Recaps

At Gild Tesoro’s auction, the Insect Zoan Devil Fruits sparked a bidding rivalry between the Insect Pirates and the Bind Pirates, while the Explosion Pirates claimed the Mantis Fruit. The auction moved on with the hall wary of the powerful crews present.

• The Insect Pirates’ Agates bid 500 million berries for the Fly Fruit, then won it for 700 million after Drill Man Gabit taunted him.
• Gabit provoked Agates into bidding on the Centipede Fruit, then won it for 610 million berries after Agates stopped raising the price.
• The Insect Pirates won the Bumblebee Fruit for 730 million berries after the Navy and several pirate crews joined the bidding.
• Sound Empress Koans bid one billion berries for the Mantis Fruit, which the Explosion Pirates won without opposition.

Kaido of the Beasts aggressively bid on the Ancient Zoan Devil Fruits to build a Zoan army and prepare for the greatest war the world had ever seen. The Beasts Pirates won two fruits, while other bidders claimed the remaining three.

• Kaido bid two billion beli and won the Sabertooth Devil Fruit for the Beasts Pirates.
• Kaido won the Double-Crested Dragon Devil Fruit for two billion beli and told Queen he planned to build a Zoan army and start the greatest war the world had ever seen.
• A mysterious cloaked bidder outbid Kaido for the Stegosaurus Devil Fruit, and Kaido did not bid again.
• The Landis Pirates won the Thylacoleo Devil Fruit for two billion beli.
• Captain Landis raised his bid to two billion three hundred million beli and won the Dire Wolf Devil Fruit.

Betty auctioned the remaining Paramecia Devil Fruits, with the Acid-Acid Fruit drawing the fiercest competition and selling to the Explosion Pirates for 2.5 billion berries. The auction continued through swords, books, and other goods, leaving the final two Logias as the main attractions still to come.

• Betty auctioned the Taste-Taste Fruit, which the Mysterious Pirate Group bought for one billion berries after Kaismi outbid Ghost Princess Lorian and Slippery Man Delice.
• The mysterious bidder who had bought the Stegosaurus Fruit won the Melt-Melt Fruit for 900 million berries.
• A pirate crew bought the Whisper-Whisper Fruit for 200 million berries, and the Bind Pirates bought the Paste-Paste Fruit for 600 million berries.
• The Explosion Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates competed for the Acid-Acid Fruit before the Explosion Pirates won it for 2.5 billion berries.
• Betty began auctioning swords, and the 50 Ryo Wazamono and 20 Great Grade Swords sold for a total of 2.7 billion berries.
• The Devil Fruit Encyclopedia copies sold for five billion berries in total, and the auction approached its end with the final two Logias still unsold.

The auction’s final stretch began with the Swamp-Swamp Fruit, which the Explosion Pirates won for four billion berries, before the Marines and a masked Revolutionary Army group fiercely competed for the Oil-Oil Fruit. The bidding reached ten billion berries, with both sides determined to win and the reason for their rivalry apparent to the hall.

• Betty opened bidding on the Swamp-Swamp Fruit at one billion berries, and the Marines, Nightmare Pirates, Big Mom Pirates, and Explosion Pirates raised the price.
• The Sound Queen bid four billion berries for the Swamp-Swamp Fruit, and Betty declared the Explosion Pirates its winners.
• Betty introduced the Oil-Oil Fruit, and Dragon's masked group bid three billion berries, catching Chaos off guard.
• The Marines bid three billion, five hundred million berries as Sengoku insisted that they secure the Oil-Oil Fruit for its industrial and technological value.
• Dragon's group and the Marines drove the bidding past eight billion berries, while the crowd wondered why the fruit mattered so much.
• The bidding reached ten billion berries as the Marines and the Revolutionary Army continued to compete for the Oil-Oil Fruit.

The Revolutionary Army and Sengoku competed fiercely for the Oil-Oil Fruit, but Chaos won it with a record bid of twenty billion. After the auction, Chaos announced that he was distributing training methods for the Six Styles and two types of Haki worldwide, declaring the start of a new era as Sengoku confronted him.

