Chapter Summaries

Whitebeard launched a devastating attack on Marineford, and Garp and Akainu intercepted it as the battle began. Sanji, Zoro, Luffy, and the others then stormed the execution platform, knocked Sengoku aside, and reached Ace.

• Whitebeard struck Oris Plaza with his Tremor-Tremor Ability, and Garp and Akainu combined their attacks to stop the shockwave.
• Moria spotted Perona, who had found him and excitedly called out to him.
• Sanji and Zoro ambushed Sengoku on the execution platform, wounded him, and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Sanji grabbed the key and rushed to free Ace while the flying ship slammed into the execution platform.
• Luffy and the others fought off the Marines surging toward the platform, and the soldiers recognized the Straw Hat Crew.
• Sengoku glared at the Straw Hat Crew and roared at Garp in fury.

The Straw Hat Crew reached the execution platform and freed Ace while Whitebeard’s forces fought to keep the Navy’s strongest fighters away. Sengoku blocked their escape, but Lina arrived to confront him and clear the way.

• Marco intercepted Kizaru while Whitebeard fought Garp and Akainu, and Whitebeard sent Jozu and Vista to stop Aokiji.
• Lina raced toward the execution platform as the battlefield’s focus shifted to the Navy trying to stop the Straw Hat Crew from escaping.
• Sanji unlocked Ace’s Seastone handcuffs, but Ace was too exhausted to fight, so Franky carried him as Luffy led the group away.
• Sengoku attacked the Straw Hat Crew, but Jinbe and Ivankov combined their techniques to break his shockwave.
• The Battle Demon knocked Sengoku off the platform, and Lina arrived, telling the others to keep moving while he faced the Fleet Admiral.

Lina held Sengoku at the execution platform while the Straw Hat Crew and Whitebeard Pirates fought their way through Marine forces. As the battle turned in their favor, Doflamingo arrived to attack Lina, who sent Magellan’s undead to confront him.

• The Battle Ghost clashed with Sengoku, while Lina urged Luffy and the others to escape and they charged through the Marines with help from Jinbe and Ivankov.
• Nami struck Marine soldiers with lightning as Sengoku tried to pursue Luffy, but Lina and the Gun Ghost held him back with Haki-infused bullets.
• Lina’s undead joined Marco, Jozu, and Vista to pin down Kizaru and Aokiji, and Sengoku realized Lina had been manipulating the battle’s deployments.
• Sengoku blasted the Battle Ghost and created an opening for Doflamingo to attack Lina with his whip.
• Lina blocked Doflamingo’s Five Color Threads with a shadow barrier, then sent Magellan’s undead to fight him.

Luffy and his allies fought their way toward Lina’s arranged escape while Zoro and Sanji stayed behind to face Gion and Kake. At the execution platform, Lina’s poison overwhelmed Doflamingo’s attacks, and he hesitated when Lina threatened to kill him.

• Luffy cleared a path through the Marines with a giant fist, then bickered with Ace about their childhood as the group kept advancing.
• Gion and Kake ambushed the escape force, so Zoro and Sanji stayed behind to fight them while Luffy led the others onward.
• Doflamingo dodged Lina’s Poison Dragons and tried to destroy them with string attacks, but the poison kept reforming and pursuing him.
• Doflamingo turned the surrounding buildings into strings and threatened to trap the battlefield, possibly causing Marine casualties, to stop Ace’s rescue.
• Lina opened five rifts behind Doflamingo and threatened to kill him, making him freeze and reconsider his threat.

Lina killed Doflamingo after he unleashed the Birdcage, while Luffy and the others fought the Marines and waited for her to finish. The Birdcage vanished, Whitebeard’s forces joined Luffy’s group as they retreated toward the harbor, and Lina confronted Sengoku over his role in Doflamingo’s death.

• Doflamingo formed the Birdcage around Oris Plaza, separating Luffy and his companions from much of Whitebeard’s forces.
• Luffy, Usopp, Robin, Brook, Ivankov, and Chopper fought off the Marines while the Birdcage trapped them and began shrinking.
• The Birdcage suddenly snapped apart, and Izo and Rakuyo led Whitebeard’s pirates to help Luffy and Ace retreat toward the harbor.
• Lina’s undead killed Doflamingo in a confrontation involving Sengoku, and the Mage Undead presented her with Doflamingo’s head.
• Lina mocked Sengoku for arranging Doflamingo’s death, while Sengoku denied responsibility and privately regarded the Shichibukai’s death as convenient.

