Chapter Summaries

Issho postponed his meeting with Saint Gawain after hearing that Whitebeard was preparing to return to the Grand Line, while Uta performed at the gambling tournament’s closing concert. News of Gawain and Rayleigh spread worldwide, and Whitebeard decided to hurry his ship’s coating so he could meet Gawain and then return to the New World.

• Issho learned that Whitebeard’s ship was being coated and postponed his appointment with Rayleigh and Saint Gawain so he could keep watching over the frightened civilians.
• Professional gambler Fua won the tournament, and Uta performed for the remaining guests despite Gordon’s warnings to leave quickly.
• Gawain experienced Uta’s dreamlike singing, then asked Kalifa to invite Uta aboard the Dark Bird Ship to sing for him the next day.
• Doflamingo read that Rayleigh had joined Gawain, while news of their partnership spread across the seas and made Rayleigh a topic of conversation again.
• Whitebeard read a newspaper predicting disaster from his return, laughed with his crew, and told Marco to speed up the coating so he could meet Gawain and return to the New World.

Shiryu refused to leave Impel Down, revealing how Shiki’s escape had changed his view of the prison and its prisoners. As Whitebeard arrived at Fish-Man Island, Gawain learned Uta had boarded his ship and prepared to make contact.

• Magellan confronted Shiryu over his repeated leave requests, but Shiryu chose to remain at Impel Down rather than miss the approaching events.
• Shiryu told Magellan that Shiki’s escape had destroyed Impel Down’s traditions and left him seeing its prisoners as worthless trash.
• Tsuru explained that Whitebeard was returning because his flag had been removed from Fish-Man Island and Saint Gawain had drawn attention; Garp left Marineford to intercept him.
• Uta reluctantly boarded Gawain’s ship to perform, while Gordon tried to reassure her that Gawain was unlike other Celestial Dragons.
• Shakky told Gawain that Whitebeard had reached Fish-Man Island, where Prince Fukaboshi was receiving him, and Gawain called Fukaboshi.
• Whitebeard greeted Fukaboshi, but Fukaboshi’s underwater Den Den Mushi rang before he could reply.

Fukaboshi defended Gawain when Namur treated his call dismissively, and Gawain and Whitebeard spoke before Whitebeard set out for Sabaody. Uta arrived aboard the Dark Bird Ship and met Gawain and Shirahoshi.

• Fukaboshi insisted Namur respect Gawain, and Gawain reassured Namur that he understood the pressure he felt over Fish-Man Island’s cooperation.
• Whitebeard challenged Gawain’s silence on the call, then laughed with him and said he would soon come to Sabaody to meet the owner of the world’s strongest Conqueror’s Haki.
• Gawain ended the call with Whitebeard and welcomed Uta aboard the Dark Bird Ship with Gion and Hancock beside him.
• Uta and Gordon boarded the ship as reporters broadcast their arrival, and Rayleigh greeted Uta and led her across the deck.
• Gawain introduced Uta to Shirahoshi, encouraging the two nervous girls to get to know each other.

Gawain welcomed Uta aboard the Dark Bird Ship and asked her to sing when Whitebeard arrived. As the Moby Dick surfaced, Gawain and Whitebeard faced off, and Uta began a battle anthem just as their Conqueror’s Haki collided and destroyed parts of both ships.

• Gawain greeted Uta and introduced her to Shirahoshi, who eagerly cuddled her.
• Uta asked when she should sing, and Gawain told her to wait for his arriving guest.
• Garp reached Sabaody and prepared for Whitebeard, while Issho left after deciding Gawain had made his stance against pirates clear.
• Jinbe sensed the Moby Dick approaching, and Gawain asked Uta to sing a battle anthem as Whitebeard’s ship burst from the sea.
• Gawain and Whitebeard approached each other as Uta began singing, then their Conqueror’s Haki collided and tore apart sections of both ships.

