Chapter Summaries

Morgans published three major stories as the Navy prepared for war, while Luna and Boa Hancock agreed to join the conflict under different conditions. On Fish-Man Island, the Straw Hat Crew received their new bounties, and Luffy learned that Ace had been captured by the Navy.

• Imu had Rosward executed, while Sengoku struggled with the Navy's losses and the World Government's silence.
• Morgans chose to publish stories about Ace's impending execution, the return of Roger Pirates, and the killing of Celestial Dragons across the front page.
• Ginny compared the newspaper's account with intercepted intelligence as Luna agreed to join the war while planning to hinder the Navy in battle.
• Boa Hancock agreed to participate in the war for Kuja's safety after petrifying Momonga's crew and forcing him to return alone.
• The Straw Hat Crew celebrated their new bounties on Fish-Man Island, where Zoro's bounty exceeded Luffy's after he was blamed for Rosward's death.
• Luffy told Zoro and Sanji that the Navy had captured Ace.

After learning Ace would be executed, Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew decided to rescue him, while Whitebeard set out for Marineford with his forces. Before the war, Nereus restored Whitebeard’s youth and urged him to raise hell, giving him greater confidence to bring Ace back alive.

• Luffy learned that Ace was to be executed and declared that he would save him, so the Straw Hat Crew decided to help.
• Pappag and Camie warned the Straw Hats about Impel Down’s defenses and the lack of time, prompting Luffy to order his crew to stay behind while he thought alone.
• Neptune told Whitebeard that Nereus would allow his fleet passage through Fish-Man Island, and Whitebeard ordered the pirates to set sail for Marineford.
• Sengoku learned that Boa Hancock was heading to Marineford and that surveillance ships had lost contact with Whitebeard’s forces.
• Whitebeard brought his fleet through Fish-Man Island, then met Nereus at Ryugu Palace before the war.
• Nereus restored Whitebeard’s vitality and youth, and Whitebeard accepted the gift before departing to fight for Ace.

Whitebeard’s rejuvenated crew sailed toward Marineford, where Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Crew joined them to rescue Ace. Whitebeard burst into the bay and attacked the Marines, while Sengoku learned that Nereus was approaching by submarine.

• Whitebeard returned to the Moby Dick, and the Whitebeard Pirates held a somber banquet before departing for Marineford.
• Deuce’s division discovered Luffy hiding aboard the ship, and Whitebeard allowed him and the other Straw Hat Crew members to join the voyage.
• Nereus left Fish-Man Island aboard Bullet’s submarine as the Marines assembled at Marineford and Sengoku revealed Ace’s lineage.
• Sengoku ordered Kuzan to freeze the bay, but Neptune launched Whitebeard above the sea before the ice closed in.
• Whitebeard split the ice and struck toward the Execution Platform, forcing Sengoku, Akainu, and Kizaru to block his attack.
• Sengoku prepared the Marines for battle as a report confirmed that Nereus was approaching Marineford by submarine.

Nereus and Douglas Bullet arrived at Marineford, forcing Sengoku to account for them while Whitebeard welcomed the distraction. As the battle’s tensions mounted, Sengoku received word that Crocodile, Buggy, and escaped Impel Down prisoners had appeared near the Gates of Justice.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to beware of Nereus and Douglas Bullet, while Garp insisted he remained a Marine and stayed by the Execution Platform.
• Whitebeard heard Sengoku’s warning and welcomed Nereus’s arrival as a distraction for the Marines.
• Nereus told Bullet he had come to retrieve something and would not stop him from joining the war; Bullet considered whether Ace should be allowed to die.
• Sengoku kept watch over Nereus and Bullet, who had not yet entered the fighting.
• Sengoku learned that a warship carrying Impel Down prisoners led by Crocodile and Buggy had reached the Gates of Justice, where Kuzan’s ice had trapped it.

The Summit War descended into chaos as the Shichibukai pursued their own aims and Whitebeard’s forces advanced toward Ace. Sengoku struggled to control the battlefield while Weevil defected to Whitebeard’s side and Mihawk let Zoro go.

• Buggy’s fellow prisoners mistook him for a loyal heir to the Pirate King’s will and followed him toward the battlefield.
• Whitebeard held Luffy back as he confronted Kuzan, but Luffy and the others soon rushed into the fighting anyway.
• Hancock and Luna attacked indiscriminately while Mihawk avoided a serious fight, and Weevil turned against the Marines after Whitebeard called him to rescue his brother.
• Weevil crushed Ronse’s attack and charged into the Marine ranks, while Buckin retreated and the Marines declared Weevil an enemy.
• Zoro fought off Marine officers until Mihawk’s slash disrupted the attack; Mihawk warned Zoro but walked away without fighting him.
• Sengoku learned that Crocodile had refused to help and complained that the Shichibukai system might need to be reconsidered.

