Chapter Summaries

Reiner and the Straw Hats sailed to Marineford to help save Ace, waiting for an opening while Whitebeard began his assault. After Aokiji froze Whitebeard’s tsunami, Reiner’s group infiltrated Marineford from the rear and reached the town behind the execution platform.

• Sanji urged Luffy and the others to hold back until the right moment, while Jinbe and Ivankov agreed to help save Ace.
• Nami explained that Ace was Roger’s son, and Luffy asked the others not to mention it to Ace.
• Whitebeard unleashed a massive tidal wave that drove the Going Merry backward, but Nami guided the ship around Marineford’s flank.
• Aokiji froze the tsunami before it could crash down on Marine Headquarters.
• Reiner, Luffy, and the Devil Fruit users boarded the Shark Submerge while Zoro, Sanji, and the others swam toward shore.
• Reiner’s group infiltrated Marineford from the rear and reached the town behind the execution platform as the war began at the front.

Reiner and the others watched the Battle of Marineford from a nearby town as Whitebeard’s forces and the Marines clashed. After spotting Squard meeting secretly with Akainu, Reiner left to pressure the Marines and knocked Squard unconscious, taking his sword instead of persuading him.

• Zoro watched Hawkeye’s slash and admitted the gap between them was still enormous, while Reiner and the others teased him about their first meeting.
• Whitebeard’s commanders led the pirates across Aokiji’s frozen bay, where Marine cannon fire and the giant vice admirals inflicted heavy casualties.
• Franky spotted Akainu meeting with Squard, and Jinbe explained that Squard’s crew had once been wiped out by Roger.
• Reiner told the others to prepare to move, left Zoro and Sanji to protect Ace, and shared a farewell fist bump with the group.
• Squard left his meeting with Akainu, but Reiner intercepted him, knocked him unconscious, and took his sword.

Reiner released Golden Lion’s mutated beasts onto the Marineford battlefield, where they tore through Navy forces and forced the giant Vice Admirals to fight back. As the beasts’ coordinated attacks disrupted the Navy’s defenses, Sengoku suspected Whitebeard was behind the assault, while Whitebeard enjoyed the Navy’s predicament.

• Reiner opened void rifts above Marineford Bay and sent dozens of Golden Lion’s mutated beasts crashing into the battlefield.
• The beasts attacked Marines with overwhelming strength, shrugging off ordinary gunfire and inflicting heavy casualties.
• Giant Vice Admirals fought the beasts, but a coordinated attack by a python, an octopus, and a white wolf overwhelmed Beliya.
• The silver-furred Gorilla, deputy commander of the Undead Army, slammed Giantdo into the ground as the Navy watched in fear.
• Sengoku worried that dealing with the scattered beasts would draw powerful Vice Admirals away from the execution platform, and he suspected Whitebeard had planned the attack.
• Whitebeard grinned at Sengoku, pleased by the chaos despite not knowing who had caused it.

Reiner’s beasts helped Whitebeard’s forces advance toward the plaza while Nami prepared to use the battlefield’s hot and cold air currents to create thunderclouds. Meanwhile, Zoro and Sanji infiltrated Marineford’s dungeon and found the key needed for their next move.

• Reiner and Tsuru assessed how the beasts were changing the battle, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to raise the iron walls after most of them had been dealt with.
• Nami joined Reiner, used her upgraded Clima-Tact to gather bubbles into the smoke, and explained that she had tied up Luffy before leaving him with Zoro and Sanji.
• Marco reported that Whitebeard’s forces were advancing smoothly, and Whitebeard told him to keep Little Oars Jr. out of the battle for now.
• Zoro and Sanji sneaked into the dungeon, knocked out two executioners, and searched their room for the keys.
• Zoro found a key in his oversized uniform pocket, surprising Sanji with how quickly he located it.

Sengoku faced escalating setbacks as Blackbeard broke criminals out of Impel Down and Marines lost contact with Marineford’s control room, so he ordered the execution preparations and Pacifistas readied. In the rear, Perona’s sabotage plan advanced while the Straw Hat Crew prepared to move, and Reiner readied his undead to force Whitebeard into battle.

• A Marine officer told Sengoku that Blackbeard Teach had attacked Impel Down and freed major Level Six criminals, including Shiliew of the Rain and Sanjuan Wolf.
• Sengoku ordered the plan to begin early, but Vice Admiral Tsuru discovered the Marines had lost contact with the control room and warned that the rear had been infiltrated.
• Sengoku sent Tsuru to investigate, ordered Sentomaru to ready the Pacifistas, and told a Marine officer to bring up the executioners.
• Perona told Usopp, Robin, Luffy, Chopper, and Franky that she planned to destroy the defense wall’s power system, then said she would leave with Lord Moria after the operation.
• Franky freed Luffy, and Luffy looked toward Ace as the Straw Hat Crew prepared to take action.
• Nami told Reiner that the thunderclouds were ready for Raigo, and Reiner prepared to deploy his undead to force Whitebeard into the battle.