Whitebeard’s Conqueror’s Haki was overwhelmed by Gawain’s, and the two crews exchanged attacks while the world watched. When Whitebeard’s Sea Quake trapped the ships inside a towering tsunami, Issho appeared and stopped the waves with his gravity powers, then faced Whitebeard.

• Jozu discovered that Gawain’s Conqueror’s Haki was suppressing Whitebeard’s, and Whitebeard acknowledged Gawain’s superior Haki before attacking with Murakumogiri.
• Kuma redirected Whitebeard’s blade wave, while Gion, Jozu, Shakky, Hancock, Marco, Jinbe, Namur, and Blamenco exchanged attacks across the ships.
• Whitebeard shattered the air with his fists and unleashed a Sea Quake that raised a towering tsunami around the Dark Bird Ship and the Mobius.
• Garp stopped Aokiji from intervening and revealed that someone was hidden in the sky, as Rayleigh noticed Issho descending to Gawain’s ship.
• Issho used Gravity Blade, Dustless Realm to halt and control the tsunami, then challenged Whitebeard, who praised Issho’s Press-Press Fruit and compared him to the Golden Lion.

Whitebeard and Gawain’s crews fought across the Moby Dick and the Dark Bird Ship as Gawain’s allies faced Whitebeard’s commanders. Teach secretly tried to seize Gawain, but Shiryu arrived in time to stop him and wound him.

• Whitebeard shattered Issho’s enormous meteor with Quake Shock, then challenged Gawain to show his own strength.
• Gawain declared that his companions were his power and sent them to fight; Rayleigh clashed with Whitebeard while the other crews engaged the division commanders.
• Issho used gravity to pin down the remaining commanders and fought them, with Teach pretending to be helpless among them.
• Teach secretly slipped onto the Dark Bird Ship and lunged at Gawain with a steel claw, intending to take him hostage.
• Shiryu rushed in, took the claw’s blow on his shoulder, and slashed Teach across the stomach, sending him flying and bleeding.

Blackbeard tried to take Gawain hostage to stop the battle, but Shiryu wounded him and Whitebeard rescued him. As Gawain’s forces pressed their attack, Blackbeard wounded himself to make Whitebeard stop fighting, and Gawain finally called off the clash after Whitebeard pleaded for his son.

• Blackbeard failed to capture Gawain, so Shiryu slashed him; Blackbeard flew to Whitebeard and claimed he had only wanted everyone to stop fighting and share a drink.
• Whitebeard caught Teach, drove Shiryu away, and tended Teach’s wounds while Gion and Hancock attacked him and Issho joined the assault.
• Teach stood up and stabbed himself, begging both sides to stop and asking them not to blame Whitebeard for his actions.
• Whitebeard told Marco to heal Teach, then lowered his defenses and offered to bear the consequences for his sons as Issho and Gion struck him.
• Gawain stopped Issho and Gion from attacking, asked Whitebeard Teach’s name, and let Marco heal the unconscious Teach.

After Gawain and Whitebeard ended their clash, their crews gradually relaxed and gathered aboard the Dark Bird Ship. Gawain led Whitebeard to a hidden hot spring beneath the ship, where their private conversation began.

• Whitebeard apologized for Teach’s actions, then joined Gawain aboard the Dark Bird Ship as their crews regrouped.
• Gawain asked Marco to heal Hancock and Shiryu, sent his crew to rest, and took Whitebeard aside for a private talk.
• Blackbeard apologized to both crews and charmed them with his performance, while Marco and the others agreed that he could lead a new division.
• Marco healed the injured with his blue flames, and Rayleigh comforted Shirahoshi and Uta as the crews settled into the lounge area.
• Gawain showed Whitebeard a hidden hot spring beneath the Dark Bird Ship, and the two began their conversation there.

Gawain and Whitebeard discussed their ideals in a hot spring, and Gawain revealed his goal of unifying the world and ending the World Government’s rule. He asked Whitebeard to help contain the Marines and World Government during his planned effort to seal pirates inside the New World.

