Recaps

Marineford prepared for a major operation against Whitebeard while Sengoku learned that Wu Biao had changed course for the Sabaody Archipelago. The chapter left the island buzzing with news of Wu Biao, whose attacks on criminal pirates had made him feared by pirates and admired by civilians.

• Koby and Helmeppo discussed the tense atmosphere at Marineford and the Straw Hat Pirates’ arrival at Sabaody.
• Sengoku reviewed the assembled Marine forces and learned that Boa Hancock had not answered the summons.
• Brannew told Sengoku that Wu Biao had killed Capone Bege and redirected his course toward Sabaody.
• Sengoku ordered the warships to return and sent Kizaru and Aokiji to keep Wu Biao away from the archipelago.
• People across Sabaody shared stories about Wu Biao, while civilians praised him and pirates feared his arrival.

Wu Biao sailed toward the Sabaody Archipelago, dismissing the Supernovas as unworthy targets until Scratchmen Apoo insulted and attacked him. Wu Biao destroyed the On Air Pirates’ ship without killing its crew and ordered Apoo punished as the warship reached the archipelago.

• Wu Biao threatened his crew into continuing toward Sabaody and announced that he planned to challenge the Four Emperors instead of hunting the Supernovas.
• The Marines spotted Scratchmen Apoo and the On Air Pirates following their warship, but Wu Biao initially told his crew to ignore them.
• Apoo mocked Wu Biao’s bald head and provoked him with a musical attack, while the Marines fired cannonballs that Apoo sliced apart.
• Apoo dared Wu Biao to fire a larger projectile, so Wu Biao formed a giant Kannon Bullet and smashed the pirate ship apart.
• The On Air Pirates landed naked but alive on the warship, and Wu Biao ordered his Marines to pull out their hair and tie Apoo to the bow as a loudspeaker.

Wu Biao’s warship approached the Sabaody Archipelago, but Aokiji and Kizaru intercepted him on Sengoku’s orders to bring him back to Marine Headquarters. Wu Biao refused and insisted he would enter the New World to take on the Four Emperors.

• Wu Biao’s defeat of Apoo spread across Sabaody, where residents saw Apoo tied naked to the warship’s bow.
• Aokiji froze the sea to block Wu Biao’s warship, then arrived with Kizaru and told Wu Biao that Sengoku had ordered him back to headquarters.
• Wu Biao refused to return and declared he would steamroll the Four Emperors in the New World.
• Aokiji warned Wu Biao that the Four Emperors were formidable and urged him to return, while Kizaru said he had to follow Sengoku’s orders.
• Wu Biao dismissed Kizaru’s concerns and insisted he was going to the New World that day.

Wu Biao battled Kizaru and gradually adapted to his light-speed attacks, eventually striking him out of Yata Mirror. Aokiji stopped the fight and told Wu Biao that Portgas D. Ace would be publicly executed in ten days, prompting Wu Biao to return to Garp.

• Kizaru attacked Wu Biao at light speed, and their clash shattered the ice between the warships and sent one vessel sinking.
• Kizaru used Yata Mirror to strike Wu Biao across the sea and into Sabaody Archipelago, but Wu Biao survived and began adapting to his attacks.
• After blocking Kizaru's next kicks, Wu Biao sensed his movement path and kicked him out of Yata Mirror, surprising Kizaru and Aokiji.
• Wu Biao admitted he would lose if he kept fighting in his current state, but Aokiji interrupted the battle before it continued.
• Aokiji told Wu Biao that Portgas D. Ace would be publicly executed in ten days, and Wu Biao agreed to return to Garp.

As Marineford prepared for the imminent execution of Portgas D. Ace, Wu Biao spoke with the Fat Boss and revealed that he planned to return home after the coming battle. The town’s residents were due to be evacuated to the Sabaody Archipelago the next day.

• Marineford residents discussed the Straw Hat Pirates’ attack on a World Noble, the capture or deaths of several Supernovas, and the impending execution of Portgas D. Ace.
• Wu Biao bought the Fat Boss’s remaining cigarettes and joked that they might not see him again after the battle.
• Wu Biao clarified that he meant he would go home after the battle, having been away for more than half a year.
• Wu Biao returned to Garp’s residence and found it empty because Garp had gone to Impel Down.
• Marineford prepared to move residents’ families to the Sabaody Archipelago the next day to keep them safe during the coming war.

Wu Biao left Marineford Town as the Marines prepared to execute Portgas D. Ace in a broadcast watched around the world. Sengoku revealed that Ace was the son of Gol D. Roger, and the revelation plunged the audience into uproar.

