Recaps

News about Monkey D. Luffy’s capture and family connections sparked public outrage and accusations that the Marines would protect him. At a Marineford meeting, Sakazuki used the uproar to condemn alleged corruption and order Aokiji dismissed and investigated and Garp confined, leaving the officers too intimidated to oppose her.

• Newspapers reported that Fujitora had captured Monkey D. Luffy and publicized Luffy’s powerful family ties, prompting widespread mockery of the Marines.
• People across the seas mocked the Marines and watched New Marineford, while Marines grew tense under the public scrutiny.
• Sakazuki opened the meeting by accusing Garp, Kuzan, and other officers of undermining justice and blamed them for the Marines’ damaged reputation.
• Sakazuki ordered Aokiji dismissed and investigated and confined him with Garp at the Marine Academy until she gave permission for them to leave.
• Several officers objected, but Sakazuki threatened them and challenged the room to vote her out, silencing her opponents.

Sakazuki used a Navy meeting to punish Garp and Kuzan, secure support for Monkey D. Luffy’s public execution, and strengthen her authority as Fleet Admiral. The Five Elders approved the plan and promised support, while Garp and Kuzan faced disgrace and confinement at the Marine Academy.

• Sakazuki offered Borsalino the Fleet Admiral position, but he refused, and Fujitora remained silent.
• Kuzan accepted responsibility for letting the Straw Hat Pirates escape, while Garp said he would report to the Marine Academy and be confined there.
• Sakazuki called for a decision on Luffy’s fate, and the officers—including Garp—voted to support his public execution.
• Sakazuki went to Mary Geoise, where the Five Elders approved the execution plan and agreed that the Army and other agencies would support the Navy.
• Garp drank at the Marine Academy with Kuzan and Zephyr; Kuzan had been confined and stripped of his rank pending investigation.

The Navy announced that it would execute Luffy at Marineford in ten days, prompting powerful factions to weigh whether to intervene. Garp visited Luffy in prison, where Luffy apologized, and Garp left Marineford devastated.

• The Revolutionary Army debated the execution announcement, and Sabo resigned as chief of staff to save Luffy, with Koala supporting him.
• Shanks and his crew discussed the likely war, while news of Luffy's capture reached people across the seas.
• Sakazuki and Navy leaders assessed the forces that might enter the conflict and resolved that the Navy had to win.
• Garp asked Sakazuki for permission to see Luffy, and she allowed him to visit the prison.
• Garp sat with Luffy in his cell; Luffy called him Grandpa and apologized, and Garp left without answering.

Miss Bakkin and Weevil were summoned to New Marineford as the Marines prepared to execute Monkey D. Luffy and fight the Revolutionary Army. Chaos decided to join the coming battle after learning that Catarina Devon was impersonating him, while Sakazuki organized the Marines’ defenses and received Army and CP0 reinforcements.

• Miss Bakkin received orders to bring Weevil to New Marineford or lose his Shichibukai title, so they abandoned their treasure hunt and set out.
• Chaos learned that the Shichibukai and the Richest Group had been notified about the coming battle, and decided to go after Borsalino and Catarina Devon.
• Stussy told Chaos that Catarina Devon had been impersonating him and swindling people in Dressrosa, prompting him to declare that he would deal with her.
• Sakazuki prepared New Marineford for the execution of Monkey D. Luffy and anticipated attacks from the Revolutionary Army, the Whitebeard Pirates, the Red Hair Pirates, and other forces.
• Southern Bright God Charlose arrived with five CP0 agents and told Sakazuki that they would support the Marines in the battle.

As the Navy and Revolutionary Army prepared for war, Dragon sought help to save Luffy and Blackbeard lured Bonis to Hachinosu to attack him. Bonis fought off the Blackbeard Pirates as two mysterious figures emerged from a mirror nearby, announcing the return of a man absent for a year.

• Sakazuki met with the seven Shichibukai, while Dragon failed to reach the Richest Group and called another contact for help saving Luffy.
• Blackbeard ordered his crew to prepare for war with the Richest Group after the A-level Great Swordsman repeatedly disrupted their territory.
• Butterfly Beauty, Burgess, and Abaro lured Bonis to Hachinosu, where Blackbeard’s forces surrounded him.
• Bonis activated his signal device and unleashed powerful slashes as Blackbeard’s commanders and officers attacked.
• Two figures entered a mirror on Saturn and emerged on an island near Hachinosu, and news spread that a man had appeared again after a year.

Bonis fought the Blackbeard Pirates until Chaos arrived and revealed that Blackbeard had been someone’s experimental subject since childhood. Chaos lost interest in killing the crew and left with Ivankov and Bonis, planning to visit New Marineford.

