Chapter Summaries

Charloss Saint claimed a red-dressed woman as his wife and killed her husband when he objected. Gion struggled with her anger at the Celestial Dragons, while Sephiroth explained his numbness and followed her to a bar.

• Charloss Saint spotted a red-dressed woman among the kneeling crowd and declared that he would make her his wife.
• When the woman's husband protested, Charloss Saint shot and killed him, then ordered his men to take her away.
• Gion watched from the inner world and restrained herself from attacking Charloss Saint, knowing the consequences of harming a Celestial Dragon.
• After Charloss Saint had left, Sephiroth opened a door and told Gion it was time to eat.
• Sephiroth said that seeing Celestial Dragons' cruelty for three years had made him numb, and Gion took him to a bar for drinks instead.

After witnessing Gion’s despair over the Celestial Dragons’ cruelty, Sephiroth helped her drink at a Sabaody bar, killed a harassing bounty hunter, and took her to a hotel. Gion asked whether he liked her and began teasing him, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Gion drank heavily at Simon's Bar and sobbed into her Justice cloak while Sephiroth comforted her.
• Bald Johnson harassed Gion, and Sephiroth killed him with Butcher Blade after offering him a drink.
• Sephiroth paid the bill and carried the drunken Gion to an upscale hotel, bringing her Meito Konpira and Justice cloak.
• At the hotel, Gion grabbed Sephiroth’s wrist, asked whether he liked her, and began teasing him when he tried to leave.

Sephiroth and Gion confronted their tangled feelings in a hotel suite on Sabaody Archipelago, where Sephiroth finally admitted that he liked her. The chapter left them together after Gion welcomed his confession.

• Sephiroth watched the lights of Sabaody Archipelago from a hotel window with Gion beside him.
• Gion, drunk and frustrated, challenged Sephiroth to stop avoiding her feelings.
• Sephiroth recalled how their relationship had remained tangled despite his complicated ties and dangerous identity.
• Gion demanded to know whether Sephiroth liked her and why she had waited for him for so long.
• Sephiroth admitted that he liked Gion, and she smiled happily at his confession.

After spending the night with Gion, Sephiroth returned to his Marine office and later went home to cook lunch for Perona. He left Perona eating hot pot and wondering whether she would train or help with his company affairs.

• Sephiroth woke to find Gion gone, along with a note and 50,000 Belly, and recalled how she had confronted him about his other lovers.
• Sephiroth used a Spatial Gate to return to the Marine base commander's office and review documents.
• Perona called Sephiroth to complain that she was hungry, so he went back to their villa and made hot pot for lunch.
• While Perona ate, Sephiroth asked whether she would train or help manage the company, but she refused both.

Sephiroth and Perona were caught in an intimate moment when Hancock and her sisters returned to the villa. Hancock confronted Sephiroth, who admitted their relationship had begun three years earlier, and she left angry but not furious.

• Perona sat on Sephiroth's lap and shared hot pot with him before Hancock and her sisters returned home.
• Sephiroth greeted Hancock, Sandersonia, and Marigold, kissed them, and prepared the ingredients they had brought.
• Hancock found a bloodstained tissue on Sephiroth's chair and suspected that he and Perona had been intimate.
• Hancock confronted Sephiroth in the kitchen, and he admitted their relationship had started three years earlier while asking her not to blame Perona.
• Hancock asked whom Sephiroth would save if she and Perona fell into the sea, then warned him not to bring home more unfamiliar women and stomped on his foot.

After a night with Hancock, Sephiroth visited Shimotsuki Dojo, sparred with Kuina, and continued forging his blade, which he named Netherflame. Dragon then asked him to supply weapons on credit for a Revolutionary Army uprising in West Blue, and Sephiroth agreed on the condition that Umbrella Corporation be repaid with interest after the revolution succeeded.

• Hancock drove Sephiroth from the bed after five hours, sending him to sleep in Perona's room.
• Sephiroth arrived at Shimotsuki Dojo and watched Kuina defeat the adult student Jack before agreeing to their 101st sparring match.
• Sephiroth transformed into a child-sized body and used their spar to teach Kuina swordsmanship and Observation Haki.
• Sephiroth forged iron with Kozaburo and named his nearly finished blade Netherflame.
• Dragon asked Sephiroth to supply weapons on credit for a Revolutionary Army uprising in West Blue, and Sephiroth agreed to repayment with interest after the army seized the country.

