Recaps

Allen revealed that he had captured and brutalized Admiral Aokiji, then offered to exchange him for Rayleigh. Akainu rejected the deal and declared that both Rayleigh and Allen would be executed, while Aokiji would be written off as having died for justice.

• Allen dragged the shackled, battered Aokiji onto his boat and kicked him, shocking the Marines and crowd when they recognized him.
• Sengoku ordered Allen to release Kuzan and tried to open negotiations.
• Allen offered to trade Aokiji for his uncle Rayleigh, claiming there were no Pluton battleships or clones available.
• Akainu denounced the proposal, blamed Aokiji for his defeat and capture, and declared that the Marines would execute Rayleigh and Allen.

Marine leaders clashed over Akainu’s willingness to sacrifice Aokiji, and Sengoku arranged a simultaneous hostage exchange with Allen. The CP0 Chief Commander intervened by taking Rayleigh hostage and threatening Allen, leaving the exchange blocked by the World Government’s demands.

• Momonga, Strawberry, and other Vice Admirals condemned Akainu for proposing to sacrifice Aokiji, while Fujitora openly sided against him and Kizaru stayed out of the dispute.
• Sengoku ordered Aokiji and Rayleigh released simultaneously, and Allen agreed to the exchange as he prepared to remove Aokiji’s seastone shackles.
• The CP0 Chief Commander appeared behind Rayleigh and put Kikoku to his throat, declaring that the Pluton Battleship and Dr. Vegapunk’s clone had to be secured.
• Sengoku protested CP0’s interference, but the Chief Commander threatened to kill Rayleigh and Allen if Allen refused to surrender the targets.
• Allen reacted to the Chief Commander’s demand with exaggerated gestures and rolled his eyes.

Allen summoned Ace, Sabo, and the Hachinosu Imperial Guards to Rock Island, where Ace revealed that Allen was his older brother and Sengoku exposed Ace as Gol D. Roger’s son. Allen demanded Rayleigh’s release and threatened war, while Sengoku offered to free Rayleigh only if Allen surrendered Kuzan, Battleship Pluton, and Dr. Vegapunk’s clone.

• Allen snapped his fingers and opened a spatial vortex through which the Hachinosu descended, carrying Ace, Sabo, and the Imperial Guards.
• Ace told Garp that he had been with Allen from the start and called Allen his older brother.
• Sengoku identified Ace as the son of Gol D. Roger, prompting the Admirals to prepare for combat.
• Allen appeared beside Ace, threatened the Three Admirals, and demanded that Sengoku release Rayleigh or face war.
• A CP0 Agent pressed his blades more tightly against Rayleigh’s neck as Sengoku demanded Kuzan, Battleship Pluton, and Dr. Vegapunk’s clone in exchange for Rayleigh.

Allen refused to surrender the Pluton Battleship or Vegapunk's clone in exchange for Rayleigh, and ordered his Imperial Guards to attack the Marines and CP0. Sengoku sealed the battlefield beneath a steel dome and ordered Akainu to kill everyone inside.

• Allen rejected the CP0 Chief Commander's demand and ordered his Imperial Guards to attack.
• Refrigerator froze the sea, while Garp identified his power as a variant of the Ice-Ice Fruit.
• Allen gave Sengoku one last chance to release Rayleigh, then ordered his forces to charge when CP0 refused to negotiate.
• The Imperial Guards unleashed their Devil Fruit abilities as the Marines' front lines fell into disarray.
• Sengoku activated a contingency plan that raised a steel dome around the battlefield and ordered Akainu to begin the purification.
• Akainu launched a barrage of magma bombs at the Imperial Guards as Sengoku ordered him to leave no one alive.

Ace and Sabo combined their fire powers to hold back Akainu’s magma, but Yamato transformed into a giant white wolf and froze both the falling magma and Akainu’s Great Eruption. Allen then ordered Ace and Sabo to attack the Marines’ final barrier, and the brothers launched a combined pillar of flame toward it.

• Ace and Sabo merged their abilities into a Fire Phoenix that intercepted most of Akainu’s magma meteor shower, but the remaining magma continued to fall.
• Allen opened a spatial vortex, bringing Boa Hancock and Yamato onto the battlefield.
• Yamato transformed into her giant wolf form and used Servantless Ice Fang to freeze the remaining magma bombs.
• Akainu attacked Yamato with Great Eruption, but she countered with Servantless Ice Fang: MAX and froze his magma fist.
• Allen ordered Ace and Sabo to break through the Marines’ barrier, and they combined Flame Emperor and Dragon’s Breath: Modified into a massive pillar of fire aimed at the Seastone Composite Steel Plate.