• Bonis fought the Blackbeard Pirates alone, killing several pirates with the Rust-Rust Fruit before collapsing from his injuries.
• Chaos arrived with Ivankov, and he killed a Tibetan Mastiff commander with Word Becomes Law, drawing the commander’s soul into his flames.
• Chaos taunted Blackbeard about how he escaped Gold City, then revealed that Blackbeard had been an experiment since childhood and was kept alive as a research subject.
• Blackbeard and his crew were stunned by the revelation, while Chaos said he had lost interest in wiping them out.
• Chaos left with Ivankov and Bonis, intending to go to New Marineford and capture Borsalino for Caesar to study.

Blackbeard dismissed Gild Tesoro’s claim that his life was an experiment, but privately grew consumed by doubt as the world prepared for the Navy’s decisive battle against the Revolutionary Army. At New Marineford, the Navy and World Government assembled their forces, and Fleet Admiral Sakazuki appeared as the execution day began.

• Blackbeard told his crew to ignore Gild Tesoro’s words, then privately questioned whether his memories, dreams, and identity were fake.
• Blackbeard and Lafitte kept their plan to raid Impel Down during the coming war between the Revolutionary Army and the Navy.
• As the world watched New Marineford, the surviving Navy forces and Shichibukai gathered for the execution, while Southern Bright God Charlose and five CP0 agents joined the lineup.
• Borsalino, Aokiji, Fujitora, and Ryokugyu took four admiral seats, and the crowd wondered who would fill the fifth.
• Fleet Admiral Sakazuki appeared on the execution platform, prompting viewers to recall the old romantic rumors linking her and the other Admirals to Gild Tesoro.

Sakazuki began Luffy’s execution at New Marineford, where Dragon and the Revolutionary Army arrived to rescue him. Sakazuki learned that Dragon had launched a second attack on World Government territories, but she remained determined to kill Dragon and secure a Navy victory.

• Sakazuki ordered Luffy brought to the execution platform and denounced his bloodline and ties to Dragon in a broadcast speech.
• A storm and towering waterspouts swept toward New Marineford, and Aokiji froze them with Ice Age.
• Dragon arrived with Revolutionary Army officers, while Luffy recognized Sabo, Nami, Zoro, and the others and Dragon promised to rescue him.
• Dragon and Garp exchanged looks, and Garp turned away from his son’s disappointment.
• Sakazuki received a report that other Revolutionary Army forces and commanders were attacking World Government institutions as member nations and pirates revolted.
• Sakazuki accepted that the Revolutionary Army had struck on two fronts but declared Dragon would die at New Marineford.

The Revolutionary Army launched its assault on Marineford, and the battlefield erupted into a bloody clash as the Straw Hats and Sabo fought toward the execution platform. Dragon and Borsalino met in a fierce exchange, while the battle between the Revolutionary Army and the Shichibukai continued across the field.

• The Revolutionary Army bombarded Marineford and charged into the Navy’s defenses, turning the battlefield into a deadly melee.
• Sanji, Usopp, and Robin pushed toward the execution platform, while Zoro, Vivi, and Brook advanced from another direction as Luffy watched in tears.
• Sabo defeated Vice Admiral Onigumo and then clashed with Buffalo Aquite, while Hancock fought Ashiru and Haku faced Moria.
• Mihawk and Jinbe stayed out of the fighting as Borsalino confronted Dragon in the air.
• Dragon stopped Borsalino’s blazing kick with his Haki-covered hand and counterattacked, forcing Borsalino to retreat as light.

Dragon and the Revolutionary Army's masked fighters clashed with the Navy's admirals at Marineford, revealing formidable strength on both sides. After Dragon struck Borsalino and cleared the Marines with Conqueror's Haki, he unleashed a vast storm that battered Marineford as Aokiji moved to counter it.

• Dragon repelled Aokiji's ice bird, while a masked Great Swordsman appeared and confronted him; Heracles then blocked Fujitora's gravity attack.
• The Great Swordsman fought Aokiji, pierced his body, and unleashed a colossal sword strike that Aokiji stopped with a giant ice pillar.
• Dragon battled Borsalino, signaled him, and kicked him into Navy Headquarters before knocking out the Marines who surrounded him with Conqueror's Haki.
• Dragon summoned hurricanes, thunder, rain, and a tsunami that devastated Marineford, and Aokiji rushed to the harbor to counter the oncoming disaster.