• Gawain and Whitebeard joked about hot springs, then Whitebeard explained that he had investigated Gawain and trusted his intentions toward Fish-Man Island.
• Whitebeard urged Gawain to grow stronger, warning that a powerful crew could fracture if its leader could not fulfill its members’ goals.
• Gawain described his ambition to unify the world, overthrow the Five Elders and World Government, and bring peace to its people.
• Gawain told Whitebeard that he planned to seal Reverse Mountain and Fish-Man Island within three to five years, trapping pirates and the Emperors of the Sea in the New World.
• Gawain asked Whitebeard to hold back the Marines and World Government when they launched an assault on the New World during his plan.

Gawain explained his plan to eliminate pirates from the Grand Line and persuade the Four Emperors to keep the New World stable, while Whitebeard vowed to fight him if he threatened pirates’ future. Gawain revealed that meeting each Emperor separately was meant to undermine their trust and prevent them from uniting, leaving Whitebeard to consider the proposed cooperation.

• Gawain told Whitebeard that clearing pirates from the Grand Line would weaken the Marines and World Government while requiring stability and time to rebuild the region.
• Gawain said he would meet all four Emperors and ask them to prevent the New World pirates from uniting, arguing that he and Whitebeard both wanted stability.
• Whitebeard rejected Gawain’s framing and vowed to fight him atop the Red Line if he sealed off the Grand Line, citing the World Government’s destruction of his hometown.
• Gawain argued that he and Whitebeard shared an enemy in the World Government and that protecting his territory from pirates resembled Whitebeard’s own actions in the New World.
• Gawain revealed that his separate meetings with the Four Emperors would erode their mutual trust and make a united assault impossible, then invited Whitebeard to cooperate.

Gawain and Whitebeard shared a hot spring and discussed pirates, their pasts, and Gawain’s plans to stabilize the world. Whitebeard urged Gawain to grow stronger and seek a powerful Devil Fruit, while refusing to pursue the Pirate King title himself.

• Whitebeard acknowledged that Gawain had used him as a tool and discussed whether pirates were destined to disappear.
• Whitebeard recalled his youth, his time with the Rocks Pirates, and how he had once pursued Linlin before choosing to build his own crew and protect his sons.
• Whitebeard revealed that his heart hurt during fights and promised Gawain could take his place and inherit his territory and sons if he died before Gawain’s plans began.
• Gawain rejected Whitebeard’s offer to let him kill him for prestige and proposed that Whitebeard become Pirate King so a new king could end the Great Pirate Era.
• Whitebeard refused the throne, warned that Gawain lacked the strength to carry out his ambitions, and advised him to obtain a powerful Devil Fruit to make up for lost training years.

Gawain asked Whitebeard whether Devil Fruits made a difference, and Whitebeard urged him to choose strength by usefulness rather than pride. Meanwhile, the Marines headed toward the Dark Bird Ship, where the pirate crews gathered peacefully until Shiryu threatened the reporters and their Camera Den Den Mushi.

• Gawain admitted that his weakness put his force at risk and asked Whitebeard to explain the difference between Devil Fruit users and nonusers.
• Whitebeard explained that Devil Fruits traded the sea's rejection for a shortcut to strength, but that the strongest cared only whether someone could fight them.
• Gawain said he planned to train to his limit before eating a Devil Fruit, and Whitebeard challenged him to treat strength as a tool for uniting the world.
• Aokiji woke Garp and asked what the crews were doing, then persuaded him to approach the Dark Bird Ship with Borsalino.
• Uta sang for the gathered crews while Rayleigh questioned the reporters about whether they had captured the gathering.
• Shiryu threatened the reporters and suggested destroying their Camera Den Den Mushi, alarming the Whitebeard Pirates and the snails.

