Chapter Summaries

Luffy, Kid, Luo, and Jig faced the Marines outside the Guild and overwhelmed their forces with their abilities. As the Marines regrouped and charged, the captains said their farewells and led their crews into battle, leaving their next meeting for the New World.

• Kid left to clear the way outside, while Luffy, Jig, and Luo followed him out to confront the Marines.
• The Marines fired mortars, but Luffy, Kid, Luo, and Jig returned, redirected, or stopped the shells with their powers.
• Luo dismembered Marines with ROOM, Kid gathered their weapons into a giant mechanical arm, and Jig immobilized them with a bandaged figure as Luffy attacked with Gear Third.
• Rayleigh and the captains' followers came outside and found the Marines already sprawled across the ground.
• As the Marines reorganized and prepared a full assault, Kid, Luo, and Jig exchanged farewells with Luffy and led their crews into the enemy ranks.

Rayleigh returned to Shakuyaku’s bar with Hachi and reunited with Barn, who revealed Rayleigh’s identity to Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates. Rayleigh explained Roger’s illness, the crew’s final voyage, and how the Roger Pirates disbanded before Roger turned himself in.

• Rayleigh brought the injured Hachi to Shakuyaku’s bar, where Barn greeted him and reunited with Luffy and the others.
• Luffy and Zoro revealed that Luffy had punched a Celestial Dragon, and Barn warned them to leave before an Admiral arrived.
• Barn introduced Rayleigh as Silvers Rayleigh, the Dark King and Roger’s right-hand man, stunning Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Rayleigh explained that Hachi had saved his life as a child and that he and Shakuyaku had remained close to him.
• Rayleigh recounted Roger’s incurable illness, Crocus’s help on the final voyage, and the Roger Pirates’ secret disbandment.
• Barn finished Rayleigh’s account by saying Roger turned himself in a year after the crew disbanded.

Rayleigh recounted Roger’s final words and explained how they helped ignite the Great Pirate Era, then agreed to coat the Straw Hats’ ship for free. After Luffy rejected learning the world’s secrets in advance, Barn sensed Kizaru’s arrival and left to confront him.

• Rayleigh recalled Roger’s execution, his final words, and the night the Roger Pirates mourned him.
• Rayleigh revealed that Shanks and Buggy had been apprentices aboard Roger’s ship and told Luffy that Shanks had spoken fondly of him.
• Rayleigh offered to coat the Straw Hats’ ship for free, then told Robin that he knew the history of the Void Century but advised her to keep sailing and find her own answers.
• Luffy stopped Usopp from asking about the One Piece and declared that he wanted the adventure to remain unknown; he said the Pirate King was the freest person on the sea.
• Barn told Luffy that he had learned from him, sensed Kizaru’s arrival, and left to face him, while Shakuyaku reminded him he owed her four hundred thousand.

Admiral Kizaru arrived at the harbor and attacked fleeing pirates while searching for his subordinate, Sentomaru. He confronted Apoo, Drake, and Urouge, and after a Pacifista wounded Drake, an unknown swordsman appeared and destroyed it before addressing Kizaru.

• Kizaru landed in the harbor on a cannonball, announced his arrival, and blasted the fleeing pirates while asking after Sentomaru.
• A pirate captain shot Kizaru, but the bullet passed through him; Kizaru appeared before the captain and attacked the escaping pirates with a light-speed kick.
• Kizaru found Apoo and prepared to kick him, but Drake intervened and stopped the attack.
• Urouge arrived with a Pacifista, and Drake transformed into a tyrannosaurus to fight it before its laser pierced his shoulder.
• A red flash split the Pacifista in two, destroying it in an explosion, and a swordsman emerged from the flames and greeted Kizaru.

Barn confronted Kizaru in the Sabaody Archipelago and overwhelmed him with lightning attacks despite Kizaru’s speed and light-based powers. Kizaru then revealed his Devil Fruit awakening, engulfing the archipelago in blinding radiance as Barn prepared to continue the fight.

