Chapter Summaries

During Ace’s public execution, Sengoku revealed that Ace was Gol D. Roger’s son, prompting Red-Haired Shanks to decide to go to Marineford. Shanks and Rayleigh left Sabaody aboard the Red Force with the Red Hair Pirates to rescue Ace.

• Shanks arrived at Rip-off Bar, where Rayleigh and Shakky discussed watching the execution broadcast.
• Sengoku announced that Ace’s biological father was Gol D. Roger, and Shanks reacted with shock.
• Shanks decided to head to Marineford, and Rayleigh agreed to accompany him.
• Shanks and Rayleigh boarded the Red Force and ordered the crew to sail at full speed for Marineford.

The Whitebeard Pirates launched their assault on Marineford, and Whitebeard’s arrival triggered the opening clash with the Marines. As the subordinate fleet charged across Aokiji’s frozen waves, Sephiroth flew toward the Moby Dick and challenged Flower Sword Vista.

• Forty-three pirate ships surfaced outside Marineford, while Whitebeard’s flagship remained unseen and Sengoku grew wary.
• Three Moby Dicks rose inside Crescent Moon Naval Port, and Whitebeard greeted Sengoku by striking the sea and sending two giant tsunamis toward the island.
• Aokiji froze the tsunamis into ice, and Kizaru attacked the Moby Dicks with a barrage of light before Whitebeard deflected it and Marco kicked him into the bay wall.
• The Whitebeard Pirates’ subordinate fleet charged across the ice as Sephiroth flew toward Whitebeard, seeking a target while waiting for Kaido.
• Vista intercepted Sephiroth’s nine fire dragons, then accepted his challenge to a fight.

At Marineford, Whitebeard used a Life Enhancement Potion to fight at his full strength, broke through the harbor wall, and defeated Akainu in a single blow. Sengoku entered the battle to stop Whitebeard, and their clash of Conqueror’s Haki Infusion left the fight poised between two top-tier fighters.

• Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcano, scattering the Whitebeard Pirates but causing relatively few casualties.
• Whitebeard injected a Life Enhancement Potion, then shattered the harbor wall with Murakumogiri and the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Whitebeard struck down a giant Vice Admiral, rallied his crew, and led them through the breach toward Oris Plaza.
• Akainu attacked Whitebeard, but Whitebeard dodged his blows and punched him into a massive crater, badly shaking Marine morale.
• Sengoku transformed into his Great Buddha Form and confronted Whitebeard after Garp refused to act.
• Whitebeard and Sengoku met in a clash of Conqueror’s Haki Infusion that sent shockwaves across the battlefield.

Blackbeard Teach invaded Impel Down, freed prisoners, and gathered a large crew as he advanced toward the sixth level. Meanwhile, Sabo, Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro flew toward Marineford to help rescue Ace as the battle there intensified.

• Blackbeard Teach and his crew defeated the guards at Impel Down's entrance and used Dark Water to destroy the inner gates.
• Blackbeard Teach freed prisoners as he pushed deeper into the prison, while Magellan confronted him on the third level.
• Magellan's stomach cramps interrupted his attack, allowing Blackbeard Teach to disable his Devil Fruit and have the prisoners overwhelm him.
• Blackbeard Teach led more than a thousand prisoners to the sixth level and promised them power, wealth, and freedom if they joined his crew.
• Sabo learned that the Whitebeard Pirates had reached Marineford and that the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates were approaching.
• Luffy, Sabo, Sanji, and Zoro flew toward Marineford on giant crows to help rescue Ace.

The Marines struggled as the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates joined the Battle of Marineford, with the Big Mom Pirates using Bre’s mirrors to launch a surprise attack inside the town. Big Mom Charlotte Linlin then attacked the execution platform, and Garp moved to intercept her strike.

• After learning that Blackbeard Teach had freed Impel Down’s prisoners, Steel Bone Kong ordered three hundred Pacifistas into the battle, and the Whitebeard Pirates began countering them with Internal Destruction Haki.
• The Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates appeared offshore, while over thirty thousand Big Mom Pirates emerged inside Marineford Town through Bre’s linked mirrors and attacked the Marines from behind.
• Steel Bone Kong ordered the Marines to fight on both fronts and cut off the execution broadcast, but kept Ace alive because executing him could provoke Whitebeard into unleashing his full power.
• Big Mom Charlotte Linlin left the Mirror World, ordered Bre to rest, and prepared to destroy Marine Headquarters with her children and troops.
• Big Mom Charlotte Linlin launched an Elbaf Spear attack at the execution platform, and Garp charged in and met it with Fist Bone Impact.