Four months later, Sephiroth returned to Marine Headquarters and attended a conference where Steel Bone Kong planned to delegate Fleet Admiral duties to Sengoku. He met with Rear Admiral Mozambia before the meeting began, while Akainu’s unexplained hostility toward him remained unresolved.

• Sephiroth arrived at Marineford and noticed Akainu give him a hostile look and a cold snort.
• Sephiroth sent three field-grade officers to deliver ledgers to the Logistics Department while he went to the conference.
• Sephiroth recalled that Steel Bone Kong intended to delegate Fleet Admiral authority to Sengoku, who was favored to succeed him over Zephyr.
• Sephiroth took his seat beside Mozambia, a Rear Admiral connected to the corrupt Marine faction.
• Mozambia offered Sephiroth a cigar, and Sephiroth lit it with a flame made using several Six Powers techniques.

Steel Bone Kong announced that Sengoku would act as Marine Admiral, and Sengoku declared an internal corruption investigation led by Akainu. Sephiroth suspected the purge was political maneuvering and feared he would be singled out as a scapegoat, putting Umbrella Corporation at risk.

• Steel Bone Kong announced that Sengoku would act on behalf of the Marine Admiral.
• Sengoku condemned corruption in the Marines and appointed Akainu to lead an investigation task force reporting directly to him.
• Sephiroth reasoned that Kong was using the purge to gain political support and that Sengoku was serving as the scapegoat.
• Sephiroth suspected Sengoku and Akainu planned to use him as a low-level example and worried the investigation would damage Umbrella Corporation.
• Sengoku invited corrupt officers to surrender, and Kong adjourned the meeting.

Sephiroth provoked Akainu into a fight at Marineford’s coastal beach, hoping to demonstrate his true strength and make Sengoku reconsider how to deal with him. Akainu charged at him with a magma-coated fist as the battle began.

• Sephiroth blocked Akainu in the Marine Headquarters corridor and taunted him after Akainu ordered him to move.
• Akainu accused Sephiroth of picking a fight, and the two exchanged threats as nearby officers watched.
• Sephiroth opened a spatial doorway to a beach, and Akainu followed him there to fight.
• Sephiroth drew Shusui and Butcher Blade, intending to prove his Admiral-level strength and protect his value to the Marines.
• Akainu dismissed the gap between them as obvious and lunged at Sephiroth with a magma-coated fist.

Sephiroth and Akainu fought a destructive battle on a Marineford beach after clashing over the purge operation and the Marines’ justice. As Zephyr and Sengoku headed toward the shore, Akainu forced Sephiroth into direct clashes to drain his Haki, but Sephiroth spotted a momentary lapse and unleashed a charged strike.

• Sephiroth transformed, increased his speed with Life Return, and traded attacks with Akainu while taunting him about his justice and ambitions.
• Akainu launched a massive lava fist, which Sephiroth dodged before the attack flattened a distant hill.
• Akainu pressed Sephiroth with relentless magma-enhanced blows as their battle shook Marineford.
• Zephyr sensed Sephiroth and Akainu fighting and rushed toward the shore, followed by several officers.
• Sengoku wondered how the two had reached the distant beach and whether Akainu had targeted Sephiroth, then went to investigate.
• Akainu used his swordsmanship and strength to force Sephiroth into draining head-on clashes, but Sephiroth noticed Akainu lose focus and swung a long-charged strike.

Sephiroth and Akainu fought fiercely on a secluded Marineford beach, turning the coast into a sea of molten fire and forcing nearby officers to retreat. Their clash ended with both men knocked from the sky after a headbutt, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Sephiroth struck Akainu with a powerful sword slash that shattered his body and carved a trench through the beach and sea.
• Akainu re-formed from magma and repeatedly attacked Sephiroth with Meteor Volcano, setting the surrounding land ablaze as the officers fled; Zephyr prepared to intervene, but Sengoku stopped him.
• Sephiroth and Akainu briefly faced off, then exchanged sword qi and magma attacks as Akainu used Hound Blaze to force Sephiroth to evade.
• Akainu exploited Sephiroth's opening with Dark Hound, grabbed his blades, and launched his head at him using elementalization.
• Sephiroth and Akainu collided foreheads with Armament Haki, and the shockwave sent them falling in opposite directions.