• Barn arrived in Thunder God's Breath form, and Kizaru tried to escape with Yata Mirror while Drake, Urouge, and Apoo watched in disbelief.
• Barn caught up to Kizaru, struck him into a building, and dodged his Yasakani no Magatama before cutting through the rubble with Asura Evil Light Slash.
• Barn summoned Demon-Subduing Vajra, and Kizaru countered it with the Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven, reopening his wounds as the Supernovas fled the battle.
• Kizaru admitted he could neither defeat nor escape Barn, then attacked from behind, but Barn blocked him with the Demon-Subduing Vajra and sent him flying.
• Kizaru announced he had never used his next move before, awakened his Devil Fruit, and flooded the Sabaody Archipelago with intense light.

Barn fought Kizaru inside the photon-filled barrier created by Kizaru’s awakened Devil Fruit, enduring attacks and using his Conqueror’s Haki to expose Kizaru’s hidden form. Barn wounded Kizaru with the First-Generation Onikiri’s Blade Shadow Blade, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Kizaru transformed Island 27 into an ocean of photons, concealed himself throughout it, and wounded Barn with an attack faster than light.
• Rayleigh and the escaping Supernovas watched the barrier from afar as people across the Sabaody Archipelago awaited the fight’s outcome.
• Kizaru attacked Barn with Thorns of Light, piercing his leg, but Barn cut it off and instantly regenerated a new one.
• Barn used his Mind’s Eye to locate Kizaru during his attack, then unleashed Conqueror’s Haki to disrupt the photons and reveal Kizaru’s true body.
• Kizaru dodged Barn’s first Haki-coated slash, but Barn’s blade wounded him, showing a terrifying face within its black aura as Barn named it Blade Shadow Blade.

Barn used his shadow power to wound Kizaru, but Kizaru awakened the Glint-Glint Fruit and revealed that moving faster than light let him reverse time and restore his body. Barn then unleashed Dark Sky Wave Eye, swallowing Kizaru’s light-filled space in darkness and stripping away his power.

• Barn explained that Blade had entered Kizaru through his wound, letting the sword’s slashes reach him wherever he went.
• Kizaru severed his arm to escape Barn’s Haki, then struck Barn at faster-than-light speed and restored his injuries and clothing by reversing time.
• Kizaru revealed his awakened Glint-Glint Fruit let him reverse time within his space and declared himself invincible there.
• Barn told Kizaru that killing Fisher Tiger had given him a reason to kill him, then trapped him inside Dark Sky Wave Eye.
• Barn’s darkness consumed Kizaru’s barrier and photon ocean, causing Kizaru’s power to fade and his injuries to return.

Barn killed Kizaru with Indra Heaven, leaving Island 27 devastated and himself alone. After the Navy learned of Kizaru’s death, Sengoku appointed Fujitora to take over as Admiral and prepared for the coming war; Barn left Rayleigh’s tavern to settle matters at the Guild.

• Barn summoned Indra Heaven, which struck Kizaru and apparently reduced him to ashes as Rayleigh and the Supernova Trio witnessed the attack.
• The darkness vanished to reveal a ruined Island 27, where Barn stood alone and wondered whether killing Kizaru had been the right choice.
• Sentomaru told Sengoku that Barn Bashut had killed Kizaru, and Sengoku ordered him to notify Fujitora to take over as Admiral.
• Sengoku considered the Navy’s predicament ahead of the war and contacted the Den Den Mushi, deciding to ask the World Nobles for help.
• Barn told Rayleigh he would return to the Guild to settle matters before deciding where to go next, then left the tavern.

After Lia and Adam's wedding, Barn visited them in secret, left them his treasured harmonica, and said goodbye before setting off to pursue an unfinished wish. Lia and Adam were left grieving his departure as Barn sailed from Sabaody Archipelago toward Amazon Lily.

• Lia lamented that Barn had missed her wedding, while Adam explained that Barn had protected them from the Marines and Cipher Pol.
• Barn entered their room at night, played Brook's harmonica tune, and gave the harmonica to Adam and Lia along with his blessings and farewell.
• Lia asked Barn whether he would keep looking after them, but Barn said he could no longer interfere in their lives and asked whether he had been a good master.
• Barn left in a streak of lightning, and Adam comforted the tearful Lia as she grieved that her master might not return.
• At the harbor, Barn spoke with Fitz, then boarded Laboon and set course for Amazon Lily to fulfill his last wish.

Vice Admiral Momonga summoned Boa Hancock to join the Marines’ war against Whitebeard, but Hancock rejected the order while insisting she wanted to keep her Shichibukai title. As Hancock proposed turning the escorting Marines to stone, a mysterious figure boarded the Kuja ship and listened.

