Gathering Ground but continued to overpower Kizaru with Shadow Flow and Hakoku. He then spotted Sengoku driving Hancock toward Impel Down and turned his attention to the danger.

• Shiryu purged prisoners on the Fourth and Fifth Floors while Marines among the prisoners killed those whose shadows Maud had taken.
• Maud sensed his shadows dwindling, crushed the shadows of five Marine infiltrators, and retained a smaller reserve of powerful shadows.
• Maud used Shadow Flow, Twin Fish Flow to attack Kizaru, breaking his light swords and overpowering him despite his reduced strength.
• Maud and his Shadow Clone struck Kizaru with Hakoku, Barrier Breaker, sending him into the immense shockwave.
• Maud scanned the battlefield and saw Sengoku beating Hancock and forcing her toward Impel Down, which filled him with killing intent.

Cavendish and the others reached Impel Down as the Marines pressed their attack, while Luo tried to save the gravely wounded Jim. Buggy intervened in Sengoku and Hancock’s fight, but Sengoku struck him down and left Hancock on the verge of being killed.

• Jaya lured Buggy into charging at Sengoku by suggesting Maud would reward him with Captain John's treasure, while Luo began treating himself and prepared to operate on Jim.
• Cavendish asked Sanji to carry Jim and Philo to Impel Down, and Sanji brought them to Luo under Jinbe’s cover.
• Luo examined Jim and realized that his injuries would kill him without a fully equipped Operating Room, then used his remaining strength to treat him.
• Buggy hit Sengoku with a powerful Special Buggy Ball explosion, interrupting Sengoku’s assault on Hancock, but Sengoku struck Buggy away and gravely wounded him.
• Hancock attacked Sengoku but collapsed under her internal injuries; Sengoku broke her right leg, drove her into the ground, and prepared a final punch.

Maud arrived just in time to save Hancock from Sengoku, then clashed with the Buddha-form Marine leader at full strength. As Sengoku’s conviction-powered abilities let him withstand Maud’s Conqueror’s Haki attacks, Maud realized the fight would not be decided by Haki alone and prepared to kill him.

• Sengoku defeated the badly injured Hancock and moved to deliver a lethal punch.
• Maud arrived and blocked Sengoku’s attack with Shusui, then challenged him to a fight to the death.
• Sengoku launched a full-power punch, and Maud met it with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused slash.
• Their collision sent Hancock flying and left her injured, while Maud and Sengoku continued fighting at close range.
• Maud recognized that Sengoku’s Great Buddha form converted his conviction into attack power and resolved to bury him alongside Vice Admiral Tsuru for Saul.