Sephiroth wounded Flower Sword Vista and Thunder Lord Makugai as Kaido and the Beasts Pirates arrived at Marineford to join the battle. He left the two swordsmen and flew to confront Kaido, whose Heat Breath he split with a flaming slash that exploded in the dragon’s jaws.

• Sephiroth severed Thunder Lord Makugai’s left hand and badly wounded Flower Sword Vista during their fight.
• Kaido arrived in Azure Dragon Form and unleashed Wind Scythes on the Marines at Oris Plaza.
• More than fifty thousand Beasts Pirates landed on the ice and moved to join the Whitebeard Pirates’ assault.
• Sephiroth offered to end his fight with Vista and Makugai, then flew toward Kaido.
• Kaido fired Heat Breath at Sephiroth, who split the beam with Exploding Flame Rend and blasted several dragon teeth from Kaido’s mouth.

Sephiroth annihilated most of Kaido’s advancing forces with an enormous amplified fireball, then fought the awakened Kaido in the sky. As Sephiroth gained the advantage, Doflamingo tried to ambush him but was intercepted by Hancock, and Aokiji engaged Doflamingo.

• Sephiroth amplified his fireball a hundredfold and killed more than fifty thousand Beast Pirates, turning the battle’s momentum in the Marines’ favor.
• Kaido awakened his Azure Dragon Fruit and attacked Sephiroth, who eventually wounded him while exploiting his speed advantage.
• Kaido struck Sephiroth into Marineford, but Sephiroth recovered and killed nearby pirates with the Vampire Fruit before resuming the aerial fight.
• Doflamingo tried to strike Sephiroth with Overheat String, but Hancock intercepted him and forced him away.
• Doflamingo attacked Marine ranks instead, so Aokiji confronted him and began fighting him.

Sengoku risked everything in his battle with Whitebeard, but Akainu emerged from underground and struck Whitebeard with a magma sneak attack. Whitebeard survived the wound and knocked Akainu down, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Sengoku, realizing he was weakening, abandoned his defensive Haki and attacked Whitebeard with the Great Light Palm.
• Sengoku spat blood and caught Murakumogiri with both hands as Whitebeard drove it down toward him.
• Akainu burst from underground and pierced Whitebeard's chest with his magma-coated arm.
• Whitebeard recovered and struck Akainu in the chin, sending him crashing into the Marine Headquarters building.
• Akainu failed to stand and lay recovering with Life Return.

Whitebeard survived Sengoku’s attack long enough for Marco to rescue him, while the Whitebeard Pirates renewed their assault to save Ace. Luffy and Sabo arrived at Marineford with Zoro and Sanji, where the rescuers faced Steel Bone Kong and Kizaru, and Karasu joined the battle against Kizaru.

• Marco broke free from Kizaru, struck Sengoku with Phoenix Brand, and used his blue flames to stabilize Whitebeard’s injuries.
• Whitebeard stood despite his wounds and rallied his men to save Ace, refusing to abandon his family.
• Luffy, Sabo, Zoro, and Sanji arrived on a giant black crow, and Big Mom used Garp’s distraction to knock him into Marine Headquarters with Akainu.
• Steel Bone Kong blocked Luffy’s advance, and their clash of Conqueror’s Haki knocked out the executioners beside Ace.
• Kizaru attacked the group with Yasakani no Magatama, but Karasu’s soot crows blocked the barrage before Karasu fought back with Crow Soul Link.

The battle at Marineford continued as Zoro, Sanji, and Sabo faced powerful Marine opponents while Yamato stopped King from helping Kaido. Sephiroth wounded Kaido with a new space-cutting technique, but Akainu delivered the fatal blow, leaving Sephiroth oddly unsatisfied as the war continued.

• Gion attacked Zoro, Tokikake intercepted Sanji's attempt to reach Ace, and Zephyr engaged Sabo after Sabo defeated Bastille.
• King tried to aid Kaido, but Yamato confronted him and forced them to fight.
• Guernica received orders from the Five Elders to kill Straw Hat Luffy and tasked Stussy, Joseph, and himself with carrying out the mission.
• Kaido transformed into a colossal flame dragon and launched Flame Dragon: Flame Bagua at Sephiroth and everyone on Marineford, but Sephiroth's Dimension Shattering Slash tore through Kaido and left him gravely wounded.
• Akainu arrived before King could reach Kaido and killed him with Dark Hound, prompting King to attack Akainu while Sephiroth returned to fighting the Beasts Pirates.

Akainu pressed the injured Whitebeard, while Luffy was ambushed by CP0 during his fight with Steel Bone Kong and appeared to die. Garp killed the agents in grief, but Luffy’s heartbeat returned with the Drums of Liberation, signaling his awakening.

