Chapter Summaries

Roger and Garp prepared to settle their decades-long feud in a fight near Laugh Tale while Rayleigh recounted how their rivalry began. The chapter ended with the story of Roger and Rayleigh stealing the Marine flagship Philip and humiliating Garp, who vowed to capture Roger himself.

• Garp confronted Roger and Shin, then Roger insisted that he and Garp settle their feud alone.
• Roger and Garp raced to an uninhabited island and began fighting, shaking the Golden Oro Jackson from a distance.
• Rayleigh told Shin, Shanks, and the crew that Roger and Garp had first met when Roger and Rayleigh set out to steal the Marine flagship Philip.
• Roger and Rayleigh disguised themselves as shipwreck survivors and boarded the Philip, where Garp welcomed and helped them.
• Roger got Garp drunk while Rayleigh stole his written orders, allowing the pair to divert the Marines and seize the ship.
• Garp woke on a rowboat, received a major demerit, and vowed to capture Roger before accepting a promotion.

After Roger and Garp’s battle sank an uninhabited island, the badly injured Roger recovered aboard the Oro Jackson and led his crew toward Laugh Tale. A month into the final sea, they remained lost in waters where the Log Pose would not work.

• Rayleigh recounted how Roger stole the Marines’ flagship, the Philip, and how it was later sunk in battle against Garp and the Warring States Period.
• Roger and Garp’s clash destroyed the uninhabited island, and the Roger Pirates later found Roger floating on a plank from his wrecked boat.
• Crocus examined Roger and found his ribs broken and his organs displaced, while Roger insisted that Garp could not stop him from reaching Laugh Tale.
• Roger ordered the Oro Jackson to resupply, and after three days the crew set sail toward the final stretch using Rayleigh’s Log Pose.
• After a month in strangely calm waters, Roger and his crew were lost at sea, with the Log Pose unusable and no landmarks in sight.

Uchiha Shin guided the Roger Pirates through a deceptive sea and brought them to Laugh Tale. As the crew celebrated their arrival, Shin said he would leave to pursue his own matters.

• When the crew lost their bearings, Shin pointed them toward Laugh Tale, then stopped Rayleigh from steering in the wrong direction.
• Shin explained that a natural sea of illusions distorted their senses and told the crew to let the currents carry the ship onward.
• After drifting for a month, the Roger Pirates saw Laugh Tale, and Rayleigh celebrated reaching the end of the Grand Line.
• Roger celebrated their arrival and the treasure, while Shin told him the achievement belonged to him and announced that they would part ways.

Shin left the Roger Pirates on Laugh Tale and began embedding a formation into the island as part of his plan to gather the pirate world. After the tremors ended, he departed, while Roger and his crew explored the island and celebrated reaching it.

• Shin explained that he had taken the Satan Fruit because it contained a trace of Abyssal aura, which he hoped to use to locate the Abyss.
• Shin stepped onto Laugh Tale, sensed the pirate world's origin, and spread a formation across the island.
• Roger and the Roger Pirates felt Laugh Tale shake, but the tremors stopped before they could discover the cause.
• Shin said two-thirds of his setup was complete and that he would finish it later at Reverse Mountain, then left Laugh Tale by boat.
• Roger split the crew into three teams to explore the island, while Buggy ran off seeking treasure, Shanks remained dejected, and Crocus examined ancient herbs.

After leaving Laugh Tale, Shin wandered the New World and visited Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick, where he shared news of Roger’s success and celebrated with the crew. He later left the New World through the Red Line, prompting the Five Elders to panic when they learned he had passed through.

• Shin drifted through the New World and reached the Moby Dick, where he reunited with Whitebeard and the commanders.
• Shin told Whitebeard that Roger had reached Laugh Tale, and Whitebeard celebrated Roger’s achievement.
• Whitebeard invited Shin to stay as his first mate, but Shin declined and said he planned to leave the New World.
• Whitebeard held a feast with Shin and the crew, who drank his reserve wine until dawn.
• After spending two days aboard the Moby Dick, Shin sailed through the Red Line, and the Five Elders panicked when they received news of his passage.