The Marines activated their Siege Wall as the battle spread into the plaza, while Luffy pushed toward Ace and Crocodile and Squard became obstacles in his path. Garp broke from the Execution Platform to save Luffy, but Bullet immediately challenged him.

• Sengoku ordered the Siege Wall activated ahead of schedule and redirected Marine forces to attack the pirates in the plaza as Akainu's Great Eruption struck.
• Neptune sent pirates onto the plaza with Super Sea Current, while Crocodile attacked Luffy and Edward Weevil intervened to protect him.
• Squard approached Luffy, believed he was Roger's son, and attacked him; Luffy dodged the first strike but fell after a flying slash cut his thigh.
• Garp rushed from the Execution Platform and struck Squard with Fist Bone Strike to stop him from attacking Luffy.
• Bullet charged at Garp with Ultimate Ballista as Garp looked toward the fallen Luffy.

Garp fought Bullet at Marineford while Squard, struck by Garp, grew confused about the ties between Garp, Luffy, Ace, and Roger. As Whitebeard shifted the battle against the Marines, Blackbeard's hidden group was exposed amid the destruction.

• Garp met Bullet's attack and fought him in a fierce fist battle that damaged the plaza and threatened the Execution Platform.
• Garp struck Squard hard enough to leave him unable to move, and Squard absurdly concluded that Roger might be Garp's son.
• Marco saved Squard from nearby Marines, scolded him for believing the Marines' lies about Whitebeard, and reported the battlefield situation to Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard ordered Marco to hold off Kizaru, then unleashed an earthquake and charged at Akainu.
• Whitebeard's earthquake cracked the Marine Headquarters building and revealed Sanjuan Wolf and Blackbeard's group, who had secretly infiltrated Marineford.

Blackbeard arrived at Marineford with the Impel Down escapees, but Sengoku attacked them while Whitebeard’s assault opened a path to the execution platform. Garp and Bullet resumed their serious fight as Luffy reached Ace, where the lack of a key left the rescue uncertain until Buggy and Mr. 3 fell onto the platform.

• Blackbeard confronted Sengoku, but Sengoku struck him and the other escapees with a Buddha Shockwave.
• Whitebeard ordered his pirates to charge the execution platform while Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, and Sengoku were occupied.
• Bullet provoked Garp into focusing on their fight, then made a bridge toward the execution platform for the younger pirates.
• Garp unleashed Infinite Fist Bone against Bullet as Luffy reached Ace and discovered he had no key for the Seastone chains.
• Buggy and Mr. 3 crashed onto the execution platform, and Buggy claimed he had come to rescue Ace before telling Mr. 3 to unlock him.

Mr. 3 freed Ace, and Whitebeard devastated Marineford to protect the pirates’ retreat while confronting Blackbeard and the Marines. As Whitebeard stayed behind to face the Admirals, Red-Haired arrived at a battlefield whose course had already changed.

• Mr. 3 unlocked Ace’s Seastone chains, and Ace and the pirates began their breakout behind his wall of fire.
• Whitebeard struck Akainu, then unleashed tremors that split Marineford and sent Blackbeard and his crew into the ruins and sea.
• Whitebeard ordered the pirates to return to the New World alive, but Ace and Marco tried to stay; Whitebeard kicked Ace away and sent Marco back across the rift.
• Akainu stopped Kizaru from chasing the retreating pirates and ordered him to join the fight against Whitebeard alongside Aokiji.
• Garp sent Bullet flying beside Nereus, who said he had come to the battlefield to gather the dead for his River of Death army.
• The Red Force approached Marineford, signaling Red-Haired’s arrival as the battle unfolded differently than he had expected.

Shanks arrived at Marineford and ordered the Marines to stop pursuing the fleeing Whitebeard Pirates, while the Shichibukai also withdrew from the fighting. Whitebeard was fatally wounded by the three Admirals, but his declaration that the One Piece was real was broadcast live because Buggy’s followers had accidentally kept a Den Den Mushi running.

• Yasopp spotted Nereus and Bullet on the frozen battlefield as Shanks arrived and received Uta’s invitation to her concert from Nereus.
• Shanks told Sengoku he had come to end the war and threatened to make the Red Hair Pirates the Marines’ opponents if they continued pursuing the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Mihawk and the other Shichibukai stopped fighting and withdrew, while Whitebeard continued battling the three Admirals.
• Akainu pierced Whitebeard’s chest with magma as Kizaru and Aokiji restrained him, and Whitebeard was left frozen and near death.
• Whitebeard declared that the One Piece was real, and Buggy’s followers discovered that their accidental rescue of a Den Den Mushi had kept the declaration and Buggy’s rescue of Ace on the air.

