Chapter Summaries

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.

Golden Lion brought the Flying Fleet and five falling islands to Marineford, threatening to crush the Marines and pirates gathered there. Fujitora stopped four islands with gravity, and Maud used his shadow to halt the fifth, leaving both sides stunned.

• Golden Lion arrived at Marineford with dozens of pirate ships, five islands, and an army of beasts, then released the islands to send them crashing down.
• Tsuru assessed the Flying Fleet’s pirate crews, while Whitebeard ordered his men to retreat toward the harbor entrance and trust Marco to fend for himself.
• Fujitora raised his cane sword and used an antigravity field to stop four of the falling islands, but he could not hold the fifth.
• Maud transformed his shadow into spikes and pinned the fifth island’s shadow to the ground, bringing the island to a halt.

Maud stopped Golden Lion’s falling islands, then redirected one toward the Whitebeard Pirates while Aokiji froze their ships in the harbor. As Whitebeard prepared to meet the impact, Marco seized the distraction to charge toward the execution platform.

• Maud used Shadow Nails to halt the fifth island in midair, drawing the attention of the Marines and pirates.
• Golden Lion abandoned his immediate attack and focused his killing intent on Fujitora and Maud.
• Maud dragged the fifth island toward the harbor where the Whitebeard Pirates were positioned.
• Aokiji froze the harbor and trapped the Icebreaker Ship and Whitebeard’s escort ship in the ice.
• Maud released the island’s shadow anchors, sending the island plunging toward the harbor as Whitebeard readied a counterattack.
• Marco endured the Marines’ attacks and charged toward the execution platform while Fujitora remained occupied holding up the other islands.

Marco failed to reach Ace after Garp intercepted him, while Maud challenged Golden Lion’s control of the falling island with the Shadow-Shadow Fruit. Maud began forcing the island downward, leaving Golden Lion stunned by the fruit’s power.

• Marco flew toward the execution platform, but Garp intercepted him with a punch and knocked him into the plaza.
• Garp landed beside Sengoku and Ace, explaining that he had to consider his position as a Marine.
• Golden Lion stopped the island’s descent by restoring its buoyancy, while Aokiji froze the harbor again.
• Maud sent a sphere made from his shadows into the island’s reflection and used the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to contest Golden Lion’s control.
• The island began to sink under Maud’s control, and he asked Golden Lion whether he could take back his property.

Maud seized control of the falling island, but Whitebeard shattered it to protect the Whitebeard Pirates and destroy Marineford’s encircling wall. Maud suffered injuries when his shadow was damaged, while Whitebeard collapsed after unleashing his full power.

• Maud used the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to take control of the island from Golden Lion and send it plunging toward the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Whitebeard concentrated the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s full power into a punch and shattered the island into pieces that crashed through the harbor ice and encircling wall.
• Garp sensed that the Whitebeard Pirates had survived, and Sengoku realized the island wreckage had given them a foothold in the harbor.
• Maud withdrew his shadow too late to avoid damage from the island’s destruction, leaving him with dozens of wounds.
• Whitebeard vomited blood and fell to one knee on the auxiliary ship as his crew cried out to him.

Whitebeard opened a route into Marine Headquarters by shattering the island, then led his pirates in a charge despite his failing health. Golden Lion unleashed thousands of SIQ-enhanced creatures on the Marines, leaving Sengoku to face the ferocious new force.

• Whitebeard coughed up blood but dismissed his crew’s concern and urged them to press forward toward the execution platform.
• The Whitebeard Pirates disembarked and charged into Marine Headquarters through the opening Whitebeard had created.
• Golden Lion freed four islands from Fujitora’s control, tilted them, and dumped thousands of creatures onto Marineford.
• The creatures survived the fall without apparent injuries and attacked the Marines with extraordinary strength and defenses.
• Sengoku watched the creatures overwhelm the Marines and recognized that they were the source of Golden Lion’s confidence.

Golden Lion’s Flying Fleet bombarded Marineford while his berserk creature army rampaged, putting the Marines under pressure from land, sea, and air. Kizaru and Aokiji checked the assault, and Maud used Oars’s corpse to block Whitebeard’s attack, leaving Whitebeard wary of him.