After Roger returned from Laugh Tale and became the Pirate King, the Marines feared his growing influence and debated how to respond. Warring States Period argued that Roger’s ideals and behavior meant the Marines did not yet need to stake everything on a campaign against him.

• Roger returned from Laugh Tale and was hailed as the Pirate King, reigniting pirates’ hopes and alarming the Marines.
• Void asked about Garp’s recovery, and Warring States Period explained that Garp remained badly injured after his battle with Roger and being stranded at sea.
• Tsuru warned that Roger’s prestige could unite the pirates and proposed concentrating the Marines’ senior forces to attack him.
• Warring States Period opposed Tsuru’s proposal, saying the Marines had not reached the point of gambling everything and that Roger rarely attacked them.
• Tsuru reminded Warring States Period that Roger had once attacked the Marines and seized Void’s flagship, the Philip.

Sengoku persuaded Void to launch a massive Marine purge of pirates in the first half of the Grand Line while preparing for possible threats from Roger. Two months later, Gen reached Amazon Lily and encountered a young islander who aimed a bow at him.

• Sengoku argued that Roger was unlikely to unite pirates against the Marines, but Tsuru urged caution, so Sengoku recommended preparing for both possibilities and purging pirates in the first half of the Grand Line.
• Void approved Sengoku’s plan, and Marine forces mobilized from Marineford to attack pirates with bounties.
• Gen drifted aimlessly for two months and arrived at Amazon Lily after thinking about Hancock.
• Gen entered the island and wondered what opportunities Hancock and her sisters had encountered after he had altered their fates.
• A young woman with camouflage paint confronted Gen in the forest, aiming a drawn bow at his head as a cheetah stood beside her.

Shin visited Amazon Lily to keep his promise to Hancock and reunited with her and her sisters, who had become princesses of the island. After hearing how Hancock earned her status and answering her question about Laugh Tale, Shin stayed with the sisters as their curiosity about the sea grew.

• Shin told a Kuja girl he wanted to see Hancock, and she escorted him to the island’s palace.
• Hancock recognized Shin as her benefactor and called Sandersonia and Marigold to join their reunion.
• Shin explained that he had left Roger at Laugh Tale and agreed to stay on Amazon Lily for a while.
• Hancock said she had brought her sisters to the island with the Phoenix Fruit, defeated an invading pirate fleet, and been chosen by Gloriosa as the future ruler.
• Hancock asked whether Laugh Tale was real, and Shin confirmed it and encouraged her to hold fast to her dreams.

Ernier planned to seize the Island of Sin and unite its pirates to join Roger in overthrowing the Marines. After meeting the newcomer Crocodile, Ernier heard a Marine artillery blast from the eastern port.

• Ernier drank in a tavern on the Island of Sin and planned to defeat its master, Komoros, then unite the island's pirates.
• Crocodile asked Ernier for a light, and Ernier ordered Walter to investigate him.
• Walter reported that Crocodile had killed a kingdom's nobles, defeated a Marine rear admiral, and received a 20 million bounty.
• Ernier decided to offer Crocodile a choice between joining him and dying, then asked Walter about Komoros's movements.
• A powerful artillery blast shook the island, and Ernier recognized it as likely fired by an elite Marine unit at the eastern port.

Crocodile and the other pirates reacted as the Marines launched a full-scale assault on the Island of Sin, with Akainu leading the attack ashore. As Akainu fought Madhead Sate, Warring States Period confronted the island’s ruler when a fierce tiger made of condensed air charged his flagship.

• Crocodile headed toward the island’s most chaotic area, hoping to recruit pirates and set sail amid the Marine attack.
• Ernier killed the pirates blocking his way and rushed with his first mate toward the eastern pier to reach the Flame.
• Warring States Period ordered the Marines to destroy the pirate ships and sent Akainu to lead the first assault with no prisoners taken.
• Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcano to destroy incoming cannonballs and attack the island, then killed nearly fifty pirates with a magma punch.
• Madhead Sate attacked Akainu with Armament Haki-coated spikes, and the two collided in battle.
• A fierce tiger formed from condensed air charged Warring States Period, who recognized the Island of Sin’s ruler and manifested a golden Buddha silhouette.

