Chapter Summaries

Takenaka Kaguya learned that Ace had been captured and expected the Summit War to begin, while Rouge begged him to save her son. Kaguya promised to help if Whitebeard asked, and Whitebeard prepared to rescue Ace while blaming himself for the events that led to his capture.

• Crocodile nearly killed Luffy during the Alabasta conflict, but Smoker, Robin, Ace, and Garp intervened, and Robin later joined the Straw Hat Pirates.
• The Straw Hat Pirates escaped Enel on Skypiea while Kaido battled him, then continued through Water 7 and Enies Lobby.
• Jia informed Takenaka Kaguya that Blackbeard had captured Ace and that the Straw Hat Pirates had reached Sabaody, confirming that the Summit War was approaching.
• Rouge revealed her identity to Takenaka Kaguya and begged him to save Ace, and he said he would act if Whitebeard asked for his help.
• Whitebeard prepared the Whitebeard Pirates to rescue Ace and admitted to Marco that his own arrogance and indulgence had contributed to Thatch's death and Ace's capture.

Whitebeard sought outside help to rescue Ace, and Golden Lion agreed to lead the Flying Pirate Fleet while Takenaka Kaguya provided additional forces. As Marineford prepared for the coming battle, Sengoku worried that Golden Lion and Takenaka Kaguya would join the conflict, while Takenaka Kaguya, Bullet, and Issho readied their own operation.

• Whitebeard called Golden Lion for help rescuing Ace, and Shiki agreed to lead the Flying Pirate Fleet with forces assigned by Takenaka Kaguya.
• Shanks decided to help Whitebeard indirectly by holding off the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates.
• Jia reported that the Straw Hat Pirates had vanished after Kizaru, Rayleigh, and Bartholomew Kuma appeared at Sabaody; Takenaka Kaguya later watched Monkey D. Luffy reach Amazon Lily and saw Boa Hancock agree to take him to Marineford as a prisoner.
• Sengoku told Vice Admiral Tsuru and Garp that the Flying Pirate Fleet and Takenaka Kaguya might join the war, and Garp vowed to stop Golden Lion if necessary.
• Takenaka Kaguya, Bullet, and Issho waited beneath the Red Line and agreed to begin their operation once the battle at Marineford started.

As Marineford prepared to execute Ace, Sengoku worried that the Marines might face both the Whitebeard Pirates and the Flying Pirate Fleet, with Takenaka Kaguya also a possible threat. Whitebeard arrived to rescue Ace, and Golden Lion announced his presence by floating three giant islands above the battlefield.

• Ace was brought in chains to the Execution Platform, where he and Garp silently exchanged tears before Ace was forced to kneel.
• Six Shichibukai and the three Marine Admirals assembled as Sengoku revealed Ace was the son of Gol D. Roger.
• Takenaka Kaguya watched the broadcast from a cave on the Red Line with Issho and Bullet, and said they would act once the battle began.
• Three Moby Dick pirate ships surfaced in Marineford's bay, bringing Whitebeard and fourteen of his division commanders to rescue Ace.
• Whitebeard greeted Ace and confronted Sengoku, while three giant islands appeared overhead and Golden Lion declared that he had arrived.

Shiki the Golden Lion joined Whitebeard’s assault on Marineford with Enel, Shimotsuki Kuina, and Tanaka, forcing Sengoku to call in the God's Knights. The reinforcements arrived under Figarland Garling, who ordered Shiki to leave, but Shiki attacked him instead.

• Shiki the Golden Lion appeared at Marineford and revealed that Gol D. Roger had turned himself in, damaging the Marines’ reputation around the world.
• Garp charged Shiki, but Enel, Shimotsuki Kuina, and Tanaka intervened, with Tanaka taking on Garp while Enel and Kuina fought Kizaru and Aokiji.
• Whitebeard began shattering the air with his power, and Diamond Jozu intercepted Akainu’s attack and sent him flying.
• Sengoku summoned the God's Knights, led by Figarland Garling, who ordered Shiki and his people to leave Marineford.
• Shiki rejected Garling’s order and unleashed a series of Flying Slashes at him.

