Chapter Summaries

Maud challenged the Straw Hat Pirates to fight his Shadow Clone, and it effortlessly stopped Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji’s combined attack. He sent the three flying while calmly drinking tea, leaving the crew stunned by the gap in strength.

• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji prepared to fight Maud, while Nami carried the unconscious Chopper away and the others joined or watched.
• Maud created a Shadow Clone identical to himself and told the Straw Hat Pirates to defeat it first.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji ignored Maud’s challenge and attacked his real body together, but the Shadow Clone blocked their strikes with ease.
• Maud moved to the upper deck and poured himself tea as the Shadow Clone threw Luffy, kicked Sanji, and slashed Zoro toward shore.
• Maud said the trio could not even injure his shadow, leaving the Straw Hat Pirates shocked by their defeat.

Maud tested Luffy and the others against his Shadow Clone, which defeated them with ease. He warned Robin and Nami that he would fight for the Marines during the war to rescue Ace, while Robin secured his promise to help if the Marines turned against her and the crew.

• Maud's Shadow Clone fought Luffy and the others while Robin and Nami watched from the ship.
• Maud warned Robin that the Straw Hat Pirates could not withstand the Marines at Marine Headquarters and said he would assist the Marines as a Shichibukai.
• Robin showed Maud the Shadow Mark gecko and asked whether he would protect her if the Marines attacked; Maud promised he would.
• Maud observed that Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji had mastered Armament Haki, while Usopp and Bartholomew had developed Observation Haki.
• The Shadow Clone swiftly defeated Luffy and the others, leaving them beaten but with only superficial injuries.

Maud defeated the Straw Hat Pirates on Tree Island 20, then left them to recover while bounty hunters and slave traders tried to take advantage of their injuries. The Supernovas converged on Sabaody, where Kid challenged Maud’s crew, unaware that Maud had gone to Mary Geoise.

• Maud knocked out Luffy and Zoro, told the Straw Hat Pirates they might meet again at Marineford, and left for Tree Island 13.
• Bartholomew reflected on Maud’s attack and concluded that his role was to protect his companions and support their attacks.
• The injured Straw Hat Pirates repelled slave traders and bounty hunters, while Hawkins watched events and continued consulting his divination cards.
• Kid and Killer arrived at Sabaody, and Kid decided to challenge Maud after hearing that Maud had defeated other Supernovas.
• Kid’s crew reached Tree Island 13, where Trafalgar Luo confronted them and Urouge went out to respond to Kid’s challenge.
• Drake observed that Maud had gone to Mary Geoise, while Shakky remarked that reckless fools seemed to have excellent luck.

Maud arrived at Marineford early to obtain intelligence ahead of the coming war against Whitebeard. He told Vice Admiral Tsuru that information about Impel Down prisoners mattered because he could turn them into a formidable fighting force.

• Maud reached Marineford and requested intelligence on Whitebeard's affiliated fleet.
• Maud encountered Sentomaru leading PX-1, PX-2, and PX-3, and learned they were headed to the Sabaody Archipelago to test the Pacifista against the supernovas.
• Maud went to the Intelligence Department and asked for whatever information was ready, including intelligence on major Impel Down prisoners.
• The braided woman questioned how Impel Down intelligence related to the public execution, and Tsuru arrived and asked Maud to explain.
• Maud told Tsuru that he could turn prisoners into a formidable fighting force.

Maud proposed using prisoners’ shadows to strengthen the Marines, and Tsuru considered the plan while withholding approval for now. Maud left confident the Marines would eventually accept, while Fujitora joined him for drinks and a warship carrying three Pacifista arrived at Sabaody Archipelago.

• Maud explained to Tsuru that intelligence would let him preserve the most useful combat memories and abilities in prisoners’ shadows.
• Tsuru acknowledged the proposal’s value but said the Marines did not currently need the extra fighting force.
• Maud advised the Marines to prepare intelligence in advance, then left the Intelligence Department.
• Maud reflected that shadow-linked fighters could generate experience returns for Hunter’s Notebook and that a Zombie Army would best serve his plans.
• Maud invited Fujitora for drinks in town, while a warship carrying three Pacifista arrived at Sabaody Archipelago.

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.