Whitebeard held off Garp and Akainu while Luffy’s group tried to escape with Ace, but Aokiji froze several of them and PX-0 began capturing the frozen crew members. Jinbe stayed behind to face Aokiji as the others continued toward the harbor.

• Whitebeard struck Garp back and told him he was willing to die to give his sons a chance to escape, then blocked Akainu’s magma attack.
• Aokiji caught up with Luffy’s group near the harbor and froze Franky and Brook as they tried to carry Ace forward.
• Usopp attacked Aokiji while Robin caught Ace with a web of arms and bounced him toward Jinbe.
• Jinbe stopped Luffy from turning back, threw him and Ace toward the harbor, and confronted Aokiji.
• Aokiji froze Robin and Usopp, but Jinbe dispersed his freezing attack with a Fish-Man Karate punch.
• A Pacifista marked PX-0 appeared and began removing the frozen crew members, starting with Franky and targeting Nico Robin.

Bear sent the Straw Hat Crew members away as the Shichibukai turned against the Navy or pursued their own goals during the battle. With the crew scattered and the war still raging, Lina prepared to escape.

• Sengoku realized Bear was sending the frozen Straw Hat Crew members flying, while Lina denied having arranged the betrayal.
• Momousagi overwhelmed the wounded Zoro, but Moria and Perona intervened before Bear sent Zoro away.
• Hancock left Sanji and Gatte petrified, and Bear sent Sanji away as Gion demanded that Hancock undo her ability.
• Sengoku condemned the Shichibukai, while Lina mocked the system and announced that she was ready to escape.

As the Whitebeard Pirates began retreating, Lina fought Sengoku while Ace escaped with Luffy and the pirates reached their ship. Little Oars’s arrival opened a path for the retreat, but Marco knew someone would have to stay behind to hold off the Marines.

• Luo and Bepo spotted a sailboat approaching Marineford and wondered who was steering it.
• Sengoku attacked Lina to stop him from leaving, and Lina sent several wraiths to fight back.
• Knight Doma directed Luffy and Ace around the frozen ice toward the bay as the pirates followed.
• Little Oars and a white-coated auxiliary ship burst through the ice, prompting the pirates to hurry aboard.
• Marco told Kizaru that the pirates had accepted someone would have to cover their retreat.

Whitebeard split Marineford with his attack and ordered Marco to lead the Whitebeard Pirates to safety, then stood alone against the Marines to protect his family. Sengoku deduced that Lina was a remote presence whose undead had turned the battle, and Lina answered cryptically as Whitebeard faced the admirals.

• Whitebeard split the battlefield with Murakumogiri and told Marco to take the crew and retreat, appointing him vice captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Marco accepted Whitebeard’s order through tears, while Ace blamed himself and Luffy tried to hold him back.
• Aokiji, Kizaru, and Akainu attacked the retreating pirates, but Whitebeard shattered their attacks and threatened Sengoku by tearing Marineford apart.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to focus on Whitebeard and told Lina he had identified his fruit as the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit: Lich Lord.
• Sengoku concluded that Lina’s undead had turned the war and that Lina himself had never entered the battlefield, and Lina gave him a cryptic reply.

Lina waited on the execution platform for Blackbeard while his spirits helped Luffy and the others escape Marineford. After sharing a private moment with Nami, Lina watched Whitebeard’s fight as Blackbeard and his crew prepared to move.

• Lina stayed on the execution platform, where Sengoku watched him while Whitebeard fought Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru below.
• Lina controlled his spirits from a ship beyond the harbor, and Nami joined him after he told Luffy the spirit on the platform was not his real body.
• Nami asked whether Lina would visit her in Visseria during the next two years, then kissed him and left angrily when he said he did not think he would go.
• Whitebeard struck Akainu down after Akainu pierced his chest with Hell Hound.
• Blackbeard and his crew watched from beneath the headquarters, and Blackbeard told Burgess to wait for a chance to take revenge on Lina.

Blackbeard and the escaped Level Six prisoners entered the plaza to kill Whitebeard and steal the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, prompting Lina and Sengoku to join forces against them. Whitebeard wounded Blackbeard before the pirates overwhelmed him, but Lina's undead and Sengoku's Buddha Shockwave struck back, leaving the prisoners battered as Lina prepared to take them down.

