Chapter Summaries

Natsuya fought Kaido after the awakened pirate attacked him, overwhelming him with a series of powerful blows. While Natsuya pressed his advantage, Whitebeard was being overwhelmed by Garp, Sengoku, Akainu, and the other Marines, leaving his life in danger.

• Kaido awakened, transformed into a Divine Dragon, and attacked Natsuya with Flame Dragon Breath as King and the others joined the fight against Nami and her crew.
• Natsuya opened a Hell Gate and unleashed seawater to meet Kaido’s lava attack, then struck Kaido out of the sky with a powerful punch.
• Kaido changed into his half-man, half-dragon form and attacked Natsuya with Thunder Bagua, but Natsuya’s repeated punches overwhelmed him and sent him flying.
• Natsuya pursued Kaido and began beating him, alarming King, Queen, Jack, and the others while Nami and her crew gained confidence.
• Garp, Sengoku, Akainu, and the other Marines gained the upper hand against Whitebeard, putting his life in danger.

Whitebeard chose to stay behind at Marineford so the Whitebeard Pirates could escape, then declared that the One Piece was real before confronting the Marines. Natsuya ordered the Door Pirate Crew to retreat as well, but Akainu and Kaido moved to stop the fleeing crews.

• Natsuya noticed Whitebeard had not retreated, and Akainu struck Whitebeard with a magma-coated fist during their battle.
• Whitebeard blasted the approaching Whitebeard Pirates back with a shockwave slash and ordered them to leave Marineford.
• Whitebeard told his sons that he was a remnant of an era and believed successors would carry the mission forward.
• Whitebeard shouted that the One Piece existed, then fought the Marines while ordering his crew to withdraw.
• Natsuya ordered the Door Pirate Crew to retreat, and Marco led the Whitebeard Pirates away from Whitebeard.
• Akainu attacked Whitebeard as Kaido called out to Natsuya, threatening the crews' escape.

Natsuya opened passages for the Whitebeard Pirates to escape, but Whitebeard was fatally wounded by Akainu and died standing in battle. As Akainu and Kizaru pursued the fleeing pirates, an unidentified swordsman stopped Akainu while someone aimed a pistol at Kizaru.

• Natsuya knocked Kaido down again and created Hell Gates so Nami, Marco, and the others could retreat from Marineford.
• Akainu struck Whitebeard with Hellhound, but Whitebeard counterattacked, wounded Akainu, and split Marineford before dying on his feet.
• Marco mourned Whitebeard, urged the pirates to keep moving, and charged Akainu and Kizaru while Jozu pushed the others onward.
• Akainu taunted the Whitebeard Pirates as he and Kizaru pursued them, and Marco was quickly defeated while blocking their attacks.
• An unidentified swordsman stopped Akainu with a blade, while another person aimed a pistol at Kizaru and made him surrender.

Red-Haired Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates arrived at Marineford and demanded that Sengoku end the war, while Natsuya questioned whether Shanks could stop the fighting. Sengoku ordered a ceasefire after receiving urgent news, and Natsuya took Whitebeard’s body to bury him.

• Red-Haired Shanks and Ben Beckman stopped Akainu and Kizaru, and Shanks apologized to Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates for arriving too late.
• Shanks called on Sengoku to end the war and threatened to fight if the Marines continued, while Sengoku weighed the risks of facing the Red Hair Pirates.
• Natsuya doubted Shanks alone could stop the war because the circumstances behind the original ceasefire had not occurred.
• A Marine subordinate whispered urgent news to Sengoku, who changed his mind and ordered the entire army to cease fighting.
• Natsuya used the Different Dimension to take Whitebeard’s body and said he would bury him, while Sengoku allowed it and Shanks wondered whether something was amiss.

After learning that Natsuya’s raid on Impel Down had led to a mass prison break, Sengoku ended the Summit War and the Marines turned on Kaido’s battered crew. The chapter ended with the World Government refusing to issue new bounties for the escaped prisoners, intending to conceal the disaster.

• Sengoku told Garp, Akainu, and the others that prisoners had escaped from Impel Down’s Level 6 and that Magellan had been seriously injured, explaining why he had ended the war.
• King and the others woke Kaido and tried to leave Marineford, but Garp and the three Admirals surrounded them.
• Akainu attacked Kaido, and the Marines fought Kaido and his crew for half an hour before freezing and suppressing them.
• Garp asked Sengoku about Impel Down, and Sengoku reported that Magellan had revived and prisoners from other levels had escaped as well.
• Sengoku proposed counting the escapees and issuing new bounties, but the World Government refused, intending to conceal the prison break.

