Chapter Summaries

The Revolutionary Army overwhelmed the Navy’s remaining forces after Kizaru’s apparent death left the Marines grieving and furious. Kyros used the Glint-Glint Fruit to confront Doflamingo atop Kaido, and the chapter ended as he prepared to cut through Kaido to reach him.

• Hancock left the landing craft as Akainu and Aokiji recognized Kizaru’s Glint-Glint Fruit on a Revolutionary Army commander, while Sengoku mourned Kizaru’s apparent death.
• The Revolutionary Army launched its assault, and its elite fighters rapidly overwhelmed the Navy’s remaining officers and Pacifistas.
• Kyros used his new Glint-Glint Fruit powers to attack Doflamingo with the Heavenly Cloud Sword.
• Doflamingo taunted Kyros about his past defeat, but Kyros found his position hidden inside Kaido’s body.
• Kyros transformed into points of light and descended with a massive sword, declaring that he would split Kaido apart along with Doflamingo.

Kyros and Doflamingo clashed as the battle spread across the battlefield, where the Revolutionary Army’s coordinated tactics began to overwhelm the Marines. The Marines’ strongest fighters stepped in to halt the advance, leaving Akainu and Aokiji facing their former friends and enemies.

• Doflamingo attacked Kyros and the forces below with scales launched from Kaido’s body, while Vergo fought Wyper.
• Daz Bones and Zoro both challenged Vergo, and Wyper left the fight as the Revolutionary Army shifted to match stronger fighters against the enemy.
• The Revolutionary Army’s Logia users advanced through the Marine lines, while Ivankov disabled Marine Major Generals with his Hormone-Hormone Fruit.
• Akainu and Aokiji entered the battle to stop the Revolutionary Army’s strongest fighters, and Ace evaded Akainu to confront Aokiji alongside Smoker.
• Issho and Hancock attacked Akainu together, while Aokiji faced his former friend without asking him why he had come.

The Big Mom Pirates and other outsiders watched the Revolutionary Army and Marines fight, while Leo considered the hidden forces that might still intervene. On Drum Island, Luffy recognized Sabo alive on the battlefield as Sabo charged Fleet Admiral Sengoku.

• The Big Mom Pirates compared their fighters with the Revolutionary Army and Marines, then abandoned any plans to join the conflict.
• Crocodile watched the battle from Tesoro's ship and noted that the Marines had not called on the Shichibukai.
• Leo considered the possibility that the Five Elders and Imu would intervene, but remained confident the Revolutionary Army was prepared.
• Luffy and his crew watched the battle's broadcast from Drum Island after Carina recovered, and Luffy wished he could fight alongside Ace.
• Luffy recognized Sabo alive on the battlefield as Sabo transformed into a Wind Dragon and attacked Sengoku, who became a golden Buddha and punched at him.

Sabo clashed with Sengoku and then fought Garp, who returned to the battlefield to defend the Marines. Garp’s arrival renewed the Marines’ morale, and Zephyr urged them to crush the Revolutionary Army’s momentum.

• Sabo met Sengoku’s golden Buddha palm with Dragon Claw as the two clashed before the cameras.
• Garp charged toward Sabo, and Ivankov tried to stop him with Galaxy WINK.
• Sabo intercepted Garp and broke his fingers against Garp’s punch, then Ivankov healed his arm with hormone injections.
• Sabo charged back at Garp, and their Haki-coated blows collided with a thunderous burst of black lightning.
• Garp’s return strengthened the Marines, and Zephyr knocked down a Marines Officer before ordering the Marines to attack with everything they had.

The Revolutionary Army and Marines fought a decisive battle at Marineford as both sides tried to crush the other before reinforcements could intervene. The Fish-Men ambushed the Marines and captured two Vice Admirals, turning the battle sharply against them as Jinbe and Kuhar charged toward the central battlefield.

• The Revolutionary Army struggled against the Marines’ stronger fighters while Ivankov and Sabo fell behind Garp and Sengoku at the execution platform.
• Issho and Hancock joined forces to stalemate Akainu, while Smoker and Ace teamed up against Aokiji amid thick fog.
• Jinbe and the Fish-Men emerged from the sea and attacked the Marines with Fish-Man Karate.
• Jinbe and Hachi struck Vice Admirals Dalmatian and Tsuru with Fish-Man Ocean Current Shoulder Throw, then captured them with Seastone shackles.
• As the Marine Colonels and Rear Admirals began to falter, Jinbe and Kuhar charged toward the central battlefield.