After the Navy destroyed the Island of Sin and spent three months purging pirates, Shin left Amazon Lily as the Great Pirate Era approached. He parted from Hancock, who vowed to make her way in the New World so they could meet again.

• The Navy’s campaign destroyed the Island of Sin, though Akainu, Kizaru, Zephyr, and several vice admirals suffered serious losses.
• Aokiji and other vice admirals continued the Navy’s three-month purge, killing pirates and greatly improving security in the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line.
• Shin told Hancock he was leaving Amazon Lily and urged her to protect her people and seek her place in the New World when she was ready.
• Hancock vowed not to lose as Shin vanished, then Shin appeared at sea aboard a boat formed from a green leaf.
• Shin learned that Roger had left the New World and passed through the Calm Belt, bringing the Great Pirate Era closer.

A year after Roger became Pirate King, Roger, Whitebeard, and Rayleigh secretly met on a cherry-blossom island, where Shin arrived. As Shin headed to the meeting, he reflected on fate and considered how to deepen his mastery of time.

• Roger remained out of public view while the Navy used his silence to promote its power and recruit pirates.
• Roger, Whitebeard, and Rayleigh met privately at a tavern on an unnamed island in the Grand Line.
• Marco watched Shanks spar with Flower Sword Tabbis and noted how dramatically Shanks had improved.
• Shin arrived standing on a leaf, and Marco greeted him as the other Whitebeard Pirates recognized the God of Time and Space.
• Shin walked toward the tavern, reflecting on whether fate could be changed and on the two paths to greater power.

Shin joined Roger, Whitebeard, and Rayleigh for a farewell drinking gathering, where Roger explained the meaning of D. and offered to reveal the location of One Piece. Whitebeard and Shin declined, and Roger ended the gathering by proposing they drink until they dropped.

• Shin arrived at the tavern and drank with Roger, Whitebeard, and Rayleigh.
• Roger said he planned to do something that would change the era and explained that D. represented an indomitable will and inheritance.
• Whitebeard dismissed the idea of D. as a destiny or bloodline, while Shin compared it to being a child of destiny.
• Whitebeard noticed Roger's body was weakening and refused his offer to reveal the location of One Piece.
• Roger asked Shin if he wanted to know where One Piece was, and Shin declined.
• Roger raised a toast and called for them to drink until they dropped.

Shin met Roger and Whitebeard for a final drink, realized Roger planned to surrender to the Marines, and gave him a golden Treasure Tool. After Shin left, Roger announced that the Roger Pirates were disbanded, leaving his crew stunned and Rayleigh grieving.

• Whitebeard left the tavern after sharing a drink with Roger and Shin.
• Shin confronted Roger about surrendering to the Marines, and Roger confirmed his plan because of his illness.
• Shin gave Roger a golden Treasure Tool as a parting gift, and Roger declared that he would not die.
• Shin reunited briefly with the Roger Pirates, praised Shanks, and sailed away on a boat made from an emerald-green leaf.
• Roger thanked his crew for their shared journey and ordered the Roger Pirates to disband.
• Rayleigh told the bewildered crew to accept Roger's order.

Roger arrived alone at Marine Headquarters and surrendered, leaving Void, Warring States Period, and Garp uncertain about his true purpose. He gave no explanation when Void questioned him.

• After the Roger Pirates disbanded, Shin drifted across the sea and waited for Roger to usher in the Great Pirate Era.
• In 1500, a Marine reported that Roger was approaching Marine Headquarters alone, and Warring States Period ordered Garp and the Marines to prepare.
• Roger stepped ashore, greeted Garp and Warring States Period, and announced that he had come to surrender.
• Warring States Period had Roger put in Seastone handcuffs and took him to meet Fleet Admiral Void.
• Void asked Roger to explain his surrender, but Roger replied that an explanation did not matter.