After Whitebeard’s funeral, Marco and the surviving Whitebeard Pirates vowed to protect his legacy, while Natsuya prepared to claim Wano Country and considered how to use the Tremor-Tremor Fruit he had secretly taken. The chapter ended when Blackbeard suddenly spoke, shocking everyone gathered at the grave.

• Marco and the surviving Whitebeard Pirates thanked Natsuya and the others, then vowed not to disband and to protect what Whitebeard had guarded.
• Shanks asked Rayleigh to leave with him, but Rayleigh chose to stay with Natsuya, who wanted him to train the Door Pirate Crew.
• Natsuya told Nami to steer Noah’s Ark toward Wano Country and decided to let the missing Katakuri and the others find their own way back.
• Natsuya examined the Tremor-Tremor Fruit he had secretly taken from Whitebeard’s body and considered testing whether he could use its power without eating it.
• After Jinbe departed, Blackbeard suddenly spoke at Whitebeard’s funeral and stunned Marco and the others.

After Whitebeard’s funeral, Teach declared his ambition to compete with Marco and the others for leadership of the Whitebeard Pirates. News of the Summit War made Natsuya the new world’s strongest man, with his bounty rising to five billion Beli.

• Teach proposed that the Whitebeard Pirates choose a new captain, and the crew began discussing Marco and Jozu as candidates.
• Teach said he wanted to compete for captain, explaining that he wanted to protect what Whitebeard had protected.
• Marco accepted Teach’s challenge, and the battle for the Whitebeard Pirates’ new captain began on the island.
• News of Whitebeard’s death and Natsuya’s feats in the Summit War spread across the world.
• The Marines raised Natsuya’s bounty from two billion to five billion Beli, and the world recognized him as the new world’s strongest man.

After Natsuya received a five-billion-Beli bounty and the title of the world’s strongest, Douglas Bullet and a group of escaped Impel Down prisoners learned of his rise. Bullet proposed killing Natsuya to make the world fear them again.

• Nami brought Natsuya newspapers reporting his new five-billion-Beli bounty and title as the world’s strongest, while the Door Pirate Crew’s members also received higher bounties.
• Natsuya considered the danger his new fame would bring and returned to studying the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Douglas Bullet led escaped Level 6 prisoners, including Avalo Pizarro, Catarina Devon, and Vasco Shot, as they occupied an island and gathered news about the world.
• Bullet crushed a newspaper bearing Natsuya’s photograph and mocked his claim to the title of the world’s strongest.
• Bullet urged the prisoners to make their names feared again by using Natsuya’s head to announce their return, and Vasco Shot enthusiastically agreed.

Natsuya took control of Wano Country and delegated its regions to his subordinates so he could cultivate on Onigashima. Yamato and Izo both sought permission to stay in Wano, and Natsuya agreed to their requests before another surprising visitor arrived.

• Natsuya assigned Boa Hancock to govern the Flower Capital, Gin, Nami, and Kalifa to manage Kuri, and Shiryu of the Rain and Who's-Who to oversee other areas of Wano Country.
• Yamato escaped captivity, found Natsuya, and asked whether Kaido was dead; Natsuya said Kaido might still be alive.
• Yamato offered to help defend Wano Country if Kaido returned, on the condition that Natsuya later return it to Oden's descendants, and Natsuya agreed.
• Izo asked Natsuya to let Oden's remaining followers stay in Wano Country, and Natsuya accepted.
• After Izo and the others left, another visitor arrived and surprised Natsuya.

Doflamingo sought an alliance with Natsuya after Kaido's fall, offering SMILE Fruits in exchange for weapons and protection. Natsuya agreed on the condition that Doflamingo provide one Devil Fruit each year, then learned the Pirate Expo would soon be held again.

• Doflamingo visited Natsuya on Onigashima and proposed the same kind of trade he had once made with Kaido.
• Natsuya recognized that Doflamingo wanted his protection as the world grew more turbulent and decided the alliance would benefit them both.
• Natsuya agreed to cooperate with Doflamingo and required the Donquixote Family to give him one Devil Fruit each year.
• Doflamingo told Natsuya that the Pirate Expo would soon be held again, prompting Natsuya to wonder whether it was part of a familiar scheme.