Buggy briefly resumed the war broadcast before covering the camera, while Whitebeard’s final words sent reporters, Morgans, and the Supernovas scrambling to react. At Marineford, Ace turned back after Akainu insulted Whitebeard, and Nereus confronted Blackbeard as he tried to take the Tremor-Tremor Fruit from Whitebeard’s corpse.

• Buggy covered the broadcast camera to fix his appearance, while reporters in the Sabaody Archipelago tried to capture Whitebeard’s declaration that the One Piece existed.
• Morgans prepared sensational headlines at the World Economic News Agency, and Basil Hawkins ordered his crew toward the New World while warning them not to bargain or keep their money.
• Akainu pursued the retreating Whitebeard Pirates through the fissures in Marineford and provoked Ace into breaking free and turning back.
• Nereus moved toward Whitebeard’s corpse as Blackbeard emerged from the darkness and tried to take the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Nereus blocked Blackbeard with Haki, said he had promised Newgate to collect his body, and warned Blackbeard not to interfere with his plans.

Blackbeard fled after Nereus confronted him, and Sengoku ended the battle once the Red Hair Pirates blocked the Marines from pursuing Ace. After Whitebeard was buried, his soul arrived in the Blood River, where Rocks and Roger explained Nereus’s plans and Whitebeard’s connection to Ace and Teach left them stunned.

• Blackbeard abandoned his attempt to take Whitebeard’s power and fled, while Akainu could not get past Shanks to pursue Ace.
• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to cut the broadcast, then declared a ceasefire and directed the Marines to rescue the wounded.
• Shanks declined to visit Luffy, and Nereus handed Whitebeard’s body to his crew, who buried him and entrusted leadership to Marco.
• Whitebeard arrived in the Blood River and met Rocks and Roger, who told him that Nereus commanded their world and was assembling an army of the dead.
• Whitebeard told Rocks and Roger that he had died protecting Ace, then described Teach’s betrayal and left both men stunned.

After the Summit War, the Marines struggled with escaped prisoners, depleted forces, and growing pirate chaos. Zephyr urged Sengoku to ask Nereus to capture the escapees, and Sengoku agreed, leaving the Navy to decide whether its justice served the World Government or the people.

• Whitebeard learned that his sons had returned to the New World and trusted them to survive without him, while Roger and Rocks remained dejected over their sons' actions.
• The Marines declared Whitebeard dead, but Ace escaped, and pirates surged into the power vacuum left by Whitebeard's protection and vacant throne.
• Sengoku faced reports of Marine losses, attacks on branches, escaped Impel Down prisoners, and empty Shichibukai positions as the Admirals struggled to respond.
• Zephyr proposed secretly asking Nereus, king of the Ryugu Kingdom, to intercept the escaped prisoners passing through Fish-Man Island.
• Zephyr challenged Sengoku to decide whether Marine justice served the World Government or the people of the seas, and Sengoku agreed to contact Nereus and provide him with the prisoner list if appropriate.

Zephyr traveled to Fish-Man Island to negotiate Marine funding for help dealing with the Impel Down escapees. Nanamo brought him to meet Nereus, while Ain and Binz saw how Fish-Man Island’s location made it easy to stop pirates.

• Sengoku agreed to Zephyr’s proposal to seek Fish-Man Island’s help, and Zephyr volunteered to negotiate while Sengoku pursued funding from Mary Geoise.
• Zephyr recruited Ain and Binz, received intelligence on the escapees from Rosinante, and sailed toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
• At the Fish-Man Island office, Sebastian questioned Zephyr’s request to meet Nereus, but Nanamo agreed to take the Marines to the palace after hearing the situation and the offer of private Bounty money.
• Nanamo described the economic losses caused by the Celestial Dragons and the Summit War as she led Zephyr, Ain, and Binz toward Fish-Man Island.
• A pirate ship charged toward Fish-Man Island and was destroyed by a passing sea beast, showing Ain and Binz how effectively the island’s defenses could stop intruders.

Zephyr reached an agreement with Nereus to pursue the escaped prisoners, giving the Neptune Army combat training and the Ryugu Kingdom additional funding. Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Crew rested on Fish-Man Island, where Nami met Madame Shyarly and learned that Arlong was her brother.

• Zephyr offered Nereus help capturing the escaped prisoners, and Nereus agreed to provide personnel information and payment.
• Nereus explained to Nanamo that the operation would give the Neptune Army experience in land combat, ship operations, and intelligence gathering.
• Luffy struggled to decide whether the Straw Hat Crew was ready to enter the New World while the injured crew members recovered on Fish-Man Island.
• Franky went to meet Den with a message from Tom, while Nami followed Camie to the Mermaid Cafe.
• Nami learned that Arlong was away conducting business around the world and that Madame Shyarly was his sister.
• Shyarly greeted Nami, recognized her as an outstanding navigator, and surprised her by predicting that she would come.