Sephiroth and Akainu fought fiercely on Marineford until Zephyr stopped them, and Sephiroth’s Butcher Blade transformed into a Black Blade during the battle. After learning that pirates were attacking the Sabaody Archipelago, Sephiroth left to respond, while news of his strength spread through Marine headquarters.

• Sephiroth recovered from his injuries, struck Akainu with a powerful Haki slash, and buried him beneath rubble.
• Sephiroth’s Butcher Blade became a Black Blade, and he retrieved Shusui from the magma before facing Akainu again.
• Zephyr intervened and ordered Sephiroth and Akainu to stop fighting.
• Frank told Sephiroth that pirates were attacking Islands 55 and 7, so Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate and returned to Sabaody.
• Sengoku took Akainu aside for a private conversation, while news of the battle made Sephiroth famous as an admiral-level fighter and the Marines’ number one Great Swordsman.

Sengoku questioned Akainu about his fight with Sephiroth and reconsidered the Marines’ plans after learning Sephiroth could match an Admiral. He and Steel Bone Kong agreed to warn Sephiroth privately, avoid pursuing his past offenses for now, and keep him from becoming an Admiral.

• Sengoku asked Akainu about his fight with Sephiroth, and Akainu said Sephiroth had provoked him and they had fought at the beach.
• Akainu told Sengoku that he had used almost all his strength but could not have stopped Sephiroth from escaping by flight.
• Sengoku reviewed Sephiroth’s dossier and decided to suspend the plan to punish him because his strength and spatial transfer ability made him a dangerous potential enemy.
• Sengoku brought Sephiroth’s dossier and evidence of his violations to Steel Bone Kong and proposed issuing a private warning while monitoring him.
• Steel Bone Kong approved Sengoku’s plan, and Sengoku left to handle other Marine matters.

Sephiroth returned to Sabaody Archipelago to stop pirates ravaging Islands 55 and 7, where he realized Vergo had secretly arranged the raid for Doflamingo. After rescuing a badly burned orange-haired girl and organizing the Marines to fight the fires and evacuate civilians, he treated her injuries and said he might be able to remove her scars with a cosmetic ointment.

• Sephiroth arrived at the Marine base, saw the fires on Island 7, and ordered the soldiers to assemble before going to Island 55.
• Sephiroth found Vergo fighting pirates and realized from his lies and emotions that Vergo had helped arrange the raid for Doflamingo.
• Sephiroth ordered Vergo to handle the aftermath and killed the pirates looting on Island 55 and setting fires on Island 7.
• Sephiroth rescued an orange-haired girl from a burning house after her mother died shielding her, then stabilized the girl's burns with life force.
• Sephiroth sent the Marines through a Spatial Gate to contain the fires and evacuate civilians, then treated the girl's wounds in the infirmary.
• Sephiroth told a nurse that his cosmetic ointment might remove the girl's burn scars and asked to be informed when she woke.

Sephiroth spent the morning with Hancock, Sandersonia, Marigold, and Perona before preparing breakfast and reading about Fisher Tiger’s attack on Mariejois. As Hancock and her sisters prepared to set sail, Sephiroth gave her a suitcase of his newly developed Life Enhancement Potion.

• Sephiroth sent a bat clone to the Sabaody Archipelago Marines base and made seafood noodles for breakfast.
• Sephiroth and the others read that Fisher Tiger had freed thousands of slaves in Mariejois, putting himself on the World Government’s kill-on-sight list.
• Hancock reminded Sandersonia and Marigold to pack for their departure, and Sephiroth opened a Spatial Gate so Marigold could shop on Island 45.
• Sephiroth retrieved a suitcase containing one hundred vials of Life Enhancement Potion and explained its healing effects, limits, and side effect.
• Hancock accepted the potion to help her crew recover from injuries in battle.

Sephiroth comforted Isca after her mother’s death and agreed to take her in, then received an order from Sengoku to report to Marineford. Suspecting Sengoku might move against him, Sephiroth sent a Bat Clone in his place and headed to the underground laboratory on Island 50 to prepare.