Allen absorbed Kizaru’s laser attack and redirected its energy into the Navy’s steel barrier, opening a breach for the Imperial Guards. He left the Navy furious as he ordered the Guards to attack.

• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to shatter the ice beneath the Imperial Guards with Yasakani no Magatama.
• Allen used Kamui to store the gravely wounded Aokiji, then appeared before Kizaru’s lasers.
• Allen absorbed Kizaru’s lasers with his Greatsword and fired the energy into the barrier’s crater.
• Allen’s attack pierced the seastone composite steel plate, leaving a breach two or three meters wide.
• Allen ordered the fifty Imperial Guards to take their weapons and attack, and they roared in reply.

Kaido arrived at Marineford in dragon form and accused the Marines of kidnapping his daughter, Yamato, as he prepared to attack. Allen and Yamato revealed that Yamato had lied to lure Kaido there, while Kaido gathered destructive energy in his maw.

• Fifty Imperial Guards launched a coordinated barrage of slashes, which Marine and CP0 swordsmen countered in a fierce stalemate.
• Kaido's roar shook Marineford, and his sudden arrival frightened the Marines and alarmed the Admirals.
• Kaido accused the Marines of kidnapping his daughter and threatened to destroy them.
• Allen teased Yamato about having a sister, and Yamato admitted she had lied about being kidnapped to make Kaido rush over.
• Allen praised Yamato's deception as Kaido gathered golden-red destructive energy in his dragon maw.

Kaido destroyed the steel barrier with his Boro Breath, allowing the Marines to charge into battle against Allen's faction. The commanders clashed across the battlefield, while Allen taunted Sengoku from a distance.

• Kaido widened Allen's opening in the steel barrier with his Boro Breath until Sengoku ordered the Marines to attack.
• Allen met the advancing forces and exchanged a standoffish look with Sengoku across the battlefield.
• Garp and Kizaru teamed up against Kaido, while Sabo fought Fujitora, Ace fought Ryokugyu, and Yamato fought Akainu.
• Boa Hancock watched over Ace, Sabo, and Yamato while clearing out foot soldiers, ready to support them if they were in danger.
• Allen ate sunflower seeds and invited Sengoku to come down from the Command Platform, leaving Sengoku furious but unwilling to approach.

As CP0 joined the battle and overwhelmed the Imperial Guards, Allen deployed twenty Human Weapon Mark I figures to fight them. The Navy regained momentum with the Seraphim, but Jack’s forces approached through the frozen sea, leaving the battle poised for another shift.

• CP0 arrived at the front line and began cutting through the Imperial Guards, inflicting heavy casualties.
• Allen crushed the sunflower seeds in his hand and summoned twenty black-robed Human Weapon Mark I figures with flaming black wings.
• Allen ordered the Human Weapons to attack CP0, and their Lunarian resilience helped the Imperial Guards regain ground.
• Sengoku sent S-Hawk, S-Snake, S-Bear, S-Yasha, and S-Crocodile into the battle; Hancock angrily confronted S-Snake, who ignored her.
• Jack’s crew reported that thick ice blocked their ship, and Jack ordered them to smash through it by any means.

Jack and the Beasts Pirates charged into the battle, disrupting the Marines and CP0 as Blackbeard watched for a chance to steal Allen’s powers. Sengoku ordered the Shichibukai into action, and Kuma, Weevil, and Hanafusa began attacking across the battlefield.

• Jack rammed his damaged warship into the ice, then led his Zoan Ability User crew in a charge against the Marines and CP0 besieging the Imperial Guards.
• Blackbeard watched Ace, Yamato, and Allen fight, coveted their abilities, and stayed hidden because Allen left no opening for an attack.
• Sengoku ordered the Shichibukai to attack enemy officers and break the stalemate.
• Kuma teleported around the battlefield, striking anyone in his targets’ way with silent shockwaves.
• Weevil mistook Ace for the fire-wielding bird-man his mother had ordered him to attack and charged toward him.
• Hanafusa killed a Marine Major General, then stopped to eat dried insects.

