Chapter Summaries

Maud used Beli’s unlimited ammunition and a Shadow Clone to overwhelm Izou in a gunfight while sniping Whitebeard’s men. Izou realized he could neither stop Maud nor avoid being driven into a desperate position without calling for help.

• Maud tried to shoot Lao G, but Izou intercepted the shot and saved him.
• Maud fired rapidly at Whitebeard’s pirates, forcing Izou to spend his magazines intercepting the bullets while Maud continued shooting during each reload.
• Izou recognized that Maud’s magazine capacity and rate of fire gave him a decisive advantage in the large-scale battle.
• Maud created a Shadow Clone and had Beli produce two additional guns, allowing the clone to unleash a barrage while Maud targeted Izou.
• Izou dodged Maud’s shots and realized he would eventually be overwhelmed unless he called for help.

Izou realized Maud was too powerful to fight alone, so Whitebeard sent Bluhm, Fossa, and Squard to support him. As Maud faced the three pirates, Hina and Smoker intervened, while Maud kept a hidden trap aimed at Izou.

• Izou recognized that Maud's skill with guns and swords made him too dangerous to defeat alone and decided he needed help.
• Bluhm, Fossa, and Squard arrived, saying Whitebeard had sent them to aid Izou and that they knew Maud's shadow weakness.
• The three pirates attacked Maud together, drawing the attention of Marines who noted how many Whitebeard allies had been assigned to him.
• Maud evaded their attacks, released his Shadow Clone with Beli's transformed pistol, and kept his concealed trap against Izou in place.
• Hina and Smoker struck at Squard and Fossa as Maud faced the new arrivals with surprise.

Maud fought alongside Smoker and Hina against Skuard, Fossa, and Bruhheim, while Izou tried to exploit Maud’s apparent weakness by shooting his shadow. The attack struck a decoy instead, and Maud appeared behind Izou and stabbed him with Shusui.

• Smoker and Hina intervened to stop Skuard and Fossa from attacking Maud, and Maud joined them against the three commanders.
• Hina rushed Skuard but was forced back, while Fossa cut Smoker’s jitte and threatened him with a flaming slash.
• Skuard and Bruhheim overwhelmed Hina’s Feather Cage, but Maud blocked Bruhheim’s thrust and saved her.
• Izou fired two Armament Haki bullets, and one appeared to pierce Maud’s heart after hitting a shadow that Maud’s enemies believed was his real one.
• Maud revealed that hundreds of shadows could serve as decoys and substitutes, then stabbed Izou through the chest with Shusui.

Maud killed Izou and drew Whitebeard’s murderous attention, then tried to retreat toward Akainu. Fossa, Bruhheim, and Skuard moved to trap him, but Maud triggered a hidden battlefield trap that sent corpses crawling from the ground.

• Maud killed Izou, gained a substantial boost to his physique and Haki, and counted him as his fourth heavyweight target.
• Maud returned to Fossa and the others, where Hina and Smoker reacted to his sudden victory and he taunted Fossa and Bruhheim.
• Whitebeard saw Izou’s corpse, took responsibility for his death, and fixed Maud with murderous intent.
• Maud abandoned his chance to kill Fossa and Bruhheim and began retreating toward Akainu as Whitebeard’s forces advanced.
• Fossa, Bruhheim, and Skuard attacked to keep Maud from escaping, but Maud triggered a hidden trap that split the ground and caught them with pale hands reaching from below.

Maud deployed his Zombie Army against the Whitebeard Pirates while the Marines struggled to contain Golden Lion’s beasts. As the pirates advanced toward the execution platform, Sengoku realized Maud had not intended to honor their agreement.

• Maud summoned six hundred zombies made from Impel Down prisoners, and their powerful fighters surrounded the pirates near the plaza.
• Maud retreated behind the Zombie Army and faced Golden Lion’s beasts, which could evolve to resist Aokiji’s ice.
• Maud dodged a Black Gorilla’s attacks and refused to fight it, saying the agreement did not require him to handle beasts.
• The beasts disrupted the Marines’ defenses, allowing Whitebeard’s forces to push toward the execution platform as the Flying Fleet remained overhead.
• Sengoku watched the Zombie Army fight and concluded that Maud had never intended to honor their agreement.