The Marines and Revolutionary Army fought a devastating battle as the Straw Hat Pirates struggled to reach Luffy on the execution platform. When Nami was about to be killed, Luffy awakened Conqueror’s Haki and saved her, but he remained chained and watched his friends suffer.

• Aokiji, Borsalino, and Sakazuki attacked the storm while Smoker and the other Marines fought the Revolutionary Army across New Marineford.
• Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Robin, Nami, Vivi, Brook, and Chopper battled through the plaza to rescue Luffy, who watched them being badly wounded.
• Zephyr joined Borsalino against Dragon after Sakazuki ordered him to help, increasing the pressure on Dragon.
• A stray bullet struck Nami, and a Marine raised his sword to kill her as Luffy struggled against his Seastone chains.
• Luffy unleashed Conqueror’s Haki around the execution platform, knocking down Marines and Revolutionary Army soldiers and giving Nami time to survive.
• Sanji and the others reached Nami and Chopper began treating her, while Luffy blamed himself and Garp watched in tears.

Luffy begged Garp to save his friends, but Tsuru stopped Zoro’s attack and nearly killed him before a mysterious Revolutionary Army swordsman rescued Zoro and the others. As the battle spread across Marineford, Golden Lion recognized Empress Kehila and set off to join the war.

• Luffy apologized to Garp and pleaded for help, while Garp wept over Luffy’s choice to become a pirate.
• Zoro tried to free Luffy, but Tsuru struck him down; Robin and Usopp’s group then tried to protect him from a Vice Admiral.
• The Revolutionary Army’s mysterious Great Swordsman saved Zoro, Usopp, and the others, then clashed with Mihawk in a fierce sword battle.
• Dragon faced Borsalino and Zephyr, while Ashiru, Hancock, Haku, Moria, Hercules, and Fujitora remained locked in battles elsewhere.
• Ryokugyu confronted Empress Kehila, and Golden Lion recognized her during the broadcast and left to join the war at New Marineford.

The Revolutionary Army fought the Navy and CPO at Marineford while Kong ordered the World Government’s forces to crush the rebellion. Blackbeard attacked Impel Down as Luffy’s execution neared, and Sengoku pulled Garp away before he could intervene.

• Koans killed a drafted Vice Admiral with her Sonic Laser Cannon, while Kongō stepped in to help Onigumo; Veiled Night Jade fought Ankylosaur and Momonga as other Revolutionary Army fighters battled CPO agents.
• Kong learned that conflicts had erupted in more than eighty World Government member nations and ordered the Army Admirals to capture the Revolutionary Army commanders.
• Blackbeard’s crew attacked Impel Down, and Hannibal alerted Marineford before the call ended in a scream.
• Sakazuki told Garp to leave the execution platform, and Garp seized his Seastone chains while Luffy watched in anguish.
• Sengoku grabbed Garp and took him off the platform, preventing him from acting as Sakazuki watched with disappointment.

As Sakazuki ordered Luffy’s execution, Sabo and then Ace tried to save him, but Sakazuki overwhelmed them. Douglas Bullet arrived to stop her attack and challenged Sengoku and Garp.

• Sakazuki ordered Luffy’s execution, but Sabo reached the platform and knocked out the executioners with his powerful aura.
• Tsuru struck Sabo away before he could save Luffy, and Sakazuki ordered a second execution.
• A burst of Conqueror’s Haki stopped the executioners, then Ace crashed onto the platform, freed Luffy’s Seastone handcuffs, and carried him away.
• Sakazuki attacked Ace and Luffy, shattered Ace’s fire fist, and launched a massive lava fist at them.
• Douglas Bullet intercepted Sakazuki’s attack and revealed himself, then dismissed Sakazuki and challenged Sengoku and Garp.

Bullet and Sengoku unleashed a devastating clash at Marineford, while Ace and Luffy faced Doflamingo and then Garp. The chapter left the three generations fighting as the Blackbeard Pirates confronted Impel Down’s strongest fighter.

• Bullet and Sengoku clashed with overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, transforming into a combined demon and a golden Buddha before their battle carried them over the frozen sea.
• Ace pulled Luffy out of the path of Doflamingo’s cutting strings, and Doflamingo confronted them.
• Sakazuki called on Garp to act, and Garp appeared before Ace and Luffy.
• Ace and Luffy declared they would not regret their chosen path and joined forces against Garp.
• At Impel Down, the Blackbeard Pirates came face-to-face with the prison’s strongest fighter.

Vivi was saved from execution when Marco and Katakuri arrived as reinforcements, but the battlefield grew more chaotic as powerful fighters clashed. Marco faced Southern Bright God Charlose, Katakuri engaged Garp, and Ace confronted Sakazuki while Doflamingo pursued Luffy.