Reiner sent his undead into the Battle of Marineford, where they began destroying the Pacifistas and shifting the fight in Whitebeard’s favor. Sengoku retook control of the encircling walls and prepared to begin Ace’s execution in ten minutes.

• Sentomaru deployed the Pacifistas, which descended on the battlefield and used their lasers to overwhelm Whitebeard’s pirates.
• Marco knocked one Pacifista aside, but Kizaru pierced Marco’s abdomen and prepared to attack him again.
• Warrior Demon and Gun Ghost arrived and destroyed several Pacifistas, while Sukuna and Mage Undead attacked the machines on the other flank.
• Reiner directed his four undead to target the Pacifistas, forcing Sengoku to adjust the Marines’ defenses.
• Sengoku ordered Aokiji to reinforce the left line, learned from Tsuru that the control room had been retaken, and ordered the encircling walls raised before the execution.
• Garp watched the undead and privately realized that Luffy had arrived.

The Marines’ encircling wall failed after Perona sabotaged its machinery, leaving the plaza exposed as Akainu launched Meteor Volcano. Nami intercepted the magma with lightning from the sky, and Whitebeard leaped from the Moby Dick to reach Ace.

• The Marines retreated toward the plaza, but Sengoku learned that the encircling wall could not rise because its mechanisms had been destroyed.
• Three minutes earlier, Perona used Exploding Ghosts to blow up the machinery beneath the plaza.
• Sanji and another disguised executioner approached Ace while Usopp spotted three swords at one executioner’s waist, and Franky prepared a boat to blast through a wall with Ivankov’s help.
• Akainu ignored Sengoku’s warning and unleashed Meteor Volcano toward the pirates charging across the ice.
• Nami appeared above the battlefield and used Unlimited Raigo to clash with Akainu’s magma attacks, while Reiner praised her progress.
• Whitebeard tore off his cape, jumped down from the Moby Dick, and called out to Ace.

Whitebeard launched a devastating attack on Marineford, which Garp and Akainu intercepted. Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew then arrived at the execution platform, wounded Sengoku, and began fighting to free Ace.

• Whitebeard struck Oris Plaza with his Tremor-Tremor Ability, and Garp and Akainu combined their attacks to stop the shockwave.
• Perona reunited with Moria as Whitebeard's commanders advanced on the plaza.
• Luffy's group flew toward the execution platform, where Zoro and Sanji surprised Sengoku with attacks that wounded him and knocked him from the platform.
• Sanji rushed to free Ace while the rest of the crew landed on the platform and fought off the first wave of Marines.
• The Marines recognized Luffy, Jinbe, Zoro, and Sanji, and Sengoku angrily blamed Garp as the battle around the platform intensified.

The Straw Hat Crew reached the execution platform and freed Ace, while Whitebeard’s allies held off the Admirals to buy them time. Sengoku blocked their escape, but Reiner arrived and knocked him away, leaving the rescue attempt poised for another clash.

• Zoro and Sanji’s surprise move sent Kizaru and Aokiji toward the execution platform, while Marco, Whitebeard, Garp, Akainu, Jozu, and Vista fought to hold back the Navy’s forces.
• Franky freed Ace from his Seastone handcuffs, and Luffy promised to carry him out despite Ace’s exhaustion.
• Sengoku intercepted the Straw Hat Crew and struck at them with his Buddha shockwave, which Jinbe and Ivankov countered.
• Reiner arrived in his Warrior Demon form and kicked Sengoku away from the platform.
• Reiner told the Straw Hat Crew to charge ahead while he faced Sengoku and the Marines below.

Reiner held Sengoku at the execution platform while Luffy and the others fought their way out of Marineford, using his undead to keep the Admirals occupied. Doflamingo arrived to attack Reiner, who sent Magellan's undead to face him.

• Warrior Demon clashed with Sengoku, while Reiner urged Chopper, Usopp, Luffy, and the others to escape before Kizaru and Aokiji arrived.
• Luffy's group charged through the Marines as Nami struck soldiers with lightning, and Reiner used Gun Ghost to stop Sengoku from pursuing them.
• Sengoku discovered that Mage Undead, Sukuna, and Bullet's undead were helping Whitebeard's commanders hold back Kizaru and Aokiji, frustrating Marine deployments.
• Sengoku blasted Warrior Demon into the ground, then Doflamingo attacked Reiner with Super String Whip and Five Color Strings.
• Reiner blocked Doflamingo's attacks with a Shadow Wall and Magellan's undead, then challenged Doflamingo to prove himself.