• Sengoku recognized that Golden Lion’s forces and the Whitebeard Pirates had left the Marines facing a direct contest of strength.
• Whitebeard realized Golden Lion had spent twenty years creating the berserk creature army, then prepared to lead his sons into the plaza.
• Golden Lion surrounded Marineford with his Flying Fleet and ordered a cannon barrage that threatened the Marines, the creatures, Marco, and Ace alike.
• Kizaru shot down the cannonballs with Yasakani no Magatama, while Aokiji froze dozens of rampaging beasts.
• Whitebeard attacked the plaza with an airquake, but Maud controlled Oars’s corpse to withstand the blow, making Whitebeard sense a threat in Maud.

Maud confronted Whitebeard at Marineford, using Conqueror's Haki to knock out the pirates rushing him before launching a Hagoku slash. Whitebeard's stronger Shockwave shattered Little Oars' body and sent it crashing into the plaza, where it crushed more than a hundred Marines.

• Whitebeard recognized Maud's concealed battle intent and warned him not to challenge him during the war.
• More than a dozen Whitebeard Pirates attacked Maud, and Maud knocked them unconscious with Conqueror's Haki.
• Maud launched a Hagoku slash at Whitebeard, but Jozu blocked it with his diamond body.
• Whitebeard unleashed a powerful Shockwave, and Maud used Little Oars' corpse to block the attack.
• Maud withdrew the Shadow Nails, and Little Oars' body flew into the plaza and crushed more than a hundred Marines.

Maud killed Delacroix by trapping his shadow with Shadow Nails, but Izou discovered that Armament Haki attacks on Maud’s shadow could injure him. The pirates began to understand how to counter Maud as he regrouped on the plaza, wounded.

• Delacroix attacked Maud, but Maud dodged his strike and used Shadow Nails to immobilize him.
• Maud exchanged places with a Shadow Nail and stabbed Delacroix through the chest with Shusui, killing him.
• Maud escaped the surrounding fleet captains by exchanging places with a Shadow Bullet he had fired toward the plaza.
• Izou fired an Armament Haki-coated bullet at Maud’s shadow, wounding Maud in the right side.
• Izou told the fleet captains that attacking Maud’s shadow with Armament Haki could directly injure him.

After Izou identified a way to counter Maud’s Shadow Shift, he vowed to watch Maud while Whitebeard’s forces broke into the plaza. The pirates’ advance met fierce resistance from the Marines and the Shichibukai, leaving Whitebeard to confront the obstacles blocking their charge.

• The Whitebeard Pirates concluded that attacking Maud’s shadow could limit his movement, and Izou promised to find a chance to deal with him.
• Maud taunted Izou’s side, while Izou stayed behind to monitor him and the allied captains led their crews toward the Marine line.
• Whitebeard used the newly opened road to send his pirates into the plaza, where they clashed head-on with the Marines.
• Doflamingo used Parasite Threads to control pirates and force them to attack their companions as other pirates tried to reach him.
• Kuma, Hawk Eyes, and Hancock attacked the advancing pirates, and Whitebeard watched the Shichibukai obstruct their charge.

Whitebeard assigned Jozu, Vista, Bramank, and Lao G to engage the Shichibukai as the commanders halted their advance. After Maud’s shot nearly killed Lao G, Izou intercepted it, prompting Maud to turn his attention to the Whitebeard Pirates’ gunman.

• Whitebeard ordered Jozu, Vista, Bramank, and Lao G to deal with the Shichibukai.
• Vista challenged Hawk Eyes, Bramank attacked Kuma, and Jozu charged Doflamingo, while Lao G confronted Hancock.
• Jozu’s diamond body blocked Doflamingo’s attack, and Hancock kicked Lao G back during their fight.
• Maud fired an Armament Haki bullet at Lao G, but Izou intercepted it with a second shot.
• Maud sheathed Shusui, drew pistols formed from Beli, and decided to deal with Izou first.