• A Marine major nearly killed Vivi, but Katakuri's Conqueror's Haki knocked him unconscious as Marco and Katakuri arrived to protect Ace's friends.
• Katakuri blocked Sakazuki's lava fist with a massive mochi strike while Marco confronted Southern Bright God Charlose, and the two bird fighters clashed before flying away.
• Katakuri told Ace that Whitebeard had expected him to come, then challenged Garp and drew him away from the others.
• Ace blocked Sakazuki's attack to protect Luffy and fought him with Fire Fist against Hell Hound.
• Doflamingo set his sights on Luffy again, seeking to settle their score from Dressrosa.

Luffy and the injured Straw Hat crew were nearly killed by Doflamingo and the Marines until Jinbe intervened, exposing his Revolutionary Army ties. As Jinbe held off Doflamingo and the crew struggled to escape, eight powerful figures approached the plaza and stopped the battle.

• Luffy and the Straw Hat crew were overwhelmed by Doflamingo and the Marines, and Doflamingo nearly engulfed them in razor-sharp threads.
• Jinbe stopped Doflamingo’s attack with a Fish-Man Karate punch, then urged Luffy and the others to flee.
• Doflamingo identified Jinbe as a Revolutionary Army member, and Jinbe fought him while Marines attacked the Straw Hats.
• Vivi’s injuries worsened as Luffy and the others continued resisting, while battles raged between Ace and Sakazuki, Dragon and Borsalino and Zephyr, and other powerful fighters.
• Eight powerful presences approached the plaza, bringing the battlefield to a sudden halt.

The Five Elders’ intervention turned the battle against the Revolutionary Army, but Silvers Rayleigh arrived to protect Ace and made the outcome uncertain again. As the World Government’s leaders and CPO agents joined the fighting, the Revolutionary Army’s commanders and allies were pushed into increasingly dire battles.

• The Flat Hat Five Elder, Sky God Kamal El, Illusion God Shalulia, and five CPO agents appeared at Marineford, and the Flat Hat Five Elder demanded that Monkey D. Dragon surrender.
• A Great Swordsman’s enormous Slash attacked the newcomers, but the Flat Hat Five Elder casually redirected it.
• Silvers Rayleigh arrived and said he had come alone to keep the captain’s bloodline from dying there.
• The Flat Hat Five Elder ordered the attack, and Sky God Kamal El struck at Dragon with a compressed sphere of air while Shalulia engaged Rayleigh.
• The CPO agents joined the fights across the battlefield, leaving Veiled Night Jade, Empress Khel, Sound Empress Coans, Koshiro, and Fisher Tiger facing additional opponents.

The Revolutionary Army continued to fall behind as Ace struggled against Sakazuki and Khel fought Ryokugyu and a CPO agent. Zephyr defeated Khel’s gigantic Skeleton King but left her alive, and the chapter ended as a powerful, familiar presence arrived over the battlefield.

• The Straw Hat Pirates fled as the Marines and World Government forces overwhelmed the Revolutionary Army, while Ace fought Sakazuki and resolved to grow stronger after the war.
• Khel summoned a colossal Skeleton King, which struck at Ryokugyu and a CPO agent and devastated the battlefield.
• Zephyr attacked the Skeleton King and pierced through its arm, severely injuring Khel and splitting open Marineford.
• Ryokugyu and the CPO agent thanked Zephyr, but Khel dragged herself from the chasm and challenged all three to fight her together.
• A supreme will and blazing sword energy swept across the battlefield, prompting the assembled powerhouses to recognize the approaching figure.

Golden Lion Shiki arrived at the battlefield with four Flying Pirates captains and rescued Khel, then declared he would destroy New Marineford with a falling island. The Navy and Revolutionary Army joined forces to break the island apart, but fragments still struck the battlefield.

• Golden Lion Shiki appeared with Axios, Rubit, Paster, and Annie, shocking the forces at the battlefield and viewers around the world.
• Shiki confronted Khel over her betrayal, then ordered Annie to pull the injured East Army Commander away from Zephyr, Ryokugyu, and CPO.
• Shiki said he would attack neither side and instead vowed to destroy New Marineford as Gaia had destroyed Marineford.
• Shiki used his power to bring down a lightning-wreathed island, while fighters and young pirates across the world reevaluated their assumptions about the old generation.
• Borsalino, Sakazuki, the Navy, and the Revolutionary Army attacked the island together, breaking it into a meteor shower that still caused casualties.