• Blackbeard led Shiryu and the escaped prisoners into the plaza, where Sengoku and Lina recognized his plan to take Whitebeard's power and agreed to oppose him.
• Whitebeard charged Blackbeard despite Kizaru's attack, wounded him with Murakumogiri, and was then attacked by Blackbeard's crew.
• Lina's War Fiend punched Blackbeard away, Sukuna wounded Shiryu, and Gun Ghost exchanged fire with Van Augur.
• Lina's lightning struck the Blackbeard Pirates, and Sengoku descended as a golden Buddha and blasted the crew and prisoners with his Buddha Shockwave.
• After the escaped prisoners struggled to rise, Lina decided to take down as many of them as she could.

Lina and the spirits disrupted Blackbeard's attempt to steal Whitebeard's power during the Marineford battle. Crocodile and other Impel Down escapees joined the fight, and Crocodile confronted Lina.

• Lina targeted Sanjuan Wolf, and Magellan's spirit attacked him with poison while Bullet's spirit shattered a tower thrown at Magellan.
• Sanjuan Wolf was poisoned and crushed buildings when he fell, while Blackbeard refused to save him.
• Blackbeard used Dark Water to pull Whitebeard toward him, but Sengoku's attack and a spear from the ground interrupted the attempt.
• Crocodile slashed Blackbeard's chest and rebuked him for claiming he would kill Whitebeard.
• Crocodile recognized Lina, who also spotted Mr. 1, Mr. 3, and Clown Buggy among the Impel Down escapees.

Whitebeard died standing at Marineford after Akainu pierced his chest, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to stop Blackbeard from taking his power. As the fighting resumed, Lina arranged to take Whitebeard’s corpse, hoping to claim the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

• Akainu struck Whitebeard from behind and pierced his chest, and Whitebeard died standing after declaring that Blackbeard was not the one Roger awaited.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to attack the Blackbeard Pirates, while Akainu and Kizaru pursued Ace toward the harbor.
• Sukuna gave Hawk Eyes Black Blade Shusui to pass on to Zoro, then disappeared.
• Blackbeard asked Lina to join forces, but Sengoku revealed that Lina had exposed Blackbeard’s power-stealing ability and controlled undead fighters.
• A giant face and arms rose from Marineford, and Garp leaped to fight them as an eagle seized Whitebeard’s corpse and flew away for Lina.

Lina recovered Whitebeard’s body and turned him into an undead, then used him to attack Teach and threaten Marineford before escaping. Shanks arrived after the war had ended and chose to wait for Luffy in the New World.

• Lina caught Whitebeard’s body, used Azure Flame on him, and found that he could not fuse with the War Ogre.
• Lina summoned her undead to fend off Akainu while the Whitebeard Pirates escaped Marineford with Luffy.
• Teach unleashed his darkness against the plaza, but Lina summoned undead Whitebeard, who shattered the attack and shook Marineford with the Tremor-Tremor Ability.
• Lina vanished after telling everyone to sink with Marineford, while undead Whitebeard attacked Teach’s crew and Aokiji stopped Burgess from fleeing.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to deal with undead Whitebeard and leave Blackbeard’s escape for later.
• Shanks arrived too late to see the war’s end and decided to wait for Luffy in the New World.

Buggy’s confused live report from Marineford left the world uncertain about Ace, Whitebeard, and the pirates’ fates. Sengoku then declared a Marine victory and Whitebeard’s death, setting pirates across the seas in motion to seize power.

• Buggy reported that Ace had been rescued, misstated the Straw Hat Crew’s fate, and said Whitebeard was still fighting.
• Shakky doubted Buggy’s report about Lina, while Rayleigh mourned Whitebeard and prepared to welcome the arriving pirates.
• Sengoku announced that the Marines had killed Edward Newgate, defeated the Straw Hat Pirates and Blackbeard Pirates, and won the war.
• People cheered the Marines’ victory as pirates prepared to fight over Whitebeard’s territory and the New World’s balance of power shifted.

After Whitebeard’s crew departed Sabaody, Lina brought Luffy and their companions to Shakky’s Rip-off Bar to find Rayleigh and arrange Luffy’s training. Rayleigh explained why he had respected Ace’s choice not to be rescued, then left with Lina to visit the red-light district.

• Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates thanked Luffy and Lina, took Whitebeard’s body, and sailed away while Ace remained unconscious but out of danger.
• Lina reassured the departing crew that Ace would recover with their support, then decided to take Luffy to Rayleigh for two years of training.
• Lina, Luffy, Jinbe, and Ivankov reached Shakky’s Rip-off Bar, where they learned Rayleigh had gone to meet Marco and the others.
• Rayleigh said he had met Ace three years earlier and had respected Ace’s determination to make his own name rather than be rescued by Roger’s former subordinate.
• Jinbe planned to return to Fish-Man Island, and Ivankov planned to return to his country; Lina invited Rayleigh to the red-light district, and Rayleigh eagerly went with him.

Lina bought supplies on Sabaody and encountered two Marines returning home after surviving the war. The brothers fired at him but deliberately missed, and Lina left while realizing one of them had awakened Observation Haki.

• Lina said goodbye to Rayleigh, planned to buy an Eternal Pose and provisions, and left Luffy in Rayleigh’s care for two years of training.
• Two Marine brothers returned to Sabaody, where the older brother remembered the horrors of the battle and how Lina had stopped Doflamingo’s Birdcage, saving him and his younger brother.
• Lina bought fruit from the brothers’ mother, and the brothers recognized him when he returned the older brother’s dropped money.
• Lina told the brothers they could pretend not to see him while on leave, then took back a thousand berries and walked away.
• The brothers shot at Lina but intentionally missed, and Lina sensed their thoughts and realized one of them had awakened Observation Haki.
• After Lina disappeared, the brothers relaxed, and the older brother went searching for the berry he had dropped.

A week after Marineford, Sanji continued to rage against Lina and Ivankov for sending him to the Kamabakka Kingdom, while Lina visited Nami on Visseria. Lina reunited with the lonely Nami and promised to take her around the world, leaving them holding each other as he agreed not to go.

• Sanji fought off the okama on Peachy Island and blamed Ivankov and Lina for tricking him into going there.
• Ivankov transformed into a woman using his hormone powers, leaving Sanji stunned.
• Lina arrived on Visseria and heard the old men warn him about Nami, who had taken over the island in just four days.
• Nami, feeling lonely and missing her friends and Lina, encouraged herself to return to her meteorology studies.
• Lina appeared behind Nami, embraced her, and promised to take her around the world.
• Nami clung to Lina and asked him not to leave, and Lina promised he would stay.

Hawk Eyes arrived at Crocus Island and suspected Zoro had wounded its armed baboons, while Franky became determined to build Lina and Usopp's Assault Freedom robot. On Visseria, Lina offered to protect the scholars during their research travels, and Nami's crew prepared to make the Sky Island their base.

• Hawk Eyes landed on Crocus Island with Shusui and noticed sword wounds on the armed baboons, leading him to suspect Roronoa.
• Zoro wandered through a maze in the island's castle as two newcomers entered and admired the spooky surroundings.
• Franky studied Lina and Usopp's robot designs and vowed to build Assault Freedom.
• Lina, Nami, and Hareda shared a meal, and Nami alternately ordered the old man to leave and allowed him to stay in his own house.
• Lina offered to guard the Visseria scholars while they researched dangerous islands, and Hareda panicked after learning Lina and Nami were pirates.
• Nami knocked Hareda down, while Lina planned to use Visseria as a base and turn it into a small undead empire.

In 1521, the Marines underwent a major shake-up as Akainu became Fleet Admiral and Aokiji left the organization. Aboard Visseria, Lina and Nami read news about their old friends and planned to visit Vivi in Alabasta before Lina explored the Santora River.

• The World Economic News Agency reported Sengoku and Garp's retirement, Akainu's victory over Aokiji, and the Marines' relocation and recruitment of Fujitora and Ryokugyu.
• Nami and Lina read the newspaper and were surprised to learn that Brook had become the Soul King.
• Nami wondered how their other friends were doing, while Lina worried that Sanji would be angry when they met again.
• Lina recalled their travels aboard Visseria, his battles and training, and their progress with Haki and Devil Fruit abilities.
• Lina agreed to visit Vivi in Alabasta with Nami before exploring the Santora River.