Shirahoshi and her companions prepared to welcome Garp’s approaching warship while Rayleigh revealed to Issho that Shirahoshi was Poseidon and that a prophecy connected Issho to Gawain. Meanwhile, Gawain and Whitebeard ended their hot-spring talk on friendly terms, and Teach apologized for his earlier sneak attack as Garp’s group drew near.

• Shirahoshi spared the sleeping Camera Den Den Mushi after Shiryu agreed to leave it alone, and Kalifa reported that Garp was approaching with Aokiji and Kizaru.
• Rayleigh invited Gion and Issho to welcome Garp, and Shakky knocked Rayleigh down for making their group sound like pirates.
• Rayleigh told Issho that Shirahoshi was Poseidon and that Shyarly’s prophecy linked Issho to Gawain, while Gion said Gawain would explain more later.
• Gawain and Whitebeard emerged from the hot spring after reconciling, and both reassured their crews that they had settled things amicably.
• Whitebeard ordered Teach to apologize to Gawain, and Teach prostrated himself before Gawain, who forgave him.
• Whitebeard spotted Garp’s approaching group near the ship.

Gawain welcomed Garp aboard the Dark Bird Ship, where Garp, Rayleigh, and Whitebeard reunited and reminisced about their past. The old rivals fought briefly before settling down to drink, while Gawain and the others watched from a distance.

• Garp arrived at the Dark Bird Ship with Aokiji and Kizaru, and Rayleigh greeted him by punching him over Ace’s matter.
• Garp tried to evade Rayleigh’s questions with jokes, but Rayleigh invited him to drink, and they headed to the lounge together.
• Gawain stopped Marco and the other Whitebeard Pirates from following, giving Whitebeard room to reunite with Garp and Rayleigh.
• Whitebeard and Garp exchanged a brief clash of punches that damaged the deck and scattered the food and drinks.
• Whitebeard, Garp, and Rayleigh reminisced about old battles and laughed together, easing the Whitebeard Pirates’ wariness toward Gawain’s group.

After the banquet, Gawain let Whitebeard, Garp, and Rayleigh enjoy their rare reunion while he arranged for Whitebeard to remain near Sabaody for repairs. As the guests departed, Gawain assigned Namur and Shiryu to help with trouble brewing around Fishman Five Islands and called Issho over.

• After Uta finished singing, Gawain comforted her and sent her to play with Shirahoshi while Whitebeard urged his sons to treat war cautiously.
• Garp insulted the cherry pie, Shakky punched him, and Rayleigh threatened him with his sword as the banquet continued in laughter.
• Gawain told Aokiji to let Whitebeard repair and coat the Moby Dick near Sabaody for three days, and he offered Kizaru a vacation aboard his ship in exchange for guarding him.
• Garp and his companions departed around two in the morning, and Whitebeard prepared to return to the Moby Dick.
• Namur apologized to Gawain for looking down on him and agreed to help King Neptune with trouble on Fishman Five Islands; Gawain also sent Shiryu there to deal with outlaws.
• Gawain learned that Uta was staying with Shirahoshi and beckoned Issho to come with him.

Whitebeard told his sons that he and Gawain had agreed he would witness an age of prosperity, while Garp, Aokiji, and Kizaru considered the threat Gawain’s ambitions could pose to the World Government. Gawain then told Issho that he planned to eradicate piracy and control the Grand Line, leaving Issho to consider the scale of his goals.

• Whitebeard explained that Franky and Spandam were Gawain’s crewmen and revealed his agreement with Gawain to witness an age of prosperity.
• Garp warned Aokiji that Gawain might eventually challenge the Celestial Dragons’ belief that they were superior to everyone else, and Aokiji and Kizaru chose to stay out of the matter.
• Gawain admitted to Issho that he had spent his prepared speech on Whitebeard and asked Issho to raise his concerns and hopes directly.
• Issho asked Gawain what he intended to do about pirates, and Gawain said he planned to eradicate piracy and bring the Grand Line under control within three to five years.
• Gawain told Issho that Whitebeard had agreed to fight him to the death on the Red Line, though Gawain wanted pirates like Whitebeard to keep protecting their people until piracy was eradicated.