The Marines and Revolutionary Army fought a desperate battle as the Revolutionary Army’s fish-men allies helped overwhelm the Marines. When the Marines’ leaders called for help, five powerful ancestors of the Celestial Dragons appeared and shifted the battlefield back in the Marines’ favor.

• Jinbe’s fish-men and the Revolutionary Army attacked the Marines from both sides, quickly overwhelming their forces.
• Garp suppressed Jinbe and Sabo, while Akainu, Aokiji, and the other Marines resolved to fight to the death and launched a desperate assault.
• Hina’s plans to capture Marine officers failed as the battlefield descended into brutal close combat.
• Sengoku roared at the unseen powers to stop the Marines from being wiped out, and five old men appeared on the execution platform.
• The Five Elders, Celestial Dragon ancestors whose strength surpassed an Admiral’s, entered the battle and restored the Marines’ position.

The Five Elders arrived with the World Government’s airship fleet, revealing that the Navy had been left to fight as expendable scouts. Koala ordered the Revolutionary Army to fire on the airships, while Nami rejected Yamato’s plea to spare Kaido and focused on the Five Elders as the real threat.

• The Five Elders appeared with an airship fleet, prompting both armies to pause and the Navy to retreat beneath the execution platform.
• The Navy’s senior officers realized the World Government had withheld its air force until the Revolutionary Army’s strength was exposed, leaving the Navy’s soldiers embittered.
• Ivankov used his Healing Hormone to quickly revive wounded Revolutionary Army soldiers, while the battlefield remained uncertain about Kuma and Dragon’s whereabouts.
• Koala ordered the Revolutionary Army fleets to open fire, and their electromagnetic cannons struck the airships and hit Kaido during his fight with Kyros.
• Yamato begged the Revolutionary Army to stop shooting Kaido, but Nami dismissed her plea and warned that Kaido might consider his condition worse than death.
• Nami watched the burning airships fall and recognized the Five Elders as the battle’s true threat.

The Revolutionary Army discovered that the World Government had deployed a large air force, but its battleships quickly shot down most of the airships. The wreckage revealed artificial giants, and Sabo realized Vegapunk had succeeded in creating the giant soldiers the Revolutionary Army had been hunting him over.

• The Revolutionary Army watched the World Government’s airships descend, then recognized how much their strength depended on the nation’s industrial support.
• The Revolutionary Army’s battleships and cruisers opened fire and destroyed more than half of the airships.
• The revolutionaries saw giants over twenty meters tall fall into the sea among the wreckage.
• Sabo identified the giants as Artificial Giant Soldiers and realized Vegapunk had produced them.

Leo and Rayleigh discussed the origins of the armored giants attacking the Revolutionary Army and the secrets behind the World Government’s technology. Rayleigh explained how Roger could understand the Poneglyphs through his ability to hear the voices of all things.

• Armored giants descended from the fallen airship and landed in the sea, revealing the force the Revolutionary Army faced.
• Leo said Vegapunk had recreated giants using records left by gods from another world, while other created races had been abandoned.
• Leo wondered whether the giants had eaten Artificial Devil Fruits, but Rayleigh doubted it because many technologies had been lost during the Void Century.
• Rayleigh explained that Roger could read the Poneglyphs because he could hear the voices of all things.

The Revolutionary Army coordinated its defense while Sengoku and the Marines refused to keep serving as expendable pawns for the World Government. The Five Elders ordered the Admirals into battle, but Sengoku challenged the Elders to fight for themselves.

• Koala directed the Revolutionary Army to keep firing on the airships while others held off the giants, and Sabo led the forces back to the second line of defense.
• Sengoku and the Marines held back, angered that the World Government had concealed its plans and treated them as cannon fodder.
• Garp taunted the Five Elders as they confronted Sengoku, while the Elders ordered Aokiji and Akainu to begin the final battle.
• Aokiji and Akainu led the Marines into battle, but the Revolutionary Army's coordinated defense scattered their attacks without breaking its formation.
• When a Five Elder asked whether Sengoku and Garp would fight, Sengoku claimed he was too old and challenged the Five Elders to show their strength.

