Recaps

Natsu could not awaken his Mangekyo Sharingan, sensing instead that a deeper power within Indra's Eye was still developing. On Origin Island, Fugaku received a scientist rescued by Natsu and learned that the man was willing to work for anyone who let him continue his research.

• Natsu found that his ocular power exceeded ordinary Mangekyo Sharingan levels, but its awakening remained blocked as an unfamiliar power gestated beyond the bottleneck.
• Natsu considered that he lacked the intense emotional turmoil that usually triggered the Sharingan's evolution and decided to wait for his eyes to awaken naturally.
• Fugaku read a report that Marine branches across West Blue had withdrawn, though he recognized the retreat as a temporary pause rather than a victory.
• Natsu's Shadow Clone brought Drake Vallen to Origin Island and told Fugaku that the scientist's genetic engineering expertise could benefit the Uchiha.
• Drake told Fugaku that the Vinsmoke Family had destroyed his kingdom and that he had preserved his research data, adding that his only concern was continuing his work.

Fugaku brought Drake Vallen to the Uchiha Clan’s underground research laboratory, where Drake was astonished by its chakra-powered scientific equipment and joined the researchers in exchanging questions and ideas. Fugaku left believing Drake and the research team could help the Uchiha establish themselves in these seas after the Marine Branch retreat.

• Fugaku led Drake through a hidden entrance at Naka Shrine to the underground laboratory.
• Fugaku introduced Drake to the fifteen Uchiha medical ninja as the North Blue’s chief researcher and invited them to learn from one another.
• Drake examined the laboratory’s chakra-powered instruments and questioned the researchers about their equipment, Hashirama Cells, and Uchiha genetics.
• The Uchiha researchers questioned Drake about epigenetics, and he drew diagrams while asking them about chakra meridian mapping.
• Fugaku returned to the main hall and considered how Drake and the research team might help the Uchiha Clan take root in the seas.

Fugaku ordered the Uchiha to annex Rukan, Balin, and Seraya, which surrendered with almost no resistance under the clan’s Genjutsu. After taking control of the three islands, he cut their combined 78,600-man forces down to 11,000 soldiers fit for service.

• Fugaku assigned Kei, Tetsuka, and Yashiro to seize Rukan, Balin, and Seraya, instructing them to avoid making noise if Genjutsu could resolve matters.
• Kei subdued Rukan’s guards and lord with Genjutsu, and the lord accepted the Uchiha takeover document.
• Tetsuka stopped Balin’s garrison with his Sharingan and subdued its commander, while Yashiro accepted Seraya’s seal and registers after its officials surrendered.
• Fugaku received surrender documents incorporating the three islands and learned their armies totaled 78,600 men.
• Fugaku ordered Kei to dismiss unfit soldiers, and the reassessment reduced the force to 11,000 men.

Uchiha Fugaku consulted Natsu about governing the three conquered islands and approved a plan to abolish the nobility and distribute resources in three tiers. He began implementing the reforms, directing supplies and training toward the Uchiha Clan and the reorganized soldiers.

• Fugaku sent Natsu the islands’ population and military records along with his concerns about retaining the old aristocratic system.
• Natsu replied with a plan to abolish the nobles and prioritize resources for Uchiha ninjas, other Uchiha, and reorganized soldiers; Fugaku approved it.
• Fugaku and his subordinates posted the abolition decree across the islands, while former rulers and soldiers accepted the new order with little resistance.
• Reorganized soldiers intercepted pirates hired by nobles, and Kei ordered the captured men sent to the iron mine and their ship confiscated.
• Tetsuka consolidated the islands’ resources, and Fugaku assigned supplies by tier while requiring Uchiha members and reorganized soldiers to train.

Uchiha Natsu completed the initial stage of the Void Demon Fox’s senjutsu and considered how its slow, continuous cultivation could transform the Uchiha Clan. Before returning, he established rules for marriages between Uchiha and outsiders, then departed using Flying Thunder God.