Luffy's group fought through the Marine encirclement while Zoro and Sanji stayed behind to face Gion and Tokikake. At the execution platform, Reiner overwhelmed Doflamingo with poison attacks, and Doflamingo's threat to trap the battlefield faltered when Reiner threatened to kill him.

• Luffy cleared a path through the Marines with his Giant Pistol and, shrunk back to a child, continued the advance with the group.
• Gion and Tokikake ambushed the breakout, so Zoro and Sanji stayed behind to fight them while Luffy's group moved on.
• Reiner used Magellan's undead body to attack Doflamingo with Poison Dragons and Poison Colossus, forcing Doflamingo to defend himself with strings.
• Doflamingo awakened his strings, turned the surroundings into a white sea, and threatened to trap the battlefield unless Sengoku let him interfere.
• Reiner opened five void rifts and threatened Doflamingo, leaving him shaken and unwilling to test the threat.

Doflamingo trapped Luffy and the others inside the Birdcage, but Reiner and Sengoku’s actions led to Doflamingo’s death and the cage’s swift collapse. Luffy’s group reunited with Whitebeard’s commanders and headed for the bay as Reiner mocked Sengoku for secretly helping kill Doflamingo.

• Doflamingo raised the Birdcage over Oris Plaza, trapping Luffy and the others while cutting off many of Whitebeard’s pirates.
• Luffy, Usopp, Robin, Brook, Chopper, Jinbe, and Ivankov fought off waves of Marines while waiting for Reiner to defeat Doflamingo.
• The Birdcage snapped apart, and Izo and Rakuyo led Whitebeard’s pirates through the Marine ranks to reunite with Luffy and Ace.
• Reiner revealed that he and Sengoku had helped bring about Doflamingo’s death, then mocked Sengoku for disguising his role as a battlefield accident.
• Sengoku denied Reiner’s accusations and treated Doflamingo’s death as the result of the pirate’s own choices.

Whitebeard stayed behind to cover the retreat while Luffy’s group raced toward the harbor, pursued by Aokiji. Jinbe stopped Aokiji long enough for Luffy to carry Ace onward, but PX-0 began capturing the frozen Straw Hats.

• Whitebeard told Garp he would sacrifice himself to give his sons a path to survival, then blocked Akainu’s magma attack.
• Franky threw Ace to Brook before Aokiji’s attack froze him, and Brook passed Ace to Robin before he too was frozen.
• Usopp and Robin helped keep Ace moving, but Jinbe stopped Luffy from turning back and threw him toward the harbor with Ace.
• Jinbe used Fish-Man Karate to break Aokiji’s Ice Age and stood between him and Luffy’s group.
• PX-0 arrived and began targeting the frozen Straw Hats, starting with Franky and Nico Robin.

Kuma sent the Straw Hat Crew members away from the battlefield while Moria and Hancock disrupted the Navy’s efforts to stop them. With the Shichibukai openly undermining the war, Reiner prepared to retreat.

• Sengoku questioned Kuma’s betrayal, while Reiner concealed the agreement that let Kuma send the Straw Hat Crew away.
• Momousagi defeated Zoro in their duel, but Moria blocked her next attack and Perona mocked Zoro.
• Kuma sent Zoro flying, then moved on to another target as Moria and Perona left to gather corpses.
• Hancock’s power turned Sanji and Tokikake to stone, and Kuma sent Sanji away despite Gion’s objections.
• Sengoku denounced the Shichibukai, while Reiner remarked on their poor performance and prepared to retreat.

As the Whitebeard Pirates began retreating, Sengoku attacked Reiner to keep him at Marineford while Luffy carried Ace toward the harbor. Little Oars Jr. and a coated sailing ship surfaced through the ice, giving the pirates a way to escape as Marco prepared to cover their retreat.

• Law and Bepo watched a sailing ship approach Marineford and wondered who was steering it.
• Reiner prepared to withdraw, but Sengoku attacked him with a powerful Impact Wave of the Buddha.
• Knight Doma directed Luffy and Ace along the harbor’s edge as the pirates avoided the cracked ice.
• Little Oars Jr. and a coated white sailing ship burst through the ice, and the pirates cheered at the chance to retreat.
• Marco told Kizaru that someone had to stay behind and cover the Whitebeard Pirates’ escape.