The Revolutionary Army’s artillery and snipers devastated the World Government’s airships and artificial giants, forcing the Five Elders to intervene. Sabo intercepted a Five Elder and coordinated the response as Zoro and Daz Bones joined the fight against him.

• The Revolutionary Army shot down the World Government’s airships and blasted through the giants’ armor, while snipers targeted the giants’ heads.
• The Five Elders realized their forces were at risk of defeat and decided they had to advance.
• The bald, bespectacled Five Elder drew his sword and vanished to attack the Revolutionary Army’s front lines.
• Sabo blocked the Five Elder’s strike with his Armament Haki water pipe and explained that he was coordinating the frontline response.
• Sabo called for reinforcements, and Zoro and Daz Bones arrived to attack the Five Elder together.

Zoro and Daz Bones held off Elder Tenyue while the Revolutionary Army’s fighters pressured the Admirals, making the Five Elders seem less invincible than expected. As the Five Elders entered the fight, Rob Lucci and Kaku appeared to confront a bearded Elder, leaving Leo confident that the battle was unfolding as he anticipated.

• Zoro and Daz Bones joined forces to block Elder Tenyue, while the Revolutionary Army’s fighters pressured Aokiji and Akainu.
• Leo reassured Rayleigh that the Five Elders joining the fight would reveal his plan, despite the odds against the Revolutionary Army.
• A square-faced, bearded Five Elder charged toward Sabo, but Rob Lucci and Kaku stepped in to face him.
• The bearded Elder recognized Lucci and Kaku as former CP9 agents, and Lucci declared that they had joined the Revolutionary Army to hunt important figures like him.

The Revolutionary Army kept the Five Elders and Marines under pressure as other factions reconsidered the Marines’ apparent weakness and the Revolutionary Army’s four years of preparation. Sengoku prepared to intervene, but an unknown speaker warned that neither he nor Garp would be allowed to leave.

• Big Mom's children considered how their forces might have attacked the Marines, while the Red-Haired Pirates accepted Benn Beckman's warning that they could not defeat the Marines and escape the giants and airships.
• The chapter explained that Leo had spent four years stockpiling supplies, advancing technology, and preparing for the decisive battle.
• The Five Elders joined the fighting, where Jinbe, Fujitora, Sabo, and Revolutionary Army colonels engaged them one by one.
• Aokiji and Akainu remained under pressure from multiple opponents as the prolonged battle drained their strength and Observation Haki.
• Sengoku decided to help Akainu and asked Garp to hold the line, but an unknown voice said neither of them was going anywhere.

The Revolutionary Army overwhelmed the Marines as Aokiji and Akainu fell, leaving Sengoku and the Five Elders under pressure. With Doflamingo fleeing and the battle nearing its end, Sengoku pressed a button whose purpose remained unknown.

• Dragon and Kuma engaged Garp and Sengoku as Revolutionary Army elites surged onto the battlefield.
• Zephyr captured Aokiji with Seastone, and Ace and Ivankov moved to help Hancock and Smoker.
• The Marines collapsed under the Revolutionary Army's attacks, and Zephyr pinned down Akainu while Smoker and Hina captured Vice Admirals.
• Doflamingo fled inside Kaido as Kyros abandoned his pursuit and dove to assist the Revolutionary Army.
• Sengoku watched Ace and Kyros approach, pulled a button from his chest, and pressed it.

Sengoku’s misjudgment led the Celestial Dragons to rush into the battle, while he activated the Marines’ hidden Dyna Stone failsafe beneath Marineford. As poison gas spread through the island, Sabo, Ace, Kuma, and Dragon scrambled to evacuate everyone.

• The Celestial Dragons arrived before Sengoku expected, forcing him to take them with him as the Marines’ final sacrifice plan unfolded.
• Magellan began vaporizing the Dyna Stone beneath Marineford, while Caesar—restrained by Seastone—struggled to escape the poison gas.
• Caesar died as the gas spread through Marineford’s ventilation ducts.
• Sabo stopped Ace from trying to burn away the gas and called on Dragon and Kuma for help.
• Kuma sent Sengoku and Garp away, while Dragon opened a passage through Moria and ordered the Revolutionary Army to retreat.