The Summit War erupted as Whitebeard’s forces clashed with the Marines, while Takenaka Kaguya used a meteor to force Imu to appear at Mary Geoise. Imu began unsealing his Haki as the meteor threatened Pangea Castle and its Celestial Dragons.

• Figarland Garling and Shiki the Golden Lion traded flying slashes, while Marine Vice Admirals and swordsmen defended the Marines below.
• Whitebeard’s attacks raised a tsunami, and Aokiji froze it with Ice Age before Shimotsuki Kuina gravely wounded him.
• Diamond Jozu blocked Hawkeye Dracule Mihawk’s slash aimed at Whitebeard, and Vista challenged Hawkeye while Shimotsuki Kuina went after Aokiji.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew to charge, beginning the Summit War, as Takenaka Kaguya, Bullet, and Issho appeared in Mary Geoise.
• Takenaka Kaguya summoned a meteor to draw out Imu, who confronted him above the Flower Room and began unsealing his Haki.

Takenaka Kaguya fought Imu above Pangea Castle, and both revealed the immense power behind their attacks. After Imu survived his strongest blows, Takenaka summoned Rocks D. Zebek to join the battle.

• Imu destroyed the falling Meteorite with a precise Flying Shigan, and Takenaka Kaguya challenged her to fight without holding back.
• Takenaka Kaguya and Imu clashed with Conqueror's Haki and traded hundreds of blows, each injuring the other.
• Imu transformed and attacked Takenaka Kaguya with powerful flames, seemingly reducing him to ash, but he revealed that he had escaped using a clone.
• Takenaka Kaguya struck Imu with a Flying Slash, froze her, and smashed her into a distant building, but Imu emerged unharmed and declared that he could not kill her.
• Takenaka Kaguya summoned Rocks D. Zebek from a coffin and restrained him, then praised his strength as Rocks realized he could not move.

Takenaka Kaguya summoned Rocks D. Zebek to fight Imu inside Pangea Castle, while the revived Rocks used the Yami Yami no Mi to absorb Imu’s attacks. Kaguya also sent five revived warriors to kill the Celestial Dragons, and Imu prepared a devastating lightning attack as their battle continued.

• Takenaka Kaguya revived Rocks D. Zebek and directed him to attack Imu, who initially believed he could defeat the weakened Rocks.
• Rocks recovered from Imu’s blows and used the Yami Yami no Mi to absorb Imu’s flames and Haki-powered attacks, then struck Imu with his own force.
• Rocks’s attack shattered Imu’s covering, and Takenaka Kaguya recognized Imu’s resemblance to Princess Vivi.
• Takenaka Kaguya revived Kozuki Oden and four other powerful figures, then ordered all five to kill the Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise.
• Imu confronted Takenaka Kaguya while fighting Rocks, then summoned dark clouds and lightning above the Red Line.
• Takenaka Kaguya warned Imu that his lightning might destroy the Red Line, leaving Imu’s attack poised to fall.

Takenaka Kaguya forced Imu to agree that the Celestial Dragons would stay off the Red Line for ten years, then went to Marineford with Issho and Bullet. Their arrival disrupted the battle and brought them face to face with Ace and Luffy, while Bullet challenged Luffy’s dream of becoming the One Piece.

• Takenaka Kaguya threatened to keep fighting until the Red Line was destroyed, and Imu agreed to bar the Celestial Dragons from descending for ten years.
• Takenaka Kaguya left Mary Geoise with Issho and Bullet after Imu ordered the Five Elders to enforce the agreement.
• Venus received word of the attack on the Sacred Land and withdrew the Five Elders and God's Knights from Marineford, leaving the Marines without their reinforcements.
• Takenaka Kaguya, Issho, and Bullet arrived at Marineford and landed on the Execution Platform, where Ace recognized them and Luffy confronted Takenaka Kaguya.
• Bullet mocked Luffy's ambition and pressed him down with Conqueror's Haki, prompting Takenaka Kaguya to threaten Bullet.