Sengoku ordered the Pacifista into the battle and tried to direct Maud’s Zombie Army against the Whitebeard Pirates, but Maud refused to control their actions. Akainu left the execution platform to confront Whitebeard’s forces, while Maud watched the battle and wondered when another player would enter.

• Sengoku ordered Sentomaru to launch the Pacifista as the Marines struggled against the Rampage Beast Legion and the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Sengoku told Maud to send the Zombie Army against the Whitebeard Pirates, but Maud said he had given the zombies freedom to follow their own wills.
• Sengoku accepted Maud’s refusal and ordered Akainu into the battle to pressure the Whitebeard Pirates ahead of the Pacifista’s arrival.
• Whitebeard focused on Akainu, while Maud watched the admiral enter the fray and wondered when someone else would make an entrance.

Maud focused on recovering the shadows from fallen zombies while monitoring the battles, intent on preserving them for his plan to take Whitebeard’s experience. As the Zombie Army weakened, Smoker and Hina came under mounting pressure, while Maud remained determined to collect every shadow.

• Maud considered attacking Marco to prevent him from rescuing Ace, but decided that recovering the zombie shadows mattered more.
• Kizaru repeatedly shot down Golden Lion’s airborne ships while Marine elites and Fujitora kept Golden Lion occupied.
• The Whitebeard Pirates inflicted growing casualties on the Zombie Army, and Maud recalled the expelled shadows to his palm.
• Maud noted that the Zombie Army’s fighting had earned him little experience because Hunter’s Notebook could not include every Whitebeard Pirate.
• As the zombies fell, Smoker and Hina faced more enemy fire, but they stubbornly continued fighting instead of retreating.

Maud rescued Smoker and Hina from the Whitebeard Pirates as the Zombie Army neared defeat, then watched Whitebeard and Akainu prepare to clash. The Straw Hat Pirates arrived at the execution platform, with Luffy charging toward Sengoku and Zoro attacking its supports.

• Maud shot down pirates threatening Hina and covered her and Smoker until they could retreat to safety.
• Maud saw the Zombie Army losing ground and turned his attention to Whitebeard and Akainu, who began fighting.
• Whitebeard sent Akainu flying, and the two prepared to resume their clash.
• Luffy shouted that he had come to save Ace and launched himself toward Sengoku.
• Zoro slashed at the steel supports beneath the execution platform.

The Straw Hat Pirates appeared at Marineford and tried to rescue Ace, but Maud stopped the execution platform from collapsing. As the crew prepared to continue, Fujitora’s gravity field descended on them.

• Luffy attacked Sengoku with a Gear Third punch, but Sengoku transformed into a golden Buddha and blasted him away with a shock wave.
• Zoro cut the execution platform’s steel supports, and Robin caught the falling Luffy with Soft Spider Web.
• The Straw Hat Pirates prepared to rescue Ace as the platform began to topple.
• Maud arrived beside Sengoku and used Shadow Nails to stop the execution platform from falling.
• Maud warned the Straw Hat Pirates that they might die, and Fujitora enveloped them in a gravity field.

Sabo and the Revolutionary Army helped the Straw Hat Pirates reach the execution platform, where Fujitora trapped them with gravity. Sabo attacked Fujitora and freed the crew, then revealed himself to Ace, who recognized him.

• Fujitora used a gravity field to pin down the Straw Hat Pirates near the execution platform.
• Maud realized Sabo was using the Clear-Clear Fruit to conceal not only his body but also his presence and movements.
• Sabo appeared behind Fujitora and struck at him with his Steel Pipe, but Fujitora blocked the ambush.
• Molly made the ground heave beneath Fujitora, letting Sabo attack him with Dragon Claw and drive him back.
• Fujitora’s gravity field vanished, and Sabo turned to Ace and greeted him.
• Ace recognized Sabo and stared at him in disbelief.