• Sephiroth visited Isca in the Marine medical room and comforted her as she grieved for her dead mother.
• Sephiroth offered to take Isca in, gave her a Life Enhancement Injection, and arranged for her to have food.
• Lieutenant Frank delivered Sengoku’s order for Sephiroth to report to Marineford.
• Sephiroth sent a Bat Clone to Marineford and went to the underground laboratory on Island 50 to prepare for possible trouble.

Sephiroth met with Sengoku, who accused him of betraying the Marines and colluding with pirates. Sengoku presented a photograph of Sephiroth kissing Hancock at a Sabaody amusement park, leaving Sephiroth wondering who had set him up as Sengoku demanded an explanation.

• Sephiroth's Bat Clone arrived at Sengoku's office in Marine Headquarters, and Sengoku tried to persuade him over tea.
• Sengoku accused Sephiroth of betraying the Marines and colluding with pirates, while Sephiroth denied the charges with exaggerated protestations of loyalty.
• Sengoku produced documents and photographs as evidence against Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth recognized a photograph of himself feeding ice cream to Hancock at the Soap Bubble Amusement Park a month earlier.
• Sephiroth suspected that someone in the Marines' corrupt faction had arranged the photograph, while Sengoku demanded that he explain himself.

Sephiroth faced Sengoku’s questions about his relationship with Boa Hancock and his role in her becoming a Shichibukai, then was confronted with evidence of corruption. He pretended to repent and offered to expose others, giving Sengoku a chance to use him in a wider purge.

• Sengoku confronted Sephiroth with Marine intelligence documents comparing Boa Hancock’s measurements and demanded an explanation for their embrace.
• Sephiroth deflected Sengoku’s accusations by invoking the Shichibukai system and defending Hancock’s strength and qualifications.
• Sengoku accused Sephiroth of helping Hancock become a Shichibukai, and Sephiroth admitted that he had helped her while arguing she deserved the position.
• Sengoku presented evidence of Sephiroth’s false warship damage reports with Kaisa and his business dealings through the Umbrella Corporation.
• Sephiroth feigned remorse, claimed he wanted to become a good person, and offered to report other corrupt Marines in exchange for redemption through service.

Sephiroth exposed corruption among Marine and World Government officials to Sengoku, who ordered him to keep reporting on them. The next day, Sephiroth prepared to travel to Fish-Man Island while arranging a home for Isca on Sabaody Archipelago.

• Sephiroth told Sengoku about corruption involving Marine leaders, government officials, and Celestial Dragons, and Sengoku asked him to continue gathering information.
• Sephiroth left his Bat Clone at Marineford after his meeting with Sengoku.
• A joke circulated at Marine Headquarters that Brandnew had been beaten and left unconscious in an alley.
• Sephiroth reassured Isca that her burns had healed and promised to make ointment to remove her scars.
• Frank delivered Sengoku's order for Sephiroth to search for Fisher Tiger and warn the Fish-Man Race, so Sephiroth arranged a coated warship for the trip to Fish-Man Island.
• Sephiroth brought Isca to a furnished house in the Marines' family housing district on Island 61 and left her one million Belly.

Sephiroth prepared a small warship and selected fifty veterans and the recruit Vergo for a trip to Fish-Man Island. He transferred Vergo from the Logistics Department into the Special Mobile Unit as a squad leader, while Vergo reconsidered his plans and worried about Doflamingo's report against Sephiroth.

• Sephiroth arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago base harbor with a covered iron cage and inspected the coated warship and the fifty soldiers Frank had selected.
• Sephiroth ordered Frank to bring Vergo from the Logistics Department, then questioned the recruit about his assignment to scrub toilets.
• Sephiroth claimed he had sent Vergo to the Logistics Department to test his will and character, and the soldiers confirmed that Sephiroth had tested them with beatings when he first took command.
• Sephiroth declared that Vergo had passed his test and appointed him a squad leader in the Special Mobile Unit.
• Vergo thanked Sephiroth, resolved to tell Doflamingo to stop targeting him, and worried that Doflamingo's report could bring Sephiroth down.
• Sephiroth promised to promote and raise Vergo's pay if he distinguished himself on the Fish-Man Island trip, then boarded the warship.