• Momonga explained that he had waited for the Kuja Pirates and demanded that Hancock answer the World Government’s summons.
• Hancock emerged, kicked a kitten from her path, and told Momonga she had no intention of joining the war.
• Momonga warned that Hancock would lose her Shichibukai title if she refused, and revealed that Ace’s execution was scheduled for the following week.
• Momonga described the Marines’ preparations to face Whitebeard, including Fujitora taking Kizaru’s place.
• Hancock refused to take orders from the World Government and suggested that the Marines had turned to stone at sea.
• A massive whale sank beneath the sea as a figure leaped aboard the Kuja ship and listened to Hancock.

Hancock petrified Momonga’s Marines with her Love-Love Mellow and sailed back toward Amazon Lily, leaving him to wait two days for her decision. Barn then emerged from the shadows, and Hancock greeted him with uncharacteristic bashfulness.

• Hancock leaped onto Momonga’s warship and petrified the Marines with Love-Love Mellow, while Momonga resisted by stabbing his hand with a dagger.
• Hancock returned to the Kuja Pirates’ ship and ordered her warriors to sail for Amazon Lily.
• Momonga told Hancock he would wait two days before treating their agreement as broken, and Hancock dismissed his warning.
• A man’s voice called out to Hancock as she headed for her cabin, and Barn stepped out of the shadows.
• Hancock greeted Barn warmly, and he admitted that he had finally returned.

Barn returned to Amazon Lily with Hancock and was welcomed as a legendary hero, while struggling to decide whether to accept her feelings before the Paramount War. At Kuja Castle, he and Hancock were greeted, and Hancock asked where the Kuja Warriors had gone.

• Hancock fussed over Barn aboard the ship, while Barn decided he could not accept her feelings until he knew whether he would survive the Paramount War.
• The Kuja Pirates sailed into Amazon Lily, where the island’s residents welcomed Hancock and cheered even louder when they recognized Barn.
• Hancock and Barn rode to Kuja Castle, where Hancock’s mood shifted as she reacted to Barn and a clay statue made by village children.
• Hancock ordered Gorse to throw away the clay statue and learned that the Kuja Warriors had gone into the forest to hunt a vicious monkey.

Barn left Hancock and Gloriosa to talk privately, then encountered Luffy on Kuja Castle’s tower after Kuma had sent him to Amazon Lily. Sonia arrived and told Barn that Hancock wanted to see him.

• Hancock invited Barn to drink white liquor, and Gloriosa arrived to speak with them.
• Hancock ordered the guards to remove Gloriosa, but Barn asked Hancock to hear her out before leaving the room.
• Barn went to the top of Kuja Castle’s tower and worried about how to explain his feelings to Hancock.
• Luffy told Barn that Kuma had sent him to Amazon Lily and that he needed a ship to return to Sabaody Archipelago.
• Barn offered to speak to the island’s ruler for Luffy, then introduced him to Sonia as his apprentice.
• Sonia told Barn that her sister wanted to see him.

Barn entered the bath where Hancock confessed her feelings, but he initially rejected her and she feared her past as a slave was the reason. He removed the brand on her back with his Life Fruit power and told her he did not care, leaving Hancock embracing him.

• Barn entered the bath and found Hancock waiting for him naked.
• Hancock asked Barn whether he could see her and whether he found her beautiful, then asked if he liked her.
• Barn apologized, and Hancock accused him of looking down on her because she had been a slave to the Celestial Dragons.
• Barn entered the bath, touched Hancock’s back, and used his Life Fruit power to erase her brand.
• Barn told Hancock that he did not care about her past, and she embraced him from behind.

Barn left Hancock after admitting he loved her but saying he would return only if he survived, and Hancock decided to find him at the coming war. Barn then met with World and Golden Lion to begin preparations for the conflict surrounding Ace’s execution.

• Barn told Hancock he loved her but left, saying he would return if he survived and she could still accept him.
• Hancock learned that Fire Fist Ace was to be executed and decided to go find Barn at the coming war.
• Barn left Amazon Lily aboard Laboon and went to World's base in the Calm Belt.
• World and Golden Lion joined Barn at the base after learning the Marines' preparations signaled the opportunity Barn had been waiting for.
• Barn agreed to begin the final preparations with World and Golden Lion.