Whitebeard held off the Marines so Marco could lead the Whitebeard Pirates away, while Sengoku deduced that Reiner was not physically present on the battlefield. The chapter ended with Reiner taunting Sengoku and warning him to retire.

• Whitebeard split Marineford with Murakumogiri, then appointed Marco vice-captain and ordered the Whitebeard Pirates to retreat.
• Marco accepted Whitebeard’s command through tears and led the others away, while Ace grieved aboard a distant ship and Luffy tried to restrain him.
• Aokiji, Kizaru, and Akainu attacked the retreating pirates, but Whitebeard shattered their attacks and wrecked the battlefield with his power.
• Whitebeard asked Sengoku if the value of his life was enough to let the pirates escape, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to surround and kill him.
• Sengoku told Reiner that he had checked the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and suspected Reiner was a Necromancer Lord whose powerful allies were undead and whose real body was elsewhere.
• Reiner said he had both set foot on the battlefield and not set foot there, then taunted Sengoku and told him to retire.

Reiner waited at Marineford as Whitebeard fought the Admirals, while he and Nami discussed their plans for the next two years before she kissed him and left. Blackbeard and his crew arrived in hiding, preparing to take advantage of Whitebeard’s weakened state and seeking revenge on Reiner.

• Sengoku questioned why Reiner remained at Marineford, and Reiner stayed to await Blackbeard as Whitebeard fought the Three Admirals.
• Reiner watched from his ship with Nami, explained that he had told Luffy the execution-platform figure was an Undead, and discussed their plans for the next two years.
• Nami demanded to know whether Reiner would visit her in Weatheria, kissed him, and then flew back toward Marineford in lightning form.
• Whitebeard struck Akainu into the ground after Akainu pierced his chest with a Hellhound.
• Blackbeard and his crew watched from beneath Marineford’s headquarters, and Burgess vowed revenge on Reiner while Blackbeard told him to wait for the right moment.

Blackbeard arrived at Marineford with Shiliew and the escaped Impel Down prisoners to kill Whitebeard and take his Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Reiner and Sengoku joined forces to stop them, and Reiner decided to kill as many of the prisoners as he could.

• Blackbeard led Shiliew and the escaped prisoners onto the plaza, drawing the attention of the Marines, Sengoku, and Reiner.
• Reiner urged Sengoku to help stop Blackbeard, and Sengoku transformed while Reiner summoned more undead.
• Whitebeard charged Blackbeard, but Blackbeard absorbed some of his power before Whitebeard wounded him with Murakumogiri.
• Blackbeard and his crew attacked the badly wounded Whitebeard until Reiner's Warrior Demon struck Blackbeard and Reiner's undead clashed with the pirates.
• Sengoku blasted Blackbeard's group with his Impact Wave of the Buddha, and Reiner resolved to kill as many escaped prisoners as possible.

Reiner and the Marines confronted Blackbeard’s forces at Marineford, where Magellan’s undead poisoned Sanjuan Wolf and stopped Blackbeard from reaching Whitebeard. Crocodile then attacked Blackbeard, and Reiner recognized him and Buggy among the escaped prisoners.

• Magellan’s undead attacked Sanjuan Wolf with poison, and Bullet’s undead smashed apart the pavilion he threw at them.
• Sanjuan Wolf collapsed and shrank in agony, while Blackbeard refused to waste time saving him.
• Blackbeard used Black Hole to pull Whitebeard toward him and absorbed Sengoku’s shockwave, but his allies were intercepted.
• Shiliew charged at Sukuna as a shadow spear pierced Blackbeard’s arm and Crocodile slashed open his chest.
• Crocodile confronted Blackbeard and greeted Reiner, who recognized Crocodile, Buggy, and other Impel Down escapees.

Whitebeard died standing at Marineford, and Sengoku exposed Reiner’s control of the undead while the Marines confronted Blackbeard’s crew. As a giant attack drew everyone’s attention, Reiner secretly had a hawk carry off Whitebeard’s corpse, hoping to claim the Tremor-Tremor Fruit himself.

• Sakazuki struck Whitebeard through the chest, and Whitebeard declared that Teach was not the one Roger awaited before dying on his feet.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to stop Teach from stealing Whitebeard’s power, while Sakazuki and Kizaru pursued Ace and the others moved against the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Sukuna gave Hawkeye Black Blade Shusui to deliver to Zoro, then disappeared.
• Teach asked Reiner to join forces, but Sengoku revealed that Reiner had informed him of Teach’s power theft and controlled the undead attackers.
• A giant face and arms rose from the earth and attacked the Marines, drawing their attention as a hawk carried Whitebeard’s corpse away at Reiner’s direction.