• Uchiha Natsu sensed that his Sage Mode had taken its initial form and could now activate it at will.
• Uchiha Natsu considered how the Void Demon Fox’s senjutsu would gradually strengthen the body and soul rather than merely provide a temporary combat boost.
• Uchiha Natsu planned to teach the senjutsu to Fugaku and compile his training into scrolls for clan members who could awaken Susanoo.
• Uchiha Natsu decided that women from outside clans could marry into the Uchiha Clan, while outside men seeking Uchiha women would need to prove their worth and gain approval from at least five clansmen.
• Uchiha Natsu added that anyone who pursued an Uchiha woman for profit or status would be publicly executed, then used Flying Thunder God to leave the reef.

After learning that Ace would be executed at Marineford, Whitebeard rallied his fleet to rescue him. Shanks arrived alone and urged Whitebeard to stay away, but Whitebeard rejected his warning and prepared to answer him.

• The news that Blackbeard had delivered Ace to the Marines and secured a Shichibukai appointment reached the Moby Dick.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew to gather and declared that they would go to Marineford to bring Ace home.
• Whitebeard's fleet assembled as Shanks arrived alone aboard the Moby Dick.
• Shanks warned Whitebeard that a Marineford war would cause countless deaths and said he knew Teach's danger firsthand.
• Whitebeard laughed, rose from his chair, tore away his IV tubes, and stopped the nurses from approaching.

After Whitebeard rejected Shanks's warning and sailed for Marineford to save Ace, Natsu learned of Ace's impending execution and began preparing the Uchiha clan to respond. He considered using the Flying Thunder God mark he had placed on Ace to teleport him away from the execution platform.

• Whitebeard declared that he would destroy Marine Headquarters to save Ace, and Shanks warned him that Blackbeard's plans were more dangerous than they seemed.
• Shanks left Marineford, and Whitebeard ordered his fleet of forty-three pirate ships to sail for Marine Headquarters.
• Natsu returned to Origin Island and learned from Fugaku that Ace had been captured and would be executed at Marineford within days.
• Uchiha Kei reminded Natsu that Ace had fought alongside them on Origin Island, and Natsu ordered the clan's intelligence and combat units to prepare.
• Natsu sensed the Flying Thunder God mark he had secretly placed on Ace and considered teleporting him directly from the execution platform.

Natsu planned to use Whitebeard as the first human test subject for Hashirama Cell transplantation, hoping to restore his health and gain the Whitebeard Pirates as allies or subjects. After discussing the plan with Fugaku, Natsu headed toward Fish-Man Island and approached the Whitebeard fleet, where a lookout spotted him running across the sea.

• Natsu decided that Whitebeard's exceptional physical strength could let him survive a Hashirama Cell transplant and that the treatment might restore his failing health.
• Natsu considered gaining the Whitebeard Pirates' forty-three crews and powerful Division Commanders to strengthen Uchiha control over the West Blue.
• Fugaku assessed the Uchiha's available Kage Level fighters and recognized that Natsu intended to do more than simply save Whitebeard.
• Natsu left Fugaku a Flying Thunder God Kunai, then traveled from the ruins of Sabaody toward Fish-Man Island across the sea.
• A lookout aboard the Moby Dick spotted Natsu running across the water ahead of the Whitebeard fleet.

Natsu met Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick and pledged that the Uchiha Clan would join the assault on Marineford to rescue Ace. He then revealed how badly Whitebeard’s health had deteriorated and questioned whether Whitebeard planned to trade his life for Ace’s.

• Natsu approached the Moby Dick across the sea, and Whitebeard recognized him as the fifth Emperor.
• Natsu told Whitebeard that the Uchiha Clan would join the attack on Marineford because Ace had helped them and the Whitebeard Pirates had taught them Haki.
• Whitebeard asked how many Uchiha would come, and Natsu answered that there would be twenty-four, including himself.
• Natsu described Whitebeard’s declining Haki, knee injury, and hand tremor, then said Whitebeard seemed prepared to give his life to save Ace.
• Whitebeard stopped Marco from intervening and asked Natsu what he was trying to say.

Natsu offered Whitebeard a risky transplant of Hashirama Cells to restore his failing body, and Whitebeard agreed to trust him with his life. Natsu prepared to take Whitebeard to Origin Island, but their attempt to connect was interrupted by the vast difference in their heights.