Takenaka Kaguya seized Luffy on the execution platform and publicly berated Garp and Sengoku over their past decisions and the Marines’ justice. Sengoku defended the execution of Ace, but Takenaka Kaguya dismissed his arguments and declared that strength determined whose rules prevailed.

• Garp attacked Bullet on the execution platform, but Takenaka Kaguya froze the cracking platform and Bullet knocked Garp away.
• Takenaka Kaguya grabbed Luffy and knocked him unconscious with Conqueror's Haki, alarming Garp, Ace, and Ivankov.
• Takenaka Kaguya mocked Garp over his family and his role in raising Roger’s son, then accused Sengoku of helping cause the Marines’ losses by blocking his attempts to capture Roger.
• Sengoku defended Garp and the Marines, but Takenaka Kaguya accused him of selfishly rejecting the chance to capture Roger and blamed him for the dead Marines.
• Sengoku argued that Ace’s lineage made him dangerous and won support from nearby Marines, while Takenaka Kaguya challenged his reasoning and condemned the Marines’ service to the World Government and Celestial Dragons.
• Takenaka Kaguya declared that the strong held the right to speak and that the powerful made the rules of the world.

Takenaka Kaguya arrived at Marineford, freed Ace, and forced the Whitebeard Pirates’ retreat by defeating Akainu and challenging everyone else to fight. Blackbeard’s crew then appeared, and Kaguya greeted Teach as the once-small recruit from Whitebeard’s ship.

• Takenaka Kaguya shattered Ace’s Seastone chains, sent him to Whitebeard, and declared that he was repaying his favors by protecting the pirates’ retreat.
• Akainu attacked Kaguya with Dai Funka, but Kaguya froze him with Absolute Zero.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew to withdraw with Ace, and the Marines let them leave while Kaguya held the plaza at bay.
• Blackbeard Teach arrived at Marineford with escaped Impel Down prisoners, including Shiryu of the Rain.
• Shiryu tried to block Kaguya’s Flying Slash, was badly wounded, and Kaguya turned his attention to Teach.

Takenaka Kaguya forced the Marines to fight the Blackbeard Pirates, then captured Teach and took him to Whitebeard. After the Floating Island left Marineford, Sengoku tried to seize the escaped prisoners, but the Red Hair Pirates arrived and another confrontation began; a day later, Takenaka Kaguya read about Koby and Garp disrupting it.

• Takenaka Kaguya challenged the Marines to kill the Blackbeard Pirates or face the destruction of Marineford, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to attack them.
• Teach tried to retreat, but Takenaka Kaguya threatened him, so Teach led his crew against the Marines; the Marines defeated and captured the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Takenaka Kaguya knocked Teach unconscious, explained that he was taking him as a favor to Whitebeard, and carried him away aboard the Floating Island.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to seize the escaped Impel Down prisoners and Luffy, but the Red Hair Pirates arrived at Marineford before they could move.
• A day later, Takenaka Kaguya read that Koby had confronted Sakazuki and Garp had intervened to protect him and Luffy, leaving the Marines' conflict with the Red Hair Pirates unresolved.

After the Summit War, Whitebeard avenged Thatch by executing Blackbeard Teach, then died a month later after reflecting on his crew’s future. Two years afterward, Takenaka Kaguya reunited Nico Robin with the Straw Hat Pirates and began considering a return to the Naruto World.

• The Five Elders stripped Sengoku of his Fleet Admiral position after the Marines lost face in the Summit War.
• Whitebeard executed Blackbeard Teach and thanked Takenaka Kaguya for bringing Teach to him, then discussed his approaching death and the future of the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Takenaka Kaguya and Golden Lion shared a farewell drink with Whitebeard before leaving; Whitebeard later died, and Fire Fist Ace succeeded him as captain.
• Akainu later crushed the Whitebeard Pirates, but a mysterious person repelled him; Aokiji remained a Marine Admiral, Ryokugyu joined the Marines, and Akainu moved Marine Headquarters to the New World and pursued abolishing the Shichibukai.
• Two years later, Takenaka Kaguya sent Nico Robin to meet the Straw Hat Pirates at the Sabaody Archipelago, with Golden Lion escorting her.
• Takenaka Kaguya reflected that he had lost interest in the new era and was considering returning to the Naruto World.