Sabo and Luffy reunited with Ace at the execution platform, but Maud moved to block their rescue attempt. Maud transformed and trapped the Straw Hat Pirates in an overwhelming pressure, leaving them unable to move.

• Sabo reached Ace and revealed himself as his long-lost brother, and Luffy soon joined them at the execution platform.
• Maud emerged from a crack in the ground and warned the group that they had no time to reminisce.
• Maud decided to stop the rescue while Whitebeard and Akainu paused their fight, and the Straw Hat Pirates braced themselves against him.
• Aokiji warned Robin that her choice to join the battle could cost her life, while people watching the broadcast debated whether Ace should be executed early.
• Maud transformed as his aura intensified, then vanished and trapped the Straw Hat Pirates in place with a suffocating pressure.

After absorbing five hundred prisoners’ shadows, Maud restrained the Straw Hat Pirates and displayed overwhelming strength on the battlefield. He injured Luffy and blocked Garp’s attack, leaving the two facing off as Maud mocked Garp’s loyalties.

• Maud absorbed five hundred prisoners’ shadows, transformed, and used Solid Shadow to immobilize the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Luffy attacked Maud, but Maud caught his wrist, slammed him into the ground, and broke his arm.
• Garp abandoned his fight with Marco and rushed to attack Maud to protect Luffy.
• Maud blocked Garp’s punch and taunted him by asking who the real pirates and Marines were.

Maud used the prisoners’ shadows to match Garp’s strength, knocked him to the ground, and continued toward Whitebeard while Marco charged the execution platform to rescue Ace. Maud’s public accusation of Garp was broadcast worldwide as Sengoku confronted Marco, and Marines in the plaza watched Maud approach.

• Maud used Shadows’ Gathering Ground and his shadow’s anchoring effect to withstand Garp’s punch, while the Marines realized he had been hiding his strength.
• Garp noticed Marco flying toward the execution platform, but Maud exploited Garp’s distraction, knocked him down, and headed for Whitebeard.
• Maud’s accusation that Garp had ignored the bigger picture to help Luffy was broadcast around the world, subtly affecting civilians’ view of the Marines.
• Marco attacked Sengoku in his Golden Great Buddha form and declared he would take Ace away.
• Maud entered the plaza amid the rampaging beasts, drawing the attention of Aokiji, Gion, Chaton, and the Marines fighting there.

Maud advanced across the battlefield, effortlessly killing two giant rhinos and the pirates who tried to stop him. He reached the front line to challenge Whitebeard, who told his allies he needed no help as he fought Akainu.

• Maud walked toward Whitebeard and killed two charging rhinos with shadow spikes in seconds.
• Momousagi, Chaton, Smoker, Hina, and Tashigi watched Maud’s strength with shock, while Aokiji wondered about his motives.
• Marines realized Maud was heading to challenge Whitebeard for the title of World's Strongest Man.
• Whitebeard Pirates and Grand Fleet crews attacked Maud to keep him from reaching their old man, but his Armament Haki-infused shadows killed them.
• Whitebeard told the pirates he did not need help while he continued fighting Akainu.

Maud reached Whitebeard and challenged him while Whitebeard fought Akainu. Maud wounded Whitebeard with invisible blades, leaving Marineford and viewers around the world stunned by his strength.

• Whitebeard ordered his pirates not to engage Maud so they could keep pushing toward the execution platform to rescue Ace.
• Jingudo urged the Whitebeard Pirates to follow Whitebeard's orders and focus on the Marines.
• Whitebeard and Akainu clashed with their Devil Fruit powers, and Whitebeard shattered Akainu's Dogtooth Crimson Lotus with a vibration-charged punch.
• Maud used Silent Step to attack Whitebeard from the front with Nation's Might, Slash, and Whitebeard met his blade with a powerful punch.
• Maud told Whitebeard he would not hold back, then invisible blades cut wounds across Whitebeard's body and shocked the people watching.

Maud and Whitebeard traded blows in a fierce clash, with Maud wounding Whitebeard before the two matched each other’s full-strength sword strikes. Their battle was interrupted when Akainu’s searing attack engulfed them.