• Dragon valued the Oil-Oil Fruit as vital to the Revolutionary Army's long-term growth and bid fifteen billion.
• Sengoku raised the bid to sixteen billion, but an unknown bidder offered twenty billion, forcing Sengoku and Tsuru to abandon the auction.
• Betty declared the unknown bidder the winner, ending the auction and the Gathering of the Strong.
• Chaos flew above the platform as copies of Six Styles and Haki training methods fell throughout Gold City.
• Chaos announced that the techniques were being spread across the world and declared the Cultivation Era.
• Sengoku unleashed his Conqueror's Haki against Chaos, who met it with his own, causing a clash that knocked out more than half the crowd.

Gaia Chaos publicly launched the Cultivation Era by distributing the Six Powers and Haki methods around the world, giving the oppressed hope and alarming the World Government. After the announcement stirred the Strongest Gathering, the Marines withdrew from Gold City while pirates departed to prepare for a more dangerous world.

• Free newspapers spread across the world, announcing that Gaia Chaos would teach cultivation, the Six Powers, and two types of Haki to everyone.
• Slaves, beggars, commoners, and pirates reacted with hope and excitement as the papers circulated in enormous numbers.
• The Five Elders smashed a desk in fury, while Roger wondered whether Chaos had anticipated his plan to turn himself in and start a new era.
• At Gold City, Sengoku confronted Chaos, but Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Kaido, and other pirates supported the Cultivation Era and prepared for the changes ahead.
• Sengoku withdrew the Marines, and the visiting pirates left Gold City; Chaos told Golden Lion that he owed him a favor and would repay it soon.

After the auction, Chaos sent Gold City into hiding in the Calm Belt while the world reacted to the spread of the Six Powers and Haki. Half a month later, the Navy issued enormous bounties for the Richest Group as the Cultivation Era began to throw the seas into turmoil.

• Chaos ordered Gold City to head for the Calm Belt and told the group to keep a low profile and train.
• Gold City rose into the sky and disappeared as its inhabitants remained aboard.
• Over the next half month, the Six Powers and Haki spread, encouraging oppressed people across the seas to train and seek power.
• The Navy issued new bounties for the Richest Group, including six billion berries for Chaos and billions for each Representative.
• The World Government and Navy searched for Gold City with the CPO, but the mobile fortress remained hidden in the Calm Belt.

Roger told Whitebeard that his illness was incurable and that he would soon die, while revealing he was going to become a father and intended to usher in a new era. Five days after the Cultivation Era began, Roger appeared at Marine Headquarters, where Sengoku and Garp were stunned to see him.

• Roger met Whitebeard beneath the cherry trees and said he had little time left because he was sick.
• Roger told Whitebeard about Portgas D. Rouge and their coming child, then refused to share the route to Laugh Tale.
• Roger discussed the D name and the eras he and another man would usher in, praising the influence of the Cultivation Era before disappearing.
• Five days after the Cultivation Era began, Roger entered Marine Headquarters unseen by the passing Marines.
• Roger appeared in Sengoku's office while Sengoku and Garp argued, leaving them both pale and stunned.

Gold Roger surrendered to the Marines after appearing in Marineford and allowing Garp to defeat him, leaving the Navy and World Government suspicious of his motives. The Five Elders decided to execute him publicly to intimidate pirates and weaken the Richest Group.

• Roger appeared in Marineford, fought Sakazuki and Garp briefly, then let Garp send him crashing into the plaza without resisting arrest.
• Kong ordered Roger taken to prison, while Garp angrily confronted him and Roger replied that Garp had still caught him.
• Kong questioned Garp and the other officers at a meeting, and they agreed Roger had been far weaker than expected and that his surrender seemed deliberate.
• Kong reported Roger’s capture to the Five Elders, who learned he had arrived alone and turned himself in.
• A Five Elder proposed executing Roger publicly to warn pirates and diminish the Richest Group’s influence.

The Five Elders reported to Lord Im as the World Government prepared to exploit Roger’s capture, and news spread that the Pirate King would be executed in Loguetown. The announcement sent notable figures toward the town, while the chapter ended with the introduction of Zou, the Mink Tribe’s kingdom atop a colossal elephant.

