Chapter Summaries

Luffy and Doflamingo fought a devastating battle in Dressrosa, each enduring severe injuries as they unleashed their strongest attacks. Meanwhile, Blackbeard ordered Catarina Devon to capture Luffy, and the chapter ended with Luffy and Doflamingo launching another furious clash.

• Luffy overwhelmed Doflamingo with Gear Fourth attacks, then shifted into Snake Man and shattered Doflamingo’s sixteen Holy Bullets with King Kong Gun.
• Doflamingo survived the attack by using his strings to repair his body, and he and Luffy prepared to continue fighting.
• At the Blackbeard Pirates’ headquarters, Blackbeard ordered Catarina Devon to capture Luffy alive and strengthen the crew’s partnership with the Donquixote Family.
• Dragon learned of Luffy’s fight in Dressrosa and felt that a major event was approaching.
• A massive shock wave swept through Dressrosa, revealing Luffy and Doflamingo both badly wounded but still standing.
• Luffy launched Gum-Gum Black Mamba as Doflamingo countered with Thousand Arrows: Feather Strike: String.

Luffy and Doflamingo fought to exhaustion, with Doflamingo gaining the advantage as Luffy's Gear Fourth failed. Gaia Chaos, the Golden Emperor, appeared before them, leaving Luffy confused and Doflamingo shaken by his arrival.

• Luffy and Doflamingo continued their battle while the Straw Hat Pirates, Donquixote Family, and Dressrosa's oppressed residents fought across the city.
• Doflamingo's strings helped him recover from his injuries as he gained the upper hand over the exhausted Luffy.
• Luffy lost Gear Fourth but insisted he would keep fighting until Doflamingo fell.
• Gaia Chaos appeared on a ruined building, and Doflamingo recognized him as the Golden Emperor.
• Luffy said he had never heard of Gaia Chaos, while Doflamingo explained that the Golden Emperor's real face had rarely appeared in the newspapers for years.

Chaos appeared in Dressrosa claiming to be the Golden Emperor, but his feeble showing against Luffy and Issho exposed him as an impostor. As a massive slash that seemed to wield the power of time struck toward him, Doflamingo and Issho suspected the real Gaia had arrived.

• Chaos arrived in Dressrosa and Doflamingo recognized him as the Golden Emperor, while Luffy identified him as the enemy Gaia Chaos.
• Luffy attacked Chaos, who repeatedly kicked him away, leading Luffy to believe the Golden Emperor was weaker than his reputation suggested.
• Issho arrived with Marines and attacked Chaos with gravity, forcing him to kneel and making Doflamingo question his identity.
• Issho recognized Chaos as an impostor because he called her Fujitora instead of Smiley, the nickname Gaia used for her.
• A thousand-meter gray-white slash that aged and rusted everything in its path swept toward Chaos, sending Luffy flying in its shock wave.

Bonis confronted and relentlessly pursued the Nine-Tails Fox impersonating Gild Tesoro in Dressrosa. The fox escaped after losing four tails, while the battlefield witnessed the Richest Group swordsman’s overwhelming power.

• Bonis recognized the fake Chaos as an impostor and attacked her as she tried to flee.
• Bonis unleashed repeated Flat Attack: Vertical Slash strikes, forcing the fake Chaos to reveal her Nine-Tails Fox form.
• The fox released Mirage Mist and fled, but Bonis tracked her through the illusion and cut off one of her tails.
• Bonis pursued the fox and struck several more times, while Nami, Zoro, Luffy, Doflamingo, and Issho watched in shock.
• The fox escaped after Bonis’s attacks left four blood-soaked tails behind, and Doflamingo collected them.

Doflamingo crushed the rebellion in Dressrosa after Fujitora took Luffy away, while Revolutionary Army commanders rescued the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates. Bonis pursued Catarina Devon across the sea and grew enraged when she claimed she and Diga had been close friends, just as Burgess and Abaro arrived within range.

• Fujitora took the badly wounded Luffy from Dressrosa, and Doflamingo later captured the Straw Hat Pirates, the Tontatta, and the toys.
• Kehila and Koans arrived and took Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and the other Straw Hat Pirates away, while Doflamingo predicted a war between the Navy and the Revolutionary Army.
• Bonis chased Catarina Devon across the sea, cutting off several of her tails as she fled and called for help from Burgess and Abaro.
• Devon tried to deter Bonis by invoking the Blackbeard Pirates and then claimed she and Diga had been the closest of friends, which enraged him.
• Burgess and Abaro entered Devon's Observation Haki range as Bonis prepared to attack again.

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.