Barn prepared with Golden Lion and World to attack the World Government during the coming war, revealing that he had partnered with Dragon and placed the Primordial Stone beneath Mary Geoise. Meanwhile, Hancock agreed to travel with Momonga to Mary Geoise after securing permission to stop at Impel Down, and her ship set sail.

• Barn told World to leave his men out of the battle and travel with Golden Lion aboard the Little Sky Island.
• Barn explained that their true target was the World Government, then revealed that he had killed Zephyr and obtained the Primordial Stone.
• Barn said Dragon and the Revolutionary Army had helped move the Primordial Stone beneath Mary Geoise so he could destroy the Celestial Dragons' stronghold.
• World eagerly agreed to Barn's plan, and Barn sent World and Golden Lion to make preparations for their meeting at Mary Geoise.
• Hancock joined Momonga's warship after he confirmed the stop at Impel Down had been approved, then freed the petrified sailors.
• Hancock entrusted her country to the Kuja pirates as Momonga's warship set sail.

As the Marines prepared for the coming war with Whitebeard, Sengoku learned that their surveillance fleet had vanished and feared the decisive battle might reach Impel Down. At Twin Capes, Barn left Laboon and Fitz in Crocus’s care before heading to the war, promising to return alive.

• Sengoku learned that Boa Hancock was coming, Jinbe still opposed the war, and Impel Down was struggling to process hundreds of captured pirates.
• A Marine reported that Whitebeard’s fleet had destroyed contact with all twenty-three surveillance ships, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to prepare for a possible attack on Impel Down.
• Garp visited Ace in his cell, where Ace begged him to kill him, but Garp warned that Whitebeard would not be stopped.
• Marine forces and the Shichibukai assembled at Mary Geoise to face the coming war.
• Barn returned to Twin Capes with Laboon and Fitz, left them with Crocus, and said he had to join the war despite the danger.

Garp visited Ace and heard him explain that he had accepted Roger’s love but regarded Whitebeard as his only father. Barn returned to the Whitebeard Pirates’ fleet and accepted the vice-captain position before the coming war, while Luffy and Hancock reached Impel Down.

• Garp told Ace that he had revealed Roger was Luffy’s father, and Ace said their criminal blood meant he and Luffy would never join the Marines.
• Ace recalled Barn telling him that Roger had loved him and said Roger had changed the world for him, but declared that Whitebeard was now his only father.
• Barn left Golden Lion’s floating island and landed aboard the Moby Dick, where Whitebeard and the crew welcomed him.
• Barn confirmed that everything was ready and accepted the role of Whitebeard’s vice-captain, easing Whitebeard’s worries about the crew’s future.
• Momonga brought the warship carrying Luffy and Hancock to Impel Down, where Hancock prepared to take Luffy inside beneath her cloak.

Hancock brought Luffy to Impel Down to see Portgas D. Ace, while Rayleigh and two former Roger Pirates searched a remote island for Stewart so they could help save Ace. The chapter left Rayleigh’s group facing a disturbance in the forest that they believed was caused by Stewart.

• Hancock entered Impel Down with Luffy hidden beneath her cloak after Momonga warned her that she would be searched and required to wear Seastone Handcuffs.
• With thirty-three hours remaining until Ace’s public execution, Rayleigh arrived at a remote island with Gordon and Mandel.
• Rayleigh explained that he had gathered his former companions to find Stewart and help save Roger’s son, despite promising Barn he would stay out of the war.
• Gordon and Mandel bickered about their old rivalry as Rayleigh recalled their days aboard Roger’s ship.
• A huge tree fell in the forest, and Gordon, Mandel, and Rayleigh recognized the disturbance as a sign that Stewart was nearby.

Rayleigh, Gordon, and Mandel reached Stewart on the island and found him far stronger than before. Stewart agreed to help them build a ship, though Tom was already dead and time was running short.

• Rayleigh, Gordon, and Mandel entered the forest and encountered a huge lion, which Rayleigh subdued with Conqueror's Haki.
• Rayleigh led his companions toward Stewart as crashes from falling trees continued to shake the island.
• Stewart ambushed Rayleigh with a wooden club and knocked him down in their clash.
• Stewart criticized Rayleigh's strength and Haki control, while Rayleigh said Stewart had grown stronger.
• Stewart greeted Gordon and Mandel by insulting them, then said Tom was dead and told them to hurry because little time remained.