• Wu Biao said goodbye to Marineford Town and walked away, leaving his officer's cape behind.
• Residents of Marineford Town and people across the Sabaody Archipelago gathered to watch the preparations for Ace's execution.
• Portgas D. Ace was brought onto the execution platform, and Garp avoided looking at him as Sengoku approached.
• Sengoku asked Ace to name his father, and Ace said Whitebeard was his old man.
• Sengoku revealed that Ace's mother, Portgas D. Rouge, had carried him for twenty months after Roger's death and identified Gol D. Roger as Ace's father.
• People watching the broadcast around the world erupted when they learned the Pirate King's bloodline had survived.

Sengoku revealed Ace’s heritage, while Whitebeard’s fleet emerged beneath Marineford and launched the rescue battle. Whitebeard’s attack raised a tsunami that Aokiji froze, and the Marines recognized Whitebeard’s declining strength as the war began.

• Sengoku said the Marines had discovered Ace was the Pirate King’s son, and Ace insisted he had joined Whitebeard’s crew so Pops could become Pirate King.
• Wu Biao fought three opponents on the road to Marine Headquarters and commented on the revealed history of Ace’s parents.
• Whitebeard’s fleet surfaced inside Crescent Bay, and Whitebeard demanded to know whether his son was safe.
• Whitebeard cracked the air with his fists and raised enormous tsunamis around Marineford.
• Aokiji froze the waves and the harbor, then the Marines noted Whitebeard’s weakened condition and considered targeting him first.

Wu Biao defeated Vice Admirals Gion, Tokikake, and Onigumo, then arrived at Marine Headquarters during the battle to rescue Ace. His appearance shocked Sengoku as Little Oars Jr. approached the harbor.

• Gion, Tokikake, and Onigumo admitted defeat after Wu Biao overwhelmed them, and Tokikake proposed to Gion again.
• Whitebeard's pirates and the Marines clashed across the frozen harbor while Sengoku watched from the execution platform.
• Little Oars Jr. emerged from the sea and smashed a warship as the Marines scrambled to stop him from entering the harbor.
• Ace felt guilty when he saw Little Oars Jr. come to help him.
• Wu Biao appeared beside Ace on the execution platform, and Sengoku realized he had defeated the three vice admirals sent to keep him away.
• Wu Biao asked Ace whether he was Ace.

At Marineford, Wu Biao honored Ace’s mother before launching himself into battle and knocking Little Oars Jr. into the sea with one punch. He then unleashed Conqueror’s Haki across the battlefield, ordered the fallen attacked, and challenged Garp to fight.

• Wu Biao told Ace that his mother had held him for twenty months and urged him to live well, while Sengoku realized Wu Biao intended to intervene.
• Wu Biao charged across the sea and punched Little Oars Jr. into the air, and Aokiji froze the giant and the surrounding water after he crashed down.
• Wu Biao entered Crescent Harbor and released Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out more than half of the Marines and pirates on the battlefield.
• Wu Biao ordered the survivors to attack the fallen and leave no survivors, while Koby and Helmeppo pretended to be unconscious.
• Wu Biao reached the execution platform and challenged Garp to come down and fight.

Wu Biao challenged Garp and fought him in a brutal close-quarters battle that stunned both Marines and Whitebeard’s crew. As the two unleashed even greater Haki and strength, their clash sent them sliding apart across the shattered ice.

• Wu Biao challenged Garp, and the two charged at each other without explanation.
• Wu Biao and Garp traded punches and close-range blows, devastating the execution platform and surrounding ice.
• The battlefield cleared as Whitebeard, Sengoku, Kizaru, Marco, and Aokiji watched the fight.
• Garp and Wu Biao ended their warm-up and powered up with Armament Haki and other abilities.
• Wu Biao and Garp clashed again at blinding speed, cracking the ice and carving trenches as they slid backward.

Wu Biao fought Garp until both were battered, then urged his friend to vent his frustration over Ace. Garp finally asked Wu Biao to save his grandson, and Wu Biao declared that he would defeat everyone on the battlefield, Marines and pirates alike.

• Wu Biao and Garp fought across the ice for nearly ten minutes before the ice collapsed and they continued battling at the harbor.
• Wu Biao taunted Garp about his conflict over Ace, provoking the old Marine into unleashing his anger as they repeatedly struck and knocked each other down.
• Wu Biao told Garp he would save Ace and fight the Marines so Garp would not have to, then urged him to retire.
• Garp asked Wu Biao to help save Ace, and Wu Biao agreed.
• Wu Biao announced that he would take down every Marine and pirate on the battlefield, bringing the fighting to a halt.