• Natsu explained the Hashirama Cells’ regenerative effects and warned Whitebeard that the transplant had unpredictable risks, though the chance of success was above fifty percent.
• Marco protested that the transplant was untested and could leave Whitebeard unable to reach Marineford, but Whitebeard described his failing condition and the strength needed to save Ace.
• Whitebeard accepted the risk and placed his life in Natsu’s hands.
• Natsu inscribed a Flying Thunder God formula on the Moby Dick’s deck and told Marco to take the fleet to Sabaody Archipelago and wait for them.
• Natsu reached to grab Whitebeard’s arm but could not reach it because of their height difference, so Whitebeard crouched down and placed his arm on Natsu’s shoulder.

Natsu brought Whitebeard to the Uchiha shrine, where Whitebeard agreed to undergo a Hashirama Cells transplant as a core condition of an alliance. Drake Vallen began preparing Whitebeard for the operation.

• Natsu teleported with Whitebeard from the Moby Dick, and Marco ordered the fleet to head for Sabaody while hoping Pops would return soon.
• Uchiha Setsuna's patrol stopped its attack after recognizing Natsu, and Whitebeard assessed the Uchiha guards and their strength.
• Natsu told Setsuna to summon Drake Vallen with the Hashirama Cells transplant documents and invite Clan Head Fugaku to the laboratory.
• Whitebeard left Murakumogiri outside the shrine and followed Natsu into the underground laboratory.
• Drake Vallen reviewed Whitebeard's examination results and transplant plan, then announced that the operation would begin.

Vallen began operating on Whitebeard as Garp rushed back to Marineford after learning Ace would be publicly executed. Garp pleaded with Sengoku to revoke the order, but Sengoku said the Five Elders and the watching world left him unable to protect Ace.

• Vallen made the first incision in Whitebeard’s body while a Uchiha medical ninja monitored the operation.
• Garp arrived at Impel Down and sat outside Ace’s cell, telling him he had come to stop himself from intervening at Marineford.
• Garp reminded Ace that Dadan was waiting for him, while Ace lowered his head and said nothing.
• Garp asked Sengoku to revoke Ace’s execution order, but Sengoku refused, saying Blackbeard had exposed Ace’s identity and the Five Elders and public were watching.

After Garp blamed himself for Ace’s fate and vowed to resign after the war, Tsuru warned Sengoku that Uchiha Natsu might intervene to rescue Ace. Sengoku spent the night revising Marineford’s defenses, though Tsuru believed their measures could not stop Natsu’s ability to appear anywhere.

• Garp remembered choosing to raise Ace rather than hand him over to the Marines, then said he would resign after the war.
• Sengoku continued planning Marineford’s defenses after Garp left his office.
• Tsuru told Sengoku she feared Uchiha Natsu might owe Ace a favor and act on it.
• Tsuru pointed out that Natsu’s suspected spatial ability could bypass Marineford’s defenses and let him reach the execution platform.
• Sengoku spent the night repeatedly changing the deployment map.

Sengoku secured approval to recall the Marines’ defensive forces and gather all three Admirals at Marineford because he feared Uchiha Natsu could disrupt Ace’s execution. On execution day, the Marines waited in force until the Whitebeard Pirates appeared in the bay’s frontal waters.

• Sengoku requested and received approval to recall the New World defensive line and bring all three Admirals to Marineford.
• Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru arrived at Marineford as more than a hundred thousand Marines assembled for the execution.
• Sengoku reviewed the defenses and worried that none of the three Admirals could stop Uchiha Natsu’s spatial movement.
• On the day of the execution, Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp took their places as the Marines waited in silence.
• A lookout spotted the Whitebeard Pirates approaching and announced enemy contact in the frontal waters.

Whitebeard arrived at Marineford with his fleet and confronted the Marines, while Garp and Sengoku realized he had returned to his prime. The chapter left the Marines facing a far more dangerous battle than they had expected.

• Whitebeard's fleet sailed through the bombardment toward Marineford without returning fire.
• Whitebeard leaped into the bay and strode toward the Marines alone, declaring that he had come for Ace.
• Garp sensed that Whitebeard's strength had returned and struggled with the possibility that he might save Ace.
• Sengoku recognized Whitebeard's familiar prime-era pressure and realized the Marine plan had to change.
• Marine officers and veterans felt Whitebeard's overwhelming presence as he approached the front lines.

