Chapter Summaries

Sabo recovered his memories and told Dragon that Luffy and Ace were his sworn brothers, while Dragon realized Sabo was related to Admiral Wright. Near the Devil's Triangle, Marco, Vista, and Izō confronted Teach, who chose to fight rather than flee.

• Sabo told Dragon that Luffy and Ace were his brothers and hesitated when Dragon asked about his uncle.
• Dragon inferred that Sabo was Admiral Wright's nephew from the White Crystal and considered how Wright had shaped Sabo's life.
• Sabo recounted becoming sworn brothers with Luffy and Ace and reaffirmed that joining the Revolutionary Army was his own choice.
• Teach and his crew stopped feasting when Marco, Vista, and Izō emerged and confronted them over Satch and Whitebeard.
• Teach spread darkness and declared that he would kill the three Whitebeard commanders instead of running away.

Teach and the Marines ambushed Marco, Vista, and Izō, using three powerful Marine officers to capture the Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders. The three were taken to Impel Down, and Marine Headquarters announced their public execution at Marineford, setting the stage for a confrontation with Whitebeard.

• Marco, Vista, and Izō attacked Teach, but Gion, Tokikake, and Rosinante revealed the Marines’ ambush and blocked their escape.
• Vista recognized that Rosinante’s ability interfered with Observation Haki, while Gion and Tokikake engaged Marco and Izō.
• Teach and the Marines overwhelmed the three Captains and captured them before the Whitebeard Pirates could respond.
• Morgans reported that Marco, Vista, and Izō had been taken to Impel Down and that Marine Headquarters planned to publicly execute them at Marineford.

Whitebeard recognized the Marines’ moves as a trap devised by Wright and declared war on Marine Headquarters to rescue his sons and kill Teach. At Marineford, Wright, Sengoku, and Tsuru prepared for the coming battle and arranged for the Dawn to monitor the other Four Emperors.

• Whitebeard and his Captains realized the Marines had coordinated with Teach and used pressure in the New World to set a trap.
• Whitebeard credited Wright with the strategy and ordered his crew to attack Marine Headquarters, kill Teach, and bring their brothers home.
• Sengoku praised Wright and Tsuru for the plan, which had gone largely as Wright predicted.
• Wright gave Sengoku and Tsuru plans for New World deployments and warned that the other Four Emperors might exploit the conflict.
• Wright explained that Kuina would lead the Dawn to G-10 as a flying reconnaissance ship to track the other Four Emperors.

Marine Headquarters prepared its forces for Whitebeard’s impending attack and summoned the Shichibukai. Wright warned Sengoku that Blackbeard might target Impel Down, so they arranged extra defenses while Wright took responsibility for notifying several Shichibukai.

• Sengoku assigned Zephyr to protect the Marines’ rising generation, Kuzan to defend Marineford, and the main offensive roles to Sakazuki, Borsalino, Wright, and Issho.
• Wright told Sengoku that Jinbe, the Fish-Men and Mermaids in the Marines, and the Sea Beast’s Fang corps would not fight Whitebeard, and proposed sending Jinbe to defend Impel Down.
• Wright explained that Blackbeard’s ambition and criminal crew suggested he might use his Shichibukai privileges to target Impel Down and free prisoners.
• Sengoku agreed to alert Magellan and strengthen Impel Down’s defenses with Magellan, Shiryu, Wright, and Jinbe.
• Wright volunteered to notify Jinbe, Hancock, Enel, and Mihawk, while Sengoku assigned Borsalino to Kuma, Kuzan to Blackbeard, and Sakazuki to contact Doflamingo.

Wright prepared the Shichibukai and other fighters for the coming war against Whitebeard, while Sengoku responded to news that Supernovas had attacked World Nobles on Sabaody. Wright told Jinbe that Whitebeard had to be eliminated, then continued gathering allies and visited Mihawk, where he found Perona.

• A Marine colonel reported that Supernovas had beaten three World Nobles on Sabaody and communications there had been cut, so Borsalino left to investigate after Sengoku told him to notify Kuma.
• Wright told Jinbe that Whitebeard’s death was necessary for world peace, and Jinbe wept over the fate of the man who had wanted only a family.
• Wright met Enel and Tsukimi Doctor at the Moon Base and said Enel would join the coming war, where six Shichibukai and the Marines would face Whitebeard.
• Wright arrived at Mihawk’s castle on Kuraigana Island and found Perona there, while Mihawk asked whether one of the Shichibukai had already been lost.