After Teach became the Whitebeard Pirates’ new captain, Thatch gave him the Dark-Dark Fruit, which Teach had long sought. As Teach ate it, Big Mom attacked the crew, and Teach revealed himself as Blackbeard and unleashed the fruit’s power against her.

• Teach led the Whitebeard Pirates to victory in their latest battle, strengthening the crew and earning Marco’s respect as their new captain.
• Thatch found a Devil Fruit among the defeated pirates’ belongings and gave it to Teach, who recognized it as the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Teach ate the fruit as the other Whitebeard Pirates encouraged him to become stronger.
• Big Mom arrived with her subordinates, overpowered Marco, and taunted the Whitebeard Pirates for not disbanding.
• Teach introduced himself to Big Mom as Blackbeard and sent the Dark-Dark Fruit’s black smoke surging toward her.

Blackbeard’s crew drove Big Mom from Whitebeard’s territory, and Blackbeard revealed that the Dark-Dark Fruit could absorb Devil Fruit abilities. After the Pirate Expo was announced, Fleet Admiral Akainu saw it as an opportunity to establish Marine supremacy in the New World.

• Blackbeard and the Whitebeard Pirates defeated Big Mom’s group again, forcing them to retreat and rebuilding the crew’s reputation.
• Blackbeard told Marco and the others that the Dark-Dark Fruit could absorb Devil Fruit abilities, and he made hunting Devil Fruit users their next priority.
• The struggle for Whitebeard’s territory stabilized after Big Mom’s defeat, leaving Blackbeard’s crew with fewer targets to hunt.
• Blackbeard and the others learned that the Pirate Expo was about to be held and grew eager to attend.
• Akainu took over as Fleet Admiral after Sengoku stepped down, moved Marine Headquarters to the New World, and planned to use the Pirate Expo to assert Marine supremacy.

The Pirate Expo began, drawing pirates eager to compete for Gol D. Roger’s treasure. Cavendish and Ace arrived as Supernovas, several Shichibukai followed, and the chapter ended as an even more terrifying big shot arrived.

• The Pirate Expo opened, and the host announced that participants would compete for Gol D. Roger’s treasure.
• The host introduced Cavendish and the Beautiful Pirates, but Ace’s Spade Pirates rammed their ship and overtook them.
• The host revealed that Cavendish and Ace were both Supernovas, and Cavendish grew angry at Ace for stealing attention.
• Doflamingo arrived with his family, followed by Gecko Moria, Crocodile, and Tyrant Kuma.
• The Shichibukai drew the crowd’s attention away from Cavendish until an even more terrifying big shot arrived.

The Whitebeard Pirates arrived at the Pirate Expo under Blackbeard’s leadership, prompting the Marines to consider how to stop their resurgence. The Red Hair Pirates then appeared, followed by a colossal ship that made everyone wonder whether the newly crowned world’s strongest man had arrived.

• Blackbeard led the Whitebeard Pirates and their allied crews into the harbor, claiming he would make their name resound across the seas.
• Aokiji, Kizaru, Momousagi, and Chaton monitored the Expo from a concealed Marine fleet and resolved to use the gathering to destroy the pirates, especially the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Red-Haired Shanks arrived with a single ship and asked the crews blocking his path to make way.
• A colossal ship cast a shadow over the harbor and half the island, making Ace, Cavendish, Doflamingo, Blackbeard, Marco, Shanks, Aokiji, and Kizaru wonder if the newly crowned world’s strongest man had arrived.

Natsuya arrived at the Pirate Expo as Bullet and the Marines prepared to confront him, each viewing him as the greatest threat. The battle for Roger's Treasure began when an island rose inside a giant bubble, and Natsuya sailed toward it to claim something he needed.

• Noah's Ark appeared above the venue, and Natsuya's arrival stunned the spectators, including Ace and Cavendish.
• Bullet and Corrupt King watched from a submarine and planned to deal with Natsuya, but Bullet insisted he could defeat him and handle the other threats.
• Aokiji, Kizaru, and the other Marines identified Bullet as the likely mastermind behind the Expo and prepared to capture him and the escaped Level 6 prisoners.
• A giant whirlpool sent a bubble-covered island soaring from the sea, revealing the destination of Roger's Treasure.
• Natsuya had Nami steer Noah's Ark toward the island because something there was important to him.

Pirates conquered the Knock Up Stream by a variety of methods and searched Treasure Island for Roger's treasure. Natsuya believed the treasure was an Eternal Pose pointing to Laugh Tale, and he left his crew to find Red-Haired Shanks.