Whitebeard launched his assault on Marineford, and the Whitebeard Pirates clashed with the Marines as Sengoku searched for Uchiha Natsu’s expected attempt to rescue Ace. Sengoku ordered Kizaru to watch the air above the plaza, leaving Natsu’s approach unresolved.

• Whitebeard struck the ground with Murakumogiri, unleashing a shockwave that tore through the Marines’ front line.
• Marco attacked the bay’s warships and artillery while Jozu lifted and hurled a massive block of ice at the Marine formations.
• Kuzan countered Jozu’s ice attack, fought Marco, and was jolted by Whitebeard’s vibration wave.
• Sakazuki fired Great Eruption at the Moby Dick, but Whitebeard shattered the air and stopped the magma fist.
• Whitebeard’s pirates and the Marines battled for control of the bay as Sengoku watched for Uchiha Natsu.
• Sengoku told Tsuru to order Borsalino to watch the air above the plaza for Natsu’s entry.

Whitebeard shattered Marineford’s defenses and fought Akainu, while Marco intercepted Aokiji to keep him from reaching the bay. The battle left Aokiji and Marco facing off as Whitebeard continued his advance.

• Kizaru spread his Observation Haki around the execution platform, determined to prevent the vanished intruder from disappearing again.
• Whitebeard destroyed the Marines’ defensive line with his Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Conqueror’s Haki, then advanced toward the plaza.
• Akainu met Whitebeard with a magma-coated punch and was shocked by the strength behind Whitebeard’s blows.
• Whitebeard dodged Akainu’s magma blasts and shattered them with successive punches.
• Aokiji headed toward the bay to block Whitebeard, but Marco intercepted him and refused to move aside.
• Aokiji formed an ice spear, vanished behind Marco, and attacked the joints of Marco’s wings with ice blades.

Whitebeard and the Whitebeard Pirates battled the Marines at Marineford while Marco stalled Aokiji and Whitebeard fought Akainu. Watching from the sidelines, Doflamingo suspected Uchiha Natsu had restored Whitebeard to his prime and was waiting to see what the young man wanted from the war.

• Marco used his Phoenix flames to heal his wounds and keep Aokiji occupied while Whitebeard traded blows with Akainu.
• The Whitebeard Pirates' commanders and the Marines fought fiercely across the plaza, with neither side retreating.
• The Shichibukai watched from near the execution platform, where Hancock occasionally glanced toward the kneeling Uchiha Natsu.
• Doflamingo recalled Uchiha Natsu's past actions and reasoned that he might possess a way to restore the dying to their peak.
• Doflamingo concluded that Natsu's involvement in the war must serve a purpose beyond pride and waited for him to appear.

Whitebeard overwhelmed Sakazuki and Kizaru after Uchiha Natsu’s Hashirama Cells restored his strength, leaving Sengoku to urge Garp to help stop their enemies. Garp refused to be pushed, caught between the battle and his wounded grandson Ace on the execution platform.

• Whitebeard dodged Sakazuki’s magma fist, grabbed his wrist, and sent him crashing across the plaza with a punch.
• Kizaru attacked Whitebeard with Yasakani no Magatama, but Whitebeard shattered the light bullets with an Air Quake and forced Kizaru to retreat.
• Whitebeard recalled how Hashirama Cells had renewed his body and relieved the old injuries that had weakened him.
• Sengoku realized the three admirals were occupied and feared Uchiha Natsu could reach Ace without anyone able to stop him.
• Sengoku asked Garp to ensure that at least one of Whitebeard, Natsu, or Ace remained behind, and Garp warned him not to push him.

Sengoku confronted Garp with the choice between his grandson Ace and the Navy’s soldiers, and Garp answered by attacking Whitebeard. Their clash devastated the plaza, and Garp unleashed Galaxy Impact as the battle between the two legends escalated.

• Sengoku reminded Garp that the Navy’s independence and the lives of its soldiers were at stake, while Ace waited wounded on the execution platform.
• Garp closed his eyes, left the commander-in-chief’s seat, and launched Fist Bone: Impact at Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard met Garp’s Haki-coated punch with Murakumogiri, Tremor-Tremor power, and his own Haki.
• The collision sent a massive shockwave across the plaza, wrecking gunboats and throwing Marines and pirates into chaos.
• Garp and Whitebeard strained against each other until Garp unleashed Fist Bone: Galaxy Impact.