The Flat Hat Five Elder used Moon Gravity and Universal Gravity to send Shiki’s falling islands into space, while the Navy and Revolutionary Army continued fighting below. Dragon ordered a retreat after Luffy was rescued, but Sakazuki pressed the attack and badly wounded Ace, whose Flame Emperor collided with Sakazuki’s Great Eruption.

• Shiki attacked New Marineford and the Revolutionary Army with a meteor shower and a falling island.
• The Flat Hat Five Elder used Moon Gravity to launch the island into space, then used Universal Gravity to pull Shiki’s other falling islands skyward.
• Shiki fought the Five Elder for control of the islands as Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to retreat and Sakazuki ordered the Navy to pursue them.
• Ace interrupted Sakazuki’s Meteor Volcano attack, but Sakazuki struck him down with Hell Hound and followed up with Great Eruption.
• Ace countered with Great Flame Ring: Flame Emperor, and the two attacks collided in a blinding explosion.

Ace and Sabo fought to protect each other as Sakazuki overwhelmed the Straw Hat Pirates. Just as Sakazuki moved to finish them off, Garp intervened, leaving the wounded Luffy staring at his grandfather.

• Sakazuki ordered Zephyr and Ryokugyu to attack Ace while he rushed toward Luffy.
• Zephyr, Ryokugyu, and a CPO agent confronted Ace, but Predator Axios, Narwhal King Rubit, and Strong Man Paster stepped in to protect him.
• Ace rescued the badly injured Sabo from Buffalo Aquit and Tsuru, and the brothers charged into battle together.
• Sakazuki defeated Luffy and prepared to kill the Straw Hat Pirates with a magma fist.
• Garp intercepted Sakazuki's attack, and the badly wounded Luffy recognized his grandfather standing between the crew and the magma.

Garp held off Sakazuki to let Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates escape as the battlefield grew even more chaotic. Blackbeard arrived with his crew and Impel Down prisoners, then considered Dragon’s offer to help the Revolutionary Army in exchange for substantial rewards and future support.

• Sakazuki attacked Garp, who blocked her magma fist and urged Luffy to escape with the others.
• The Flat Hat Five Elders used gravity to send island fragments raining down on the Revolutionary Army while battling Golden Lion.
• Blackbeard and the Blackbeard Pirates arrived after attacking Impel Down, bringing Shiliew of the Rain and other prisoners with them.
• Sakazuki attacked the newcomers, but Blackbeard countered her magma fist with explosive power and said he had only come to show himself.
• Dragon offered Blackbeard one trillion, ten Devil Fruits, and the Revolutionary Army’s unconditional support twice in exchange for help.

Blackbeard joined forces with Dragon and attacked the Navy, prompting two more Five Elders to arrive at New Marineford. The Golden Haired Five Elder overwhelmed the Blackbeard Pirates with powerful clones, while the Long Haired Five Elder demanded that the hidden force behind Dragon reveal itself.

• Blackbeard agreed to help the Revolutionary Army in exchange for support against the Richest Group, and Dragon accepted the deal.
• Blackbeard ordered his pirates to hunt the Navy, shifting the battle in the Navy's favor.
• The Golden Haired Five Elder and the Long Haired Five Elder left Mary Geoise and appeared above the battlefield.
• The Golden Haired Five Elder created more than thirty powerful clones, which attacked and suppressed the Blackbeard Pirates.
• The Long Haired Five Elder warned Dragon that the Revolutionary Army would be wiped out unless the person backing him appeared.
• The Long Haired Five Elder spoke of the Clan of D and an Emperor who had helped the Revolutionary Army grow, leaving the watching world to speculate about the secret force behind Dragon.

Gaia Chaos made a dramatic entrance at New Marineford, where his overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki began killing fighters and tearing souls from their bodies. Luffy and Ace joined forces to protect the Straw Hat crew, while powerful fighters across the battlefield resisted the spreading Haki.

• The battlefield fell silent as a grand musical entrance revealed Gaia Chaos descending amid an imperial vision and apocalyptic spectacle.
• Golden Lion greeted Gaia, and Gaia declared that he would greet the familiar faces before unleashing a wave of black-and-red Conqueror’s Haki.
• Gaia’s Haki killed Revolutionary Army fighters and Marines while pulling their souls toward its center, shocking the survivors with its lethal power.
• Luffy tried to shield the Straw Hats, but Vivi died as her soul was drawn from her body, and the others began to lose their souls.
• Ace added his Conqueror’s Haki to Luffy’s, helping return the Straw Hats’ souls to their bodies as other powerful fighters protected those around them.