Wright told Mihawk that Marine Headquarters planned to fight Whitebeard at nearly full strength, prompting Mihawk to agree to attend the war and demand a spar with Wright beforehand. Meanwhile, Perona found and treated Zoro, then watched him struggle to find his swords and navigate the castle.

• Wright explained Gekko Moriah's removal from the Shichibukai and Marine Headquarters' plans against Whitebeard to Mihawk.
• Mihawk learned Whitebeard had recovered more than ninety percent and agreed to attend the war, then challenged Wright to show him the Marines' confidence.
• Perona found Zoro unconscious in a bear-paw-shaped crater and brought him to the castle to treat his injuries.
• Zoro woke, demanded his swords, and repeatedly apologized after Perona used her Negative Hollows on him.
• Perona told Zoro where his swords were, but two days later he still could not find them, and she lamented his inability to navigate the castle.

Wright invited Boa Hancock and Donquixote Doflamingo to Marineford for the coming war against the Whitebeard Pirates. Hancock agreed to go while refusing to visit Mary Geoise, and Doflamingo set plans in motion to exploit the conflict and its aftermath.

• After his duel with Mihawk, Wright left for Kuja Island to invite Hancock to the war.
• Wright explained that Hancock’s participation would help protect her country, and she agreed to travel to Marineford but refused to go to Mary Geoise.
• Doflamingo complained about Akainu’s manner of contacting him, then arranged for Diamante to oversee Dressrosa while he left.
• Monet told Doflamingo that Kaido had been informed of the Marines’ plan, and Doflamingo anticipated the chaos and a possible struggle for the Four Emperors’ positions.

Vegapunk completed Kuma’s PX-0 modifications while preserving his consciousness, allowing Kuma to attend the Shichibukai summons as an apparently unconscious weapon. Meanwhile, Blackbeard sailed toward Marineford, convinced the coming war would help usher in his era.

• Vegapunk explained that Kuma’s primary consciousness could observe and regain control of his body despite its simulated mechanical personality.
• Kuma accepted the modifications and headed to Marineford to witness the war as an absolute third party.
• Blackbeard and his crew sailed to Marineford after Kuzan delivered the compulsory Shichibukai summons.
• Lafitte worried that the Marines had prepared for the war too quickly, but Blackbeard dismissed his concerns and celebrated the opportunity.

Marineford prepared to execute Marco, Vista, and Izō as bait for Whitebeard, while Morgans and Tesoro discussed the Marines’ prospects. As the war neared, Blackbeard disappeared, and Buggy escaped his cell at Impel Down while visitors arrived there.

• Morgans and Tesoro watched the broadcast and predicted that the Marines would win, though Morgans remained unsure how costly the battle would be.
• Marineford assembled its forces around the execution platform, where Marco, Vista, and Izō were held in Sea Stone Handcuffs.
• Enel asked where Blackbeard had gone, and Doflamingo said he had likely left to do something while noting Jinbe was also absent.
• Wright smiled as Sengoku accepted that Blackbeard had disappeared and decided not to let him return from Impel Down.
• Magellan learned that Buggy had escaped his cell after evading guards and surveillance, and Buggy waited for Impel Down’s two groups of visitors.

Magellan learned that an unauthorized warship was heading for Impel Down, while Sabo’s Revolutionary Army group secretly crossed Freezing Hell toward Level 5.5. They left Buggy behind among the War Wolves as they prepared to reach Ivankov.

• Domino told Magellan that Buggy had changed direction and that an unauthorized warship had passed through the Gates of Justice.
• Magellan suspected the warship was coming to Impel Down and resolved to defend the prison if Blackbeard’s group attacked.
• Sabo, Koala, Hakk, and Moriah were revealed to be carrying Buggy through Freezing Hell, with Sabo holding a grudge against him over his younger brother.
• Sabo threw Buggy’s upper body toward the War Wolves and left his lower body behind as the group continued onward.
• Moriah pushed open a hidden passage through the frozen ground, and the group entered the route to Level 5.5.

Magellan defeated Blackbeard and his crew with Poison Dragon, but Shiryu saved them with an antidote and joined their plan to reach Level Six. On Level 5.5, Sabo explained Kuma’s connection to Luffy and urged Ivankov to go to the battlefield to find out whether Kuma could still be saved.