• Maud wounded Whitebeard in their first exchange, shocking the nearby pirates and making them worry about Whitebeard’s failing health.
• Whitebeard countered Maud’s shadow attack with Murakumogiri, while Maud’s Shadow Clone blocked the blade and fired Armament Haki-coated bullets that failed to hurt Whitebeard.
• Maud retreated from Whitebeard’s thrust and canceled his shock wave with a Haoku shock wave.
• Whitebeard charged Maud and met his full-strength sword strike with Murakumogiri, and their Haki clash shattered the ground around them.
• Akainu’s searing attack enveloped Maud and Whitebeard as they crossed blades.

Maud intervened as Akainu attacked Whitebeard, then exploited Whitebeard’s failing condition to create an opening for Ace’s rescue. He launched a Single Shot at Akainu, engulfing both Akainu and Whitebeard in its blinding shock wave.

• Akainu fired Great Eruption at Whitebeard and Maud, who escaped by swapping places with his Shadow Clone and caught Beli in gun form.
• Whitebeard shattered Akainu’s magma fist, while Maud confronted Akainu over the attack and prepared to fight him.
• Whitebeard’s condition visibly worsened as he clashed with Akainu, and blood ran from his mouth after their fists collided.
• Maud withdrew the shadows restraining the Straw Hat Pirates and holding the execution platform in place, giving Sabo and Marco a chance to rescue Ace.
• Maud attacked Akainu from behind with Single Shot, and its blinding shock wave swallowed Akainu and Whitebeard.

Maud used the power of Shadows' Gathering Ground to blast Whitebeard and Akainu, then engaged Whitebeard in a sword duel. Sabo and Luffy rescued Ace from the execution platform, and the pirates rallied to clear a path for the brothers to escape.

• Maud unleashed a powered-up Great Eruption that blasted Whitebeard into a trench and scattered Akainu's magma body.
• Maud charged Whitebeard and fought him in a fierce sword duel while Whitebeard endured his injuries to keep fighting until Ace was safe.
• Akainu noticed Sabo breach the Marine defenses and Luffy pull Sabo and Ace away from the execution platform.
• Ace, Sabo, and Luffy reunited, and Sabo called for their escape as Whitebeard's pirates rallied to open a path for them.

Maud fought Whitebeard to the brink of defeat while Sabo prepared to escape Marineford with Ace and Luffy. Blackbeard’s intervention failed to save Whitebeard, whom Maud killed, though Maud suffered several gunshot wounds.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to stop Ace and Robin after Luffy, Sabo, and the Revolutionary Army rescued Ace from the collapsed execution platform.
• Sabo told Ace and Luffy to prepare to escape, with Morley’s underground route and Karas’s flock of crows ready to carry them away despite Ace’s Seastone Cuffs.
• Maud gained the upper hand against Whitebeard, wounded him with his shadow-assisted attacks, and struck his chest with Beli’s blade.
• Oka fired three Armament Haki-coated bullets at Maud as he moved to finish Whitebeard, wounding Maud in the waist and right arm.
• Maud thrust his blade through Whitebeard’s heart and killed him before Oka’s follow-up shots struck Maud’s left leg and left hand.

Maud killed Whitebeard and gained his experience, then Luo rescued him from Blackbeard’s attack. After restoring his wounds, Maud set out with Luo to confront Doflamingo, while the world witnessed Whitebeard’s death as the end of an era.

• Maud pierced Whitebeard’s heart, then let him deliver his final order for the Whitebeard Pirates to survive before he died.
• Maud received Whitebeard’s experience, while the stunned pirates were attacked and Doflamingo, Hawk Eyes, and Blackbeard viewed Maud as vulnerable.
• Blackbeard ordered Van Augur to shoot Maud, but Luo used Room and Shambles to move him out of the bullets’ path.
• Maud revealed that his wounds had healed and his strength had returned, though he concealed the Hunter’s Notebook by crediting the Shadow-Shadow Fruit.
• Maud headed toward Doflamingo with Luo, while Blackbeard and the others reacted in shock and the Golden Lion saw Whitebeard’s death as the old era’s end.