Marco and six Whitebeard Pirates captains arrived at Rock Island as Allen's forces suffered heavy casualties. Marco attacked Blackbeard over Thatch's murder, while the other captains fought the Blackbeard Pirates, and the battlefield remained a chaotic melee.

• Blackbeard and the other Shichibukai joined the battle but avoided major threats and mostly targeted weaker fighters.
• Kuma, Weevil, and Hanafusa caused widespread casualties and confusion, worsening the Imperial Guards' losses.
• Marco arrived with Jozu, Vista, Izo, Blamenco, and two other Whitebeard Pirates captains, startling Sengoku.
• Marco attacked Blackbeard over Thatch's murder and demanded that he reveal his Devil Fruit power.
• Jozu, Vista, and the other Whitebeard Pirates captains engaged the Blackbeard Pirates as Marco pursued Blackbeard through the battle.

Sengoku watched the battle on Rock Island deteriorate as the Beast Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, and Blackbeard Pirates fought alongside the Marines. The chapter left all sides locked in chaotic, evenly matched combat.

• Sengoku angrily blamed the Five Elders for making Blackbeard a Shichibukai and bringing the Whitebeard Pirates into the battle.
• Kaido fought Garp while Kizaru fired lasers at Kaido and taunted Garp, and Fujitora held back his meteor attack while dueling Sabo.
• Ace burned Ryokugyu's plants, and Yamato's ice and Conqueror's Haki drove Akainu into retreat.
• Blackbeard used Dark Water to pull Marco in and tried to steal his Phoenix ability, but Shiryu cut Blackbeard and Marco escaped.
• Jozu struck Burgess, Izo's gunfire broke Doc Q's germ bottles, and the remaining pirate commanders fought across the battlefield.
• The Human Weapon Mark I units and the five Seraphim exchanged beams and missiles with their opponents.

Allen withdrew Hancock and the Imperial Guards from the increasingly dangerous battlefield, but Jack continued attacking the Marines, and several Shichibukai left rather than fight outside their contract. Gunko broadcast the chaos to the Five Elders, who watched from the Room of Authority.

• Allen gave the Imperial Guards Life Springs and sent them through a spatial vortex to safety.
• Jack refused to retreat and led the Beasts Pirates in a charge against the Marines.
• Hanafusa cited the Shichibukai contract and left with Weevil and Miss Bakin, while Kuma also departed.
• Sengoku raged as the Shichibukai abandoned the Marines during the battle.
• Gunko broadcast the battlefield to the Five Elders in the Room of Authority.

Allen charged across the battlefield to rescue Rayleigh from CP0 Chief Commander “Oni-Men,” who panicked and tried to retreat with him. Sengoku intercepted Allen with a blinding Buddha attack and a powerful shockwave, leaving Allen’s fate hidden in the dust.

• Allen spotted Rayleigh held at knifepoint and sprinted toward him, knocking aside everything in his path.
• “Oni-Men” panicked as Allen approached, dragged Rayleigh backward, and screamed for Allen to stay away.
• Sengoku transformed into the Golden Great Buddha and blinded Allen with Buddha’s Light Illumination.
• Sengoku struck the blinded Allen with Buddha’s Shockwave, blasting him into a huge crater.
• Sengoku stared into the settling dust and wondered whether his attack had worked.

Allen used Susanoo to defeat Sengoku with a precise double strike to the kidneys, while the Five Elders watched the battle. Saint Topman Warcury concluded that their plan to trade the Pluton Battleship for Rayleigh had failed because Allen did not consider his uncle worth exchanging for.

• Allen emerged in Armament: Susanoo and split Sengoku's stronger Buddha shockwave with Hagoku Slash.
• Allen appeared behind Sengoku and struck both sides of his lower back, sending him crashing into a cliff.
• Gunko's Film Bug Den Den Mushi recorded Sengoku's defeat, and the Five Elders clutched their own lower backs as they watched.
• Saint Topman Warcury said the plan to exchange the Pluton Battleship for Rayleigh had failed because Allen did not value his uncle enough to trade for him.
• Rayleigh sneezed and wondered who was talking about him behind his back.

Imu stopped the Five Elders from confronting Allen directly, sending Garling and Warcury to destroy Hachinosu while taking the other three Warrior Gods to Rock Island. Meanwhile, the Revolutionary Army exploited the Marines’ deployment to seize half the Affiliated Nations, and Big Mom’s fleet gathered at Whole Cake Island as she prepared to join the conflict.