Nami visited the Mermaid Cafe, where Shyarly showed her how the Ryugu Kingdom kept visiting Pirates in line. Nami met Sanji working there, while Zephyr explained to Ain and Binz why Fish-Man Island had remained prosperous.

• Nami entered the crowded Mermaid Cafe with Shyarly and learned that Pirates obeyed the Ryugu Kingdom's laws because violations were punished harshly.
• A Pirate named 'Iron Hook' Walker harassed a server, was shocked by her electricity, and was taken away by Neptune Army soldiers.
• Nami discovered Sanji working as an unpaid assistant chef and learned that Luffy and the others were getting by on limited food.
• Nami planned to visit Criminal Brand and asked Shyarly to have Arlong contact her when he returned.
• Zephyr told Ain and Binz that Nereus's strength had made Fish-Man Island a safe and prosperous refuge amid turmoil elsewhere.

Zephyr and Ain encountered Silvers Rayleigh on Fish-Man Island, where Zephyr left Rayleigh with their unpaid bill. Rayleigh found the Straw Hat Crew, agreed to train them before they entered the New World, and ended up treating their hungry crew to food at the Mermaid Cafe.

• Ain asked Zephyr what Fish-Man Island would do when the pirate era ended, and Zephyr said King Nereus might favor a peaceful era.
• Zephyr recognized Silvers Rayleigh, spoke with him briefly, then left with Ain and Binz without paying for their wine, seat, or takeout.
• Rayleigh paid the bill and went to the harbor, where he found the Thousand Sunny and decided to persuade the Straw Hat Crew to train before entering the New World.
• Rayleigh offered to train Luffy and the others, and Luffy readily agreed, but the crew's hunger led them to eat through the Mermaid Cafe's food while Rayleigh was broke.
• Sanji realized the crew had spent their money after Zoro took it, while Zoro ran into Nami and Carina near Furry Mountain and agreed to carry their shopping bags.

On Sphinx Island, Whitebeard’s body vanished from his grave, prompting Buckin, Weevil, and Marco’s crew to suspect Blackbeard and agree to investigate. Meanwhile, Chloe returned to Fish-Man Island and found Yamato training against a crude straw dummy of Kaido.

• Weevil and Buckin arrived on Sphinx Island to claim Whitebeard’s inheritance, but their argument with Marco was interrupted by news that Whitebeard’s grave had been dug up and his body stolen.
• Weevil mourned Whitebeard and blamed Marco’s crew for failing to protect his body, while Buckin insisted the stolen burial goods belonged to her and Weevil.
• Buckin, Weevil, and Marco agreed to work together and investigate Blackbeard, whom they believed was the most likely grave robber.
• Marco’s crew continued struggling against attacks on Whitebeard’s former territory as Blackbeard avoided direct confrontations and moved on after plundering.
• Chloe and Arlong returned to Fish-Man Island, where Chloe found Yamato knocking down a straw dummy that Yamato had made to resemble Kaido.

Chloe returned to Fish-Man Island, where she discussed the approaching war, Yamato’s training, and preparations with Nereus and Amphitrite. Elsewhere, Yamato encountered Luffy’s crew seeking sparring work, while Bullet delivered intelligence to Tesoro about the World Government’s Navy draft and a powerful target named Issho.

• Chloe told Nereus that Arlong had handled her trip well and reported that she had contacted Sea Kings across the Calm Belt and the Four Blues.
• Nereus and Amphitrite explained that Yamato was rebuilding her confidence before challenging Kaido, and Chloe realized Yamato might soon leave Fish-Man Island.
• Yamato found Usopp offering the sleeping Luffy as a human punching bag and asked to put her Kaido portrait on his face for sparring.
• Bullet arrived at Gran Tesoro and told Tesoro that the World Government planned a military draft after the Summit War and that Sengoku might step down as Fleet Admiral.
• Bullet identified Issho, a former Azure Kingdom army commander living on Twin Serpent Island, as the target of their operation and a potential Navy Admiral.

Tesoro and Bullet traveled to Twin Serpent Island to find Issho, a blind former commander of the erased Azure Kingdom. Tesoro confronted Issho about his past, and Issho used his gravity to stop the gangsters as he prepared to speak with him.

• Tesoro suspected the World Government was behind the disappearance of the Azure Kingdom and other islands, then steered Gran Tesoro toward the West Blue.
• Tesoro and Bullet reached Twin Serpent Island, where a gang ran a casino and kept Issho working as a bodyguard through gambling debts.
• Bullet sensed Issho upstairs, while Baccarat used her Lucky-Lucky Fruit to hit repeated jackpots and draw Tesoro's group into a VIP room.
• Tesoro recognized Issho as the Azure Kingdom's former army commander and asked what he was running from.
• Issho gripped his cane sword and challenged Tesoro's identity, then released his gravity to restrain the gangsters and demand that they not interrupt.