Takenaka Kaguya learned that the passage back to the Naruto World would stabilize within a year, then traveled with Amatsuki Toki to Wano Country after hearing the Straw Hat Pirates had arrived there. The chapter ended as Toki recognized her daughter, Kozuki Hiyori, in the Flower Capital.

• Olvia worried that the Straw Hat Pirates would face overwhelming enemies, and Takenaka Kaguya assured her that his forces would not stand in their way if they defeated the other Emperors.
• Takenaka Kaguya asked the system about returning to the Naruto World, and it said the passage would stabilize within at most one year.
• Takenaka Kaguya learned that the Straw Hat Pirates had escaped the Marines, challenged Big Mom, and entered Wano Country.
• Takenaka Kaguya took Amatsuki Toki to Wano Country, where they saw how badly Kaido had ravaged the land.
• Takenaka Kaguya brought Toki to the Flower Capital, where she recognized Kozuki Hiyori.

Takenaka Kaguya reunited Amatsuki Toki with Kozuki Hiyori in Wano Country and settled in the Flower Capital under Kaido’s protection. As the Straw Hat Pirates arrived, Big Mom’s ship approached Wano, only for King to kick it back down the waterfall.

• Amatsuki Toki embraced Kozuki Hiyori after recognizing her, while Takenaka Kaguya welcomed Kaido when he arrived in the Flower Capital.
• Kaido arranged a lavish welcome for Takenaka Kaguya, who stayed in the Flower Capital while Toki spent time with Hiyori.
• Queen reported that the Straw Hat Pirates, two Nine Red Scabbards, and Kozuki Momonosuke had reached Wano, but Kaido ordered his crew to ignore them and focus on entertaining Takenaka Kaguya.
• Takenaka Kaguya told King that the World Government was making Seraphim using Lunarian genes, and King revealed Hiyori had been contacting Kozuki Oden’s former subordinates.
• Big Mom sailed toward Wano without contacting Kaido, but King kicked the Queen Mama Chanter down the waterfall as it neared the top.

Takenaka Kaguya watched the battle at Onigashima, where Monkey D. Luffy awakened the Nika Fruit and defeated Kaido. After rescuing Kaido and Charlotte Linlin from the magma, Kaguya confronted Luffy and trapped him in an illusion before Yamato demanded to know who he was.

• Takenaka Kaguya watched Monkey D. Luffy master Ryuo in prison, join the raid on Onigashima, and fight Kaido alongside the arriving allies.
• Monkey D. Luffy awakened the Nika Fruit, strengthened his Haki after Kaido's attacks, and defeated Kaido with a punch.
• Takenaka Kaguya caught the unconscious Kaido before he fell into the magma, discovered Charlotte Linlin below, and froze the magma to rescue her.
• Monkey D. Luffy recognized Takenaka Kaguya from Marineford and challenged him, but Kaguya trapped him in an illusion of Ace's death.
• Yamato confronted Takenaka Kaguya and demanded to know what he had done to Luffy.

Takenaka Kaguya defeated Yamato, learned that Wano had been freed, and returned to the Floating Island, where he reassured his allies about the Straw Hat crew’s victory. He revealed that he came from another world and prepared to leave, asking his companions to choose who would control the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

• Takenaka Kaguya struck Yamato down with the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, then warned Monkey D. Luffy not to challenge him before flying away.
• Takenaka Kaguya told Amatsuki Toki that Kaido had been defeated and asked whether she would leave Wano with him; when she hesitated, he left her his Den Den Mushi and departed.
• Takenaka Kaguya returned to the Floating Island and told Shiki the Golden Lion, Issho, Bullet, Crocodile, and the others that Kaido and Charlotte Linlin had fallen in Wano.
• Takenaka Kaguya dismissed the Straw Hat crew as a threat and told his allies that Robin could warn them away from the Floating Island.
• Takenaka Kaguya revealed that he came from another world where ninjutsu and Chakra existed, and explained that he was leaving to return home.
• Takenaka Kaguya asked his allies to decide who should take control of the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu before he left.