• Garling and the Five Elders agreed to eliminate Allen, but Imu halted them and ordered Garling and Warcury to attack Hachinosu while Imu led Piet, Nusjuro, and Muz to Rock Island.
• Dragon confirmed that Allen had predicted the Marines’ redeployment and told the Revolutionary Army commanders to accelerate their operations.
• The Revolutionary Army reported liberating or taking control of several Affiliated Nations, while revolts spread and Marine bases were left abandoned.
• The Revolutionary Army captured half the Affiliated Nations, plunging the World Government into upheaval.
• Big Mom assembled a large fleet at Whole Cake Island and spoke excitedly about the child in her swollen pregnant belly.

Big Mom set out to seize Hachinosu Island while Doflamingo blamed Allen for forcing him to humiliate himself to gain her protection. Allen’s defenders prepared to meet the approaching fleet, leaving the island braced for battle.

• Big Mom pointed to Hachinosu Island as her birthday gift to her unborn child and ordered her fleet to conquer it.
• Doflamingo recalled being forced to provide Big Mom with a sample to prove his sincerity and vowed revenge on Allen.
• Big Mom summoned Katakuri, Smoothie, Cracker, and Snack, then led her forces toward the supposedly undefended island.
• Douglas Bullet, Gild Tesoro, Robin, Nana, Fisher Tiger, Jinbe, Gecko Moria, and the other defenders took positions along Hachinosu Island's coast.
• The island's guards prepared for the Big Mom Pirates' arrival, with Bullet eager to fight Big Mom and the Fish-Men ready to defend the shore.

Nana launched a massive lightning attack against Big Mom’s fleet as it approached Hachinosu Island, but the strongest ships weathered the storm with their commanders’ defenses. The attack devastated weaker ships, and the fleet continued to face the defenders on the island.

• A lookout spotted targets along Hachinosu Island’s coastline, and Bullet, Nana, Robin, and Doflamingo prepared for the fleet’s arrival.
• Nana flew above the approaching fleet and summoned dark thunderclouds, then unleashed a rain of powerful lightning bolts.
• Big Mom relied on Zeus to absorb most of the lightning over the Queen Mama Chantilly.
• Katakuri, Smoothie, Cracker, Perospero, Daifuku, Oven, and Snack protected their ships with mochi, water, biscuit, candy, and other defenses.
• Lightning overwhelmed the weaker ships, setting vessels ablaze and electrocuting pirates on deck.

Big Mom answered the destruction of her fleet with Hakoku Sovereignty, but Douglas Bullet blocked the slash with a compressed Armament Haki fist. As the clash battered the battlefield, Fisher Tiger and Jinbe slipped underwater to prepare a Super Tsunami against the BIG MOM Pirates.

• Big Mom learned that ships from the 7th, 9th, and 12th Divisions had sunk and unleashed Hakoku Sovereignty toward Hachinosu Island.
• Bullet met Big Mom's slash with his Friendship-Breaking Fist: Armament Haki MAX Edition, and the collision carved a chasm through the sea and hurled waves across the battlefield.
• Bullet's fist broke through Big Mom's slash, leaving her solemn and furious as Tesoro, Robin, Nana, and Doflamingo witnessed the clash.
• Fisher Tiger and Jinbe entered the sea during the turmoil and began combining their strength to create a Super Tsunami that would swamp Big Mom's ships.

Big Mom’s fleet launched an assault on Hachinosu Island, but Perospero stopped the Fish-Men’s tsunami with a solidified candy barrier. As the pirates charged ashore, Robin activated the Mark I Human Weapons, and the island’s defenders began cutting through the invaders.

• Fisher Tiger and Jinbe used Fish-Man Karate to hurl a massive wave at the rear of Big Mom’s fleet.
• Perospero turned the wave’s leading edge into a candy embankment, protecting the fleet’s rear ships from being swallowed.
• Big Mom ordered her forces to charge Hachinosu Island, and pirates and Homies rushed toward its shore.
• Robin activated the Mark I Human Weapons, which unleashed lasers from above and devastated the charging pirates and their constructs.
• Katakuri shielded his siblings from the laser barrage, while Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers fell before it.
• Hachinosu’s fighters attacked the landing force, and their leader ordered them into the Mandarin Duck Formation.

The defenders of Hachinosu Island struggled as the BIG MOM Pirates pressed their advantage, but Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates arrived as reinforcements. Their arrival revived the defenders’ morale and shifted the battle’s prospects.