• Domino told Magellan that prisoners had escaped from Levels One through Three and that surveillance and communications had failed.
• Magellan attacked Blackbeard and his crew with Poison Dragon, leaving them incapacitated by the poison.
• Shiryu gave Blackbeard and his crew an antidote, then agreed to join them as they headed for Level Six.
• Ivankov learned that Kuma had sent Luffy and his group away from Sabaody, and Sabo revealed that Luffy was his sworn brother and Dragon’s son.
• Sabo argued that they needed to reach the battlefield to confirm whether Kuma still recognized them and could be saved, and Ivankov prepared to leave Impel Down with Inazuma.

Sabo and the Revolutionary Army discovered that Blackbeard had freed Level Six prisoners and was forcing them to fight for a place in his crew. They chose to alert Magellan and hurry to Marineford, while an unknown voice warned Magellan of the riot and destroyed communications again.

• Ivankov led Sabo, Koala, Hakk, and Moriah toward Level Six, hoping to recruit a few prisoners without releasing them all.
• Moriah opened a passage above Infinite Hell, where Blackbeard was making freed prisoners kill one another and recruiting the survivors.
• Sabo's group spotted Shiryu among Blackbeard's allies and decided to return to the upper levels to warn Magellan before heading to Marineford.
• Magellan subdued most of the escaped prisoners on Level Three, while Hannibal explained that Buggy had a history with Roger and Shanks.
• An unknown voice told Magellan that Level Six was in revolt and Shiryu had defected, then collapsed the passage and destroyed communications again.

Magellan fought Blackbeard and the escaped prisoners on Impel Down’s sixth level while Marine Headquarters sent Admiral Wright to intervene. Wright arrived just as Magellan was nearing exhaustion, leaving Blackbeard facing a Marine Admiral.

• Magellan ordered Hannibal to mobilize the Prison Shell units and went to the sixth level to confirm the crisis.
• Sengoku learned that Shiryu had rebelled and sent Wright to Impel Down, while the worldwide broadcast showed Wright departing Marine Headquarters.
• Magellan battled Blackbeard, Shiryu, Crocodile, and the other escaped prisoners as Bullet and Redfield refused to help.
• Crocodile defended the prisoners with a sand wall, while Magellan’s poison attacks drove them into a desperate stalemate.
• Wright arrived, restored Magellan’s strength with a pillar of golden light, and confronted Blackbeard.

Wright arrived at Impel Down and helped Magellan fight the escaping prisoners, while Whitebeard's forces began their attack on Marineford. The chapter ended with Whitebeard emerging from beneath the bay and greeting his sons on the execution platform.

• Wright joined Magellan on Level Six, learned that Jinbe had secured the upper levels, and warned that Marine Headquarters might already be fighting Whitebeard.
• Wright swiftly defeated and sealed Katarina Devon, then faced Douglas Bullet as Patrick Redfield withdrew into the shadows.
• Magellan attacked Shiryu and the other prisoners without holding back, while Wright's purification ability protected Magellan's allies from his poison.
• At Marineford, Sengoku learned that the Gates of Justice had opened and ordered the Marines to prepare for battle as forty-three pirate ships approached.
• Whitebeard's Moby Dick and three accompanying ships burst from beneath Marineford's bay, and Whitebeard greeted Marco, Vista, and Izō on the execution platform.

Whitebeard launched the war at Marineford, where Kuzan froze the tsunami and the Whitebeard Pirates charged toward the execution platform. At Impel Down, Jinbe confronted Sabo and the Revolutionary Army while Wright dealt with Bullet after Crocodile and Redfield escaped.

• Whitebeard created a tsunami with his Sea Quake, declared the war begun, and urged his sons to rescue the captured Captains.
• Kuzan froze the tsunami, the Inner Bay, and the Moby Dick, allowing the Whitebeard Pirates to charge across the ice.
• At Impel Down, Jinbe confronted Sabo, Ivankov, and Hakk over their actions, and Sabo agreed to settle their opposing duties with a fight.
• Crocodile and Redfield escaped the sixth level while Wright fought Bullet, and Magellan set off to pursue the escapees.
• Wright restored Magellan's strength and prepared to finish off the weakened Bullet.

Wright trapped Bullet and the Level Six criminals in a golden arena and attacked him, while Magellan confronted Bundy Wald in Freezing Hell. At Ground Level One, Sabo and the Revolutionary Army prepared to seize a warship, but Patrick Redfield, Sir Crocodile, and Bundy Wald arrived, leaving their escape and the prison riot in progress.