• The Five Elders discussed Roger’s capture and went to the Flower Room to report to Lord Im.
• Three days later, newspapers announced that the Navy had captured Gold Roger and would transfer him to Impel Down before his execution in Loguetown.
• Rayleigh and Shakky recognized that Roger had chosen this path, while Whitebeard said Roger had turned himself in to usher in a new era.
• Doflamingo ordered Trebol and Diamante to prepare to go to Loguetown, and Big Mom also decided to visit the execution.
• Famous figures across the seas set out for Loguetown as a colossal elephant carrying the Mink Tribe’s kingdom, Zou, appeared in the New World.

As the Marines prepared to escort Roger to Impel Down and execute him in Loguetown, pirates and former Roger Pirates reacted to the news. Chaos decided to go to Loguetown, expecting powerful figures to gather there.

• Pedro asked Gaban whether he would go to Loguetown to save Roger, but Gaban remained uncertain.
• Buena Festa told Bullet that Roger would be executed, and Bullet dismissed the idea of going to Loguetown.
• Fleet Admiral Kong ordered Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, Sakazuki, Borsalino, Kuzan, and other officers to escort Roger to Impel Down in three days.
• Tsuru questioned Roger in prison about his disappearance and sudden return, but he evaded her questions.
• Golden Lion rejected the report at first, then vowed to confirm Roger's capture himself.
• Chaos read the news with Stussy, Baccarat, and Betty, then decided to go to Loguetown.

Golden Lion attacked Marineford with falling islands and demanded to know how the Marines captured Roger. Sengoku and Garp confronted him as Marines evacuated residents and prepared for battle.

• A storm gathered over Marineford, and a falling island crashed into the headquarters, devastating the town and killing many people.
• Sengoku emerged from the ruins as a second meteor descended, and Garp smashed it apart with one punch.
• Golden Lion appeared in the sky, and Sengoku struck him with a shock wave that sent him crashing through a ruined building.
• Golden Lion unleashed his Conqueror's Haki against Sengoku, while Tsuru ordered Marines to evacuate residents and prepare for battle.
• Golden Lion demanded that Garp explain how the Marines had captured Roger, and Sengoku confirmed that Roger would soon be executed.

Golden Lion attacked Marineford after learning that the Navy had captured Roger, whom he refused to believe could be defeated by anyone but himself. Sengoku and Garp fought him as his powers devastated the battlefield, and the clash continued with the giant earth lions rising again.

• Golden Lion accused the Navy of capturing Roger through trickery and said he had come to Marineford because Roger's planned execution in Loguetown insulted his rival.
• Golden Lion attacked Sengoku and Garp, but Garp's punch and Sengoku's shockwave drove him into a vast crater.
• Golden Lion counterattacked and used the Float-Float Fruit to raise two enormous earth lions that charged Sengoku and Garp.
• Sengoku and Garp struck down the lions, but Golden Lion's power kept rebuilding them as the battle spread across Marineford.
• Golden Lion and Sengoku traded a massive sword strike and Buddha palm while Garp fought Golden Lion at close range.
• Garp's punch sent Golden Lion flying, and Golden Lion cut Garp before Garp's next blow carved a deep valley; the two giant lions rose again.

Garp and Sengoku fought the Golden Lion, who summoned an island to destroy Marineford. Sengoku shattered it, but its fragments began raining down on the battlefield.

• Garp and Sengoku pressed the Golden Lion, wounding him while struggling to overcome his two-on-one advantage.
• The Golden Lion sent an island crashing toward Marineford, and Sengoku flew up to destroy it while Garp held him off.
• The Golden Lion unleashed six enormous earth lions that surrounded Garp and repeatedly regenerated when he struck them.
• Sengoku used his Buddha form to shatter the falling island, but its fragments spread into a shower of meteors over Marineford.
• Sengoku returned to the sky, injured, and prepared to stop the meteors.

Golden Lion kept raining islands down on Marineford while Garp fought him at close range, and Sengoku and the Navy struggled to stop the falling debris. Golden Lion drew Garp into an aerial battle as more islands threatened the battlefield.