After fighting Garp and exhausting his strength, Wu Biao summoned the Gates of Hell and welcomed his companions onto the Marineford battlefield. The chapter ended as the newcomers’ overwhelming pressure forced the Marines and pirates to the ground and Wu Biao urged his allies to fight.

• Garp accepted Wu Biao’s challenge to take everyone down, while the exhausted Wu Biao collapsed and the battlefield mocked his claim.
• Wu Biao darkened the sky and summoned a colossal gate, which he identified as the Gates of Hell.
• Shibata Yuichi flew out of the gate and landed on Wu Biao’s shoulder, singing a song Ishida had taught him.
• Kurosaki, Ishida, and other companions emerged from the gate, while Soi Fon warned them not to disgrace Soul Society.
• The newcomers’ pressure forced the Marines and pirates to the ground without knocking them unconscious, and Wu Biao called for his companions to raise hell.

Wu Biao reunited with his companions from the Soul Society, who arrived through a mysterious gate and greeted him amid teasing and a brief fight with Unohana. As the group prepared to face the Marines, Akainu attacked them with Great Eruption.

• A group led by Captain-Commander Yamamoto emerged through a gate in the sky, startling the pirates and Marines at Marine Headquarters.
• Wu Biao reunited with Yoruichi, Kurosaki Ichigo, Urahara Kisuke, and the other Soul Society companions, who explained that most Vice-Captains had stayed behind to guard the Seireitei.
• Unohana struck Wu Biao with Shakkaho, and Ichigo swiftly brought him back while the others joked about his reunion.
• Wu Biao learned that Kenpachi had been bound after running off to fight Komamura, leaving Komamura in the General Infirmary.
• Yamamoto called the group to attention, Ichigo assigned Inoue to treat Wu Biao, and Akainu rose to challenge the newcomers with Great Eruption.

Captain-Commander Yamamoto effortlessly countered Akainu’s attacks and demanded to speak with Sengoku, while Byakuya Kuchiki and Hitsugaya Tōshirō confronted Kizaru and Aokiji. The other Gotei 13 captains began engaging the Marine Admirals as Hitsugaya prepared to unleash his Bankai.

• Akainu attacked Yamamoto’s group with a massive magma fist, but Yamamoto released Ryujin Jakka and reduced the attack to ashes.
• Akainu launched Meteor Volcano, and Yamamoto’s pillars of flame incinerated the falling magma before Yamamoto appeared beside him and froze him with his presence.
• Yamamoto walked to the execution platform, identified himself as Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, and ordered Sengoku to come down and talk.
• Byakuya Kuchiki intercepted Kizaru’s light-speed kick with cherry-blossom petals after the two began fighting.
• Hitsugaya Tōshirō confronted Aokiji over the ice at Crescent Bay, introduced himself as the Gotei 13’s 10th Division Captain, and activated Bankai: Daiguren Hyorinmaru.

The Gotei 13’s fighters tied down the Marines’ top forces while the Whitebeard Pirates charged toward Ace, and Kenpachi Zaraki began a fierce duel with Whitebeard. The chaotic battle continued across the battlefield, where several other Gotei 13 members faced the Seven Warlords, and Uryu Ishida was turned to stone by Boa Hancock.

• The Whitebeard Grand Fleet charged toward the execution platform as Boa Hancock petrified pirates with her arrows, Doflamingo forced others to attack their companions, and Gecko Moria sent bats after the advancing fighters.
• Kenpachi Zaraki struck Whitebeard with a golden charge, removed his eyepatch, and launched a frenzied assault that wounded both men and damaged the Moby Dick.
• Kenpachi identified himself as the Gotei 13’s 11th Division captain and continued fighting Whitebeard while their allies and enemies struggled across the battlefield.
• Doflamingo encountered Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who introduced himself as a researcher and described his plans to study Devil Fruit powers.
• Sado Yasutora fought Bartholomew Kuma, Urahara Kisuke challenged Gecko Moria, and Uryu Ishida volunteered to face Boa Hancock.
• Boa Hancock asked Uryu Ishida whether she was beautiful, and after he nodded, her Mero Mero Mellow turned him to stone.

Yoruichi rescued the petrified Uryu Ishida and confronted Boa Hancock, whose beauty-based attacks could turn people to stone. After Yoruichi blocked Hancock’s kick with spiritual pressure, Hancock coated her leg in Armament Haki and renewed her attack.