• Akainu attacked Whitebeard and exploited his injuries until Whitebeard’s illnesses and wounds left him unable to fight, but Marco drove Akainu back to protect him.
• Red-Haired Shanks and Rayleigh hurried toward Marineford after sensing that Kaido’s presence had vanished.
• Guernica and Joseph ambushed Luffy as he clashed with Steel Bone Kong, and their attacks combined with Kong’s blow stopped Luffy’s heart.
• Garp killed Guernica and Joseph, tore off his Justice coat, and wept beside Luffy while Sengoku and the others watched.
• Luffy’s determination to save Ace stirred a mysterious power within him, and the Drums of Liberation began beating throughout Marineford.
• Sephiroth heard Luffy’s heartbeat and regretted not having beaten him nearly to death earlier.

Luffy revived in his awakened form and fought his way toward Ace, while Shanks and Rayleigh arrived to stop the execution and free Ace. Shanks called for the war to end, leaving Sengoku and the Marines facing the assembled pirate forces.

• Luffy revived with his awakened powers, then Kizaru kicked him away from the execution platform after Sengoku ordered him to stop Luffy.
• Luffy returned and struck Akainu with Super Rubber Gatling, knocking him into the Marine Headquarters ruins.
• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to execute Ace, but Shanks appeared and held his sword to Kizaru’s throat.
• Rayleigh appeared beside Shanks, and Luffy joined them on the platform before discovering Ace’s handcuffs were made of Sea Stone.
• Rayleigh shattered Ace’s shackles with Armament Haki, freeing him.
• Shanks asked everyone to end the war while keeping Kizaru at swordpoint.

The Five Elders ordered CP0 to target Luffy, then learned he had awakened Nika as Red-Haired Shanks tried to end the war. Imu launched an Ancient Weapon at Marineford, but Sephiroth redirected it through a Spatial Gate, destroying Mary Geoise and Fish-Man Island and tearing a breach through the Red Line.

• The Five Elders discussed the battle, ordered CP0 to assassinate Luffy, and realized he had awakened Nika when the Drums of Liberation sounded.
• Red-Haired Shanks announced that he had rescued Ace and asked Whitebeard and Big Mom to end the war; Whitebeard agreed, but the battle remained unresolved.
• Sephiroth foresaw a catastrophe as Imu sent a gigantic energy sphere toward Marineford.
• Sephiroth opened and amplified a Spatial Gate, swallowing the energy sphere and redirecting it toward Mary Geoise.
• The energy sphere crushed Mary Geoise and Fish-Man Island, blasted a huge breach through the Red Line, and caused the Calm Belts to vanish.

After the ceasefire, Sephiroth destroyed the enormous weapon hidden in the clouds before Big Mom Charlotte Linlin and Doflamingo could reach it. Marineford then shook with an unexplained earthquake, and Brandnew brought Sengoku urgent reports from both Red Ports.

• Big Mom Charlotte Linlin agreed to end the war but pursued the weapon overhead, while Red-Haired Shanks and Luffy left with Ace.
• Doflamingo ended his clash with Aokiji, ordered the Beasts Pirates to withdraw, and took King and Vergo with him toward the weapon.
• Sephiroth decided the weapon could not be allowed into anyone else's hands and destroyed it with a huge flame dragon.
• Big Mom Charlotte Linlin and Doflamingo abandoned their pursuit and left after seeing Sephiroth's attack.
• Marineford shook, and Sengoku's group suspected an earthquake near the Red Line while Whitebeard coughed up blood.
• Brandnew hurried to Sengoku with urgent communications from both Red Ports.

After the war at Marineford, Whitebeard’s injuries finally overwhelmed him, and he died aboard the Moby Dick surrounded by his sons. Sengoku mourned his old rival, declared a Marine victory, and Sephiroth left Marineford with Hancock and Yamato.

• The Whitebeard Pirates boarded the Moby Dick to leave Marineford, and Whitebeard climbed aboard despite his severe injuries.
• Whitebeard thanked Red-Haired Shanks and offered him half the Whitebeard Pirates’ stored treasure, then revealed that his injuries were fatal.
• Ace blamed himself, but Whitebeard comforted him and asked his sons whether he had been a good father before dying.
• The Whitebeard Pirates mourned Whitebeard Newgate as the Moby Dick sailed away, and Sengoku bid farewell to his old rival.
• Sengoku ordered the communications soldiers to announce a great Marine victory, while Sephiroth left Marineford with Hancock and Yamato through a Spatial Gate.

Blackbeard Teach learned that Marineford’s battle had ended and that Mary Geoise had been destroyed, then decided to target the Whitebeard Pirates. At Marineford, Steel Bone Kong, Sengoku, and Tsuru discussed the disaster and the Marines’ responsibility for maintaining order without the Celestial Dragons.