The Revolutionary Army escaped Sengoku’s poisonous gas trap and withdrew to its warships, while Sabo ordered the fleet to destroy Marineford. The chapter ended with the Marine Headquarters engulfed in a mushroom cloud and the Revolutionary Army preparing for chemical fallout.

• Bon Clay and Galdino escaped as Revolutionary Army members used their abilities to seal gaps and flee the poisonous gas.
• Kuma, Dragon, Moria, and others moved the Revolutionary Army troops to safety while the mist spread across Marineford.
• Sabo seized the broadcasting Den Den Mushi and returned with them to the Revolutionary Army’s warships.
• Sabo ordered the fleet to fire on Marineford, and the warships’ cannons struck the island in unison.
• The Revolutionary Army put on gas masks and prepared biological and chemical weapon protection as a mushroom cloud rose over Marineford.

After the Revolutionary Army captured Sengoku, Garp, and the Five Elders, Leo deduced that Imu had been unable to leave Mary Geoise and declared victory. He ordered the army to clean up and return to Jaya Island, leaving the Celestial Dragons’ stronghold untouched for now.

• Sengoku and Garp were brought into Leo’s cabin, where Sengoku recognized that Leo’s frailty was an accepted fact among the united Revolutionary Army.
• Leo noted that Imu had not joined the battle and concluded that he could not leave Mary Geoise, making him vulnerable now that the Five Elders had been forced to act.
• Leo told Sabo that the Revolutionary Army had won, and the army across the ships erupted in cheers.
• Leo ordered the Revolutionary Army to clean up the battlefield and return to Jaya Island instead of attacking the Celestial Dragons’ stronghold.
• Garp and Sengoku exchanged shocked looks as the Revolutionary Army accepted Leo’s order.

The captured Navy officers remained prisoners aboard a Revolutionary Army ship as Sengoku and Garp confronted their defeat. Smoker explained that Zephyr’s death had led him and others to join the Revolutionary Army to end the war with as little bloodshed as possible.

• The Navy prisoners greeted Sengoku and Garp when they arrived at the lower hold, and the two were locked in special Seastone cells beside Aokiji.
• Sengoku accepted the Navy’s defeat and said the Revolutionary Army could kill or torture him as it wished.
• Smoker and Hina entered the prison hold, and Smoker rejected Sengoku’s surrender, saying Zephyr’s death had not been in vain.
• Smoker said he and Zephyr’s disciples had joined the Revolutionary Army to end the conflict quickly, reduce bloodshed, and help end the Great Pirate Era.
• Aokiji argued that joining the Revolutionary Army had caused the Navy to lose faster, but Smoker replied that continuing the stalemate would only have cost more lives.

Leo began broadcasting the hidden history of the world, telling how gods from beyond the heavens ruled humanity around nine hundred years ago and sparked a revolution by treating civilized people as livestock. His account left the Navy and others anticipating the truth behind humanity’s rebellion.

• Smoker reflected that joining the Revolutionary Army had accelerated a conflict he believed would ultimately reduce deaths, and noted that Enel had been part of the Revolutionary Army’s unused dead man’s switch.
• An officer brought Smoker a Den Den Mushi so he could watch Leo’s live broadcast, while the imprisoned Navy officers gathered to listen.
• Leo told the audience that he had watched the battle without fighting and introduced a story about a dragon slayer becoming a dragon.
• Leo said that gods from beyond the heavens had ruled the world for an unknown number of years, bringing technology, civilization, and powerful abilities.
• Leo explained that humanity rebelled after the gods began treating people they had civilized as livestock to slaughter, torment, and eat.

Leo recounted how humanity overthrew the gods, gained power through Devil Fruits, and was abandoned to rule itself. He explained how the World Government arose and how its twenty leaders eventually declared themselves the new gods.

• Leo described how revolutionaries organized humanity’s resistance against the gods and split into rebels who fought openly and loyalists who gained the gods’ trust.
• The rebels seized the gods’ control over fire, destroyed their machines, and made power available to humanity through Devil Fruits.
• A worldwide uprising frightened the gods into leaving the planet, and humanity divided the abandoned islands into kingdoms.
• The kings created an annual council, but corruption and ambition led them to establish the World Government, overseen by twenty people.
• Leo said the twenty leaders claimed the title of gods, creating a new ruling class.