• Hancock petrified Uryu Ishida, and Yoruichi carried him to Inoue Orihime to be restored.
• Yoruichi sent Kurosaki Ichigo and Soi Fon to hold off other pirates while she faced Hancock.
• Yoruichi and Hancock exchanged insults, and Hancock’s Mero Mero Mellow failed to petrify Yoruichi.
• Hancock attacked with Perfume Femur, but Yoruichi blocked the kick with spiritual pressure.
• Hancock coated her shin in Armament Haki and drove more force into her attack.

Yoruichi fought Boa Hancock and tested the strength of her Armament Haki. Meanwhile, Unohana Retsu challenged Dracule Mihawk to a sword duel, hoping to break through her limits and grow stronger.

• Boa Hancock used Armament Haki and charged at Yoruichi, who activated Shunko and struck her with a powerful kick.
• Yoruichi noticed her foot had gone numb from Boa Hancock's hardened defense and teased Boa Hancock as she recovered.
• Dracule Mihawk recognized Unohana Retsu as a formidable swordswoman, and she introduced herself as captain of the 4th Division of the Thirteenth Division.
• Unohana Retsu asked Mihawk to let her experience his world's swordsmanship, and he accepted the challenge.
• Unohana Retsu released her killing intent and drew her curved blade as Mihawk drew Black Blade Yoru, preparing to duel.

Unohana Retsu and Mihawk continued their swordsmanship duel while Captain-Commander Yamamoto sealed Ace and the execution platform behind flames. Kurosaki Ichigo and Soi Fon faced the advancing pirates, and Uryu Ishida woke to learn that Boa Hancock had defeated him almost instantly.

• Unohana Retsu and Mihawk exchanged refined attacks, with Mihawk realizing she had weakened her strength to prolong their duel.
• Captain-Commander Yamamoto surrounded the execution platform with flames, preventing Marco and the other pirates from reaching Ace.
• Kurosaki Ichigo and Soi Fon confronted Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates' commanders, and Ichigo activated Bankai before the melee began.
• Uryu Ishida woke beside Wu Biao and Inoue Orihime, then learned that Boa Hancock had petrified and defeated him in their brief encounter.
• Garp explained that Hancock's Devil Fruit power could petrify anyone captivated by her beauty, while Wu Biao continued teasing Ishida.

Byakuya Kuchiki and Kizaru continued their battle, with Kizaru relying on his speed and Logia body to evade Byakuya’s attacks. Byakuya unleashed Bankai and trapped Kizaru in a ring of blades, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Kizaru taunted the battered Byakuya and explained that Byakuya’s attacks could not touch his Logia body without Haki.
• Byakuya called Kizaru arrogant and released his Zanpakuto into the ground.
• Byakuya activated Bankai, transforming the towering blades around him into a vast sea of cherry blossom petals.
• Kizaru let the petals pass through his elemental body, then used Yata Mirror to appear behind Byakuya and launch a kick.
• Byakuya revealed that blades already spread across the ground had risen to trap Kizaru inside a circle and named the technique Gokei: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi.

Byakuya Kuchiki defeated Kizaru and asked Wu Biao to teach him Haki, though he struggled to swallow his pride. Elsewhere, Mayuri Kurotsuchi confronted Donquixote Doflamingo inside a Birdcage and deliberately let Doflamingo’s Parasite take control of him.

• Byakuya Kuchiki used Senbonzakura Kageyoshi to cut down Kizaru, who collapsed unconscious.
• Wu Biao explained how Byakuya could exploit Kizaru’s vulnerable moments, while Garp described a way to trap him by enclosing his Yata Mirror path with petals.
• Byakuya asked Wu Biao what Haki was, but after Wu Biao demonstrated it, Byakuya turned to Garp for instruction.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi emerged from his laboratory barrier and found Donquixote Doflamingo’s Birdcage forcing Marines and pirates to attack one another.
• Mayuri dismissed Doflamingo’s offer to join his family and let Doflamingo’s Parasite land on him, inviting him to take control.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi used a potion and a staged struggle to overcome Donquixote Doflamingo’s Parasite and capture him. With Doflamingo restrained, Mayuri prepared to begin his experiments.