Marine leaders decided to publicly execute Roger in Loguetown after he surrendered, while recognizing that Uchiha Shin could disrupt their plans. Garp confronted Roger in prison, where Roger said the old era should make way for a new age.

• Warring States Period reported that Roger was under control, and Tsuru said the World Government had not replied to the Marines’ report.
• Void chose a public execution in Loguetown and ordered Warring States Period to handle the arrangements.
• The Marines announced Roger’s capture, and the news spread worldwide as pirates planned to witness the execution.
• Shiki flew alone toward Marineford, declaring that Roger could only die by his hand.
• Garp visited Roger in prison and questioned why he had turned himself in, and Roger said freedom’s march could not be stopped.

Roger asked Garp to protect his pregnant wife, Portgas D. Rouge, and their unborn child after his execution. Before Garp could tell anyone, Golden Lion Shiki attacked Marineford to find Roger, and Garp and Warring States Period fought him as his assault threatened the island.

• Roger told Garp that Portgas D. Rouge was carrying his child and asked him to protect them; Garp agreed.
• Garp left Roger’s cell and told Warring States Period that Roger seemed determined to die.
• Golden Lion Shiki attacked Marineford, killed Marines, and demanded to see Roger, refusing to accept that he had been captured by the Navy.
• Warring States Period told Shiki that Roger would be executed in Loguetown, enraging Shiki and prompting him to attack.
• Garp and Warring States Period fought Shiki, who rose into the air and unleashed sword strikes and a giant lion-shaped wave toward Marineford.

Shiki was imprisoned after his defeat, while Loguetown filled with Marines and pirates awaiting Roger’s execution. Shanks, Buggy, and Mihawk arrived, and Roger was brought to the execution platform as the crowd watched in silence.

• Garp and Warring States Period captured Shiki, and the Marines decided to send him to Impel Down.
• Rayleigh stopped former Roger Pirates from raiding the execution grounds, knowing Roger was terminally ill and had little time left.
• Void prepared to retire after Roger’s execution and recommend Warring States Period as his successor.
• Shanks and Buggy arrived in Loguetown to witness Roger’s final moments, while Uchiha Shin watched from above.
• Dracule Mihawk also entered Loguetown, and Aokiji joined the crowd to guard against trouble.
• Marine soldiers escorted Roger to the execution platform, where the gathered crowd fell silent.

Roger’s final declaration at his execution inspired people across the world to pursue his treasure and launched the Great Pirate Era. As pirates set sail from Loguetown, Shanks and Mihawk began pursuing their own paths.

• Roger announced that he had left his treasure for anyone who could find it, then died smiling as the crowd erupted.
• Warring States Period realized Roger had planned to trigger a new era and decided the Marines would need to expand when he became Fleet Admiral.
• Shin watched the chaos in Loguetown, sensed the world changing, and departed over the sea on a leaf.
• Shanks invited Buggy to join his adventures, but Buggy refused and left to seek treasure on his own.
• Shanks vowed to carry on Roger’s spirit and headed for the New World to recruit a crew.
• Mihawk followed a treasure map toward the Black Blade, Night, intending to strengthen himself with one of the twelve Supreme Grade Blades.

Dracule Mihawk killed five would-be pirates who tried to steal his boat in Loguetown. Shanks introduced himself and asked Mihawk for a ride, but Mihawk refused to travel with pirates, leaving Shanks to suggest settling the matter by pirate rules.

• Dracule Mihawk found several novice pirates trying to claim the small boat he had arrived in.
• Dracule Mihawk warned the men, then killed their leader with a single sword strike and killed the remaining four.
• Dracule Mihawk prepared to leave as the tide rose, but Shanks appeared and praised his swordsmanship.
• Shanks told Dracule Mihawk that his former companions had stolen his ship and asked for a ride.
• Dracule Mihawk refused because Shanks was a pirate, and Shanks proposed settling the matter by pirate rules.