• Amazon Lily’s warriors, Nana, Perona, Moria, and Robin attacked the BIG MOM Pirates with Haki, electricity, ghosts, shadow bats, and coordinated support.
• Bullet and Big Mom clashed again as Tesoro fought Smoothie and Cracker, while the defenders suffered casualties and began to tire.
• Shanks’s song reached the battlefield, lifting the defenders’ spirits and prompting Bullet, Robin, Nana, and Jinbe to recognize the approaching reinforcements.
• The Red Force broke through the smoke and entered the waters between Hachinosu Island and Big Mom’s fleet, carrying Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates’ officers.

Shanks tried to end the battle with a request for everyone to stand down, but Big Mom refused, prompting him to unleash his Conqueror’s Haki and lead the Red-Haired Pirates into war. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji joined the fighting, but each was checked by the Big Mom Pirates’ stronger officers.

• Shanks asked Big Mom, Bullet, and the other fighters to stop fighting and join a banquet, but Big Mom angrily refused.
• Doflamingo watched from the cabin shadows and seethed over his humiliating memories of Shanks observing him.
• Shanks unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, drew Griffin, and ordered the Red-Haired Pirates to attack.
• Ben Beckman, Yasopp, Lucky Roo, and the other Red-Haired officers struck the Big Mom Pirates across the battlefield.
• Luffy charged at Big Mom, but Katakuri used Future Sight and a Flowing Mochi Wall to block and send him flying back.
• Zoro became locked in a difficult fight with Snack, while Sanji fought ordinary enemies and maneuvered under pressure from Smoothie.

Shanks joined Bullet in fighting Big Mom, and the three unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki in a clash that knocked out fighters across the battlefield. Elsewhere, Tesoro fought Katakuri and began forming a Golden Colossus as Luffy and Zoro struggled against their opponents.

• Shanks offered to help Bullet fight Big Mom, and Bullet reluctantly agreed.
• Big Mom, Shanks, and Bullet unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki, creating a devastating clash that incapacitated nearby fighters.
• Luffy tried to imitate Shanks’s Haki and knocked out a few injured BIG MOM grunts and two Kuja Warriors, drawing Zoro’s rebuke.
• Tesoro attacked Katakuri with liquid gold, but Katakuri dodged and struck back with a massive mochi arm.
• Tesoro formed a Golden Colossus and prepared to unleash Golden Divine Fire.

The battle for Hachinosu Island intensified as Doflamingo reflexively tried to steady Big Mom when she stumbled, then reacted with fury and humiliation at his own protective instinct. Robin observed and recorded his behavior while the fighters continued clashing across the island.

• Katakuri defended against Tesoro’s Golden Breath with Armament Haki-coated Mochi Walls while Fisher Tiger and Jinbe battled Doflamingo.
• Bullet made Big Mom stagger, and Doflamingo unconsciously sent Parasite Strings to support her before abruptly snapping them back in horror.
• Nico Robin witnessed Doflamingo’s movement and recorded it as evidence of a buried protective instinct toward Big Mom’s unborn child.
• Shanks cut Big Mom, and Bullet drew blood, provoking her to unleash Elbaf Spear: Emperor Sword: Breaker Blade.
• The fighting spread across Hachinosu as Smoothie damaged a Mark I and Katakuri evaded its lasers while seeking a counterattack.

The Defenders fought Big Mom’s forces across the battlefield as Luffy and Zoro pushed their Haki forward and Shanks and Bullet pressured Big Mom. The battle stopped when Big Mom publicly claimed Doflamingo’s unborn child was his son and ordered him to protect her belly.

• Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers were blasted apart while Perospero’s syrup, Perona’s ghosts, Nana’s lightning, and the Defenders’ coordinated attacks disrupted the enemy ranks.
• Luffy battered Cracker’s biscuit defenses and strengthened his Armament Haki, while Zoro found a way to cut into Snack’s weapon.
• Sanji rescued Kuja warriors, Chopper treated wounded allies, and Usopp incapacitated pirates with an irritating chili-smoke projectile.
• Shanks and Bullet wounded Big Mom, whose rage drove her to unleash devastating attacks across the battlefield as her pregnant belly pulsed and seemed to boost her strength.
• Big Mom shouted that Doflamingo was the father of her unborn son and ordered him to protect her belly, leaving everyone on the battlefield stunned.