Garp struck Whitebeard with a devastating punch at Marineford, prompting the Marines to rally around their hero while the pirates saw the danger he posed. As Garp declared that he had to stop Whitebeard, Ace wept on the execution platform over the family he had brought into conflict.

• Garp's punch drove Whitebeard back seventeen steps, and Whitebeard acknowledged that Garp could kill an Admiral.
• The Marines cheered Garp as the pirates on the ice realized the legendary Marine hero was a real threat.
• Ace watched Garp and Whitebeard confront each other and regretted ignoring Natsu's warning on Banaro Island.
• Marco continued fighting Aokiji while watching Whitebeard face Garp.
• Garp apologized to Whitebeard and said he had to stop him, and Whitebeard laughed and rejected the idea that he would use family ties to hold anyone hostage.

Luffy and the Impel Down prisoners crashed into Marineford as Garp prepared to fight Whitebeard, and Luffy stopped Crocodile from attacking Whitebeard. Sengoku then revealed Ace’s and Luffy’s parentage to the world, while Uchiha Natsu remained unseen.

• Garp overcame his hesitation and prepared to clash with Whitebeard again.
• Luffy and the Impel Down prisoners arrived aboard a Marine warship that fell from the sky and smashed into the ice.
• Crocodile lunged at Whitebeard from behind, but Luffy struck him and declared he would protect Ace.
• Sengoku announced that Ace was the biological son of Gol D. Roger.
• Sengoku revealed that Luffy was the biological son of Monkey D. Dragon.

Luffy charged toward the execution platform to reach Ace as Whitebeard’s commanders opened a path for him. Garp resumed his fierce fight with Whitebeard, while Akainu and Aokiji switched opponents to confront Marco and Jozu.

• Luffy launched through the Marines toward the execution platform, and Whitebeard ordered his commanders to protect him.
• Marco, Jozu, and Vista drove back Marine forces and cleared a path for Luffy.
• Garp and Whitebeard resumed their fight with a powerful clash that cleared a wide area around them.
• Akainu attacked Marco, who held him off with his Phoenix flames.
• Aokiji blocked Jozu’s advance, and Jozu prepared to fight him.
• The Shichibukai began moving amid the escalating battle.

The Marines trapped the Whitebeard Pirates inside Marineford and gained ground with the Shichibukai and Pacifistas. Four figures wearing Red-and-White Fans appeared on the walls and unleashed a massive fire attack, while black-clad figures appeared behind the Pacifistas before they could fire back.

• Moria, Hancock, Doflamingo, Kuma, and Mihawk fought or obstructed the Whitebeard Pirates as the Shichibukai held back their forces.
• The Marines raised the encircling walls, trapping the pirates inside Marineford.
• Dozens of Pacifistas fired on the pirates, inflicting heavy casualties as the division commanders and Whitebeard were occupied by Marine opponents.
• Four figures wearing Red-and-White Fans appeared atop the walls and combined Fire Release and Wind Release to engulf much of the Marine defensive line.
• Sengoku ordered the Pacifistas to counterattack, but more than a dozen black-clad figures appeared behind them, their Sharingan glowing.

The Uchiha Clan joined the battle at Marineford and quickly destroyed more than half of the Pacifistas, while Uchiha Fugaku’s Susanoo intensified the Marines’ fear. With Uchiha Natsu still nowhere to be found, Sakazuki rallied the Marines to keep fighting and kill the pirates.

• The Uchiha Clan used fire-coated swords and substitution techniques to destroy more than half of the Pacifistas in under thirty seconds.
• Sengoku ordered Momousagi and Chaton to stop the Uchiha, but a slash from the Moby Dick forced them to halt.
• Uchiha Fugaku appeared at the bow of the Moby Dick inside a towering Susanoo, and the Marines recognized the threat posed by the Uchiha Clan and Uchiha Natsu.
• Sengoku and Kizaru searched Marineford for Uchiha Natsu, but Sengoku could not sense him anywhere.
• As panic spread among the Marines, Sakazuki urged them to stand firm and follow him against the pirates.