• Blackbeard Teach sent Lafitte to scout Marineford after seeing a huge energy sphere vanish in the sky.
• Lafitte discovered that Mary Geoise had disappeared, leaving a massive breach in the Red Line, and saw a fire dragon destroy a warship hidden in the clouds.
• Lafitte reported that the Marines and pirates had stopped fighting and that the pirates were withdrawing; Blackbeard Teach resolved to target the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Sengoku told Steel Bone Kong and Tsuru that a massive energy sphere had destroyed Mary Geoise and wondered whether it was the same one that had threatened Marineford.
• Steel Bone Kong said the Marines had to preserve order after the Celestial Dragons’ deaths, while recalling the atrocities they had committed at God Valley and other islands.

After the Summit War, Sephiroth returned to Angel Island and redirected his prepared forces from pursuing the Beasts Pirates to conquering Wano Country. He led a vast fleet through a Spatial Gate into the New World, leaving his invasion force poised near Wano.

• Sephiroth, Hancock, and Yamato arrived at the villa, where Perona checked on them and Marigold asked about the war.
• Sephiroth told the gathered women to leave the Beasts Pirates’ remnants alone for now and make Wano Country their new strategic objective.
• After lunch, Sephiroth brought the Boa sisters, Black Maria, Kuina, Isca, Kozuki Hiyori, and Yamato to the harbor, where Yamato insisted on joining despite her injuries.
• Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate, and the eighty ships and Interstellar Ark crossed into the New World under the Float-Float Fruit’s power.
• The airborne fleet appeared near Wano Country, where people below spotted and photographed it as Sephiroth began his plan to seize Wano and expand into Kaido’s former territory.

The Umbrella Corporation’s fleet attacked Wano Country, and Sephiroth assigned Kozuki Hiyori to unite the Kozuki Family’s surviving forces and govern the country. Marigold’s lightning strike destroyed the Shogun’s Palace and killed most of the Beasts Pirates officers there, leaving their forces scattered.

• Sephiroth told Kozuki Hiyori to rally the Kozuki Family’s survivors and prepare to govern Wano Country under the Umbrella Corporation.
• Beasts Pirates officers, including Ulti, Drake, Baby-5, and Pica, gathered at the Shogun’s Palace after learning the Kuja Pirates’ fleet was approaching.
• The Umbrella Corporation’s airships emerged through a Spatial Gate above the Flower Capital, and Baby-5 prepared her laser cannons to attack them.
• Marigold used Breath of the Gods to strike the Shogun’s Palace with lightning, destroying it and killing most of the Beasts Pirates officers inside.
• The Beasts Pirates members around the palace fled into the streets after losing their officers and command.

Kozuki Hiyori and Umbrella Corporation’s forces secured the Prisoner Mine and subdued the Flower Capital as they took control of Wano Country. Hiyori reunited with Kawamatsu, while Sephiroth’s forces prepared for a prolonged security operation until Hiyori could establish a stable order.

• Kozuki Hiyori broke open the Prisoner Mine’s gate, defeated its Beast Pirates defenders, and freed prisoners after checking their identities.
• Kozuki Hiyori found Kawamatsu imprisoned in the mine and learned that Kurozumi Orochi had captured him years earlier.
• WM-1 and WM-2 robots and Umbrella Corporation forces suppressed resistance in the Flower Capital and gathered over a hundred thousand residents in the central square.
• Sephiroth spoke with Black Maria in the Pleasure Quarter and learned that Drake’s injuries had been stabilized with a Life Enhancement Potion.
• Sephiroth ordered Black Maria to guard Drake, while Hancock, Sandersonia, Kuina, and the others secured Wano Country’s regions under Marigold’s aerial lightning support.

With the Red Line breached and the New World cut off from Paradise, Doflamingo and Shanks sought ways to get their crews across while Hancock’s forces attacked Wano. The Big Mom Pirates had already crossed using Bre’s mirrors, and Blackbeard secretly followed the Whitebeard and Red Hair fleets, waiting for them to split up.

• Doflamingo ordered Vergo to gather the Beasts Pirates’ artificial Flying-type Devil Fruit users so they could ferry the crew across the Red Line.
• A communications officer told Doflamingo that the Kuja Pirates, led by Boa Hancock, were attacking Wano Country with about forty thousand fighters; Doflamingo chose to prioritize returning to the New World.
• Luffy and the Whitebeard Pirates saw the vast breach in the Red Line as the Red Force and Moby Dick sailed toward Sabaody.
• Shanks asked Marco to carry the eleven Red Hair Pirates across the Red Line, and Marco agreed; Shanks planned to leave the Red Force in his care.
• The Big Mom Pirates crossed to the New World through Bre’s mirrors, while Blackbeard followed the Whitebeard and Red Hair fleets and waited for a chance to attack.