• Natsuya sent Noah's Ark toward the island as pirates, including Ace's Spade Pirates, Cavendish's Beautiful Pirates, and the Shichibukai, used their abilities to conquer the Knock Up Stream.
• Momousagi, Chaton, Corrupt King, and others asked their leaders whether to move, but Bullet, Aokiji, and Kizaru chose to wait for the treasure and the fighting.
• Pirates rushed onto Treasure Island and found scattered treasure, prompting Nami to ask whether Roger's treasure was really there.
• Natsuya told Nami, Gin, Kalifa, and the others that Roger's treasure should be there and suspected it was an Eternal Pose pointing to Laugh Tale.
• Natsuya split his crew up to search and gain fighting experience, then used the Gate of Opening to appear before Red-Haired Shanks and greet him.

Natsuya challenged Red-Haired Shanks to a duel on Treasure Island, and their opening attacks revealed the extraordinary physical force of Shanks’s Conqueror’s Haki. Natsuya charged into Shanks’s stronger Haki, eager to test himself and learn from him.

• Natsuya challenged Red-Haired Shanks, who drew Gryphon and sent Ben Beckman and the others away.
• Natsuya transformed into Super Saiyan 4 as the nearby onlookers, Doflamingo, and the Whitebeard Pirates reacted to the impending fight.
• Natsuya and Shanks exchanged slashes, then Natsuya used Shave and Rokuogan to attack Shanks from behind.
• Shanks released Conqueror’s Haki that stalled Natsuya’s shockwave and accompanied his sword slash, surprising Natsuya with its physical impact.
• Natsuya clashed his Conqueror’s Haki with Shanks’s, then charged through Shanks’s superior Haki with a laugh.

Natsuya fought Red-Haired Shanks, whose Advanced Conqueror's Haki overwhelmed him while he limited his use of the Eight Inner Gates. Natsuya revealed that he had mastered Ryou and charged back into the fight, hoping to learn Advanced Conqueror's Haki from Shanks.

• Natsuya opened three of the Eight Inner Gates and attacked Red-Haired Shanks with Rokuogan shockwaves.
• Red-Haired Shanks coated Gryphon with Armament and Conqueror's Haki, slashed through Natsuya's attacks and Fivefold Rashomon, and forced him to retreat.
• Natsuya chose not to open more gates because he feared damaging his body and wanted to preserve his stamina for Bullet.
• Natsuya used advanced Armament Haki, or Ryou, to counter Shanks's Conqueror's Haki coating and revealed that he had mastered it over two months.
• Natsuya charged at Red-Haired Shanks again, hoping to learn Advanced Conqueror's Haki as they continued fighting.

As the island descended into chaos, Blackbeard’s Whitebeard Pirates ambushed Ace and the Spade Pirates, defeating and capturing them. Before Blackbeard could take Ace’s Flame-Flame Fruit power, news spread that Roger’s treasure—and the Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale—had been found, drawing even Natsuya and Shanks away from their battle.

• Pirates and several Shichibukai fought over treasure across the island as Ace and Cavendish defeated their opponents.
• Blackbeard’s group surrounded Ace and Cavendish, but Cavendish escaped while Ace led the Spade Pirates in retreat.
• Blackbeard revealed his Dark-Dark Fruit could nullify and devour Devil Fruit powers, then swallowed Ace’s Fire Fist with darkness.
• Blackbeard knocked Ace unconscious, while Marco and the others captured Deuce and the rest of the Spade Pirates.
• Doflamingo and Tyrant Kuma moved after someone found Roger’s treasure and the Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale, prompting Natsuya and Shanks to rush toward the commotion.

News of Roger's Treasure drew Natsuya, Red-Haired Shanks, Blackbeard, and other pirates into a chaotic race across Treasure Island. At the chest, Douglas Bullet appeared and was recognized by the arriving pirates and the Marines watching from offshore.

• Natsuya ended his fight with Red-Haired Shanks by using a Hell Gate to gather Nami and the others and head toward Roger's Treasure.
• Crocodile's sandstorm disrupted Blackbeard's attempt to capture Ace, allowing Deuce and the others to escape; Blackbeard then set off for the treasure.
• Doflamingo and Tyrant Kuma fought over the small treasure chest, but their clash sent it flying into the hands of a golden-haired man.
• Natsuya, Red-Haired Shanks, Blackbeard, and the others arrived and recognized the man as Douglas Bullet, while Aokiji and Kizaru identified him from offshore.