• Wright sealed Bullet and the fallen criminals inside Holy Light Wall · Arena, preventing Bullet from using his awakened Fusion Fruit, then unleashed his ultimate arts against him.
• Magellan pursued Sir Crocodile and Patrick Redfield into Freezing Hell, where he discovered Bundy Wald had been freed and faced his More More-powered assault.
• Jinbe held off Sabo and Ivankov aboard the warship while Koala reported that operating it required at least five people.
• Patrick Redfield and Sir Crocodile arrived at Ground Level One with Bundy Wald, who blasted open Impel Down's gates and landed on the warship.

Sabo and the escaped prisoners fought their way onto a warship and set course for Marine Headquarters, while Magellan and Jinbe tried to stop them. On Level Six, Wright killed Bullet and the Blackbeard Pirates, making sure Teach could not survive or claim the Dark-Dark Fruit’s power.

• Ivankov vouched for Crocodile and Sabo as the escaped prisoners joined forces to sail to Marine Headquarters, with Crocodile seeking revenge on Whitebeard and Wald seeking revenge for his imprisonment.
• Magellan caught up with the warship, but Wald and Jinbe’s attacks bought time for Sabo, Moriah, Inazuma, and Redfield to get it moving.
• Crocodile blocked Magellan’s Poison Dragons while Ivankov and Wald helped drive him back, and the warship escaped the harbor amid an explosion.
• Magellan asked Jinbe to summon another warship and said the Gates of Justice would prevent the fugitives from reaching Marine Headquarters.
• Wright killed Bullet, then taunted Blackbeard about his failed plan before stabbing him and cutting off his head to ensure the Dark-Dark Fruit’s power could not return to him.
• Wright finished off the remaining Blackbeard Pirates and told Magellan that every prisoner on Level Six had been eliminated.

Ivankov and the escapees opened the Gates of Justice and headed for Marineford, while Wright learned who had escaped Impel Down and rushed to the battlefield. At Marineford, the fighting intensified as Whitebeard faced the admirals and Little Oars broke into the Inner Bay.

• Ivankov transformed the control-room staff and used Hell Wink and Galaxy Wink to propel herself toward Sabo’s warship after the gates opened.
• Magellan reported the escaped prisoners and rescuers to Wright, who left Jinbe to help at Impel Down and flew to Marineford.
• Whitebeard fought Borsalino as Mihawk attacked him, and Jozu blocked Mihawk’s slash before hurling ice toward the execution platform.
• Red Dog destroyed Jozu’s ice projectile with Great Eruption, then sent Volcanic Bombs raining onto the Moby Dick and its auxiliary ship.
• Little Oars smashed a warship into the Inner Bay, opening a breach for the pirates to attack.

The Marines and Whitebeard’s forces clashed in the Inner Bay as the Shichibukai and Pacifistas attacked the pirates. Issho revealed his admiral-class strength by stopping Whitebeard’s shockwave and summoning a meteor, which Whitebeard destroyed.

• Hancock petrified pirates with her Devil Fruit and martial arts, while Kuma and Enel attacked Little Oars, and Doflamingo severed one of his legs.
• Whitebeard led his sons forward and struck at the execution platform, but Issho countered his shockwave with a gravity-powered slash.
• Sengoku introduced Issho as Chief Instructor of Admiral Wright’s flagship, the Dawn, and the Marines celebrated his admiral-class strength.
• Issho summoned a massive meteor over the Inner Bay, and Kuzan raised an ice wall to protect the Marines from its impact zone.
• Whitebeard destroyed the meteor with a powerful slash infused with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power.

The Marines activated their defenses as Whitebeard smashed through the Encircling Wall and led his pirates into the plaza. Admiral Wright then appeared, healed the Marine forces, and faced Whitebeard as the second round began.

• Issho used gravity to restrain the pirates while the Marines withdrew, and Kuzan helped him retreat as the Encircling Wall rose.
• Sakazuki unleashed Meteor Volcano, destroying the Moby Dick, but Whitebeard overturned the melting ice and blocked the attack from reaching the plaza.
• Whitebeard and his pirates battered their way through the Encircling Wall, using Little Oars to wedge a battleship into the breach.
• Whitebeard entered the plaza and ordered his crew to rescue their captured allies and attack the Marines.
• Wright appeared in a golden barrier, restored the wounded Marines to full strength, and blocked Whitebeard's strike as he announced the second round.