Issho pledged himself and his Cane Sword to Gawain, explaining that he wanted to cleanse the world and believed Gawain could reform it. After Issho challenged Hancock and debated Marine justice with Gion, Gawain welcomed him aboard the Dark Bird Ship and gave him the Dark Bird Emblem.

• Issho praised Whitebeard and told Gawain he was willing to wield his blade in Gawain's service.
• Issho explained why he had rejected the Revolutionary Army, the Marines, and Cipher Pol, and why he sought a lawful way to save people for good.
• Issho offered his Cane Sword to Gawain, who accepted his allegiance and returned the sword to him.
• Issho criticized Hancock's past, and Gawain explained that he needed to control the Shichibukai to make his influence grow quickly.
• Issho argued with Gion that Sakazuki was the Marine most likely to eradicate pirates, prompting Gawain to reassure Gion that she could trust his judgment.
• Gawain pinned the Dark Bird Emblem to Issho's chest and welcomed him aboard the Dark Bird Ship.

Issho joined the Dark Bird Group and discovered that his gravity powers could help its members train, while Gawain continued risking severe injuries in sparring with Gion. Shiryu went to the Fishman Five Islands to hunt the outlaws targeting the Fish-Men, and Issho was left serving as the crew’s living weight-training device.

• Issho woke early, learned Gawain trained with Gion every morning, and told Rayleigh about the violent but justice-minded recluse Aramaki.
• Gion severely wounded Gawain during their sparring, and Kuma healed him before Gawain insisted on continuing.
• Gawain sent Shiryu and Lucci’s men to protect the Fish-Men by eliminating the outlaw leaders on the Fishman Five Islands.
• Shiryu attacked the outlaws on Tree Island, frightening the Fish-Men, while Kizaru and Garp departed and Kuzan stayed to watch Whitebeard.
• Rayleigh, Jinbe, Kuma, Lucci, Hancock, and Gion asked Issho to increase the gravity for their training, leaving Issho to realize the crew treated him as a training device.

Gawain invited Uta to become the Dark Bird Ship’s musician, but her excitement gave way to anger as she spoke about Shanks leaving her. The chapter ended with Uta accusing her father of abandoning her despite claiming to love her.

• Gawain trained under Issho’s gravity while Kizaru rested nearby, and Uta mistook Gawain’s concentration for indifference when she prepared to leave.
• Gawain stopped Uta and asked her to stay until lunch, where he discussed ship repairs, Fish-Man Island supplies, and crew uniforms with Kalifa.
• Gawain told Uta he wanted her to keep singing aboard the Dark Bird Ship as its musician.
• Uta was shocked that Gawain wanted her to join, especially since Shanks had not kept her aboard his ship.
• Uta angrily told Gawain that Shanks had promised not to leave her but had abandoned her, and she questioned why he had not kept her by his side.

Gawain persuaded Uta to join the Dark Bird Ship by arguing that traveling the world would let her bring live music to people who could never reach Elegia. Uta reluctantly agreed to become the ship’s chief musician, then Shirahoshi enthusiastically swept her up and accidentally smothered her against her chest.

• Uta refused Gawain’s invitation, explaining that she wanted to spread her songs around the world and return to Elegia.
• Gawain promised to use his ship, wealth, and connections to help Uta perform and distribute her music across the seas.
• Gawain urged Uta to consider the people unable to travel to Elegia, and she remembered her childhood in Foosha Village.
• Gawain told Uta she could stay aboard, visit Elegia whenever she wished, and confront Shanks when they eventually met.
• Gawain declared Uta the Dark Bird Ship’s chief musician and held her as she quietly agreed.
• Shirahoshi celebrated Uta’s decision, asked to learn singing from her, and hugged her so tightly that Uta cried for help.