• Doflamingo used Parasite to control Mayuri, and Mayuri cut off his own arm while studying how the threads worked.
• Mayuri drew Ashisogi Jizō and appeared to break free, but Doflamingo’s attacks repeatedly sent his consciousness back to the same point in the past.
• Mayuri revealed that he had poisoned himself with a Past Travel Potion, which transferred to Doflamingo through the Parasite threads and eventually paralyzed him.
• Mayuri explained that Ashisogi Jizō severed his brain’s signals to his limbs, while a sensor and superglue let his sword defend against attacks automatically.
• A Marine put Seastone handcuffs on Doflamingo, and Mayuri regenerated his missing arm before announcing that the real experiment was about to begin.

The battle between Hitsugaya Tōshirō and Aokiji reached its conclusion as Hitsugaya unleashed his complete Bankai but could not defeat Aokiji’s elemental ice body. Meanwhile, Urahara Kisuke partnered with Gecko Moria over Gigai and shadow research while the wider battlefield remained chaotic.

• Wu Biao and his companions watched the battle while eating rice crackers, and Urahara Kisuke arrived with Gecko Moria as his new research partner.
• Urahara Kisuke explained that Moria was interested in his Gigai and that he wanted to study Moria’s ability to turn shadows into soul-like forms.
• Hitsugaya Tōshirō and Aokiji continued their fight amid a blizzard, and Aokiji emerged unharmed from Hitsugaya’s Ice Heaven Hundred Flower Funeral.
• Hitsugaya Tōshirō used Four Realms Freeze to freeze Marineford, but Aokiji walked out of the ice because his elemental body could merge with it.
• Hitsugaya Tōshirō admitted defeat after his complete Bankai failed to overcome Aokiji.

The battle continued as Aokiji admitted that Hitsugaya Tōshirō’s flames were beyond his ability to freeze. Elsewhere, Yoruichi toyed with Boa Hancock while Kurosaki Ichigo fought several opponents at once, and the chapter ended with the fighting still underway.

• Aokiji told Hitsugaya Tōshirō that his victory had depended on ice being ineffective against him, while acknowledging he could not freeze flames of that level.
• Yoruichi used her speed to tease Boa Hancock, who blushed with fury and could not catch her.
• Kurosaki Ichigo asked Soi Fon for help while fending off attacks from Vista and other opponents.
• Vista sensed Ichigo’s Getsuga Tenshō with Observation Haki, but an ally with azure flames intercepted the slash and rapidly regenerated.
• Soi Fon refused to help Ichigo because she was furious that Hancock had supposedly tried to seduce Yoruichi.
• On the platform, Urahara Kisuke and others commented on Yoruichi’s antics, while Byakuya Kuchiki recalled being tormented by her.

Kenpachi Zaraki fought Whitebeard until Whitebeard’s illness stopped him from attacking, and Zaraki spared him rather than strike at a weakened opponent. Zaraki revealed that he came from another world and left, while Whitebeard’s sons gathered around him as the battle neared its end.

• Whitebeard’s punch cracked Nozarashi and threatened to overwhelm Kenpachi Zaraki, but Whitebeard’s illness suddenly flared and weakened him.
• Kenpachi Zaraki stopped his descending slash just above Whitebeard’s head, badly injuring himself and breaking Nozarashi into three pieces.
• Whitebeard asked why Zaraki had spared him, and Zaraki said he had no interest in fighting a sick opponent.
• Kenpachi Zaraki told Whitebeard that he came from another world and named the fighting idiot as the only man he lacked confidence in defeating.
• Whitebeard’s commanders and forty-three captains rushed to his side, while Ace remained enclosed in flames and the battle drew toward its end.

As Marineford’s battle neared its end, Uryu Ishida unleashed a vast but carefully controlled volley that failed to impress the distant armies, and Red-Haired Shanks arrived to stop the fighting. Wu Biao ordered Kurosaki Ichigo to attack Shanks, and the chapter ended with Ichigo preparing to continue their duel.

• Urahara Kisuke explained that Wu Biao had been the strongest in his world and had sealed the only other contender in Hell.
• Uryu Ishida fired thousands of spirit-particle arrows across the battlefield, but the armies mistook his precise warning shots for terrible aim and charged again.
• Red-Haired Shanks arrived with his crew and used Conqueror’s Haki to halt the fighting, asking both sides to give him face and end the battle.
• Wu Biao ordered Kurosaki Ichigo to attack Shanks, and Ichigo clashed with him, carving a massive trench through Marineford’s harbor with Getsuga Tensho.
• Shanks said the battle needed to end, but Kurosaki Ichigo raised Zangetsu and prepared to fight on because Wu Biao had told him to get Shanks.