• Tsuru ordered the Navy officers to stop the meteors, and they destroyed most of them before impact.
• Golden Lion summoned another island, and Garp struck him with a powerful punch despite Golden Lion's slashes and swords.
• Garp relentlessly attacked Golden Lion, who used rising ground and spikes to create distance before taking the fight into the sky.
• Golden Lion taunted Garp about his stamina and summoned two more islands while Sengoku shattered another island and fell into a crater, coughing up blood.
• Tsuru worried that the Navy could not hold out much longer and lamented that Zephyr and the Sakazuki sisters were absent from Marineford.

Golden Lion threatened to destroy Marineford by dropping two enormous islands, forcing Sengoku and the Marines to make a desperate stand. Garp activated Phase Two of Life Return: Absolute Control and faced Golden Lion in a transformed state.

• Garp, Sengoku, and Golden Lion fought for hours while Tsuru and the Marines struggled to clear the falling meteorites.
• Golden Lion realized Kong and Zephyr were absent and decided to escape, but Sengoku insisted on capturing him to preserve the Marines' reputation.
• Golden Lion summoned a gigantic island, then a second, as Sengoku, Tsuru, and the Marines rallied to keep them from striking Marineford.
• Sengoku charged toward the islands and told Garp to capture Golden Lion while he dealt with the threat.
• Garp activated Phase Two of Life Return: Absolute Control, transforming as Golden Lion watched in alarm.

Garp used his one-minute Absolute Control technique to overpower Golden Lion, while Sengoku destroyed the islands threatening Marineford at great cost. Just as the Marines thought Golden Lion had lost, he dropped an enormous final island over Marineford, forcing Sengoku, Garp, and the other Navy officers to rise and stop it.

• Garp activated Absolute Control and relentlessly attacked Golden Lion, while Sengoku used Thousand-Armed Wrathful Buddha to smash two falling islands and collapsed from the strain.
• Garp and Golden Lion exchanged devastating blows until both were badly wounded and Golden Lion fell, while Tsuru helped restore Garp and Sengoku.
• Golden Lion revealed a final island larger than the others and declared that the Marines were the ones who had lost.
• Sengoku transformed into a giant Buddha and rose toward the island, and Garp and the other Navy officers followed to keep it from crashing into Marineford.
• Tsuru remained behind and stared coldly at Golden Lion.

Tsuru battled the badly wounded Golden Lion as he tried to escape, but he revealed a trump card that briefly restored half his strength. As his power rapidly faded again, Golden Lion prepared to stake everything on one final strike.

• Tsuru pursued Golden Lion and struck him repeatedly, while he used the Float-Float Fruit to attack and tried to flee.
• After Tsuru knocked Golden Lion into the ruins, he suddenly restored half his strength, repaired his broken arm, and recovered Withered Wood.
• Golden Lion and Tsuru fought fiercely, but his restored strength and Haki dwindled as Tsuru kept him from escaping.
• Golden Lion realized he had to settle the fight with one strike and raised Cherry Ten, preparing to stake everything on the attack.

Kong and Tsuru captured Golden Lion after he nearly destroyed Marineford, but the victory came at an immense cost. As news of the disaster spread, Dragon and Telly arrived on an island to meet a giant they hoped would become their partner.

• Golden Lion launched a two-pronged attack on Tsuru, but Kong intervened and Tsuru used her ability to render Golden Lion limp and capture him.
• Kong flew up to stop the island from destroying Marineford, and later learned from Tsuru that the devastation had killed hundreds of thousands of people and many Marines.
• Newspapers reported Golden Lion’s capture and Marineford’s destruction, prompting worldwide speculation about the Marines’ growing power.
• Dragon and Telly landed on an unnamed island to meet a giant they considered a future partner.
• Telly jumped onto the sleeping giant’s face and stomped on him until he woke in a panic, shaking the mountain.

At Marineford, Kong and the other Marines prepared to escort Golden Lion to Impel Down while debating the chance that the Flying Pirates would attack. After Golden Lion’s capture, the fleet captains argued over who would lead them, and Annie left to try to rescue him.