Takenaka Kaguya returned to the Naruto World after nearly fifty years away and was found unconscious by Naruto and Hinata near a river. After Kaguya awakened and revealed nine Truth-Seeking Orbs, he recognized the children and asked Hinata about her father, Hyuga Hiashi.

• Takenaka Kaguya entered the stabilized passage, and the system told him he could travel between the Naruto and One Piece worlds once he arrived.
• Takenaka Kaguya emerged near Konohagakure and collapsed, where Naruto found and tied him up before going home.
• Naruto returned with Hinata the next day, and Hinata sensed that Kaguya had an enormous amount of Chakra.
• Naruto tried to kill Kaguya with a kunai, but the weapon broke against his body as Kurama recognized nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Kaguya awoke, with Hinata attacking him to protect Naruto, then recognized her as a Hyuga and asked what Hyuga Hiashi was to her.

Takenaka Kaguya reappeared in Konoha after ten years away, alarming its leaders and reminding Naruto and Kurama of his overwhelming strength. After leaving the village, Takenaka learned from his system that the nine Truth-Seeking Orbs behind him had formed from the excess power he brought back from the One Piece World.

• By the river, Takenaka Kaguya revealed that he knew Hinata Hyuga's father, identified himself to her and Naruto, and vanished after Naruto's attacks failed to harm him.
• Naruto and Hinata reported Takenaka's return, prompting Tsunade, Kushina, Hyuga Hiashi, and Orochimaru to discuss his history and Konoha's response.
• Tsunade decided Konoha would continue preparing and that she would visit Uzushiogakure, while Kushina privately mourned that Takenaka had not come to see her.
• Naruto asked Kurama about Takenaka, and Kurama explained the man's past, his immense power, and how he had once killed the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto made Takenaka his goal, while Takenaka arrived atop Hokage Rock and learned that his nine Truth-Seeking Orbs had formed from excess energy after his return.

Takenaka Kaguya visited Mito Uzumaki’s grave after confirming that switching between worlds would no longer incapacitate him. He encountered Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi, overwhelmed them in a brief fight, and was recognized as Lord Takenaka Kaguya.

• Takenaka Kaguya asked the system whether traveling between the Naruto World and the One Piece World would make him unconscious again, and the system assured him that his body had adapted.
• Takenaka Kaguya visited Mito Uzumaki’s grave, left flowers, cleaned the gravestone, and reflected on his connection to her.
• Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi confronted Takenaka Kaguya, and he easily stopped Shisui’s attack and cut apart their shuriken.
• Takenaka Kaguya revealed that he knew about Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan and said genjutsu could not affect him, then struck at the two with a powerful slash.
• Uchiha Itachi recognized Takenaka Kaguya, and Shisui and Itachi bowed and offered to help him with errands.

Takenaka Kaguya left Konoha after promising Shisui Uchiha that Kagami Uchiha would meet him in Uzushiogakure, then discovered that Black Zetsu had escaped the Soru Soru no Mi's control. He fought Black Zetsu and an unknown attacker, blasting Black Zetsu away when it tried to possess him.

• Takenaka Kaguya refused Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi's invitations but agreed to arrange a meeting between Shisui and his grandfather Kagami Uchiha in half a month.
• Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi discussed the political strain within Konoha and predicted that Takenaka Kaguya's return could bring conflict with Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
• Takenaka Kaguya encountered Black Zetsu outside Konoha and sealed the area after realizing that Black Zetsu had broken free from the Soru Soru no Mi's control.
• Black Zetsu attacked Takenaka Kaguya with Wood Style and tried to escape underground, but Takenaka Kaguya stopped it and seized it by the neck.
• An unseen attacker shattered Takenaka Kaguya's seal and launched a surprise attack; Takenaka Kaguya dodged, crushed Black Zetsu's neck, and blasted it away when it tried to possess him.