• Tsuru said the Flying Pirates were unlikely to risk their lives rescuing Golden Lion, but Kong ordered Sengoku and Garp to escort him and capture any attackers.
• Kong assigned Tsuru to oversee Marineford’s reconstruction and refused to explain why Roger would not be transferred alongside Golden Lion.
• After Golden Lion’s capture, the Flying Pirates’ floating islands crashed into the sea, killing many pirates and leaving the survivors gathered on a shattered island.
• Axios proposed choosing an acting captain instead of planning a rescue, and Grakas, Rubit, and Eliza challenged his bid for power.
• Annie announced she would rescue Golden Lion and left after mocking the other fleet captains.

The Marines transported the Golden Lion to Impel Down, where three Flying Pirates captains failed to rescue him and the crew disbanded. They then prepared to escort Roger under a much stronger force, hoping to draw out the Roger Pirates as part of their plan to bolster Marine prestige.

• Sengoku and Garp escorted the Golden Lion from Marineford, but the Flying Pirates' Annie, Roria, and Spand failed to free him and were captured.
• The Golden Lion praised Annie, Roria, and Spand before they were all imprisoned on Impel Down's Sixth Level.
• News reports announced that the Flying Pirates had disbanded, with Axios and Rubit founding their own crews.
• Kong ordered Roger escorted to Impel Down by a powerful Marine force, while Tsuru remained behind and wondered about Roger's plans.
• Sengoku and the other Marines set sail, hoping Roger's crew would take the bait and come to his rescue.

The chapter describes Impel Down’s purposes and brutal levels before Gold Roger is imprisoned in Infinite Hell. Sengoku remains suspicious of Roger’s unexplained surrender, and the chapter ends as a visitor approaches a chained prisoner.

• The chapter explained that Impel Down deterred pirates, contained Devil Fruit users, and provided prisoners for research and other World Government uses.
• Gold Roger was escorted to Impel Down without an attack, leaving Sengoku suspicious despite the Navy’s preparations.
• Sengoku and the others stayed at Impel Down until three days before Roger’s execution.
• A visitor carrying a coal lamp reached a cell in Infinite Hell, where a chained prisoner stirred, saw the visitor, and grinned.

Garp visited Roger in prison and demanded to know why he had surrendered. Roger revealed that he had learned something about the Clan of D, and said that since Garp would not carry the burden alone, he would act instead; Roger also disclosed that he was incurably ill and had little time left.

• Garp brought Roger meat and wine in his cell and watched him eat and drink.
• Garp angrily confronted Roger and pressed him to explain why he had turned himself in.
• Roger reminded Garp of their history and said they shared the will of the D despite following different paths.
• Garp admitted that he had seen and heard what Roger had learned, but said he could not bear the Clan of D's burden alone.
• Roger said he would take action in Garp's place, then revealed that he was incurably sick and had little time left.

Roger told Garp that his son was about to be born and entrusted the child to him, despite Garp’s furious refusal. As Loguetown filled with people awaiting Roger’s execution, Gecko Moria arrived with his powerful crew, signaling that more major figures would soon gather.

• Roger revealed to Garp that Rouge was carrying his child and asked him to raise the baby, who would be named Portgas D. Ace or Portgas D. Ann.
• Garp refused Roger’s request but learned the child was on Baterilla Island and left the prison furious and helpless.
• Roger asked Garp to tell the child and Rouge that he was sorry and loved them as darkness closed in.
• Loguetown filled with Marines, pirates, officials, nobles, and other visitors preparing to witness Roger’s execution.
• Gecko Moria arrived at Loguetown with his formidable crew, alarming the pirates and merchants at the harbor.

The Big Mom Pirates and other powerful crews gathered in Loguetown on the eve of the execution, and tensions erupted in the hotel when Chinjao confronted Charlotte Perospero. Chinjao shattered Perospero’s Candy Wall with a punch, leaving the Big Mom Pirates poised to respond.

• Charlotte Perospero and Katakuri arrived in Loguetown with the Big Mom Pirates, while Doflamingo and Trebol watched them warily.
• The Beasts Pirates and Eight Treasures Navy arrived, and warships departed Impel Down for Loguetown.
• The day before the execution, rival crews and powerful figures gathered at the largest hotel, where Perospero mocked Queen and Chinjao.
• Chinjao confronted Perospero over his remark about Big Mom and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Chinjao punched through Perospero’s Candy Wall, prompting the other Big Mom children to draw their weapons.